Not to mention that Jia Ke is busy and dark, but only that there is a relative in Rongguofu recently, and this relative is not someone else, but Aunt Xue, the sister of Mrs. Wang's mother, who brought her pair to Beijing to join Mrs. Wang.

To say that this ancestor of the Xue family is also extraordinary, his ancestor had a lot of funding for Emperor Taizu when he founded the country, and in order to fund Emperor Taizu's huge military expenses, the ancestors of the Xue family almost emptied their own family funds, and even dismissed the family servants at one time. Therefore, after Emperor Taizu opened the country, he had a lot of feelings for it. He was named a Ziwei Sheren, and was awarded the position of an imperial merchant, so that the Xue family could keep this name for generations, and these generations have saved gold and silver.

Because of this, Xue Pan, the son of Aunt Xue, has been arrogant and domineering since he was a child, and his father died early and no one taught him, so he became a little overlord in Jinling City. In recent years, it has been even more powerful, one is relying on his uncle to be the envoy of the Beijing Camp Festival, and the other is relying on Jia Ke to be the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department. With these two relatives here, who in Jinling City dares to offend him?

Therefore, a few of the servants in Xue Pan carried cages and walked dogs every day, although they did not do anything to bully men and women, but they also kept causing trouble. And the officials and gentry at all levels in Jinling City, taken by the official authority of Wang Ziteng and Jia Ke, did not dare to intervene excessively before Xue Pan caused any major incidents, so Xue Pan was even more unscrupulous.

This time it was because he was fighting with a squire for the life of a servant girl, and he didn't pay attention to it as if he was nothing.

But I didn't know that this time it caused an uproar, you must know that human life is a matter of heaven, and it has been the same since ancient times. You must know that even in ancient times, it was not so easy to cover up human life lawsuits.

Xue Pan didn't take it to heart, but his mother Aunt Xue couldn't rest assured, although the Jinling prefect didn't dare to send someone to arrest Xue Pan immediately, but he didn't dare, so the case was dismissed, so the case was hung up in Jinling Mansion.

Aunt Xue sent a letter to the prince of Jingzhong when the prefect of Jinling came to inquire several times, asking her brother to help cover it up. After Wang Ziteng got the news, he wrote to let them come to live in Beijing, in fact, it was also to let them temporarily avoid the limelight, and as for the lawsuit, they would delay it for a while and then find a way.

During this time, the current emperor has to choose talented and good women for the princesses and county lords to accompany them to school. And the Xue family also took the door of the palace, and let Aunt Xue's youngest daughter Xue Baochai be included in the list of candidates, wanting Xue Baochai to take advantage of this as the road to Qingyun. It is also good to lay the foundation for the Xue family's wealth in the next few decades.

So they came across one place in two times, and the Xue family came to the capital with their family.

Xue Pan has never been out of Jinling City since he was a child, and he has long heard of the prosperity and liveliness of the capital. This time, although he didn't care about the disaster on the surface, he was actually a little apprehensive in his heart. Now that you can enter the capital, you can appreciate the prosperity of the capital, and you can send your sister to the capital as an alternative, and the most important thing is that you can avoid the limelight. So after a little rectification, the family came to Beijing.

Their family originally wanted to live in the prince's mansion after entering Beijing, after all, there is a saying that the mother's uncle is the eldest one, and when they arrive in the capital, they naturally want to go to the prince's mansion. He thought that as soon as they arrived in Tongzhou, they received news that the prince had ascended to the command of the nine provinces, and he was ordered to go out of the capital to check the border.

Xue Pan originally wanted to live in his old mansion in Beijing, but Aunt Xue was afraid that Xue Pan would continue to cause trouble in Beijing, you must know that there are princes and nobles everywhere in Beijing, if he causes any more trouble, I am afraid that no one will clean it up for him, so she does not agree to his arrangement.

Aunt Xue thought about it, since her brother Wang Ziteng is not in Beijing, then if she goes to defect by herself, I am afraid that her sister-in-law may not be happy, and the sister of her compatriot is the wife of Rongguo Mansion, and there is nothing inappropriate to go to the house by herself. So he insisted on going to Rongguo Mansion to join Mrs. Wang, wanting Jia Zheng and other family elders to have some control over Xue Pan.

On this day, Qin Keqing was at home, playing with Xiao Jia Zhi. Now Jia Zhi can walk staggeringly. Jia Ke also felt sorry for his son, afraid that he would fall while walking, or bump into tables, chairs, chairs and chairs, so he ordered Qin Keqing to wrap all the furniture in Jia Zhi's room with cotton, and then sew brocade cloth on the outside, and spread a thick carpet on the ground. In this way, no matter how little Jia Zhi tosses in the room, he can't hurt himself.

The two mothers and sons were playing with each other on the carpet, Qin Keqing rolled around with her son on the carpet without an image, and a room of maids took care of their mother and son beside them. Suddenly, Ruizhu came in from outside the room, came behind Qin Keqing, bowed down and said, "Grandma, there is a guest at home, and Madame ordered you to meet you in the past." ”

"Who is here to be so grand, and I want to go over in person." Qin Keqing hugged Jia Zhi in his arms, and said while teasing him that after this period of life in the Marquis of Wuyang's mansion, Qin Keqing is now more and more magnificent, and because Jia Ke is a high authority, ordinary people's wives can't invite her to the party.

"Back to the eldest grandmother, it seems that the lady's own sister Aunt Xue came to Beijing with her children." Rui Zhu made these things clear before she came in to report it.

Qin Keqing also felt helpless when she heard this, it seemed that she had to go, after all, Aunt Xue was Jia Kezhen's real aunt, and if she didn't go, she would lose her manners.

In fact, Qin Keqing was reluctant to go out to meet each other, because she thought that this family was not a good match, but Qin Keqing knew that Aunt Xue's son had been killed.

But Mrs. Wang had a life, and Qin Keqing couldn't help but deal with it, so Qin Keqing sent Jia Zhi to the hands of the wet nurse. I took a group of maids and women to Rongguo Mansion.

As soon as Qin Keqing entered Mrs. Wang's courtyard, seven or eight maids came over to greet her, so a group of more than a dozen people introduced Qin Keqing into Mrs. Wang's room.

Qin Keqing entered the room and saw that Mrs. Wang was chatting together like a middle-aged beauty. There was also a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl sitting next to her, this little girl was really born with a natural beauty, with smooth muscles and bones, and elegant manners that were not like ordinary people could raise.

At this time, Li Zhi stood next to the two of them, quietly listening to their sisters' conversation, only occasionally saying a few words. She stood next to her and looked a little stingy compared to the little girl.

When Mrs. Wang saw Qin Keqing coming in, she hurriedly beckoned to her, and then introduced Aunt Xue to her, "This is your aunt of the Xue family, this time she came to Beijing to live in our mansion for a while." ”

Then he introduced to Aunt Xue: "This is Qin Keqing, the daughter-in-law of our eldest brother, who lives in the Wuyang Marquis Mansion next to it. If you have any problems in the future, just go to her. ”

Aunt Xue has long heard of this Qin Keqing, and she has long heard of her luck, and it is rumored in the outer room that Qin Keqing has a great blessing statue, and at that time, she was able to marry Rongguo Mansion as a small family, and then Jia Ke went all the way, making her wife noble, and now she is a famous lady in the capital. I am afraid that there are few people in the capital who can compare with such blessings.

When Qin Keqing just entered the door just now, Aunt Xue was a little shocked by Qin Keqing's style. Now Aunt Xue carefully looked Qin Keqing up and down, and was immediately shocked by her beauty, only to see that she was fluttering like a fairy, floating clouds and flowing water when she moved, her figure was graceful and wonderful, and her handsome face looked like a fairy descending from the mortal dust, and she also had the innocence of a girl and the charm of a young woman. Aunt Xue has always felt that her daughter is already a rare beauty in the world, otherwise she would not have thought about sending her daughter to the palace. But Aunt Xue now has to admit that compared with Qin Keqing, her daughter is still slightly inferior.

Qin Keqing listened to Mrs. Wang's introduction, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute Aunt Xue, but Aunt Xue did not sit there to accept her salute, but quickly got up and helped her up, and then pulled her to sit down beside her. Grabbing her hand, he kept praising it: "It's really a fairy-like figure, if you don't pay attention, you think it's coming out of the painting." ”

Aunt Xue praised Qin Keqing twice, and then pointed to the girl sitting next to her and said, "This is your cousin, whose nickname is Baochai, and I will rely on you to take care of her more in the future." ”

When Xue Baochai entered, he was already attracted by Qin Keqing's demeanor. In his opinion, Qin Keqing is very similar to her, both of them are from small families (relative to wealthy families like Rongguo Mansion), but Qin Keqing was able to become the hostess of the Marquis of Wuyang, and she was already a first-class figure among the noblewomen in the capital. Except for the lady in the palace, no one can fight against her anymore, which is exactly what she Xue Baochai has always been aiming for.

And Xue Baochai has a greater hope in his heart, that is, to enter the palace to serve the emperor. If it is blessed by the ancestors, there is a glimmer of hope, and if he is favored by the emperor, his future will be ten times better than Qin Keqing in the future.

Xue Baochai heard his mother's instructions, quickly stood up, moved the lotus step to Qin Keqing, and bowed to her flutteringly, all the actions were smooth, making people look so comfortable, at first glance, they were specially educated, even none of these ladies in the Rongguo Mansion could compare with such etiquette.

is Lin Daiyu, who was held to the sky by the old lady, and is also a few points inferior to Xue Baochai in terms of etiquette.

After Qin Keqing received Xue Baochai's salute, she pulled her to her side and asked softly, "How old is my sister?" What's the matter with entering Beijing this time? ”

Before Xue Baochai could answer, Aunt Xue next to her said: "I am fifteen years old this year, and the current emperor is graceful, and I want to choose a talented girl to accompany the princess and the princess, and my Baochai is also on the list, so this time I came to Beijing to be selected for Baochai." ”

Qin Keqing, when you hear her words, you understand what she means, and you think about it is another family who wants to send her daughter into the palace for the sake of the family's wealth. Qin Keqing couldn't help but feel sorry for this girl, they only thought that it was possible to rise to the top if they entered the palace, but they didn't know what kind of place it was in the palace, if they didn't have the backstage support of their mother's family, no matter how great their ability was, they might only be able to rely on their beauty to gain temporary favor, and in the end, they would just be green lights and white hair, and they would just live in the palace.