The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Chapter 169

If Mrs. Wang hadn't come back, it would be easy to cover up the past.

Or maybe Mrs. Wang came back, but if she didn't take Aunt Xue for a walk after dinner, she could still prevaricate.

But the bad thing was that before Li Wan had time to wake them up and put on a pose that did not challenge the worldly eyes, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue came back arm in arm.

Once the mothers-in-law of the two families arrive, this matter will naturally be difficult to deal with.

Aunt Xue felt that Baoyu was taking advantage of Baochai—although she thought about marrying her daughter to Baoyu, she usually didn't mind their holding hands and shoulders, but she didn't mind lying on the same couch in broad daylight. Fa accepted it—this was the result of Baoqin reacting quickly enough, jumping up to separate the two of them in one step, and laying down on their own.

Mrs. Wang arrogantly thought it was because Baochai was not dignified enough, otherwise she was resting in Baoqin's girl's house, why did she come to her main room?Is her principal room anyone can enter?Usually she only allows Baoyu to rest here.Mrs. Wang decided that Baochai must have pretended to be drunk and came here to seduce Baoyu—in her eyes, her son was still the one who had the entire Duke’s mansion as his backer, and his sister who was a concubine was the one who was loved by everyone. The prince's children.

The two sisters quarreled on the spot because of disagreement and uneven distribution of responsibilities.Li Wan chased people out with a pale face, and she was determined to be the scapegoat today, the only thing she can do now is to drive all the girls and maids away, so as not to make the trouble worse.Everyone was gone, and she wanted to leave too, but she didn't dare, so she could only stand at a distance in embarrassment.

Baochai didn't wake up because of drunkenness, fright and violent impact. Baoyu woke up for a while, but no one noticed, and immediately fell asleep again in a daze.Aunt Xue was so busy arguing with Mrs. Wang which of the two had bad children that she even forgot to move Baochai away first.Probably the only person who benefited from this incident was Ying'er—Yu Chuan'er didn't bother to look for her when she heard that something happened—although Ying'er was quite clever enough to find a place to give the disguised clothes to her. Put it on, to ensure that even if Yu Chuaner finds her, she will not recognize that she is the figure that flashed by in the corridor.

Ying'er walked around for a long time, but she couldn't find Baochai. She felt uneasy, and finally ventured back to Baoqin's room to look for it.But Baoqin was walking around the room with her personal servant girl. When she saw her, she grabbed her and asked, "Where did you go? Why did you leave Sister Chai alone in the room?"

Ying'er replied fluently without typing a single word: "The girl is drunk and feels uncomfortable. I waited for the girl to wash her face but accidentally wet her clothes, so I went home to get them. Whoever imagined it, came back but did not see her." Miss, I have been looking outside." After finishing Baochai's confession in one breath, he asked cautiously: "I don't know if Miss Qin has seen our girl?"

Baoqin believed Yinger's words, sighed and said, "You just sit here, and if there is any news over there, you will come and tell me."

Ying'er's heart tightened, she was afraid that they would be found out that they had turned over Mrs. Wang's Buddhist hall, so she couldn't help but tighten the clothes in her arms.Seeing her movements, Baoqin said strangely: "It's Sister Chai's clothes? Then put it down."

Ying'er refused straight away: "No." After she finished speaking, she came to her senses and hurriedly got up and said, "I'm still worried about the girl, Miss Qin, tell me where our girl is, and I'll go and serve her."

Baoqin grabbed Ying'er, sat her down, and said solemnly: "It's better if you don't go, there is no need to make trouble." Said: "It's nothing serious, anyway... my uncle will take care of it."

Yinger asked strangely: "Our wife is here too?"

Baoqin said: "No, I came back with my godmother." The godmother she was talking about was Mrs. Wang. Shi Taijun fell in love with Baoqin when he saw Baoqin, and he wanted to keep her and not let her go home. , so Mrs. Wang recognized her goddaughter, and she stayed by her side to raise her.

Ying'er felt more at ease. Although she didn't know what was going on with the girl, she knew that nothing would happen to the girl when she heard his wife was there.Moreover, Ying'er tightened the bag in her arms again, they also stole the things out, and they also explained to the princess, so they don't have to worry about being condemned, and they won't lose their lives anyway.

Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue had a quarrel and broke up. Aunt Xue hated Baoyu for pretending to be drunk and taking advantage of her daughter. Mrs. Wang also said that Baochai was shameless and ran to her room to find Baoyu. , the words reveal that they dislike Baochai's character and don't want this daughter-in-law anymore.

Aunt Xue said furiously: "We are sisters, so I agreed to this marriage. Do you really think that everyone treats your son as a treasure? Don't you care whether he is a man of literature or a man of martial arts? It's just a matter of appearance and temperament." It’s not bad, I can’t be called a talented person. But my daughter is beautiful and talented. She is also a female official bestowed by the Supreme Emperor to the first princess. She is decent and of high grade, and she has a salary in the palace. Besides, you don’t want to talk about the Duke’s mansion. The thing is, that is the title of the big family, what does it have to do with you? Your family is just a small official who climbed up to the nepotism, and it is not much better than Baishen. If you really count, it may not be better than me Xue Where is the noble family, let alone you are a criminal woman, hmph!"

Mrs. Wang was trampled on her sore foot, and she was also furious: "Do you dare to speak wild words under the fence? I will help you for the sake of sisters, otherwise the big Xue family will fall into the hands of your stupid son? Oh, By the way, he is still a murderer, so I don’t know why the government was careless and let him go.”

Aunt Xue was startled and angry: "Is this something that a grown-up aunt can say? It can be seen that you have never looked down on me, so let's go, I don't dare to have such a relative, let's make a clean break and go our separate ways."

Mrs. Wang said disdainfully: "It's better to tell the truth, don't pretend to be strong while still relying on my family."

Aunt Xue sneered and said, "The Lixiangyuan where I live is on the border of Ronghou's Mansion, and I'm climbing a relative of Feng girl, what does it have to do with you?"

Mrs. Wang's face darkened completely, and she pointed to the room and cursed: "Since this is the case, take your shameless daughter away quickly, and you won't have to teach my Baoyu to ruin."

Aunt Xue also turned her face: "You know this matter and I know it. If you dare to say something bad about my Baochai to the outside world, I will definitely not divorce you. Don't forget, my Baochai is still the princess' attendant." If you are a female official, you have learned the rules in the Division of Ceremonies. If you say she is not good, where do you put the princess's face? I am afraid that if I don't settle accounts with you, the royal family will not spare you."

Mrs. Wang's face turned pale, and she was finally blocked for words.Aunt Xue won a complete victory, commanding Tongxi and Gui to help Baochai up, and Yuezu ordered the woman in the Grand View Garden to carry a sedan chair on her behalf, and sent Baochai back to Lixiangyuan.

Mrs. Wang warned everyone not to talk too much with a black face, and scolded Li Wan again, punished her to kneel down in the Buddhist hall to copy scriptures, and finally beat Yu Chuan'er, who was in charge of the house, and Jin Chuan'er, who was with Baoyu, After a meal, they were fined a month's money and lowered in rank. They were thrown outside, and they were not allowed to serve Baoyu personally.Seeing people crying, kneeling, and begging all over the yard, Mrs. Wang finally regained the pleasure of being superior, and let out a little bit of the bad breath that Aunt Xue pointed at her nose and scolded a criminal woman just now.

Ying'er stayed in Baoqin's room all night, and at dawn the next day, as soon as the gate of the Grand View Garden opened, Aunt Xue sent someone to look for her, and asked Baoqin to pack her things and go home.Baoqin knew that yesterday's matter had come to a conclusion, so she didn't dare to delay at all, she hurriedly packed some clothes, took her maid, led Yinger, and hurried back along the corner door .

Baochai was sitting in the room wanting to cry, although Aunt Xue did not allow everyone to tell her what happened yesterday, but Baochai was not stupid, since she came here in the morning, her mother cried and hugged her to comfort her, it must be true. Nothing good.Then, taking advantage of Aunt Xue's time to go to the front to do some busy work, Tong Guilian was intimidated and defrauded, and he knew everything, not to mention the general idea.

Baochai really doesn't want to have anything to do with Baoyu now, not to mention that he doesn't think he is a good candidate for husband and son-in-law, just because he has such a dangerous mother and a sister who is ambitious but not very intelligent , It is enough to discourage Baochai - she married for a second reincarnation and a better life than her natal family, not to suffer with her husband's family.But for the things that the second wife of the Jia family did, only Mrs. Wang was enough to kill their whole family.

When Ying'er pried open the mouth of Baoqin's servant girl and found out more details, Baochai had already calmed down. She arranged for Baoqin to stay in her room and asked her to accompany her to be filial to Aunt Xue, while she kept a close watch on herself. After hiding the stolen things, he handed over a post and prepared to go back to the princess mansion to do business.

It's just that Baochai didn't know that Princess Yinghua never went to the Princess Mansion, and the post was handed over there, and it would take at least a month to pass the customs.Fortunately, when she delivered the post, she also sent someone to find Wang Xifeng, and asked her to help deliver a message to Yingchun - Baochai held Mrs. Wang's evidence in her hands, and she was really restless, and she only hoped to hand it in as soon as possible.

Yingchun received a message from Sister Feng, and sent Siqi to the princess' mansion to bring back all the invitations and greetings as a matter of routine, including Baochai's share.Seeing that Baochai only wrote on the post that she wanted to greet the princess, but emphatically described the words "I hope the princess will be happy", Ning Shan knew that the girl probably had new news to report, so she asked Yingchun to arrange for her to come as soon as possible .

Although Yingchun didn't know what Baochai was doing, but after speculating with Daiyu for a long time, she also guessed that she was helping the eldest brother and the princess's sister-in-law, so she acted quickly, and sent someone in a small sedan chair to escort her to the palace that night. People received the back door of the Duke Protector's Mansion.

Baochai held tightly the package of clothes that hadn't been opened for three days and walked in quickly. Yingchun arranged the place in the pavilion surrounded by the lotus wind, surrounded by water, so no one could hide; It can be seen from afar, and there is no suspicion.Baochai now has the confidence to deal with business, and is not so nervous anymore. She still has time to comment on the arrangement of Yingchun, and has to change her view of the old Ermu from the bottom of her heart.

Ning Shan didn't bring Princess Yinghua over, she met Baochai alone and asked, "Is there any result?"

Baochai put the wrapped clothes on the stone table, unwrapped them carefully, laid out the purse, sachet, and handkerchief bag containing the pill powder one by one, and pointed out: "This is the one found in her small Buddhist hall." Yes." Baochai stopped calling her aunt, and said directly: "There are some other things, but they don't look like medicine. In addition, this time the action was rushed and the preparation was not enough. Only about half of them were brought out, and the rest I have to go again." The girl Bao who came back with confidence also forgot to call herself a servant in a humble way—or maybe it was because Princess Yinghua was not here.

Ning Shan didn't care about the details, she opened a few things one by one and took a look, then raised her voice to call for his own soldiers, took all the things, and sent them to the old imperial doctor Zheng for examination first, and then according to the results Decide whether to send it to the palace or not.Baochai quietly watched Ning Shan finish her orders, and guessing that she should be in a good mood, she tentatively interceded, "Master Ning, I have something to say, and I hope you can speak kindly to the princess..."

Ning Shan asked: "But you want to go home freely? It's easy, just wait for a while..."

Baochai hurriedly waved his hand and said: "It's not like this. Being able to serve the princess is a blessing that Baochai has cultivated in several lifetimes. It's just...just, I didn't do it alone when I went to search for the Buddhist hall this time. The servant girl named Yinger also helped a lot. I was afraid that she would be in danger if she stayed at home, so I wanted to ask the princess to let me bring her in."

Ning Shan thought for a while, and said: "You can bring it, but you can only go to the next door." He doesn't want to raise strangers here, even Baochai, if he didn't want to use her for business, he wouldn't bring him here.

Baochai froze for a moment, then remembered that the next door should refer to the Princess Mansion, nodded hurriedly and said, "Just leave the Grand View Garden."

Ning Shan said: "Then go to Ying'er and let her arrange it." Baochai hurriedly nodded in agreement, and then asked Ning Shan if she had other orders.

Ning Shan said: "Tell me about the organization of the Jia Wang family's Buddhist hall in detail. No matter whether the things you got this time are what the Emperor wanted, you have a reason to copy them. The rest There is no need for you to rework, just ask the Supreme Emperor to find a way by himself."

Baochai was overjoyed, and thanked again and again: "Thank you, Uncle Ning, and thank you, Your Royal Highness." Then, he gave a rough account of the distribution of the rooms in Mrs. Wang's courtyard, focusing on the furnishings in the Buddhist hall. What they didn't check out, and the most important method to open the mechanism of the Guanyin statue, and by the way, they also told the rumors they heard from Aunt Xue that after Mrs. Wang gave birth to the eldest son Jia Zhu, the Guanyin statue was still there. The living Mrs. Wang gave it to her daughter when she went to see her, and she always claimed that it was done for fulfilling her vows.While listening, Ning Shan thought to herself: The Wang family really worked hard to train their aunts, and they have been counting on the title of Dafang since Jia Zhu was born.From this point of view, the hatred of his fellow brothers and his own mother should not only be blamed on Mrs. Wang, but the entire Wang family should pay for their lives.