The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 442
It's been a few days in a hurry.

Seeing that it was not far from the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the Grand View Garden, which had just calmed down from Jiamu's birthday, was decorated with lights and festoons again.

Because Xue Baochai is accustomed to being plain and clean, Hengwu Courtyard is a special case.

It's just that although the courtyard is clean, Baochai's heart cannot be calmed down.

Ever since it was analyzed that day that the Mei family repulsed the Rongguo Mansion, once Mrs. Wang accepted Baoqin as a goddaughter, the second room would inevitably be in a dilemma. up.

Why is Baochai in a dilemma?
She is not a person who does not care about love. If there is a way to get the best of both worlds, she will definitely not let Xue Biao and Bao Qin go into a dead end.

But how can there be so many ways to solve the dilemma in the world?
Compared with the marriage between Baoqin and the Mei family, the relationship between her own family and the Rongguo Mansion is obviously much more important-although Erfang doesn't have much contact with the Rongguo Mansion, she also depends on the protection of the power of the Rongguo Mansion and the Wang Family.

Therefore, she finally chose to sit idly by for the time being.

And just yesterday, the Mei family hurriedly sent a post to the moon, and it was scheduled to marry Baoqin on September [-]th.

Also yesterday, after Mrs. Wang asked Ming Baoqin what she meant, she also decided to adopt her as a goddaughter on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The matter has no way to turn around so far, and it's time to officially break it!

But said it was early in the morning.

Xue Baochai finished her makeup under Ying'er's service, and sat in front of the mirror for a while, then sighed, got up and said, "Let's go, if you don't go there, brother tadpole should wait."

The two masters and servants left the hall, and heard laughter like silver bells coming from the courtyard door. It turned out that Shi Xiangyun was teaching Baoqin to ride Naoshizi's bicycle in the open space in front of the door.

Seeing Sister Bao coming out of the yard, Baoqin hurriedly asked the servant girl to hold her back, rode on the cart and said with a smile, "Where are you going, sister? If you want to go to Qingtang hut to greet aunt, you can take me with you!"

"I'm going to see your brother."

Xue Baochai replied, and when she saw Baoqin eager to try, she immediately added: "There are serious things to discuss—if you two are really busy, you might as well go to the third sister's courtyard to ask for a cup of tea. The chrysanthemum tea prepared according to the ancient method is ready, you go and try it, if it tastes good, you might as well bring some back to me."

Baoqin heard that it was a 'business', and knew it must be related to her marriage, so she didn't dare to entangle any more, she patted the back seat carelessly, and said, "Sister Yun, come up quickly, I'll take you to Qiushuangzhai Find third sister for tea!"

Her voice is so childish, but her actions are more straightforward than Xiangyun's. This kind of contrast often makes people laugh.

Shi Xiangyun stepped forward and slapped her buttocks, and said angrily: "You can't ride stably yourself, but you dare to hump someone—come down quickly, it's almost as good as I carry you."

Baoqin held her buttocks and spit out her lilac tongue, tipped her toes and slid directly onto the back seat, then patted the car seat and urged her repeatedly: "Then sister, ride faster and see how soon we can get there!"

"Then you sit still!"

Xiangyun also has the temperament to listen to the wind and the rain. Hearing her advice, he immediately agreed with her. Relying on his height and long legs, he directly stepped on the bicycle, and with all his strength, he rushed out with the Baoqin on his back.

Even though Baochai chased after them and told them to slow down, the two of them just turned a deaf ear to them, leaving behind a cheerful and lively yelling, and they were gone in a blink of an eye.

"Look at these two girls, don't they look like they are about to get married?"

Xue Baochai shook her head helplessly, urged the maidservants of the two to follow quickly, and then led Ying'er to a side hall in the front yard.

Xue Biao has been waiting in the side hall for a long time.

After the two siblings saw each other, Baochai put on a serious face and asked, "Yesterday, did the Mei family place a month-to-month sticker?"

"Sister heard what my aunt said?"

Seeing that her sister was so serious, Xue Biao thought she was dissatisfied with the Mei family's attitude, so she hurriedly said: "I found out that the old lady of the Mei family is in good health, but she is getting more and more confused every day, so the Mei family wants to take advantage of the old man who is still sober. Let her witness the grandchildren's marriage with her own eyes, not for any joy."

"That's all."

Baochai's complexion didn't ease at all, she stared straight at Xue Biao and said, "Now there is something that requires you to tell me the truth before we know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing."

Hearing this, Xue Biao was a little bit wrong, got up in a hurry, cupped his hands and said: "Sister, just ask, how dare I lie to my sister?"

His words were not false, compared to Aunt Xue who had a soft personality and was always doting and doting on her children and nephews, Baochai, a cousin, was much more deterrent.

"Humph~"

Baochai snorted softly, and said with a straight face: "You dare not lie to me, but you dare to lie to your aunt? The fault is not that I asked a few more questions yesterday, I am afraid that disaster is imminent and I don't know it! You are honest. Tell me, the reason why the Mei family urged us to move out, and asked us to keep everything simple in the marriage, is it because they don't want to have anything to do with the Rongguo Mansion?!"

"This one……"

This tactic made Xue Biao lose his position immediately, and he faltered and said: "I didn't intend to deceive my aunt, I really didn't want my aunt to be caught in the middle of the embarrassment, so I..."

"You are so clever but you are mistaken by your cleverness!"

Xue Baochai interrupted him, and said bitterly: "You know that the old lady is planning to let her aunt adopt her as a goddaughter because she likes Qin girl! In this case, why don't you invite your aunt to come? How are you going to explain it to the Mei family?!"

"Is this true?! This, what can I do?!"

As soon as Xue Biao heard this, he knew that the matter was troublesome, and he ran around in a hurry, and then remembered to ask his cousin for help, so he hurriedly bowed deeply and said: "Sister, I don't know if this matter can be turned around." room?"

"Ah~"

Baochai sighed helplessly: "If a few days earlier, I tried my best to make the old lady unhappy, I could have stopped it - but now the matter has already spread, and even girl Qin herself agreed, but what do you want us to do?" Turn around?"

This is Baochai in [the author's imagination].

She is usually not a selfish person, but since she is forced to make a selfish choice, she will try her best to be perfect, try to eliminate any adverse influences, and avoid exposing her selfish side.

That's why she chose to break the matter just right at this juncture, making Xue Biao think that everything was the bitter fruit of her own cleverness.

You can say that she is too scheming, but who can be selfless in this world?

"This this……"

Xue Biao became more and more miserable when he heard the words.

And while he was at a loss, Baochai finally tried to see him: "If you really want to turn things around, you should start with the Mei family—the constant urging before was because his family was short of etiquette. Let them pick and choose whoever they want, but what do they think of our Xue family?"

"As the saying goes, hustle is not a business, let alone a marriage? There must always be a discussion, and it is reasonable for each to take a step back and accommodate each other! If not, it may not be a good thing for Qin girl to marry in the past. .”

"This... ugh!"

Xue Biao sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It's weird to say that good things take a long time, so let's go, it's the way it is."

Saying that, he said goodbye absent-mindedly.

After watching Xue Biao leave, Xue Baochai sat in the side hall for a long time, then got up and went to the hut in Qingtang, discussing with Aunt Xue that she should share some of her dowry to supplement Baoqin.

Not to mention this.

However, Xue Biao had actually been dissatisfied with the Mei family for a long time. He was only worried about his father's death, and he was also worried that Bao Qin's marriage would make things difficult for him. Can bite the bullet and found the Mei family.

It was sunny, so Mei Hanlin was naturally not at home.

But Mei Hanlin's son, Mei Senbao, was also not at home, which was somewhat beyond Xue Biao's expectations.

Fortunately, Mrs. Mei came forward to receive him.

Xue Biao first told about the erroneous things, and then poured out bitterness to Mrs. Mei: "Although my family is not like a big house, I have marriage relations with the Wang Taiwei of the Rongguo Mansion, but I also rely on the two families for my business. , if you offend the Rongguo Mansion, I'm afraid..."

This Mrs. Mei is reasonable, seeing Xue Biao's sincere attitude, this matter was purely accidental, it was not intentional by Xue's family, she agreed to break up for Xue Biao in front of her husband in a moment of softness.

Xue Biao was overjoyed when he heard the words, and left Mei's house after thanking her again and again.

In a blink of an eye, it was night.

Mei Hanlin returned home triumphantly, and when he entered the door, he yelled for his wife to serve wine.

Mrs. Mei ordered someone to go to the stove to urge her, and at the same time helped Mei Hanlin change his clothes and wash up. While he was happy, she told about the Xue family's affairs, and kindly excused Xue Biao: "I can't blame the Xue family for this matter, it's just That girl Baoqin is really likable, she was immediately attracted by the old lady of Rongguo Mansion, that's why..."

"What so!"

Mei Hanlin straightened his face immediately, and scolded angrily: "You dare to promise yourself such a thing, do you still have the head of my family in your eyes?!"

As he said that, he pushed his wife away and walked back and forth for a few steps, and said decisively: "This matter will never happen! You immediately send someone to send a message to the Xue family boy, asking him to move out of Rongguo Mansion immediately, and make solid preparations." If the marriage is going to be complicated again, this marriage...doesn't matter!"

But it turned out that in the past few days, because he had a ghost in his heart, he was afraid that people would find out that he was wrong, so he worked extra hard on the impeachment of Jiao Shun, and in the end he was praised by his superiors instead.

Now he is full of confidence and is thinking about making persistent efforts, so he is naturally unwilling to affect his official career for the sake of his children and marriage.

"This……"

Mrs. Mei was shocked, and hurriedly persuaded: "Why is this so?! Didn't the master want the old lady to witness Senbao's marriage with her own eyes, but now..."

"What are you afraid of?!"

Although Mei Hanlin hadn't had a drink yet, he seemed drunk in his words: "My lord, I'm almost in my prime now, and I can be promoted to editor within a year, and it's not impossible to be promoted directly to lecturer. With this qualification, within three to five years It will be able to transfer the officials of the six divisions and nine ministers - the Xue family is only a merchant, and now orphans and widows have no one to rely on, it is a great fortune to be able to climb up to us, so how can we be willing to let us hire another family?"

Madam Mei smiled wryly.

She had already heard the words of rising in the sky no less than a hundred times, but in the past seven or eight years, she had never fulfilled half of it, and it was thanks to her husband's promise every time.

He wanted to persuade him again, but how could Mei Hanlin listen?
That night, an ultimatum was given to Xue Biao, telling him to move out of Rongguo Mansion before Mrs. Wang confessed to his relatives, and the "low-key" policy that the two parties had previously discussed should not be changed at all.

Xue Biao got this tough and rude ultimatum, and he was outraged for a while.

He thought that the Mei family would have objections, but he never expected that the Mei family would have such an attitude. One night, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and the next day he went to block the door of the Mei family before dawn, trying to find Mei. Hanlin asks for an explanation.

However, after meeting Mei Hanlin, the two sides talked to each other, and in the end they had no choice but to break up.

Regardless of how angry Xue Tada was after he went back.

But when Mei Hanlin arrived at the yamen, he was sulking for a long time in the valet room, so he decided to call off the engagement, but he was reluctant to part with the benefits that the Xue family offered when the two families were engaged.

What's more, the old lady is still looking forward to seeing her grandson's wedding...

He has always been famous for his filial piety, so how can he destroy his reputation?

After all, it's all because of Xue Tiao's young age and mortal eyes, for guarding against such a promising uncle like himself, and clinging to Rongguo Mansion's thigh.

Regardless of the virtuous concubine or empress in the palace, and neglecting the help of in-laws like Wang Taiwei, how can a dude who is not literate or martial at the same time deserve to be compared with the Hanlin who has read poetry and books? !
I was secretly annoyed, when suddenly I heard some colleagues commenting:

"Have you heard? Shuntian Prefecture sent people to arrest two work-students who were distributing leaflets on the street today. The charge is to deceive the public!"

"Really? Isn't the newly appointed Lord of the Jia Mansion the same clan of the Rongguo Mansion? I heard that he has some old friendship with the traitor Jiao Shun, so why..."

"What do you know? This is called killing relatives by righteousness! After all, isn't he from my generation of scholars? In this season, the more old he is with Jiao Shun, the more anxious he is to get rid of him!"

"Yeah, maybe people can use this to win some prizes."

"In this world, those of us who stick to our integrity are not as good as a repeated person!"

The colleagues over there have already strayed far from the topic, complaining about the dusty world, but Mei Hanlin's heart echoed the conversation just now.

I have always been afraid of getting involved with the Rongguo Mansion and that country thief, but thinking about it the other way around, isn't this an opportunity to break the shackles? !
If it can be regarded as a typical example of killing relatives with righteousness like Jia Yucun...

Bah~
How can I be compared to such a repeated villain?

But it does work!
As for the mother...

Her old man just wanted to see her grandson get married and start a career, but she didn't say that the Xue family's daughter must be the grandson-in-law.

As long as a substitute can be found in time, loyalty and filial piety can also be achieved!

Uh……

This matter seems to have little to do with Zhongjun, so it should be righteousness and filial piety.

The more Mei Hanlin thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was very promising, and he even began to think about the bright future that after the event was completed, he would be admired by all, and because of this, he would be directly promoted to a bachelor without writing or serving as a lecturer.

And to do this, you have to make some big noises!

(End of this chapter)