Chapter 340: Knowing the Roots
The old lady was not happy, and looked at Mrs. Wang, Daiyu took a sip of tea, and said, "Uncle's heart, I can also understand it, originally the Criminal Department wanted to sentence Sister Bao to be exiled with Jia Yucun, but it was also for my sake, and it was not executed." Could it be that Sister Bao is having a bad time now? ”
"Not really, Jia Yucun still has some conscience, and before leaving, he reconciled with your sister Bao, only your sister Bao is not as good as Yun Yatou, she can marry the prince as a concubine, if she can do that, she can also be content. Now that I have returned to my parents' house, I am lonely and miserable, which makes people feel distressed. The day before yesterday in front of the old lady, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the second prince went, when they were children, they often played together, and the second prince asked Brother Ding which family he belonged to, and when he went back, your sister Bao cried. ”
Daiyu said slowly, "Oh? I don't know which prince Sister Bao has taken a fancy to, if the prince is willing, how about the palace to ask the queen mother to give a marriage decree? ”
Mrs. Wang didn't hear the sound of Daiyu's words, she was overjoyed, knelt down to thank her, Daiyu was suddenly disgusted, with a cold face, she handed over the tea bowl in her hand, Mingyue took it, she asked the old lady, "Grandmother's body is okay these days?" ”
The old lady sighed, "The body is not as good as before, I think I am still old, I should be at home to give birth to it, I am afraid that I will not be able to come to the palace in the future, if the old woman loses her manners, I hope the queen will not blame it!" ”
Saying that, she got up and thanked her for leaving, Daiyu asked Mingyue to take a box out and give it to Ping'er, "Here are two thousand taels of silver tickets, one thousand taels are reserved for the old lady's usual expenses, and one thousand taels you take back to find a proper person to transport Sister Feng's coffin back to Jinling, find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, close to the ancestral tomb of the Wang family, and bury her, and it is also the right to thank her for her filial piety to the old lady that day, and also to love us sisters-in-law inside and outside." ”
Ping'er burst into tears, took the silver ticket and thanked her, and Daiyu asked Sister Qiao'er about her marriage, "It's time to discuss the marriage, can you have a match?" ”
Ping'er took the opportunity to say, "The eldest lady said that she wanted to be picky, and she picked a few." ”
Daiyu heard the meaning of the words, understood in her heart, and said to the old lady, "The old lady's vision has always been good, Sister Qiao is the only bloodline of Sister Feng, if she marries badly, I am afraid that Sister Feng will be uneasy in the spirit of the sky, and please take care of my grandmother in this matter!" ”
The old lady got the decree, there is no choice, said, "Since the queen has made a will, to be elected, it is necessary to ask the queen to pass the eyes, and in the future, it will be the glory of the old woman's family." ”
Daiyu is also very willing to give this child who has been decent, if she can protect her a little, it is not impossible, so she nodded and agreed.
Mrs. Wang thought that she had won Daiyu Yizhi, and when she came back, she was very happy, and called Baochai to come over and speak, "I begged the queen mother, and the queen mother said that if you fancy which prince, if you are willing, you are very willing to ask the queen mother for Yizhi." Alas, I didn't expect that the queen mother is still very concerned about this house, even your sister Feng has been dead for many years, and today she also rewarded two thousand taels of silver, saying that she would ask someone to help her coffin go to the south, and sent a message, saying that she would be buried next to the ancestral tomb of the Wang family, how could the Wang family not let her coffin enter the ancestral grave when she heard this? Even if the house rules are broken, they are willing. ”
Xue Baochai was originally skeptical, but after listening to Daiyu's care for Xifeng's afterlife, half of his doubts were dispelled, and he heard Mrs. Wang say that Daiyu had asked about Sister Qiao's marriage, and she already believed Mrs. Wang's words very much, and couldn't help but hesitate, "I don't have to marry into the palace, after all, I am a person who has been separated and has a child." As long as I know the roots, there is a place to live, and I can be asked to raise my children, I will be grateful, but I still have a dowry by my side, and I don't have to beg people to live, I should look for something, and ask my aunt for mercy. ”
Mrs. Wang didn't care, and when Xue Baochai returned home, Aunt Xue asked, she said something, and Aunt Xue said, "How difficult is it to find someone who knows the roots?" People who used to have dealings with our family don't move around anymore. ”
When she saw the golden lock on Xue Baochai's chest, since she came back from Qinglong Street, she took it out and put it on again, and couldn't help crying, "Good boy, I know your thoughts, my hard-working child, it's my mother who is incapable, and your brother is not angry, in the end, it has affected you!" ”
The next day, Aunt Xue was sick, and Rongguo Mansion was going to send someone over to greet her, Musk Yue heard about it, and when she went to serve tea to Baoyu, she saw him holding a book and reading it, which was the kind that Bao girls said they shouldn't read when they were there, so Musk Yue took the book out of his hand, "Aunt Xue is sick, and the second master doesn't say to go and take a look, so the cat is at home." ”
Baoyu hurriedly put down the book, "Oh, why don't you talk to me?" ”
Wei Ruoyao sneered, "Your second master can't wait to hear this, so let's go and see Sister Bao together, right?" Sure enough, Miss Bao is virtuous, she was divorced back, and she deserved to give birth to such a wild child like this, and was kicked by the second prince. ”
Baoyu didn't say anything for a long time, and after a while, he got up, Musk Yue helped him change his clothes, went to Xue's house, and saw Baochai wearing plain clothes to serve by Aunt Xue's bedside, and after not seeing her for many days, she was a lot haggard again. Baoyu was distressed when she saw such a young child without a father, and asked someone to say that it was a wild child, so she reached out and touched the child's face, and asked Baochai, "Is Auntie better?" ”
He inadvertently saw the golden lock on Baochai's chest, remembered the old things, and his heart was shaken, and he saw Baochai crying, crying uncontrollably, more and more sad, and grabbed Baochai's hand, "Sister Bao, don't cry, aunt will be fine." ”
Aunt Xue was lying on the bed, dazed, hearing someone talking, opened her eyes, and saw that it was Baoyu and Baochai, the two held hands and looked at each other with teary eyes, Aunt Xue couldn't help but be particularly moved, and when the two of them were almost finished, she stretched out her hand and said, "Baoyu, my son, you can still come to see Auntie!" You don't know how bitter your sister Bao is, your big brother Xue is now imprisoned, and I only have your sister Bao to rely on now. ”
Baoyu came over and sat on the edge of the bed, seeing that Aunt Xue was a lot old for a while, she remembered that the Xue family used to be a wealthy family, but now, only the mother and daughter are left, helpless, how can you not feel distressed? Besides, he had a very good relationship with Baochai when he was a child, and he heard Aunt Xue say, "Your sister Bao is all tired by your big brother Xue, she is a very good child, and my aunt is a person who will be buried at any time, when I will be gone, how can your sister Bao's mother and son be good?" ”
"In the past, in the Grand View Garden, your sister Lin and your sister Bao were the same people, but now, not to mention being richer than your sister Lin, it is difficult to live alone."