CH 80

In the northwest of the Rongguo Mansion, Yiran Xuan.

Since they moved out of the Lixiang courtyard, the three members of the Xue family have lived here. Although it was not as quiet and independent as the original Lixiang courtyard, it has since been far away from the residence of Jia Zheng and Jia He, and there were fewer restrictions. Therefore, it was quite to Xue Pan's taste.

Because the weather was really hot and stuffy, Xue Baochai had some problems with her pregnancy. Therefore, she has been recuperating at home for the past few days and has never gone out.

That afternoon, she took a nap on her inner couch for half an hour. In a trance, she heard someone shouting in the yard, "It's the first time you've come to my yard, Second Brother. You'll have to stay a little longer today!"

Baochai knew it must be his elder brother who always makes trouble and has invited some bad friends home again. He was always noisy, and she was afraid that she would not have peace for a while.

So Baochai simply propped herself up with her lotus root-like arm and sat upright from the couch.

Crash!

When the maid Ying’er on duty heard the news, she immediately picked up the curtain and went into the room. On the one hand, she came up to serve on Baochai to wash herself up. On the other hand, she said excitedly, "Lady, guess who our uncle brought back?"

If he’s an ordinary friend, Ying’er would not be so excited.

Recalling the words "Second Brother" and "the first time," Xue Baochai's heart first moved. She then frowned and asked anxiously, "Is it Assistant Prefectural Magistrate Sun, the person he invited?"

"My lady is really smart. You got it right on the first guess." Ying’er said with a smile, "Besides Assistant Prefectural Magistrate Sun, Official Feng is also here. I just saw that Lord Sun is so unwilling that he seems to have been forcefully invited by our uncle and Official Feng."

As soon as the words were finished, Baochai suddenly stood up from the couch, ignoring the plain-colored silk stockings hanging on the armrest. She put two of her snow-white feet into her shoes and hurried out.

"Lady? What are you..."

Ying’er was startled, hurriedly put the jade comb back into the dressing box, and hurried out.

The master and the servant entered the flower hall from the side door, one after the other. The man's straightforward chatter and laughter were immediately heard in her ears. Ying’er felt like a drum beating when she heard it, for fear that they would hear something shameless.

However, due to Baochai's great prestige in daily life, she did not dare to stop her. She could only follow Baochai behind the panel and secretly ponder in her heart, the eldest lady of the family has always been very stable. When she heard that Assistant Prefectural Magistrate Sun came to the door, she could not wait to come and see. Could it be that…

At the thought of this, Ying’er's heart leaped wildly again, but this time it was from excitement rather than shock. The servant girls in the Rongguo Mansion don’t know that the Assistant Prefectural Magistrate Sun was a master who was used to "loving people" besides "solving cases like a God and having a great future.”

Ruan Rong, for example, seems to be in a honeypot all day. Many hostesses were jealous of her.

If she were to accompany the lady to marry into the Sun Mansion…

For a moment, Ying’er's face looked like a red glow, and she didn't know how many pictures her brain had produced that could be said or that could not be said.

It's a pity that these were just her imagination. In fact, Xue Baochai at this time did not have half the affection for Sun Shaozong. Instead, she felt as if she were facing a formidable enemy.

What was on her elder brother's mind? As a sister, she knows all too well. Now that he has invited Sun Shaozong home, it must be for his wedding to the Wang family. Now that her mother is not at home, how can the Xue family afford to let her brother persuade Sun Shaozong to create a situation that can't be sorted out?!

That's why she didn't care about the rules and manners. She came to the flower hall to spy so that she could stop Xue Pan from doing something stupid at a critical moment.

However, Xue Baochai peeped out from behind the panel and saw Sun Shaozong sitting in the middle of the panel with a straight face. There was naturally a sense of pride and arrogance. Although Xue Pan and Feng Ziying on both sides of the panel were also rich dandies, they could only be courteous and smile in front of him.

After three rounds of drinking, Xue Pan was almost ready, so he gave Feng Ziying a signal.

Feng Ziying picked up the wine pot and poured the wine for Sun Shaozong while laughing, "Second Brother, although Xue Big Head is not a good bird, Wang's family daughter is really... In my opinion, you'd better help him. If he can escape this disaster, he will never forget your kindness!"

Since he fought with Supreme Government Official Qiu, who was in charge of military affairs in the Baihua Restaurant previously, Feng Ziying's relationship with Xue Pan has taken a step closer. They now couldn’t leave each other.

For the sake of Feng Ziying earlier, Sun Shaozong reluctantly came to Yiran Xuan.

At this time, when Feng Ziying came forward to say something, he rolled his eyes and said angrily, "Do you think you can say anything like this? Go back and read the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty to see what the accusation of “evil people talk nonsense about good and bad” is!"

This was obviously a refusal, but Xue Pan asked curiously, "What is the charge?"

Sun Shaozong could not help rolling his eyes again, being speechless, and then said viciously, "If it is light, the person will be deployed 800 miles away, and if it is heavy, the entire family is to be beheaded!"

As soon as this was said, Xue Pan did not know how to respond. He hurriedly winked and signaled for Feng Ziying to come out.

Feng Ziying accepted his benefits in advance, so he could only be brave enough to smile and say, "Brother must be joking. Many officials in the Court like divination calculations, and I haven't seen anyone who has been punished for this."

"That's because no one is watching them." Sun Shaozong said helplessly, "Don't look at my present scenery. I don't know how many people in the dark don't like me. If I take a wrong step, I will provoke a crowd to attack!"

After that, seeing that Xue and Feng both looked suspicious, they knew that these two dummies could not understand the taboo between military officers and civilians.

He then sighed again and said, "Besides, even if I'm willing to help, do you think that an old cunning fox like Minister Wang can't see the subtlety? In case the Wang family becomes angry, it's not good for your Xue family either."

"It doesn't matter if we benefit from it!"

Xue Pan didn't care and said, "I'd rather be a eunuch than marry this woman!"

"Hehe..."

Sun Shaozong glanced askance at him and said, "With the bold and unrestrained style of the Wang's family daughter, do you think people will care if you are a eunuch? Maybe she will be happy to have an excuse to seduce others!"

Xue Pan immediately withered again. He filled himself with a few cups of yellow wine and suddenly hit the wine cup on the table. He angrily said, "Then I will simply run the f*ck away from home. When nobody can find me, how can she get married?!"

Bang!

Before his voice fell, they saw that the panel in the north flickered and stopped again.

"Who's there?!"

Xue Pan shouted and then stood up to check.

Sun Shaozong's eyes are sharp. When the panel was shaking just now, he saw four embroidered shoes hidden inside. Although one of them was plain in color, it was decorated with several bright cat's eye stones. It was not something that a servant girl or a maid could have had.

He guessed that it was Xue Baochai who was hiding behind. Although Sun Shaozong has always wanted to meet the lady of the red chamber, if Xue Pan pulled her out from behind the panel, it would be embarrassing.

So he hurriedly pushed Xue Pan back to his seat and said with a straight face, "Big head Xue, it doesn’t matter even if your mother is here. Have you ever thought about why your sister insists on marrying you to Wang's family daughter?"

Xue Pan was full of anger thus, he didn't think about it and said, "My sister always thinks that I’m useless. She just wants to get a useful relative!"

However, Baochai was angry that he hadn't taken responsibility earlier, so she accidentally bumped into the panel. Now, hearing this, she felt hurt. She felt that her kindness had been fed to the dog.

When she’s in despair, Sun Shaozong said, "Is your big head filled with glue? If the Wang family really wants to marry into your family, the first thing that will be affected is your sister's reputation. I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to find a proper marriage in the future!"

"For a woman who hasn't come out of the cabinet, this kind of relative is something to avoid. How can it be “useful?”

"I think there must be something hidden in it. Your mother and sister probably hid it from you because they were afraid that you might do something stupid on impulse."