Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 52 The Xue family comes to Beijing
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"Brother, what happened outside? Why are there so many yamen runners?" Xue Baoqin asked fearfully, holding the medicine bowl with a pale face.

"Nothing." Xue Ke smiled and comforted him, "Brother, something went wrong. I'll go to the government office to help fix it. Don't worry."

Xue Baoqin also knew that Xue Pan had allowed his slave to commit murder, so she nodded and said, "Then brother, be careful."

"Well, you take good care of your father at home."

But when Xue Ke followed the bailiff into the court, the outside was already crowded with people watching the fun. Jia Yucun was a new official, so naturally he wanted to create some momentum and gain a good reputation. He didn't want to be polite to the impoverished Xue family, so he just slammed the gavel hard.

"Snapped!"

"Ascension!"

The left and right immediately showed their might.

"Who is in the hall!"

Jia Yucun asked with a serious expression.

Xue Ke had followed his father around the country since he was a child. When he saw the situation, he knew that something was wrong and quickly knelt on the ground.

"I am Xue Ke, the eldest son of the second branch of the Xue family in Jinling."

"Humph!"

Jia Yucun sneered, "Let me ask you, where is Xue Pan, the criminal who allowed his slave to commit the crime, now? Come and tell the truth immediately! Anyone who shields and harbors him will be severely punished according to the law!"

Xue Ke kowtowed and said, "Your Excellency, please understand. My elder brother and his family left for Beijing at the beginning of last month."

There is no need to hide this matter at all.

Because Xue Pan rode on a big horse when he left the city, afraid that others would not know that he had killed someone and was still at large. He almost laughed out loud three times, "I am the law". Hahahaha...

Above, Jia Yucun frowned.

Early last month?
It's the end of the month now.

It has been nearly two months, so shouldn't we have already arrived in Kyoto?

Jia Yucun immediately issued an arrest warrant.

Catch the murderer!

He wrote another letter to Jia Jing to explain the situation.

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The capital, Rongguo Mansion.

Mrs. Wang had been feeling uneasy these days when she suddenly heard from a maid that her concubine and her brothers and sisters and the whole family were going to Beijing and had already arrived at the door.

Mrs. Wang was immediately delighted, and hurriedly called Yingchun, Tanchun, Li Wan and Fengjie, and took them out of the hall together to welcome Aunt Xue and Baochai into the hall.

Needless to say, the two sisters met each other in their old age.

After talking about their heartfelt feelings for a while, the two gradually stopped talking. Mrs. Wang took Aunt Xue and Baochai to see Lady Jia again.

Grandmother Jia first looked at Baochai, took her hand and said with a smile: "Bao girl is really a good girl. I have never seen such a dignified and decent person."

"It's over!"

Wang Xifeng, who was standing beside her, suddenly cried out in grief.

Everyone knew that Sister Feng was going to act up again, and they all looked at her with a smile, waiting for what would happen next.

The new arrival, Aunt Xue, had no idea about this and was stunned on the spot.

Baochai was also stunned and didn't understand what was going on.

Grandmother Jia laughed and scolded, "You rogue, a poor man, it's ok to make trouble at home on weekdays, but now your aunt is here and you are still making trouble here, be careful that your aunt will punish you!"

Feng Jie said aggrievedly: "My aunt is here, and as a niece, I am naturally happy, but this Bao sister is here..."

"What's wrong?" asked Grandmother Jia with a smile.

Sister Feng pouted and said, "The status of a daughter-in-law in the old ancestor's heart...has been lowered again."

"Hahaha……"

This made everyone burst into laughter.

Tanchun smiled and consoled him, "Don't be afraid, Sister Feng. This is the last one anyway. There is no way anyone can get any more. What are you still worried about?"

"Hahaha……"

Grandmother Jia laughed so hard that she could hardly close her mouth.

Aunt Xue couldn't help laughing, pointing at Fengjie, not knowing what to say. Fengjie was about to burst into tears, stamping her feet and saying, "Look at these little sisters-in-law, I have it so hard. Fortunately, the two more powerful ones are not here today, otherwise I wouldn't even dare to speak."

Everyone agreed.

Those two girls were bullied by the 'devil king Dabaoyu' and cried 'three times a day'.

Grandmother Jia suddenly didn’t want to laugh anymore!
Those two 'rebellious girls' gave her a headache.

Lin Daiyu returned to the East Palace that day, and Grandmother Jia did not send anyone to pick her up for the time being.

With Xichun, that 'spoiled girl', 'instigating' them, the two Yu'ers would always quarrel whenever they met.

If we continue to quarrel, we will no longer be enemies.

We're almost enemies!

So Grandmother Jia was very rational and did not take Daiyu back.

Let's separate the two for a while...

Only when my granddaughter gets bored of staying there will she realize how good her eldest Baoyu is!
At this time, Dabaoyu came in from outside.

She was wearing a sexy red robe, with several long braids tied together on her head, a gold-thread headband, and several jade pendants and sachets jingling around her waist.

Baoyu bowed to everyone, but his eyes unconsciously looked towards his new sister who had come into the room.

Mrs. Wang waved her hand and said, "Haven't you met your aunt, Sister Bao?"

"Meet my aunt."

Aunt Xue touched Baoyu's big face and said with a smile: "My son, you are white and plump, and you can tell at first glance that you are a rich man."

Baoyu licked his big face and smiled shyly, then looked to the side and bowed, saying, "Hello, Sister Bao."

Baochai hurriedly returned the greeting.

"Hello, Brother Bao."

When Baoyu saw Baochai's skin was as white as snow, as smooth as cream, her face was as bright as the moon, her eyes were bright and her teeth were white, and there was also an unknown subtle fragrance that came to him. For a moment, Baoyu unconsciously became dazed.

Tanchun couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so she walked by and said with a smile, "Second brother, I haven't seen you come out these past two days. Have you been studying hard at home?"

Baoyu finally realized what was happening and said with a wry smile, "I just read a few books of poetry and wrote a couple of poems to relieve my boredom."

"Oh." Tanchun smiled and said, "I will read my second brother's masterpiece later."

Baoyu smiled, looked at Baochai and said, "Sister Bao, can you write poetry?"

Baochai smiled and said, "I... don't really know how to do it."

Baoyu smiled and said, "It's okay if you don't know how to do it. I'll teach you!"

Tanchun: “…”

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Well, you brothers and sisters should get closer."

At this time, Jia's mother waved her hands and said with a smile: "It's a rare occasion that the aunt and her family are here, let's have a feast to welcome them. Feng girl, go and make arrangements."

Fengjie quickly agreed and went outside to prepare the banquet.

Aunt Xue and Baochai went back and were busy delivering the local gifts they had brought from Jinling to various places. Soon, Mrs. Wang also came over. Aunt Xue asked the maid to serve tea, and the two of them sat aside and chatted about the past.

Aunt Xue wiped away her tears with worry, "I don't know how Pan'er's matter will turn out. I'm really afraid that something bad will happen to him, and we will be left alone. How can we live?"

Mrs. Wang thought of what happened at the Shi family a while ago, so she smiled and comforted them, "Don't worry, everything will be fine once you come to our house. A while ago, the third child of the Shi family also got into trouble by beating someone up outside, and the censor wanted to impeach their family. Our master said a few words, and everything is fine now."

"Really? There's such a thing?"

There was a look of joy in Aunt Xue's eyes.

Her sister is so awesome!

Madam Wang smiled faintly: "How could it be false? The Shi family didn't even dare to take the silver they took away, and they returned it to us obediently."

"Besides, there is our brother."

"He is the governor of the Beijing camp!"

Mrs. Wang's face was full of pride.

Aunt Xue said, "Bao girl wrote to brother early in the morning, but there was no reply. We were scared, so we hurried to Beijing. When we asked, we found out that brother was ordered to go out on business and would not be back until next month."

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(End of this chapter)