[Red House] The First Imperial Merchant

Chapter 43 A Virtuous Concubine Becomes a Virtuous Concubine

Once Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, Mrs. Wang would have confidence that she would soon be able to "convalesce" in the suburban village and return to Jia's mansion. At this time, Jia Huan was still fledgling. Once Mrs. Wang returned to Jia's mansion, Jia Huan The days are not so carefree now.

Xue Pan could understand, but felt that Jia Huan's approach was inappropriate, so he could put himself in the shoes of Jia Huan, a barefoot Jia Huan who had no power and power could only do this kind of thing.

"That's all." Xue Pan said, "I'm afraid that within three days, the Jia family will also take action to find out who is spreading rumors. Have you cleaned up your tail?" Anyway, Jia Huan is now his apprentice, and the spearhead was not aimed at him. That's it, as for aiming at Jia's mansion, let's not do his business.

Hearing this, Jia Huan showed a hint of a smile, heaved a sigh of relief, and said briskly: "Master, don't worry, I did it cleanly."

Xue Pan had two apprentices, and they treated Jia Huan like adults. Since the other party said they didn't need his help, Xue Pan would not intervene, so he nodded.Jia Huan was in a good mood, better than when he entered the door just now, and said with a smile: "Master, your hair is dry, I will tie it up for you."

"No need."

The eyes that had just been bent down slightly drooped, and when Xue Pan saw it, he had to say: "You will come." He doesn't know how to tie his hair. Since he came here, he has done everything by himself, whether it is dressing, bathing or personal things, but only this hair He can't learn well, and he can do well with a loose ponytail, but he can't do well with the angular crown hair like this era.

When Jia Huan heard the words, he took the horn comb and knelt behind Xue Pan. Xue Pan could feel Jia Huan's intentions without looking at the comb in his hand.

After a while, the loose long hair was pulled up by Jia Huan's skillful hands, and the jade crown was put on. Jia Huan looked at it for a while and said, "Master is ready."

"I'll be fine after tomorrow, you stay in the mansion and study hard." Xue Pan instructed.Jia Huan naturally agreed, the storytelling story in the teahouse has been arranged. If you check it, let him check it!

While talking, Xue Qing came in from the outside and said: "Young master, the second young master brought back a lamb and said that he would come back for lunch and wanted to eat the pot."

"It's snowing and I'm eating hot pot. Go and tell the wives and girls that we'll have dinner at Zhenfuyuan at noon, and vegetables are ready?" Xue Pan said.

Xue Qing said with a smile: "The previous one pulled a load of vegetables in the Zhuangzi outside Beijing, don't worry."

Xue Pan became interested in eating shabu-shabu at noon, and he didn't care about the troubles of Jia's mansion and Jia Huan. His head was sweating while rinsing, his mother and younger sisters would not accompany him to suffer.

But two quarters of an hour, the vegetable and meat shabu-shabu was ready, Xue Biao also came back from the outside, went directly to Xue Pan's yard, the two brothers greeted, Xue Pan introduced Jia Huan and said: "This is my apprentice, Master Jia Fuzheng The second young master, you can call him brother Huan, this is my younger brother Xue Biao."

Seeing Jia Huan's handsome appearance and dignified demeanor, Xue Biao couldn't help but tease him.

"Hello Brother Huan, how about I just got a string of jade rings for Brother Huan as a meeting gift?" Xue Biao laughed.

Jia Huan stepped up to catch up with Xue Pan, and said calmly: "Thank you, Brother A Tiao, I don't like to play those things, so there is no need to spend money."

Xue Biao touched the tip of his nose, expressing that this child was really different, followed the two of them, and arrived at the main hall of Zhenfuyuan. A string of happy laughter floated out.

After saluting, Mrs. Xue waved her hand quickly, and said repeatedly: "It's all a family's vain gift. Why are you wearing such old and thin clothes, but there are no new ones? The mansion just recruited a man from the south today. Xiuniang, you and Baoqin must make some new clothes when you come back from outside, yo, Brother Huan is also indispensable, look at what you are wearing at your age? It’s too old-fashioned! I see Every time Baoyu comes out, she wears a bright red robe, red is good, and little dolls wear red to attract people's liking..."

When Xue Baochai heard this, she covered her mouth and smiled, "Mother, please don't put Baoyu's red robe on Brother Huan. I think Brother Huan looks good in crescent white. If Baoyu's red is replaced, I will be upset. "

"You girl!" Xue Wang scolded with a smile: "I think Baoyu's red color is just right, why worry about it, if you talk about it at home, if outsiders hear it, your aunt may say something!"

"Isn't this a family!" Xue Baochai said coquettishly, "My cousin is good-looking, no matter what he wears, I'll just say that, okay?"

"Okay, okay, I can't say enough about you girl." Mother Xue patted Baochai's arm, and said with a smile: "The pot is placed in the pavilion in the backyard, let's go over there." People joked and walked back.

Xue Pan and Xue Bian followed with Jia Huan. Xue Bian had never seen Jia Baoyu but only heard of his name. He asked curiously, "How old is your cousin? Why is he as good-looking as a girl doll?" Said to Xue Pan.

"Are you 13 years old this year?" Xue Pan remembers vaguely, only knowing that Jia Huan was ten years old last year, and Jia Baoyu was only twelve or thirteen. "I heard that she was raised by her grandmother since she was a child, so she is inevitably more delicate, but she looks good."

Xue Pan was telling the truth, although he could not understand Jia Baoyu's personality, he could not deny that Jia Baoyu's long-haired Zhong Lingyuxiu was used to coaxing girls.

The two chatted naturally without paying attention to Jia Huan who was following behind. At this moment, Jia Huan heard Xue Pan say that Jia Baoyu was very good-looking, and his eyes showed disdain, and he snorted slightly.Xue Pan at the front paused, and continued as if he didn't hear: "If you are interested, I will take you to have a look next time I visit."

"What am I looking at him for?" Xue Biao said that he didn't need it.

While speaking, we reached the backyard. The paved path has been cleared of snow on both sides. The pavilion is two-story. The bottom is supported by eight pillars. The top is like an attic. You can go up the stairs from the bottom. But it is enough for ten people to eat, write poems and enjoy the scenery.The windows are wide open, surrounded by curtains, and the cold wind is blowing the curtains, which is very refreshing. The pot is gurgling and cooking on the dining table, and there are still charcoal fires on the side, so it is not cold.

Xue Wang's family is the host, with Baochai and Baoqin brothers and sisters on the left and right, and Jia Huan is sitting next to Xue Pan.Vegetables and meat had already been set on the round table, Yinger Huaer and Chun Handong stood guard at the stairs, listening to orders from inside.

The whole family eats hot pot, Xue Pan never likes outsiders around, the Xue family rules are not that big, Xue Wang's family is also a dote on Xue Pan, plus occasionally eat it once or twice, and she doesn't need to do it during the dinner, the children themselves He followed Xue Pan's habit of serving vegetables and meat.

The pot is a copper pot, the outer circle is a spicy pot, and the inside is a three-fresh pot. The wine is warmed on the small table next to it. Xue Wang is full after eating a few mouthfuls of food and drinking some wine. She knows that she is sitting here young. She couldn't talk to others, so she recruited Chun Handong Qiao to help her go back.

As soon as Mrs. Xue left, the banquet became much more lively.Xue Baoqin is lively and mischievous, she is only two years younger than Jia Huan, and now she is blushing after drinking some wine, and she speaks much more quickly. Pan laughed without saying a word, one was focused on eating and the other on drinking.

Xue Baochai envied Xue Baoqin when she heard Xue Baoqin being so carefree, propped her chin and said: "Sister, I really envy you. When we were young, the four of us played together. Later, you went to do business with your second brother. I ran around all over the world, but I learned how to embroider female red all day long. "

"Stop pretending to be pitiful." Xue Pan said.He didn't buy his sister to pretend to be pitiful at all, and said directly: "You just forgot when you came back from Yangzhou? Baoqin is still young, don't you see that she is learning from her mother to be a housekeeper? Girls broaden their horizons." That's good, but you can't really run around like a wild horse that has run loose, you won't find Mr. Ruyi or get married in your whole life?"

It is also stressful for modern women not to want to get married, let alone this era.Although Xue Pan is open-minded, he doesn't want his sister to be randomly speculated by the outside world and say dirty things. In this era, everyone's daughters never get married for the rest of their lives, and rumors can kill people without the help of family members.

Xue Baochai was smart enough to know the scale, and just now he was only joking, when he heard Xue Pan talking about Yangzhou, he drank the wine in his glass and said, "I'm afraid sister Lin will be back in March or April after the Chinese New Year."

"It's too simple for an official like Lin Ruhai to do funerals, but there is only a weak girl under him, and that Jia Lian is not sincere." Xue Biao interjected.Thinking of the few days in Yangzhou that day, Jia Lian's behavior style, now looking back, I am also amazed, everything is deducted, it seems to be saving money for himself.

Since Xue Baochai came back from Yangzhou, Xue Pan hadn't asked carefully, only knew that Lin Ruhai was indeed gone.Now mentioning it, he said, "How is Sister Lin?"

"Master Lin has gone. Sister Lin is really an orphan now. She hides her face and cries all day long, and she has lost a lot of weight. I feel uncomfortable watching it." The younger sister left the money and originally entrusted younger sister Lin to a distant relative of the Lin family, but the old lady of the Jia family sent letters all day to remind her, and younger sister Lin also has feelings for the Jia family, so she had to plan to return to the capital next year."

Baoqin met Lin Daiyu before, and she didn't feel sad for Lin Daiyu for a while. The atmosphere during the banquet was depressed for a while, and Xue Pan had enough to eat and drink, so she proposed to take a walk after dinner.

Time flies, and the various teahouses promoted the murder of Jia Baoyu until five days later, when Jia's family came forward to stop him. Xue Pan lamented the slowness of Jia's family, and wondered whether the news had reached Pingkangdi's ears or eyes.Xue Pan didn't believe that Emperor Pingkang was really as incompetent as rumored by the outside world, and there were many spies of Emperor Pingkang by his side in Ludi that day.

On the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Jia Huan sat cross-legged on a soft couch and wrote. Opposite Aunt Zhao was embroidering. If you look carefully, you can find that Jia Huan is restless and unstable in writing, but Aunt Zhao is concentrating on embroidery and has no time to talk to Jia Huan. , so I didn't see anything wrong.

As soon as an article was copied, they heard the lively sound of gongs and drums coming from the Rongxi Hall. Aunt Zhao loved the excitement and said, "Is the old lady outside Xiaoru putting on a show?"

Xiao Ru came in from the outer hall and said with a smile, "I don't know----"

Before the words were finished, footsteps sounded outside, and a beautiful girl came in, subdued herself, and said crisply: "Brother Huan, the news just came from the palace that the eldest girl has conferred the concubine concubine, Your Majesty's grace, Enzhun visits relatives, the old lady is very happy!"

"De concubine?" Jia Huan put down his pen and asked calmly.

"Yes, Concubine De." The girl affirmed.

The original Xiande concubine has now become a concubine, Jia Huan lowered her head and raised the corners of her mouth.

The author has something to say: Good night!