Mother Jia of the Red Chamber is Unkind

It turned out that when Matchmaker Wang had a falling out with Aunt Xue, she had already handed over Baochai's portrait.At that time, the money was not used to pass the customs. I am afraid that even Wang Matchmaker did not expect Xue Baochai to be selected in this way.

This time, the Mongolian prince of the Tata tribe chose his concubine in Beijing, which was not very formal, and the rules were not as harsh as the serious prince's selection of concubine here in the capital.After seeing the portraits in person, the prince will hand over money to the girls' families as compensation by his subordinates.At the same time, nuns will come to verify their bodies, to make sure that the girls are as beautiful as the portraits, and to verify their innocence.

The Tata tribe is a nation born on horseback, both men and women are good at riding and shooting.Compared with Han women, the girls in the tribe are more bold and masculine.As for men, they all like women who are quiet and compliant; men especially like Jiangnan women who are gentle and graceful and beautiful like flowers.The women of rich families are also versatile. When the men are drinking, they can play the piano and sing for fun. How beautiful!

Therefore, in the Tata tribe, men are proud of marrying a Han woman, and this incident has even become a symbol of status.

The nuns sent by the Mongolian prince to Xue's house were all rigorous and cautious. They were all afraid of their prince's violent temper, and they were afraid that if things were not done well, they would go back and be whipped.

The leading nun looked at Aunt Xue and saw that she was well dressed, so she guessed that her family was indeed a big one.Taking this matter more seriously in her heart, she unfolded the portrait with a smile, and asked Aunt Xue: "Is this portrait your daughter?"

Aunt Xue froze for a moment, then nodded.

"I wonder if Madam can take me to meet her?"

Aunt Xue felt a little relieved when she heard Mammy call her "Madame". It seems that this Mongolian is not that difficult to get along with.Aunt Xue accompanied the nuns to Baochai's residence.This morning, when Baochai came to give her a visit, she was well dressed and her hairpins were jingling, very dignified and pretty.Aunt Xue thought that if she brought people here so suddenly and didn't let Baochai prepare, she would be able to surprise these nuns.

As soon as the little maid saw Aunt Xue coming, she shouted to inform her and raised the door curtain by the way.

As soon as the nuns entered the door, they smelled a strange fragrance.The leading nun took two deep breaths and smiled very happily.

"I don't know what kind of incense this is. It smells so good. The boudoirs of women from the Central Plains are different, and the fragrance is very elegant." The Mongolian nanny searched her stomach, and awkwardly said such a compliment.

When Aunt Xue smelled the fragrance, her face turned pale.The Mongolian mother's "like" made her even more worried.Because she smelled it, it was the smell of Lengxiang Wan.These days Baochai didn't get sick again, this morning he was alive and well, how could he get sick so quickly?

Aunt Xue calmed down and entered the house first, followed by the Mongolian nuns.

Aunt Xue's complexion darkened immediately when she saw her pale daughter getting dressed in a hurry.Seeing this scene, the Mongolian nuns felt embarrassed and turned around to leave.

"Ying'er, Miss is resting, why don't you say something!" Aunt Xue cursed bitterly.

Ying'er looked at Baochai, and Xingren's eyes were watery and full of tears.She knelt down with a puff, and cried out: "Madam, I know I was wrong. I was with Miss on the couch just now and accidentally fell asleep. When I heard the movement just now, I woke up just like Miss. Before I had time... you coming."

"You're a slave, but you're still eloquent. It seems that I pampered you too much in the past!" Aunt Xue slapped the table angrily, and turned to look at Baochai. Because of her complexion, she didn't say anything to her.

"Mom, who are those nuns outside? They look strange." Baochai hurriedly dressed, her body trembling.Yinger's eyes were sharp, and she called out affectionately, "Miss, be careful!" Then she hurriedly got up and helped Baochai sit down in front of the dressing table.

Seeing Baochai like this, Aunt Xue really didn't know whether it was true or not. She sighed and said, "I don't rush sooner or later, but at this time. It's the Mongolian mother who came to see you. If you are qualified, you can choose another day." Enter the palace as a concubine."

"Concubine?" Baochai trembled her eyelashes, opened her eyes wide, and looked up at Aunt Xue, "Why concubine?"

"Of course it's the side concubine!" Aunt Xue said bluntly, looking at Baochai puzzled.She had said this no less than [-] times at the beginning. Didn't this child always compare herself with Daiyu before, now she finally has a chance to surpass her, why not cherish it?

"Side concubine, ha ha." Baochai let out a miserable laugh and clenched his fists, "Mother, I'm afraid I can't decide whether I'm a side concubine, who can guarantee it? Are you referring to those lowly mothers outside?"

"Son, what's the matter with you?" Aunt Xue frowned, looking at Baochai puzzled.Is this still her daughter who is actively trying to be strong?How does it feel to be a different person all of a sudden?

Baochai smiled obstinately, and the big teardrops fell down in the air.Baochai wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said to Aunt Xue with a wry smile, "It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly want to understand many things, many things that I have never understood in my life."

"I don't know what to say! People are outside right now. Let's put other things aside for now. You should quickly change into your clothes and dress up." Aunt Xue urged anxiously.

Baochai promised to put on the clothes obediently, put yellow flowers on the mirror, and make herself look brand new.Aunt Xue was very satisfied to see that she was quite well-behaved, and happily asked some nuns to come and see her.

Mammy looked at the brand-new Baochai, she was indeed very beautiful, her lips had turned red, and her cheeks were flushed, but wasn't this the result of putting on makeup and powder?In the future, if she is elected into the prince's mansion, she will definitely sleep with the prince. Can she always wear makeup to show others?In the future, if the prince finds out that she is a woman as pale as paper and lifeless, will he still like her?

The nuns were very fortunate to be able to catch Xue's girl by surprise today, otherwise they would not have been able to see her real appearance on weekdays.

Aunt Xue tried her best to explain that the reason why Baochai was not active just now was that she had just woken up, "Girls, there are always a few days in a month, as you know, your face tends to turn pale."

When the Mongolian mothers heard it, they understood that it turned out that the girl from the Xue family came because of the sunflower water.This is understandable, Han girls are weaker, and I heard that they are very delicate when they come to Kuishui.

The Mongolian mothers all laughed, expressing their understanding, and sat down to ask Baochai what they would do. There was another mother who was not sitting, wandering around, looking around Baochai's boudoir, and finally fell on a person on the dressing table. black wooden box.The lid of the box was opened, and the inside was wrapped with white brocade. There were three black pills in the box, and there was a place for Yufu. It is estimated that there were a few pills in the original place, which seemed to have been eaten.

Aunt Xue was invited out, and several nuns and Baochai had her body examined.

Baochai's body would tremble from time to time, and every time she did so, she would cover up her problems with a laugh and gossip with the nuns.

This little trick to divert attention, can they fool the senior nuns?The Mongolian mothers saw through Baochai's tricks and knew that she was deliberately covering up her illness.

The leading nun was signaled by the others, and walked to the dressing table with a smile.Baochai was arranging the skirts of her clothes, when she suddenly saw this, she rushed forward, saying that she was looking for something to give to Mammy, and closed the black wooden box again.

The nuns were waiting to see her reaction. Looking at the situation, it is estimated that this girl has some serious illness. If she is really brought into the palace in the future, she will die within two days, that's all.Once she gets some strange disease that can be contagious, wouldn't it be a taboo for the prince!With the prince's violent temper, if the truth is found out, they will be divided into five horses.

No, no, no matter how beautiful this girl is, she can't be taken back to the house.How many of their wives are still alive!

"Mommy, mammy?" Baochai changed the leading nanny back to her senses, and handed them the gauze flower in her hand, "This is the gauze flower that is popular in the palace this year. The Xue family has not been... Said that this is a tribute, something in the palace, very rare, so I gave it to the mothers."

The nuns are all out of the capital, and they don't move around much, and they don't know what happened to Xue's family.Listening to Baochai's tone now, I feel suspicious, and I feel more worried.A few people didn't dare to ask for the gauze flowers, so they made excuses and left quietly.

Aunt Xue worked very hard to prepare good wine and food, but she couldn't keep them, so she had to deliver them outside the door herself.

Aunt Xue saw that there was no special change in the attitude of the nuns, and felt that there was something interesting, so she happily went back to Baochai's house and told her to wait to become the princess.

Baochai took off her makeup early on, and her slender white hands were holding something tightly.Aunt Xue saw a corner of white paper, grabbed the letter and read it, then threw it aside angrily.

"Since when did you treat the old lady of Rong Mansion as your mother?"

"Mother, I don't." Baochai said lightly, looking up at Aunt Xue disappointedly, "But you, shouldn't you be more concerned about whether what is said in this letter is true? Not to mention that I went, the possibility is very slim To be chosen as a side concubine is to be chosen. In the Tata tribe, the main wife is the largest, and Han women have no status in Mongolia. Haha, isn’t that right, if the princess tells me to die, I will die. Marry so far away, What kind of face can I earn for the family? Is it just a vain "side concubine" reputation? Mother, haven't you seen clearly the lessons learned by the virtuous concubine!"

What Baochai said made Aunt Xue completely speechless.Aunt Xue hasn't figured it out yet, but after she calms down, she will figure it out sooner or later.

Baochai ignored Aunt Xue for the time being, and when she had cried enough, she wrote a letter of thanks. At the signing place, she bit her finger and pressed her bloody handprint to show her determination.

"The feeling of raising a point will be repaid in this life by forming a grass ring."

Wang Xifeng repeated it three times, and suddenly felt her nose sore. She smiled lightly and returned Baochai's letter to Jiamu. "Why do you always remember to write a letter to Baochai? I thought the matter of Xue's family was forgotten a few months ago."

"It should have been done, but something went wrong again with the Mongolian prince. I promised that child Baoyu that I will clean up the matter myself." Jiamu said leisurely.

Wang Xifeng sighed: "There are pitiful things about hateful people, and that child is not easy." She couldn't help but think of herself back then.People are not sages and sages can do nothing. If they can be corrected, they will have a better future.

After all, I hope she will have a good result!

In a few days, news came that Xue Baochai and Bai Lei were engaged.

Jia's mother was relieved, and called Baoyu to explain: "Although Bai Lei is not a son of a family, he is also a chivalrous and courageous person who dares to love and hate, and is worthy of Baochai. As long as the husband and wife support each other in the future, they will be better than others." Live a good life. Telling you these words means that you have calmed down and lost your mind. From now on, the future and past of the Xue family have nothing to do with you."

Baoyu nodded quietly, with a contented look on his face, and retreated politely.

……

August 28 of the lunar calendar is an auspicious day for the zodiac.

The Zhang family hired the Lin family, and the wedding date was agreed to be at the end of next autumn.

Originally, Lin Ruhai wanted to keep Daiyu, but Grand Tutor Zhang was a "treacherous and cunning person". In order to let Daiyu come in earlier, he couldn't help but sacrifice his old face, and even gave away his youngest son's face.

When Lin and Zhang agreed on the date, they had great differences on the date of the wedding.Zhang Taifu immediately said pitifully to Lin Ruhai: "Brother Lin, look at my age, and Lan'er is my middle-aged son. I am old, and the soil is buried up to my neck. My brother has the heart to tell me to see it." Will he die before his little grandson? Besides, my bastard son can't wait too long, um, young man, he is young, you know."

Lin Ruhai valued filial piety, and was very sad to hear the first half of the old lady Fu pretending to be pitiful, so she quickly nodded in response.But when he heard the second half, about "full-bloodedness", he was really ashamed and angry, and he really wanted to throw the old chatter in front of him outside.

what to do?He really didn't want to send his precious daughter to another man's arms!