Baochai did not go back to the Grand View Garden that night, but stayed with her mother at home.

But Aunt Xue barely slept all night because she missed Xue Pan. Early the next morning, I packed up in a hurry and went to Rongguo Mansion again. I didn't return until noon.

When Baochai saw Aunt Xue’s haggard face, she signaled the servant to serve the meal, helped Aunt Xue into the house, and asked, “Is there any news from Aunt Xue?”
< br />Aunt Xue shook her head, "Your uncle and aunt haven't replied yet, but your sister Feng said that your second brother Lian already knew about the affairs in Beijing, and also said that he had asked someone to contact his colleagues in the Ministry of Justice and wanted to come. Any news will be uploaded back immediately."

After hearing this, Baochai thought to herself: Although Tianjin Wei is not far from Beijing, it takes a day to travel by horseback. And Jia Lian actually already knew about the Ministry of Punishment's intervention. Thinking that Wang Xifeng said last night that she had sent someone to deliver a letter to Tianjin Wei overnight, he was not deceiving them perfunctorily.

Everyone says that Wang Xifeng is mean and cold, but in fact, according to Baochai, Wang Xifeng is actually more sincere than most people to the relatives around him. This is actually the reason why their sisters in the Grand View Garden like her so much.

She seems not to be afraid that Xue Pan’s matter will implicate Jia Lian!

This is even more rare after comparing last night’s situation where Mrs. Wang was obviously worried that Yuanchun would be implicated by them.

"Since Brother Lian said so, I think with his ability, Brother Lian will definitely know about any new developments on his side as soon as possible. In my opinion, Brother Lian committed a crime this time. After making such a big mistake, it is impossible to escape unscathed like last time.

For today’s plan, what we have to think about is not how to help our brother escape, but how to save him. His only life is his."

Aunt Xue nodded repeatedly when she heard this: "You are right, he has been fearless since he was a child, and he finally got into a big disaster! Now I don't expect it either. If I can get him off the hook, as long as I can save his life, no matter what I am asked to do, even if it means spending all my wealth to make up for his mistakes, I will be willing..."

After hearing this, Baochai felt in her heart A sigh. My mother would always feel extremely regretful after something happened to her brother. However, even if she wanted to teach her brother a lesson, she would never bear it or give up.

This has been like this since her father was alive, and she is used to it.

Aunt Xue, mother and daughter, are both sensible and law-abiding people. Although they are nobles, they never do anything to rely on power or be domineering or bullying.

Now that Xue Pan was killed at the feet of the emperor, they all knew that they could not escape the blame. The only thing they wanted was to rely on the power of the Jia, Wang and other families to save Xue Pan's life and not to give him any life. That Qiu Pan paid for his life.

In their opinion,There is still hope. After all, it's not uncommon for this kind of thing to happen among aristocratic families, and it's rare for people to actually make a fight to the death.

However, many things do not depend on human will, and even what we are afraid of will happen.

Aunt Xue had just returned from the Wang family in the evening and dropped into Rongguo Mansion to see if there was any new news here. There was no way, their Xue family was in decline, and even though they still had some old friends and relatives in the capital, few people gave them much respect anymore, especially in such important matters.

As soon as she entered Rongguo Mansion, she keenly noticed something was wrong and felt inexplicably panicked. This panic reached its peak when he saw his sister, Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang showed pity on her face, but she didn’t bother to beat her around the bush.

"The news I just received is that Pan'er's case has gone through the preliminary trial and investigation of the Ministry of Criminal Justice..."

"What's the result?"

Looking at Aunt Xue's pale face, Mrs. Wang couldn't bear it, but she still said bluntly: "If I say yes, I probably want the queen to behead her..."

"!!"

　……

Aunt Xue didn’t know how she got back to Xue’s house. When she woke up, she only saw her daughter sitting by the bed, feeding her gruel.

Seeing her waking up, Baochai looked happy and said, "Mom, wake up. Eat something. The doctor said that you have eaten too little in the past two days and have lost energy and blood..."

Aunt Xue seemed not to have heard Baochai's words, and suddenly grabbed Baochai's hand, sat up and asked in surprise: "Where is your brother?"

Baochai's face also turned pale, and his eyes became pale. With tears in her eyes, "My aunt said that regarding my brother's matter, the enemy did ask for help from Prince Zhongshun. With Prince Zhongshun involved in the matter, the people from the Criminal Department did not dare to show favoritism. They just sent someone to tell us the news, saying that we still have three days. , three days later, the trial will be officially opened, and then..."

Aunt Xue was dizzy. When she first woke up, she was still hoping that she was just dreaming. But Baochai's words made her clearly understand that this was not a dream, her only precious son was going to die, and his head was missing!

The heart-wrenching pain prevented her from hearing clearly what Baochai said.

It wasn’t until a while later that she realized, “What did you just say?”

Baochai repeated her words, and saw Aunt Xue immediately turned over and got down. "Yes, yes, we still have time, we still have three days..."

"Where is mom going?"

"Go to the Wang family, go to the Wang family, look for you Uncle, ask your uncle to save your brother......" Aunt Xue had tears in her face, and she murmured to herself nervously.

Baochai felt distressed after seeing it, but had to interrupt her rationally, forced her back to the couch, and cried. : "It's too late! It's too late... Beijing is thousands of miles away from the border. Now I'm afraid my uncle hasn't received the news yet, so where can my mother go to find him? ! "

"It's too late... But it doesn't matter, there is Lian'er, your second brother Lian, he is in Tianjin Wei. Tianjin Wei is not far away, let’s go find him now! Yes, we are going to Tianjin Wei now! "

Aunt Xue cried, like a drowning person trying her best to grab the last straw.

Baochai suddenly lost her voice and hugged Aunt Xue : "Mom, don't do this. My aunt is right, everyone has his or her own destiny, and perhaps my brother is destined to have this fate. From now on, let your daughter take care of you until you die. ”

Baochai is more rational than Aunt Xue, or maybe she sees the world clearly. She knows that her brother is not unjust even if he pays for his life. The most important thing is that there is no other way, even The closest aunt has given up on her brother and asked them to make plans in advance. Who can help them in this situation, and who is willing to help them?

There is no need to force it. From now on, She just took extra care of her mother.

Aunt Xue held her daughter’s body and listened to her crying, her expression finally calmed down.

She patted her daughter’s Shoulder, "Okay girl, I know you are a good boy. "

Facing Baochai's face, which was still bright and beautiful even if she shed tears, Aunt Xue actually smiled: "Now is not the time to cry. Have you forgotten what the Feng family said yesterday? Your second brother Lian is not only a marquis, but also a close official of the emperor. As long as he can return to Beijing, your brother can still be saved, right? "

Baochai wiped her tears and looked at Aunt Xue in a daze. In fact, she didn't understand this. As long as Jia Lian could rush back to Beijing, with his reputation and ability, he might be able to save him. Brother's life is guaranteed.

But how can they let Jia Lian rush back to Beijing to save people? After all, the closest relationship between Jia Lian and Xue Jialun is just her cousin-in-law. .

He is also burdened with the emperor’s mission.

Another point is that he understands that Jia Lian probably has no intention of returning to Beijing to deal with such messy matters. He knew the news yesterday. , I will come back early.

"Even so, why does mother think that brother Lian is willing to come back to take part in this case? After all, it is a fact that my brother beat someone to death when he was drunk, and he should be compensated for his life. Isn't it unreasonable for my mother to come to her door like this? ”

“You have to give it a try...”

BaochaiShe found Aunt Xue staring at her, and her gaze made her secretly frightened.

Aunt Xue didn’t understand what Baochai was thinking. Under such circumstances, even her biological aunt would not try her best to help her...

In fact, Mrs. Wang is already considered good. She has also been to Wang's house twice in the past two days. Although her sister-in-law seems to be very concerned about her son's affairs and speaks beautifully, in fact, she can even feel some schadenfreude from her tone!

She and Baochai explained: "Don't worry, your second brother Lian, like your second sister-in-law Lian, is a sincere and kind-hearted person. As long as we sincerely ask him, he will definitely be willing. Help us."

"Mother..."

Aunt Xue seemed to have made up her mind. She immediately ordered someone to prepare a car and asked the maid to fetch water to wash her face. This surprised Baochai, "Mother, even if you ask Brother Lian for help, you have to wait until tomorrow. At this time, I'm afraid the city gate has already been closed."

"It's about your brother's life. Sooner rather than later!"

Although Aunt Xue believes that Jia Lian can do things that others cannot do, she also knows that time is urgent. If it is too late, she is afraid that Jia Lian will not be able to be saved even if he is a god. Son's life.

As for the city gate being closed... In fact, the city gate has been closed to the common people. For the privileged noble class, it is not difficult to enter and leave the city at night as long as the city is not closed to arrest traitors.

The easiest thing is to stuff money.

Moreover, the guards in Xicheng are not from the Xicheng Army and Horses Division, so they will not embarrass the Xue family.

When Baochai saw that Aunt Xue had made up her mind, it was hard to say anything more. Although she felt that this matter was not safe, for example, if Jia Mu and others from Rongguo Mansion knew that they had gone to find Jia Lian, they would probably think that the Xue family was too ignorant, and even Wang Xifeng would be secretly dissatisfied.

But she also knew that her mother made this decision entirely for the sake of her bastard brother, so she sighed secretly and prepared to go back and clean up.

“You don’t have to follow.”

When Baochai was saying goodbye, Aunt Xue suddenly said, “Your brother is still in the Penal Department Prison, and he cannot be left without someone to take care of him at home. Okay. My child, before I come back, everything in the house will be left to you. Remember, you must protect your brother and wait until mother comes back."

Aunt Xue stepped forward and wiped Baochai. With wet tears on his face, he turned around and walked out.

……

Aunt Xue left Beijing overnight, and she didn’t take many people with her.

Although she was already prepared to overcome difficulties because of her eagerness to save her son, she still underestimated the bumps and tiring along the way.

Riding the carriage and driving all the way, we arrived at Tianjin Wei in the afternoon of the next day, and then we found Jia Lian's office after asking.

Jia Lian went to Tianjin to build a seaport and build warships. He was barely considered an imperial envoy, but he did not have as much authority as the last time he went to Jiangnan.

Therefore, there are also lines and shafts. Of course, this building was originally an office for the officers and soldiers of the Tianjin Guards Navy, and was specially vacated for him, so it was not extravagant.

The slave of the Rongguo Mansion who was guarding the residence never expected that Aunt Xue would come, so he hurried forward to greet her.

　"Where is your second master?"

　"Second master is inspecting the shipyard."

　"When will you be back?"
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"I don't know. The second master has been busy lately, and he often doesn't go back to the carriage until night."

Aunt Xue looked disappointed, and she was about to get back into the carriage regardless of her travels. Go to the shipyard and find someone.

Zhu'er quickly stopped: "Auntie, are you here because of Uncle Xue's affairs? Our second master already knew about Uncle Xue's affairs. He even sent his servants back to bring him I wrote a lot of letters to the ministers in the DPRK, asking for their help.

But my concubine came so far, so she had better rest in the camp first. The shipyard has long been set up as a military jurisdiction. Area, even if my concubine goes there, she can't get in. Let's let the concubine rest here first, and I will ask someone to inform the second master. I think the second master will come back when he knows that my concubine is here."

With that said, Zhuer asked someone to call his wife to arrange a place for Aunt Xue and her party. He had no intention of letting Aunt Xue go on a rampage in Tianjin Wei. When Aunt Xue saw this, she could barely restrain her impatience and waited in the cabin.