Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 108: Jia Family Members Do Not Attend Xue Family Banquet

The next day, news came in one after another.

The first thing was that Xue Pan, who was drinking at the Lin residence the day before, mistook Liu Xianglian, who came to save the day, for an indecent actor. He tried to force him to do improper things, but was beaten by Liu Erlang, who always had a bad temper.

Liu Erlang, who had beaten Xue Pan into a pig-like shape, disappeared without a trace that day. Xue Pan, who was carried back home, lay on the bed and screamed that he wanted to cut Liu Erlang into pieces. He also pulled Aunt Xue to cry about how difficult it was to live in the capital and wanted to go back to Jinling.

Aunt Xue looked at her son's miserable appearance, crying and threatening to sue Liu Erlang, to demolish his house and dig up his ancestral graves. She also told Xue Pan that it was impossible for him to return home and that the second brother and sister were on their way to Beijing.

Xue Pan's concubine Xiangling cried so much that her eyes were swollen like peaches.

Xue Baochai, on the other hand, was the calmest. She just asked the lady to wait until she stopped crying before telling her, and then went back to her room.

The mother and son, who were in a mess, stopped awkwardly.

Aunt Xue asked Xiangling to take good care of Xue Pan, and then she went to find her daughter and asked her what to do.

"Yes, what should we do? Our family first sent invitations to all the relatives and old friends in Beijing, and 80% of them said they would come for the sake of my uncle and aunt.

"My brother went out today and went to fool around with an actor. Let's not talk about whether he got beaten or not. Even if he didn't, there's no guarantee that the news wouldn't get out. Does that sound good?"

Xue Baochai was actually so angry that she thought she might as well break the legs of this troublemaker, but she didn't want her mother to make a fuss, so she just laid out the facts:

What about the family banquet in three days? !

Aunt Xue was stunned. After a while, she reacted and went over to scold Xue Pan angrily, ordering him to stop talking nonsense and recover quickly, as they had to entertain guests on the 28th.

Helplessly, they sent someone to find Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng and asked them to come and help on the day.

But by this time, everyone in the Jia Mansion had gone back. What happened in the Lin Mansion was extremely unexpected, especially Jia Lian and his wife, who were caught between the Jia and Wang families, and were in such a dilemma that they could only cry to each other.

Fortunately, Jia's mother gave a unified statement. She only said that Wang Furen had too much fun in Lin's house and caught a cold, so she had to stay in bed for a while. She locked Wang Furen up directly.

When Aunt Xue sent someone to look for Jia Lian and his wife, Wang Xifeng suddenly understood why Daiyu wanted to set the banquet date today. She immediately called Ping'er over, gave her instructions in person, and sent Ping'er directly to Xue's house.

When Ping'er arrived at Xue's house, she started to sing, recite and act. She not only sent Jia Lian and his wife's condolences, but also expressed her apologies for not being able to come on the 28th. Ping'er said docilely: I can stay and help until your banquet is over.

Aunt Xue was very generous and wanted Ping'er to stay. Baochai stopped her before she finished speaking, smiling and saying, "How can I use her?" She politely sent Ping'er out.

When Ping'er went back and told Wang Xifeng the details, Wang Xifeng sneered: "If you go to live in her house, the most suitable place is to live with Xiren.

"With the intentions of our eldest sister Xue known to everyone, how dare she ask you to try to trap Xiren? Why don't you just try to trap her to the end?"

Ping Er also sneered: "Even if we are concubines or maids, it is the master of the main house who has spoken, and we belong to the main house's wife. Miss Xue is still on guard against me talking to her? I have to be willing to talk to her!"

"Okay, I know you are a serious person, so I will build a plaque for you later, okay?" Wang Xifeng glared at her and said, "Listen carefully!

"When the day comes, as long as the Xue family's banquet is still held, you have to go! Give us gifts, and you have to talk to Xiren!"

When Aunt Xue heard that Wang Xifeng and her husband would not come, she immediately became worried - she was counting on the Jia family to support her, and on Wang Xifeng to help her deal with the female relatives from various families!

Xue Baochai disagreed, thinking that as long as she and her daughter were there, the women would be fine. But her brother might not be able to help, and since Second Brother Lian couldn't come, she was afraid that she would have to bother someone else to go.

Someone was sent to confirm with Baoyu, but the Jia family replied that Master Bao had already started studying in seclusion and would not go out.

After much thought, he had to settle for the second best and had someone send a letter to the Wang family, asking the young masters of the Wang family to come and help.

The Wang family was indifferent. Mrs. Wang Ziteng discussed with the old lady of the Wang family and decided to have a young couple: the second son and the second daughter-in-law. They were asked to go there when the time came and follow Aunt Xue's instructions.

Aunt Xue suddenly became proud again and whispered to Baochai, "Even if I am not favored at home, my surname is Wang and I am the wife of the Wang family. At least I still have some dignity.

"Look at your aunt. When she has nothing to do, she talks to me about love every day. But if she is a little busy or sick, even if the sky falls here, it has nothing to do with her!

"Otherwise, why do people say that aunts and uncles are close? Even if Miss Lin doesn't flatter your aunt, her mother is still the biological daughter of the Jia family. If you go to her family, there is nothing missing from top to bottom!"

Baochai said a few perfunctory words, saying that she was sleepy and asked her mother to go to bed quickly.

The next day, the news spread.

Xue Pan lay there feeling uncomfortable, and just asked the doorman to remember to thank the visitor, and he refused to see anyone.

But after wandering around for a whole day, no one from the Ning and Rong mansions, the Lin and Jia families came to ask him a question.

Xue Pan knew in his heart that everyone was probably busy with what happened between Jia Zhen and You San yesterday. Who would care about such a trivial matter as his fight?

While I was grateful, I also felt a little lost.

By the evening, even Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai realized that something was wrong, and when they came to visit him, they questioned him left and right.

Xue Pan thought about it and told about You San's disturbance and Jia Zhen's misconduct, but he only said that he and Baoyu took those outsiders to go watch a play and drink again, and never returned to the Academy. No one knew what happened afterwards.

No matter how confused he was, he knew that Qin's matter was a matter that could cost him his life. There was no need to tell his mother and sister and make them worry too.

Moreover, given the situation at the time, it seemed that everyone in the Jia family knew a lot about it; even the girl from the Lin family did not seem to be completely ignorant.

Since it was his Jia family's business, and his family seemed to be able to handle it themselves, why should his family get involved? Isn't playing dumb the way to save your life in the long run?

Aunt Xue believed her son, and just complained that everyone in the Jia family was ruthless. Xue Baochai observed his words and expressions, but she was full of suspicion. But her own family banquet was coming up, and she was very busy, so she couldn't take care of it for the time being, so she put it aside.

The news reached the Lin Mansion.

When Lin Daiyu heard about this, she was a little surprised and quickly sent someone to find out.

Xiao Hong just went out for a walk, then came back with a smile and reported: "Young lady, you can no longer guess what Liu Xianglian did after he beat up Mr. Xue that day!"

Everyone was stunned: "What? He beat someone up and didn't leave immediately?"

Daiyu's heart was moved and she laughed: "Who knows, I really know!"