The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 586
There is a poem that says:

In the Hibiscus Pond, there are fields of leaves, and a double flower comes out of Biquan.

The shades and fragrances are scattered, and the east and west are connected by Yandi.

"Ode to Nan Chi Jialian" by Tang Yaohe.

Towards evening, after finishing all the housework accumulated in the morning, Xue Baochai found her mother's yard again, this time she was not in a hurry, but when she entered the bedroom, she found that Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang were sleeping on the bed. .

Baochai looked around for a long while, seeing that the two sisters were sleeping soundly, but in the end she couldn't bear to wake them up, so she quietly retreated to the outside room, and asked the old mother on duty, "When did the lady come back? Why did you fall asleep at this time?"

"It was only half an hour ago."

The old mother said: "I was going to inform Miss, but Madam and Concubine fell asleep as soon as they entered the door. They guessed that they might not wake up in a while, so I didn't disturb you."

As he spoke, he added: "I reckon that the wife must have been exhausted all this time, and now that the uncle's marriage has finally come to an end, this slack is naturally exhausting physically and mentally, and it is not expected to be a big deal. Miss, don't worry."

This reason makes sense. Many people suddenly relax after being under pressure, and they will indeed experience a situation similar to collapse.

but……

Aunt Xue is just like this. Mrs. Wang obviously came here yesterday, why did she fall asleep?

Furthermore, what was the news reported by Brother Jiao earlier, and where did mother and aunt go in the afternoon?

These puzzles were not solved, but became more and more confusing as Aunt Xue fell asleep.

However, there were all sorts of doubts in his heart, and Xue Baochai couldn't possibly disturb his mother, so he glanced at the direction of the bedroom, and said: "Madam wakes up and informs me as soon as possible."

Then he went out of the courtyard door on his own, and turned to the second room.

In terms of understanding of the matter, it is natural that the two parties are the most important. Baochai on Jiao Shun's side has some scruples, but there is nothing to avoid on Xue Biao's side.

Of course, in order not to repeat the embarrassing scene in the morning, she didn't go directly to Xue Biao's courtyard, but went to find Mrs. Xue Er.

The second Mrs. Xue was leading Baoqin to share incense. Seeing her coming in from the outside, she hurriedly greeted her to sit down, and ordered Baoqin to take away the miscellaneous materials.

"Is this the Ningshen incense prepared for Xue Biao?"

Xue Baochai picked up one and asked, "Is he more sober now?"

"Brother woke up early."

Xue Baoqin rushed to answer: "Just now someone sent a message that they will come over after washing up."

Second Mrs. Xue asked her sister-in-law: "Where's your mother, did you find her?"

"Also went home early."

Because Xue Baochai had doubts in her heart, she prevaricated with the spring and autumn style of writing: "After all, I have been busy for so many days, and my mother is probably tired by now, so I didn't bother her."

Because she didn't know that her sister-in-law was sleeping side by side with Mrs. Wang in the dark, Second Mrs. Xue didn't hear anything wrong, she nodded immediately and said: "Then when your brother comes, just ask him if you have anything."

That's why Xue Baochai came here, so naturally she wouldn't be polite.

The three chatted, and waited for about a quarter of an hour before seeing Xue Biao enter the door listlessly beating his waist and eyes. When he found that besides his mother and sister, his cousin was also present, he tried his best to raise his head, but it still seemed A little sluggish.

Everyone knew why he was like this, and Mrs. Xue's face darkened, and she wanted to reprimand her a few words, but since her niece and daughter were on the sidelines, she couldn't get to the bottom of this private matter, so she kept silent and only waited for Baochai to ask questions.

Baochai first cared about his physical condition, then changed the subject, and asked about what he had seen and heard in Xia's house today, and why the two of them got so drunk—Jiao Shun could be forgiven for being drunk, Xue Biao But he was rushing to check for deficiencies and make up for omissions. It stands to reason that he should stay awake.

Xue Biao's face collapsed when she asked, he hesitated for a moment, but turned to look at his sister beside him.

As soon as Baoqin saw his eyes, she immediately understood what was going on. She pouted her little mouth and said, "I'm not willing to listen! Hmph, I'm going to play with Sister Feng."

"Don't run wild outside, it's time to eat later!"

Second Mrs. Xue followed up and explained, then turned around and urged: "What's going on, why don't you hurry up and tell Sister Ni clearly."

"This one……"

Xue Biao scratched his head, and said not very sure: "I can't tell, but most likely there is something wrong with Xia's wine - I only drank three glasses, and I used a small wine cup, no matter how strong the wine is Nor should it be."

"Is there something wrong with Xia's wine?"

Xue Baochai raised her green eyebrows: "What's the meaning? There's no outsider in the room, so just say what's on your mind."

Xue Biao had no choice but to say: "The wine we drank seems to have been drugged with aphrodisiacs—thanks to Brother Jiao's quick response, he immediately pulled me to resign, so there was no joke."

Having said that, he scratched his head again, and said vaguely: "It seems that something else happened in the middle, but I'm in a daze, and I really can't remember."

Even though he had already deduced something before, after hearing Xue Biao's words, Xue Baochai still found it difficult to accept for a while.

Are the members of the Xia family crazy?
Otherwise, on such a happy and festive day, why would you drug the guests who sent the wedding letter? !
What are they trying to do?
At this time, Xue Biao hesitated and said: "I see, it may not be Mrs. Xia's intention. Otherwise, how could she drink the wine without any abnormality? Or maybe, someone in their family does not want this marriage to go smoothly. If it is done, maybe it is hoping to take the opportunity to give Mrs. Xia a bad name and take the opportunity to seize power?"

As he said, he spread his hands: "There are many such things in the gate of the mansion, especially in the Xia family where there is no man to support the scene, not to mention the brothers and nephews in the mansion, and the servants in the mansion have evil intentions, frame the widowed mistress for adultery, and then It is by no means an exception to take advantage of the opportunity to seize family property."

His analysis succeeded in misleading Xue Baochai's thinking.

Without it, it's all because of empathy.

Thinking back then, Aunt Xue was in a hurry to go to Beijing because she was worried that she would not be able to control the team left by her late husband, and she wanted La Rongguo Mansion and Wang Taiwei to help?

These years, if he hadn't been living in the Rongguo Mansion all the time, there would be a lot of troubles for the business houses in various places!
And Xue Biao also had a similar experience, and this statement naturally resonated.

But before the siblings could analyze it in depth, Xue Pan's loud voice suddenly came from outside: "Auntie, is Xue Biao here?"

Xue Biao responded, and he strode in.

It wasn't surprising to see my sister, so I grabbed Xue Pan and urged, "Hurry up, I've set up a table in the front yard, and I invite you and Brother Jiao to drink soul-rejuvenating wine. Brother Jiao arrived early, and now I'm missing you!"

Xue Biao couldn't beat him, and was staggered by the pull.

Mrs. Xue Er hurriedly said: "He just got drunk like that, why do you still call him to drink?"

"That's why it's soul-reviving wine."

Xue Pan turned back and smiled at his aunt indifferently: "But don't worry, brother Jiao also said that there are business matters to be dealt with tomorrow, so I will only drink some non-intoxicating sweet wine this evening, just to warm up my appetite .”

The Second Mrs. Xue felt relieved and let him take Xue Biao away.

When I turned around to talk to Baochai, I saw the niece Cuimei furrowed, as if she had thought of something very embarrassing.

Thinking of her working hard for this family in the past, she couldn't help but comfort her: "Don't think too much, wait until tomorrow to see what your mother cares about, maybe Master Jiao knows more and more details. "

Xue Baochai nodded slightly after hearing this, and immediately got up to say goodbye: "Then I won't bother auntie for now."

Second Mrs. Xue sent her out of the house again.

When she was outside, Xue Baochai's green eyebrows that had just stretched out immediately became tangled up again. After thinking for a long time, she suddenly turned her head and told Ying'er who was accompanying her: "Go to the front yard and see if Brother Jiao is awake. After drinking, if you see something wrong, come back and report me quickly, lest my brother cause trouble by messing around!"

After Ying'er promised to go, Xue Baochai became more and more restless, and she didn't seem to be as calm as usual.

Gein had just suddenly had an extremely absurd idea, so absurd that she even thought that she was probably crazy. Otherwise, how could she doubt her mother and Brother Jiao...

But this idea is together, if you don't check it, it's really hard to rest.

After finally waiting for Yinger to leave and come back, she immediately asked, "How is it?"

With just two words, the voice trembled uncontrollably.

"Uncle Jiao is fine."

Ying'er hurriedly replied: "When I went, he was swapping glasses with the old man. Seeing the red light on his face, he was full of energy, but the second old man beside him was full of food, and he didn't see him drinking or eating."

Xue Baochai let out a long breath, and then felt dizzy and weak in her feet. It was Yinger who helped her, and she almost collapsed to the ground.

"Girl! What's wrong with you?!"

Ying'er hurriedly said: "Should I send someone to invite the doctor?!"

"Need not."

Xue Baochai tried her best to wave her hands, but felt that there was no softness anywhere on her body, but she was as light as overturning a mountain on her back.

Sure enough, I was thinking too much, how could my mother and aunt...

Even if it's one of them and Brother Jiao, there shouldn't be two of them...

bah bah bah~
I shouldn't have thought about it at all!

Although there is still no reasonable explanation for Mrs. Wang's situation, Xue Baochai is already relieved.

After all, Xue Biao has become that consumptive ghost, if Jiao Shun had done something before, how could he be so rosy and full of energy?

It can only be said that although Xue Baochai is smart, she is a girl waiting to be married after all. Naturally, she has short knowledge in this regard, and does not understand that people's physiques cannot be generalized. Some people are extremely...

Well, it’s not too extreme actually, it’s mainly a matter of sequence, if Mrs. Wang is in front and Aunt Xue is behind, it might not be possible.

It is said that Li Wan and Mrs. Wang may be at odds with each other in other matters, but in this regard alone, the two mother-in-law and daughter-in-law really confirmed the old saying that "it is not that one family does not enter the same family". Lingering, a pressing.

The book does not go into details.

In a blink of an eye, it was midnight [[-] o'clock in the evening], and Xue Baochai, who had just fallen asleep, suddenly got the news that Aunt Xue had woken up. Without thinking about it, she put on her clothes again and hurried to the room.

at that time.

Aunt Xue had just wrapped her body in obscene clothes, and she was sitting in front of the dressing table silently looking sideways at Mrs. Wang on the bed, her emotions were extremely complicated.

Why is this happening?
For the first time, I had someone I really liked, and even got my sister's approval and blessing. Two happy things overlapped together.

And these two pieces of happiness brought more happiness, and what I got in the end should be happiness like a dream.

But why, would it become like this?

What makes Aunt Xue melancholy, depressed and at a loss what to do is that she can neither blame her sister who "sacrificed herself to help" nor blame Jiao Shun, who has been drugged innocently for her own affairs.

but……

How did things develop like this? !
Aunt Xue bit her cherry lips tightly, and took advantage of the opportunity to hold the wooden carving that she didn't know when she took it out to her heart, and was speechless for a long time.

"Mrs."

At this time, a servant's voice suddenly came from outside: "Miss is here."

Aunt Xue was unconsciously flustered when she heard the words, and she didn't know how to face her daughter. After all, what happened today was far more exciting than expected.

"Mother?"

Yue Mo didn't get a response for a long time, and Baochai's voice was replaced outside the door.

Only then did Aunt Xue regain her composure, put on her coat and shouted 'Come in.' '

Immediately, she felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly got up and said to Baochai who opened the door, "Your aunt is not awake yet, let's go out and talk."

"Then you add another dress."

After arriving in the outer room, Baochai couldn't help turning back and asking right after she sat down, "Is it true that the Xia family put medicine in the wine?!"

"You know that too?"

Aunt Xue was taken aback for a moment, and then her nameless anger burned.

In the final analysis, it was entirely the fault of the Xia family that it would develop into the current embarrassing situation!

She gritted her teeth and said bitterly: "The Xia family behaved like this, how can they be a good match? In my opinion, it is better to break this marriage as soon as possible!"

What she said was actually a bit of a double standard, and Xue Pan's usual behavior is probably not too much, but as a mother, it is normal to favor one's own son, and it is an exception to not favor one's son.

Xue Baochai didn't expect her mother, who had always been indecisive, to show such a decisive attitude, and immediately said: "But I heard from Xue Biao that Mrs. Xia also drank the drug—maybe, she was kept in the dark Don't you know?"

However, this time Aunt Xue was very stubborn, and immediately shook her head and said: "Brother Shun also mentioned this point, but when he and Xue Biao were going out, the woman sent a maid to block the way, saying that she had something important and forgot to explain it." , I want to ask Brother Shun to discuss it again."

As he said that, he came to a firm conclusion: "I think I probably want to push Xue Biao away, so that I can be alone with Brother Shun... Humph!"

Speaking of the latter, she almost gritted her silver teeth.

In her opinion, although Mrs. Xia did not completely succeed, she still cast a shadow over her sincere feelings.

However, after careful consideration, Xue Baochai noticed something inappropriate.

Immediately said: "But if she really did it, it shouldn't be difficult to get rid of Xue's scorpion at first, right? Why bother to roll Xue's scorpion in first, and then take it out?"

"This……"

Aunt Xue finally sobered up from her anger, frowned and thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "Then according to your wishes, how should we deal with it?"

Baochai explained Xue Biao's deduction first, and then persuaded: "You and the left have not lost anything today, so let's calm down and try to find out what's going on."

Who said there is no loss, the loss is big!

But Aunt Xue couldn't say it clearly after all, so she could only reluctantly nod her head in the end.

(End of this chapter)