Xue Baochai, the belly of the Red Chamber

In the middle of the night, Xue Baochai suddenly woke up without knowing why.

Hua Ling, who was on guard at night, heard the movement inside, and immediately asked: "Girl, are you thirsty?"

"Not really."

"I need to listen to the music." It was not the first time that Xue Baochai woke up suddenly in the middle of the night. Every time he woke up, he only needed to listen to some soothing music.

Xue Baochai said the title of a piece of music: "Questions and Answers for Fishermen and Woodcutters." This is the title of a piece of Changxiao.

When Hualing heard this, she went to arrange it without mentioning it.

Amidst the long and quiet flute sound, I fell asleep again.This time, there was no dream all night, looking at the time funnel not far away, it was already a moment of time.Aunt Xue used to be caring for her children, and Xue's family was weak and there were no elders in the family, so she didn't let Xue Baochai get up early.Lazy on the bed for a while, thinking that today I will go to Jia's house to visit the aunt I have never met before, so I got up and said, "Yun Shu, Yun Juan."

Although the master can sleep until Chen's hour, if it's all right, it doesn't matter even if it's Si's.But as a girl, she wouldn't be able to do so if she hadn't received a special kindness.They are all coming to stand by at [-]:[-] at the latest.

Therefore, Xue Baochai called for someone, and saw Yun Shu and Yun Juan came to serve with a corresponding maidservant.

"Has Madam got up already?" Xue Baochai asked again.

Yun Shu took out a Yunjuan pearl hairpin from the jewelry box and stuck it in Xue Baochai's bun, and replied, "If you go back to the girl, the wife has already got up. Tong Xi has been sent over to ask, but at that time The girl was sleeping soundly, so I didn't wake her up. I just said that it's still early, and it doesn't matter if it's a little later in the evening."

"En." In Xue Baochai's mind now, some news about the Jia family that Danqing had already collected earlier flashed through.

It's a bit different from the members of the Xue family who are a little thinner.The Jia family is really a big family.Although compared to some aristocratic families, his family's population may not be so prosperous, but compared to Xue's family, it is already much stronger.

The foundation of the Jia family is the same as that of the Xue family, both in Jinling.This Jia family has a total of twenty people, of which there are only eight, and the rest are in the original clan.It is worth mentioning that the Jia family's reputation is worse than that of the Xue family.It's not just the clansmen who commit crimes.The slaves born in the family are even more excessive, robbing people of good land, bullying others, lending money, and doing more wicked things than the Xue family.

As for the eight rooms in Beijing.Naturally, the first wife and second wife are respected, namely Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion.Really speaking, the current power of Ningguo Mansion is not as powerful as Rongguo Mansion.Although the merits and virtues left by Mengzu are all now, but this Ningguo Mansion is not only a single-line inheritance, but also has no outstanding talents.Starting from Jia Daihua, the second generation of Ningguo Gong, he was only moderate.Jia Daihua's son, Jia Jing, is quite talented, and he was born as a scholar in the top two rankings. Unfortunately, a few years ago, he became obsessed with burning alchemy and refining mercury, so he became a monk and became a Taoist.After Jia Jing became a monk, the title of the mansion fell to his son Jia Zhen.But this Jia Zhen is a complete playboy who only wants to be happy.

As for Rongguo Mansion.Now the eldest son Jia She and Jia Zhen are the same breed, and there is not much difference in temperament.The second son, Jia Zheng, is also the husband of Xue Baochai's aunt, Wang. Although he is said to be a member of the Ministry of Industry, Jia Daishan begged him for this position when he passed away.It wasn't that he himself slowly made it up after he became a Jinshi.Although his temperament is slightly stronger than Jia She, but he is a bit too pedantic.

Although the Rongguo Mansion was not much stronger than him, but Zi Sishang was completely victorious.What's more, Rongguo Mansion also went abroad with a remarkable figure, Jia Daishan.Although Jia Daishan has passed away now.However, his first wife, Shi Taijun, is still alive, the wife of a first-rank Duke, and another generation older.Jia Zhen, the current head of the Jia family, is her grandson.

To sum up, the Rongguo Mansion is naturally slightly stronger than the Ningguo Mansion.

After Xue Baochai had tidied up and had breakfast, she took her maids and headed towards Aunt Xue's Fushou Hall.

"Chai'er is here. Do you have breakfast?" When Xue Baochai arrived, Aunt Xue was counting the list of gifts to visit Jia's mansion with the big girl Jixiang. When she saw her coming, she put down what she was doing and asked with a smile. road.

"I have already eaten my wife's care and love." His eyes fell on the list in Aunt Xue's hand and he smiled and asked: "Madam, this gift list is like this, is it okay? Is there anything missing? If so I hope my wife will teach me."

Aunt Xue couldn't be dissatisfied, she smiled and said: "I am satisfied." After a pause, she said: "But there is also the same thing, the gift for the old lady is a little bit thin, and I need to add two things to get both. Come to think of it, it would be better to add those two things." Then he handed the gift slip in his hand to Xue Baochai.

Although this gift list was said to have been drafted by Yunjuan beside Xue Baochai, afterward, Xue Baochai also read it, or added or subtracted a few items, and it was just completed.Her memory has always been very good, of course I have an impression.After thinking for a while, he said, "Since my wife thinks Mrs. Jia's side is a bit thinner. But add Changbai Mountain old ginseng and that mahogany and silver-threaded jade Ruyi, these two are the same." After a pause, he said: "This jade The meaning of Ruyi is very good, the old ginseng left for the old lady Jia to make up for her health, is it a cheap thing for both sides? Does the wife look okay?"

"What my son thinks is indeed appropriate." Aunt Xue said that her daughter is really smart, and she can see through it.

Xue Baochai just smiled and said nothing.

I sat here for a while with Aunt Xue, and when Xue Pan came over, the servants prepared the corresponding things again.Only then did the group head for Jia's mansion in a mighty way.

Although Mrs. Wang had asked Zhou Rui's family to pass on the word before, saying that it was Aunt Xue who came to visit this time, and it was only necessary to follow the usual etiquette.But Wang Xifeng still didn't dare to show any negligence.After deliberation and deliberation with Ping'er, the close maid, the arrangement of Yiying was finalized.

It's only her peace here that settled down.

Then I heard Feng'er, another girl, pick up the curtain and come in, her face was a bit chilly, and her tone of voice was even more complaining, "Second Grandma, just now the Second Wife sent a message. It is said that the second wife Grandma brought the girls and mother-in-law to meet the concubine's family outside the house."

"I see. Go down and get busy." Wang Xifeng frowned after hearing Feng'er's words, and then recovered after a while, and then said so.

Feng'er bit her lip slightly, and said with some embarrassment: "The second wife also sent a message, saying that she wants the second master to accompany young master Xue's cousin." Like anything, Feng'er's figure shuddered, as if she was a little scared.

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng's delicate face froze, her hands on her lap were also clenched, and her willow-leaf eyebrows were tightly wrinkled.

Ping'er, who was standing beside Wang Xifeng, lowered her eyes, and felt wronged for Wang Xifeng immediately, "Second wife is too embarrassing, I don't know how to think more about grandma."

Everyone in Manfu knows the Second Master Lian of Rongguo Mansion.Since he suffered a serious illness two years ago, his temper has become a lot stronger.She and Wang Xifeng, who is the second mistress, were newly married not long ago, and it should be the time to mix things up, but I didn't think that Lian's second master didn't like grandma, and he didn't even cover it up.In the past, the old lady and the second wife would still talk about the second master Lian, asking him to treat the second grandma well.At that time, Second Master Lian had always promised to be good, but when he turned around, he would embarrass Second Mistress even more.

After a long time, the old lady and the second wife would only comfort the second grandma, saying that the second master Lian was still a child, and it would be fine after two years.

"I'm just her niece, not her own daughter. How can she make things difficult for me? I'm afraid that the worse the relationship between me and the second master here, the happier she will be." Wang Xifeng obviously wanted Ping'er Hearing the words in his heart, he sneered and said so.

In fact, when she first got married, Wang Xifeng was very grateful to Mrs. Wang.After all, the marriage between her and Jia Lian was facilitated by Mrs. Wang.

This Jia Lian is the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion and the future heir. He has a good-looking life and a funny speech. Wang Xifeng has been to the Rongguo Mansion twice and has a good impression of Jia Lian.Although Wang Xifeng is Wang Ziteng's niece, her father is only white.

She can marry Jia Lian, which can be regarded as high-flying.For this kind of marriage, Wang Xifeng is willing.During the first two months of their marriage, Jia Lian was still very kind to Wang Xifeng. It can be said that she was obedient and obedient. She even got rid of Jia Lian's former maids.But the good days were not too long, it was just an illness, and after the illness recovered, his temperament changed drastically.He became silent towards Wang Xifeng.Wang Xifeng has a pungent temper, she doesn't want to, and she can cook fried eggs, begging the old lady and Mrs. Wang to make decisions, but Jia Lian agreed well with the old lady and Mrs. Wang.But when he turned around, he became even more serious, and even stopped entering Wang Xifeng's room.

Once it was so good that Wang Xifeng even invited Wang Ziteng over.But to no avail.It even annoyed Jia Lian even more.In front of Wang Ziteng, he slapped Wang Xifeng directly, saying that if she didn't want to be Lian's second mistress, he would send her a letter of divorce.Go to wherever you fall in love with.

Even afterwards, Jia Lian was beaten ten times in front of Wang Ziteng.

But because of this, Wang Xifeng didn't dare to make too much noise anymore.

Since then, the relationship between Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng has dropped to freezing point.That is to say, in the past two years, it has slowly broken the ice.

It was precisely because of this that Wang Xifeng inevitably felt resentment towards Mrs. Wang, and it became more and more serious as time went on.But now she has no children, and she is not liked by her husband, and she has only taken over the housekeeping power for half a year, so she must have Mrs. Wang as an aunt.

Therefore, even though he was very resentful in his heart, he didn't dare to express it, only dared to express a few words in front of his confidants.

He also muttered about Ping'er's complaints about Mrs. Wang, but Wang Xifeng asked Ping'er to go down and prepare.As for Jia Lian's place, they also sent people to ask.

It didn't take long to get Jia Lian's words, saying that he knew it.

Hearing this, Wang Xifeng pondered for a moment, turned her head and asked Ping'er, "Ping'er, what do you mean by Second Master?" Excuses to avoid seeing.This time, I thought that Jia Lian would definitely not come over from her natal relatives, but I didn't expect him to answer this time.How could she not be surprised?

"Perhaps Second Master wants to repair the relationship with Second Mistress." Ping'er blinked his eyes, paused his hands that were adjusting his movements, and said so.

Wang Xifeng sneered: "He will take the initiative to bow his head? It's a bit of a hell to say that."

"No matter what the reason is. This is a good thing for grandma after all, isn't it?" After a while, Ping'er said.

Upon hearing this, Wang Xifeng fell silent.

"Second Master, do you really want to go there?" Zhao'er, the young servant next to Jia Lian, asked with some doubts after seeing off the girl who sent the message.

Jia Lian, who was dressed in sapphire blue brocade clothes and was very handsome, only glanced at him, but didn't speak, just said: "Just help me change my clothes."

Seeing this, Zhao'er knew that Jia Lian didn't want to talk about this topic.But looking at Jia Lian's dark eyes, his figure trembled, and he didn't dare to ask any more questions.He just bowed his head and said, "Yes."

The Xue family finally came.Jia Lian looked up at the blue sky, lowered his brows and eyes to cover up the flash of calculation in his eyes.