Jia Minqi's family in the Red Chamber

Fortunately, Mrs. Wang is not without self-knowledge: she knows in her heart that there are some things that she can only think about now.

She changed her clothes, sat by the window and waited for her younger sister to arrive.

After all, Baochai in my sister's family is several years younger than Yuanchun in my own family.If a woman of this dynasty wants to enter the palace, at least she has to be in time - but if she wants her own girl to fight back to the road to Qingyun, she always has to make preparations early.So my brother-in-law has been busy running officials all these years.

Those around the brother-in-law's family dare not say that there is always money, and in order to make a good future, the brother-in-law is very willing to spend money.

Mrs. Wang understood the express hint from the fifth prince's side concubine, and her heart was surging for a while. When she finally regained her composure, her younger sister hurried over.

Xue's family is in the capital, apart from Jia Shiwang's family, there are no relatives or friends who need to travel frequently.

Therefore, Mrs. Wang's accompanying room, Zhou Rui's family, came to invite me, but didn't they come as soon as they were invited?Xue's house in the capital was not far from Rongfu, and on the way, Zhou Rui's family also told Aunt Xue about "the fifth prince's side concubine came to the door, and asked about his own girl and cousin while gossiping".

Aunt Xue also thought about it all the way without mentioning it. When she arrived at Rongfu, Aunt Xue followed her sister to meet Jia Mu first.

The two sisters came over to salute, and Mother Jia thought to herself: The second child's family is still a little impatient.

But this is a great thing, and it's good to come up with a charter with relatives.What if people don't want to go this way?That girl of the Xue family also has some ambitions, and entering the palace is not the same as entering the palace, the twisted melon is not sweet after all.

So after a few pleasantries, she let Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue go to talk by themselves.

Jia's mother sat alone for a while before asking Yuanyang and the others to serve her with pen and ink. She wanted to write to her daughter to ask for an idea: the son-in-law has always been tight with his daughter, who with eyes can't see it?

In other words, after all, Mother Jia has been the wife of the state for decades, so she will not be easily dazzled by happy events.She always felt that it was a bit strange that the fifth prince's side concubine came here.

You don't have much friendship, why did you fall in love with your own girl?Yuan Chun is in the palace, if he has the heart, there will be no movement at Concubine De's side.

But when Aunt Xue arrived at her sister's room, she drank half a cup of tea first, and then waited for her sister to retreat from the crowd, before asking softly, "The fifth prince is taking Zhong Yuanchun, right?"

Mrs. Wang didn't have any doubts, "If it's really won, I ask the concubine Chen to order it. Why bother to let the side concubine suffer again?"

Concubine Chen is the birth mother of the fifth prince.

There were only two sisters, and Aunt Xue didn't have too many scruples, and guessed, "The fifth prince is not young, don't you...you like it first?" Then he took a fancy to girls from other families?Marriage is naturally "the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker", but this time it is the selection of a successor, the fifth prince already has his own powerful subordinates, even if his meaning is the Holy One, he will not ignore it at all.

My sister made sense.

Mrs. Wang looked sad, "This is exactly what I'm afraid of."

Aunt Xue came to her senses this time: her Baochai is useless.Thinking about how my sister hastily invited her over, not only to ask her to give advice, but also to ask her to contribute.

Mrs. Wang said again: "You should ask in the palace."

Inquiring information from the nobles in the palace will cost a lot of money.

Aunt Xue didn't answer: If she wants to pay any money now, she has to ask her master.

The old sister-in-law of the natal family said it very nicely, but when the master wanted to donate an official, the elder brother Wang Ziteng, who had already become a feudal official, did not see anything... After the master persuaded her, she easily refused.

Mrs. Wang really thought that her sister could help her.

She is in charge of the middle school, and no one knows better than her how many family backgrounds there are in the mansion.The two brothers have to spend a lot of money to run around every year, but the filial piety they receive is a drop in the bucket.

If you don't want to do something, don't talk about the dignity of the Duke's Mansion, just say that life will be difficult.However, whether it is the master's brother-in-law or his own brother, all of them can be regarded as prosperous in the official career, while my master's official career is... all in good order.

This is in response to the saying "begging others is better than asking yourself", the eldest son can't be counted on for a while if he doesn't get a Jinshi, so this opportunity for the prince to be a mother-in-law, she can't let it go - the relatives she has made friends with It just so happens that there is no girl of the right age, so this good thing must fall on the daughter.

So Mrs. Wang said sincerely: "These days it is unavoidable to walk around and inquire about news, especially the nobles in the palace."

How much she wished that her younger sister would volunteer to take on the task of walking with the nobles in the palace.

Under her sister's earnest gaze, Aunt Xue finally said embarrassingly, "I'll ask my sister when I go back."

Mrs. Wang didn't expect her younger sister to agree, "I don't know what His Highness and Concubine Chen are thinking, but I'll just tell you first. In the future... it's hard to say."

At any rate, he concealed his eagerness a bit.

The two sisters chatted for a while, and Aunt Xue left.

Mrs. Wang watched her sister go away, and couldn't help sneering in her heart: This is my real sister!Am I not as good as my sister-in-law who can coax people?

When I first came here, I was overjoyed, did I think that I would give this opportunity to Baochai?

But Aunt Xue also left in good spirits and returned in disappointment.

When she got home, she was even more impatient than her elder sister. She asked that her husband was at home, changed her clothes, and hurriedly searched for him... At this moment, Xue Huan was leading the stewards to sort out the property of the Xue family.

Hearing that his wife had something to say, Xue Huan knew that this trip was not going well. He intentionally asked his wife to think about it for a while, so he only asked Baochai to persuade his mother, while he continued to deal with common affairs: he wanted to put his family's shops and farms all over the place. Most of them were dealt with, leaving only the two properties in Jinling and Beijing.

As for the money obtained in exchange, it is natural to use it on the "blade".

After more than half an hour, Xue Huancai was "long overdue", and Aunt Xue and Baochai had already talked about themselves for a long time.

Baochai sees her father coming in, salutes, then withdraws winkingly, letting her parents talk - mother is soft hearted, and only father has the means to win back mother's heart.

Aunt Xue got up first and poured tea for her husband: she felt guilty.

Seeing her husband take a sip of tea, she said cautiously, "It's a good thing that Baochai can marry the prince."

Xue Huan said: "Of course it's a good thing."

But when his brother-in-law Jia Zheng sent his daughter to the palace, why didn't he want to have a bright future?It's just that with his brother-in-law's ability, sending a daughter to be selected is the limit. As for which noble person he can serve by his side after entering the palace, he has to resign himself to fate.

But no matter what, the brother-in-law Jia Zheng did go for the Holy Majesty's ~harem~.

But Xue Huan is different: Shengshang is older than him, and he is reluctant to part with his daughter who is as beautiful as a flower... If he can't live a good life for a few years, he has to wither quietly in the palace.

His target was the princes early on.Although there is no man who does not steal, but neither the crown prince nor the fifth prince will be sympathetic to the fragrance and jade. The daughter Baochai is extraordinary, but she can't make trouble in the back house—the daughter raised by himself, Xue Huan knows her daughter's abilities best.

Moreover, there are concubines of high rank in the harems of the crown prince and the fifth prince, and their family backgrounds are superior to their daughters. Even if a daughter enters the family of any of these two highnesses, she can only start as a concubine, and after she has a son, she will be granted the title.

Because before he ran down Shi Que, he should not focus on climbing high branches... he would be humiliating himself.

When Xue Huan said these words to his wife in detail, Aunt Xue remained silent for a while.

Xue Yuan took his wife's hand, and said, "Brother Lian from the Rong Mansion, who is going to become a noble in the future, has been married for many years, and he is still a donated acquaintance."

If the Rong Mansion can really support people, why can't even Brother Lian really be lacking?

Besides, my uncle, Wang Ziteng, has climbed to the second rank anyway, and his family has not lost his filial piety these years. Once Xue Huan wants to run away from the government, Wang Ziteng will speak nicely, not to mention the results, and there is no useful news See you?

So Xue Huan said sincerely: "relatives are always relatives, and everyone has sons and daughters, and the most important thing is children. So we can't just rely on others. I don't mind being a money bag, but Before you get what you ask for, you have to reciprocate, don’t you?”

Aunt Xue burst into tears when she heard the words, and she was so ashamed that she couldn't lift her head: Big Brother took the money from his family and spent it on management and filial piety, and now he is even more busy seeking refuge with a noble person to make further progress. Thinking about my master...

Thinking about the words she begged her sister-in-law now, I'm afraid my sister-in-law didn't know where to throw them away.

If it weren't for his wife's doting on her son too much, and secretly sending money to her natal family for nothing for many years, Xue Huan might not be willing to say these "heavy words" today.

He doesn't ask his wife to help him much, as long as he doesn't often delay his legs, he is content.

Baochai was worried and asked the girl to pay attention to what was going on with her parents. As a result, her father went into her mother's house and did not come out all night.

It was rare for Baochai to get a good night's sleep, but fortunately his father was at home: when he truly realized that he was not born well, Baochai became more and more dependent and trusting of his father, and he had to think about everything several times before he would speak.

After breakfast the next morning, Xue Yuan stared at his son Xue Pan who practiced calligraphy honestly and then was beaten. He received a letter just before lunch, and Xue Huan frowned and smiled at the few pages of the letter.

After collecting the letter, he ordered the girl to invite his daughter to the study.

It was Bai Lu, father's eldest girl, who came to deliver the message. Baochai didn't dare to be careless, thinking that her father had something important to say, so she helped Ying'er to the study—it must be said that it was raining heavily outside.

Even if the daughter-in-law and son want to change, they will have to change for ten or eight years, but his daughter makes him happy.

Seeing his daughter, Xue Huan immediately smiled sincerely.He cut to the chase, "Going south for my father, take good care of your mother. Your aunt and aunt, walk around as usual, but don't let your mother give money away. I will take your brother away with me."

If Xue Pan didn't cultivate his moral character, he would tend to stick to his temper. No matter how bad his reputation was, it would not only make it difficult for him to marry, but also hinder his daughter's future.

Baochai responded, and Xue Huan said again, "I never thought that the turning point would fall on Master Lin."

Baochai was also a little surprised, Mr. Lin... In short, Daiyu's father can reverse the case for Miaoyu's father, and even keep her official position. It doesn't mean that Mr. Lin will also pull their family.

Only counting the number of times he went to and from the Lin family, my father is incomparable with Mr. Han.

Xue Huan suddenly asked again, "Can my daughter communicate with your sisters by letter?"

Baochai replied: "There must be letters to greet you during the New Year's festival."

Xue Huan nodded and said: "Don't break the friendship just because we are far away, our family will meet again one day."

"Father don't worry, daughter can save."

But Jia Min, who was thousands of miles away, read the family letter from his mother, and felt dumbfounded: The Xue family has a big heart, but it is still reliable, and the second sister-in-law...is the second sister-in-law in the previous life not a fool?And once she loses her mind, her courage is always frightening.

This time too, for the sake of his great cause, the fifth prince would not choose a fifth-rank official with limited ability, average family background, and no sacred heart to be his father-in-law.

It should be noted that before the princes win enough power from the father, the struggle between them depends on which mother clan and wife clan are stronger.

Jia Min knew that she might not be able to return to Beijing for a while, so she had to chop off her second sister-in-law to prevent her from doing something irreparable.She could sit back and watch her second elder brother and second sister-in-law fall badly and lose face, but in the end she couldn't bear to get brother Zhu and Yuan Chun too involved.

These two are good boys, even if Brother Lian can teach them well, he is much better than...his father and uncle!

In short, her grandfather and father had spent their merits to allow her to live a new life, and she could not repay them with a dilapidated Rongguo Mansion.

Recalling that the master had told her a few days ago that he wanted to give Xue Huan a hand, now that he thinks about it, it really suits her best.

Lin Hai thought of supporting Xue Huan, so how can there be no reason?

Because Jia Min wanted to take his children to watch the tide, Lin Hai sent someone to Haining to arrange the family's itinerary in advance.

However, Lin Hai's confidant was very clear-sighted, and when he arrived in Haining, he found that the embankment had been specially reinforced, and a section of the embankment was newly built.

The confidant naturally wanted to inquire. I heard that several big businessmen partnered to reinforce a section of embankment with money. Most of these big businessmen were salt merchants, and there was only one imperial merchant... whose surname was Xue Minghuan.

Just one thing is enough, and when Han Qi rescued the disaster, the Xue family's business firm also made great efforts in transporting sand, gravel and grain, and did not show their merits afterwards.

Han Qi is not a person who is greedy for meritorious deeds and conceals them, so Xue Huan made a name for himself in front of Lin Hai for two consecutive incidents.

Lin Hai thought about it for a second, everyone was related, and it was better than using a stranger directly.Wang Ziteng didn't know whether he was too busy or didn't like Xue Huan. In short, he never "accepted" Xue Huan.

Lin Hai and Wang Ziteng are really not the same people, and the backers behind the two are even a little bit at odds.Speaking of which, he was quite happy to make Wang Ziteng a little bit of a nuisance.

Since Wang Ziteng is not interested, Lin Haixin said: I'll pull it over and put it in front of my eyes to have a look.Didn't Xue Huan want to send his daughter into the palace?There are many girls in the palace to pass the news, so why not do it.

Anyway, his Lin Hai's daughter didn't want to go.

No, Xue Huan decisively accepted the letter and went south: his long-awaited opportunity finally came!