The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 663 The Eve
Aunt Zhou went up to help Xue Baochai up herself, and then pulled her to sit beside her.

"Miss Bao, I'm making things difficult for you this time. Our family is a demon king in the world. If there is anything wrong in the future, you can just come to me and I will make decisions for you."

Xue Baochai blushed and nodded after hearing this.

Aunt Zhou chatted with Xue Baochai a few more homely words, then comforted Xue Baochai, stood up and went to the back.

After a while, when Aunt Zhou came back, she had an extra wooden box in her hand.

Aunt Zhou returned to the bed and opened the wooden box. Inside was a golden step shaker in the shape of a colorful golden phoenix.

This thing is very precious, every feather on this phoenix is ​​dotted with precious stones, and the whole body is made of gold.

If a woman wears it on her head, every time she takes a step, the phoenix will shake her head and tail, which is very beautiful.

Aunt Zhou sent the wooden box to Xue Baochai with a smile, and said, "I don't have any good things either, so you should take this thing first, it can be regarded as a meeting gift."

Although Xue Baochai was blushing, she didn't refuse, and reached out to take the wooden box.This thing is Aunt Zhou's testimony to herself, and she must never shirk it.

Seeing that it was getting dark soon, Jia Ke bid farewell to Aunt Zhou, and he brought Xue Baochai to the courtyard.She smiled and said: "You go back to your mother first, and tomorrow morning I will send someone to deliver an order to take you to the palace in a splendid manner."

Xue Baochai was worried that if Jia Ke took her into the palace like this, she would not look good at that time.

"Then I'll go back first."

Xue Baochai greeted Jia Ke, and then reluctantly left.

Jia Ke stood there until Xue Baochai's figure turned around the corridor and was no longer seen, then took Li Deshan and others back to the palace.

Speaking of Xue Baochai leaving Jia Ke's sight, the reluctance on his face immediately disappeared, turning into a look of winning.

At this moment, Ying'er, her servant girl, asked, "Girl, shall we go back to the Grand View Garden, or go to Madam's?"

Xue Baochai thought for a while, it was better to go back to her mother, seeing her today was considered farewell, and it might not be so easy to see her again in the future.

"Go to mother."

So Xue Baochai took the maid around three times and came to Aunt Xue's small courtyard.

At this time, there was a commotion in Aunt Xue's yard.

It turned out that Xue Pan accidentally saw a woman in a temple fair, and fell in love at first sight immediately.He sent people to inquire around, and it turned out that it was Xia Jingui, the daughter of the imperial merchant.

Now Xue Pan is pestering Aunt Xue and going to Xia's house to propose marriage to him.

If it was in the past, Aunt Xue would of course agree to this marriage. After all, both parties are imperial merchants, and they can be regarded as well-matched. If the marriage can take care of each other, it will naturally be a perfect marriage.

But now Jia's mansion is getting more and more prosperous, and Aunt Xue relies on Rongguo mansion to do a bigger business than before, and her self-conscious status is also much higher.

In addition, her daughter has such thoughts, if it really happens, their family will also be relatives of the emperor in the future.

Therefore, Aunt Xue now feels that her identity with the Xia family will become worse and farther away in the future. If she marries the daughter of the Xia family, it will not only be of no benefit to her family, but will be a drag on her family, so she will not agree to Xue Pan's request no matter what.

And Xue Pan didn't know what delusional soup Xia Jingui had given him?She said that Xia Jingui didn't want to marry her, but she turned out to be rolling around in front of Aunt Xue.

At this moment, Xue Baochai entered the courtyard.

Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief when Xue Baochai came back, she had nothing to do with this son, with Xue Baochai around, she could persuade this son.

When Xue Pan saw his sister came back, he hurried forward and said to her, "My dear sister, please persuade my mother quickly, I have a good marriage, but my mother does not agree."

Xue Baochai didn't pay attention to Xue Pan, but helped her mother into the main room, and waited until they were seated before asking her mother what was going on.

Aunt Xue reluctantly explained what had happened to Xue Baochai.

After hearing this, Xue Baochai glanced at Xue Pan, and then said with a straight face: "Let's put this matter aside for now, maybe there will be a turnaround after a while."

Xue Pan became a little unhappy when he heard that, "My good sister, brother, I finally fell in love with someone who is right for me. If you don't say something nice for brother, you are still like your mother."

Xue Baochai ignored Xue Pan, but turned around and said to Aunt Xue: "Big brother will send someone to take me to the palace tomorrow. I will come back and say hello to my mother first, so as not to cause confusion at home."

As soon as Aunt Xue heard it, surprise appeared on her face, "My son, is this true?"

Xue Baochai smiled, and showed her arm with a bright jade bracelet on it.

"This is what the old lady rewarded me."

Aunt Xue immediately understood that the old lady agreed to this matter, and since that was the case, there would be no twists and turns.

Then Xue Baochai took out the wooden box from her bosom and presented it to Aunt Xue, and said, "This is a gift from Aunt Zhou."

When Aunt Xue saw Jin Buyao, the smile on her face became even brighter. The two giant Buddhas agreed, and the marriage seems to be a certainty. In this way, even if their Baochai came to Jia Ke's harem, they would not be able to get married. What aggrieved you.

Instead, Xue Pan sat there looking at Xue Baochai, and muttered with some displeasure: "It's a good thing for you, what about my affairs? You have to tell me something."

Xue Baochai glared at Xue Pan with hatred, and then said: "No matter how beautiful that Xia Jingui is, she can't come to our house to be the housewife."

Xue Pan was not happy when he heard this, "What's the reason for this?"

Aunt Xue raised her hand and hit Xue Pan, and then explained to him: "Since your sister is with the Jia family, an imperial concubine will not be able to run away in the future. If you marry Xia Jingui, could it be that the future emperor will marry an imperial businessman?" To be a relative?"

After Xue Pan heard this, he immediately understood what Aunt Xue meant, so he sat there with his head downcast.

Seeing her son's listless appearance, Aunt Xue felt sorry for him, so she quickly added: "Look at your worthless appearance, aren't you just a woman? What's so difficult about this?"

Xue Pan immediately became excited when he heard that, he stood up and came behind Aunt Xue, beat his back continuously, then licked his face and said, "What can mother do?"

"In the future, our family's status will be high. How can a daughter of an imperial merchant be your main house. If you like it, a post will be sent over at that time, and it will be fine to carry it over and use it as your concubine."

Xue Pan's eyes lit up when he heard this. His main goal was Xia Jingui, and it was the same thing as to whether he would be the main wife or not.

Seeing that Xue Pan had been comforted, Aunt Xue stopped talking to him, turned around and said to Xue Baochai, "My son, the eldest brother will come to deliver the order tomorrow. The time is tight, we have to prepare quickly."

And Xue Pan next to him also loved his sister, so he immediately took Aunt Xue's words, "I heard that when the current Empress Dowager was still a Xiande concubine, the Rongguo Mansion kept sending money in, and it seems that the palace also needs to manage from top to bottom Yes, last year's rent just collected by the family is about 3 to [-] taels, first take it to the palace for your sister, in case of emergencies."

Aunt Xue nodded, and then said: "Things in the palace are different from ours outside. You only have one personal servant girl, which is not acceptable. I will choose a few more clean ones, so you can have someone to use when you bring them to the palace." .”

Xue Baochai nodded, these things happened to be what she needed in the palace.

That night, Xue Baochai did not go back to her room to rest, but slept in the same bed with Aunt Xue.

The mother and daughter seemed to have endless conversations, and they didn't sleep for a while until the sky was about to brighten.

When Xue Baochai got up in the morning, she immediately dressed up and waited for Jia Ke to come to deliver the order to take her into the palace.

Not to mention that Xue Baochai was talking to his mother here, but also that after Mrs. Wang returned to her room, her peaceful face just now turned livid.

Mrs. Wang did not expect Xue Baochai to have such great ambitions, she totally ignored her family's Baoyu, who was going to the emperor's relatives.

But the matter has come to this point, Mrs. Wang has nothing to do, after all, she still can't get Jia Ke with her current power.

In the end, Mrs. Wang thought about it, and she had to let go of this matter, but Baoyu seemed to have to arrange a capable daughter-in-law, otherwise, with Baoyu's cowardly appearance, how could she support a family in the future.

Mrs. Wang went through the women she knew, and found that these people were all young ladies, and it was really difficult for them to support a family.

When Mrs. Wang was worrying, suddenly the maid outside called out: "Master Bao is here."

Then the door curtain was lifted, and Jia Baoyu hurried in from the outside.

Seeing that Jia Baoyu was covered in sweat, Mrs. Wang said with some distress: "What is there to be so anxious about? If you catch a cold, you have to take that bitter medicine again."

Jia Baoyu didn't take it seriously at all, he didn't salute Mrs. Wang, and went directly to Mrs. Wang and asked, "Mother, I heard that elder brother is going to take Sister Bao to the sky. Is this true?"

Mrs. Wang didn't say anything else, she nodded silently.

When Jia Baoyu saw this scene, he became anxious immediately.

"Mom, it's absolutely impossible. How can a vulgar person like elder brother match up with a pure and pure girl like Sister Bao?"

Jia Baoyu was actually jealous of Jia Ke. When he saw Qin Keqing back then, he felt that this was the lover of his dreams, and he thought that Jia Ke was definitely not worthy of Qin Keqing.

Then even Shi Xiangyun entered Jia Ke's room, which made Jia Baoyu even more dissatisfied. Now even Sister Bao, who had spoken well to him, was asked to come to the palace by Jia Ke, which made Jia Baoyu very upset. unbalanced.

Mrs. Wang looked at this naive Jia Baoyu, and didn't know what to say. Finally, she sighed and said to the maid below: "Send your third master back to the garden."

After listening to the order, the maid at the bottom immediately stepped forward to persuade Jia Baoyu. Seeing Mrs. Wang's gloomy face, Jia Baoyu didn't dare to pester her anymore, so she left with a displeased face.

(End of this chapter)