Xue Baochai, the belly of the Red Chamber

Xue Baochai sat on the carriage going back, and slowly fell into deep thought.

She has to think about it now, what kind of situation has she brought the Xue family into?How dare we go on the road in the future?

At the very beginning, the reason why she chose to hand over the family property to Emperor Zhengde to serve him was because although she didn't want to admit it, but according to the Xue family's status, it was too much to keep such a huge family property. It is too difficult.What's more, Xue Pan doesn't have the slightest talent in business. She has worked so hard for such a long time and spent so much effort, but in the end she is making wedding dresses for others?

Hand it over to Emperor Zhengde, firstly, you can increase his favorability, and secondly, you can change Xue Pan's future.No matter how you look at it, it is very cost-effective, so why not do it?But now the development of things seems to be a little bit beyond her original plan.Unknowingly, she also became a very important pawn in the hands of Emperor Zhengde.

At this time, I wanted to quit but I couldn't.

If this is the case, then she will strive for the best interests for herself.

Regarding her marriage, she had no idea from the very beginning.Originally, she wanted to be alone for the rest of her life, especially after she became Emperor Zhengde's housekeeper in private, her idea was strengthened.However, there is one thing that needs to be noted, that is, the mother and brother are a problem.

Xue Pan's side is okay, but Aunt Xue's side is a bit difficult.

She didn't want to have any more quarrels and estrangement with Aunt Xue over such an insignificant matter.Then I thought, just find someone casually.She is not afraid of his flirtatiousness, nor is she afraid of being a dude, as long as her character is decent, she has plenty of ways to live comfortably for the rest of her life.

But now it seems that there is no need.

Meng Shihan is a good candidate.

At the very least, when cleaning up money or doing something for Emperor Zhengde, there is no need to deliberately find any excuses.After all, he is also an insider.Another point is that Meng Shihan's identity will relatively satisfy Aunt Xue.

Although he himself does not have any official position now, he already has the fame of Juren.And his family background is still good, his biological mother who died early was the royal family's eldest daughter, and she still has the title of country monarch. As for his father's family, it can be counted in the capital.

His family's ancestors were the same as the Xue family's when they were born, they were merchants, at first they sold medicinal materials, and now Baozhilin, the largest medicinal herb shop in the capital, is still his family.But different from the Xue family, after the Meng family made a fortune.His great-grandfather had a good talent for reading, although he stagnated after winning the Juren, but with the financial resources of the Meng family, he also found a good official position.

Although he didn't have any great talents, after decades, he had achieved the position of the magistrate of the fourth rank of Jinzhou.

Because of his great-grandfather, the Meng family also changed from a business to an official family.

When it came to his grandfather's generation, it was the most brilliant time.Meng Shihan's grandfather was born intelligent. He won the imperial examination when he was 16 years old, and became a Jinshi when he was 40 years old.After three years of hard work in the Imperial Academy, he was appointed as a county magistrate in Yaozhou, which is still relatively affluent. In the following ten years, he has been promoted all the way.Under the age of [-], he is already a member of the third rank.He entered the cabinet at the age of fifty integers, but because of hard work and hard work, he died of illness after three years in the cabinet, and was bestowed the posthumous title Wenhe by the former emperor.

Also because of the death of Meng Shihan's grandfather, the Meng family, which was originally quite prosperous, became a little bit downcast.

In the generation of Meng Shihan's father, because he was the only son, although his father was strict, Naihe really didn't have much talent in reading.If you barely get selected as a scholar, you will not make any progress, but you are quite talented in business.

However, due to the provisions of the current law, officials are not allowed to do business.

Although the Meng family was born as a merchant, after three generations, they have already been regarded as a scholarly family.Although Meng's father was itchy, but due to the family rules, he could only toss and toss about his own shop and Zhuangzi. Even though this was the only way to go, the family property of the Meng family had probably doubled several times in the past few decades.

And when it came to Meng Shihan, he perfectly combined the good genes of his grandfather and father. Not only was he smart from an early age, he could read at the age of three, and he was able to compose similar poems at the age of eight. At the age of 13, he already had the fame of a scholar, and the next year he won the first prize, which was a small sensation in the capital at that time.However, it is said that his father asked him to wait for three years in order to stabilize him.

Such a good young man, he doesn't know when he hooked up with Emperor Zhengde and became his secret power.However, it also shows from the side that Meng Shihan, compared with his grandfather, can be said to be better than blue.

But these are all in secret, Meng Shihan on the bright side has a very good life, and the Meng family is considered a well-known family in the capital. When Meng Shihan reaches the age of marriage, he will naturally become a waiter in the capital. Marry the husband that a girl dreams of.

With such a son-in-law, Aunt Xue should be very satisfied.

"Miss, I'm home." Just after Xue Baochai had sorted out all aspects of Meng Shihan's affairs in his mind, the sense of resistance in his heart was reduced by two points.Then I heard the voice of the chauffeur.

Here Xue Baochai supported Yun Juan's hand and got out of the car, since there was already a soft sedan waiting there.

While walking, Xue Baochai asked, "Yun Juan, has your wife come back yet?" In a few days, it will be the wedding of cousin Wang Danfeng, and Aunt Xue's place is getting busier and busier.

Yun Juan hurriedly replied: "If you go back to the girl, it hasn't happened yet."

"Well, when both the wife and the uncle come back, please ask the uncle to go to the wife's yard and say that I have something important to say here." Xue Baochai said.

After Yunjuan heard it, he immediately responded in a low voice.

Different from Xue Baochai's calmness here, Meng Shihan's here has a lot of trouble.

It was said that when Meng Shihan came out of the palace, he was immediately stopped by the young man guarding the door, saying that the master had invited him.

Meng Shihan frowned. The relationship between him and Father Meng was very normal, especially since his biological mother had passed away a few years earlier. Father Meng had been filial to his wife for a year, and married soon after. His widowed cousin is the continuation.Meng Shihan didn't have the slightest affection for Meng's father's grandfather's aunt who was soft and weak and shed tears at every turn, the current stepmother, and the current stepmother. The relationship between their father and son became weaker and weaker.

But even though he frowned, Meng Shihan still followed the boy.

Although the relationship between father and son is weak, it is father and son after all.

"Father, I don't know what's the matter with you calling your son over?" He didn't tell Meng Shihan anything about Meng Shihan secretly working for Emperor Zhengde.Although Meng's father is very good at business, he is very confused in family affairs and quite weak emotionally. Otherwise, his attitude towards himself would not be changed just because of his stepmother's words about pillows. Become indifferent.To put it bluntly, it would be better to be gentle with the daughter brought by the stepmother.

Father Meng looked at Meng Shihan in Tsing Yi, who became more and more handsome, and his face was in a daze. He saw his deceased wife, and he sighed in his heart: "Shihan, you will be seventeen this year, right?" ?”

"Father, that's right." Meng Shihan was a very smart person, and he understood a little bit about his intention to come here after listening to Meng's father's question.

Father Meng's tone became somewhat sighing: "You are already 17 years old. When you are old enough to marry a wife and have children, I don't know if you have a girl you like here?" What Si Luo said was really good at all, it was him The father neglected that Shi Han was already 17 years old, and people his age who got married a little earlier were already fathers.Even if you are not married, you already have a marriage contract.But Shihan here, because he was busy with family matters, he was ignored.If Si Luo hadn't mentioned it, he would really have forgotten it.

"Return to father's words, son..." When he said this, Xue Baochai's figure flashed in his mind, and because of this, there was a trace of hesitation in his tone, "...not The girl you like." Looking up at Father Meng, he said, "But what does Father mean here?"

Father Meng said, "I was just asking. Some time ago, when your mother mentioned it, I suddenly realized that you are seventeen, the age to marry a wife and have children. So I want to ask what you mean. If you have As long as you like it, as long as it is an innocent family, you can make decisions here as a father. If not, you have to start preparing. After all, you are not young, so it is not easy to delay."

"That's not necessary. My son wants to devote himself to preparing for next year's imperial examination, and he doesn't care about his children's love. As for the marriage, he also wants to wait until next year." Meng Shihan said in a deep voice.

His marriage had already been settled this morning, and it was still made by the most respected person in the world. Unless Xue Baochai died suddenly, otherwise, there would be no room for their marriage to be changed.

Father Meng was taken aback when he heard Meng Shihan's words, but nodded for a moment: "Your words are very reasonable, I didn't expect that. You should concentrate on studying your homework first. As for the marriage, wait until the next year." After passing the imperial examination, if you can enter the Jinshi rank, it will also benefit your future marriage."

Although Meng's father didn't care enough about Meng Shihan's son, he was also dissatisfied with his stepwife's instigation.But Meng Shihan's biological mother was injured when she gave birth to him and died of illness within a few years. His step-wife had been in the family for five years. Although they had a harmonious relationship, the step-wife only had two daughters.Meng Shihan was not only his only son, but also the eldest son. He was smart and smart since he was a child, and he gained a lot of face for him. His father even said that Meng Shihan was the future hope of the Meng family.Although emotionally weak, he naturally had high hopes for Meng Shihan.

"Yes, father, I understand. If father has no other orders, my son will leave here first." Meng Shihan said.

Father Meng also waved his hand: "Go down."

"Son retire."

Father Meng looked at the back of Meng Shihan leaving without hesitation, and suddenly felt a little sad in his heart. Before long, their father and son's relationship was very harmonious, and he even enlightened him personally.It's just that as the son got older, he was busy with family affairs and couldn't be separated from him, and his mother passed away suddenly, which made his temperament more and more indifferent, and the relationship between father and son became not as good as when he was young.