Across the Red Mansion: Qingwen Upgrade Road

Baoqin said goodbye with a smile. Jia Yuanchun led a few eunuchs and walked out with their things in their arms.At this time, Jia's mother was being served by a group of beautiful maids for dinner.Suddenly seeing Zhou Rui's family running in with a happy face, Jia's mother was overjoyed.Zhou Rui's family has always been quite stable, and if she could run in so happily and disregarding the rules, she knew that there was news from Yuanchun.Still good news.

Sure enough, Zhou Rui's family ran to him and replied loudly: "Old lady, there are people coming from the palace, and now they are going to the inner courtyard." Jia Mu stood up instantly, pushed away the hand that Yuanyang was helping, and asked anxiously "Really? Who came here? What did you say?" Zhou Rui's family smiled winkingly and helped the old lady, "Don't worry, the old lady, it's the zither next to the empress, who brought a lot of things."

The people in the room were shocked when they heard that someone from the palace had come. The last time the visitor asked for 3 taels of silver, Wang Xifeng tried his best to get 3 taels of silver.Now that someone is coming again, it can't be that there is not enough money, right?Wang Xifeng had been quietly thinking about the money of the Rongguo Mansion in her heart, but she didn't expect Baoqin to come and bring things in person, and her cold heart instantly rejuvenated.

Quickly stepped forward to push away Zhou Rui's family and warmly supported Jia Mu, "Old Ancestor, let's stop talking here. Hurry up and welcome them out, lest the people in the palace wait in a hurry."

Wang Xifeng graciously helped her out of the house with a look of pride on Mother Jia's face. A group of women waited at the gate of the inner courtyard. The bead rings and jade emeralds were very beautiful, but they didn't know how long they would have to live happily ever after.Sanchun stood together in new clothes, and Xue Baochai's round and smooth porcelain white face was blush suppressing the excitement in his heart.

My family went to Beijing this time to avoid the lawsuit brought by my brother, and secondly to enter the palace to run for election.The merchant's status is really too low. If it wasn't for the blessing of the Rongguo Mansion, he wouldn't necessarily have to live in someone else's house.

Tens of thousands of taels of silver were sent into the palace like water, but there was not a single splash. Xue Baochai was very anxious.Besides, Jia Yuanchun also gave a lot of money for a response in the palace, but he has never seen a response.It's all right now, Baoqin is back, and he still comes back with something.I have more hope of entering the palace.

But Xue Baochai's thoughts will not be known to outsiders. Aunt Xue is an ignorant woman, and now Xue Baochai is in charge of all major family affairs.

Xue Baochai looked at Jia Baoyu, who was dressed in crimson red, standing on the steps facing the wind, looking forward to it. It's a pity that he doesn't have good knowledge and ambition.Otherwise, Xue Baochai was startled and blushed.Quietly covered Mi Fen's face with a veil, but her heart was beating non-stop.

Just at this time, Chunfeng Baoqin proudly walked in surrounded by embarrassing people, and saluted the old lady with great momentum. "Old lady, these are brought by my servants to honor you. My lord is not allowed to see each other in the palace, but I miss the old lady, wives, and ladies all the time."

Jia Mu's face was wrinkled with a smile, her whole body was trembling with excitement, she tightly held the hand holding the piano, and asked Jia Yuanchun's current situation in several voices, is it all right?Baoqin picked up the good ones one by one.That's right, except for Jia Yuanchun's low status, everything is going well.

Mrs. Wang interjected a few words from time to time, and her always kind smiling face was now a Maitreya Buddha.There was an indescribable pride all over her body, which made Mrs. Xing, who couldn't get in her mouth, rubbed the handkerchief hard, feeling uncomfortable in her heart.

I thought to myself that the life of my wife would be even more difficult from now on, why would this bastard, Mrs. Wang, have such a good life?The one at home is a piece of wood that can't be beaten with a stick.Mrs. Xing looked at Yingchun who was sitting across from her with resentment, her face was still expressionless, and she lacked the vigor that a young man should have.

I can't wait to go forward and poke Yingchun's forehead fiercely, and curse a few words.Baoqin said a few words to the old lady, and took the time to take a good look at everyone's faces, but they were all smooth and smooth.Turning to Mother Jia, she said, "Where is Baoyu? The young master has some important things to tell Baoyu himself, and I have some gifts for Baoyu."

Jia Mu replied with a smile: "You came out of the palace, and you still have to abide by these rules. Baoyu is old now and is waiting outside."

Baoqin laughed when he heard it, and thought that the old lady didn't really know anything, she still knew the rules of defense between men and women.It's just that now I know that Baoyu can't get close to women at will when he is old, why is he tired of being with a group of young girls at home and doesn't see the old lady talking about it.It can be seen that the old lady's heart is really partial, she only thinks of Baoyu's happiness, and completely forgets the reputation of Yingchun sisters.But such words are not something I can say, and I will only listen to the little master one hundred and fifty times at that time, and it is not up to me to interfere whether I want to control it or not.

"The old lady is too worried. This servant is just a servant, and she is beside the young master. It's no harm to see Baoyu. Please let someone come in quickly."

Baoqin's speaking skills have gone up to more than one level now, even though he is a little bit slanderous in his heart, he still has a kind face on his face.Just looking at Baoqin, Jia's mother knew that Jia Yuanchun's life in the palace these years was not easy. Fortunately, the rain is over now and the sky is clear.

"Yuanyang, go and call Baoyu in." Jin Yuanyang smiled and went out to call for someone. After a while, he heard footsteps, and a young man with a face like Fu Mifen came in after lifting the curtain.

Jia Baoyu still knew the rules on the face, and saluted in a proper manner, and then looked at the youthful and beautiful Baoqin with big eyes and a smile.Jia Baoyu only knew that the eldest sister entered the palace and became a concubine, followed by a woman named Baoqin, and now this beautiful woman is Sister Baoqin.

With such a beautiful appearance, doesn't that mean that the sisters in the palace are more outstanding?Jia Baoyu was thinking of good things with his head, and Baoqin also carefully looked at the little Baoyu back then.

The room suddenly fell silent, and after a long time holding the piano, she got up with a smile and beckoned a little eunuch to come over.He opened the box himself and said: "Baoyu, this is a reward from the young master. I want Baoyu to practice more, and it will be great if I can be a general and a general in the future to honor my ancestors. Baoyu still likes it?"

When Jia Yuanchun was at home, he had been watching Baoyu start practicing calligraphy at a young age, and now he has not seen Zishi the same way for many years.No matter how much Jia Baoyu disliked the Four Treasures of the Study, he would not foolishly brush off Jia Yuanchun's face in front of everyone.Then he bent down and respectfully took it, "I like it, thank you big sister for the reward."

These words are not intimacy, but they are out of courtesy.Even the old lady now refers to Jia Yuanchun as the empress or the noble lord, and definitely won't say granddaughter or Yuanchun.So Jia Baoyu's "big sister" really startled the old lady, and looked carefully at the little eunuchs who came with her, fearing that they would show impatience or gloat, and bring Yuanchun back. trouble.

Fortunately, the old lady thinks that everything is as usual, but she doesn't know that everything here is under the control of Concubine De.Among the five young eunuchs who followed, two belonged to Concubine De, one belonged to the emperor, and only two belonged to Jia Yuanchun, but they were not confidantes either.Jia Yuanchun looked down on eunuchs in his heart, so he just kept the maids around him in his hands, and the little eunuch only wanted to keep his own place.Poor kid doesn't know, don't mess with anyone in the palace, don't mess with the eunuch, he is the overlord of the harem.

Mrs. Wang would go to the palace to meet Jia Yuanchun every year and festival. The rules in the palace were the most clear, and Mrs. Wang had seen the truth of misfortune coming out of her mouth.

Stretching his body, he walked behind Jia Baoyu, stretched out his hand, looked at Baoqin with a smile and said, "Baoyu is spoiled, she has never seen such a big scene, and sometimes she said something wrong I hope everyone will not be offended."

At the same time, Yuanyang has already stuffed the prepared purses into the hands of the little eunuch one by one.Baoqin nodded slightly, then turned back to the old lady and said, "I don't know where Baoyu lives now? Have you ever read the Four Books and Five Classics? When will you take the exam?"

This question stumped the slick old lady, and the whole room fell silent again.Mrs. Wang, as a mother, has the most experience. I don’t know how many times Jia Zheng asked about this matter to help sloppy.

"I've read the Four Books and Five Classics, but because I'm still young and in poor health, I still live with the old lady. So the teacher in the private school has to study hard first, and then take the exam after two years." It's the husband's fault, and gently pushed away the fact that Jia Baoyu didn't seek to make progress.

This was asked by Jia Yuanchun, what Baoqin heard outside was what he heard after all, and it was better to listen to what the family said.It's just that Baoqin has been in the palace all these years, so she is most sensitive about what is true and what is false.

But now Baoqin will not expose Mrs. Wang's lies face to face, just smiled and said: "That's good, the young master is most concerned about Baoyu's homework. The little elder brothers in the palace went to live with elder brother when they were six years old. Get up and study when it’s still dark, and you can’t rest when it’s not dark at night. The little master doesn’t ask Baoyu to have this kind of ambition, as long as he can have this five-point strength.”

Baoqin looked at the old lady, remembered what the young master had told him to talk about Baoyu, so he sent the little eunuchs to follow the crowd to dinner.I was talking with the old lady in Chunxi Hall.Seeing that Baoqin was left alone, Jia's mother knew that Jia Yuanchun didn't like Baoyu's current situation. She looked at Baoqin nervously and said, "But the young master is not satisfied with Baoyu's progress?"

Baoqin looked at Jia Mu with a slight smile, and shook his head reassuringly, "But it's not like this, it's just that the young master feels the same way now. The emperor's children have to work so hard, why can our children waste time with peace of mind? The rumors in the state government are very bad, and the young master is very worried. Baoyu is old now, why does he still live with his sisters? If Baoyu becomes an official in the future, others will talk about it. The sisters in the family are Don't you plan to get married yet? Why hasn't anyone come to propose marriage at this age? No one has seen him? Just keep at home blindly, and don't see any banquets. How do others know that there is a young lady in our family?"

The more Jia Mu heard it, the more frightened she became. As she got older, she handed over all the family affairs to Mrs. Wang, and she didn't expect such a mistake.I also have no scruples about the reputation of Yingchun sisters, and I feel very guilty.The key is that the impact of Baoyu's official career in the future made Jia's mother very regretful.

.Baoqin just looked at Jiamu's expression and knew that she wanted to understand. He took Jiamu's hand and said, "This is just the young master's thoughts, and the old lady should think about it carefully. Baoyu is now 12 years old. The meaning is to let Baoyu move to live in the study of the second master. Although the conditions are a bit rough, only the difficult conditions can cherish the opportunity to study more. Besides, the second master must always watch Baoyu study, even if he is stricter. Gong Brothers here are also often beaten by the master, the old lady should not feel bad, and do not stop it, as long as Baoyu has benefits, it is better than anything else."

Mother Jia's eyes flashed with distress, and she nodded reluctantly.Baoqin knew that Jia's mother didn't want it in her heart, but Jia Yuanchun had said so, and her current status was so extraordinary, Jia's mother could only agree.Baoqin knew that this matter still had to be carried out well, and it would be bad if Jia Mu just promised not to do it in the future.

"Old lady, the young lord is now in the midst of the royal family, but to give the Rongguo Mansion a long-term support, someone must take up an important position in the court. Look at the women who can sit on the fourth concubine's position without the support of their mother's family behind them ? That is, the little master will have a prince in the future, how can this prince grow up safely if he does not have a strong background?"

Speaking of which, Baoqin looked at Jiamu meaningfully. This old lady has a lot of scheming.These years of pampering made her lose her former wisdom, but she was not old-fashioned.

Now that Jia's mother was really enlightened, she nodded solemnly and said, "I was confused. I must watch Baoyu's homework carefully in the future, and I won't stop the second child again."

Then Baoqin laughed, "That's the reason. It's not that the young master of our house has never thought about finding a good person to take this pain instead of Baoyu, but after looking around, only Baoyu has spiritual roots. Besides, the young master and Baoyu But brothers and sisters, if there is any good thing in the future, you can pull Baoyu upright, right? Things in this palace are the most complicated, what we have to do is not to hinder the young master."

Mother Jia nodded in agreement, and promised to keep a close eye on Baoyu. "Baoqin, it's been hard for you these years. Your lord can live a good life in the palace because of your caring, and our family is grateful for your kindness." Baoqin was a little moved in his heart, but Jiamu's eyes flickered But the calculation made Baoqin smile in his heart.

I was really stupid, the real kindness came from non-kinship and non-relationship, what Jia Mu said was just to let myself stay by Jia Yuanchun's side with more peace of mind.Fortunately, I have no better place to go besides following Jia Yuanchun, so why not do them to curry favor with me now.

With a slight smile on his face, Baoqin said with emotion in his eyes: "This is the duty of a servant. The old lady doesn't have to say that, and she will kill the servant. In addition, the young master has something to ask the servant to ask the old lady and the servant quietly." Second Wife, in our house is the family of Mrs. Xi Tara who knows the first-rank general and the commander-in-chief of the South Dao Army?"

Mother Jia blinked her cloudy eyes, narrowed her eyes slightly and thought for a while and said, "In our house, only the Grand Master and the ministers of the court are closer, but I haven't heard of anything related to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion."

Baoqin took a sip of Laojun Mei at hand, "What's the matter, maybe the elder thinks it's nothing, but the governor's mansion has it in mind. Our family is now rushing to post it whenever there is a chance." .Face and so on are always benefits that are not available.”

Jia Mu's face flushed, she was letting her family rely on others.However, thinking about the current situation at home, and thinking about Yuan Chun in the palace, the old lady had to let go of her pride. "I'll send someone to find the Eldest Master, and the Second Master will also call here. Think about it carefully, if you can have friendship with the Dudu Mansion, it will be easier to do things in the future."

Baoqin twirled a piece of pine nut candy very satisfied and ate it, only to feel that the food she envied when she was a child is now tasteless, far less delicious than the exquisite and complicated dim sum in the palace.While waiting for Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng to come, Baoqin told Jia Mu in detail about Jia Yuanchun's current situation in the palace, which made Jia Mu very happy.

Not long after, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng walked in quickly, standing still even for the servant girl Baoqin.Baoqin looked at the gentlemen standing in front of him respectfully, recalled the past, and deeply felt that power is the last thing in this world that cannot be lost.

"Excuse me, although slaves and maids have entered the palace, they have no official positions, so they can't be a great gift from a gentleman." Even though he said this, Baoqin still sat firmly on the couch and didn't get up.

Jia She and Jia Zheng thanked again and sat aside. Jia She listened to Baoqin's words, bowed his head and pondered for a while, then shook his head slowly, and said in confusion: "There is really no intersection, just saying a word or nodding your head." I can’t remember either. It is said that Lord Sitara stayed in Henan all the time and rarely entered the palace. Even when he entered the palace, he stood in the front row. I am just a hereditary third-class general with no real power. That’s all at the end. It’s true that there has never been any contact. I don’t know if the second brother has had anything?”

Jia Zhengjian talked about himself, stroked Xinxu's long beard and said, "I have been working in the Ministry of Industry. Every time I go to work, I stay in the Ministry. There has never been a Master Sitala who has come to the Ministry of Industry."

Both Jiamu and Baoqin's faces darkened. Jiamu felt disappointed that her family could not get on the line of the Dudu Mansion, but Baoqin was a little worried.When Jia Yuanchun came here, he repeatedly told him to ask carefully, saying that he was deliberately telling himself the way he looked at Concubine De, so this Lord Xi Tala must have some connections with him.

Why do the old men say they don't know each other now, it would be bad if I messed up my errand this time.Suddenly, Baoqin remembered what Jia Yuanchun had said, "Do the ladies in the house know Lord Xi Tara's concubine daughter, whose maiden name is Qingwen?"

Before Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng came to their senses, Mother Jia jumped up with joy, disregarding her old and fat body, her face was full of surprise, and her voice was raised, "You mean Lord Sitara's son-in-law?" Girlfriend's name is Qingwen?"

Baoqin saw that there was a door, "But it's called Qingwen. Now this Xitara Gege is a celebrity in the palace. Not only the emperor personally ordered Doro Gege to be sealed, but the imperial concubine and Yifei empress are also from time to time. Reward something or take it into the palace to talk. The empress dowager also likes this Duoluogege very much, and she often wants to let him talk to her side."

Jia Mu's eyes brightened even more, "That's good, that's good. There used to be a needlework girl in our house who was serving me by my side, her name was Qingwen. Later, Daiyu asked to hand in needlework, so I just I gave Qingwen's body deed to Daiyu. When Daiyu moved back to her home, Qingwen also left with her. But I don't know if this Qingwen Gege is Qingwen from our house?"

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng didn't expect such a coincidence, so they immediately continued: "Since your lord has asked this question, I'm afraid it's this Qingwen. It's just that the girl in our mansion has become the daughter of the Dudu's mansion? Is there any chance?"

Baoqin shook his head, "That's not what we know. But since we have clues, it's easy to find out, and the young master will send someone to investigate this matter."

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng nodded in agreement, and then Mother Jia took Baoqin to dinner.The former masters of the family are now surrounding a servant girl attentively, making Yingchun and their servant girls jealous.Siqi has always liked to be top-notch, but his young lady is a soft-faced person, and she has nowhere to use her strength.

Now seeing the beauty of the maid holding the piano in the past, Siqi is really anxious.After finally returning to his own room, Siqi pulled Yingchun and began to persuade: "Miss, do you think Baoqin is so beautiful now?"

Yingchun slowly played chess with herself, "Well, it's very beautiful!" Siqi immediately said, "Then why is Baoqin so beautiful?" Yingchun said without raising her head, "Because the eldest sister is the lord now, and there is something beside her. Your girl is naturally superior."

When Siqi heard this, he couldn't help but feel relieved that Yingchun didn't give up. He should understand, "Does that young lady want to be so beautiful?" But it's not the chess move I thought of. "Why are you talking so much today?"

Siqi smiled and sat next to Yingchun, "The servants also want to be famous like the young lady. They are all young ladies from the Rongguo Mansion, so why can't the young lady have a bright future? Besides, that noble lord is just a young lady from the second room of the Rongguo Mansion. And Miss, you are the serious eldest daughter of the Rongguo Mansion, the daughter of a third-class general. When the young lady entered the palace, she entered the palace as the eldest daughter of the Rongguo Mansion. After careful investigation, these are all you, Miss. things. Why do we want to see our things fall into other people's hands, and we only end up with greedy eyes?"

Siqi has always been upright in his speech, so now no one dares to speak out so boldly to slander Jia Yuanchun.But Yingchun really heard it in her heart, she has no place in this family.My own temperament is so indifferent, I have never fought for anything for myself.Originally, I thought that it would be good to live an ordinary life, but now that Siqi was suddenly mentioned, my heart was a little moved.But, should this really be your own?What would it be like if he entered the palace by himself?Can you do what big sister is doing now?

Yingchun likes to play chess the most. Taking one step and thinking about ten steps is Yingchun's favorite thing to do.The beautiful picture that has not been painted by Siqi is dazzling, but the throbbing in my heart is there.This incident is also an opportunity to welcome the spring into the palace in the future.Qingwen didn't know that there was a big trouble on her body, and she was on the way back with Lao Shi.

The relationship between the two is rapidly heating up now, and from time to time, it is a coincidence to send a letter to their parents together.Every time Min Yue took Fu Jing who came back from Xiaya to read Qingwen's letters together, "Ama, brother Ann! I ate the most delicious soup dumpling today, it was super delicious! I finally got the true biography of the proprietress." , When I come back, I will show it to Ama and my brother! Are Ama and my brother okay now? Are they eating on time? After going back, do Ama and brother still recognize the good girl? The good girl thinks of you every day, okay!"

Min Yue and Fu Jing are very happy to read such a letter, their good girl and younger sister are really naughty, this is so full of words, people think Xi Tara is incomprehensible.But this kind of letter also makes them feel like a family, and only a family can understand the letter, so they get excited when they think about it.Alas, it can only be said that the excitement of these two is really low.

Yinji's letters are serious, one time when she saw Qingwen who was sitting across from her write a strange letter, she studied it carefully, and then happily wrote the same letter to the imperial concubine.Originally, I thought that the noble concubine would be moved to tears by my longing, but I didn't expect that what I waited for was a letter from Huang Ama, and there was only one sentence: "Speak human words!"

This incident really hit Yinji, who was obviously very serious and filial, but was criticized by the emperor in this way, since then she has never written such a nasty letter.Every time Kangxi waited to read Yinji's letter and then imagined the silly appearance of this silly child sticking to Qingwen's side. While being angry for having such a weak son who fears guilt, he also felt that such a silly old ten Some cute.It reminded him of the time the two of them spent together when the queen was still there.So when he saw Lao Shi's letter full of nonsense, Kangxi's first reaction was to write that letter.

But the next day Kangxi left Min Yue to talk, intentionally or unintentionally talking about whether Qingwen had sent a letter?Min Yue was worried that no one would share the filial piety of a good girl with him. Now he had a good person to confide in, and they were all parents. The key was that this was the future father-in-law of the good girl.Min Yue happily took out two letters from his sleeve, and handed them to Kangxi, "Your Majesty, take a look, these are sent by a good girl in the past two days, and there are two paintings. I saw a painting on the road. None of the slaves were willing to show it, so they kept it as a treasure."

Kangxi took a funny look at Min Yue, and opened the letter to read. The strange words and phrases in the paper made Kangxi suddenly feel familiar.