Chapter 129: The Xue family’s mother and daughter had a dispute
After the purge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, when the origins of the maids and eunuchs in the palace were found out, the emperor was shocked and broke into a cold sweat.
It turned out that most of the slaves he thought were fairly selected were from that surname. Those small families seemed to have no connection, but upon closer inspection, they were all old relatives by marriage, and his palace had already become a
The stuff in the pockets of those minions.
Now that he is still alive, he can still control those slaves, but if he passes away one day, or if their power becomes so great that they can no longer suppress him, then who will be the emperor? Will it be left to them, the masters? p>
Obviously it's impossible.
It's one thing to trust those minions, but it's absolutely impossible to trust those minions with your life and property, and besides, he still doesn't trust those minions.
Therefore, after cleaning up the palace, the emperor directly changed this year's general election into a small election, and all were selected from ordinary people. Officials from aristocratic families and people from various factions were not allowed to participate. Once found, they would be killed without mercy.
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The general election prepared this year will be pushed directly to August next year.
Without expressing divine grace, any girl who has reached the age of marriage can choose a good man to marry this year, while girls who are under the age have to wait another year.
In the Xue family's house, Xue Baochai dropped the tea cup in anger after listening to the information that the servants had inquired about with a cold face.
She had already planned her way into the palace and was waiting for the general election to follow the girl into the palace. But because of this incident, all her previous efforts were in vain.
The girl she chose has a father who is not a good official, and her family background is average. She is on the passing line when she enters the palace to participate in the general election. She is of the right age to enter the palace this year. If she hadn't been soft-tempered and easy to handle, she might not have been able to do it.
Choose her.
The result was good. Now that she has reached the marriageable age and can get married, all her plans have come to nothing. How can she be willing to do so?
Aunt Xue also had a sad look on her face: "What should I do?
Everything was fine before, why did it suddenly become like this?"
Xue Baochai frowned and asked aloud: "Is my brother back?"
Aunt Xue looked at the sky outside and replied: "Your brother went out to invite people to have a drink and inquire about news. It's still early in the morning. I'm afraid it will be late when he comes back."
Hearing that Xue Pan went out to invite people to have a drink again, Xue Baochai's brows furrowed even more tightly.
It was fine when their family first moved out, but her brother was too busy with her entering the palace to care about food and drink.
But after things were settled and a way into the palace was found, he returned to his old ways and started eating, drinking and playing around.
She was worried that he would get into trouble again, and she was also afraid that someone would come to her door again if she didn't deal with the previous matter well. She wanted to prevent him from going, but her mother only knew how to protect her brother from playing around, no matter how much she tried to persuade him.
Useless.
Now that the matter of entering the palace was not going to happen, he didn't know how to think of anything. He only went out to play with others, which completely angered her.
Immediately, she said with some displeasure: "Why did Mom let him go out again? She knew clearly that he was looking for reasons to go out to eat and drink, but she just indulged my brother. If this continues, don't tell me that I can't enter the palace.
If we can enter the palace, what good can our family do?
Have you forgotten about the incident that caused human life before?
Is it possible that you want to cause something like that again, and be forced to hide in the Rongguo Mansion again and live your life watching the Jia family?"
Aunt Xue was not a good-natured person to begin with, so she was annoyed when her daughter spoke like this.
She looked at Baochai with a displeased face, and her words were not as polite and gentle as before. She replied in a sharp voice: "Your brother is the only male in our family. When he goes out to do business, I can still stop him."
No way
If you don't let him go as a man, is it possible that you and I, the female family members, should go out and take care of things in public?
Besides, how much money and things our family has given away for you to enter the palace, even if your brother has been fooling around a bit and spent a lot on food and drink, it can’t be compared to what you spent.”
Xue Baochai didn't expect that her mother would say that to her. Her chest heaved violently with anger, but she couldn't say a word.
I don’t know if it was because she was unlucky and her teeth were blocked even after drinking cold water. Before she could catch her breath, her body began to feel hot again. It was obvious that she was sick again.
Aunt Xue didn't pay much attention at first, but it was obvious that after she was speechless for a long time and her face changed, she immediately panicked.
She quickly came to her, and while checking Baochai's condition, she asked: "Baochai, Baochai, what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you?"
Xue Baochai still had the energy to reply at this time, and quickly waved her hand to help her go back to the house to take medicine. Her weak look completely frightened Aunt Xue.
At the moment, she didn't care about the many things, and hurriedly called for the servants, and helped the people back to the house with the maids and women. Then, she ordered people to get medicine and fed Baochai herself.
After a long period of busy work, Xue Baochai's condition began to gradually improve, but his whole body was wet with sweat, and there was a coquettish look in his embarrassment, which gave him a different kind of beauty.
Aunt Xue looked at her Baochai's appearance, feeling both proud and helpless in her heart. Her daughter was good at everything, but she was born a little worse than others. If the master were still alive, I wonder if she would really become a queen if she worked hard.
But my master is gone, and the Xue family has been defeated. Now it is difficult to even enter the palace, let alone become the empress.
She knows that she is not willing to give in, but what can she do if she is not willing to give in?
It just adds to the worries.
She touched Baochai's little face with some affection and coaxed softly: "Son, if it doesn't work, just forget it!
Although our family has given away a lot of money, fortunately, our foundation is strong enough. Even after spending so much, we still have a lot of family property left. If it doesn't work, I will go find your aunt again and tell her.
Let’s talk about you and Baoyu.
When we moved out before, your aunt sent me a letter telling me this, and I thought it was quite appropriate.
In any case, Baoyu is still the young master of the Duke's palace. A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how the Jia family loses, it is still better than the average family."
After hearing this, Xue Baochai rejected her proposal in a cold voice: "You are not allowed to go. Since I decided to move out of that house that day, I never thought about going back, let alone seeing their faces. I have already lived in such a life."
Enough is enough.
What's more, my aunt is greedy and snobbish. She doesn't look down on our family background at all. Telling you about those promises is just to tease you. Even if you give her all our money, she will still look down on you.
Mine, it’s better to keep the money and make other plans.”
Aunt Xue was stunned when she heard this, frowned and asked: "The general election has been postponed to next year, and families like us are not allowed to go to the primary election. Don't you still give up?"
Xue Baochai thought of the scene where she was teased by those girls, and the bad faces of those people after her family fell into decline, and she felt unwilling to accept it. She gritted her teeth and said: "Why should you give up? What about next year?
If it doesn’t work, I’ll just wait another year. It’s just one more year, and I can afford to wait.”
