Prince of the Red Chamber and his father

"Your Majesty, for some reason, the amount of banknotes sent by the mansion this month has decreased a lot." Baoqin came in with a brocade box in his hand, and checked the banknotes inside with Yuanchun.

"Baoqin, did I do something wrong?" Yuan Chun stared at the parrot on the shelf in a daze.Is it right or wrong to exchange the secrets in the mansion for my own glory and wealth?

"Niang Niang." Baoqin put down the brocade box, took a coat and put it on Yuan Chun's shoulders.

"I have no choice but to enter the palace as a servant girl since I was a child. I have worked hard as a slave for more than ten years. I originally wanted to take advantage of the power in our mansion, but my uncle is indulging in sensuality, and my father has been in the fifth-rank official position of the Ministry of Industry for a long time." Move, what else can I do?"

Yuan Chun sighed, if it goes on like this, the best youthful years of his life will be ruined in this Jiuchong deep palace, the natural beauty is hard to abandon, how can he bear to see this young beauty not see the light of day?

"Your Majesty, Uncle Zhen and the others are just messing around. If the Jing brothers and sisters really gain power one day, how can they forget today's humiliation? The gossip in the Ningguo Mansion has never stopped. The princess is fine. I heard that the Qin family brother Son, the Second Master Tongbao is also a little unclear, won't he become a sycophant in the future? The empress is taking precautions before they happen, and she is really thinking about our family."

Baoqin closed Yuanchun's skirts and persuaded her.

"If Big Brother Zhen finds out, I'm afraid he will blame me in his heart. After all, the imperial doctor said that the child is already formed. Go and get a pen and paper. Today's scriptures haven't been written yet." After Yuan Chun was promoted, he went With the intention of begging for a child, I still feel sorry for what I have done.

"Uncle Zhen only knows how to eat, drink, and play. If you can't do it, you can't do it. Even if you are next to the siblings, I'm afraid it's hard to do anything. In the future, it may be a disaster for the house. The empress understands, why bother? I met yesterday. The little eunuch in Concubine Wu's palace said that although their family built a garden outside the city, there was nothing new about it, and it couldn't compare to the beauty of our house. A few days ago, my wife sent me a message that Bao Er I'm so spoiled in the old lady's room, it's better to live in the garden."

"Our family has also passed its heyday, but the proportion of food and clothing expenses has never been reduced. Year after year, we only see that our income is much less than our expenditure. The palace has a lot of expenses, and my mother has really worked hard. " Yuan Chun picked up the bank note and took a look at it.

"But it's time for us to use money. We are running around the palace to inquire about His Majesty's whereabouts. How can we not use money? After we have a little prince, the empress can rest assured. Although the mansion has not been as good as it used to be in the past few years, Mrs. I can always prepare some for the empress, and besides, there is still the old lady here. I have been a housekeeper for decades, and I am afraid that the furniture I have accumulated can be spent until the little prince grows up."

"As far as your mouth is sweet, I don't know that this is also a difficult task. You also met on the day of the family visit. Sister Lin from the aunt's family and Bao girl from the aunt's family. Who do you think is better?" Fearing that my mother will not have enough money, my grandmother refuses to help.

"Miss Bao is mature and prudent, and her family is an imperial businessman. The wife also said that her brother is not helpful. Miss Bao is the one who runs the family. Aren't the millions of households in the future all belong to our family? Passing on privately under the nose, if you become the mistress in the future, I'm afraid she will be worse than Miss Bao."

"Ask you what to do, why don't you just follow your mother's words." Yuan Chun also couldn't figure it out. Baoqin was trained by her grandmother, and then she gave it to herself. .

"The servant girl is not following the wishes of the wife, but for the sake of the empress. After all, mother and daughter are connected, is there any mother in the world who is not good for her children?"

"You're right." Yuan Chun could also see clearly that both the palace and the mansion needed money, and at most they could last for another three or four years. By then, the inner pockets would be available, so why not take the Xue family's property for emergency?What's more, the Xue family paid more than half of the money for the construction of the Grand View Garden this time.

"Ma'am, it's not all for money. I heard that Miss Bao is knowledgeable about books and etiquette, and she has read the poems and essays she wrote. Although she is worse than Miss Lin, Miss Bao can persuade Second Master Bao to study and improve. What about Miss Lin?" , I heard from my wife that she was just playing petty temper and asking Second Master Bao to coax her."

Yuan Chun shook his head slightly, his mother and Bao Qin only valued the Xue family's money, but they didn't know that marriage also had to consider family status.Baoyu is the only hope for the Jia family to revive the lintel in the future. It would be great if Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai became one, so that there is no need to weigh the two.Now that things are in a hurry, it is necessary to appease the mother and the Xue family.

"The garden is so big, it would be too lonely for Second Master Bao to live alone, why don't you move the sisters in the mansion in as companions?"

Yuan Chun can probably guess some of his mother's thoughts.When Baoyu lived in the grandmother's room, mother's intervention was limited after all, and it would be different if she entered the garden.Yuan Chun has always loved Baoyu, and he does not want to force him to marry Xue Baochai in the future. After all, it is inconvenient for him to come and go when he is in Jiamu's room. It will be different when he is in the garden. At that time, the two of them have the same heart, and even if grandmother is unwilling, there is nothing to say. .

So he ordered Baoqin to study ink, ordered Baochai to live in the garden, and Baoyu went in to study.

After Concubine Jia's letter was delivered to Rongguo Mansion, Mother Jia thought about it for a while.

"My younger sister lives in Xiaoxiang Hall, and I live in Yihong Courtyard. These two places are elegant and quiet and not far away." Baoyu discussed with Lin Daiyu enthusiastically in Jiamu's room.

"I don't live anywhere. I just stay with my grandmother. I don't want to borrow other people's time." Lin Daiyu said angrily. The garden cost more than 50 taels of silver, and his 10 taels were naturally embezzled, and the Xue family lent 30 taels.From now on, I have nothing, and every piece of paper will be used by their family.

"I think it's because Sister Bao is the oldest. It's a pity that the second sister was born two months late, otherwise you will be angry with her again." Jia Baoyu teased her.

"There are several places in the garden. What does Yu'er care about? Grandma sent someone to clean it up for you." Mother Jia was concerned, and asked Daiyu with a smile.

"Yu'er wants to follow the old lady."

"That's all, just pass the word to Feng girl, and just clean up Baoyu and Bao girl." The granddaughter's handbook only said that Baochai and others should come to live in the garden, and Baoyu went in to study, but did not order Daiyu and Jia. Fu Sanchun's name, the old lady was going to pretend to be confused.

"If my sister doesn't go, I won't go either. Before my elder sister came to visit her relatives, my younger sister also went in and boasted about the clump of bamboo in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Why didn't she go in again?" Jia Baoyu tried her best to persuade her.

Mrs. Wang was chatting with Aunt Xue in the room, when she saw Wang Xifeng come in and asked about Xue Baochai's residence, she hurriedly said:

"I don't know which two places the old lady chose for Baoyu and Miss Lin?"

"Brother Bao lived in Yihong Courtyard. Sister Lin said that she wanted to be filial to the old lady for our aunt, so she refused to move in."

Who Baochai is waiting for is not stated in the handbook, and Lin Daiyu's actions are not disobedience.

"What about their sisters?" Do they also want to be filial in front of the old lady?Mrs. Wang said with a dark face.

"The second girl has spent more time in the big house in recent years, and the fourth girl often goes there with her. She thinks it's inconvenient to live in the garden, so the old lady agrees."

"And your third sister?"

"When the old lady asked, the third girl said that she wanted to be with her sisters, and she didn't want to go in and live there." Wang Xifeng couldn't figure out why Tanchun had to go against her mother's wishes. Very soon, the whole person is more energetic than before, even Erfang doesn't come here often, Xichun is often with her, and Baoyu Baochai can't play together, so naturally he doesn't want to live in it.Only Tanchun, who has always been close to Baoyu, why doesn't he want to live in it?

Now it has become such a situation, although everyone in the mansion knows about the golden and jade marriage, but after all, there is no clear way, even if it is officially settled, there is no saying that they will live together before they get married, let alone if the old lady does not let go, Whether the Xue family can get what they want is still a matter of debate.

"What's the old lady's idea?" Mrs. Wang was puzzled. Didn't she always love to keep her precious niece and Baoyu together, and now she knows how to avoid suspicion?

"Doesn't the old lady always like to see Miss Lin and Second Master Bao together? I'm afraid they will be uncomfortable for a while when they are separated. I just saw that the light in Miss Lin's room was still on." Mother Jia was also puzzled. The mandarin duck beside him is serving the old lady to go to bed to rest.

"Wherever Baoyu lives, I have to come here. I often see each other, so we will be separated." I guess Yu'er will be sad for a while, but I do this for her own good, and the Xue family can't get rid of it. It's better to let them take the initiative to post people and money.Although Bao girl is unsatisfactory, she will always be a helper in the future when she assists Zhong Chiu.

Baoyu will have great fortune in the future, no wonder he loves to hang out with girls at a young age, I am afraid that Yingying and Yanyan will be indispensable in the future, and Yu'er will have to face these sooner or later.Besides, when the time comes, the identity is different, and it occupies the position in Baoyu's heart, so what are you afraid of?