Going through the Red Mansions quickly means going against the system.

"Brother, why are you back at this time?"

Baochai saw that it was still bright and it was just past noon when Xue Pan came back with Xiao Mo'er.

"Is school early today?"

If school ends early, she will go to Jia's house to talk to Baoyu.

Xue Pan looked at his sister. Now that Baochai has grown into a graceful figure, and with her unique temperament, she can indeed stand out in the Grand View Garden where there are so many beauties.

"The teacher is not here today, I skipped class."

He planned to change his clothes and went to see King Beijing to discuss going to the fiefdom.

Baochai frowned slightly when he heard this. However, she knew that her brother was someone who could not be persuaded, and she never thought that Xue Pan would be able to take the exams for meritorious service in the future, so she wanted to open her mouth several times, but swallowed it down.

"What, you want to ask Baoyu?"

Xue Pan has also carefully observed his sister in the past few days since he came here.

Baochai has some affection for Baoyu, but not to the point of falling in love yet. But relatively speaking, Baoyu's gentleness and considerateness have indeed passed Baochai's test, so Baochai is now weaving a web, testing Baoyu's bottom line step by step.

"You should stay less entangled with Baoyu in the future, he is heartless."

"How to say?"

Baochai was amused. This was the first time she saw her brother Xue Pan speak so seriously.

"We have been here for so long, but we only heard people say that the treasure jade has been assigned to Miss Lin. They have a small friendship, and you can't win the fight."

Hearing this, Baochai immediately jumped up and said, "Brother, what nonsense did you say? There is no need to argue, it will not ruin my reputation."

She was anxious and angry. If her brother hadn't failed to live up to his expectations, why would she bother with it. When she wants to find her husband's family in the future, and there is no reliable person, is it possible for her to marry blindly and dumbly to a confused person?

Seeing that her face was green and white, Xue Pan knew that she was angry.

This sister's character has become very stable now. Only Xue Pan can make two Buddhas ascend to heaven because of her.

"Why bother! I can only speak seriously when there are no outsiders."

"Originally, I was worried that my sister would not marry well because of my sins, and the Qingyun Road going up became empty talk. Now, during my time in the capital, I have been connected to the Prince of Beijing."

"Now that I know some of the palace's secrets from him, I feel that it is a good thing that you don't enter the palace."

"……How to say?"

Baochai originally thought that Xue Pan was going to say something stupid again, and was about to escape and go to Baoyu's place. Now that I saw that Xue Pan really had a plan, I wanted to take a closer look.

After all, Xue Pan could easily get into big trouble by messing around on his own.

"In a few days, the prince of Beijing will be crowned king. These days, there have been foreign invasions in the north, but there are also civil unrest inside, so the prince got wind of it, and the royal family will reward all the ministers."

"Those like the prince who have military power in their hands will be promoted to princes. Those like our uncle will also be promoted. And those like our uncle whose family fortune has withered will be rewarded with our first spring in the palace. elder sister……"

"Where did you hear the news?"

Baochai couldn't sit still when she heard this. If the previous words were passed down by the prince, she would still believe it. But she couldn't believe Yuanchun.

How could Prince Beijing tell his brother Xue Pan about the affairs of the emperor's inner court?

"cough!"

Xue Pan forgot that Baochai didn't know about him dedicating his family property, so he naturally didn't know that Xue Pan was now a confidant of Shui Rong's faction.

"I know that based on my past virtues, you should not believe me. But the information I got this time is really accurate, and I am definitely not lying to you."

"You just have to believe me, and you will see what happens in the future."

"But these are all heretics and have nothing to do with you. What I want to say is that I have the final say in your marriage. I don't like Baoyu, so don't have any more contact with him."

"understood!"

When Baochai saw Xue Pan hesitating, she knew that he still had something to hide from her. However, she knew Xue Pan's temper and planned to ask the steward to find out.

Even if you can’t ask clearly, Aunt Xue is still here.

Xue Pan just thought that Baochai had listened. As long as Baochai was not emotional, she and Baoyu didn't have to worry about it. After all, at the beginning of the matter, Baochai was the only one who was interested.

Baoyu has always firmly chosen Daiyu.

When Xue Pan arrived at the Beijing Palace, Shui Rong was still scheming with a group of think tanks.

With Xue Pan's suggestion, he has already sent people to rush to the border defense, planning to ask his people to make concessions and make the war more serious.

"Brother Xue is here just in time. I will introduce you to some friends..."

Ever since Shui Rong saw Xue Pan's calculations, he had always regarded him as an intellectual talent.

In the past, he only knew how to form gangs in Kyoto, and he had long forgotten that his influence outside could also affect the capital.

Xue Pan saw them one by one and then looked at the sand table in Shuirong House.

He was more concerned about the war than the two saints in the palace. He secretly found craftsmen to make this sand table.

"My dear uncle, Mr. Wang, is now leading the people here to supervise the battle. Although it has only been a year or two, the money has been spent like water."

War is a waste of people and money, and Xue Pan has long known this.

He knew that his uncle had been promoted, but from Shui Rong, he learned that the reason why Prince Teng was promoted was for war.

Although he knew about the war in the past, he did not know that the war was so urgent. Although everything went smoothly for Wang Ziteng after he was promoted, the war has been anxious, and he has never been able to return to the capital.

He will eventually die outside.

It is no wonder that in the original work, Baochai clings to Baoyu. The Xue family lived in the Jia family for many years and did not leave.

I don't know why, but in the past, he pretended to be invisible to such an obvious thing. He couldn't see the whole picture clearly until the water solution reminded him.

Things that were not written in the Red Mansion actually obscured him. Because of this, he became as blind as Baoyu, waiting in a daze for his family to be destroyed.

"The soldiers and horses have not moved yet, but the food and grass go first. The person who moved the food and grass is... the Jiangnan Zhen family?"

"Yes."

Speaking of this, Shui Rong frowned.

His eldest concubine is the second daughter of the Zhen family. He married this eldest daughter because of the wealth of the Zhen family.

The ancestors of the Xue family took over four times and were in charge of the small court in Jinling.

In the past, when merchants were free to go to sea, all kinds of treasures flowed to the Zhen family. Therefore, the Zhen family was really wealthy. It was not until the war broke out that things changed.

"The emperor's inner treasury has long been empty, and the Ministry of Revenue doesn't have much spare money."

"In the past two years, the Supreme Emperor fell ill, so the imperial mausoleum has been built for four or five years."

"Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne and is attracting beauties, the money will be spent like water, which will make matters worse."

Shui Rong was a little gloating that the new emperor had made a mess and was extremely busy every day. He also had the Supreme Emperor on his head, so he was not free to manage state affairs.

For Shui Rong, this became the only thing that made him happy.