The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 32 Gossip
Although she tossed and turned for most of the night, Wang Xifeng's biological clock was not disrupted.

The next day, she got up early in the morning, washed and combed her hair, then sat in front of the dressing table and began to put on makeup in front of the bronze mirror.

Ping'er also took the opportunity to come behind her and help comb her hair.

After fiddling with it for half an hour, she finally got the bun done, and then she inserted the five-phoenix hairpin with pearls on it.

Afterwards, with Ping'er's help, she put on the clothes she had taken out last night, tied the bean green palace belt, put on the double-balanced rose pendant, and put on the necklace.

He spread his arms and turned around, then nodded with satisfaction.

Ping Er saw that she was dressed in brilliant embroidery, radiant with beauty, like a goddess, and reminded her, "Second Master is not at home, isn't it a bit too eye-catching for Madam to dress like this?"

"Pah!" Wang Xifeng spat, "How I dress depends on whether he's at home or not."

"This is not what I mean..."

Seeing Ping'er bow her head and admit her fault, Wang Xifeng realized that she had gone too far, so she stopped nagging and explained, "It's rare that the old lady is happy and in the mood to go outing to the garden. He's just not at home, not dead. If I dress as plainly as my eldest sister-in-law, wouldn't I annoy the old lady?"

Grandmother Jia really liked the glamour and bustle, so Ping'er didn't doubt her explanation.

After breakfast, the two of them rushed to the three-room building to arrange the travel vehicle and all necessary items. After everything was ready, they went to Lady Jia's courtyard to report.

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Not to mention that the whole family in Rongguo Mansion was busy setting off, but in Ningguo Mansion, Zhang Yunyi did not get up early like before.

He had just finished washing up. Thanks to Youshi's help, he already knew last night that Lady Jia would come to visit the garden today, so he took some time off.

Anyone who has read A Dream of Red Mansions knows that Lady Jia is obsessed with looks, and all the maids around her are outstanding. Xiren and Qingwen beside Jia Baoyu, and Zijuan beside Lin Daiyu are all from her room.

He couldn't help but want to try and see if he could get some benefits.

Although his relationship with Lady Jia is not as close as the other two, after more than a month, he is no longer the unknown mascot during the New Year.

After more than half a month of busy work, sugar has gone into production. Although glass-related work has not yet started, it was because he deliberately delayed it.

Kubuqi Salt Lake is located in the north. Although caravans can reach it for trade, he has no trusted people at his disposal.

It's not that he hadn't thought about selecting people from the Ning Mansion, but given Jia Zhen's temperament, if he really used someone from the Ning Mansion, he would definitely do something behind his back and enrich himself.

He didn't mind giving Jia Zhen some benefits, but he had to distinguish the priorities. Taking the initiative to find someone from Ning Mansion would not only fail to make him grateful, but would easily breed greed.

Soda ash accounts for 10% to 20% of the raw materials of glass. The profit must be considerable, so we need to be cautious.

"Master, do you want to do morning exercises now?"

Ruizhu originally thought that he got up late today and was probably trying to be lazy. Just as she was about to put breakfast on the table, she saw Zhang Yunyi walking out of the building and hurriedly chased after him.

"Come back and eat." Zhang Yunyi waved his hand while jogging.

Baozhu, who was standing opposite, heard the noise and slid out of Tianxiang Tower. She asked curiously, "Master, do you do this every day?"

"Not only that! There are also night runs at night!" Without waiting for Ruizhu to answer, several little girls beside the ear room laughed.

"It's strange, ever since I started running at night, the wild cat has stopped barking."

"That's right! I was afraid to go out in the dark at night, but now that he's gone, we don't have to chase him out again."

Baozhu ignored their gossip, grabbed Ruizhu's hand, entered the Dengxian Pavilion, and said meaningfully: "Master seems to have gotten up a little late today!"

"Well! He said he wasn't going to the government office today."

Baozhu looked Ruizhu up and down, lowered her voice, and asked cryptically, "Did the master call you into the room to serve him last night?"

"Ah?" Ruizhu was startled for a moment, then she came to her senses, her cheeks flushed as she said, "Sir, I am a humble gentleman, this is absolutely not the case, please don't talk nonsense."

"Why are you shy? We were asked to follow Master just to serve in the room?" Baozhu said disapprovingly, "Besides, grandma also said that although Master understands your difficulties, you can't just take care of yourself and ask me to remind you when I have time!"

She was not completely talking nonsense. Zhang Yunyi got up late today, and Baozhu suspected that he had overworked last night, so she volunteered to come and inquire about the situation.

However, Qin Keqing had no idea how to respond to such a thing and could only remain silent. Baozhu simply assumed that she acquiesced.

"How is this possible?" Ruizhu was a little unconvinced. "After all, we are the ones who have served grandma. If it was the master's order, it would be fine, but why would grandma..."

"Why would I lie to you?" Seeing Ruizhu didn't believe her, Baozhu swore, "Grandma also said that it is the most difficult to keep a secret in bed. Other things are fine, but if Master knew about that, she would have no face to live."

"Grandma, don't you believe me? I...why would I tell you all those private things about grandma? I'm going to go find grandma right now. If she doesn't believe me, I'll die to prove my innocence..."

As she was about to leave, Baozhu grabbed her and said, "Don't you think about why grandma didn't tell you herself, but asked me to tell you? If you go to her now, won't it make her even more embarrassed? Grandma is also grateful, and she doesn't want you to help her, and then have to avoid suspicion and suffer."

She became more and more excited as she spoke, and said angrily: "Besides, Master is a relative of the mansion, and there is a layer of distance between him and Grandma. There are some things that Grandma cannot speak directly to. We, as servants, should consider it more and cannot always wait for orders."

"It's my fault for not letting you come."

These words were well-reasoned and Ruizhu couldn't help but feel ashamed. She said weakly, "Then...then according to you, how can I help grandma?"

Hearing Ruizhu lamenting that she was not chosen, Baozhu could not help but feel a little disappointed, but thinking of Qin Keqing's promise, she quickly pulled herself together and offered a plan: "Now you are the only one serving in the master's room, you must seize this opportunity. If you can climb into the master's bed, who will dare to treat you as a maid in the future? Even if the master is not at home, grandma will not lose her support."

"Climb...climb onto my bed..."

Ruizhu glanced at Baozhu with a guilty look on her face. Just by hearing these words, she felt her face blushing and her heart beating fast, but she didn't know how Baozhu could say them out loud.

However, Baozhu's words also reminded her that Zhang Yunyi had been leaving early and coming back late recently, which was indeed not very safe.

If I have a social event one day and Jia Zhen catches me, I will regret it forever.

However, although she had made up her mind, she was still a little worried and hesitated, "I don't know if the master locks the door when he goes to bed at night."

"Alas!" Baozhu shook her head and said, "Even if you haven't tried those methods of seducing the master, haven't you seen enough of them in the courtyard before? Can't you just learn from them?"

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(End of this chapter)