The Housekeeper's Daughter-in-law of the Red House

Waiting for Shulan to leave, when only Aunt Xue, mother and daughter were left in the room, Xue Baochai hugged Aunt Xue and cried bitterly, all the depression and grief suppressed in her heart burst out at this moment.

Everyone in Jia's mansion said that Jia Yuanchun had survived, but she?

She and Jia Yuanchun's experiences are so similar, they were both raised by their families and prepared to be sent to the imperial palace, but now Jia Yuanchun has gone through all kinds of hardships to become a high-ranking and virtuous concubine, is she?Her long-standing belief was so easily destroyed, and she never had a chance to enter the palace again.

People who haven't experienced this kind of feeling can't imagine it, as if they were denied by others in the first ten years of their lives.That kind of pain is definitely not comparable to the result of one's own hard work that has not been adopted by the boss.

However, in Jia's mansion, she not only couldn't show a little sadness, but also endured the great grief in her heart to congratulate Jia Yuanchun on being named a virtuous concubine. Rao Xue Baochai was strong and magnanimous, and she felt uncomfortable at the moment ruthless.

"My daughter, my poor daughter..." Aunt Xue held Xue Baochai in her arms, seeing Xue Baochai's loss of composure, she couldn't help holding Xue Baochai and crying bitterly in her heart.

Aunt Xue knew very well in her heart that Xue Pan was unreliable at the moment. Besides, with Xue Pan's temperament, she didn't know what would happen in the future. It will be postponed, but after all, my family has been a little short since then, and they dare not refuse to agree to the requests of the two families in the future. Isn't this being controlled by others?

That's why Aunt Xue was so concerned about Xue Baochai's entry into the palace, she even spared no effort to spend 2 taels of silver for her, thinking that Xue Baochai would be able to climb a high branch and be able to pull Xue Pan in the future.

Otherwise, even if the Xue family is a million-dollar royal merchant’s family with a lot of silver, it would not be spent on Xue Baochai’s head. You must know that the dowry of a girl in Jia’s house is only 3000 taels of silver, even if Xue Baochai is the daughter of a royal merchant, it can be much more. Dowry some, but at most 2 silver.Aunt Xue was able to come up with [-] taels of silver, which was enough to show how much she valued this matter.

"Mom, let's move out!" Xue Baochai hugged Aunt Xue and cried for a while, the grief and indignation in her heart dissipated a lot and she returned rationally.

Aunt Xue wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said with some hesitation: "This..." They discussed it when they went to Beijing before, and they came to the capital for Xue Baochai's draft, and secondly, to deter Xue's family by attaching to the royal family of Jia's family. By the way, the workers in other rooms and accounts also wanted Jia Zheng and Jia Zhu to discipline Xue Pan.

Seeing that Jia Yuanchun is now a concubine, seeing that Jia's mansion is getting more and more prosperous, Xue Baochai suddenly said that they would move out at this time, which really made Aunt Xue a little incapable of accepting it. Her mind was not as fast as Xue Baochai's. .

"You also know what kind of temperament your brother is. At least there are people watching in Jia's mansion, and he will be more or less worried about his actions. If he moves out of Jia's mansion, I don't know how many things will happen to your brother. A turmoil." Aunt Xue said a little lonely, if it wasn't for Xue Pan not to live up to expectations, how could she want to live under others, even if they live in Jia's mansion, they use their own food and clothing, but they are not without gossiping.

Xue Baochai naturally understood what Aunt Xue meant. That's what Aunt Xue said to her at first. Xue Baochai still agreed with her before, but now, she couldn't help but sneer and said, "It's better to cause trouble than die!"

Aunt Xue was shocked when she heard the words, and quickly asked, "What do you mean by that?!"

"Mom hasn't figured it out yet, my aunt let us live in Jia's mansion, she is using us as moneybags!" Xue Baochai said angrily: "I am just the daughter of an imperial merchant, even if I have a better appearance , but there are many beautiful women in the palace, who would deliberately lower their status to suppress me.

My aunt said that it was because of my brother that I lost the chance to enter the palace, but mother, how long did it take for our family to come to Beijing?My brother has lived in peace for a while, and who would know what happened to my brother in Jinling? My uncle and uncle have been taken care of by others. Now that my uncle is being promoted, although he is not in the capital, others are also To give my uncle some face, even if I know about it, I will turn a blind eye and close my eyes. If no one is causing trouble, how can it be reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs? "

Aunt Xue was not really stupid and hopeless, she knew what she meant, she raised her finger in the direction of Mrs. Wang's residence in horror, and after a long time, Aunt Xue said in disbelief: "No way! If this matter gets worse, your brother will certainly be guilty and will implicate you, but Mr. Jia was recommended by your uncle and aunt. At that time, your uncle and aunt will be blamed by the emperor. Did you think too much? How could your aunt? Do something like this!"

Hurting others and hurting oneself, killing one thousand and self-inflicted eight hundred, and other similar words are not enough to describe this matter. This is completely courting death!

"Of course my aunt wouldn't do such a stupid thing, but mother, how do we know what's going on outside?" Xue Baochai sneered, "At the beginning we mentioned the matter of asking Mrs. Lin for help. But what did my aunt say, that she didn't have to bother others because she had connections with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But mother, you don't understand, brother is not doing anything now, brother Zhu is busy recuperating his body, and sister Feng is in charge of the ups and downs of the second room and can't stop for a moment.The matter of my draft is almost handled by my aunt alone. When there is any news, it is also passed on by the servants of Jia’s mansion. We will believe what my aunt says, but is it the same thing outside? how do you know.

This time, if Mrs. Lin hadn’t explained this, we would have been kept in the dark and wronged my brother, thinking that it was him who caused me to lose the chance to participate in the draft, but in fact, did the Ministry of Internal Affairs really have to cross out my name? Let's just talk about what my aunt said, but have you ever thought about asking someone to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for verification? "

No! ! !

Aunt Xue seemed to be vaguely aware of something, but she didn't pierce the window paper, her mind was in a mess, and she whispered to herself: "This, this, this..."

"Mom, think about it carefully. When is it not good for your empress to be a concubine? After we gave my aunt 2 taels of silver, she will become a concubine? My daughter said something disrespectful. The empress is older than the emperor. The sudden jump from a female official to a noble concubine is strange." Xue Baochai is a very confident girl, so naturally she doesn't want to admit that she is no match for an old woman, and she already believes that Mrs. Wang Of course, there is nothing good to say at the moment, but I have to say that Xue Baochai is somewhat right about this matter.

Said that Aunt Xue was a little shrewd, "You mean that your aunt lied to us! Maybe you didn't lose the spot for the draft because of Pan'er at all." Said that Aunt Xue became a little excited at the end. If this is the case, wouldn't it mean that Xue Baochai still has a chance to enter the palace?

But she didn't expect Xue Baochai to shake her head, "These are just my daughter's conjectures, not to mention that we have no evidence, but we have. Now that the empress is a virtuous concubine, what can we do?"

Before Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, the Jia family could crush them to death, not to mention that now that Jia Yuanchun is a concubine, even if everyone knows that there is a story in it, Jia Yuanchun is now the emperor's harem except for the empress. , the second most honored woman, how could they, a little imperial merchant, the Xue family, provoke her?Don't dare to mess with it.

Aunt Xue was taken aback, then sighed, Xue Baochai was right about this matter, not to mention that they were just guessing without any real evidence, even if there was, they could just pretend it wasn't there.

"Since that's the case, then we can't move away. Wouldn't it be a waste of money for them." Aunt Xue said angrily.

Xue Baochai smiled wryly and said, "Mom, why haven't you figured it out yet? Before they were able to take advantage of my brother's case and asked us for 2 taels of silver. I don't know if they will use this as an excuse to borrow money from us in the future." Now our family is living in Jia’s mansion, mother, if my aunt asks you to borrow money at this time, can you not borrow it?”

Their family lives in Jia's mansion, just like the meat on the chopping board is slaughtered, the servants of Jia's mansion are not easy to get along with, Xue Baochai can understand that even if they use money to clear the way, the servants of Jia's mansion respect them because of the king Madam's reason, if they get into trouble with Madam Wang, God will know what they will face.

Aunt Xue frowned, "But your brother..." With Xue Pan's temper, Aunt Xue really didn't dare to let him out just by himself. The capital here is no smaller than Jinling. If you offend someone who shouldn't be offended, then... …

"My uncle and aunt's family are all relatives. If something happens to my brother, they won't leave him alone." Xue Baochai said bitterly: "Mom also knows about my aunt complaining about Sister Feng. We don't know exactly what's going on, this harem is not an easy place to get along with, we all know how to buy people's hearts with money when we come to Jia's mansion, what about the empress in the palace? Mom, don't forget, my aunt used to come to my mother I have cried to my empress several times, but my empress was not a concubine at that time."

"They're all relatives..." Aunt Xue has always been under Madam Wang's body since she was a child, so she is a little flattering to Mrs. Wang, and now the Xue family still has a lot of money. Aunt Xue didn't care about the tens of thousands.

"It's because we are relatives that we can't make such a start!" Xue Baochai said anxiously: "We don't know anyone else in the capital except the uncle's family, the uncle's family, the historian's family, and those from the House of Internal Affairs. Auntie If we deliberately fooled us, we couldn't even find anyone to ask for proof, so we could only have what my aunt said. Besides, my mother knew my brother's temperament, who would know when he would make trouble again and offend others? If I want to use money to make amends, even if my mother doesn't think about me, I have to think about my brother's future!

My aunt's family is not as good as it used to be now, the money is probably borrowed but not repaid, it's okay to say once or twice.But since we started this business, Auntie, and there is no other family to borrow money for my mother to manage in the palace, then we will definitely be found whenever there is a shortage of money. No matter how old we are, we can't fill up this bottomless pit for my aunt.

Besides, let's take a step back, we just borrow money from my aunt every time, but what good does it do to our family?Even if the empress is favored by the emperor in the future, and the emperor bestows favor on her, the benefits will be gained by this family. It is good for us to get a word from the empress.It is impossible for the empress to let me marry into a wealthy family to be the head of the family, nor to let my elder brother be an official in the court, and it is even more impossible to elevate our family background and change the Xue family's appearance. After thinking about it carefully, my mother's business is a loss-making business. ah! "

Aunt Xue was obviously moved by Xue Baochai, but Aunt Xue still had another idea in her heart. She didn't intend to talk to Xue Baochai at first, but now she saw that Xue Baochai was determined to move away, so she said: "After you lose the qualification for the draft, you My aunt told me privately before that she would betroth you to Baoyu."

Xue Baochai sat on the kang in a daze when she heard the words, as if she was weighing the benefits of the matter in her heart, after thinking for a while, her face changed drastically, and she grabbed Aunt Xue's hand and asked, "Mom, think about it carefully, When did my aunt want to betroth me to Baoyu?"

"It's just that you are not qualified for the draft..." Aunt Xue's face changed drastically when she said this.

"Oh!" Xue Baochai said with a sneer: "Look, I don't know how long Auntie has been thinking about this idea. We fell for her tricks from the beginning and made her a money bag for nothing. Auntie's idea is really serious." Well, if I marry Baoyu, I will not dare to disobey what my mother-in-law said in the future, but it is time to borrow money from my mother, and my mother will definitely not refuse, and our Xue family will really become her inexhaustible silver bag."

"No way!" Aunt Xue still couldn't believe that Mrs. Wang would have such an idea. Although they were half-sisters, their relationship was getting better and better after being separated for so many years. Aunt Xue couldn't believe it. .

"Why not!" Xue Baochai didn't know that Aunt Xue's problem was that she had a soft ear, and some things had the attitude of turning big things into small things. At that time, it was because the uncle’s family and the aunt’s family came forward to keep the wealth of Changfang’s family and the name of the imperial merchant. Now that we have come to Beijing, other houses in Jinling know that we are in-laws with the royal family of Jia’s mansion. They must not dare to go to Beijing rashly. Then our family is If something happened in the capital, who would know?

To put it bluntly, if my brother accidentally got drunk and beat someone to death outside, then the uncle's family and uncle's family can't save my brother's life, and then who can my mother rely on to guard the family's wealth? ?At that time, my mother will definitely not go to those houses in Jinling, but will rely on me. If I really marry Baoyu, then our family's wealth will all belong to the Jia family. "It's not that Xue Baochai is exaggerating. This kind of thing happened in the original book. It's just that the Xue family didn't have much wealth at that time, and the Jia family didn't finish within a few days, so it wasn't obvious.

As long as Xue Pan is involved, Aunt Xue is extremely sensitive and cautious. Even though Aunt Xue always says that Xue Pan is inferior to Xue Baochai, she always favors Xue Pan in her heart and in actual actions.

"Besides, we have also lived in this house for several months. Sister Feng is my aunt's niece, and I am also my aunt's niece. I am comparable to Sister Feng in terms of identity. But look at the relationship between Sister Feng and my aunt now, Mom. If I really marry Baoyu in the future, I’m afraid I’ll be worse than Sister Feng!” At any rate, there is Wang’s family behind Wang Xifeng, and although Mrs. Wang is also from Wang’s family, she has to be more scrupulous, and Wang Xifeng and Wang’s family are closer in terms of relationship.

"But let's move out, your aunt came to ask for money, I can't refuse!" Aunt Xue said with a frown.

Xue Baochai laughed when she heard the words, "After we moved out, my aunt won't know so clearly what we did in every move. At that time, my mother will just make excuses to say that the store has just bought goods, or that my brother took it to spend again." , we don’t have ready-made money at home, why would my aunt send someone to ask for proof? Is it possible that my aunt can really open the mouth and ask us to get it out for her immediately regardless of business. Besides, if we really can’t find an excuse, we can still Go out to offer incense or go out with relatives to hide.” As long as he is no longer in Jia’s mansion, there is a lot of room for manipulation, and Xue Baochai can come up with three or five ways.

Aunt Xue nodded, she accepted this method.To be honest, although Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang have a good relationship, Mrs. Wang really wants to borrow her own money to send to the palace to let Jia Yuanchun consolidate her position and compete for favor. After Aunt Xue said this after Xue Baochai, she was really unwilling.In the past, she wanted to gain the glory of the empress, but now that she knew it was a trap, Aunt Xue didn't want to. If she didn't know if it could be realized, she would be cuter with the white money.

"Mom, since we are going to move out, we have to move out before my aunt comes back to her senses. Fortunately, I listened to my brother and cleaned out the house here in the capital. Now we can go in as long as we pack our things. Stay." Xue Baochai suddenly found that Xue Pan was not useless, and sometimes his ideas were very good.

"When your aunt comes back, I'll go and ask for my resignation." Aunt Xue is also a decisive person, and she will act immediately after making up her mind.

Xue Baochai is getting more and more confused: "This matter is not urgent. The more urgent the more mistakes are made, the aunt will see something. Taking advantage of these few days, aunt and the others are busy with the affairs of the mother, let's pack up quickly, and send some valuable things first. A good person secretly transported it there. Waiting for the luck to be almost finished, I think the joy here is over, we will directly ask the old lady to resign, and the old lady will definitely agree." She was very sure of this.

It's not because Jia's mother showed that she didn't like her not seeing Xue's family, but why Jia Min couldn't guard her every day when she went to Beijing, but Mrs. Wang could guard her sister every day when Xue's family went to Beijing?It's just human jealousy.