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At this point, in order to save Xue Pan's life and prevent Xue's family from being rooted out, Baochai slid out of Dali Temple Qing's arms, knelt down and kowtowed: "Such a great kindness, Baochai will always remember it in his heart."

Before Baochai finished speaking, Dali Siqing laughed softly and said, "Don't, don't say that, I still have conditions."

The Minister of Dali Temple pulled Baochai up and smiled and said, "Let me just say it straight. Before the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, you have to take out a banknote of 50 taels of silver. It's not I who want you, but the people below." You need to do something, it’s a hell of a deal! There are still six days left, which is enough for you to prepare. In addition, I like you very much, and I hope you and I will be friends and get together often to relieve my lovesickness. With these two conditions, you If you can promise, this old man will help you save your brother even if he tries his best."

When Baochai returned to Lixiangyuan, Aunt Xue asked about Baochai's situation with red eyes. Baochai only talked about the 50 silver note in pain, and couldn't talk about "being a confidant".Aunt Xue said with a mournful face, "Even if we sell everything in the house, we still can't make up 50 taels of silver. Isn't this killing people?"

The mother and daughter chatted and chatted for a long time with the door closed, and decided that saving lives was the most important thing.

Aunt Xue let out the news that her son was in prison and the family business was not being taken care of, so she wanted to sell the whole shop.

There are still three days until the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, and Baochai and Aunt Xue still have a lot of money in hand, and they also think that after Xue Pan comes out, he will need a lot of money if he wants to flee to the end of the world.

There was really no other way, so I came up with a bad idea to steal valuable things from the warehouse of Jia's house and sell them while Jia's mother and others were going to keep watch for the Queen Mother.

Baochai is really a good daughter of the Xue family, and Xue Pan really didn't love her sister for nothing.

That night, Baochai used the faint moonlight as an excuse to check the night and asked Yinger to watch the wind. She personally sneaked into Jiamu's storeroom, opened the cabinet, and gave the jasper brave and white jade gourd king, the ancestral treasures of Jia's house, to her. stole it out.

Early the next morning, Baochai gave the two treasures to Aunt Xue to sell them and exchange them for bank notes.

In the middle of the night on July [-]th, Xue Biao quietly picked up Xue Pan with Aunt Xue in a carriage.

Xue Biao sent him back to his hometown in Jinling overnight, and asked him to take gold and silver to Lingnan to hide his name.

Perhaps the habit of businessmen is to value profit over righteousness. Xue Pan didn't say anything, didn't even look at Xue Biao, and set out on the road with gold and silver.

Xue Pan walked all the way to Lingnan smoothly, and found a comfortable inn in a relatively prosperous town.

In the middle of the night, Xue Pan was soundly asleep when he suddenly felt a knife pressed against his neck.

He opened his eyes and saw, oh my god!In front of him was a shining sword.

It turned out that he was accompanied by King Zhongshun's killer along the way, but he didn't realize it.

The killer asked him to copy a few points according to the written letters, and then took him outside and killed him cleanly.

Then he ransacked all the banknotes he brought, and returned to Zhongshun Palace to return to his command.

More than a month later, Aunt Xue received a letter from Xue Pan, saying that he bought a prosperous shop in Lingnan, married a wife, and lived a good life.Said that after a few years, the rumors had passed, and he would go back to Beijing to visit his wife and sister, and told his wife and sister not to read.

Aunt Xue felt relieved and stopped crying all day long.

When Baochai heard about it, she felt very sad, thinking that her brother had finally saved her life, the incense of the Xue family had not been broken, and her sacrifice was not in vain.

From what Xue Pan said in the letter, she felt that her brother had learned his lesson and started to be a new man, but the foundation of the Xue family was over.

As everyone knows, Baochai, who is so clever, is too tender in front of the treacherous and cunning King Zhongshun and the minister of Dali Temple!

These people have already cultivated to become elites in the years of political power struggles in the officialdom. How could they leave Xue Pan alive and cause endless harm?

They just felt that their official pockets were not big enough to maintain their luxurious life, and Baochai's beauty was really attractive, so they took the risk and played this trick.

The 50 taels of silver fell into the pockets of King Zhongshun and Dali Siqing, and Baochai was happily wiped out by them.

The Empress Dowager was not the real mother of Emperor Shui Jing, and she was already a yellow flower of yesterday. Although her sudden death is doubtful, she no longer has much energy in the power struggle of the court. In addition, Shui Jing made her funeral according to the Empress Dowager's specifications. Yes, although it is not very beautiful, it is not shabby either.

After the funeral of the Empress Dowager, the sons and family members of the Empress Dowager will stay in the imperial mausoleum forever, doing their filial piety for the Empress Dowager and the former emperor.

Jia Mu led the crowd back to guard the queen mother, feeling extremely depressed.

Under her influence, even Wang Xifeng was like an eggplant beaten by frost, listless.

Baochai is also sleepy, and except for morning and evening Dingxing, she seldom goes to Jia Mu's room every day, even her mother-in-law and Mrs. Wang's.

Either she stayed in Yihongyuan, or she went to Lixiangyuan to chat with her mother, Aunt Xue.

Everyone understands her feelings. After all, her brother Xue Pan died, and her sister-in-law Xia Guihua returned to her mother's house with a soft bag, never to return.

The mother and daughter are sad, and it is normal not to come to Fang Chenghuan.

At present, the whole Jia family is more happy about Xiren.

These days, Baochai has been absent-minded all day because of her natal family's affairs, and has no time to take care of Baoyu.

But the relationship between Xiren and Baoyu is stronger than before.

Baoyu's love for Xiren surpassed that of Baochai several times.

The servants were able to adapt to the wind, and they were as courteous and flattering as in the past. Xiren regained the feeling of being in Yihong Courtyard before.

After eating at noon that day, Baoyu lay on the bed with his eyes rolled up, staring blankly at the top of the tent.

Xiren held a silk fan and sat beside him, waving the fan to keep him cool, and the two of them chatted without saying a word.

Suddenly, Baoyu asked: "Xi Ren, has Sister Lin returned from chanting scriptures in the temple? I really want to go and see her. Now that no one is here, why don't you go with me?"

"Second Master, there is something I wanted to tell you a long time ago, but I was afraid that you would lose your temper and make a fuss, which would make me suffer." Xiren said intimately, with his head lowered and his voice very low, And trembling slightly.

Seeing her like this, Baoyu felt hot in his heart, and couldn't stop pitying her in every possible way.

Stretching out his arms to hold her slender waist, Xiren fell into Baoyu's arms, his face flushed, his breath like blue, and he whispered: "My lord, please be serious, or I will suffer again if I am seen by others. "

"You are a well-known virtuous person, who can make you suffer? Is it Sister Lin's business? Tell me quickly." Baoyu was like a child eager for something good, impatiently begging Xiren.

Xiren raised his head, glanced at the door, and smiled at Baoyu: "My lord, you promise me that if you hear it, you will not make any noise, as if you didn't hear it, so I dare to say it."

"Good sister, tell me quickly, you know that I love sister Lin, so don't worry about me." Baoyu got up from the bed, sat on the edge of the bed, looked at Xiren with her eyes, and her feet were like a child's. , kicking around under the edge of the bed.

"Okay, my lord, you are really the magic star in my life, I really can't get around you. Well, I'll tell you right now, you can't let me suffer." Xiren was still trying to trick Baoyu The good sister is long, and the good sister is short, begging.

Xiren seemed to have made up his mind, staring at Baoyu, and said with a smile: "Actually, Miss Lin went back to her own home after reading scriptures in the temple, and never came back at all. I heard that Miss Lin will never go back to Jia house."

Baoyu laughed and said, "You're lying to me! Sister Lin's hometown has long been deserted, and the ancestral house of the Lin family is also gone. Which home will she go to?

Xiren saw that he didn't believe him, so he told Baoyu all the things he heard about Yuyuan, even the story of Daiyu being given a marriage by the emperor to the eldest prince to assist Wang Shuirong. "She said this after careful consideration.

She is very clear about her identity and status, if she wants to fight against Baochai, and wants to get a share of Baochai's bowl, the only bargaining chip is Baoyu's love.

She weighed it for a long time, and today, while Baochai's master and servant were away, she told Baoyu the whole story. The purpose was to make Baoyu give up on Daiyu, so that she could transfer her love for Daiyu to herself.

After Xiren finished speaking, he watched Baoyu's changes anxiously, just in case Baoyu went crazy, so he could grab him desperately.

Unexpectedly, after Baoyu heard this, his expression was very peaceful, neither like the madness that Zijuan told him when his sister Lin went back to the south, nor the depression when he had conflicts with Daiyu in the past.

Baoyu just sat there quietly, staring at the window without moving.

The chiming clock in the house was ticking and walking, Xiren watched Baoyu nervously and closely, not daring to breathe.

The room was very quiet, a little girl thought that Baoyu and Xiren had fallen asleep, so she tiptoed her head to take a look, then quickly retracted her head.

After a long time, Baoyu finally raised his head, sighed softly, looked at Xiren with a strange smile and said, "Xiren, the former alliance between wood and stone, was originally a mirror flower and a moon in water."

Xiren looked at Baoyu, although he didn't understand his words very well, but seeing him like this, his hanging heart finally let go.He smiled and said, "My lord, it's good that you understand."

Baoyu smiled and stopped talking.Discussion: That time when I woke up in Qin Keqing's room, I should have understood, but I have been in a daze until now when I heard that Sister Lin was accused of marrying the auxiliary prince as his wife. , secretly sighing that he is really a piece of dirty jade, and he is not worthy of sister Lin, the fairy land outside the world.

After thinking about it, he stood up, laughed loudly and said, "That's fine, it's reassuring!"

Xiren saw that his smile didn't look crazy, but rather happy.

In the end, he didn't dare to be careless, so he stood up and stared at Baoyu and said, "My lord, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me."

Baoyu still looked at her strangely and said with a smile: "Confused, confused, you are really confused."

Xiren was so terrified by his gaze, he followed him with a smile and said, "I'm just confused, you might as well explain it to your servant."

Baoyu shook his head and laughed loudly: "I am envious of the blessings of being an actor, but who knows that the young master is not destined. In the future, you will naturally understand."

After all, he laughed and walked out of the room.

Xiren stared at him blankly, followed behind him step by step, followed him out, and sat down at the place where he used to bury flowers with Daiyu.

Baoyu stared at the flowing water, and there were no fallen flowers on the water, not even a leaf.

The stream is crystal clear, and a few red carp swim happily in the stream.

Baoyu's eyelids were a little heavy. He sat on a rock and leaned against the tree trunk, seemingly sleeping but not sleeping. He seemed to have walked into a illusory realm again, as if he heard that song with a sad and melodious rhyme that could ecstasy his soul: " ... Sighing in the world, there is a fly in the ointment, and now I believe: Even if the case is raised with eyebrows, it will be hard to settle."

"Sister Xiren! Sister Xiren! You are here. The old lady wants Second Master Bao to come over. I have been looking for you for a long time, but you are sitting here. Go to the old lady." Sheyue's face was sweating, He ran over panting, talking anxiously.

Xiren looked at Musk Moon and asked, "Do you know what the old lady wanted from Second Master?"

"I don't know either. Take the second master quickly." She Yue waved her hands and said again: "I heard that the wife is also there, so don't keep the master waiting."

Xiren hurriedly went to pull Baoyu and urged, "my lord, get up quickly, the old lady is calling."

Baoyu was in a daze, followed the attackers to Jiamu's room, and saw that Jiamu was exhausted, leaning on the pillow, and Mrs. Wang sat there sullenly, quickly turning the beads in her hand.When Jiamu saw Baoyu coming in, she beckoned him to come to her. Baoyu went to Jiamu's side in a trance, and sat down next to her.

Mother Jia stretched out her hand to hold Baoyu in her arms, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Baoyu, I want to tell you a very good thing, that is, your younger sister Lin is engaged, a marriage appointed by the emperor, and your sister-in-law is the eldest prince to assist the government." The prince dissolves in water."

As Jia Mu spoke, she paid close attention to Baoyu's facial expressions, and saw that Baoyu was not as excited as she had imagined, but was expressionless and extremely calm.

Jia Mu felt a little uneasy, not sure whether it was good or bad that Baoyu was so calm.

She looked at Baoyu cautiously, and continued: "This eldest prince and assistant prince is a very accomplished young man. Not only is he good-looking, but he also has a good martial arts and literary talent. You and your sister grew up together, and the relationship is naturally stronger than normal. Sisters are all well, I want you to be fine and visit your sister often with your wife, and you and the eldest prince and assistant prince should also talk more. Your eldest sister is gone, and the queen mother is gone. We are not in the palace. Luckily, your sister is blessed, and she will marry the first prince and the assistant prince as a concubine. Baoyu, you are a smart child, you can understand what I mean."

Since Yuan Chun's death, Mrs. Wang seemed to have had a few tendons pulled out, her body was limp all day long, and she had no energy to do anything.

Mother Jia discussed with her that Daiyu seemed to have a lot of resentment towards Jia's mansion, and it would be difficult to win back her heart for a while.Baoyu has always been close to Daiyu since she was a child.That incident was our fault as elders, she was so angry that it should be us.From what happened to Brother Baochai, you should also understand that our Jiawang family put in so much effort, but in the end he still died in prison.Today, our Jia Mansion is in turmoil, and only Daiyu has the ability to save us from falling.

Mrs. Wang also felt that people from Jia and Wang's mansions were not as loud as they used to speak outside, and people in the government had begun not to buy into Jia's and Wang's mansions.

Her heart was even more desolate, feeling that the beauty of Jia and Wang's two mansions had gone with Yuanchun, and she often lamented the cruelty of the world.

She also wanted to save the Jia family, and to save the Jia family was to save her own Baoyu.

However, asking her to bow her head to Daiyu would be tantamount to killing her with a knife, which is absolutely impossible.

Now, Mother Jia wants her son Baoyu to bow his head to Daiyu as before, and her heart is like a blunt knife cutting flesh bit by bit.

Sitting beside Jia Mu, she lowered her eyebrows and looked very submissive.

Turning the beads quickly in her hand, it revealed the unbearable resentment in her heart.

After hearing what Jia Mu said, Baoyu was neither excited nor irritable. She stared straight at Mrs. Wang without saying a word.

Mother Jia patted Baoyu, smiled lovingly and asked, "Baoyu, it's the first time I'm going to your sister's house, so I have to prepare well."

Baoyu is like a woodcarver and stonecarver, indifferent.

Mother Jia turned her eyes to Mrs. Wang and said, "How long can I live at my age? Isn't it for you?"

Jia Min's haughty and stern face flashed like calcium carbide sparks in front of Madam Wang's eyes, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, revealing her unique sarcastic smile.

Mrs. Wang's heart trembled, as if being stabbed by a needle, just as she was about to withdraw her thoughts, Daiyu's flowery smile flashed past her eyes.

A burst of anger welled up spontaneously, and she said indignantly: "The old lady said, the daughter-in-law dare not refute. The daughter-in-law also thinks that some people have too shallow eyelids. She really thinks that there is no empress in our house, and now the queen mother is not here. The daughter-in-law thinks that the emperor is now in the prime of his life, and Yuan'er entered the palace in his teens, and accompanied the king for 20 years, and his favor has never diminished. Now that Yuan'er's bones are not cold, since the emperor can never forget Lin Hai, it is difficult Can you still forget the friendship with Yuaner? Next year's big exam is coming soon, if Baoyu can get a good ranking, I don't have to worry about not getting a good position."

She was impassioned, said a paragraph, swallowed her saliva, and continued: "Ever since the eldest girl left the mansion, except for the third girl who came out of the pavilion once, we invited three times and four times, but never came once. She went back to the south to visit the tomb. After referring to the marriage, things got even worse, and Chai'er went several times, but she avoided seeing her. It can be seen that she still hates Baoyu for not marrying her."

Jiamu's old eyes stared sharply, and she said loudly: "You don't say such things in the future! You can also talk nonsense about the future auxiliary princess?"

Baoyu got out of Jia's mother's arms and said seriously to Jia's mother: "Old ancestor, to be honest, I don't want to see sister Lin anymore."

Mother Jia shook her head helplessly, sighed, shook her head sadly, and said, "That's all I have to say, you can do whatever you want."

That's what I said, but I still can't help but want to plan for Baoyu and Jia's mansion.It is almost the beginning of autumn, the evening is no longer so hot, and the weather is gradually getting cooler.

Daiyu was sitting in the octagonal pavilion on the rockery of Taihu Lake, embroidering a purse, and Zijuan was sitting next to her with needlework, embroidering flowers wholeheartedly.

Shui Rong stood at the foot of the mountain, looking up, his heart was full of sweetness.

Mindful of his toes, he quietly walked up to the pavilion, and asked with a smile, "Yu'er, what are you embroidering?"

Daiyu's face turned red suddenly, she put the purse behind her back, and said with a smile: "You came up, why didn't you make any sound at all, it scared me."

"Hehe, I used lightness kung fu, did I scare Yu'er? Then, I will promise to step harder in the future." Shui Rong said, and turned to Daiyu's side to see the embroidery in Daiyu's hand.

Daiyu blushed, turned around, and put her hands tightly behind her back.

Zijuan put down her embroidery and said with a smile, "Young lady is embroidering purses for one person."

Shui Rong looked at Daiyu's shy face, knew that she was embroidering it for herself, and her heart became sweeter, and she couldn't wait to see it.

Daiyu looked at Zijuan coquettishly, and gave her a hard look.

Zijuan lowered her head with a smile, and said in a low voice, "Miss is thirsty, I'll go get some tea." Then, smiling, she took the sewing basket and hurried down the mountain.

Seeing that Zijuan was gone, Shui Rong's face was full of happiness, his bright black eyes glowed with love, he stretched out his hand, and took Daiyu into his arms.

Daiyu involuntarily fell into his arms, her face pressed against his broad and warm chest, listening to his beating heart, Daiyu's face was as red as a cockscomb flower, she struggled to push away the water-soluble Said: "Let go!"

Not only did Shui Rong not let go, but he hugged him even tighter.

Daiyu leaned back, pushed him hard with her two small hands, and said in a low voice: "You don't want me to live anymore, if you don't let go, I'm really annoyed."

"Okay, good Yu'er, don't be annoyed, I'll just let go." Shui Rong let go of his hand, his face was covered in sweat, he was at a loss, and stood in front of Daiyu with his head down, like a big child who made a mistake, waiting for the adults to deal with him .

Seeing his behavior, Daiyu softened her heart, and said in a voice like a mosquito, "Sit down, let's talk properly."

Shui Rong sat down on the stone drum stool, looked at Daiyu's face like a peach blossom, so beautiful, she couldn't help it, and couldn't help but feel turbulent again.

He tried his best to restrain his emotions, and asked with a blushing face, "Yu'er, do you know what I am most looking forward to?"

Daiyu shook her head, smiled, but didn't answer.

"I'm telling you, don't be angry." Seeing Daiyu smiling, he boldly said, "What I hope most is that you grow up quickly and get married soon, so that we can choose another day to get married."

Daiyu squinted at him, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "You can't wait, you can accept the side concubine first."

After hearing this, Shui Rong decided to catch her, and said with a smile, "Okay, you are so forgetful! Didn't I tell you that in this life, in the next life, and life after life, I will never do it again except you, Yu'er?" Want another woman."

Daiyu was always ticklish, seeing him stretching out his hand, she laughed and hurriedly hid to the side, her body touched the stone drum stool, she staggered to the side, almost fell to the ground.

In an instant, Shui Rong's figure flickered, picked up Daiyu with one hand, and embraced her again.

Daiyu clenched her small fists, hit Shui Rong and said, "It's all your fault!"

"Okay, I don't dare anymore." Shui Rong was brimming with happiness and joy, let go of Daiyu, sat obediently opposite Daiyu, smiled and looked at this face that couldn't get enough, haunted by dreams.

Zijuan was holding the tea tray, and Xueyan was holding the refreshments, came up talking and laughing, offered tea to Shui Rong, and asked with a smile, "Is the prince still eating with us at night?"

"Silly girl, do you even need to ask? Of course I'm here to eat." Shui Rong didn't even look at Zijuan, just stared at Daiyu and smiled.

"How can you look at people like this, staring at them closely." Daiyu blushed, turned her head, and stared at the ground.