The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Baochai was dragged to trot all the way again. Today, she was dragged back and forth several times a day, and her usual dignified and prudent image was ruined to the point that she was completely calm at this time.

While waiting for Xichun to find Baochai, Ning Shan had already made an agreement with Princess Yinghua, asking her to come forward as a guarantor, promising to send Baochai back to the palace in the future, and to ask the Supreme Emperor to guarantee her to be the emperor's concubine .

Originally, according to Ning Shan, she wanted to wait for the Supreme Emperor to get rid of Jinshang and let Baochai be the next concubine, which would be kinder after all.

But Mother Hua thought that Baochai was born too well, and she was always afraid that something would change if she was too late, so she tried her best to encourage Princess Yinghua to return her to the palace now, and immediately became the current concubine.

Princess Yinghua was still a little confused, because Ning Shan didn't have anything to say too bluntly, not because she was afraid that Princess Yinghua would have feelings for Jin and would feel sorry for him, but she simply didn't want to discuss how to cheat people in front of their children. ——Although that little meatball won't understand within two years.

Ning Shan and Nanny Hua debated endlessly, Princess Yinghua was in a dilemma, she couldn't help anyone, so she simply said, "Let's just look at her own opinion." This suggestion was fair, Ning Shan and Nanny Hua also agreed, The three of them took each side and waited for Baochai to arrive.

Xichun, who made great contributions, was sent away with the reason that "children shouldn't stay up late, go to bed quickly", angrily hung the oil bottle on his mouth again, and Baochai was left behind, standing in front of Princess Yinghua anxiously .Because it was agreed that Princess Yinghua would come forward as a guarantor, so she sat in the middle, and Nanny Hua sat on the brocade pier at her feet, ready to write an inscription at any time, while Ning Shan relaxed on one side, waiting for the harvest.

Princess Yinghua played her usual direct style, and said to Baochai straightforwardly: "I know your ambition is not with me, and I will not stop you, and I can help you, and tell me, who do you fancy? As long as you can say it, I will let my royal father give you to someone."

Xue Baochai was dumbfounded, unable to recover for a while, and did not speak for a long time.Princess Yinghua waited for a long time for no response, thinking that she didn't believe it, and said angrily: "You don't believe what I say? Believe it or not, I can send you back to the palace tomorrow, and let my father decree to give you to the emperor." ?”

This time Xue Baochai understood it, but she couldn't get excited. Her long-cherished ambition was said in such a contemptuous tone, and she was ashamed to admit that it was her own wish - a drop in price.

Nanny Hua gritted her teeth, and squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth: "Is Xue Cairen looking down on the emperor?" This girl's looks really bothered her. The concubine is not as depressed as she is now.

Baochai came back to her senses, and hurried forward, first she wanted to salute, but after thinking about it, she simply knelt down, lay down in front of Princess Yinghua, and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty is the servant of the Princess, come here Coming here is to serve the Princess Empress wholeheartedly, I dare not have second thoughts, let alone look down on anyone."

Ning Shan watched the three women talk for a long time without getting an idea, and finally couldn't help but said: "There are no outsiders here, you'd better be honest, don't miss this great opportunity, or we will really treat you as a slave I'm done." This is a blatant threat, and a person with a higher heart than the sky is absolutely unbearable.

But Baochai has a habit of judging others by herself, and feels that no master will tolerate half-hearted subordinates. Even if she wants to buy a third-class girl to sweep the yard, she must first test whether this person wants to climb high, and can she feel at ease For her use.Therefore, Baochai firmly insisted: "The servants serve the princess wholeheartedly and have no second intentions. If the son-in-law is worried, just watch the servants' actions in the future."

Princess Yinghua said impatiently: "You look smart like a girl, but why are you so stupid? If you don't want to be a high-ranking master and empress, you insist on serving pen and ink in front of me? Then this palace doesn't want you. Now, what's the matter? Do you want this Palace to drive you home, or send you back to the palace?" Nanny Hua looked at her domineering princess with bright eyes, feeling very relieved.

Speaking of this, Baochai was also a little flustered, she didn't want to be kicked out of her home, she was kicked out within a day after she came here, even if she went home, no one would want to marry her.But she changed her tune at this moment, not to mention what others would think, she alone felt ashamed.

Fortunately, Baochai was always quick-witted, and as soon as he rolled his eyes, he thought of a way to advance, attack, retreat, or defend, and hurriedly kowtowed: "I really don't know what the servant girl did not do well, but Princess Wanwang must not get angry, you are in a heavy body , if there is something wrong with the servant because of the anger of the servant, then the servant will be punished by death. The servant is not talented, and I don't expect to be your confidant, but I hope that I can learn some eyebrows from the princess's side. It won't lose the Xue family's face, that's enough."

Princess Yinghua was a little lost, she looked straight at Ning Shan, Ning Shan frowned, and shook her head slightly, signaling that this girl can't stay.The words were too tactful, without backtracking, and able to stop Princess Yinghua from insisting on driving her away with prestige, and she kept saying that it was for the family rather than herself, and it was both loyalty and filial piety.With this mind and eloquence, the three maids in his family can beat her together. Princess Yinghua is simpler than those three maids. If such a shrewd girl is by her side, if she is really loyal, she will be an excellent helper; Anyone who has a little bit of double-mindedness will be kicked away after being used as a ladder for others.

Mother Hua saw that her princess and concubine really didn't have a good understanding, and they didn't understand each other for a long time, so she hurriedly changed the subject, and coaxed: "Xue Cairen is so talented, good-looking and character, wouldn't it be a pity to be a servant? Princess It is because I admire you that I want to show you a way to reach the sky, if you don't know good and bad, hurry up and thank you."

Baochai smiled wryly, looked up at Nanny Hua, and said, "I know that Nanny doesn't like me, and I know that no one in this mansion would want to see me, but I was sent by the Supreme Emperor, so I just went back, in front of the Supreme Emperor. Can I get by? He is annoyed by the old man. I am afraid that my Xue family will have no way out. I just ask you, old man, to give me a place to live and let me stay here for a while. When the time is right, I don’t need you to speak. I will go by myself."

This is also reasonable, who knows what will happen to the Taishanghuang if he gets angry?If he really felt that Xue Baochai's return was a disgrace to him, then destroying the Xue family would be a matter of one word. Ning Shan and Princess Yinghua looked at each other, not sure if this situation would happen.

Baochai saw that Princess Yinghua didn't speak for a long time, and guessing that she was a little shaken, she hurriedly begged sadly: "As long as the princess and empress reward Baochai to settle down, so that my Xue family will not suffer disaster because of me, this servant will be a princess." Damn it. In the future, if you have orders, you will go through fire and water without hesitation."

After hearing this, Princess Yinghua sneered, and said casually: "Okay, then you can get me the medicine from your mother's hand." Before she could finish speaking, Ning Shan pulled her on her skirt .It's a pity that it's too late and I can't get it back.

Nanny Hua stood up with a groan, pulled off the veil and wanted to cover Baochai's mouth, so that she could not speak. At the same time, she frantically turned over ten ways to silence her in her mind, and did not forget to set the scene. Good wording.

Baochai also blurted out and asked: "The servants don't understand what the princess said? What kind of medicine? What is it for? How could it be in my mother's hands?" As soon as he frowned, he immediately took down Xue Baochai.

This is the end of the matter, and there is no point in hiding it.Ning Shan waved her hand and signaled Nanny Hua to go to the door to keep a watchful eye, so that no one could eavesdrop, and briefly explained about the secret medicine of the Wang family.Of course, he didn't mention his twin brother who died young and their mother, but only mentioned the identity and cause of death of the Qin family in Dongfu, and blamed everything on the Supreme Emperor, only saying that he wanted to avenge his granddaughter.

Of course Baochai didn't know that the Supreme Emperor wasn't that kind. Just hearing about it was enough to scare her half to death. Then she heard that it was her aunt, Mrs. Wang, who implicated the entire Wang family, and now her mother and the Xue family He was also watched by the Supreme Emperor, and immediately burst into tears, and climbed to Princess Yinghua's feet, but did not dare to hug her legs, and only held the corner of her skirt and cried: "It is really wronged, what Mrs. What is the relationship with the slave's mother? The slave's mother was not favored before she left the court, otherwise she would not have been married to the merchant family. As for the slave's uncle, Wang Ziteng, he has always only been close to the aunt, and has always been friendly to the Xue family. I don't care about it, when they conspired to do this, the Xue family was still in Jinling, so they really didn't know anything..." Baochai was really scared to death, after all, the king of Yizhong County died It's not too cold yet, and the fate of those who killed him is still vivid in her memory. She is afraid that Xue's family will also fall to that point.

At this moment, Baochai has no ambitions to be a green cloud, and only cares about begging for mercy, begging Princess Yinghua and begging Ningshan, crying out of breath, regardless of face or image, tears like rain It doesn't have the beauty of pear blossoms with rain at all.When Nanny Hua saw her, she didn't hate her that much anymore—this girl really cared about the Xue family, not just talking about it.

When Baochai cried, the two women were dumbfounded, but Ning Shan came up with inspiration, and stopped Baochai with a light drink, saying, "If you want to save your life, don't cry." Looking at Ning Shan.Ning Shan coughed slightly awkwardly, and said: "If you want the Xue family to be fine, you must first prove that the Xue family did not get involved in this matter; the third is to make a contribution, so that I can ask you to beg in front of the Supreme Emperor. love."

Princess Yinghua still couldn't keep up with Ning Shan's train of thought, but she was able to follow the script in a ignorant manner under the prompting of Madam Hua: "I can also promise to plead with the emperor and spare your life." Baochai didn't care. Thank you, and hastily made a condition: "The life of this servant is not important, and please spare my mother and elder brother." Princess Yinghua waved her hand carelessly, as if she agreed.

Baochai made up her mind halfway, wiped away her tears, and took the initiative to ask Ying, saying: "Please give me some time, let me find a way to get some information from my aunt. As for the princess and the son-in-law, they said that the maid's mother also has the secret. Medicine, I really don’t know about it, and I’ve never heard of it before. It’s just that the servant girl promises that if there is any, she will try to get it. If not, she will definitely find a way to ask the Wang family to see if there is any.”

Ning Shan nodded, and said to herself: This girl is really smart, talking to her saves a lot of effort.Although relying on God to frighten her with a fortune is a bit ineffective, the most important thing is to get things done first, and at worst, she will be compensated more in the future, and the Supreme Emperor can give her a high position.Now that he had figured it out, he said, "Get up first, wipe away your tears, go back tonight and think about it, let the princess send you back tomorrow, see what you need, who will help you, Think clearly once, speak out, and get things done earlier, so we can take it easy for each other."

Baochai was helped up by Nanny Hua, and said while wiping away tears: "Tomorrow, the princess will ask the princess to send someone to inform the servant's mother, and tell her that the servant is now serving the princess as a maidservant. In another day, the servant will go back , only said that the princess gave grace, Xu Numai went home to visit her mother, at that time, mother and daughter were alone together, so it was easy to ask a lot of questions."

Seeing that the girl had been instigated to rebel, Mother Hua immediately spoke kindly, and comforted her: "The princess is very kind, you just need to be faithful, and when this matter is done, there will be rewards." Hua Mammy originally wanted to promise to send her into the palace to be a concubine at that time, but Baochai was scared out of her wits, and she only hoped to leave the capital as soon as possible, far away from Jia Wang's family, so as not to be dragged down by her to the Xue family.At the moment, he didn't care about rhetoric, and hurriedly asked: "When this matter is over, I just ask the princess to let the slaves go home. At that time, the Xue family will return to their original place and will not go to Beijing again."

Princess Yinghua was still thinking about how to send her into the palace, but she didn't react. She just followed her own train of thought and said, "Go back to the place of origin? Then it will be difficult for you to visit your relatives." , and only those in Beijing can visit their relatives, and those whose families are far away can only watch.

Baochai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, how dare she meddle in royal matters?The ambition of Qingyun is not as important as her life, let alone her own life, even if she doesn't consider the people around Xue's family, she still has to take care of her mother and brother.Those big ambitions in the past are like a joke in front of the royal family. They can press her to death with a little finger. It's ridiculous that she is still daydreaming.

After two days of ups and downs, this teenage girl has been crushed, and it is a miracle that she hasn't completely collapsed.Now Baochai has fully realized it, if there is an eminent monk behind him to push her, it will not be difficult to become a Buddha immediately.Ning Shan felt a little sorry. After all, she was still a little girl, not much older than his sister. Although she was a bit more careful, she was not a bad person. It was too much for her family to bully her like this.

Although Princess Yinghua didn't have the consciousness of being a bully anymore, she couldn't bear to see Baochai crying so much that she was almost dehydrated, and said, "You don't need to go back to the princess mansion, you can stay here first."

Nanny Hua automatically and consciously opened the door, walked out, and said, "I'll go find the eldest girl and make arrangements for her."

Baochai was also very self-conscious: "Your maidservant must finish this matter as soon as possible, and she will not appear in front of you." She also knew that just because of her appearance, she would not be in front of any mistress who was pregnant. please.After this incident, she completely abandoned those lofty aspirations. Compared with those unrealistic daydreams, she had to take care of herself and Xue's family first.

Ning Shan rubbed her nose, feeling that she had overplayed her hand today, and it was a bit ugly to frighten the little girl into a quail for no reason, so she said embarrassingly, "If there is anything wrong with the Xue family in the future, just come to me, I can help you Never refuse."

Baochai smiled, and said softly, "Uncle Ning, I must thank you for letting me see clearly and figure it out."

Ning Shan became more and more embarrassed. Bullying Jia She, Jia Lian, and even Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang combined was not so embarrassing: "Miss Xue, you are still young, and your future is limitless. Don't be so discouraged. You will have a bright future in the future." Woolen cloth."

Baochai resolutely refused: "You mean to be the emperor's concubine? Forget it, everyone has his own destiny, that's not Baochai's destiny, I dare not think about it."

Princess Yinghua finally understood one sentence until today. She was annoyed by those concubines in the palace, and she was most willing to listen to people who did not look down on her imperial brother, let alone Baochai, who she admired before, and immediately smiled: "Then you Just be my attendant with peace of mind, and I will agree with you on which talent you fall in love with in the future."

Baochai smiled, but she didn't take it seriously, and left.