In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 361 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 32

Xue Baochai has lived in the Jia Mansion for some time. She usually goes to the inner house and has never had the chance to meet Jia Lang, the first suspect in the Jinling case.

However, Xue Pan lived in the outer courtyard and had met Jia Lang several times. When he talked about Jia Lang with Xue Baochai and Aunt Xue, he often praised him. Xue Baochai's eyes flickered when she heard this, and she couldn't help but have some ideas in her mind.

Originally, when Xue Baochai came to Beijing, she was indeed running for the imperial examination. If she was chosen to be an attendant to the princess, not only would her status be improved, but she would also receive many rewards when the princess got married, and could marry into a good family.

But deep down, Xue Baochai knew that her chances of being chosen were slim given her identity. When she saw Jia Lang in person, she couldn't help but be moved.

In terms of status, although Jia Lang was born out of wedlock, his biological father was a first-rank general and his biological mother was a concubine. If you really look at it, his status is actually higher than that of Jia Baoyu, the second son of a fifth-rank official.

In terms of knowledge or future, Jia Lang is already a scholar at a young age. For those families with officials, a small scholar is really nothing, but for the Xue family, a merchant, a scholar is already worth their investment. Not to mention, judging from the talent Jia Lang has shown so far, being a scholar is not Jia Lang's end point at all.

In terms of appearance, Jia Lang is extremely handsome. Different from Jia Baoyu who looks rather gaudy, Jia Lang looks more like a gentleman, with a kind of refreshing aura that is not found in children of noble birth.

Jia Lang was very grateful for this. In the world view of Dream of Red Mansions, men often put on makeup and had chaotic relationships. Although he was a woman in this life, he did not look out of place when he changed into men's clothes and blended in with them.

Beautiful boys are inherently androgynous, and I just look a little fresher, which doesn't arouse any suspicion at all.

In his previous life, Jia Lang lived like a transparent person among the sisters. He was obviously a proper lady of the Jia family, but he was not even as good as Xue Baochai, a relative who came to live with them. For this reason, although Jia Yingchun in her previous life never said anything, she actually hated Xue Baochai, who took away the limelight, more than she liked her.

There are differences between men and women in this life. Jia Lang has never lived with Xue Baochai. Today, he happened to meet Granny Liu when he was on holiday. Jia Lang had a good impression of Granny Liu and took the opportunity to pay his respects to Lady Jia to join in the fun. However, Jia Lang didn't know that by joining in the fun, Xue Baochai gave up choosing Jia Baoyu and instead set her sights on him.

Feeling Xue Baochai's gaze on him, Jia Lang turned around and looked back, and happened to meet Xue Baochai's eyes. Out of politeness, Jia Lang gave Xue Baochai a smile. Xue Baochai was looking at Jia Lang, but she didn't expect to be caught by Jia Lang. She thought she would be ridiculed by Jia Lang, but unexpectedly, Jia Lang returned her a smile very politely.

"He's so handsome..."

Facing Jia Lang's appearance, Xue Baochai forgot her reserve and couldn't help but sigh out loud. Aunt Xue, who was accompanying Xue Baochai, heard Xue Baochai's sigh in a trance. Out of curiosity, she followed Xue Baochai's gaze and saw Jia Lang opposite her. Aunt Xue's eyes shifted and she had an idea in her mind.

My elder sister had revealed her interest in Baochai many times before. I originally thought that she wanted Baochai and Baoyu to be a couple, but after going to the capital, my elder sister kept silent about it. I was originally still worried about this matter, but now I feel that Baoyu is not the only good boy in Rongguo Mansion...

At first glance, the mother and daughter of the Xue family immediately thought of the same thing. They had seen Baoyu in these days. It was not that there was anything wrong with Baoyu. On the contrary, Baoyu was a sincere and kind person.

But from the perspective of a son-in-law or a husband, Baoyu is not quite suitable.

The Second Wife is now mainly taking advantage of the Xue family. In her heart, she still thinks that Jia Baoyu is worthy of being a princess. As for Xue Baochai, a merchant girl, she is more likely to dangle the marriage contract with her and use it to get money from the Xue family.

Every change of a person's mind in "Dream of Red Mansions" is closely related to the current situation. In this life, without Jia Yingchun, Jia Tanchun is raised by the second wife, Jia Xichun is raised by Youshi in Ningguo Mansion, and only Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu live in Jia's mother's Rong Xi Hall.

Compared with their previous life, Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu in this life are more in line with the setting of childhood sweethearts. Precisely because of this, the relationship between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu in this life is more like that of brother and sister.

Perhaps it was because there was no real brother-sister love to contrast with, or perhaps it was because there was no older sisters to serve as a foil, but now, in the eyes of Lin Daiyu, who was not even twelve years old, Jia Baoyu was just a cousin with whom she had a very good relationship.

The appearance of Xue Baochai was a great shock to the relationship between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. It should have been like this, but Xue Baochai had shifted her target in this life. She only met Jia Lang once and then she set her eyes on him.

Since Jia Baoyu is only regarded as a cousin, there is a lot less secret targeting of Lin Daiyu by Xue Baochai in the original plot, and there is more true sisterhood.

In this life, Wang Xifeng was pregnant. The incident in the plot where Wang Xifeng planned to kill Jia Rui did not happen. After all, Wang Xifeng was busy with her pregnancy and had no time to see Jia Rui, nor did she realize Jia Rui's feelings for her.

Not long after, Qin Keqing died in Ningguo Mansion. Youshi came to ask Wang Xifeng for help in managing Ningguo Mansion and arranging Qin Keqing's funeral. Wang Xifeng was already three months pregnant and the fetus seemed stable. She was moved by Youshi's flattery and was about to agree, but happened to see Jia Lian coming back from Ningguo Mansion.

During this period, Wang Xifeng was pregnant and did not go to Ningguo Mansion to visit the sick Qin Keqing like she did in her previous life, and thus discovered the secret of Qin Keqing and Jia Zhen's affair. Now seeing Jia Lian coming back from outside with a sour face, Wang Xifeng naturally had to ask.

"Second Master, what's wrong with you? Did anyone offend you? You look so embarrassed!"

During this period, because Wang Xifeng was pregnant and could not be intimate with him, Jia Lian became lustful and could not help but hang out with Jia Zhen from Ningguo Mansion.

Originally, he didn't know the truth about Qin Keqing's death, but Jia Zhen was drunk and kept his mouth shut, so Jia Lian heard Qin Keqing's name from Jia Zhen. This frightened Jia Lian sobered up and quickly left and returned to Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Lian knew the secret and felt very uncomfortable. He wanted to talk to Jia Lang, but he couldn't find Jia Lang, so he had to come back. Now he heard Wang Xifeng asking, Jia Lian hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't hold it back, so he leaned close to Wang Xifeng's ear and whispered the secret.

"this......"

"Second Master, what you said is true. You can't just say such things casually!"

Wang Xifeng simply couldn't believe that there was such a scandal in Ningguo Mansion. "If this is true, what will happen to the women in Ningguo Mansion?"

"Second Master, I heard with my own ears that Brother Zhen was drunk and cried out Rong'er's wife's name. How could this be false?"