Not to mention that Jia Ke was busy and dark, but that a relative came to the Rongguo Mansion recently. This relative was none other than Mrs. Wang's sister Aunt Xue, who came to Beijing with her two sons.
Mrs. Wang has come to seek refuge.
It is not trivial to say that the ancestors of the Xue family were very important. Their ancestors greatly supported Emperor Taizu at the founding of the country. At that time, in order to support Emperor Taizu's huge military expenses, the ancestors of the Xue family almost emptied their own wealth, and even dismissed their family members.
Servant. Therefore, after Emperor Taizu founded the country, he felt deeply for him. He named him Ziwei Sheren and granted him the title of Imperial Merchant, allowing the Xue family to retain this title for generations. Over these generations, they accumulated gold and silver.
Because of this, Xue Pan, the son of Aunt Xue, has been arrogant and domineering since he was a child, and his father died young and had no one to teach him, so he became the little overlord in Jinling City. In recent years, he has become even more powerful.
The second reason is that Jia Ke is the chief minister of the Military Aircraft Department. With these two relatives here, who in Jinling City dares to offend him?
Therefore, Xue Pan led several wealthy servants to walk the dogs in cages every day. Although they did not bully men and women, they still caused trouble. The officials and gentry at all levels in Jinling City were photographed by the prince.
The official power of Teng and Jia Ke did not dare to intervene excessively until Xue Pan caused any big trouble, so they made Xue Pan even more unscrupulous.
This time it was because he had a fight with a squire over the life of a maid, so he acted like a normal person and didn't take it to heart.
Little did he know that this time it would cause an uproar. You must know that human life is at stake, and it has been the same from ancient times to the present. You must know that even in ancient times, it was not easy to cover up human life lawsuits.
Xue Pan didn't take it to heart, but his mother, Aunt Xue, couldn't rest at ease for a day. Although the Jinling prefecture didn't dare to send people to arrest Xue Pan immediately, it didn't dare to just dismiss the case. Therefore, this case was
Jinling Mansion hung up.
Aunt Xue sent a letter to Wang Ziteng in Beijing when the prefect of Jinling came to inquire several times, asking her brother to help cover it up. After Wang Ziteng got the news, he wrote a letter asking them to come and live in Beijing. In fact, it was to allow them to live in Beijing temporarily.
Avoid the limelight. As for the lawsuit, wait for a while and think of a solution.
During this period, the current emperor wanted to select talented and good girls for the princesses and princesses to accompany them to school. The Xue family also took the palace route and put Aunt Xue's youngest daughter Xue Baochai on the candidate list.
Xue Baochai took this to pave the way to success and lay the foundation for the wealth of the Xue family in the coming decades.
So after two encounters, the Xue family came to the capital.
Xue Pan has never been out of Jinling City since he was a child. He has long heard about the prosperity and liveliness of the capital. Although he doesn't care about the trouble he got into this time, in fact he is still a little uneasy in his heart. Now that he can enter the capital, he can appreciate the prosperity of the capital.
, and I could send my sister to the capital for alternative options, and the most important thing was that I could avoid the limelight. So I made some arrangements, and the family came to Beijing.
Their family originally wanted to live in Wang Ziteng's mansion after entering the capital. After all, there is a saying in Xiang Lai that she is the mother's uncle. When they arrived in the capital, they would naturally go to Wang Ziteng's mansion. They had thought that they had just arrived in Tongzhou when they got the news that Wang Ziteng would be promoted.
After taking over the control of nine provinces, he went out of the capital to check the borders.
Xue Pan originally wanted to live in her old house in the capital, but Aunt Xue was afraid that Xue Pan would continue to cause trouble in the capital. You must know that there are many princes and nobles in the capital. If he caused any trouble again, I was afraid that no one would clean it up for him, so she did not agree with him.
s arrangement.
Aunt Xue thought for a while, since her brother Wang Ziteng was not in the capital, if she went to seek refuge on her own, her sister-in-law might not be happy. Her compatriot's sister was the head wife of the Rongguo Mansion, so there was nothing inappropriate about going to seek refuge on her own.
So he insisted on going to Rongguo Mansion to seek refuge with Mrs. Wang, hoping that Jia Zheng and other elders in the family would have some control over Xue Pan.
On this day, Qin Keqing was at home, playing with little Jia Zhi. Now Jia Zhi can walk unsteadily. Jia Ke also feels sorry for his son, fearing that he will fall while walking or bump into tables, chairs and chairs.
, so Qin Keqing ordered Qin Keqing to wrap all the furniture in Jia Zhi's room with cotton, and then sew brocade cloth on the outside, and spread a thick carpet on the floor. In this way, no matter how hard Jia Zhi was in the room, little Jia Zhi would not be hurt.
Own.
The two mother and son were playing lively with each other on the carpet. Qin Keqing was rolling around on the carpet with her son invisibly, while a room of maids took care of their mother and son. Suddenly Ruizhu came in from outside the room and came to Qin Keqing.
Behind him, he bowed and saluted and said: "Grandma, we have a guest at home. Madam has ordered you to go over and meet us."
"Who came so grandly and asked me to go there in person?" Qin Keqing held Jia Zhi in her arms and teased him while saying. After this period of life in Wuyang Hou Mansion, Qin Keqing is becoming more and more impressive now.
In addition, because Jia Ke is a high-ranking official, most ladies cannot invite her to their gatherings.
"As for Grandma, it seems that Madam's biological sister Aunt Xue came to Beijing with her children." Ruizhu found out these things clearly before coming in to report.
Qin Keqing felt helpless when he heard this. It seemed that he had to go. After all, Aunt Xue was Jia Ke's real aunt. It would be a loss of etiquette if he didn't go.
In fact, Qin Keqing was unwilling to go out to meet each other because she thought that this family was not easy to get along with, but Qin Keqing knew that Aunt Xue's son had been beaten to death.
But Mrs. Wang had a fate, and Qin Keqing had to go and deal with it, so Qin Keqing sent Jia Zhi to the wet nurse. He took a group of maids and women to Rongguo Mansion.
As soon as Qin Keqing entered Mrs. Wang's courtyard, seven or eight maids came around and bowed to her. So a group of more than a dozen people ushered Qin Keqing into Mrs. Wang's room.
Qin Keqing entered the room and saw that Mrs. Wang was just like a middle-aged beautiful woman chatting together. Next to her was a little girl of fourteen or fifteen years old. This little girl was really beautiful, with smooth muscles and bones, and an elegant manner.
It can be raised by ordinary people.
At this time, Li Zhi was standing next to the two of them, listening quietly to their sisters' conversation, only saying a few words occasionally. Standing next to her, she seemed a bit stingy compared to the little girl.
When Mrs. Wang saw Qin Keqing coming in, she quickly waved to her, and then introduced Aunt Xue to her, "This is your aunt from the Xue family. This time she comes to Beijing and will live in our house for a while."
Then he introduced to Aunt Xue: "This is Qin Keqing, the daughter-in-law of our eldest brother. She lives in the Wuyang Marquis Mansion next door. If you have any difficulties in the future, just go to her."
Aunt Xue has long heard about this Qin Keqing, and her good luck. It is said in the outside world that Qin Keqing has a big blessing statue. At that time, as a small family, he could get engaged to the Rongguo Mansion. After that, Jia Ke became famous all the way.
, so that her wife, based on her husband's status, is now a famous lady in the capital. I am afraid that few people in the capital can match this kind of blessing.
When Qin Keqing came in just now, Aunt Xue was a little frightened by Qin Keqing's style. Now Aunt Xue looked Qin Keqing carefully up and down, and was immediately shocked by her beauty. She saw that she was as graceful as a fairy, and her movements were smooth and flowing, and her figure was
She is graceful and beautiful, with a handsome face that looks like a fairy descending from the mortal world. She has the purity of a girl and the charm of a young woman. Aunt Xue has always felt that her daughter is already one of the rare beauties in the world, otherwise she would not be interested in her.
She wanted to send her daughter to the palace. But Aunt Xue now had to admit that compared with Qin Keqing, her daughter was still slightly inferior.
After hearing Mrs. Wang's introduction, Qin Keqing quickly stepped forward to salute Aunt Xue. However, Aunt Xue did not sit there and accept her salute. Instead, she quickly got up and helped her up, then pulled her to sit beside him.
She kept praising with her hands: "What a fairy-like figure. If you weren't paying attention, you would think he came out of the painting."
Aunt Xue praised Qin Keqing, then pointed to the girl sitting next to her and said, "This is your cousin, whose nickname is Baochai. I will rely on you to take care of her in the future."
Xue Baochai was already attracted by Qin Keqing's charm when Qin Keqing entered. In his opinion, Qin Keqing and her were very similar. They were both from small families (compared to wealthy families like Rongguo Mansion), but Qin Keqing was able to become Wuyang
The mistress of the Hou Mansion is already a first-class figure among the ladies in the capital. Except for the empress in the palace, no one can compete with her anymore. This is the goal that Xue Baochai has always had in mind.
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And Xue Baochai still has a greater hope in her heart, that is, to enter the palace and serve the emperor. If she is blessed by her ancestors and has a glimmer of hope, and gets the emperor's favor, her future will be ten times better than Qin Keqing's in the future.
When Xue Baochai heard her mother's instructions, she quickly stood up, walked lightly to Qin Keqing, and bowed down to her gracefully. All her actions were smooth and smooth, making people look so comfortable. It looked like she had received special education, and she was Rongguo Mansion.
None of these ladies can match such etiquette.
Even Lin Daiyu, who was praised to heaven by the old lady, was a bit inferior to Xue Baochai in terms of etiquette and figure.
After Qin Keqing accepted Xue Baochai's gift, he pulled her beside him and asked gently: "How old is my sister? What's going on in Beijing this time?"
Before Xue Baochai could answer, Aunt Xue next to her said: "I am fifteen years old this year. With the grace of the emperor, I want to choose a talented girl to accompany the princess and princess. My Baochai is also on the list, so this time I come to Beijing.
To be chosen for Baochai."
Qin Keqing, you will understand what she means when you listen to her words. It is another family that wants to send their daughter to the palace for the sake of family wealth. Qin Keqing can't help but feel pity for this girl. They only think that if they enter the palace, they may rise to great heights, but they don't know
What kind of place is the palace? Without the backing of my mother-in-law, no matter how talented I am, I will probably only be able to gain temporary favor with my beauty, and in the end I will just end up with a blue light and white hair, living in the palace for the rest of my life.