The Second Master of the Red Chamber

In Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Zijuan once again entered Daiyu's room.

"Girl, it's late, you should go to sleep."

"I'm not sleepy yet, you go to sleep first."

Receiving such a reply again left Zijuan feeling quite helpless.

She could easily guess one of the reasons why her daughter was staying up so late at night.

The prince hasn't returned yet. What if he comes back and comes to see her, but she's asleep and misses him?

Although it was a heartfelt expression of affection, Zijuan did not approve.

As everyone knows, the prince is currently busy with the funeral arrangements for the retired emperor and is practically never on the ground.

The prince now has several wives and children in his household.

Even if the prince loves his daughter dearly, he still needs to take care of other people and may not be able to think of her all the time.

Even if the prince thinks of it nine times out of ten, he will naturally be happy nine times, but he will inevitably feel disappointed one time.

Therefore, it is not good for the girl to have such expectations.

With such a delicate and sentimental nature, how could she possibly maintain good physical and mental health in the long run?
Seeing her young lady still leaning back and reading steadily, Zijuan didn't want to urge her. She could only hope that Jia Lian would come to Xiaoxiang Pavilion when he returned, so as not to disappoint her.

Stepping out of the room, in the dim light outside, several maids were yawning and looking sleepy.

Zijuan glanced at Liu Wu'er first, then shook her head.

Why make things difficult for her? She looks even weaker than the girl.

So she said to another maid, Chunxian, "I'm going to take a nap. You stay here and keep watch."

You must wait until the concubine has fallen asleep before you can leave.

If it gets too late and you can't keep watch, just come and call me.

Just as Zijuan finished making arrangements and was about to go back to her room to rest, she heard someone knocking on the courtyard gate.

Zijuan was overjoyed. Without calling out to the gatekeeper, she went straight down the porch, ran quickly to the courtyard gate, and opened it.

Upon seeing her, she couldn't help but frown: "Why is it you?"

Yu Chuan, standing outside the door, seemed puzzled: "Who do you think it is?"

Zijuan was speechless for a moment, then quickly asked, "What are you doing here so late?"

"Is Princess Lin asleep?"

"This one……"

Zijuan hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "I was just about to go to sleep, what's up?"

"My master ordered me to come and see if Princess Lin is asleep."

If she's not asleep, please ask her to come to the CEO's office.

"Is there something you need to do so late?"

"Yes, there's something I need to take care of..."

Seeing that his words were vague, Zijuan did not ask any further questions and led him to the door of Daiyu's inner room.

"Your Highness, Yu Chuan, the maidservant of Princess Xue, has come over and says that Princess Xue has something to ask you to come over."

From inside came Daiyu's puzzled voice: "Did they say something?"

"It seems to be about the trading company's accounts. Please come and take a look."

After a moment of silence, a voice came from inside the room again: "Has the Prince returned?"

"This...this, I don't know, I was just ordered to deliver a message..."

Yu Chuan stuttered slightly.

Her nervousness was clearly visible to Zijuan, Liu Wu'er, and the others standing nearby.

"I understand, you can go back now."

"Yes."

Yu Chuan, not daring to face the scrutiny of Zi Juan and the others, was about to slip away when she suddenly remembered that she hadn't made herself clear to Daiyu earlier, and added loudly, "Our mistress is waiting for Princess Lin in the main study..."

"understood."

After seeing Yu Chuan off, Zi Juan returned to the house.

Seeing Daiyu sitting on the couch lost in thought, he said, "It's so late. If you don't want to go, Miss, just send someone to refuse. I don't think Princess Xue will blame you."

"Sister Bao is the most considerate person. She would never call someone over so late to check the accounts. It's obvious she's lying."

"Probably not. Yu Chuan wouldn't be so bold as to falsely convey Princess Xue's words."

Zijuan smiled, walked into the shop window, and took out a dress that Daiyu usually liked to wear.

Daiyu didn't see it immediately, and still complained, "Of course she wouldn't dare, but if someone instructed her, she would."

"The young lady is making wild guesses again. Who would dare to instruct Princess Xue's people?"

Hearing the laughter in Zijuan's words, Daiyu turned around and saw that Zijuan had already come out carrying clothes.

Her face immediately flushed slightly: "I haven't even said I wanted to go yet!"

"Should I put it back?"

Daiyu's face turned even redder, but she didn't answer. Instead, she stood up.

Zijuan then smiled and helped Daiyu put on the clothes and fasten them.

After applying light makeup, Daiyu, without bringing many people with her, headed towards the main study.

Seeing the bright lights on this side, and the energetic and tireless maidservant guarding the gate, she became even more certain that it was someone who had actually summoned her.

Passing through the inner corridor from the back door and entering the main hall through the back door, one can indeed hear Jia Lian and Baochai talking.

Somewhat annoyed, Daiyu walked straight past the bookshelf.

Then they saw Jia Lian sitting in what used to be Baochai's seat, writing something with a pen.

Meanwhile, Baochai, dressed in a pale yellow silk skirt and possessing a bright and ethereal beauty, stood to the side, her delicate hands gently twirling as she personally ground the ink.

What a touching scene of mutual affection between a man and a woman, and a beautiful picture of a woman adding fragrance to the ink.

"Lin Daiyu is here."

Baochai was the first to see her, and put down the inkstone to greet her.

Daiyu, however, gave her a cold look, saying only, "Goodness Baochai, didn't you say you wanted me to come and help you with the accounts? What's he doing here?"

Although she was met with a cold shoulder, Baochai knew that Daiyu's anger was not directed at her.

She didn't offer any explanation for Jia Lian, but simply smiled and stepped aside, allowing the instigator to face Daiyu's anger directly.

Jia Lian also came over at this moment, and said with a smile, "Alright, don't misunderstand your sister Bao."

"I sent Yuchuan to fetch you."

"hehe."

Daiyu sneered even more: "Then I understand even less."

Why are you using Baochai's name if you're going to call me?

Seeing Daiyu in this state, Chunqian and Liu Wu'er, who had come with her, couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

I feel that my master is being far too arrogant. He just fooled the girl a little.

Even if others wanted to persuade the prince to deceive her, they probably wouldn't be able to.

What if the prince gets angry if I speak to him with such sarcasm?
The young maid was terrified by her mistress's behavior, but Zijuan, as the senior maid, had no such worries at all.

She knew that no matter how fierce and accusatory her young lady seemed, she would be completely subdued by the prince in just a few words.

So he quietly dismissed the two maids, leaving the three masters alone.

When Daiyu was in front of him, Jia Lian gently took her small, evasive hand and said with a smile, "I was just afraid that if you knew I was the one who called you, you wouldn't come."

"Pah!"

This is clearly a logically flawed answer.

Why doesn't she come when Jia Lian calls her, but she comes when Baochai calls her?

Isn't this the opposite of what you'd expect?

But Daiyu understood Jia Lian's meaning perfectly. Under what circumstances would she not come when Jia Lian called her?

That's natural. Knowing that Baochai was also present, she was worried that Jia Lian had ulterior motives for calling her over so late at night.

They choose to refuse out of shyness or unwillingness to cooperate.

If Jia Lian had called her directly from the beginning, even if she knew Baochai was also present, she might have only suspected his intentions.

Now that Jia Lian has tricked her into coming here in such a secretive way, she is now 100% certain that Jia Lian has ill intentions.

She felt ashamed because of this realization, but Jia Lian grabbed her little hand and caressed it.

Daiyu's feigned aloofness crumbled, and her face flushed uncontrollably, becoming hot.

Jia Lian originally planned to wait for Daiyu to arrive, to enjoy some romantic moments and flirt before carrying out his scheme.

But before Daiyu could finish her two sentences, she turned as red and rosy as a ripe little apple.

Having already refrained from touching Baochai for so long because he was waiting for Daiyu, he no longer wanted to wait.

Therefore, with a simple bend, he picked up the petite and delicate Daiyu.

"What are you doing? Let me go..."

Daiyu's small fists rained down on Jia Lian's chest.

Jia Lian, however, just laughed as he was beaten.

"My dear sister, I miss you so much, please give in to me."

After saying this, Jia Lian turned to look at Baochai beside him. Only after Baochai nodded shyly under his pressure did he, feeling smug, carry the little maid in his arms and walk towards the inner room behind his study.

Baochai did not immediately follow Jia Lian's lead.

She stood in the hall for a moment, then walked to the desk.

My original intention was simply to collect the calligraphy drafts that Jia Lian had left behind while practicing calligraphy.

However, his gaze involuntarily lingered on the handwriting that Jia Lian had personally penned.

She didn't know why, but the handwriting, which was clearly not very neat, became more and more beautiful and more and more pleasing to her eyes, even giving her a sense of elegance and transcendence, like dragons and phoenixes soaring.

So he gently rolled up the manuscript and put it in the drawer to store it.

She then called in a maid to help tidy up the writing brushes and other items before calming herself down and heading to the inner room behind Jia Lian's study.

……

Daiyu was actually just pretending to be arrogant.

In fact, she had only been a student for a little over a month when Jia Lian led his troops into battle.

She was already in the prime of her life, and hadn't been intimate with Jia Lian for half a year.

Last night, after Jia Lian returned, I spoke a few words with him because of the banquet.

But last night Jia Lian stayed in Feng Jie's room.

Although I had a brief intimate moment with Jia Lian in the carriage this morning, with Feng Jie and Baochai by my side, I couldn't fully enjoy myself.

That's why she obediently came over even though she knew it might be Jia Lian calling her, and even though she knew Jia Lian's purpose in doing so.

The reason she lost her temper with Jia Lian as soon as they met was mainly because she resented that Jia Lian had been gone for half a year, and she was also a little jealous to see Jia Lian and Baochai being so affectionate.

When Jia Lian carried her to the inner room and placed her on the soft rocking bed that the maids had already prepared, she immediately forgot all about it after some coaxing.

She didn't even know when she came in.

Perhaps it was a long-awaited reunion.

Jia Lian is no longer as gentle as he used to be.

So, when she opened her hazy eyes again, she looked at Baochai, with her fair skin and delicate bones, from a familiar perspective.

On Baochai's radiant face, there was a rosy and charming expression just like hers.

She couldn't resist, and lowered her head slightly to kiss Baochai's glistening, rosy lips.

This scene gave Jia Lian a jolt of energy.

He knew that both Baochai and Daiyu were women with normal sexual orientations.

Unlike Qin Keqing, who genuinely harbored wicked thoughts towards beautiful women like Feng Jie!

Seeing Daiyu actually take the initiative to kiss Baochai, Jia Lian was surprised, but also had a very bold idea.

He quietly slipped away from behind Daiyu and, with lightning speed, knelt down beside Baochai.

He gave the two women a wicked smile as they looked at him with suspicion.

That laugh could mean the difference between life and death.

……

I don't know how much time passed.

Daiyu pushed Jia Lian away and helped Baochai up.

While wiping Baochai's cheeks with a handkerchief she had prepared beforehand, she said to Baochai with heartache, "Sister Bao, you... you spoil him too much."

Baochai seemed quite embarrassed by Daiyu's concern.

She took Daiyu's handkerchief, turned to the side, lowered her head, and went to clean herself.

Seeing her like this, Daiyu didn't want to embarrass her too much, so she turned around and glared fiercely at Jia Lian, whose face was filled with undisguised satisfaction.

Her gaze had absolutely no effect on Jia Lian.

Jia Lian then raised an eyebrow at her smugly.

This made Daiyu unable to hold back, and she lowered her head, not daring to look Jia Lian in the eye.

But in her heart, she had already cursed Jia Lian to death.

That damned second brother, how could he be so greedy and wicked?

If she hadn't run so fast up there, she would probably be in a similar situation to Baochai by now.

But Baochai couldn't escape.

He was caught immediately.

I originally thought that the tricks he used to coax me in private were the worst and most despicable things that this scoundrel could come up with.

Unexpectedly, there were even more outrageous things to come.

If it weren't for today, she really wouldn't have been able to figure out, no matter how hard she racked her brains, that the extraordinary beauty on her own daughter's body could have such a wonderful use.

So I couldn't help but look down and feel both inferior and relieved.

Baochai turned around at that moment.

She was originally ashamed to see people.

However, seeing that Daiyu was even more embarrassed than she was, she felt much more at ease and instead comforted Daiyu, saying, "Good sister, this... it's really nothing."

This is probably just one form of intimacy within the home.

"As long as it pleases my husband, we will do our best to cooperate."

"Why should we cooperate? He's so wicked..."

Daiyu remained indifferent to Jia Lian, but her body involuntarily nestled into Baochai's arms.

Seeing the young girl hiding in Baochai's arms and denouncing him, Jia Lian, who had already rested, stepped forward without hesitation, separated the two, and pulled them into his arms respectively.

"You're bad, you're so bad..."

Grabbing Daiyu's small hand that was pinching him, Jia Lian laughed shamelessly, "Good sister, if I weren't wicked, how could I have gotten both you and your sister Bao into my hands?"

You are all so beautiful, unparalleled in the world.

If someone else gets them, I'll regret it for the rest of my life.

Now that I have you all, I should naturally make good use of you; otherwise, wouldn't that be a waste of resources?

Sweet words spoken after a moment of affection are the most touching and heartfelt.

Without saying a word, Baochai glanced at Jia Lian with deep emotion and replied with equally touching words of love.

Even Daiyu, no longer in the mood for a fit of rage, quietly pressed her body against Jia Lian's chest. (End of Chapter)