Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 550: Being clever but being misled by cleverness

Ying'er was stunned for a moment, then glanced at the fan box again, and found that it was indeed an ancient fan, with no banknotes inside.

Xue Baochai tapped Ying'er's forehead with his finger, "You, you!"

Jia Rui was a little angry. This Jia She was so stingy that he didn't even listen to his own words. What was he going to do?
When Xue Baochai saw that Jia Rui was angry, he quickly stepped forward to comfort him, and then said, "It's just a matter of some money. Our family will temporarily cover it for him."

After saying that, he ordered the woman beside him to take out one hundred taels of silver notes and put them in the box.

Jia Rui was a little angry, but he did not continue to have an attack. Instead, he asked Ying'er to take the box to Wangcai in front, and asked Wangcai to go to the Ministry of Punishments.

The reason why Jia Rui asked Wangcai to go was because Wangcai was smart. In the past, he not only delivered the things in the box, but also wanted to find out whether this idiot had eaten the heart of a bear or the guts of a leopard, and dared to go to the Ministry of Punishments to sue his family?

Not to mention that Jia Rui was angry here, and Mrs. Liu came to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang still respected the confidant of the old lady from Prince Wu's Mansion next to her, and asked her eldest maid to greet her at the door.

When Mrs. Liu entered the room, Mrs. Wang smiled and asked her to sit next to her.

Although Mrs. Liu is very respectful to Mrs. Wang, she is also somewhat dignified outside.

Therefore, she just performed a slight "Hail" and then sat down with peace of mind.

"Mother Liu, are you here for something today?" Mrs. Wang asked after the maid below brought her fragrant tea.

"Replying to my wife, our old lady heard that the Xiren girl in the mansion is a good one, so she wanted to beg for a wife for the son of Wu Wang's family, our eldest grandma's companion, so she asked me to come over and beg my wife. ”

Hearing Mrs. Liu say this, Mrs. Wang hesitated.

Xiren was specially chosen by her to be Jia Baoyu's concubine. Although there were some twists and turns now, she did not give up completely.

However, the words of the old lady of Prince Wu’s Mansion were naturally more serious, so she could only pretend not to care and said with a smile:
"What do I think it is? It's just a trivial matter. Besides, Xiren is old enough to be married to a boy. I think this marriage is a good one, so it's settled."

After saying that, Mrs. Wang ordered someone to fetch Xiren's body deed, handed it to Mrs. Liu, and then ordered someone to look for Xiren in the garden.

This time it was Caixia who entered the garden to spread the message. She hurriedly entered the Grand View Garden and then went straight to Yihongyuan.

Now Jia Baoyu has returned to Grand View Garden, mainly because Jia Zheng was busy with court affairs during this period and had no time to take care of Jia Baoyu.

Jia Zheng had just resigned from the post of Minister of Rites during this period, and was assigned another position by Jia Rui. In order to please Jia Rui, Jia Zheng was very diligent during this period. He left home almost at dawn and came back after dark. , so there is no time to care about Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu then begged the old lady and moved back to Yihongyuan.

Caixia came to the door of Yihongyuan and saw that the door was open and several maids were playing inside.

Caixia quickly went in and grabbed a maid and asked about it, only to find out that Xiren was in her room.

Xiren and Caixia grew up together, and their relationship was quite close, so she went directly into Xiren's room without knocking on the door.

When he came in, he saw Xiren lying on his bed very sadly.

"What's going on? Are you crying like this?"

When Xiren heard Caixia's voice, he quickly wiped his tears with a handkerchief, then stood up and smiled reluctantly:
"How come you, a busy man, have time to come to my place?"

Caixia stepped forward and pulled Xiren, and in a low voice told her everything that had just happened in Mrs. Wang's room. After hearing this, Xiren felt despair in his heart.

She originally thought that there was a chance for things to ease, and she could exchange her sincerity for Jia Baoyu's forgiveness, but she didn't expect that something like this would go wrong now.

If someone else comes to ask for someone, Mrs. Wang's side can naturally go back directly. But in Prince Wu's Mansion, Mrs. Wang shouldn't dare to refuse. It seems that she has made up her mind this time.

Caixia also sympathized with Xiren, so she said, "Don't be sad, I might live a better life over there. I heard that Wu Wang manages several shops, and there is a small courtyard with two entrances at home. You can go in." Isn’t it better than here?”

Xiren shook her head silently after hearing this. She knew in her heart that she was already broken and would not get any benefits even if she went to Wu Wang's house.

However, she did not say this clearly, but forced a smile, and then said: "Although I have to leave, I still have to say goodbye to Mr. Bao, which can be regarded as a beginning and an end."

After saying that, he walked out of the door melancholy.

Caixia looked at Xiren's back and shook her head gently. Xiren was too smart, sometimes too smart.

But these were other people's affairs and she couldn't control them. She could only follow Xiren to the main room of Yihongyuan.

After coming in, I saw Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. The two were drawing something in front of the desk. They were whispering while they were drawing. The atmosphere was very harmonious.

However, the arrival of Xiren broke this tacit understanding.

Jia Baoyu just glanced at the attacker, disgust showing on his face.

"I don't need you to serve me here anymore. You can go ahead."

The cold words reached Xiren's ears.

With tears in his eyes, Xiren knelt down respectfully, "My slave is leaving now. From now on, Second Master Bao needs to take care of himself and study more and make progress."

Jia Baoyu didn't even look at Xiren, he just stared at the painting on the desk.

Lin Daiyu, who was sitting on the chair, heard clearly what Xiren was saying. She lightly hit Jia Baoyu, and then asked:
"What happened?"

Caixia, who had been silent until now, stepped forward to say Wanfu, and then answered, "Go back to Second Grandma Bao, the Prince Wu's Mansion next door sent Aunt Liu to ask for Sister Xiren, and go to Wu Wang's house to accompany Princess Wu. 's son paired.”

When Lin Daiyu heard that it was someone sent by Xue Baochai, a sarcastic smile appeared on her face.

"She means well."

Although Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai have become closer during this time, it is understandable that they are both arrogant and arrogant people, and it is understandable that they have some differences with each other.

"Since Sister Bao is here to ask for someone, let's take him back." Jia Baoyu said coldly.

Now Jia Baoyu will think of Qingwen whenever he sees Xiren. Every time he thinks of Qingwen lying in Jia Rui's arms, Jia Baoyu feels as sick as if he had eaten a fly.

Because of this, Jia Baoyu didn't want to see Xi Ren.

Xiren felt even more sad when he heard that Jia Baoyu didn't hold back a word.

Although I did some tricks in Qingwen's affairs, it was all because I liked Jia Baoyu and didn't want others to share my favor. To say that I did my best for Jia Baoyu, but now Jia Baoyu is like throwing away a broken shoe. , to drive yourself out.

(End of this chapter)