Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Lin Wanru had heard people say in her previous life that once Princess Chaohuang disguised herself as a boy and went out of the palace to mess around. The emperor found out, and the emperor was very angry. He tried to persuade the princess well, and because they were all ladies, there was no punishment, but they were all kicked out of the palace.

Being kicked out of the palace by the emperor will have a bad reputation, and even getting married will be difficult in the future.

Lin Wanru still remembered Princess Chaohuang's wedding at that time, and everyone discussed the princess's preferences. Princess Chaohuang didn't like sweet things, she liked to eat pickled plums, she liked gorgeous clothes, but she didn't like complicated ones.

Therefore, the clothes embroidered ladies make for princesses are all introverted and gorgeous. They embroidered gold thread in the sleeves, which can be seen with every gesture, but they are not tacky. They also said that the princess is a little childish in private and likes to play puppet shows, so the princess got married. At that time, the governor of Jiangxi presented a set of puppets made of lobular red sandalwood.

Lin Wanru told Xue Baochai about this, and only said that he heard it from Jiangnan. There is a weaving bureau in Jiangnan. For a few days, a puppet show master was invited to teach Xue Baochai puppet show.

On the tenth day of March, Xue Baochai was sent to the palace early in the morning. Everyone was talking about whether Xue Baochai could be selected.

Because the first five days were the draft, everyone in the capital focused on the draft.

The draft is to choose concubines for the emperor and concubines for the princes. Now there are several princes who have reached their age in the palace. Not to mention the prince is already, even the second prince is 17 years old, and the third prince is 16 years old. To the age.

The news came out continuously, who was the emperor's favorite on the first day, and what position was granted, and who was the emperor's favorite on the second day, and which prince was promised to him.

On the fifth day, when the dust settled, the emperor chose three beautiful girls to enrich his body, and the rest were chosen for the three princes. The two daughters of the prince's uncle's family Bao family were partial concubines, and pointed out to the second prince the eldest granddaughter of Duke Zhen Guo as his concubine. As for the third prince, he only gave a beautiful girl who did not have a prominent family background as a concubine. There are no main concubines and partial concubines.

As soon as the news came out, Lin Wanru thought of Shi Aizhu and Liu Xuan. Now Xiao Lang is really a passer-by. The second prince is married. Naturally, it is impossible for him to have no taboo brothers and sisters like before. I just hope that both of them will break up quickly. Thoughts.

On the sixth day, the selection of the princess to accompany the study began. Shi Aizhu and Liu Xuan also entered the palace. A total of 47 candidates were selected. On the first day, 27 failed, and on the second day, another ten failed. Aunt Xue was in a hurry. When I heard that someone was sent out of the palace, I was uneasy, and I was relieved when I found out that it was not Xue Baochai.

It was not until the last day that the palace sent out the news that Xue Baochai was selected as the companion of Princess Chaohuang, and also brought a message that Xue Baochai was originally favored by Shi Aizhu, but who knew that Princess Chaohuang had to ask Xue Baochai to come here .

Shi Aizhu was so angry that she complained to the emperor. The emperor naturally favored his daughter, but he did not treat his niece badly, so he asked Shi Aizhu to pick the candidates other than Xue Baochai first, then Liu Xuan, and finally Princess Chaohuang. One person chose two companions, both of whom were women from aristocratic families.

As soon as the good news came, Aunt Xue was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear. She didn't know what to say. The servants stepped forward to congratulate her. Aunt Xue asked people to collect the rewards, and then people from the two prefectures came to congratulate her. Even Jia's mother went, and for a while, the yard where Aunt Xue lived was extremely lively.

But at night, before Xue Baochai came back, a servant came over to send a message saying that Princess Chaohuang had left Xue Baochai behind and would send it back the next day. It was clearly agreed that there would be no problem, so why did something go wrong again.

Now if you want Xue Baochai to be your daughter-in-law, you have to wait until the princess is married. The princess is only 14 years old now. According to the emperor's temperament, you have to stay until 20 or [-]. By then Xue Baochai will be [-] years old, and Baoyu will be [-] years old. Mother Jia definitely wouldn't wait for such a long time, and she was also anxious to embrace her grandson. Besides, when Xue Baochai left the palace and had a better place to go, would she still miss Jia's mansion?

Mrs. Wang is not sure.

Mrs. Wang was not happy, and she was afraid that people would find out, so she simply hid in the house and recited the Buddha's name instead of going out. It's just because she is the biological mother of Niangniang and Baoyu, so she pretended to be confused and ignored what she did.

Now Xue Baochai's selection is obviously a good thing, and the Jia family has contributed to the prosperity in the future. Can Xue Baochai not repay?Not only did Mrs. Wang not support, but she stumbled behind her back. If the Xue family found out about this, even her own sister, Aunt Xue, would have to turn against her, and she would even bear a grudge against the Jia family.

On the second day, Xue Baochai was sent back by the carriage in the palace. Seeing the servant's respectful and polite attitude towards Xue Baochai, she knew that Xue Baochai had a good life in the palace. It is said that Xue Baochai is blessed and has an unlimited future.

Among them, Lin Daiyu was in the best mood, and He Xi spoke the most sincere words. Once Xue Baochai entered the palace, no one would rob Jia Baoyu from her.

You know, it is hard work to be the accompanying student of the princess, and as others said, sometimes it is like being a girl, and the accompanying student will be sent home when the princess gets married, but how many years have you spent with the princess? Accompanied by the princess, you will have the opportunity to meet those princes, county kings, and princes, and it is very likely that you will soar into the sky if you get blue eyes.

If you don't have this blessing, just become friends with the princess, and the princess will miss you after she gets married. When the time comes to make friends with the princess, not only you, but also your husband's family will follow, and because of this, the girl who is the princess's companion There are people vying to marry after the palace, and many of them are princes of the prince's family.

No matter how you calculate it, it's a matter of making money at first sight. It's no wonder that everyone is fighting for this. It's not like the draft, where you won't have the chance to meet again for a lifetime.

Being a princess's accompanying student is more like a poor student worshiping a great Confucianism as a teacher. After a few years of hard work, he is a teacher, but his value has doubled.

Everyone chatted and quarreled in Xue Baochai's room for a while, and they all left because they asked Xue Baochai to take a break. Lin Wanru secretly sighed, and also hoped that Xue Baochai's journey would be smooth, until the day when the princess got married, that would be true. You've come out on top.

However, Xue Baochai came to Xunfangzhai during dinner, and pulled Lin Wanru into the room to whisper. Xue Baochai, who was always steady and calm, was very excited, and took Lin Wanru's hand and said, "My dear sister, I must thank you for being selected." you."

Lin Wanru was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "This is all my sister's blessing, I don't dare to take my sister for saying that."

Xue Baochai shook her head, "Without what my sister told me, I wouldn't be selected."

In fact, although Xue Baochai had a smooth journey, she was really not outstanding among the last ten left. dismissive.

It was Shi Aizhu who recognized Xue Baochai, thinking that Xue Baochai had a good relationship with Lin Wanru, and if she chose Xue Baochai, she would be closer to Lin Wanru, so she chose Xue Baochai. Concubine Roujia also agreed.

Afterwards, Xue Baochai was dragged aside by Shi Aizhu to talk, Shi Aizhu was very kind to her, and asked her if she could play shuttlecock, a court lady advised Shi Aizhu not to play these things in the palace, and Xue Baochai remembered what she learned specially for Princess Chaohuang. Puppet show, thinking that Shi Aizhu should also like to play, so he said to play puppet show.

Shi Aizhu was very pleasantly surprised, and admired Xue Baochai's ability to manipulate those puppets even more. Immediately, she pulled Xue Baochai's sister and sister and shouted non-stop, asking Xue Baochai to teach her.

Unexpectedly, she was seen by Princess Chaohuang, and Princess Chaohuang asked Xue Baochai to accompany her. Of course Shi Aizhu refused, and Concubine Roujia couldn't be partial, so she made a fuss with the emperor. The emperor called Xue Baochai over to question her. Decent, generous, very satisfied, he gave Xue Baochai to Princess Chaohuang.

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "If my sister hadn't told me that the princess likes puppet shows, I wouldn't be able to win the princess's favor. Moreover, when the emperor asked me, what should I do if the princess does something that I shouldn't do? Let’s just say that the state owns the laws of the country, and the family has family rules. The princess, as an example of women in the world, naturally has to be stricter with herself. She can be pampered but not indulged. The princess was also there at the time. This is a bit presumptuous, but the emperor’s eyes lit up and called I serve the princess, if it wasn't for my sister's reminder, I'm afraid that I would respect the princess in everything."

Lin Wanru said with a smile: "This is also how my sister handles it. If I, the emperor asked me, I would have been so scared that I didn't know what to say. Hey, what does the emperor look like?"

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "I only dare to look up, the emperor looks very handsome, I heard that he is almost forty, but he is still in his early thirties, but he really loves Princess Chaohuang." Xue Baochai There is also some envy in the words.

The only daughter, can you not love her?

Lin Wanru smiled and listened to Xue Baochai's miscellaneous talk about many things. When Xue Baochai was still talking, it was almost two o'clock, and she couldn't help blushing a little: "I can't stop talking, my troubled sister can't rest."

Lin Wanru smiled and said, "It's so late, don't go back, sister, just sleep here." Xue Baochai thought for a while, agreed, and asked the girl to go back and say something.

After the two of them rested, Xue Baochai sighed in the dark: "I'm happy in my heart, but I can't show it, lest others say I'm showing off, but I really want to share these things with others, and I can only tell my sister."

Lin Wanru smiled and said: "I understand, my sister came to torment me when Shixing became popular, commenting on Li Bai and Du Fu, and discussing Wang Wei, and went back after enjoying myself. Actually, I couldn't understand a word .”