The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 276 Miss Xue doesn't like to laugh anymore

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather became increasingly hot and humid.

Jia Yuanchun was thinking about something in the room.

Soon Wang Xifeng and Youshi came over, as well as Tanchun, Yingchun, Shi Xiangyun, Lin Daiyu, as well as Xue Baochai, Li Wan, Yuanyang, Ping'er and Xiaohong.

After Wang Xifeng and a few others came in, they looked around the room and found that there were no palace maids or female officials there.

"Your Majesty, is there something you want to talk to us about?" Wang Xifeng asked with a smile, but it was just a polite smile, not as casual as usual.

Jia Yuanchun nodded. This time she did have something to say, and it was obviously not an ordinary small matter.

"Sit down and talk. We are all family, so I came to discuss this with you."

Everyone sat down quickly.

As the hostess, Jia Yuanchun's house is always bustling with activity, so she has sofas and chairs that can accommodate more than 20 people, and there are also many folding chairs and small stools for children, which she can take out and use when needed.

Jia Rong has many descendants, and their number is still increasing.

Now the task of reproducing offspring was not given to wives and concubines such as Jia Yuanchun and Qin Keqing, but to the former beauties in the emperor's harem and some young wet nurses who planned to stay for a long time.

It is a good thing for Jia Rong to play with women. As an emperor, he should have more offspring.

After everyone sat down, Jia Yuanchun looked at Li Wan.

"I heard that the emperor called you and Xiren over yesterday?"

Li Wan looked a little embarrassed. Although she knew that Jia Yuanchun must know all these things, she still felt a little embarrassed when she heard it out loud.

Wang Xifeng and Youshi both had expressionless faces and had nothing to say.

Lin Daiyu said helplessly: "There are more than two, and the Madam's sister didn't escape either."

Except for Jia Zheng, almost everyone knew that Jia Baoyu's wife was played by Jia Rong.

Seeing that Lin Daiyu didn't understand, Xue Baochai tried to persuade her earnestly, "Baoyu has already become a monk, and this time he has implicated many people. If my cousin can enter the palace to accompany the emperor, the Wang family will also be relieved. This is a good thing for everyone."

Lin Daiyu snorted, "You guys only think about these things. Can't you just be a good official? Nowadays, whether you go out to fight in a war, be a good official, or work hard, you can get ahead. Why do the Wang and Jia families still rely on women?"

Lin Daiyu became more and more angry as she spoke, "In the past, people said that the world was not good, but is it still not good now? I think your sister, Sister Feng, is probably forced by her family. I see that every time she enters the palace, she takes the initiative to ask about the emperor's affairs."

Wang Xifeng was a little embarrassed. They were all women and not fools. They naturally knew that Miss Wang had been leaning towards Jia Rong intentionally or unintentionally since she married Jia Baoyu.

"As a woman, I have no choice. What else can I do..." Wang Xifeng accepted the scolding.

Fengjie was rude and resolute to her servants, but she was very tolerant towards her sisters and people she liked.

Xue Baochai is already the emperor's concubine, so naturally she is loyal to the emperor at this time.

"We all know the emperor's temper. He will definitely say what he likes, and he is not a lustful person. I think both my cousin and Xiren are the same. Xiren has been trying to seduce the emperor for a long time. A slut who has been played with can actually live in the Holy Palace just by relying on the relationship of being a servant of the Jia family. The emperor is too kind!"

The person being scolded was Xiren, referring to Miss Wang and Li Wan.

Li Wan sat quietly, looking down at her hands on her legs, not having the face to refute Xue Baochai's words.

They are indeed three sluts.

Although Miss Wang did not sleep with Jia Baoyu, no one else knew about this and Jia Rong didn't care, so he assumed they were both sluts.

Fortunately, there are not many whores in the Holy Palace, only one in ten, and Jia Rong is obviously using them for his own amusement, and he always calls a few of them together every time.

Li Wan looked embarrassed, but she showed no sign of remorse.

Others aren’t clean anyway.

Jia Yuanchun did not want to exaggerate and said directly: "I did not call you here to talk about this matter. The emperor is busy with all kinds of affairs every day. If he likes to play, he can play. If he gets pregnant, he will give birth to the baby and raise it. This is nothing. There are many women in the palace. The emperor has the final say on what to say and do."

Tanchun didn't want to argue, so she helped out by saying, "What on earth does sister want to talk to us about?"

Yu Shi smiled slightly and said, "Is it about the prince?"

Jia Yuanchun nodded.

Seeing this, the others also became serious.

Jia Yuanchun looked at everyone's face, thinking about how to solve the problem.

"The Emperor is a man who cherishes the past. We have known each other for more than 20 years. No matter how many times I have made him angry, the Emperor has always tolerated me."

"But the emperor has been very busy these years and has no time to discipline the children, nor does he spend much time with the children at home."

"Now that Baoyu is gone, the old lady can enjoy her old age in peace. My father and mother are both quiet and steady people. So I can live a stable life from now on."

Everyone nodded and agreed to this matter.

If the old lady and Jia Baoyu were still alive, it would probably not be so easy to appoint the crown prince.

The biggest trouble for the Queen and the Crown Prince is not the other concubines and princes, but the troublesome relatives from the Queen's family.

Because of the growth of this idea, and in order to secure her son's position as crown prince, Jia Yuanchun soon stopped mentioning the matter of the old lady and Jia Baoyu, and even quietly sent away the tablet that was supposed to be kept for seven days.

"I will definitely have to discipline more children in the future. It may be inconvenient to continue living in Nuanxiang Palace. I want to move to the small building garden where the old lady lived before. This will also make it convenient for the prince to bring his brothers to pay their respects." "From now on, the children will be raised there. I can come over to get together every night at dinner time."

Wang Xifeng thought about it and quickly said, "That's good. The prince will definitely have to come to the palace more often in the future, and it's really inconvenient to be here."

Youshi thought more because she knew Jia Rong better than anyone else and naturally guessed what Jia Yuanchun was thinking.

The more you do, the more mistakes you make; the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make. In short, just try not to meddle in things and avoid getting into trouble.

He had to do whatever Jia Rong asked him to do and endure being troubled for no reason. After all, Jia Rong was so busy that it would be over soon.

Jia Yuanchun looked at Wang Xifeng.

"Sister, I still need your help to look after Nuanxiang Palace."

Wang Xifeng is the person who is most likely to take the blame. It was not until this time that Jia Yuanchun understood why Youshi had left all matters to Wang Xifeng to handle and why she had so easily handed over all the financial power in the garden to Wang Xifeng.

There were some truths that Jia Yuanchun didn't understand until almost ten years later.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Don't worry, sister. I have nothing to do right now. The two places are not far away from each other. They are all sensible sisters. It won't be a big deal."

It is indeed not troublesome, but it is easy to be blamed.

Ping'er, Yuanyang and Xiaohong were all silent. The three of them certainly didn't dare to take charge of things directly. Someone had to take the lead before they would be willing to get involved in these matters.

Jia Rong would not expel anyone, just like the students in the class, no one would be expelled for a small matter, but everyone was afraid of being scolded.

Being scolded is actually nothing, but not everyone can remove the limiters on their thoughts. Not everyone is that free.

If there is a degree to which doing something wrong will result in being scolded at most, then Jia Rong is 10000, Wang Xifeng is 10, Jia Yuanchun is 5, and maids like Yuanyang, Ping'er and Xiaohong are 1.

Especially now that they are in a place like the harem, if they did something wrong and were scolded by Jia Rong, it would definitely be a disaster for these people of humble origins, and they would be extremely scared psychologically.

There was no need to ask about the women who were born as maids, as they were naturally Wang Xifeng's subordinates.

Xue Baochai smiled and said, "If you need help, I will help you. I have nothing to do recently."

Wang Xifeng doesn't like Xue Baochai, "It's okay, just let Yuanyang, Ping'er and Xiaohong help me."

Xue Baochai felt that the people in this family were either extremely cowardly, like Mrs. Wang, who had a listless personality.

Or she might be like Tanchun and Wang Xifeng, who are difficult to get along with, and I don’t know who she resembles.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, the group dispersed. After Xue Baochai returned to her room, a maid came over to pass on a message.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor said that swimming alone is boring, so please let Your Majesty go."

When Xue Baochai heard this, she became happy and quickly went over quietly.

This is an opportunity to spend time with the Emperor. If I bring along other people who are in the way, it won't be as fun as going alone.
Xue Baochai changed into a sexy swimsuit and went downstairs. In order to avoid being seen, she wore a sun-protective long-sleeved skirt.

Because the color of the swimsuit is quite bright, I also wore a few more layers of clothes.

When I walked downstairs quickly, I saw Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu eating ice cream and watching two one-year-old children racing.

Two silly girls used ice cream to tempt two one-year-old children. They squatted on the ground and kept a distance between them, allowing the children to chase them staggeringly.

Xue Baochai gently avoided the attention of the two people, and hurried out while the others were taking a summer nap. She walked quickly with her heart beating fast, and soon she arrived outside the private swimming pool of Baicao Palace.

"Your Majesty." There were six palace maids standing outside the door. They were all tall women who were responsible for checking and guarding the door.

Xue Baochai quickly took off her clothes under the inspection of these people to prevent herself from carrying any weapons to assassinate the emperor.

Soon, Xue Baochai's maid was waiting outside, and the gatekeeper opened the door and let Xue Baochai, who was wearing a sexy swimsuit, in alone.

After entering, you pass a toilet and shower room, and then reach the quiet summer swimming pool.

After Xue Baochai entered, she found that there was more than just Jia Rong here. Jia Rong was leisurely lying on a beach chair taking a nap, while Aunt Xue, who was in her early forties, was swimming in the swimming pool in a high-cut swimsuit.

At this moment, Xue Baochai really wanted to turn around and leave.

But she dared not disobey the order and could only keep moving forward with her heart beating faster.

She no longer had the courage to laugh at and look down on the Jia sisters.

"Your Majesty, your servant pays respects to you..." Xue Baochai bowed politely.

Jia Rong said with a smile, "Let's go swimming. I just finished my exercise, so I'll rest for a while before going down. Your mother is all alone and helpless, and your brother is also dead. You should enjoy your life in the palace from now on."

"Yes..." Xue Baochai responded with her head down, no longer smiling.

Aunt Xue was still swimming in the water, burying her face in the water and paddling her legs away from the shore.

Jia Rong said with a smile: "Let's go swimming. I'll see who swims faster, you or your mother."

There is probably no love between Xue Baochai and Jia Rong.

Of course, Jia Rong never cared about those things. Besides, except for Xue Baoqin who was passive, the rest of the Xue family members all came to him actively.

Jia Rong used to be too busy with things to handle, but now that he has some free time, he quickly made the Xue mother and daughter understand what it feels like to live under someone else's roof.

(End of this chapter)