Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 278
Xue Baoqin here had just recognized his godmother, when a message from the maid came from outside the hall.

"Uncle Lai is here!"

Suddenly, a stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone in the room immediately looked at the screen at the door.

Although Lai Shangrong has unknown ambitions for Xue Baoqin's pure lust face, with his current status, there is no reason to rush to it.

All he needs to do is leave a great, bright and upright image in the little girl's heart, and then show off his power a little bit.

If her engagement with the Mei family changes in the future, it won't be too late to take action.

Firstly, he has no shortage of women now, and secondly, Xue Baoqin is engaged again, so he doesn't have that much energy to do useless work, just hunting rabbits, which is fine by the way, and he really doesn't have that much motivation to concentrate on strategy.

It was rare to go home early today, so naturally I wanted to see Xing Xiuyan and the child in her belly.

When I got home, I changed my clothes, walked out the back door and went straight to the old house.

Unexpectedly, it was only when they arrived at the old house that they found out that Xing Xiuyan had actually gone to Rong Mansion.

I guessed that she went to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, so she entered the Grand View Garden through the back door of Rong Mansion. Only when she arrived at Xiaoxiang Pavilion did she find out that Lin Daiyu and Xing Xiuyan had both gone to Rongqing Hall.

Lai Shangrong did not expect that everyone would gather together in Rongqing Hall.

By the time he saluted Jia Mu and other elders, the words "Brother Lai" and "Brother Lai" could be heard all over the room.

He made a bow, made a pressing gesture to Xing Xiuyan who was about to get up, and smiled at her and Lin Daiyu: "It's strange that there is no one in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, so I came here to disturb the old lady."

Lin Daiyu curled her lips and said with a smile: "Who knew you would be back so early today!"

Jia Mu smiled and said: "You monkey, Xiuyan is also the eldest wife's niece after all. For such a big thing, just these two steps, you don't send someone to come over to tell us. If Qian'er's grandma hadn't come over, I don’t even know yet!”

Mrs. Wang hurriedly explained: "Today, the old lady heard that Xiuyan was in the garden, so she specially called someone to ask."

Xue Baoqin on the side suddenly realized that the crowd in the house was not to welcome his brothers and sisters, but to coincide with their meeting.

From the words, it seems that Sister Xing is Brother Lai's wife, but why didn't she introduce her directly? Is it because Brother Lai was born as a slave and she was afraid that we would neglect his wife?
She did not see Lai Shangrong enter the next door. The luxury of Rong Mansion and Lai Shangrong's official power further highlighted the extraordinary status of the Duke's Mansion.

Lai Shangrong didn't know what the little girl was thinking, so he casually joked: "Since the old lady is so caring, when the child comes out, the red envelope will not be too small!"

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "We can't even think about the old lady's body, Brother Lai, stop thinking about it!"

Jia Mu said with a smile: "You have almost become the God of Wealth in Daxia, and you are still thinking about the old woman's body. I leave these for Baoyu."

Then he pointed at Xue Biao and Xue Baoqin and said: "These are the nephews and nieces of my concubine's family. They just arrived in Beijing today."

The two of them hurriedly saluted and said, "I haven't even had time to thank Brother Lai yet!"

Lin Daiyu looked at Lai Shangrong with confusion when she saw this. She was already delicate, and she had Jia Bao and Qin Muchu's jade beads in front of her.

As soon as Xue Baoqin walked in, Lai Shangrong came back, looking like an old acquaintance. I couldn't help but wonder if he was following in Xue Baoqin's footsteps.

Seeing Lin Daiyu looking at him with inquiring eyes, Lai Shangrong hurriedly told them about their encounter at the dock, sent them back on the way, and told the story.

Of course, I ignored the fact that there were too few carriages sent and only talked about the people below. I was afraid that Xue Baoqin brought too many people.Knowing the whole story, Lin Daiyu felt a little ashamed.

If Lai Shangrong really had this intention, he would not have been front and back, but would have accompanied them in together.

But he could have entered the house together, but he only sent the person to the door and went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. It was obvious that he was not like Baoyu, but just helped out a small favor out of the friendship of relatives.

When Xue Baochai heard that Lai Shangrong met Xue Pan at the dock and rode back together, he immediately turned his attention to Aunt Xue.

Before, I was thinking about how to convince my brother to ask Lai Shangrong to visit the Mei family together.

Now, Lai Shangrong has taken the initiative to help. With such a good opportunity, why not take advantage of it.

It's just that his mother looked at Lai Shangrong with wandering eyes, seemingly absent-minded, and didn't notice herself.

She didn't know that her mother had had close contact with Lai Shangrong, but she thought she was hesitant because she was afraid of the backlash if she proposed without her brother's consent.

She secretly thought that her mother was confused and she didn't want her brother to ask for help, so how could he object.

He hurriedly smiled at Xue Biao and Xue Baoqin and said, "I'm afraid you still don't know that the negotiations between the imperial court and Xiyi were presided over by Brother Lai and Mei Hanlin. They are still colleagues if we count!"

When she raised her head like this, Aunt Xue could only look at Lai Shangrong.

"Yes, yes! Although this girl Bao Qin has a marriage contract with the Mei family, now that her father is not here, no one in our family can talk to her. I just wonder if Shang Rong has time and can accompany Wen. Dragon and Brother Tadou came to the door together."

Lai Shangrong shook his head and refused: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. Although Mei Gong and I are acquaintances, we have big differences in politics and life. It would be a bad thing if we go away."

Lai Shangrong also has his own little thoughts. Judging from the original work, it seems that Xue Baoqin's marriage may not go smoothly.

If you now put yourself on the opposite side of the Mei family, if there is a repeat in the future, your current inhumanity will become a bonus.

Furthermore, he didn't want to just play in the corner, but he also helped to come to help arrange marriage. This was mentioned in the Internet article in the previous life, but it was a real plot of giving away a daughter, and he was still criticized by book friends?

Aunt Xue didn't expect that he refused so directly, and she was stunned.

After all, Baochai was young and quick to respond. She forced a smile and said, "Thank you, Brother Lai, for reminding me. We girls don't understand what's going on outside."

Xue Baoqin couldn't help but think deeply after listening to the conversation between the two sides.

Although she had seen Lai Shangrong's official power, she only had a glimpse of it. The luxury of Rong Guo Mansion was real, and the brother and sister had discussed Lai Shangrong's background.

Just think that he is using the name of Rong Guofu to pretend to be powerful outside.

Originally, when she heard that Aunt Xue asked him to come forward for help, the little girl felt a little repulsive, but for such a direct rejection, her aunt and cousin didn't even show their displeasure, so they couldn't help but speculate.

However, she didn't think it was Lai Shangrong's fault. Instead, she thought it was Xing Xiuyan's fault.

After all, Jia Mu made it clear that Xing Xiuyan was the niece of the eldest wife.

From the two brothers and sisters entering the house, it is not difficult to see that my aunt and cousin don't seem to be very popular in this house, so it is understandable that they do not dare to offend the eldest wife's niece and son-in-law.

(End of this chapter)