I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 206 Broken Dream
After talking to each other, they found out that they were relatives, so the three families traveled together.

Later, Xue Ke, Xue Pan's cousin, came along. When his father was in Beijing, he had already betrothed his younger sister Xue Baoqin to the son of Mei Hanlin, a famous scholar in the capital, and was about to go to Beijing to get married.

Upon hearing that Wang Ren was coming to Beijing, he also rushed there with his sister.

So we are all gathered today to visit our relatives.

Then everyone greeted each other and exchanged greetings. Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang were both very happy.

Grandmother Jia laughed and said, "No wonder the lanterns kept popping and tying up last night. It turns out they should be popping and tying up today."

While chatting about family matters, looking at the gifts he had brought, and asking for wine and food.

Among all the girls, Xue Baoqin from the second branch of the Xue family was extremely outstanding in appearance, even surpassing Xue Baochai.

Grandmother Jia judges people by their appearance the most. When she saw Xue Baoqin, she liked her very much.

He actually forced Mrs. Wang to adopt him as her goddaughter.

Grandmother Jia said to Mrs. Xing again, "Your niece doesn't have to go home. She can stay in the garden for a few days and then go there."

Mrs. Xing's brother and sister-in-law's family were originally in financial difficulty, so when they went to the capital, they relied on Mrs. Xing to help them build a house and provide travel expenses. Hearing this, how could they not be happy?

Mrs. Xing then handed Xiuyan over to Sister Feng.

Feng Ji thought that there were many sisters in the garden with different personalities, and it was inconvenient to set up a separate place for them, so it would be better to send them to Yingchun's place. If Xing Xiuyun had something unhappy in the future, even if Mrs. Xing knew about it, it would have nothing to do with her.

However, the Grand View Garden belongs to the Ningguo Mansion to the east.

Now even Jia Baoyu can’t enter the Grand View Garden, including the old ancestor, Mrs. Wang and others, although Cong Ge’er didn’t say that they are not allowed to enter.

But the old ancestor, Mrs. Wang and others all felt bored and rarely went into the Grand View Garden.

If we want to place someone there, we have to get Congge's approval.

Thinking of this, Wang Xifeng asked Jia Lian to go to the East Palace to tell Jia Cong.

Wang Xifeng was still afraid that Jia Cong would not agree. This third brother Cong had a mind smaller than a needle.

It was because the Rongguo Mansion had previously expelled him from the family tree and clan, that he bore resentment and targeted the Rongguo Mansion everywhere.

I’m afraid he may not agree this time.

Unexpectedly, when Jia Lian went to Ningguo Mansion and told Jia Cong about it, Jia Cong agreed without hesitation.

After that, Xing Xiuyan and Xue Baoqin moved into the Grand View Garden.

Xing Xiuyun lived in Yingchun's courtyard, and Xue Baoqin lived in Xue Baochai's courtyard.

Lady Wang and Lady Jia liked Li Wan's virtue and her loyalty to her husband at a young age, which was admirable. So when they saw her widowed aunt coming, they refused to let her move out.

Although Aunt Li was very reluctant, she had no choice but to live in Daoxiang Village with Li Wen and Li Qi as Lady Jia insisted on not doing so.

It is said that Grandmother Jia liked Xue Baoqin very much. She was even better than in the painting, so she took Aunt Xue aside to ask about her age, horoscope, and family circumstances.

Aunt Xue guessed that her intention was probably to seek a marriage with Baoyu.

Aunt Xue was indeed pleased, but she had already promised the Mei family, and since Lady Jia had not yet made it clear, she was not sure what to do.

Then he told Lady Jia half-heartedly, "It's a pity that this child is unlucky. Her father passed away two years ago. She has seen a lot of the world since she was a child. She has traveled all over the country with her parents."

"Her father was a happy man. He had business in various places, so he took his family and traveled in one province for a year, and then traveled in another province for half a year the next year. So he stopped five or six times out of ten in the world."

"That year, she was promised to Mei Hanlin's son. However, her father passed away the following year, and her mother suffered from phlegm disease."

When Lady Jia heard that he was already married, she stopped talking about it.

After chatting for a while, Aunt Xue did not return to Lixiang Courtyard, but went to the Xue family's house outside.

Xue Pan happened to be at home. Seeing Aunt Xue's grim face, he couldn't help but ask, "Mom, why do you look so grim? What happened?"

After a long while, Aunt Xue finally said, "Today, the old lady of the Jia family actually wants to marry Baoqin to Baoyu."

Hearing this, Xue Pan could not help but sneer and said, "Sister Qin has been betrothed to the Mei family. Even if she has not been betrothed to the Mei family, she will never marry Baoyu, that loser."

"Oh, by the way, Mom, it's fine if this marriage doesn't work out, but why do you look so upset? Did they say something too much?"

Aunt Xue couldn't help but sigh and said, "I'm not worried about this matter. I'm worried about your sister's marriage."

"Some time ago, the Jia family proposed to the Lin family for Baoyu to marry, and in the end, the Lin family agreed to marry Dongfu Congge'er."

"Mom thought that without Lin girl, they would naturally come to ask your sister for marriage."

"Unexpectedly, they haven't come to propose marriage in the past few months."

"I met your sister Qin today, and I wanted to propose to her directly..."

Xue Baoqin had already been betrothed to Mei Hanlin's son, so naturally she could not marry Baoyu.

But this also put an end to Aunt Xue's thoughts.

Could it be that the Jia family proposed marriage to Baoqin first, and after hearing that Baoqin was married, they turned around and proposed marriage to Baochai?
Doesn't this mean that Baochai is not as good as Baoqin? She is just a backup choice out of helplessness?
Therefore, after the Jia family proposed marriage to Xue Baoqin, they would probably never propose marriage to their family again.

After Xue Pan heard Aunt Xue's words, he didn't react for a while. After thinking about it carefully for a while, he finally came to his senses.

He couldn't help but curse loudly, "Those idiots in Rongguo Mansion are really going too far! If I had the temper I had two years ago, I would have come to their house with a knife and killed them!"

"Mom, this matter is actually your fault, you old perverse one! If you had listened to me last time, my sister would have been betrothed to Congge'er a long time ago, and there wouldn't be so many things going on."

Aunt Xue could not help but scold, "What nonsense are you saying, you evil creature? How could I have known that Cong-ge'er would inherit the title of Ningguo Mansion? And that he would also earn the title himself?"

"What's the point of saying all this now? What I'm worried about now is your sister's marriage. If she can't marry into the Jia family, where can I find a good marriage for your sister?"

Xue Baochai is quite old, having already passed the age of coming of age.

In this era, she is already a grown-up girl. If she delays for another year or two, she will become an old maid.

Originally, Aunt Xue placed all her hopes on the Jia family, but she never expected that the Jia family would end up doing such a thing.

Now Aunt Xue had no choice but to be anxious.

After hearing this, Xue Pan couldn't help but say, "Mom, don't worry about my sister's marriage. I will find a good marriage for her."

……

With the addition of several new sisters, the Grand View Garden became quite lively.

However, all this excitement has little to do with Jia Cong.

Because Jia Cong wanted to avoid suspicion, he would not go to the Grand View Garden easily.

On this day, Jia Cong was studying at home when Xue Da came to report that Master Xue Ke, the second branch of the Xue family, was here to visit him.

Xue Ke is here to visit?
Jia Cong didn't think much about it.

He had a very good relationship with the Xue family. When Xue Ke came to Beijing, it was common for relatives to visit each other.

Therefore, Jia Cong ordered General Xue to invite Xue Ke into the study.

(End of this chapter)