The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 194: Admire Oneself in the Mirror

"Mother, mother!"

Xue Pan rushed into the backyard in a panic. Concubine Xue, who was touching up, almost put the powder on her ears.

She turned back and glared. She was just waiting to teach her son a few words and told him not to yell all day long.

But Xue Pan, with a big hand, said with a shy face, "I heard that Mother has just made some headgear recently. Please give me a good pair of headgear so that I can take it as a gift!"

Concubine Xue's face was cold. She reached out and patted his open paw. She said angrily, "When is it? Do you want to take my dowry to attract bees and butterflies outside?"

"Mother has wronged me!"

Xue Pan immediately cried out, "It's the Second Sister in Rongguo Mansion who is going to marry. I'm in a hurry to send her a gift!"

"Yingchun is about to get married?"

Concubine Xue knew that he was not compatible with her Uncle Jia Zheng but was congenial to Jia She. Therefore, since Jia Yingchun was about to get married, it was reasonable for them to send a congratulatory gift.

So she got up from the dresser, took the key, and opened the box containing headgear. She checked inside, and wondered, "Who is the child of that family? Why did they order in such a hurry? There was no news in advance."

"The man is also an old acquaintance."

When Xue Pan got the news, he ran all the way crazy. He was really tired at the moment. Seeing his mother getting up to look for jewelry, he sat down at the dresser and said casually, "It's Second Brother Sun's Brother."

"Big Brother of the Sun Family?"

Concubine Xue's movements stagnated, and her two willow eyebrows frowned slightly. She asked with uncertainty, "He seems to have been married? He seems to be very old..."

Xue Pan replied, "Yes, Big Brother Sun is thirty-six years old this year. He is one year older than you. Isn't it that his wife died several years before and he thought about remarrying?"

Remarrying?

The Young Lady of Rongguo Mansion is to be married to a Commander as a continuous?!

Concubine Xue felt more and more ridiculous and asked a few more questions, but Xue Pan only heard of a general. How could he answer her?

After asking many questions, Xue Pan became impatient and said angrily, "My sister is living in Rongguo Mansion. When you go see her tomorrow, you can ask me more questions. Now hurry to prepare the jewelry so that I can go to congratulate Big Uncle Jia She!"

Concubine Xue also stopped talking and concentrated on choosing jewelry suitable for Jia Yingchun.

Xue Pan was bored and saw a lot of rouge and powder on the table and many objects that he could not even name. He couldn't help wondering, "Why do you love to dress up so much recently? You always put on makeup, and your new clothes are also bright."

When Concubine Xue heard this, her cheeks were red, and she dared not look at her son, so she continued with her back facing him and said, "I see you are going to get married, so can't I celebrate as your mother? Do you think I'm old and should not dress up again?"

"You should, you deserved to!"

Xue Pan listened to her mother's words with some annoyance. Afraid that she would not even give her jewelry when she was angry, he quickly blushed and said, "How are you old? You look like my sister!"

This was not against his heart. Although Concubine Xue was less youthful than the young woman, she took great care of her daily life. Her skin was only slightly less delicate than that of Baochai. Her plumpness was still better than that of Baochai. She was also well-proportioned and plump. If she took off her clothes and put them under the lamp, she would be a white jade beauty.

"Bah~ What a glib!"

Concubine Xue spat, put several pieces of jewelry neatly into the sandalwood box, threw them to her son, and said, "Here, remember to let the servant girls wrap a bag so that no one can see that they were previously used by me."

Then, he could not help complaining habitually, "You always know to take the asset out, and sooner or later, you will send all the family assets left by your father away!"

However, Xue Pan got something and went away with a smile on his face. What else did he care about?

Looking at her son's back, she sighed helplessly and slowly sat back in front of the dresser. Concubine Xue admired herself for a while and remembered her son's compliment just now, and her face could not help but show some snickering joy.

If she met that lecherous guy again, she wouldn’t be ignored again, right?

When she imagined meeting that person again, with the other person's eyes staring straight at her, her heart was full of pride. But she completely forgot that when she was stared at for the first time, she had made up her mind not to meet with him again.

Of course, this didn’t mean that she had something in her heart or that she wanted to please herself.

At least until now, Concubine Xue was just angry that her beauty was ignored by a lecherous man. Not to mention how Concubine Xue was admiring herself at home.

Xue Pan, who was carrying the headgear, rushed to Rongguo Mansion excitedly to inquire about it. Only then did he knew that Jia She had personally gone to the Sun Family to deliver "snacks."

He didn't want to ask others to hand over the gift, so he went to Jia Baoyu's yard on his own and planned to spend some time casually, waiting for Jia She to return to his house.

However, when he arrived at Jia Baoyu's yard, the first person he met was not Baoyu, but Feng Ziying.

"Eh?"

Xue Pan wondered, "Lao Feng, why are you here? Are you also here to congratulate?"

"Congratulate?"

Feng Ziying was also puzzled by his question, and he didn't know where the joy came from. He spread out his hand and said, "I'm looking for Brother Bao to invite him to Second Brother Sun's house tomorrow to listen to Qi Guan of Prince Zhongshun's Residence. Why, isn't Brother Liu..."

Halfway through, he suddenly got stuck.

In the beginning, it was Liu Xianglian who offered to invite Xue Pan in person.

At that time, Feng Ziying didn't pay much attention. Now, seeing Xue Pan's confused face, she suddenly remembered that Liu Xianglian was most upset with Xue's big head. How could he take the initiative to invite him?

It was obvious that Liu Xianglian planned to keep Xue Pan in the dark and miss the party on the sixth day.

"What's wrong with Brother Liu?"

When Xue Pan saw that he had no words left, he was puzzled and complained, "Why didn't you tell me about this good thing?"

Feng Ziying was waiting to explain when Jia Baoyu came out with a painting and calligraphy in his hand. Seeing that Xue Pan was coming, he hurriedly shouted, "Why did cousin come? Xiren, why don't you hurry up to serve tea!"

After the storm, he was not willing to drive away Xiren and Qingwen but only dealt with a few nannies and small maids with whom he was not very close.

Xue Pan put the gift box on the table with a big smile and said, "I heard that Second Sister is going to be engaged. I specially asked my mother to choose a pair of headgear to add some dowry for her."

Unexpectedly, as soon as the explanation was over, Jia Baoyu’s facial color changed. He stared at the wooden box a few times and suddenly shook his sleeve and said, "You two can sit for a while, I will go to the washroom for a while."

With that, he went away with a calm face.

Xue Pan was confused by the rush of people coming and going. He scratched his head and said, "Old Feng, what's wrong with Brother Bao?"

"What else can it be?"

Feng Ziying bent his finger on the wooden box and said, "It was obviously because he doesn't like his Second Sister marrying Commander Sun. You also know that Commander Sun never had a good reputation with women."

"What's the big deal?"

When Xue Pan heard about it, he immediately became careless and said, "In my opinion, Second Brother Sun is all right, but he is too soft on women. Men at home should learn from Big Brother Shaozu to be "real men"!"

"Is it?"

Feng Ziying rolled his eyes and said, "If your Sister gets married, do you want her to marry a ”real man”, or do you want her to marry somebody like Second Brother Sun?"

"This..."

Xue Pan immediately stopped talking.