The Red Chamber: My Stunning Confidante with a Variety of Styles

early morning.

Linglong Xiaozhu, Jia Jue's room.

Yuanyang cleansed Jia Jue's face gently, and said softly:

"Master, just now Sister Hongyu came to deliver a message, saying 'the bird has flown away'."

"En." Jia Jue responded softly, which was what he expected.

Qingluan's departure is the beginning of his plan, but it may take some time to see the effect.

Yuanyang looked at him, wanted to say something, but stopped.

Jia Jue put his arms around her willow waist and asked softly:

"Sister Yuanyang, is there anything we can't say between us? You want to ask what this bird is?"

Yuanyang blushed, leaned on Jia Jue's chest, and said softly:

"Master, no, it's the old lady who has something on her mind."

She was very measured and would not ask Jia Jue about those confidential matters.

"Oh? What's wrong with grandma?" Jia Jue asked in surprise, but Jia Mu didn't show any strangeness in front of him.

Yuanyang replied softly: "She didn't say it clearly, but I can guess that it's about Second Master Bao's business."

Jia Jue raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter with Baoyu?"

"A few days ago, someone came to say hello to her. Grandmother and Second Wife thought it was good, but Second Master Bao refused to obey. He hadn't eaten for several days."

"Oh? There are other things like this? Which family is the marriage?"

Jia Jue laughed lightly when he heard this, he didn't pay much attention to Jia Baoyu's affairs, as long as he didn't mess around, he didn't care about the marriage at all.

But he didn't expect that Jia Baoyu would go on a hunger strike.

"It's Osmanthus Xia's family." Yuanyang replied.

"Osmanthus Xia's family?" Jia Jue frowned, "Could it be the Xia's family that supplies flowers and bonsai for the palace?"

Yuanyang nodded: "Yes."

Jia Jue opened his mouth when he heard the words, and suddenly smiled.

There is nothing more strange than this.

The Xia family is a special family. It is a family of imperial merchants named in the household department, and it is one of the largest families. The family is extremely wealthy. Osmanthus fragrans is the only plant, all the osmanthus flowers in this city and outside the city belong to the Xia family, and even the bonsai in the palace is also a tribute from the Xia family, so it is called "Xia family of osmanthus flowers". In terms of status, it belongs to the Xue family compare.

If that's the case, it's not surprising, after all, there are still a lot of rich and powerful people in the capital.

The point is, in the original book, the Xia family is the in-laws of the Xue family.The eldest daughter of the Xia family is Xue Pan's wife.

The eldest lady of the Xia family was named Xia Jingui. This Xia Jingui was born as beautiful as a flower and like jade. In Jia Baoyu's eyes, she was no worse than the Twelve Beauties of Jinling.

However, Xia Jingui's character is first-class arrogant.

She is the only daughter in the family and has no brothers or sisters. In addition, her father died early. Her mother doted on her very much, which also caused her to become extremely arrogant. Cao Gong said that she "loves herself like a bodhisattva, Peeping at others is as filthy as dung, with the appearance of flowers and willows on the outside, and the nature of wind and thunder on the inside. At home, she often gets angry with the maids, scolds and beats her." She even gave her the nickname "Hedong Lion" .

In the original book, Xiangling's death was caused by her alone.

There is a saying in Xiangling's verdict: the root is as fragrant as the lotus flower, and the life is really hurt.Since the birth of a lone tree in the two places, the fragrant soul has returned to its hometown.

"Lonely trees grow in two places", this is the method of splitting characters. "Two places" are two "soils", adding a word "wood" is "gui", which means Xia Jingui.

In the "delicate and gentle" Red Chamber, such a fierce and pungent Xia Jingui is really an outlier. Jia Jue had a deep impression of her when he was studying in the Red Chamber.

He thought that because of his intervention, Xue Pan became an honest businessman, and after leaving the capital, Xia Jingui would not appear.

But he didn't expect that after going around in circles, she reappeared in front of him in such a way.

"The eldest lady of the Xia family is talented and beautiful, and her family background is good. She is a rare beauty. It is said that the person who proposes marriage is about to break through the threshold of the Xia family. But for some reason, the second master Bao refused to obey, even And the old lady is also angry." Yuanyang frowned and said.

From the perspective of a bystander, Jia Baoyu's behavior is unreasonable.

Jia Jue shook his head: "It's okay, Second Brother Bao is still young, such a major life event must be handled with caution."

He naturally disapproved of this marriage. If Jia Baoyu married Xia Jingui, his house would be in trouble. That's all. If he ran away from home again and became a monk, it wouldn't be beautiful. The Jia family has no successors.

Yuanyang nodded slightly.

At this moment, Qingwen suddenly walked into the room and said nervously: "Master, it's not good. Second Master Bao has left home!"

Jia Jue frowned: "What's wrong?"

"Early this morning, the servant girl went to wash the second master Bao, but knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no answer. The maid was afraid that something would happen, so she called someone to knock the door open. In the end, the second master Bao was not in the room. I left a letter on the table, saying that I went out to relax and would not return in half a year. Both the old lady and the second lady cried terribly." Qingwen said it quickly.

The corners of Jia Jue's mouth turned up slightly, but Jia Baoyu finally dared to rebel.

After washing, he came to Jiamu's small courtyard, and he saw Jiamu and Mrs. Wang wiping tears, and all the girls were talking with them.

Seeing Jia Jue coming, they quickly got up and saluted Jia Jue.

Although Jia Jue said that everything was business as usual, neither Jia's mother nor Mrs. Wang could act like an elder in front of him.

"No need to be too polite." Jia Jue said quickly, "Grandmother, where is the letter from Second Brother Bao?"

Jia Mu hurriedly gave him the letter.

Jia Jue took the letter and looked at it, but the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

"I have already sent someone to look for it, but I don't know if I can find it?" Mother Jia sighed.

As soon as they found out that Jia Baoyu had left home, they sent someone to look for him, hoping to bring Jia Baoyu back.

Jia Jue asked with a smile, "Where did my grandmother send someone to look for it?"

"I don't have any specific places. I just go to restaurants, teahouses, official roads and other places." Mrs. Wang said.

Jia Jue shook his head lightly: "Looking at it this way, it must be impossible to find it."

"Ah? Why is that?" Mother Jia and the other girls all looked surprised.

Jia Jue smiled, "Because Second Brother Bao went to places other than these."

"Where is that?" Everyone hurriedly asked.

Jia Jue smiled lightly, and spit out three words: "Shuiyue Temple."

"Ah? Shuiyue Temple!" Everyone was stunned, their eyes full of astonishment, because this Shuiyue Temple is a:
nunnery.