The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

On the official road outside the capital, the Xue family was on their way.

Xue Baochai stood beside Aunt Xue, looking docile and quiet.Aunt Xue took her hand and said: "My son, now that the Holy Majesty is enthroned, he has decreed that all the daughters of officials and famous families should be named Dabu, so that they can be selected as the escort of the princess and princess."

She looked at her daughter's beautiful appearance, and she was a little proud of her words: "Whoever sees my son does not say that he is very lucky, who can compare with such a good looks. It's a pity that our Xue family is from a merchant. If Born in Wang's or Jia's family, I'm afraid she would have entered the palace to be a concubine by now."

What Aunt Xue said was straightforward—if the 13-year-old girl next to her heard that she was talking about her life, she would have avoided it in shame—and Xue Baochai was different from others, her snow-white and delicate face was full of calmness. Shen Jing: "Birth is nothing. Now the noble concubine who gave birth to the second prince was only the daughter of a small county magistrate when she entered the palace. She is far worse than our family."

After finishing speaking, there was an imperceptible smile on her face: "According to my mother, it is good to be born in a family of officials and officials. Then why is Sister Yuanchun in Rongguo Mansion still a court lady?"

Aunt Xue has always known that this daughter is quite capable, and her husband repeatedly told her to discuss everything with her daughter before she died, so instead of being annoyed when she heard her daughter refute her, she smiled and said, "Mom is confused."

Listening to the sound of carriages and horses, Xue Baochai was quiet for a while before she said: "I will arrive in Beijing tomorrow, do you have all the gifts my mother has prepared?"

Aunt Xue nodded: "I have them all. Among the young masters, Baoyu is naturally different. Among the girls, only the girls of the Lin family have extra sets of hairpins."

Baochai thought for a while, "My mother must have felt that the second and third daughters of the Rongguo Mansion were born from concubines, and the fourth girl was adopted from the Ningguo Mansion, so her family background cannot be compared with that of Miss Lin, so she gave her extra care. thick?"

Seeing Aunt Xue's nod, Baochai smiled and said, "It's really unnecessary, Mom just gives them the same food."

"Mom, are you confused? In the few years since Ms. Lin came to Jia's house, which one of the letters from my aunt was not all complaints? Naturally, it's because the old lady wanted Ms. Lin to be her granddaughter-in-law, but my aunt refused."

"Since that's the case, Auntie will only be happy if we step on her. Let's take a step back and say, we don't have to hold her like this. She has no mother and no brother. If something happens to Mr. Lin in the future, she will be a helpless person." There is no one to rely on."

Aunt Xue felt comforted when she saw that her daughter had insight into the world and was well-organized.

"It's up to you. It's just that Miss Lin is very popular with Shi Taijun. We treated her poorly, I'm afraid Shi Taijun will be dissatisfied."

Xue Baochai shook her head: "Auntie didn't complain in the letter. Shi Taijun once called Miss Lin a member of her family in front of several concubines." A smile appeared on her lips: "Since they are all from the Jia family, So where are the four identical gifts going?"

Mrs. Wang was upset for a long time that Jia's mother matched Baoyu and Daiyu, and she had nothing to say about her depression in Jia's family, so she had to write to her sister.Aunt Xue refused to hide anything from Baochai, so Xue Baochai knew Mrs. Wang's wishes very well, and she didn't think much of this Miss Lin whom she had never met.

Aunt Xue sighed: "Speaking of Jia's family, if it wasn't for the palace guard who came out of the horizontal thorn, the golden and jade marriage that your aunt mentioned before..."

Xue Baochai interrupted: "Mom, now I want to enter the palace as the most important thing. It is best not to let gossip gossip. If there is really no hope of entering the palace, then the Jia family is fine."

"It's all your fault that your brother was restless and wanted to beat someone to death! This is why you have to spend a lot of money to go to the ministry to make up for it. Otherwise, if someone in the family commits a crime, he will definitely not be able to enter the palace."

Xue Baochai frowned: "I'm afraid that Xiangling is a vixen who can make my brother do this. Although she looks ignorant and peaceful now, she might show it in the future. Mom, just ask people to stare at her more, don't worry about it." What's going on in Rongguo Mansion?"

The mother and daughter talked about their plans after entering Beijing one by one, and they didn't rest until they settled down at night.

At this time, Shang Chanchan was asking the servant girl to compare several sets of clothes in front of the mirror, thin beads of sweat oozed from the tip of her snow-white nose.

Bai Lu laughed beside her and said, "The girl was originally in Suzhou, but she never liked seeing outsiders, but now she is really healthy and interested."

Shang Chanchan thought: Is this meeting outsiders?This is the Lin Daiyu she has been thinking about day and night.

After the queen mother spoke, Mrs. Baoninghou loved her daughter again, but within four or five days, everything was ready for this small banquet.

Bao Ning Hou is the uncle of the current emperor, and he is very popular in the capital.

Therefore, all honorable officials and eunuchs who accepted the post promised to bring their daughters to the banquet tomorrow with their wives.

Shang Chanchan asked for a list from the Jiang family, and she was only half-hearted when she saw the Rongguo Mansion.Then he pestered his mother and said: "I heard that there is a Miss Lin from Gusu in the Rongguo Mansion, Auntie, we must invite her."

Mrs. Baoning Hou smiled and said: "It was for her that we invited the Rongguo Mansion—when you were a baby, Mrs. Lin even hugged you. Her girl was two years older than you, and she was born weak. At that time, everyone We have all worshiped the Bodhisattvas in Suzhou."

There was a bit of sadness on Jiang's face: "Poor Mrs. Lin's youngest son didn't stay, and she went with her. Now there is only such a daughter left, and I heard that there are three disasters and eight disasters. It's so distressing. We were far apart in the past, so we will naturally take care of those who can be taken care of in the future."

Shang Chanchan was so happy that she almost broke her personality: "Yes, that's right!"

Seeing her mother looking over in surprise, she lowered her head weakly: "That sister Lin is as weak as me, but she doesn't have her parents and elder brothers to take care of her. She is really pitiful."

Jiang's heart was filled with compassion, and he hugged her in his arms: "It is difficult for a woman to live in this world. Without the support of her family, it will be even more difficult to walk on thin ice. When you see that child tomorrow, you have to be kind to her."

Shang Chanchan: Mom, just don't worry, tomorrow I will perform for you a love at first sight, friendship with Jinlan!

Mrs. Wang twirled the beads in her hand.

Today is the day for the Xue family to enter Beijing, but it is also the day for a small banquet in the Baoninghou Mansion.

After thinking about it again and again, she still went back to Jiamu and ordered Sister Feng to take Sanchun and Daiyu to Baoninghou's mansion.

Of course, it's not that she attaches great importance to Aunt Xue, her own sister.But she had other plans in mind.

Now her eldest daughter, Jia Yuanchun, is working in front of the Empress Dowager Shang.Which one is the Baoning Hou Mansion? It is the mother's family of the Empress Dowager Shang.

Of course she wanted to have a good relationship with Baoninghou so as to benefit Yuanchun.

It's just that the four major families are from military generals, and they have never been in the same way as Baoning Houfu, who was born in poetry and etiquette.Now that she had gone so hastily, it was hard to talk.

It's better for a junior like Sister Feng to take the girls to make a stand first.If you can form a good relationship with Mrs. Baoning Hou and the eldest girl, you will have a reason to communicate in the future.

After hearing her words, Jia Mu pondered for a long time before answering, and then said: "Forget it, you are shameless, and you are the mother of Yuanchun, so you can't open your mouth. Brother Feng is used to being likable, besides Baoning Mrs. Hou has some connections with my poor Min'er, so she also mentioned Yu'er in the post this time, telling them to go and have a look first."

"Ma'am, Aunt Xue has brought Miss Xue into the second door!"

Jin Chuan'er's voice interrupted her contemplation.

Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue and Aunt Xue have not seen each other for more than ten years. When they see each other now, they feel mixed feelings of sadness and joy.After weeping and laughing, he took Aunt Xue to see Mother Jia.

Aunt Xue asked curiously: "I heard that there are some excellent girls in your family, how come none of them are missing today?"

Mrs. Wang also intended to show the status of the Rongguo Mansion in front of Aunt Xue, so she smiled lightly and said: "The Holy Mother, the Empress Dowager, gave a banquet to the eldest girl of the Baoning Hou Mansion, and I just invite the noble girls in Beijing to get acquainted with each other, Brother Feng took their sisters with them."

Aunt Xue's expression was fixed, the Xue family was an imperial merchant, and the royal family and relatives were all familiar with it, and now this Marquis of Baoning is the new richest among the new rich.

Although there is only one word difference between the prince's uncle and the emperor's uncle, their identities are very different.

What's more, this time it is for the princess and princess to choose the escort, so naturally it is not the emperor's choice.It was the empress dowagers of the two palaces and the queen empress who made up their minds.

Aunt Xue couldn't help feeling annoyed, if it wasn't for Xiangling's incident, they would have gone to Beijing early, wouldn't they be able to go to Baoninghou's mansion today.

With Baochai's appearance and temperament, he must be able to get Madam Baoning's eyes.As long as she goes to the Empress Dowager Shang to say hello, there will be hope for Baochai's great affairs!

Now that Piansheng has missed the past, it can be seen that the girl Xiangling is a disaster.

Baochai's expression was still stable, but she just smiled and said: "Sure enough, Rongguo Mansion's decency is different from that of other families." After a pause, he continued: "Not only is my own girl decency, but also Miss Lin, who lives here, can go with her. This is the face that the Baoninghou Mansion gave to my aunt's family."

Although Mrs. Wang knew that Daiyu was invited, she never liked Daiyu, so she accepted it casually.

When Baochai saw Mrs. Wang nodding her head, her thoughts turned like a wheel.It would be a pity to miss it this time, but the future is long and Daiyu can go, so naturally I can go too.

Thinking of this, a demure and gentle smile appeared on her lips as before.