The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 250 Mid-Autumn Festival 【Secondary Two】

But Jia Baoyu followed Lin Daiyu out of the corner door, saw the sisters got into the car, and then remembered that Jiao Shun was still there, and hurriedly looked back, but Jiao Shun was nowhere to be seen behind.

While in doubt, Lin Daiyu lifted the window of the car and said angrily, "Who are you looking at? You are stupid in front of the door. When you are carefully watched by outsiders, you spread strange words."

Jia Baoyu scratched his head and laughed, "It's Brother Jiao. I took care of my younger sister just now, but I left him behind."

Hearing the word 'Brother Jiao', Lin Daiyu couldn't help frowning her brows slightly, her cherry lips seemed to be Zhang Fei Zhang, and she hesitated to speak.

With just this frown, Baoyu immediately threw Jiao Shun out of the sky again, and ordered people to put the wooden steps back up again, and climbed up like a monkey.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Daiyu made room for him, but said duplicity: "Didn't the horses be brought outside?"

"It's windy outside, but it's still warm in the car."

Jia Baoyu laughed, honestly watched Daiyu sit down, winked at Zijuan across the way, and said: "My sister seems to be quite concerned about the matter of focusing on elder brother recently?"

"No way!"

Lin Daiyu gave him a sideways glance, reached out to pick up the snack box next to him, but thought that he was recovering from a serious illness, so she put it back, and only warned: "They will make a fuss later, you can just shirk it, you can't eat more of that wine , even the food is best to choose grams.”

"With my younger sister guarding me, I can eat or drink!"

Jia Baoyu laughed, and suddenly leaned into her ear and said, "You care about Brother Jiao, but for Second Sister?"

Lin Daiyu was taken aback: "You, why are you..."

Jia Baoyu saw that he had guessed his thoughts correctly, and immediately became proud. He tilted his body and raised his legs, half swaying and half limp, and said: "Of course I know! Which of the big and small things in this family have been hidden from me?"

This "evil shape and evil shape" made Lin Daiyu chuckle, quickly covered it with a veil, and said jokingly: "Yes, yes, you are an expert who has known 500 years before and [-] years later. In the future, we ordinary people will not dare to get close to you again."

Jia Baoyu's smile froze, and he said awkwardly: "Actually, Mingyan told me, he said..."

In the middle of talking, he glanced at Zijuan, then listened to him and continued: "He said that the embroidered orange next to Second Sister often goes to Jiao's house, and I'm afraid it has something to do with it."

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu's smile also faded away. She had vaguely heard someone say that Jiao Shun and Mingyan had some old enemies, and that Mingyan secretly inquired about the Jiao family's affairs, and now she brought this matter up to Baoyu. , but I'm afraid it may not be with any good intentions.

I wanted to mention a few words, but I was afraid that Baoyu would be partial to Mingyan, and the trouble would spread to the outside world.

So I temporarily suppressed this and did not mention it, and I was going to wait until I was free after the festival.

at the same time.

Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai's mother and daughter in the car ahead were also talking about Jiao Shun.

"Amitabha."

I just heard Aunt Xue turn her body sideways, put her palms together and said to her daughter: "The method you learned from Brother Shun is really effective. Since June, all workshops and shops have gained benefits. It's almost time for your father to be alive."

She was originally born with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and she is the most kind person. Now she is full of spring breeze and chanting the Buddha's name, her rosy white face is almost shining, it is really like the Guanyin master coming to the world.

He folded his arms slightly, supporting the side peaks of the horizontal ridge in front of him; he twisted his waist and turned sideways, and stretched a peach behind him, which made the man wish he could change this mortal into a fallen mortal.

Xue Baochai and her are in the same line, they both have a plump and provocative figure, but they lack the familiar charm of a woman and are a little more youthful and lively.

But this is only superficial.

On the inside, Xue Baochai's mental maturity is several times stronger than that of her middle-aged mother who is still innocent.

Seeing his mother's happy expression, Xue Baochai's face was only faint, and he shook his head and said: "If father is still there, I'm afraid the effect will be stronger—we orphans and widows, after all, it's not easy to control the subordinates."

Hearing what her daughter said, the smile on Aunt Xue's face faded like a tide, and she sighed helplessly: "It's all your brother's fault... Sigh, my son, you have suffered a lot these days."

After a pause, a thought suddenly came to her mind, and she couldn't help but insinuate and said: "Brother Shun's ability in business is probably no worse than your father, and now he is in charge of the Ministry of Industry, if he can help us support our family industry……"

Having said that, he looked at his daughter hesitantly and expectantly.

Xue Baochai had a good mind, so she naturally understood what her mother was thinking. Regardless of her background, Jiao Shun was indeed suitable for her family.

But the premise is not to compare with Baoyu!

With Jia Baoyu, who was born in the Duke's mansion, handsome and supported by the concubine's sister, in front of him, no matter how good Jiao Shun was, he could only be regarded as a candidate.

Therefore, she just said indifferently: "Mother, don't worry, let my brother come to ask for advice from time to time, and he will always be able to learn this business skill."

Aunt Xue was stunned for a while before she understood the meaning of her daughter's words, she couldn't help shaking her head: "Forget it, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, as long as you live a happy life in the future."

…………

As soon as the old lady in the west left, Ningguo Mansion got the news.

Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, and Jia Qiang rushed to the gate, and You Shi, Xu Shi, and Wang Xifeng also waited outside the gate of Neiyi.

Brother Rong's successor, Mrs. Xu, is a dull gourd, guarding the two elders without saying a word, just quietly listening to Youshi and Wang Xifeng's talk.

And Youshi and Wang Xifeng have been gossiping since dawn until now, and it's not easy to stand in front of this door, so they joked with Ping'er: " I don't see you dressed up on weekdays, but today it's new, I think it's going to overwhelm your grandma!"

As the saying goes, women are the ones who please themselves.

Although Ping'er knew that the traces should not be missed, she couldn't help but dress up carefully when she got up in the morning. Now that You Shi pointed it out in person, her heart skipped a beat. She was afraid that the second grandma would be suspicious, so she hurriedly said: "Grandma Zhen, what's wrong with you?" In other words, the big festival is not happy for us to be fresh and fresh? Kuang Shou is by the two grandmas, if I don't dress up again, I'm afraid I can't even make green leaves!"

Hearing that she secretly praised Wang Xifeng and herself as the flowers, You Shi couldn't help but chuckled, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said: "What a smart girl, it turns out that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black. Follow your grandma, and you will learn a lot of things through experience." Open your mouth."

Wang Xifeng also smiled, but couldn't help looking at Ping'er beside her.

I saw that Ping'er was wearing a bright yellow long skirt today, with a red ribbon wrapped around her slender waist, which was tangled up for some reason, but it was more bumpy than before, and a section of enchantment was pinched out of her dignity.

The powder was applied much finer than usual, and the red lips and teeth were even more radiant.

Even the jet-black hair has been put together a little more than before.

Master and servant have been together for many years, but this is the first time I have seen such a state of mind!
Wang Xifeng couldn't help being surprised, but she didn't suspect that it was Tong Jiao Shun, but suspected that there was some secret connection between Ping'er and Jia Lian.

I also thought about the fact that Jia Lian had raised the outer room. I actually knew about it from Jia Rong, but I never heard of it beforehand. Could it be that someone helped to isolate the inside and outside...

With this thought, the suspicion became more and more serious.

Couldn't help pulling Ping'er aside, and asked with a half-smile: "You pretended to be like this so suddenly, but are you planning to pick up your aunt? Just tell me a certain date, so I can congratulate you too." !"

Ping'er saw that the phoenix pepper was eating vinegar again, and his heart felt at ease. He secretly thought that grandma treats the second master's treasure like everything, and just thinks that everyone else loves it.

"Grandma killed me unjustly!"

At the same time, she called Qu and said: "Yesterday, your sentence was like a knife, so I don't have eyes and mind, and I don't dare to join the second master at this time!"

Wang Xifeng felt reasonable when he heard this, even if Ping'er wanted to hook up, he shouldn't hit the gun directly.

At the moment, he put a sneer on his face, but he was still a little suspicious: "Then what are you doing today?"

If it were a woman like Xing who could only flirt with men, she would have no serious excuses if she wanted to break her head at this time, but Ping'er's thoughts changed, and she immediately lowered her eyes and said shyly: "I also heard that the second master With the outer room, I wondered if I was old and lustful, so I dressed up in a daze in the morning."

These words immediately touched Wang Xifeng's heartstrings, she subconsciously raised her hand and caressed her cheek, before sighing after a long while: "He has become wild now, no matter how good-looking you are, how can you win him over?"

After a pause, he added another sentence: "Today you only stay with me, let him see it so much that he can't eat it, and he will die of hunger!"

It is said that Jia Lian is greedy to death, but in fact he is still afraid that Ping'er will be favored.

Ping'er's heart is like a bright mirror. If it was in the past, I'm afraid he would have to look at himself in secret again, but now he is eager to stay away from Jia Lian, so he nodded in haste.

When the master and servant turned back to their original places, the sedan chairs in the West Mansion had already arrived.

The two sisters-in-law hurriedly stepped forward to welcome the old lady into the back house, and walked all the way to the center of the big flower hall, where they sat down in the elegant room surrounded by more than a dozen screens.

The female relatives are headed by Jia Mu, and Jia Zheng is the most respected at the men's table.

Last year during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jiao Shun could only hang out with the servants on both sides, but now Jia Zheng pushed him to sit on the right hand side, ranking fourth after Jia Zhen and Jia Lian.

Although it was not yet noon, when Jiamu gave an order, the drums and music blared, and the delicacies rained like rain. The generals and generals on the stage were babbling, and everyone in the audience was pushing cups and changing glasses, so it was very lively.

At noon, everyone was [-]% to [-]% full, and a hundred freshly baked snowy mooncakes were brought outside on silver plates.

Jiao Shun picked one up to try something new, but it was not the usual five kernels, rose silk, jujube paste, etc. The thin skin was wrapped with meaty or vegetarian stuffing, which turned into juice after a little chewing, and the mouthful was full of freshness. Fragrant but not greasy at all.

He was wondering what it was all about, and wanted to ask Jia Rong who was beside him, because he didn't want the camp outside to suddenly become chaotic.

Immediately afterwards, I saw Lai Da rushing over with his robe in his hand, and shouted from a long way away: "Second Master, Second Master! There is a decree in the palace to let our Second Master Bao enter the palace to accompany the king's companion drive!"

There was a sudden silence in the hall, and then it boiled like a pot.

Everyone was chattering, some were congratulating, some were envious, some were joining in the fun, but Baoyu seemed to have been restrained, no matter what others said, she didn't respond at all.

It wasn't until he was pushed and shoved by Jia Qiang a few times that he suddenly regained his senses, jumped up and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no! How can I, I will accompany the king?! If I really want to meet the emperor, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I won't even be able to speak! I won't go, I can't go!"

Seeing this scene, Chai Dai and Tan Chun on the table next to her couldn't help but stand up and looked this way with concern.

However, Jia Zheng's old face sank, he slapped the table and cursed: "You ignorant bastard, how dare you resist the order?! Hurry up, change his clothes and wash him, and then send him to the palace to see you." !"

After a pause, he couldn't help but walked up to Baoyu again, and said in a low voice, "You must be careful when you go, and you would rather show your cowardice in front of the king than speak nonsense!"

Jia Baoyu was still listening at that moment, staring blankly at his old man, and after a long while, under the reminder of others, he obliviously bowed to answer, and was sent back home by the maidservant like a marionette.

Jiao Shun watched coldly on the table, first wondering if the emperor was not sick, but why Xuan Baoyu came to the palace to see him at this time?

But soon he figured out this section.

The emperor called Baoyu into the palace at this time, probably just to 'dispel rumors', so as to smash the rumors that the emperor was seriously ill.

of course……

It may also be for cover-up.

Hope it's the former.

Although Jiao Shun was quite concerned about the emperor's condition, he would not be so stupid as to blatantly pry into such secrets.

But after Baoyu left, although the silk and bamboo in the hall were still there, no one showed up.

It is naturally a great honor to be called into the palace by the emperor for the festival.

However, being with a king is like being with a tiger, who can guarantee that this honor will not turn into a catastrophe?

Especially the one who was summoned into the palace was a notorious half-grown child like Jia Baoyu, if something happened with his brain, the whole family would suffer!

Therefore, even the old lady, everyone is worried.

But there are also exceptions.

For example, Wang Xifeng, although the matter of Baoyu's entry into the palace is of great importance, what she cares most about now is whether Jia Lian has a concubine or not!
Mixing among the women's family members, he secretly looked at Jia Lian from time to time, but his heart was full of jealousy.

It was so easy to see Jiao Shun leave the meeting after pleading guilty, as if she wanted to go out for convenience, she hurriedly winked at Ping'er, urging Ping'er to follow quickly, so as to entrust the matter to Jiao Shun to investigate.

Ping'er originally wanted to go to the appointment at night, but since Wang Xifeng urged him, he couldn't be indifferent, so he and Jiao Shun left the big flower hall one by one.

When I got out of the flower hall, I saw that there were many servants outside, and Jiao Shun was surrounded by two courteous servants, so Ping'er didn't go up to him, but just picked a familiar person and greeted him twice, then turned around and went to the secluded place. go everywhere.

Jiao Shun couldn't stand the stuffiness inside, so he wanted to go out to hide and be quiet, but when he heard Ping'er's voice suddenly, and saw her whereabouts from the corner of his eye, he knew it immediately.

Relying on the fact that he often went in and out of Ningguo Mansion, he did not follow Ping'er, but chose the opposite direction, and then searched around.

When they came to a corner, they saw Ping'er standing in front of the chrysanthemum bushes, smiling shyly.

Jiao Shun strode forward to bully her, she subconsciously took half a step back, folded her ten green fingers on her flat stomach, and said softly: "Grandma told me to spread the word that the old man and his wife had evil intentions, and told you not to be caught by them." cheated."

She has always been a straightforward person, but at this time she couldn't help showing the shyness of a child.

"Don't worry, sister, I have my own plans."

Jiao Shun stared straight at her, and his gaze seemed to be able to turn corners as if he saw a crack.

Ping'er was uncomfortable being looked at by him, and turned sideways shyly, not wanting the thief's eyes to be nailed to the bulge and back, so he lowered his head and neck and said softly: "Grandma also ordered you to help Let's go outside and check to see if the second master has set up an outer room."

Jiao Shun was taken aback when he heard the words, and wondered to himself, could it be that Jia Lian had already hooked up with Second Sister You at this time?
But you haven't heard You Shi say it?
Just wondering, Ping'er twisted her slender waist, and said incongruously: "I have brought all the words, I, I will report to Second Mistress."

"Sister, don't go!"

Jiao Shun hastily stopped him, and said with a smile: "I've already inquired, the little opera actors from Lixiangyuan are all here, that room has been locked, and the other courtyard has also been dismissed, let's go now, It’s more convenient than at night.”

"you……"

Hearing this, Ping'er's stomach throbbed wildly, hurriedly covered his chest, and said shamelessly: "What are you talking about? How dare you..."

Jiao Shun immediately interrupted: "It's only when the sky is bright and the sun is bright, so I won't admit the wrong person!"

As he said that, he gave a deep bow: "I'll go to that cave and wait. If my sister doesn't arrive in a day, I'll wait for a day. If I don't arrive in a month, I'll die in there, and my soul will also wait." Sister! If it’s less than a year, I’ll turn into that wife-watching stone..."

"Bah~"

Ping'er shyly said: "You can only coax people!"

Jiao Shun chuckled, and said, "Anyway, I'm just waiting for my sister", bowed and took two steps back, turned around and walked away.

Ping'er watched him go away, gritted his silver teeth and lingered in front of the flower bed for a while, and finally stomped his feet and rushed to Lixiangyuan.

(End of this chapter)