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Baochai said: "Mother don't have to worry about this. My daughter should do her best to persuade her brother." She was already thinking about it. From Qin's words, it seemed that her family had collapsed. Even if Xue Pan refused to apologize to Qin Zhong, it would not be a big deal. hinder.Although Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang were both kept secret, there is no impenetrable wall, and this kind of news can be kept hidden for a few days.But it's been a rough few days.

Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Baochai's promise, and she was busy asking Baochai about the situation in Ningfu: "You have seen Rong's daughter-in-law now, and she is really as miserable as the rumors outside ?”

Thinking of Qin's daily life, Baochai hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and said, "She is also very pitiful. She lost her parents when she was young, and was taken to the Ningguo Mansion, and she was taught to look like this. Of course she looks like this." It's excellent, and when it comes to major issues, his words are quite insightful, but he is a muddleheaded person, so he doesn't need to say anything."

After hearing this, Aunt Xue started to search for the root cause, and asked: "What foolish thing did she do, why don't you tell me?"

At that moment, Qin's many rebellious words and subtle expressions when talking to Jia Zhen flashed in Baochai's mind.But Baochai just shook her head and said, "I don't really see it very clearly, it's hard to say. Anyway, in the future, it's just a matter of staying away from her. It won't hurt us. In my opinion, her appearance may not last long."

When Aunt Xue asked what was going on, Baochai just shook her head and had to leave it at that.

Baochai originally wanted to tell Aunt Xue about Sister Feng's conspiracy against her, but after thinking about it, she found that Qin Shi was involved in the matter, which was troublesome to talk about, and Aunt Xue might not believe it, and Sister Feng was invited by Aunt Xue Those who came up with suggestions, I'm afraid Aunt Xue will be chilled after hearing this.He just quietly told about Sister Feng's assassination of Jia Rui, saying: "Now I hear rumors from outsiders that the old gentleman who ran the school returned to Jinling not to teach because he was deeply annoyed by Sister Feng. Well. What Sister Feng did is really unethical, but we are guests from afar, so it's hard to say anything about her, and we should stay away from her from now on."

Aunt Xue knew that Wang Xifeng was very powerful in the Rongguo Mansion, and she was her own niece, how could she alienate her for someone who had nothing to do with her?He hurriedly said with a smile: "Your child's family, it is inevitable that the wind is the rain. I am a person who has been here, and I can see it clearly. Although Sister Feng usually talks and laughs with these uncles and nephews in the clan, in fact, there is something wrong in her heart." There is only the second elder brother Lian. If it is said that he deliberately killed the grandson of the old secretary by teasing him, it is absolutely unreasonable."

Baochai said: "I know this. Although Sister Feng is closer to Jia Rong and Jia Qiang, she thinks it's because of the interest in money. Who doesn't know that she is in charge of the monthly money in the house, and every day Yue relies on this kind of business that is not easy to talk about in the official world to make a profit, and no one will listen to her persuasion. Since she is determined to do this kind of business, she must have a few confidantes outside. There is nothing suspicious about this What I mean is that Sister Feng is determined to kill on weekdays, she has tens of thousands of minds, and she does this kind of business secretly. After all, she is not the same as our family. If my brother or I accidentally collided with each other She, she rolled her eyes, I'm afraid our family can't bear it."

Aunt Xue smiled disapprovingly: "Here it is again. Although your brother is reckless, he knows the seriousness. How dare you provoke your sister Feng? I have also told him ten thousand times, so I don't think there will be any serious problems. Besides, even if there is something wrong with him, wouldn't you, a younger sister, come forward to make up for it?"

When Baochai saw Aunt Xue talking about this matter, she knew she couldn't be persuaded, so she had to stop talking.

Aunt Xue saw that Baochai was sitting aside and did not speak, so she pulled Baochai's sleeve and said, "My son, let me see your hands. I hit you a few times because I was out of breath. The pain is on your body." , it hurts in my heart, if you get a scar for a while, how can you make me feel so sorry."

Hearing this, Baochai threw all the previous grievances and suspicions out of his mind, and hurriedly stood up with a smile: "Where is the mother? If a daughter makes her angry, it is the daughter's fault. She should be disciplined." Yes. Besides, don’t you think this is good?”

As he spoke, he took off his sleeves, and saw a section of arm that was white and round. There were only a few months of tooth-shaped scars on it, and the scabs had faded away. The shallow scars were no longer visible, and the deep ones only left pale pink marks. It will be fine in just a few days.

When Aunt Xue saw her, her eyes were full of regret and regret. Baochai hurriedly persuaded her: "But it will disappear after a few days. Mother, don't worry." , the skin is solid, it is used to being beaten, when did it leave scars?"

Aunt Xue who said it also laughed: "Where is there a daughter who talks about herself like that. Listen to this tone, you don't look like a boudoir lady, and you are not afraid of being laughed at when you say it. It is strange to say that you were so naughty when you were young. Now that I am so sensible, it can be seen that God has pity on my life. If your brother is half as sensible as you, I will have no regrets in this life!"

When Baochai heard Aunt Xue mentioning Xue Pan, she couldn't help sighing in her heart, and it was hard to show it on her face, for fear that Aunt Xue would be even more sad, and was about to try to persuade her with other words, but Aunt Xue said, "I was in a hurry earlier. In a fit of anger, I threw the dowry property left to you by your father to you to take care of it. It was meant to embarrass you. Although you are smart and talented, you are still a young lady who has not left the court. It is not easy to walk around and show your face , and there are not many proper people around you who know the basics at your disposal, presumably it must be embarrassing everywhere, now if you still leave the dowry to me to take care of, how about it?"

Baochai trusted her mother quite a bit. Although the dowry that her father pointed out to her at the beginning was worth hundreds of thousands, after Aunt Xue changed hands like this, when it was given to her, it was only one or two out of ten, but in her heart she just thought it was an antique. It was too cumbersome to put away things such as playthings, face jewelry, etc. Aunt Xue hadn't cleaned it up in time.Besides, she is a person who can make money, but she doesn't want to marry, so she didn't really care about these dowries.Therefore, Aunt Xue asked for the dowry back again, Baochai didn't feel that something was wrong, but thought that other industries would be fine, but the silk and satin factory had spent a lot of effort, and the business had just started, so if it died halfway, it was really not reconciled, so Answer: "Mother's words are quite right. It's just that there is a silk and satin factory among those properties. The daughter has just drafted the regulations, reorganized the manpower, and re-arranged. Now everything has just started, so it's not good to let it go immediately." , I still have to watch it for a while. The daughter will still hand over the rest of the property to the mother tomorrow, how about keeping this silk and satin village for the daughter to practice?" After speaking, the tone was already coquettish, full of admiration beyond words.

Aunt Xue was a bit worried at first, she was afraid that Baochai would say that she had not given her dowry, and she was afraid that Baochai would not obediently hand over those properties, her wings had grown hard and she was out of her control, now she is willing to agree As for a mere silk and satin shop, although the silk and satin shop is the old line of work of the Xue family, the property is not very big, and the cost is only a thousand taels of silver, so how can they take it to heart?Immediately agreed, she said kindly: "That's fine too. It's just that you don't have to worry about money, so don't overwork yourself. Besides, it's a girl who hasn't left the court, and it's not good to run around like crazy."

Baochai said with a smile: "Mother, don't worry, they are all old people from our family. They are already on the road now, so it's not too much work. I just need to watch from the sidelines so as not to make any mistakes. If you talk about running around like crazy, It’s not like that anymore, when you go to the shop on weekdays, you bring a lot of people to take care of it, and you won’t be bumped into.”

Aunt Xue said: "My son, how do you know that people's words are terrible. Pan'er has a wild temper, and he never leaves the house every day, and you don't have any other brothers to accompany you out. If it spreads, people outside will not understand You are busy raising your own business, and you only say that you are too frivolous, isn't it unfair?"

Baochai hesitated for a moment when she heard the words, then she raised her eyebrows and smiled, and said to Aunt Xue: "My daughter in my boudoir abides by women's morals, and what I care about most is a word from my heart. Like the girls in the book, although they are always The sun is above the embroidery tower, but my heart has long since run away with others, which is an insult to the lintel; although I go out occasionally, it is only to take care of our family's business, my mind is right, and my body is right. Don't be afraid of the slanting shadow, the clearer will clear himself. Besides, although we are imperial merchants, we are still merchants, and we are no better than the ladies in the Duke's mansion. If we tie our hands and feet for this, wouldn't we have lost our duty as merchants?"

Even though Baochai said so, she was uneasy after all. Seeing Aunt Xue's disapproving expression, she suddenly remembered something and said with a smile: "If I go out these days, eight out of ten times it is for Brother's matter. What did my mother say back then? It was just to relieve my brother's worries. Besides, even doing such extraordinary things as Yichai and Bian, my mother also urged me to agree with it that day. Just take care of the matter for your daughter. Please take care of it now." As he spoke, he rested his head on Aunt Xue's shoulder and snuggled into her arms.

When Aunt Xue heard Baochai mention the original reason, she seemed to be choked. She was speechless in her eagerness, and after a while she smiled and said: "That's the reason. Our family is an imperial merchant, although it is better than ordinary merchants. It's much higher, because it's not as big a show as the young lady of their Duke's family. Could it be that the young lady who can't afford seven or eight maids and mothers, and has no brothers to accompany her out, can't go out all her life? Each has its own It's just the road."

The mother and daughter talked affectionately for a while, and Baochai withdrew.She was originally worried that Xue Pan might not be willing to bow his head to Qin Zhong to make amends, but she planned several schemes during the night, but unexpectedly they were all useless:

Early the next morning, Jia Zhen in Ningguo Mansion posted a post asking Xue Pan to have a banquet in Huifang Garden tomorrow.When Xue Pan came back from the banquet, he was beaming and drunk, and boasted to Aunt Xue that he would do something with Brother Zhen, Uncle Feng and others, so that Aunt Xue could earn the imperial order of Fengguanxiapei .

Aunt Xue was skeptical, she was so excited that she burst into tears, she took Baochai's hand and repeatedly said that the sky has eyes, and she finally made it through, seeing her son's promising future.