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"What is the fate of the second sister?" Xue Baochai asked tentatively, with a lot of anxiety in his words.

No matter how reserved she is, she is still just a teenage girl in her prime. Facing the rumored not-so-bright future, she is bound to feel somewhat awed and panicked.She knew very well in her heart that the voice often seemed out of tune, but the things it predicted would always come true. This had been verified many times, and she couldn't help but not believe it.

"I didn't expect you to care about Jia Yingchun so much?" The voice said in surprise, "I thought no one cared about Er Mumu's life. When did you have such a good friendship with her?"

Xue Baochai pretended not to hear the harshness in its words, and explained earnestly: "Second sister is gentle and aloof from the world. She is especially good at playing chess, which I can't match. Although she has little contact with her on weekdays, she yearns for her."

The voice froze for a moment, and mocked: "I yearn for it? If so, are you willing to suffer for her? Thinking about your qualifications, even if you marry into Zhongshan Wolf's grandson's family, you can still protect yourself from being abused to death. "

Xue Baochai was taken aback and said: "Even though the Jia family seems to be in decline, the centipede has its own style. The second elder sister is a noble girl from the Hou family. Although she is a concubine, but..."

"What centipede?" The voice mocked, "Have you ever seen a building about to fall, a tree falling and a monkey scattered?"

Xue Baochai remained silent, with a heavy heart.Naturally, that voice would not let her go: "Er Mutou is the most peaceful person, but unfortunately he was tortured to death by her husband's family because of her family's loss of power. Although the third lady named Rose has a high heart, But when luck was bad, she went to the southern place full of miasma to get married, and she ended well. The fourth lady shaved her hair and became a nun. She thought she could be clean, but the nunnery under the sun was as black as a kiln. , she didn't want to join forces with others, so she had no choice but to wander the streets, begging for food in black clothes..."

Xue Baochai is just a girl in her teens, how can she bear all kinds of bad news?Even though she was normally calm, she was also sweating profusely now. She suddenly thought of something, so she retorted logically: "It's just as you said, but there are so many people in Rongning and Ningfu. Could it be that no one has stepped in to turn the tide? Now Brother Zhen in Ningguo Mansion is the head of the clan, and Jia Rong is the eldest grandson of the house. According to my observation from the sidelines, although they have something wrong in ordinary times, they may not be incapable of contributing at critical times. Furthermore, the second brother Lian in Rongguo Mansion is quite Good luck..."

The voice laughed loudly and said: "When the building is about to collapse, do you expect men to stand upright? It's ridiculous! Your Xue family is getting worse day by day, and your brother Xue Daibawang has the ability to provoke the burden left by his parents ? Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, Jia Lian and your elder brother are the same raccoon dogs, stealing chickens and dogs every day, how can they make up for the sky?"

Xue Baochai was left speechless by that voice's questioning, and she seemed to believe it or not, and then heard it say: "Those men with dirty eyebrows, don't mention it. There are a few outstanding people in the makeup team. Originally, Qin Keqing, the grandma of Rong in Ningguo Mansion Inherited the family business, but it was a pity that she lost her backing, and she was caught by her painful foot, and died young; the second grandmother Wang Xifeng in the Rongguo Mansion had some tricks, but it was a pity that her personality was too strong and she didn't know how to measure it. Forget it, but also carry a life lawsuit and die in prison..."

"Yuan Chun, the eldest lady of the Rongguo Mansion, was born on the first day of the Lunar New Year and was selected into the palace early, so she must be able to support the Jia Mansion?" The voice sneered, "Yuan Chun is a good girl, but it is a pity that she was tired by the Jia family. ah!"

Xue Baochai was frightened and terrified, half-understood, and asked in a daze, "Why is it that you are tired by your family?"

The voice said: "It was originally: The rogues will go to Shandong next year, and they will swallow tigers and leopards like a peak. Order Qin Ji to drive away Zhao's daughter, and swear to repay the former king with life and death. Unfortunately, because of the burden of the family, it became: The six armies are helpless. , Turning like a crescent horse before death. The king can't save his face, looking back at the blood and tears."

Xue Baochai was puzzled, and just when she was about to ask the truth, her voice suddenly became sharp: "Why don't you ask Gusu Lin Daiyu's whereabouts?"

Xue Baochai was startled, feeling a sense of shame that someone had punctured her mind, forced a smile and said, "What does she have to do with me? She is the daughter of the Lin family, a daughter of Tanhua from the previous dynasty. Even if the four families of King Jia, Shi Xue, are in decline, it will not hinder her."

"It can be seen that your words are insincere." The voice said, "In fact, you know very well in your heart that the Lin family is weak. Since Lin Daiyu came to the capital to join her grandmother, she will rely on Jia's family everywhere in the future. How can she be okay? Let me tell you the truth. , Lin Daiyu was forced by power and rumors, and died in tears."

Hearing this, Xue Baochai felt as if his heart was suddenly hit by a big rock, and his eyes turned black. He supported the window lattice and took a few breaths before recovering.

It happened that Yinger was worried about the girl, and came over with a tea tray. Seeing that her face was yellow and sweating profusely, she decided that the disease was getting worse, so she put down the tea tray in a panic and wanted to go out to call someone.

Xue Baochai hurriedly called her to stop, waved at her and said, "It's irrelevant, don't disturb mother."

Ying'er panicked and said, "Miss, do you want to take another Lengxiang pill?"

Baochai settled down, thought for a while, and smiled slowly: "That's fine. Just don't alarm others."

Shaoqing Ying'er delivered the yellow cypress decoction, and Xue Baochai took a pill of Lengxiang pills, and felt much relieved. After comforting Ying'er and making her retreat, she said to the voice: "As you said, None of the girls I saw around me had a happy ending. Since I have foreseen all kinds of things, can't I avoid them in advance? Sister Lin is also a very smart woman, as long as I am prepared , you will not be afraid of anything.”

The voice sneered and said no more.

On that day, Xue Pan sent someone to send a message to his home, saying that he was studying at the home of his classmate Jin Rong, and wanted to talk at night by candlelight and sleep on the same bed, but he was only concerned about his sister's illness.Aunt Xue didn't understand what it meant, she just thought that Xue Pan was serious about learning, she was overjoyed, she hurriedly sent the boys to wrap up their clothes, and also calculated whether the charcoal in Xue Pan's hand stove and foot stove was enough, sometimes smiling and frowning No show.

Baochai looked at the kind mother's earnest heart, and suddenly couldn't bear it, and persuaded: "The genius is Chudong, how can I use so many charcoal fires?"

Aunt Xue shook her head and insisted: "You don't know, this Jin Rong's family is said to be relatives of Grandma Huang. The family is orphaned and widowed, and their strength is limited. On weekdays, your brother always uses money to help. I can’t bear to burn it, it’s not as warm as our house.”

When Baochai saw Aunt Xue's careful planning to this point, it was inconvenient to say more, so she laughed it off.

It's just that neither Aunt Xue nor Baochai could have imagined that Xue Pan's so-called schooling is just fishing for three days and drying the net for two days. In response to Longyang's theory.

This Jin Rong is Xue Pan's newly-acquired puppet brother, and at the very moment when they are inseparable, they simply use the excuse of reading books and live in Jin Rong's house.The golden widow only knew that Xue Pan had helped the Jin family with dozens of taels of silver, and she was afraid that it would be too late to offer him as the God of Wealth, so she couldn't investigate the reason carefully.It's just pity for Aunt Xue's hope that her child will become a dragon.

The next day I still didn't see Xue Pan coming home for lunch. Aunt Xue was a little uneasy, and Baochai could not help comforting her.It happened that Mrs. Wang came to Lixiangyuan to talk to Aunt Xue, so Baochai was free to do needlework in the house with Yinger.

The voices of outside conversation came in vaguely, but Mrs. Wang was talking about housework and human relations to Aunt Xue at length, and the words were nothing more than talking about how Aunt Zhao was so annoying, how Baoyu was stubborn and disobedient, and so on.

Baochai pretended not to hear anything in the room, but only concentrated on drawing flowers on the kang table.Suddenly, he saw a figure shaking in front of him, and when he fixed his eyes, it was Zhou Rui's family who came into the back room through the curtain.

Baochai knew that Zhou Rui's family was Mrs. Wang's accompanying room. They were originally from the Wang family. Later, when Mrs. Wang got married, the whole family took them to Jia's house.In recent years, Mrs. Wang has taken care of the housework, and Zhou Rui's family is especially useful. She is the proud person in front of Mrs. Wang, even Baochai, so she should give her some face.

So he hurriedly put down the pen in his hand, turned around and greeted Zhou Rui's family with a smile, calling him "Sister Zhou".After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Zhou Rui's family took the time to go out, and took the opportunity to tell Mrs. Wang about Grandma Liu, saying that there was such a person, who used to have an occasional relationship with the Wang family, and now rushed to visit relatives to beat Feng, and Sister Feng followed Wang. What Madam meant, I gave 20 taels of silver and a sling of money as the fare, and it has already been sent back.

When Xue Baochai heard Grandma Liu's name, she remembered the voice telling her the day before yesterday that Sister Feng's daughter had happened to be rescued by Grandma Liu. At that time, Aunt Xue asked Zhou Rui's family to bring a box of womb flowers to the girls.

Xue Baochai went out hurriedly, and told Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang that she was tired of drawing flowers and wanted to go out to relax.Aunt Xue said: "You just fell ill, it's not easy to live in the house and go out to do something." Mrs. Wang agreed very much, and hurriedly said: "I've been bored in the house for a long time, and it's okay to walk around. Well, it’s not a serious illness anyway. By the way, your brother Bao hasn’t seen you for two or three days, and you were still talking about it yesterday.”

Seeing Mrs. Wang's overly eager eyes, Xue Baochai couldn't help but feel a sudden shock in her heart, and said with a smile, "I'm just walking around." So she took Ying'er out of the door, and happened to see Zhou Rui's family holding the box, and Mrs. Wang's maid, Jin Chuaner, and Xiangling were chatting, holding Xiangling's hand to ask questions, with sighs on their faces.

For a while, Xue Baochai and Zhou Rui's family were traveling together, and Baochai took the opportunity to ask a few words about Grandma Liu's background.Zhou Rui's family didn't doubt that he was there, so they told Wang Xifeng and Ping'er the master and servant again.But he didn't know that Baochai was a fine person, but in a few words, he found out the friendship between Zhou Rui's family and Grandma Liu's family, and asked for the address of Grandma Liu's house.Zhou Rui's family just chatted casually, but they didn't know that Baochai's move had other deep meanings, but it was just an idle move.