Sister Xue of the Red Chamber

The clever girl, the good bird, chooses a wood to live in, and the bitter lotus hides its vitality in the dark

On the 21st of the first month of the second year of Yongzheng, Wang gave birth to a daughter.

"It's another girl!" Wang complained bitterly to Feng Feng, "I was looking forward to having a son, after all, our Wang family is also one of the four great families in Jinling, how can we compare with Xue Pan, that little bitch? This is good, a second young lady, not to mention anything else, even her birthday can't compare to that girl in front of the old lady!"

Zhao Nai, the nanny who followed Wang's side, had already been sent back to the Wang family by Mrs. Xue because of what happened back then, without any sympathy; the original two first-class maids, Le Shuang, were also far away It was sold; Lexue was demoted to be a second-class maid by Wang's side because she acted well and didn't show her mistakes, and the old lady said that she didn't like Le Shuang because of her mistakes. It was renamed Dongxue.Mrs. Wang had no choice but to promote Feng Feng and Jiyue to the first class from the original second class, and pointed out a rough envoy to act as the second class; in order to appease Le Xue, the four second class The girl changed her name from Lexue's name to Chunyu, Xiahua, Qiuye and Dongxue.

"Don't worry, madam. For several years, madam thought it was because the time hadn't come, so she didn't give birth. In the past two years, she has conceived one after another, so it must be because the time has come! Madam, now just take advantage of the confinement to recuperate your body. I will definitely be able to give birth to a fat young master in vain! At that time, how can she turn the world upside down with her Feng Clan?" Feng Feng said flatteringly.

"I thought that the first year of life must be inferior to the honor given by the two lords who enshrined the sons and daughters. I thought that I would have to make it up for me on the third day and the full moon. Who would have thought that when the old lady heard that she was a girl, she would be so honored by the third year." It’s hasty, it’s not as good as the previous year! I’m not allowed to touch anything during my confinement, and this Xue family must not fall into her Feng’s hands! When I’m confinement, she can make my son’s first birthday Banquet past that little bastard?!"

Dong Xue listened, only feeling sad in her heart.

Not to mention, the eldest young master and the eldest lady were born on the same day. At that time, no matter whether it was the third party, the full moon or the first week, they were all held together. How could it not be as lively as the second lady's third party?Moreover, now the wife wants to use the second young lady to overwhelm her. One is from Mrs. Feng, needless to say, but the other is the wife's own daughter!Even though the son-changing plan failed because of the eldest lady, the wife abused her daughter not long after she wanted to strangle her own daughter, and now she is alienating the eldest lady inside and out.The eldest lady is only a one-year-old child, so what's wrong with it, but the wife wants to end the relationship between mother and daughter!

Thinking about himself again, since Le Shuang was betrayed, he has been cautious, for fear that the old lady will find the wrong place and betray him.Even though he was demoted to the first class, he felt wronged, so he had no choice but to endure it.Unexpectedly, my wife didn't know how to repent, and this time she was pregnant, and she wanted to send herself to ask the doctor secretly in the first five months, and she must first find out whether the fetus in the womb is male or female!Fortunately, I was quick-witted and went back to the old lady secretly.After all, the old lady is an old man trained by the royal family. I heard that she was served by the current Holy Majesty, so she was not in a hurry. She just gave herself a pill, and after eating it, she looked like typhoid fever!Now the doctor didn't invite me, and I didn't come to serve my wife for three months.After hearing that a few days later, the doctor was invited by the scenery. The doctor only said that the fetus could not be identified as male or female, so it must have been written by the old lady.

It's just... Now that I have voted for the old lady in private, I can't let the scenery compare to it in front of the wife, otherwise I will have no place in front of the wife, let alone tell me where the news came from and pass it to Song Hetang The old lady sells it!After calming down, Dongxue said slowly, "Ma'am, I have a method to make the second young lady's full moon overtake the other two's one-year-olds!"

"Really? Let's hear it." Wang said lazily.

Fengguang glared at Dongxue, this little hoof would compete with him every time to show his face in front of his wife, "Even my wife has no idea, what can you do?"

"My wife must have thought of what this servant girl said. Madam, listen, is this servant girl right or wrong?" Dongxue ignored the scenery and started talking, "If you want to talk about the beauty of the full moon banquet at the Sui Mansion last year, I don't know. It is because of the two things that the master conferred the title and the son of the young master and lady gave the name. Although it is said that the reason why the young master and miss was given the name by the emperor is because of a good birthday, the slaves don't think so. But two baby dolls, how can there be so many? The blessing is not because of the old master's achievements! Now that the Holy Majesty is enthroned, he must find a way to reward him!"

"Well, it makes sense."

"Madam, it's better to ask the master, and say that the eldest lady and the young master are all named by the emperor. If the second miss is dead, she will inevitably be talked about. I also ask the master to take pity on me and ask for an imperial name for our second miss." Come on, it also seems that our Xue family is deeply favored by the Holy Majesty! Besides...Although the Holy Majesty conferred the title of lord at the beginning, but this edict has not been conferred. Now I take this opportunity to ask for it. My wife will be a first-class man in the future. Ma'am, please!"

When Mrs. Wang heard the words, she almost couldn't hold herself back and jumped up, "I'm sorry! I almost forgot this! You can't be snatched away by Mrs. Feng!" After thinking for a while, she said, "Dongxue, you have always been a good person. This What you said is a great contribution! Feng Shuang, hurry up, go and invite the master!"

Is this plan successful?

It must be impossible!Dongxue turned around and sent a message to Songhetang.Mrs. Xue received the news and asked someone to intercept Xue Tianxiang, and after some discussion with him, Xue Tianxiang suppressed his anger and went to Wang's courtyard.

As soon as Mrs. Wang said something, Xue Tianxiang was furious: "Stupid woman! Didn't you hear that thunder, rain, and dew are all the grace of the king! The emperor has favored my Xue family, so I should accept the gratitude, and I have never asked the emperor for favor. !"

"Master, the Holy One personally bestowed Baoxuan's name to show his favor to our family. The second girl is also the daughter of our Xue family, and she is a sibling with Baoxuan's mother. It must be because of the bond between the two sisters. , Your Majesty is also happy..." Before Wang could finish speaking, she was interrupted.

"Shut up! Are you trying to speculate on the holy will? If this word is spread, the entire Xue family will have to be buried with you!" Xue Tianxiang flicked his sleeves and was about to leave. When he walked to the door, he paused. Let’s talk again! Second girl...you don’t have to be so particular about naming a girl’s family, and it’s not like Baoxuan is a blessed person...let’s call it Baochai, and the old lady will send someone to say it, lest you get jealous again Have other ideas!" After saying that, without looking back, he went straight out of the yard.

The room was silent.

"Ma'am!" Dongxue suddenly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Ma'am, please punish me! This servant is ignorant and ignorant, yet he came up with such a bad idea! Ma'am! It’s all the servant’s fault! You returned to the master!" Sell ​​your servants, it must make the master calm down!"

Wang Shiben was still shocked by this, but he didn't expect this.Now that Dong Xue suddenly pleaded guilty, she still couldn't recover a little bit, but she was very angry and only got a little bit of it, "Forget it, you have always been wholeheartedly for me. Although you are not as delicate as Le Shuang, you can do things for me , but not with that bad intention. Go back to your own room and stay in your own room, and let it out when you are older!"

Dong Xue was overjoyed in her heart, but on the surface she had done enough tricks, "Thank you, Mrs. Maid, farewell, Madam!" After bowing, she withdrew.

Baoxuan has always stayed in front of the old lady, and because she is still young, she does not avoid her in many things.The matter of Dongxue was seen from the beginning to the end, and afterwards he just sneered a few times, neither helping nor stepping on, and living his own life.

In the twelfth lunar month of the second year of Yongzheng, a decree came from Beijing to seal the old lady Xue and Mrs. Yipintai.

In the third year of Yongzheng, Lin Ruhai was handpicked as the censor of salt inspection. Because the governor of Liangjiang was also in charge of the salt administration, he went to the governor's mansion in Jinling to meet the superior official according to the system.Because his wife was born in Jia's family, which was also one of the four major families in Jinling, Xue's family now has a title, so they sent a post to visit her.

Baoxuan and Xue Pan were led by their wet nurse to meet the guests.

"Brother, Tanhua!" Baoxuan heard that it was Lin Ruhai, so he pulled Xue Pan and posted it, at least with a bit of literati air, lest a Xue Dama monkey really come out in the future.

Xue Pan patted his chest and said, "What kind of flower does my sister like, my brother will pick it for you!"

Bao Xuanmo.

Xue Tianxiang and Lin Ruhai laughed when they heard their childish talk, and they got closer for a while.When Lin Ruhai left, the two had already been called by brother Lin and brother Xue Xian.From then on, the Xue Lin family had contacts.

At the beginning of the fourth year of Yongzheng, Wang received a letter from his sister's family, entrusting him with something.Dong Xue heard the news from Xia Hua, and sent a little girl she knew well to report to Mrs. Xue Tai.The scenery around Mrs. Wang was betrayed because of disrespecting Mrs. Jiyue and others. From then on, they just acted carefully. At that time, Mrs. Wang had no one available, so she had to write a letter to refuse.Xue Tianxiang heard that Mrs. Wang cried and complained about Feng Feng being betrayed, and after Mrs. Xue learned of the cause of the incident, she became more and more cold towards Mrs. Wang.

In August of the fourth year of Yongzheng, a letter came from the Lin Mansion in Yangzhou stating that Lin Ruhai's first wife Jia Shi gave birth to a son.After many years of marriage, Lin's couple finally had an heir. They had a big banquet with guests. Xue Tianxiang brought Feng's family, a son and a daughter to the banquet.

In the fifth year of Yongzheng, there was a letter from the capital.The sister of the Wang family and the wife of the second room of the Jia family gave birth to a son.This son was very different. As soon as the fetus was born, he took a piece of colorful and crystal-clear jade in his mouth. There were many writings on it, so it was named Baoyu.Everyone in Jia's mansion said that this son had a lot of background.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang thinks that such a great event must be congratulated, and she will be blessed.So he drew up a large gift list, worth tens of thousands of taels, and showed it to Mrs. Xue Tai.

Unexpectedly, before the words were spoken, a lot of cold water was poured on them.

"Mr. Wang, I've heard about Jia's mansion. You should also persuade your sister. Write the name of the young master and post it everywhere to be called by thousands of people. Who would do such a thing? It's really unreasonable." It's a rule. From now on, you'll have less contact with that place, and you won't lose the reputation of my Xue family. Besides, the baby had visions, which family didn't hide it, but his family yelled that everyone knew about it. It’s because I’m afraid I won’t be able to respond to the royal family! People are born different, but I’m afraid it’s a monster!”

Later, there was a letter from Yangzhou stating that Lin Ruhai had another bastard son.Xue Tianxiang ordered Feng's family to prepare generous gifts and personally transport them to Yangzhou.

Since then, the Wang family has secretly annoyed the Lin family.

In February of the sixth year of Yongzheng, the housekeeper of the Lin family came in person.Yan Daolin's mansion has added a daughter-in-law, and I'm here to announce the good news.Baoxuan thought in his heart, one year younger than Jia Baoyu, this is Lin Daiyu.

Turning around, he saw that Feng Shi was smiling worriedly, and felt very strange.Since that year when Feng Shi and Xue Tianxiang went to Yangzhou to congratulate him, they became handkerchief friends with Jia Min and exchanged letters from time to time.Hearing the good news today, he should be happy, why worry?

Because Bao Xuan would cry when he saw Wang Shi since he was a child, the whole family only thought that he was afraid when he was abused by Wang Shi.In addition, Baoxuan often said that he was beaten by villains in his dreams, and it would be better when he was three or four years old, so seeing that Baoxuan was not close to the Wang family on weekdays, everyone in the house felt sorry for him.Calculated, Baoxuan and Feng Shi are closer.

Because Xue Pan is the son of Xue's parents and the only male heir of Xue's family, the old lady dotes on him, and the servants from all walks of life help him, so the Feng family is not good at discipline.Fortunately, Baoxuan, who was smart since childhood, was loved by the whole family (Wang's yard has been ignored), and he is used to acting coquettishly in front of the old lady, and as Xue Pan gets older, he becomes more and more controlled by sisters. Even though Bao Xuan is a girl, she often disciplines Xue Pan and doesn't tell him to do anything wrong.The Feng family became closer to Bao Xuan.

"What's wrong with Mrs. Feng?" Bao Xuan turned around and cared about Feng's worries.It happened to be in Songhe Hall, Mrs. Xue also looked at Feng Shi when she heard the words.

"It turned out to be about my natal family. My natal family used to have a cousin who married to the Zhen family in Gusu. Over the years, the couple had only one daughter, whose baby name was Yinglian. She is now five years old. But I didn't want to lose it during the Lantern Festival the previous month. .Now I have searched all over Gusu City, but there is no sound." Feng said with tears.

"Mrs. Feng, don't worry. Baoxuan heard that Qixia Temple outside the city is the most effective. Why don't you go to Qixia Temple to ask for divination in a few days, and you will surely keep Sister Yinglian safe."

"That's right. Feng Shi, you go back and prepare later, and go to have an incense tomorrow." Mrs. Xue agreed.

"It's just...you must bring Baoxuan with you! Baoxuan also asks for the safety of Sister Yinglian!"

"You're a child, I'm afraid you want to play! Forget it, take Pan'er with you, she's his cousin after all."

Why did Bao Hyun follow him?Not all for fun.Others don't know about Zhen Yinglian, but Bao Xuan knows it.Relying on his small size, he got rid of the girl and woman, and sneaked into the place where the lottery was asked while the monks in the monastery were having afternoon classes, and left a note on the lottery book, "If you want to find lotus, seven years later, you will be in Jinling City."

Although the monk who read the signature was surprised, he thought it was a letter left by someone who knew, and answered accordingly.

After Feng returned home, he wrote to Gusu himself.And Zhen Shiyin just happened to encounter Zhu Rong at home, and wanted to go to Ruzhou to join his father-in-law. After receiving this letter, he had a direction as if he had seen the sun behind the clouds. Search for her daughter's whereabouts.