Prince of the Red Chamber and his father

After the New Year's Eve, people in the capital were panicked, and the Rongguo Mansion never even experienced the Lantern Festival.

Wang Xifeng arranged a banquet according to the old rules, and the old lady didn't invite people with much fanfare. Apart from the wives and grandmas from Rongguo Mansion, only Aunt Xue, Aunt Li's, and Youshi from Ningguo Mansion were seated in the hall.

In order to please the old lady, Li Wan also made some riddles with his sisters, and prepared for everyone to enjoy the lanterns for fun, but he didn't want the banquet to be so deserted, and the old lady was not interested, so everyone didn't mention the lantern viewing and guessing riddles.

Just as he was saying nothing, Lin Zhixiao's family reported back and forth, saying that the eunuch was sent out from the empress's palace.

The old lady was puzzled, the rewards of the Lantern Festival, Yuan Chun sent someone out a few days earlier, why did she come here this time, and hurriedly ordered someone to invite them.

The eunuch was always in the mansion, and when he saw the old lady, he kept expressing his joy, but Yuan Chun in the palace had good news.

All the people serving in the hall were happy, and Mrs. Wang's face, which had been haggard for a long time, instantly glowed.

After hearing this, the old lady hurriedly ordered people to come to collect the reward, her face was full of smiles, but her heart was secretly worried, the happy news of Yuanchun came at an inopportune time.Outside the city of Beijing, everything is dark and unclear.

Unexpectedly, the eunuch would not leave even after receiving the reward. Seeing that there were many people in the old lady's room, she kept winking, and there was some eccentricity in her speech. Mrs. Wang understood it, and ordered Zhou Rui's family to take the eunuch to rest and drink tea.

"This is a great happy event. The empress sent our family out. Did you just send it away with a few dozen taels of silver?" When the eunuch came, he thought that the people in the Rongguo Mansion would be overjoyed when they heard it, so they offered it without opening their mouths. A lot of money, so that the empress can manage it in the palace, but the old lady wanted to send him away after a few rewards.

I thought it was a fat job, but I am willing to only have a few dozen taels of silver, which is not enough to go back and honor my brothers.Besides, before Yuan Chun came out, he also had instructions, if he couldn't get the money, how could he talk back to the empress when he went back.

Not only the eunuch was in a hurry, Madam Wang was also in a hurry, the mansion relied on the protection of the empress, so it was reasonable to reason.The old lady, however, pretended to be stupid at this juncture, and still chatted with Aunt Li.

"Old lady, the nobles from the palace are still drinking tea in the wing room, I'm afraid the empress has orders." The mansion has not given money to the daughter for a long time, since Wang Xifeng and Tanchun have been housekeepers together, I can remember every entry and exit in the account book Clearly, that person went to the cashier to check after he came back from Jinling, and none of the money from the public house came to him.

"If that's the case, go and have a look." The old lady said confusedly, although Yuan Chun was raised by her, and she loved him in the palm of her hand, but compared with Baoyu's future, she had to reluctantly give up.

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to go by herself, and ordered her confidant girl to take some body out and hand it over to the eunuch to bring back to the palace for Yuan Chunhua to use.

On the Lantern Festival, there was such a big happy event, which was supposed to be celebrated by the whole family, but Lin Daiyu looked up at her grandmother, and saw that although she looked happy on her face, the smile did not reach her eyes.

Mrs. Wang and the Xue family were really happy for a few days, until the news came that Xue Pan injured someone outside and was detained by the government.

After hearing the news, Xue Baochai hurried home to have a look, and saw her mother's eyes were red and swollen from crying early.

"Mom, don't cry, find out what's going on?"

"Xiao'er went out to inquire. Aren't there still a few shops open in our house? There are a few local hooligans who come in to grab things indiscriminately. It happened that your brother went to check the shop and met him. How can they let them rob? He led the boys to push and push a few times. Those hooligan leaders died on the spot because they were ignorant, and just happened to pass by people from Jingzhao Mansion. They saw that several people died. It was not bad, so they led People questioned you, but the guys were all stupid and like something, and they confessed to your brother without paying attention, and were taken back for questioning." Aunt Xue felt that she had a backbone when she saw her daughter, and she cried and explained the matter. Tell Xue Baochai.

"When my mother sent my mother-in-law over, the second master went out, so I had to send Mingyan to find him." Xue Baochai didn't know what to do, so he could only persuade Aunt Xue not to cry and hurt her body. It was the wife who ordered the second master Lian to go to various places to manage.But Xue Baochai went to his wife's room, and when Mrs. Wang heard that she sent a girl to look for Jia Lian, she was sent back without even entering the yard.Angrily, Mrs. Wang called Wang Xifeng to come, and ordered her to go to the big room to discuss with Jia Lian in person, but Xue Baochai couldn't wait, worried about her family and mother, and led Yinger here first.

"What did your wife say, isn't your uncle also there? Send someone to Jingzhao Mansion to say something, and your brother will come back." Aunt Xue said anxiously, what can Baoyu do, and what if he comes back?

"These trivial matters will be over after Lian's second elder brother or second master walks away. Don't worry about it, my elder brother is just calling to ask questions. There is such a big happy event in the mansion, and Jingzhao Mansion will not embarrass him for nothing. But those shops are more important. The street is not peaceful now, so they might as well close them all, and move money and goods into the mansion first." Xue Baochai said worriedly, those who collapsed at the first touch must be hungry. Ordinary people, as far as elder brothers and clerks are concerned, if they meet hooligans, they may not be able to please them, let alone hurt people.It is unaffordable on the street and started to be robbed, and it will not be beneficial to drive it any longer. If you keep the goods, you may be able to use them at home.

"What I'm talking about is that your wife said that the old lady was confused about this happy event of the empress. It was an urgent season, and the money was not available, so it was difficult everywhere in the palace. Your wife said, let's start with The family will take some silver and send it to the palace, and we will discuss it in the future." After hearing Xue Baochai's persuasion, Aunt Xue forgot her sadness for a moment, and told her daughter what Mrs. Wang had said about borrowing money a few days ago.

"When brother comes back, it's fine for mom to decide." Sister Yuanchun is now a concubine, and she may not be able to go further when she gives birth to a dragon son.Baoyu is what she loves the most on a daily basis. If she really becomes an uncle of the country in the future, how can such a future be exchanged for money.

The mother and daughter talked for a long time, thinking that Yuan Chun would become more and more honored in the palace, and Jingzhao Mansion would not deny the Xue family this face.Unexpectedly, Xue Biao ran several times but returned without success. Chaos broke out in the capital after the New Year's Eve.

As Baochai thought, those people who died were not local hooligans, but ordinary people. They went to Xue's shop to pawn things in exchange for money to buy food, but they were desperately suppressed by the clerks. .

Xue Pan had just visited a few shops, and saw that there were only a few pieces of goods left in them, and none of the people who went out to buy came back, and there was no news. It was the time to make money, but the shop seemed to be unable to hold on I'm in a bad mood. I saw a group of people in the pawn shop making troubles, and I beat them up when I got angry. Who knew that these people were strong-willed, and he couldn't vent their anger. .The house leak happened to be rainy and rainy, and the governor of Jingzhao, who had been reprimanded by the Supreme Emperor, just returned from the palace, and when he saw the situation, he was detained. Xue Biao took the money to bail, but refused to release him at least.