The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 770 Xu Nuo Bao Qin

After getting off the carriage, he walked from the back gate of the Grand View Garden to Hengwu Garden.

It was quiet in Hengwu Garden, with only the sounds of insects and birds chirping.

Jia Lian turned around and said to Baochai behind him, "It's too quiet here. I'll ask Sister Feng to send a few more servants to you later."

“Don’t bother Sister Feng, we already have a lot of people here.

Before Baoqin moved in, the old lady was afraid that she might not be taken good care of, so she asked for two more mothers and a maid to be hired. Now there are six mothers in this courtyard who are responsible for keeping watch at night and sweeping the yard, and four maids who trim the flowers and plants and do the laundry. Together with the maids for me, Xiangyun, and Qin'er, there are more than enough people to take care of them.

That’s it. I’m usually annoyed by them.”

Jia Lian had forgotten about Baoqin. Grandmother Jia, a senior beauty lover, really liked her. Fortunately, Baoqin was someone else's child. If she was her granddaughter, I don't know how much she would spoil her.

Hearing that Baochai was not being polite, Jia Lian didn't say anything more.

He glanced around the courtyard and suddenly asked, "By the way, where are Xiangyun and Qin'er?"

"Maybe he went to play with the three girls..."

"Hey, girl, the owl is gone too! Miss Yun and the others must have taken it out to play with."

The sharp-eyed Ying'er saw the empty beam hanging on the west corridor and immediately spoke loudly.

In fact, owls in this era are more often called night owls, and more elegantly called mountain owls. It's just that Qingwen said last night that Jia Lian called it "owl", so Baochai remembered it.

Since Baochai and other mistresses called her like this, Ying'er and others had to follow suit and also changed their way of addressing her to this more vivid name.

"The owl that Second Master asked Qingwen to bring last night, Miss Yun likes it more than our lady. She teased it all night and fed it all kinds of food. If our lady hadn't stopped her, she would have even slept with it in her arms last night..."

After hearing that Xiangyun and Baoqin were not there, Jia Lian was no longer in a hurry to leave.

He looked at Baochai and asked with a smile, "From what Ying'er said, you don't like it?"

"No, what I mean is that our girl likes it too, but not as much as Miss Yun..."

Ying'er wanted to explain anxiously, but then she saw Jia Lian's doting look towards her daughter, and her daughter's shy look as she lowered her head, not daring to look Jia Lian in the eye.

She quickly covered her mouth, giggled, and wanted to walk away.

I had just taken two steps when I suddenly saw someone walking out of the house.

Ying'er was startled and asked quickly, "Miss Qin, you are in the room, where is Miss Yun?"

Ying'er's voice successfully reminded Baochai, and she immediately took a step back and put some distance between herself and Jia Lian.

"elder sister?"

Baoqin was reading a book in the room alone. When she heard Jia Lian and others talking in the yard, she immediately dropped the book, ran to the mirror, tidied her appearance, and hurried out to greet them.

She was suddenly surprised and suspicious when she came across this scene of love between a man and a woman.

Baochai was very good at adjusting her mindset, and asked calmly in almost the same tone as usual, "Why are you alone in the room? Where are Yun and Xiaoluo?"

Xiaoluo is Baoqin's personal maid.

"Sister Yun and the others went down the mountain after dinner, and Xiao Luo followed them out to play."

"Ah."

Baochai nodded, turned around and said to Jia Lian, "Second Brother Lian drank a lot of wine tonight, come in and have a cup of tea to sober up before going back."

Jia Lian smiled and said, "Okay."

The two of them were so generous and natural that Baoqin wondered if she was overthinking. With her sister's personality, how could there be anything between her and Second Brother Lian... She was the eldest daughter of the Xue family and the only daughter of the wife...

Baoqin put aside her doubts for the time being and immediately walked to Jia Lian enthusiastically, invited Jia Lian into the house, and obediently acted as a maid, making new tea for Jia Lian.

Seeing this, Jia Lian understood why the old lady Jia liked Baoqin. Not only because she was the apple of Jia's eye, but also because she was so well-behaved and sensible.

On this point, Daiyu was completely outdone.

Jia Lian has always known that although Grandmother Jia loves Daiyu, she also thinks that Daiyu is too willful and often not obedient and sensible enough. Unfortunately, her mother died early, and she is weak and sensitive. Even if Grandmother Jia wants to teach her, she dare not say anything harsh, and the old lady feels helpless.

Perhaps this is the reason why Grandmother Jia did not insist on the "previous alliance of wood and stone" in the end, and acquiesced to Lady Wang and others to realize the "golden marriage".

In Grandmother Jia's heart, her beloved Jia Baoyu comes first after all.

"Why don't you go down the mountain to play with Yunyatou and the others?"

Hearing Jia Lian's question, Baoqin looked back, then lowered her head and whispered, "I don't really want to go..."

Jia Lian said, "I have heard about your situation. Don't worry, I will keep an eye on the situation at the Mei family. If there is a chance, I will help rescue them.

If you can't be rescued, I will ask the Mei family to return your marriage certificate."

After Jia Lian said this, not only Baoqin, but even Baochai became more serious.

She had discussed Baoqin's matter with her mother before. According to her, since the Mei family had betrayed their loyalty first, it would be better to take this opportunity to cancel the marriage completely.

But Aunt Xue was worried that the Mei family might not let her go easily. Baochai thought about the attitude of Mrs. Mei and felt that she was not a good person. If the Mei family refused to return the marriage certificate, they really had no good solution.

After all, it is written in black and white.

Just like before when the Mei family wanted to cancel the engagement, there was no good way and they could only keep dragging it out.

If Jia Lian is willing to help...

They were from the same circle. Although the Mei family was quite prestigious among the elite, they were still not as good as Jia Lian, who was surrounded by the halos of nobles, uncles of the emperor, close ministers of the emperor, and grandsons of the emperor emeritus.

The only thing that worries me is that Jia Lian's current situation doesn't seem to be very good...

No, Brother Lian is not the kind of person who likes to brag. Since he said it so confidently, he must be sure of it.

This further proves that my mother and those people outside were wrong in their guesses, and there must be some behind-the-scenes reason why my second brother Lian was dismissed from office.

Baoqin didn't think as much as Baochai did. She almost immediately opened her big, shining eyes that could see through people's hearts, and asked in surprise, "Brother Lian, are you telling the truth?"

After asking the question, she seemed to realize that she had lost her reservedness and felt a little embarrassed.

After thinking for a while, she raised her head and said, "But, my wife said that the Mei family is involved in the crime of treason. If you, Second Brother Lian, help to save them, will it implicate you?

in fact……

If possible, Second Brother Lian, you can just help me get the marriage certificate back. You don’t have to take risks for me. I… Qin’er is not worthy of Second Brother Lian doing this…”

Baoqin is not yet 18 years old, and she is always spoiled by everyone, whether at home or outside.

She actually doesn't want to get married too early.

Not to mention, even though her mother, aunt, and others had deliberately concealed the truth from her, how could she not have noticed that the Mei family had the intention of regretting the engagement?

Even though she didn't know it before, today in Rongqing Hall, she heard with her own ears Aunt Xue scolding the Mei family for deliberately delaying the engagement.

The little girl's self-esteem made her resist this marriage.

Now that she sees a chance to escape this marriage, she naturally wants to seize it.

But as a girl, she was too embarrassed to say it directly, so she tried every possible way to get Jia Lian to help her break off the engagement. Naturally, her tone was very embarrassed, even a little shy. She herself didn't know this.

But her cousin Baochai, who was several years older than her and was in love, naturally saw through it at a glance.

Recalling that Jia Lian had met his second uncle and others outside the Great Wall a long time ago and had helped his second uncle's family a lot, and that whenever the little girl talked about Jia Lian, her face was full of admiration and adoration, Baochai felt helpless.

She finally understood why she had ended up in such a situation.

As for Jia Lian’s response to Bao Qin’s suggestion, what else can he say? Naturally, the word “good” is it.

If he really wanted to save people, it would have been ten times easier when he was in Tiewang Mountain.

Because of Baoqin's presence, Jia Lian could not find an opportunity to enhance his relationship with Baochai, so after slowly drinking the tea that Baoqin had brewed, he took Aqi and Aqin down the mountain.

Along the way, although Jia Lian was thinking about something, when he reached the left side of Xiaoxiang Pavilion, he subconsciously stopped, but his thoughts had not yet returned, so he stood there for a long time without moving.

Seeing this, Ah Qin leaned forward to Jia Lian and asked, "Master, what are you thinking about? You are so absorbed in it."

Jia Lian touched her smooth and pretty face and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's already past the second watch."

Hearing this, Jia Lian said, "I drank too much wine today and my mind is not clear, so let me be lazy for a while.

Are you two going to stay inside tonight, or go back outside?"

Although Aqin felt a little regretful, he also felt it was natural.

In fact, she had long felt that with Jia Lian's current status, there was no need for him to practice martial arts and wield guns and sticks every day.

The only advantage is that, including the sisters, Jia Lian only has three women in the East Courtyard.

Her elder sister was a cool woman who had no idea what it meant to compete for favor. Hu Yuanyao stayed in the study all day and night and dared not compete with her two sisters easily, so if Jia Lian was practicing martial arts outside, she would be the only one to serve him when he was tired.

If Jia Lian, who is serving him, is in a good mood, he can also take the opportunity to ask for sex.

Looking back at her sister, Ah Qin sighed and said, "Forget it, let's go back over there. This way, both us and Second Madam Lian will feel more comfortable."

Jia Lian smiled when he heard this. Sister Feng was fearless and had a very good manner in dealing with people.

Especially those around Jia Lian, whether male or female, she would find ways to control them.

She was only polite to Ah Qi and her sister. Jia Lian could see that she was really a little intimidated by the two sisters.

As women from the grassland, Ah Qi and Ah Qin had no roots in the capital, and everything depended on Jia Lian. As Jia Lian's original wife, they certainly did not dare to offend Sister Feng.

Therefore, although Feng Jieer arranged rooms for them sisters in the courtyard, in the west wing, opposite Ping'er's east wing, this could be considered a recognition of their status.

However, Aqin and her sister seldom stayed at the house. At most, they would stay at the house for a night after accompanying Jia Lian late at night.

There was no other reason. Being with Jia Lian's wives, concubines and maids in his courtyard made both themselves and the other party feel uncomfortable.

Jia Lian did not force them. He touched each of the sisters' faces before turning around and walking towards Xiaoxiang Pavilion.