Cold fragrance and warm jade [Red Mansion Chai Dai]

Chongyu left Jia's mansion and went to Xue's house, saying that he would invite Xue Biao's brothers and sisters and Aunt Xue to his home, and then clean up the Xue Biao's brothers and sisters.

Xue Biao received a letter from Aunt Xue and Baochai, and discussed with his younger sister Baoqin. He already knew the purpose of Aunt Xue calling them to Beijing.Moreover, Baochai came back earlier and met them, and said that he would go back to Lin's house first to find out.

On the way to Beijing, Xue Biao took Baoqin with him, and also inquired about the Lin family.It's just that the Lin family is weak, and there are no clansmen who have caused any disturbances outside or made any achievements. What he can find out is, after all, only the four generations of the Lin family. It is not unusual to have a little talent and fame in Beijing.

Now really accepted the invitation to go to Jia's house, Aunt Xue and Xue Biao brothers and sisters are all happy.

They knew that this time, they had made the right bet.

Since the Chinese New Year was over this year and the official office opened its seal, Lin Ruhai has gradually gained power in the court.Last year when Lin Ruhai returned to Beijing, he only kept his official position, but he had no actual power in his hands, which made others look down on him somewhat.Years later, the situation is completely different.

Aunt Xue is just a woman in the inner house. Although she usually pays attention to these news from time to time for the sake of the shop, her biggest source of news is her sister-in-law, the wife of Wang Ziteng.

When she first moved out with her children from Lixiangyuan in Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Wang and Wang Ziteng's wife had some opinions, and she herself was worried about it for a while, fearing that she made a wrong choice. Offended a little, if you can't climb up to the Lin family, or if the Lin family is not as powerful as she and Baochai thought, then you have made a big mistake.

Fortunately, Baochai and Daiyu have a very good relationship, and Aunt Xue also knows how much the Lin family cares about Daiyu, and this alone can ease Aunt Xue's heart during this period of time.

And as Lin Ruhai gained a firm foothold in the court, even though Wang Ziteng was still working in other places, he also sent letters to his wife and sister in Beijing, making them pay more attention to the Lin family.

In the past half a month, Aunt Xue has received a rare invitation from the palace, and the relationship between Mrs. Wang and her has improved a lot.

Aunt Xue knew better that she and Baochai had made no mistake in their previous decision to switch to the Lin family.

Aunt Xue was even more delighted to be invited by the Lin family today.

As long as this news spreads, in the eyes of outsiders, the relationship between the Xue family and Lingard will definitely become more intimate!

Especially when she saw Xue Biao and Chongyu chatting happily, she felt that what Baochai said that day was true.Xue Pan also made an appointment with Chongyu during this period of time, but he didn't have much to say after all. After all, it was up to Xue Bian to have a better relationship with Chongyu.

Aunt Xue didn't know that Chongyu also had many plans in this short period of time.

As early as when he heard that Xue Biao was going to Beijing, Chongyu moved his mind.

During this period of time, he has paid special attention to the foreign trade of this dynasty.Nowadays, shipping has not been banned, but the management is extremely strict.The Xue family still has some background in this area, but in these years, they have gradually been unable to keep their business in this area.

In the past, the Lin family had a small population, and they focused on the development of the imperial examination to become an official, and never considered these business matters.

But Chongyu has previous life experience and knows that other countries in this world are likely to have great development during this period of time.He can't do too many things at the moment, but he can still find ways to develop his own business power and find opportunities to bring back some good things from foreign countries, but he can definitely try.

Xue Biao is a very important part of Chongyu's plan.Of course, before that, Chongyu just included Xue Biao in the investigation list.At any rate, he has to confirm that Xue Biao is capable and trustworthy, so that he can really let Xue Biao carry out his plan.Previously, he only had a slight impression of Xue Biao based on the few descriptions in the book. How could he dare to believe Xue Biao?

But today when he actually saw Xue Biao and heard Xue Biao talk, Chongyu nodded secretly in his heart.Xue Biao is really different from Xue Pan, so it is no wonder that Aunt Xue and Baochai now transfer more family hopes to Xue Bian.

Back in the Lin Mansion, Chongyu led Xue Biao to meet his father, Mo Zongliang and others, while Aunt Xue and Baoqin met the sisters in the backyard.

Lin Fu was also happy, and in the Rongguo Mansion, Mother Jia looked at Xifeng who was joking and laughing beside her, but she couldn't help but sighed.

Xifeng comforted: "The old ancestor is thinking about Tanya and the others? In two days, it will be Tanya's birthday. She will definitely come back with her sisters and stay with the old ancestor for two days."

Mother Jia nodded slightly, but asked her again: "During this period, you have been walking to the East Mansion very frequently, and Xiao Rong's daughter-in-law has been in charge of the house these days, and it is more strict than before."

Xifeng hurriedly said: "I just saw that she was not feeling well a few days ago, and some servants over there wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble, so I talked to her a few words."

Jia Mufang laughed and said, "Since you are her aunt, you should mention some things. I'm just thinking about her younger brother, Qin Zhong. When Baoyu was still at home, her younger brother went to school with Baoyu from time to time. She would come with Baoyu to chat and laugh with me. Now that Baoyu has gone out, her younger brother has never come to see me."

Jia's mother didn't know the reason, but Xifeng knew it.

That day when Qin Zhong came to see Keqing, what he said made Keqing feel pain in his heart, and he was about to die. Fortunately, he was rescued by Baozhu and Ruizhu, and persuaded by Xifeng. Take good care of Ningfu.

But Qin Zhong didn't know how much his words had affected Keqing. He was only ordered by his father to go to Jia's school, but he refused to come to Jia's house again.

The people in Jia's school also knew that Jia Rui was helping Qin Zhong.Although Jin Rong felt a little jealous towards Qin Zhong, he didn't dare to provoke Qin Zhong again, and Qin Zhong had a very happy time in the school for a while.

That Jia Rui was set up by Xifeng, she didn't dare to look for Xifeng anymore, later she fell ill and couldn't go out, Xifeng still heard about it from Jia Qiang.

Even though Xifeng knew the reason why Qin Zhong didn't come to Jia's house anymore, he couldn't tell Jia's mother. He could only laugh with him and said, "It must be that he saw Baoyu go out. He expected Baoyu to make great progress when he returned home. He was afraid that Baoyu would be caught by Baoyu." Comparing this, if you are diligent in your homework, you will not be free."

Jia Mu nodded, and after a long silence, she sighed again: "Baoyu went out for the first time. He sent a letter two days ago. I looked at the handwriting on his letter, and I seemed a little weak. I don't know if I was living well outside." not good?"

"It's just that the old ancestor missed Baoyu too much. He is with his father, and he has servants who follow him. Why don't he get good care? Even if it is not as comfortable as being at home, it won't be so. Poor. The old ancestor can rest assured. It’s just that he has no strength when he really writes. It must be because he has done a lot of homework, and he has to practice calligraphy and write articles, which makes him tired when writing letters to the old ancestor. But he is tired, but He still has to write a letter to the ancestor, which shows how much he misses the ancestor when he is away from home!"

Jia Mufang said, "I'm not so worried after hearing what you said."

Xifeng said a few more words of comfort, and then accompanied Jia Mu to talk for a while, which made Jia Mu laugh.

Xifeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she also began to look forward to Sister Tanchun's return home.These days, Jia Mu's side is rarely deserted.Mrs. Wang has always been a man of few words, and she alone made Jia's mother happy.Besides, she still has to help Keqing a little bit, and she is really too busy to take care of the Rongguo Mansion's up and down affairs.

Late at night, when I returned to the room, Xifeng was taking off her make-up, but Jia Lian came in with a letter in her hand, her face full of worry.

Xifeng was just taking off the earring, and only took off one ear. Seeing Jia Lian's expression, she didn't care about the earring on the other ear, and asked quickly, "But what happened?"

Jia Lian was about to hand her the letter in his hand, but then remembered that she could not read, so he put the letter on the table, sat down and sighed: "It's Baoyu. He went out with his uncle. He was fine before. In the past few days But it's a little sick."

Xifeng was startled, and suddenly remembered what Jia Mu had just said today, and asked urgently, "Is Baoyu really sick?"

Jia Lian nodded, looking sad.

"Uncle is now in Jinling, which is also our ancestral home. According to uncle, even if Baoyu is allowed to recuperate there, don't disturb the old lady, so as not to worry the old lady. I just thought that Baoyu had never traveled far in the past, and this time he went out. , but he felt a little uncomfortable along the way, I'm afraid he was outside, he recovered from his illness after a while, and then fell ill again in a few days, so what should we do?"

"That's something that uncle has to worry about." After Xifeng said that, a little strangeness appeared in her heart.

During this period of time, because of Qin Zhong and Jia Rui's affairs, she gradually got to know Jia's school better.Before, she thought like Jiamu, Mrs. Wang and others, that Baoyu is smart. He was only young and mischievous before, but he is also very good in front of outsiders. When he grows up, he will definitely become a weapon.

But now, she had to have some doubts about her past judgments.

Is it true that what she and Keqing said unintentionally when they were talking about family affairs, the Jia family is already out of date, and the future may not last long?

She and Keqing didn't know why that day, they talked about the long-term affairs of the family.Ke Qing once said something like "the moon will lose when it is full, and the water will overflow when it is full", "you will fall when you climb a height", "the tree will fall and the monkey will scatter".At that time, Xifeng already had some bad premonitions, but after all, she was thinking about the glory she still had now, and she didn't dare to face the faint sense of fear, so she hurriedly changed the subject.

But how could she forget what she said!

Anyway, I will remember it at some point.

At this moment, when Jia Lian talked about Baoyu falling ill outside, she couldn't help but think of these words again.

Perhaps Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang expected more from Baoyu, but Baoyu grew up in peace.

But Jia Zheng really had hope for Baoyu, and only hoped that Baoyu would inherit the family business.

Even Jia Lian, because he had no intention of studying, only donated an acquaintance to help Jia Zheng with housework, so he also hoped that Baoyu would become a tool in the future so that he could inherit the family business, so that the children of the family could still enjoy wealth and honor in peace. .

If Baoyu fails, is it possible that they can only transfer their hopes to Jialan?