Because Jiao Shun promised to come but did not say when he would arrive, Mrs. Wang waited at home anxiously and anxiously.

When she finally heard that Jiao Shun was coming and was rushing to the Grand View Garden, she began to feel anxious and panicked again.

Even though she had realized in her heart that she couldn't let go of her child, she still couldn't take it easy when things happened.

After all, Baoyu is still her flesh and blood.

She got up and walked around the living room twice, and suddenly asked Caixia, who was standing beside her: "What is the second grandma doing now?"

Caixia was stunned and turned to look at Caiyun.

Caiyun shrugged at her, and Caixia hurriedly said, "I'll go and find out."

Saying that, he took a step and walked out.

"return!"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly called her to stop her, and she just returned the gesture with a hidden jab, but she really couldn't do anything to explicitly urge her.

But since Baochai has already hooked up with Jiao Shun, there should be no need for him to...

Alas~

What an injustice!

She sat back down on the Arhat's bed in annoyance, picked up the Buddhist beads and kept twisting them, but she couldn't calm down.

If given a choice, which mother-in-law would like to see her daughter-in-law Hongxing cheating?

But now it is about the life and death of his biological daughter, and it is more likely to affect the fate of the whole family...

She twirled the beads impatiently, secretly hating that she had been born twenty years earlier. Otherwise, with her own beauty when she was young, why would she need anyone else?

at the same time.

Xue Baochai was chatting with Wang Xifeng at home.

Due to the transfer of power, the two were at odds with each other for a time. Now that the situation has changed and the past is gone, the two have restored their old friendship and gradually become warmer.

Wang Xifeng leaned against the cushion for a while with her big belly. She suddenly sat up straight and drank the remaining tea in the cup. Then she picked up the purple clay pot, weighed it, handed it to Ying'er beside her and said, "Ying'er, go make another cup."

Here comes a pot of tea."

When Ying'er took it, she found that there was still more than half of the tea in the teacup. She knew that Wang Xifeng had something to say to her girl alone, so she silently took the teapot and went out.

Sure enough, as soon as she left, Wang Xifeng asked curiously: "What's wrong with my sister today? Why do you look so listless and absent-minded?"

"nothing."

Naturally, Baochai would not tell the truth. He smiled and waved his hands and said, "It's just that I'm too tired from keeping vigil these days, and now I can't get excited when I have some free time."

"I don't think so?"

Wang Xifeng leaned back on the cushion again, beat her swollen legs and said with a half-smile: "I heard that Baoyu wrote a letter home. Did he mention something in the letter?"

"It is true that a letter from home was sent back."

Baochai sighed and said helplessly: "The Zhen family was ransacked. Baoyu saw it with his own eyes."

"What?!"

Wang Xifeng sat up all of a sudden, her belly rippled because of the violent agitation. She screamed in pain and hugged her hands. After a while, she asked again: "Why was the Zhen family suddenly ransacked?"

"It's not sudden. I was implicated at first, but then..."

Wang Xifeng naturally understood what it meant to be implicated, but she still felt a little strange: "Then why didn't we receive any news in the capital?"

"this……"

Baochai pondered for a moment and then guessed: "Perhaps it was just in time for His Majesty to pass away, so he blocked it."

Wang Xifeng suddenly realized that no matter how big the Zhen family's matter was, it would not be as big as the death of the emperor. If it happened within those few days, naturally no one would pay attention to it.

From the confinement of the Zhen family to the thought of Taiwei Wang ending up in a miserable state, she couldn't help but let out a long sigh and no longer had the desire to talk eloquently.

Later, it was Baochai who took the initiative to ask about Wang Xifeng's delivery date, and the two started talking again.

At this moment, Ying'er came in carrying a teapot and said as soon as she entered the door: "I just heard that my wife invited Uncle Jiao here again. I don't know if it's something important."

Wang Xifeng's eyes flashed slightly when she heard this, and she immediately smiled and said: "Our second master Lian is not responsible, so don't we have to count on him, Jiao Changqing?"

As he said this, he probed Xue Baochai: "Sister, do you know why he came back this time?"

"Mostly it has something to do with the empress."

Baochai replied vaguely. Although his face didn't show anything, in reality he was already in a mess inside.

Because until now, she has not decided whether to face Jiao Shun directly.

The first time can be said to be an impulsive revenge out of extreme disappointment.

If it happens again, I'm afraid I won't even be able to find an excuse to comfort myself.

The two of them had their own thoughts, and after chatting for a few more words, Wang Xifeng took the initiative to stand up and leave.

After returning to Dongkuayuan, she once thought about letting Jia Lian entertain Jiao Shun as usual, but then she thought, she couldn't do anything now, so why would she need to make a wedding dress for someone else?

If Wu Gui really can't bear the move anymore, he can just wait until the eldest wife comes back to keep the guests.

But she still asked casually: "What is the second master doing?"

"Second Master has gone out."

The maid who was rubbing her legs quickly reported: "The second master went out yesterday and hasn't come back yet. I heard that a foreign official has been transferred to the capital and specially invited the second master to have a drink."

Foreign official?

Transferred to the capital?

Wang Xifeng is a little confused. Now that Rongguo Mansion has become like this, can Jia Lian still make extra money?

After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't figure it out, so I simply didn't think about it anymore. Maybe he was just a minor official of the eighth or ninth grade. Even though the Rongguo Mansion was not as good as before, it should still be okay to arrange for an eighth or ninth grade sesame official.

After thinking about it like this, she put the matter behind her.

…………

Let’s go back and talk about Xue Baochai.

After seeing off Wang Xifeng, she drank tea quietly in the living room, seemingly not paying attention to the news of Jiao Shun's visit.

But this look made Ying'er anxious. She wondered whether the girl was in the palace and had some trouble with Uncle Jiao. Otherwise, how could she have behaved like this when she heard that he was coming?

"girl?"

She couldn't help but call out, and when she was about to say something, Xue Baochai raised her hand to stop her, and reminded her word by word: "I said, don't make any arbitrary decisions anymore!"

Ying'er didn't know what to say at that moment, but she felt more and more unworthy of the girl.

Others send letters home to their parents, wives and children, not to mention maids. Even to concubines, they usually ask their wives to tell them. Baoyu is good. He wrote such a thick letter to the attacker, but only gave the girl a few thin words.

page, this is simply a naked humiliation!

However, he probably never dreamed that as soon as he left the capital, Xi Ren would jump to the third girl's side and agreed to be a maid for Uncle Jiao.

Just when I was feeling relieved, I suddenly saw Xue Baochai standing up and walking into the boudoir.

Ying'er subconsciously wanted to follow her in, but the door was locked with a bang.

After Xue Baochai entered the inner room, he sat in front of the dressing table and took out two letters from home, one thick and one thin.

Needless to say, Xue Baochai had already read the thick letter, but she had not opened the thin letter yet.

At this time, she placed her family's book neatly in the center of the dressing table. After looking at it for a long time, she picked up the scissors and cut open the cover, and gently pulled out three pages of letter paper from inside.

To be precise, the content is only two and a half pages.

Of course, since they are all in small regular script, if there is no Xiren letter for comparison, this can be regarded as a relatively standard family letter.

Shaking the letter paper open, Xue Baochai took a deep breath as if he was making a major decision, letting his bloated chest rest against the dressing table, and then raised his head to read each word.

I don’t know whether I should say it was unexpected or expected.

The content of this family letter is different from Baochai's initial guess. It seems that it is indeed an attempt to restore the damaged relationship between the two people, and nearly half of the entire letter is devoted to self-blame.

only……

After Baochai finished reading, he seemed to see Baoyu sitting on pins and needles facing the three pieces of paper, scratching his ears and cheeks, and sighing.

Because those words of apology, those words of self-blame, those words of attempts to make amends, all without exception were blunt.

Obviously, this letter was written after the Zhen family was ransacked, and as we all know, Baoyu was a "passionate person", at least when writing poems and articles, he was easily affected by emotions.

And despite his world-weariness, he insists on writing these romantic things, and the twist in them is almost visible to the naked eye.

Not to mention a bright-eyed woman like Xue Baochai, even an ordinary person who is proficient in writing can also summarize this article in four words:

This is a lie!

There is no emotion, it’s all lies!

Or maybe Baoyu never thought about writing a letter home to herself, but was pressured by Jia Zheng, or forced by Grandma Li, so she rushed to the shelves and wrote such an obvious letter.

The love is short and long-lasting, but in fact, the letters home are full of alienation and indifference!

Xue Baochai took a deep breath, and his eyes gradually became firm.

Immediately, she stood up without hesitation, opened the door, and told the startled Ying'er: "Go and ask around to see if Sister Xiangyun or the Xue family has asked Uncle Jiao to send me a message."

Ying'er was stunned at first, and then she was overjoyed: "Girl, wait, I'm going to find Uncle Jiao right now!"

With that said, he flew away.

Watching her go away, Xue Baochai sat back on the Luohan bed again, with his head lowered. There was no trace of joy or loss in his eyebrows, but only the exhaustion that was so intense that it could not be resolved.
Chapter completed!