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After Yuchuan finished speaking, he waved his hand at Xiren and said, "My message has arrived, I have to go back quickly, my wife still has a lot of things for me to do."

As he spoke, he raised his legs and was about to leave, suddenly remembered something, turned around and blinked at Xi Ren, as if hesitating whether to tell Xi Ren.

The shrewd Xiren hurriedly smiled and said: "Since sister Yuchuan still has something to do, I don't dare to force you to stay. I will treat you to tea and fruit when I have time. I happen to have something to go out, so I will send sister Yuchuan to me by the way."

Baochai's little girl, Wen Xing, followed behind Xi Ren, and Xi Ren smiled and said, "Sister Wen Xing, please go to the kitchen and tell me that Master Bao wants to eat tofu meatballs and bone soup noodles at night, and ask Qin Xian's family to cook it." Bring the bowl."

Seeing the little girl Wen Xing walking away slowly, Yu Chuan asked with a smile, "Sister Xiren, you are not as comfortable as you used to be."

"My sister was joking. You know that your sister Jin Chuan and I entered the mansion together. We have always been as close as sisters. I didn't expect..." At this point, Xi Ren's eyes turned red and tears flowed down his face.

Just a short sentence touched Yu Chuan's weakest point, and Yu Chuan's eyes turned red as he choked up and said, "Stop talking, I know how my sister and you feel, so I just want to tell you something."

Just as Yu Chuan was about to speak, she heard Ying'er's voice calling from a distance: "Sister Xiren, our grandma is back, and I want you to go back quickly."

Xiren stared at Yu Chuan in a daze, and it was impossible to listen to her.

Seeing that Ying'er was approaching, Yu Chuan could only smile wryly, and whispered, "Be more careful in the future, I think it will be all right for the time being."

Xiren nodded gratefully, amplified his voice, and forced a smile: "Thank you, sister Yuchuan, please rest assured, my wife, I will not delay the dressing up of Second Master Bao tomorrow morning."

Early the next morning, Mrs. Wang took Baoyu Baochai in the car and went to her natal home with gifts to congratulate her elder brother, Prince Tengrong, on his promotion to a cabinet student.

Although she came very early, the gate of her mother's house was already full of traffic, and many cars, horses and sedan chairs were parked in the bustling bustle.

Some of those grooms and bearers belonged to wealthy and noble families in the capital, and because the masters often met, these servants became acquaintances.

Now that the master entered the hall to socialize, these servants gather together in twos and threes to gossip, making it seem that the gate of the Wang family is even more lively.

Mrs. Wang straightened her back, her eyes were full of joy, this was the first time she smiled happily since the death of her daughter Yuan Chun.

Sitting in the car, Baochai felt as if she had knocked over a five-flavored bottle, and secretly lamented: If the uncle had returned to Beijing earlier, her brother Xue Pan would not have suffered so much, and in the end he was forced to hide his name and live in another country. No message.I don't know if my brother Xue Pan is doing well, my mother worries about him all day long.

"Wow," my heart was churning, Baochai couldn't help holding on to the car window, her throat was about to vomit.

Ying'er hurriedly put a handkerchief under her chin, and said anxiously, "Girl, throw up if you want, and I will continue, so as not to stain your clothes."

With tears in her eyes, Baochai retched for a while, spat out a few mouthfuls of sour water, rubbed her chest, and said painfully, "Give me a mouthful of saliva."

The woman behind opened the car door, and Ying'er helped Baochai down.

Mrs. Wang saw Baochai's pale complexion, showing a weak and sickly state, and asked with concern: "What's the matter with Chai'er?"

With tears in her eyes, Baochai shook her head weakly and smiled, "It's nothing, I was a little uncomfortable just now, but it's all right now."

Ying'er supported her to Mrs. Wang, and said with a playful smile: "Just now, one of the girls' rivals retched, she wanted to vomit but didn't vomit."

Seeing Baochai's pale face, Mrs. Wang blushed suddenly, and she said happily, "Oh, go back and ask the imperial doctor to have a look, I'm afraid there is something happy about it."

After Baochai heard her mother-in-law's words, she felt even more sad. She knew that since she married Baoyu, it was only once.

If there is really one in this stomach, I don't know if it is the seed of Prince Zhongshun or the seed of the Censor of the Ministry of Punishment.

Counting the days of pregnancy, it is impossible for Baoyu to sow the seeds anyway.

Baochai blushed, and followed Mrs. Wang into the palace with great shame.

It wasn't my aunt who came to greet me, but my aunt's youngest daughter-in-law and the housekeeper's cousin of the palace.

The housekeeper's cousin came over to support Mrs. Wang with a smile, and explained to her with a smile: "Princess Xin is here, and mother can't leave. I want my niece and daughter-in-law to come and pick up my aunt and sister Bao."

Mrs. Wang's eyes sparkled when she heard this, and she asked happily: "Isn't Princess Yi the direct daughter-in-law of the current empress?"

The cousin smiled proudly at Mrs. Wang: "What my aunt said is exactly. This Princess Yi is just like Sister Bao and Auntie. She is not only the empress's direct nephew daughter, but also the empress's direct daughter-in-law. It is very nice to be close to each other. To be favored by the Empress Dowager."

Mrs. Wang turned her face and glanced at Baochai. Seeing her blushing, she smiled in her heart and said, "What a good child, she is so ashamed to be pregnant."

Baochai reckoned that she was indeed pregnant, she knew very well that she had an evil seed in her belly, and she couldn't get rid of this evil seed, so she could only raise him as the authentic descendant of Jiamen.

A pregnant woman has more thoughts than ordinary people, but Baochai is so bad, she has more thoughts.

Baochai stood behind Mrs. Wang, and when she heard them talking about Princess Yi, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she said: "My mother's family only has a mother, and now she has no money and power. The foundation is already very empty. If there is anything else, other than In my uncle's house, there is really no one who can help me.

If you can take advantage of this opportunity, it would be great to make friends with Princess Shang Yi.

Walking into the main hall of the royal family, Baochai immediately saw Princess Yi who was sitting on the top seat. She was only fifteen or sixteen years old, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, an eagle nose and a melon face.Fair skin, black hair, very exotic.

This Princess Yi's appearance is not good-looking, but she has a lot of taste.

Baochai stepped into the threshold, fixed her eyes on Princess Yi, and involuntarily fired at her frequently.

That Princess Yi was also very interesting, she was stupefied by Baochai as soon as they met, she smiled at Wang Ziteng's wife with a thick grin, "This girl is so handsome, her eyes are really bright. "

This time Baochai didn't dare to introduce herself, but just watched and admired Princess Yi.

Wang Ziteng's wife introduced: "This is my niece, the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, she is Xue Baochai, the daughter-in-law of the late Xiande noble concubine."

Princess Yi laughed and said: "I see, you are the daughter-in-law of Jia Baoyu who was born with Baoyu in her mouth, no wonder you look so good-looking."

Saying that, Princess Yi stepped down from her seat and walked around Baochai, as if she was picking horses at the cattle market. She looked at her carefully for a while and asked, "What will you do?"

Baochai replied respectfully: "This servant girl is very stupid, and she has a little knowledge of female celebrities in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting."

"Very good, very good. I didn't learn anything in my natal family before. When I got married here, I discovered that all the sisters in the palace can write and play the piano. Xue Baochai, come back with me and teach me everything you know, okay? ?" Princess Yi spoke very bluntly, as if asking carelessly.

Baochai managed to suppress the ecstasy in her heart. She didn't bother to ask Mrs. Wang's opinion, and she didn't even care about mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's affection. She knelt down with a plop, and said in a trembling voice: "Your maidservant will follow the orders of the princess."

Princess Yi smiled coquettishly and said: "You don't have to do this. My princess once heard from my lord that Concubine Yuan Gui is especially good at playing the piano, and my father loves it the most. I want to learn the piano first. As long as you can teach me well, I will be of great help to you." reward."

Mrs. Wang was very happy to hear that, she felt that Baochai was good, she fell in love with Princess Yi when she met her, and it would be of great benefit to Baoyu's future.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng watched coldly, thinking that Baochai is a mother if she has milk, and she felt very uncomfortable because they were all the same kind of people.Although they are jealous of each other, they share interests and cooperate with each other tacitly.

Mrs. Wang bowed and said: "My little daughter-in-law can win the favor of the princess and serve the princess, that is really the blessing of my Jia family."

Princess Yi shook her hands and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, easy to say."

This may be due to the fate between them. Princess Yi only sat for a while, as if she had a sore on her buttocks, couldn't sit still, and left.

Before leaving, he took Baochai with him.

Mrs. Wang likes and loses in her heart. What she likes is that she is very discerning. She chose such a smart, beautiful, shrewd and capable daughter-in-law, who is a good helper for Baoyu.The disappointment is that she was not taken seriously by Princess Yi.

She and her sister-in-law sent Princess Yi and Baochai away, and hurriedly sent someone back to Jia's mansion to report the situation to Jia's mother, and then asked Xiren to prepare clothes for Baochai and send them to Yiwang's mansion.

The reason why Mrs. Wang can't wait to tell Jia Mu is not only to share Baochai's joy of courting Princess Shangyi, but to show Jia Mu again that she was right to choose Baochai as her daughter-in-law.

Mrs. Wang was so busy at her brother's house that she basically forgot the grief of losing her daughter.

She felt in her heart that her eldest brother, Prince Teng, had come back and was promoted to such a high official position. Since then, the Wang family has stepped into the sky, and her position in Jia's mansion is as stable as Mount Tai, as solid as gold.

Baoyu was married and Baochai was pregnant.

In the spring of next year, Baoyu will be on the list, and he will have a grandson in his arms.Then I beg my eldest brother to find a good job for Baoyu. There are hundreds of people in Jia's house, but he is still very beautiful.

Hehe, she seemed to see Jiamu's old face in front of her eyes, so sour as if she drank a big vat of old Shanxi vinegar.

Discussion: Aunt Zhao, Aunt Zhao!Never in your life can you turn over in my hands!Your daughter is a princess, thousands of miles away, how can it compare to this glamorous imperial city?Your picky son Jia Huan, hehe, how can he compare to Baoyu, who will be an official next year?

Mrs. Wang was at her natal home, helping her sister-in-law to greet and send off, packing up the gifts for congratulatory guests, and delivering gifts to different levels of guests in return. She was extremely busy.At the end of the day, although I was so tired that my waist was sore and my back hurt, my heart was sweet, because Wang Ziteng was not only her, but also her precious son Jia Baoyu's strong backer.

Now, together with her sister-in-law, she can work hard to beautify this solid and tall backing. She really likes eating sweets, and the more tired she feels, the sweeter she feels.

The Jia family was not idle either. After receiving the news that Wang Ziteng had been promoted to a cabinet bachelor and would arrive in Beijing soon, Wang Xifeng came to aunt's side that afternoon and spared no effort to help.Jia Zhen and Jia Lian ran back and forth for the Wang family, inviting theater troupes, ordering banquets, building colorful sheds, directing people to put up lights and festoons, and they were so busy that they neighed.

Sitting in the main room of Jia's mansion, Jia's mother kept turning her cloudy old eyes, asking Yuanyang to pay attention to find out whether Lin Daiyu was going to the palace.

Until the news that Wang Ziteng was about to arrive in Beijing came, Mother Jia never heard the news that Daiyu was going to congratulate Wang's family.

Jia's mother faintly felt that there was an indescribable subtlety in this great happy event.

She sent someone to call Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng over, saying that she had something to discuss.

Jia Zheng came soon, but Jia Amnesty did not come.

It turned out that when Jia Amnesty learned that Prince Teng was promoted to a cabinet student, regardless of his status, he followed Jia Zhen and the others to Wang's house all day long, pointing fingers and helping out.

"Mother, what are your orders for your son to come?" Mother Jia was tilting her head, closing her eyes and thinking, when she heard the voice of her second son, she opened her eyes and looked straight at her favorite second son, Jia Zheng. , After a while, he said: "Son! Wang Ziteng was favored by the emperor, promoted to such a high official, and became a general. It is a great thing, but I am always not at ease. I am thinking, according to Yu'er's current situation It is impossible for the Wang family not to weigh Yu'er's weight in the emperor's heart, and it is impossible for them not to send a post to Yu'er.

I found out that Yu'er not only didn't go to Wang's house to congratulate her, but also didn't send any gifts.

I thought to myself: Yu'er is not a stingy person, but even if she is angry in her heart, she will still take care of the scene.Yu'er grew up beside me, and I know her temper very well."

Jia Zheng thought about it: "Maybe it's because my niece is young and likes quietness very much. It's normal not to join in the fun."

"No, although Yu'er is young, she is still very measured in doing things. These days, I have been watching and thinking about it. Yu'er's behavior is actually the weather vane of the current emperor. Yu'er did not go to the Wang family to congratulate, and you are also in the Wang family. Be more distant. It is enough for your wife and daughter-in-law to work there. If Wang Ziteng is really kind, he will not be poor to our Jia family for the sake of Wang and Baochai. If there is anything wrong, you There is also a retreat, and a way to escape." Jia Mu explained with a serious expression.

Jia Zheng shook his head and said, "Mother, can't you?"

"You listened to me right, these two days you just stay at home honestly, don't even set foot in the Wang's house. In the yamen, if others talk about the Wang's family, you have to avoid it." Jia The mother slammed the crutch in her hand on the ground, making a "puff puff" sound.

Like a child who has done something wrong, Jia Zheng bowed his head and answered repeatedly.

In Jia's mansion, Jia Zheng is the most pedantic and filial.

After listening to Jia's mother's teaching, he really didn't set foot in Wang's house these few days.

In the yamen, people were talking about Wang Ziteng, but Jia Zheng, Wang Ziteng's brother-in-law, remained silent.

He was afraid that Jia's mother would be worried, so every day when he came home from the yamen, he would go to Jia's mother to order a dick before going to Aunt Zhao's room.

Mrs. Wang was at Wang Ziteng's house, and saw the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital come and go one after another, even the queen's son, Prince Yi, came here once.

Baochai accompanied Princess Yi and came and went frequently, but Jia Zheng never showed his face.

She took the time to interrogate the girl and the mother-in-law carefully, and learned that Jia Zheng would go to see Jia Mu every day when he went up and down the yamen, which made her teeth itch with hatred, and couldn't help cursing Jia Mu to die sooner and better soon.

According to the report of the servant who came back in advance, Wang Ziteng was still more than 200 miles away from Beijing.

Mrs. Wang and her sister-in-law, Wang Ziteng's wife, calculated the date of Wang Ziteng's arrival in Beijing.

One day, two days, three days...

Anyway, Wang Ziteng should be home by now.

Lanterns and festoons were hung at the gate of the Wang family, which was as festive and lively as a bride getting married.

The colorful shed and stage in the royal family courtyard have already been set up, and the theater troupe is waiting in full force. Just wait for the prince to arrive in Beijing, pay homage to the emperor, and then go home to sing and play.

Hehe, finally we have to wait until Prince Teng arrives in Beijing.

This morning, Mrs. Wang accompanied her sister-in-law in the courtyard, looking around, feeling that everything was done properly and there was nothing more to do.

Wang Ziteng's wife said to Mrs. Wang full of joy: "Sister, your brother asked me to take the child back to Beijing a while ago. Before leaving, he said to me very sadly that he might die of old age before returning to Beijing. Thinking that he hadn't arrived in half a year, the emperor's mind changed drastically, not only let him return to Beijing, but also promoted him to such a high position."

Mrs. Wang's eyes narrowed with a smile, flatteringly said: "My brother is capable, my sister-in-law is blessed. After Baoyu's examination next year, please ask my sister-in-law to urge my brother to find a good job for Baoyu, so that your nephew can practice hard. In the future, It's also a helper for my brother."

The outside woman came in and reported: "The Eldest Master entered the city gate half an hour ago, and he will probably be home soon."

Mrs. Wang and her sister-in-law straightened their skirts, trimmed their sideburns, and walked to the gate of the palace with smiles arm in arm to welcome the new cabinet scholar Wang Ziteng.

A group of people wearing white gauze and filial piety, weeping, dragging a black coffin, came straight to the palace from a distance.

When Wang Ziteng's wife saw this scene, the smile on her face froze. She stared blankly at the black lacquered coffin in the distance, her hands and feet were cold, her lips trembled, and she was speechless.

Mrs. Wang looked at the group of people wearing filial piety in the distance, and cried and brought a black lacquered coffin.Lungs are about to explode.

My brother will be home soon, but this group of people are wearing sackcloth and filial piety, dragging the coffin to the door, isn't this a great misfortune?

She was so angry that her eyes were bleeding, and she yelled viciously at the Wang family next to her: "You are all dead! Hurry up and stop them, and beat them all back to me."

When the Wang family heard this, they seemed to wake up suddenly, and ran over in a swarm.

Mrs. Wang acted like a fool when she saw the Wang family members running over. Not only did she not stop the person pulling the coffin, but she followed the group and walked back crying loudly around the coffin.

"Sister-in-law, look, what's the matter, why is it like this? Stop those people quickly, and don't let them come to the door. It's so unlucky." Mrs. Wang saw that the servants of the Wang family did not listen to her orders, so she had to talk to her sister-in-law explain.

The sister-in-law was like a stone sculpture, just staring at the approaching coffin in a daze, ignoring Mrs. Wang's words at all.

Mrs. Wang stomped her feet anxiously. Seeing Jia Lian standing not far away, she hurriedly yelled, "Er Lian, quickly take someone over to stop him. How can I let those people bump into me on this happy day. Quick, give me the bad luck." Stop back."

The black lacquered coffin was getting closer and closer, Mrs. Wang Ziteng's complexion became paler and more dignified.

When Mrs. Wang saw that Jia Lian was bringing people over, she breathed a sigh of relief and sighed: I still have status in Jia's house, but in my brother's house, even though I am the wife of the Wang family, speaking in the Wang family still has no weight.

Hey, Jia Lian seems to be crazy.

I saw Jia Lian leading people there, and like the Wang family, they burst into tears when they saw the coffin.

Mrs. Wang had goosebumps all over her body, feeling bad, she held Mrs. Wang Ziteng's hand tightly, and started fighting with her teeth.

The black lacquered coffin was gradually drawn in front of them. Although those people were wearing sackcloth and filial piety, and their faces were deformed from crying, they could still be recognized as servants of the Wang family. The name of Wang Ziteng was impressively written in the middle of the coffin.

Wang Ziteng's wife said, "Aw!", with an earth-shattering howl in her throat, she fell to the ground and passed out.

Seeing Wang Ziteng's name on the head of the coffin, Mrs. Wang also howled like a wounded wolf, fell to the ground and passed out.

The Wang family was in a hurry to save Mrs. Wang Ziteng.

People in Jia's house panicked and called Mrs. Wang loudly.

At the gate of Wang Ziteng's house, two noble ladies were lying unconscious. The maid and mother-in-law cried out, "Madam! Madam! Wake up!"

The men were in charge of a family of eighteen. Some shouted to ask the imperial physician for treatment, some hurriedly said that they should be pinched by their mother-in-law, and some said that it would be better to drag them into the mansion and lie down...

In the chaos, Wang Ziteng's wife Yoyo woke up, and when she saw the black lacquered coffin, she cried out again...

However, this time she did not pass out, but slammed into the black lacquered coffin, and wailed loudly: "My lord, you just went like this, leaving me a large group of women and children, how can I do that?" manage?"

Following the crying at the gate, more than a dozen women of different sizes, fat and thin, cried out from the gate of the palace, pulling and hugging children of men and women, and ran towards the black lacquered coffin when they went out. Holding the coffin, weeping and yelling: "My lord, you just left like this, how can we make our mother live!"

Ghosts were crying and wolves were howling at the gate of Wang's house, and there was a mess.

Wang Ziteng lay quietly in the black lacquered coffin, quietly, motionless.

At this time, Mrs. Wang also woke up leisurely. She is indeed Mr. Wang's favorite daughter and Wang Ziteng's beloved sister.

She wiped away her tears fiercely, stepped forward to help Mrs. Wang Ziteng, and said firmly: "Sister-in-law, now is not the time to cry. Let eldest brother come in first."

Wang Ziteng's wife is also a sensible woman who was born in a well-informed family.She got up from the head of Wang Ziteng's coffin, wiped her tears and nodded, and said loudly: "Open the middle door and welcome the master home."

Wang Ziteng's wife said in her mouth, through her teary eyes, she caught a glimpse of the group of crying women and children on the ground, gritted her silver teeth secretly, and roared in a low voice: "Get up, everyone, whoever wants to stop the master from going home, I will kill you!" Let her go with the master."

Her voice was not very loud, but it was very intimidating.

With a whoosh, the group of women and children ran away like frightened rabbits.

The gate of Wang's house was opened, ribbons were fluttering, and red lights were flickering. In the joyous and auspicious celebration, Wang Ziteng lay down and returned home.

The Wang family's funeral was rushed and careless.