Chapter 151 Aunt Xue's Changes
Then, Daiyu personally uncovered the standing object layer by layer, and sure enough, a small clump of emerald green bamboo made of colored glaze appeared in front of her. What was even more rare was that there was a ceramic panda lying in the jungle underneath.
Daiyu stroked it gently with her palm, and felt as if the joy in her heart was about to overflow.
Baochai went all the way back to Lixiangyuan, where Aunt Xue happened to be there.
"My daughter is back?" Aunt Xue asked with a smile, "Have you been happy in the East Palace these days?"
Baochai smiled and nodded, "It's okay for my aunt to be at home!"
"Good, very good! Recently, Cong'er transferred his inspection team to ours. Your brother has found out more than 100,000 taels of embezzlement in the shops in Shenjing alone. Your brother has also made a lot of progress recently. It is said that Cong'er has handed over some things to your brother." Aunt Xue said with a smile.
All of Aunt Xue's little calculations were done, first for the entire Xue family, and second for this son! She naturally felt sorry for Baochai, but it was far less than these two points.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have been thinking about relying on her daughter's life to preserve the Xue family's wealth. Fortunately, everything is the best for her now.
"It's just that your aunt has been unhappy recently. The day before yesterday, she came to ask to borrow some silver for temporary use. I gave her 30,000 taels, but she still thought it was too little..."
She knew why her sister was unhappy. Before, for the so-called golden marriage, she almost always agreed to everything Lady Wang asked for! During the years she lived in Jia's house, she gave away money on her own initiative, and Lady Wang borrowed or took money from her under various excuses, probably amounting to 200,000 or 300,000 taels.
Although she felt distressed before, she had no choice but to accept this fate for the sake of her daughter. Moreover, if her daughter could marry Baoyu, she would be the housekeeper of this mansion in the future. Wouldn't a lot of money fall into the hands of her daughter?
However, with the rise of Jia Cong, she had another choice. In fact, as time went by, Jia Cong's choice was far better than Baoyu.
It was fine before, because even if he succeeded, he would need decades to survive to have enough power. If he was not careful, his career would be cut off. However, after that, he went to guard the border and was awarded a title based on his military merits. Now he is a real baron.
What's more, now that he has been adopted into the East Mansion, he has become the head of the East Mansion and the patriarch of the Jia Mansion!
If my daughter could marry Jia Cong, it would be like stepping into heaven! The Countess's imperial edict was a super-rank imperial edict. Only the old ladies in the two mansions were higher than hers. The others had to pay their respects first when they saw their daughters. Such a status was not something Baoyu could compare to.
After all, although she usually praised Baoyu, she could see clearly that Baoyu had good looks and intelligence, but he didn't follow the right path! He was the same age as Jia Cong, but now he was neither good at literature nor martial arts!
Her elder sister always said that she was born with a jade in her mouth and had great fortune, but which emperor would use such a person? Would it be a nuisance to him?
There is no way to make achievements in official career. At most, he will inherit the family business of Rongguo Mansion in the future. After all, the title is still in the hands of the eldest wife. It is still unclear whether his sister can take it over.
Even if the plan succeeded, it couldn't be compared to Jia Cong, the Earl who emerged from nowhere?
In just a few years, the achievements made by Jia Cong, a bastard, are beyond the reach of Baoyu. In fact, who dares to speak about Jia Cong's bastard status now? Even the heads of the eight dukes and twelve marquises treat Jia Cong as an equal, or even lower.
If there is such a son-in-law, does the Xue family still need to rely on others? Who dares to seize the Xue family's property?
This is why, she naturally didn't like her daughter's contact with Jia Cong before, but now she is almost happy to see it happen! She was originally worried that Jia Cong would look down on her daughter after being conferred the title, but from the contact during this period, whether explicitly or implicitly, he still cares about her daughter!
At worst, now that Jia Cong is the heir apparent, his daughter can always occupy a position.
Because of this thought, although she was still affectionate towards her sister, her heart had changed unconsciously. Naturally, Mrs. Wang was dissatisfied with this.
Mrs. Wang was very ambitious, especially for her son Baoyu. To her, Baoyu should at least marry a noble lady from a wealthy family, or even a princess! However, there was no suitable one for her to choose from now!
As for Baochai and Daiyu, she looked down on Daiyu. First, she didn't have a good relationship with Jia Min back then! As for the second, if there was no internal acquaintance in the matter of Lin Ruhai, even the Zhen family would not be able to bribe him, so in Mrs. Wang's view, Daiyu would be an orphan in the future.
She is sure that she can get the Lin family's property. What use will an orphan girl be by then?
However, the old lady was obviously very concerned about her granddaughter and wanted to bring the two Yu'ers together, so the arrival of Baochai gave Mrs. Wang a candidate to compete with the old lady. Moreover, Baochai was her niece, and Xue Pan was obviously not a good candidate. Who would get the millions of dollars of Xue family wealth in the future?
Of course, it would be best for Baoyu to marry a noble lady as his principal wife and Baochai as his concubine, as this would definitely be a win-win situation for both woman and wealth.
But now, the Xue family's property, which originally belonged to her, showed signs of being out of control. It was no wonder that she was angry and even showed no good face to Aunt Xue, her biological sister...
Baochai thought for a moment, and then said, "Aunt, why don't we find an opportunity to move out? Brother Cong is trying to get our family to do business with the Eight Lords and Twelve Marquises. Although our family also has a share, I'm afraid there will be a lot of gossip in the future!"
Aunt Xue hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll think about this carefully. Even if I move out, I need a suitable opportunity. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will offend the old lady."
The main purpose of coming to the Jia Mansion in the first place was to take advantage of the situation, but if I continue to live there now, it would be bad.
"Oh, right, a letter arrived today. Your second aunt, Xue Ke and Bao Qin will arrive in ten days or half a month at most! I asked someone to clean up a house in our Shenjing, which is just right for your second aunt and her family to live in."
Baochai nodded. With Xue Ke helping her brother, and that enemy helping out a little, the Xue family would have nothing to worry about.
"A few days ago, Cong sent some things over. I saw that they were a lot of puppets and an exquisite colored glass object. The object was five or six feet long and three or four feet high. It was all in the shape of flowers and plants, and there was also a colored glass butterfly in it. It was simply beautiful. Such a thing must be worth tens of thousands. The most precious thing is that such a thing may not be available even if you have silver."
"It seems that Congge is still concerned about it!" Aunt Xue said meaningfully.
