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Simplified Chinese
近因朝廷选聘世家名门之女，进宫陪伴公主郡主。薛姨妈因宝钗自幼读书识字，举止稳重，意欲使她入选，所以合家进京，一则报名待聘，二则探望亲戚。
Tradionnal Chinese
Recently, the imperial court selected the daughter of a famous family to accompany the princess and princess. Aunt Xue wanted Baochai to be selected because she was literate and stable from childhood, so she went to Beijing with her family. One was to sign up for employment, and the other was to visit relatives.
Simple translation
近因朝廷選聘世家名門之女，進宮陪伴公主郡主。 薛姨媽因寶釵自幼讀書識字，舉止穩重，意欲使她入選，所以闔家進京，一則報名待聘，二則探望親戚。
