The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 350 An Unquiet Night

While Lady Jia was trying every possible way to avoid embarrassment, some people were cheering for it.

When Jia She returned to the East Courtyard, he could not hide his joy and said to Madam Xing, "What do you think the old lady meant today?"

"What else can it mean?" Madam Xing said unhappily, "I think she is just partial to the second wife and loves the eldest daughter!"

"You figured it out too?" Jia She was not angry but delighted, and said, "This saves me from having to make excuses!"

Being threatened by Zhang Yun逸 with evidence of his crime and forced to sign a document to sell his daughter, he was worried about how to explain it to Lady Jia.

At this point, he began to doubt and pondered, "Do you think it was Brother Yi who told the old lady about that matter, which is why this happened today?"

"This... If you ask me, who should I ask?"

"Of course I told you to ask him. Are you going to expose your shortcomings and ask the old lady?"

"This...what's there to ask? Since the old lady has this intention, she will come to us sooner or later." Mrs. Xing couldn't help but cross her legs and shirked the responsibility.

On that day, Zhang Yun逸 wanted to teach Jia She a lesson. Not only did he act like a senior master in front of her, he also instructed her to report the humiliation she had suffered truthfully.

After all, Jia She suffered a loss in silence, and even if he swallowed his anger, he still had some resentment in his heart.

But now he was sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth and asking her to find Zhang Yunyi. She couldn't help but suspect that Jia She was testing her.

"What do you mean there's nothing to ask? The master asked you to ask, so there must be some other reason!"

"You can't do that! Last time we suffered such a big loss, and he repeatedly warned you to take it as a warning and not to have any evil ideas again. Why do you still want to provoke him?"

"Who said that I was going to provoke him?" Jia She slammed the table and frowned, "I asked you to do something, but you refused to do it. If it weren't for..."

At this point, he stood up from his chair, looked Madam Xing up and down, and walked around her, saying in amazement: "I didn't expect that Brother Yi, at such a young age, would actually like you!"

Madam Xing felt uneasy when he looked at her, and when he brought up the past, she cried out, "Master! I was forced to do this! He...he...he..."

"Hey!" Jia She interrupted with a wave of his hand, "The master doesn't blame you, he just asked you to help him find out!"

"You...you're not going to hit on him again, are you?"

"How could that be?" Jia She hurriedly explained, "Although we can't attack him, there is a lot we can do with the old lady!"

Mrs. Xing said thoughtfully: "You mean..."

"If he hadn't mentioned the matter of the second girl to the old lady, the master would have used this as an excuse to bargain with the old lady!"

The more he spoke, the more excited he became. He could hardly hide his complacency and said, "Then he can legitimately take the second girl as his concubine, and the master can also get some benefits from the old lady. It's killing two birds with one stone. Why not do it?"

Mrs. Xing no longer suspected that he was testing her, and said unhappily, "What do you mean by killing two birds with one stone? He has the written evidence of your daughter's sale in his hand, and it's a done deal. Do you dare to go back on your word? Why would he team up with you to plot against the old lady?"

"Otherwise, why would the master ask you to go?"

Jia She said with a wicked smile: "Since he has that preference, you can just cater to his preferences and use all your unbridled means. He is young and full of energy, how can he control himself? When the time comes, you can use soft and hard tactics to serve him well, so why worry that he will not help you?"

Seeing that he was so shameless, not only did he not feel ashamed, but he was complacent, Madam Xing laughed angrily and said, "Then why don't you give me some advice, Master, on how to make him feel comfortable!"

Jia She did not take it as an offense. He narrowed his eyes, pondered for a long time, and then smiled and said, "I think he is not so hungry that he will eat anything. Most likely, he is attracted by your status as the eldest wife. You might as well work hard in this regard..."

Madam Xing spat secretly, thinking that Zhang Yunyi was a connoisseur. But she said, "Then I will ask him to make the eldest master a real master. Are you satisfied?"

"Right, right, right! Go back to your room and think about it carefully. Go there early tomorrow morning. If you can hook that boy's soul and make him think about you all the time, it will be the best!"

Jia She stroked his beard and said shamelessly: "When a happy event comes, the spirit is high. Master, I will go and have a drink now!"

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This was destined to be an uneasy night. Needless to say, Mrs. Wang was extremely worried.

Yuanyang, who was in the side room of Lady Jia's courtyard, was also tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Amber, who lived in the same room, heard the noise, sat up wrapped in the quilt, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Sister Yuanyang!"

"Little girl, what should I congratulate you for?" Yuanyang hurriedly turned his back to the wall.

Amber smiled and said, "From what the old lady said today, it's clear that she intends to marry the eldest daughter to Master Yi. The old lady said that she wants my sister to marry with the eldest daughter in the future, so shouldn't I congratulate my sister for getting what she wished for?"

Jia's mother had previously intended to have Yuanyang marry into the royal palace with Yuanchun, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Therefore, she often talked about what would happen when she went to the palace in the future, and naturally she could not hide it from Amber, who also served beside Lady Jia.

She had been thinking about Yuanyang's job and thought Yuanchun's marriage was in vain and she would most likely have difficulty getting married, but she didn't expect that there would be a ray of hope.

When she took Lin Daiyu back to Beijing, she saw some of Yuanyang's thoughts, and she deliberately brought it up in front of Yuanyang.

Yuanyang didn't care about being shy, and quickly wrapped herself in the quilt, sat up, and shouted: "You girl, what nonsense are you talking about? This is not something we can say!"

Amber said disapprovingly, "The old lady herself has said that she wants my sister and the eldest daughter to be the dowry. What else can't be said? If the eldest daughter wanted to marry the prince, she would have to be more discreet. Now that we can kill two birds with one stone, why should we hide it?"

Yuanyang was afraid that she would go out and gossip about something, so she quickly scolded her, "What do you know? Originally, the old lady was worried that there were too many things to do in the palace, and the eldest lady and Baoqin couldn't handle it, so she sent me over. Now it's hard to say!"

This was also the reason why she had trouble falling asleep. Although Lady Jia had said before that she should follow Yuanchun as a dowry, the situation was different now and she couldn't help but worry about gains and losses.

After she said that, Amber couldn't help but worry. If Yuanyang missed the chance to get a dowry, she would have no chance to take her place.

"Let me tell you, the things happening in the East Palace may not be less than those in the Prince's Palace! Besides, if the young lady goes to the Prince's Palace, she will only be a concubine, but if she goes to the East Palace, she will be the mistress..."

She made a solemn promise, and while cheering for Yuanyang and herself, she also gave advice: "Even if the old lady didn't have this plan, as long as Master Yi opened his mouth, would the old lady still refuse his face?"

At this point, she suddenly remembered something and said in surprise, "Oh, right! Does Master Yi understand my sister's feelings?"

When Yuanyang heard her words, he couldn't help but recall the scene of them supporting each other on a snowy day, and for a moment his mind wandered.

Hearing her ask this question suddenly, he immediately said with a guilty conscience: "You! What are you talking about? I... I just think that Master Yi is not an ordinary person, not as bad as you say!"

She was afraid that Amber would pester her endlessly, so she lay down on the bed and said, "Okay! It's late at night. If you don't sleep now, you might not be able to get up tomorrow!"

After saying that, he pulled the quilt up and covered his head.

Amber pursed her lips, looked at Yuanyang for a while, then shrank back into the quilt unwillingly.

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(End of this chapter)