Aunt Zhou stepped forward and personally helped Xue Baochai up, then pulled her to sit next to her.
"Miss Bao, this time I am in trouble for you. This person in our family is a demon king. If you do anything wrong in the future, just come to me and I will make the decision for you."
Xue Baochai blushed and nodded after hearing this.
Aunt Zhou chatted a few more words with Xue Baochai, then comforted Xue Baochai, stood up and went to the back.
After a while, when Aunt Zhou came back, she had a wooden box in her hand.
Aunt Zhou returned to the bedside and opened the wooden box. Inside was a golden phoenix-shaped golden phoenix.
This thing is very precious. Every feather on this phoenix is dotted with gems, and the entire body is made of gold.
If a woman wears it on her head, the phoenix will shake its head and tail every time she takes a step, which is very beautiful.
Aunt Zhou smiled and brought the wooden box to Xue Baochai, and then said: "I don't have anything good, so you should take this thing with you first. It can be regarded as a meeting gift."
Although Xue Baochai's face was red, he did not refuse and reached out to take the wooden box. This thing was Aunt Zhou's testimony to him, and he could never refuse it.
Next, Jia Ke said goodbye to Aunt Zhou when he saw that it was getting late. He took Xue Baochai to the yard. He said with a smile: "You go back to your mother first. I will send someone to deliver the order tomorrow morning, and you will be taken away in a glorious manner."
Take him to the palace."
Xue Baochai was originally worried that Jia Ke would take her to the palace and her face would not look good.
"Then I'll go back first."
Xue Baochai said hello to Jia Ke, and then reluctantly left.
Jia Ke stood there until Xue Baochai's figure turned around the verandah and was no longer visible, then he took Li Deshan and others back to the palace.
When Xue Baochai left Jia Ke's sight, the reluctant look on his face immediately disappeared and turned into a look of victory.
At this time, her maid Ying'er next to her asked: "Girl, should we go back to the Grand View Garden, or go to Madam's place?"
Xue Baochai thought for a while and decided that it would be better to go back to her mother. Meeting her today was a farewell, and I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to see her again in the future.
"Go to mother."
So Xue Baochai took the maid three times and two times to Aunt Xue's small courtyard.
At this time, there was a quarrel in Aunt Xue's yard.
It turned out that Xue Pan accidentally met a woman at a temple fair and fell in love with her at first sight. He sent people to inquire around and found out that she was Xia Jingui, the daughter of the imperial merchant.
Now Xue Pan is pestering Aunt Xue and going to Xia's house to propose marriage to him.
If it were in the past, Aunt Xue would of course agree to this marriage. After all, both parties are royal merchants, so they are well-matched. If the marriage can take care of each other, it will naturally be a perfect marriage.
But now the Jia Mansion is becoming more and more prosperous, and Aunt Xue relies on the Rongguo Mansion to do more business than before, and her self-conscious status is also much higher.
In addition, her daughter has such thoughts, if it really comes true, their family will also be royal relatives in the future.
Therefore, Aunt Xue now realizes that her identity will be further and further away from that of the Xia family in the future. If she marries a daughter of the Xia family, it will not only be of no benefit to her family, but will be a drag on her family. Therefore, she will not agree to Xue Pan's request in any case.
And Xue Pan didn't know what kind of delusion he got from Xia Jingui? He said that Xia Jingui didn't want to marry him, but he actually behaved and wallowed in front of Aunt Xue.
At this moment, Xue Baochai entered the yard.
Aunt Xue finally breathed a sigh of relief when Xue Baochai came back. She had nothing to do with her son. With Xue Baochai here, she could also persuade him.
When Xue Pan saw his sister coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Good sister, please persuade your mother. I have a great marriage, but my mother doesn't agree."
Xue Baochai ignored Xue Pan and helped her mother into the main room. After they sat down respectively, she asked her mother what was going on.
Aunt Xue reluctantly told Xue Baochai what happened.
After Xue Baochai heard this, he glanced at Xue Pan, and then said with a straight face: "I'll let this matter go for now. Maybe things will turn around after a while."
Xue Pan was a little unhappy when he heard this, "Good sister, brother, I finally fell in love with someone. If you don't say a few nice words to my brother, you are still like my mother."
Xue Baochai ignored Xue Pan, but turned around and said to Aunt Xue: "Tomorrow, eldest brother will send someone to deliver the order to take me to the palace. I will come back to say hello to my mother first, so as to avoid chaos at home."
Aunt Xue's face immediately showed surprise when she heard this, "My son, is this true?"
Xue Baochai smiled and exposed his arm. There was a bright jade bracelet on it.
"This is what the old lady rewarded me for."
Aunt Xue immediately understood that the old lady had agreed to this matter. In this case, there would be no setbacks.
Then Xue Baochai took out the wooden box from his arms and brought it to Aunt Xue, and then said: "This is a meeting gift from Aunt Zhou."
When Aunt Xue saw Jin Buyao, the smile on her face became even brighter. The two giant Buddhas agreed. This marriage seemed to be a certainty. In this way, even if their Baochai arrived in Jia Ke's harem, she would not
What wronged you?
Instead, Xue Pan sat there and looked at Xue Baochai, muttering unhappily: "You have done a good thing, what should I do? You guys have to give me something."
Xue Baochai glared at Xue Pan with hatred, and then said: "No matter how beautiful that Xia Jingui is, she can't be the first wife of our house."
Xue Pan was unhappy after hearing this, "What's the truth?"
Aunt Xue raised her hand and hit Xue Pan, and then explained to him: "Since your sister is with the Jia family, a princess will not be able to run away in the future. If you marry Xia Jingui, could it be that the future emperor and an emperor merchant will be together?"
Be a relative?"
After hearing this, Xue Pan immediately understood what Aunt Xue meant, so he sat there dejectedly.
Aunt Xue looked at her son's listless look and felt a little pity for him, so she quickly added: "Looking at your worthless look, aren't you just a woman? What's so difficult about this?"
Xue Pan became excited as soon as he heard this. He stood up and came behind Aunt Xue, beat her back repeatedly, then licked his face and said, "What can mother do?"
"Our family's status will be high in the future. How can the daughter of an imperial merchant be your main wife? If you like, I can just post it and bring her over to you as a side wife."
Xue Pan's eyes lit up after hearing this. His main target was Xia Jingui. As for whether he would be the first wife or not, that was the matter.
After Aunt Xue saw that Xue Pan had been comforted, she ignored him and turned to Xue Baochai and said, "My son, my eldest brother will come to deliver the order tomorrow. The time is a bit tight. We have to prepare quickly."
Xue Pan, who was next to him, also loved his sister. He immediately followed Aunt Xue's words, "I heard that when the current Queen Mother was still a virtuous concubine, the Rongguo Mansion kept sending money to her. It seems that the palace also needs to be managed from top to bottom.
Yes, the family has just collected last year’s rent, which is about twenty to thirty thousand taels, so bring it to the palace for your sister first, in case of emergency.”
Aunt Xue nodded, and then said: "Things in the palace are different from those outside us. You only have one personal maid, which is not good. I will choose a few more innocent ones, so you can bring them to the palace for personal use."
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Xue Baochai nodded, these things were exactly what she needed in the palace.
That night, Xue Baochai did not go back to her room to rest, but slept in the same bed as Aunt Xue.
The mother and daughter seemed to have endless chatter, and it wasn't until the sky was almost getting light that they each fell asleep for a while.
When Xue Baochai got up in the morning, she immediately dressed up and waited for Jia Ke to come and deliver the order to take her into the palace.
Not to mention that Xue Baochai was talking to his mother here, and after Mrs. Wang returned to her room, her peaceful face immediately turned livid.
Mrs. Wang didn't expect that Xue Baochai had such great ambitions. She didn't take her family's treasures seriously at all. They were only relatives of the emperor.
But now that the matter has come to this, Mrs. Wang has no choice. After all, her current power still cannot defeat Jia Ke.
Finally, Mrs. Wang thought about it and decided that she had no choice but to drop the matter. However, Baoyu seemed to have to arrange for a capable daughter-in-law. Otherwise, how could Baoyu be able to support a family in the future with Baoyu's coward demeanor?
Mrs. Wang went through the women she knew and found that these people were all ladies of the world. It was really difficult for them to support a family.
When Mrs. Wang was worried, suddenly the maid outside called: "Master Bao is here."
Then the door curtain opened, and Jia Baoyu hurried in from the outside.
Seeing that Jia Baoyu was covered in sweat, Mrs. Wang said with some distress: "Why are you so anxious? Be careful of catching a cold and having to take that bitter medicine again."
Jia Baoyu didn't take it seriously at all. He didn't even salute Mrs. Wang. He came directly to Mrs. Wang and asked, "Mother, I heard that eldest brother is going to lift Sister Bao into the air. Is this true?"
Mrs. Wang didn't say anything else and nodded silently.
Jia Baoyu immediately became anxious when he saw this scene.
"Mom, this is absolutely impossible. How can a vulgar elder brother be matched with a pure and innocent girl like Sister Bao?"
Jia Baoyu was actually jealous of Jia Ke. When he saw Qin Keqing, he felt that this was the lover of his dreams, and he believed that Jia Ke was absolutely unworthy of Qin Keqing.
Next, even Shi Xiangyun entered Jia Ke's room, which made Jia Baoyu even more dissatisfied. Now even Sister Bao, whom she had a good relationship with, was brought to the palace by Jia Ke, which made Jia Baoyu feel very sad.
unbalanced.
Mrs. Wang looked at the childish Jia Baoyu and didn't know what to say. Finally, she sighed and said to the maid below: "Send your third master back to the garden properly."
The maid below listened to the instructions and immediately came forward to persuade Jia Baoyu. Seeing Mrs. Wang's gloomy face, Jia Baoyu did not dare to pester her anymore and could only leave with an unhappy face.