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When they got up early the next morning, everyone in Lixiangyuan knew that Miss Xue had suffered another illness, so from Aunt Xue down, everyone couldn't help being flustered.

Xue Baochai's older brother, Xue Pan, was ten times more serious than others. He was supposed to go to Jia's family school, but seeing this situation, he couldn't go to school anymore, so he hurriedly ordered the boy who followed him to go to school to ask for leave. Follow Xue Baochai to ask questions.

Aunt Xue was so flustered that she was both funny and angry, and kept yelling: "It's been so hard for me to get promoted for a few days, and I go to school to study every day. Why is your sister sick, and you are going to waste all your previous efforts? Your sister Illness is just a common illness, you can take a few pills and you will be fine, but now you use this as an excuse, isn't it making your sister sick and feeling uncomfortable?"

Xue Baochai heard what Aunt Xue said was reasonable, nodded silently, and also helped Xue Pan to go to school, and secretly said to that voice: "My brother still loves me. Seeing that I am sick, he can't even attend school. gone."

The voice sneered and said: "You like to be passionate. First of all, you said that Dumb Overlord is studying hard in school? But it's just for gathering people to have fun, and there are more shameless and obscene things, you can't even dream of it. Besides , he just cares about you by surrounding you? You should take a closer look, who is his eyes fixed on?"

Xue Baochai was reminded by that voice, after a little scrutiny, she understood, Xue Pan was asking about taking medicine for her illness, but her eyes kept looking at Xiangling, who was serving at the side.Xiangling was embarrassed by the look, her cheeks flushed, but Xue Baochai was there, so she couldn't walk away by herself, so she had to pretend that nothing had happened.

Xue Baochai didn't look at it, but he was a little angry when he saw this scene.That day in Jinling, Xue's family and Feng's family were vying to buy Xiangling, Xue Baochai spent a lot of talk in order to resolve this so-called grievance.If it wasn't for her effective dissuasion, Feng Yuan might have been beaten to death.If she had followed her original idea, Feng Yuan and Xiangling would have been fulfilled, and Xiangling herself was somewhat willing, but Xue Pan, who was sent to her brother nicknamed Dumb King, refused to give up, and finally snatched Xiangling back.

Thinking of this, Xue Baochai's attitude became even more resolute, coaxing and deceiving, playing both soft and hard ways, so Xue Pan gave Xiangling a reluctant look, and walked towards Jia's family school.

Xue Baochai in the next room waited until Xue Pan had gone far away, and sent out all the people left and right, and then complained to his mother, Aunt Xue: "Brother, this problem should be corrected! Logically, I also put one in the room for him." The people in the house, I heard that I don’t know how many people I met outside, I still see one and love the other like this, and now I have the idea of ​​​​Xiangling. If it spreads, how can I ask people to behave, my brother is greedy for the maid in my sister’s house? "

Aunt Xue's husband died early, but she lived with Xue Pan as an only seedling, so she doted on her very much. Seeing this, she disapproved and said with a smile: "I can't blame your father for praising you for being good in everything when he was alive, but in my opinion, it's too thoughtful. Your brother is often messed up, I know it, but I looked at it coldly, he is sincere to this Xiangling, starting from Jinling City, he has been thinking about it for so long, it can be seen that he will treat it seriously, no more than others. Our family When I came to Chang'an City, I didn't bring a few family members with me. Xiangling was only temporarily ordering you, let alone saying that my brother was greedy for the maid in the sister's house. Now that you are sick, you should take good care of it. How can a sister do everything? Care about brother's reasoning?"

When Xue Baochai saw her mother say this, she already regretted that she had spoken rashly—she must carefully consider every word in her daily speech, and she definitely would not be like this, but now that she is ill, her heart is restless, so she said something, thinking about what her mother and daughter said It's homely, so it is treated with sincerity, without embellishment, but forgets Aunt Xue's taboos.

Aunt Xue saw Xue Baochai's slightly annoyed face, and regretted that she spoke too harshly, but she thought that she was a mother and educated her own daughter. Turning the topic around, he said: "I also know what you mean, it's nothing more than falling in love with Xiangling, and I'm afraid she will be despised. Don't worry, with your mother in charge, you will definitely not give Xiangling to your brother easily, even if you want to, It's not about tempering him. Your girl's family only needs to recover from illness, and don't worry about other things."

After all, I just feel that I slapped a sweet date, and the admonition to my daughter is remarkable, so I can't help but feel a little proud.Then I thought about the man's early death. No one can share this feeling of complacency. I can only watch over my son, hoping that God will take pity on him. hope.

Xue Baochai has been attached to her mother since she was a child, and loves her very much. First, she sees her mother promising not to give Xiangling to Xue Pan easily, and feels at ease. His father, who only wanted to comfort him, why did he take Aunt Xue's harsh words to heart and brood over them?

Suddenly I heard that voice say in a strange way: "Tsk tsk, most parents in the world are eccentric, and I met another one today. I gave birth to a son who is an idiot, who only knows how to prodigal and make trouble, but blindly indulges him and looks forward to him. I suddenly repented; I clearly had a capable daughter who was exquisite and thoughtful, and knew pain and heat, but I didn't take her seriously. When I encountered difficulties, I wanted to ask her for advice. When the difficulties passed, I said that I wanted her to "do nothing Worry'. Look at what this daughter did! The son can squander thousands of wealth, but the daughter will only have a dowry. Tsk tsk!"

Xue Baochai is both attached and respectful to her mother, how can she tolerate such a sarcastic voice?Busily reprimanding it in his heart, he said: "What are you talking about nonsense? Is there any family in the world that is not like this? Since ancient times, the joy of giving birth to a boy and Nongwa, and the joy of giving birth to a daughter, are clearly distinguished. Could it be that the ancients were wrong too?"

The voice was silent for a while, Xue Baochai only thought it knew it was wrong.Unexpectedly, after a while, it said again: "If a man can inherit his father's business, support the lintel, support his parents on his own, and help married sisters, he should be treated so favorably; There is no need to face the wind and rain outside, it is okay to be despised by others. I am afraid that as a man, he will not be able to stand up, spoil the family property, implicate the sisters, make the house restless, die off children and grandchildren, widowed sisters have nowhere to go, widowed mothers beg along the street, Wouldn't it be ironic for the mother to hold him like a pearl and heart?"

Xue Baochai was a smart man. Hearing the words, his expression changed drastically, and he felt extremely uneasy. He forced a smile and asked, "What nonsense are you talking about? Whose family are you talking about? Why haven't I heard of it?"

The voice sneered, but he refused to elaborate. Xue Baochai felt terrified, but there was nothing he could do.

So the mother and daughter sat on the kang, Xue Baochai bowed his head to do needlework, and at the same time talked with Aunt Xue one after another.Not long after noon, Aunt Xue knew from the sky that Xue Pan must have had lunch outside and would not go home to eat, so she sighed lightly and ordered Chuanfan to come in.After a moment of silence, Aunt Xue was about to explain something to Baochai when Yinger came in with a smile and said, "Mr. Feng Yuan from Jinling City sent his mother-in-law to say hello to his wife and daughter."

Xue Baochai yelled inwardly, but before she could wink with Ying'er, Aunt Xue frowned and said, "What Mr. Feng? He's just the son of a little gentry, who dares to associate with our Xue family and have an old friend?" Wake up? Baochai, look at you, what kind of troubles have you provoked!"

When Xue Baochai and his family were in Jinling City, Xue Pan, the overlord, almost killed himself in a fight for the girl Xiangling with Feng Yuan, the son of a little squire.Fortunately, that voice reminded her, so Xue Baochai took good care of her. After hearing the news, she hurriedly helped Aunt Xue to the scene, and finally no major mistakes were made.It's just that Feng Yuan didn't know what kind of evil he had fallen into, he was beaten half to death, and his tongue was smooth, and he even made friends with Aunt Xue on the spot.Aunt Xue was a soft-skinned person, she couldn't stand it for a while, but Feng Yuan succeeded in marrying her, told her seniority, and kept claiming that Aunt Xue was her cousin.Dumb King was overjoyed when Feng Yuan called him uncle, and recognized his nephew on the spot.From then on, the Feng family was like a brown candy that couldn't be shaken off. Aunt Xue always regretted and complained when she thought about it afterwards.

Xue Baochai bowed her head and did not speak, but the voice said aggrieved for her: "Your mother is too indiscriminate. Where did you provoke it? If it weren't for the stupid bully who insisted on robbing the woman with that hapless Feng Yuan, the Xue family would get involved in this thing?"

Being accused of this for no reason, Xue Baochai only felt a little wronged, but she and Aunt Xue's mother and daughter had a very good relationship. She knew that her mother was acting foolishly, but she always loved her, so it was inconvenient to argue too much.Aunt Xue saw that Xue Baochai was silent, so she babbled on by herself: "This man has been pestering us all these days, presumably it's because of Xiangling's servant girl. - Well, he is also an infatuated person. His family used greetings as an excuse Baochai, you go and deal with it once, and say that I'm not well, so I don't want to be idle."

——If you talk about family relationships, there is absolutely no reason to let a young lady who has not left the cabinet take care of everything.However, Xue's family is withered, and Baochai has been valued by his father since he was a child, and he is different from others.Besides, the Feng family sent their mother-in-law here, since she is a family member, it doesn't matter.

Baochai had no choice but to agree, and Aunt Xue found another excuse to take Xiangling away, and Yinger and two young maids embraced Baochai to meet the Feng family in the flower hall.Feng Yuan was originally a small country gentleman who lived on a few acres of Susukida. Compared with the farmers, his family was well-off, but how could he get into the eyes of the four big families of Jiawang Shixue?How much knowledge does his family have?From the eyes of the Xue family's wealth and honor, the two women sent by Feng Yuan were dressed in shabby clothes and spoke inappropriately.What's more, in front of Xue Baochai, eight out of ten sentences insisted on dragging his son Feng Yuan, and kept boasting how sensible and hardworking Feng Yuan was.When Baochai heard this, she was quite puzzled and annoyed, but she couldn't understand clearly, so she had to suppress it with words without showing any trace.

It was so easy to get the two women to eat next to her. When Ying'er was free, she smiled and asked, "Is this poor boy attracted to the girl? Thanks to him being a toad, he was so delusional!"

Xue Baochai was feeling uncomfortable about this matter. Fortunately, Aunt Xue was too slow to notice it. Seeing Ying'er telling the truth, she felt even more ashamed and annoyed, and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense! How can such things be confused? People who hear it, don't know how to add more oil and vinegar to spread it!"

Ying'er stuck out her tongue, nodded in agreement, and said: "In terms of appearance, this poor boy is not bad, but his family background is too bad. Compared with the second master Bao in the house, he is in heaven and earth."

Baochai frowned and said, "It was something that didn't exist any more. How could it be arranged indiscriminately? When have you ever seen your nephew play tricks on your aunt? Now that you have told your seniority, coming to the house to greet him means showing respect. You must not believe it." .Furthermore, what does it have to do with the Second Master Bao in this mansion? If everyone in this mansion hears that you compare his phoenix eggs with a child from a poor family, wouldn't it be our fault?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Yinger approached Xue Baochai and whispered in Xue Baochai's ear, "Young lady, don't you know? A few days ago, the aunt and grandma in the mansion came to chat with us. I heard the meaning in her words. Second Lord Bao is a pair. Although Madam looks hesitant, but I look at it coldly, and it seems that my mind is alive."

Xue Baochai was shocked when he heard this.She came to Beijing with her mother and brother this time, originally to enter the palace to wait for election, to serve as an entrance attendant for the princess and princess, and to be praised by talented people.She thinks very highly of herself, and she thinks that with her talent and appearance, and the secret help of her uncle Wang Ziteng and her aunt's husband's family Jia Jia, there is no reason not to be selected.Because of her status as a candidate, she is not allowed to marry independently, so no one has ever dared to mention marriage for her.But now I hear Yinger say that Mrs. Wang intends to marry her, and the other party is Jia Baoyu, the most beloved cousin of Rongguo Mansion, how can she not be surprised?

"You're talking nonsense again." Xue Baochai hastily scolded, "Auntie knows in her heart that we are coming all the way to wait for election, how can there be any reason to marry without permission? You must have misunderstood what you said. Could it be that you are too old now? I'm thinking about getting married soon, so I always use these words to confuse me. If I really want to, I'll just go back to my mother and let you be married by your mother, how about it?"

Xue Baochai's tone was originally half-joking, but Ying'er was startled when she heard it, and cried and begged, "I don't dare to talk anymore! Girl, please don't kick me out! I was planning to stay with you forever, so I decided to stay with you forever." I don't have any other thoughts, please forgive me." As she said, she wanted to kneel down to Baochai.

Xue Baochai saw her frightened into such a state, quickly pulled her back from kneeling, sighed softly and said, "I'm just confused, I test you with words, and you act like this. What do you mean? I'm good, I know it in my heart. It's just that you are too impatient and act so fraught. It's not good. You have served me by my side since childhood, and you are such a clever and ingenious person. How can I be willing to let you go? Don't worry, As long as I am at home, I will be served by you for a day. Just speak from now on, and you must not be so rash, you must know that misfortune comes from your mouth."

Ying'er said repeatedly: "Don't dare again!" Then said: "Even if the girl leaves home, I will serve her with her. The two of us will be together for the rest of our lives."

Baochai knew that this meant Yinger's loyalty, so she couldn't refuse casually. She nodded with a smile on her face, but secretly thought: If one day enters the palace, once the palace gate is as deep as the sea, how can I care about so much? To be separated from Yinger.It's just this meaning, it's not easy to say it at this time.

At this time, the servants in the side room withdrew the food boxes, and Xue Baochai knew that the two wives of the Feng family had eaten, and they must come to talk. While she was muttering, Yinger suddenly smiled and said, "The girl is tired of saying hello even if I want to come." They. If I don't come out to accompany them, just say that the girl has an old illness, and she looks fine in the morning, but who knows that the situation will get worse now, so the wife has no time to spare, and she dare not leave them in vain. Please let them do what they want Come on. How good is that?"

Baochai also didn't want to marry the Feng family for no reason, so she nodded, and said a little tiredly: "Since they came all the way to the capital to say hello, it's their kindness. It’s missing. In addition, take the Fang Yi Shui inkstone that I received on my birthday last year to my nephew Feng’s family, and say that this is a little wish from me as an elder.”

After hearing this, Ying'er smiled "puchi" and said, "don't worry, girl. I think seniority is orderly, and there is no difference between superiority and inferiority. Even if Mr. Feng thinks something he shouldn't have, since he recognizes his aunt, he may be a dumb man who eats coptis. ——It’s hard to say anything, but it’s because he himself recognized his relatives, and he just lifted a rock and shot himself in the foot.”

In fact, Baochai also had the same intention, but she didn't want Yinger to talk too fast, so she punctured it. She shook her head and smiled helplessly: "You talk too much. I always pay attention to virtue, your girl. If you accidentally ruin your reputation, you must be making up random things." The things that have been published, turned out to be rumors and go viral.”

Ying'er shrank her head and said, "Don't dare anymore."

Ying'er then dismissed Feng's family as she said, and Baochai sat alone in the room, remembering what Ying'er said earlier about Mrs. Wang's intention to marry Baoyu to her. The voice revealed more things to come.

Unexpectedly, the voice didn't mention whether Baochai could enter the palace as he wished, but instead vaguely talked about the future encounters of many women in the Rongning Second Mansion.If Baochai wanted to believe it or not, she couldn't help feeling terrified.