Sword of the Red Chamber from Heaven

"Girls, they are all here!!"

Zhou Rui's wife rushed to a garden and saw that all the girls were there. She was relieved at once. The old lady was looking for her at this time and no one knew what she wanted. But the old lady was in a hurry and all the maids and servants in the mansion were mobilized.

"Someone just came to the palace and is at the old lady's place. The old lady is anxious to ask the girls to hurry over. It should be good news."

Zhou Rui's wife had no idea what had happened. She only knew that someone had come to the palace and the old lady was looking for a few girls. She guessed that it must be some good news, after all, the palace had arranged a beauty contest in the next few days.

"Who are you looking for?"

Li Wan was playing with the girls here. They had just started a poetry club and hadn't written a few lines yet! Zhou Rui's wife came over, so she asked.

Although Zhou Ruijia didn't know what the matter was, she didn't dare to neglect it because the other party had told her in detail who they were looking for. She said quickly, "It's Miss Lin, the two girls from the Xue family, the second girl, the third girl, the fourth girl, the eldest girl from the Shi family, and Miss Ping."

Lin Daiyu was stunned. She looked at Zhou Rui's wife. This didn't seem like a personal grace, but more like Grandmother Jia had something to tell her, and Ping'er was added. What was going on?

Not to mention Lin Daiyu, even Xue Baochai was a little confused.

"Auntie Zhou, the two girls from the Xue family, are you talking about me and Baoqin?"

Zhou Ruijia was stunned. The old lady only mentioned two girls from the Xue family. How could she know who they were? But the people were already here. If she said she didn't know, she wouldn't be able to lead them over. If the old lady got angry, she would definitely be in trouble.

"You two should be the only girls in the Xue family, right?"

As Zhou Rui's wife spoke, she was also thinking. During this period of time, she had gotten to know most of the girls in the mansion, including the girls from the Xue family. It seemed that there was no one else except Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin.

"good."

Baochai nodded, thinking that family members know their own affairs.

Apart from himself, the only girl in the Xue family is Baoqin from his second uncle's family, and there is no one else.

"That's it, girls. The old lady is still waiting! Let's go!"

Li Wan glanced at Zhou Rui's wife. This old woman was clumsy and it was obvious that she felt guilty when she mentioned the two girls from the Xue family. She suspected that she was not sure whether they were Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin.

"Auntie Zhou, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry? Our poetry club has just started!"

Shi Xiangyun was disappointed by Zhou Rui's disturbance and felt unhappy.

Daiyu reached out and patted Xiangyun's hand, comforting her: "Xiangyun, it must be urgent, otherwise Aunt Zhou wouldn't be in such a hurry. Besides, it's only two steps away. We can come back and continue later."

Tanchun nodded.

"Miss Lin is right. We can compose poetry anytime. As long as we are together, it will only get better and better. It will definitely not get any worse."

Yingchun took Xichun's hand and walked aside. When she heard this, she smiled but said nothing. The sisters in the mansion got along with each other without much intrigue, and she liked this feeling very much.

Xichun seemed to have guessed something, but she just curled her lips and said nothing.

"Sister, what does the old lady want to talk to us about? Don't we have to go to the clan house tomorrow?" Baochai and Baoqin were both signed up by the Xue family to take part in this talent show.

The Xue family is now staying in the Jia Mansion and is under the protection of the family. Although the servants don't say it, they still have a lot of dissatisfaction with them in their hearts. Later, Xue Ren made a big gamble and reversed the previous situation. The court was just settled, and the Xue family spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for this selection. Only then did they get through the connections and send the two of them in.

Otherwise, in a pageant like this one, which was specifically for selecting concubines for the emperor, it would not be the turn of the daughters of merchants to participate, and the same went for the imperial merchants.

Of course, they did not expect that even if they did not smooth things over, the two people from the Xue family would not be troubled this time. After all, according to the information obtained by the clan affairs office, Jia Hong might know them. What if Jia Hong had a good impression of these two girls and they were secretly making trouble and ruining his good deeds? Who could guarantee that if the emperor was furious, the knife would not fall on the head of the clan affairs office?

It's not that there is no money to be made from this, but there are some things that cannot be made from it. Jia Hong is not the emperor before. The current emperor holds all the power and control over the government. Life and death are just a thought away. Even if it is the prime minister of the cabinet, he doesn't even need a big reason to take action.

Because the military power was in his hands, his personal reputation in the army was even higher than his own title as emperor.

As for the Clan Court, that's even more nonsense. In fact, everyone in the Clan Court knows this.

"I don't know either, but it shouldn't affect tomorrow's events. That's the face of the royal family. If it's delayed, not only us, but even the palace can't afford it."

Xue Baoqin thought what Baochai said made sense. Even if the Jia family was unwise, they would not get confused about such a thing and slap Jia Hong in the face. Then Jia Hong would not let the family off just because of the word "Jia".

"We'll act according to circumstances. We'll talk less and watch more."

Baochai gave a few more instructions. She always felt that something was not right about this matter. Just like what Li Wan thought, if the old lady was looking for the girls in the mansion, it would be Yingchun, Tanchun, and Xichun. But if she was looking for all the girls in the Jia mansion, there would only be Lin Daiyu, her two sisters, Shi Xiangyun, and the three sisters of Chun, but she had to add Ping'er as well. So she was a little confused.

Ping'er is Wang Xifeng's person, and is nominally Jia Lian's maid. With such an identity, why is he looking for her at this time?

Soon, Zhou Rui's wife brought a group of people to Jia's grandmother's side. Looking at the guards and eunuchs standing outside the door, the women couldn't help but be surprised. They had never seen these unfamiliar faces before.

"Girls, please!"

Before Zhou Ruijia could say anything, the eunuch standing at the door spoke first.

"Auntie Zhou?"

Li Wan reminded him, as if she wanted to ask what was going on.

"Okay, don't embarrass Zhou Ruijia. She doesn't know what's going on inside. I just found out now. You girls are so lucky."

Before you see the person, you can hear his voice first. Sister Feng is walking in from outside with Ping'er following behind her.

"What are you crazy about?"

Li Wan was puzzled when she saw Feng Jie'er's hurried look. Mrs. Lian, who usually paid attention to her manners, seemed like a different person today.

"It's not her. Miaoyu is here today. No, it should be Miao Shangyi. She is here with the imperial edict. I won't say anything more. You will know when you go in."

Feng Jieer shook her head and stopped talking. She walked to the door, nodded to the eunuch over there, and walked in with a group of girls.

(End of this chapter)