[In fact, this chapter should be accompanied by a happy version of "Qingwen Song"]
The masters of Rongguo Mansion had only one hour to prepare for what they had decided, but they were ready by nightfall.
The masters and their close relatives set up seven or eight tables in Jia Mu's courtyard to express their congratulations to Baochai.
Baochai sat on the main seat and stayed with Jia Mu. The two talked a lot.
Everyone was congratulating Baochai, but Yingchun, who was sitting in the corner, remained there with a frown on his face.
There was no other reason, just because she envied Baochai, and envied him having such honor and favor while living as a guest, which attracted congratulations from the ancestors and the two houses.
As for her, a serious master, no one cared about her from beginning to end.
Although Yingchun is dull and timid, he is also a living person. It is natural to feel sad in comparison at this moment.
What is completely different is Tanchun. Looking at Baochai with flowers and brocade, she only has admiration and blessing in her heart, and encourages herself to do the same in the future.
"Second sister, let's go toast to sister Bao!"
After saying that, Tanchun didn't wait for Yingchun's response, he pulled her and rushed towards Baochai.
As for the youngest Xichun, because she is too young to drink, there is no need to call her.
"Sister Bao, congratulations!"
Seeing Tanchun and the others arriving, Baochai stood up to greet them, but before she could speak, she saw a girl running in from outside.
"Ancestor, madam..."
Seeing this scene, Mrs. Xing immediately scolded: "How can you behave in a panic?"
Hearing this, the girl quickly reported: "Reporting to Madam, ancestors... someone from the palace has come to convey the Queen's decree!"
Good guy, just this sentence caused the whole place to become silent.
The empress's decree was actually the empress's decree... Thinking of this, everyone was a little flustered.
"What's going on!" Mrs. Xing was also a little panicked.
As the saying goes, thunder, rain and dew are all gifts from God. If there is no advance news, the possibility of thunder is often greater.
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry up and receive the order!" Mother Jia scolded her coldly.
Everyone hurried out in a hurry, but Baochai remained calm because she knew what would happen.
But everyone started to move in a panic, and she had no chance to explain, so she could only follow them out.
At this moment, in the Rongxi Hall, the two Jia She brothers were already entertaining the eunuchs who passed the order, and handed over two hundred taels of silver notes.
After chatting, the two of them had learned that the edict was specially sent to reward Baochai, which made Jia She and the others heave a sigh of relief.
Of course, at this moment, they both looked at Baochai with admiration again.
It is a blessing to be selected to study as an attendant, and now to be rewarded by the Queen alone is really outrageous.
When he saw the family members coming out of Jia's house, the eunuch got up from his chair and walked towards the door of the living room.
At this moment, the servants of the Rongguo Mansion have already set up the incense table and other furnishings, and all the family members of the Jia Mansion are waiting at the foot of the steps.
Seeing the eunuch who had passed the order go out, Jia She and the others quickly followed, and finally waited at the foot of the steps.
Standing on the steps, overlooking everyone present, the eunuch who delivered the order asked: "Is that Miss Xue of Jinling?"
Hearing this, Baochai could only come forward and replied: "My father-in-law, I am the daughter of the people!"
"The Queen's decree..."
After hearing this, everyone present, including Jia Mu and others, immediately knelt down on the ground.
"I wish you all the best to the queen, may she live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years!"
"Xue Jiabaochai has a gentle heart and a gentle nature. She is beautiful and smart. She has the talent of looking at the east and continuing history. Her gentle and honest beauty is very suitable for me..."
Good guy, the Queen praised Baochai to the sky, which again exceeded most people's expectations.
Among the crowd, Jia Lian was also surprised, secretly thinking that this Baochai was so lucky that even the Queen was so fond of her.
Also in the crowd, listening to the Queen's kind words, Yingchun thought it was nothing, but Tanchun felt a little desperate.
Can you catch up with such a person? Independent and confident, she doubted herself for the first time.
After some praise, the queen gave Baochai a detailed reward. Although the things were valuable, they were not as good as the previous praise.
"Appreciate this..."
"The daughter of the people kowtows to the Queen for her grace, may she live a thousand years!" Baochai kowtowed again.
The eunuch who delivered the decree walked down the steps, handed the decree in his hand to Baochai, and then said with a smile: "Miss Xue, please get up... From now on, as an attendant, you can call yourself a minister!"
Although the rank of the minister is not clearly defined, it is still a serious palace position, and it is appropriate to call oneself a minister.
"Thank you, father-in-law!"
"The decree has been conveyed, and the reward has been handed over to Jia's house. It's time for me to go back and resume my duties... Farewell!"
After saying this, the eunuch turned and left. Although the Jia family wanted to retain him, they could not retain him.
After he left, everyone in the Jia family gathered around Baochai again and congratulated him endlessly.
Daiyu didn't like the excitement, so she stood outside the crowd, but kept staring at Baochai, her eyes full of admiration.
Sister Bao is so outstanding and deserves such an honor... Daiyu thought.
"Humph, what's so great, to put it bluntly..."
Turning his head to look at Xiang Daiyu, Jia Baoyu said slowly: "I just entered the palace to work as a slave for the royal family. Let's see if she is proud of her... what is the difference between her and those sluts!"
"Baoyu... If you keep talking nonsense, let's stop talking to each other from now on!" Daiyu was furious, turned around and walked towards Baochai.
Jia Baoyu stayed where he was, feeling extremely aggrieved for a moment, and tears kept rolling in his eyes.
Has Sister Lin really changed?
No, she was deceived by Baochai, and she will change back when Baochai leaves... Jia Baoyu comforted herself like this.
For Daiyu, his patience seemed endless, and Jia Baoyu himself couldn't explain this feeling.
After some congratulations, everyone returned to Jia Mu's courtyard again. This time Jia She's brothers and Jia Zhen also participated in the banquet and made a special trip to congratulate Baochai.
There is such a junior in the family, and the three of the Jia family also drank a few more drinks. It is rare to have such a happy event recently.
Jia Baoyu did not show up, but returned to his residence angrily.
"Hey...why is Mr. Bao back and finishing the wine so quickly?"
Listening to Qingwen's oriole-like voice, Baoyu said coldly: "Whoever wants to drink her wine is just a beetle!"
Qingwen came up to greet Baoyu and asked, "Who is Lu Zhi?" while taking care of Baoyu's clothes.
"Who else could it be? Of course it's Miss Xue!"
Because he was angry with Baochai for "stealing" Daiyu, Jia Baoyu stopped calling her sister Baochai and directly called her "Miss Xue".
"You're so good, why are you angry with Miss Bao?" Qingwen was deeply puzzled.
After entering the room, Baoyu didn't explain much and said directly: "Humph...she is not a good person anyway, please ignore her from now on!"
At this time, the attacker came out of the back room, half persuading and half complaining: "Miss Bao has just been selected as an attendant, and now she has received high praise from the Queen. I can't help but congratulate you... How can you say these words!"
"Fortunately, we are one of our own people in the yard. If others heard about this, there might be a lot of trouble!"
Walking up to Baoyu, Xiren pulled him to sit down, handed him hot tea and said, "Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about me and my wife!"
Although he knew what Xiren said was right, Baoyu felt angry, put down his teacup, turned around and went to the back room.
This made Xiren very helpless. At this time, Qingwen stepped forward and said: "He is like this... No matter how much you say, it is useless!"
(End of chapter)
