[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

The Xue family came to Jia's house at this time, because it was not yet the Lantern Festival, Jia Yan was really surprised, but it happened that Mrs. Wang asked Jia Yan to greet him.

Jia Yan immediately shook her head: "What did the second wife say, Huangshang Huangshang, even if it has a signboard with the emperor's character on it, it is still a merchant. Why do you want me to welcome you? I won't go, I will stay here with the old lady."

Jia Mu hugged Jia Yanxichun and said, "The second girl and the fourth girl are here to accompany my old woman. You can take Baoyu and the third girl."

When Jia's mother spoke, Mrs. Wang had no choice but to nod.

When she was young, Aunt Xue came in with her daughter Xue Baochai, accompanied by Mrs. Wang, Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, Jia Baoyu and Tanchun. Xue Baochai noticed Jia Yan sitting beside Jia's mother at a glance.

Without him, because Jia Yan is sitting next to Jia Mu and is about her age.

Xue Baochai knew that this was the most favored granddaughter in front of Jia Mu, Jia Yan, the Lord of Jiashan County.

Following his mother, he kowtowed to Jia Mu and greeted Jia Mu in a soft voice, but Xue Baochai's eyes fell on Jia Yan involuntarily.

Jia Mu smiled and said: "This is Bao girl. How old is this year?"

The three words "Bao Ya Tou" clearly reminded everyone of Xue Baochai's address in Jia's family.Although there is nothing wrong with sounding very friendly, in this era, only people with insufficient status are called by their names directly.

"Back to the old lady, it's eleven."

"Hey, she's about the same age as our second girl. When was she born?"

"Back to the old lady's words, in January."

"Isn't that just this month? She's half a year older than our second girl."

More than half a year old, Jia Yan was born on November [-]th, and the difference between the two is almost ten months.

Mrs. Wang saw that Jia Yan was sitting next to Jia Mu without moving, she couldn't help frowning: "Second girl, why are you still sitting? There are no rules."

Even Wang Xifeng couldn't help sweeping at Jia Yan—Aunt Xue is also her aunt, so why does Jia Yan not give Aunt Xue face if she doesn't give her face?

He Fengyi said: "What did Jia Yiren say? May I ask what grade is this Mrs. Xue's family?"

Madam Wang's expression changed immediately.

Xue's family is an imperial merchant, but they just took their internal money to do shopping for the palace, so how can there be any grade?It is said that the ancestors were Ziwei Sheren, which was a matter of several generations ago, but it does not mean that Xue Baochai's father was an official.Since Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai are both white, they should salute Jia Yan first. This is clearly written in the national law: People must kowtow when they see officials.

After Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai's mother and daughter came in, although they saluted Jia's mother, their mother and daughter kept looking at Jia Yan, and He Fengyi couldn't see it, let alone these two had no intention of saluting to Jia Yan at all. .

Especially Mrs. Wang - this is what makes He Fengyi most annoyed - she wants Jia Yan to salute Aunt Xue first!

This is why He Fengyi doesn't speak up?

When Xue Baochai heard about it, she hurriedly came to salute Jia Yan.Jia Yan just nodded, and politely called Sister Bao.

Seeing this, Wang Xifeng quickly said: "Second sister is still sitting down, you should also get up and return the salute."

He Fengyi's tone became even worse: "Second Grandma's words are confused. Even if the county monarch is young, he still has a serious title. The girl from Xue's family is performing a sister ceremony. How can the county monarch get up?"

The house suddenly fell silent.

Jia Baoyu whispered, "Could it be that when Sister Lin came, Second Sister also asked Sister Lin to salute?"

Jia Yan smiled slightly and said, "When Sister Lin came to Beijing, I took a Tongyu to pick up Sister Lin. After all, there are only a few third-class servants in the mansion, so I don't feel at ease."

Mrs. Wang's expression changed.Jia Yan's words were already clearly telling everyone that Xue Baochai's status could not be compared with Lin Daiyu's at all.How can Mrs. Wang accept this?After all, Xue Baochai is her niece, isn't she?

Xue Baochai looked left and right, finally made a choice, and knelt down first.

"Meet the Lord of Jiashan County."

Seeing her daughter kneeling, and thinking about her current status, Aunt Xue must also kneel.

I thought I was Mrs. Wang's own sister, and Mrs. Wang was the head wife of the Rongguo Mansion, so she was a guest when she went to the Rongguo Mansion, so whether it was Aunt Xue or Xue Baochai, one of the mother and daughter looked kind and kind, and the other looked at her. It looks dignified and generous, but in fact, their attitude is upright.

Before He Fengyi spoke, Xue Baochai really hadn't thought about saluting Jia Yan—of course, the attitudes of Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng were the greatest reliance of their mother and daughter.In the eyes of Aunt Xue Xue Baochai and her daughter, Jia Yan should give their mother and daughter face even if it is not for the sake of the friendship between the Xue family and the Jia family for several lifetimes, but for the sake of Mrs. Wang Wang Xifeng-Xue Baochai is completely Unexpectedly, Jia Yan's attitude turned out to be so tough, and she didn't give her any face. Since the national law stipulates that she must perform the national salute first, she must do so first.

Although lying in front of Jia Yan, Xue Baochai's heart was full of humiliation.

She decided that she must climb up.

"waived."

After the ceremony, they return to their seats.

Mrs. Wang finally couldn't bear it any longer: "The second girl has such a temperament, I really worry about it."

Mrs. Wang was secretly telling Jia Mu that Jia Yan's temper could easily offend people in the palace.

But Jia Yan said: "Look at what my aunt said, which girl is not like this? I just stayed at home for a few years, and I can't be self-willed in the future." Then he said to Xue Baochai: "I heard that Sister Bao this time You came to Beijing to prepare for the election, so you can praise people?"

"Yes."

Jia Yan said: "If you want me to say, there is no place with the most rules in the world than the palace. In a family like ours, if you do something wrong, you still have the opportunity to correct it, but if you do something wrong in that place, you will be punished." It's a trivial matter, maybe because of this, you have committed a taboo and you can't get ahead for the rest of your life! Look at me, this is a big deal, I shouldn't have said this."

He Fengyi immediately said: "Indeed, the palace is not an easy place. How many maids are selected every year, and how many people come out at the age of the year? If Miss Bao is not prepared, it is better not to go. Save time I lost my whole life and caused trouble to my family."

Mrs. Wang insinuated that Jia Yan would only die in vain if he entered the palace, so Jia Yan directly talked about Xue Baochai, almost telling everyone that people like Xue Baochai were not worthy of entering the palace!At the same time, she is insinuating that Mrs. Wang doesn't even know the common sense that rules are the most important in the palace.

If by this time you don't know that you have become cannon fodder between Mrs. Wang and Jia Yan, then Xue Baochai is not Xue Baochai.

Xue Baochai immediately understood that Mrs. Wang had been in charge of the Rongguo Mansion for many years, and she was afraid that the big house would have been dissatisfied, and Xue Baochai had also heard of Mrs. Wang's contempt for Jia She's house.It seems that after so many years of silence, the big house of Rongguo Mansion is ready to make a comeback with the help of Jia Yan's title and Jia Lian's promotion.

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Xue Baochai secretly looked at Wang Xifeng.

She had heard about Wang Xifeng a long time ago. Before today, she had always thought that Wang Xifeng was a very smart person. Now it seems that she doesn't even know her own identity, and just blindly follows Mrs. Wang and her father-in-law. The mother-in-law is against each other, and this cousin only looks shrewd on the surface, but in fact she is extremely stupid.If this cousin can understand in time and give birth to a child with her husband early, then that's fine; otherwise, what will happen to this cousin...

In the blink of an eye, Xue Baochai had already made countless calculations in his mind.But on the surface she didn't show it at all, she still thanked Jia Yanhe Fengyi in a soft voice, thanking them for their guidance.

Xue Baochai is such a person, or in other words, the Xue family has trained her to be such a person, no matter how many thoughts she has in her heart, she never reveals it.

Because she knows that in the palace, letting others know your thoughts means that you are not far from death.

Such Xue Baochai naturally attracted He Fengyi to look at her more.

He Fengyi knew the purpose of Xue Baochai's coming to Beijing long ago, and also knew a few things that happened to Xue's family recently.

As far as He Fengyi is concerned, if there is no case of Xue Pan, maybe Xue Baochai still has a chance to enter the palace.First of all, Xue Baochai has a girl's biggest asset. She is beautiful and has fair skin. Although she is a little fatter, her face will not annihilate everyone in the palace.

Borrowing the description of Xue Baochai's appearance from the original book: red lips without spots, emerald eyebrows without draw, face like a silver basin, eyes like apricots.

However, if He Fengyi wanted to say anything more, there was nothing left.

Xue Baochai is indeed a beauty, but she is not a rare beauty like Diao Chan, Wang Zhaojun, Yang Yuhuan, and Xi Shi. Among other things, there is a person sitting in this room who has Xue Baochai's advantages but not Xue Baochai. Shortcomings.

Of course this person is not Wang Xifeng, but Jia Yan.

Jia Yan used Jia Yingchun's shell.When Jia Yingchun appeared in the original book, when Cao Xueqin described Jia Yingchun, she said that Jia Yingchun is: slightly plump skin, medium figure, fresh lychee cheeks, greasy goose fat nose.

It can be seen from the words used that Xue Baochai is very fair, but Jia Yingchun's skin is fairer and more radiant.That is to say, in terms of appearance, Yingchun, like Xue Baochai, is a white beauty with snowy skin, and Yingchun is only slightly plump and not as fat as Xue Baochai. It can be said that only in appearance, Yingchun has Xue Baochai's advantages but no disadvantages .Not to mention, Jia Yan is not the cowardly character of Jia Yingchun in the original book, and her appearance and charm will naturally not be greatly compromised because of her personality.