The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 785 Tianxiang Summons

"Miss Lin, Miss Lin..."

The clear and childish voice echoed outside the corridor, causing Daiyu, who was dressing, to turn around and ask, "Who is it?"

"It's Fangguan from Tianxiang Tower." The maid replied.

Daiyu and Zijuan looked at each other, and then Zijuan asked, "What is she doing here?"

The maid outside did not reply, but soon brought in a neat and clever looking girl about ten years old.

The little girl came up and bowed deeply to Daiyu, then smiled and said, "Miss Lin, the Duke asked me to come and invite you. He said that there is a distinguished guest who wants to see you in Tianxiang Tower."

Daiyu and Zijuan both felt it was strange, for this was the first time that Jia Lian had asked Daiyu to go out and meet guests since their engagement.

And it was not at Rongqingtang, but at Tianxianglou.

Everyone knows that the Tianxiang Tower in Ningguo Mansion keeps several beauties that Jia Lian brought back from Jiangnan.

So Daiyu asked, "What distinguished guest?"

"I don't know, but I heard the Duke call her Miss Wei, so she must be a lady from some mansion."

When she heard that it was a woman, Daiyu frowned and did not respond for a moment.

This undoubtedly made Fang Guan a little uneasy, thinking that Miss Lin was indeed extraordinary. If others heard the Duke summoning her, they would quickly pack up and go there, lest they be late and be blamed by the Duke.

Therefore, she looked at Daiyu nervously. She didn't want to make any mistakes the first time she did errands for Jia Lian.

Fortunately, Daiyu did not embarrass her and asked, "Is he here?"

"Are you asking about the Duke? He is here. It was the Duke who personally brought Miss Wei in."

"Okay, go ahead, I'll be there soon."

"Oh……"

Fang Guan glanced at Daiyu twice before leaving in a polite manner, which was in stark contrast to her lively and energetic self when she came.

Almost at the same time, Baochai from Hengwuyuan also received a summons.

The person who delivered the message was another one of the Twelve Officials, called Rui Official.

"Who is this Miss Wei?"

"I don't know, but her status should be quite high. I noticed that the Duke was very polite to her."

"okay, I get it."

As soon as Ruiguan left, Xiangyun, Tanchun and others immediately surrounded her.

"Sister Bao, do you know this Miss Wei?"

"Yeah, why does she want to see you..."

Baochai, who had been interrogated by her sisters for an entire afternoon, wished she could take this opportunity to escape, so she did not bother to pack too much. She just took a quick look in front of the dressing mirror and after making sure nothing was wrong, she hurriedly left Hengwu Garden with Ying'er.

Walking along the mountain road on the east side of the Grand View Garden, as luck would have it, at the foot of Longcui Mountain, they met Daiyu and her servant, who were walking towards them, holding round fans.

The two of them noticed each other almost at the same time, and both stopped at the same time.

Then it was Daiyu who took the first step and walked towards Baochai.

"Hey, isn't this Sister Bao?"

Baochai stood there, waiting for Daiyu to approach before she said, "Sister, are you going to Tianxiang Tower too?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "From what you said, sister, you are also going to Tianxiang Tower to meet Miss Wei?"

Seeing that Baochai didn't say anything, Daiyu smiled and said, "I don't know who this Miss Wei is. It would be fine if she asked me to see her in such a hurry, but why did she bother you, sister?"

How could Baochai not know that Daiyu was making fun of her? Fortunately, she had been mentally prepared to deal with Daiyu from the beginning, so she did not feel very uncomfortable. She just smiled and waved to Daiyu.

Daiyu was stunned and didn't want to listen to Baochai, but her good upbringing made her subconsciously take two steps forward.

Baochai then whispered a few words to her.

Daiyu stopped laughing immediately. After she stepped back, she asked Baochai in doubt, "Is it true?"

"If it was someone else, why would she want to see only the two of us? If it was someone else, why would she be so secretive? Second Brother Lian wouldn't let us go out to see her.

Her last name is Wei, so that's probably the case."

Like Baochai, Daiyu began to wonder who this "Miss Wei" was after receiving Jia Lian's summons.

Now, after listening to Baochai's analysis, she immediately believed it.

Who else could it be except the legendary princess who wanted to meet her and Baochai in such a mysterious way and let Jia Lian be the middleman?

Daiyu immediately backed out.

It’s not that he was afraid of the other party’s identity as a princess, but because this princess had been involved in a lot of “scandals” with Jia Lian long before she got engaged to him.

And it's the legendary girl chasing boy.

Just like when she faced Feng Jieer, she was afraid of being hated by the other party.

But Feng Jieer was someone she had known for a long time after all. They had lived under the same roof for so many years and knew each other's personalities.

This princess was completely different.

Judging from the fact that she had instructed the Queen Mother to seize someone else's husband, she is probably not a good person.

Baochai saw through Daiyu's thoughts at a glance, and she didn't want to scare her away.

"Don't be nervous, sister. No matter what happened between this Miss Wei and Second Brother Lian in the past, now that Second Brother Lian's background has been revealed, there is no possibility for her to be with Second Brother Lian anymore.

What’s more, she has already promised someone else…”

"She's promised to someone. Who?" Daiyu asked in surprise.

Baochai looked at her speechlessly.

You have been engaged to Second Brother Lian for more than a year, but you don't even know the basic information about such a big rival?

Are you really so detached from the world?

Perhaps she saw Baochai's surprise, and Daiyu quickly explained: "Who doesn't have time to care about these things? Besides, he always likes to flirt with other girls outside. Even Sister Feng can't control him, let alone me."

As she spoke, Daiyu glanced at Baochai.

Just this one glance almost broke Baochai's defense, and she felt that she had thought too simply before.

"Anyway, we might as well go meet this person. With her status, I'm sure she won't make things difficult for the two of us. At the very least, we still have Second Brother Lian here."

Baochai's words finally dissuaded Daiyu from backing out.

If Daiyu hadn't heard that Jia Lian was there, she would not have bothered to meet any distinguished guest.

So she nodded, and went with Baochai through the moon-shaped gate connecting the Grand View Garden and the Ningguo Mansion, and headed towards Tianxiang Tower.

The first meeting between the two sisters after they established their relationship was relatively harmonious because of the presence of an outsider, and there were no major sparks. …

In the main hall of Tianxiang Tower, Jia Lian and Princess Zhaoyang were sitting on the same couch.

Jiang Yun came forward, bowing, and asked if a beauty was needed to perform.

Jia Lian asked Gu Qingyi to perform a song without thinking.

Among the four beauties, only Gu Qingyi is a little more arrogant. She has so far disdained to fawn on others and is more like a person who concentrates on music.

Although Princess Zhaoyang didn't seem to mind the beauties surrounding him, Jia Lian was not so stupid as to deliberately get in her way.

When Jiang Yun received the order and left, Princess Zhaoyang smiled at her back and said, "This girl is so pretty, I guess she was also stunningly beautiful when she was young. How could Erlang treat such a beautiful woman as just a servant?"

If someone who didn't know heard what Princess Zhaoyang said, they would probably think that Jiang Yun was an old lady or a beauty who had faded in her twilight years.

Little did people know that Jiang Yun is not even thirty years old yet.

"She has had a rough life, and now she is my wife."

"Oh, she is the eighth concubine of the former Jiangnan salt merchant Zhao family who was given to the servant after you rescued her?"

Jia Lian glanced at Princess Zhaoyang and nodded.

Princess Zhaoyang certainly knew what Jia Lian meant by that look, but just as Jia Lian dared to let his woman come to see her without any hesitation, she was also not shy about letting Jia Lian know that she knew a lot about the other party.

After all, Jia Lian knew that Hu Yuanyao was hers, but he still dared to place her in a strategic place in the study, which in itself was a kind of trust.

Princess Zhaoyang then said with a smile, "I had never seen this girl before and thought she was just average looking. Now that I have seen her, I am really curious about what kind of mood Erlang had when he gave such a beauty to me.

Is Erlang ill?"

Princess Zhaoyang blinked her eyes with a playful look in her eyes.

Nobles are very perverted. Just like some like to share their women with others, some like other people's wives.

When she asked this, it was obvious that she suspected whether Jia Lian also had any special hobbies.

Jia Lian was also amused by this divine question, and could not help but reach out and hold her in his arms, and then slap her on the butt.

"Do you not know whether I have a disease or not?"

Princess Zhaoyang felt embarrassed and lay obediently in Jia Lian's arms.

After a long time, she asked curiously, "Erlang didn't even ask me why I wanted to meet my two sisters?"

"They are not shameful people. You can meet them if you want. Why else?"

Princess Zhaoyang smiled secretly. She liked Jia Lian's confident and frank look. It seemed that he was not afraid of her knowing anything.

"Then Jilang, aren't you worried that I'll be jealous?"

This sentence seemed to finally make Jia Lian reflect. He lowered his head and raised Princess Zhaoyang's face: "So, are you jealous?"

"Yeah, I'm jealous, and I feel really jealous."

"Oh, what should I do? Do you want me to coax you?"

"Yes, you have to coax me well, otherwise I will be angry."

Jia Lian was fascinated by the princess's coquettish demeanor, so without thinking anything else, he pinched the chin of the eldest princess of the current dynasty and bent down to kiss her.

Princess Zhaoyang's eyes suddenly widened and she seemed unable to react.

But as the familiar feeling of pleasure flowed through her lips and tongue, rushing to her brain and limbs, she no longer cared about anything else. She raised her hands to hug Jia Lian's neck and kissed him passionately.

Gu Qingyi came in holding a zither and frowned when he saw this.

She recognized Princess Zhaoyang.

When Yuanchun felt lonely in the deep palace, she was summoned to the palace to study the art of playing the zither. Naturally, she was favored by the empress dowager who was also proficient in this art.

She had met Her Royal Highness the Princess in the Queen Mother's Palace.

But aren't they cousins?

Is the rumor wrong, or...

I didn't take it too seriously. There have always been many absurd things happening in the mansions of marquises, especially the royal family.

At least in her opinion, Jia Lian was relatively honest.

So she walked even more lightly, walked to the side behind the screen and sat down. After she had calmed down, she plucked the strings of the zither without saying a word.

When the notes sounded in the hall, Princess Zhaoyang, who was in love, was awakened.

Princess Zhaoyang immediately broke free from Jia Lian's arms and looked towards the source of the sound.

When she found that there was only one person, and that was Gu Qingyi, she breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to give Jia Lian a coquettish look.

Jia Lian didn't care. After all, they were all his women, and he had seen many more eye-catching things, not to mention this.

Gu Qingyi's casual plucking of the strings was originally intended to remind the two people who were intoxicated. Seeing that her purpose had been achieved, she leaned forward to ask, "I wonder what music Princess and Lord Rong would like to hear?"

Jia Lian looked at Princess Zhaoyang.

Princess Zhaoyang said, "I heard from Yuan Yao that Erlang had composed some songs for the singing girls in his family to sing, and even spread them to the outside world, which shocked many music masters. They came to him to ask for advice, but were they all rejected by Erlang?"

"It's just something I gained from my free time with them. It's our joint work, so the credit cannot be attributed to me alone."

Princess Zhaoyang nodded, thinking that this was right.

Although Jia Lian was already a demon in many ways, she still couldn't believe that Jia Lian could surpass everyone in everything he did.

It would not be surprising if he had some inspiration while enjoying the romance with his concubines and beauties and they composed some good music together.

After all, among his concubines, there is a real lady like Gu Qingyi who is praised even by her royal grandmother.

When Gu Qingyi saw that Princess Zhaoyang believed Jia Lian's excuses, she opened her mouth to clear Jia Lian's name, but in the end she said nothing more.

Jia Lian is talented, but he doesn't like fame.

To him, perhaps being too talented is a burden, so he always behaves modestly and hides his incompetence.

Maybe he himself doesn't know it, but the talent he inadvertently displays is enough to astound the world.

Hearing Princess Zhaoyang asking her to play a song that had been played by Jia Lian, Gu Qingyi didn't think much about it and started playing "The Tomb of Infatuation".

Outside the hall, two rare girls who had been standing there for a long time waited for the music to end. Finally, they could not delay any longer and asked Jiang Yun to go in and report.

Princess Zhaoyang, who was discussing music with Jia Lian with great interest, stopped immediately when she heard the main character coming, sat up straight, and ordered, "Let them in."

She unconsciously regained her princess's dignity and demeanor, seemingly forgetting that her current identity was "Miss Wei".

However, Jia Lian did not think that Princess Zhaoyang was being pretentious. He could see that Princess Feng Yang, who could easily control her, was actually a little nervous. This was really beyond his expectations.