The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Rongguo Mansion has always been a place where wind blows from all sides. On that day, Xue Pan went to Rongxi Hall to make a big fuss, threatening Jia Zheng and his wife to propose Xue Baochai for Baoyu. knew.

Rongguo Mansion once again became the laughing stock of the family of officials and nobles in Chang'an City.Of course, some people laughed at the girl from the Xue family for not being able to get married, so she relied on the Jia family.

However, the "golden jade match" matter has already caused a lot of trouble, not to mention Xue Pan is known for his domineering temper, so even if the Xue family's reputation is completely ruined because of this, no one cares about it.On the contrary, they used this matter to praise and criticize the second room of Rongfu.

"...On weekdays, he was trying to gain fame, pretending to be noble, and thought he was a man of prosperity. Looking at it now, he is actually a scoundrel who cheated relatives of their money under the guise of getting married. This is also a member of the Gongmenhoufu. Tutoring? Even ordinary people with a small family and a little dignity can’t do such a thing.”

Jia Zheng's intelligence was mediocre, but his temperament was pedantic and lofty. He also liked to rely on the influence of his ancestors' in-laws to make friends with his party members and support his disciples.He often seeks good and weak children for those flattering people, so that the truly talented and learned people have nowhere to repay them, so they have to live in a bitter cold place and suffer slowly.Such an insolent move has already attracted the attention of colleagues.But he himself still doesn't realize it, he is loyal to the emperor and patriotic all day long, and he is full of moral articles.It's tiresome.

Now that there is an incident of the overlord making a fuss in the Rongguo Mansion, spreading all the private affairs of the second room in front of people, and telling Jia Zheng to hide his face and walk away with no face left, everyone is naturally happy to watch the fire from the other side and add insult to injury.

Not to mention these outsiders, even historians who intend to marry Shi Xiangyun to the Rongguo Mansion will have to weigh it over and over again when they hear about these dirty and private matters.Just annul this marriage and find another lover.

After all, it is a good thing to have a kiss and a kiss, and it can solve Shi Xiangyun's trouble in one fell swoop.However, knowing that the second room of Rongguo Mansion is a fire pit, but if you want to send your niece and daughter into the fire pit, then it won't work.

In order not to be criticized by others, Baolinghou and his wife had to pay another visit to settle the matter in front of Jia Mu.

Jia's mother didn't expect this matter to come to the present, and Jia Zheng and his wife have already agreed, but they have caused troubles in Xue's family.

The well-behaved old daughter of the house, a noble girl from the Hou family could not marry, but she was entangled by a merchant's family and couldn't get rid of her.Jia's mother, who wanted to plan for Baoyu, was also depressed.At that moment, I wanted to persuade the Shijia couple to think about it again, and said that the two children were childhood sweethearts and childhood sweethearts, and they knew everything about them. Wouldn't it be better to be a relative in the world than to be married outside?

Mrs. Wang sat beside her and persuaded her to make peace.

After hearing these words, Madam Baolinghou could only smile apologetically and say, "I understand what the old lady means. I also wanted to make a kiss. There is just one sentence... Although it is not appropriate to say, the old lady is an elder , we as juniors have nothing to say in front of you."

Mrs. Baolinghou smiled again when she said this, and said meaningfully: "If Xiangyun is my own daughter, we can talk about this marriage as soon as we talk about it. With the old lady taking care of her, we don't have to worry about it. But now... it's really hard to say."

Of course, Mother Jia understood the implication of Mrs. Bowling Hou's words.After half a day of silence, I had no choice but to agree.

The two marriages are over.Mrs. Baolinghou exchanged pleasantries with Jia's mother for a while, then she said that there were still affairs at home that needed to be taken care of, and she left.

After Mrs. Baolinghou left, Mother Jia took a look at Mrs. Wang and didn't say much.

On the contrary, Mrs. Wang herself described it as embarrassing. Now she knows that her calculations are not as good as her mother-in-law's.

The news that the historian came to retire soon spread to the ears of other people in the mansion.Although Mrs. Xing didn't like the couple in the second room, she always loved Baoyu, and when she heard about this, she also sighed.I just feel that although Baoyu is good, but the marriage is not good.The daughter-in-law of the Yipin Pavilion's hometown and the noble lady of the Meritorious Hou's Mansion are no better than the daughters of the merchants' family, but her sister-in-law is so fat that she has her eyes on that precious girl.

She didn't think there was anything good about that girl Bao. She was a young girl who pretended to be a big girl all day long. She didn't have the innocent and lively appearance of a young girl at all.

Really like her aunt, very scheming.

Of course, Mrs. Xing's prejudice against Xue Baochai is probably due to the fact that Sister Feng had a miscarriage that day, and Mrs. Wang only ordered Li Wan, Tanchun, and Baochai to take care of the family affairs together, but skipped the matter of Yingchun.

But Yingchun herself doesn't have any theory.Of course, her stepmother, who doesn't care about everything, has nothing to say.

Now that the historian had withdrawn from the marriage, and Xue Pan threatened him with such words, Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang were at a loss for what to do for a while, and they didn't want to follow Xue Pan's wishes, so the matter froze.Anyway, Baoyu is still young, so it won't matter if it takes another two or three years.The Jia family can afford it.

The Jia family can afford it, but the Xue family can't.Xue Pan was in a hurry, seeing that Jia Zheng and his wife were slippery, so in desperation, he had to find his cronies and friends for advice.Those who can make friends with Xue Pan are mostly rascals who spend money and wine, so how can they have any good ideas.It's just cheating wine and meat under the guise of giving advice to Xue Pan.In the end, money was spent and nothing was done.

Xue Pan was so anxious that he finally had to grab Xue Biao and pester him for questioning.At that time, Xue Biao was busy planning big events, although he wanted to help, but he couldn't do anything in the face of such a giant as the Rongguo Mansion.So he gave Xue Pan an idea to ask his uncle Wang Ziteng for help.He also told Xue Pan to buy some rich gifts to bribe Prince Teng's wife and children.

Xue Pan received Xue Biao's advice like a standard.Hurriedly went home to prepare a big gift, and visited the door.

Speaking of which, what Xue Pan feared the most in his life was his uncle.It's always been like a mouse meeting a cat, going around as far as it can.For the sake of my sister's lifelong event, I don't care about anything.

When he came to Wang's house for a while, Wang Ziteng was demoted and punished because of this unreliable nephew, and now he has not been able to regain the respect of the saint, so he inevitably has some grudges against Xue Pan.

However, although Wang Ziteng has all kinds of bad things about being an official, he has always protected his shortcomings and cherished affection, and he has always been tolerant to his family.Seeing that Xue Pan is so anxious about his younger sister's life-long event at this moment, he feels relieved.In addition, Xue Pan persuaded Mrs. Wang Ziteng and his cousin Wang Ren to help him with a lot of money.Wang Ziteng agreed to propose marriage to Rongfu on behalf of the Xue family.

After getting Wang Ziteng's promise, Xue's mother and son made up their minds.An An went home with peace of mind and waited for the news.

After a few days, it was heard that Xue Biao of the Second Household somehow got through the relationship in the palace, and even got back the job of the Imperial Merchant.Once this matter got out, everyone in the Xue family was both surprised and delighted.I really didn't expect that Xue Shui, who is always gentle and shy and doesn't like to talk, can accomplish such a big event.

At that moment, Xue's mother and son set up a banquet for Xue Biao to celebrate.At the same time, I also thank Xue Biao for giving Xue Pan an idea, which finally solved Baochai's lifelong event.

After drinking for three rounds, Aunt Xue couldn't help asking Xue Biao how to do this.Xue scorpion smiled shyly and said.

But it turned out that the Ministry of Household Affairs deprived Xue Pan of his job as an imperial merchant on the grounds of misbehavior, and Prince Teng Jiazheng was demoted and fined for this incident.When this matter spread to Jinling, the entire Xue family was shocked.When several other big merchants in Jinling City heard about this, they also took the opportunity to add insult to injury.The Xue family's business plummeted immediately, and it was no longer as prosperous as it used to be.

Xue Biao is a man with ideas, and since his father died, he has been in charge of the second bedroom business, so he understands the truth of this.Knowing that those big merchants are backed by high court officials, since they want to take advantage of the fire and rob them, they will definitely not give the Xue family a chance to breathe.

Seeing that things cannot be violated, Xue Biao made his idea to Beijing.Trying to get through the door in the palace, and get back the imperial merchant's errand again.And he wants to transfer Erfang's business to Beijing.So he took his younger sister Xue Baoqin to Beijing first.Looking for love everywhere.In the end, he found the body of an old eunuch in the palace who served the Supreme Emperor.

Since the abdication of the Supreme Emperor, people have become more nostalgic as life has become more nourishing.Ziwei Sheren, the ancestor of the Xue family, was also a meritorious minister with meritorious service to the dragon.Unexpectedly, the descendants of later generations lost their family business because of their unworthiness.The most wonderful thing is that there are many unfilial sons and grandchildren of these meritorious official families who have ruined their fortunes, but the emperor himself is a successor, and his sons and grandchildren are very filial—at least on the surface.

So the emperor remembered the old love more and more.Those who really violated the laws of the imperial court and cannot be forgiven are fine. For those innocuous ones such as the Xue family, since someone begged for it, the emperor was happy to show his kindness by raising his hands high.

So I briefly mentioned this matter when I greeted you today, and I am also a very friendly person today.Thinking that the emperor is now more and more disregarding the government and enjoying the honor with all his heart, and occasionally mentioning such a trivial proposal, how can he not allow it now.

So the Huangshang's brand went around and landed on the Xue family's head again.It was just transferred from the first room to the second room.But for the entire Xue family, it was extremely respectable.

After hearing Xue Biao's words, Xue Pan's mother and son couldn't help but beat the case.Xue Pan himself is a person who doesn't like to take care of family affairs, and he has always known that his brother is loyal and very reliable.Taking advantage of the drunkenness, he wanted to entrust Xue Biao to take care of his own business.

The mother and daughter of the Xue family might as well Xue Pan made such a suggestion, he couldn't help being a little hesitant.Xue Pan didn't care about this, he held Xue Biao's hand and said with a smile: "You know me, brother. I'm the most impatient about these things. Those old guys and compradors took advantage of my youth and ignorance, and made those things on the account It's not that I don't know about the tricks of the ghosts. It's just that I'm too lazy to argue with them. But as the saying goes, fat water doesn't flow into the field of outsiders. Since you are so successful, brother, I entrust this family business to you to help take care of it. It's better than It’s cheaper and outsiders are stronger.”

When Xue Biao heard this, he quickly shirked it.Regardless of Xue Biao's attitude, Xue Pan handed over all his family's business and livelihood very arrogantly, because he said with a smile: "I will ask the accountant to pay the account to you someday. Brother, you are a sensible person. From now on, our two families will The family business depends on you. If you have any difficulties, just tell me. Even if my brother and I fail, don’t we still have our uncle. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so it’s not a disadvantage for you.”

Xue Biao had no choice but to agree.

A few days later, Mrs. Wang Ziteng really lived up to the expectations of the Xue family, and personally visited Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Wang to propose marriage for Baochai.

At this point, Jia's mother had long been discouraged, so she had to hand over Baoyu's marriage to Mrs. Wang, the mother.Mrs. Wang has always followed the Wang family's lead. Seeing that her sister-in-law came to propose marriage in person, although she was a little reluctant, she had no choice but to agree.

Mrs. Wang Ziteng knew that Mrs. Wang had a grudge because of Xue Pan's threat—let alone Mrs. Wang's aunt, even her aunt felt a headache when she saw Xue Pan's bullshit.However, headaches are headaches. After taking advantage of others, Mrs. Wang Ziteng also wants to handle things decently.He smiled and persuaded Mrs. Wang, "Don't be so sad. Although Miss Lin and Miss Shi are good friends, they have no fate with our Baoyu. Besides, the girls in our family are no worse than the ladies in the Gongmen Houfu. Since An At any time, she can persuade Baoyu to make progress, and besides, she is your niece and niece. If she were to marry Baoyu, she would definitely have the same heart as your mother-in-law. It is better than any girl from the outside world."

Mrs. Wang was silent for a long time when she heard the words, before she slowly said, "Of course it's good."

Mrs. Wang Ziteng lived up to her trust and left naturally satisfied.

Within a few days, Mrs. Wang invited a matchmaker to Xue's house to propose marriage.Afterwards, Mrs. Wang also took care of all matters in person.

On the side of Xue's family, because Xue Pan didn't know everything, Aunt Xue entrusted Xue Biao to arrange the dowry for Baochai.Xue Biao is also diligent, so I don't need to elaborate.

Jia's family and Xue's family had just made an engagement, so they came to Bowlinghou's Mansion to make an engagement with Xiangyun, and they were still interested in Wei Ruolan, a boy from the Wei family.This person is also a well-known prince and grandson in Beijing, with both talent and appearance.He is a character with all four corners.Shi Xiangyun didn't say anything, but he was very satisfied in his heart.

As soon as the marriage between the historian and Wei's family was decided, they heard that Lin Ruhai, a scholar of Longtuge University, also intends to choose a husband for his beloved daughter.Everyone in the world knows that the Lin family is a prince of the fifth generation, and what's more, the heirs are lonely. In Lin Ruhai's generation, there is only one daughter, Lin Daiyu, who is loved like a treasure.What's more, Lin Daiyu is rare and handsome, with an unparalleled appearance and outstanding appearance. Now I heard news from the Lin family that all officials and noble families with suitable age sons in Chang'an City are interested in marrying her.Even princes and relatives, princes and grandchildren are also tempted.

It's just that Lin Ruhai loves his daughter very much, and he's tired of the open and secret fights between the princes. He doesn't want to get involved in right and wrong, nor does he want his daughter to be tortured by it.I only wish to find a lover with all four corners, who can live in harmony with Daiyu Qinse and live a stable life.

Now let's not talk about other people's business, just say that it is June in a blink of an eye, and the midsummer is scorching hot.Liu Xianglian, who went to the coast of the West Sea to escort the princess and his relatives, returned after success. By the way, she also brought back the Nan'an County King who was released by the Java Kingdom as promised.