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Who would have thought that things would not develop as Baochai expected.

In fact, it was better on the first day.Mrs. Wang went to the palace to congratulate Mrs. Yuanchun on her birthday. When she returned home, Baochai came to the room to inquire about the news. Mrs. Wang said with a smile on her face that another girl was coming into the palace. My own precious jade is not blessed.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Yuanchun returned to Ning, and there was nothing unusual about it.Needless to say, the whole family was filled with sorrow and joy that day, and Baochai and her sisters wrote poems to praise their virtues. After reading the poems, Empress Yuanchun was full of praise, and thought her and Daiyu's poems were the most outstanding.Later, Daiyu showed her poetic talent and wrote the poem "Apricot Curtain is Looking at" on Jia Baoyu's behalf, but Baochai still kept her duty, paying attention to the likes and dislikes of the empress, and suggested that Jia Baoyu write the poem "Yihong, Quickly Green" "Green Jade" was changed to "Green Wax".

The first month is over, and while Baochai helps her mother with housework, she stays with her sisters and cherishes the last time before parting.Because of the hints from Mrs. Wang and Yuan Chun, she was quite sure, and had already handed over everything to Xiang Ling, Qian Xue and the others, and waited for the imperial decree to declare her into the palace.However, looking forward to the stars and the moon, I only got the news of losing the election in the end.

Baochai didn't know what she did wrong and how she became like this.According to the voice in Jinsuo, she accidentally failed the election because her brother killed someone in her previous life, so Baochai saved Feng Yuan from the beginning; according to the voice in Jinsuo, if Xiangling married Xue Pan was a concubine, and sooner or later she was tortured to death, and sooner or later the Xue family's home was restless, so Baochai took the risk, managed to send Xiangling away, and helped her make a living; At that time, playing the piano was the best, and she also deeply believed that, so she did so.

Baochai was extraordinary since she was a child, she was born with beautiful muscles and bones, and she was valued by her father, who taught her to read and write, and specially hired Grandma Sun as a tutor to learn etiquette.She has an elegant manner, and her talent and learning are much higher than that of ordinary men. She can go to the hall and go to the kitchen.When talking about her, the ordinary family often said that she was the emperor's concubine. Although Baochai did not have such arrogance, she also thought that there was great hope in being selected as a princess and monarch's school attendant.

I don't want to put in so much hard work, but in the end I was completely laughed at by others!

She has always been self-cultivating and doesn't get angry easily, but now she can't stand it anymore, she closes the door of her room tightly, and doesn't want to ask about world affairs anymore, and never sees anyone again.

"There are eight or nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life." Mrs. Wang also came to comfort her and said, "Although this seems to be a bad thing, who knows if God wants to make your marriage with Baoyu come true?" Baochai It's hard to say yes, and it's hard to say no, so I have to stay silent.

"Actually, there's nothing special about Lao Shizi's accompanying attendant at school." Aunt Xue said to Baochai when there was no one in private, "Your elder sister Yuanchun was selected from here. Yes, she was lucky. She survived for seven or eight years and became a success But so what? How much money did the Jia family spend to bring her back to visit her relatives? The money for building the Grand View Garden is not counted, but how much money is there for the silver seals handed over to the maids and eunuchs? Back then, your father only saw the glory of the girl's family entering the palace, but he didn't think about the place in the palace, and how much hardship the girl's family had to suffer in it? Besides, although our family is rich, we can't throw a lot of money on it. "

When Aunt Xue said this, Baochai felt that it was very reasonable, but she always felt that the depression in her heart was hard to get rid of, and she couldn't explain it in a few words.

"Back then, your father thought highly of you and hired me to be your nurturing mother. But in fact, there was something in my heart that I never uttered. Anyone who really loves his daughter would not be willing to let his daughter go to that kind of place to suffer. Now it's a matter of my heart." .” Nanny Sun also specially came to look for her, so she said.

Baochai has always been the most tolerant of others saying that her father is not good.In her heart, her mother loves her brother Xue Pan the most, and protects her brother Xue Pan regardless of what he does wrong, but her father loves her even more, teaching her how to read and how to do business. Raised as a half boy.She and Nanny Sun had a mentorship, and she couldn't refute Nanny Sun's words openly, but she felt more and more irritated when she heard it.

Lin Daiyu, Jia Baoyu, and Sanchun sisters knew that she was uncomfortable, so they didn't dare to come to see her, for fear of touching her heart, so they just sent their maids to say hello.Baochai sat in her own room every day, listening to Yinger and Qianxue what Zijuan said, what Xiren said, and what Cuilu said, as if there were thousands of ducks in her ears. Shouting, distracted, completely unable to listen.

Surprisingly, even Jia Huan, whom she usually despises, sent a little girl beside her to say hello.Yinger was astonished, and slowly began to talk from the side, only to realize that this was not Aunt Zhao's idea, but Jia Huan's own idea. Suddenly understand etiquette.

Afterwards, Jia Huan often came to Xue's house to walk around, and Baochai was lazy and had no intention of socializing. It was not until February that he regained his composure and gradually regained his former appearance.

However, Baochai still couldn't let go of her failure in the election, and often struggled with the reasons for her failure in private.Until one time when I was playing with the sisters, Tanchun smiled and said: "We sisters are actually interesting. Because the eldest sister was born on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and her name is Yuanchun, the three of us welcome, explore, and It’s a pity to put it down. Others may think that it’s too vulgar to use words such as Chunhongxiang, but they don’t know that there is an allusion in our family.”

Daiyu said leisurely from the side: "Who said it wasn't? She is very elegant. Don't mention this, just the names of your maids are also arranged in the same way. The second sister is the best at chess, and the maid is called Siqi; The third younger sister is the best at calligraphy, so the maid is called Shishu; the fourth younger sister can draw, and the maid is called Zhihua. It turns out that the four characters of piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting have been overused by the predecessors, but your family added a false character in front of it. But it was kind of fun.”

Baochai was listening from the sidelines, she was stunned for a long time, she chewed the meaning carefully, her expression changed suddenly, and she asked, "I heard that your mother has a servant girl that she brought into the palace, could it be that she was ranked with Siqi and the others?"

Tanchun was puzzled, and said with a smile: "That's right. That maid's name is Baoqin, so it's just right for the scene. The elder sister's hand-qin skills are unrivaled. But there is a maid beside me." Do you hold the piano?"

Baochai understood everything at once like five thunderbolts.

The imperial concubine of Yuan Dynasty played the piano well.She also chose to play the piano during the re-election, which is really a big fallacy.Her piano skills were also taught by famous teachers, and she practiced for many years. She is confident that even in front of everyone with piano skills, she will not be disrespectful or laughable.But the more accurate her piano skills are, the more she seems to be at odds with the concubine Yuan.The empress can tolerate a girl from a relative's family being a princess and princess, but she will never allow a school attendant whose piano skills are comparable to her own.

"Why? Why?" Baochai had never been so angry before.Playing the piano was first suggested by the voice in the golden lock.She has always been quite sincere about that voice, even though she knows that she is wholeheartedly for others, she still allows her to use it in various ways.Unexpectedly, her sincerity would end up like this!The voice was quite supernatural, she must have known something in advance, and taught her to play the piano during the re-election, so that she could be selected smoothly.What a vicious strategy!What a vicious heart!

"Why? If you don't tell me, I will send the golden lock to the craftsman's shop to melt, so that you will have nowhere to stay!" Baochai asked urgently.

That voice was very righteous: "Of course it's for Xiangling."

Xiangling?Baochai froze for a moment.Isn't Xiangling good?It has been settled by her.

"Sure?" The voice began to scream, "A teenage, unmarried girl lives with a half-destroyed grandma Liu, who runs a small food shop and earns a few taels of silver a month. What do you think is appropriate? What about her lifelong event? What about her husband-in-law? What if she can't find a husband? What if she can't get a man in one fell swoop and is bullied by her in-laws? She has gone to the palace, and if she can't leave the palace for more than ten years, who will take care of her?"

Baochai's heart is like falling into an ice cave.She really loves this girl Xiangling, so on balance, she is willing to do this for her.But since she really loves her, it doesn't mean that Xiangling is her responsibility, Xue Baochai, from now on.If she followed what the voice in Jinsuozhong said, she would be much more worried than Xiangling's parents.Although she thinks she is talented, she is only a teenage girl after all, and she does not have the courage to be responsible for another teenage girl for the rest of her life, to ensure that she has no worries about food and clothing, a harmonious family, and filial piety for her children and grandchildren.

"So you turned out to be relying on me..." Baochai said slowly, with a cold look in his eyes.

But the voice was very strong: "I owed Xiangling in the past, and I have to pay the debt, so I have to worry about everything for her; your Xue family also owed Xiangling in the past, if you don't pay the debt, who will pay the debt?"

"Nonsense!" Baochai said, suddenly took off the golden lock from her neck, and was about to order Ying'er to be thawed in a shop outside.

This action frightened Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue.The golden lock was specially entrusted to be made by the monk Youfang, and Aunt Xue believed it for many years, but now seeing that Baochai insisted on ordering someone to melt it, she was terribly frightened, thinking that Baochai had been bewitched.

Because of the palace election, Mrs. Wang knew that her family was not doing well, she felt a little guilty, and hurried to comfort her: "Don't blame your eldest sister, she is also doing it for you and Baoyu. Besides, this is what I meant. Where is the good place to go in the palace? It’s all about being decent on the outside and bitter on the inside. You know Baoyu’s temperament and appearance, and I am a kind person. The two families are close, and you watch Baoyu let him make progress. What’s the matter? not good?