The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

The next day was the sixteenth, before dawn, Xue Pan got up from the bed in a huff, his sleepy head bit by bit, and subconsciously rubbed his eyes with his hands.But he didn't see Tu Zhen's figure.He couldn't help raising his eyebrows and asked, "Where's the Holy One?"

The big servant girl Hongxiu came in with her coat on. Seeing this situation, she immediately hung up the curtains on the bed, and said with a joke: "Of course the Holy Majesty went back to the palace early, the master and the master of the Lin family, the second master and the uncle of the Lin family, etc They have all gone to the palace too. You are the only one who can sleep comfortably by yourself. Before leaving, the Holy Majesty gave special instructions not to wake you up."

Xue Pan nodded, and walked down to the ground with his shoes, the little girls who heard the noise outside immediately waited for Xue Pan to wash up with clean water and other items.After washing, Tian Xiang took a set of new autumn shirts in his hand to change for Xue Pan, hung up the sachets one by one, and then asked, "Sir, do you want to eat in the house or go to Ruirong?" over there?"

"Let's go to Ruirong Hall! It's a big holiday, I'll have dinner with my mother." Xue Pan said, walking towards Ruirong Hall.

When they arrived at Ruirong Hall, Baochai, Baoqin and Daiyu had already arrived.Seeing Xue Pan, Baochai covered her mouth with a smile and said, "This is a rare and honored guest. Brother, did you wake up so early today?"

Talking about getting up together with Baoqin and Daiyu to salute, Xue Pan came to Madam Xue with a smile and said, "Today is the holiday, I'll come to have breakfast with my mother."

Xue Yu in Mrs. Xue's arms was swinging her arms and legs. Xue Pan took the baby into his arms and chatted with the baby a few times. Then Mrs. Xue said with a smile: "Give your brother to the nanny!" Let’s go! He’s so heavy that you can’t hold it, so carefully fall.”

Xue Pan raised his eyebrows and said, "How is that possible. Besides, my brother also likes me to hold him."

Before Xue Pan finished speaking, he heard Xue Yu yelling yelling, as if it was in line with Xue Pan's words.

Mrs. Xue had no choice but to let Xue Pan go.For a while, the maid served breakfast, and Xue Pan casually drank a bowl of vegetable porridge and ate a few pieces of pastry.Madam Xue continued: "Yesterday was the [-]th day of the eighth lunar month. Because we wanted to celebrate at home, we didn't go to Rongguo Mansion to greet the old lady. I thought that you are all here today, why don't we go together Go over and have a look. The old lady likes to be surrounded by her children and grandchildren when she is old. Last night, she sent Nanny Lai to our house to talk. I think there is nothing wrong today, so everyone can go and have a look."

Before Xue Pan could speak in the future, Xue Baochai asked in surprise, "Could it be that Mammy Lai came to our house this morning to send an invitation?"

Mrs. Xue nodded her head and said: "It's not an invitation, but she just came to say that the old lady misses us and wants to invite me to come over. I thought there was nothing wrong with me, so I accepted."

Xue Pan noticed that Mrs. Xue had said that nothing happened three or four times, so he couldn't help feeling suspicious, and said, "Baoyu told me that there has been a lot of civil turmoil in their family these days, so I want to avoid suspicion. It's true that we weren't invited over, so that's fine. Why did Mammy Lai come over to post again this morning?"

After a pause, he added: "That's not right, someone came to invite you so early, could it be something else?"

"I think the old lady felt that there were few people and deserted, so she posted another post to find us." Mrs. Xue paused, and continued: "Besides, I am also worried about Feng girl's illness. I don't know how she is now. So I want to go and have a look. Feng girl doesn't have parents to help her, so I, as an aunt, naturally have to miss her more."

Xue Pan nodded suspiciously, but still felt something was wrong.

Xue Baochai glanced at Xue Pan, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "When Nanny Lai came in the morning, I also asked her about Sister Feng. I heard that Sister Feng's illness is much better than before. He recovered, but at least he can walk on the ground. Now he just takes the medicine according to the prescription, and added some pills and prescriptions to take care of his body. The main thing is to take care of him and give birth to an heir."

Mrs. Xue smiled, but did not speak.

The reason why she insisted on visiting Rongguo Mansion today, apart from the old lady's inexplicable invitation, was that Ping'er sent someone to come quietly to her last night.After saying some deep and shallow words, Madam Xue was a little worried, so she thought about going to Rongguo Mansion to see what happened to Sister Feng.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Xue frowned, and said to Xue Pan with some incomprehensible thoughts: "By the way, when Madam Lai came over this morning, she specially mentioned Qingwen girl, saying that the old lady thanked us The two days of assistance, but I hope that when we pass today, we will also take that girl back. I thought, how can I say it, people are also people in the old lady's house. So I agreed. "Xue Pan heart Tight, in the next second, he pursed his lips even more displeased, and reprimanded in a deep voice: "How does this Baoyu do things?"

How did they bring their family into it?

Xue Baochai hooked the corners of her lips far-fetchedly, and said softly: "I said that the second master Bao of Rongguo Mansion is the most confused person. But my brother likes him, and always helps him. From my point of view, the matter of Rongguo Mansion All of them are troublesome things that can't be traced. We should stay away."

For some unknown reason, Xue Baochai in this life disliked Jia Baoyu the most. Earlier, he persuaded him to pay attention to economics and not to hang out with his fans.Afterwards, it got farther and farther away, so I stopped talking too much.

It's just that Baoyu's insignificant behavior now makes Xue Baochai feel a shock in his heart, and it's rare to show his emotions and talk about other people's bad things.

Xue Pan sighed softly and didn't say much.

Seeing this, Xue Baochai regretted her slip of the tongue, and immediately shut up embarrassingly.

The atmosphere was a little silent for a while.After pondering for a while, Mrs. Xue suddenly said with a smile: "Don't be dazed, I will order someone to prepare the car, let's go there!" Naturally, everyone had no objection.So Mrs. Xue ordered the servants of the family to prepare the chariots and horses, and everyone passed through the Rongguo Mansion together.

When they arrived at the Rongguo Mansion, everyone in the Rong Mansion was already standing in the yard waiting according to the rules.Mrs. Xue went up to meet her immediately, raised her eyebrows and smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, how is the old lady?"

Jia Mu was still as kind as before. Hearing this, she immediately smiled and said, "Everything is fine, everything is fine. Is the auntie okay?"

Mrs. Xue said with a smile: "Of course everything is fine."

Then he ordered a group of juniors to kowtow to the old lady.Sister Xue Baochai, Daiyu and Xue Pan stepped forward one after another to kowtow to Jia Mu.

Mother Jia nodded again and again, and when she arrived at Lin Daiyu, she stepped forward and lifted her into her arms, rubbed Lin Daiyu's neck and said, "My Yu'er!"

Lin Daiyu's eyes turned red, and she supported the old lady excitedly, and walked slowly into the main hall.

She stayed in Rongguo Mansion for so long back then, and only Mother Jia treated her well.Although this kind is not as good as Baoyu, it can be regarded as fulfilling the responsibility of being a grandmother.Therefore, Lin Daiyu is still very grateful to Jia Mu.After all, if it weren't for the support of Jia Mu and the support of everyone in the Xue family, Lin Daiyu's experience would have been worse.

Everyone filed into the Rongqing Hall, and after seeing each other, they took their seats one after another.Mrs. Xue looked around, and asked with a smile at Wang Xifeng who was beside Jia Mu: "How are you doing these days, Miss Feng?"

Before Wang Xifeng could speak in the future, Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Young girl Feng has always been in poor health, but after these few days of general care, she is already much better. I also specially ordered someone to prepare menstrual regulating and nourishing pills for you. She is taking care of herself!"

Only then did Wang Xifeng smile and said, "What the second wife said is exactly."

Mrs. Xue looked at Wang Xifeng carefully with some worry, and saw that her face was a little haggard, and her spirit was a little weak.His complexion was pale and pale, even the best makeup powder couldn't cover it up.The body standing on the side was still a little weak, leaning slightly on Youshi who was on the side.Talking is also a little out of breath.

Mrs. Xue frowned, and said, "How is your health? I really don't look well. How about I use my master's greeting card to invite you a good imperial physician to come and have a look!"

Mother Jia interjected, "The one who sees Sister Feng has always been the Imperial Physician Wang in the palace. He is the best at pediatric gynecological symptoms. He also prescribed many prescriptions, and Sister Feng is taking it every day! But for some reason, her condition always keeps coming. Repeatedly. I've been tired and thinner these days, and I feel really distressed. If his aunt can help, he might as well hire a better imperial doctor to show him!"

Seeing this, Mrs. Xue nodded and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, I will post a post tomorrow and ask another imperial doctor to come and take a look."

"In that case, I would be very grateful to his concubine." Jiamu said, picked up the tea on the table, and said, "The newly released Biluochun, my concubine should also try it."

Mrs. Xue agreed with a smile.Everyone chatted a few more words, and then Jia Mu gradually brought the topic back on track.

"I heard from Baoyu that Qingwen in his house somehow went to your house?"

Mrs. Xue's heart tightened, and she subconsciously glanced at Jia Baoyu who was beside Jia's mother.Then Jia Baoyu said, "Qingwen is ill. My mother said she was very ill, so she wanted to drive her out of the garden and hand her over to her elder brother and sister-in-law to take care of her. But I went to see her that day and found that Qingwen was ill. It's getting worse. Living at home, I can't even drink my saliva. I thought that Qingwen followed me anyway, and she was also a girl bestowed by my ancestors. Treating people like this would be gossiping. So Send him to the eldest brother's house, and ask my aunt to take care of it."

After a pause, Baoyu looked at Xue Pan with a smile, and said, "I thought that my eldest brother is not an outsider, so I made my own decision. My ancestor must be blamed on me."

Before she could say a word, Mrs. Wang hurriedly opened her mouth and scolded: "I don't know about this matter at all. If Baoyu hadn't mentioned it today, I would have never known that he sent a girl in his room to the concubine's house. I've been spoiled by Baoyu's child, and he has never acted properly, which made my aunt laugh."

Mrs. Xue smiled calmly and said, "It's all from my family, so it's okay."

Jia Mu, who was sitting at the top, shook her head and sighed: "In my opinion, Baoyu did the right thing. What kind of family is our family, how can we do things that treat the servants harshly. If it is spread, our country will The reputation of the government is gone. The second family, you have to be considerate in doing things. If you hadn't acted rashly, copied the garden and kicked out the girls, our house would not be impeached by the officials. Even with the empress The palace has also been reprimanded. Now our family is not getting better every year, and it looks big on the outside, but you who are in charge of things should know what is going on inside."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang shut up a little embarrassingly.

Seeing this, Jiamu rubbed her brows wearily, waved her hand and said, "That's all, I won't say much about the rest. It's just that Qingwen is the girl in my room after all. If you don't like it, I'll kill you." Just want to come back. There is no need for such a person, such a small matter, to cause ups and downs and make the family restless." Mrs. Wang's face turned blue and white, and she was even more afraid to answer.After hesitating for a long while, Fang Cai murmured: "I just watched that girl getting older and sick all year long. It is also said that she is more naughty than others on weekdays. She is lazy and arrogant. I can't say that at all. I didn’t pay attention to him. He was sick again in the past half a month. I went to the doctor and said it was tuberculosis, so I hurriedly told him to go down. I only ordered Even if it gets better, you don’t need to come back, just give her family a match.”

Jia Mu was silent for a moment, then sighed softly: "I thought she was a good person. She looks neat, and her speech and sewing are comparable to others. I left it to Baoyu. But I didn't expect that she is a bit arrogant now."

Mrs. Wang immediately interjected: "That's right. I think she is stronger than others, so her temper is inevitably a little frivolous. In Baoyu's room, she often used her temper to beat and scold girls, and she was three points stronger than a master."

Jia Mu pondered for a long time, then said: "I don't know about this. According to you, this girl is so frivolous now, even if you kick her out, you are serious. But since this matter has already involved the empress of the harem, you can't act rashly. Lest people say that our family is mean and ungrateful, and we don't know how to treat our servants well, and if it spreads to the harem, it will be another crime."

Mrs. Wang was tired of the empress because of this matter, and she was not confident enough in her heart.Hearing what Jia Mu said, although she was reluctant in her heart, she still bowed and said with a smile: "But according to the old ancestor's order."

"As I said, send her back to my room. If she can be trained well, I will give it to Baoyu. If not, I will decide to match her with a boy. It is my heart."

Hearing this, Baoyu couldn't help saying, "There is one more thing I want to discuss with the old lady."

Before Jia's mother could speak, Baoyu said to herself: "Not only Qingwen, but even attackers, the old lady should take them back!"

As soon as this remark came out, not only Jia's mother, but even Mrs. Wang's heart skipped a beat, and they looked at Baoyu in astonishment.

It's not clear how he could say such a thing.