The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 259
Jia Baoyu pushed the plate containing the red bean cake forward, and said, "Third sister doesn't care about our concerns. If it weren't for her, Aunt Zhao would not have committed so many scandals. This time I treat Third sister My heart is completely cold, maybe what sister Zhou said is not a mother's birth, after all, there is a layer of belly."

Xiuyan smiled lightly: "Brother Bao, why should you be pessimistic? I heard what you said just now. The third younger sister may not know Aunt Zhao's evil plan. Even if she knew, think about it. That is her biological mother. She watched her biological mother make a big mistake. Others may have quietly helped to cover it up, but what about the third younger sister? The third younger sister has always understood righteousness, and is not the kind of person who helps others to abuse others. She was just bumped into by you, and she is probably in the middle of nowhere. How sad should it be?"

Jia Baoyu clapped his hands, happy in his heart: "That's right, sister Xing is right, why am I so confused. Even if I can't trust Aunt Zhao, I should still trust the third sister. Even our wife often praises the third sister for her honesty, Aunt Zhao must have deceived the third sister, and she and sister Lin are very close, knowing how sad this kind of nasty thing might be, how can I get hurt again?"

Jia Baoyu raised his foot and was about to go out: "I'm going to see my third sister, and I just tell her that you don't have to worry about big or small things. I'm the most strict-mouthed one."

Xiuyan got up and was about to leave, when the two walked to the door, Xiaohong, who was on the porch, shouted loudly: "Sister Qingwen and sister Qiuwen are back."

Qiu Wen's cursing voice came from far and near: "You little hoof, why don't you just stay behind, what the hell are you doing in front? It must be because we are not at home, you think you are the king of the mountain, so trembling and majestic Yes or no?"

Xiaohong's mother belonged to Lin Zhixiao's family, and Aunt Lin was always in the mansion on a daily basis, relying on her status as the lady in charge, she often yelled at Qiuwen and other maidservants.Qiuwen and others dared not say anything, but secretly pushed Xiaohong away, so they often assigned trivial matters that did not show their abilities to her, but did not ask Xiaohong to stand in front of Jia Baoyu.

Today, everyone went to the front to watch the play and watch the excitement. Yihong courtyard dared not leave people behind. After Qiuwen and Qingwen discussed it, they left Xiaohong and two rough envoys at home.

Seeing her standing alone in front of the door now, Qiu Wen felt uncomfortable.

Qingwen grabbed Qiuwen, who was still trying to scold her, and said in a low voice, "I don't see anything right. Go into the house and see if Baoyu is at home."

Qiu Wen was frightened, she would have to go inside immediately if she dared to delay.Suddenly the curtain of the door was lifted from the inside, and Qiu Wen bumped into Mei Lian who came out.Her soles were unsteady, and she staggered and fell to the ground.

Meilian smirked and stepped forward to help: "Oh, what are you talking about, who would have thought that sister Qiuwen is still outside."

Mio followed closely behind and also helped.Qingwen stared wide-eyed, seeing Baoyu and the eldest daughter of the Xing family coming out one after another, she was forced to be surprised: "When did the second master come back? Why didn't you send the little girl to call me back to serve?"

Baoyu's expression was cold, but he didn't see a smile: "I just had a few words with Sister Xing, and I don't need you to serve me. It's you two. Why don't you go to the front to watch the play, and why are you running back?"

Qingwen hurriedly laughed and said: "The old lady suddenly said that she wanted to play throwing pots, and she remembered that my mother rewarded the second master with a gold vase a few years ago. The old lady sent me to pack it up and take it to the front."

Jia Baoyu nodded: "The gold bottle was taken by Xiren. I vaguely remember that she put it in the small Luodian cabinet. I will find it with you."

Qingwen didn't move, she just moved the corner of her mouth towards Xing Xiuyan's direction, and said with a light smile, "Second Master still has customers here!"

Jia Baoyu mumbled, Xiuyan hurriedly said: "I'm not a foreigner, am I still unfamiliar with the garden? Brother Bao went to work on his own, and the two maids and I will return to the old lady's place."

Baoyu no longer insisted, and personally sent Xing Xiuyan to the gate of Yihong Courtyard. Seeing her master and servant three people crossing the bridge from a distance, she turned around and closed the gate of the courtyard.

There were not a few maids and women on the way, so Meilian didn't hesitate to complain, "Young lady, why are you speaking nicely for Aunt Zhao? Why don't you ask Second Master Bao to share this matter, and see how Mother Jia cleans up the second room. .”

The seldom-spoken Mio also felt the same way: "Girls really shouldn't be soft-hearted. This incident looks like what Aunt Zhao did, but when you think about it, the person who dispensed the medicine for Jia's mansion was not the reckless and money-greedy boy in charge. They are serious masters and young masters, do those masters from the Jia family dare to poison Miss Lin just because of Aunt Zhao's mere money?"

Even the two maids could see that the hidden story inside was inseparable from Mrs. Wang, but Jia Baoyu looked ignorant and ignorant.

Then what did Xiuyan say?
Clearly tell Jia Baoyu, ask Jia Baoyu to expose the hypocrisy of the biological mother, Mrs. Wang?Hmph, Second Master Bao was timid about Aunt Zhao's matter and dared not go forward, as if he was relieved by his few words, it was clear that he didn't plan to delve into this matter from the beginning.

Xiuyan doesn't want to waste too much energy on such a man who has no responsibility.

She laughed and said: "Sooner or later, Wang's little trick will kill her two children and her own life. It's useless for you to complain now, even if I have thoroughly investigated the evidence of Wang's murder of sister Lin. But as long as Wang Ziteng is still in office, and the emperor still favors this important minister in the period of the Supreme Emperor. If the Wang family does not fall, Mrs. Wang can stand up."

Of the four major families today, only the Wang family has maintained its original dignity.Wang Ziteng was not like Jia Zhen and Jia She, who led idlers and did not work. He was favored by the Supreme Emperor.

In recent years, some coastal areas have banned shipping, and the Wang family's business has shrunk again and again, and eventually it became tasteless.There are a large number of compradors, but few Western treasures can be bought.On the contrary, the big families in the southeast and the old ship king in Suzhou. The business is getting bigger and bigger, and it has completely suppressed the business of the Wang family back then.

Wang Ziteng is fine as an official, but he is a novice in business.Seeing that there was no improvement, he ruthlessly shut down all the business in the southeast. Since then, he has devoted himself to being an official, and his career has flourished.

If Wang Ziteng is not toppled, Xiuyan will not dare to attack Wang easily.

However, Xiuyan vaguely remembered that in Cao Gong's works, Wang Ziteng died on the way to take office, that is, in the past two years.

Three masters and servants left the Grand View Garden and returned to Jia Mu's place. The old lady had finished the show early in the morning, and several wives accompanied Jia Mu to play the horse hanging.When Xiuyan came in, there was already a lot of broken silver piled up beside Lu's desk.

Jiamu was looking at Xiuyan, and when she saw the visitor, she smiled and waved at her: "Come and see your wife, you won our money, and you dared to say that you didn't play well just now! It turns out that you are pretending to be a pig." Tiger, take us as money-spreading boys!"

Xiuyan hurriedly walked to Jia Mu's side, Yuanyang was holding cards there, when she saw Xiuyan approaching, she hurriedly gave up her seat.Xiuyan lit a few cards, and Mother Jia's luck really improved, and she almost got what she wanted.

The old lady happily held Xiuyan, reluctant to let go, and straightforwardly waited with Mrs. Lu and Aunt Xue who was sitting with her, "My uncle and wife have such a responsible daughter all their lives, so why worry about the future?"

Lu looked at Xiuyan with a smile: "Why don't you worry, I can still take care of you when I'm at home, and I will be someone's daughter-in-law in the future. The Song family's house rules are not as strict as usual, so I'm afraid she won't understand anything. No joke."

"Uncle and wife don't need to underestimate themselves like this. I know that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Song family is better, but the second wife's grandma is much worse. If we marry Xing, we will definitely be liked by her mother-in-law."

Lu smiled from ear to ear: "If it is true what the old lady said, our husband and wife will burn incense!"

Holding a useless discarded card in her hand, Mrs. Wang felt quite mocking when she heard what the two said.In Wang's view, Xing Xiuyan is the second scourge of Yangzi, not to mention her beautiful face, but also her strange temperament.Such a docile girl will not worry about marrying into any house.Fortunately, the old lady blindly praised it against her conscience!

As the sun gradually set on the western mountain, someone had already lit candles to illuminate the Rongguo Mansion.Xing Zhong came to pick up his wife as soon as he got out of the yamen, and Jia's mother was still a little bit reluctant, so she wanted to keep Xing Xiuyan at home for two days.

Mrs. Lu hurriedly said: "We accept the old lady's wishes, but you also know that the family is so busy with her marriage that it would be impossible without her."

The old lady sighed softly, and also understood that she was a bit difficult to force others, so she just asked Lin Daiyu to help her send the Xing family three.Xiuyan took Daiyu's hand, and when she reached the second gate, she saw that people were talking to Mrs. Lu, so she secretly said, "Ask Ouguan to follow me back. I have something to ask her."

Ouguan, like Chunxian and Xueyan, followed Lin Daiyu back to the mansion to live on the opposite side of the moon.

As smart as Daiyu, when she heard something wrong with her sister's tone, she understood a little bit.Ou Guan hurriedly rushed to the back to chat and joke with others: "Miss Xing has something important for me, you can go back and get it, and I will send someone to Xing's house to pick you up tomorrow."

The lotus official didn't doubt that there was him, so he agreed, and turned to go back to get the dowry box.Xiuyan grabbed Ouguan's wrist and said with a smile: "Your sister Meilian has a lot of powder jewelry, and Cuimei is about the same size as you, so I can lend you a piece of clothing. Besides, I will take you back tomorrow morning, why bother?" Go back and toss again?"

The lotus officer has nothing to agree to, Lehe and Cuimei got into a carriage.Along the way, he talked with Cuimei and Baifu about a few jokes about the family members of the Gan family with great interest, and he also defended Lin Daiyu a lot in his words.

Bai Fu and Cui Mei have gradually become the successors of Mei Lian and Mi Ying, and they also have a vague understanding of the major events around their girls.The two of them had already guessed that Ouguan had done something disgraceful during Miss Lin's marriage, and when they went home, Miss Lin probably did this.So seeing that the lotus officer was unsuspecting and said everything, he tried to pry a few words.

Girls like jewelry, clothes, rouge and gouache.Bai Fu is smart, so she only guides her here.

"Miss gave me a golden flower bud, I was reluctant to wear it, so I put it in the box, thinking that when the uncle in charge returned to Suzhou, he would help me take it back to my mother." Bai Fu smiled shyly. Said: "Sister Ouguan doesn't know, that step is so beautiful that it sinks a lot."

The lotus official pursed his lips and smiled: "What's the matter, the one I got not long ago is beautiful. The handle is made of ancient green sandalwood, and the pink jade is pinched into a few peach petals, and there are many pearls around it. Did you know each other?"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Bai Fu very proudly.

The two were startled, the lotus official's monthly salary would only be less than theirs, and the Bu Yao in her mouth would cost two or thirty taels at least!If you say that lotus officials are innocent, even they won't believe it!
(End of this chapter)