The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 140
(To make up for Xiaohe's second update yesterday)
Xiuyan had given up on the young ladies of the Jia family ever since she had a private meeting to welcome the Spring Festival. From then on, everything was indifferent, not to say too distant, but not too close.After Yingchun had a falling out with her nanny, she also expressed her goodwill by sending flowers to Xiuyan, but now when they meet each other, it's just sisters and brothers screaming, but no one really gave it to anyone.

Now hearing what Daiyu said, Xiuyan smiled lightly and said, "Third sister is not that kind of unreasonable person, but thanks to you two telling me this, otherwise I will still act like I used to in front of third sister in the future, and I will look like a little girl." I was so complacent that I deliberately made trouble. If it doesn’t work, I have to trouble Sister Bao to be a peacemaker for us, so that we won’t be embarrassed when we meet in the future.”

Baochai saw that sister Xing was not overly nervous or worried after hearing this, so she guessed what it meant: "The third sister is recuperating at home, otherwise I will take advantage of the situation to set up a line for you, and it would be better for everyone to understand."

Lin Daiyu looked troubled, and said to the two of them in a muffled voice: "Baoyu is responsible for the disaster after all. Without him fanning the flames there, the third sister would not misunderstand. There is also that Beijing King who spends all day at home. It's nothing, but I've heard people say that among the four princes and eight princes, only the King of Beijing still has the Sacred Heart, and he's a busy man, so he shouldn't have told Baoyu that it's useless! Could it be?"

Lin Daiyu hurriedly looked at Xiuyan: "It can't be that the King of Beijing has some conspiracy against our family!"

Daiyu reminded Xiuyan that the only time she had anything to do with the Wang family of Beijing was when she met Princess Beijing when she was a guest at the Cheng family, and she was kind and not evil.

It is said that birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups. The King of Beijing Jing should not be a despicable character. Then what is the purpose of their family staring at the Queen's Palace from the beginning to the end?
King Beijing also used Jia Baoyu's mouth to send a message to the inner house of Rongguo Mansion, which is even more confusing.

Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai saw that Xiuyan was deep in thought, and they didn't dare to disturb her. After sitting with them for a long time, Xiuyan shelved this doubt for a while, and only said to Xue Baochai: "Sister asked me to help you find out about Mei The matter of the family has been settled. I thought, even if I can't see you this time, I will definitely talk to you next time. It turns out that Mei Hanlin has a weakness that the princess is pinching, and the princess is using this as a threat The Mei family is married to them. Now that the queen mother is down and the princess is too busy to take care of herself, Mei Hanlin wants to quickly get married with the Xue family."

Xue Baochai was very puzzled: "Could it be that the Mei family is not afraid that the princess will turn his face afterwards? Since they are pinched, they will not let the Mei family go so easily."

"This is Mei Hanlin's shrewdness! According to reports from my servants, Mei Hanlin's weakness stems from his teacher. Mei Hanlin's teacher was once a very famous scribe in Jinling, Qianyuan 18 He was a two-list Jinshi in one year, and served as the head of the Hanlin Academy for two or three years. People of high status are willing to send their children there to study, and this is the case at the beginning of Mei Hanlin's family. But who would have thought that Mei Hanlin's teacher had cheated in the exams and was found out by someone with a heart, and Mei Hanlin, as his disciple, also suspected of being involved."

Mei Hanlin's teacher had no ambitions in the examination field, so he wanted to learn from Mr. Bai from Bishan Academy and become a famous teacher of a generation, so he worked secretly, trying to make his disciples all win the name in Chunwei.

Mei Hanlin is one of the beneficiaries.

At that time, none of their brothers and sisters were among the top three in the first class. Even if they passed by by luck, everyone was just envious, saying that Mei Hanlin's teacher was amazing, and they didn't think in a wrong way.

But later, as Mei Hanlin's seniors got bigger and bigger in official positions, they had no contact with the seniors since they entered the officialdom, which fell into the eyes of those who cared.

Relying on this suspicion, the princess gradually uncovered the hidden events of the year.

When Xiuyan said this, she looked at Daiyu with a half-smile, "Do you know who that senior brother Mei Hanlin is?"

Daiyu was startled, then smiled and said: "My sister is making things difficult for me again. I'm a girl in a boudoir, how can I know what's going on in the temple? My sister said that he has a very high official position, so I think he's not just someone to wait for!"

Xiuyan already sneered: "Not only are you not an ordinary person, but you and I both know it very well!"

When Daiyu and Baochai saw Xiuyan say this, they couldn't help gnashing their teeth, their hearts filled with anger, and they couldn't help being even more curious.

"Mei Hanlin's brother is Gu Peisheng, the governor of Liangjiang!"

Daiyu stood up in shock: "It turned out to be him!"

Xue Baochai saw that one of the two sisters was very angry and the other was very surprised, so she hurriedly asked why.Daiyu then told Baochai everything about saving people in the countryside.

Baochai was stunned for a while after hearing this, put his hands together and said: "Amitabha, there are indeed such evil people in the world who will repay kindness and revenge. I have also heard about the reputation of the Gu family. I was invited to be favored in the hidden mansion. When the Zhen family came to Rongguo Mansion to talk to the second wife, I heard my mother mention it several times, and the Zhen family did not treat Gu Peisheng very well. It turns out that Mei Hanlin and him are still old."

Xiuyan sneered and said, "If it wasn't for Gu Peisheng being too high-profile, and Mei Hanlin being too low-key, probably no one would have noticed the little details. The princess dared not touch Gu Peisheng, the emperor's favorite, and wanted to provoke the Mei family. Trouble. Now that the princess is in trouble, I am afraid that the Mei family is planning to get married for his youngest son as soon as possible in order to quickly get rid of this embarrassing situation."

Xue Baochai was extremely distressed: "The one who is engaged is the precious person of Baoqin. Now that she is entering the palace, she shouldn't have set her sights on me."

"Where does the Mei family care about those things? At the beginning, they used the pretext of being married to the Xue family as an excuse to prevaricate the princess's mansion. Now it is natural to marry a daughter of the Xue family as a daughter-in-law. These days, the Mei family can send someone to sister where to find you?"

Xue Baochai nodded in embarrassment: "I came here twice in total. The last time was half a month ago. The nanny didn't say anything, but told our family to prepare the wedding dress for the big wedding. I don't need any dowry. Not here, my mother was so angry with the Mei family that she wanted to send someone to ask Xue Biao to ask, but Xue Biao avoided seeing us and always avoided us."

Xue's family is now glamorous on the outside, but the inside has long been a mess.

Xue Pan said he was going outside to wander around, but every few days he would send letters home, asking someone to deliver money.The mother and daughter didn't give it, and they didn't give it. After a long time, they even caught people who came to collect money under false names several times.In addition, when Xue Pan had just left, Aunt Xue saw that Xue Biao was calm and mature, so she handed over a few profitable shops to him to help manage, but after Baoqin entered the palace, she didn't know that she hated Aunt Xue for her behavior. , or relying on precious people to be favored, Xue Biao may not come for a long time to say hello to Aunt Xue, mother and daughter.

Coupled with the matter of the Mei family, Baochai and Aunt Xue, who originally planned to move out of Rongguo Mansion to live alone, had to accept that kind of thought.

Xue Baochai is not afraid of anything else now, but is afraid that Xue Biao will play tricks on her and follow the wishes of the Mei family, and only say nonsense to outsiders that it was not his sister Xue Baoqin who married the Mei family, but the elder sister Xue Baochai.

Xiuyan immediately asked her: "I've wanted to ask several times, what kind of token is the Mei family holding? Is there still a document?"

"It is said that there are, but I don't know whether Xue Baoqin's name is written on it. The token is a piece of ancient jade from the Xue family, and the totem of the Xue family is engraved on it, a lilac flower."

Xiuyan pondered for a while, then smiled lightly: "There may not be a marriage certificate, Sister Bao thought, if there is a marriage certificate, then what are the Mei family waiting for? They have come here with confidence, but now they have only sent two servants to inform you. I think I'm worried that you have something to hold on to."

Daiyu heard her sister say the word "handle", and hurriedly said: "Now that we know the secrets of the Mei family, don't we also pinch the shortcomings of the Mei family? Why don't we just regret this marriage?"

Xue Baochai's eyes lit up, and she also looked at Xing Xiuyan with hope.

Xiuyan twitched her lips helplessly: "Don't you all wonder how the young master of the Mei family is?" With just one sentence, Daiyu fell silent, and Xue Baochai was too embarrassed to raise her head.

"I went to investigate Mr. Mei privately for Sister Bao. It is said that he has excellent character and profound knowledge. Next year Chunwei will be the most favorable contender. At the time, the princess was bullying others and wanted to call Mr. Mei her son-in-law. Even Mei Hanlin was quick I can't stand it anymore, but Mr. Mei is the only one who refuses."

Xue Baochai was silent for a long time: "Mr. Mei's lover is Baoqin, it can't be me!"

"Sister, why do you want to belittle yourself? You forgot to tell me that day that Baoyu took you to Hanmoxuan to meet the young master. Maybe the Mei family insisted on marrying the Xue family because of Mr. Mei's own wishes."

Daiyu clapped her hands happily: "It would be great if it's really like what Big Sister said. Since ancient times, blind marriages have been married without marriage. Does it mean that Sister wants to break this rule?"

Xue Baochai knew that Lin Daiyu was coming to tease her again, so she chased after Daiyu in embarrassment to pinch her.Daiyu circled around half the room to hide.

"What's so lively about it!" Baoyu didn't wait for anyone to inform, he opened the door and entered the meditation room.

Daiyu barely stopped at her feet and almost threw herself into Jia Baoyu's arms.Jia Baoyu was overjoyed and stretched out his hand to pick up Daiyu.

With quick hands and quick eyes, Xiuyan grabbed Daiyu's tight skirt and pulled her whole body back, only then was she able to stabilize the little girl.

Seeing the three of them staring at him, Jia Baoyu put his hands down embarrassingly: "I told Sister Yun to go to see the spring in the temple, and I want to ask my two sisters and Sister Lin, can you go?"

The little girls outside the house didn't know where to hide for a while, Xiuyan cursed secretly in her heart, but her face was full of smiles: "Brother Bao came just in time, I have something important to ask you."

Jia Baoyu was overjoyed, the elder sister of the Xing family had always disliked seeing him, so she took the initiative to greet him today, she must have discovered something good about her.

Baoyu hurriedly chose a chair and sat down, straightened her body and looked at Xing Xiuyan: "What does eldest sister want to ask? As long as Baoyu knows, she will not wait for half a sentence."

The tone is so disrespectful.

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