dream of red mansion

Chapter 844 Postscript 1
On the grassland in midsummer, the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields.

From east to west, on a main road leading to the depths of the Tatar grassland, a long swimming dragon slowly moved forward.

Among the luxurious carriages in the middle of Youlong, Baochai couldn't stand the sweltering heat, so she couldn't help but half-raised the curtains of the carriage next to her to let the slight breeze from the grassland blow in to relieve the heat.

Suddenly, he felt something soft sticking to his face, and when he looked back, he found that it was his younger sister Baoqin holding the embroidered handkerchief and gently wiping the sweat from her forehead.

"Sister, are you okay?" Baoqin asked with concern.

Baochai nodded, took the veil and wiped it herself, and said, "I thought the weather in the north should be better than that in the south, but I didn't expect it to be hotter."

Baoqin said with a smile: "The terrain on the grassland is open. If it is sunny for a few days and there is no wind, it will naturally be hotter. However, it will be much cooler in the morning and evening than in our Central Plains. After two days, two north winds will blow. It's not that hot anymore."

Baochai just took a look at her and said, "You are more knowledgeable."

Baoqin smiled embarrassedly.

Baochai leaned her head against the window and looked at the largest carriage in front of her.When Baoqin saw it, she said, "Sister, why don't you get into brother-in-law's carriage? I think Sister Lin and Sister Princess have both run up."

Baochai turned around and knocked her on the head once, then glared, "You're still called brother-in-law!"

Baoqin covered her head, and said aggrievedly: "It's called Shunzui." What she thought in her heart was, but brother-in-law just loves others to call him that.

Baochai didn't talk to her anymore, and replied, "If you want to go there, I'll ask Yinger to come in and accompany me, and you can go up and play."

Jia Qing's carriage is the biggest in this trip, even bigger than that of the Tatar woman khan. There are tables and benches on it. These days, Jia Qing and Daiyu play cards on it every day. When one person wins, and when they set up camp at night, what they are still talking about has become a frequent topic of conversation during the itinerary.

Bao Qin hurriedly said: "I won't go, I want to stay here with my sister, um, and my little prince and nephew!"

When Baochai heard about it, she subconsciously touched her waist and abdomen, where a four-month-old little life was being conceived, it was her child!

A charming smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he didn't feel stuffy for a while.

With Baochai's appearance, Baoqin is envied.Baoqin also touched her belly, then stuck out her tongue.

What an idiot, the prince hasn't broken his body yet, how could there be
Suddenly the carriage stopped suddenly, because it was not time to stop, Baochai asked the accompanying maid outside why.

Suddenly the maid came back and said: "There is a section of potholes five or six miles ahead, and someone has already leveled it. The prince asked me to rest for half an hour before leaving."

Baochai nodded to show that she understood.Although they took the main road along the way, occasionally they still encountered some rough and difficult roads.Therefore, Jia Qing sent scouts to look forward for a while, and if there was any distress, they could either fill in the road or take a detour.

As a result, it has been almost two months, and they have not yet arrived at the Tatar royal court.

But Jia Qing said that what you enjoy is the time on the road, and you don't have to worry about where to go.

Naturally, no one objected to them, they walked and stopped all the way, playing and playing.All kinds of customs and customs that are different from those in the Central Plains along the way opened their eyes.

Because of the sweltering weather, they were told to stop here for half an hour, so the girls couldn't bear to stay in the carriage. Accompanied by the maids, they got out of the carriage one by one and went out for a stroll under umbrellas.

On this trip, Jia Qing took two thousand men and horses from the Beijing camp, one thousand cleared the way ahead, and one thousand escorted behind.In the middle, there are hundreds of guards from the palace of Fucheng.

In addition, there are two or three hundred female guards of the Plum Blossom Guard accompanying them for protection.

In addition to these, there are more than 100 family servants escorting and guarding things, waiting for orders.

Around each master, there are also a few servant girls and court ladies accompanying them.
In addition to the hundreds of king's tent cavalry accompanying Tana, there are all kinds of entourage, with 4000 juniors.

Even if there were little thieves along the way who noticed it, they thought it was Da Chu who was conquering some disobedient small tribe, and they were scared to hide in the cottage, not daring to show their heads.

Baochai also got out of the carriage with Baoqin's support, ready to come out to feel bored.Suyun, who was beside Li Wan, came over and told her that the second prince, Jia Zhen, was robbing sister Qiao, and both siblings got angry.

Baochai knew it must be Jia's fault, and Li Wan called her because it was difficult for Jia Qing to deal with her.So busy going there with Baoqin.

Sure enough, when they got there, even Aunt Xue and Cui Liu were there, Jia Chu was sitting on the ground crying, and Li Wan was coaxing beside him, but he couldn't coax him well.Li Wan said something to Sister Qiao again, but she blushed when she said the same thing, almost crying.

"what happened?"

Baochai asked.

Li Wan pouted and looked at Sister Qiao.Baochai looked and saw Qiaojie tightly holding a toy in the shape of a small hamster carved out of something like a ram's horn, and she understood it in her heart.

Sure enough, as soon as Sister Qiao saw Baochai coming, she immediately cried loudly: "Auntie Dawangfei, sister Qiqige gave this to me. When he saw it, he wanted it. If I didn't give it to him, he cried."

Baochai looked at Jia Chu.

Jia Cui, who had just turned three years old, was crying loudly at first, but when he heard Baochai's voice just now, he stopped crying immediately, and now seeing her looking over, he stood up quickly, and said, "Mother. , Mother Concubine."

Baochai didn't show any reproach either, she just asked, "Is what your elder sister Qiao said true?"

"I didn't, I just saw that little mouse looks good, I"

Jia Chu looked terrified.It turned out that after his mother died, he was raised under Baochai's name.He was not yet two years old at the time, and knew nothing, but for more than a year, Baochai had taught him a lot in his spare time, and Baochai herself was quite like a strict mother, and she was dignified in the palace.

Children who observe their words and expressions naturally feel awe of Baochai.In front of Baochai, he never dared to be too capricious.

It just so happened that in the past two months, he left Baochai and was with another aunt who was much more loving. He would give him whatever he wanted, and gradually forgot what Baochai had taught him before, and he let go of his temper.

Today, he saw Sister Qiao happily playing with a small toy in the carriage, and he liked it too, so he wanted to go up and grab it to play.It's a pity that sister Qiao is two or three years older than him, so he couldn't grab her, so he cried and made noise.

At this time Li Wan saw him crying sadly, so she asked Sister Qiao to give him something to play with for a while.Qiaojie is also a new toy, how can she be willing?He was also afraid that Jia Chu would not come back if he took it away, so he refused to agree.

Li Wan couldn't help it.But this fueled Jia's arrogance. He wanted to live and die. If he didn't give it, he kept crying and making troubles.
Anyway, he found that no one around him dared to speak of him like his mother concubine.

After going on like this for a while, there was the previous scene.

Baochai saw that it was indeed the result of Jia's willfulness.Because she is the most sensible, knowing that the reason why children are raised perverted and tyrannical is the result of the connivance of those around them, and his brother Xue Pan is like this.Unexpectedly, less than two months after Jia Kui left her, signs of her had already appeared.

If someone else knows right from wrong, he will definitely sullen his face and teach Jia Xun a lesson.But Baochai understands that children often have rebellious emotions, if they just teach them a lesson, they may not be convinced, and since she is not her own mother, if she is too majestic, even if Jia Qing doesn't say anything, others will inevitably gossip.

So after thinking about it, Baochai calmly said: "Ji'er, I remember that you brought many toys with you, including your favorite short bow, which was given to you by your father on your birthday. Now I'm going to take it out and give it to you, sister Qiao."

When Jia Hao heard this, his face turned pale with shock.The short bow is no more than half a foot long, and the whole body is shining with gold. It is his most proud thing, and it was given to him by his father himself, how can he give it to others!
"No, I won't agree!" Jia Cui shouted loudly, even losing most of his awe of Baochai for a moment.

Baochai looked at him calmly, and said, "Just now when you asked for your sister Qiao's toy, your sister Qiao refused to agree. Don't you still want it? I'll tell your father later and tell him to take back your toy. Xiao Gong, here you are, Elder Sister Qiao."

"Baochai." Aunt Xue called Baochai.Even Li Wan and others persuaded: "Forget it, it's just a kid's house making noise, why do you need to frighten him like this?"

Baochai just ignored her.Li Wan and the others couldn't say no more, after all Baochai was Jia's aunt.

Seeing that the aunts and mothers-in-law around him didn't speak for him, Jia Chun panicked completely.At this time, he also knew that he had made a mistake. He was afraid that he would lose his favorite short bow, and he was also afraid that his father would know that he had made a mistake. Don't tell my father, don't take away my short bow, woo woo woo"

Jia Chu cried again, but this time he was crying out of grievance instead of sarcasm.

Seeing this, most of the people were very distressed, and Baochai was also a little soft-hearted, but in order not to waste all previous efforts, he continued: "Since you know that you have done something wrong, mother and concubine can forgive you, but you have to give your elder sister Qiao the best gift first." Sorry, okay?"

"Hmm, hmm." Jia Chu nodded his head, with tears in his eyes.Baochai led him to Sister Qiao and taught him, "Good boy, tell Sister Qiao, Sister, I'm sorry, I shouldn't grab what Sister likes."

Because of Baochai's soft tone, Jia Cui said it obediently.Qiaojie was embarrassed, so she quickly reached out to help him.Seeing that Jia Kuo's gaze was still on the "hamster" in her hand, obviously she still liked it, but she didn't dare to reach out to ask for it again, Qiaojie hesitated for a moment, and said generously: "No, let me play with you."

Said handing him something.It turned out that because Jia Qing was Jia Qing's only biological son, she received thousands of favors along the way. Although she was treated similarly in Rongguo Mansion, but following her second uncle on this trip, it was inevitable that she would retire after Jia Qing. Naturally, she felt a little bit Not convinced.

In particular, Jia Zhen wanted to snatch her toys, which made her even more angry and wronged, so even if Li Wan coaxed her with nice words, she would not agree to lend them to Jia Zhen to play with.Unexpectedly, when the big concubine's aunt came later, not only did she not cover up Jia Chu, but she cried him out and asked him to apologize to herself, but Qiao Jie regretted it in her heart.

The second uncle was so kind to me, and took me out to play again, and as an older sister, I should let my younger brother out. Once I figured it out, a small toy is not that important.

Seeing that Jia Chu dared not take it, Baochai looked back at herself and said with a smile, "Your sister gave it to you, and you still don't say thank you."

Jia Cui burst into laughter immediately, and said again and again: "Thank you, sister."

Twenty steps ahead, Daiyu put down the curtain of the car, and after listening to Zijuan's reply, she smiled at Jia Qing who was next to her, "Don't you feel sorry for Sister Bao bullying your son like that?"

Jia Qing said with a smile: "If she is like sister-in-law, I will feel sorry for her."

Daiyu rolled her eyes and said, "You are the only one who is smart!"

She probably understood Jia Qing's mentality.It's hard to be a stepmother, neither wide nor strict.

Strict, others talk.Let it go, and say that there is no sense of responsibility, and there are even those who have dark thoughts. Instead, they say that the mistress deliberately raised the child, not to mention losing the love of the lord, and she will not be qualified to inherit the family business in the future.
At least Baochai is more strict than lenient, and Jia Qing is willing to be prejudiced.

For a while, he said again: "But Ji'er is only three years old, and Sister Bao is so strict. Do you want to train him to be the number one scholar?"

"I don't care about champions. Anyway, for the past ten years or so, I don't care about him, and let him play as he pleases. If he has a good temper, he will suffer less suffering with me in the future. If his temper is not good, Just wait and see, I still have good fruit for him to eat!"

Jia Qing said indifferently.

Daiyu spat: "It is said that the father is strict and the mother is kind, but it is bad luck for me to meet a father who doesn't care about you, and a mother who is strict. If I am wronged, there is no place to complain. It's true." Pitiful."

Seeing her anger, Jia Qing smiled and said: "Since you love him so much, you are also his aunt, why don't you play the role of this loving mother and love him?"

Daiyu was taken aback when she heard this, and suddenly felt a little moved.

Sister Bao is spoiling her child, and he feels pity for her being so weak here, fearing that she won't be able to conceive in the past two years
Jia Qing ignored Daiyu who was in deep thought, and said to Xingyue who was eating fruit, "You too."

Xingyue curled her lips and said, "I'm too lazy to pay attention to those brats, they cry every now and then, it's so annoying."

Daiyu chuckled: "What about your child in the future? You ignore him?"

Xingyue said: "What's the hurry, I'm only 16 years old!" Seeing Jia Qing looking over, she warned: "Don't think about me giving birth to you now!"

Both Jia Qing and Daiyu laughed, knowing that Xingyue is afraid of pain
Giving birth was much more painful than the night in the bridal chamber. That night, she cried like that. How painful would it be to think of giving birth!
Xingyue is afraid.

"Okay, okay, if you don't give birth, you won't give birth. Are you full? It's time for me to eat a little bit"

Jia Qing fished Xingyue over.

Xie Luan, who was waiting on the sidelines, hurriedly exited the carriage, and Dai Yu wanted to leave too, but Jia Qing brought her back, one left and one right, kissing each other.

(End of this chapter)