The west wing of the small courtyard.

Seeing that the Wang family was flattering and introduced Sun and Liu into the hall, Aunt Xue gently lowered the door curtain, turned around and explained with some embarrassment: "Although your sister-in-law is not very careful, she is also affectionate and righteous, and she has not shied away from guarding your brother these days, and she has never disliked him at all." ”

I saw Xue Baochai sitting diagonally on the marble arhat bed in the center, dressed in a honey-colored brocade armor, lined with a lotus blue gauze skirt.

She got her mother's letter yesterday afternoon, and then she knew that her brother had suffered another disaster, so she hurried over early in the morning, but she couldn't chat with her brother for a few words, and someone outside reported that Sun Shaozong and Liu Xianglian had arrived.

Therefore, the mother and daughter had to take refuge in the west wing for the time being.

Although it is said that 'all evil and fornication are the first', only one of these inappropriate points is already a taboo for being a wife and daughter, but it was Baochai who mainly married the Wang family at the beginning, but now how can she comment on the merits and demerits of the Wang family?

So listening to her mother's attempt to cover up her sister-in-law's ugliness, Xue Baochai just pursed her lips and smiled, and did not answer, but got up and pulled her mother to the Luohan bed, and sat opposite each other across the kang table of Ganoderma lucidum red sandalwood.

Because she was sitting at home, Aunt Xue was wrapped in an imitation Tang palace dress according to her preferences, with a charcoal-red bandeau and a glass-colored robe, which lined the pair of proud white greasy like jade and not jade, like cream and fat.

If compared with Xue Baochai opposite, although there is less youthful color, it is also more mature and attractive.

said that after she was pulled by her daughter to sit down, she leaned her plump and moderate body on the cushion, frowned and whispered: "Good daughter, do you think that Lord Sun will stand up for your brother and arrest that damn thief?" ”

Baochai pinched the small purple clay pot on the coffee table, poured a Lu'an melon slice for her mother, and waited until the body of the pot was put back into the tea saucer, and then said unhurriedly: "According to my daughter, the thief doesn't take it." ”

"Don't take it?"

Aunt Xue was stunned when she heard this, then sat up straight, leaned forward slightly, and hid the tea cup of the Northern Song Dynasty Ru kiln under the two towers, and wondered: "Why is this?" Could it be that your brother's suffering was in vain?! ”

"Where is it for nothing?"

Xue Baochai said helplessly: "My brother is now the son-in-law of the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, who dares to trouble him indiscriminately?" It must have been because my brother didn't know what enemy he offended there, so he was approached and repaired. ”

"But ......"

"And that person secretly came to the door to seek revenge, but he was still very measured, and he never really hurt his brother's intestinal disease, which was purely an accident, and it must not have been his intention."

It shows that the other party has scruples, but when he can't bear it, he angrily takes risks.

"Even if he didn't intend to hurt your brother, this suffering is always caused by him!"

Aunt Xue saw that her daughter was talking for the thief, and she felt a little annoyed, her chest rose and fell, but she heard the jingling sound on the kang, and it turned out that the towering teacup was trembling, and it kept knocking on the tray.

Aunt Xue hurriedly collected her body, and then continued: "You should always find out the person and sort out the clue well!" ”

Xue Baochai just shook his head: "Mom, don't be impatient, in fact, if it's just these considerations, I don't want my brother to suffer this humiliation in vain, but my mother might as well think about it carefully, when my brother was attacked by someone, he set up a banquet in the annex of Baihualou, with Ding Zhuang guarding the door outside and servants serving inside, but the other party is like entering a no-man's land, which is obviously not comparable to ordinary strongmen." ”

"And his humiliation has not hurt his brother's life, if he really makes trouble in the face of the official, it is just a fine of silver, even if the second brother of the Sun family is invited to take him, what benefit can Brother Yu have?"

"It's impossible to say that it will only add old hatred to new hatred, which will make him hate his brother more and more, and even take risks again, at that time, he may not be able to restrain himself and not hurt his brother's life."

"My son!"

After hearing this, Aunt Xue couldn't help but lean over and grab Xue Baochai's wrist, ignoring the splashing water in the tea cup, which wet the red bandeau of the fire, and said in a trembling voice: "In this way, isn't this person unprovoked?" That...... Then I have to hurry up and stop your brother, otherwise according to his temperament, he will definitely make a move from Yang Sun Jiaerlang! ”

So saying, he got up and left the table.

"Mom, what's the hell about."

Xue Baochai hurriedly stopped her and persuaded: "Don't say this in front of your brother, it's better to wait for Lord Sun and them to come out, and my mother will take the time to tell me a few more words." ”

When Aunt Xue heard this, she suddenly became stunned, according to Xue Pan's bullish temper, if she really said such soft words in front of him, he would have to do the opposite.

So he nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, when Master Sun comes out, I will ask him not to interfere in this matter." ”

"Nope."

Xue Baochai shook his head again and said: "I still have to investigate, but I just want to ask the second brother of the Sun family to investigate secretly, don't alarm the other party, and not only find out the origin of the other party, but also find out what grievances the other party has with his brother." ”

"If it's a 'misunderstanding', you just need to ask someone to persuade you to make peace, my brother has always been broad-hearted, but as long as there is a suitable reason, it will not be difficult to turn the conflict into a jade silk."

"If it's an unsolvable 'knot'......"

Xue Baochai stopped talking at this point, and the moth eyebrows that were not painted but green tightened slightly, and there was a slight chill in the warmth.

Although Aunt Xue is a woman in a deep house, and she was born with a hearted heart that is not suitable for her years, she still vaguely sensed the meaning of her daughter, and she didn't feel her delicate body tremble, and blurted out: "You...... Aren't you most annoyed that your brother has violated the king's law the most? How can I fall ...... today?"

"Where does Mom want to go?"

Xue Baochai saw that she was frightened by her mother, and she was busy and made a daughter, and said coquettishly: "If it really comes to that job, there are Wang Shangshu, the second brother of the Sun family, and the aunt, and find a fair and honest reason to send that person away, what's so difficult?" ”

Aunt Xue breathed a sigh of relief, stroked the bandeau that was wet with tea, and complained without a mouth: "What you said almost didn't scare me!" ”

As he spoke, he took the rest of the tea and poured it into his stomach.

When the teacup was put back on hold, Xue Baochai handed over the handkerchief early, wiped the traces from the corners of her mouth for her, and took the initiative to open the topic: "I heard that a few days ago, Xue Zhen from the second uncle's family went to Beijing?" ”

This Xue Zhen is the eldest son of Uncle Baochai's family, that is, Baochai's cousin.

"Brother Tadpole came for less than half a day, so he went in a hurry, I saw that he was really busy with his hands and feet not touching the ground, don't say it's you, even your brother didn't be alarmed, only said to Brother Tadpole that your brother went out of the city to hunt, maybe when he will come back."

Speaking of Xue Zhen, Aunt Xue said with pity and appreciation: "Speaking of which, he is half a month younger than you, and now he has supported the family business inside and out. ”

As she spoke, she couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's also your brothers and sisters who are suffering from their lives, and before they grow up, the ruthless brothers and sisters went, leaving only our two women ......."

Xue Zhen's father also died two years ago, and he also left a pair of children, the eldest is the same age as Baochai, and the younger is thirteen, a few months younger than Lin Daiyu.

Seeing the big tears on her mother's face, Xue Baochai hurriedly squeezed her delicate body into her mother's arms, rubbed on the wet bandeau, and said coquettishly: "It's all bad for my daughter, and my mother who is innocent has remembered something sad, don't cry, otherwise how can I go to see the second brother of the Sun family and Liu Gongzi later?" ”

Aunt Xue hugged her daughter and dropped a few more golden beans, and then she burst into tears and smiled: "Look at me, what are you doing with these things in a good way?" ”

As he spoke, he helped his daughter up, wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, and said: "By the way, when Xue Zhen passed by Jinmen Mansion, he also bumped into Sun Jiaerlang, at that time, the dock was crowded with people, and the officials of Jinmen Mansion were even more Tai half present, Xue Zhen only thought that the governor of Zhili was going to travel, and later I realized that he was sending Sun Jiaerlang back to Beijing." ”

"You also know that your cousin loves to make friends with strange people and strange things, so he specifically inquired about the actions of Sun Jiaerlang in Jinmen Mansion, so he took advantage of the fate of entering Beijing on the same road, and went over to talk about it, so he knew the relationship between our two families."

"So when I arrived at our house, Xue Zhen told me, since your brother has a friendship with the Sun family Erlang, you might as well move some of the business in the south to Jinmen Mansion, and once the Sun family Erlang takes care of it, you will not suffer a loss; Second, so as not to be out of the reach of the whip, so that the stewards below will be distracted. ”

Speaking of this, Aunt Xue couldn't help but be indignant: "If you want to say that they are all people who have been used by your father, who knows that behind the scenes, they dare to bully our orphans and widows like this, if it weren't for the momentum of the Wang family, a few things were cleaned up, and it is estimated that it will not take a few years, and our family will be exhausted!" ”

After Xue Pan married the Wang family, he fought at the end of the bed every day, and naturally did not forget his original intention to borrow the power of the Wang family and subdue those shopkeepers who did not obey the control.

But it's good to say here in the capital, but the business in Jiangnan is far away from the emperor, even if it temporarily deters a group of people, it is inevitable that something will happen after a long time.

and Xue Pan and Xue Baochai brothers and sisters, seeing that they are all going to take root in the capital, and the focus of future development will inevitably be biased to the north, so Xue Zhen put forward such suggestions.

"Tsumen Mansion ......"

Xue Baochai lowered his head and muttered for a long time, but finally shook his head and said: "It's best not to get too close to the Sun family at the moment, and wait for the dust to settle in the matter of the imperial system, and then it's not too late to make plans." ”

She has always had ideas at home, and Aunt Xue doesn't care much about business or anything, so after hearing this, she turned over this article with a little regret.

Since then, the two have no match, gossip, and discuss some trivial matters in the palace.

chatting and chatting, I naturally mentioned the matter of Jia Yuanchun, the virtuous concubine, who was shortlisted for the 'seed player'.

Aunt Xue lowered her voice and asked quietly: "When I went to Rongguo Mansion a few days ago, your aunt was still secretive and refused to reveal the truth to me, according to you, is there a score in this matter?" ”

"This ......"

Xue Baochai hesitated, and didn't know how to comment on this matter, but as soon as the door curtain was lifted, the Wang family broke in from outside, shook the water that he didn't know where it was, and said coquettishly: "Mother, sister, that fool wants to have a few drinks with Lord Sun, but I can't persuade him, what should I do, you hurry up and come up with an idea." ”

As soon as Aunt Xue heard this, she jumped up, and said, "How can this be done", and as she spoke, she wanted to find the past and dissuade Xue Pan from messing around and hurting her body.

Xue Baochai didn't care, shook his head and said: "If only Gongzi Liu is here, maybe we have to go over and persuade him, but since the second brother of the Sun family is also here, he will definitely not let my brother come here." ”

Wang is not only the owner of a water-based poplar flower, but naturally he can't get used to Xue Baochai's well-behaved appearance, and relying on the strength of his mother's family, he has always loved to go toe-to-toe with Baochai.

At this time, when I heard what she said, I immediately exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Oops~ Listening to what my sister said, it seems to be a roundworm in Lord Sun's stomach, but I don't know how much you can figure out about Brother Nabao's thoughts?" ”

Xue Baochai knew her temperament, so she was not annoyed, but said indifferently: "Brother Bao is the most pure-minded, and everything he thinks is on his face, but how can he figure it out?" ”

Wang sneered when he heard this, and before he could sneer a few more words, Aunt Xue on the side hurriedly became a peacemaker, took advantage of the situation to open the topic, and asked what Sun Liu and Xue Pan had said.

"It didn't matter much."

Wang said indifferently: "At first, that fool wanted revenge, but it was the first time I saw him so well-behaved when he was scolded by Lord Sun in a few words!" ”

"Later, Lord Sun said that he would secretly send someone to investigate, and when he found out the origin of the other party and the grievances between him and that fool, it would not be too late to decide how to deal with it."

When Aunt Xue heard this, she couldn't help but look back at her daughter, secretly thinking that this Sun Erlang really wanted to be with her daughter.

With this heart-to-heart and his son's respect for the Sun family's Erlang, if it weren't for Jia Baoyu Zhuyu in front of him, it would be an excellent choice to recruit him to be a fast son-in-law who rides the dragon.

But now......

Jia Baoyu saw that he had the opportunity to become a genuine national uncle, so he naturally had to tie him up wholeheartedly, and even the 'temptation' Yunyun he had prepared before had to give up.

Just thinking of this, he saw Ying'er also come in from outside, bowed down with two beads of water on her temples and said, "Madam, uncle, please come over and talk." ”

"Call me over and talk?"

Aunt Xue was stunned when she heard this, and said in surprise: "Lord Sun, they are already gone?" ”

"Not really."

Ying'er shook her head and said, "I heard that we want to discuss, our family is doing business in Jinmen Mansion." ”

Buying and selling in Jinmen?

Aunt Xue couldn't help but glance at Baochai again, and when she saw that her daughter was also looking at herself, she hurriedly shook her head: "Your brother is still recuperating these days, and I have never mentioned Brother Tad'er's words to him." ”

Xue Baochai only hesitated, so he told her: "Since this is the case, my mother might as well respond to it first, and when to place the shop, it is still up to our family to decide." ”

Aunt Xue agreed, picked up the curtain and went outside with the Wang family, but only to see the wisps of western rain turn into a pouring pour at some point.