Chapter 178 Xue Ke and Bao Qin
"Meet the Champion Marquis!"
When they followed the maid to the main hall of Lixiangyuan, Aunt Xue led everyone in the family to pay a solemn visit!
Xue Pan and Baochai stood behind Aunt Xue on the left, and there was also a man and a woman behind her on the right. The man looked about the same age as Xue Pan, while the woman was very young, about the same age as Xiangyun.
"Aunt, you are embarrassing me!" Jia Cong smiled and walked over to help Aunt Xue up. "If Aunt is like this, how can I dare to come to your place for dinner in the future!"
"It's still the same as before. My aunt still calls me Cong'er. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to eat the delicious food and wine that my aunt prepared today!"
"Good, good!" Aunt Xue patted Jia Cong's hand, like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law!
"Ke'er, Baoqin, why don't you come and see the Marquis!"
Xue Ke and Xue Baoqin stepped forward and bowed again, saying, "Xue Ke/Xue Baoqin of the Xue family, meet the Champion Marquis!"
"These are his second aunt's children. At the beginning of the year, a letter was sent to ask them to come to Beijing. One reason was that Ke'er's mother was not in good health, and his aunt thought that there were many great doctors in the capital, so it would be easier for them to come and find a doctor. The second reason was to ask Ke'er to help Pan'er with his business."
Jia Cong nodded and waved his hand for the two to stand up. "Have you seen a doctor?"
Xue Ke hurried forward and bowed his head and said, "My aunt has found several famous doctors and used medicine, but there is still no improvement! However, my aunt said that she will ask the old lady in the mansion to take a name card in a few days and let the imperial physician in the palace take a look. I think it will have some effect."
"Aunt, why bother the old lady!" Jia Cong said with a smile, "Sister Bao, you can go to the East Palace tomorrow. I have a ready-made imperial physician. You can take him there directly. If there is any medicine missing, you can go to my house to get it! I am a little injured, and I have a warehouse full of good medicine at home."
When Xue Ke and his sister saw Aunt Xue nod, they hurried forward to thank her.
"Is this Sister Qin? I heard Sister Bao say before that there is a sister with a beautiful face. Today I see that it is true!"
"The old lady also likes her, and she must let her stay in the mansion! I thought that a child as young as her should have more experience , so I discussed with my sister and decided to let her stay in the mansion for a few days from time to time. Besides, my sister lives not far away, and she can go back at any time." Aunt Xue said with a smile.
"The old lady likes the house to be lively, so she would be reluctant to leave someone with such a sign!"
After saying just two sentences, Jia Cong once again focused his attention on Baochai. To be honest, Baoqin was indeed very beautiful, not inferior to Baochai, but although Jia Cong liked beautiful women, he would not be a sex-hungry ghost. Moreover, a lover's eyes see beauty in everything. No matter how beautiful Baoqin was, how could she compare to Baochai and Daiyu in Jia Cong's heart?
"Sister Bao, I saw a gold lock on the necklace you were wearing, but I think gold looks a bit tacky on you. Your Majesty gave me a piece of beautiful jade, and I asked the Empress to engrave some words on it. How about giving it to Sister Bao?"
As he spoke, he held an egg-shaped piece of white jade in his hand and handed it to Baochai.
Baochai took it and looked at it. It was similar to her golden locket, with words engraved on both sides. The front side read "pleasing the mood and pleasing the nature", and the back side read "jointly growing together to form a common grave ".
Aunt Xue watched from the side without saying anything. She was naturally satisfied with her daughter's marriage. The only thing that bothered her was when this matter could be settled.
The woman naturally couldn't bring up this kind of thing, but Jia Cong himself couldn't bring it up either. Besides, only Jia's mother was the most suitable person to bring it up. However, Aunt Xue also knew that with the old lady's eyes, she might not look down on her family! After all, Jia Cong was now the only champion marquis in Daqian, and he was valued by the royal family. Which rich family didn't covet this sweet cake?
In recent days, imperial edicts from various prefectures have been sent to the old lady quite often.
Although my family has some wealth, it still lacks the word "precious"!
Looking at the handwriting on it, Baochai felt happy. Although she was a little shy, she still took it and wrapped it in her handkerchief.
Baoqin, who was standing by, was a little curious. It seemed that her sister had a special relationship with the Champion Marquis? Since entering the door, the Marquis's eyes were mostly on her sister. If so, then her sister was really blessed, but it was hard to say because of the family background...
"Our great marquis is here!"
As they were talking, Sister Feng's voice came from outside the door.
Before she finished her words, Fengjie and Ping'er pushed the door open and walked in!
"Oh, this is my fault. I arrived later than the Marquis! I pay my respects to the Grand Marquis..." Wang Xifeng said, and bowed in a strange manner.
Jia Cong ignored her and said to Baochai with a smile, "Sister Bao, why do I remember that when people greet me, they should kneel down? Did I remember it wrong?"
Baochai covered her mouth and chuckled, "You little Feng girl, why don't you kneel down and kowtow!"
Wang Xifeng was embarrassed, and she came up to Aunt Xue with gritted teeth, "Look, Aunt, now this couple has teamed up to bully me. Will they be able to get any good from me in the future?"
Fengjie’s words made everyone burst into laughter!
"Second sister-in-law, do you want me to send a sedan chair to pick you up tomorrow and treat you to a meal in the East Palace?" Jia Cong said provocatively.
Wang Xifeng's heart trembled. Send a sedan chair to pick her up? Was this how the wild ox tricked Keqing away?
"Tsk! You are such a fool! It's a waste of time that Second Sister-in-law took good care of you when you were in the West Mansion! Now there are no good people in your East Mansion. You will be bullied if you go there!"
After he finished speaking, he felt a little regretful! The word "bully" didn't sound like a good word at all!
However, other people would not think as much as she did. Seeing her "frustrated" look, they all laughed!
"My son, if someone else bullies you, I'll definitely support you!" Aunt Xue hugged Fengjie and said, "But if our Guanjun Hou bullies you, well... you just have to bear with it!"
This statement caused everyone to laugh again, and Wang Xifeng was even more dumbfounded, "Okay, okay, we can't afford to offend the Great Marquis, but there are always people I can afford to offend. Great Marquis, you can bully me, a person from a small family, but I will always get my revenge on someone. Could it be that the Great Marquis can guard me all day long?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Baochai! Then, she went to the side, embraced Baoqin and said, "My sister Qin, let's ignore these evil people. Let's sit together today!"
After a few jokes, Tongxi Tonggui came to report that the banquet was ready! So Aunt Xue led everyone to the flower hall.
"We are all family after all, so there is no need to be too secretive. That's why I asked people to prepare only one table so that we can have a lively meal!" Aunt Xue led everyone to sit down, and then the maid hurried forward to serve the dishes and pour the wine.
