The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 172 First Meeting with Shi Xiangyun

"Did you bring your luggage?"

While Baochai put on her fur coat, she asked outside.

"Bring it!"

Aunt Xue frowned when she heard this and said, "It's the twelfth month of the year and the New Year is almost over. Why are you bringing your luggage here at this time?"

"Mom is confused! It's because it's the coldest time of the year, so they sent it here! Yun's parents are not here, so she lives with her uncle and aunt. The Shi family is better than her aunt's family, so they burn charcoal like it's free. Shouldn't they send it here to save some money?"

Xue Baochai explained, put on her fur coat, turned around and said, "Mom, cover yourself with the blanket. I'll be right over."

Because the Xue family lived a little far away, she came to Rongqing Hall. Except for Yingchun who was in the east wing and did not rush over after hearing the news, Tanchun, Daiyu, Baoyu and others gathered together.

When Shi Xiangyun saw her, she immediately left everyone behind, shook her hand enthusiastically, and said with a smile, "Sister Bao is finally here!"

Baochai patted her hands, bowed to Lady Jia, and said with a smile, "Don't be in a hurry to go back this time. You have to stay a little longer."

Xiangyun's expression froze for a moment, and she nodded slightly to Baochai, smiling gratefully and saying, "I've brought all the things, and just told the old lady that I'm staying here for a long time this time!"

As she spoke, she pulled Baochai into the crowd and said with a smile, "Just now, Third Sister said that the East Palace has built a glass house, and she is clamoring to choose a day so that we can go and see the wonder together! But Second Brother and Sister Lin are being hypocritical and are making excuses. Sister Bao, please help persuade them!"

"Why bother with all this? Brother Bao listens to Sister Lin the most. If Sister Lin goes, he will definitely follow her. Why bother trying to persuade him?"

Lin Daiyu curled her lips and glared at Jia Baoyu.

Xiangyun clapped her hands and laughed, "Sister Bao is indeed very clever."

She said to Lin Daiyu coquettishly: "Sister Lin, it's rare for me to come here. If I miss it this time, I don't know when I can wait! ~"

Baochai also helped to persuade her, saying, "I just told mother that I wanted to go see Xiangling!"

"Xiangling? Isn't Xiangling from Sister Bao's family..."

Xiangyun was halfway through her words when she felt her hand being pinched. She quickly stopped talking and looked at Baochai in confusion.

Not only her, but Lin Daiyu also heard of it for the first time.

Baochai explained, "You haven't been here for some time, so you didn't know that she is now with Brother Yi."

"Brother Yi?" Xiangyun hesitated for a moment and asked, "But the one who works at Tiangongyuan?"

Upon hearing this, Tanchun glanced at her calmly and frowned slightly.

"Hey! You have some knowledge. You actually know that he is in charge of Tiangong Academy!"

Baochai pinched her nose, quietly changed her duties from serving to being in charge, and said with a smile: "It's just that you are clamoring to see something new, how come you don't know who built this glass house?"

Xiangyun said carelessly, "I have heard my uncle and aunt mention it several times. They said that the late emperor came back to life and it was miraculous. Could it be that he built this glass house?"

After hearing this, Tanchun unconsciously looked at Lady Jia. Seeing her looking at everyone with a smile on her face, she calmed down a little.

Although Xiangyun is a young lady from a marquis's family, her parents are both dead and she is fostered in her uncle's home.

Moreover, the Shi family is not like the Xue and Lin families. They have a wealthy family background and are favored by Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang.

Now that he mentioned Zhang Yunyi's name, one could not help but doubt Xiangyun's purpose of visiting him.

She thought to herself that if the Shi family had such intention, they would most likely have to ask Grandmother Jia to mediate. After all, Xiangyun was a layer away. If there were such signs, Grandmother Jia would not give up her own granddaughter and let Xiangyun get the chance.

So he smiled and said, "You haven't been here for a long time. Brother Yi has been in the East Palace for almost a year."

Jia Baoyu, who was over there, saw that after everyone talked for a few words, their attention shifted to Zhang Yun逸, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable all over.

He said disdainfully, "It's just a glass house. When the garden is built, we can build one inside. Why bother going to the East Palace to see something so rare?"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Xifeng came in from behind the screen and said with a smile, "He made the glass and used it like it was free. We can't be so mean as to argue with him."

As she spoke, she bowed to Lady Jia and said, "I just had someone from the East Palace send some vegetables that are not available this season. They said that Brother Yi grew them in the glass house he built on his farm outside the city. Let the old lady and the ladies have a taste of them."

At this point, Jia Baoyu was speechless. Although it was not impossible for Rong Mansion to build a sunroom, it was not something he could decide on his own accord.

Not to mention, they also use glass houses to grow vegetables.

Xue Baochai and Tanchun had heard about it before and acted relatively calm. Lin Daiyu didn't care about it, but Shi Xiangyun was secretly shocked.

“And you’re using it to grow vegetables?”

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "They say these vegetables are grown for the emperor, but the palace can't eat that much, so we're lucky enough to get some."

The smile on Jia's mother's face became more intense, and she said with a smile: "It's hard for him to be so thoughtful."

The out-of-season vegetables are secondary. The key is this honor, which makes her particularly concerned.

As he was speaking, a message came from outside: "Master Yi is here!"

Hearing this, everyone looked towards the screen at the door.

Just as he finished speaking, Zhang Yunyi walked in with his tall and straight figure, walking like a dragon or a tiger.

He bowed to Lady Jia, then made a bow to the ladies with golden hairpins present.

His eyes stopped at the figure with narrow shoulders, thin waist, wasp waist, monkey back, and crane-like posture.

He asked knowingly, "Who is this sister?"

"Xiangyun meets Brother Yi!"

"This is Miss Shi from the old lady's nephew's family!"

The voices of Xiangyun and Wang Xifeng sounded at the same time.

"It turned out to be Sister Xiangyun!"

Zhang Yunyi was just saying hello.

After the two of them got to know each other, Jia's mother asked, "Didn't you go to the government office today?"

"Just came back from the government office."

Zhang Yunyi pointed to his official uniform and said, "I heard from my sister-in-law that Miss Lin needed ginseng for medicine, so I took one from the inner palace. I don't know if it is suitable for use."

Only at this moment did everyone notice that there were two maids following him, carrying a brocade box.

Wang Xifeng hurriedly called two maids to carry the brocade box to the coffee table in front of Jia's mother's bed. She raised her hand to open the lid of the box and exclaimed exaggeratedly, "This is such a big plant. I'm afraid it must have been hundreds of years old. It must have become a spirit, right?"

Seeing her making such a fuss, everyone quickly moved closer.

Xue Baochai was a connoisseur of what was good, and she explained, "Feng girl is right. Just looking at these reed heads, this plant must be at least a hundred years old..."

She looked at Lin Daiyu with a complicated expression and said, "This ginseng can be used as medicine, even a piece of its beard is enough to keep you alive."

After hearing her say this, Lin Daiyu felt even more embarrassed.

"This... is really too expensive..."

Zhang Yunyi heard that she seemed to be trying to refuse, so he interrupted her and said, "I have something I want to ask you. Although I have read some miscellaneous books, I am not proficient in poetry. Xiangling has always wanted to learn poetry, so I would like to ask you to teach her when you are free. This ginseng will be her apprenticeship gift."

Lin Daiyu was still a little hesitant, but Xiangyun beside her clapped her hands and laughed, "Sister Lin, you can't refuse now. You, the master, have to go!"

Tanchun also stepped forward and said with a smile: "Just now we were discussing going to Brother Yi's glass house to enjoy the snow. This way we can kill two birds with one stone."

Lin Daiyu couldn't refuse now, so she nodded and said, "If she wants to learn poetry, I can probably teach her, but forget about asking her to be my disciple. I'll just wait and see when they can go."

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(End of this chapter)