Xichun is a Buddhist practitioner [Red Chamber]

No matter what the Mei family thought, after Xue Baoqin made up her mind, she went to find Mrs. Xue.Because their brother and sister are newcomers and are juniors, they are afraid that they will be bullied by the Mei family after they go to the Mei family.It's better to go to Mrs. Xue. Wang Xifeng of Rongguo Mansion is Mrs. Xue's niece, Wang Ziteng is Mrs. Xue's elder brother, and Mrs. Xue's daughter-in-law is an official of the Women's Department.

Xue Baoqin is not worried that the Mei family will not give Mrs. Xue face, and if they don't give face, they will not give face, it is best to have a brain collapse.

"It's time to withdraw." Mrs. Xue saw that Xue Baoqin had made up her mind, she thought that she should withdraw from the marriage, and could no longer maintain a marriage contract with the Mei family.

When she first came to the capital, she sent so many things to the Mei family, but the Mei family didn't even return the gift.Xue Biao should have given some annual gifts to the Mei family in recent years, but the Mei family acted as if nothing had happened, as if nothing had been received.

Mei's face is so ugly, while taking your things, at the same time trying to shake you off.Maybe the Mei family still thought behind their backs that the Xue family didn't give enough, saying that the Xue family wasn't an imperial businessman, so rich, why did they give such a small amount of things.

Mrs. Xue thinks that many scholars who have risen from poor families like this. When they are poor, they say it nicely. When they become officials, they want to give you something in return.I also think that I have given more things, that I have made up for it, but is this kind of kindness counted?

Without the little help back then, how could Mei Hanlin have passed the exam, and how could he have become an official.Did Mei Hanlin think that if he didn't take the scientific test that time, he could pass the scientific test later?

Most of these people are like this, thinking that they are good, and they will be able to get in sooner or later.

Mrs. Xue doesn't think so. Some people depend on their chances, like Mei Hanlin, they may not be able to pass the next scientific examination.

"Trouble auntie." Xue Baoqin bowed to Mrs. Xue, "Auntie has been in the capital for a long time, and knows a lot. If you didn't mention this this time, brother, he wouldn't know to investigate first."

"The Mei family is not that trustworthy." Mrs. Xue said, "If the Mei family really wanted to marry you, they would go directly to you. How could they send you and your brother to the capital?"

When Mrs. Xue learned that Xue Baoqin and Xue Biao had come to the capital by themselves, she felt that something was wrong.She can no longer deceive herself, thinking that the Mei family does not associate with their eldest family because the person who has a marriage contract with them is not a member of the eldest family.

"On the way here, I also vaguely felt it." Xue Baoqin is not a stupid person, and he doesn't think there is any good in going to Beijing with his brother.When she saw girls from other people's families getting married, it was basically the man who went to the woman's house. Even if the journey was far away, someone from the man's house had to come, even if it was the housekeeper of the other party's house to pick them up.

But no one from the Mei family went to their house, and there were no letters, not even the etiquette of the festivals.Without etiquette, it can be said that the Mei family is the elders, but the parents of the Xue family are dead, there are no elders, but what if there is no letter.

The Xue family had to do everything first, and Xue Baoqin didn't feel bad about the Xue family doing it first. After all, the Mei family was an official family, and the Xue family was at a disadvantage.But the Mei family always ignores them in various ways, which is abnormal.

However, her elder brother still had a glimmer of hope that the Mei family would still be willing to marry her.Xue Baoqin knew that her elder brother wanted her to marry a good family, and wanted her to be an official wife, but there was no such thing as an official wife, no, there was still a problem.

"It's good if you feel it, he is not your beloved." Mrs. Xue patted Xue Baoqin's hand, "Tomorrow, I will go to Mei's house with you again, and bring back the token from that year."

"En." Xue Baoqin responded.

Although Lu Shaohua was still a few days away from confinement, she also knew a few words from Xue Pan.Cousin Xue Baoqin's marriage still had problems after all, so the Mei family was not good. They thought about retiring the engagement, but they didn't take the initiative to propose it. They never said anything about it.

"It's what they deserve to call such a family directly." Lu Shaohua's temper is quite grumpy, and she doesn't like Mei Hanlin's family very much. "A letter may solve the problem. How come it has been delayed until now. I just care about their reputation. , has been procrastinating, and now, I still want to procrastinate."

"That's right, uncle and aunt passed away, they don't want to be said to be bullying weak girls." Xue Pan nodded, "It's in my heart."

"This cousin is not capable at all, and he can't help your cousin." Lu Shaohua gave Xue Pan a white look, "With your temperament, you can only stay at home."

"It's enough to have you." Xue Pan is now shameless, anyway, his wife is so powerful, he is said to be useless every day.Then it's useless, it's not that he doesn't want to be better, but that he really can't compare with Lu Shaohua.

The corner of Lu Shaohua's mouth twitched slightly. After getting along with her husband for a long time, he knew how shameless this guy was.It was better at the beginning, and he would yell that he is a man, and a man must have dignity and face. Later, Lu Shaohua found that Xue Pan had no face at all, and the other party would be happy for a reward of one or two silver coins night.

The former overlord, now the stingy one who wants money, Lu Shaohua thinks it's better for her husband to continue to be like this, so she doesn't have to go out and catch him back.

"Even so, you have to take care of your cousin." Lu Shaohua said, "Don't let people bully her. The cousin is so good, she will find a better family sooner or later."

"Mom will handle it." Xue Pan thought that he was not the material to handle this matter, so he could only wait and watch.If he intervenes, he can't solve this matter. He can't force the Mei family to marry Xue Baoqin. If he wants to retire, it's more appropriate for the elders to go.

Xue Pan's mouth is not that good at talking, so it is easy for people to catch his loopholes.He still stays at home to take care of his son, who is richer than him now.

Even though the son is still so young, the mother gave the son more monthly money than herself, Xue Pan protested with Mrs. Xue.However, Mrs. Xue ignored Xue Pan's protest at all. She just had to take better care of her grandson. She said that the grandson was the son of an official family and he had to take better care of him.

This made Xue Pan really not know what to say, because he had no status at home.If he takes good care of his son, will he be able to have more money?

When a new day came, Mrs. Xue took Xue Biao and Xue Baoqin out to Mei's house, and when she arrived at Mei's house, she talked about the divorce.

"What's wrong with my son?" Mrs. Mei put on a show there, "Why are we retiring so soon, I still want to prepare marriages for the two children."

"Isn't your son going to marry someone else's girl?" Mrs. Xue said with a smile, "Where can my Baoqin take up a place, and don't be forced to be a concubine at that time."

How could Mrs. Xue be willing to speak well to Mrs. Mei? Originally, the two families could just withdraw their marriage, but Mrs. Mei was so disgusting that she said such words.Mrs. Mei obviously wanted to withdraw the engagement very much. When the Xue family said that they were canceling the engagement, the other party's expression changed for the better. Now it is too fake to say these things.

How could she have been deceived by Mrs. Mei? It stands to reason that there is no need to bring the junior over for such a divorce.But Xue Baoqin said yesterday that she would come over, so Mrs. Xue brought her over to let her have a good look at what Mrs. Mei is like.

When Mrs. Mei saw Xue Baoqin, she had to admit that Xue Baoqin was indeed very good-looking.But no matter how good-looking she is, her status is not good, that's of no use. This woman can't be his son's regular wife, and she can't let her son's future be ruined in Xue Baoqin's hands.

"What are you talking about?" Mrs. Mei's face changed slightly, "The engagement is terminated when the engagement is terminated. It's just that after this woman dissolves the engagement, it will not be so easy to marry. Don't say that my Mei family didn't remind you when the time comes. Don't say that my Mei family is ungrateful."

Xue Baoqin looked at Mrs. Mei coldly, and Mrs. Mei could say whatever she wanted now.Now she is just the daughter of a merchant, her parents are both dead, and her elder brother has no achievements, only being insulted.

She must go to the women's department, and she must let the Mei family know that even if she, Xue Baoqin, does not have this marriage, she can still live a good life.She doesn't need to be an official's wife, she can be an official by herself.It is impossible for a treacherous family like the Mei family to go far.

The two families exchanged the tokens of their original engagement, and the marriage was considered dissolved.

As soon as the token was exchanged, Mrs. Mei couldn't wait to drive the Xue family out, not wanting to keep the Xue family waiting for a long time.It seemed that if the Xue family stayed for a long time, someone would know that the Mei family had a marriage contract with the Xue family.

The reason Mrs. Mei said that just now was because she didn't want the Xue family to make a fuss about this matter.Even if she wanted to say, Mrs. Mei said that the Xue family wanted to marry the Mei family, but she refused. The Xue family was just a merchant, so how could they be worthy of the Mei family.

Right after Xue's family left, a young son from Ji's family brought someone to Mei's house to knock on the door.The Mei family wanted to talk to the daughter of the Ji family before, and the two families had talked about the same in private, so they just had to settle down.If the daughter of the Ji family hadn't heard the words of Princess Tai'an in Jing'an Hou's mansion, she would have been kept in the dark, not knowing that Mei Jialang had already been engaged to someone else.

Because the two families had talked about the same before, and the children of the two families had met several times, some people also vaguely knew that the two families were going to talk about marriage.

Although this incident was not made public, more people knew about it, which made the Ji family feel uncomfortable.If the Mei family and the Xue family had a marriage contract, then there would be no face for the Ji family. Does anyone have to think that it was the Ji family who oppressed the Mei family, so that the Mei family and the Xue family broke the engagement.

The Ji family will not take the blame, and must solve this problem.The Ji family has been waiting for an opportunity. They think that the Xue family will definitely come to the Mei family, so they wait for the Xue family to come to the Mei family, and then let people come to the door, and they must smash the Mei family severely.

It's not easy for the elders to come forward for this kind of thing, it's better to let the lesser children in the family do it.The dudes do it, and when the time comes, they will criticize them pretendingly, punish them fakely, and then settle accounts with the Mei family again.

The members of the Ji family are not fools. Although the Ji family is not as good as those families with profound background, it is not bad. It is an official family, and it can be regarded as a scholarly family.Why do you tolerate the Mei family's calculations against them? Of course, you have to repay the Mei family and let them know how powerful the Ji family is.

At this time, if the Ji family didn't say anything, they would be regarded as a bully.

Mrs. Mei thought that after sending Xue's family away, she would be able to settle her son's marriage with Ji's daughter with peace of mind.Unexpectedly, the young masters of Ji's family brought people to smash up Mei's house and shouted outside.

When Mrs. Mei learned from the housekeeper what the Ji family was clamoring about, her face turned pale.How did the Ji family know that the Mei family had an engagement with the Xue family? Did the Xue family tell the Ji family?It shouldn't be, those who stared at Xue's family didn't see that Xue's family went to Ji's house.

The Mei family and the Ji family were only discussing the marriage of the two children in private, and hadn't said anything publicly yet.How did the Ji family know so quickly, the Ji family can be regarded as a well-known name in the capital, the Ji family is related to Jing Anhou's mansion by marriage, Jing'an Hou's mansion is also related to General Wei Lie's mansion by money.

These dignitaries in the capital are always going around, and they can always get a little relationship.

Mrs. Mei's face was pale, but she still had to straighten up and go out to deal with this matter.If it is not handled well, those people should know that the Xue family has a marriage contract with the Mei family.

"The Xue family has already broken off the engagement with our family." Mrs. Mei wanted to say that the two families had never had a marriage contract, but the Ji family was not so easy to deceive. If they really asked the Xue family, the Xue family said that the two families had indeed had a marriage contract. The marriage contract, what should she do.

So now she can only say that the Mei family had an engagement with the Xue family, and that the engagement has been terminated.

"It was just terminated today." The young master of the Ji family said, "I heard that the Xue family went to the capital happily a few days ago. Of course, my brother is happy to marry my sister. Why, it is up to you to break the engagement now. The family forced it."

"That's impossible." Mrs. Mei said, "It's the girl from the Xue family who has a sweetheart, that's why..."

"Mrs. Mei, take this as your own words." The young master of the Ji family interrupted Mrs. Mei. This hesitant attitude is really disgusting, "Your Mei family just despises the Xue family as a merchant, and despises Xue's family. He is not good enough for you, so he has been delaying, and when he comes to Beijing to get married, he only terminates the engagement, really shameless."

What kind of sweetheart, this Mrs. Mei dare to talk nonsense, thinking that it is justified for the Mei family to force her to withdraw the marriage because of ruining the girl's reputation?Really think that the Ji family are fools, they have already investigated it clearly, otherwise they might really be fooled by Mrs. Mei.

"This is a misunderstanding." Mrs. Mei was a little anxious.

"Bah, what a misunderstanding." The young master of the Ji family said, "It's all excuses, and you don't want to deceive those noble girls. I will let them know the true face of your Mei family today."

The young master of the Ji family then ordered people to smash the Mei family to make things worse. Make sure that the neighbors of the Mei family have a look, and everyone who passes by, let them know that the Mei family wants to deceive lady.

As for whether this matter will affect the daughter of the Ji family, the Ji family has already thought about it. There are hundreds of daughters in the family. It is because the daughter of the Ji family is so kind that it attracts people like the Mei family to plot Ji's daughter.It was the Ji family who discovered it early and was not deceived by the Mei family, so they dealt with the Mei family.

Before Mrs. Mei came back, someone from the house had already gone to find Mrs. Mei. There was a major incident in the house, and Mrs. Mei had to call the shots.

After Mrs. Mei came back, she found that the outside of the mansion had been splashed with ink, and even the mansion had been smashed a little bit.

"Why did the Ji family do such a thing?" Mrs. Mei frowned. Didn't the two families already agree on a marriage?

"Today, the Xue family came to withdraw from the engagement. They withdrew and left, and the Ji family smashed the door behind." Mrs. Mei's eyes were red. When had she been wronged like this, "The Xue family told the Ji family, right?"

"The Xue family has nothing to do with the Ji family." Mrs. Mei wouldn't think that they had communicated before just because they were front and rear.It is estimated that the Ji family already knew about this matter, and they specially waited for the Xue family to come to the door, trying to catch the Mei family and the Xue family to talk about things, but they did not expect the Xue family to leave so soon.

"This matter is such a commotion, what will my son say in the future?" Mrs. Mei is now worried that her son will not be able to talk about marriage. She originally wanted to tell her son a good marriage, but it turned out like this.

"Is this the time to worry about him?" Mrs. Mei looked at Mrs. Mei, "If this matter goes to the emperor's side, and the censor participates in a book, what should I do?"

Master Mei is not worried about his son's affairs for the time being, but he is afraid that others will say that he is ungrateful.If the censor plays the emperor, then whether his black hat can be kept is another matter.

"This..." Mrs. Mei didn't think about this problem before. She thought that her husband was so capable, and she also thought that he would be promoted soon, so how could such a problem happen.

Mei Hanlin originally planned to let his son get married first, and then he would apply for a foreign transfer and return to Beijing after working for a few years. It would be easier for him to be promoted at that time.Many officials of the Imperial Academy followed this route, and Mei Hanlin also thought so, he couldn't stay in the Imperial Academy for the rest of his life.

"Don't prepare the etiquette yet." Mrs. Mei said humanely, "Go to Ji's house first."

Mrs. Mei was thinking about how to tell the Ji family about this matter, saying that the Mei family and the Xue family had planned to withdraw their marriage a long time ago, but because the two families were not in the same place, and they were afraid that the things they sent would be lost, so they waited for the Xue family. After arriving in the capital, the marriage was retired.

It is said that the Xue family did not come to the capital to let Xue Baoqin marry into the Mei family, but Xue Baoqin brothers and sisters came to seek refuge with Mrs. Xue and the others.

Mrs. Mei is worried, why doesn't he know that it is too false to say these words now, it depends on whether the Ji family will give him a step, let him go down.But the Ji family itself is stronger than the Mei family, so the Ji family can completely ignore the Mei family.

"What about my son's marriage to a girl from the Ji family?" Mrs. Mei asked again.

"What kind of marriage, it's gone!" Mrs. Mei was a little annoyed, now how late is she talking about marriage or not.

Whether the Ji family is willing to forgive the Mei family is not certain, how could they still be willing to let the girl from the Ji family marry into the Mei family.Master Mei dare not think about this matter anymore, the most important thing now is to apologize to the Ji family and ask the Ji family to forgive their family.

After all, the two families really planned to talk about their relationship before, and now they can't say that Xue's family came to visit relatives in Mei's house.What kind of family is the Ji family? How could it be possible that they don't know anything? They must have known it before they did that.

Don't think that the young master of the Ji family is a dude, but the Hanlin family can't just smash it if they say it, maybe there are other members of the Ji family standing behind the young master.

So Master Mei went to Ji's house with gifts, but Ji's house didn't open the door to welcome guests, and didn't let Master Mei in.The relationship between the two families was not bad before, but if the Mei family dared to do such a thing, don't blame the Ji family for turning their backs on them.