The Red Mansion's Dress to Become the King of Beijing

Shui Rong used to watch the Dream of Red Mansions, but now he still vaguely remembers that when he introduced Jia Shiwang Xue's four families in the gourd monk's trial of the gourd case, Xue's family was the least powerful and the least populous.

The Xue family has been an imperial merchant for many years, and they are not short of money at all. However, they have not yet cultivated a scholar who can support the lintel. Therefore, if they want to continue their business, they naturally have to look for backers everywhere and pay the "protection fee" on time. .

However, no matter how much filial piety is given, and no matter how low the attitude of writing and posting is, the Xue family must put their own family's interests first.

To use an inappropriate analogy, the Beijing Palace is certainly the super powerful father of Party A, but the employees of Party B don’t get paid from Party A... and the father of Xue Biao and Xue Baoqin is just a father who wants to jump from Party B to Party A. Fang is a true hero and a true warrior.

It's a pity that this Mr. Xue was also born at an untimely time. When he was about to move up to a higher level, it was just in time for the honeymoon period between the first emperor and the previous king of Beijing.

The two monarchs and ministers not only have a deep friendship, but the late emperor also had a lot of trust in the old Beijing King, and the Beijing Palace had to be "strategic" shrunk for both public and private purposes.At that time, the Xue family was a real big family that could rank among the top three among the imperial merchants.

Of course, Mr. Xue sent a sincere "job application letter", but the palace did not reject it decisively, so the "ambiguity" between the two parties lasted for many years. It is better to "rebuild the old" palace. After all, the palace is not as good as before, and the prospects are quite delicate.

However, even if the future is uncertain, there are many people with discerning eyes who insist on betting on the palace: the story of Chengzu Jianwen is there.It is not a new reason that all eggs cannot be put in one basket.

The olive branch on Shui Rong's side has already stretched out, and it is impossible for the Xue family not to follow it.

But Baoyu Daiyu returned to Rongfu and honestly sent a message to Baochai, ordering Xue Biao to come to the capital from Jinling.

In the days after Baochai, when she had free time, she thought silently: how should she deal with the two cousins ​​coming to Beijing.After all, she has a deep understanding that when her mother and elder brother encounter serious business, she may not be able to count on any of them.

The elder brother was too young, and after his father passed away, the elder brother could not persuade all the stewards. Before and after he came to Beijing, the muddle-headed incidents happened again and again. The current patriarch of the Xue family is Xue Pan.

Why did Baochai not understand that the fundamental reason why the elder brother made mistakes one after another but was never severely criticized by the clan elders was that the elder brother had a good uncle.However, when the cousin completely relies on the Beijing Palace, even if he can keep the dignity of the patriarch, most of the property in his hand will be stripped away.

At that time, it doesn't matter how my brother makes trouble and my mother cries.Even if the mother begs the uncle, it's... useless.

Less than two years after entering Beijing, Baochai has also experienced a lot, and his whole person is much more transparent: uncle is just uncle, and uncle has to weigh for his children, not to mention the nephew who will only cause trouble for him today .

Besides, uncle is a first-rank official, even if he complied with his mother's request, it would definitely cost a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Baochai let out a long sigh, and finally relaxed a little: Fortunately, what she holds in her hands now is all the private property left by her father, not the family property.After some somersaults, no more money in hand, what if my brother can restrain himself a little bit?

She thought about the difference, and the eldest girl Ying'er lifted the curtain, "I have seen my wife."

Usually, when Yinger saw her mother, there was a smile in her voice, but this time...it was obviously wrong.Baochai stood up abruptly, followed the prestige, and saw her mother with a sullen face, going straight in and ignoring Yinger, but grabbed her hands and said bitterly, "My son..."

Seeing this situation, Baochai had expected it, and secretly said, "What is supposed to come will always come"-she heard this from Baoyu, and beckoned Yinger to pour tea quickly.

If she didn't give orders, this girl must have seen that the situation was not good, and pulled the other girls to guard the door.

Hearing Yinger's response, Baochai took her mother to sit on the Luohan bed by the window, took the tea bowl from Yinger's hand, and handed it to her mother. After her mother moistened her throat and breathed, she asked slowly, "Auntie again?" What did you tell your mother?"

My uncle has already left Beijing to take up his post, so my mother often goes to sit with my aunt these days.Although I was a little unhappy about... the choice of the side concubine of Prince Jing's Mansion a while ago, but where did the sisters have any overnight hatred?

Aunt Xue didn't want to hide her daughter's intelligence from the very beginning, but... her daughter is talented, and she felt even more saddened by it, "Your aunt said that next year, when the imperial concubine is elected, she will promote the young lady of the Xiao family!"

Miss Xiao?Baochai was startled when he heard this, and after a while he suddenly realized, "The one who divorced the Prince of Jing?"

The daughter is unbelievably calm!

Aunt Xue suddenly realized this, and somehow suppressed the tears of grievance that were rolling in her eyes: King Beijing...she knew that her daughter was serious; The "recommendation" quota belongs to the daughter. If the imperial concubine did not recommend her daughter, it must be the Xiao family's behind the scenes action!

With a wise husband of the imperial merchant, Aunt Xue couldn't "get close to Zhu Zechi", and at least she had a slightly reliable guess: her family didn't give enough benefits, so the imperial concubine didn't want to give her daughter a head start.

When Baochai glanced at her mother, she knew what she was thinking.

The timing was right now, and Baochai wanted to persuade her mother. She hugged her mother's arm, lowered her head and said softly, "When I was still in Jinling, I also thought that I would have a low rank after entering the palace. With my cousin taking care of me, I would not Too bullied. When I came to the capital and lived in the Rong Mansion, my cousin became a concubine Xiande, and even became a noble concubine a while ago, and Concubine Wu Gui in the palace has been deeply favored... Mother, look, the empress is still decent, Concubine Wu Gui is almost at the point of exclusive favor, "but she has never promoted her own girl into the palace."

Aunt Xue was speechless for a long time.

Baochai lightly leaned on her mother's shoulder, "It turns out that we were thinking about it. How powerful is uncle? One niece has become a noble concubine, and another niece is going to be sent to the palace? I don't understand anything, so I have to say something when I hear this." How dissatisfied! Mother, what people say is awesome!"

Baochai's meaning is very clear: Even if the noble concubine Yuanchun recommends Baochai due to the benefits from Xue's family and the favor of relatives, their uncle Wang Ziteng will stop him.At Wang Ziteng's wealth and status, not refusing does not necessarily mean acquiescing.

In fact, from the emperor's grandfather to the emperor himself, there were three consecutive generations, and the sisters served one husband together, only when the elder sister died.Send the two nieces who are similar in age to the palace, especially when the older one is dignified but not favored... Wang Ziteng has a thick skin now, but he doesn't want to be like a "pimp", " "Selling girls for glory" reputation.

At this time, Aunt Xue couldn't help but face the reality.Otherwise, when the Rong Mansion wanted to push their daughter into the Beijing Palace to find a side concubine, she would have rejected it decisively.

Having said that, Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang really don't know what kind of person their real brother is?The two sisters pretended to be confused with the understanding.

Aunt Xue was in a complicated mood at this time, and Mrs. Wang felt uncomfortable in her own room, leaning on the pillow: the Buddhist beads in her hand hadn't moved for a long time.

Even if she was confused at the beginning, now she also knows that her master's fat job is the compensation given by the emperor to the noble concubine... Imagine the Wu family's "there are high positions in the palace, there are princes, and there are high-ranking officials outside the palace". I don't know how many years I have to wait!After all, Baoyu is still young.

At this time when we are desperate, we can only rely on relatives and friends for support.Mrs. Wang thought for a while: The mother of the eldest daughter of the Xiao family will always go to Beijing before the Spring Festival, so it's time to get close.

But when Shui Rong learned that Xue Biao was leaving for Beijing, he also got the news that his ex-fiancee's mother had arrived in the suburbs of Beijing, and Xiao Yun went to pick her up in person.

The ex-fiancée Xiao Yun probably wanted to trick him into "taking a special passage" to enter the palace, but he was more "cowardly" and felt that something was wrong except to stay at home in court, Xiao Yun had nothing to do even if she had a magic trick.

Planned to have a miscarriage, Xiao Yun can only follow the procedure honestly and choose to enter the palace next year.All in all, Shui Rong really doesn't like Xiao Yun's small tricks at all, and at the same time, he doesn't like Xiao Yun's ~harem~road.This knowledge and means are not comparable to Yuan Chun, let alone fighting with Concubine Wu Gui.

So Shui Rong got the news and put it aside, what he was concerned about was... the son of the royal family who was sent by Sui Yuan to report saw him, and knelt down when he saw him: "My lord, something extraordinary has been dug out under the cement workshop.

It's normal to bury a dead person with great background in ancient times at the bottom of the mountain... Shui Rong has to go for a walk this time: to see how big the other party's "root" is.

But he said that Shui Rong left the city in a carriage, while his ex-fiancée and his mother were sitting in a teahouse on the side of the street, watching his carriage and carriage guard of honor slowly pass by through the window.

The fiancée's mother tightly squeezed her daughter's hand, "Don't make trouble!"

The author has something to say: an old zongzi was dug up from the grave...there really isn't one.