On the day when Master Pardon returned to Beijing, Rongguo's Mansion was lively for a night, and Jia Zheng even delayed going to Yamen.

However, the second political brother made the eldest man impressed this time. The second political elder who has always flaunted that only his mother's life is obedient and even filial piety, this time he actually withstood Jia Shi's bold words that he wanted to return to his hometown in Jinling, and he detained his son Baoyu by his side. even said cruel words, if the old lady wanted to go back to Jinling, he would definitely take leave to send the old man back in person.

Mother Jia was so angry that she fell down, pointed at Jia Zheng with a straight face, trembling her lips and couldn't speak. This is her own son, she has been hurting for a lifetime, spoiled for a lifetime, and has been planning for her own son for a lifetime! How could you do this to her? When I heard her say that she wanted to go back to her hometown, she didn't stop her at all, and even said something like that.

Jia's mother, who was gloomy and sad, couldn't take care of her precious grandson anymore, and was carried back to Rongqing Hall dizzy. There was only one Mrs. Wang, how could she stop the second master with a lonely palm, and after being scolded by pointing her nose in public, she went back to her room in shame.

It's just pity for Jia Baoyu, and since then he has lived a miserable life. At the beginning, on the way to Jinling with the eldest master, he was strictly supervised. But compared to today, the situation at that time was just a drop in the shadows. His own father is much more ruthless than the uncle.

The precious grandson/son suffered such a sin, and he got up early and studied every day, and he lost weight in a few days, and Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang saw it in their hearts and felt pain in their hearts. But this time Jia Zheng's will is very resolute, no one can say anything, he recognized that Baoyu needs to be supervised, and he must complete the homework he assigned every day, otherwise it will be a board, and it will be useless for anyone to persuade him.

After all, there are still men in charge of this house, and when Jia Zheng ignores their opinions, Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang can't do anything. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were helpless, so they had to be out of sight, and only instructed their subordinates to serve Bao Er Ye every day, but rarely visited in person.

In this way, Jia Baoyu, who was looking forward to the stars and the moon for them, was still hoping that the old lady and his wife could come to rescue him, but who would have thought that he would not even be able to see him in person. The bitterness in Bao Erye's heart, who should he complain to?! That is, there are a few intimate big girls around him, otherwise he won't be able to live.

Jia's mother and the others neglected Jia Baoyu, in fact, there was a reason to build a provincial hospital. The garden is really too expensive, and the silver in the account of Rongguo Mansion is just a drop in the bucket. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law also stomped their feet and gritted their teeth a few times to take out the money in their private room, but they didn't hear any sound when they threw it in.

Things really went as the old man thought, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law didn't discuss it, so they invariably hit the idea on the heads of the mother-in-law and in-laws. It just so happens that the three families of Shi, Wang, and Xue are not bad for money now, and they have earned a lot from ocean trade, and they are still happy to pick up the money, which can be regarded as solving the urgent need of Rongguo Mansion.

Especially the Xue family, for that provincial family, can be regarded as a great contribution.

"Alas, your aunt goes once every three days and once every five days, when will it be counted." The Chinese New Year is approaching, but Aunt Xue did not have the joy of the New Year, but sat on the kang with a sad face, and complained to her daughter: "In the past three days, both sides have borrowed more than 100,000 taels of silver from our family, but her garden has not even laid a foundation." ”

The room was warm, Xue Baochai only wore a pink jacket, lying on the kang table to draw patterns, Wen Yan put down the pen in his hand, smiled and persuaded him: "Our family is not short of this bit of silver now, so it should be given to the concubine." The identity of our family's imperial businessman should be reviewed next year, but my brother can't hold it up now. If there is no one in the palace to speak, I am afraid that it will be affected. ”

Xue Baochai is also helpless, if their family doesn't even have the identity of the imperial businessman, then what is left? Just like her brother, where can she stand the family business, without the support of the name of the imperial businessman, I am afraid that she will be defeated in three or two years. They had offended their own family in this house, and they didn't even have a person to rely on behind them.

What's more, she Baochai is already an ambitious person, and she also has the ambition to go straight to the clouds. When she moved her family to Beijing, although there was persecution from her clan, it was also for her future. With the brand of an imperial businessman, she is qualified to enter the palace to run for election, even if it is a small election of palace people. As long as she can get in there, she Xue Baochai has the confidence to get ahead.

"That's why I never go back to your aunt. If you enter the palace in the future, I'm afraid you will have to work the mothers in the palace. What's more, she is serving the old sage, and there will be no conflict with you, and she will naturally help you wholeheartedly. If I hadn't looked at this, I would have been so generous. ”

Aunt Xue took her daughter's white and jade hand, and said while rubbing: "Don't worry, I have already revealed the meaning of our family to your aunt, and she also promised to say that when I enter the palace another day to meet my mother, I will help you talk about it." It's just that it's been a few years since I ascended the throne, but I've been listening to the general election and the small election, and I don't know when it will be reopened. Speaking of this, Aunt Xue sighed again.

"I'm not worried about anything else, it's not my boast of being a mother, if you can't be elected like this, then I'm afraid that the people in the palace will be blind and deaf. I'm only afraid......" Aunt Xue looked at her daughter's appearance kindly, sighed and said, "What I'm worried about now is only your age, and you will be fifteen in the New Year." and the year of Xuan, but I can't afford to delay. ”

"Mom doesn't have to worry too much, if I don't have that chance, it's my life. It's my aunt's...... Can you really help our family? Now, the second girl doesn't say it, it is the pearl of the Marquis Rong's palm, and I am afraid that she will not be sent there to endure hardship; It's the third girl, who has been raised by the old lady, and the Jia family is afraid that she has some thoughts about her. ”

What Aunt Xue said was exactly what Xue Baochai was worried about. She is confident that she can survive in the palace, but if her fate is not good, what if she can't get in at all? Is it really as he thought at the beginning, to marry Baoyu in second place? She didn't want that.

It's not that she Xue Baochai has a high vision and can't look down on the second master of Rongguo Mansion, it's really Jia Baoyu who makes her unable to see hope. Even now with her uncle's strict supervision, she still heard the maids talk about how Baoyu was lazy and foolish. What's more, the group of maids in his house...... It made her a little daunted.

Xue Baochai wasn't afraid of those little girls, but he just didn't think it was worth it. If she enters the palace and fights with the holy wives and concubines, it will be considered a place to be. But if you just marry a child of a family who has no interest, and you have to fight to the death with the concubines, even if you defeat them all, what glory can you have?

"To say, the third girl is also a scheming, successful, and ambitious, but she is not afraid." Aunt Xue smiled at her daughter's worries and explained, "What kind of heart is your aunt, I still don't know?" What if the three girls were raised by her side and grew up, not only will they not have the slightest pity, but they are afraid that they will be treated as a thorn in the flesh. The three girls were in front of her, isn't it a clear proof that she can't hold her husband, and she can really blame the three girls. ”

"Besides, if the three girls really enter the palace and gain power, they have their own mothers and younger brothers, how much can they really rely on their mothers and brothers? Besides, Niangniang is serving the old sage, if the three girls are serving today, won't it become the support of the entire Rongguo Mansion, can your aunt still sit so firmly in the position of the main room? is to sit firmly, but the matter of spoiling the concubine and killing his wife is not nothing. ”

"Your aunt has always been thoughtful and suspicious, and she can't think of this, she understands. Just look at it, no matter how much the old lady values the three girls, look at her, I'm afraid it will be difficult to enter the palace. Aunt Xue said very firmly, which was based on her understanding of her sister.

Xue Baochai nodded silently, agreeing with her mother's words. She was right to her aunt. 's understanding is naturally not as good as my mother's, but after getting along for the past two or three years, I have somewhat understood some aunts. 's temperament is really similar to what her mother said. That's a kind and ruthless face, I can't see it on the surface, but I really don't have a good impression of the three girls in my heart.

"It's a pity, the second girl is always not in the house, otherwise you can get along more with each other, and you can get close to the Ronghou couple. In the future, if there is any news in the palace, you can also know one or two in advance, and you can prepare early. Aunt Xue only felt that she was only left with a sigh today, and said with melancholy in her eyes: "I also complain that your father went early, otherwise there is no need for our women's family to plan so much." ”

Seeing that her mother's tears were about to fall, Xue Baochai hurriedly snuggled into her arms and comforted her softly.

In Rongqing Hall, Jia Tanchun, the second girl who was not favored by the two of them, is now full of ambition. The eldest sister of the first month of the first month of her life is really a creative person, not only became a concubine herself, but also sent her sister a creative transformation. Now, she is a concubine, and she can be valued and cultivated so much by the old lady and the master, but she has to thank her big sister who has been created.

Although he is surrounded by all kinds of rules and homework every day, Jia Tanchun is willing. Since she was sensible, what she hated deeply was the identity of this concubine, and now that she has the opportunity to ignore the identity of the concubine, how can she not cherish it? If she can be favored as a concubine in the future, who cares if she is a concubine?

The current emperor in the palace, His Majesty, did not know that he was being coveted by two little girls who were as old as flowers. He was studying what to do next with Master Yu, who also didn't know that Huhu was coveted.

In the study room of the Heart Cultivation Palace, all the things that got in the way had been removed, and only a huge map was spread on the ground, which almost occupied the entire study.

The eldest lord and Yu Wenhu were lying on the map left and right, and the eldest lord was still holding a magnifying glass in his hand, and gestured: "See, here, here, here...... It's a good place, with coal mines, iron mines, gold mines, and all sorts of other mines. Huhu, let's take them. ”