The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

Xue Baochai is seventeen years old. Although she was born charming and charming, with both talents and virtues, she can make many families frown when she chooses a daughter-in-law. No one can catch an eye.

For such a girl who is at the end of her youth and has no one to marry, and was screened out in the small selection for entering the palace, Mrs. Wang thinks that she can take the initiative to ask for it from the Xue family, which is already her sincerity, and the Wang Xue family should agree .Otherwise, if it drags on for a few more years, Jia Baoyu is a man, it doesn't matter, how can Xue Baochai have the face to go out?I don't think that although she had a good idea, Xue Wang's reaction was very unsatisfactory.

Mrs. Wang insisted that she was an official and a high-ranking family, and her words were very cryptic when talking about marriage. She only said that Baoyu had been loved by the old lady since she was a child. She was afraid that something was wrong, so many things were delayed. When you grow up, everything should be sorted out.Seeing that Xue Wang only smiled and echoed a few words about the difficulty of being a parent and the difficulties of raising children and grandchildren, when the other party was stupid and didn't understand, she added an extra sentence, saying that she finally hoped that when Baoyu could get married, she finally felt at ease Some, just looking forward to marrying a virtuous woman for Baoyu.

Having said that, they are all girls brought up by high-ranking families. After being the mistress for many years, they really don't understand the truth anymore. Naturally, Xue Wang can no longer pretend to be stupid, but she is not as good as Mrs. Wang. He answered the words as expected, but talked about Xue Pan quite sincerely, and had a good talk with Mrs. Wang about the sadness of choosing a wife for her beloved son, which made Mrs. Wang feel a little uncomfortable.

What kind of thing is Xue Pan? He is just a prodigal son who ruined his ancestors' family business. He has accomplished nothing by studying and practicing martial arts.Food, drinking, whoring and gambling are all available, no matter how old you are, you will go to fans for fun, and you can smell your name even if you mention it, and you can also put it with her Baoyu to talk about it.

But Mrs. Wang now intends to marry Xue's family, and she and Xue Wang's are direct sisters, so it's not easy to bury her nephew in front of her face, so she can only support her face and praise Xue Baochai, saying yes Counting from when she was a girl in the Wang family, she is also at the age of a grandmother now. She has seen and heard many ladies of great families, including a few girls in this mansion, who are not as popular as Bao girl, "born top-notch in Bao girl is still second, what is rare is that she is dignified, elegant and gentle in her actions, and understands things well, and can urge her husband to make progress."Even though Mrs. Wang Xue humbled herself repeatedly, Mrs. Wang still sincerely said that if any family can get a daughter-in-law like Bao Yatou, it is really a blessing for a lifetime.

Mrs. Wang naturally hoped that her family could get such a great blessing. Mrs. Xue followed her words and confessed a few words, lamenting that she was not up to date and delayed her daughter's flowering. She even praised Mrs. Xue's words behind her daughter, For example, "Fortunately, Bao girl is open-minded, and she never takes gossip and gossip to heart", before she could finish her words, she mentioned Xue Baochai's golden lock.

Xue Baochai's golden lock was the one that Mr. Xue Wang took the initiative to mention to her in a letter after the old Master Xue left.Otherwise, how did Mrs. Wang know that the eldest daughter of the Xue family who was far away in Jinling had such a personal item that "must pick up jade to match it", and she even knew the seal characters on it clearly.

Partly because of the golden lock, and partly because of the rich dowry, the two of them had agreed on the life of their children in private at the beginning. When Mrs. Wang mentioned the golden lock, it was to reveal the intention of asking for marriage.

Hearing this, Wang Xue's face changed a little, and there was a smile on the corners of his lips, but he said something about the golden locks for Xue Baochai who were instructed by their family at the time. Back, he also talked about the prescription of "Lengxiang Wan" that Xue Baochai always ate several times a year. He turned and twisted around, and for a long time he didn't follow Mrs. Wang's wish to make the two young daughters a pair.

Mrs. Wang has been pampered and respected for a long time. Even though she lost power a few years ago, Mrs. Xing was detained in the East Courtyard. Yingchun Tanchun never refuted her face to face, and Jia Lian was away from home all the year round. When you speak hard.Therefore, Xue Wangshi deliberately refused to give a correct sentence, even though she was anxious and angry, she still couldn't answer, so she could only let Xue Wangshi slyly talk for a long time, and even escaped by taking advantage of family matters. up.

After spending a long time in vain, but couldn't get a single correct word, one can imagine the anger in Mrs. Wang's heart.But now she has let the world wear down a lot of heart, and she firmly believes that Xue Baochai's golden lock can benefit Baoyu, so she swallows this anger without anyone's persuasion.In her heart, Mrs. Xue was just taking her big for a while, pretending to be reserved, and sooner or later she would come back to talk about this marriage with her, and it would be just to make up for it at that time.If Baoyu did not marry her, Xue Baochai would not be able to climb other high branches.

Mrs. Wang thinks that Mrs. Xue is taking Qiao, but she doesn't know that Mrs. Xue really retreats in her heart.

When the master of the Xue family had just left, the Xue family's orphans and widowed mothers relied on high-ranking in-laws like the Wang family and Jia family to suppress the eager relatives and keep the family business.At that time, Mrs. Wang was still the head wife of the Rongguo Mansion, and she had a great reputation. Even though Jia Lian had just made her debut, she once made the old master Xue look at her differently, but in Xue Wang's heart, Jia Baoyu was born with great fortune, and her future would not be bad. Only then did he take the initiative to bring up the theory of gold and jade, and wanted to betroth his beloved daughter in order to get the best of both worlds, that is, find a good match for his daughter and find a capable marriage-in-law for his son.

But things have changed over time, although the situation of the second house of the Rongguo Mansion is worse than that of the Xue family, it is not as far away as before. Jia Baoyu can't win the title, it's all right, and when he grows up to thirteen or fourteen, he only knows how to hang out in the inner circle, not even a child He doesn't know anything about world affairs and economics, so in Xue Wang's eyes, it's nothing.Not to mention Xue Baochai's implicit resistance to the golden and jade marriage, it is Xue Wang herself, not only because of Jia Baoyu's disappointment, but also because of Mrs. Wang's ambiguous attitude, she gradually only treats Jia Baoyu as an ordinary nephew. All the servants of Xue's family got it, and they didn't dare to say anything about gold and jade.And now that Jia Baoyu has lost his jade, how can he be a good match for his daughter according to the monk's words?

Xue Wang didn't directly refuse today, but because Xue Baochai was indeed a bit older among the unmarried boudoir daughters, and the matter of entering the palace was still in vain after all kinds of planning, and there was no suitable family at the moment, so she thought about doing things. Leave a line, lest you really block your daughter's back.

On the one hand, she was dissatisfied with Jia Baoyu's character and behavior, and on the other hand, she was afraid that her daughter would never find someone better than Jia Baoyu. Xue Wang felt that she couldn't find a moment of peace in her heart. At the same time, she regretted that she didn't accept the marriage. Some are useless.

Xue Baochai had already known what had happened from the mother-in-law and girl who accompanied Xue Wang's out today, but she couldn't say anything clearly.It's not that she was trapped as a girl in the boudoir and didn't dare to go beyond the rules. She didn't have so many scruples when talking privately between mother and daughter, she really didn't know what to say.

Thinking that she was well-liked since she was a child, and that her late father, Mr. Xue, hired a famous teacher to teach her. She is good at playing piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and even the world affairs and human relationships outside. When she was young, she knew that her family had high expectations for her, and she also had a lot of ambition in her heart. With the help of his talent and appearance, he can go straight to the top and help his family.But once Mr. Xue passed away suddenly, Xue Pan was unable to support the family business, and their family was forced to rely on relatives and friends. Only then did she know the difference of family background, and understand the hardships and dangers of the world.

Now that she is on the verge of success, the most respectable people who propose marriage are only imperial merchants from all over the world, and most of them are gradually declining like Xue's family. How can she be convinced?Compared with these people, even Jia Baoyu, who is so incompetent, has become a good man.At least Jia Baoyu didn't go out to whore or gamble, and he was gentle and considerate to women, never treated harshly, and he still carried the name of a Hou family's son.Even if the mother-in-law is harsh and difficult to serve, it is just a common thing in the world.

But Xue Baochai was really unwilling to accept the marriage with Jia Baoyu.Since she arrived in Beijing, she has been facing each other day by day with these ladies from the Hou family of the Jia family. Yingchun Tanchun is not as good as her in terms of talent and appearance. But between siblings with her.She is not inferior to others, why is the situation so different?

When Lin Daiyu's parents said a word, Jia's family agreed to marry without saying a word, and made her a daughter who couldn't express her thoughts in words.All kinds of admiration are in vain, no matter how open-minded and indifferent she is, she will always feel sad, and no matter how willing she is to achieve marriage with Jia Baoyu, who is far from him in everything.

All kinds of thoughts were entangled in one place, and Xue Baochai, who had always been prudent and experienced, was also a little uncertain, so he had to pretend to be ignorant, and instead took out a letter he had just received from the box, and talked to Xue Wang about other family matters .

This letter was written by Xue Biao, the man of the second room of the Xue family. The reason is that the wife of the second room is in poor health, and it is the year when the second master Xue and Mei Hanlin's family agreed to marry before his death, so he plans to bring his younger sister Xue Baoqin to Beijing to wait for her marriage. .

The Second Master Xue and the former Master Xue are the brothers of the first blood. When Master Xue inherited the family business, the Second Master Xue earned a lot of money. He can be called a rich man. Fortunately, he likes to travel in the mountains and rivers, so he took his wife and children to travel around the mountains and rivers. Xue Wang rarely gets along with his sister-in-law, but the two families are very harmonious.It's a pity that the two masters of the Xue family didn't live long, and the second master Xue went earlier than the master Xue, so Xue Biao returned to Jinling City to take care of his sick mother and younger sister with peace of mind.Fortunately, others are far more successful than Xue Pan. Although Erfang's family business has suffered a lot of losses, it can still hold on.

At that time, Wang Xue made up his mind to go to Beijing with his family to seek refuge with relatives and friends, and he sent someone to the second room to ask, Xue Bian and Xue Pan were cousins ​​of the first cousin, and going to Beijing with them was a lot of care, but Xue Bian felt that this was a crooked relative. A little far away, she politely declined Xue Wang's proposal, and instead of thinking about it, she took the initiative to write a letter now.Although it was not stated clearly in the letter, Xue Baochai thought it meant that he was coming to join them.

Xue Wang used to love the two children of his uncle's family very much, and after hearing the letter, he couldn't help feeling a little missing, so he asked Xue Baochai if the date of their brother and sister's arrival in Beijing was written in the letter, and told Xue Baochai about the time when their family was in Jinling The happy day of the day, touched the scene and made love, but took the opportunity to shed the tears in my heart, and dispelled some of the depression in my heart.

Xue Baochai was relieved to see that her expression was a little pale, she was no longer depressed as before, and she was still acting like a little girl, coaxing her to smile.Together, the mother and daughter counted the account books delivered by the shop, and by the way, they also planned when someone would call Xue Pan, who was patrolling the shop in Tongzhou, to come back, so that Xue Biao and his sister could clean up the dust.

However, Xue Wang only thought about the benefits of the family reunion, but Xue Baochai had other guesses in his mind.Xue Biao was clearly unwilling to go to Beijing before, and only wanted to live a stable life in Jinling guarding the shop and property, but now Baba wrote a letter, obviously it was for Xue Baoqin's marriage.

When Mei Hanlin asked for a marriage for his son, Mei Hanlin had not yet been a high school scholar, let alone conferred an official position, but the Xue family was in full swing, with the trend of "good harvest and heavy snow", even the governor of Jinling did not dare to make trouble in person. The son of the Xue family's concubine, the daughter of the concubine's concubine, is more than enough to match.Thinking about it, if Master Xue Er didn't value Mei Hanlin's future and knowledge, he might not have agreed to the marriage.

But it's still the same sentence, things have changed with time, the Mei family was in a hurry to ask for a marriage, but now they are still willing to recognize this relative, it is not certain.Xue Biao was in a hurry to bring Xue Baoqin to Beijing, and also wanted to take refuge in Rongguo Mansion together, under the cover of relatives, fearing that the Mei family really wanted to regret the marriage.

At that time, the two households of the Xue family will have to take advantage of the power of the Rongguo Mansion. Let alone whether the Jia family is willing or not. With Mrs. Wang's usual behavior, if she wants to refuse the marriage with Jia Baoyu, she may not be as vague as she is now. up.

Xue Baochai saw clearly the hidden worries of the Xue family's second wife, and also thoroughly saw Mrs. Wang's character, and gradually felt a little discouraged, but she didn't want Mrs. Wang to suddenly shut up and stop mentioning the matter of good fortune, while she And Xue Wangshi is also like a bolt from the blue, almost fainting.But Xue Pan, the overlord, fought with others again in Tongzhou, so that he could not die and injured important people, so the government took him to prison.

The Xue Wang family wanted to bribe the governor with silver at first, but he didn't want the other party to see the stewards of the Xue family at all, so he had to mention the name of the Jia family of the Rongguo mansion to get the truth. My lord, I also ask them to go back and find a way to accommodate one or two.

When they heard that it was the Emperor Shang Xia's family, let alone Xue Wang's family almost lost their temper, even Xue Baochai's face changed a little.This summer is not the other summer, not their Xue family's old relative, Osmanthus osmanthus Xia's family, but the Xia who robbed their Xue family's royal business errand, and it is also the Xia Shouzhong, the eunuch of the Six Palaces according to rumors.They were the ones they couldn't offend, and it was Xue Pan who hurt them first. How could the other party let them go? I'm afraid that if it wasn't for the Jia family's face, the governor might not even be willing to say a word.

The Xue Wang family scolded Xue Pan to death in the room, and when they turned around, they could only take Xue Baochai to ask relatives for help. On the same day, they went to the Wang family by car to ask to see their elder brother Wang Ziteng. Crying, even Jia's mother couldn't help but sigh, and personally ordered someone to write a letter to inform Jia Lian of this matter.

Although Xue Pan is incompetent, he is the nephew of Wang Ziteng's direct relative. As soon as he got the news, he asked his nephew Wang Ren to take his post to Xia's house.Although Xia Heng, the master of the Xia family, is Xia Shouzhong's only nephew, the Wang family also has a very favored lady, who is also the daughter of a princess. All means of greeting Xue Pan in the prison were withdrawn.

When Jia Lian, who was still in the hot spring palace, also greeted Xia Shouzhong about this matter, Wang Xia's family believed that peace was the most important thing, and it was enough to teach Xue Pan a lesson, Xia Heng's attitude was completely softened, and Tongzhou Naturally, it was judged there.Xue Pan beat Xia's housekeeper and seriously injured him. He was sentenced to ten sticks and fined a thousand taels of silver.

Although Xue Wang felt sorry for Xue Pan receiving the ten sticks, she also understood that the Xia family was hurt because of their confidants and old family members, but if they wanted Xue Pan to stay alive, they would have to rely on relatives to protect them if they could all go home. I specially prepared generous gifts to reward the Wang family and Jia's family, and took my old family to Tongzhou to pick up Xue Pan.

As the daughter of the boudoir, Xue Baochai couldn't go to those places to show her face, but she missed her brother, and she was accompanied by her mother-in-law and several strong servants to meet him outside the city, and finally the family was reunited.

Not to mention how much the mother and daughter of the Xue family complained and loved Xue Pan, Xue Baochai's startled face when he rolled up the sedan door caught another person's eyes.It was Xia Heng, the master of the Xia family, who went out of the city to visit his loyal servants this day, and sent the thousand taels of silver that Xue's family had compensated and the few shops he had prepared, and then returned. Yumian fell into my heart all of a sudden.

When Xia Heng was young, Xia Shouzhong hadn't gained power yet, and he was careful in the deep palace with his tail between his legs, and he was unable to support his family. The Xia family had a hard time for several years.It was only after Yang Yuan ascended the throne that Xia Shouzhong ordered people to return to his hometown to visit, and the Xia family turned around. But at that time, there was only Xia Heng left in the family, and he couldn't even marry a wife in the countryside.

Xia Heng's first spouse was Xia Shouzhong, who married the daughter of a wealthy family in their hometown. Unfortunately, that woman had poor fortune and died of illness within a year or two after coming to Beijing, leaving behind no son and a half daughter. Down.Xia Heng devoted himself to running the family business, and he had a lot of opportunities outside. There were two concubines at home, and he was not in a hurry to remarry. For this reason, he was reprimanded several times by Xia Shouzhong, for fear of ruining the family's incense.

Speaking of which, Xia Heng has seen eight hundred beauties if not one thousand, but for some reason, he only fell in love with Xue Baochai. He fell in love with her dignified and indifferent but charming appearance, and spread the word to enter the next day. In the palace, Xiang Xia Shouzhong mentioned his intention to propose marriage to the Xue family.

Dai Quan Dai, who served the emperor, had already been sent to hell because of his lack of service. No one in this palace could call Xia Shouzhong the chief eunuch in front of Xia Shouzhong. It can be said that this was the time when Xia Shouzhong was most satisfied.Hearing that it was the Xue family in Jinling that he cleaned up, Xia Shouzhong didn't take it seriously, he was only happy that his nephew was finally willing to remarry, he immediately agreed, and even asked for a reward from Yang Yuan to add some dignity to Xia Heng.

Xue Pan was still recuperating on the couch, and the matchmaker hired by the Xia family came to the door. After praising Xue Baochai, he talked about the wealth and dignity of the Xia family, and mentioned the rewards from the palace.

While Xue Wang was surprised, he also lost his mind.

When she first heard it, of course she was full of reluctance, the Xia family was the culprit who caused Xue Pan to be tortured, and originally even wanted Xue Pan's life and cut off the Xue family.But the Xia family came aggressively, it was obvious that they were determined to win the marriage, and they brought out the eunuch Xia from the palace, she really didn't dare to refuse outright, and bring about any trouble.

Fortunately, the two matchmakers got Xia Heng's instructions, and they didn't use force to overwhelm others. They only said to marry a daughter with their head up, and marry a wife with their head down. It is human nature for a mother to be reluctant to part with her daughter.