King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 241 Love Brother

Everyone only thought that Xue Pan could speak, so he was being modest and polite, but only he himself knew it was the truth.

Doing work for Zhu Jinghong is worth showing off, but it is also extremely dangerous.

Xue Pan was really afraid that if he failed to do his job well, he would suffer the wrath of Zhu Jinghong.

Jia Zhen still had a smile on her face: "Brother Pan, you are so modest, who doesn't know now... Lord Thirteen takes extra care of your family, how many people would envy you!"

As a peer, Jia Zhen can naturally compliment her like this, but it is inconvenient for Jia Amnesty and the elders to say so.

Why is it this Thirteenth Master again, why is he mentioned everywhere, it's really annoying... Jia Baoyu suddenly lost his mood.

When everyone led Xue Pan into the mansion, Jia Baoyu simply slipped away because he felt that it would be pointless to stay any longer.

Let's say that after everyone entered the mansion and sat down politely, Xue Pan began to talk about business.

"Elders, I wonder if you can send a message to the Thirteenth Master for me, and convey to him the news that I have arrived in Beijing!"

Jia Zheng replied, "It's simple, I'll tell you for you!"

At this moment, Jia She interjected, "Now that the Shengshou Festival is around the corner, Lord Thirteen probably won't have time to meet those foreigners, so don't worry about it!"

"Not just for these foreigners, I have also been entrusted with one!"

"Oh?"

Picking up the teacup, Xue Pan said slowly, "Speaking of which, this person has something to do with your Rongguo Mansion!"

"Who?" Jia Lian couldn't help asking.

"It's Jia Hua, the magistrate of Yingtian, who is also known as Yucun!"

Jia Amnesty glanced at his brother, and then asked, "What did he entrust you with?"

Xue Pan replied: "The prefect of Jia is grateful for the great virtue of the Supreme Emperor, so he prepared a birthday gift to honor it. However, this year, the emperor specially issued a special decree to rest with the people, and ordered officials below the fourth rank not to present birthday gifts, but only to express their birthday wishes!"

This year's Shengshou Festival is on a huge scale. In order to celebrate his father's birthday, the emperor didn't care about money, and even called the chieftain envoys from various countries and ministries, as if to sacrifice everything for his father's filial piety.

However, Zhu Xianming made special regulations (restrictions) on the specific matters of officials' birthday celebrations, which shows that he is a contradictory body.

Immediately afterwards, I only heard Xue Pan say: "With this restriction, the congratulatory gift prepared by Jia Zhifu is useless, so he asked me to bring it to the Shendu and hand it over to the Thirteenth Lord to present to the Supreme Emperor!"

To put it simply, Jia Yucun, based on the idea of ​​not wasting things, gave Zhu Jinghong the birthday gift he had prepared, and then gave it to the Supreme Emperor in Zhu Jinghong's name.

This fellow wants to cling to the Thirteenth Master... The two brothers of the Jia family came up with this idea at the same time.

It is understandable for a person to go to a high place, and the Jia brothers are also happy to see it succeed.

With the favor of the Ningrong Second Mansion to him, if Jia Yucun will flourish in the future, it will also be a great help to the Jia family.

At this moment, Jia Zheng frowned and said, "I'm afraid the Thirteenth Lord won't accept his gift!"

Xue Panhun said indifferently: "Uncle, this birthday gift prepared by Jia Zhifu is really thoughtful, how could the Thirteenth Lord not accept it!"

"If it's too expensive, I'm afraid it's not too good!"

"It's not that expensive. He gave that thing mainly because of his sincerity. It took a lot of thought!"

Hearing what Xue Pan said, Jia Amnesty also aroused his curiosity, and quickly asked, "Then what did he send?"

"A money pine, after being manipulated a thousand times by him, the trunk grows into a character 'shou', you think this is not unusual!"

"Oh? This is indeed very novel, expensive but not extravagant, and it is indeed suitable as a gift for the Supreme Emperor!"

The details here are that it will not be possible to grow the pine tree like this for a while, and it is obvious that Jia Yucun has been preparing for it long in advance.

While discussing here, Jia Baoyu sneaked into Jiamu's courtyard again. Aunt Xue, Mrs. Wang, was waiting here to talk, while Jia Jiasanchun was in Daiyu's room.

Daiyu Tanchun is playing chess, the young Xichun is watching, and Yingchun is sitting behind the desk, studying "Taishang Induction Chapter" seriously.

"Brother Xue is coming to Beijing this time, so sister Bao must come back on leave?"

When she said these words while playing chess, it was obvious that Daiyu was absent-minded.

In fact, it's not just today, after Baochai left these days, she felt empty in her heart.

I only heard Tanchun reply: "Thinking about it... Sister Bao is appreciated by the empress, so I think she won't be embarrassed!"

Having said that, Tanchun couldn't help but sighed.

"What's wrong?" Daiyu asked puzzled.

"Sister Lin, I only hate that I am young, otherwise I would definitely choose to study as a servant!"

Tanchun is only 11 years old this year. He is indeed too young, so he is not in the scope of the election at all.

"It's so good, how can the third sister choose to be a servant!"

The words came from outside the house, and everyone knew it was Jia Baoyu when they heard it, and they were a little surprised for a while.

Because of the increasingly stringent control in the mansion recently, Jia Baoyu seldom enters the inner house to hang out, except for making peace every morning and evening.

"Second brother, why are you here again?" Tanchun asked curiously.

Glancing at Daiyu, who was looking down at the chess game, Jia Baoyu said with a smile, "Come in and have a look... Sanmei hasn't answered me yet, why should I choose Nao Shizi to be my servant!"

"Stay at home, be with your sisters, read, write and draw... Isn't it good?"

"Second brother, you have also seen that the family suffered several disasters a few days ago. If Master Thirteen and Sister Bao hadn't helped us, what would have happened to our family!"

"If I can also be selected into the palace, I can also protect the safety of my family, instead of just sitting and worrying like before!"

Less than twelve years old, Tanchun's ability to say such words is already better than many drunk men in Jia's family.

"It's the field, the third sister is too worried!" After saying this, Jia Baoyu took the opportunity to sit on a chair beside him, and took the tea handed by the girl.

"Second brother, the benefits of being selected as a servant are not limited to..."

"Third sister, why are you always talking about benefits? Could it be that you were also taught by the Xue family?"

From Jia Baoyu's point of view, the sisters were all very good at first, but everything changed after Baochai came to the mansion.

"Baoyu, you're all right...why are you getting involved with Sister Bao again?"

From when Jia Baoyu came in to when Daiyu didn't speak, but when she heard that Baoyu was arranging Baochai, she couldn't help but want to piss her off.

"Yo, it's Sister Lin, I thought my sister didn't recognize me!"

Daiyu raised her head, stared at Baoyu and said, "You are the second master of the government, and I am a commoner girl. How can I deserve to know the second master!"

"You... I am your elder brother anyway, why are you so rude when you speak?"

Facing Baoyu who got up to question her, Daiyu asked without restraint: "I'm being rude? Sister Bao is also your aunt and cousin, why have you been rude to her so many times?"

"You guys...don't quarrel anymore, the wife will ask you later, Baoyu, you will be punished again!"

Finally, Ermu Tou Yingchun put down the pamphlet in his hand and began to persuade him.

Originally, her words didn't have much weight, but when she mentioned that Baoyu would be punished, she became afraid, because Mrs. Xing was in charge at the moment, and punishing his nephew was merciless.

"Hmph... Since sister Lin only has room for your elder sister Bao, then I'd better leave!"

"Second brother, sister Lin didn't mean that, don't..."

Tanchun was about to speak out to persuade him, but Baoyu, who was upset, could not listen, and left without looking back.

"Sister Lin, look at this...how about persuading him?" Yingchun showed worry, fearing that there would be trouble again.

"Let him go!" Tears welled up in Daiyu's eyes.

Let's say that Jia Baoyu went out, but met a girl in red, and when he saw him, he smiled and shouted: "Brother love!"

(End of this chapter)