Red Mansions I am Aunt Xue

With a bang, the tea sets and fruit plates on the table were swept to the ground, broken into pieces.

"Madam..." The nanny didn't even look at the fragments on the ground, she walked into Jia Min and took her hand, "If you hurt your hand, the doctor told you earlier, you can't be too angry or sad."

"Mommy, do you think the master still regards me as his wife? I never discussed the marriage contract between Brother Yu and Xue's family at the beginning, and it was settled quietly. Now Lian Yuer's marriage He didn’t tell me before, so it’s just given. What’s his intention, hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow Daughter, she was betrothed to the second son of the dean of a college. I didn’t know until today.”

Lin Ruhai stood outside the house, frowning.It was his fault to make a marriage contract for two children without consulting her.It is also impossible for him to betroth his daughter to Jia Baoyu.Besides, Dean Li is no ordinary dean.He hesitated for a moment, then turned and left.

At this time, Lin Yu, who had not long since returned home, was holding a purse in a daze, when he was called back to his senses by a cry of "brother", and hurriedly put away the purse.When he looked up, it was his younger sister, Daiyu, who had also grown into a little lady.

"Why is my sister here?" His sister is small but extremely intelligent, and her thoughts are also very delicate, so he asked in a low voice.

"Daddy said he asked me to come to the study, but I don't know why?" Daiyu tilted her head and smiled slightly.

"Well, but daddy is out, and I think he won't be here until later. Why don't you read the book first?" Seeing Daiyu nodding her head in agreement, she asked again, "What do you want to read? The Three Character Classic?" Such an old girl , he really didn't know what she wanted to see.

Daiyu pursed her lips, she was not familiar with her brother whom she had only met once or twice, so she dared not say more, so she nodded again in agreement.It was Daiyu's eldest girl who came forward and said: "Master, our girl has read the Three Character Classic a long time ago, and has already memorized it backwards. Now I have read the Analects of Confucius."

Lin Yu was very surprised. He knew that his sister was smart, but he didn't know how smart she was.He got up and took out the Analects of Confucius and handed it to Daiyu, "Then you read it first, if you don't want to read it or you are tired, just tell me." I wanted to touch Daiyu's head like Xue Qiu touched Baochai, but I saw She blinked her warm black eyes and carefully stared at you, then she clenched her fists and lowered her head to continue reading.They are both younger sisters, but they always feel different. This is the thought that flashed through Lin Yu's mind at this moment.

Lin Yu looked at her younger sister who was sitting quietly reading a book again. She was small and very cute.He might not be able to do what his cousin Qiu did. As an older brother, he would protect his only younger sister.

Standing at the door, Lin Ruhai nodded in relief when he saw the two siblings sitting quietly reading a book.Before that, he reorganized the mansion cruelly and replaced many old servants of the Lin family.There were also quite a few servants of the Jia family who wanted to go to Jia Min's, but they were sent to a remote village by Lin Ruhai just as they were about to step into the main courtyard.Because of Jia Min's body, her servants didn't dare to speak too much.That's why he called his eldest son back from the capital.After all, it will be the future head of the Lin family, and he will teach it himself.

Regardless of what happened to the Lin family, the Xue family in Beijing is very busy.It turned out that the master of the Xue family was going to take the exam tomorrow.

That night, not to mention Xue Qiu, Xue Ning and Xue Qian didn't sleep well either.As soon as Yinshi's clapper was knocked, Xiao Ning got up, washed, changed her clothes and was about to go out.

"Where are you going so early?" Xue Qian, who also finished washing, came out and asked.

"I'll go and see what I'm going to bring into the examination room. What if I leave something behind?"

"I'll go there with you." Xiaoxiao couldn't sleep, how could he sleep.I went through the things with Xiao Ning again. Paper, ink, brush and inkstone are the most basic, and I also checked the incense for concentration, the ginseng for strengthening the body, and the quilted jacket.

Suddenly, Xue Ning paused, and said: "By the way, it's so cold today, I can't cook a meal, I have to drink hot tea, right? Really, I even forgot about this." Turning around, she told Cailu, "Go Bring the best silver charcoal and a small stove." After looking around again, I finally found nothing missing, so I felt a little relieved.

When Xue Qiu entered the door, he saw his parents sitting there talking.After meeting Li, Fang accompanied them to have breakfast together.

"Eat more, come, eat this." Xue Ning didn't mention anything about the exam, for fear of making Xue Qiu feel pressured.Xue Qian thought the same way, so he just lowered his head to eat.

Xue Qiu raised his eyes and smiled at his parents, lowered his head and continued eating, looking relaxed.After eating, he went out with a smile on his face.On the contrary, it made the two of Xiao Xiao and Ning relax a lot.

After embracing Xue Ning, Xue Qian smiled and sighed, "The child has grown up."

This day, Xiao Ning and her two got up early again.Today is the last exam, so Xue Qian took a carriage to wait outside the exam room after dinner.

When the bell rang for the end of the examination, many people were seen being carried out.Some were better, but they passed out as soon as they stepped out of the door.Seeing such a scene, Xue Qian was overwhelmed with worry.

After a short while, he saw Xue Qiu coming out in a spirited manner.The boys hurried forward to help him into the carriage, it was dark in front of his eyes, it would be good to be able to walk out by himself.Before saluting Xue Qian, he fell asleep and fell asleep.

Xue Qian would not blame Xue Qiu for being rude, but felt distressed.With a wave of his hand, the carriage slowly drove towards the mansion.It's good to pass by the carriage of Jia's family.

Seeing Xue Qiu like this, Xue Ning, who had been waiting anxiously at home, hurriedly asked someone to wash her body and change her clothes.They made porridge to warm again, making sure that Xue Qiu could drink it when he woke up.

"The doctor said it's all right, it's just that I'm too tired, so I can sleep well. Finally, we can sleep peacefully today." Xiao Ning went in and sat on the kang, washed his hands, and said to Xue Qian.

"No, you tossed and turned all night, and I couldn't sleep well."

"I was worried that my son wouldn't be able to sleep, so I complained about me. To be honest, can I be dumb?" Seeing that Xue Qian was silenced by her words, Xue Ning chuckled, "It's like Brother Zhu It's over too, can you see it?"

"Never." He noticed that his son didn't even have time, so there was no time to see if Jia Zhu would make an appearance. "I think it's time to participate. After the list is released, let's draw people's attention. By the way, if Qiu'er wins the list this time, she might be given a wedding today. Have you prepared any gifts?"

"It's up to you to say, I prepared it earlier. By the way, I have prepared a lot of Pan'er's. And Baochai's, didn't we get a whole rosewood tree last time? I have already found it. The master craftsman with the best craftsmanship will make the Babu bed. There is also a lot of huanghuali wood, and I will make a lot of huanghuali furniture." Xue Ning said, and someone fetched the brochure for Xue Qian to read .

The Xue family is not short of money, and she herself is a well-to-do rich woman.There is only one daughter in their family, Baochai, so there is no reason to wrong her.Fortunately, there is still some time before Baochai gets married, so she can slowly prepare.

"By the way, I've been busy with Qiu'er these days. I forgot to tell you about the girl from the He family. I didn't go out to a few banquets a few times ago, so I saw the girl from the He family. Although she is a bit more lively, But he is also a man who knows how to advance and retreat. It is a good candidate for Pan'er. Firstly, Pan'er is the second son, so it doesn't matter if his wife is more lively. Second, Pan'er will definitely be a merchant in the future, so it is just right to choose a daughter of an imperial merchant. Three? The two of them saw each other right. So if you think it's feasible, it's good to make a decision."

Xue Qian nodded when he heard the words, "If you think it's good, then it's not bad. I'll tell Mr. He later. Anyway, Pan'er and Miss He are not very old, and they are not in a hurry."

After talking about family affairs, someone said that Xue Qiu had woken up.Xue Qian sat as firm as Mount Tai, but Xue Ning couldn't help but look at the eldest son.

Xue Qiu, who had slept through the night, was very energetic. When Xiao Xiao came in, he was drinking porridge and chatting and laughing with his younger siblings.Seeing Xiao Xiao coming over, she hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Quickly stop moving, hurry up and drink the porridge." Touching his black hair, he asked the little girl beside him, "How many bowls have you had, sir?"

"Master, this is the second bowl."

"You guys are really too. How can you eat too much with an empty stomach? Take it away." Taking the empty bowl in Xue Qiu's hand, Xue Ning poked him on the forehead with a smile, turned to Xue Pan and said: " You two don't do your homework well, why are you bothering your eldest brother?"

"Aren't we worried about big brother, that's why we came here to have a look." Baochai grinned and said charmingly.

Xue Ningle's three brothers and sisters have a good relationship, so they won't blame them too much.Only Xue Qiu still had to rest this time, so she asked the two children to follow her to the main courtyard.

After passing the exam, the days of waiting for the results are also difficult.Xue Ning simply asked Xue Qian to take Xue Qiu out to see how to do business.If he can learn a thing or two here, it will also be helpful for Xue Qiu's future official career.And with something to do, it can help distract you, and you won't be so anxious to wait for your grades.

Half a month passed by in a hurry, today Baishu and Qingsong next to Xue Qiu got up early in the morning to wait for the announcement.The whole family of the Xue family simply got up and got together in the main courtyard, chatting absent-mindedly.

The two Bai Shu thought they were early enough, but they didn't expect that there was someone earlier than them.Taking a closer look, he was still an acquaintance.It was Mrs. Wang's companion, Zhou Rui.

The two sides complimented each other for a while, and then flattered each other's young master for a while, and finally waited until the official came with the list.The people of the two families came forward to check.

Not long after, Qingsong shouted excitedly: "Uncle Bai, you see our uncle is here." Zhou Rui also followed Qingsong's fingers to look over, and unexpectedly he was ranked third.He cupped his hands and said congratulations, then quickly lowered his head and continued to search for his uncle's name.

The two of Baishu were very excited, and thinking about their wife's order to look at Master Zhu's ranking, they had to help to read it too.They only accompanied Zhou Rui to look back and forth three times, but they didn't see Jia Zhu's name on the list, so the two had no choice but to look happy and leave the house.

"Okay, you two have worked hard today, and each of you will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver. I am very happy today. The whole family will reward half a year's monthly money, and it will be doubled in the uncle's courtyard." After a series of rewards, the entire Xue family was in awe. beaming.

Completely different from Xue's family's celebration, Jia's family's meeting can be described as dark clouds.Leaving aside the fact that Jia Zhu lost his name to Sun Shan, it can be said that he will not know whether he will live or die.

It turned out that Jia Zhu's body was ruined due to years of hard study, and he caught a cold during the exam.This time, I heard the servants say that he was not on the list, but it was not to make matters worse, but one of his servants also told him that Xue Qiu had won No.3, and he was so angry that he vomited blood and passed out.

The capital city is that big, and the residences are not far away.Xiao Ning also heard about the fact that Jia's family hired an imperial physician.I sighed in my heart, could it be that Jia Zhu wants to be like the original book?After hesitating for a while, he finally did not send Bixian Wan to Mrs. Wang.The relationship between the two sisters is normal now, and they are suspicious of each other.Even if she sent it over, Mrs. Wang would definitely hide the medicine like Mrs. Xue did.

Passing the provincial examination is not the end, the real ranking is still in the palace examination.Three days later, Xue Qian personally sent Xue Qiu to the gate of the palace.Seeing the eldest son gradually disappearing from his sight, Xue Qian couldn't hide the pride in his eyes.With a good sound, the other party asked someone to adjust the front of the car.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor sit on high positions together.All the tributes were terrified when they saw the two old and new emperors.Xue Qiu was also a little uneasy, thinking of what his mother said before entering the palace, treating the emperor as a cabbage, he suddenly felt relieved.When I saw the test question again, it happened to be the question that the teacher had asked, and I was full of confidence, and I felt like a god helped me to write.

The old emperor above glanced around the Gongshi who were taking the exam, and asked softly: "Then who is the kid below?" The person who asked was Xue Qiu.In fact, he was the youngest among this group of people, and it was easy for others to solve the problem in a leisurely manner, which naturally aroused the old emperor's idea.

How did the emperor know who he was? After asking someone, he replied: "That is the eldest son of the Xue family in Jinling."

"Oh, the eldest grandson of Ziwei Sheren?" Seeing the emperor nodding, the old emperor said: "I don't want the Xue family to have a talented man. If this son is very talented, the emperor should not wrong him." Xu thought of the Xue family. He has been loyal to him for years, and he has never rewarded the Xue family, so he wants to give the Xue family a favor this time.

"Yes."

After all, the old emperor was not in good health, so he left after sitting for a while.The emperor also felt that he couldn't let go of the tribute, so he also got up and left.When the footsteps could no longer be heard, many people in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, touched their foreheads, and their hands were stained with sweat.

When the papers were collected, everyone seemed to have collapsed, and then forced themselves to kneel down to worship the emperor before leaving the palace gate.

After reading a few papers, the emperor asked someone to find Xue Qiu's paper. After reading it, he frowned and asked, "Why did you put this person in the top two?"

"My lord, although this person is talented, his rhetoric is too straightforward, and he is also too young. The veterans and others agreed that he needs to be suppressed, so he was ranked among the top two."

"This person is young, but his diction is sophisticated. Straightforward but straight to the point, it is much better than the flashy articles. What I want is a pillar who can govern the country, not a scholar who can only make articles." With a flick of their hands, they thought it was the second place paper, and threw it to the front.

"The original imperially appointed Tanhua was changed to No. [-], and No. [-] was changed to No. [-]. This paper circles as Tanhua." After the top three was decided, the emperor got up and left.

A courtier picked up the paper thrown away by the emperor and asked another minister, "Then this paper?"

"Let's set it as the top three. If you offend the sage, there is no other way out." Shaking his head, he picked up the test paper again, on which it was clearly written as Xue Qiu.