The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 772: Chai and Dai's First Confrontation

The next morning, Hengwu Garden.

Shi Xiangyun, who played until very late last night, got up from the bed with sleepy eyes and found that Sister Bao, who usually didn't like to put on makeup, was actually putting on makeup in front of the mirror, looking very serious about it.

She got out of bed, walked over wearing only thin clothes, and leaned on Baochai's shoulder. Looking at Baochai's flawless face in the glass mirror, she said with some envy, "Sister Bao, you are so beautiful, as beautiful as Yang Guifei described in the book."

Baochai looked at Xiangyun in the mirror helplessly.

If someone else said she looked like Yang Guifei, she would definitely be unhappy, thinking that the other person was mocking her for being fat. But Xiangyun was a straightforward person, and she naturally would not think so.

Even so, Baochai ignored her and just focused on putting on her makeup.

"Sister Bao, let me help you."

Xiangyun came forward and wanted to help, but was quickly stopped by Baochai.

"No, I've already done it. I'll give you my place, you should do it yourself, I don't dare let you help me dress up."

Baochai knows her own advantages, and she understands even more clearly that a man like Jia Lian would certainly not like a woman with heavy makeup.

Xiangyun was a little unhappy. What she liked most was Baochai helping her with her makeup and dressing, but Baochai obviously didn't trust her skills and aesthetics and didn't like to ask her to help with her dressing.

"Sister Bao, are you going out again today?"

"Well, I need to go out for a while..."

"Where are you going, Sister Bao? Can you take me with you?"

"You...my uncle said he would come to see my mother and me, so I have to go back. Are you coming with him?"

"Oh, forget it then."

Even though Wang Ziteng's entry into the cabinet was not yet known to everyone, the mere positions of Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp and commander of nine provinces had already made him famous in the court and the country.

Although Xiangyun was not as afraid of seeing "parasites" as Jia Baoyu, as a child, she was naturally afraid of seeing elders of such high status.

"Miss, Master Lian is here."

Following Ying'er's message, Jia Lian's tall figure walked in.

When Xiangyun heard that Jia Lian was coming, she was very happy at first, but suddenly she remembered that she was wearing thin clothes and had no time to go back and put on clothes. She could only greet Jia Lian shyly.

Jia Lian nodded to her, then said to Baochai, "The carriage is ready. Is everything packed?"

"Ah."

"In that case, you and Aqin go to the carriage and wait for me. I will go and pick up Miss Lin."

"it is good."

Xiangyun was confused by the conversation between the two.

Sister Bao wanted to go back to see her uncle, and Second Brother Lian was going to accompany her. She could barely understand it. After all, Wang Ziteng and Jia Lian were officials in the same court, so it was normal to take the opportunity to meet them.

Why does Second Brother Lian want to pick up Sister Lin?

Seeing Jia Lian was about to leave, she hurriedly asked, "Why, Second Brother Lian is accompanying Sister Bao home, is Sister Lin going with him?"

Jia Lian smiled and said, "I promised your sister Bao and sister Lin that I would take them for a walk outside the city today."

Xiangyun's eyes lit up immediately: "Walk outside the city? Then can you take me with you? I haven't been out of the city for a long time, I really want to go out of the city for a walk..."

Xiangyun twisted the corner of her clothes with her fingers and looked at Jia Lian and Baochai coquettishly and expectantly.

Baochai didn't say anything, just looked at Jia Lian.

Jia Lian looked at the little girl who came close to him and hesitated for a moment.

But for the sake of his overall plan, Jia Lian reluctantly rejected her.

"Maybe next time. This time we have limited time. Next time, I will not only take you, but also take the three girls out of the city for some fun."

Xiangyun didn't expect Jia Lian to refuse her "reasonable" request. After all, Baochai and Linchai had already brought them, so it didn't make sense to add her as one more would be too many.

Although she was a little disappointed, Jia Lian usually took good care of them. Since he refused so straightforwardly this time, there must be some inconvenience. Therefore, she did not insist and just replied: "Well, okay... Next time, remember to bring me, Third Sister, Second Sister, Qin'er, Xiao Xichun and others..."

"it is good."

Jia Lian touched Xiangyun's little head, turned around and walked out.

When we arrived at Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Lin Daiyu was still sleeping in!

Jia Lian was speechless. He sat on the edge of the bed and pushed her. The little girl grumbled in dissatisfaction, then turned over and continued to sleep in the quilt.

"Lazy guy, get up, the sun is shining on your butt!"

With two slaps, Jia Lian slapped Daiyu's butt twice.

This finally wakes people up.

Daiyu sat up, hugging the quilt and glaring at Jia Lian with a frown.

The weather is so nice today, perfect for sleeping, but this person comes to disturb me, so annoying.

"Hurry up, the weather is nice today, I'll take you out of town!"

Ok?

Daiyu was no longer sleepy at once, and looked at Jia Lian in confusion and asked, "Really?"

Daiyu couldn't remember the last time Jia Lian took her out of the city for fun, but she still remembered the time when Jia Lian took her to visit a temple outside Suzhou when she was nine years old.

"If you stay in bed and don't get up, it will be fake."

Daiyu pouted, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of going out of town to play, so she got out of bed obediently.

Zijuan and Xueyan, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately came over to help her dress and wash.

In the past, Daiyu would chase people away at this time, but not now, because this person cannot be chased away anyway.

While Daiyu was dressing, Zijuan offered Jia Lian a cup of tea and asked, "Second Master wants to take our daughter out of town to play. Has he told the old lady?"

Jia Lian glanced at her and said, "No. If you think it's necessary, you can just let them know."

Zijuan didn't quite understand what Jia Lian meant. In her opinion, it was necessary for a girl to inform her elders before going out.

But when I think about the relationship between Jia Lian and Daiyu, and if she follows Jia Lian out, what could go wrong?

So he said, "In that case, let Xueyan and I follow. The young lady is weak, and you will feel more at ease if we take care of her."

"That's how it should be."

Daiyu didn't know that someone was waiting outside. Since she was going out to play, she had to dress up beautifully.

Therefore, it took Daiyu a long time to finish arming herself.

Jia Lian was a little worried that Baochai was getting impatient, so he hurriedly took Daiyu to the back door of the Grand View Garden.

Before leaving, Zijuan secretly asked the maid in the yard to inform Lady Jia.

Along the way, Daiyu naturally asked many questions, such as why he suddenly wanted to take her out of town to play, where to go, etc.

Arriving at the back door, they saw two carriages parked on the street, one large and one small. The small one was an ordinary-sized carriage, and the large one was naturally the special carriage that Jia Lian and Feng Jieer often used.

Daiyu only then remembered Sister Feng, and hesitantly asked Jia Lian, "Didn't you call Sister Feng?"

She didn't see the maid beside Feng Jieer.

"I took your sister Feng to this horse farm last time, but she won't go this time."

This statement dispelled Daiyu's worries. She was wondering which carriage she should get on.

Getting on a big carriage meant that she might have to sit with Jia Lian. Given Jia Lian's temper, there was no telling how he would bully her on the way.

If she went to the younger one, it didn't seem very reasonable. Not to mention that she and Zijuan and the others were squeezed together, letting Jia Lian sit alone in the big carriage felt like isolating him. She didn't need to think clearly, Jia Lian made the decision for her, and directly took her hand and walked towards the luxurious carriage.

Daiyu then boarded the carriage, while Zijuan and Xueyan obediently went to the carriage at the back.

When Jia Lian helped Daiyu onto the carriage and lifted the curtain, she was immediately stunned.

Inside the luxurious and spacious carriage, there was a stunning beauty sitting!

Jia Lian came up from behind and saw Daiyu standing at the door, so he led her inside and asked in surprise, "Why are you staring at each other like this? Don't you recognize each other?"

Daiyu snorted lightly, turned around and sat on the north side, facing Baochai to the south and the north.

Baochai took a deep breath and greeted Daiyu calmly, "Miss Lin."

Daiyu felt embarrassed to ignore her now, so she just asked in a bad tone, "Why is Sister Bao here?"

Baochai didn't answer and looked at Jia Lian.

She did not communicate many things to Jia Lian, she just believed that Jia Lian could handle it. As for being squeezed by Daiyu, she was mentally prepared and did not care at all.

"I was having a drink at my aunt's house last night, and we talked about how the weather is good now, and it's a good time to go out for a trip. If it gets hotter in a few days, it will be bad.

Your sister Bao said that she hadn't been out of town for a long time, and I suddenly remembered that I hadn't taken you out of town for a long time either. I thought that now that I have some time, I might as well take you two out of town for a good stroll."

"is it?"

Daiyu glanced at Jia Lian with a meaningful look, and then said to Baochai coldly, "So, my ability to come out today is largely due to Baojie's blessing?"

This was not the first time Baochai had heard Daiyu's sour words. She seemed not to care at all and just said, "Originally I didn't really want to come out, for fear of disturbing you and Second Brother Lian. But Second Brother Lian said it was okay and that it would be more lively with more people, so I came."

"Since he said it would be more lively with more people, why didn't he invite Yun and Qin and the others, but only you?"

No matter how open-minded Baochai is, she is helpless against Daiyu, who is so ruthless in her words.

She stopped talking and looked at Jia Lian again.

At this point, there was actually no need to hide it. As long as Daiyu was not stupid, she should have guessed it. She just wanted to see what Jia Lian was going to do.

She believed that Daiyu had the same idea as her.

Facing two pairs of eyes with different expressions but equally beautiful, Jia Lian felt a little cold in his heart.

He coughed lightly, opened the curtain and said to Zhang Yong and others outside: "Let's go to He Ji Congee Shop first."

After saying this, he turned around and said to Baochai, "When I went to call her, she was still sleeping in, so she hadn't had breakfast yet. Let's take her to have some breakfast before we set off."

Jia Lian had led troops in battles before, and he knew that the enemy was too powerful at the moment, so it would be better to avoid the enemy for the time being.

Sure enough, Jia Lian's words made Dai and Chai's eye attacks fail.

Daiyu felt a little embarrassed, even though because of Grandmother Jia's kindness, they didn't have to pay their respects early in the morning every day and they, the children, could sleep in.

But sleeping until this hour is not a glorious thing after all.

Baochai naturally understood that Jia Lian's strategy was to delay the attack, so she shook her head and showed a hint of mockery in his expression.

In the carriage at the back, Zijuan, Xueyan and Ying'er were also sitting there staring at each other.

After all, Xueyan was young and couldn't hold back her anger: "Sister Ying'er, why are you here?"

"I am here just as you are here."

Ying'er is not Baochai, and she does not have the awareness of giving in to Xueyan.

In her heart, their girl is no worse than Miss Lin, and may even be better.

Xueyan was just asking politely, but after Ying'er responded like that, not only the intellectual Zijuan, but even she noticed something was wrong.

"The Marquis took our girl out of town for a trip, and we came here to accompany our girl!"

"You came out with your daughter, so I'm naturally coming out with our daughter!"

Zijuan stopped Xueyan who was about to argue with Ying'er and asked, "So, Miss Bao is also in the car ahead?"

He was obviously more polite to Zijuan Ying'er and nodded.

Zijuan frowned deeply.

Sure enough, the thing the girl was most worried about happened. She wondered what was going on in the carriage in front.

Zijuan was a little worried about Daiyu. She wondered if she could handle the current situation given her temper.

The carriage and Jia Lian's personal guards slowly drove away from Ningrong Back Street. Before they reached the east side of the street, several fast horses suddenly caught up from behind.

"My Lord, the palace has issued an order, ordering you to come to the palace immediately to see the emperor!"

The sudden voice stunned Jia Lian, who was about to speak to break the silence in the carriage.

At this time, the emperor is not busy eliminating dissidents and supporting his own party members, so why is he so anxious to see him?

Could it be that he has thought it through and doesn't plan to put him on ice anymore, or has he encountered some unsolvable problem and remembered him?

Seeing Jia Lian's words, Baochai and Daiyu in the carriage also looked surprised.

Baochai immediately said, "The palace has summoned you, Second Brother Lian, you should go to the palace as soon as possible. As for the outing, it won't be too late to talk about it later."

Daiyu opened her mouth, but found that Baochai had finished speaking, so she remained silent.

However, Jia Lian said, "I finally have the chance to take you two out, how can I give up halfway?

Please wait, if it's nothing urgent, I will be back as soon as possible."

Although Baochai disagreed with Jia Lian's idea of ​​ignoring the emperor's order, she nodded and said, "In that case, Lin and I will wait for you at my house. You don't have to worry. Even if you are delayed today, you can still play tomorrow. Business is more important."

Baochai was very familiar with this road, so she naturally knew that the carriage was just driving not far from her home.

Daiyu was not happy with Baochai's decision making for her so easily, so she said, "You can go ahead. It's not far anyway. Zijuan and I will go back by ourselves. When you have finished your business, we can talk about going out to play."

From Daiyu's tone, Jia Lian could tell that she was no longer interested in going out of town for a trip.

He didn't want Daiyu's heart to grow cold completely, otherwise he would have to spend more energy to coax her.

So he took Daiyu's hand and said, "I may be back soon. Listen to your sister Bao and go to your aunt's house to rest first.

Have you forgotten how your aunt took care of you when she was in the Grand View Garden? She would be sad if she knew you passed by the house without entering."

Jia Lian's words made Daiyu hesitate.

Like Jia Lian, Daiyu had always had a good impression of Aunt Xue. And no matter what the reason was, Aunt Xue was really good to Daiyu, and Daiyu kept it in mind.

Seeing Daiyu's hesitation, Jia Lian said, "You know, I'm in some trouble right now, and I don't know why the emperor summoned me to the palace.

You don't want me to be in the palace and worry about you, right?

Be good and listen to me. If you have anything to say, wait until I come back and talk to you, okay?"

Jia Lian's words were a bit shameless, a typical example of deceiving a gentleman with one's own methods.

But the effect is amazing.

Even if Daiyu doesn't care about vulgarity, she knows that Jia Lian's career is very important to him and even to the Jia family.

Didn’t you see how nervous the whole family was yesterday when they heard that Jia Lian was dismissed from office?

She didn't want to bear the crime that Jia Lian had put upon her.

"Well, all right. I'll go and see my aunt."

As Daiyu spoke, she looked at Baochai, her eyes seemed to say, I went to your house only for my aunt's sake, not because of you.

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