Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

At this moment, Zicuckoo came over.

Jia Huan knew that Lin Daiyu must have heard their quarrel and sent Zijuan here. She must have something to say to herself.

Sure enough, Zicuckoo walked up to Jia Huan, whispered in his ear:

"Mr. Marquis, Madam said, Sister Bao is very good. Madam also hopes that Sister Bao will marry her. Let's continue to be sisters! Why doesn't Mr. Hou just agree?"

After Zicuckoo finished speaking, Jia Huan hesitated for a moment and then said to Xue Pan: "Brother Xue, I agreed, but this would be too unfair to Sister Bao."

Even though Xue Pan had a tough mouth, he was panicking in his heart.

At this time, he was overjoyed when he heard that Jia Huan agreed.

He hurriedly said: "Okay! Okay! Now we are finally real relatives."

"But you have to obey me on one thing. The betrothal gift for my sister is absolutely indispensable."

"Brother Huan, you know that I am not greedy for money, and our family is not short of this money. But when it comes to face, it is indispensable. At least it must be more than the second bedroom."

Jia Huan said speechlessly: "Okay, okay, it's all up to you. I'll have Lin Zhixiao prepare it and deliver it to your house."

Xue Pan chuckled and said: "No, no, since I'm here, brother, I can just take it back myself. Why do you need so much trouble?"

Hearing Xue Pan's words, Jia Huan felt for a while that this guy was unreliable.

Is there any reason for him, as an elder brother, to take this thing back in person?

Fortunately, Jia Huan knew that this guy had always been like this, so he wasn't too surprised.

Next, Xue Panli forced Jia Huan to prepare betrothal gifts and other gifts, and then he brought them back himself.

After returning to Xue's house, Xue Pan found Aunt Xue to reply.

He said proudly: "Mom, the matter has been settled. I have personally brought back the betrothal gift, so just tell me how I handled this matter, right?"

Hearing this, Aunt Xue almost fainted and couldn't help but get up and chase Xue Pan.

"You bastard, do you want to make me angry to death or what? How can you, the elder brother, personally bring back the betrothal gift? I will beat you to death today."

In the end, it was Fu Qiufang who persuaded the mother and son to settle down.

Three days later, two green-clothed sedan chairs, one behind the other, carried the two Xue sisters into the Ningguo Mansion through a side door.

In the Ningguo Mansion, Jia Huan did not hold a banquet.

Although concubinage can be large or small, it is also possible to hold a large banquet.

But because Jia Huan took two concubines at once, and both of them were legitimate daughters of the Xue family.

If word spreads, the Xue family's faces will not look good.

Therefore, Jia Huan simply invited a few close friends and held a simple banquet.

As the eldest brother-in-law, Xue Pan arrived uninvited and got very drunk that day.

He hugged Jia Huan's shoulders and cried and laughed, asking Jia Huan to treat his sister well in the future.

Jia Huan knew in his heart that this guy probably drank too much on purpose so that he could use his drunkenness to say these words to him.

Of course, Jia Huan also understood his mood, and Jia Huan immediately made a promise.

After getting Jia Huan's promise, Xue Pan let Jia Huan go.

After the banquet is over, it’s time for the wedding ceremony.

Now that I have two concubines at once, I have to face a problem of choice.

Should we go to Xue Baochai first? Or go to Xue Baoqin's place?

Logically speaking, Xue Baochai is the elder sister, so she should go to Xue Baochai first.

But Xue Baoqin came first, and Xue Baochai came later.

Originally, he had decided to marry only her, but now he married two sisters at once.

After thinking about it, Jia Huan decided to go to Xue Baoqin first.

Not long after, Jia Huan strolled into Xue Baoqin's yard.

The layout of Ningguo Mansion is the same size as Rongguo Mansion.

There are not many serious masters here in Ningguo Mansion.

Apart from Jia Huan and his wife, there are only a few other masters such as Xichun, Youshi and Qin Keqing.

There are many empty courtyards in Ningguo Mansion.

Even if Jia Huan takes more than seventy or eighty concubines, everyone will have a separate courtyard to live in.

After entering Xue Baoqin's yard, Xue Baoqin Yingying came forward to visit Jia Huan.

Then he asked with a smile: "Why did your husband come to my place first? You should have gone to my sister's place first."

After saying this and urging him again and again, Jia Huan thought for a while, then left Xue Baoqin's place and went to Xue Baochai's yard.

When Xue Baochai saw Jia Huan, he hurriedly went to meet Jia Huan and said, "My husband should not go to Sister Qin first."

"Today was supposed to be her big day, but I broke up her marriage, and I already feel that I can't stand her anymore."

"Now my husband has to go to her first. For Sister Qin, this is somewhat of a comfort."

It's interesting how these two sisters are so humble to each other.

It does sound a bit like Empress E's daughter-in-law.

However, Jia Huan had just come from Xue Baoqin, so he would not go back here.

He couldn't help but said to Xue Baochai: "You are my sister, so naturally I will come to you first, so don't say more."

Hearing this, Xue Baochai quickly stopped talking.

There are four great joys in life: a long drought brings sweet rain, and meeting an old friend in a foreign land. It's a night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber, and it's time to inscribe names on the gold medal list.

The joy of the wedding night is of course nothing to mention.

Two hours later, Jia Huan left Xue Baochai's yard and went to Xue Baoqin's place.

Early the next morning, the two sisters got up early and went to Ninglu Hall to kowtow to Lin Daiyu and serve tea.

In this era, it was only natural for a concubine to kowtow and serve tea to his wife.

Sisters Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin naturally did not dare to make an exception, even if their first wife was their good sister in the past, and they were even poetry friends.

When Lin Daiyu saw the two of them, she quickly stood up, took a step forward, and stopped them before they knelt down.

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but said: "Sister Bao, Sister Qin, we sisters don't follow these many rules between us. You all get up and talk."

Hearing what Lin Daiyu said, sisters Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin finally felt relieved.

Lin Daiyu stopped them and exempted them from kneeling.

However, the two of them finally served tea to Lin Daiyu.

……

(The next plot will make some changes to the original plot of Red Mansion, please watch it)

For the next period of time, Jia Huan enjoyed the blessings of everyone and was very happy.

Suddenly one day, a big event happened in Qingzhou, which made everyone in the government and the public angry! The people of Daxia were all filled with anger and sighing.

It turns out that among the princes of the Supreme Emperor's generation, one was named King Heng and went out to control Qingzhou.

King Heng liked women the most, and he was fond of martial arts, so he chose many beauties and practiced martial arts every day.

Every time the prince held a banquet for several days, all the beauties would learn how to excel in battle. Among the concubines, there was one named Lin Xingsi, who was more beautiful and more skilled in martial arts, so they all called her Lin Siniang.

King Heng was the most proud, so he took over Lin Siniang to take charge of all the concubines, and called him "General Jiaohua".

Originally, this was just a romantic affair of King Heng. When everyone heard about it, most of them only listened to it as something to talk about after dinner.

Qingzhou is close to the sea. On this day, King Heng was training troops at the seaside, but he was actually taking his concubine to the seaside for fun. Unexpectedly, at this time, red-haired pirates invaded the city near the sea in Qingzhou.

King Heng thought that the people of dogs and sheep were not worthy of a big move, so he rode forward to suppress them.

Unexpectedly, the thieves were very cunning and clever, and they were unable to win the two battles. King Heng was killed by the pirates.

So the civil and military officials in Qingzhou City all said that the king was invincible, what should you and me do? It's just a waste of your life! These officials actually escaped from the battlefield.

Lin Siniang heard about the bad news, so she gathered all the female generals and issued an order: "You and I are grateful to the king for his kindness, and we can't repay him by chance." "

"Now that the king has died in state affairs, I wish that I should also die in front of the king. Those of you who are willing to follow should immediately go with me to fight to the death; if you are unwilling, you should disperse as soon as possible."

When all the ladies heard her say this, they all said in unison: "Yes."

So Lin Siniang led everyone out of the city overnight and went straight to the bandit camp. The thieves inside were unprepared and several of the leading thieves were killed.

Later, everyone saw that there were only a few women, but they expected that they would not be able to help, so they turned back and turned against the enemy. After a period of hard work, Lin Siniang and the others were not left behind, which made Lin Siniang loyal to her.

Later, when the news was reported to the capital, everyone from the emperor to the officials were shocked.

Southeast pirates have always been a problem in the southeast of Daxia.

However, in the past, due to the financial constraints of the imperial court and the lack of attention paid to the ocean and coastal areas, the imperial court was almost laissez-faire in dealing with Japanese invasion.

This has also made the Japanese invasion of Japan more and more serious along the southeast coast.

But it was not until the Qingzhou Incident that things reached their peak.

It turns out that the Japanese pirates are so arrogant and rampant!

This time, he actually directly killed an old prince from Daxia.

If Daxia cannot avenge King Heng, then the neighbors will definitely think that Daxia has become too old to lose its teeth.

Someone will definitely come out to challenge Daxia's authority.

Therefore, Daxia must kill the red-haired Japanese pirates to avenge King Heng.

At this time, people in Daxia were furious and angry. People everywhere shouted that they wanted to avenge King Heng and General Jiehua and kill all the red-haired thieves.

And then, the princes in the court began to pay attention to the whereabouts of the red-haired thief.

Soon, it was found out that the red-haired thief was not a Japanese pirate from the original Japanese country, but a pirate from the west.

These red-haired thieves are usually merchants, but they are pirates when they betray people.

The reason why they looted Qingzhou was because they had previously sent envoys to do business with Daxia.

But Daxia flatly refused.

In fact, there is more than one red-haired country that wants to do business with Daxia?

Two years ago, Zhenzhen Kingdom sent an envoy and gave Emperor Chongkang a four-wheeled carriage.

At that time, they wanted to do business with Daxia, but they were also rejected by Daxia.

As for the caravan from the Red Hair Country, their request to trade with Daxia was rejected, so they changed their identity.

From caravans to pirates.

He also secretly planned to attack Qingzhou and accidentally killed King Heng of Qingzhou.

Next, these red-haired pirates entered Qingzhou City and burned, killed and looted for three days before they calmly evacuated Qingzhou.

In Qingzhou City, these red-haired thieves committed numerous evil deeds.

Not only did they kill thousands of people in the city, but they also robbed hundreds of young women.

After learning the news, Emperor Chongkang and other monarchs and ministers became anxious.

What they feared most was that after the red-haired thief did this bad thing, he would sail away and run away.

The Red-Haired Country is tens of thousands of miles away overseas.

The waves along the way were so strong that Daxia had no way of sending its navy to retaliate against the Red-Haired Country.

And once the red-haired thief really ran away, wouldn't Daxia have to suffer this dumb loss in vain?

But the good news is that after many inquiries, they found that these red-haired thieves were not far away from Daxia.

It turns out that these red-haired thieves also occupied a large island as a stronghold overseas.

This island was named Hongmao Island by them.

And in this stronghold, they do business with foreign countries and also engage in piracy.

It can be said that he does all kinds of evil and is called a red-haired ghost by many people.

There are ten large ships and more than 180 small boats among these red-haired ghosts.

There are nearly 20,000 sailors and soldiers.

It is a huge force at sea.

Even the maritime strength of this red-haired ghost is even better than that of the entire Daxia navy.

Well, when Daxia was first founded, the naval power was still quite powerful, and the barbarians were beaten to the point of bowing their heads.

However, in the later period, the navy's armaments became more and more relaxed, and due to insufficient tax revenue, the navy's expenditures also became less and less. Nine out of ten pavilions were stopped.

Later, they even had to sell off their ships to pay the soldiers' salaries.

And because there have never been major naval battles in Daxia, Daxia's navy now basically exists in name only.

Therefore, what makes the court very embarrassed now is that if the red-haired ghosts attack into Daxia and are blocked by the Daxia army, they will definitely be able to annihilate them all.

However, if the red-haired ghosts no longer attack the territory of Daxia, or are not blocked by the Daxia army.

So, Daxia Navy really has no good way to deal with these red-haired ghosts.

On the sea, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the red-haired ghost.

……

In the Ningguo Mansion, Jia Huan was confused when he saw the news about the red-haired ghost robbing Qingzhou.

This plot is somewhat specious, and seems to be different from what is described in the book Red Mansions.

The Book of Red Mansions describes this incident as follows: Jia Zhengnai said: "At that time, there was a king, named King Heng, who came out of Qingzhou..."

What Jia Zheng was talking about was that day, that is, what happened in the past.

But now, it just happened not long ago.

Here again, a certain deviation occurred.

For Lin Ruhai, this is probably an excellent opportunity.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, let the Red Flame Army go out to form a navy and then destroy the red-haired pirates.

However, there is a problem here.

That is, Daxia has a navy, while the Red Flame Army is an army and cavalry.

And the Red Flame Army only has 10,000 people.

Jia Huan felt that it was very difficult just to find a reasonable reason for the Red Flame Army to quell the Japanese.

However, it was Lin Ruhai's business to come up with reasons, and he didn't need to put in any extra effort.

Jia Huan believed that Lin Ruhai, an old fox, would be able to come up with a suitable reason.

And as expected, he couldn't think of any reason why he shouldn't be allowed to exterminate the Japanese pirates, and there was no loss for him at all.

Well, probably the development of military power on Haitian Island will be slower.

But it won’t be too slow. The emergence of steam engines will make Haitian Island develop by leaps and bounds. (End of chapter)