The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 291 Arrangement
Zhang Yun逸 really didn't think that Jia She had just suffered a loss, but instead of repenting, he was plotting against him again.

Although there is enough evidence in hand to make the Rong family cautious, there is no reason to sit on someone's head and shit on him, forcing him into a desperate situation.

Some things, as long as they are not brought to the table, can be treated as a deaf and dumb, but once they really come to light, it will only make both parties lose face.

Therefore, he did not take advantage of the situation and treat Rong Mansion as his own backyard by relying on the document.

Of course, secretly, he had already regarded the fish pond next door as his own.

There is naturally a difference between having someone to rely on and having no one to rely on.

That day, he instructed Youshi, "Send someone to guard the corner gate of the garden next door. I have already told them that we will guard this gate from now on. The people over there will withdraw now!"

"Have their people retreated?" Yu said in disbelief.

"Yes! I've told the old lady. Please make it clear to the gatekeepers later. Guard against men only, not women. Sisters-in-law and the girls, don't ask any questions. Just let them go. Stop Baoyu for me!"

It takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. The beating Jia Baoyu received was quite severe, but two months later he was able to walk again.

Zhang Yunyi originally wanted to add an extra layer of protection for the corner gate, so he used the excuse of making it easier for Yingchun and Siqi to move around and directly asked Lady Jia to withdraw the men.

When she heard that Fang Nan was not afraid of women, You Shi understood what he meant and did not dare to ask more questions.

Qingwen, who was serving on the side, was startled for a moment, then suddenly stiffened her neck and said, "Although I have served there before, I have no personal relationship with Master Bao. If you don't trust me, you can just send me away. Why do you have to guard against me like a thief?"

The country is easy to change and the nature is difficult to change.

When she first came over, she was still careful, but as time went on, her explosive personality returned.

"Little girl, how can you talk like that?" Youshi scolded quickly.

Zhang Yunyi raised his hand to interrupt Youshi, and said calmly, "Master never doubts his own people! Stopping him is not stopping you. If you want to go to the garden next door to hang out, Master will not stop you. You know the underwear that Master designed for you. If someone accidentally sees it when it is hung out to dry, what will happen?"

"Master! It's my fault. I shouldn't have doubted you..."

Qingwen gets angry quickly and admits her mistakes quickly.

Zhang Yunyi didn't care, and was even happy to see him make mistakes. He just nodded and said calmly, "That's enough! I have always been clear about rewards and punishments. This time it's a violation of the oral discipline. Just accept the punishment tonight!"

He said it lightly, but Qingwen's face turned red all of a sudden.

Arrogant people are often not good at flattery.

Especially since Zhang Yun逸 was not someone who could be served by one person, Qingwen felt a little embarrassed every time he wanted to change his ways.

He seized upon the weaknesses in Qingwen's character and prescribed the right remedy for her situation. Whenever she offended him, he would give her a small punishment or a severe warning at night, and it always worked.

Due to her sister-in-law's status and the fact that she was pregnant and could not be concealed, although Youshi occasionally went to Tianxiang Tower and Doufengxuan to satisfy her cravings, she never stayed overnight in Dengxian Pavilion.

She was not clear about the whole thing. But after listening to Zhang Yunyi's words, seeing Ruizhu covering her mouth and laughing, and Qingwen blushing, how could she not understand?
This and that inevitably brought up some inappropriate emotions, and I kept looking under the table as if I was greedy and hungry.

Ruizhu knew the inside story very well. Seeing Qingwen's blushing face, she pulled her over and said, "Let's go sit with the young lady. We can come back to clean up after the master goes to the government office!"

Qingwen was feeling embarrassed, so she lowered her head and eyes, and half-reluctantly followed Ruizhu to Tianxiang Tower.

As soon as the two men left, Zhang Yunyi pulled Youshi to his side, moved his buttocks to make room for half of the stool, put his arms around her slender waist, and sat down next to her.

Then, he put his arm around her back, touched her belly and rubbed it twice, then said, "In another two months, I'm afraid that the pregnancy will be obvious. Let Yu Lu handle the things in the front yard if possible, and ask Keqing to help with the things in the back."

"Hey! Actually, it wasn't that noticeable at first. Plus, it was already fall, and by the time the belly got really big, it would have been winter. As long as it was covered well, it wouldn't be noticeable."

It is said that men love power, but women are the same.

Needless to say, Wang Xifeng, after having tasted the power of housekeeper, Youshi was reluctant to give it up.

Of course, this is also due to her embarrassing identity.

Zhang Yunyi did not point it out, but only asked: "How is the expansion of the hot spring villa going?"

When the hot spring villa was built last year, due to time constraints, the scale was not large enough to accommodate Qin Keqing and the two sisters of the You family.

This year, as soon as spring came, he gave the order for the expansion work.

"According to Yun Yi's instructions, we added a few more rooms to the original courtyard, and added two more courtyards of similar size on the slope. However, the space on the slope is a little more compact, and with the addition of many more houses, the two hot spring pools are slightly smaller than the original one."

Taking into account that he would have to bring the girls and grandmothers of the Rong Mansion there in the future, he specially built two independent courtyards adjacent to the courtyard at the bottom of the slope.

In this way, it seems that he and his maids and concubines live independently, and the girls also have their own separate courtyards.

You can also arrange for Youshi, Qin Keqing, Wang Xifeng and others to live together. At least, outsiders can't see any problems on the surface, which can be regarded as sufficient superficial work.

"It doesn't matter if the pool is a little crowded, the key is that the house must be big enough for people to live in!"

The large size of the pond is not always an advantage. During the Spring Festival, he played hide-and-seek with his eyes blindfolded, but he couldn't find anyone after searching for a long time.

On the contrary, the girls' quarters needed some separation to make it easier for him to attack them one by one.

He had already explained the guidelines, and Youshi hurriedly replied, "Don't worry about this. Although the place is not very spacious and can only be built next to each other, the places where the girls live are all independent courtyards."

Speaking of being close, she couldn't help but twist her waist and hips and move closer to Zhang Yunyi.

She already had a curvy figure, and now that she was pregnant, although she didn't show her pregnancy, her figure had become even plumper.

Zhang Yunyi felt the heavy scratch and his hand unconsciously reached down from his waist and abdomen.

Holding the stool that was not fully occupied, Hunyuan said with a smile: "Tell Yu Lu to go over there and urge them to come. When winter comes, your place will be too crowded to cover up. We can move over there and live there for a few months. It will be a good opportunity to free up Huifang Garden and renovate it."

Times have changed, and Ningguo Mansion is now under his name.

The front yard has been renovated and preparations have begun.

Although the mansion could not be said to be in a state of disrepair, it was several decades old after all. He also felt it was unlucky since Jia Zhen had lived there. Besides, the Jia family ancestral hall had moved to the east wing of the Rong Mansion, and it was time to move the ancestral tablets of the Zhang family over there, so it had to be cleaned up.

So, he simply renovated everything inside and out to get rid of the bad luck.

Although Huifang Garden was built later, it gradually became inadequate as the number of wives, concubines and maids increased.

And we need to reserve some space for the children, so we have to expand the house.

Take the pavilion built on the mountain as an example. Not only does it have only three rooms on the upper floor, but they are also connected together.

The room in the middle was used as the main hall, with Xiangling and Feng having one room on each side. The children didn't even have their own room.

It was only because Feng took the trouble to put the child in her room that they were able to move over.

The same situation exists in Doufengxuan and Dengxian Pavilion, and only Tianxiang Tower is relatively spacious.

Therefore, he planned to take the opportunity to move to the hot spring villa outside the city and expand the courtyards at the same time.

Of course, this is just one factor.

Otherwise, it would be feasible to wait until the front yard is renovated and then move it around.

The preparations for the study of immortality are almost complete now. It's enough for the first batch of students, but they also need to lay a foundation in literacy and arithmetic.

But teaching like Lai Shangrong requires him to give some guidance first.

Since the educational policy of Xianxue is to combine theory with practice, an experimental base is indispensable.

In addition, most of the students enrolled in the school were children of craftsmen, so it was very inconvenient to run the school in the city.

So, he simply chose a school outside the city, not far from the glass factory.

On the one hand, it makes it convenient for poor children to go to school; on the other hand, the winter is very cold, and being close to the factory is a good opportunity to utilize the abundant heat energy to build a heating system.

After all, most of these children are from poor families with limited means of keeping warm. If there is no heating, they can't even get their hands out.

It was also because of this that he thought of installing a heating system in his own mansion.

He really disliked the name of Conglu Hall to the north of the ancestral hall, so he simply demolished it and turned it into a boiler room.

The above are just internal factors, while the external factors are from the Rong Mansion.

Although the principle of eating more and taking less was set, since Wang Xifeng planned to leave offspring, she couldn't keep fooling around like this.

Therefore, hiding for a few months is also helpful in observing the situation.

In addition, in order to get Lady Jia to sign the agreement, he also promised to let Yingchun marry into the family. The last time they went to discuss the matter of Jiaomen, although Lady Jia did not express it explicitly, Zhang Yunyi still saw that she seemed to be interested in letting him flirt with Yuanchun in front of the emperor.

He didn't want to get involved in this matter, nor did he want to reveal his true identity in front of Lady Jia so quickly, so temporarily moving to the hot spring villa could kill two birds with one stone.

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(End of this chapter)