The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 142 The oriole is behind
Zhang Yunyi left the front hall and was heading this way, but he met a maid who was delivering a message halfway, so his time was naturally reduced.

He came here for Ping'er, so naturally he looked at her first.

Because she had just toasted everyone and was touched by Li Wan, her already carefully done makeup looked even more dishevelled.

It was just this bit of messiness, embarrassment, and hidden shyness that was just right, which made his heart beat fast.

However, the current occasion was not right, so he had to suppress his thoughts temporarily and bowed to everyone.

Li Wan, who had been acting flamboyantly just now, now seemed to have been silenced. She just put on a smile and returned the greeting.

Wang Xifeng was angry that she had ruined her plans, and was unwilling to let her off easily. She said with a smile, "Oh! Just now, Brother Yi was not here, and you two sisters-in-law kept mumbling. How come you have become mute now?"

Li Wan couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb when the conversation came to this. She quickly picked up the wine glass, stood up tremblingly and said, "Brother Lao Yi, thank you for taking care of Lan Er. I toast you a glass!"

Zhang Yunyi was stunned, then he remembered Youshi's reminder before, and then he realized that she took his courtesy as a hint.

There is no loss anyway. According to the book, Jia Lan should be the most promising younger generation of the Jia family. I am not misleading or deceiving him. I am just doing him a favor. There is no need to explain.

He took the wine glass Ping'er handed over, drank a glass, and said, "I think everything else about him is fine, but he is a little weak. Don't be too strict when he studies on weekdays, and let him exercise appropriately."

It's pitiful to see the love of parents in the world. In addition, just now in the front hall, I saw that Jia Lan neither went to the flower hall nor hung around with the women in the backyard. He was indeed very different from Jia Baoyu, and I had a good impression of him.

Li Wan was surprised and happy when she heard that. She didn't expect that when she toasted him with a glass of wine, she actually made another suggestion.

But at the same time, when he heard him mention Jia Lan's health, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

However, before she could ask, Wang Xifeng had already spoken: "If I hadn't asked my sister-in-law to send someone to invite you, I'm afraid you wouldn't have bothered to come if the old lady and the mistress weren't here. I say Brother Yi should drink three glasses of wine as punishment!"

She waited for Zhang Yunyi to turn his head to look at her, but then she turned her head to look at Ping'er and said calmly: "Why don't you go and serve Brother Yi... pour him some wine!"

Others thought she was just trying to stir up trouble and made her drink a penalty, but Zhang Yunyi understood what she meant.

Since Wang Xifeng was so knowledgeable and tactful, he naturally would not offend her.

He didn't drink much in the front yard. He watched Ping'er fill her glass while raising his cup and said, "I was planning to come here after the socializing outside, but I ran into the maid who came to deliver the message. However, since my sister-in-law has said so, Yun Yi will obey your order!"

Wang Xifeng has always been very concerned about her reputation, and these words greatly satisfied her vanity.

At the same time, seeing that he would obey me as soon as I gave him a little hint, I felt more confident about what would happen next.

Having gained both face and benefits, she naturally would not cause trouble for Zhang Yunyi.

After Zhang Yunyi finished three glasses of wine, she said no more.

Zhang Yunyi had no intention of staying and bowed slightly to Li Wan, Sanchun and others.

His eyes were fixed on Yingchun, who had her head buried in front of him. He paused for a moment and then said, "Sisters-in-law and sisters, please eat slowly. I am a little tired now, so I will go back and rest first."

"Brother Yi, since you are tired, go back and rest!"

There was no reason for the female relatives to stay.

After he left the side hall, Wang Xifeng winked at Ping'er.

Then, he shouted at her in shock: "Look at how messy you are. Go find a place to clean it up!"

Ping Er hurriedly lowered her head and saw that her body was a little messy from being scratched by Li Wan. She quickly dropped the wine pot, apologized, and fled. When she left the side hall, she saw Zhang Yunyi had already walked to the hanging flower gate, and hurriedly chased after him.

Now, Zhang Yunyi was no longer worried about the servants in the Ning Mansion gossiping. As for Xiangling and others, he had no intention of hiding it. Since Ping'er knew where he was going, there was no need for him to stay.

But Ping'er didn't understand the situation and couldn't save face, so she refused several times.

Fortunately, Wang Xifeng learned from Zhang Yunyi last time that there was a hidden world under the rockery, which gave her an idea.

Noticing Ping'er was chasing him, Zhang Yunyi stopped and wanted to take her back.

Unexpectedly, when she was still a few meters away, she heard Ping'er whisper, "Master, please go to the rockery where Madam arranged to meet you last time. I will come later."

Now that Youshi had found a clear path, she had not tried this kind of wild fun for a long time. It was already late autumn, so there was no need to worry about mosquito bites. Zhang Yunyi knew that she was shy, so he acquiesced.

In order to avoid being seen, Ping'er was not in a hurry to catch up, but lingered in front of the door for a while.

Unexpectedly, this waiting gave someone with ulterior motives an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Just now it happened in the side hall, in front of Wang Xifeng and others. Now that Ping'er went out to clean up, Li Wan felt that she had found an opportunity.

As soon as Ping'er left the door, she stood up and said, "I've drunk too much. I'm going out for a while..."

After saying that, he ran out the door in a hurry without saying goodbye to anyone.

Wang Xifeng had seen the previous scene, and seeing that she had already walked around the screen, she was afraid that she would pester Ping'er and ruin her good deeds, so she quickly stood up and said, "I'm afraid the eldest sister-in-law has eaten too much, I'd better go and accompany her!"

Unexpectedly, before she could finish her words, a Cheng Yaojin suddenly appeared.

Youshi had already caught her and said with a smile, "We are here to do some work in our house today, so how can we trouble Second Madam Lian? If anyone wants to accompany you, I should be the one to do it."

When she saw that Li Wan found an excuse to get away shortly after Zhang Yun逸 left, she became even more convinced that there was something going on between the two of them. She stopped her because she was worried that Wang Xifeng would go out and see what was going on.

Wang Xifeng did not have such considerations. As long as Li Wan was held back by Youshi, she would have no chance to disturb Ping'er and Zhang Yunyi. She was happy to have some free time.

When Youshi left the side hall, she saw that Li Wan did not stay in the courtyard, but went out of the hanging flower gate instead.

She was still a little worried and followed behind her all the way. When she saw her pass through the hall and enter the archery range of Tianxiang Tower, she had no more doubts in her heart.

While he hurried back, he was racking his brains to think how to cover up for the two of them.

Since she had a secret meeting with Zhang Yunyi, she would definitely not be able to come back for a while.

So he returned to the side hall and said with a smile, "Thanks to our Second Madam Lian for reminding us that her eldest sister-in-law was really drunk. Now I have arranged for her to sleep in my room. Let's ignore her and let her sleep for a while. I will go and wake her up later."

The three sisters were all girls, so they didn't expect that. Although Wang Xifeng felt it was inappropriate, she was worried that she would create more problems than she had hoped.

This reminds people of Ping'er's disappearance for no reason, so he pretended to be confused.

Unexpectedly, Jia Lan in the front yard had finished his meal and was bored, so he ran to find Li Wan and planned to go back to read.

Yu had to temporarily play the role of mother and settled him in the study in the front yard.

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(End of this chapter)