Chapter 296: Fight at the Head of the Bed and Make Peace at the Foot of the Bed
Xue Mansion on Zijin Street.
A maidservant of about seventeen or eighteen years old walked quietly along the corridor to the left side of the main hall, and carefully put her ear to the window frame. Listening to the loud noise inside, she knew that the pair of enemies were still fighting and had not yet entered the alley.
So she hurried forward and knocked on the door, saying, "Master, Master! Lai Fu has returned from Shuntian Prefecture and said that Sun Zhizhong has some instructions. Please take a look..."
After hearing these shouts, the noise inside did not subside, but became more intense.
But the maid was not in a hurry. She took a step back and waited obediently outside the door.
Sure enough, after a while, the door creaked open, and Xue Pan came out from inside with his upper body naked, holding his pants in his left hand and a whip made of twisted cotton strips in his right hand. He shouted, "Where is Lai Fu?"
After the couple got married, they fought every other day. At first, everyone in the mansion was a little worried, and Aunt Xue even advised Xue Pan several times.
Later, everyone gradually discovered that these two were truly a pair of dogs made for each other by heaven. They were fighting to the death one moment, and in the next moment they were inseparable in bed. They truly demonstrated with their own actions what it meant to 'fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed'!
So when she saw Xue Pan like this, the little maid was not surprised at all, as if she hadn't seen anything, and said, "My lord, Lai Fu is waiting in the hall right now."
"Tell him to wait for me, I'll be there soon!"
Xue Pan closed the door and heard the couple talking inside: "Wash yourself clean, or I'll make sure you can't get out of bed for three days!"
"Bah! Even if you tie chopsticks to it, I can still make it soft for you!"
The book does not elaborate.
But Xue Pan finished packing and hurried to the flower hall. Before he could go in, he saw his sister's personal maid, Ying'er, waving a handkerchief at him from the side.
Could it be that this little girl has finally come to her senses and remembered the kindness of her Master Xue? !
Thinking of this, Xue Pan hurried over with a smile on his face. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around the corridor, he saw that not only Ying'er was hiding behind the wall, but his own sister Xue Baochai was also there.
Xue Pan quickly put away his dazed expression and said with a smile: "Sister, you finally came home. Why didn't you stay back to talk to mom? Why did you come here?"
Because of her elder sister-in-law's reputation and some unspeakable reasons, Xue Baochai has been living in the Rongguo Mansion's guest house.
Yesterday, she heard that her brother had made progress, so she went home to congratulate him, and then went to talk to her mother, so Xue Pan said this.
"Brother, what are you talking about? This is my own courtyard, so why should I come?" Xue Baochai glanced at Xue Pan, and then said solemnly: "I just heard from mother that brother invited Sun Zhizhong to the banquet, but ignored Master Wei. Is this true?"
Xue Pan had always loved and respected his sister. Seeing her eyebrows raised, which showed that she was obviously annoyed, he felt a little less confident and said awkwardly, "Sister, you probably don't know that the Wei family and the Sun family are like water and fire. Wei Ruolan even went to Shuntian Prefecture to compete with my second brother..."
"That's their business, what does it have to do with ours?" Before he could finish, Xue Baochai advised earnestly, "Brother, you've finally made some progress, but you must not do things based on your own preferences. Wei Ruolan herself is fine, but his brother-in-law, Prince Beijing, is not someone you can easily mess with. Why do you have to offend the Wei family for others?"
Although Xue Pan was quite in awe of his clever sister, he was even more respectful to Sun Shaozong. Especially since he became friends with Sun Shaozong, he had more face when he went out to hang out with his friends.
Therefore, when he heard his sister compare Sun Erge to "others", he felt unhappy and said with his neck stiff, "What do you mean by other people? Second brother treats me as a friend, so am I going to hurt his face? How can this be justified in the world!"
Seeing Xue Pan was getting stuck in a rut, Xue Baochai had no choice but to soften her attitude and said with a wry smile, "Brother, why are you so anxious? If Sun Zhizhong really regards you as a friend, he should be more understanding of our difficulties. Now that you have just entered the officialdom..."
Xue Pan had long been impatient to hear her repeating the same old truths, so he swung his arms and said, "Sister, if you have anything to say, it's not too late to say it later. I'll first see what message my second brother has Lai Fu bring back!"
Having said this, without waiting for Baochai's consent, he hurried into the flower hall.
“ Brother , brother…”
Xue Baochai shouted twice, but seeing that she could not catch up, she could only sigh and call Ying'er to enter the flower hall through the side door at the back, preparing to continue persuading Xue Pan after Laifu left.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he got behind the screen, he heard Lai Fu report: "Lord Sun said that you are new to the officialdom and should not offend the Wei family, so he asked you to prepare two more invitations, one for Master Wei and one for Qiu Yanei ."
"What?!"
Xue Pan's eyes widened in astonishment, and Baochai's heart trembled as well - this Sun Zhizhong actually thought the same thing as her? !
She is Xue Pan 's biological sister, so the first thing she considers is naturally the interests of the Xue family. As the person involved, Sun Zhizhong actually said the same thing...
Just in terms of his experience in dealing with people, he is far superior to his brother. Even compared to Jia Baoyu, who has grown a little recently, he is probably much better.
Thinking about how Bao and Daiyu have become closer and closer recently, but he is becoming more and more distant from me, maybe...
"Hahaha……"
Just as I was thinking about something else, I saw Xue Pan walking around behind the screen with a big laugh, and said smugly: "Did you hear what Lai Fu said just now? Second brother is really a good friend, you don't have to worry about anything at all!"
As he spoke, he hesitated: "It's just that Qiu Yunfei and Old Feng Suri..."
"Since you said not to worry, why are you making things difficult for Lord Sun?" Baochai smiled and said, "Lord Sun will take care of these matters. All you need to do is prepare a good banquet."
Then, he carefully reminded him: "Now that you have obtained a proper official position, you should avoid as many of your bad friends as possible. It is better to make friends with outstanding people like Lord Sun."
"It's natural, it's natural!"
Xue Pan nodded his big head and said proudly: "I said long ago that I wanted to be close friends with my second brother, otherwise why would I send Xiangling to him first and ask my mother to meet him?"
The beginning was fine, but the latter part reminded Baochai of what Aunt Xue had said, so the favorability immediately dropped a lot, and the vague idea that had come to her mind was instantly aborted.
She originally wanted to briefly mention this matter to her brother, so that he would not be confused and let Lord Sun offend their mother again.
But when he remembered that his mother had already said that she would never see Sun Shaozong again, he felt that there was no need to do anything unnecessary, and it would also avoid causing any grudge between his brother and Sun Shaozong.
So when the words came to his lips, he changed his words and said, "Brother, don't just focus on the banquet. You should also prepare a birthday gift for aunt in the next few days, so as not to be impolite again!"
Hearing her talk about his aunt's birthday, Xue Pan suddenly became a lot more dispirited. His uncle Wang Ziteng had always been dignified, and his aunt was also a nosy person. He couldn't avoid being nagged by her every time he went there, which was really annoying.
But since his sister had given the order, he had no choice but to agree weakly.
