Chapter 416 Awkward
Lady Wang did not want to discuss these marriage arrangements for their children in front of Jia Baoyu.
However, Aunt Xue didn't care at all; the rules in the Xue family were already quite lax.
When they lived in Pear Fragrance Courtyard, there was a time when Jia Baoyu was allowed into Xue Baochai's room. As for discussing their marriages in front of their children, Aunt Xue didn't think there was anything to avoid.
She also felt that it would be better to involve her children in this matter, so that if they later found someone unsuitable, they wouldn't push all the responsibility onto their parents!
Aunt Xue was outspoken, and Madam Wang, who considered herself a lady of high society, naturally refused to associate with her.
"Come to my place another day, and we'll talk about it then." Madam Wang's attitude was clear: she simply didn't want to talk about it.
Even if Aunt Xue was oblivious to the situation, she could understand what Madam Wang meant, so she shut up and stopped talking about the topic.
"Is something going on at your house today, sister? I heard from the people who went there that all the carriages were used by Feng'er?"
Aunt Xue couldn't keep her mouth shut. Since she couldn't talk about her children's marriage, she could at least talk about something else. They were still far from Mantou Nunnery, and they couldn't just stare at each other like this all the way.
I didn't want Aunt Xue to bring up things that are hard to talk about, like stabbing someone in the heart.
Madam Wang gave a wry smile.
"Not all of them have been used. The carriages used by the old lady and the men who work are still sitting idle at home. But I figured my daughter and I would just go out for a stroll, so we wouldn't need their carriages."
"That Feng girl is really something. You have so many cars at home, but she didn't leave you one for emergencies. I'm not comfortable speaking up for her, but I'll go and talk to her about it later." Aunt Xue said, feeling indignant on behalf of Madam Wang.
"She gave birth to the eldest grandson of the main branch, and now everything in the mansion has to be done with her first. If anyone dares to question her, the old lady will hit them with her cane." Madam Wang didn't think Aunt Xue had the face to criticize Wang Xifeng.
Didn't you see that her mother-in-law spends almost all her time at Rongyue Courtyard, except for eating and sleeping? At the slightest sign of trouble, she'll arrest someone.
Who dares to mess with us!
Moreover, with her great-grandmother protecting her, Wang Xifeng now holds absolute power in the mansion, practically worshipped as a goddess.
Even if Madam Wang didn't say anything, Aunt Xue could guess what was going on.
However, what Aunt Xue couldn't guess was that ever since Feng'er gave birth, her sister seemed to have lost all her spirit, which was not the case before.
Little did she know that Lady Wang had been feeling guilty about her involvement in Wang Xifeng's imprisonment in the ancestral hall, and this guilt reached its peak after Wang Xifeng gave birth.
The second wife's family had already given away quite a few things, but it is said that Wang Xifeng was furious and said she would settle the score properly after her confinement period.
This was the old lady's order, telling Wang Xifeng to make sure she had a double postpartum period and take good care of her health, otherwise Wang Xifeng would probably have already taken the time to retaliate against them.
Madam Wang still believes that Wang Xifeng must have been possessed by some kind of demon.
She even suspected that Baoyu's intermittent mental illness might be caused by Wang Xifeng.
However, she dared not confront Wang Xifeng.
Madam Wang's purpose today was not the Mantou Nunnery. She followed Aunt Xue to the nunnery absentmindedly and went there to fulfill a vow in a daze.
Although she made that up, she was very sincere in her worship of Guanyin. She hoped that if Guanyin saw her Baoyu in this state, she would have great compassion and help him get better.
Baoyu knew some people in the nunnery, and after getting off the carriage, he was taken to play by Zhineng'er.
Zhi Neng'er didn't notice anything wrong with Bao Yu; she just kept talking to him about her feelings.
She was so engrossed in talking that she didn't notice when she turned around that Jia Baoyu, who had been standing under the tree, was nowhere to be seen.
This is absolutely terrible!
Zhi Neng'er didn't dare to go to the front to look for him, so she searched around the back first, but she didn't see Jia Baoyu.
She was so anxious she was about to cry. Just as she was about to go ahead to find someone to help her search for Baoyu, she suddenly saw Jia Baoyu still standing under the same tree.
At this moment, Jia Baoyu's face was full of warmth, completely different from his previous dazed state.
Even though Smartie was careless, she noticed the difference at this moment.
"Baoyu, were you playing hide-and-seek with me just now?" Zhineng asked happily. "Where did you hide? I turned this whole place upside down and still couldn't find you."
"I...have hidden in a place you absolutely cannot find," Baoyu said with a smile.
"Tell me quickly, I'll hide there next time too, so my senior sisters won't be able to find me." Zhi Neng'er had no recollection of how panicked she was when she couldn't find Bao Yu earlier; she only wanted to know where there were good places to hide.
"I can't tell you." Baoyu said seriously, shaking off the fallen leaves from his clothes.
"I need to go find my mother up ahead. Are you coming with me?"
"Of course, I'm following you. You've gone ahead, and if I don't go, Master will scold me for being lazy."
When the two arrived at the front, Madam Wang had just finished praying to Guanyin. Seeing that Baoyu looked clear-headed, she thought to herself that although he hadn't seen his father yet, Baoyu was no longer confused. It seemed that praying to Guanyin had really worked.
Overjoyed, she added more money to the sesame oil.
The group had a vegetarian meal at the nunnery, rested for a while, and then returned to the Rongguo Mansion.
On the way back, because Jia Baoyu had recovered, the carriage was not as stuffy as it had been on the way there, and even Lady Wang felt much more relaxed.
When they got home, Madam Wang invited Aunt Xue to come over for a visit. Unfortunately, someone from the Xue family came and said that the eldest daughter and her grandmother had a fight at home. The eldest daughter had gone to the academy in anger, and her grandmother had smashed all the decorations in the house.
Aunt Xue's heart tightened, and she couldn't bear to sit idly with Madam Wang; she had to go home.
Lady Wang glanced at Baoyu, but changed her mind and said that she would send Baoyu back first, and then go to the Xue family.
"Mother, don't worry about me. I have someone with me, so please rest assured. I'll go pay my respects to the old lady first, and then I'll go to the study to read."
Baoyu saw nothing amiss and spoke with unwavering conviction.
Seeing this, Madam Wang felt relieved and followed Aunt Xue to the Xue family home.
Baoyu took Mingyan to pay their respects to the old lady first.
He's been in a daze lately and doesn't even know how long it's been since he last came to pay his respects to the old lady.
Today, in the backyard of Mantou Temple, he didn't know what was going on, but he closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, he saw a monk and a Taoist priest in front of him.
He felt that the two people were very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them before.
The two men spoke to him in a way he didn't quite understand, and they even drew a talisman on his jade pendant. Then the jade pendant flew back to him.
Then he heard a sentence,
"Baoyu, it's time to wake up."
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