But Huo Sheng suddenly came to look for Jia Baoyu. The two met at the gate of Rongguo Mansion. Huo Sheng smiled and said: "I know a good place. Come with me quickly. There is no such shop after this village. Read a book at midnight."
Baoyu smiled quickly and asked, "Where is it? How do you know I live here?"
Huo Sheng said: "Anyway, just come with me. You will definitely like it."
Baoyu asked no more questions, called Mingyan to pull the horse, and followed him along with the bridle.
After walking for a while, Huo Sheng lightly beat his mount a few steps faster, and Baoyu also followed. The boy he brought winked at Mingyan. Mingyan hurriedly pulled the reins, and the two of them fell behind their master.
Some seeds.
Huo Shengnai said: "Today my father is out on business, and my grandmother and mother have also gone to the Dongping Palace to listen to a play. I will quietly take you to see Miss Jia."
Baoyu was stunned: "What?"
Huo Sheng said calmly: "Huo Xuan is my father."
Baoyu was stunned.
Huo Sheng also slowed down his horse and turned to look at him: "Miss Jia is smart and is living a good life now. You don't have to worry."
After half a day, Baoyu raised his head and asked slowly: "When did you know that I was from Rongguo Mansion?"
Huo Sheng said: "I knew it from the beginning. I heard that you are an interesting person, so I went to look for you."
Baoyu was startled and smiled bitterly: "Anyway, I'm still that fool."
Huo Sheng said: "Shang Ke, I actually saw you gradually go from extremely stupid to ordinary stupid."
Baoyu glanced at him: "Is this a compliment to me?"
Huo Sheng nodded and said, "Yes, I rarely praise others."
Baoyu chuckled lightly: "When you saw me, I was no longer very stupid." He added, "I think my sister has received a lot of care from you."
Huo Sheng said: "That's not true. I have never seen Sister Ling. She has always lived in peace. The current situation in our house means that peace is a good life."
Baoyu nodded and said, "It's good to be safe." He hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but ask, "My sister...may she leave your house in the future?"
Huo Sheng glanced at him: "The palace has given me an extraordinary concubine, and I cannot send her away without any reason."
Baoyu said sadly: "You can't waste your life like this."
Huo Sheng glanced at the horizon and said: "There are so many people wasting their time. It's good to be safe. Besides, it's better in our house than in the palace." Yin sneered, "A few days ago, there was a roommate who didn't know how to live or die.
The girl hurriedly jumped out to serve as a spearman, and she was already paralyzed."
Baoyu hurriedly asked: "Then she may be well in the future?"
Huo Sheng said: "Of course it won't be cured. It's good to live for two years. Don't look concerned when you hear the woman. She is my father's woman. Besides, she wanted to die on her own. Who knows?
He couldn't save her. He even beat two little girls to death, and those two were the ones who died unjustly."
Baoyu was so frightened that he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He was silent for a while and sighed: "Why bother..."
Huo Sheng looked at him and said with a smile: "In your eyes, all young and beautiful women are good, in my eyes, all young and beautiful women are bad."
Baoyu said: "My daughter is a gift from God, how can she do anything evil?"
Huo Sheng said: "That's because your mother is somewhat capable, and your father is incompetent. In my family, my father is strong and my mother is weak. His various little wives want to kill me since I was still in my mother's womb. Until now.
I almost fell off my horse and died a month ago, but fortunately my equestrian skills are excellent."
Baoyu's eyes widened.
"Now there is someone in our house who is pregnant. Regardless of whether she is a boy or a girl, as long as I am here, even if she gives birth to a son, she will not be the heir apparent. As for those who helped her, they all want to see whether Concubine Qin will return.
Come on, I haven't seen anyone pregnant in this house for many years and now I have one. One day they will also be pregnant? I am still in the way." Huo Sheng suddenly smiled brightly, while Baoyu looked a little cold as he looked on.
Liang said, "My son, I will never die! It's hard to say whether their son will be born or not, but even if he is born, they won't have a chance to succeed as long as I'm around."
Baoyu was stunned for a while, then shook his head: "Every time I think I understand the world, someone always exposes me." Yin lowered his head and sighed.
Huo Sheng smiled and said: "That's all, you understand a lot more than when I first met you. You were interesting then, as if you grew up in a snow cave and didn't know anything."
Baoyu smiled bitterly and said, "That's all. According to what you said, it will be better than that day."
They then headed all the way to Nan'an Prince's Mansion. When they arrived at the door, someone had already come up to call the prince and pull the horse. Huo Sheng led Baoyu straight in and no one dared to ask. Baoyu felt sad. In the past year, he was begging here.
Someone could let him in to see his sister, but Prince Nan'an kicked him in the chest. Now no one even asked him who he was.
The two of them arrived at Huo Sheng's study first. Baoyu saw that the place was simple and regular, with few stubborn utensils, so he couldn't help but ask, "Why not set up some vases and tripods?"
Huo Sheng said: "I don't like it. Besides, my family is a military general, so I don't have that interest."
Baoyu smiled and said: "My cousin Cong'er is also practicing martial arts, and there is nothing in the house. Whenever someone gives him a weapon, he gives it all to his sister."
Huo Sheng frowned: "Jia Cong?"
Baoyu said: "Do you recognize him?"
Huo Sheng said: "I've heard that. He went shopping with your uncle at the beginning of the month and met the sage Bailong Yufu. There are many people inquiring about him."
Baoyu said happily: "I have never heard of him being so lucky."
Huo Sheng couldn't help but turned to look at him: "You haven't heard of it?"
Baoyu said: "I was still in the academy at the beginning of the month. Now that the Chinese New Year is coming, he is young and lively, and loves to go out to watch the fun and play. Because I have not been filial to my grandmother for many days, I stay at home with her every day. Therefore, the two of us are still together.
No time for small talk."
Huo Sheng glanced at him again and turned around: "That's all, let's talk about this another day. I'll send someone to take you to see Miss Jia. Just talk to yourself in private. Don't delay too long."
Baoyu hurriedly stood up and bowed deeply to him: "I don't thank you for your kindness. You know it and I know it."
Huo Sheng waved his hand and said, "It's a small matter, but it's just convenient. If it weren't for the fact that no one was in the house today, I wouldn't be too lazy to meddle in other people's business." He casually took a book from the desk and read it.
Baoyu lowered his head and smiled, then followed a maid quietly out of the back door of his study and walked to Yuanchun's courtyard. It took him half a day to arrive. Because the maid was so serious, Baoyu was a little nervous all the way. The maid took photos
After knocking on the door, after a while, a little girl came out and was stunned when she saw them.
The eldest maid whispered: "This is Miss Jia's brother. Because he is friends with the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince specially ordered him to bring him to meet Miss Jia. Don't delay for too long."
The little girl was startled and said, "Is this Mr. Bao from Rongguo Mansion?"
Baoyu hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "That's right, thank you for bothering me, maid sister."
The little girl frowned slightly and looked at him a few times, then bowed and said, "Please forgive me for being rude. May I ask the name of the person that Mr. Bao sends to give our girl something every time?"
Baoyu said: "It's my book boy Mingyan."
The little girl asked again: "What was delivered last time? When was it delivered?"
Baoyu said: "They copied two of my lessons from about ten days ago."
"What's in that baggage that was sent to you the first time?"
Baoyu said: "The music scores I collected for my sister were sent to me by my sister who lived in Lao Cong'er's house."
The little girl looked at him carefully again, and finally nodded: "The features are just like what Mingyan said." Yin bowed again, "Don't be surprised, Second Master, because you are a man, and we girls are cautious, I'm afraid.
There is fraud.”
Baoyu wondered: "I am her brother, how can I be deceitful? Wouldn't I know it when we meet?"
The little girl and the eldest maid who had brought him looked at each other, turned sideways and let them in, and immediately closed the courtyard door.
Baoyu was very puzzled. He turned around and took a look at the courtyard. It was really small and tight. There was a small plum blossom blooming quietly in front of the courtyard. The fragrance was quite touching. The little girl led them inside.
I saw a woman in her twenties sitting on a small couch wearing a plain robe. Although she did not apply makeup or hairpins, her eyes were clear and peaceful. She asked softly: "Lu Qi, who is here?"
I was a little startled when I saw a young man coming in.
Baoyu had not seen her for many years, but she could vaguely recognize some traces of her childhood. She burst into tears and rushed towards her and called her "sister".
Yuanchun suddenly understood, and hurriedly held him in his arms, then stroked his head and neck and said with a smile: "It's much longer than before..." The two siblings hugged each other and cried.
After a while, the two of them calmed down a bit. Yuan Chun looked up and saw that no one was in the room. He took Baoyu's hand and asked, "How are your parents and grandmother? How are you doing in the academy?"
Baoyu said: "It's all good. Our ancestors have a strong body, and I am a very good person in the academy." Then he talked about some trivial matters at home, which he naturally did not dare to talk about yesterday when Xue Pan made a big fuss in Rongguo Mansion.
Yuanchun sighed: "I'm relieved that you are all well." He added, "Your article has really improved, but the foundation is still a bit empty." He took out a large stack of paper.
When Baoyu saw it, she actually transcribed all her poems and articles and commented and annotated them carefully. He couldn't help but praise: "My sister is a great talent."
Yuan Chun said with a smile: "Although I have little talent and knowledge, I can't be arrogant in giving advice to a kid like you. You can take a look when you get back."
Baoyu hurriedly said: "Sister, every word is Zhuji, I will go back to Dinghaosheng to learn from it." He hurriedly put all these in his arms, bulging.
Yuanchun felt happy and stroked the top of his head again and said with a smile: "Bring your precious jade to me to take a look at. I haven't seen it a few times at home before. I have even forgotten what it looks like."
Baoyu's face froze, and he hesitated for a long time: "That thing is a bit cold, so I didn't bring it with me in winter. My sister wants to see it. I'll bring it next time and leave it at your place to play with."
Yuanchun glanced at him immediately, and the sharp corners of Baoyu's eyes twitched. Yuanchun sighed: "I am satisfied with getting it this time, and I dare not think about the next time. When you were young, your wet nurse would put the jade away in winter.
Cover it under the pillow and wear it the next day without icing your neck. Why can’t today’s maids even know how to do this? Please stop trying to trick me. What happened? "
Baoyu hemmed and hawed a few more words, but Yuan Chunfen didn't believe it and just looked at him. Baoyu finally lowered his head and said, "That jade... I gave it to Brother Xue for the time being."
Yuan Chun was stunned: "Who?"
"He is Aunt Xue's son. Our family owes them a lot of money and has not repaid it, so I gave him that money and asked him to use it as a mortgage."
Yuanchun was shocked: "Speak clearly! What exactly is going on?"
Baoyu sighed softly, deleted some inappropriate remarks about Xue Pan's debt extortion, and said slowly, and finally said with a frown: "I thought about it all night last night, and I don't know where to get the money."
After hearing this, Yuanchun thought for a long time and asked, "Can the Xue family follow Brother Cong's idea?"
Baoyu was startled: "This... my ancestors never told me."
Yuanchun glanced at him again and sighed: "Why wait for others to tell you about such a big thing? You are already thirteen years old now, so you have to find out for yourself. I think his method is good, but Xue
The family may not be willing to comply." She thought for a while, shook her head and said, "Forget it, you don't have to worry about this matter, just be respectful to the old lady and my wife in the future. Also, I will interact with the big house more in the future."
Although Baoyu didn't understand clearly, he nodded.
The two of them talked for a while, and then the maid outside came in and said, "Second Master of the Jia family, it's time to go."
Baoyu was extremely reluctant to leave, but Yuanchun smiled: "It's rare to see him once. You should go quickly and don't cause trouble for the prince."
Yuanchun then stood up and walked him directly to the door of the courtyard. Baoyu only took two steps to the door, but couldn't help but look back. Yuanchun did not dare to go out, so he only waved his hand in the courtyard. Baoyu held back tears and walked out, only to hear
There was a creak behind him, and the door closed. With tears in his eyes, he followed the maid who led the way back to Huo Sheng's study.
But at this moment, Huo Sheng had other things to do and he didn't know where he went. He only left the boy who had just followed them and told him to send Master Jia out straight away from the gate when he got back. Baoyu had no choice but to ask him again and again.
The boy thanked Huo Sheng, wiped his tears and left.
As soon as he left, the maid found Huo Sheng on the back and reported back one by one what his sister and brother had just said in the house. Huo Sheng smiled and said: "That Jia Cong is indeed very smart, and he is not the same as me. No wonder
Even the saints are willing to listen to his words." He sighed again, "I don't know if Baoyu's temperament can be pure for the rest of his life."
Unexpectedly, when Huo Xuan came back that day, he first went to Aunt Liu's house where he was raising his fetus. Aunt Liu hurriedly pulled him and whispered: "My lord, I heard that the prince has brought back a very handsome young master. Later, the child
He actually left with tears in his eyes, and the prince didn't even go to see her off."
Huo Xuan was quite tired after a day of banquets outside. He was so shocked when he heard this that he even woke up from the wine: "Who is that young master?"
Aunt Liu said: "I don't know this. I heard it from the little girl when I was half asleep. I was so confused that I didn't know who was talking."
Huo Xuan couldn't help but all kinds of thoughts came to his mind, and he hurriedly called a confidant to ask him to find out. It turned out that no one paid attention to what Baoyu looked like when he was making trouble in front of their house in the old year. Today, the gatekeepers didn't even notice.
After recognizing him, the prince never told anyone who he was, so not long after, the confidant came back and reported: "The prince indeed brought a young master back, and the two of them went to his study together. Later, he came out on his own.
I'll be practicing shooting later. The young master seemed to have been waiting in the study for a long time before leaving. When he left, the prince was still practicing shooting."
Huo Xuan became more and more uneasy, walking around the room with random thoughts. For a moment, he was afraid that his son had really learned some nonsense about Longyang, and that he had been wronged. After thinking for a long time, he finally went to the princess's courtyard.
Aunt Liu smiled from behind and called for someone to bring tea.
The princess also heard about this, and like Huo Xuan, she was thinking about it and couldn't figure out what to do. She stamped her feet and screamed anxiously. As soon as they met, Huo Xuan ordered everyone in the room to go out and whispered the matter to the princess.
The princess hurriedly said: "I am also worried about this, but I don't know how to ask him."
Huo Xuan thought for a while and said: "I know Sheng'er. He is really a good boy. Even if someone wants to lead him astray, I'm afraid it will not be easy. He is not young anymore. I will go back to the camp to take him after the New Year.
Let's go together and go to the army to practice early."
The princess was startled, how could she give up her son? She hurriedly persuaded him: "How old is he, why did he go to the military camp? He is a prince. You only order a few people to keep a close eye on him, and then you can find out who the young prince is. You can't protect everyone."
Is he an ordinary friend I met outside? Besides, didn't he drive that person away? The military camp is full of rough people, what should I do if there is someone who bumps into me!"
He just paid it back, but when he heard from the back, Huo Xuan couldn't help but get angry: "Long hair makes you short of knowledge! When I was as old as him, I already fought in the war! Rough man, how could you have your clothes and snacks without those rough men?"