Baochai sat next to her mother with her head half lowered. She actually saw everything around her clearly.
She thought about what her mother had told her, and the purpose of coming here was to explain clearly to Jia Mu about the wooden coffin board. If Jia Mu was dissatisfied with the Xue family because of this matter, her marriage to Baoyu would become even more difficult. She has known since she was a child that she will be selected for the palace in the future. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has insight into the ways of the world, all just because she hopes that she can become the emperor's concubine, and the Xue family will be prosperous again.
But her brother Xue Pan failed to live up to expectations, and she was burdened by the incident of killing people. At this time, there was no hope of entering the palace. No matter how high-minded she was, she could only settle for the next best thing.
But...
Baochai caught a glimpse of Baoyu sitting moodily next to Jia Mu, staring at a pair of bracelets in his hand in a daze. It was a pity that the handsome young man with "a face like the moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival and a color like the flowers of spring dawn"
, I really responded to the song "Moon on the West River":
Looking for sorrow and hatred for no reason, sometimes it seems stupid and crazy.
Even though he was born with a good skin, his belly turned out to be rough.
I am poor and ignorant of worldly affairs, and I am stupid and afraid of reading articles.
If your behavior is eccentric and eccentric, let the world slander you!
On the other hand, Jia Lian, who is sitting next to Jia Mu, is only five or six years older than Baoyu, but he is already a handsome and elegant young man, with a face like a crown jade and piercing eyes. Although he has been immersed in wealth for many years and is suave and romantic, his expression is so different.
His magnanimity also makes people feel like seeing pines growing in an empty valley and the moon shining over a cold river, which makes the young girl Baochai so unmoved.
Hearing that Jia Lian was summoned by the emperor today and was promoted when he came back, Baochai couldn't help but sigh:
Such a good young man already has a wife and concubines;
Looking at Baoyu again, she is just a child who has not grown up. She does not study and is not motivated. She only knows how to lean on the red and the green all day long, add makeup and powder, but I have to work hard to climb high. Alas - she is not also a daughter.
Unlucky?
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How did Jia Lian know that Baochai was peeking at him and musing on his thoughts? At this moment, he was thinking about how to get out of the house. After all, except for him and Baoyu, the whole room was filled with female relatives.
At this time, someone from outside came to report that there were Chen Jingxing, the eldest son of Chen Ruiwen, the eldest son of the hereditary third-rank Wei Zhen general Chen Yi, the great-grandson of Chen Yi, the hereditary third-rank Wei Zhen general, and Niu Song, the second son of the descendant of the first-class Bo Niu, and Liu Biao, the Li Guogong.
Great-grandson, Liu Sizhuang, the third son of Liu Fang, the hereditary first-class son, Ma Rulong, the son of Ma Shang, the hereditary third-class Weiyuan general Ma Kui, the hereditary second-class male and the only son of Xie Jing, the guerrilla in the Beijing camp.
Xie Qianli, the great-grandson of Pingyuan Marquis, Jiang Zang, the son of Jiang Zining, the hereditary second-class male, the great-grandson of Jingtian Marquis, Qiu Baojiang, the son of Qiu Liang, Sun Wucheng Soldiers and Horses, as well as Feng Ziying, the son of General Shenwu, and Wei Ruolan, the son of General Zhenping, and other princes and grandsons
, after hearing that Jia Lian was promoted, he specially held a banquet at the top restaurant in the capital, "Jixian Tower".
Isn't this just a sleepy moment, and a pillow is coming?
Jia Lian was overjoyed: Drinking with that group of people is not much more interesting than chatting with the elders of the family?
When Jia Mu over there heard about it, she liked it even more. She patted Jia Lian on the back and said:
"These are all your friends. Go ahead. Don't keep people waiting. It's as if you get a big deal after you get promoted. That's not good."
He turned to Mrs. Xing and said:
"I won't keep you for dinner. You go back and tell your master for him. He came back from the palace and as soon as he arrived at my place, he was asked to go out to socialize. He didn't have time to see his father. Don't be surprised to call him my father." Mrs.
Jia Mu also ordered Yuanyang:
"When Lian Er leaves, he will probably come back drunk.
Girl Feng is still busy in the Dong Mansion, so she must not be able to take care of her own room. Later, you can go to Lian Er's courtyard and ask them to prepare the sobering soup in advance, and someone must serve the tea at night." Yuanyang smiled and said:
"Don't worry, ancestor, I'm going to take a look and see if Ping'er has recovered from the cold."
When Jia Mu heard this, she frowned and said:
"Girl Feng can't take care of her own family, and Ping'er is sick, so who will take care of Lian Er?"
Jia Lian also quickly smiled and said:
"I haven't even gone out yet, but it's not my fault that the old lady is worried about me coming back drunk?
At worst, I'll have all the prosperous and prosperous children staring at me, so I won't end up getting drunk, and I won't worry the old lady."
Jia Mu smiled and said:
"You go and socialize with you. Let's discuss our girls' affairs here and arrange the people who will serve you."
Jia Lian said goodbye to everyone one by one and went out.
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Jia Lian did not dare to delay, so he quickly returned to his courtyard and went straight to the main room.
When Ping'er heard the sound, he hurried out of his room. Jia Lian didn't have time to say more. He just told Ping'er to change his clothes quickly and hurriedly went out to meet the guests.
Ping'er quickly changed Jia Lian's purple tapestry robe with dark patterns. He touched it in his hand and knew that it was the finest Jilihu silk brocade. He asked in a low voice:
"This is?"
Jia Lian brushed off the wrinkles on his inner clothes and replied:
"The emperor rewarded me, so I had to come back quickly to change my clothes before I dared to go out.
This is the same uniform given to several princes, but can I wear it?"
Ping'er softly said "Oh", carefully put the purple robe aside, and put on a set of blue sea blue satin robe for Jia Lian.
After enduring it for a long time, he still asked in a low voice:
"Why on earth would you take such a big risk? It scares me to death."
Jia Lian didn't have time to talk to her in detail, so he just said:
"I'll tell you the details later.
As for you, you still have to pretend to be sick and don’t let anyone see it.
The mandarin ducks on the other side of the old lady know it, and she will come over in a while."
Ping'er lowered his head and said nothing, suddenly stopped, turned around and ran back to his room.
Jia Lian was left hanging on the spot without even fastening the belt outside his robe.
Ping'er was confused, and ran back again. Seeing that no one was around, she gave Jia Lian the thousand taels of silver notes and a handkerchief that Jia Lian had given her yesterday:
"Hurry up and put it away.
I don’t know where the thousand taels of silver notes that the second master gave me came from. No matter what happens, it’s important that the second master returns it as soon as possible.
There is one hundred taels of cash in the handkerchief bag, which I took out from the interest silver that Wang'er's sister-in-law sent yesterday. This is all the mistress's possession, and she won't be able to notice it for a while.
The personal money that the second master had stored with me was stolen by others. Now that he has been promoted and went to a banquet, he can’t make the second master look bad in front of others, right?”
How could Jia Lian take one hundred taels of silver seriously now? It was just that Ping'er dared to steal Wang Xifeng's silver for him, which surprised him.
Seeing Ping'er's pretty face flushed with nervousness, just like a begonia in spring, Jia Lian couldn't help but reach out and pinch her cheek gently.
Ping'er patted his hand gently:
"It's not good to be seen."
While tying his belt, he asked softly:
"Although I am very happy to be promoted, I don't want to drink too much, as it will be harmful to my health after all."
She has been a member of Jia Lian's house for a long time, but because Wang Xifeng is overbearing and Jia Lian is lustful and irresponsible, many things are very helpless. On the contrary, it was only after last night and today that Ping'er for the first time seriously regarded Jia Lian as the person he had entrusted to his life. Jia Lian liked Ping'er's gentle and gentle nature, and he was already his concubine, so he became more and more righteous, so he put his arm around Ping'er's waist and said with a smile:
"Drink is not harmful to the body..."
Unexpectedly, there was only a "桄桔" sound, which scared Ping'er to the point where he immediately broke away from Jia Lian and fled three feet away in a hurry.
(Ping'er: I...I like Mr. Lian.
I ask for collection, recommendation, and support on his behalf...I am happy.)