The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

From the capital to the south of the Yangtze River, if you take the canal waterway, you can reach it in less than ten days.

However, the letter sent by Marquis Baoning to Lin Ruhai in the south of the Yangtze River took advantage of the privileged class's loopholes, instead of going by water, it was a faster land station.Eight hundred li was expedited, and the messengers alternated alternately, almost non-stop around the clock. Every time they reached a post station, they changed horses, but they had already reached the border of Jiangnan in three days.

When Mrs. Jiang of Baoning Hou entered the main gate of Rongguo Mansion with her daughter, the messenger knocked on the gate of Xunyan Yushi Mansion as far away as Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Shang Chanchan leaned by Jiang's side and began to complain: "Aniang, we are going through the main entrance today. I heard from Sister Lin that when she arrived at Jia's house, she opened a door at the southwest corner, and let the lonely She went in."

Jiang said with a smile: "I have an imperial order, how can they not open the front door."

Shang Chanchan continued: "It's just that the matter of the family is not counted, only that on the first day when Sister Lin arrived at the mansion, the two masters of the Jia family gave up their reasons and refused to see her, obviously they did not take this niece seriously. inside.

Besides, the second wife of the Jia family gave Sister Lin a lot of prestige, saying that she should take out two bolts of material to make clothes for her.Doesn't this regard Sister Lin as a poor relative who beats Fangfeng?Could it be that the Lin family lacked these two pieces of material? "

Jiang smiled and nodded her forehead: "I look at that child Yu'er, she may not be willing to complain to you the first time I see you. It must be you who pestered her to ask, and she had to say it. You child is unreasonable." , What are you doing to make her sad by mentioning these things for no reason?"

She couldn't help but sigh: Thinking back when Jia Min was alive, how careful and precious she was to pray for God and Buddha for her daughter, but now she is living under someone else's fence, and she has to be instructed even in food, clothing, and speech. It is really sad.

In short, under Shang Chanchan's persevering little report, the Jiang family was quite displeased with Erfang and the others before meeting the members of the Jia family.

When the carriage entered the second gate, Jiang and Shang Chanchan got out of the carriage, and saw the two wives of King Xing, who personally brought Sister Li Wanfeng and Sanchun sisters to wait at the gate of Yi.

Here, except Mrs. Xing who has a first-rank imperial order with Jia She, the other highest rank is the fifth-rank imperial order Wang, so they all bow to Mrs. Baoninghou.

Jiang's heart said: the luster of a gentleman in the human way will be beheaded in the fifth life.Back then, a family of duo was respectable and wealthy, but Jia Rong's generation is now the fifth generation in Ningguo Mansion, and it really is exhausted.

The merchant is now in the third generation of Shangchi, and the Jiang family is secretly vigilant that he must raise his children and grandchildren well, and the lessons learned from the past are in front of him.

The female relatives who had learned from the past came up to meet Jiang.

Sister Feng had just met Jiang at the banquet four days ago, so she smiled and said: "It's rare that Mrs. Hou is here, the old lady is waiting for you inside. Why don't you send me here early this morning?" , I’ll be full by just drinking the wind, and I’ll ask Mrs. Hou to give me a mouthful of noodles later.”

The Jiang family liked Sister Feng's temperament quite a lot, so she smiled and said, "Brother Feng is lively, which is different from your eldest daughter."

Wang was stunned for a moment, then filled with joy.

She folded up a lot of manuscripts, preparing to mention Yuanchun indiscriminately, so as to test Madam Baoninghou's tone.Who knew it would be useless at all, Mrs. Bao Ninghou said the first thing she said when they met, so it was easier for Mrs. Wang to speak next time.

This happiness came so fast, it was like a dream.

Just as Wang was about to speak, she saw the girl beside Mrs. Hou took a few steps forward, ignoring others and only pulling Daiyu's sleeve: "Sister Lin, I got something good from the palace and I want to give it to you."

Jiang shi smiled and said angrily: "Chanchan, I didn't meet anyone first, I only see your sister."

Only then did Shang Chanchan let go of Daiyu's hand, retreated back to her mother, met everyone present in order of seniority, and received a large circle of gifts.

Mrs. Wang's words were blocked in her throat, and she couldn't help blaming Daiyu in her heart, so she could only press it down for now and bring it up later.

Baochai bowed her head and followed Sanchun: It's not that she is being modest, it is said that she would like to be the first one, directly under Mrs. Hou's eyes.It's just that due to her background and living in Jia's mansion, she can't go ahead of other girls, so she has to stand at the back regrettably.

At this moment, her heart was sour and astringent, as if she had knocked over a bottle of vinegar.

She heard from Sister Feng that Mrs. Baoninghou and the girl were very fond of Daiyu, but she didn't expect it to be so close!

Miss Shang wanted to leave good things to her when she got them from the palace, and Mrs. Hou's words even treated her like her own daughter.She, Lin Daiyu, has so much virtue and ability, but she is relying on the old acquaintance of her dead mother and Mrs. Hou.

Shang Chanchan took off a jade bracelet from her wrist and put it on Daiyu, then suddenly pointed to Baochai and said, "Sister Feng, this is that sister from your family, why didn't you see her at the banquet that day?"

Wang Xifeng hurriedly explained with a smile, and Jiang ordered the maids to present a gift.

His gaze swept across Xue Baochai's face: one Jia Yuanchun is not enough, and the four major families still want to send a second girl into the palace?This color is three points better than Jia Yuanchun's, and it is indeed a rare beauty.

The dignitaries in Beijing are well aware that the so-called escort of princesses and princesses is just an excuse: how can there be any princesses in the palace?The eldest princess died young, and the second princess got married three years ago. Only two or three princes and princesses who often go to the palace, except Xiao Lirong who is younger, are all ready to marry. Who needs to accompany her.

This so-called escort is just a candidate for the empress dowager in the palace to pick out the princes, side concubines and concubines in advance.

The eldest prince is twenty years old and got married last year.

But the rest of the princes are all between the ages of eight and 15, and they are all waiting to be married.It doesn't matter if the prince or concubine, there are dozens of girls in the world picking and choosing, but the position of side concubine and concubine is so much that people are staring at it.

The Empress Dowager Shang was also idle, so she thought of an excuse to call her escorts into the palace, and planned to get a group of girls to enter the palace to choose, if there were some wicked, coquettish and domineering ones, kick them out early, so as not to harm her queen in the future. Sun.

This matter is an open secret in the family of officials and officials.

People with high status and who love their daughters are not going to send their daughters to join this concubine reserve team, but some low-level and declining officials want to rely on their daughters to fight for wealth and wealth, so they are very concerned.

Naturally, the Xue family had the same plan.

When Baochai saw Mrs. Hou looking over, she immediately tensed up, but her face was still as calm as water.Today she dressed up intentionally, her face is like a silver basin, her eyebrows are divided into emerald feathers, and her eyes are like watery apricots, she really looks like a stunning beauty.

Mrs. Jiang smiled slightly, and praised Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue: "Miss Xue is so talented, she is no less than the eldest girl in the family."

The smile on Mrs. Wang's face faded immediately, and she almost couldn't maintain it.

Shang Chanchan almost wanted to applaud his mother: with Wang's kindness, the mother and daughter of the Xue family might suffer a lot from her in the future.

Aunt Xue's brows were beaming with joy: Mrs. Baoning Hou is willing to praise her daughter like this, so she has great hopes in the future.

Xue Baochai also felt her heart beating wildly, and quickly lowered her eyes in a dignified and self-restraining gesture. Fortunately, this is what she is used to, and she really looks like a beautiful woman who is not surprised by honor or disgrace.

Shang Chanchan looked at it with gusto: I haven't entered the gate yet, the eyebrows and eyes are so beautiful, I really want to live in Jia's house and never leave.