The Red Mansions

Chapter 424 Baochai: I listen to Brother Heng

Chapter 424 Baochai: I...I listen to Brother Heng

Ningguo Mansion

In the dim night, when the lights come on, from the gate to the eaves, courtyard columns, panes and gates of Yimen, colorful fringe and red lights have been hung, reflecting the splendid curtains and curtains in various colors.

Jia Heng had just entered the inner hall, sat down, and was about to order people to prepare hot water for a bath, when she suddenly saw Qingwen, walking with a water snake waist, and said: "Young master, Miss Bao is here, and she wants to see you for something. .”

Jia Heng thought about it for a while, and guessed that it was probably for his brother Xue Pan, and ordered: "Go and send her a message, first go to the study in the west wing and wait until I take a shower and change clothes before going there."

Qingwen responded, and then ordered a little girl to go, saying: "Young master, I will serve you to bathe and change clothes."

Jia Heng said, "I'm a little tired today."

At the Princess Jinyang's side, I didn't eat lunch, I only ate some snacks in the middle, and then I kept tossing and tossing, as if I was making up the debt with interest. Can't stand it.

When you are young, you should avoid sex.

Qingwen raised her eyebrows and came close, but she smelled a vague smell on Jia Heng's body, and she was a little suspicious, but she didn't insist anymore, and said: "Then I'll give you to the young master." Get your clothes ready."

Jia Heng turned around and entered the wing room, took a shower, then changed into a stone blue su brocade round neck shirt, thought for a while, hid the hairpin he bought earlier in the armhole, and headed towards the study.

There are two inner study rooms, east and west rooms. The east room is used to deal with confidential matters. Except for Tanchun, few people come in and out on weekdays. The other west room is used for reading in the backyard. Read a book, or receive guests, or rest in your spare time.

At this moment, in the study room in the west wing, Baochai has a plump figure, sitting on the embroidered pier next to the small table, waiting quietly.

The girl was wearing a pale pink cross-neck padded jacket and a light yellow silk satin dress. She was holding a stack of manuscripts in her hand, with a focused expression, and under her curved eyebrows, her moist almond eyes were crystal clear.

On the side of the candlelight lantern, the glowing fire reflected on the face, adding a bit of softness to the smooth and creamy skin, and the bright red lips were shining brightly.

Turning a page in a hurry, I suddenly heard the sound of squatting coming from outside the house. Looking up, I saw a girl with slashed shoulders, a water snake waist, and a green vest with pinched teeth, stepping slowly into the hall.

Qingwen carried a teapot and said with a light smile, "Wait a minute, girl, our son is still taking a bath and changing clothes, he will be here in a while."

Baochai looked at Qingwen, knowing that she was the first-class servant girl next to that person, she smiled softly, and said softly, "I'm not in a hurry when I read the manuscript."

Qingwen looked at the girl with a dignified temperament and a bright smile, but she also liked it a little bit, turned around and poured a cup of fragrant tea, and said, "Miss, drink tea."

Baochai said "Thank you", took the teacup, but did not move for a while.

Qingwen saw the Three Kingdoms script next to Baochai's hand, and asked with a chuckle, "Miss, are you reading the Three Kingdoms script written by the young master?"

Baochai nodded and said: "Just now I was reading Green Plum Cooking Wine On Heroes, it's really well written, if you are interested, you can read it in your spare time."

Thinking of this, I think of the book again: "Heroic husbands have great ambitions, have good plans, have the opportunity to hide the universe, and those who have the ambitions of the world."

Among the twelve beauties in Jinling, Baochai, the only one with political ambitions, couldn't help but feel emotional when he saw such a sentence.

Of course, it is more of a way of reading and knowing people. The girl wants to know what kind of person Jia Heng is.

Fortunately, the storybook of the Three Kingdoms at the moment has not been fully written, and when the Three Kingdoms is written, then there is no way to know whether someone is Zhuge who is dedicated and died, or Cao thief of General Han Zhengxi, or Sima Yi, a treacherous and cunning man. People realize it later, and suddenly realize it.

Qingwen said in a playful voice: "Although I am not disliked by Mr. Meng, I can read a few words, but the script of the Three Kingdoms is profound and obscure, but I don't really understand it."

Qingwen's literacy time is still short, and it is only enough for daily writing. This kind of script seems to be a bit difficult.

Baochai said with a soft voice, "it's not too difficult. When I read the first book, I didn't understand a lot. If I read more, it will be fine. On the contrary, I can take the opportunity to learn more words." What's more, you are usually by your son's side, if there is someone who knows a little bit, you can always ask the writer for advice, which is much cheaper than others."

This calm and self-conscious girl can always speak to people's hearts, even Aunt Zhao said, "I can't blame others for saying that Bao girl is good, good at being a person, and very generous... If That Lin girl, he doesn't even look at us girls, how can he still give us something?"

Hearing these words, Qingwen immediately became fond of the girl, but she didn't know what to think of, she was ashamed and happy, and said, "Then I'll take a look at it when I have free time."

It seems that she is not bad when she asks her young master like this?

Baochai looked at the charming young girl between her brows and eyes, and caught the unconcealable joy in her eyes, her apricot eyes flashed, and she gave a soft "hmm", then picked up the teacup and took a sip.

The young girl behaved elegantly, although she was born in a merchant, she had a gentle and intellectual scholarly air quietly exuding.

Qingwen asked curiously, "What kind of books does the girl usually read?"

Baochai smiled lightly, and replied, "I'm reading some anthologies of poetry and so on. I've been reading some history books recently. I just flip through them at random to pass the time. I don't really read much at ordinary times."

Qingwen saw a look of envy on her face, and said, "You, Miss Lin, and Miss San also read a lot of books."

Baochai put down her book and said, "I haven't read much, and women don't have the honor of the imperial examinations. It doesn't matter if you read more or less."

When Qingwen heard this, she frowned and said in a low voice, "Young master usually doesn't like such things."

Baochai's jade face was slightly sluggish, a trace of thought appeared in her apricot eyes, and she said with a smile: "I don't know about this, but I don't know what Brother Heng usually says?"

Even though she had had close contact with that person, she actually didn't know him very well, and could only figure out his preferences.

"Young master taught me to read at the beginning. He said that even if you don't get the imperial examination, you can read and understand. The day before yesterday I learned five hundred characters, and you gave me two proverbs. It seems that you are talking about reading." Qingwen said lightly. said with a smile.

Originally Qingwen had read [-] characters, but the day before yesterday Jia Heng wrote a couple of proverbs casually as encouragement.

When Baochai heard the words, her heart became a little excited, she raised her moist almond eyes, and said, seemingly unintentionally, "What proverb?"

Qingwen's eyes were absorbed, and she read softly: "If there are poems and books hidden in my heart, time will never defeat a beauty."

Obviously, this proverb has been turned over and over in Qingwen's heart for a long time, and she remembers it word for word.

When Baochai heard the words and tasted them, her bright eyes glowed, and she was speechless for a while.

"What did you two say?"

At this moment, Jia Heng stepped into the study and looked at the two who were talking.

Qingwen lifted her smooth and round chin, and said with a smile, "Master, let's talk to Miss Bao about studying."

"What can I say about studying?" Jia Heng said softly, then sat down, took the fragrant tea from Qingwen, then looked at Baochai, and asked, "Sister Xue is doing it for Wenlong's business." coming?"

Baochai nodded, keenly aware of the hotness of the young man, her heart skipped a beat, but her face remained calm, and said: "It's my brother's business, I have to trouble Brother Heng."

Seeing this, Qingwen knew that the two of them were going to talk, so she left the study.

However, as soon as Qingwen left, Jia Heng came forward and sat on the embroidered pier beside Baochai. Amidst the girl's shyness, she took a soft and white hand and asked, "Sister Xue, is Auntie?" Let you come here?"

Baochai lowered her head slightly, her face as white and greasy as pear pistils had already been covered with two blushes, her heart suddenly felt ashamed, she pinched her handkerchief, her voice trembling: "Brother Heng, Mom said I would like to invite you to a banquet to discuss my elder brother's affairs, when will Brother Heng be free?"

"I'm free these few days." Jia Heng said casually, thought for a while, and asked, "Is Wen Long's injury better?"

"Much better." Baochai said softly.

Jia Heng nodded and said: "It's not too late to wait for the Lantern Festival to eat."

As he said that, he took out the long brocade box hidden in the armhole, and said in a gentle voice, "I bought a hairpin for you, see if you like it."

Baochai turned her eyes away and looked at the brocade box, she was taken aback for a moment, then said in surprise and joy: "Why did Brother Heng suddenly give me this?"

Jia Heng sighed lightly, and said: "The last time I left, I was busy with official duties, and it took several days in a flash. The day before yesterday, I went down to the government office, and suddenly passed by the square. I saw a jewelry store. I went in for a stroll and thought of you. If you wear this, it should look good, right?"

He thought about it, wait until the birthday to give other gifts, there are always surprises, um, he needs to buy more in the future.

Hearing this, Baochai had a beautiful face, her bright eyes were like autumn water, and she said softly, "Brother Heng..."

remembered her...

At this time, Jia Heng opened the brocade box, and saw a crested hairpin lying quietly in the box, with pearls and flowers wrapped around it, shining all over it.

Jia Heng turned his head and saw the girl's plump face was full of joy, and said softly: "I'll give my sister... pin it on."

"En." Baochai responded softly, lowering her head slightly to facilitate the young man's movements.

Between the lush temples, a crested hairpin swayed gently, adding a third of beauty.

Jia Heng sized her up and said with a smile: "It suits my younger sister's temperament quite well."

At this time, Baochai was full of joy, and raised her eyes to look at the young man, the clear and crystal eyes reflected the clear and sharp face.

Looking at each other, Jia Heng approached lightly, but saw that Baochai closed her eyes in a little panic, stirring the handkerchief with both hands.

"No~"

Jia Heng moved closer.

After a long time, Jia Heng took the girl's fragrant shoulders and embraced the beautiful and beautiful Baochai. The cold voice of the past rang in the girl's ear: "My sister doesn't usually wear pearls, and this skirt looks like it's not new. Not old."

Baochai leaned her head on Jia Heng's shoulder and said softly: "I didn't like these things very much in the past. After all, I wear the clothes by myself, as long as they are comfortable. If Brother Heng likes them, I have prepared some more colorful clothes. .”

Jia Heng said: "When I was very young, I knew that Hua Zhengyan is ruthless but also touching. My sister is fine like this, and I am very happy to see it."

Hearing this, Baochai pursed her cherry lips, tasted two poems, ripples called shame and joy rippled in the lake of her heart, and said in a low voice: "Brother Heng is too famous."

She originally looked at the one who liked to dress up, maybe he liked this kind of dress, but she was a boudoir girl, so it was not easy to dress up like this.

Jia Heng felt the girl's joy and thought.

In terms of Baochai's appearance alone, Chanting White Begonia is just a true portrayal of it.

I don't know if it's his illusion, Baochai looks like a gorgeous dress, or a fiery red wedding dress, but it loses the charm of gentleness and charm.

It can be said that if you use flowers to describe people, some people are like red peonies, others are like roses, but Baochai is like a white crabapple, which is gorgeous but not charming, dignified and generous.

Of course, he guessed that Baochai's real idea might be to either not wear it, or to wear a lot of makeup, or a dress with dragon, chapter and phoenix patterns.

Otherwise, there will be no words like "Who is your sister, the one wearing the dragon robe is the sister".

Jia Heng thought for a while, and then said: "Last time, I saw that my sister's room was not furnished much, and it was really simple and elegant. It can be seen that my sister is usually calm and contented."

Baochai said softly, "I'm not used to those flashy and luxurious utensils either."

Hearing this, Jia Heng couldn't help laughing and said: "Such a virtuous and lovely person, if anyone marries a younger sister, it is really a blessing from Sansheng Xiu."

Baochai is able to live a life of sharing joys and sorrows. She laments the virtue of being a man, and she is pitiful for a woman who is talented and has the virtue of being a man. She is willing to help each other and urge her husband to make progress.

Baochai Yurong paused for a moment, her heart trembled slightly, some words came to her lips, she wanted to ask, but she didn't dare.

After thinking about it for a while, he changed the subject and asked casually: "Brother Heng should be more busy after the Lantern Festival?"

Jia Heng said: "After the Lantern Festival, the imperial court will carry out various new policies, such as rectifying the administration of officials. In recent days, the Beijing Camp, Wucheng Bingmasi, and Jinyi Mansion have all opened their offices. However, no matter how busy they are, I still have time to come back for dinner, and 21 is your newborn, this is your first baby since you went to Beijing, right?"

Baochai was slightly happy, two blushes appeared on Lirui's snow-white face, she pursed her cherry lips, and said, "Brother Heng still remembers."

Jia Heng smiled and said, "How could I forget? I was still thinking about where we would go for a visit. You are new to Shenjing, and you must have never visited many places of interest. Let's go and see together."

Hearing this, Baochai seemed to sketch out the scene of swimming with her son and enjoying the spring scenery in front of her eyes, her eyes were dazed, she immediately turned around, and said hesitantly: "I'm afraid...it may not be very convenient for Brother Heng."

Jia Heng said: "Wait for the 22nd or 23rd, and you will come with me to send Wenlong to Wucheng Bingmasi. When you come back, we can have a look at the spring scene and relax."

There are many people in Lixiangyuan, especially now that Rongning Second Mansion is quite concerned about his itinerary. If he goes there frequently, some gossip will inevitably be made, which is why he doesn't go to Lixiangyuan often.

Baochai heard the words, stared at the young man, and said softly: "My elder brother...thinks of going to Wucheng Bingmasi in the first month, does Brother Heng think there is something difficult?"

Jia Heng caressed the girl's shaved shoulders, and said in a warm voice: "It's okay to go out of the first month, but it's better to go early. Wenlong will only stay around for three years. At that time, he was a few years older and knew some things about the world. It’s just right to start a family and start a business, and start a family.”

Baochai fell silent, gently squeezed the handkerchief with the hand hidden in the sleeve, raised Yanmei's face, and said inadvertently: "But Mom is still worried. The day before yesterday, I said that I went to Wucheng Bing in this way. Ma Si, I don't know if it will delay my brother's marriage."

Jia Heng glanced at the beautiful young girl, guessed some thoughts, and said slowly: "The man is fine, in three years, Wen Long will only be eighteen or nineteen years old, it's not too late, but it's a woman... ...Auntie has urged my sister?"

Saying that, he fixedly looked at the girl with shy eyebrows and eyes, and saw that there was something strange in the girl's expression.

He can naturally see some of Baochai's thoughts, not because of hatred for marriage, but because of worry.

Now that you have seen hundreds of people from Yuan Dynasty, haven't you seen the story of the heartless, the beginning of chaos and the end of abandonment?

Baochai heard the words, her jade face was slightly condensed, and she suppressed the thought of bringing up the previous matter of the golden and jade marriage, and said in a delicate voice: "That's... not."

Jia Heng thought for a while, then said softly: "If there is, my sister will drag my aunt first. In other words, it will only be two or three years, and I will not disappoint my sister's wishes."

He still can't give Baochai a clear deadline.

If you can't do what you say, it's better not to say it.

But now Baochai has no sense of security at all, and Aunt Xue has made some messes at home, if it affects Baochai's reputation, it will be bad at that time.

In fact, in this era, in terms of the degree of intimacy between him and Baochai, a more definite promise should be made.

Otherwise, if you think about going further, if Baochai wants to indulge him, you will be worried that he will look down on you.

Baochai is fine, but it has never been a problem, whether it is the Xue family or the Wang family, even if he proposes marriage now, he will only be ecstatic and happy to see it come true.

But the timing now is actually not ripe, not to mention just sending the elder brother in, and... there is always a sense of prejudgment of taking advantage of others' dangers, even if Baochai is made an equal wife, she is somewhat wronged.

Hearing these words, Baochai was moved deep in her heart. For a moment, she felt that Qiong's nose was a little sour, and she turned her bright eyes, which were as moist as water, to look at the young man, and there seemed to be some crystals in them , tremblingly said: "Brother Heng."

A heart that had been hanging all the time seemed to be let go.

No one would think of the risk of having an affair with a married man for a young girl who has not left the cabinet. Not everyone is qualified to be compared with Princess Jinyang.

Moreover, due to some other reasons of Jia Heng, he was really in a state of "not even daring to ask".

Jia Heng said seriously: "If it really comes to that point, you can just mention me in front of my aunt. It can be said that you and I agree with each other and have made a lifelong decision, but I hope my sister can wait for another two or three years. Firstly, I don't want to be wronged." I lost my sister, and secondly, it is for my sister to stay in the boudoir with my sister for a few more years."

Baochai thought about the young man's words, her apricot eyes flashed, especially "waiting for two or three years, I can't wrong her", in a flash of thought, she realized it.

He wanted to give her a title...

If he makes great contributions in the future, it is not impossible for him to ask the heavenly family for a marriage, or even a royal order...isn't it impossible?

Baochai suppressed some trivial thoughts in her heart, gave a somewhat shy "hmm", and said in a trembling voice: "I...I listen to Big Brother Heng."

Jia Heng nodded, grabbed the slender catkin with one hand, stroked Baochai's shoulder with the other, and said in a gentle voice: "My sister can come here often for Wenlong's business in the future. It's not convenient for me to go to Lixiangyuan." past."

When Baochai heard this, her cheeks flushed with shame, and she neither responded nor denied it.

What else can I do here, tryst, intimacy...

(End of this chapter)