[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

Coming out of Jia Yan's Thanksgiving Hall, Xue Baoqin finally couldn't bear it, and pulled Xue Baochai back to Zhujin Tower regardless of etiquette.As soon as she entered the house, Xue Baoqin let the maids go down, and then said: "Big sister, what's wrong with you? What you said just now in front of the empress doesn't seem like what you would say."

Xue Baochai was taken aback for a moment, and then she fell down on the embroidered pier next to her as if her bones had been pulled out. After a while, she heard her say: "Sister, do you know that my good aunt was talking to me on the surface? Mom made a good point about the marriage between the two families. Since I am her niece, if I get married, I will be like her own daughter. But in fact, she didn't really ask for marriage! She wanted me to marry her. Jia Baoyu will be my concubine!"

Xue Baoqin gasped, and she immediately understood what was going on.

In this world, any girl with a little temperament would not be willing to be a concubine.Since the Tang and Song dynasties, this household law has clearly written: Concubine, Li daughter also, through business.

In other words, even if she is a girl from a good family, she is still a slave if she becomes a concubine, and it is only a matter of saying that the housewife wants to sell her.

Although today's emphasis on reason and law requires women to be virtuous and virtuous, the grandmother of the main house will not easily sell the concubine from a good family just for the sake of fame. However, this decree still hangs in the legal code. In the national law, from the family of officials, lords and nobles to ordinary people, the legal status of concubines from good families in this family is still equivalent to that of slaves.

Xue Baochai is not like the soft-boned second sister You, and Xue's family is not You's family.Like Mrs. You, Second Sister You and Third Sister, Mrs. You was originally a remarried person, and she had not yet given birth to a son and a half daughter to the late Mrs. You. According to national laws and customs, Mrs. You passed away and Mrs. You’s own daughter After You's marriage, the You family can choose an heir for Mrs. You and take away the rest of Mrs. You's property except Mrs. You's dowry.If Mrs. You is able to do things and be a man, then the heir will continue to support her. If her behavior and character are not good, the You family will just find an excuse to drive her and the second sister You and the third sister away. Going away is also because the people don't raise officials and don't investigate, and others can say one sentence and be strict and it's over.

Mrs. You is still filling in the house!

The second sister You became Jia Lian's concubine, so it can be said that she is poor and short-sighted and afraid of poverty.But the Xue family is short of money to raise their daughter, or is it because Xue Baochai has no dowry, is ugly, has a bad character and has a bad reputation, so she can only be a concubine for others?

"Big sister, this, is this true?? Could it be, could it be, you made a mistake?"

Xue Baochai shook her head with a wry smile.

Aunt Xue trusted Mrs. Wang very much. Even if Mrs. Wang entered the Buddhist hall, Aunt Xue had never doubted Mrs. Wang on this.But Aunt Xue would not doubt it, but Feng Shi did not.The Feng family was also a victim of depletion of wealth and separation of husband and wife because of her trust in her natal family. Youdao was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of well ropes. With nowhere to go, she can only rely on her natal family, even though she knows that her father and brothers are very unreliable.But now?Her daughter has been found. Although Xue Pan stayed a little bit late, he has a very pure heart in treating his relatives. Over the past two years, he has not only given money to their mother and daughter from time to time, but even treated Feng's family. He said that even after he married Zhen Yinglian in the future, he would fulfill his son-in-law's responsibility to support the Feng family.

How could the Feng family not like such a son-in-law?Because of Xue Pan's attitude, the Feng family also treated Xue Pan as his own son.Within a few days of moving here, the Feng family could tell that Xue Pan was a little dazed, Aunt Xue was soft-hearted, and her daughter hadn't married after all, even though she had already been assigned to the Xue family, it was still not good. Meddle in the affairs of Xue's family, especially Xue Baochai's marriage.

By chance, Feng discovered something was wrong, so she quietly talked to Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai didn't believe it at the beginning, but Tongxi's words proved that Feng's words were true.

Mrs. Wang really never thought about asking Xue Baochai to be her decent daughter-in-law. She only wanted their Xue family's money, so Xue Pan's case was that Xue Pan was killed by a ghost. From then on, there is no Xue Pan in the law. The purpose of this person to close the case is to get the Xue family's money through Xue Baochai.

Although Xue Baochai was born in a merchant family, what a proud girl she is!Xue Baochai thinks that apart from his family, his talent and appearance are not inferior to those concubines even in the palace. Because Xue Pan's case broke Qingyun Road, Xue Baochai once hated his own brother Xue Pan, now that I know that all this is Mrs. Wang's plan, how can Xue Baochai not hate her?

If she once resented her brother for being reckless, causing trouble when she shouldn't have caused her trouble, if she once blamed her mother for not thinking about her, then now, Xue Baochai has only one thought deep in her heart, that Just tore up Mrs. Wang!

Seeing Xue Baochai's appearance, Xue Baoqin knew that she couldn't persuade her about this matter, so she could only say: "Eldest sister, I also know that elder sister is suffering. However, there are some things that people like us can't say. Today If this word gets out, big sister, you can..."

Although Xue Baoqin is young, she also knows that if today's words are spread, Xue Baochai will never want to marry into a wealthy family and become the daughter-in-law of a powerful family.

Xue Baochai blurted out: "If this golden and jade marriage continues to stay here, it is impossible for me to marry into a wealthy family!"

Seeing his cousin shrink back, Xue Baochai realized that he had lost his composure. He quickly forced himself to take a deep breath, calmed down, and then said: "Sister, I firmly believed that my mother was a generation older than me. What I have seen More than me, my mother would never lie to me about this kind of thing. But now I understand that it is better to ask for yourself than to ask for others. What about my niece and daughter? My aunt would also despise me for my humble background, let alone an outsider? Rather than wasting time here, you might as well be like your empress, first think of a way to get our family up, and then think about your own future."

In the past, Xue Baochai believed in the fairy tales of marrying into a wealthy family and turning a sparrow into a phoenix. Now, Xue Baochai is more willing to follow Jia Yan: first change herself to make herself better, and then use her influence to change her family.

Xue Baochai compared the situation between himself and Jia Yan back then: Jia Yan still needs to go to Jia Amnesty to please Jia Amnesty and find a way to persuade Jia Amnesty before he can do what he wants to do.

Compared with Jia Yan back then, Xue Pan is much easier to talk to than Jia She. Even Aunt Xue has soft ears. With Xue Baochai's eloquence, it is not too easy to persuade these two. Xue Baochai even dared to say that it was Aunt Xue and Xue Pan. Added up, it is not as persuasive as Jia Shenan.

More importantly, Xue Baochai was able to touch Xue's account book!

This is the biggest difference between Xue Baochai and Jia Yan.

Not to mention the past, even now, Jia Yan has never seen the big accounts of the Jia family, so Jia Yan wants to know the financial situation of the Jia family, either by guessing, guessing from daily clues, or can only be detailed. Discriminate what others say.But Xue Baochai is different. It can even be said that the big account of the Xue family is in front of her. As long as she is willing, she can even mobilize resources of the Xue family to a certain extent without letting Aunt Xue Xue Pan find out.What's more, if she persuades her mother and elder brother, the entire Xue family will obey her arrangement!

This is an absolute advantage that even Jia Yan does not have.

After hesitating for a while, Xue Baoqin finally said, "Did sister make up her mind?"

Xue Baoqin knows exactly what Xue Baochai's decision means, which means that she is likely to sacrifice her marriage and future.Xue Pan is like that, even her brother Xue Bian is also a man, but her brother is too young, not yet 15 years old, so it doesn't matter at all.If Xue scorpion is two years older, maybe it can still come in handy?But now?The thirteen or fourteen-year-old brother, in the eyes of outsiders, can only serve as a follower to his cousin Xue Pan.

The problem is, even if Jia Yan has already promoted Jia Yun and the Yan family, that is their luck, so why should their Xue family have this luck?

If you can see good results within one or two years, then that’s fine. If you don’t see results within one or two years, or, it doesn’t take much time, it only takes three to five years. A family can change their family in three to five years. But for a girl, if she is delayed for three to five years, the best youth in her life will be delayed.More importantly, Xue's family is now just a merchant family. If she is not careful, Xue Baochai will have to accept the arrangement of the official media to marry a soldier or a local ruffian.

Xue Baochai nodded, and said: "Sister, relying on the mountains and mountains depends on everyone running, the only thing people can rely on in this world is themselves."

This is also the message that Jia Yan conveys to the girls in the Grand View Garden by teaching students according to their aptitude.

Xue Baochai once hesitated, but now, she wants to work hard for herself.Regardless of the outcome, she has no regrets.

Xue Baoqin nodded, she was not talking, but Xue Baochai. After calming down a little, she thought that her words might have affected Xue Baoqin.

She took her cousin's hand and said to Xue Baoqin: "Sister, I know your worries. In fact, if it wasn't for the empress, I would definitely not dare to say such a thing. But this is the Grand View Garden, and it is the empress. As I said, the empress is surrounded by Lord Long Live. If there is no such incident, my words will probably spread to the whole capital. But the empress is in charge of important affairs, and she is being ordered behind her back. Long live is sure. I will protect the empress. That is to say, in front of the empress, I can at most let Wansui remember it. Anyway, I have given up the idea of ​​entering the palace and I don’t want to add trouble to the empress. Even if Wansui has a bad impression of me, it doesn’t matter. Maybe it can please the empress instead. As for those sisters and sisters,..."

Seeing Xue Baoqin listening carefully, Xue Baochai said: "The biggest careless Shi Xiangyun, who likes to talk about people behind his back, is not here. If this kind of thing really wants to spread to the outside world, the third sister will be the first to lose face. It's true that I can't write two Jia characters." , but my good uncle's reputation in their Jia family is not good, and he is not popular, and he can even be said to be the most unpopular one. The fourth sister has a very noble temperament, and she will not Spread the word to the outside. Although Sister Xing is not from a high family background, she has her pride and is here alone. How can she say it? The rest are Sister Hui and Sister Xuan. They are the most important things now At this juncture, Master Hou originally wanted to pick one of them to marry into the Yan family, so why would he do such a thing at this time. As for the sisters of the Li family, their relationship with this mansion is farther than ours, and they are not as good as our empress They are orphans, if they spread the news everywhere, they will suffer in the end.”

In Xue Baochai's view, if the Li family sisters had a place to go, they would not come to Jia's house.

The Li family sisters, like Xue Baochai back then, have uncles.According to common sense, after they enter Beijing, they should rely on their uncle first.The Xue family can still say that Aunt Xue has soft ears and is a sister to Mrs. Wang, so she chose Mrs. Wang, the older sister who lives in Beijing, between the elder brother who is about to be released and the older sister who lives in Beijing.But what about the Li family?The sisters of the Li family chose to join their married cousin, and there were three mothers and daughters!

So Xue Baochai dared to say that the sisters of the Li family must have no other relatives in Beijing, unless the Jia family is really outrageous and has to go out to rent a house for their own future, otherwise, their widowed mothers would not bring Let them take refuge in Li Wan.Maybe Li Wan had to worry about their dowry.

It is best to dismiss such people, as long as they spend a little money, a few pieces of jewelry that are slightly more valuable, and a set of several hundred taels of silver can shut their mouths.

Compared with Xue Baochai's future and future, a few hundred taels of silver is nothing!

Xue Baochai had calculated this point, and then said such words in front of Jia Yan.It may seem dangerous, but it can be passed safely.

The facts were as Xue Baochai expected.Who made her the daughter of a merchant family?Because of her low background, the world is more tolerant of her, but some people mutter behind her back, at most say, "After all, she is a business girl, she has no knowledge, she dares to say anything!"

In addition, Xue Baochai deliberately manipulated the girls and servants in the Jinlou, and with the cooperation of Aunt Xue and Feng Shi, everyone in the Jia family soon knew that Mrs. Wang lied to Aunt Xue back then, and she had no intention of letting Xue Baochai do it at all. Her daughter-in-law, she just wants Xue Baochai to be her son's concubine!

Public opinion quickly turned towards Xue Baochai, saying that she was pitiful and Mrs. Wang was too cruel. No wonder Xue Baochai could not control herself and publicly expressed her dissatisfaction with Jia Baoyu.

Because of their careful actions, the girls inside and outside the Grand View Garden quickly turned to the deceived Xue family, so that Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai even saved the jewelry as a gift in the end.