Drinking and writing poems with a group of beauties with outstanding appearance and talents. Not only Jia Baoyu enjoyed hearing about it, but even Jia Lian also enjoyed it.
I don’t know if it’s because everyone gets drunk without being drunk. In short, Jia Lian fell drunk before the poetry club was completely over.
When he woke up again, the sun was no longer bright outside, but dusk had become dark.
Jia Lian sat up and shook his neck, feeling that his mind was extremely clear, and then he patted the little head lying beside the bed.
Accompanied by a squealing sound, Xiangling slowly raised her head, rubbed her eyes, and said: "Second Master, you're awake..."
"Why am I here, where are the others?"
"Hey, Second Master, have you forgotten? You were drunk and fell asleep on Miss Lin's lap. It was my sister Heping'er and the others who helped you back.
When the others saw that you were drunk, they had no intention of continuing to play, and they dispersed soon after."
Jia Lian smiled and remembered.
In fact, he was not completely drunk at that time, but he was only 70-80% drunk. It seemed that he was deliberately teasing Daiyu by pretending to be drunk and lying on her body.
I don’t know if it was because it felt so good to lie on Daiyu’s lap in public, but she actually fell asleep after a while.
"Is Second Master getting up? I'll help Second Master change his clothes."
Xiangling stood up and was about to get her clothes, but Jia Lian hugged her and carried her to the bed.
Xiangling, who had long been used to it, did not panic, but said with a blushing face: "Master, it's getting late. You promised Miss Bao that you would go to Xue's house for a drink. Did you forget?"
Hearing this, Jia Lian looked at the sky, then raised Xiangling's little face and took a peck, and said with a smile: "Then let you go for now, and I will love you again when I come back. Well...my Xiangling girl is so sweet and cute...
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Although Xiang Ling was embarrassed to be rubbed cheek by jowl by Jia Lian, luckily there was no one else in the room, so she could only endure Jia Lian's doting on her patiently.
After finally waiting for Jia Lian to get up, she wanted to get up, but she was picked up by Jia Lian again and laid flat on the bed. Then she saw Jia Lian standing on the ground, bending down to take off her shoes and clothes.
"Second Master...?"
"Don't move! You're such an honest girl. If I ask you to guard the bed, just lie down here. What if you catch a cold?
Since you are so honest, just listen to me now and lie down here and have a good sleep. Hehe, this is a blessing given to you by God. You actually sleep in the bed that I have given you to warm..."
Xiang Ling wanted to say, it's already summer, who needs someone to warm the bed?
But she had always been obedient and didn't know how to refuse Jia Lian. She could only lie down obediently and let Jia Lian remove all her shoes, socks and outer clothes, and then he put her under the quilt.
Don't tell me, the quilt this second master has been lying on is indeed more comfortable than my own quilt...
Jia Lian saw that Xiang Ling was being manipulated by him like a puppet, with a pair of beautiful and soft eyes looking at him all the time. Jia Lian didn't want to do anything bad. After telling her not to move, he went to the south window and called two
The girl came in to help her change her clothes.
The two maids who were responsible for guarding the door came in and saw Xiang Ling lying on the master's bed, and both the neat bedding and Xiang Ling's innocent eyes proved that she did not get in by herself, but was stuffed by Jia Lian.
The two little girls didn't know how envious they were.
After Jia Lian changed into regular clothes, she went out directly. When Sister Feng came back, she happened to see Xiang Ling folding quilts and making bed.
"Where is your second master?"
"Second Master has gone out."
Xiangling was secretly glad that she didn't stay stuck in bed for pleasure, otherwise Mistress would definitely be unhappy when she came in and saw her.
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Jia Lian took his two maids, Aqi and Aqin, and went directly to Xue's house in a carriage.
He originally only planned to take Ah Qin with him. Because she had not taken her out of Beijing before, she was already quite resentful, so Jia Lian wanted to make up for it when he came back.
When I went to call her, the two sisters happened to be there, so Jia Lian took them with them.
Xue family.
Before the poetry club even started, Baochai asked Ying'er to come back and report to Aunt Xue, asking her to prepare dinner.
After the poetry club ended, Baochai rushed back as soon as possible and personally prepared several meals that Jia Lian liked in the kitchen.
During this period, Aunt Xue came to visit twice. Seeing her daughter's willingness to make soup for her lover, she opened her mouth several times but said nothing.
It wasn't until it was getting late that she called Baochai into the house and said with sincerity: "Bao girl..."
Baochai, who had been busy all afternoon and felt slightly sweaty, saw this and said in surprise: "Mom, what do you want to say? Just tell me, do you have anything to hide with your daughter?"
Aunt Xue glanced at Ying'er beside Baochai, and Ying'er wisely left the room.
Then Aunt Xue sat next to Baochai and looked Baochai up and down. Baochai looked a little embarrassed.
"Mom just wants to talk to you about you and Lian'er."
Hearing this, Baochai immediately calmed down and said, "Mom, please speak."
Aunt Xue didn't know how to speak for a moment, so she had to make a roundabout way: "Girl, you like your second brother Lian very much?"
"Why did mother say this? Wasn't mother the one who made the decision in the first place and promised her daughter to brother Lian?"
"Even though things are like this, you and your brother are both mom's favorites. If you don't want to, can mom force you to do it?"
Baochai was not sure what Aunt Xue meant for a while, so she hesitated and replied: "Mom is too worried. Brother Lian is a very nice person and treats me very well. My daughter... has nothing to dislike..."
How could Aunt Xue not know about her daughter? After hearing this, she knew that her daughter really liked Jia Lian.
She sighed secretly and suddenly asked: "How far have you and your Lian'er come? Has he ever bullied you?"
Aunt Xue remembered that Baochai stayed in the Grand View Garden every day. Although Xiangyun and Baoqin were there, since her daughter and Jia Lian were interested in each other, it was easy for them to do something outrageous.
Baochai is so smart, as soon as Aunt Xue said it, she understood what she wanted to ask.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! She suddenly said in embarrassment: "What did mother say..."
Baochai originally wanted to refute, but after all, she was his mother, so he endured it for a long time, and only explained: "Second brother Lian is a gentleman. He will naturally not bully others, and he has never bullied his daughter."
Listening to her daughter's righteous words that Jia Lian was a gentleman, Aunt Xue fell into a trance.
"It would be better if I didn't..."
Aunt Xue picked up her daughter's hand, patted it, and said earnestly: "You should have heard about Lian'er's dismissal from office today in their house..."
Before Aunt Xue finished speaking, Baochai immediately raised her head, a little surprised and a little shocked, but in the end she just said quietly: "What does mother mean by saying this?"
"Well, you are my only daughter. Whatever I do, I will naturally think of you first.
Although your second brother Lian is a very good person, motivated and capable, and has a good conduct in society, I had no worries in promising you to him.
But having said that, after all, he already has Feng Yatou and Lin Yatou...
For the sake of your future, I want to have an open-hearted talk with you. Are you really willing to follow him, even if you always succumb to Feng Yatou and Lin Yatou in the future?"
Baochai didn't speak, just looked at her mother blankly.
Aunt Xue was a little flinched by her daughter's eyes, and said hurriedly: "Don't lose face, while the matter between you and Lian'er has not yet been settled, you might as well think about it carefully.
With your appearance, you are worthy of being among the young talents in the world, so there is no need to have to wrong yourself."
Baochai still didn't understand Aunt Xue's thoughts at this time, she said slowly: "At the beginning, it was my mother who wanted to save my brother and took the initiative to promise me to my second brother Lian.
The second brother Lian relied on me not to give up, and he never used this as a threat, allowing me to decide on life-long matters by myself.
After her mother's persuasion, her daughter finally made up her mind and decided to follow him for the rest of her life.
But now my mother has the intention of going back on her word because the second brother Lian was temporarily out of power. Isn't this ungrateful and burning the bridge?"
Aunt Xue's face turned red when Baochai said it, and she immediately refuted: "How can you say that about your mother? I didn't do this just for your consideration!"
If you are really determined to follow him and are willing to wrong yourself for him, shouldn't I still force you?
But there is still room for change. I want you to think about it carefully and don't wait until one day in the future to regret it. This is a show of love and care for my mother. It's just that you don't appreciate it. Instead, you say that I am ungrateful and want to burn bridges."
"I won't hide it from you either. After I came back from their house, I sent someone to inquire about it.
It is true that your second brother Lian was dismissed from office. Not only was he the commander of the Xicheng Military and Horse Division, but also the commander of the Guards Firearms Battalion that your second brother Lian built himself. His position as commander was also dismissed by the imperial court.
Now the new appointment of the imperial court has been issued, and the new court official has taken office!
It's not that I'm so short-sighted that I value these two official positions. With your second brother Lian's ability, as long as he is willing, what kind of official position can't he get?
I'm worried about something else..."
Baochai frowned and asked, "Is mother talking about the life experience of the second brother Lian?"
"Isn't that right?"
"You are also a smart boy. It has been a few days since the incident in Beijing, and there have been countless rumors outside.
They all say that the prince is plotting rebellion, but who can say clearly what the real cause is?
You still don’t know, right? Your uncle returned to Beijing this morning."
"Uncle?" Baochai was shocked. There are not many things that the Xue family can rely on now.
In addition to the family friends and relatives accumulated over the past century, the Xue family's biggest supporter at present is her uncle Wang Ziteng.
Wang Ziteng is also someone who needs to think carefully before anyone wants to have any wrong ideas about the Xue family.
Aunt Xue nodded and said: "Your uncle is a veteran of two dynasties, and he is also responsible for the control of nine provinces. How did he come back so well?
In the morning I sent someone to your uncle's house to send greetings. Your uncle said that he had just come back and the house was too busy to receive us. He would come to visit us again in two days when he is free.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, I asked people to get a lot of information from your uncle's entourage.
In fact, your uncle was not recalled to Beijing by the emperor, but led troops back from outside the customs..."
Aunt Xue told Baochai everything she learned, plus some of her own speculations.
"All in all, judging from all aspects of the situation, this is definitely not just a rebellion by the prince. Combined with the fact that the Holy Emperor returned to Beijing yesterday and killed so many veterans of the previous dynasty, I am afraid that it is really what those people said.
This is the time when the Holy Emperor and the Supreme Emperor are fighting each other."
In fact, Emperor Ningkang's forced conquest and Emperor Taishang's failure were no secrets among powerful people in the empire. After all, Emperor Ningkang angrily rebuked Emperor Ningkang for his treason in front of so many officers, soldiers and ministers.
Therefore, many people know the truth, but they don't dare to spread it randomly, so the truth can only be spread through rumors.
On the one hand, Aunt Xue was just a stay-at-home woman, and on the other hand, the incident happened relatively recently, so it was difficult for her to obtain accurate and useful information.
But she was able to pinpoint the truth based only on the news circulated by the outside world and her own guesses, which can be regarded as quite scheming.
Even if she is like this, Baochai, who is better than the blue, is naturally not to mention.
Baochai instantly remembered the conversation between Jia Lian and Ah Qin at noon. There was a lot of key information in it.
"I wasn't very sure at first, but after I learned that Lian'er had been dismissed from all official positions, I figured out all the key points.
Think about it, if the current emperor really forced the palace to seize power, as your second brother Lian, how could he not be afraid?
No matter how much the emperor originally valued your second brother Lian, under this premise, even if your second brother Lian will not lose his life in the future, I am afraid that it will never be possible for him to make a comeback.
Don't blame me for being unkind and unjust, but our Xue family really can't stand many failures.
Whether it’s for the Xue family or for yourself, if your second brother Lian is destined to have no hope of career, what are you trying to do by following him with such humiliation?"
Baochai couldn't tell how she felt, but looking at Aunt Xue's frank eyes, she also believed that her mother was indeed thinking about her, maybe not entirely, but definitely.
"I understand what my mother said, and my daughter will seriously consider it."
Aunt Xue was overjoyed when she heard this: "Don't feel any psychological pressure. Your second brother Lian is not a ruthless person. Even if he feels unhappy in his heart, he will not do anything to you or me for the sake of the love between relatives."
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Baochai suddenly felt sad when he heard this: "Even if the second brother Lian is generous and doesn't hold grudges, how can you and I face him again in the future?"
Aunt Xue was speechless, but then she became determined again.
There was nothing hard to face. She had already paid the price to save her son, and he had asked for it by name.
At the beginning, he said that he would not force his daughter, everything would depend on her will. Now I have not forced my daughter to regret it, I just asked her to think more about it. What's wrong?