Crimson Pearl Tears in a Dream of Red Mansions

As mentioned above, Daiyu ordered Qingwen to invite the Eight Fortune Jin Guo Luoluo to visit the mansion to appreciate the chrysanthemums. Guo Luoluo received the post and went there full of joy, but she didn't expect that this visit would completely overturn her original destiny.But what happened in the end, I won't show here for the time being, just talk about the Rongguo Mansion first.

In Lixiangyuan, Aunt Xue looked at Baochai lovingly, and sighed: "Chaier, you are already in your 19th year, and your marriage has to be settled, otherwise, you will be [-] years old after the national filial piety is over. If you don’t make up your mind, it won’t be possible with your aunt in the future.” Baochai’s eyes dimmed when she heard this, since she met Lin Wenfu’s talent, she was handsome, with extraordinary temperament, and she was in the midst of being a saint. Beloved, she has a bright future, and with her eyes above the top, she has already seen Lin Wenfu's extraordinaryness. No matter which prince will succeed him in the future, she believes that Lin Wenfu will get a higher title, and Lin Wenfu will get a higher title. She was once a meritorious escort, even if one day he was named a king with a different surname, she would not be surprised at all!She originally thought that Lin Wenfu taught Jia Lan martial arts in the Jia family, and she would always have a chance to meet him, and then let him fall in love with her and ask her to marry her, but she did not expect that he had been in the Jia family for more than two years. But I have only met him three times, and every time I met, I couldn't say a few words, I was so angry that I gritted my silver teeth!

Seeing that Baochai was silent, Aunt Xue persuaded her again: "Chaier, mother knows that you are high-minded, and you have taken a fancy to Lin Wenfu, and you want to earn a second-rank wife, but you also have to think about it." I think, you are not young, not to mention whether Lin Wenfu thinks you are worthy, but if you really like you, according to our family background, I am afraid that you will not be his first wife. Although the Jia family is not as good as In the past, it was still the mansion of the Duke of the State. Your elder sister and third younger sister were all Fujin in the crown prince's womb. In the future, once the crown prince ascends the throne, they must be the masters of the palace. When Baochai heard the words, she was unwilling in the end, because she was silent for a while, Fang said: "My business is not in a hurry at this time, but my brother's marriage should have been settled long ago. Otherwise, he is so idle every day. This family will be ruined by him sooner or later, and I'm afraid that my aunt's daughter will not be able to marry."

Aunt Xue said: "What you said is, but your brother is famous, who would marry his daughter into our family?" At this point, Aunt Xue couldn't help sighing bitterly. , then she will have nothing to worry about in this life, but she doesn't know what evil she did in her previous life. God gave her such a son of a devil king. If she had known this, she shouldn't have given birth to him in the first place.

Seeing her mother sighing, Baochai naturally knew that Aunt Xue had thought of Xue Pan's usual bastard behavior, so she persuaded: "Mom, you don't have to worry, just tell your brother a sister-in-law, and discipline yourself. It can be better." After saying that, he thought for a while and said: "Mom, the day before yesterday I heard the new shopkeeper in our pawnshop talk about a girl from a family. It sounded very good to me. Why don't you tell me People go ask, if it is really good, then ask a matchmaker to talk about it, and it would be good to hire it for brother."

Aunt Xue heard what Baochai said, so she believed it, and asked quickly, "Chai, tell me which family you are from?" An imperial merchant, now the Gui Family Xia Family which is well-known in the capital is the Xia Family. I heard from the shopkeeper of the pawnshop that all the hundreds of acres of sweet-scented osmanthus in the eastern suburbs of the capital belong to the Xia Family. The bonsai, the sweet-scented osmanthus planted in the imperial garden, and the sweet-scented osmanthus spices used in the pastries in the imperial dining room are all the stipends of the Xia family. The Xia family's master Xia left early, leaving only the mother and daughter of the Xia family to support Family business, I heard that the Xia family's daughter is named Xia Jingui, one year younger than her daughter, she is extremely beautiful, and smart and capable. Mrs. Xia only has her as a daughter, so she is naturally very fond of her. The Xia family's business I left it to my daughter to take care of it. I thought, if she can marry into our family, our family can also use her Xia family's wealth to make a comeback."

Aunt Xue heard this, but she didn't feel a little worried and said: "Then Xia Jingui is very capable for a daughter's family to support a family business. If she marries into our family, won't she ruin our family? Baochai laughed and said, "Mom, don't worry about it. Xia Jingui also knows some poetry and books. I think she has kept her three obediences and four virtues very well. Besides, her natal family has no brothers or sisters. She married into our family. Don’t things from my mother’s family also belong to our family? Besides, how can my brother’s temper be tolerated?”

Aunt Xue said: "What you said is very true." So Aunt Xue called a matchmaker surnamed Fang the next day, gave 20 taels of silver, and ordered her to go to Xia's house to make a marriage proposal, and then another 100 taels of silver. Silver bounty.After hearing this, the matchmaker first nodded some silver taels with her ten fingers wearing gold or jade rings, and then she smiled and said to Aunt Xue: "Mrs. There is no kiss that can't be said!" Aunt Xue was full of joy when she heard this, and said with a smile: "So there is a labor matchmaker."

Matchmaker Fang happily went to Xia's house with the money to say goodbye. You must know that she used to give a reward of more than a dozen or 20 taels to a rich family. Now, Aunt Xue is very generous, and she is a deposit of 20 taels of silver. As for the reward of 100 taels of silver, she is very confident that she can get it, because the wife of the Xia family also asked her to marry Xia Jingui some time ago, and because of Xia Jingui's wind and thunder temperament, she has never found a suitable one. , Now there is a family who voluntarily sent to her door, plus her mouth that can tell her life from the dead, why should she worry about not being able to kiss her!

Sure enough, when Mrs. Xia heard that Fang Matchmaker had found a suitable family for Xia Jingui, she immediately beamed with joy and ordered him to treat her with tea and food.Matchmaker Fang thanked her first after having tea and dinner, and then said with a smile: "I think this family is okay now, but I don't know what you mean, Mrs. Xia?" Mrs. Xia laughed and said: "You just say yes first. Which family?" Fang Matchmaker said: "Mrs. Xia should know, but it is the royal merchant Xue's family after Ziwei Sheren!"

Mrs. Xia frowned when she heard the words: "But I heard that the Xue family has only one son named Xue Pan. My daughter has been very precious since she was a child, and she has never suffered any grievances. If she gets married, can she live a good life?" Fang Matchmaker smiled and said: "Mrs. Xia, you don't have to worry, it's true that men are always absurd when they are young. The kiss is getting better gradually. You see, the son of Wu Yuanwai's family in the west of the city is also what I call my kiss. Now the couple is so sweet that I can't bear it. Wu Yuanwai even brought me red eggs some time ago. , said that the daughter-in-law I found for him has now given him a pair of grandchildren, how happy he is. Besides, can I tell your Mrs. Xia the son-in-law who is not good? If Miss Xia If I'm not going well in the future, didn't I smash my own signboard? Who will trust me if I tell someone to kiss me in the future?"

Mrs. Xia heard this, and said with a smile: "You are very right. If you hadn't been a good matchmaker, no one in the capital, including me, would have invited you to be a matchmaker." "Does Mrs. Xia agree to say so? If so, I will go to Xue's house before it is dark, and let his family prepare to come and hire!" After hearing this, Mrs. Xia said: "Okay After hearing this, Matchmaker Fang happily left.

After Matchmaker Fang left, Xia Jingui came out of the inner room and asked, "Did mother agree?" Mrs. Xia saw Xia Jingui, hugged her quickly, and said, "My son, I have wronged you to death. If you want to cry, just cry, don't hold it in your heart, mother looks so heartbroken!" Xia Jingui shook her head and said, "No, since Brother Feng died, my daughter has said that she will never shed tears again. Yes." After saying that, Xia Jingui pushed Mrs. Xia away and said, "My daughter has gone to her room to embroider her wedding dress." Seeing this, Mrs. Xia could only sigh secretly, but said no more.

The marriage between the Xue family and the Xia family was scheduled on the tenth day of the first lunar month, which is only three or four months away.Xue Pan had heard about Xia Jingui's reputation long ago, and his heart was itching for a long time. Now that he heard that Aunt Xue had engaged him in a marriage, and the other party was Xia Jingui, he couldn't wait. Moreover, in the state of filial piety, it is impossible to say that I have to be patient for the time being, and at the same time personally arrange all the things for marriage.Aunt Xue saw that Xue Pan's temperament was uncharacteristically. On the one hand, she deeply felt that Baochai had a foresight, and on the other hand, she regretted that she hadn't mentioned the marriage to Xue Pan earlier, otherwise her family would not have collapsed into what it is now.

When Baochai saw that Xue Pan took care of everything about her own marriage, and that she didn't need to help at all, she couldn't help feeling that she was redundant. When she was bored, she walked out of Lixiangyuan and went to Yihongyuan where Baoyu lived. and go.

Yihong Courtyard is an independent courtyard that Jiamu ordered people to expand and rebuild Baoyu’s previous Jiangyun Pavilion. It occupies a huge area.Only Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang thought that the word "jade" violated Baoyu's taboo, and they were afraid that Baoyu would think of Daiyu again when he saw the word "jade", so they changed the name to "Yihong Kuailu" and "Yihong Courtyard".But the scenery in the Yihong Courtyard is very good, there are a lot of flowers and plants, especially a few begonias blooming very well.Baoyu said that the crabapple is the "daughter of the begonia", which is the most rare.

But now that Baochai has no intention of admiring the daughter Tang, she just thinks about her own thoughts blankly. Why do you have time to come and sit here today?" Baochai just smiled when she saw Xiren, she knew about the ambiguous relationship between Xiren and Baoyu, and Mrs. Wang seemed to agree with Xiren. The identity of Aunt Ren was given to Xiren according to her monthly schedule. She naturally understood that if she wanted to marry Jia Baoyu, she had to win over Xiren first. As for cleaning her up, she had to wait until she married Jia Baoyu After that.So he laughed and said: "My elder brother is busy getting married now, so he came here by himself. I didn't have anything to do, so I went out to relax. Seeing that the begonias here are blooming very well, I came here to take a stroll." , isn’t Brother Bao here?”

The attacker laughed and said, "Second master is taking a nap. Miss Bao has something to do. Do you want me to wake him up?" Brother Bao is still taking a nap, so what if he catches the cold?" Hearing this, Xiren said, "Second Master was a little tired today, so he was a little bit crooked. Fortunately, there is a charcoal basin in the house, which is very good. It's warm, Miss Bao, won't you go in and sit down?" Xiren said, but his heart was beating drums, Baoyu didn't know why today, he insisted on sleeping with her in broad daylight, she couldn't coax her, so he had to comply, so now Baoyu Shang is still lying on the bed in a daze, if Baochai walks in and bumps into him, and reports to Madam Wang, will she still live?So she used this method of retreating to advance, and because Baochai was usually the most dignified and generous person, she would never dare to break into the man's house like this.

However, Xiren misjudged Baochai. As soon as Baochai heard what Xiren said, she had already seen through the mystery. She was devoted to her, so she just pretended not to know anything, and said with a faint smile: "It's okay, I just stood in this yard for a while, and I was a little panicked from the cold." With a pale face, he walked into the room.

The attacker didn't dare to say anything, so he had to follow carefully into the house, and after pouring Baochai a bowl of hot tea, he said in a hurry, "Miss Bao, let me go in and see if the second master is awake?" He hurried into Baoyu's bedroom, and when Baochai was about to go in, he heard Baoyu say, "Xi Ren, I want you to serve me tonight." Baoyu didn't tell Xiren, but told her.

Xiren knew that Baochai was outside, but he was not sure whether Baochai heard what Baoyu said just now. If Baochai heard it, he thought he would have nothing good to eat.Because she knew very well that Baochai looked dignified and generous, but in fact she was the most intolerable and good at calculating. If she married Baoyu, she would definitely have no way out.So she hurriedly waited for Baoyu to finish changing clothes, then she walked out of Baoyu's room, and said with a smile to Baochai, "Miss Bao, the slave girl was rude just now, please don't blame Baoyu." Baochai smiled calmly and said: " It's nothing." Then he said, "I'll go to the second girl to have a look, and I won't disturb Brother Bao's rest." Baochai didn't realize that he accidentally bit the word "rest" very hard, and went straight to the listener Xiren's heart shuddered.