The Xue family has rarely been to Jia's house in the past month.
On the one hand, the Jia family is in troubled times, so it is not worth disturbing them. On the other hand, they themselves are also busy moving.
From Lixiangyuan, I moved to a house in the northeast.
This house is naturally more spacious than Lixiangyuan. It was originally the property of the Rongguo Mansion and was bought by the Xue family for eight thousand taels of silver.
Originally, Mrs. Wang was planning to give the house directly to her sister's family to live in, but Aunt Xue insisted on spending money to buy it.
Mrs. Wang naturally understood what her sister meant. She thought that on the one hand, the Xue family was not bad at all, and on the other hand, the family was building a provincial residence for relatives in Yuanchun. It was a time when they were short of money, so she agreed.
There was also a drama where the buyer intentionally raised the house price and the seller insisted on lowering the price.
After a tug-of-war between the sisters, they finally settled on a price that was slightly equal to the market price. Mrs. Wang returned to Jia Mu and Jia Zheng, and Jia Zheng talked to Jia Lian, and no one had any objections.
As a result, the Xue family officially settled down in Ningrong Back Street.
It was evening, Baochai had dinner with her mother, and stayed to talk to her mother.
Aunt Xue was sitting on the kang. Seeing her daughter's radiant skin and calm and elegant face, she deeply sighed that her daughter's appearance was not famous in the palace. Thinking about it, she had to say it was a loss to the royal family.
Yintan asked: "Girl Bao, what do you think of this child Baoyu?"
Baochai didn't know why her mother asked this suddenly. She thought about it and replied:
"Baoyu is talented and intelligent, has a gentle temperament, and is polite to others. He is very good."
The aunt's family treated them well. When talking behind their backs, they naturally only talked about the good things. This was Baochai's code of conduct.
Unexpectedly, Aunt Xue's eyes lit up when she heard this: "So, do you think Baoyu is a good boy?"
Um?
Baochai was very thoughtful, and immediately noticed something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "Okay, why did mother suddenly say this?"
Aunt Xue knew that her daughter was on guard. She sat back, picked up the tea and took a sip. Fang smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's just that your aunt has been very concerned about you recently.
Knowing that you were not selected, she also told me that this was not necessarily a bad thing. There are many princes and grandsons in Beijing, and with your example and character, you will naturally have no worries about a good destiny in the future."
When Baochai heard this, he immediately fell silent.
Although her mother said it in a vague way, she could still hear the underlying meaning.
She couldn't help but think of the theory of "a good match between gold and jade" that had been circulating for some time.
Originally, she thought he was just a bored busybody causing trouble for no reason.
After all, the golden lock she had been wearing since she was a child did come from a skinny-headed monk. The skinny-headed monk did indeed say a prophecy, saying that this golden lock would be matched by a piece of jade in the future.
Now that she saw that her mother and aunt were really interested in bringing her and Brother Bao together, she suddenly realized that this incident might not be a coincidence.
I just don’t know if my mother accidentally let it slip and my aunt overheard it, or if my mother also had this intention.
Baochai naturally had no ill feelings towards Jia Baoyu and Jia Baoyu.
After all, there is an evil brother "Zhu Yu Qian". Baochai is very understanding and tolerant of the behavior of men in the world.
What he did with his maid under the eyes of his grandmother, what he had fun with his good brothers and nuns, these were nothing.
What really makes Baochai remain unfazed by Jia Baoyu is that Jia Baoyu has always been like a child and has no enterprising spirit.
Moreover, under his aunt's severe discipline, he still obeyed and disobeyed, obviously not a person who listened to advice and could accept discipline.
If so, if Jia Baoyu could have half the enterprising spirit of his cousin Jia Lian. Not to mention Jia Lian's achievements, if she could see that Jia Baoyu could achieve a great career in the future, she might not resent her mother and her husband.
Auntie got them together.
Even if this is the case, it is not necessarily that she will take the initiative to fight for it.
Excluding this point, Jia Baoyu does have many qualities that ordinary men in the world do not have. Especially respecting girls, she also finds it very rare.
Seeing that her daughter didn't speak, Aunt Xue knew that her daughter must have guessed it.
In fact, she just tried to find out what her daughter was thinking in advance.
Her daughter is still young, and Baoyu is even younger. Neither she nor Mrs. Wang are in a hurry about this matter.
She knew that Mrs. Wang particularly admired Baochai. During the previous conversation between the two sisters, Mrs. Wang had never been shy about praising Baochai and expressing her desire to have a girl "like Baochai" as her daughter-in-law.
In the eyes of Mrs. Wang, the decline of the Xue family is a fact. The Jia family is especially powerful. Even after Baoyu and his sister became a concubine, the Rongguo Mansion was at its peak.
She doesn't despise the Xue family for being weak. Is there any reason for the Xue family to be unwilling?
But Aunt Xue still had some doubts about this.
First, if the situation in which the second wife was the most respected in the Rongguo Mansion had not been broken before, Aunt Xue would really not have had second thoughts.
After all, the financial resources of a Duke's family will not be much weaker than that of the Xue family. Not to mention the strong political background.
Unfortunately, with the sudden rise of Jia Lian, even her sister and brother-in-law were almost squeezed out of the family. At this time, it remains to be discussed how valuable Jia Baoyu's status as the legitimate son of the Duke's family is.
Second, although the Xue family is weak, it has strong financial resources.
What they urgently need is support from power, which can also be said to be officialdom and court.
And marriage is undoubtedly the fastest and most effective way for aristocratic families to obtain this kind of support!
Although Aunt Xue loves her daughter very much, as the mistress of the Xue family, she still knows that a daughter with excellent knowledge, extraordinary character, and beautiful appearance is a very important asset of the Xue family.
She wouldn't hand it over easily.
She wanted to find a son-in-law for her daughter who could make her happy and help the Xue family at the same time.
Nephew Baoyu doesn't seem to fit this point. Baoyu's dignity lies entirely in the elders around him. This kind of external blessing is easy to dissipate, so naturally it is not so easy to be convincing.
In fact, among the young handsome men she had met, she had really seen one who made her faultless.
If she were to let that man be her son-in-law, she would wake up laughing even if she fell asleep.
It's a pity that the other party is my niece's husband.
Even if the princess wants to win her love with a knife, she can't get it. Naturally, the Xue family has no chance.
With these thoughts in her mind, Aunt Xue had no intention of having a showdown with her daughter now. When Baochai didn't say anything, she said, "Have you heard that your second brother Lian has not only become the acting patriarch of their family, but also,
He also received errands from the emperor.
Peacemaker?
Although I have never seen with my own eyes what it would be like for a princess to get married, I can still imagine it.
How grand and majestic is it to send a princess off to get married and lead troops into another country?
Even their family has probably not had this kind of honor for many years. As for our family, it’s even further away. I’m afraid it was only in your grandfather’s time that we had such a scene.”
When Baochai heard this, his expression moved slightly.
She also thought of the man who was a head taller than her and walked slowly beside her, making her feel like a spring breeze.
Then he blamed himself for not thinking this, and replied covertly: "Second brother Lian is indeed an extraordinary person..."
Aunt Xue did not notice anything strange about her daughter. She continued to sigh: "Bao Yatou, tell me, if Brother Lian returns to Beijing smoothly this time, how should the emperor reward him?
He is young, already has a second-grade title, and his official position is also a fourth-grade, and further up..."
Aunt Xue's eyes were filled with yearning, "If I remember correctly, he is only twenty years old this year. If this continues, what achievements will he achieve in the future? Can he surpass your uncle?"
Hearing her mother's praise, Baochai couldn't help but follow her thoughts.
Then, she didn't know what to say.
Becoming famous at a young age is nothing. After all, people with noble blood and noble birth are not comparable to others from the beginning. Although the second brother Lian does not rely entirely on his birth, it is undeniable that his status as the eldest son of the Duke of Guo is also the reason for his current status.
the most important reason.
However, if you reach a high position at a young age, if your mind and virtue are not enough, the probability of making a mistake halfway is extremely high.
Thinking about it, this is the reason why it is difficult for those princes and nobles to reach the position of extremely popular ministers in the end, even if they have some talents.
I just don’t know why, but when I think of Jia Lian’s handsome and majestic face, especially those deep eyes, when looking at her, they seem to be looking at her from top to bottom... It seems that everyone and everything around them,
It's all under his control.
That kind of calm and confident handling style made her unconsciously believe that Jia Lian would not be like this.
He must be able to go on steadily.
"Brother Lian is indeed a man with a bright future."
"yes."
Aunt Xue sighed endlessly: "So, we are destined to have different fates when we are born.
For example, your cousin was naughty when she was a child. We all said that she didn’t look like a girl at all, so she would not be able to get married in the future.
Who knows, there are millions of women in the world today, but none can compare to her!
It can be seen that there are times in life that must be fulfilled, and there is no time in life. Don’t force it. Everything in the world is fate..."
When Aunt Xue married into the Xue family, the Xue family was still relatively strong. But now, in just ten or twenty years, it has fallen to such a decline that Aunt Xue has no choice but to believe in fate.
But Baochai, who had read more than her mother, could not agree with Aunt Xue's sentiments and conclusions.
Although people have a destiny, how can they accept their fate lightly until the end? At the end of the day, three years later, she entered the palace for another election.