Chapter 178 Sadness
Jinling!
Aunt Xue is very annoying.
In the capital, the Wang family and the Jia family actually fell out.
These two families are her and her children's greatest support in this world! How could they fall out? "Don't worry, Mom. The blood relationship cannot be severed."
Xue Baochai also read the letter from Beijing. "Aunt Jia has three biological children, and the head of the main house of Rongguo Mansion is my cousin Wang Xifeng. Even if she favors her husband's family, there is no reason for her to deny her mother's family."
She was not worried about the relationship between the Wang and Jia families at all.
Anyway, no matter how bad they are, it has nothing to do with the Xue family.
But she couldn't say this in front of her mother.
"Didn't cousin Yuanchun marry the Marquis of Xinping?"
The chief manager in Beijing has been in charge of the Xue family's dealings in Beijing.
Xue Baochai believed that the gift must have been sent over there.
"No matter how bad my uncles are, they have never let my cousins down."
Since the Jia family can no longer join the army, it is not a big problem for the eldest uncle to borrow the Jia family’s connections.
It’s Mrs. Shen from the Jia family who is too powerful.
No wonder she was known as the most fierce woman in Dazhao.
"Over time, they will come to their senses."
She didn't care much about it when she comforted her mother.
Anyway, the Jia family did not fall out with the Xue family.
After my uncle's family fell out with the Jia family, they would only value the Xue family more.
Otherwise, my father had passed away several years earlier, and my mother had written to my uncles several times to express and hint at it, but they had ignored it, and now they were taking the initiative to invite them to Beijing?
Xue Baochai used to be looking forward to her uncle's family, but now...
"When we go to Beijing, we will go to the Jia family first. Our aunt and cousin are there. We can help smooth over the relationship between the two families. Maybe both families will be grateful to us."
“…I hope so!”
Aunt Xue sighed.
She had met Mrs. Shen before.
As the daughter of a university scholar, she has been loved by her family since she was young.
After marrying into the Jia family, she was liked by her mother-in-law and loved by her husband. Within a year, she gave birth to Jia Zhen, the heir of Ningguo Mansion. The whole family wanted to praise her.
She and her sister were very envious at that time.
Unfortunately, their ages were not suitable for Jia Jing, and their families wanted them to enter the palace...
"In fact, your cousin Yuanchun shouldn't have left the palace."
Aunt Xue said, "If she hadn't left the palace, she would have been close to the emperor now. With a royal bloodline, the Jia family, the Wang family, the Shi family, and our Xue family would all be different."
Just look at the Zhen family and you will know how wealthy they are.
Unfortunately, it was ruined by Mrs. Shen.
"No matter how good Xinping Hou is, he can't compare to the one above."
She looked at her daughter with deep expectations in her eyes.
Her daughter Baochai is so beautiful, she should go to the most wealthy and prosperous place.
But Aunt Xue herself knew that the status of their Xue family was not enough.
Not everyone can enter the palace if they want to.
If he wants his daughter to enter the palace, he needs help from the Wang and Jia families.
As for my niece Yuanchun...
Aunt Xue automatically excluded herself from the group.
After all, she didn't even seize such a good place.
If I ask her for help, what if I delay my daughter? "My son..."
Aunt Xue patted her daughter's hand and said, "It doesn't matter who a woman marries... In fact, it doesn't matter who she marries. In this case, why not marry..."
"Mom, my daughter knows."
Why does Xue Baochai need her own mother to persuade her?
Because of her mother, she knew how good the Wang and Jia families were.
Although their family was an imperial merchant, their father was gone and their brother was useless. Not only the clan members, but even the shopkeepers were bullying them, an orphan and a widow.
But they still have to rely on them and cannot turn against them.
Xue Baochai has been pampered by her father since she was a child. She has read not all the classics, history, and collections of literature, but there is nothing in the family collection that she doesn't know.
Her father felt sorry that she was not a man, but shouldn't she also feel sorry for him?
The four great Jia families of Jinling, Wang, Shi, and Xue, all helped Taizu together in the beginning, but in the end their family only got the title of imperial merchants.
Her grandfather was unwilling to accept it, her father was unwilling to accept it, and so was she - naturally.
Xue Baochai also wanted to help her grandfather and father vent their grievances.
"Since my uncle can't rely on my cousin Yuanchun, I think he will be willing to pay more attention to my daughter."
So, other people’s bad things may not necessarily be bad things for their family.
"...I thought so too, but..."
Aunt Xue still looked worried.
The daughter kept calling her uncle's family. Although that was her mother's family, she was a concubine's daughter.
Otherwise she wouldn't be able to marry into the Xue family.
As for the two brothers, the eldest brother is arrogant and never thinks highly of her, as for the second brother... he can provide her with food, drink and entertainment, but nothing else can be expected from her.
However, the elder sister of the Jia family who was imprisoned in the small Buddhist temple, they grew up together when they were young, and their relationship was much better than that of the two brothers.
If she really wants to go to Beijing, the only person she can rely on is this sister.
But she...
"I always have to worry about your aunt when she's like that."
If she could rescue her sister from the small Buddhist temple, not to mention what would happen to her sister, her two brothers would also be more considerate and take better care of her children.
"And I heard that the Jia family's clan school is very good. If your brother can enter the Jia family's clan school, he will be able to support the family in the future."
All the children of the Jia family go to school in the clan school.
If Pan'er could get in, he would definitely be able to make friends with many of the Jia family's young men.
In this way, the Xue family will not be bullied by anyone in Beijing in the future.
Besides, that's the Duke's Mansion. Once you live there, the shopkeepers from all over the place... even if they would try to take advantage of your family's shops, they certainly wouldn't be so blatant.
"That's what Mom said!"
When talking about her brother, Xue Baochai was also very worried.
It’s not good to say that your brother is nice, but he loves her very much.
But let’s talk about my brother… He is impulsive and always gets cheated by others.
Xue Baochai knew that her brother was spoiled by their mother.
"Since the Jia family's clan school is good, it would be better for him to study there."
I don't seek any honors or fame.
Even if I can't become a talent, I can still become a person! "Mom, since we have decided, let's go to Beijing as soon as possible!"
"Wait a little longer..."
Aunt Xue was reluctant to leave this place that she had long considered her home.
When she was a child, she was not valued by her father and had to make a living under the care of her stepmother.
Although she married into the Xue family of low status, her husband was a good man and she, as the mistress of the family, was also very powerful.
Although life in recent years has not been as good as before, she still has the final say in this family.
“Let’s celebrate this New Year!”
Aunt Xue sighed.
After this year, she will go back to being her humble and submissive self!
"…Generally, schools start around the tenth day of the first lunar month."
Since she was going to leave here, Xue Baochai wanted to leave immediately.
After all, the earlier they arrive in Beijing, the earlier their family can make plans.
Not only does she want to enter the palace, but her brother also wants to enter the Jia family's school.
If the Chinese New Year really passes, many things will have to be postponed for another year.
"After the New Year, we will go to Beijing again. If my brother wants to enter the Jia family's clan school right away, I'm afraid he will be delayed."
Xue Baochai said, "Why not go to the capital now and make arrangements with all parties? Then, as soon as school starts there, my brother can go and study."
This? Aunt Xue's lifelong hope all rested on her son, and she couldn't help but hesitate again after hearing this.
"Mom," Xue Baochai added fuel to the fire, "It's New Year's Day, and the relatives are all so affectionate when they visit each other."
“…”
Aunt Xue was convinced.
I went to Beijing after the Chinese New Year and was delayed on the road for one or two months.
It would take another one or two months before the relatives could get together and visit each other.
"That's right!"
She patted her daughter's hand and said, "My daughter is really thoughtful."
Her daughter is really good in every way.
"Someone, call me back and tell me I have something to tell you!"
…
In the capital, Ningguo Mansion, Xing'er is packing his luggage.
At his wife's order, he had to go back to his hometown in Jinling.
The sacrificial field and the houses around it have been built for a long time, and it is indeed time for someone to go back and take a look.
Xing'er was happy to go back.
This time, he went back on behalf of his wife and uncle.
Even the elders in the clan have to bow their heads before him.
In the past, this would have been the best of all jobs.
It is not easy to accept bribes nowadays, but as long as you do your job well, you will still get a reward when you come back.
While Xing'er was thinking about which accountant and guard to ask to accompany him, he was also thinking about the girl that his wife had asked him to help find.
A girl from a relative of the Shen family, with a rice-sized rouge mark on her forehead, named Yinglian, was said to have been kidnapped to Jinling, but Jinling was so big...
Xing'er sighed. He could only do his best and leave the rest to fate.
Shen Ning is also doing her best and leaving the rest to fate.
Of course, she was still worried about the monk and the Taoist priest who appeared in Dream of the Red Chamber.
These two have appeared in the Xue family, the Lin family, and the Jia family.
They seem like real gods, but are they doing godly things?
The attendant of the divine water occasionally had a mortal desire and wanted to experience the prosperity and emotions of the human world in a prosperous and peaceful dynasty, so he chose to descend to the human world to experience fantasy. She can understand, but why must he live such a hard life to experience the prosperity and emotions of the human world? Is the love in this world only the love between men and women? In addition to family love, heroic love, chivalrous love, human love, infatuation, deep love, true love, etc., there are also loyalty, awe, trust, respect, suspicion, resentment, anger, disgust, etc.!
In addition, there are various other emotions such as the relationship between teachers and students, and the relationship between country and nation.
What kind of love did Jia Baoyu experience in Dream of the Red Chamber?
He didn't even feel one tenth of the 'love' that the attendant Shenying wanted to experience!
To experience the world's emotions, Jia Baoyu should experience everything.
Staying only in the backyard, facing the open and covert conflicts among the family members and the jealousy among a group of girls, it can be said that his heart has become small.
And the Crimson Pearl Fairy...
The Crimson Pearl Herb grows beside the Sansheng Stone on the bank of the Ling River in the west. Where does it need irrigation?
Since she grows there, she certainly doesn't lack water.
It's frustrating enough to be watered too much by others, why should I repay the water with tears?
The Lin family has been marquises for five generations and has never done anything harmful to the world. Why should their only bloodline have to live like that?
Shen Ning felt that they had all taken the wrong path.
She helped them correct it, but...
It is undeniable that both of them are capable.
If they find something wrong and trace it back to her, she won't be able to figure it out...? Shen Ning is also worried about herself now!
If we trace her back, we might find that she is a wandering ghost.
If things go wrong, the Prince of Jin won't have to send anyone to assassinate her; they could just slap her to death.
Is there anyone else in this capital who is a great monk or a great person?
Shen Ning felt that she had to ask for a magical weapon to protect herself before they arrived.
She turned the sandalwood rosary on her wrist and suddenly asked Qingping, "Qingping, do you know who are the real eminent monks in the capital?"
"Ah?" Qing Ping was stunned by the question.
She couldn't help but think of The Legend of the Condor Heroes written by her wife.
My wife sometimes discusses with them the characters’ personalities, clothing, and ways of speaking.
Sometimes they would each lead a character, or several characters, and imagine what they would do under what circumstances.
Recently, Qingping is leading Mei Chaofeng, the Iron Corpse who knows the Nine Yin White Bone Claw, so she is always on Qingping's mind.
This monk...
She asked uncertainly: "Master Yideng!?"
"Ichidōng...?"
Shen Ning didn't react for a moment, still wondering if there was really someone named Yideng in this world? "Where is Master Yideng?"
Qingzhu laughed to death, "Madam, don't listen to this girl's nonsense. The abbot of the White Horse Temple is Master Wuchen, and the abbot of the Jinming Temple is Master Yuanhui. They are both famous monks."
“…”
“…”
Everyone in the room was trying to hold back their laughter.
Seeing Qingping blushing, Shen Ning couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
"Oh, ma'am, why are you asking the monk so kindly?"
Qingping stomped her feet, trying to pass on the blame.
"Well, I want to ask for one of their personal magical instruments."
"Huh? Isn't this a bit difficult?" The maids looked at each other, and no one dared to speak.
"Forget it, there's no rush for this."
Shen Ning didn't dare to go out.
One is the fear of being assassinated, and the other is the fear of implicating others.
"School is about to end. Go and call Baoyu to me."
She had to get his little head straight.
Fairy Crimson Pearl has a father, a mother, and a brother in this life, and she is in good health. There is no way she would be deceived by him.
And with Jia Min around, she doesn't have to worry about her.
But Baoyu...
Because of her, the child's situation is almost completely different from that in the book.
“I’ll go!”
Qingping was just about to hide, but when she heard that, she wanted to run away.
"Wait a moment."
Shen Ning called her, "Baoyu's jade... are you still wearing it?"
This? Qing Ping thought for a moment, "It seems that he was wearing it, but the old lady said that it should be hidden in the lapel."
That's good.
Shen Ning breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, go ahead and call!"
Qingping ran away in a hurry.
At this time, Baoyu, who was finishing school, walked very slowly.
He didn't want to go back to Lixiangyuan to write big characters.
I don't want to endorse it in front of the master.
No matter how well you write, you will be scolded. No matter how well you recite, you will be scolded.
When I was in school, the teacher praised me.
But sir...
Baoyu misses his older sister and older brother very much.
When his elder sister and elder brother are at home, the master won't call him.
He didn't have to listen to his wife crying after being scolded by the master...
"Second Master, hurry up!"
Mingyan was getting anxious, "Master is calculating the time. If you are late, you will definitely be scolded!"
The key point is that if the second master is scolded, he will also be unlucky.
When you are particularly unlucky, you may even be beaten.
Mingyan was really scared.
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