King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 191 Double Happiness
[Actually, this chapter should be accompanied by the happy version of "Qing Wen Song"]

Although there was only one hour to prepare for what the masters of Rongguo Mansion had decided, they were ready when night fell.

The big and small masters and close relatives set up seven or eight tables in Jiamu's courtyard to congratulate Baochai.

Baochai sat on the main seat and stayed with Jia's mother. They talked a lot.

Everyone was congratulating Baochai, but Yingchun, who was sitting in the corner, stayed where she was, frowning.

There is no other reason, but because she envied Baochai, and envied her honor and favor as a guest, which attracted the congratulations of the ancestors and the two houses.

And her serious master, on the contrary, no one cared about her from the beginning to the end.

Although Yingchun is dull and timid, she is also a real person, so it is natural to feel sad in comparison at this moment.

Quite different is Tanchun, looking at Baochai in full bloom, she only has admiration and blessings in her heart, and she encourages herself to be like this in the future.

"Second Sister, let's go and respect Sister Bao for a drink!"

After saying that, Tanchun didn't wait for Yingchun's response, and dragged her to Baochai.

As for the youngest Xichun, since she is too young to drink, naturally there is no need to call her.

"Sister Bao, congratulations!"

Seeing Tanchun and the others coming, Baochai got up to meet her, but before she could speak, she saw a girl running in from outside.

"Old ancestor, madam..."

Seeing this scene, Mrs. Xing immediately scolded: "Hurry up, what's the matter?"

Hearing this, the girl hurriedly reported: "Report to Madam, old ancestor... There is someone from the palace, here to convey the queen's imperial edict!"

Good guy, just this one sentence immediately caused the audience to die silent.

The queen's imperial edict is actually the empress's imperial edict... Thinking of this, everyone was a little flustered.

"What's going on here!" Mrs. Xing was also a little panicked.

Still the same sentence, thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of heaven. If there is no advance wind, the possibility of thunder is often greater.

"What are you still doing? Why don't you rush to receive the order!" Mother Jia scolded coldly.

Then everyone went out in a hurry, only Baochai was extremely calm, because she knew what would happen.

But the crowd moved in a panic, and she had no chance to explain, so she could only go out with the crowd.

At this moment in Rongxi Hall, Jia She and his brother were already entertaining the eunuch who passed the decree, and handed over 200 taels of silver notes.

After chatting, the two of them had already learned that the decree was sent to reward Baochai, which made Jia She and the two of them heave a sigh of relief.

Of course, at this moment they looked at Baochai with new admiration again.

It is a blessing to be selected as a servant, and now he can be rewarded by the empress alone, which is really outrageous.

When he saw a family member coming out of Jia's mansion, the eunuch got up from his chair and walked to the door of the living room.

At this moment, the servants of the Rongguo Mansion have already set up the incense table and other furnishings, and all the family members of the Jia Mansion are waiting at the bottom of the steps.

Seeing that the eunuch was ordered to go out, Jia Amnesty and the two hurriedly followed, and finally they also waited at the bottom of the steps.

Standing on the steps, looking down at the crowd, the eunuch passing the decree asked, "Is that Miss Xue from Jinling?"

Hearing this, Baochai had no choice but to come forward and replied, "Report to the father-in-law, the daughter of the people!"

"Empress Yizhi..."

Hearing this, all present, including Jia Mu and others, immediately knelt down on the ground.

"The ministers ask the empress and empress Sheng'an for a thousand years!"

"Xue Jiabaochai, with a humble heart, beautiful appearance and wisdom, has the talent of looking eastward and continuing history, gentle and honest beauty, very suitable for my heart..."

Good guy, the queen praised Baochai to the sky, which was once again beyond most people's expectations.

Among the crowd, Jia Lian was equally astonished, secretly thinking that Baochai was so lucky that even the empress liked her so much.

Also in the crowd, hearing the queen's praise, Yingchun felt nothing, only Tanchun felt a little hopeless.

Can such a person catch up?Independent and confident, she doubted herself for the first time.

After some compliments, there is a detailed list of the queen's rewards to Baochai. Although the things are valuable, they are not as good as the previous compliments.

"This..."

"The daughter of the people kowtows to the empress for her kindness, a thousand years ago!" Baochai kowtowed again.

The eunuch passing the decree went down the steps, handed the decree in his hand to Baochai, and then said with a smile: "Miss Xue, please get up... In the future, as a servant, you can call yourself a minister!"

Although the rank of the attendant has not been clarified, but it is also a serious post in the palace, so it is right to call yourself a minister.

"Thank you, Eunuch!"

"The decree has been delivered, and the rewards have been handed over to Jia's mansion. It's time for me to go back and return... Farewell!"

After saying this, the eunuch turned around and left. Although the Jia family wanted to keep him as entertainer, they couldn't keep him.

After she left, everyone in Jia's family surrounded Baochai again, and congratulations were endless.

Daiyu didn't like excitement, so she stood outside the crowd, but her eyes were fixed on Baochai, her eyes were full of admiration.

Sister Bao is so outstanding, she deserves such honor... Daiyu thought so.

"Hmph, what's the big deal, to put it bluntly..."

Turning her head to look at Xiang Daiyu, Jia Baoyu said slowly: "It's just going to the palace to serve as a servant of the royal family, let's see who makes her proud... How is it different from those beetles!"

"Baoyu...you keep talking nonsense, we will stop talking in the future!" Daiyu was anxious, turned her head and walked towards Baochai.

Jia Baoyu stayed where he was, feeling extremely wronged for a moment, and tears kept rolling in his eyes.

Has sister Lin really changed?
No, she was deceived by Baochai, and she will change back when Baochai leaves... Jia Baoyu comforted herself like this.

For Daiyu, his patience seemed to be inexhaustible, and Jia Baoyu herself could not explain this feeling.

After some congratulations, everyone returned to Jia Mu's courtyard again. This time, Jia She's brothers and Jia Zhen also participated in the banquet, and made a special trip to congratulate Baochai.

With such a junior in the family, the three of Jia's family also drank a few more drinks. It is rare to have such a happy event recently.

Jia Baoyu didn't show up, but returned to his residence angrily.

"Hey...Why did Second Master Bao come back and finished his wine so quickly?"

Hearing Qingwen's oriole-like voice, Baoyu said coldly: "Whoever wants to drink her wine is just a beetle!"

Qingwen came up to meet Baoyu, and asked Baoyu, "Who is Lu beetle?"

"Who else? Of course it's Miss Xue!"

Because she was angry that Baochai had "robbed" Daiyu, Jia Baoyu didn't even call her sister Bao at this moment, and directly called her "Miss Xue".

"It's fine, why are you angry with Miss Bao?" Qingwen was deeply puzzled.

After entering the room, Baoyu didn't explain much, and said directly: "Humph... Anyway, she is not a good person, so please ignore her from now on!"

At this time Xiren came out from the back room, half persuading and half complaining: "Miss Bao has just been selected as a servant, and now she is praised by the Empress Empress, so it's fine if you don't go to congratulate...how can you say such words!"

"It's also lucky that the people in the yard are my own people. If someone else hears about it, there may be big troubles!"

Walking up to Baoyu, Xiren pulled him to sit down, handed him hot tea and said, "Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about Mrs. and Mrs."

Although he knew that what Xiren said was right, Baoyu felt angry in his heart, put down his teacup, turned his head and went to the back room.

This made Xiren very helpless, at this time Qingwen stepped forward and said: "He's like this... It's useless if you say more!"

(End of this chapter)