I'm in the Red Mansion

After Xue Baoqin washed and dressed, she quickly went to Madam Mei's yard to pay her respects and greetings.

Because she was just a concubine, Jia Cong would not go with her.

Jia Cong either went alone or went with Lin Daiyu.

After paying her respects to Mrs. Mei, Xue Baoqin went to Lin Daiyu and served her tea.

On the second day, the concubine served tea to the first wife, which was a natural thing to do.

Most of the wives would give the concubine a warning and set a rule.

The custom is to let the bride stay for about half an hour before letting her go.

But for Lin Daiyu, naturally, there were not so many things.

She treated Xue Baoqin like her own sister.

Xue Baoqin was very smart and could naturally feel Lin Daiyu's kindness.

It was not until now that Xue Baoqin finally felt relieved and it was a pleasant surprise.

After she got married, her husband loved her, her mother-in-law treated her like her own daughter, and her eldest wife loved her like her own sister.

Apart from the fact that she had no status and her descendants would not be able to inherit the title in the future, she no longer had any regrets.

Even if she married into another family and became the legal wife, she might not be as happy as she is now.

For the next three days, Jia Cong was always pushed by Lin Daiyu to Xue Baoqin's side.

During these three days, Xue Baoqin grew rapidly.

Despite her physical fitness, she is still no match for Jia Cong.

But at least it won't be as easy to be defeated as it was on the first day.

Even Xue Baoqin quickly got closer to Qingwen, Xiangling and others, thinking about whether to have the three heroes fight against Lu Bu.

Although, after all, they were all concubines.

But it is still different after all.

For example, Xue Baoqin was brought in through a clear path and was a noble concubine.

Qingwen and Xiangling were either born in the family or bought out through death indentures; they were all lowly concubines with no status at all.

In front of Xue Baoqin, Xiangling, Qingwen and Hongxiu have to bow their heads.

Therefore, in the face of Xue Baoqin's enticement, only Qingwen agreed in the end.

Hongxiu refused to obey, and although Xiangling was unwilling, her refusal was not firm.

Three days later, Xue Ke came to take his sister home.

Concubines have no status, and there is no such thing as returning to their parents' homes.

However, Jia Cong and the Xue family were already close, and the other person's brother lived nearby.

Therefore, Jia Cong naturally would not refuse. He even thought about it and finally went back to the Xue family with Xue Baoqin.

Xue Ke was naturally very happy, and Jia Cong gave him enough face.

After going to the Xue family, Xue Pan was even more delighted.

He couldn't help but complain, "Brother Cong, ever since you won the first place in the imperial examination, you have become more and more distant from my family, and you haven't come to my place recently."

"It's a rare visit that you can come today! I thought you would never come to see me again!"

After hearing what Xue Pan said, Jia Cong couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother Xue, I don't like what you said."

"I have always been like this. How have I ever changed? Didn't I ask you to help me twice when I was promoting the newspaper? Did I give you money?"

"But Brother Xue, ever since I passed the imperial examination, you have been unwilling to step into my house easily."

"It's not me who distanced myself from you, it's clearly you, Brother Xue, who distanced yourself from me!"

Hearing Jia Cong say this, Xue Pan widened his eyes, hesitated for a long time, and suddenly realized that it seemed to be true.

After thinking for a while, Xue Pan slapped his forehead and said:

"Brother Cong, you don't know that although I look down on those poor people, I respect cultured people the most."

"I don't know why, but when I see those educated people, I feel creepy and want to stay as far away from them as possible."

"Ever since Brother Cong passed the imperial examination, I feel like I'm not as close to you as before. I don't know why." Jia Cong couldn't help but smile after hearing this.

This is just like Lu Xun and Runtu. The two people actually have no common language, so although they are emotionally close, they are actually gradually unable to play together.

Xue Pan patted Jia Cong on the shoulder and sighed, "I didn't expect that you would become my brother-in-law. I just didn't expect that you would marry Qin instead of my sister."

Xue Ke, who was standing next to him, was shocked when he heard this.

It was the first time he knew that the first wife also wanted to marry Xue Baochai to Cong'er.

At this moment, Xue Ke finally understood.

No wonder my aunt reacted strangely when I asked her to go to Ningguo Mansion to propose marriage.

It turns out the roots are here.

It seems that both of them want to marry their daughters to him.

But I got there first.

At this moment, Xue Ke felt embarrassed.

But Xue Pan was completely unaware.

Jia Cong laughed and changed the subject.

Then, the Xue family prepared a delicious banquet, and the two Xue brothers personally attended the banquet.

Back inside the house, Aunt Xue took Xue Baoqin's hand and carefully inquired about her treatment in Ningguo Mansion.

After hearing this, Aunt Xue was very happy for Xue Baoqin.

She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, thinking that Qin girl was so lucky to marry into such a good family.

It would actually be a good idea for Baoya to marry there.

Even if they had acted earlier, Baoyatou could have become the legal wife.

It’s a pity that it’s too late to say anything now.

After the banquet, Jia Cong took Xue Baoqin back to Ningguo Mansion.

In the evening, Jia Cong was going to accompany Lin Daiyu.

It happened that Lin Daiyu had her period, so Jia Cong did not disturb her and went to Xue Baoqin's place.

And on this day, Xue Baoqin actually pulled Qingwen over, and Xue Baoqin and Qingwen teamed up to pull Xiangling over.

That night, the three women came together to fight against Lu Bu.

In the end, the four were so tied that they had to call it a day and fight again another day.

……

However, the old Concubine Zhen in the palace was not feeling well and she asked the imperial doctors to prescribe medicine many times, but it was of no use.

On this day, the old Concubine Zhen died of death, riding a crane to the west.

All imperial edicts and other documents must be submitted to the court in accordance with the rank and regulations.

The imperial edict was issued to the whole country: Any family with a title was not allowed to hold banquets or music within a year, and common people were not allowed to get married for three months.

Jia's mother, Xing, Mei, Wang, You's daughter-in-law, grandparents and grandchildren all went to the court every day to attend the sacrifice and did not return until after noon.

According to Jia Cong's title, Lin Daiyu should also have an imperial edict.

However, before Jia Cong had the chance to petition for it, Lin Daiyu's imperial edict was naturally not awarded.

Therefore, it was a blessing in disguise as he did not have to go to the court to offer sacrifices every day, which saved him a lot of trouble.

At this time, Jia Cong was actually feeling fortunate that Lin Daiyu had asked someone to bring Xue Baoqin in earlier.

If I hadn't taken over the door earlier, I would have had to wait another year.

This time, with the death of old Concubine Zhen, the Zhen family in Jiangnan has lost their iron certificate of immunity from death, and it is likely that their property will be confiscated soon.

After the Zhen family fell, they might hide the money in the Rongguo Mansion.

At this time, Jia Cong was thinking about whether he should intervene in this matter. (End of this chapter)