The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 168
Xue Baochai's marriage didn't go well. As early as the beginning, Aunt Xue didn't want her daughter to marry the Mei family. Baoqin became a nobleman in the palace, if the Xue family married Baochai regardless, what would outsiders think?
Still can't believe that the Xue family is like a dragon and a phoenix?
If the Xue family had no power or power, it would be fine to just exchange a daughter for a bright future for the family, but it is not the case, the Xue family still has money, even if they don't marry Baochai to Baoyu, they will have a good marriage It is by no means difficult.

Why do you just cling to the Mei family?

Besides, Mei Yusen was not the eldest son, and there were several sisters-in-law who were descended from the concubines and concubines. Once Baochai passed by, he would be discriminated against.

These are the reasons why Aunt Xue doesn't want to see this marriage.Unexpectedly, the Mei family actually formed this happy relationship sincerely, not only invited the eldest wife of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites to reconcile, but also used the ancient books handed down by the family as the dowry gift.

Aunt Xue also found out that Mei Yusen was also a good piece of jade when he was in the Imperial College, and he was highly praised by the gentlemen, and he was a popular candidate for this department.Only then did Aunt Xue's heart move, and after a long time of discussion, she agreed to the marriage, and only waited for Mei Yusen's title on the gold list before the two families decided to get married.

Unexpectedly, Princess Chaohua insisted on intervening again because of her status as the niece of the Empress Dowager's natal family, which made Xue Baochai very lively.

Before Lu's birth, Xue Baochai had come to Fengwei Hutong to complain to Xing Xiuyan, Xiuyan took the opportunity to come up with an idea, and told Mei Yusen to catch the bastards of Princess Zhaohua.

One is to resist the rogue actions of Princess Zhaohua, and the other is to test whether Mei Yusen is sincere to Xue Baochai.

Sure enough, the concubine sons of Princess Zhaohua were mud that could not support the wall. In just half a month, Mei Yusen brought out dozens of lawsuits against those young masters.In these dozen or so lawsuits, it would be a serious crime to kill one of the ordinary people. But in those years, Princess Chaohua was too strong, and Princess Chaohua was very favored by the Empress Dowager. Her bastards are at large, and no one dares to take care of them.

However, since the Queen Mother was imprisoned in the palace by the Supreme Emperor, Princess Chaohua, as the Queen Mother's confidant, quickly lost power, and the Mei family was even more unwilling to get involved with her.After Mei Yusen received Xue Baochai's letter, he immediately began to spread the word, and within a few days, the gate of Shuntian Mansion was trampled down by people calling for injustice.

Shuntian Fu Yin is one of Xiaozong's confidantes, as soon as he sensed something was wrong, he immediately went to the palace to face the saint.When Xiaozong saw the pleadings calling for grievances, he was furious, and immediately called for a thorough investigation, without even thinking about asking the Supreme Emperor what he meant.When the empress dowager, who was in the cold palace, knew about it, the three concubine sons of Princess Zhaohua were all sentenced to exile for a felony.Princess Chaohua was even deprived of her title by Xiaozong because of her disrespect. Although she kept the mansion, since she was only a commoner from then on, all the specifications of the mansion had to be revised. Destroying those places that did not conform to the royal family's norms one by one, the entire princess mansion was in a mess.

The two Zongzhengs on the left and right are Xiaozong's two cousins. When the Empress Dowager was still the head of the harem, Princess Zhaohua often used her power to be rude to these two Zongzhengs. Now that she has the opportunity, the other party does not wanton Princess Chaohua?
Princess Zhaohua had no energy to deal with the Mei family, so the Mei family hurriedly invited the wife of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites to be a matchmaker, and negotiated with the Xue family on the date of marriage. It's the Hundred Flowers Festival, but it's also Lin Daiyu's birthday.

Daiyu was also happy when she heard this, and after much deliberation, she found a pair of white jade Ruyi from her mother's dowry back then as a gift.This pair of Ruyi is not an ordinary thing, they are white and flawless, and they are rare treasures. The Jia family found such a treasure more than [-] years ago.

Xiuyan sat at the head of the bed, and after listening to Daiyu's words, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Ruyi is a little thinner, I'll add a new look for my younger sister, and Sister Bao will look more decent in front of her sister-in-law."

Daiyu nodded knowingly, Baochai is not the eldest daughter-in-law, and her husband's family may not value her housekeeping ability at all. If the dowry is rich, her husband's family will value her a little more.Daiyu was also not polite to Xiuyan, instead she smiled and leaned on Xiuyan's body and acted like a baby: "I'm just waiting for my sister's words!"

As soon as the words came out, the two sisters burst into laughter immediately. Fang Guan outside the door couldn't help but make up his mind when he heard the movement, and tiptoed out of the main room and went straight to his own room.When the women sweeping the snow along the way saw Fangguan, they all called out "Miss Fangguan" respectfully, but she ignored her and hurried into the servant's room built in the backyard.

The maid in the same room had already gone out to do errands, Fang Guan carefully closed the doors and windows, put on his clothes and got on the bed, and tightly blocked the green gauze curtain at the head of the bed, then carefully took out the letterhead hidden in his sleeve.

The envelope hadn't been sealed at all, and there were two small notes inside.Fangguan studied with her husband and read opera books every day, but she knew a few words.The writing on the small note is simple and not difficult to read.

Fang Guan twirled one, and unconsciously read out: Ma Qian Zi, Nan Xing, Fang Feng, Achyranthes Knife.
It looked like a medicine list?

The girl has never been seriously ill, and even minor illnesses are just for support. Apart from seeing a doctor for the wife and Fu Geer, the girl has never complained of a word of discomfort.

Fangguan suddenly remembered what she saw through the glass in the middle of the night.

Fang Guan suddenly lowered his head, staring at the note in his hand.Isn't it because of those two pills that Eunuch Ping'an came here in the snow late at night?Could this be the prescription for those two pills?
The more Fangguan thought about it, the more he felt that it was not bad, and he rolled off the bed excitedly.These two prescriptions were sent to Ouyang's family opposite, plus the secrets I just heard, the Ouyang family can't treat me badly!
She didn't feel sleepy, put on her shoes, repacked the envelope, still tucked it in her cuff, pulled on a snow-proof clothes and went out of the house.

The big kitchen was busy serving breakfast for the wife, and the nannies were also putting the custard on the steamer. The women were so busy that they kept their feet on the ground. One of them was holding the steamer. When he was about to turn around, he almost missed the Fangguan rushed in.

"Hey, Miss Fangguan, you have to be careful. It doesn't matter if we spill something, but don't burn it. You are different from us rough people. Be careful to hurt your delicate skin and tender flesh."

Fangguan forced a smile and said, "Where's Aunt Guo?" While speaking, she didn't forget to look around, looking for Aunt Guo everywhere.

"It's just a coincidence, Aunt Guo is not on duty today, I'm afraid she's at home right now!" The cook made a bowl of stewed tender custard and asked Fangguan to try it first.How could Fangguan have any skills, he had already resigned from the big kitchen, and went directly to the back corner door to find Aunt Guo in the alley.

Although there is a lot of light snowflakes, the back alley is still bustling. There are shopkeepers picking up goods for sale everywhere, and there are also servants from the Xing family and the Fei family next door who come out to buy vegetables and purchase goods. Several children brave the snow to pile up Snowman, seeing Fangguan coming out of the back door of Xing's house, stood at the bottom of the steps and looked at her curiously.

Guo's house was deep in the alley, and Fang Guan couldn't be more easy to find. When she knocked on the door, Aunt Guo's slightly haggard face was reflected behind the crack of the door.

When she saw who was coming, Aunt Guo's complexion took a turn for the worse, and she dragged Fang Guan into the room.

The snow was not light at all, but Aunt Guo had no intention of inviting Fangguan into the house.Fangguan was too excited at the moment, he didn't find out at all, he just suppressed his high-pitched excitement.

"Auntie, I got a good thing. Look what it is?" Fang Guan wanted to pull out the envelope from his cuff mysteriously.Aunt Guo seemed to be aware of it, and hurriedly suppressed Fangguan's movements, turning her head back from time to time to check the movement inside.

Fang Guan immediately put away his excitement and asked in a low voice, "Is there someone new in the room?"

"It's a niece from my hometown. She will stay here for a few days. I'm afraid that she will be overwhelmed and make a fuss when she returns to her hometown."

Fang Guan didn't care, he just turned his back to the direction of the house, and told Aunt Guo the news that the fifth prince's confidant Gong An came to visit last night.

"These are two prescriptions left behind by the girl when she was giving medicine. Auntie took them to Ouyang's family to see if they could see any flaws."

Aunt Guo blocked the direction of the back window with her body, quickly stuffed the prescription into her cuff, and hurriedly drove Fang Guan out.

Let's say that Aunt Guo chased her away, and when she came back to the house, a young daughter-in-law sat cross-legged on the clinical kang, but she looked like she was in her early twenties, she was plainly dressed, and she was wearing a flying moon bun. Even the little girl who delivers water in Xiuyan Garden is dressed brighter than this one.

But the stunning appearance of the young woman couldn't hide it.

"The girl is better, why don't you sleep more?"

The young woman smiled lightly: "I have occupied the magpie's nest, and I have driven my aunt out to hide. I already feel embarrassed, how can I go back to sleep."

There was sadness in Aunt Guo's eyes: "The girl is also a daughter. When I served you, the old lady loved you too much. The bed in the boudoir is still made of golden nanmu, and it is the only one in the whole house!"

The young woman smiled wryly when she heard the words: "Why bother to mention that again, we are wearing the body of a sin, and it is already a great grace for the Supreme Emperor to spare his life. In the past, everything was like death yesterday, and everything in the future is like life today, no matter how many things happened in the past, until today It's all irrelevant. No matter what happens in the future, we will start over from today. Our Fei family is no longer what it used to be. Once the old lady left, the whole family lost its backbone, and it would have been a mess. If not for this time Save me, I'm afraid I'm in danger too."

Aunt Guo's eyes turned red when she heard this: "Girl, don't say that, the Fei family has done me a favor of rebuilding. I am ashamed of the old lady. It is my incompetence that I failed to keep the old house of the Fei family!"

It turned out that this young woman was Aunt Guo's former master, the eldest daughter of the Fei family.The Fei family lost power in the officialdom and was demoted back to their hometown and never set foot in the capital again. Now that the eldest lady has rashly appeared in the home of a former servant, this has to make people think about it!

(End of this chapter)