Red Mansion: Fuyao River and Mountain

Rongguo Mansion, East Courtyard, Inner Courtyard Warehouse.

A slim and pretty maid was instructing the servants from the outer courtyard to move dozens of rice bags to the second gate.

Then he dismissed the servant and went out of the second gate, and asked the old woman and the maid in the inner courtyard to carry the rice bags into the inner courtyard storehouse.

Because the East Courtyard was much smaller than the West Courtyard, when Jia She lived there, the important storehouses were set up in the inner courtyard.

Jia Cong renovated the East Courtyard, and although he changed many of the layouts, the location of the warehouse remained unchanged.

Caixia is Lady Wang's maid, and helps her with housework on a daily basis. It is Caixia who handles the material exchanges between the two mansions.

She waited until the old women and maids had finished carrying the rice bags, then sent everyone away. She continued to busy herself with various affairs, and went into the warehouse to count and keep accounts.

I just took a moment to count when I heard footsteps behind me. The light dimmed and the door of the warehouse was slammed shut.

Then her slender waist tightened and someone hugged her from behind. There was no doubt that there was only one person in the inner courtyard who dared to play with her like this.

Not to mention the figure pressed against her back and the familiar smell, she knew exactly who was so presumptuous.

Caixia's delicate body could not help but feel hot. She twisted and struggled for a few times, and lowered her voice to scold, "Third Master, if you have something to say, just say it. What's the point of touching me?

It’s broad daylight now. If someone sees me, I don’t want to live anymore.”

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Jia Huan laughed and said, "Don't scare me. When we play in the house every day, we are always a little nervous, afraid that others will see us and gossip about us.

No one usually comes to this place, and I've closed the door, so it's just the two of us playing together, and no one would think of it."

As Jia Huan spoke, he felt a little hot in his heart and became more and more presumptuous. He put his arms around Caixia's slender waist and slowly moved them upwards, grabbing her beautiful and plump breasts.

Caixia screamed suddenly, then immediately realized something and covered her mouth with her hands.

Seeing that she didn't dare to scream, Jia Huan became even more proud and took the opportunity to touch her randomly.

He chuckled and said, "We usually play these secretly in the room, why can't we do it now that we are here?"

In the dim warehouse, the two of them were struggling and pulling each other, accompanied by Jia Huan's laughter and Caixia's panting and complaining.

The two men lost their balance and fell onto the soft rice bag.

Caixia panted and said, "Brother Huan, if you make trouble again I will yell at you, don't you see where we are and what time it is.

If you continue to make trouble, the worst that can happen is that you will die. If your wife finds out, she will expose your skin!"

When Jia Huan heard Caixia's next sentence, he could not help but shiver in fear and stopped immediately. He had a natural fear of his stepmother, Lady Wang.

...

Although Jia Huan is two years younger than Baoyu, as a young man from a wealthy family, he is surrounded by beautiful young maids and understands the ways of the world earlier than children from ordinary families.

Because he was a bastard's son, he was not as doted on as Baoyu.

Compared to his sister Tanchun, who was radiant since childhood and was brought up by Lady Jia and was highly valued by her, he was far inferior.

He was raised only by his mother, Aunt Zhao, since he was a child. His biological mother was originally a servant of the Jia family. Although she was promoted to the second concubine, her nature was hard to change.

He has always been of a vulgar nature, secretive and ignorant, competitive, gossipy and stirring up trouble all day long.

Therefore, everyone in the Jia family was disgusted with Aunt Zhao.

But Aunt Zhao was not without her strengths. Not only was she born with a beautiful appearance, but she was also very good at serving Jia Zheng and was very much favored by Jia Zheng in the inner chamber.

Otherwise, she and Aunt Zhou were both born servants in the family, and both climbed to the position of the second concubine. Aunt Zhou had no children for many years, so how could she have both a son and a daughter?

Aunt Zhao had such a personality and mind, and she was able to raise a pair of children, which was extremely rare even in a large family.

The reason for this is nothing more than Jia Zheng's protection and tolerance towards her, which is also extraordinary.

...

Jia Huan was instigated and trained by Aunt Zhao since he was a child, so naturally he did not have a good temper. He was cunning and naughty, acted like a spoiled child, told lies and was talkative, quite like his mother.

Because he was far less favored than Baoyu, he had no outstanding maid to serve him since childhood.

But according to the rules of the mansion, as the legitimate mother, Mrs. Wang has the responsibility to educate the concubine's son.

Therefore, she often invited Jia Huan into her room to give her instructions or to copy scriptures, and act like a mature lady so that others would see and praise her.

Therefore, Jia Huan and the maids around Mrs. Wang have been familiar with each other since childhood.

Maids like Jinchuan and Yuchuan disliked Jia Huan because of his cunning and vulgar words and behavior, and kept as far away from him as possible.

No one knew why, but Caixia and he got along quite well, and the two had been close friends since childhood.

In the past few years, the two were still young, and even when they played together privately, they behaved in a somewhat ignorant and shy manner, probably because they did not understand matters between men and women.

But during this year or so, Caixia started to grow up and became a slim and attractive young lady, and she also reached the age of marriage.

Although Jia Huan was only thirteen and not yet old enough to dance with an elephant, he had been close to maids such as Caixia since childhood and had begun to understand the ways of the world.

Not to mention Caixia, who was close to him, now had such a charming figure that a young boy like him was quite envious and curious.

It always made him feel uneasy and he always wanted to find some opportunity to have a taste of her.

...

The reason Caixia is close to Jia Huan is simply because opposites attract and she wants to keep him company and relieve his boredom.

In addition, although Jia Huan was cunning and naughty, he had a handsome and clean appearance and was pleasing to the eye.

In fact, this is not surprising at all. Jia Huan's mother and sister are both extremely beautiful, so how could he be ugly?

Ever since the second wife became a concubine, she moved out of Rongguo Mansion and moved into the East Courtyard.

Some of the maids and servants in the second house were uneasy. As Lady Wang's head maid, Caixia knew more things and was naturally no exception.

Among Mrs. Wang's personal maids, Jinchuan was the first to leave, and she became Bao-gu's chief maid. Caixia also married Bao-yu, so it was considered a successful outcome.

Now only Yuchuan and she are left, but Yuchuan is younger and not too panicked. Caixia has reached the age of 15 this year and is old enough to be married off.

This made her panic. She had served Lady Wang for many years and had broadened her horizons. How could she be willing to be a servant in the outer courtyard in the future?

She knew that the second branch of the family was now in a state of decline, with only one person enjoying prosperity and glory, and that was the third daughter, Tanchun. Both families knew that she was the most favored by the Third Master Cong.

The master allowed the third young lady to settle in the East Palace because he wanted Master Cong to help the third young lady improve her status and give her a glorious home in the future.

In this way, the future success of the second branch will definitely depend on the third girl, and Master Huan San is the third girl's younger brother.

Others look down on Master Huan San, but Caixia thinks that he will be more useful than Baoyu in the future.

...

She had been close to Jia Huan since childhood and had always had some feelings for him, so naturally she did not want to miss such a convenience.

This year, when Jia Huan asked her to play, she was more attentive and submissive. When they were alone, she let Jia Huan take advantage of her.

This made Jia Huan, who was just full of passion, even more obsessed with her.

After all, Jia Huan is just a teenager, and Caixia, who is over the age of marriage, understands some human affairs better than him.

So every time the two of them played together in private, Caixia would stop at the right time. Except for the fact that they did not enter the harbor or walk through the alleys, they did all the intimate things.

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Although others were unaware of their private affairs, Aunt Zhao knew a lot about it.

Aunt Zhao felt it was a great honor because Caixia was Lady Wang's personal maid and had been in love with her son since childhood.

There are so many coquettish maids in the mansion who are trying to flirt with Baoyu, but there are also outstanding maids who only love their own sons, which shows that the offspring they raise are no worse than others.

She also liked Caixia's intelligence and ability. If she gave her to Jia Huan in the future, she would have an extra arm by her side and would no longer be alone in the mansion.

In addition, Caixia had grown into an attractive girl this year, and Aunt Zhao, as an experienced woman, believed that she would be able to bear children in the future.

If my son gets her, no matter what his future wife will be like, my son will definitely have offspring, and I will have someone to rely on in the future.

Although the son was born out of wedlock, he was also a son of the Rongguo Mansion, and his future wife would definitely be a lady from a respectable family.

Most of the wives from respectable families would fall in love with my concubine who was born as a servant.

Only someone with a background like Caixia can truly value herself and be close to herself.

Therefore, Aunt Zhao liked Caixia more and more and was determined to make this good thing happen.

However, Jia Huan had just turned thirteen. If he asked Jia Zheng for it now, his master would definitely not agree given his serious and pedantic nature.

Even if he sees that I am deliberately asking for it, I'm afraid he will become suspicious, which will be disadvantageous to my son.

She thought that she would wait another year or so, until Jia Huan turned fourteen, and then ask Jia Zheng for her. Even if she wanted a woman, her son would be one step ahead of Baoyu.

Since he had made up his mind, he naturally did not stop Caixia and Jia Huan from interacting with each other, and even gave them more convenience.

It seemed as if she was eager to make the news spread so that when she brought it up with Jia Zheng in the future, the matter would have been settled. This was a common occurrence in large mansions.

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Therefore, although Jia Huan was unbridled just now, Caixia was not afraid in her heart. They had done this kind of romantic things before. But now it was in broad daylight, and in a place like the warehouse, it was too absurd to make trouble, which made people feel a little embarrassed.

Seeing that her words frightened Jia Huan and made him stop his actions, she stopped threatening him.

But the scene just now was so erotic and exciting that the two of them were reluctant to get up from their seats on the rice bags.

Jia Huan took a piece of cake from his pocket and said, "I haven't had much appetite these days, so my third sister found out and sent me a box of jujube and yam cakes.

Because the servants of the East Palace were all bought from Jiangnan, only they can make this kind of Jiangnan cakes and pastries, which are not easy to eat normally.

I specially left one piece for you. I have such good intentions, but you refuse to play with me. You really have no conscience."

Caixia was just a servant girl who would fool around with him in private every day. Jia Huan, out of curiosity, only liked to joke and tease her.

She had never heard such sweet words before, and her face turned red after being coaxed by Jia Huan. She took the cake from his hand, took a bite, and found it was indeed sweet.

She smiled and broke off a piece and fed it to Jia Huan. The two of them laughed and fed each other a few bites. They felt a little affectionate and couldn't help but get excited.

Jia Huan held Caixia's pretty face in his hands, and regardless of her laughter and struggle, he bit the rouge on her lips, until they stuck together and could not be torn apart.

One hand tore her jacket into disarray and reached into her underwear to touch her most attractive part.

In the dim warehouse, suppressed and rapid breathing sounds were heard.

...

Since Mrs. Wang lost her position as the legitimate wife of the second wife, she has moved to the East Courtyard. Her residence is not as spacious as before, and her mind has also become more narrow and selfish than before.

I heard that the West Palace purchased a large amount of rice and allocated a portion of it to the East Courtyard. I always felt that the Second House was getting inferior goods and was worried that they were being cheated by the West Palace officials.

He took Yuchuan to the storehouse to check the newly-arrived grain. The storehouse was where items were stored, and it was located in a wind-proof and sun-proof place in the inner courtyard, some distance away from ordinary houses.

Mrs. Wang walked for a while with Yuchuan and arrived near the storehouse. She saw from afar that the storehouse door was closed but not locked from the outside.

She felt a little unhappy, thinking that Caixia was becoming more and more careless. After loading the rice into the warehouse, she didn't even lock the door. She was really stupid.

Mrs. Wang took two more steps and suddenly saw an emerald sachet on the side of the road. Her heart skipped a beat.

Because Jia Huan had been copying the Diamond Sutra in her room for the past two days, Mrs. Wang recognized that it was something Jia Huan carried with him and there was no way she would be mistaken.

She looked at the closed door of the warehouse again, and doubts were already filling her mind.

She was born into a wealthy family and married into a wealthy duke's family. She spent her whole life in the inner chambers and heard many stories of the affairs of wealthy men and women.

How could one not think of some erotic scenes that might take place in the warehouse with its doors tightly closed?

Her face suddenly darkened, and she stopped involuntarily and said, "Yuchuan, go back and ask Aunt Chen for the warehouse account book. I want to review the inventory items."

Yuchuan quickly agreed and turned back to get the account book. Mrs. Wang waited until she was far away before taking two steps forward and picking up the sachet on the ground.

She carefully distinguished the style and workmanship of the sachet and the smell of the spices contained therein, and was sure that it was undoubtedly Jia Huan's.

It happened that Caixia went to the warehouse to do some work, and Jia Huan's sachet was left near the warehouse. There is no such coincidence in the world.

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The maid Caixia and Jia Huan have always had contact with each other. How could a powerful woman like Mrs. Wang not notice it?

She never exposed the matter and pretended that she knew nothing about it. She just condoned it intentionally.

Although Jia Huan was born out of wedlock, he was also a legitimate son of the Rong state and the biological son of his master.

Although there is a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children in the mansion, Jia Huan is the only one who can share the family property with Baoyu.

Even though the concubine's son received a limited share of the family property, the Rongguo Mansion was not a cornucopia of treasures piled high up in the mountains and seas. A little bit would be a little less, but a mosquito leg was still meat.

In addition, Aunt Zhao was very much favored by Jia Zheng, and although Mrs. Wang did not show it on the surface, she had been on guard in her heart for a long time.

If you want to ruin a young master in a big mansion, the best way is to let him get close to women early on. This will not only ruin his body, but also his temperament early on.

In a wealthy family like the Rongguo Mansion, there are young maids serving everywhere, so it is the most convenient to do this kind of thing and it is easiest to find no fault with it.

Mrs. Wang had long noticed that Caixia and Jia Huan were having an affair, but she had been watching coldly, allowing the two to fool around in private.

She had four maids, and giving up one of them to accomplish this was a very worthwhile thing for Mrs. Wang.

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Back when she was still the mistress of Rongguo Mansion, she already had this sinister idea and had already laid the groundwork for this hidden move.

If Jia Huan were a little older, he would be able to cause chaos in the inner chambers. The charge of raping his mother's maid would be enough to ruin the reputation of this bastard.

With my master's stern temper, even if he didn't beat the beast to death or drive him out of the house, he would definitely hate him from then on.

From then on, no one among the young men of the second branch of the Jia family, whose name was "Yu", could compete with Baoyu, and this really made Mrs. Wang satisfied.

...

Now the situation has changed drastically. The Second Branch has fallen into obscurity and has become a branch of the Rongguo Mansion. Mrs. Wang feels that the Second Branch has become extremely embarrassed and is uneasy day and night because of this.

The eldest son Jia Cong has seized all the family property, and the property that her son Baoyu will be able to share in the future has become very meager and thin. She is afraid that even her wealth and status may not be guaranteed.

In such a difficult situation, she and her concubine's daughter Tanchun had a falling out. In the past two months, Tanchun has not returned to the East Courtyard, and a rift has arisen between mother and daughter.

Jia Huan is San Yatou's biological brother. After this incident, will she still help Baoyu in the future instead of supporting her own brother?
If she took advantage of Cong'er's status as the head of the family to pull her own brother forward, Jia Huan would probably climb over Baoyu in the future.

Mrs. Wang absolutely does not want to see this kind of result. Her Baoyu must not fall into such a situation!

Therefore, she took the private calculations she had made in the Rongguo Mansion in her heart even more when she arrived at the East Courtyard, waiting for the day when something would happen and she would eliminate a scourge for herself and Baoyu.

Mrs. Wang held Jia Huan's sachet in her hand, her face becoming increasingly gloomy. She felt a sense of pleasure that her plan had succeeded, and she couldn't help but walk lightly into the guest room.

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In the storehouse, Caixia was coaxed by Jia Huan with a piece of yam and date paste cake, and they bit his lips and nibbled his rouge, and flirted with each other.

She was an inexperienced woman and could not withstand such a scene. The spacious and dark warehouse made her have lustful thoughts and she let down her guard in a moment.

Although Jia Huan was still a teenager, he had been hanging out with maids since he was a child and had already vaguely known about the affairs of the bedroom.

When I was studying in the clan school, there were some older playboys in the school who enjoyed talking about the promiscuous behavior of men and women in private.

Jia Huan had heard countless such erotic stories, and he was even familiar with the secret erotic sachets that were passed down in the market.

Seeing that Caixia had stopped struggling, he became even bolder and more presumptuous. Based on what he had seen and heard in the past, he panted like a cow, loosened his own belt, and lifted up her skirt.

Ignoring Caixia's pleas, a surge of blood rushed up his spine, and trembling with fear, he mustered up his courage and pressed the person down on the rice bag.

Caixia was so frightened that her hands and feet became limp. She had no strength to struggle and could not stop Jia Huan from tormenting her.

The only thing she could do was to cover her mouth tightly with both hands, for fear that even the slightest sound would be heard and leaked out, she would lose her life.

They are all inexperienced people, just like children who have gone astray, not knowing the way home, not knowing the right method, and just rushing forward blindly.

Just as the two were absorbed in their passion and forgetting everything else, time passed by and neither of them noticed a figure approaching through the door and window of the guest room.

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Mrs. Wang was a little hesitant at first, but finally she couldn't resist the evil thoughts in her heart and hoped that what she had planned would come true one day.

As she approached the storehouse door, even though Caixia tried her best to suppress her voice and Jia Huan did not dare to speak loudly, Mrs. Wang still heard heavy breathing and sobbing.

She was a woman who had just come here, so she knew what these two people were doing and she felt extremely ashamed and angry.

His own Baoyu suffers from impotence. He has been taking medicine for several months, but there is still no improvement. His bedroom is empty and he cannot have sex.

How could Jia Huan, this bastard born of a concubine, be so wanton and arrogant that he even abused his own maid behind her back? This is simply outrageous!
The jealousy and anger in Mrs. Wang's heart seemed to drive her mad. She raised her hand to push open the door and expose this scandal in the inner courtyard.

Afterwards, I must make the news known so that my master can deal with me severely.

According to the family rules, the maid Caixia must be beaten to death!

Jia Huan raped his mother's maid and disregarded human ethics, thus ruining his life and future. He also sacrificed a maid, which was considered the fulfillment of his long-term plan.

Just as she raised her hand to push the door, before her palm touched the door panel, she suddenly shuddered all over, as if she thought of something, and her raised hand froze in the air.

Her eyes flickered, and no one knew what she was thinking. She just raised her hand in the air, clenched it slightly, and then put it down.

Then he stepped back a few steps and quietly left the warehouse, as if he was afraid of disturbing the pair of wild mandarin ducks inside, whose shape was quite strange.

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Mrs. Wang had not walked a few steps when she saw Yuchuan walking towards her quickly with an account book in her hand.

He said, "Madam, I have already fetched the account book from the storeroom."

Mrs. Wang said, "I feel a little unwell. Please help me go back to my room to rest first. I will come back to check the warehouse next time."

After hearing this, Yuchuan felt a little strange. The lady's face was flushed, so why was she feeling uncomfortable?

But she was a servant, and when Mrs. Wang asked her to go back and rest, she naturally wouldn't say anything.

The two turned and walked away. The door of the warehouse behind them remained tightly closed, as if nothing had happened. (End of this chapter)