In the flower hall of Jia Jiu's main courtyard, Jia Jiu and Princess Changle were lying crooked on the ground.

Although it is already autumn, this autumn tiger is still powerful, seeing that Jia Jiu uses saltpeter to make ice here is simple and cheap, Princess Changle is also interested, planning to make some novel sorbet and ice cream and other snacks.

Of course, this snack was finally made by the teahouse, but it was Princess Changle and Jia Jiu, half playing and half having fun, but they spilled the bowl of milk all over the place, and even the two of them were sticky.

When Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin came in, they saw Jia Jiu wiping Princess Changle's skirt with a handkerchief, while Princess Changle was sitting on the ground with a jade comb to pick Jia Jiu's hair.

Looking at Princess Changle and Jia Jiu who were so close, Rao is Xue Baochai has always been able to hold on, and he was really stunned. On the contrary, it was Xue Baoqin, because she was young and innocent, she was not clear about some things, and she firmly remembered that Jia Jiu was the real life-saving benefactor of Princess Changle and brought Princess Changle back to Beijing for thousands of miles, so she regarded Princess Changle's closeness to Jia Jiu as an ordinary woman's gratitude to her life-saving benefactor, and she only felt envious of the closeness of the two people, but she did not have many years of distractions.

Xue Baoqin saw that Xue Baochai was stunned, and hurriedly pulled Xue Baochai's clothes, Xue Baochai immediately reacted, knelt down, and respectfully gave Princess Changle a national salute.

Princess Changle didn't pay attention to him immediately, but took care of herself and tidied up the hair in front of Jia Jiu's hair, and asked Jia Jiu to turn around, clean up the hair in the back, and personally adjust the position of the jewelry for Jia Jiu. Fang Cai said: "Are you satisfied?" ”

Xue Baochai, who was lying on the ground, was stunned for a while before he reacted.

Princess Changle said this to their sisters.

Xue Baochai couldn't understand what Princess Changle meant, so he could only lower his head. With his nose on the ground, he said respectfully: "The people are afraid." ”

Princess Changle squinted her eyes and said, "Don't you guys just want to see how the palace treats the nine girls?" How is it? Satisfied? ”

Xue Baochai listened and bowed down again: "Your Royal Highness the princess, the people are afraid." ”

Princess Changle said coldly: "Panic? Whether these two sentences of panic are true or false, you know in your heart. Everyone knows it. The people of the Jia family, especially the Jia Gong family, are not ordinarily bold. Of course. You Xue Baochai is not bad. Otherwise, it won't be calculated on the head of the nine girls. ”

A layer of cold sweat climbed on Xue Baochai's back.

The princess is no better than the princess.

That's right, the princess is just a royal daughter, and she will never have the opportunity to touch the palace affairs. So. Unless he is very popular with the emperor. Otherwise, almost no one would take the princess seriously. Especially the Saga is the most.

It's a pity that the Xue family is just an ordinary businessman's family, and even the Jia family is just a nouveau riche family, and the distance from the word family is not known how many years.

Moreover, even the princess who is not favored is also the daughter of the royal family, but the queen or the favorite concubine is also good. For the royal family, they are just foreign women and tools for giving birth to children. Even if it's to sit in the queen's seat. Even if more than one son is born, when the royal family wants to give up, he can't escape that tragic fate. If something like that happens, not only will their mother's family be unable to help, but even their son will not be able to save his life.

This is the sorrow of a woman. And the royal women were a little more miserable.

No matter what, Princess Changle is the daughter of today, and she has fulfilled her responsibilities for the country, and she has suffered so much crime. It can be said that as long as he is not contaminated with power and wants to be a princess, no matter which of his brothers comes to power, he cannot be wronged. What's more, the one sitting on the chair now is Princess Changle's biological father.

As for Jia Yuanchun, he has no favor and no children, although he has a famous position, but in the palace, what is the position? It's just a balcony on the quicksand and a dew drop under the morning sun, although it looks fine now, but it will disappear after all.

If Mrs. Wang is full of confidence in Jia Yuanchun's ability to give birth to a prince, then Xue Baochai's confidence in Jia Yuanchun is only sixty percent of Mrs. Wang's at most.

In Xue Baochai's heart, Jia Yuanchun couldn't withstand a blow from Princess Changle at all. And now, he is facing this princess.

The Xue family can't afford to provoke Princess Changle at all.

Xue Baochai knows this very well.

Jia Jiu, who was sitting next to Princess Changle, only spoke at this time: "Changle, this kind of black history, can you stop talking about it?" ”

"He bullied you, and you didn't care?"

Jia Jiu said: "There is a way to eat a trench and grow a wisdom." Only by remembering the lessons of this time will you not make the same mistake next time. If I remember that I have you behind me in everything, then how can I do it? ”

Imitation of Taihu Lake Stone, Xue Baochai calculated, why didn't Jia Jiu calculate? Xue Baochai calculates the money, and the calculation is a temporary benefit, but his Jia Jiu's calculation is deeper, longer and more obscure.

It's just that he, Jia Jiu, has never mentioned it to anyone.

If Xue Baochai knew, it was this calculation that made Jia Jiu remove him from the alliance list, and he didn't know how much he regretted it.

Although Jia Jiu is an enemy with Mrs. Wang, he has liked most of the girls in the Red Mansion in his first life, and he is willing to give Xue Baochai this opportunity.

It's a pity that Xue Baochai missed it after all.

Of course, Princess Changle didn't know these secret thoughts.

Princess Changle said: "What are you afraid of." Could it be that I can't protect a you? ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Behind me stands Her Royal Highness the Princess, and he is the cousin of Concubine Najia. Concubine Jia is no longer favored, and she is also a pillow person. Do you remember to be angry for me, am I willing to see you take risks for me, long live? ”

Princess Changle squinted her eyes and looked at Jia Jiu for a while, and then said, "You little conscienceless, if you change to someone else, you will definitely want to go crookedly." Well, since you said so, that's it. ”

Princess Changle knew very well that Jia Jiu was telling the truth, but not the real reason.

I wanted to be angry for Jia Jiu, but Jia Jiu stopped him. Princess Changle was angry in her heart. But Jia Jiu refused to explain the real reason, and just prevaricated with such words. Of course, Princess Changle wanted to scold him for having no conscience.

Although she was a little dissatisfied with Jia Jiu's attitude of always saying that she was half hiding and half hiding, Princess Changle also knew that she was in their position. There are some words that cannot be exported at all. Jia Jiu's current style of acting is not only for himself, but also for his Princess Changle.

Therefore, even if Jia Jiu said that half of it was hidden and half of it, because Jia Jiu was telling the truth, Princess Changle couldn't help it.

Princess Changle turned her head to Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin and said, "That's it." Arise, all of you. He said to Jia Jiu: "I want to eat crystal cake." ”

Jia Jiu hurriedly said, "I still need to say it." As soon as you opened your mouth yesterday, I prepared it and chilled it for the night. I guess it tastes just right at this time. As he spoke, he asked someone to open the ice test.

Xue Baoqin and Xue Baoqin, who got the words of Princess Changle below, sat up straight, but they didn't dare to raise their heads. I can only bow my head slightly. Even if he looked at his sight, he didn't dare to exceed the distance of two feet in front of him.

Princess Changle is a princess in the end, not a sister or sister in this house, so she will be polite to them.

And Xue Baochai didn't have Jia Jiu's confidence, she was not polite to Princess Changle, and even said some words, Princess Changle said it, but Xue Baochai wished that she hadn't heard it.

Just as Mrs. Wang guessed. Xue Baochai has always been skeptical about the matter between Princess Changle and Jia Jiu. Seeing Princess Changle's intimacy with Jia Jiu today, Xue Baochai wished that he never knew about it.

Xue Baochai was very clear. The show girl is actually similar to the palace maid, and she is also the emperor's woman, but she has not yet moved into that gorgeous palace.

Even the requirements of the show girl are higher than those of the palace maid.

Of course, the strictest of these is purity. Not only can a show girl have anything to do with other men, but she can't even have an affair with a woman.

If something goes wrong, not only will you suffer misfortune, but you will also drag down your family.

But the other party is Princess Changle.

Xue Baochai's mind was in chaos. He didn't even know that his distraction in front of Princess Changle was actually a big faux pas.

Princess Changle didn't mind.

When he came to his position, no one would chirp with him or chant any rules and etiquette in his ear unless it was necessary. Therefore, no one laughed at him even when he was lying on the low table.

Of course, not to mention that Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin only cared about lowering their heads, even if they looked up and saw it, they didn't dare to say anything.

That's the difference in status.

Xue Baochai, like Xing Xiuyan and Lin Daiyu, are all guests of the Jia family, and they all live in the mansion of the Marquis of Rongguo. From this point of view, they are equal. It's also normal to be taken out for comparison. However, most of the people in the Jia family are not smart enough, but they don't even have eyes. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Lin Daiyu's sisters and brothers cannot be provoked. Therefore, even if it is a comparison, now Xue Baochai can only be compared with Xing Xiuyan.

Xue Baochai didn't even dare to provoke Lin Daiyu, let alone Princess Changle?

On the contrary, it was Princess Changle, seeing that Jia Jiu had adjusted the crystal cake, served a low table, and asked the maid to give Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin sisters a bowl each, and suddenly said: "Nine girls, why don't you send a bowl to your cousin?" ”

Jia Jiu said: "Princess, you mean, Sister Lin?" ”

Princess Changle raised her eyebrows and said, "I heard from this palace that you have to prepare a copy for him for any good things." There are so many sisters and sisters in the family, and he is the only one. ”

Jia Jiu was stunned, crying and laughing: "Changle, where am I so exaggerated?" ”

"Isn't it?"

Jia Jiu explained: "Sister Lin didn't come to our house empty-handed. How can the Lin family say that it is also a fourth-generation liehou, and there will be fewer Zhuangzi and fields? It's just that the people of the Lin family can't send things directly to our Jia family's back garden, so they just passed by me. Most of the things sent to Xiangxue Villa are the Lin family's own things, but it's not that I love him. ”

Lin Daiyu basically used the things of their Lin family. There are a lot of things sent to Xiangxue Villa, and that is also the Lin family's rich background, how much does it have to do with him Jia Jiu?!

Princess Changle said: "So, the rumor that you treat this cousin differently is also false?" ”

Jia Jiu thought for a while and said, "For me, this cousin is indeed different from ordinary sisters. As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the two Xue Baochai and Xue Baoqin sisters who were sitting in a regular manner, and sighed slightly, and said, "There are a lot of girls in our family, but there are really few people who can really sit with me and gossip." The third sister is from over there, so it's impossible to sit with me at all, Qian Yatou and Qing Yatou are young, and the fourth sister is young. The rest are just Sister Lin, Sister Xing and Sister Yun. When Sister Xing was entourage, she came from the south, although she knew a lot about the people's livelihood, she was always a little less knowledgeable about certain things. I couldn't talk to Sister Yun again. With such a count, isn't there only Sister Lin left? ”

Princess Changle stared at Jia Jiu for a long time and said, "Although it's the truth. Explainable is also a cover-up. Well, for the sake of telling the truth, I won't pursue it. ”

Although he was holding a bowl in his hand, although the crystal cake was also very sweet, Xue Baochai really didn't know the taste of food, so he could only send it to his mouth mechanically one by one.

Now Xue Baochai is not only bitter in his mouth, he even soaks his heart in bitter juice.

Xue Baochai has always known that he is Mrs. Wang's niece and daughter, and this identity is destined to be born to be Mrs. Wang's side. Therefore, as soon as the batch of imitation Taihu stones was in his hands, Xue Baochai knew that the price Jia Jiu said was wrong, but he still didn't know it, and even regarded this batch of imitation Taihu stones as a hammer deal.

The reason is just because Xue Baochai is Mrs. Wang's niece and daughter.

In addition to the shortage of money in the Xue family at that time, and the fact that Xue Baochai was unable to resist the temptation of the huge input, there was another reason for this and that, that is, the social ethical order.

Xue Baochai is Mrs. Wang's niece, so she must stand on Mrs. Wang's side and work hard to maintain this relationship.

In fact, Xue Baochai did the same.

But the final result was that Xue Baochai suffered a loss.

Xue Baochai abided by this social ethics and thought that it would bring benefits to himself, but in fact, except for a huge sum of money that could not be seen and touched, and the Xue family could not get or keep it at all, the rest was only a steady stream of strict consequences, and these consequences are now being unveiled little by little.

Even Xue Baochai himself was asking himself what he would do when the consequences he could see now had already made him breathless, and what he would do when a greater disaster came in the future.

In fact, Xue Baochai has no good way. The only thing he can do at the moment is to endure and wait.

Although this feeling of powerlessness made him very uncomfortable.

And the days of waiting for an unknown disaster to strike are also very difficult.

The Xue family is a merchant family, even if Aunt Xue has spent a lot of effort to carve Xue Baochai, some innate things have long been deeply rooted in Xue Baochai's blood and bones, and they have been strengthened because of their personal life circumstances.

Over the years, the burden of the Xue family has been on Xue Baochai's body, and Xue Baochai even dropped his favorite poetry book and picked up the abacus. The consequence of playing too much abacus is that when Xue Baochai encounters something, even if he really wants to help others, he will subconsciously calculate the gains and losses, and then let himself stand in the most advantageous place and let himself reap the greatest benefits.

This kind of businessman's instinct makes Xue Baochai invincible and beneficial in many cases, but once the judgment is wrong, it will lead to a series of strict consequences.

In the past, Xue Baochai didn't believe it, but today, seeing the closeness of Princess Changle and Jia Jiu, even if Xue Baochai didn't react in his mind, he already faintly realized it in his heart.

He made a mistake.

Not a small mistake. (To be continued......)