The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 515 Another Beautiful Maid
"In front of Huangshi Pagoda, the river flows eastward, and the spring breeze makes me lazy and sleepy. A cluster of peach blossoms bloom without an owner. I love deep red and light red."

Jia Huan copied the poem "Walking Alone by the River in Search of Flowers" by the great poet Du Fu on Xuelang paper in the Slender Gold script, completing it in one breath with its iron-like strokes and sharp edges, showing a great deal of skill.

After quietly appreciating it for a moment, Jia Huan finally put down his pen with satisfaction and blew the ink dry. As a top student in the Department of Archaeology in his previous life, coupled with his own family conditions, Jia Huan was able to come into contact with a large number of famous calligraphy and paintings since he was a child. He also loved calligraphy and practiced calligraphy well, but he was best at regular script. Although he also practiced the Slender Gold style, his level was only average. During the three years of "exile" to Jinling, he occasionally practiced, and now his level has improved greatly.

Jia Huan has always believed that Chinese characters are the most beautiful characters, and only calligraphy of Chinese characters is worthy of being called calligraphy, and other characters cannot express that kind of beauty.

The aesthetic taste of our Chinese ancestors is undoubtedly advanced. For example, in just a few lines of poetry, the description of scenery can be beautiful and moving, and the expression of aspirations can be grand and heroic. The poems are ever-changing and catchy. Even after thousands of years, they are still dazzling and passed down. Now look at those modern poems, how many of them are well-known?
Jia Huan was thinking wildly when he heard a maid outside calling, "Miss Ping'er, the servant from Zhou Rui's wife is here to take care of Master Huan San. Come out and take charge."

Jia Huan was startled for a moment. Zhou Rui was Lady Wang's chambermaid, and Zhou Rui's wife was Lady Wang's confidant. Who was he sending to him at this time? He immediately put down his pen and walked out of the room out of curiosity.

However, when Jia Huan saw the woman led by Zhou Rui's wife, he was stunned on the spot, and Ping'er cried out in a choked voice: "Qingwen?"

It turned out that the woman following behind Zhou Rui's wife was Qingwen. She had sharp shoulders, a slender waist, and was graceful and elegant. She was carrying a bag on her back. Her eyes were swollen like walnuts. It was obvious that she had just cried. She slightly turned her body to avoid the gaze of Jia Huan and others.

"Sister Zhou, what's the matter?" Ping'er asked with a smile.

Mrs. Zhou Rui bowed to Jia Huan and said with a smile, "Now that most of the servants in the mansion are missing, Madam has redeployed the staff. There are too many servants in Second Master Bao's room, and Third Master Huan's room just happened to be short of people, so Qingwen and a maid were assigned here to serve."

Jia Huan frowned secretly. Qingwen was one of the big maids in Da Lian Bao's house, and the most outstanding one. Why did Wang Fu Ren transfer her to serve him? Was it a beauty trap? Or was it to sow discord? But although he and Da Lian Bao were half-brothers, they didn't have much brotherly love, and it was not necessary for Wang Fu Ren to sow discord between them.

"Thank you for your kindness, madam, but I don't need any more staff here." Since he couldn't figure out what Mrs. Wang was up to, Jia Huan simply declined the offer.

Qingwen was a proud person. First, she was humiliated by Mrs. Wang without any reason, and then she was driven out of the Yihong Courtyard and sent to Yueweiju. She was very ashamed, angry and aggrieved, and full of reluctance. However, Jia Huan refused her outright, which dealt a heavy blow to her self-esteem. Her stubborn temper came up, and she turned around and left.

Zhou Ruijia shouted sternly, "Stop, where are you going?"

Qingwen retorted, "Didn't you hear me? We are not short of manpower here, so I will go back to where I came from."

Zhou Ruijia sneered, "Who allowed you to go back? Even if Third Master Huan doesn't need you, there's no place for you in Second Master Bao's place. Do you really think you're a rich lady and can go wherever you want? You really don't know what you're talking about!"

Qingwen was so humiliated by the scolding that her face was filled with grief and anger, and her eyes looked as if she wanted to bang her head against the courtyard wall and die.

Jia Huan was shocked when he saw this. This girl was a person of fiery temper, just like Jin Chuan'er who jumped into the well in the original novel. He hurriedly said, "In that case, let Qingwen stay."

Mrs. Zhou Rui smiled and said, "That's exactly what should be done. If Mr. Huan San doesn't accept it, I won't be able to explain to Madam."

Then he turned around and shouted at Qingwen, "Thank goodness Third Master was kind enough to take you in, otherwise you would have been kicked out of the mansion to fend for yourself. From now on, you should serve Third Master Huan well."

After scolding Qingwen, Zhou Rui's wife took the two strong women away, leaving only Qingwen and a maid who was about ten years old.

Jia Huan glanced at the distraught Qingwen thoughtfully, and calmly ordered: "Sister Ping'er, please arrange for them to stay and find some work for them later." After that, he turned around and went back to the house to continue his study.

Ping'er couldn't help but secretly wonder what was going on. However, she was kind-hearted and had seen that Qingwen was about to commit suicide. She was also worried that she would do something stupid, so she stepped forward, took Qingwen's hand and said with a smile, "Come on, follow me. There are not many people here, but there are still a few empty rooms."

Ping'er led Qingwen and the maid into a room and said with a smile, "You can stay here for the time being. When Madam has calmed down, you may be asked to go back to serve Master Bao."

The maidservant, Feng'er, pouted and said, "It's impossible to go back. The Madam personally came to chase away not only Qingwen, but also Huixiang, Meiren, and Fangguan."

Ping Er asked curiously, "Why is this happening? Madam is suddenly so angry for no reason?"

Qingwen bit her teeth and sobbed, "How could I have known? They called me in early in the morning and scolded me for no apparent reason, saying that I was a witch who led Baoyu astray. God has pity on me. Although I am a little better looking than others, I have never had any secret feelings to seduce Baoyu. It was just a daily joke. Since Xiren, everyone in Master Bao's room has played pranks with Baoyu. How could I have become a vixen who seduced the master?

I also know that I usually speak and act frivolously, which easily offends people, so it is reasonable for me to be hurt by a hidden arrow, but what did Si'er do wrong? It was just a joke, and it got to the ears of the wife, and I don't know who was so stupid as to report it. "

Ping Er understood about 80% of what she said and consoled her, "Don't think too much. Didn't Sister Zhou say that the staff needs to be redeployed now? Maybe you guys were just chosen."

Qingwen sneered, "How could the person who was chased away by the madam herself be chosen by chance? If I had known that I would suffer such an unjust accusation, I would have just become that witch." "Look at your temper. You get angry at the slightest thing. It's time to change!" Ping'er sighed.

Qingwen wiped her tears and said, "It's innate, and I can't change it. You'd better kick me out of the mansion as soon as possible, so as to avoid chaos in the future, and avoid someone secretly telling the gods to harm me."

Ping'er smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't think too much. No one wants to harm you. Take a good rest. You don't have to work for the time being. I'll call you when it's time for dinner." After that, she turned and left the room.

Feng'er was probably afraid of being chased away, so she dropped her bag and ran after him, saying with a smile, "Sister Ping'er, I'm not tired, just arrange some work for me."

Ping Er smiled and whispered, "Not yet. Just keep an eye on Qing Wen and don't let her do anything stupid."

Feng Er nodded and smiled, "Okay, they all said Sister Ping Er is good, and now it seems to be true. It is Feng Er's blessing to be able to follow Sister Ping Er."

Ping'er touched Feng'er's little head and said with a smile, "You little rascal are quite good at talking. Go ahead!"

Feng'er turned around and went back to her room with a smile.

In the inner room of the main house, Jia Huan was writing an article seriously. Qingwen's sudden arrival obviously had no effect on him.

Mandarin gently lifted a corner of the door curtain, and her pair of beautiful sapphire eyes quickly glanced at Jia Huan. Seeing that the latter was sitting behind the desk and writing calmly, she flashed in, with her proud pear-shaped figure and slender legs taking graceful steps, like a proud and elegant white swan, walking back and forth in front of the desk. Seeing that Jia Huan ignored her, she deliberately coughed twice.

"What?" Jia Huan raised his head and asked with a smile.

Mandalin deliberately threw a coquettish glance and said with a playful smile: "Jia, who is prettier, me or the new guy?"

Jia Huan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Of course you look good."

Mandalin was delighted. She turned around, walked behind the table, hugged Jia's neck, kissed him on the cheek, and then left with satisfaction and a proud step. As a result, she bumped into Ping'er who came in through the curtain.

Mandalin deliberately used her full breasts to push Ping'er aside, then she slipped out the door sideways. Ping'er laughed and scolded, "Bah, you shameless bitch!"

Jia Huan put down his pen and asked, "Are you settled?"

Ping'er nodded and said, "Everything has been settled. Let the little maid Feng'er look after it. I think there should be no problem." Then she repeated her conversation with Qingwen.

After listening to this, Jia Huan suddenly realized. It seems that Mrs. Wang sent Qingwen away because she thought she was too pretty and would affect Da Lianbao's efforts in studying. But she sent Qingwen to him, probably intending to seduce him with her beauty and delay his participation in the Spring Examination. Mrs. Wang underestimated him too much. Qingwen was indeed very beautiful, but he had seen beautiful women before. There were two of them in the room who could do whatever they wanted. Besides, no matter how beautiful they were, could they be more beautiful than Xue and Lin?

So Jia Huan just smiled and continued writing.

Ping'er saw that there was not much ink left in the inkstone, so she added some clean water to it, picked up the ink stick and began to grind it carefully, saying, "From what Qingwen said, someone had plotted against her."

Jia Huan said casually: "A clear moon is hard to come by, and colorful clouds are easy to disperse. Her ambition is higher than the sky, and her body is lowly, but her flirtatiousness attracts resentment. With her personality, it is normal for her to be plotted against, and she is born with a good appearance, which makes it even easier for people to envy her."

Ping'er looked at Jia Huan in surprise and said with a smile, "The Third Master seems to know Qingwen very well."

Jia Huan paused, looked up at Ping'er and said with a smile: "Sister Ping'er, are you feeling jealous?"

Ping'er blushed slightly and denied it, "How could I have that?"

Jia Huan put down his pen, hugged Ping'er in his arms, and whispered in her ear: "In my eyes, no matter how pretty Qingwen is, she is not as pretty as Sister Ping'er. And speaking of understanding, who knows Sister Ping'er better than I do? We have a deep understanding of each other."

Ping'er blushed with embarrassment, and struggled to break free from someone's arms, saying angrily, "This is indecent! I'm leaving!" Then she fled out of the inner room.

At this time, a maid came in and said, "Miss Ping'er, someone outside has reported that the Seventh Master is here to visit. Please ask the Third Master Huan to go and see him as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)