After Jia Lian left openly, Youshi sat alone in the room for a while, then called Yindie in and told her: "Go find the person who came to Sheng's house and ask her to arrange a few people to ask my mother about the matter."
How's it going? There's trouble.
If it's done, I'll bring them over to keep me company."
Soon after Jia Lian left Beijing, Youshi found a reason to let Mrs. You, mother and daughter, go back to their hometown.
It's not that she's heartless and drives people away when they're done.
She knew that when her father was still alive, he had arranged a marriage for his second sister.
Although for some reasons, Mrs. You had long regretted it and wanted to withdraw from the engagement, but she kept holding off. How decisive was Mrs. You? Since she was determined to marry Sister You to Jia Lian, she would not let her leave such a mark on her body.
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So I told You Lao Niang and others to go back and get this matter done.
And the reason why I haven't asked about it for so long is just a simple way to control people.
Even though they are my mother and my sister, they are not close to each other after all. Sometimes, I am afraid that I may not completely share my heart with her.
Especially the third sister, she has a tricky personality, aggressive behavior, and is not very easy to get along with.
Therefore, after letting them see the wealth of the Duke's Mansion, and then letting them go back to the countryside to experience the poverty of a small family again, it may make them cherish their days living in the Duke's Mansion even more.
In Rongguo Mansion, the drama continues.
There was a performance in the inner courtyard and a performance in the outer courtyard.
The inner class was naturally performed specifically for Jia Mu, while the outer class invited several famous elders and children from the clan to come over and have a fun time together.
Jia Baoyu Suxi does not like such lively dramas unless she is watching them with her sisters.
Therefore, according to common sense, although Jia Baoyu is a man, at this time, he should sit in the inner group and accompany Jia Mu to enjoy the show.
But today, for the first time, he went outside to watch a play with Jia Zheng.
Even if he was often taught a lesson by Jia Zheng, he would endure it silently.
After finally waiting for Jia Zheng to go in and toast Jia Mu, Jia Baoyu immediately asked Ming Yan to carry two jugs of wine to his outer study. As for himself, he went to the dressing room of the theater troupe and found today's guest actor, Dan Opera, Young
A handsome actor invited him to play a small role.
Because he met Lai Shangrong, Lai Da's son, who had a friendship with him, he also invited him.
"Hahaha, Brother Liu, I tried to find you several times but never got a chance. I didn't expect you to come to our house today. This makes me so happy!"
Jia Baoyu took the actor's wrist and invited him to his study, smiling happily.
Although the actor was dressed in a costume and had exquisite makeup on his face, his behavior did not have the pretentiousness of an ordinary actor.
On the contrary, you can still see a bit of free and easy masculinity in him.
This person is Liu Xianglian, who has a somewhat bad reputation at Beijing Fengyue Field, and is also known as the "cold-faced gentleman" Liu Erlang.
Although Liu Xianglian and Jia Baoyu have not known each other for a long time, and they have only met briefly a few times, after all, the words and actions of each other are not like ordinary people. Moreover, Jia Baoyu's status is also extraordinary, but she treats him so kindly, which makes Liu Xianglian feel uncomfortable in her heart.
I was a little touched, and my face showed kindness.
"There's no need to look for me. I've always wandered around. Even I sometimes don't know where I'm going. How can you find me?"
As he said that, he followed Jia Baoyu and Lai Shangrong into the house.
After sitting down, Lai Shangrong smiled and said: "He didn't lie to you. If he hadn't come to look for me once when he first came to Beijing, I wouldn't have known he was in Beijing.
Just a few days ago, the master sent my father to invite a theater troupe. I remembered that Uncle Bao had asked me about Erlang's whereabouts last time, so I went to invite him. First, we would get together, and second, he would help my father. Unexpectedly,
He is actually willing to come."
"Brother Lai has your destiny, how dare you disobey me?"
As the son of Lai Da, the chief manager of the Rongguo Mansion, Lai Shangrong was released from slavery at an early age and was promoted to a high-ranking official, so his status was naturally high. Therefore, the people he made friends with were all the children of powerful people in the capital. Even though he was from a noble family, he was often regarded as cold-blooded.
The cold-hearted Liu Erlang also talked with him as an equal.
In any case, Jia Baoyu, who had never forgotten Liu Xianglian since he met her two faces last year, was overjoyed to see her again this time, so he was very happy to drink and talk at the same time.
Suddenly Jia Baoyu thought of Qin Zhong again, so he took Liu Xianglian's hand and asked: "By the way, Brother Liu, did you see Qin Zhong when you came to Beijing this time?"
Liu Xianglian nodded. Speaking of which, he got to know Qin Zhong first, and then met Jia Baoyu.
After all, the reason why he interacted with the Jia family in the first place was because Jia Zhen and his son of Ningguo Mansion admired his name and paid a lot of money to invite him to come over and rehearse several plays. Seeing that Jia Rong's brother-in-law Qin Zhong had an extraordinary character and appearance, he was not
Generally dandy and vulgar, so there is quite a bit of friendship.
"How is he, little Zhong'er?"
Liu Xianglian was a little excited and a little surprised to see Jia Baoyu. Considering the relationship between the Jia family and the Qin family, Jia Baoyu and Qin Zhong were very easy to meet, but why did Jia Baoyu look so concerned after not seeing each other for a long time?
When Lai Shangrong saw this, he explained cryptically: "For some reasons, the old lady at home does not allow Uncle Bao to interact with Qin Zhong, so Uncle Bao is like this."
Liu Xianglian also heard that there must be a secret in this, and was not in a position to delve deeper, because she said: "There is nothing unusual about him, he just looks thinner than before."
"Harm, I know how his fragile body can withstand the abuse of others. Fortunately, he recovered from his illness."
Jia Baoyu naturally knew that after Qin Zhong's incident with Zhi'er, he not only received a good beating from Qin Bangye when he returned, but also fell ill.
At first, he secretly went to see Jia Mu and others without telling him, but Qin Zhong paid little attention to him, and Qin Bangye did not welcome him. Frustrated, he stopped going.
"Hahaha, I knew you guys were hiding here behind my back to eat the wine!"
When Jia Baoyu and others were enjoying themselves, he suddenly heard the door of the room swinging open. Jia Baoyu was shocked and thought for a moment that Jia Zheng was here.
Only when he heard the voice did he know it was Xue Pan.
"Brother Xue is here, please sit down."
Xue Panfei Dudu's body rushed into the room, his slightly small eyes turned mischievously, and his gaze fell on Liu Xianglian beside him, and his eyes suddenly glowed with splendor.
Although Liu Xianglian was not very happy, she bowed her hand politely.
"This must be Liu Erlang. I have admired your name for a long time, but I have never met you. I am really lucky to see you here today~"
Xue Pan didn't care about Lai Shangrong and Jia Baoyu at all. He stepped forward and wanted to take Liu Xianglian's hand and have a heart-to-heart talk.
However, Liu Xianglian calmly dodged him, and Xue Pan didn't care. Instead, he glanced at the table and greeted everyone to sit down in a familiar manner.
Lai Shangrong naturally did not dare to offend Xue Pan. For Baochai's sake, Jia Baoyu always dealt with Xue Pan. Seeing Jia Baoyu's attitude, Liu Xianglian also knew that Xue Pan should have a good status and it was not convenient to offend him.
But after he sat down again, he found that Xue Pan looked at him with a very evil look, and even reached out to try to take advantage of him many times. Liu Xianglian felt very unhappy.
Lai Shangrong saw it, and when Xue Pan was about to get in the way, he quickly stopped him and said with a smile: "Uncle Xue is drunk."
"Nonsense, I just ate so much today, I'm not drunk... It's just that wine doesn't intoxicate people, people get drunk on themselves, hahaha..."
Xue Pan made what he thought was the most attractive, a wild and wild look, and looked directly at Liu Xianglian.
But I don't blame him for this.
It turned out that Xue Pan had heard of Liu Xianglian's name in the Jia Mansion since he entered Beijing, but he had never met her by chance.
I was bored today, so I heard that Rongguo Mansion was putting on a show, so I came over to have a look. Unexpectedly, I saw Liu Xianglian, who was on stage as a guest star.
Because Liu Xianglian was "famous" and the guest roles he saw today were all "Sheng Dan Feng Yue Drama", he thought that Liu Xianglian was as good an actor as he had seen before.
Actors with such excellent character and appearance are usually the playthings of powerful people, and they are well versed in the ways of romance.
Xue Pan is not arbitrary. Otherwise, why would these three well-behaved men be locked up in the house eating wine during the day?
Not yet, Jia Baoyu and Lai Shangrong were eating alone behind his back!
Now that he has found him, he will naturally not let go.