The Red Mansion's Late Welcome Spring

The selection of beautiful women in the Daluo Dynasty is generally carried out every three to five years. Jia Yuanchun was selected as a female official in the palace during the last selection when the Supreme Emperor was in power.

And this election was supposed to be held in the first two years of the new emperor's accession to the throne, but at that time the emperor repeatedly postponed the election on the grounds that the treasury was insufficient. At that time, we only disclosed the rumors to the localities to make preparations. It was not until the beginning of this year that the localities were formally ordered to submit the list of local qualified candidates to the Yeting Bureau for a formal preliminary review.

Xue Baochai's name was indeed registered in the register at the beginning, but unfortunately, as Nanny Chen said, because the Xue family's status as an imperial merchant was conspicuous, someone deleted Xue Baochai's name from the register before it reached Ye Tingcheng's hands. As for Jia Yingchun But there is no chance to record the name at all.

As for the reason why Jia Yingchun's name is not on the roster, it is naturally because Jia's mother did not want her to enter the palace to compete with Jia Yuanchun. It is impossible to pick at this juncture and send someone in to pull Jia Yuanchun's hind legs.

Xue Baochai followed the embroidered orange into Jia Yingchun's room, and there was a faint smell of medicine in the room. When she walked in, she saw Jia Yingchun lying on her side beside the bed, her complexion was better than she imagined, but the indifferent The appearance, and faintly made her feel an indescribable feeling in her heart.

"Welcome the girl in peace? I heard that you were sick two days ago, but my brother has never been seen in the past two days, and my mother has to help my aunt go to Dongfu to greet the female relatives who came to pay condolences. I can't go away. The funeral was delivered yesterday, so today I have time to come and see you." Xue Baochai stepped forward to take Jia Yingchun's hand with a graceful and friendly appearance, and looked at her carefully.

"The doctor has been here a few times, and I have poured several bowls of the bitter juice. Is it okay? I still feel the bitterness in my mouth is lingering, and if it wasn't for the shock that day because of that Ruizhu, My body is usually better than anyone else's." Jia Yingchun replied with a smile.

"That Ruizhu can be regarded as a rare loyal servant, and so is Baozhu. Seeing that they have such courage at a young age, it can be seen that some people seem to be of low status, but their hearts are open. It limits our own vision, we have to be open-minded as a human being, even if we want to make progress, we should let it go when it is time to let it go, and we must not keep thinking about it all the time, and it will hurt ourselves." Xue Baochai nodded in agreement.

"What Sister Bao said is true, but there should be no difference in one's life because of one's status. Although it is said that 'you can't be polite to ordinary people, and you can't punish high officials', but in this world, there are always many common people who know how to behave better than scholar-bureaucrats. Their magnanimous minds will not lose their brilliance just because of their low status." Jia Yingchun followed Xue Baochai's words and made some nonsense.

Jia Yingchun knew that Xue Baochai would never really want to exalt the character of the two maids, these words were more like telling her to look away, don't force everything, but why should she look away?She was short of food and not enough to wear... What kind of rumors did this treasure girl hear? !

After all, Xue Baochai didn't stay any longer. After chatting with Jia Yingchun for a few words, she said that she would not disturb Jia Yingchun's rest, and got up to say goodbye. , she looked at it curiously, and was very surprised!Such a rare exquisite painting screen is not even available at Brother Bao's place, but she asked her to see it here, and then hurriedly looked around the house, only to find that although there are not many ornaments in Jia Yingchun's house, they are exquisite and rare , It was exactly the same as what she saw when she went to Lin Daiyu's place last time.

Xue Baochai regained his senses for a moment, and while he followed Xiuju out with his head down, he kept thinking in his heart that before Mrs. Lin Gu returned to Beijing, Sister Lin and Ying Yatou lived in the same courtyard, but they never heard that their friendship was so good. To what extent, now it seems that Sister Lin is not as ruthless to Yingyatou as she is to other people. Most of the things in Yingyatou's room were left by Sister Lin to give her when she returned home, right?Otherwise, she is a girl from a concubine, where can she get so many good things?

Xue Baochai would never have imagined that the things in Jia Yingchun's house were purchased by Jia Yingchun himself. Anyway, with a business genius like Pan You'an, good things don't have to cost a lot of money to get them. In many remote places, there are many people who don't know what to buy. It's just that Xue Baochai is a girl who has been raised up since she was a child. Even if she knows more about business than Xue Pan, she may not think about it carefully.

As soon as Xue Baochai's front legs left the Jia Amnesty Court, Jia Yingchun asked Si Qi to secretly go to Erfang and Lixiang Court to inquire about any new situation that she didn't know about in the past two days. After inquiring about a lot of news, I came back.

"I went to Pear Fragrance Garden today, and quietly asked a maidservant to ask a question, only to find out that Uncle Xue didn't know where to go to have fun yesterday. Seeing that her younger sister's complexion was not good, she thought she was sad because she failed to enter the palace, so she said a lot of words to comfort Miss Bao, who knew that she would talk about the girl while talking, saying that anyway, Miss Bao's name was still there. I met Ye Tingcheng, but the girl didn't even enter her name, after all, she is much more fortunate than the girl." Si Qi half-sat beside Jia Yingchun's bed, and said calmly and in a melodious tone.

"Ah?! Is my name on the selection list? What does it have to do with Sister Bao? How did it come to me?" Jia Yingchun didn't have time to think about it, and asked in a daze.

"It's probably because Miss Bao is still sad about not being able to enter the palace, so she thinks that the girl's illness is also due to that." The mother Zhou who was on the side understood Xue Baochai's thoughts.

"But isn't the primary election over for a few days? And I remember that two days ago, you told me, mammy, that there were only six or seven hundred good girls left in the palace this time. How many people are there?" Jia Yingchun still looked at Nanny Zhou with some puzzlement.

"Miss is confused. On weekdays, no one knows that Miss Bao is looking forward to entering the palace as a nobleman. Now that she has not even passed the primary election, although it has never been spread in the mansion, some people who have seen it may be Can't tell, the girls who have passed the primary election are now living in the palace, just waiting for the empress to check their character and rules, and those who are satisfied will be considered for the re-election, and those who pass the re-election can stay in the palace. Serve as servants in the palace, and then gradually select the most outstanding ones, and the emperor will give them to the princes or other clans as wives and concubines according to his preference." Nanny Zhou smiled and explained in detail.

"So...so...she came to comfort me?! But I didn't have that idea, did she think too much?" Jia Yingchun didn't expect Xue Baochai to have so many thoughts, and even such a small thing would be used as a favor .

"Whether Miss Bao thinks too much, I can't see it, but I have heard from the little maids that the concubine has been praising how good and considerate Master Bao is in front of Miss Bao these days. It seems that Miss Bao and Second Master Bao are going to get closer." Si Qi shook his head a few times, and continued to talk about another piece of news.

"Although this second master Bao is not a sweet pastry, but with his skin, he can seduce many little girls. I used to look at the old lady and often wished that second master Bao and Miss Lin could get closer, but it's a pity that Miss Lin She has always listened to the young lady's words and paid little attention to the second master Bao. Later, when Miss Lin and Mrs. Aunt Lin returned home, she would often take Mrs. Smith into the mansion as a guest. In the future, our mansion will be lively again." After Zhou Nanny frowned slightly, her tone was a little cold and authentic.

"Sister-in-law has said it more than once. Baoyu alone has more than twice as many maidservants as our girls. Don't those people spend money? Brother and sister-in-law have their own place with them, but It's not as good as Baoyu's place, that's all! These trivial things are not a day or two, I'm afraid this is not the end, if one day the elder sister really turns over in the palace, and the second wife doesn't know what to do It's so cool." Jia Yingchun sighed helplessly.

Jia Yingchun recalled the plot of the Dream of Red Mansions, now it is just the beginning, Qin Keqing is dead, and soon, the news of Jia Yuanchun's concubine should also come, but who would have expected that this is the only way for the Jia family to perish Where is the road?

"As the saying goes: The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. Second Master Lian, under the recommendation of Mrs. Lin, has a way out now. As long as he keeps his feet on the ground, his future is not a problem. What's more, if Mrs. and Mrs. are willing to bother more, It is not impossible to separate the family a few years ago, not to mention that the eldest girl wants to make a fortune in the palace. If the family outside the palace doesn't think about her, can she really get a good one? Girl, don't underestimate this. Regarding matters in the palace, the position of the empress is secure, not only because she is the emperor's wife, but also because her father, Marquis Jian'an, holds a pivotal position in the border, and there are concubine Wu Gui and Concubine Zhen Shu. Whose natal family doesn't have much say in the court?" Nanny Zhou said in a low voice.

Jia Yingchun listened to Nanny Zhou's words, but just bowed her head and remained silent. She didn't know that for a married daughter, the strength of her mother's family is also very important. However, Nanny Zhou made one more important point. No problem, but there are still many problems in Jia Zheng's house~ She estimated that none of the disasters that happened in the future were not caused by Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang. It's a pity that Jia's mother is still there. Separating the family...is not that easy, especially after Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, it is even more difficult. According to Mrs. Wang's greedy temper, I am afraid that she would like to use this excuse to completely take the Rongguo Palace as her own. As for other Yes, hehe! !That hypocrite Jia Zheng doesn't care anymore, let alone a short-sighted Mrs. Wang?

But no matter what, Jia Yingchun is willing to let Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng separate the family as the most important thing at the moment. She feels that there will always be a chance to propose a separation, even if Jia Amnesty suffers a little bit temporarily. 'For ever is better than once'...uh, well!In fact, this sentence should not be used in this way, but it seems appropriate to put it here, doesn't it?