It didn't take long for Lady Jia and Lady Xing to know that Aunt Xue fell ill due to anger with Wang Xifeng and that Jia Zhu and others had all died.
The old lady couldn't say she disliked this relative who came over from time to time to talk and play mahjong, but because of the Wang family, she couldn't say she liked him either.
What she is concerned about now is whether her granddaughter-in-law will get a reputation as unfilial among her relatives because of this.
"Mother, sister-in-law, let Feng'er handle this matter herself!"
Jia Min stopped the two people who were about to panic, "What reputation among relatives? As for the relatives related to the Wang family, our family has no right to be responsible for filial piety. Whether Feng'er is a good daughter-in-law depends on what she does, and we can treat her as we wish."
"Min'er, do you know what's going on?"
When Grandmother Jia saw her daughter's expression, she suspected that she knew something about the inside story. "What did Aunt Xue do to make Feng so angry that she didn't care about anything?"
"…She is just like my late second sister-in-law, she wants her daughter to marry into a rich family."
Jia Min was silent for a while, then said, "Doesn't Bao always wear a gold locket? She asked her maid to tell her that a great monk said that it must be matched with a jade locket."
Grandmother Jia: “…”
Xing: “…”
The two looked at each other and their faces changed color.
The Jia family is getting better and better now, and Baoyu's jade is less and less wanted to be mentioned.
They didn't think about the possibility of Baoyu and Baochai being together because of the big age difference between them.
The only one who can represent jade is the royal family.
But in the royal family, because of the Shen family, the Queen Mother looked up to them.
Although the emperor may have a harem in the future, if a girl from the Jia family goes to the harem to compete for favor with the queen...
Just thinking about it made Grandmother Jia feel very anxious.
With the temper of Shen from the East Mansion, who can she spare?
By then, they would be implicated by the Wang family! Especially the children of the second house.
"Should!"
The old lady slammed the table and said, "It's not easy to chase away Feng girl, I will do it."
It's impossible to pretend to be sick and get away with it.
"Mom, don't forget, we still have Zhu'er and the others."
Jia Min stopped him, "They are all grown up, you can't rush in front of them for everything, there are some things... they should handle them themselves."
Jia Zhu is too soft-hearted.
After this lesson again and again, if he can't stand up again...
Jia Min thought that she should talk to him and let him hand over the second wife's home to his wife in the future! He didn't even need to take the imperial examinations anymore, he could just go to the clan school and be a teacher, living a stable life.
At this time, there was a big commotion in Aunt Xue's room because Xue Pan was chasing and beating Tongxi.
Aunt Xue kept calling Tongxi "evil creature" in an attempt to protect him.
But when Xue Pan heard his mother's angry scolding, he immediately knew that she was pretending to be sick.
It would be a lie to say I'm not ashamed.
His eldest cousin Jia Zhu was a gentle gentleman and would ask about his homework from time to time.
Even if he learns very poorly, he can always find his progress.
For example, I recognize more words, write more beautiful words, and recite the text more fluently...
Praise him every time.
After being praised, Xue Pan always becomes more motivated.
Even though learning was still difficult and he was busy every day, and often had to ask his sister to help him with his lessons when he got home at night, he felt quite fulfilled, which was rare.
Now, for such a slave, his mother pretended to be sick and embarrassed her own family...
"Mom, can you please stop making trouble?"
Xue Pan, who had kicked Tong Xi at the beginning, threw his sleeves in anger and went out to apologize to Wang Xifeng, "Don't be angry, sister. My mother is old and confused. If you have any problem, come to me."
Wang Xifeng: “…”
"Brother, sister, please give me a few days and I will give you an explanation."
When Xue Baochai came in, she heard her brother's sincere apology.
She couldn't help but shed tears.
My brother is really trying to learn well, but his brain is not that smart. I’m afraid he still doesn’t know why my cousin had a quarrel with my mother.
"Brother~"
After she softly called her brother, she bowed to Jia Zhu and the others and begged, "Brother, sister-in-law, and cousin Feng, can you give us a few days to persuade my mother?"
“…”
“…”
Wang Xifeng didn't like this cousin very much. When they occasionally got together, this cousin always liked to show off her knowledge to surpass her.
However, apart from this problem, everything else... is fine.
Moreover, this cousin is in charge of the Xue family's business.
Whenever there was any problem, she would come to her and ask Wang'er to help solve it, and she never asked anyone to do it for nothing.
"Okay, you guys try to persuade Aunt first, and we'll talk later."
My aunt was crying loudly in the room.
Jia Zhu sighed, "Aunt is old and confused. You brothers and sisters should make the decisions on some matters."
He looked at Xue Pan, "The Disciple Rules say: 'If your parents make mistakes, advise them to change.'"
He didn't do it at the beginning, which led to his parents ending up hurting themselves and others.
"Cousin, do you know what this means?"
"yes!"
Xue Pan nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, cousin, I know what to do."
Jia Zhu waved his hand, glanced at Xue Baochai, and signaled Li Wan and Wang Xifeng to follow.
Xue’s cousin is a simple person, but his cousin is different.
Judging from her expression, you should be able to guess what happened today.
Jia Zhu hopes she can make her own choice, otherwise..., they can only make their choice.
His aunt, like his mother, should be restrained.
Otherwise, the Xue family will eventually become the Wang family's treasury.
After the couple left, Wang Xifeng had no choice but to leave with them.
However, after what happened today, if this aunt still has some dignity and cares about the Xue family's reputation, she probably won't be able to live in the Jia family anymore.
Wang Xifeng left with this beautiful wish. As soon as they left, Aunt Xue's crying in the room stopped.
Baochai and Xue Pan looked at each other, waved to Ying'er and the other servants, signaling them to stay away, and then went into the house.
"Don't get out of here~"
Xue Pan looked at him with joy and anger.
Tongxi ran out crawling away.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Xue Pan complained to his mother, "Because of a servant, you want to..."
"It wasn't Tongxi who wentssip. It was Mom who asked Tongxi to spread the gossip."
Baochai closed her eyes, took off the gold lock from her neck, and threw it to the ground. "Mom, if you want to kill me, I'll find a clean place to kill myself."
What? Xue Pan was stunned.
"Bao girl, are you blaming me too?"
Aunt Xue picked up the gold lock with a distressed look on her face, and found that it had been bent at the edge. She was so angry that tears started to fall again, "Isn't it because of you that I am thinking about you?"
"Are you really thinking about me?"
Baochai's expression was broken. "There are so many girls in the East Palace. Who told you to send your daughter to the palace? You want to send me to the palace relying on your uncle, but why don't you think about what your uncle wants to get from the Xue family and from me? First, your uncle encouraged your aunt to send your eldest cousin to the palace, and now he is encouraging you to send me to the palace, Mom~~~"
She cried very sadly, "When Dad passed away, I was also very young, and you felt sorry for me too."
"My dear, how can I not feel sorry for you?"
Aunt Xue felt that she was wronged.
Her husband is gone, her son is useless, and her greatest hope is her daughter.
Fortunately, my daughter is also filial. She always says and does things in a regular and orderly manner. “This is the best place in the world…”
"Yes, it is the best place in the world, but how many people can really walk out of it?"
Xue Baochai risked her life, "Aren't you just thinking about how Concubine Zhen and the Zhen family have been so glorious all their lives? But what's the result? Where is she now? Where is the Zhen family now? The emperor, who was bullied by them, didn't learn his lesson and let his child suffer the same pain he once suffered?"
If she is favored in the palace, the Wang family will be in great glory. If she is not favored in the palace, people will shrink their necks. What can her mother and brother do? Maybe they will have to beg people and ask them to use their connections to give her money.
By then, when it is handed in layer by layer, how much will she get?
Yingchun had told her that the Duke's Mansion had given silver to her cousin Yuanchun in the palace, and that out of the 10,000 taels given, she would have been lucky if she could get 2,000 taels.
Moreover, people knew that her family was rich, so they made things difficult for her in every way, just to get money from her.
The Xue family has long been known for its wealth.
If she really entered the palace, what kind of life could she live? She would not be favored, she would not have a good life, and she would be a waste of money.
Favored...
Her brother was so stupid. If he also got arrogant, who knows how much trouble he would cause? "Mom, wake up!"
Baochai knelt down crying, "My brother and I are named Xue, and we live in the Jia family. You insist on thinking about my uncle's family and pushing your daughter down an unpredictable path. Then give your daughter a piece of white silk and let your daughter go to see your father!"
Aunt Xue: “…”
Seeing her daughter like this, she felt as if her heart was pierced by thousands of arrows.
She is selfish, but it is also for her daughter's good!
The Xue family's background would not be of much help to their daughter.
It is impossible to marry into a wealthy family.
The only way to marry into a wealthy family is to enter the palace.
With the help of her uncle, she entered the palace and became the emperor's woman.
Aunt Xue had deeply felt since childhood how miserable life was without a family background.
They are sisters, but the elder sister was able to marry into a duke's mansion, while she married a merchant.
Even though the Xue family sent money to the family every year..., the sisters-in-law treated her and her sister completely differently.
Why couldn't her daughter understand her painstaking efforts?
Aunt Xue knew that her eldest brother had ulterior motives in sending his daughter to the palace, but so what? Their family had achieved their goal!
"What nonsense are you talking about, kid?"
Aunt Xue slapped her daughter and cried, "You are trying to dig out my heart!"
"Mom, I don't agree with my sister entering the palace either."
Seeing his mother and sister's expressions, Xue Pan's eyes turned red and he said in a muffled voice, "I am a loser. If my sister enters the palace, our Xue family can only be a royal merchant."
So what if we can restore the glory of our ancestors?
Not a businessman yet?
"If that's the case, why bother making wedding clothes for others?"
The imperial edicts issued by the court mainly recorded the cases of death row prisoners from all over the country, which were used to warn the world.
There is nothing about the Zhen family in it.
But there are similar cases.
Xue Pan was not good at studying, but he loved listening to stories. So, in other classes, he was at the bottom, but he was at the top when it came to learning the Great Edict.
Many families who want to take advantage of their sisters to get benefits end up broken up.
Ordinary families are like this, let alone the royal family? "Even if my son can't keep the title of royal merchant in the future, there are many merchants in the world. Don't they all want to live?"
He is a very open-minded person.
Whether it was the eldest uncle or the second uncle, it was obvious that they didn't think much of their family.
In fact, Xue Pan also looked down on his uncle's family.
What a pretense! How can they live a good life without his family?
It was just that his mother was pushing him, and since his father was gone, and the Xue family really needed his uncle who was an official, he had no choice but to endure it.
But now, seeing his always self-sustaining sister so sad, he suddenly didn't want to think about anything.
"If others can live, then I can live too."
Xue Pan looked at his mother and said firmly, "Mom, I don't agree with you sending money to the Wang family anymore."
Apart from the eldest uncle, the second uncle and that cousin Wang Ren are nothing in the Wang family.
"From now on, please give all the keys and account books of the house to me and my sister!"
He knelt down and said, "My son and sister can't do it. My son can ask his eldest cousin for help, or ask his classmates in school."
Min Jianbai is very good.
If he can't do it, he can ask Min Jianbai.
He can give him dividends.
That guy is a loyal and sensible person.
He wanted to earn money for his mother and sister. Even if he became an official in the future, he might be willing to be the steward of the Xue family for the sake of money.
"Mom, I have to take care of the family affairs, please give it to me!"
Aunt Xue: “…”
How can she feel at ease?
Of course, looking at her insistent son and daughter, she was more afraid! Would she fall out with her family?
She has almost fallen out with Feng Yatou.
Falling out with my family again...
"Are you trying to kill me? Master, why didn't you take me with you when you left?"
She held a handkerchief, covered her face and cried bitterly.
At this moment, Baochai slowly stood up, took out her mother's long hand towel from the cabinet, stood on the couch, and threw it onto the beam.
"Sister, what are you going to do?"
"Precious girl~"
Aunt Xue was going crazy and terrified, and rushed over like Xue Pan, trying to pull her down.
"Mom, my brother's idea is also my idea. If you don't agree today, my daughter won't die today, but tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you can't watch me every day."
Baochai's tears fell one by one.
How could she be willing to threaten her own mother with death?
But don’t force...
Is there a way out for her? Is there a way out for the Xue family?
“You…you…”
Aunt Xue covered her chest and wanted to faint, but her daughter looked fearless and she didn't dare to gamble.
These two children are her life!
"Woo woo woo~, I'll give it to you. I'll give it all to you."
She suddenly fell to the ground crying.
After a while, Xue Pan lowered his head and went to find Jia Zhu. Not long after, he went to find Wang Xifeng with Jia Zhu and Li Wan.
Tongxi was tied up.
He asked her to deal with Tongxi.
"As for the Wang family... we probably won't be able to visit each other anymore in the future."
No matter how powerful my uncle is, isn’t he no longer a member of the Jia family?
He bowed to Wang Xifeng and said, "My mother is confused. Big sister, please forgive me. From now on, the family affairs...will be taken care of by me and you." (End of this chapter)
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