Xue Baochai, the belly of the Red Chamber

As soon as Xue Baochai got out of the carriage, she saw that Jixiang who was following Aunt Xue was already waiting at the second gate.After seeing Xue Baochai, she immediately walked over, blessed her body, and said, "Miss, you are back. My wife told you to go over immediately."

"Why are you here?" Xue Baochai asked with a slightly surprised expression.

Both Jixiang and Ruyi are big maids by Aunt Xue's side, they were specially trained by her, and now Aunt Xue actually let her guard here.Even if Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, it was a happy event, no matter how anxious Aunt Xue was to share the joy with her, she would not send Ji Xiang to guard the second door.I'm afraid there are other things in the middle, and it's definitely not a small troublesome thing.

Jixiang opened his mouth and replied: "Going back to the girl, the Second Mrs. Jia of the Rongguo Mansion sent Zhou Rui's family in front of her, saying that she was going to visit the Xiande Concubine in the palace in two days, thinking that the Xiande Concubine was not in the palace. Easy, I want to subsidize Concubine Xiande. But Rongguo Mansion's supporter was a little bit hesitant, and wanted to ask his wife to borrow 3 taels of silver to change hands. The wife agreed immediately..."

For the rest, even if Ji Xiang didn't say anything, Xue Baochai would understand it here.Now the middle class in the entire mansion is in her hands.Earlier, she was worried that Aunt Xue would be coaxed by Mrs. Wang, so she specifically told Pu Wei, who was in charge of the account room, that no matter who it was, if she wanted to pay more than a thousand taels of silver from the account room at one time, she would immediately get her permission. .

Pu Wei was rescued by her from outside, so although she is young, she is extremely stubborn, it can be said that her brain is a single tendon.Except for himself, even Xue Pan couldn't order her, and only listened to her orders.It is precisely because of her loyalty that Xue Baochai will be taught to read and write, learn abacus, and take charge of the accountant in the mansion.

It can be said that besides Yun Shu, Yunjuan, Danxin and Danqing, she is the one she trusts the most.

Pu Wei admits that he is determined, and here he specifically confessed to her that he could not pay the money without her personal permission.She must have carried it out very well, now that Aunt Xue wants to withdraw such a large amount of money as 3 taels, naturally Pu Wei will not give the money without her order.

This is why Aunt Xue hurriedly asked Ji Xiang to wait for Xue Baochai at Ermen.

When Xue Baochai heard Jixiang's words, she sneered, and she knew that if there were no urgent matters, Aunt Xue would not have sent Jixiang to guard at the second gate.Mrs. Wang of Rongguo Mansion has really become a blood-sucking leech.

She really thought that Xue's family was her private bank.When did you run out of money?Come pick it up anytime.

There is no such cheap thing in the world.

Xue Baochai smiled coldly, which made Jixiang look a little perverted. Once his girl showed such a smile, it meant that someone was going to be unlucky.It seems that this time, Zhou Rui's family will not be able to eat and walk away.

All the way to Aunt Xue's Fushouyuan.

"Girl, my wife is already waiting outside." Xue Baochai just arrived at the door of the room, when she saw a servant girl coming to greet her, blessed her body, and said.

Xue Baochai nodded, turned her head, and said to Yun Shu Yunjuan, "You all stay at the door and wait for my order."

"Yes, girl."

Xue Baochai turned her head and nodded to the servant girl just now, and then saw the servant girl raised the curtain and shouted to the inside: "Madam, the girl is here."

Aunt Xue was talking with Zhou Rui's family here, when she heard what the maid said, she turned her head and smiled at Zhou Rui's family: "Look, Baochai is back." Then she raised her voice and said, "Hurry up and invite the girl in. "

"Mother." After Xue Baochai entered, she only glanced at Zhou Rui's house next to her out of the corner of her eye. She didn't know what happened at home, and said, "Mother, you are in such a hurry to let Jixiang wait at the door, but what is the urgent matter?" Want to find me?"

Aunt Xue knew her daughter a little bit, and when she saw Xue Baochai coming in, she knew she was in a bad mood without even looking at Zhou Rui's family who was sitting next to her on the embroidered pier.Noticing that Zhou Rui's family looked at him with dissatisfaction and displeasure, he felt a little embarrassed.Then he also said: "Chai'er, you already know about it, your big sister Yuanchun has been favored and made a virtuous concubine and moved into Fengzao Palace. This is a great joy for us. No, next month your aunt will also have the opportunity to pass the sign and enter the palace to visit your eldest sister, your eldest sister has been in the palace for more than ten years, and it is not easy to come to this day." Looking at Xue Baochai As soon as she answered the conversation, she couldn't continue speaking.She looked at Xue Baochai with a hint of pleading.

Seeing Aunt Xue's appearance, Xue Baochai sighed inwardly, but she didn't wait for her to say anything.

Then I heard Zhou Rui's family's displeased voice: "Our house is not working well right now, so I thought about asking my aunt to borrow some money to make a turnaround. After the New Year's day, when the New Year's ceremony is over, I will return it to my aunt Let's go." Originally, the reason why she came here immediately was because she knew that Xue Baochai was not at home, and Aunt Xue had soft ears, so she wanted to ask for the money before Xue Baochai came.

It's just that I didn't expect that although Aunt Xue seemed to be the biggest head of the Xue family, her words were inadvertently used. The whole Xue family actually only listened to Xue Baochai's orders.She opened her mouth to ask for 1000 yuan, but she thought it was nothing more than a drop in the bucket for the wealthy Xue family.But the maid who was in charge of the accounting room was a dead-end woman, saying that without Xue Pan, the maximum amount she could spend would be no more than [-] taels.

She was a little dumbfounded all of a sudden.

"I don't know how much my aunt needs?" Xue Baochai looked at Zhou Rui's family and asked softly.

In fact, Zhou Rui's family was a little afraid of Xue Baochai at the beginning, especially when she looked at people with a pair of almond eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, it was really scary.In the past, it's not that the wife didn't have ideas about the Xue family's money, but every time she met Xue Baochai, she just let it go.Even if you can borrow it, it is only a hundred taels of silver.She looked down on her a little bit, let alone the wife.

But now it is different.

The eldest girl was named a virtuous concubine, which is a very noble status.In the palace, apart from the Empress and Concubine Wu, it also belonged to their elder daughters.This is a great face and honor, she doesn't believe it.No matter how tough Ms. Xue is here, she won't give it to Mrs. Fu's face, but she dare not give it to Concubine Xiande's face.

Thinking about it this way, Zhou Rui's family felt that they had a lot of confidence, so they replied with some confidence: "It's not much, just 3 taels. This money may be a lot for others, but for the Xue family It's not worth mentioning. Is it Miss Xue?" Just looking at Xue Baochai's dark eyes, a trace of fear flashed unconsciously in her eyes, and a flattering smile unconsciously appeared on her face .

"3 taels? Not worth mentioning?" Xue Baochai's warm smile turned into a sneer when he heard what Zhou Rui's family said, "Do you think our family is a bank? You can raise as much money as you want? Tell you, you can go back now. I will not lend you a penny of this money."

Aunt Xue's complexion changed slightly when she heard Xue Baochai's tough words: "Chaier, what are you talking about?" After saying this, Aunt Xue looked towards Zhou Rui's house, her lips moved, and she was about to open her mouth. say what.

But it was interrupted by Xue Baochai: "I'm not talking nonsense. I won't give any of this money. Mother, although our Xue family is rich, this 3 taels of silver is really not a fortune to us. A lot of money. But one thing is very clear, our family’s money is not blown by strong winds. It is money earned by father’s hard work, and it is money for us, mother and son, to live and live.” The tone also changed abruptly. The coldness just now turned into indifference, "Mother, we orphans and widows only have these silvers left. In the future, my brother and I will get married and you will take care of the elderly, all of which will depend on these silvers. Mother, do you think I really don't know?" ?Our family has only moved to the capital for less than a year. You betrayed me and my brother back and forth, and gave your aunt no less than [-] silver. The reason why the private money you have saved for more than ten years Sora, probably because of this reason."

"Chai'er, you all know..." Aunt Xue's voice trembled a little when she said this.

Earlier, she could feel Xue Baochai's dislike for Mrs. Wang, otherwise she wouldn't have given her such a cold face just because she wanted to make her and Baoyu a pair.So when she went to Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Wang asked to borrow money several times, but she didn't dare to tell Xue Baochai, but took the money from her own house and gave it to Mrs. Wang.

I also gave it four or five times before and after, and it was almost 2 taels.

Xue Baochai said: "Mother, you don't hide things deeply. Not only I noticed it, but my brother also knows it. I just think that mother, you are happy, and the family is still a little bit rich, and it is your own private money. Then I didn't say anything. But I didn't expect that it would make your hearts bigger." The last sentence was obviously addressed to Zhou Rui's family, and the eyes were cold enough.

Seeing Xue Baochai look at Zhou Rui's family like this, their feet trembled a little, but they still said forcefully: "You have to think about it, our eldest girl is your mother..."

"To put it bluntly, she's nothing more than a concubine. What's the big deal..." Said empress is just a nice name.What's more, her little concubine has no weight in Emperor Zhengde's heart, otherwise, she wouldn't have stayed in the palace for more than ten years to confer such a virtuous concubine. In terms of status, she is two points more noble than Concubine Wu.It's just that she is 27 years old now.When he first entered the palace, he didn't get blue eyes. It didn't make sense to pass the most beautiful flowering period. Instead, he fell into the eyes of Emperor Zhengde.

It would be fine to say that Emperor Zhengde is a faint emperor, but this Emperor Zhengde is very refined and ruthless.Not to mention that Jia Yuanchun, who has been around for more than ten years, is Emperor Zhengde's original wife, Empress Cui. Although he respects him, he is still cautious.

Jia Yuanchun was suddenly made a virtuous concubine. If there was no intention in the middle, she would definitely be the first to not believe it.

When Zhou Rui's family heard that Xue Baochai dared to say that about Jia Yuanchun, they immediately jumped up, "What did you say? How dare you insult the concubine Xiande."

"I'm not wrong. This is the truth, isn't it?" Xue Baochai didn't think there was anything wrong with saying that about Jia Yuanchun.As Emperor Zhengde's shady butler, he just said a few words about a concubine he didn't care about at all.She believed that Emperor Zhengde would never care about her, and might even praise her a few words.

As for the Rongguo Mansion, she had already endured enough.Now one shot and two parts, just right.What's more, her reasons are also aboveboard, and if she speaks out, she will lose face.

Zhou Rui's family immediately said angrily: "Okay, okay, just wait for me. I will definitely report back to my wife and ask her to tell the empress that the emperor must punish you for a crime of disrespect, just wait for me." He walked out angrily.

Xue Baochai looked at the back of Zhou Rui's family and sneered.

"Chaier, how could you say that just now? Concubine Xiande is your cousin? She is our relative, how can you... you can say that she is..." Aunt Xue said tremblingly.

Xue Baochai looked at Aunt Xue and said, "My concubine. I'm not wrong." Before Aunt Xue could speak, she said, "Mother, I always thought that father is gone. The person closest to you is Only my brother and I are left. I didn’t think about it, but I misjudged our position in your heart.” After speaking, he turned his head and walked out.