Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 286 Xue Biao's Response

Xue Zhu came out of the Mei family carrying the returned gift. He was puzzled and couldn't figure out why the Mei family was so repulsive even though it was a good thing in his opinion.

On the one hand, it is his father's death. No, this time it is not just his father's death. If a solution cannot be found, judging from Mei Gong's decisive attitude, let alone getting married within a hundred days, the marriage may change.

This is unacceptable to Xue Biao.

Although the ancestors of the Xue family once served as Ziwei Sheren, that is an old thing after all.

On the contrary, these generations have been carrying the name of imperial merchants and doing business as merchants, and up to now, they only have the name of merchants of the Ministry of Households.

Everything is of low quality, but only good study is not an empty talk in this era. Xue Baoqin married into the Mei family, which can be said to be a high-ranking one. This is also the reason why Xue Biao's father never forgets him even before he dies.

For the Xue family, who think like a businessman, it is normal for people to leave for tea. If they don't finalize the marriage early, the marriage will be even more uncertain when the filial piety period expires.

Mei Gongke was born in the Imperial Academy. Since ancient times, it has been said that those who are not from the Imperial Academy will not join the cabinet. Although there are exceptions, they are enough to show the nobility of the Imperial Academy.

However, there is no one in the Mei family who can speak.

Lai Shangrong may be able to do it. Although the two have different political opinions, they still have a good relationship.

But firstly, asking him for help was a bit awkward, and secondly, after this time, Xue Biao was afraid of violating the Mei family's taboo again.

Rather than making too many mistakes and making too many mistakes, it is better to be more prudent.

Although the ancient marriage contract has a binding effect on both parties, the man is also responsible for unilaterally breaking the contract. In addition to the non-refund of the bride price, there are also corresponding punishments.

But the Mei family also made it clear, or at least made requirements. If you want to marry into the Mei family, you must abide by the rules of the Mei family and cannot make friends with foreign relatives and dignitaries, so it can only be regarded as an ultimatum.

With the addition of two official characters, even if you go to the Yamen with your face broken, you may not be able to get any good results for yourself.

Therefore, even though Mei Gong acted decisively, Xue Biao never thought of going to court. After all, the ultimate goal was for Xue Baoqin to marry her smoothly. If they really broke up, what would be the point of marrying her?

Since there is no solution from the Mei family, the only way is to find a solution from the Rongguo Mansion.

Although I can't take the initiative to withdraw from this marriage, as long as I can get the Rongguo Mansion to take the initiative, this will not only save the Rongguo Mansion's face, but also fulfill Mei Gong's request.

Although my family has lost face, as long as we can finalize the marriage and gain some face, what is face worth?
Moreover, my eldest aunt and Mrs. Wang are sisters. As long as I ask her to ask for help, they will not make a big fuss and make everyone aware of it.

It was just that it was getting late now, so I had no choice but to go to meet Aunt Xue the next day and tell the story of the Mei family's attitude in a slightly abridged version.

He also explained for the Mei family: "After all, the Mei family is a scholarly family, and Mei Shibo is upright and doesn't want to cling to his relatives and dignitaries. Before that, his nephew didn't think carefully, so I asked my aunt to take pity on me. Please explain to the second wife. "

"What's going on with the Mei family? Why are they so stubborn?"

After hearing Xue Biao's statement, Aunt Xue complained first.

She thought a little more than Xue Biao, and I was afraid that Mei Hanlin might not really be that noble.

There are not two characters for "Jia" in one sentence. Although the Ning Mansion case did not involve the Rong Mansion, after all, the female family members in the family are now slaves. After all, they are also the children, grandchildren, daughters-in-law and ladies of the Jia family.

Thinking about it this way, it makes sense that Mei Hanlin doesn't want to have anything to do with Rong Mansion.

But in this case, how can we speak?
He could only sigh again: "The old lady treated Qin girl like a baby yesterday, and even kept her to eat and live with her. It's not like you didn't see that we are making a fuss about quitting this relationship right now. , wouldn’t it be a slap in her old man’s face?”

Xue Biao also knew that this request was too unreasonable, and he was happy yesterday, but changed his course today, even if he crossed the river and demolished the bridge, it was not so fast, no wonder his aunt was embarrassed.

She burst into tears and said, "How come my nephew doesn't know what my aunt said, but this is my father's last order. If anything goes wrong, how can my nephew have the face to see his father?"

After playing the emotional card, he continued: "After all, we didn't consider this matter well. Naturally, we can't embarrass the old lady and the second wife. As long as the aunt can convince the second wife, even if it means arranging some nephew's fault, the nephew will never do it. Complain." After saying that, he knelt down towards Aunt Xue on the kang.

There must be a reason to withdraw from the newly formed godmother. Xue Baoqin's status as a bride-to-be cannot be blamed on her, so she can only sacrifice herself and hint to Aunt Xue that she can make up some rumors about her misbehavior.

"Good boy, the ground is cold, come on, come on!"

Aunt Xue hurriedly raised her hand to signal Xue Biao to get up.

But Xue Biao was not willing to get up, and kowtowed: "When my mother came, I told my nephew to ask my aunt for everything. We, brother and sister, are helpless in the capital, and we can only count on you!"

Seeing that Xue Biao couldn't bear to insist, Aunt Xue could only sigh: "That's it! You get up first, and I'll go back and talk about it. I can't guarantee whether it will happen or not."

Xue Baoqin's ability to marry into the Mei family would also benefit her own family. She and Xue Baochai had discussed this long ago.

Although it was Jia Mu's intention to let Xue Baoqin recognize the godmother, if she hadn't been in a hurry, even if she had to wait two days and let Xue Biao pay homage to Mei's house first, such a problem would not have arisen.

Xue Biao kept saying that we didn't think carefully, and said to ask himself more, so he was reminding her of her own omissions.

Besides, it was not my intention to retreat, it was just a private message to my sister, as long as I tried my best to put aside the relationship, she would understand my difficulties.

Although two characters of "Xue" cannot be written in one stroke, why don't the first and second bedrooms have their own little plans? Isn't it the same situation in Rong Mansion?

"Thank you, auntie, for helping me!"

When Xue Biao saw Aunt Xue agreeing to the persuasion, she wiped her tears and got up from the ground.

While hesitating, he said: "Mei Shibo said that we will only give the family one month. If we don't retreat, the engagement we made with my father will be over."

"If you can't count, you can't count. Is Sister Baoqin still afraid that no one will want her?"

While talking, Xue Pan walked in from outside the house angrily.

Gritting his teeth, he said: "What does the Mei family think of my Xue family? It's strange that Brother Daolai doesn't like him. It turns out he is such a thing! Come on, I will take you to his house. At worst, we won't get married." , there are too many good families in the capital, so is it his family that doesn't want to marry?"

As he said this, he stepped forward to hold Xue Biao and leave. He didn't know the cause and effect of the matter, but he heard it very clearly despite the engagement.

"Evil! Don't stop!" Aunt Xue was so angry that her body was shaking, she pointed at Xue Pan and said, "You are going to make me angry to death!"

It's not that she thinks there's anything wrong with Xue Pan's words, it's just that the capital is not Jinling, and the Hanlin Residence can't be rushed.

My son is a firecracker, he can do it at a moment's notice, so don't let your second wife make your family miserable.

While shouting and scolding Xue Pan, he faced Xue Pan and said, "Don't listen to your big brother's nonsense. I'll go talk to my sister right now."

But despite saying this, he did not stand up in a hurry. Instead, he changed the topic and said: "Brother, although I can go to my sister to plead for mercy, my aunt can't have the final say. What if I don't agree?
Besides, are you sure that the Mei family is not deliberately making things difficult?If Rong Guoguo is offended here, what unreasonable demands will the Mei family make over there?What will happen then? "

These words really confused Xue Biao. From the difference in Mei Gong's attitude before and after, he judged that it was because of the Rong Mansion. But those reasons were all said by himself, so how could he prove that he was not deliberately making things difficult?
If both ends fail, it will really become a joke.

Moreover, it was not difficult for him to hear the warning in Aunt Xue's words.

I'm afraid that no matter what the outcome is this time, it will be impossible to ask this aunt for help in the future.

But after all, it was his father's death, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Don't worry, nephew, it's just that father's orders cannot be violated!"

"Okay! Just watch your big brother here and don't ask him to go out and cause trouble. I'll be right back."

(End of this chapter)