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

The name of Jia Lian's banquet was not to name the eldest sister, but to Xue Pan.

With the arrival of Xue Pan, the four families were finally gathered in the capital.

But looking at this small banquet, you can tell that the Shi family no longer plays with the other three families. The current situation of the historian is like Xichun in the relationship of "Yuan, Ying, Tan, Xi".

Although Xichun was of noble birth and was the legitimate daughter of Ningguo Mansion, she was a marginal figure. Because her biological mother had a difficult childbirth, her father became a monk and practiced Taoism, so she stayed in Rongguo Mansion.

Although her home is close, her brother's home is no different from her cousin's home. She is a "lonely" person.

The same goes for historians.

Although his family seems to be the second most powerful among the four families, he is actually the fourth among "Jia, Wang, Xue, and Shi", the same as Xichun.

Due to the struggle for imperial power, only Shi Xiangyun, the second eldest Shi Nai and his third eldest Shi Ding family are left in the historian family.

Although Shi Xiangyun was an orphan, she represented the real power of the Shi family. Although she lived in the home of her second uncle Shi Nai, it was actually more like Shi Nai living in Shi Xiangyun's home.

He inherited the title that Shi Xiangyun's father should have inherited. He seemed to have taken advantage, but his reputation was not justified. Therefore, he had no real power, no money, and could only live a difficult life.

Therefore, Shi Xiangyun had to do embroidery work with his sisters at his home until dark.

Shi Nai wanted to show the new emperor that he was "different" from the four families, so he had no contact with the Jia family. In the original work, he did not go to Qin Keqing's funeral and did not join in the fun on Jia Mu's birthday. In the end, he was recognized by the new emperor and was transferred out of the capital to work in other provinces.

The third son, Shi Ding, was not smart, or too smart. He was favored by Jia's mother and obtained the title with the help of the Jia family. Therefore, he participated in the excitement of the Jia family and watched everything. Even in the original novel, Baoyu and Sister Feng were possessed by evil spirits, and he cared about them.

It's a pity that he doesn't have any adult children at home, so he can't play with Jia Lian and Wang Ren. His seniority has grown a lot, and he cannot often participate in Jia Lian's small circle. And because of the big age difference with Jia She, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen, he didn't want to be attached to the younger generation and become inferior, so he stayed away from the circle of Jia's family.

The reason why Jia Lian entertained Wang Ren was because the "newspaper" made money. As a "financial" person, he was grateful to his uncle for his care. It just so happens that the eldest sister is already two years old. Although she is not yet standing still, she can prepare a name.

A girl's name is not as important as a boy's, but his family is noble, so he must cherish it more.

It just so happened that Xue Pan's family escaped from prison, and Jia Yucun had solved the problem for him, so they must celebrate.

Wang Ren was dumbfounded when he heard this. Jia Yucun judge said that Xue Pan died of illness, so he would not be sent to jail. This is not a favor, but an enmity! Wang Ziteng, Jia Zheng, Jia She and others are all as smart as ghosts, so why can't they see this?

You’ll understand when you’re in it.

The Wang and Jia families, including the Xue family, all understood.

Why did the Xue family walk so slowly? It was because they were hesitating whether to go back. The Xue family really didn't take Yinglian and Feng Yuan seriously at first. For such a trivial matter, the slave who beat people stayed behind, and the leaders of the four families were also in his hometown.

Although Xue Pan was one of the parties involved, he was a child and no one thought that he would bear the consequences.

Aunt Xue never thought that Xue Pan would go to jail for such a trivial matter.

Originally, from the Xue family's point of view, this matter was that some ignorant little family came to blackmail people. Everyone in the Feng Yuan family is dead, how can anyone continue to have trouble with the Xue family?

This was originally something that could be settled with a little money, but in the end, Xue Pan even sent his sister to Beijing, and the case hadn't been completed yet.

Is it true that the former prefect did not dare to interrogate? Isn't the case clear? Later, Jia Yucun wore the cloak of the Jia family lineage, behaved like a dog, and could write letters to everyone to express his merits. All of this showed one thing, the emperor wanted to govern the Xue family.

The former prefect was promoted and left, leaving such a mess, but he actually got promoted. You think it's magical or not.

Originally, the case could be adjudicated by a county magistrate, but it had to be delayed until Jiayu Village, the magistrate of Jinling, came ashore before the trial could be adjudicated.

And what kind of master-servant relationship is this? It's been a year, but he can still help the former master sue for grievances. He is still living well on the territory of Jinling under the influence of the four wealthy families, and wants to sue the four families.

To put it bluntly, you can kill Feng Yuan, a "baby product" who has no father, mother, brothers, sisters, wife, or children. How can he not kill an old servant who is not even his own life?

Even if you can't kill him, you can't buy him off?

Just give back the "Four Great Masters" and the "Guardian Talisman", just bragging!

You know, these four families are the descendants of the fathers of the country. They have not even finished enjoying the titles of three generations, and they are already dead?

None of the Lin family in the fifth generation had such a "loyal servant"!

Therefore, Jia, Wang, and Xue knew what was going on, and when they saw that the matter had been concluded, they all accepted it.

The emperor also knew that this was done unfairly and that the truth was leaked, so he turned a blind eye to the "dead" Xue Pan who came to continue doing business as a cashier.

Wang Ziteng thought that the emperor had compensated him. After all, before the Xue family came to the capital, he, his uncle, had been promoted. Therefore, we can no longer struggle and can only continue to serve the emperor.

Aunt Xue felt alienated, so she stayed with her brother-in-law instead of staying with her brother. These were all "sales" done privately.

Wang Ren saw that one of them was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer, and it was not easy for him to meddle in other people's "business". And his feelings for Xue Pan are not as deep as this.

He is the first "member of the family" who hopes that the power of the "Four Families" will be decomposed. This is not because he is ungrateful, but because the development of the dynasty requires this step.

The new emperor wanted to break up the four families because he was afraid that they would rebel if they were too united. After all, the Jia family had "magical" people born with jade in their mouths. Yuhan said the word "国". Although Baoyu's name was not "Jia Guo", this matter was from a different person! There is no such person in his emperor’s family!

Wang Ren wanted to split the four families because the follow-up personnel of the four families were all mixed. Originally, unity was a good thing, but the reunion of the bad leaders was a cancer and was not good for the country.

The four families were no longer just four families. There was a huge and chaotic group of servants, the Qingke speculators who came over, and relatives with unknown grudges like Jia Yucun and Grandma Liu, etc. Not to mention that the emperor wanted to destroy their family. , even the will of the world wants to destroy their family.

"God is not with me!"

Wang Ren sighed for Jia's family.

"What?" Jia Lian didn't hear clearly, he was still actively toasting. Because his uncle was here, he didn't dare to ask the girls to accompany him, which made Xue Pan keep screaming and boring.

"Jia Lian, you're not sincere! You even said you wanted to take the wind and wash away the dust for me! You're such a drunkard! How can you drink?!"

Xue Pan shouted. He was a fool, and he didn't care about anything. He started tapping the wine glass with his chopsticks and clamoring for girls to accompany him to drink.

Jia Baoyu snickered. He was still a child. He started making noises when he saw the excitement and started knocking on the wine cup.

"Go, go, go! Is your hair all grown up? Just dare to call me a girl. Be careful. I will go back and tell my second uncle to give you a slap!"

Jia Lian glanced at Wang Ren secretly. He was very upset because of the quarrel between the two children.

Xue Pan got smart at this time. He grabbed the frightened Baoyu and shouted: "I'm afraid of him, but Jia Lian doesn't dare. Cousin Wang Ren is also a good at sex. I also heard that he likes to see erotic paintings, and Baoyu knows it too!" If you want it, I still have it there, painted by that Genghuang guy."

"You asked me to get it today, and I will bring it to my cousin tomorrow. Just say it, okay?"