[Red Mansion] The adopted son of the Lin family

With a pale face, Xiangyun looked at Xiaohong who lowered her head, and stared at Cuilu suddenly, "Tell me, what's going on."

Cui Hui rubbed her eyes, and the tears had already flowed down.She was pointed out to Xiangyun by Jia's mother since she was a child, and she was devoted to Xiangyun. Xiangyun treated her well, and never beat or punished her.As far as temper is concerned, although she is a little irritable, it is just the little girl's waywardness.But these days, Xiangyun's temper has suddenly turned bad since the incident at the old lady's birthday banquet. He smashed cups and bowls all day long, and he was completely different from other people in peacetime.

Seeing Xiangyun staring at her like this now, Cuilu shook her clothes and trembled, "Girl, it's okay."

"You bastard, you dare to lie to me!" As he spoke, he slapped Cui Ling's shoulder with a slap.Turning around, he pointed at Xiaohong and said, "Say it! Explain to me what it is. What about girls from the Xia family and girls from the Dong family? Swallow all the other things that don't matter to me, and only talk about the important things. Already!"

Xiao Hong has been doing things with Wang Xifeng these days, and she has already successfully escaped from the ranks of those humble little maids.Even Ping'er and her didn't make such a fuss in front of her, Shi Xiangyun?snort!A relative girl who is not valued by the members of the Jia family is also talking here with her own waist, she is not afraid to flash her tongue!

Even though she thought so, Xiaohong didn't take Joe either.Anyway, she came here today, and she didn't intend to hide it from Shi Xiangyun, otherwise, why would she say this in front of Shi Xiangyun's door.Hearing Shi Xiangyun's question now, he was naturally willing to explain it.

"Miss Shi, have you heard of the Osmanthus Xia family in Chang'an City?"

"Speaking of which, this relative was originally an old relative, and he and Mrs. Xue's family are also registered merchants in the household department, and they are also one of the largest families. Speaking of it the day before yesterday, both of our two prefectures knew it. In the city of Chang'an, up to The princes, down to the merchants, call his family the "Osmanthus Xia family." I am afraid that the girl will not know why they call her family the "Osmanthus Xia family", so the servants only listen to the second wife."

As Xiaohong spoke, she glanced at Shi Xiangyun, saw that her forehead was sweating profusely, and her eyes were wide open, so she said, "His family name is Xia, and he is very rich. Needless to say, there are dozens of hectares of land alone. Planting sweet-scented osmanthus, all the sweet-scented osmanthus bureaus in Chang'an city and outside the city belong to his family, and even the bonsai displayed in the palace is also a tribute from his family, so there is this nickname. Now the grandfather is gone, only the old lady brings a His own daughter lived with him, and he didn't have any siblings, but it's a pity that he lost all of his family."

As he spoke, he let out a low sigh that seemed to be genuine, as if the Xia family was extremely sad.

Shi Xiangyun gritted his teeth fiercely, seeing Xiaohong looking at him with a half-smile, an unknown fire surged up in his heart, and he stretched out his hand to hit Xiaohong.But he heard another urgent call out of nowhere, and Xiangyun looked back in a daze, not Baoyu, but who else.

"Love brother!" As soon as he said it, Xiangyun's cheeks were wet with tears, looking very pitiful and cute.

Baoyu had a temperament of sympathizing with flowers and cherishing red. When he saw Xiangyun's appearance, he threw her fierceness to the back of his head, ran up a few steps, and hugged Xiangyun's emaciated shoulders, trying to comfort her Said: "Good sister, don't cry. My heart aches when you cry, good sister!"

After calling out like this several times in a row, even Xiaohong and Cuilu would get goose bumps all over their bodies, not to mention the woman who followed Baoyu!

Xiao Hong was watching the anger on the girl's face gradually rising, she smiled and blessed her body, and said: "Hello, Miss Xia."

The sound pulled Xiangyun back from crying, and then he raised his head to look at the woman behind Baoyu.

Xia Jingui wore a three-plate gold makeup flower and four-happiness ruyi pattern plain-faced Hangzhou silk cross-neck long chicken satin gown, and a gold-branch and leaf-wrapped grape gauze skirt underneath, and a rose-pink embroidered yellow rose pattern Bixia Russell soft satin.She was wearing cream-colored smoked satin beaded shoes, her whole person was bright and dazzling.

Shi Xiangyun looked down at himself again before taking medicine and falling asleep. His body was nothing more than a plain dress, and it was not at all as bright as the other party.I felt a little angry in my heart, and saw the faint contempt and disdain in the other party's eyes. Although the face was very serious, I probably guessed that the other party was the girl from the "Osmanthus Xia family".

Seeing Shi Xiangyun looking at him, Xia Jingui didn't hold back, shook the handkerchief in his hand and approached Baoyu, took a look at Baoyu holding Shi Xiangyun's hand and said with a smile: "Second Master Bao is really interesting, so you can take me with you?" People who come to visit the garden, how can they be boring gourds here?"

She is already pretty, otherwise she wouldn't be said to be "born like a flower" in the original book, and Baoyu said that she is no worse than other girls, but her temper is hard to change.Now she pretends to be gentle, which suits Baoyu's wishes.

Sure enough, upon hearing what Xia Jingui said, Baoyu slowly let go of Xiangyun's hand, and said with a smile, "Look at me, it's mine. Sister Xia, this is the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, the quietest place in our garden." There are thick phoenix tails and thin dragon chants, and a piece of green bamboo surrounds you to enjoy the cool in summer. I don’t know how comfortable it is. Oh, this is sister Yun.” Then, he pulled Xiangyun and introduced to Xia Jingui: “Yun My younger sister lives in this Xiaoxiang Pavilion."

After hearing this, Xia Jingui only smiled, but looked at Shi Xiangyun for a long time before saying, "Couldn't this be Miss Shi from Bowling Hou's Mansion?" Yun's hand smiled and said, "Good sister, maybe you forgot that we met once last year."

Shi Xiangyun is at a loss here, she doesn't remember seeing Xia Jingui in front of her.But when Xia Jingui said it so affectionately, Baoyu only felt that it was a great fate, and he was arguing beside him to know.Xia Jingui cast a sideways glance at Baoyu, and that glance was as charming as Qin Keqing's, which made Baoyu's whole body shudder instantly.

Xia Jingui smiled and said: "Good sister, have you forgotten? Last year Princess Nan'an hosted a banquet at the Prince's Mansion, and invited our Xia family to join in the fun. At the banquet, my sister got entangled with an actor , fortunately, there is a prince to rescue him."

At the beginning of the words, Xiangyun's impression was somewhat aroused, but the more he heard the latter, the more Xiangyun felt that something was wrong. After listening to it, Xiangyun's face turned purple.When has she ever done such a thing, and when has she ever been entangled by some actor!This Xia Jingui is simply talking nonsense with open eyes, framing her in front of Baoyu!

Shi Xiangyun thought of this, and was about to explain in a hurry, but Xia Jingui held Baoyu with one hand, stroked his heart with the other, and said mournfully, "Oh, Second Lord Bao, my heart suddenly hurts so much!"

"Sister Xia, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm feeling a little uncomfortable today. I'm afraid I just forgot because of the beautiful scenery in the park. I just stopped now, and I can't hold it anymore." He said, calling out a few more times, Just let Baoyu carry her on his back and leave the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Shi Xiangyun just watched Jia Baoyu leave the Xiaoxiang Pavilion with Xia Jingui on his back, with phoenix tails in his ears and dragon chant softly, but his eyes were full of desolation. "Love brother..." When I called you that way when I was young, you would always turn around and hold my hand and lead me around, but now when I call you that way, you just smile lightly, and occasionally laugh at me with other sisters. Two" and "love" are also indistinguishable.

Xiangyun shed tears in a daze, wetting the winding scar on her right cheek and also the scar on her heart.

It turned out that even without Sister Bao and Sister Lin, she would still be replaced by someone else.She is just the daughter of a merchant, and she is not as powerful as the Xue family, so she dares to frame and wrong her!Well, that's great!Xia Family, Osmanthus Xia Family, just wait and see, Xia Jingui!

Seeing Shi Xiangyun weeping silently, Cuihui's expression was filled with grief, but suddenly it became hideous again, and the shock in her heart was beyond words.When Shi Xiangyun entered the room and closed the door vigorously, she turned her head to look at Xiaohong in a daze. "Girl, are you all right?"

"Hey, what can be the matter, you have worried too much."

Saying that, Xiaohong covered her lips and smiled again: "You don't know, this 'Osmanthus Xia Family' has a big background, your girl's marriage, Xuan!" After finishing speaking, she walked out of the Xiaoxiang Pavilion with a smile .

Xia Jingui's background is indeed very hard.

The Jia family and the Xia family have an irreconcilable relationship.But there was someone in the middle who set up a bridge, and this person was not someone from another family, but Aunt Xue and Xue Pan!

Xue Baochai became the concubine Duan in the palace, and the money spent was flowing like running water.Jia Yuanchun is still full of guard against Xue Baochai to this day, and it is also true that no one has such a broad mind when facing someone who steps on his head.

This is exactly what Concubine Shen is happy to see.

Although the old sage is more willing to choose between Xue Baochai and Jia Yuanchun to favor one, it has divided her favor.But after all, Concubine Shen naturally hoped that the two sisters would fight to the death rather than dominating alone.She already has the son Zhongshun, and the status of one person below ten thousand people, so why ask for anything else.

If Xue Baochai did not enter the palace, then Concubine Shen might continue to torment Jia Yuanchun overtly and secretly.But since someone has already done it for her, Concubine Shen will naturally hide her tail.She hadn't forgotten that it was not the old sage who was in charge of the country now, but the sage!

When Aunt Xue went to the palace to meet Baochai, she was also a little surprised when she heard Baochai's words.She naturally knew what the Jia family was like now, but they were living beyond their means and unable to make ends meet.However, the expenses in this mansion are increasing day by day. In order to borrow money from Xue's family, Mrs. Wang shyly puts aside the matter of Baochai riding on Yuanchun's neck to be favored.

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "Mother, don't look at my aunt now. She won't show any affection after she borrows the money. Now that my brother has made progress, naturally our family should move out of Jia's house."

"That's what you say, but your aunt is willing to let him go!" Aunt Xue frowned as she said this.Baochai knew what Mrs. Wang was planning, and she naturally knew it too.It's nothing more than taking a fancy to Xue's family's wealth and wanting to borrow it to fill the big hole in her Jia's family.snort!Daydreaming, if this money is really borrowed, I'm afraid it will be borrowed but never repaid.

Seeing what Aunt Xue said, Baochai knew in her heart that Aunt Xue wanted to move out a long time ago, but she was only thinking about the sisterhood, so she didn't want to take the initiative to tear her face.Baochai smiled and said, "Mum, why don't you think about it? We don't need to say this in person, it's better to let my aunt speak up. Now that my aunt's family is in a hurry to spend money, we absolutely can't borrow money, but Unexpectedly, others are willing to borrow it?"

"Your Majesty, you mean...the Lin family?"

"Mom is thinking wrong. No matter how rich the Lin family is, they will never borrow it. What's more, Master Lin's favor is strong. If we stir up trouble, we won't get into trouble. If you want me to say, in the capital, there will be no money. Isn't our family the only one doing business?" Baochai said, reaching out to caress the brightly blooming peonies on the table, "Why doesn't Mom think about it, the 'Osmanthus Xia's' is no worse than ours? "

According to Baochai's wishes, Aunt Xue invited Mrs. Xia and Xia Jingui over to talk within two days. While talking, Xiangling said outside, "The second wife is here."

Aunt Xue let Mrs. Wang in with a smile, introduced the two of them again, then smiled and took Xia Jingui's hand and said with a smile: "I've seen you when you were young, you were naughty and cute, how could you imagine, daughter The Eighteen Great Transformations, and now they come out so beautifully, they really look like a flower."

Mrs. Wang had also heard about the name of the Xia family, and seeing Xia Jingui's good looks, she also liked Xia Jingui immediately, so she hurriedly pulled her over to ask questions, and Xia Jingui got impatient, so she lowered her head and refused to speak.Mrs. Wang mistakenly thought that Xia Jingui was shy, and she was even more satisfied at the moment.Speaking of which, Mrs. Wang's and Jia's mother's vision of choosing a daughter-in-law is really not the difference between 01:30.

Mother Jia paid attention to the family and status.But what about Mrs. Wang?As the head of the Jia family, she cared more about whether the girl's natal family had money or not.After all, Jia's mansion is now so poor that it is about to jingle, except that it looks glamorous on the outside, but only she knows that there is not much money in the account.

Therefore, seeing Xia Jingui, Mrs. Wang couldn't be happier!Mrs. Wang thought that Baoyu and Xia Jingui got along well when they met each other, and she was so proud of letting Xia Jingui stay in the mansion for a while.I just thought that when I went to the palace to see my empress, I would mention this matter to Yuan Chun. There was no need for Jia's mother to nod, just let Yuan Chun make an order, and then it would be done!

The Xia family is headed by a widowed mother, and there is only one daughter, Xia Jingui, in the family. That is to say, there is no need to be afraid of any uncles, brothers and brothers competing for the family property.As long as Baoyu marries Xia Jingui, everything in the Xia family will belong to the Jia family!

At that time, the two families will become one family...

Thinking about it this way, Mrs. Wang seemed to have seen that all the wealth of the Xia family had fallen into her own pocket and private treasury, and the smile on her face deepened unconsciously.