The Red Chamber: Starting from Saving Xue Baochai

Chapter 77 Everything depends on the Jia family
Grandmother Jia and others understood what Shen Yuan meant.

For the Jia family, this was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise.

They had been worried about the family ancestral hall, as well as matters concerning Youshi, Qin Keqing and others. Now with Shen Yuan's suggestion, everything was solved.

At least in the short term, the Jia family doesn't have to worry about this anymore. As for the long term, they can slowly free up some money to build the land to the north of Rong Mansion.
In Grandmother Jia's view, Shen Yuan was doing this to save the Jia family's reputation. After all, it was a gift from the emperor, and people could easily find excuses to ignore it.

Thinking of this, the old lady felt more and more regretful that she could not bring Xiangyun and Shen Yuan together. At such a young age, she has won the emperor's favor. Who knows how far they will go in the future?
But now that he has married Bao girl, it can only be regarded as an alliance between the Xue and Wang families, and there is still a layer of separation between him and the Jia family.

After putting away her thoughts, Grandmother Jia turned to look at Jia Zheng. They both nodded in tacit understanding and accepted Shen Yuan's suggestion.

"Just do as Yuan-ge-er said."

Wang Xifeng on the side also breathed a sigh of relief. She was still worried that Lady Jia and the men in the family would not accept Shen Yuan's suggestion and forcibly move the ancestral hall for the sake of face. If that happened, she didn't know how Rongguo Mansion would be maintained in the future. After all, she was the one in charge of the household, so her thoughts and concerns would be more specific.

In addition to some far-reaching calculations, Shen Yuan also had some other ideas behind this move.

Since he traveled to this world of the Red Mansion, he hoped to give the girls with golden hairpins a happy ending. Life in the Red Mansion would no longer be miserable, and people should enjoy life to the fullest.

After the matter was settled, Jia's mother expressed her final doubts and asked, "Will this matter cause dissatisfaction to your majesty?"

Shen Yuan pondered and said, "Your Majesty's goal has never been to kill all the nobles. As long as the nobles do not become an obstacle to the revival of the Great Zhou, Your Majesty will not keep targeting them."

After hearing this, Jia's mother felt relieved.

"Brother Yuan is right. His Majesty is very generous and will not make things difficult for us." Jia Zheng said, "Brother Yuan is now close to His Majesty. If the opportunity is right, he can speak for the Rongguo Mansion."

If Shen Yuan could say a few good words, it would at least change the emperor's impression of the Jia family.

Shen Yuan did not accept Jia Zheng's offer, but said, "The future of the Jia family is in the hands of the old lady and several masters and brothers, not in the hands of me or Your Majesty."

If these people in the Jia family do not change, I am afraid no one can save the Jia family. If these people turn for the better, there is no need for anyone to save them. If the Jia family can produce one or two more capable people, it may not be impossible for them to regain their glory.

In short, everything depends on the Jia family themselves.

This principle is not profound. Don’t the people in the Jia family understand it?

Of course they understand, but most of them, greedy for immediate pleasure, pretend to be ignorant.

Hearing this, Jia's mother sighed, then put away her worries, put on a smile, and said, "It's rare for Yuan'er to come to our house, so go and see Bao'er first, and stay for dinner later, and drink some wine with Baoyu's father and Lian'er. Since we all live close to each other, we should have more exchanges."

Shen Yuan nodded. He did not act too cold towards the Jia family. He just wanted to have normal interactions with them.

After chatting for a few more words, he went to Lixiangyuan.

As soon as I reached the gate of the courtyard, I met Ying'er.

"Son-in-law!" the little girl said happily, "Why are you here today?"

"There's no candied haws today. We came in a hurry."

"It's not like I only like to eat candied haws." Ying'er muttered, and then ran happily to Baochai, "Miss, the son-in-law is here!"

The girl's voice was melodious and penetrating, which startled everyone in the Xue family.

"Brother Yuan is here."

"Brother Shen."

Aunt Xue and Xue Pan came out and greeted them happily.

"Aunt, Brother Xue." Shen Yuan responded with a smile.

"Okay, Yuan-ge, come inside and talk."

As she spoke, Aunt Xue welcomed Shen Yuan into the main room.

As soon as he entered the room, Shen Yuan saw Baochai looking at the door with a smile. Their eyes met, full of affection. Shen Yuan sat down beside Baochai and asked softly, "Sister Xue, what are you busy with?"

"Brother Shen." Baochai finally reacted and hurriedly hid the red handkerchief she was embroidering. Her almond eyes flickered, her face flushed slightly, and she said in a delicate voice, "These are all for the wedding day. It's not good to let Brother Shen see them now."

Maybe it was the red veil, Shen Yuan didn't care too much. Seeing that Baochai seemed to have lost some weight, he said with concern: "Sister, you don't need to worry too much. These can be left to the embroiderer."

"It's okay, I can do it."

In Baochai's heart, that day will be the most important day in her life, and it will be worth it no matter how much time she spends preparing for it.

Aunt Xue was also happy to see the couple's good relationship, and said with a smile: "My dear, you and Yuan-ge'er chat first, your brother and I will prepare some wine and food, and we will have a good dinner together in the evening."

Aunt Xue was about to take Xue Pan away, but was called down by Shen Yuan.

"Aunt, I just promised the old lady that I will have dinner with Uncle Zheng and the others." Shen Yuan paused and continued, "There is one more thing I need to tell Aunt and Brother Xue."

Upon hearing this, Xue Pan suddenly became interested and sat down at the table.

"Brother Shen, what's the matter?"

Aunt Xue also sat down when she saw Shen Yuan's serious tone.

Shen Yuan said slowly: "Today, His Majesty issued an edict."

He recounted the story of how Ningguo Mansion became Shen Mansion.

After hearing this, Aunt Xue, Xue Pan and Baochai were all surprised.

The matter of Ning Mansion being raided had been a hot topic these days. They knew about it, and Xue Pan had previously drunk wine with Jia Zhen and his son.

How could the three of them not be shocked when they heard that the huge Ningguo Mansion was renamed Shen Mansion in one day and became Shen Yuan's residence?

Although they were surprised, they naturally believed what Shen Yuan said and it couldn't be false.

After a moment of silence, seeing that everyone had slowly digested this information, Shen Yuan continued, "After Baochai and I get married, why don't you and Brother Xue move to the east as well?"

Aunt Xue currently has no shortage of money, nor does she have shortage of a place to live. It makes sense for her to live at her sister's house, her own house, or her daughter's house.

Shen Yuan made this suggestion only because he felt that Mrs. Wang must have some plan for the Xue family. Since he had married Baochai, he would not turn a blind eye to it.

Of course, now that the perfect match has become a bubble, Mrs. Wang may not be able to cheat the money. It all depends on Aunt Xue's intention.

After hearing this, Xue Pan did not have too many thoughts. He was now hanging out with Jia Lian, and sometimes with Baoyu, and felt quite comfortable. He did not care whether he moved out of Lixiang Courtyard or not. Anyway, he could still find Jia Lian and the others after living in the East Palace.

Although this stupid bully admired Shen Yuan from the bottom of his heart, he didn't necessarily think it would be fun to follow him, so he said casually: "I listen to my mother."

However, Aunt Xue had different ideas. Through her interactions with Mrs. Wang in recent months, she had some understanding of her sister's thoughts and had become less concerned about this family relationship.

She now hopes that the Xue family can be closer to her son-in-law so that the Xue family will be safe.

"Brother Yuan, let me think about this matter again. We still need to talk to Aunt Baochai and we can't offend her too much."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan knew that Aunt Xue had already made her decision, so he said no more.

Although Baochai did not say anything, she saw the words and expressions of several people. With a smart girl like her, how could she not know that her lover was trying to protect the Xue family?

When she looked at Shen Yuan again, her soft almond eyes were already filled with a bit of stubbornness. After she married the young man, she would do her best to help him.
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PS: Off topic
After communicating with the editor, we finally determined the release time of this book. Since it is currently in the fourth round of recommendations, the release time is set on Friday, April 4.12.

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