The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

The fact that Mrs. Xue was pregnant with the pearl was discovered when her daughter Xue Baochai was 15 years old.

It is said that the 21st of the first lunar month is Baochai's 15th birthday.The Xue family has been preparing for this day for a long time.On that day, the Xue Family Temple was opening, and the northeast corner was covered with a curtain, and even the main hall was decorated according to the current old customs.

When the time came, Xue Baochai came slowly from outside in brightly colored clothes.Shorts and jacket, black (black) cloth for clothes, vermilion brocade border, double-ringed bun, and a pair of exquisitely embroidered cotton shoes.The standard attire also made Baochai appear unusually noble and clean.In the middle of the field, facing south, salute slowly to the guests watching the ceremony.Then facing west, Daiyu was sitting on the seat of the sage, and Daiyu, who was guarding the west steps and serving as a praiser, stepped forward slowly, combing Baochai's hair with the corners of her mouth curled.One by one, very serious.There is also a devout blessing to Baochai between his brows.The warm sunlight shone on the two of them through the eaves, instantly even the air became brighter.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and everyone couldn't help but be in a trance when they looked at the two exquisite people who were so beautiful and enchanting.

Since Baochai was drafted in the palace, everyone knew that she was destined for life.But the girl from the Lin family is 14 years old, and she is about to leave the court.It seems that there is no movement in the Lin family.

Thinking of this, the ladies and nobles present at the ceremony nodded tacitly.

At the moment, Concubine Zheng Binmin also looked at Xue Baochai, who was magnificent, pink-faced and peach-cheeked, with a dignified manner, with a smile, and she couldn't help nodding in satisfaction.Such a virtuous and quiet woman soon became her daughter-in-law.Even with his son, he was able to get on line with Xue Lin's two families who were in the limelight. This was the most comforting thing for Concubine Min who was always worried about whether her son would be suspected by the Holy Majesty.

So when the Holy Majesty came to ask her to be the guest of honor for Xue Baochai and Ji, Concubine Min agreed almost without thinking.Although most of the mentality at that time came for utilitarian purposes, when she was on the spot, seeing Xue Baochai so gentle and virtuous, Concubine Min was still very satisfied.

So after the girl from the Lin family combed Baochai's hair, Concubine Min walked up to Xue Baochai with a smile on her face, and began to take over the next steps.

She cleared her throat, and chanted loudly: "On the auspicious day of the Lingmoon, I will start to change my clothes. Abandon your young ambitions, follow your success and become a virtue. You will test Weiqi, and you will be Jingfu."

Then he knelt down in front of Baochai and combed her hair, got up and returned to his original position.Lin Daiyu, who was waiting at the side, adjusted the whole hairpin for Baochai.He also helped Xue Baochai back to the northeast corner of the main hall and put on the plain clothes and skirts that matched his head and hairpin.

After that, one prostration, two prostrations, two prostrations, three prostrations...until the ceremony is complete.

Xue Pan stood on the outer hall and kept paying attention to the sound of bells, drums and music inside.When he heard Yousi shout out Licheng, he suddenly became a little dazed.

Since he was three years old, he traveled to this Dream of Red Mansions, where the dynasties and regions are unknown, and spent so many years willfully and willfully, as if it was really like a dream.All the context of the original work was messed up by him.Up to now, Xue Baochai, who is very important among them, has reached adulthood, and will soon marry into the palace as a concubine.And Lin Daiyu has also become the daughter of a famous and prestigious family built by her father and brother. It is conceivable that her future marriages will definitely have nothing to do with Baoyu.And he himself...

Xue Pan couldn't help but think of Tu Zhen who might be crouching at his desk reviewing memorials in the depths of the palace, and perhaps his pretty brows and eyes were wrinkled in embarrassment because of countless messy court trifles.Xue Pan raised his arm subconsciously, trying to smooth his brows, when someone beside him asked with a smile: "What's the matter, seeing that my younger sister is about to get married as an adult, Xue Pan felt a little bit sad for a while?" There was only one person who called him like this, Xue Pan's heart moved, he turned his head, and he saw the sixth master Tu Huang, who was as beautiful as a peach and plum, with beautiful eyebrows and phoenix eyes.

Can't help but smile slightly: "Why are you here?"

"My friend's sister and the guests at the banquet, although I didn't receive the invitation, I had to come uninvited. Why, you don't like to see me? Then I'll leave?" Tu Huang teased casually, just But he didn't move a step.

Xue Pan curled his lips in disapproval, looked around, and asked, "Why didn't you see Fifth Master? You two have always kept your eyes on the coke and weighed the weight. Why did he disappear today?"

Tu Huang frowned, and said, "Fifth Brother is going to pick up Seventh Brother. If he returns to Beijing today, if no one pays attention to him, he will inevitably become stiff. Fifth Brother said that I will come over to cheer you up, and he will go to the city. The seventh brother is guarding the door, and when we come over together, we can have a drink."

Xue Pan was about to start joking when he heard the words, when he suddenly heard a commotion in the main hall.Xue Pan was terrified, and ran into the main hall without caring about greeting Tu Huang.There were countless female family members and guests, and when they saw Xue Pan rushing in, they were startled, and quickly turned around to avoid it.

Xue Zhizhang was hugging the fainted Madam Xue with an anxious expression on his face. Seeing Xue Pan's figure rushing in, he couldn't help shouting in a low voice: "What are you doing here? You don't have any courtesy at all. Why don't you hurry up and invite the imperial physician, by the way?" Entertain the guests in the outer hall."

Xue Pan nodded in a daze, and walked away.

After a short while, Imperial Physician Wang was hurriedly invited into the inner room by the servants of the mansion.After a brief pulse diagnosis, the imperial doctor couldn't help being surprised, cupped his hands and said congratulations: "Congratulations to Lord Hou, congratulations to Lord Hou, Ma'am, this is a happy pulse!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

After half a day, Xue Zhizhang came to his senses, and asked in disbelief: "Physician Wang, I didn't quite hear what you just said."

Imperial Physician Wang naturally understood Xue Zhizhang's bewilderment, and repeated with a pleasant smile: "Congratulations, Lord Hou, Madam is happy."

Only then did Xue Zhizhang laugh silly, bent down and smiled softly at Mrs. Xue who had just woken up: "Madam, can you hear me, I'm going to be a father again?"

Unlike Xue Zhizhang, who was proud and pleased, Mrs. Xue was shy once in a while.At such an old age, this kind of thing actually happened.Mrs. Xue glanced at the guests who were watching the excitement and wishing endlessly, and said in a low voice: "You are only busy with my business, but you have neglected and tired all the guests in the room. When you are young, it will be passed out, isn't it our family? ?”

Hearing this, Xue Zhizhang quickly ordered Baochai and Daiyu to go out to gather guests.Since Concubine Min is the guest of honor, she had to ask for some trouble.

In the time it took to go back and forth, the news that Mrs. Xue was pregnant with a pearl spread.

At the banquet in the outer hall, Tu Huang waved the peach blossom fan in a playful manner, and made fun of him with a wicked look on his face: "I didn't expect that your father is quite powerful."

Xue Pan was also a little dazed at this time, so he didn't pester Tu Huang for joking, but said with some trepidation: "My mother is almost forty, and she can still conceive. Will there be any harm to the body? OK?"

Tu Huang shook his head disapprovingly, and said, "What's the matter, there are so many imperial physicians in the palace who are good at this kind of thing. According to your relationship with the Holy One, it is not impossible to invite a resident at home to take care of Mrs. Xue's body." .As long as you pay close attention to it, and there are no private disturbances in other people's houses in your house, you should be fine."

Xue Pan listened to Tu Huang's suggestion and nodded indiscriminately.It's just that my heart is still flustered.

While he was talking, he brought Qi Ye in with him.Seeing that all the guests in the hall were sighing and startled, they couldn't help but leaned forward and asked: "What's the matter, it seems that something extraordinary happened during my absence?"

Tu Huang turned his head, smiled and told Tu Teng about Mrs. Xue's old clam pregnant with a pearl.At the end, he also sighed with a sigh of relief: "Lord Zhongxin Hou is so strong!"

Tu Zhe also had a strange expression on his face, looking at Xue Pan with a smile on his face.Next to him, Qi Ye even sighed straight out of his stomach: "It's so fucking amazing, the whole family is top-notch."

One sentence successfully pissed Xue Pan off.Immediately, he jumped up as if bitten by a dog and scolded: "You are the best, you are the best, and your whole family is the best."

"..." Looking at Xue Pan who was so restless, the three brothers of the Tu family unanimously decided not to be as familiar with this big cat that jumped and exploded.

However, after Xue Pan spent a long time outside, he still couldn't help but returned to the inner house excitedly. Before leaving, he didn't forget to hand over the responsibility of entertaining guests to Lin Mozhi, and he also tied up the disciples who wanted to watch the fun The three brothers also followed suit.

Due to the extraordinary identities of the three brothers from the Tu family, the guests couldn't help but feel a bit apprehensive when they saw them scurrying up and down the outer hall instead of the master's responsibility.

However, after Xue Pan got rid of the crowd and entered the inner house, he stood silently in the inner room where only Xue and his wife were left.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xue said with a loving smile: "It's windy outside, what are you doing standing at the door, why don't you come in and warm up. Just like your father, he's dumbfounded, making people laugh."

Xue Pan chuckled a few times, then sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out his hand to hold Mrs. Xue, and said with a surprised face: "They said that the mother is pregnant with a little brother?"

Mrs. Xue nodded with a smile, stroked Xue Pan's cheek and said, "Is Pan'er happy to have a little brother playing with you?"

Xue Pan couldn't help but turn dark when he heard the obvious words to make the children happy.

Xue Zhizhang smiled brightly: "Madam, Pan'er is eighteen years old this year, don't treat him as an eight-year-old baby."

Mrs. Xue continued to caress Xue Pan's cheek and said: "No matter how old Pan'er is, she will always be a baby who hasn't grown up with mother."

Xue Zhizhang shook his head, deciding not to be as knowledgeable as Mrs. Xue.Instead, he asked Xue Pan, "Didn't I tell you to go outside to greet the guests? Why did you come back without making a sound? Wouldn't it be impolite for a large room of guests to hang there outside?"

Xue Pan shook his head, and replied casually: "I let Mo Zhi'er and the fifth, sixth, and seventh masters do it for me. They have more face than me, and it's too late for the guests to flatter, so how can they blame me? I'm afraid they wish I would never go back at this moment."

After Xue Zhizhang heard the words, he didn't say anything more.

For a while, Xue Pan picked up the pregnancy prescription left by Imperial Physician Wang on the table and looked at it for a long time, then asked sullenly, "How is this Imperial Physician Wang's medical skills?"

"Physician Wang is best at raising and reassuring the young masters and ladies in the palace. He is very familiar with such things." Xue Zhizhang nodded and said with a smile: "Today, the prescription he prescribed for raising fetuses only said As long as Madam takes it regularly, there will be no problem."

By the way, this doctor Wang is also a strange person.He is rebellious by nature and doesn't care about world affairs.Moreover, he never made alarmist remarks like other imperial physicians did when he made a diagnosis, but in fact it was not a serious illness.

In Wang Taiyi's view, those who can be cured should be treated decisively, and those who cannot be cured can be directly opened. There is no nonsense at all.

I just don't know how such a cold and arrogant temperament has lived in the palace for so long.

Xue Pan sized Fang Zi up for a while, and said, "I would like to ask the Holy Majesty to send an imperial physician who is good at raising and protecting fetuses to stay at our house until the mother gives birth to the baby safely before returning to the palace. My father thinks that the imperial physician Wang How is this man?"

Xue Zhizhang frowned, and said, "I'm afraid this is unreasonable."

Xue Pan understood, that is to say, there is nothing wrong with Wang Taiji.Immediately shook his head and said in relief: "Father, don't worry, let me handle this matter. I will definitely let Wang Taiyi come to live in our house."

Seeing this, Xue Zhizhang was worried about Mrs. Xue's body after all, so he no longer evaded it.

For a while, Xue Pan cautiously spoke a few words to Mrs. Xue, only to see that Mrs. Xue was really exhausted, so she tiptoedly left.