imperial psychologist

Chapter 575
Baoyuan slowly stretched out her hand and pushed open the lid of the wooden box, the jewels that were quietly placed in the box were still shining brightly.

"...you still keep it."

"I kept it early in the morning." Bo Ling replied softly.

Baoyuan's fingers lightly brushed over some of the pearl hairpins - they were gifts from the imperial concubine herself.

Looking at these jewelry, Baoyuan's expression suddenly became a little painful, and he raised his sleeve and wiped his eyes lightly.

Just as Baoyuan raised her hand, Bai Ling quickly grabbed her wrist.Bo Ling brushed away the long hair next to Baoyuan's other cheek - there were two scratched bloodstains on it, and there was an obvious bruise outside the cheekbone.

Bo Ling took a breath, "Your face..."

Bao Yuan pulled her hand out of Bai Ling's hand forcefully, she turned sideways, and re-styled her long hair a few times.

"My family... has been a little upset these few days," Bao Yuan whispered, "it's not like this usually."

Bo Ling immediately interjected, "Is it because of what I said last time, about the streamlining of the yamen?"

Baoyuan nodded.

"A lot of people in the yamen have been driven home in the past few days, saying they want to wait for news at home." Bao Yuan sighed softly, "Last night, it seems that some of his friends got the news that they can go back to the yamen to resume work. but no one ever came to ward us..."

Baoyuan frowned, "He ran to the Yamen this morning and asked why, but the people in the Yamen just asked him to go back and wait for news..."

Bo Ling's face also turned cold - it sounds like this one from Bao Yuan's family will definitely be fired.

That's right, the yamen should have fired him for such a moth who went to the gambling house all day long but was empty-handed in the yamen!
"He went to ask a few friends who had returned to work in the evening," Bao Yuan lowered his eyes, "They said that it was all because... the filial piety given to the chief officials was not in place."

"All those who returned to work gave gifts?" Bo Ling asked.

Bao Yuan nodded, "They said they were all given away, some gave 20 taels of silver, and some said they would give 50 taels of silver, but our family... really can't afford the money right now."

Baoyuan covered her eyes with her hands, and tried her best to endure. After taking a few deep breaths, she looked at Bai Ling with red eyes.

"In fact, I was hoping that he would be sent home. He is not too old now, and his hands are strong. If he is willing to work in Baihuaya, work harder, and earn no more than he did in the Yamen. less time...

"At that time, we will not only have a caregiver, but he also knows that the money is hard earned, and maybe the gambling will change... And I have also inquired about it. At the end of the year, the yamen will send a sum of money according to seniority ...

"Didn't you ask me last time if you want to build a new house outside and live a good life?" Baoyuan choked up, "I just settled it a few days ago. If we work together as a husband and wife, we will add the government office at the end of the year." If you send the silver taels, next year, you can really grit your teeth and buy a piece of land in the south of the city..."

Bo Ling handed over a handkerchief, "Have you talked to him?"

Bao Yuan nodded.

"Then what did he say?" Burling asked.

Baoyuan let out another long cry.

"He's been staring at the news from the yamen all day now, and can't care about anything else... I also know that he won't listen to it now, so I only mentioned it to him once.

"I originally wanted to wait. At the latest by the end of June, the resignation list should come down. At that time, he will give up his mind, and he will have to find another way out... But today, he doesn't know what it is Where did you get the idea, and you've got a twisted mind on Nian Nian!"

Bo Ling was also surprised, "Nian Nian?"

"He has been staring at Nian Nian since he came back from drinking today. I asked him what he wanted to do, but he hesitated for a long time, and told me that he wanted to exchange Nian Nian for silver—whatever he said, he would pay for it for a while, and wait for the official to give it to him." I'll take care of it, keep my seat in the yamen, and in the second half of the year he'll save money to redeem Nian Nian—I'm not willing to die!
"Wait—" Bai Ling frowned, "He wants to sell Nian Nian?"

Bao Yuan nodded.

"But where to sell it?" Bai Ling's voice was slightly high, "Nian Nian is only three years old, what can he do if he sells it?"

Baoyuan's voice trembled, "The boss of the Huzi shop...has always accepted girls who are seven or eight years old, and there are also three or four-year-olds. They take...raise them by themselves, saying yes, it's good to have guests..."

Before Baoyuan finished speaking, Bo Ling already felt a chill welling up in his chest.

She was frightened and angry, and it took a long time to react.

"Nian Nian is not a slave, how dare Hu Zihao accept it!? Are they not afraid of being held accountable by the Yamen?"

"It's my fault, it's really my fault." Baoyuan cried, "I thought it was troublesome before, thinking that the household registration is made every three years, and when the day comes, the people in the yamen will come to the door by themselves, so I didn't give Niannian the initiative to register... "

"..."

Bai Ling was stunned there, and after a long time, she stood up and walked to Baoyuan's side, gently patted her back.

"Sister, don't cry... so what if you don't have a household registration, then she is not a slave? Buying and selling civilians at the feet of the emperor, this kind of illegal thing, Hu Zihao and they dare to do it?"

With a bitter face, Baoyuan choked up and said, "I asked a few bustards I knew well this afternoon, and they said that Baihuaya was originally the boundary of Jiaofangsi. If there is no household registration, the government will not be able to control this area Son……"

Bao Yuan took a deep breath, "I don't know what to do, I can only take Nian Nian with me first."

"Let me tell you what to say, how can a gambler turn back..." Bai Ling murmured, "If you want to sell your daughter today, you might sell your sister when you turn around tomorrow, but you still want to be with him live."

Bao Yuan choked up and was speechless for a while.

"How about this, Sister Baoyuan." Bai Ling lifted Baoyuan's shoulders, "Don't go back tonight, and stay at Lan Zihao with Niannian."

Baoyuan raised her head in a daze.

Bai Ling continued, "Whether it's your man or your brothers, they can't catch up here. In Baihuaya, no one dares to trouble Lan Zihao—"

Before Bai Ling finished speaking, Baoyuan quickly shook her head, "Impossible."

"Why?" Bo Ling was a little puzzled.

"I... I have troubled you enough by coming to Lanzihao to work, I can't—"

"What's the trouble? It's nothing more than building two more beds in this room." Bai Ling said hastily, "If you don't think it's spacious, I'll go and ask for a room for you two tomorrow."

Baoyuan still shook her head.

Bo Ling persuaded him for no less than half a cup of tea, but Baoyuan did not let go, and was determined to go.

At the end of the persuasion, Bo Ling was also annoyed, and his words became sharper.

But Baoyuan accepted all the orders without any rebuttal. She was silent for a while, and finally bowed her head and said, "You don't understand, Bo Ling..."

"What the hell do I not understand?"

"Now I'm thinking about it, I used to live in the flower alley in Baihuaya..."

Bao Yuan's voice was extremely low, and she looked at Bo Ling with red eyes.

"If... if people know that I spent the night in the flower kiln... then, I really can't tell."

(End of this chapter)