Red Mansion: Fuyao River and Mountain

Chapter 552: Love in the Bedroom

Rongguo Mansion, Lixiangyuan.

When Jia Cong passed by the gate of the courtyard, he happened to see a graceful figure swaying under the eaves. It was Baochai who happened to come out of the courtyard, followed by Jinchuan.

When Baochai saw Jia Cong, her eyes became moist and bright, and she couldn't help showing a hint of joy, while her pretty face, as flawless as snow, inexplicably flushed with a hint of embarrassment.

Perhaps it was the encounter at the gate of Lixiang Garden that reminded her of the scene in the rain that day...

Baochai asked, "Where did you come back from, Brother Cong?"

Jia Cong replied, "I just came back from Rongqing Hall. My aunt said goodbye to the old lady today and wanted to move out of Rongguo Mansion. My second sister-in-law sent someone to tell me that I was just going to persuade my aunt.

Sister Bao, do you know that Auntie is planning to move away?"

Before Baochai could reply, Jinchuan said, "The young lady was worried about this matter. Seeing that Madam had been out for a long time, she was thinking of going to check on her."

Baochai's face turned red again when she heard this. Jinchuan's eyes moved between the two of them. She was eager to let the Third Master know what the girl was thinking.

Jia Cong smiled and said, "I have already persuaded Auntie in Rongqing Hall. The old lady and the second sister-in-law are also trying to keep her. Auntie has agreed to stay. Sister Bao doesn't have to worry.

Baochai's pretty face fainted as she said, "My aunt has moved out of the West Mansion, and what happened that day, my mother is just being unreasonable, so it's useless for me to worry..."

Jia Cong thought for a moment and said, "Sister Bao and I did nothing wrong in what happened that day. We have a clear conscience. If others want to speculate, that is their business. The clear will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid.

When Auntie came back, Sister Bao also told her not to pay attention to those nonsense and just live peacefully. The more comfortable the sisters are, the more convenient it is.

Baochai's mind was filled with Jia Cong's words: "The clear are clear, and the turbid are turbid."

She asked herself, can she still remain innocent?
When they first met at the old house in Jinling that year, she had already lost her peace of mind, but he didn't know that at all?

Seeing Baochai was a little dazed, Jia Cong said, "Sister, you don't need to go to Rongqing Hall right now. Let your aunt and the old lady chat about it. Come back later and the matter will be over."

After Jia Cong finished speaking, he was about to turn around and go back to the East Mansion, but he saw Baochai pursed her lips slightly, and her expression seemed to be mustering up courage.

Although he spoke clearly, his mind seemed to be slightly disturbed, and he asked, "Brother Cong asked us to stay, is it just for the courtesy between relatives?"

Jia Cong was slightly stunned when he heard this, and looked at Baochai seriously, but saw that she also looked up and looked at him without retreating, as if waiting for his answer.

Jia Cong is not stupid. After spending the past few years interacting with Baochai on a daily basis, he naturally saw some of Baochai's thoughts.

He and sisters Yingchun, Daiyu, Tanchun and others have been together since childhood, share the same blood and are close to each other.

However, he and Baochai are relatives from different families, so there will always be some differences between them, with more reserve and courtesy.

Perhaps the accident in the rain that day, Mrs. Wang's evil thoughts and speculations, even to the point of the Xue family moving out, and the involvement of external forces, changed things in a way that could not be ignored...

He thought for a moment before saying, "Sister Bao has always been a good person. It is a rare fate for us sisters to be able to live together in this garden, so we should naturally cherish her even more.

You can't let your sisters be wronged because of other people's slander. It's not worth it to have reservations and become estranged from them. This is not just a matter of etiquette."

After hearing this, Baochai's heart gradually brightened. He kept me here not just out of courtesy...

She felt a joy she had never felt before. Although her expectations were still a little vague, as life was full of hardships, they were much clearer than before...

She watched Jia Cong's departing back, all the way through the small gate between the two mansions, and then she stood quietly at the gate of Lixiang Courtyard, her thoughts in turmoil and unable to calm down.

……

Rongguo Mansion, Baoyu Courtyard.

As it was almost the time for the change of seasons, Xiren and Sheyue instructed the little maids to move the bedding and winter clothes from each room to the yard to dry them in the sun while the sun was shining.

Qiu Wen went to Sister Feng's courtyard to collect everyone's monthly allowance, leaving Bi Hen in the room packing Baoyu's clothes.

Baoyu was sitting at the desk, flipping through a collection of annotations on the Four Books with distress. Recently, people from the two mansions were watching Jia Cong studying poetry and books hard, waiting for the spring examination.

Perhaps when Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng mentioned Daiyu's marriage that day, it touched Jia Zheng's heart. He realized that Lin Ruhai was a proud scholar in the imperial examinations, so how could he agree to the marriage between Baoyu and Daiyu.

As a result, Jia Zheng supervised Baoyu and Jia Huan's homework more strictly than before. He called Baoyu to the East Courtyard every two days to test his classics.

After Baoyu went there several times, he was scolded every time he came back. However, Jia Zheng was worried that his grandmother would be angry, so he did not use the ruler.

Forced by the situation, Baoyu went to the clan school more diligently than before, but studying was a slow process and it was impossible to learn by cramming at the last minute.

He went to ask for help from Lady Jia, but when Lady Jia thought about Jia Cong's excellence, the current state of the second branch of the Jia family, and Baoyu's ruined reputation outside, her mood changed a little.

Although he did not tell Baoyu to study hard, he did advise Baoyu not to make his father angry. Even if he did not like studying, he should always pretend to like it and leave a good reputation outside.

When Baoyu saw that the old lady had changed her tone, he felt that all the sincere people in the world had gone, and he couldn't help feeling sad and resentful.

But he also knew that he was careless in studying, so in order to avoid being scolded by his father, he had to just flip through the books and read a little bit every day.

But every time, within half a cup of tea, I would feel sick and restless, which was really unbearable. …

Xiren was very happy to see that Baoyu was willing to read books.

Every time Baoyu picked up a book, she would ask the maid to prepare tea, writing materials and ink, and everyone else would leave, leaving only one person to serve him, so that Baoyu could have more peace and quiet.

It was the same scene that day. As soon as Baoyu picked up the book, Xiren asked the maid to prepare tea and writing materials, and then took Musk Moon to the garden to take care of it.

Only Bihen had a lot of thoughts. She went into the room halfway and asked the maid to go to the backyard to wash clothes while she followed and served.

Everyone knows now that Baoyu will be fifteen in April, and according to the old rule of the mansion, two good-looking maids are to enter Baoyu's room to serve him.

Among the first-class maids in Baoyu Courtyard, except for Musk Moon who was straightforward and not much of a fighter, Xiren had already gotten the real deal and was confident, while the others were all trying their best.

Although they all knew that the most important man in the Jia family was not their Second Master Bao, once they entered Baoyu's courtyard, they would be stamped as the second wife, and no one could climb up the social ladder while the lady was there.

Not everyone can have the same fortune as Xiaohong, so the several maids just stared at Baoyu and secretly used their magical powers.

Originally the one who was most excited was Qiu Wen. She fiddled with Xiaohong in front of Lady Wang, which won Lady Wang's favor. She even rewarded her with two new clothes.

Unexpectedly, just a few days after Xiaohong was driven away, she turned around and was appointed by Jia Cong as the manager of the Rong Xi Hall, which was a hundred times more glorious than when she was in Baoyu Courtyard.

This incident almost made Mrs. Wang sick with anger, and she began to dislike Qiu Wen. If she hadn't instigated it that day, what happened later wouldn't have happened.

Baoyu flirted with Xiaohong in Rong Xi Tang, but was scared away by her talks about official career and economics. Although he dared not harass Xiaohong again, he also felt disgusted with Qiu Wen who had squeezed Xiaohong away.

Bihen, who had always been close to Qiu Wen, felt that she was the one who got the better of her and was secretly proud of herself. Taking advantage of the fact that she had had sex with Baoyu last summer, she had developed some ambitions and had been looking for opportunities to get close to Baoyu recently.

……

Baoyu was flipping through a book out of boredom, and Bihen would hang around him from time to time while tidying up clothes in the room.

As Bihen could be a first-class maidservant beside Baoyu, it was natural that she was good-looking. She was one year older than Baoyu. A girl in her twenties, she had already grown into a graceful and attractive girl.

Now that the weather has warmed up, everyone has taken off their winter clothes. Bihen specially wore a close-fitting thin black silk jacket, with a blue satin vest on the outside, which made her chest look plump and her waist looked slender with a sweat towel.

The sunlight shone on her, radiating a fluctuating and moving light. Baoyu, who was reading a book without paying attention, occasionally saw this scene and his eyes became wide open.

Although Bi Hen pretended to pack her clothes, she could feel Baoyu's burning and stupid gaze, and felt secretly proud in her heart.

Suddenly, a figure approached from behind. Baoyu had thrown away his book, and moved behind Bihen, sniffing her snow-white neck, which made Bihen's heart beat wildly and her whole body feel goosebumps.

"My dear sister, did you also put perfume on your body? Why do you smell so good?"

Bi Hen blushed and smiled: "Second Master, what nonsense are you talking about? Who would put perfume powder on their body?

I'll tell you a coincidence. This morning I took your soap to take a bath. It's the kind sold at Xinchunhao in the city, and that's how it smelled."

Baoyu laughed and said, "I thought that thing was slippery and not convenient to use, so I always left it there. I never thought it would be so useful when used on my sister."

Bi Henbi blushed and said, "Second Master, you really don't know how valuable things are. That soap is sold for one tael of silver at Xinchunhao, and you actually threw it away and didn't use it. You're really wasting things."

Baoyu laughed and said, "What a good thing it is. Since you like to use it and it has such wonderful benefits, I will ask someone to ask Second Sister for more someday and give it to you."

Bi Hen smiled and said, "This is what the Second Master said, you are not allowed to fool me."

Baoyu looked at her graceful body and said, "Now the weather is getting hot. When summer comes, we can take a bath and play like we did last year..."

Bihen thought back to last summer when she was helping Baoyu take a bath. Baoyu actually pulled her in with a lecherous look on his face, and Bihen gave in half-heartedly.

The two of them bathed together for several hours, and the room looked as if it had been flooded. Xiren and others were embarrassed to go in because Baoyu was bathing.

Bihen and Baoyu had been going through so much trouble for so long that they pretended to be sick in their room for two days before they recovered. Now they couldn't help but feel hot all over when they thought about it.

He snickered and said, "Master, please don't bully me. That would be too noisy. I don't dare to provoke you."

Baoyu could no longer hold back when she spoke so charmingly, and he put his arm around her slender waist, saying, "I see that the rouge you put on today is very good, why don't you give it to me?"

As he said that, he straightened Bihen's body, facing her bright red lips, and bit them without caring whether Bihen was willing or not.

Bi Hen was secretly delighted, for she knew that when Baoyu was studying, Xiren and the others would not easily come in to disturb him, and she did not have to worry about being caught. She just struggled a little, thrusting her waist and chest forward, and indulged Baoyu in doing whatever he wanted.

In a short while, Baoyu's face was covered with rouge, and his hands were still rubbing and wiping it in the green hem of his clothes.

The two of them were panting and having a great time. The room was quiet and no one came in to disturb them. They were naturally aroused and undressed. The scent of their babes filled the air and they were about to start a fire...

Suddenly, Xiren's voice was heard outside: "Why is Madam here? Master Bao is reading in his room."

(End of this chapter)