Mother Jia gave Mrs. Wang no face in public, of course, such a thing can't be hidden from Xue Baochai, a caring person. At the moment when Jia Yuanchun had just become the imperial concubine and was about to save his relatives, Jia's mother did not give Mrs. Wang face like this, and Xue Baochai naturally muttered in her heart.

Is the position of the concubine unstable? That's why the old lady will have an aunt?

There was a thought in his heart, and even Xue Baochai couldn't help but look out the window in a daze.

Ying'er brought a bowl of tea to her girl, and when she saw her girl's frowns, she couldn't help but interject on the side: "Girl, what's wrong with you?" But what's wrong with the ledger? ”

Xue Baochai didn't react at first, and when Ying'er called for the third time, he turned his head and said, "Ying'er, you say, is the position of the eldest sister unstable, so the old lady doesn't give face to her aunt so much?" ”

Ying'er smiled: "Look at what the girl said." Did the girl forget it? How many mothers can save their relatives when they come and go in this palace? More often than not, as soon as you enter the palace gate, you will never see your parents and family again. Only our mother, this head was crowned the imperial concubine, and the other head got the will of the provincial relatives. Girl, these are holy favorites. ”

Ying'er is just a little girl, how much knowledge can you expect him to have? Not everyone is like Lin Daiyu, who will carefully teach and restrain the people around them, and not every slave is like Lin Zhixiao's family, who came out of the palace and seen the world. Ying'er was also happy about Jia Yuanchun's affairs. In his opinion, Jia Yuanchun is the daughter of Mrs. Wang, the niece daughter of Aunt Xue, and the cousin of their girl. Jia Yuanchun sealed the concubine, which is good for Mrs. Wang. It is naturally good for the Xue family. He forgot that he was the girl of the Xue family, and Jia Yuanchun was the daughter of the Jia family. Because of Jia Yuanchun's scenery, he called Niangniang. But I don't know that in the palace, only the current queen really deserves this name, and as for the other concubines and princesses, only the people around them shout in private, and they are open. They are all called with palace names and titles.

Xue Baochai had something on his mind, but he didn't care about this, just nodded. After a long while, he said, "But the old lady ......."

Ying'er said with a smile: "Girl, the old lady is afraid that Mrs. Aunt will rely on the light of her mother, so she deliberately beats Mrs. Aunt." I heard that Miss Lin is still on the way. Mrs. Aunt calculated the Lin family's estate. not only calculates the property of the Lin family. also calculated the dowry left by the aunt in this house to Miss Lin. The old lady is such a biological daughter, and now it is the first time that her granddaughter comes to the door, and the aunt has calculated it, so the old lady is not annoyed! Coupled with the matter of the eldest master, the old lady naturally looked at his aunt and wife unpleasantly. ”

Xue Baochai nodded and said in a low voice: "I know this." Reasoning, this should not be said by me, but my aunt has done a little too much in this. It's obviously the big lord's house and the big lord's property. It is already forgiving enough to let him be in charge of the house and let him save his private house. But he didn't expect that he would calculate the lives of the eldest master's family! No one would want to have such a daughter-in-law. At that time, the old lady had just sent away her own daughter, and she almost sent away her other son! Who doesn't have a pimple in their heart? The eldest lord is the eldest son of the old lady in the end! Someone calculates the life of the great master. Where would the old lady not hate in her heart? The old lady would speak harshly to her aunt, and she thought that was the same thing. ”

Xue Baochai hates this the most. If it weren't for Mrs. Wang's iniquity, the reputation of the Xue family and the daughter of the Wang family would not have been dragged down, and he would not have been unattended. When Mrs. Wang had an accident, don't talk about him Xue Baochai, even Wang Ziteng was worried about his daughter, not to mention that he Xue Baochai, even if he was willing to marry him, he was an old bachelor in his forties and fifties, and he had a bunch of adult children. That's it, also for his dowry.

Such a person, how can he Xue Baochai be willing to bow down?

So at that time, Xue Baochai was full of strength and wanted to enter the palace. But he never expected that their Xue family spent so much silver to send him to the palace, but he was blocked by Jia Yuanchun.

Xue Baochai hated in his heart.

But he couldn't help it. Because he knew that the current Xue family still needed Jia Yuanchun to get the signboard of the imperial merchant for their family, so even if they suffered a loss, they could only endure it, not only could they only endure it, but they also had to rush to tie up Jia Yuanchun. knew that he would be sent out of the palace because of Jia Yuanchun's relationship, but when Mrs. Wang came to ask for silver, he couldn't shake his head, so he could only shirk it.

Who can you talk to about the taste in Xue Baochai's heart?!

Ying'er said: "Girl, although this is not something that a maid can say. However, in the opinion of the servant, compared with the second master, the eldest master is still a little better. In the past, the eldest master knew that the old lady felt sorry for the second master, so he retreated everywhere. This is the case in this house, and I'm afraid it's the same outside. Look, isn't that what is at stake here? The eldest lord just got the opportunity to go to the border, and now he is a prince. What about the second master? To put it mildly, there is such an opportunity in front of him, and I am afraid that the second master is also a master with low eyes and a low eye. ”

Although Jia Zheng is Mrs. Wang's husband and has an official on him, even Ying'er looks down on what he does. Ying'er saw that Xue Baochai seemed to be angry, and also confided in her thoughts.

When Ying'er said this, she was talking about something that touched Xue Baochai's heart.

He has been here at Jia's house for several years, and he knows very well that the Jia family looks like a harmonious mess on the surface, but in private, Jia Yu and Jia Zheng brothers will never appear in the same place if there is no major matter. In the first few years, Jia Yu was not at home, and in the past two years, Jia Yu was quite unkind to his younger brother at home. And Jia Zheng can not come to the front, but he will not come to the front. Even when Jia Mu was greeted on the New Year's Day, the two brothers staggered the time.

Xue Baochai didn't know how the two brothers got along before he entered Beijing and before the matter became a big problem. However, judging from the various information he inquired, Jia Yu was quite tolerant of his brother and sister-in-law many times. Xue Baochai believes that the two brothers have come to this point entirely because Mrs. Jia Zhengwang and his wife have done too much.

But. After all, Mrs. Wang is Xue Baochai's aunt.

What girl doesn't have a spring? What girl doesn't want to marry a good man?

Xue Baochai's age is not young, he has even passed his fifteenth birthday, and he will wait until the next year. He was sixteen years old. A girl of his age, if she is not going to be drafted, if she is not going to enter the palace for her future, she is afraid that when she is thirteen or fourteen years old, she will be led by her elders to see each other, and after the ceremony, the matchmaker will come to the door to propose marriage. Basically, even if you don't marry at the age of sixteen, you should marry at the age of seventeen.

But what about him?

Xue Baochai knows. This time to enter the palace is his last chance. In the future, he also wants to win the words of glory and wealth. can only rely on his own marriage and marry a good family.

It's easy to say, but it's easy to do.

His reputation. Because Madame Wang has been corrupted. Don't say that the children of those official eunuchs, even those who have not yet come out of the book, as long as they have heard of Mrs. Wang's great achievements, do not dare to take this risk. Therefore, he Xue Baochai, Rao is a flower and moon appearance, known as a virtuous name, and no one cares about him.

Not to mention. Mrs. Wang wants to repair the provincial villa for the virtuous concubine Jia Yuanchun, and Xue Baochai doesn't know about the others. But he was very sure that Mrs. Wang would treat their Xue family as a money bag! He Xue Baochai still can't shirk it, and he replaced his mother and brother, but he was afraid that Mrs. Wang would drain the family. At this time, how can Xue Baochai plan his marriage with peace of mind? What he could do was to do his best and rack his brains to keep their Xue family's property.

Only by keeping their Xue family's property and their Xue family's status can he, Xue Baochai, be able to keep himself and find a good marriage for himself.

The children of big families like them are already precocious, not to mention that after his father passed away, he helped his mother take care of the housework, and now he takes care of the account books on the cabinet at home. How does Xue Baochai not know the world?

Xue Baochai knew very well that with his appearance and the property of the Xue family, as long as a powerful family could protect him, the Xue family and the Xue family's property.

Before Jia Yuanchun became the imperial concubine, she had always been a little picker, and it can even be said that before the will of the canonization was handed down, Xue Baochai was about to forget about her cousin. After spending so much money and spending so much money, this cousin is still an inconspicuous grain of sand in the palace, and anyone will stop thinking about it.

Before Jia Yuanchun became the imperial concubine, Xue Baochai never considered Jia Baoyu at all. Even, if it weren't for Mrs. Wang's three lives in front of Jia Lian, he would have set his eyes on Jia Lian. It's just that Xue Baochai also knows that because of the half of the Wang family's blood on his body, it is impossible for Jia Lian to marry him. Even if he is willing to be a concubine, no one will want it.

But if Xue Baochai wanted to choose Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai himself was unwilling.

Xue Baochai knew very well what Jia Baoyu's piece of jade meant to it. Although these days, Mrs. Wang either came by herself, or invited Aunt Xue to come over, and said in the ears of their mother and daughter every day that Jia Yuanchun could be canonized as the imperial concubine because the emperor no longer cared about Jia Baoyu's piece of jade.

However, Xue Baochai's heart was bottomless.

Xue Baochai also didn't believe that the emperor would let go of the factor that threatened his dragon chair, even if it was just an invisible factor.

Thinking like this, Xue Baochai threw down the abacus in his hand, locked the account book in the cabinet, and after walking around the room twice, he changed his clothes and took Ying'er to Jia Jiu's side. Jia Jiu was practicing the piano in the house, and when he heard the sound of the piano change, he immediately stopped: "Who is outside?" ”

Xiaohong hurriedly came in and said, "Back girl, it's Miss Bao who is here, and now she is waiting at the gate of the courtyard." ”

Jia Jiu hurriedly said: "In this case, you should also invite Sister Bao to eat tea in the flower hall, where is there a guest waiting at the door." ”

Because Xue Baochai is Mrs. Wang's niece and daughter, Mrs. Wang has made trouble several times with Jia Yuanchun's prestige, and the previous few times, the people below couldn't figure out the meaning of the above, and naturally they didn't dare to offend Mrs. Wang.

This is why an unruly person like the Jia family can have such a style, even if Jia Jiu's house is restrained by the grandmothers who came out of the palace, some vices are still handed down.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with Xue Baochai's low profile.

To be honest, at the beginning, Jia Jiu was also very wary of Xue Baochai. But after the washing of the battlefield and the tempering, Jia Jiu has been able to look at the problem from a more objective perspective. 's vigilance against Xue Baochai has also changed from the initial wariness to appreciation.

If Xue Baochai is not Mrs. Wang's niece and daughter. Jia Jiu may slowly become friends with him, just like Lin Daiyu in the original book.

But Xue Baochai is Mrs. Wang's niece daughter and Jia Yuanchun's cousin after all. Jia Jiu knows very well that since Jia Yuanchun wants to save his relatives. Mrs. Wang will definitely build a provincial villa Grand View Garden for Jia Yuanchun, and she will definitely try to raise a huge amount of money. Jia Yu can refuse Mrs. Wang, and he, Jia Jiu, also has a way to shirk it, and even be able to keep the Lin family's property for the upcoming Lin Daiyu sister and brother, but Xue Baochai can't refuse Mrs. Wang.

Jia Jiu has almost seen Xue Baochai and Mrs. Wang fighting wits and courage in the construction of the Provincial Villa Grand View Garden. Similarly, Jia Jiu is also very clear. The Grand View Garden was completed, and Xue Baochai was a seventeen-year-old girl. If Jia Yuanchun had this intention at that time, even Xue Baochai himself was reluctant. In the end, he could only choose to marry Jia Baoyu.

Now, Xue Baochai's main enemy is not him Jia Jiu, and in the future, they will always be hostile.

So. Mrs. Wang is Mrs. Wang. Xue Baochai is Xue Baochai, as long as they are not connected, then he will be treated separately; If it is connected, then he will not be polite to Xue Baochai. This division between friend and foe is also about to pass.

Maybe now is the last peace between Jia Jiu and Xue Baochai.

Jia Jiu changed his clothes, and then came to the flower hall, and the water in Xue Baochai's cup had already been added once. Seeing Jia Jiu coming, he hurriedly got up and saluted. said: "The spirit of the second sister is good. As he spoke, he touched his cheek, as if he had discovered his faux pas, and a few red clouds floated on his face.

Jia Jiu, like Xue Baochai, is a person who can calculate and act, but now there is less time when Jia Jiu is needed to act, but Xue Baochai has to curry favor with the people of the Jia family because of his identity. In order not to make people contemptible, he has always shown himself dignified and generous, but this kind of little daughter's coquettishness is rare in him.

has been in the Jia family for so many years, and Xue Baochai can be regarded as understanding Jia Jiu. If Jia Jiu in his childhood still acted on intuition and instinct, then Jia Jiu is mature enough now. Occasionally, he shows a trace of the coquettishness of a little daughter in front of him, and he can also get the favor of the other party.

At the moment, the two of them don't have many conflicts of interest, and they don't need to intrigue, but the two of them also know that in the near future, they may have to betray because of Jia Yuanchun. At present, such peaceful days are becoming less and less.

Thinking like this, both of them slowed down.

Jia Jiu said: "What is Sister Bao doing at home every day these days? If you don't come to play with us, could it be that there is something at home that is delayed? ”

Xue Baochai was about to say this, and immediately took over the handle and said: "The second sister is in charge of the affairs here, and there are some things, so I won't hide it from the second sister." Since the eldest sister was named the mother, the aunt came to our family, saying that now the big sister is beautiful, and our family can do our best for the mother. The second sister also knows, although our Xue family has a big business, but my brother is impatient to do this, and now the people on the cabinet are bullying people, many of them are fishing in troubled waters, and there are also those who are deceived and concealed. I am limited in what I can do, and now our family is not as good as when my father was alive. Mrs. Bisheng's mouth is 600,000 taels of silver, so I came over to ask my sister for an idea and asked the eldest master what the charter was. ”

Jia Jiu said: "Yo, Sister Bao, what you said is stumped for me." As soon as my aunt's letter came, my father sat in the study all night. You also know, my father is always affectionate, and the fourth aunt is my father's only sibling sister, so why doesn't my father care? When my aunt's second letter came, my father couldn't sit still, so he said hello to the old lady, and then asked for leave and went back to the south. The mother's matter is only a recent matter, and I really can't say what my father will do. ”

Xue Baochai saw Jia Jiu shirking, and said immediately: "I don't know if I'm too careful." I seem to have heard that the old lady has no face for her wife. ”

That's straightforward enough. Xue Baochai also knew that talking to Jia Jiu and going around would only be a waste of time.

Jia Jiu nodded: "There is such a thing. In her life, the old lady only has three biological flesh and blood: my father, my second uncle, and my fourth aunt. The aunt calculated the dowry left by the fourth aunt to Sister Lin, and also calculated the property of the Lin family, and hinted at it a few times in front of the old lady, and today it was involved in our family, which reminded him of calculating my father, where is the old lady not angry? The second uncle is the old lady's youngest son, and my father is the old lady's eldest son. You said that the eldest son was calculated by the younger daughter-in-law and almost lost his life, such a thing, if you change it, can you bear it? In the past few years, the old lady has easily suppressed this matter in her heart, but today the aunt provoked it again, the old lady has a seizure, what else can I do? I'm my father's daughter! ”

The implication is that Jia Mu attacked Mrs. Wang entirely because Jia Yu almost died in the hands of Mrs. Wang. It has nothing to do with Jia Yuanchun.

Xue Baochai took Jia Jiu's hand and said, "There is such a thing?!" Although I have heard some about this, I don't know much about it. ”

Just ask about this kind of thing, where could a delicate person like Xue Baochai not know?

Jia Jiu didn't break Xue Baochai's words, and said, "Who will publicize this kind of thing everywhere?" If it weren't for our sisters' love in the past few years, I wouldn't have paid this to Sister Bao. ”

God knows, Jia Jiu has a fateful friendship with Xue Baochai, but he just gave Xue Baochai an explanation, and by the way, gave Xue Baochai an epidemic prevention shot, so that Xue Baochai knew that they had an old enmity with Jia Zheng, so they would be cold about Jia Yuanchun. It's not for anything else.

Moreover, Jia Yuanchun's matter was originally his calculation with Jia Qian and Jia Qing. The construction of the provincial villa was to solve the problem of the emptiness of the inner library, and everyone in the palace knew that this idea was personally dedicated to the emperor by Jia Yuanchun, so there was the will of the concubine. Although those concubines received the will, there was no one who did not scold behind their backs. At present, Jia Yuanchun's limelight is hot, everyone will not provoke Jia Yuanchun at this moment, and when the provincial relatives pass, they are afraid that there will be more than one person who will make a move.

Jia Yuanchun's life is best to take the opportunity to conceive a child and give birth to a son. In that case, someone will give him incense sticks in the future. Otherwise, I'm afraid that I won't even be able to reach the clouds and smoke of the past.

Since it is related to national affairs, even if this matter is not authentic, Jia Jiu will not hinder the emperor's eyes. How much money their family contributed in the end, that was decided by Jia Yu, he couldn't make the decision for Jia Yu, and he wouldn't stop others from paying, let alone say anything superfluous.

After thinking about it, Jia Jiu still decided to tell Xue Baochai: "I don't know how much money my father will give in the end." There is nothing wrong with our family having a lot of fields and a lot of income, but the past two years have just caught up with big events. My brother is not young now, and he is about to talk about family affairs, and I and Qian'er Qing'er and I can't stay at home for a few years. These things are rushed together. Sister Bao, you also know that people like us can only buy land in it and never sell it. When the sect was divided, my father swore in front of my ancestors that he would add some land to the family every year, which was even more indispensable. All the things that go in and out are all counted, and after deducting the expenses of the family and the old lady, it would be good for our family to have a balance of 350,000 silver a year. It's still a good year. However, the eldest sister is the father's own niece and nephew, and the father will not sit idly by. ”

Xue Baochai couldn't help but ask: "What about the Lin family?" ”

Jia Jiu thought for a while and said, "No matter what, since my aunt entrusted the family business and children to my father, it is impossible not to go through the relevant procedures. Therefore, it is impossible for the Lin family's property to be moved. Even a blade of grass is written down in the booklet. The only thing we can borrow is cash. And it is not in the book. The Lin family's annual income, excluding Sister Lin's expenses and sacrificial expenses, is almost that. I don't know the specifics. However, it is not a small amount to be able to make the aunt so hot, and the property of the Lin family is not a small amount. Anyway, I'll know when my father comes back. ”

When Xue Baochai heard this, he also had an idea in his heart. He decided to wait for Jia Yu to come back with the Lin family, and see how much money Jia Yu took out before making a decision. If Jia Yu only gave 35,000 yuan, there was no need for him to be the wrongdoer. If Jia Yu gives a lot, he will consider whether to continue to invest in Jia Yuanchun.

As for the other thing Mrs. Wang said, although Xue Baochai didn't have the mental strength to take care of it, she still paid attention. (To be continued......)