The Prince of the Historian of the Red Chamber

36,

But when she said that Xue Baochai had put her mind on Lin Daiyu, Aunt Xue was taken aback when she heard this, and then she really thought about it.

Most mothers in this world think that their children are the best, and that no one else is worthy.Among them, Aunt Xue is the most narrow-minded Yulu. She thought about it for a while, not saying whether Xue Pan's character, talent and appearance are worthy of the Lin family's daughter, but said: "This Lin girl is soft and weak, and she is very thin. I'm afraid it's not good. It's very healthy."

When Xue Baochai heard this, she pursed her lips and said with a slight smile: "Mom is thinking wrong. Lin girl has been raising her for so many years, and all her infirmities have healed. It's just that sick and crooked look."

The words of "raising" made Aunt Xue feel a little uncomfortable. She suddenly remembered those "Ginseng Yangrong Pills" from the previous year, and said with some embarrassment: "Then, those ginseng beards were still in our shop back then." I brought it here. Although Lin Yatou only ate the medicinal diet made by the Lin family's foster mother, she still took the pills for two months... After all, we can't live with her, but now we want to hire her as a wife. Always in my heart... If she finds out in the future..."

But Xue Baochai said: "We are just doing my aunt a favor. How can the ginseng that has lost its medicinal properties know what to do? Besides, my mother said, the only people who know about this matter are us women, who would know?" It won't work to spread it. Mom, don't object first, just listen to me, girl Lin is the most beautiful and talented, maybe she can hold her brother and let him take care of the family business. Isn't that very sweet? Mom I'm worried that she won't be able to give birth, but I don't have to worry about it, I will give Xianglian a bright path in the future, or promote a girl, and the child born will be raised under her name."

When Aunt Xue heard it, she was really moved, but she still hadn't gotten to the sky by herself, so she couldn't help hesitating and said: "I see Miss Lin's temperament, she is really too delicate, I want to hire her to Pan'er, Can the Lin family be willing?"

When Baochai heard about it, she laughed and said, "Mom doesn't know, but Uncle Lin will return to Beijing to report on his duties in a few days. According to my aunt, this time Master Lin will not escape the holy responsibility, because of this year's salt. The tax has been reduced by more than [-]% compared to previous years, the Holy One is furious, now we have to rely on the help of my aunt's family and uncle's family, and we are relatives, so I will ask my aunt to talk about it, it will be fine."

Baochai made an oath and looked confident, but Aunt Xue jumped up and objected loudly, "This is impossible! Letting your brother not marry a daughter-in-law who has a good birth and good fortune, is it because of the Lin family's family status and family status? Family property! If Lin Ruhai is accused of crimes, why does our family want a girl who is a criminal subject! No way! I see that Osmanthus Xia’s family is not bad. It is a famous businessman in the household department with our family, not only one of the top family members , very rich, and what's even better is that this Xia family has only one daughter, and there are no uncles or brothers. In the future, this Xia family will all belong to your brother. Besides, our family is related to the Xia family. I have seen this before. A girl from the Xia family looks like a lucky girl..."

The more Aunt Xue talked, the more she liked it.

If Baochai had heard about it in the past, she might have thought it was good, but now she is pretending to be something, and she has made up her mind to remove Lin Daiyu, a stumbling block, but it turns out that Baochai looks dignified and virtuous. However, she likes to listen to other people's private conversations very lightly. A few days ago, she went to Jiangyunxuan to chat with Baoyu. The Hengwuyuan and Yihongyuan, which will be moved in a few days, unexpectedly Listen to some heartbreaking words.

Xiren praised her for being handsome, generous, and respectable. Fortunately, Hengwuyuan and Yihongyuan are not far away, so it is very convenient to walk around.

Baochai's plump lips curled up, her face was shy and she looked forward to hearing what Baoyu had to say, but she only heard: "Sister Bao is comparable to Concubine Yang. , Bai missed an innocent girl's family, not as natural and tactful as Sister Lin and Sister Yun. Sister Yun is refreshing, cheerful, and heroic, and is different from the girls in our family, but Sister Lin is even better. If she is really like a fairy in the sky, and she doesn't talk about those Lao Shizi's nonsense, she is even more clear water and lotus, which is rare in the world..."

After hearing this, Xiren threw away his work and said something with a sneer. Baochai couldn't hear her anymore. Her face was hot, and she held back her tears and walked away quietly while supporting the wall. When she got home, she cried secretly. After one scene, her heart was hopeless, and she was even more embarrassed when she thought about the past: what kind of character is Concubine Yang, who doesn't follow the rules and her father-in-law... Then she seduces and flatters the emperor, almost making the Tang emperor lose his country, and finally still in front of the three armies Hanged to death in Maweipo!Comparing her to Concubine Yang, the Lin girl Shi Yatou has become an orchid in the empty valley, she is extremely noble!

...Baochai bit her lower lip secretly. She was depressed these days, and she instigated the words of Shi Yatou behind her back, but she didn't show her face until she heard the news of the Lin family's misfortune in her aunt's room.

Aunt Xue regards her as the backbone and talks about her brother's marriage in her ears every day, but she wants to help her brother more after she becomes the daughter-in-law of Jia's family. All the while looking after his elder brother, he couldn't see that his marriage was not safe, and he was very troubled.Aunt Xue talked too much, but Xue Baochai had an idea.

This idea was pondering in her mind day and night, and she felt more and more comfortable in this way.

Some people firmly believe in the number of kalpas in Buddhism, such as Mrs. Wang, such as Xue Baochai.Mrs. Wang is narrow-minded and holds grudges, so there are many catastrophes in her eyes. In the early days, she was like Aunt Jia Min and Zhao, and later she added Jia Huan and Daiyu. They were all thorns in their hearts. Her life could no longer be safe and complete.And the same is true for Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, "He Shengyu and He Shengliang" began to care about it from the first sight. Baochai felt that winning Lin Daiyu and marrying into the Duke's Mansion as she wished would not make her happy wholeheartedly. Yu is several times inferior to her so that she can get rid of the unwillingness, jealousy and resentment that tortured her day and night in her heart, and only then can she make her life go smoothly.

So, wouldn't it be the most appropriate way to let Lin Daiyu marry into the mansion?

If it works, logically, since she is Lin Daiyu's sister-in-law, Lin Yatou should serve her, even if she is out of the family, the aunt is much more noble than the daughter-in-law.Compared with Lin Daiyu marrying into another family in the future, the hurdle in her heart can be eliminated in a place within her reach. Doesn't she know her brother's habits? Her ears are soft. Let alone Lin Daiyu, she is a real fairy. Putting anything into his ears can make the whole family feel restless. After a few times, he gets tired and throws away his hands. Besides, Lin Daiyu doesn't follow the rules. I'm afraid she still has Baoyu's close-fitting handkerchief in her box. What about the pendant?

What's more, it's a god-sent opportunity, the Lin family is in danger now, and they have to beg the Rong Mansion and the Wang family!When the time comes, Aunt Xiang will tell Lin Daiyu what happened to the Lin family, and she will not agree!

In fact, in the final analysis, the fact of this businessman's background really made Xue Baochai feel bitter. The more inferior she was in her heart, the more noble she behaved. After she came to Rongguo Mansion, she always wanted to act like a lady , come with a well-behaved and virtuous appearance, afraid that others will say "from a merchant".It's nothing for a short while, at most she used some small tricks and small favors to gain a good name in the Rong Mansion, but...

——This Baochai was driven into a demon by Jia Baoyu's words that day.

——If you don't compare Lin Daiyu, don't step her into the dirt, Xue Baochai will feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable all her life!

……

"Mother said this, don't you hear that 'a centipede is dead but not stiff'? The Lin family has five generations of nobles, with a long history of scholars, and a deep foundation! Besides, there are uncles and uncles to help, even if they are temporarily depressed, but the foundation of the Lin family is not necessarily good. It’s worse than that of the Xia family, mother only looks at what Lin girl wears, and she can tell from the Lin family’s big boats that come to Beijing every year!” Baochai lowered her eyes, she was the smartest girl, and she spoke with every trace of reason. , methodically.

She only heard her say again: "No matter how rich the Xia family is, it will eventually be stained with the word 'Shang'. Even if it is rich and honored, it is not as good as the relationship between the Lin family in the court! Let alone, if it is Brother has become this marriage, isn't our family closer to the empress in the palace?"

Aunt Xue was dumb and indecisive. If Baochai hadn't been behind her to help out with her ideas, she would have been unable to subdue the old man for many years, and now she really fell in love again.

Baochai looked at her complexion, and added the last straw: "Mom, let's make a decision early. Whether this matter will be successful or not depends only on the 'sending charcoal in the snow'! If it is too late, I am afraid that the Holy Majesty will see it in the eyes of the empress in the palace." In terms of face, I punished you a little bit, this Lin girl is aloof, I think Uncle Lin also has the same temperament, brother just don't mention this marriage, let alone the Lin family's possessions and dependence!"

Aunt Xue couldn't bear the temptation of hanging in the sky like this, so she agreed immediately, and the two mother and daughter whispered to each other for most of the night without mentioning it.

It was quiet outside Xue's house, and everyone was sent away by Baochai.

When it was late at night, the mother and daughter of the Xue family had all slept peacefully. At the place where flowers and plants were planted at the base of the wall, a black shadow emerged from behind the half-person-high rose. He quietly moved into the inverted room at the back.

At this moment, coincidentally, another black shadow emerged from the rocky hole in the rockery on the other side. The black shadow was covering its arm, as if scratched by a stone, but it was heading for a more remote low house.

"!" But these two people met head-on!

The girl in front with numb hands and feet covered her mouth so she didn't scream out, but the other girl who looked disheveled and skinny calmed down, and both of them hurried to see the movement of the night lady at the small door. Son, I went to listen to the bedroom over there again, the maids of the wife and the girl had already entered, and the maids who were on duty in the master's room did not dare to sleep deeply.

Fortunately, there was not much movement here, and no movement was caused.

The thin girl took a look at the former, then quietly passed her by, and walked lightly towards the row of low houses in the farthest corner.

The lantern under the porch shone a little light, and upon closer inspection, the girl with numb feet was clearly the pistil official, one of the twelve actresses Jiamu gave to Xue Baochai!

Ruiguan looked back at the girl, and then carefully looked at the place where the girl was hiding just now. When he saw the rock not far from the window to the west, he suddenly realized that the rock was not high, and the hole at the bottom was not too big. It was hard for the little girl. I can squeeze in, but——Rui Guan glanced at the window that was half open because of the autumn heat, that was the back room, I think this girl could hear it more clearly than herself.

The next day, before noon, the Xue family's mother and daughter's words were presented in incomparably large and small letters on the case of Lin Ruhai who had secretly come to the capital. I can't see clearly through the clouds and fog.

Not long after, Shi Mo and Jia Huan also got a general idea.

Not to mention, how these people reacted, just by looking at the secret report, one can know that Jiang is still old and hot. If this matter is exposed in the future, the Xue family may suspect that Jia Mu gave it to Rui Guan, but they would never think of it. For a rough envoy who had never shown her face in front of her master, she would never have imagined that this little girl had some superficial knowledge of kung fu, she was agile, and had a companion to help her. She heard almost verbatim.

For such an inconspicuous little girl, Lin Ruhai doesn't know how many people there are. Some of them can hear the news, but some can only do rough work honestly due to the strict security of a certain courtyard. When the time comes... For example, Shi Mo was in Rongfu There is such a little girl who cleans in Baoguzhai, but Shi Mo’s yard has always been strict, and he only uses his own girl. These poor girls sent by Jia’s house can’t even get close to the door of the main house... …

This is Lin Ruhai's secret investigation since he learned about the ginseng Yangrong pill, and later he became suspicious of Jia Min's death, so he tried every means to install nails in Jia's house at all costs.It's a pity that the Jia family is a century-old family with loose rules. Lin Ruhai easily took advantage of the loopholes. Because Jia's mansion built a grand view garden, half of the newly bought little girls were bought by Lin Ruhai. But it will be of great use in the future.This is something for later, let's not mention it for now.

But Xue Baochai, who had returned to her bedroom, was tossing and turning on the bed, unable to fall asleep, her heart was empty, and after plotting against Lin Daiyu, she was not as relaxed and happy as she imagined.

In fact, all people, especially those with a little ego, who are naturally superior to themselves, but who are almost the same in themselves, will always have a trace of jealousy, but this jealousy may urge people to make progress, or it may distort people.

Xue Baochai used to be a bit sour towards Lin Daiyu in the past, even if she used some small means to deliberately gossip, it was nothing more than the little daughter's petty deeds, and it was nothing. Speaking of it, it showed her innocence On the one hand, she is even more delicate and cute than usual.As for currying favor with Mrs. Wang and the rest of the Rong family, it is even more human nature. Although Shi Mo and the others dislike her behavior of often talking about others as a foil for her as a stepping stone, it is not very serious after all. I can also understand one or two things, after all, such a girl who lives in the aunt's house is not as good as another decent cousin girl who lives in the house. A careless brother and a useless mother, in this way, Xue Baochai is pitiful and disgusting, but also admirable and admirable!

However, if it is because of jealousy, to kill another girl's life, it is too much, and it has exceeded the standard of tolerance and forgiveness.

If a person gets angry for a moment, and a vicious thought emerges in his mind, it is normal for him to imagine this or that to comfort himself, and then forget about it afterwards, which is not a big deal.

But Xue Baochai was deceived by unwillingness and humiliation, but actually planned and implemented it!Moreover, she felt a little regretful in the middle of the night, but when she saw Baoyu or Daiyu tomorrow, she would add fuel to the flames and make things happen. Therefore, she will not blame anyone in the future...

Even if it's really a mistake.