Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

Chapter 196 Not on the List

Daiyu had a faint smile on her face. After her maid followed her out, she brought everyone back to Lixiangyuan.

Yingchun and her companions returned at dusk, accompanied by Yuanyang.

Yuanyang took out a silver note and handed it to Xueyan beside him, saying, "The old lady heard that Miss Shi often adds some dishes and snacks to the girls' courtyard. The old lady said that she couldn't let the girl suffer any loss, so she asked me to send the silver note."

Daiyu glanced at the amount on the banknote and said with a smile, "The old ancestor is trying to find ways to subsidize me!"

After Yuanyang left, Daiyu and Yingchun were the only ones left in the inner room.

Daiyu was like a proud peacock, and said proudly: "Well, I won the bet before!"

Yingchun spread her hands helplessly: "I'll admit defeat. Looks like I'll have to wait a few more years."

"That's right. Sister Feng hasn't gotten any results yet. If I give it to you now, those bullies might steal the fabric. Then I won't know where to cry."

"You are the smartest."

As Yingchun spoke, she threw a coquettish glance at Daiyu, which immediately made half of Daiyu's body melt.

She shyly hid in the study, muttering, "You women are really terrible. You have all learned bad things from Qin Keqing. You have so much strength, but you don't use it on men. Why do you use it on me? I'm not a man!"

Yingchun looked at Daiyu's angry back and a faint smile appeared on her face.

On the sixth day of April, everything goes well.

The day of the selection, which had been debated for a long time by the previous dynasty, had finally been settled, and a notice was also posted on the notice board near Dong'an Gate, which was closest to the Jia Mansion.

The news quickly spread into the Jia Mansion like a spring breeze.

Shi Xiangyun was really happy for Xue Baochai and said excitedly: "Sister Bao is so good, she will definitely get what she wants!"

Daiyu and Yingchun just smiled and didn't say anything.

Shi Xiangyun leaned forward and asked in dissatisfaction, "Why don't you guys say anything?"

Daiyu took a sip of water and asked, "Am I a court lady? How can I tell whether her good deeds can be accomplished?"

"What do you mean by that? Can you find fault with Sister Bao?"

Daiyu finished a whole cup of honey water before explaining: "Things haven't been decided yet, don't speak too early, otherwise it will easily cause trouble for your sister Bao. It's difficult to let someone stay in the palace, but it's too easy to make her stay."

Shi Xiangyun stared at Daiyu's face for a long time, trying to find some clues from it.

"You won't do anything bad!"

"Who do you think I am? Do you think I am the kind of person who does things behind the scenes?" Daiyu was a little amused. "Don't worry, I hope she will enter the palace just as much as you do!"

Seeing that she spoke righteously, Shi Xiangyun softened her tone and admitted her mistake very readily.

"Okay, I was wrong about you, I apologize."

Shi Xiangyun's character is more honest and straightforward, sometimes she seems too rigid, but it is not tiring to get along with her.

Otherwise, Daiyu would definitely not feel at ease letting her enter and leave Lixiangyuan.

On the other side, in the main hall of the front yard of Xue's house, Xue Baochai was pacing anxiously.

Aunt Xue advised, "My daughter, just sit down and wait. If you keep walking around like this, besides making me dizzy, your brother won't come back early."

It was not until noon that Xue Pan walked into the main hall with a pale face.

He didn't dare look directly into his sister's expectant eyes, so his gaze was a little evasive.

Seeing this, Xue Baochai felt a surge of anger in her heart: "Brother, what happened? Please tell me! If you don't tell me, does it mean it doesn't exist?"

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Xue Pan simply told the truth.

"I went to the Ministry of Revenue to ask, and the clerk there said that my sister's name was not on the list. But I am sure that when I went to the capital to register at the Construction Depot, I also went to the Ministry of Revenue. How is this possible?"

He paused for a moment, then looked at Aunt Xue and Xue Baochai as if he was about to say something. He seemed to have made up his mind and shouted out in one breath, "Someone told me that there is only one possibility for this situation. That is, it was indeed registered in the first place, but someone secretly did something bad and crossed my sister's name off the list!"

"How is this possible!" Xue Baochai and Aunt Xue exclaimed at the same time, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Xue Baochai felt a chill on her back: Who on earth has such ability and motive to do such a thing?

The first person that came to her mind was Lin Daiyu's face, but when she thought of Lin Daiyu's promise, she felt that it was not Daiyu's work.

She once hinted that Daiyu did not take a penny of the "tuition" she paid to Nanny Gu.

Doing this will not do Daiyu any good at all.

Aunt Xue said directly: "It can't be that girl from the Lin family. She has always been at odds with you and always has people stop you outside. I think she must be jealous of you doing well, so she is doing bad things behind your back!"

Xue Baochai's mind was in a mess for a moment, she frowned and shook her head: "No, we have made it clear last time that we will not interfere with each other.

Besides, the thing I asked her to do was to help me protect myself from the assassination in the palace after I entered the palace. Now that I can't enter the palace, isn't she worried that I will ask for the money back?"

Xue Pan finished speaking and threw all the questions to his sister, and he felt relaxed.

He sat on the round chair and said, "It's okay if you don't go to the palace. It's just the right time for you to help me deal with the order for the construction warehouse..."

Xue Baochai interrupted him, her tone filled with sorrow: "Brother! Didn't I teach you how to deal with this matter a few days ago? Even if you can't remember it, you can write it down! Are you going to rely on your sister for the rest of your life?"

As she spoke, she couldn't help but shed tears.

Xue Pan panicked when he saw this: "Sister, don't cry!"

He was so anxious that he couldn't help but slap himself a few times: "Sister, it's all my fault. But the clerk in the Ministry of Revenue said so, what can I do?"

Xue Baochai was extremely confused, but the more times like this happened, the more she had to calm down and not let her emotions affect her judgment.

Seeing this, Aunt Xue suggested, "Why don't we go look for your aunt?"

Xue Baochai refused without hesitation: "No!"

"Why?"

Could Xue Baochai say that she suspected that this was the work of her good aunt?

Certainly not!

Given her mother's personality, if she knew about her guess, she might even drag her to the Jia Mansion to apologize.

Therefore, before the dust settled, Xue Baochai would never reveal her thoughts to anyone.

"My mind is in a mess right now. I need to go back and think about it carefully."

Xue Baochai told Aunt Xue this, bowed to her hastily, and hurried back to her own yard.

As soon as she entered the yard, she asked the little girl guarding the gate, "Where is Wen Xing?"

"To answer the young lady's question, Sister Wen Xing is in your room and has not gone anywhere else."

Xue Baochai did not stop for a moment and walked quickly towards her room.

Ying'er saw everything that happened at the gate of the courtyard. She whispered, "What a little bitch!"