[Red Mansion] This world is a bit chaotic

Wang Ziteng is not at home at this time, but is working in the Yamen of the Ministry of War. During this period, because the maritime merchant ships were damaged by pirates, and even the warships were damaged and reduced, the emperor ordered large-scale military training and arranged actual combat exercises. When you are too busy to touch the ground.

Mrs. Wang received the mother and daughter of the Xue family, but their attitude was far from the intimacy they had when they first came to Beijing, with a little alienation and dissatisfaction. After hearing Mrs. Xue's intention of coming, the politeness on this face was quite a bit less , it's a bit hard to see.

Mrs. Wang was also stunned. Master Xue had made up his mind before that he wanted Xue Pan to marry her second queen, Xiluan. Fortunately, their master refused immediately, otherwise the Xue family would really have to show some intention of proposing marriage. As soon as Xue Pan's incident happened, her Xiluan family was not laughed at to death?

Mrs. Wang was upset, so her face revealed a bit, and she lowered her eyes and said: "This matter is not easy to handle. Even if the master is now promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of War, he is not so capable of using his power for personal gain to smooth this case for his nephew. Well, this court is most taboo against perverting the law for personal gain, if it is found out that you will lose your official title, be fined and lose your family property, you might not even save your life, my sister doesn’t want your brother to end up like that, does she?”

Mrs. Xue said anxiously: "No, Pan'er will never do such a thing. Someone must have falsely accused him and wronged him. As long as the eldest brother is willing to help, the government will definitely not dare to judge the case indiscriminately and wrong my son, and return my son. Innocent, no one will say that big brother is using power for personal gain... I am just such a son, sister-in-law, you are also a mother, you can't ignore our mother and son..."

Xue Baochai saw that Mrs. Wang's face was becoming more and more ugly, so she hurriedly stopped Mrs. Xue. At this point, it is meaningless to argue whether Xue Pan has done something outrageous. The most important thing is to solve this matter: "Auntie, My mother is also confused, don't be angry. Although my brother is not so innocent in this matter, but...he will definitely not do things that force others. He has been confined at home by my father these days. If he had I really did something, and I won’t be sued until today. Presumably, someone used these things to stir up troubles to achieve their desired goals. It’s just that my brother has not been in Beijing for a long time, so I don’t think I should provoke such a thing. Big grievances come, what is there to be calculated by others? If it is just to watch my father get hurt and cause business rivals to succumb to the downfall of the market, it is nothing more than to save money and avoid disasters. I am afraid, the person behind the scenes What we are staring at is not our family of merchants, so we never dare to ask uncle to do things for personal gain. Insist on implicating the eldest uncle or someone else, after all, the broken bones and tendons cannot be speculated by outsiders, and my father can't take charge now, we mother and daughter have no connections, I'm afraid there is nothing we can do, it's better Uncle and aunt are prepared to take precautions, so as not to be implicated by us."

After listening to Xue Baochai's words, Mrs. Wang admired this niece who was always at peace with her at all times. This remark seemed to be a retreat, but it was a means of retreat.First of all, it is more convincing to explain that Xue Pan was probably slandered and framed by others, which is much more convincing than Mrs. Xue saying "my son would not do such a thing". After all, Xue Pan really wants to say He □□□□, the vast majority of people will still believe it, only Mrs. Xue firmly believes that her son is a good one.Secondly, Mrs. Wang was really afraid that the people behind the arrangement of this situation were really targeting their master. After all, many people still envied Wang Ziteng's promotion to be the Minister of the Ministry of War.It's just that if you really reach out to help, I'm afraid that's what the people behind the scenes are waiting for, but if you don't help, you're afraid that something will change.

Xue Baochai saw that Mrs. Wang was a little shaken, and continued: "My brother must have made some mistakes in this matter, and he should be punished for teaching him some lessons. I'm just afraid that someone will deliberately arrange it, or make him tortured into tricks. He has committed a crime that he shouldn't have to bear. So we can only have the audacity to ask my uncle's supporters to take care of him and act in accordance with the laws and regulations that should be done. We will be content if we don't let anyone plot against us."

When Xue Baochai said this, Mrs. Wang felt that she would be too unkind if she refused to agree. What are you afraid of if you have a gap?I had to be on guard lest someone take this matter and make a fuss about Wang Ziteng's official position.

What's more, if it's a relative, a nephew of a direct relative, can it really be that he doesn't care about anything?

Seeing that Mrs. Wang agreed, Xue Baochai was also relieved, knowing that the law is strict, and it is not possible to run wild with some high-ranking relatives, but if he can get some support, at least he will not be easily wished for. Slander it, so that she can still think of some ways to solve this matter.

Then Xue Baochai asked Mrs. Wang for some smart and capable attendants because she was not familiar with the situation in Beijing shortly after entering Beijing, and she was incompetent. Mrs. Wang readily agreed.

What Xue Baochai said was true, the servants of the Xue family were either brought from Jinling who were not familiar with the situation in the capital, or they were just hired from the capital and did not know their background and could not be entrusted with important tasks. On the contrary, these members of the Wang family were in the Wang family. At least I have been working for more than ten years, and I am trustworthy, and my ability to handle affairs is not bad.

Mrs. Xue followed Xue Baochai to leave Wang's house and returned to Xue's house. She was still a little confused, so she blamed Xue Baochai for saying that she didn't want Wang Ziteng's help. In her opinion, as long as the prince vacated his horse, a military servant wanted to release his nephew from prison. Isn't that easy?At worst, they will send countless money to open up the relationship.

But Xue Baochai knew that it was time for Wang Ziteng to be cautious when he took office as a new official, and there were probably quite a few people staring at the chair under his buttocks, not to mention that the capital was at the foot of the emperor, and it was too late for Wang Ziteng to perform, so how could he act rashly for personal gain? Rescue Xue Pan and fall into the trap?Instead of begging for help and irritating him to let go or even kill relatives righteously, it is better to take a small step back and just ask Wang Ziteng to take care of him. With Wang Ziteng intimidated, those ghosts and snakes dare not take action easily, she has a way to solve her brother's situation thing.

Xue Baochai was so sure, because she had calculated that the relationship between her brother and that smart child must be a two-way transaction, and the key to the resolution of the matter lay in Smarter's body.

But Aunt Xue didn't know this, she just stubbornly believed that her son was pure and innocent, and now being locked up in prison, she might have to suffer a lot. Xue Pan had never even touched a finger since she was a child, so she just wished she could immediately Rescue him home and make up for it with delicious food and drink.

In the evening, when I learned from Master Xue that Master Xue intended to ask Xue Baochai to recruit a son-in-law to take over the family business, I almost got into an argument with Xue Baochai in front of Master Xue, but was stopped by Xue Baochai's stern eyes, and said straight to Xue Pan On the way to Mr. Xue's room, he fell down for some reason and became a little dizzy, so he was not asked to come over to Mr. Xue's side to make him feel uncomfortable and let him go back to his room.

Xue Baochai had already asked the doctor, and he added calming ingredients to the medicine Master Xue drank, and Master Xue fell asleep soon after taking the medicine.

Mrs. Xue came out with Xue Baochai, and repeatedly asked Xue Baochai: "You stopped me today and refused to ask your uncle for help. Could it be that you want to monopolize the family business? You don't let anyone save your brother, do you want your brother to come back in an accident? If you don’t come, the Xue family’s huge family business is all yours?”

Hearing what Mrs. Xue said, Xue Baochai felt that someone had punched her hard in the heart, and her chest was so constricted that she could hardly breathe: "Mother, you...why do you miss me so much?"

Mrs. Xue has never blushed with Xue Baochai. Firstly, Xue Baochai was sensible since she was a child and never made her worry about it. Secondly, she really loves this daughter. She regretted what she said just now when she saw her daughter turn pale. Worried about Xue Pan, he was a little unscrupulous, but now that Xue Baochai asked him back, he was a little speechless.

Xue Baochai originally wanted to explain what happened today to Mrs. Xue, but now she just shook her head sadly: "I never thought that my mother would look at me like this...Since mother thinks so, then I will send a message to my mother." Let me swear, if I can't rescue my brother, if he is sentenced, I will go to the nunnery to clean up, if he is sentenced to exile, I will follow him all the way, if he is sentenced to death, I will not live alone! Mother Can you rest assured?"

When Mrs. Xue heard what Xue Baochai said, she felt a sharp pain in her heart, and cried, "What's wrong with you? I'm just saying that, you're trying to gouge out my heart with a knife..."

Xue Baochai's tears fell, but she still hardened her heart: "I don't care what you think of me, mother, I will prove that my heart is not so vicious, but there is one thing, my mother must never reveal my brother's affairs in front of my father. Don't be angry, I'm afraid Da Luo God will not be able to save him again. Brother, I will save him, mother don't ask any more questions, but I don't want to save my brother without father, mother, you may promise me?"

Mrs. Xue looked at Xue Baochai's tearful but stern eyes, her heart trembled for some reason, and she nodded involuntarily, feeling that her daughter had an aura that she did not dare to resist, just like Master Xue's.

Seeing Mrs. Xue nodding her head, Xue Baochai turned around and left a little overwhelmed, staggering on her feet. Aunt Xue's words gave her a serious blow. It turned out that her mother would treat her with such an unbearable view.

Being a woman is really difficult. No matter how well you do it, you are always inferior to men. No matter how the world changes, some concepts that are rooted in people's hearts are not so easy to change.

When Xue Baochai returned to the room, she still couldn't help crying on the bed until she was heartbroken. On the one hand, she was saddened by Aunt Xue's misunderstanding, and on the other hand, she had to think about how to arrange for someone to inquire about Qin Zhong's affairs tomorrow, and how to invite a well-known person for Xue Pan. barrister.

Yinger is Xue Baochai's personal maid. There are many brothers and sisters in the family, and her parents can't afford to support her, so she is led out to beg by her grandma. When Xue Baochai sees her, she hires her to be her personal maid. Ying'er took the money, but she never went home, she really regarded Xue's family as her own, and she was also loyal to Xue Baochai.

Hearing Xue Baochai's embarrassment for her daughter, Ying'er also had tears in her eyes. There are many sisters in her family, and her parents finally gave birth to a younger brother. It hurts like an eyeball. Everything is tight to the younger brother. They care about the daughters hungry and naked. No more, even in order to give my son something to eat and dress better, I asked my grandma to take her out to be a beggar, eat and sleep in the open, and even if I got money, I was reluctant to save it for my younger brother to marry a wife in the future .Her elder sister was married to an old widower by her parents years ago, and she got a lot of money to build a tile house for the family, and planned to marry her younger brother a wife in a few years.

However, Yinger also had a different opinion. She wiped her tears and said, "My daughter's life is indeed harder than that of boys, but life will always get better and better. When my grandma took me out to beg, she said, I feel that this world has become bad, and I don’t care how people raise their children. Girls are not allowed to sell for money. They have to be raised by themselves, otherwise we can sell our sisters to reduce the burden on the family. Why bother? Raising us hard to feed and clothe us? When she was a child, her younger brother was sick and had no money to look after, so she sold it to my great-grandfather as a child bride-in-law. My great-grandmother felt that the world had become bad, but I thought it had changed for the better. I'm sold, and I'm not sure where I will end up. But now my family is forcing me to marry, as long as I bite to death and don't want to, they will beat me and scold me at most, but I can't just break it with a paper contract. This is my way of life. If that day comes, will the girl be willing to take in Yinger? Yinger is willing to serve you for the rest of her life."

Hearing Yinger's exclamation, Xue Baochai couldn't help sighing, patted Yinger's head, and said, "If your family can tell you a good family, you will marry. Crooked melons and dates, you stay with me, and your wages are indispensable. In addition, I will give you a tael of silver wages every month. Don’t tell your family about this money. Keep it for yourself. It will be useful in the future Not to be caught blind."

"Hey!" Ying'er happily agreed, and hurriedly brought hot water to wipe Xue Baochai's face and eyes.

Xue Baochai thinks about it, compared to Yinger, he is like in a honeypot, no matter how unwilling he is, he can't help but calm down a little, yes, the days will always pass and the better, at least now I can still be myself. Choosing a candidate for a son-in-law, and even being able to take charge of the family's property as a daughter, is no better than letting her parents and elder brothers marry her as she pleases.

Consoling herself like this, Xue Baochai forced herself to go to sleep quickly. There are still many things to be arranged tomorrow. No matter what, my brother has been good to me since childhood. It is good to solve the matter earlier and save him from suffering less. of.