[Red Mansion] Hairpins fly when they are

"Nonsense, who dares to think like that?"

Baochai thought that someone was sarcasm Xue Pan behind his back, so he was very angry: "Who is talking nonsense behind his back?"

Although Xue Pan has various deficiencies, he is his own elder brother after all, so how could it be his turn for others to gossip behind his back?

"No, no, I just said it casually, and you take it seriously." Xue Pan quickly waved his hand, and then smiled shyly, "I will tell you my sister, I came here specially to hide from you."

I am used to seeing my brother's smirk, but this is the first time I have seen his shy look. Baochai suppressed the jumping goosebumps and asked, "Who is hiding from?"

"Ah!" Xue Pan's whole face fell down, "You said that I am a good person, I don't gamble or whore, I don't cause trouble, I don't go anywhere except the shop, and I'm almost like a door and a door. Wuwei is a talented young man, but this calamity can fall from the sky and hit me on the top of my head, I feel wronged, sister."

"Speak well." Baochai watched him put gold on her coldly, feeling awkward all over her body, so she couldn't help but glared at him.

Xue Pan thought she was disgusted with the word "whore", and felt it was abrupt, so he patted his mouth lightly twice: "I said something wrong, my sister just pretended she didn't hear it."

"Get down to business." Let him talk nonsense, I'm afraid he won't be able to get to the point for two hours.

"It's like this. Yesterday when you went back to your natal home, before Wanrong gave you the handkerchief, I ran into her in the yard. I didn't plan to give her jewelry, but she had sharp eyes and insisted on stopping me to ask what I bought, like a bandit. , robbed me of a bead flower, and later said that she would give me a pouch as a gift in return."

Baochai didn't expect that there was such a thing behind her back, so she raised her eyebrows slightly: "So you accepted it?"

"How can it be!"

Xue Pan stared solemnly, but he pretended to be awe-inspiring and upright, but unfortunately, this aura could not last for three seconds, and the corner of his mouth curled up and he began to dislike: "Her needlework is so ugly, she really needs a purse. Wouldn't I ask Xiangling to make it for me? No matter how bad it is, there is still your sister. Sister, the one you made with colorful rope is so beautiful. The one you gave me last time is already old. When will you make a new one for my brother? ?”

When Baochai heard this, she immediately ordered Yinger to get it, and then looked at Xue Pan: "You are a coincidence, I just finished making one, you can use it."

"Thank you sister."

Yinger came out with a new purse and handed it to Xue Pan. Xue Pan looked and looked at it lovingly, and then carefully hung it on his waist.

Baochai looked at Xue Pan with a smile, and deliberately teased him: "My brother is really amazing. It took only a few days for him to fall in love with him."

"Sister, don't make fun of me, I'm almost scared to death." Xue Pan giggled, "It won't work, she and Xiangling are cousins, so who am I?"

"Since you know you love your sister-in-law, why did you accept Ziyu?" When Baochai said this, he felt a little uncomfortable, and threw a pillow at him.

Xue Pan grabbed the pillow and tucked it behind his waist, leaning on it comfortably, and then spoke slowly.

"Think about it, Ziyu was originally our family's girl. She ate my rice, wore my clothes, and made the best use of my house. What is Wanrong? Sister, don't be fooled by her. That girl is a thief, her eyes are like hooks, and she looks at good things. If she enters my house, wouldn't I have to support another person? Food and clothing, which one doesn't cost money? Don't think I am I don’t know, she instigated the cook to make things for her all day long in the kitchen, and she was picky and picky, I asked the shopkeeper that day, and only then did I know that in just a few days, the cost of the kitchen was three times higher than usual!”

Baochai couldn't help laughing. On the one hand, she thought Xue Pan's statement was too weird, and on the other hand, she felt that this big fool was really cute sometimes.

Xue Pan saw that Baochai smiled, and the conversation became even more cheerful: "Don't say that I have no money now, even when I was very rich, I couldn't fall in love with people with that kind of beauty and temperament. Sister, although I didn't say it, But I always remember in my heart that I still owe you money, and I will pay you back when I save enough."

"Well, if you don't finish it in this life, you will pay it back slowly in the next life." Baochai laughed for a while, then picked up the tea cup to moisten her throat.

Xue Pan grinned again and said, "Now whenever I see Wanrong, I want to run away, but Xiangling is talking nonsense to me again. I'm impatient, so I just came to see you."

"What's the matter, sister-in-law?"

Xue Pan repeated what Xiangling said. Baochai lowered her face and said seriously, "Someone must have said something in front of my sister-in-law. She has such a temperament that she wouldn't say such things for no reason. Brother Mother came here in the morning to inquire about Wanrong, she wants to marry in the capital, in my opinion, she should be sent home as soon as possible."

"Yes, yes." Xue Pan nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "I wish she would leave tomorrow, if she stays here, my family will be poor by her, but Xiangling is reluctant to part with her mother."

Baochai thought for a while: "Aunt Zhen should also want to stay. I heard from my mother that she was having a bad time there. Most likely because she didn't want to hinder her sister-in-law, that's why she refused to agree to stay. You are her son-in-law. Go back and persuade her to dispel her worries, anyway, the family does not lack food and clothing for her alone, it is only for sister-in-law."

"Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll persuade my mother-in-law when I go back."

It was impossible for Xue Pan to stay at Jia's house for dinner today during the holidays, so he left after talking for a while, and when he got home, Xiangling really calmed down, and smiled at him like a flower, showing great hospitality.

When Xue Pan got home, he went back to his room to change his clothes. Seeing Xiangling buttoning himself with her big belly, he felt a little touched, so he decided to tell the truth: "Let me tell you the truth, even though your cousin said to send me The purse, but I didn't accept it from her. I've changed my mind and am a decent person, but you always think I'm not a good person, and deliberately say some sour words to annoy me, and you're not allowed to do this again in the future. "

Xiangling didn't expect this to happen again, and immediately froze in place.

Xue Pan lightly brushed her hand away, fastened the robe by himself, lowered his head and said, "Your sister is right, let the mother-in-law stay, and your cousin will send her home quickly. I am I can see that she is a troublesome spirit, she only stayed for a few days, and our husband and wife had a quarrel, so send her back immediately."

Xiang Ling was feeling sad, but was moved by Xue Pan's confession, she turned her worry into joy, pursed her lips into a smile, and said softly, "I'm afraid my mother won't agree."

"Mother-in-law is such a weird person." Xue Pan was completely puzzled, hating that iron could not become steel, "Even I can see that the family is using her now, what is she trying to do? You are her daughter If she insists on leaving, you can cry for her, I don’t believe that a mother-in-law’s heart is made of stone.”

"Okay, we'll discuss this matter later, let's go to the main courtyard first." Xue Pan changed his clothes, and took Xiang Ling to Xue's place for a reunion dinner.

There are two more people in the Xue family, and Jia Yucun is missing in the Jia family, but this does not affect the atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Everyone unanimously put the dining table in the yard, the sky gradually sinks, and the moon slowly climbs up. On the top of the head, the silver glow poured down, matching the lanterns hanging under the eaves, it was as bright as day.

The palace is also celebrating the festival, singing and dancing, and music bursts. The emperor leads the princes and concubines, and more than a dozen close ministers specially called into the palace to celebrate the festive season together.

The delicacies and wines were brought up like flowing water, and the maids serving in the hall were all well-groomed, with their waists tightly girded, and they walked around the banquet like clouds.

Zhu Rong seemed to be admiring the singing and dancing, with a relaxed expression, but in fact, he had been paying attention to the high-ranking emperor from the corner of his eye, watching with his own eyes that his father drank wine, ate vegetables, and drank soup, and all miscellaneous things were eaten. Holding the wine glass and smiling slightly, he was determined.

Zhu Yu sat quietly in his seat, as if he didn't notice anything.

After several rounds of singing and dancing, the emperor finally enjoyed himself and announced the end of the banquet. Everyone got up and bowed to send the emperor back to rest.

The eunuch waited for the emperor to wash up, watched him swallow a health pill, and quickly brought hot tea, with a concerned face: "The emperor drank two more cups tonight, it's good to drink a cup of tea to get rid of the smell of alcohol."

"En." The emperor replied lightly. He felt a little dizzy and didn't think much about it. He just thought that he really drank too much.

He took the teacup, but before he could drink it, suddenly there was an extreme hotness in his chest, as if something was about to come out of his throat impatiently, he couldn't hold back, and spit out a mouthful of blood with a "wow".

The eunuch panicked immediately, and while helping the emperor up, he yelled loudly, a large number of people rushed into the palace immediately, the head of the imperial hospital was urgently invited into the palace to treat the emperor, and the princes all stayed on the sickbed after getting the news Filial piety before.

After a turbulent night, the old emperor opened his eyes tremblingly the next morning, looking at his sons who were tired after staying up all night, he winked at his chief eunuch.

Seeing their father waking up, the princes were very excited, Zhu Rong even cried aloud, and before they could express their excitement, they were all persuaded out by the eunuch with nice words.

Only the head of the imperial hospital and the eunuch who turned back were left in the bedroom. The emperor was served by the waiter and drank a couple of sips of water, then asked hoarsely, "What happened last night?"

The imperial physician immediately knelt in front of the bed, buried his head deeply, and said, "I don't know where the ground cat powder got mixed in, and it just happened to be in conflict with the health-preserving pills that the emperor usually takes, so the qi and blood surged and damaged the dragon's body."

Ground cat is a common name for a rare and rare plant. It is colorless and tasteless. There is no problem in eating it alone, except that it conflicts with a precious medicinal material in the health pills.

The emperor closed his eyes and looked at the eunuch again.

The eunuch then knelt down and replied with difficulty: "The guards searched all night, and found ground cats that were ground into powder in several dishes, including wine. They didn't notice it because it was colorless and tasteless."

Hearing the words, the emperor suddenly burst into anger, and then his head began to dizzy again, and double images appeared in front of his eyes. He knew in his heart that he could not get angry at this time, so he hurriedly tried his best to calm himself down.

After half a cup of tea, the dizziness gradually dissipated, and the emperor asked the imperial physician again: "I...can I still be cured?"

The imperial doctor kowtowed three times: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, it will not affect your life, it's just..."

"Speak straight."

"It's just that in the future, you can't worry about it anymore, don't get angry, it's best to calm down and take care of yourself."

The emperor took a deep breath, then stared blankly at the ceiling.

For a long time, he has suppressed the crown prince. It turns out that the human heart is the most unstoppable thing, like a tiger, when you are not on guard, it will bite you hard.

"That's all, pass on my will, my dragon is not in good health, and let the cabinet handle political affairs on my behalf in the past few days."