The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 376 Lantern Festival Gifts
The wife has the duty to take concubines for her husband.

Although Lady Jia was suspected of overstepping her authority, she had informed Yuanchun and had Yuanchun's tacit consent. Even though she had not yet asked Zhang Yunyi's opinion, Lady Jia did not think there was anything wrong with it.

Even if Zhang Yun逸 rejected this kindness, he could at least lay the groundwork for making Yingchun a concubine.

Therefore, within a few days, before Zhang Yunyi came to visit on the Lantern Festival, the news had spread throughout the Rongguo Mansion.

Although Zhang Yun逸 was not the first to know about it, since the matter involved rumors about him, how could Lai Da not report it?
However, since the historian and Lady Jia were so eager to help, he was happy to sit back and reap the benefits.

Therefore, he pretended to be ignorant even though he knew the truth, and even did not go to Rong Mansion, allowing the situation to develop.

It was not until the Lantern Festival and after lunch that he finally came to the Rongguo Mansion with gifts he had prepared in advance.

In Rongqing Hall, Jia's mother, taking advantage of her age, said with a smile, "Why did you wait until now to come? Could it be that I was late last time and you want to challenge me?"

Zhang Yunyi smiled and said, "The old lady misunderstood. She prepared some toys for the sisters to play with. Because the things are fragile, she came a little late."

After saying this, he bowed to Madam Xing, Madam Wang and Aunt Xue.

The three of them were a little restless, the difference was that Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang thought about the embarrassment of being humble in front of him and being criticized, so they clutched the corners of their clothes with both hands and unconsciously closed their legs.

Aunt Xue thought about the stupid thing she had done and felt flattered.

Seeing that he had finished meeting the elders, Jia's mother smiled and urged, "What new things did you bring? Let us take a look at them!"

Zhang Yunyi bowed slowly and greeted Jia Baoyu and his sisters, then he rushed outside and ordered, "Hurry and bring in the glass lantern."

Jin Chuan immediately entered with a dozen maids, each holding two glass lanterns of different shapes.

The Lantern Festival is of course a time for viewing lanterns.

Years ago, he instructed the glass factory to make some glass lanterns in advance.

After enjoying the hairpins, I plan to let everyone choose the one they like as a souvenir so that they can remember the person when they see it in the future.

Pan Lu Deng Xiaoxian is an excellent person in the first four items, but he still has some problems with time, even with the help of a time management master.

Zhang Yun逸 didn't think this was a big problem.

At present, it is in the critical stage, and he needs to hide it from both sides and bring things out later. Plus, there are always such a few days every month, and ten months of pregnancy, so it is hard to say whether it will be enough.

We’ll talk about this later.

The more gifts you give, the less blame you will get. Jia's mother always liked ostentation, and she smiled from ear to ear and said, "Although this glass factory is yours, it is not cheap. It's fine to have a few for novelty, but why do you have so many? Won't people say we are too extravagant?"

"It's not really an extravagance. It would be a shame to throw away those lanterns after using them up in previous years. Later, we will guess lantern riddles and choose two each in order. In the future, sisters will go out with these lanterns at night without worrying about them being blown out by the wind."

"Yes, yes, yes! You are really thoughtful!"

Zhang Yunyi took out another box from his arms, opened it and said, "This lantern can only be regarded as a lucky omen."

The box contains seven pearl hairpins, which were made from pink jadeite stones awarded by the emperor.

These pearl hairpins had been made long ago, but he wanted to collect all of them, but he didn't want to give any away.

I have always been struggling to find a suitable excuse, but now, during the Lantern Festival, I have the opportunity to make Xiangyun my concubine, so I can make things fair.

For someone like Daiyu and Chai, who had never had any intimate contact, the commander thought that giving her to Xiangyun alone would embarrass her.

As for Yuanchun and others, it can be interpreted that they have other intentions, thus saving him from the possibility of facing the Shura field.

It turned out that everyone was just as he thought. Yuanchun, Yingchun and Tanchun looked at someone secretly with affection in their eyes.

Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai both looked at Shi Xiangyun unconsciously, which made her, who was already shy, blush with shame and she dared not look up even more.

That day, when she suddenly heard from Li Wan that she knew the inside story, she was still worried, fearing the strange looks from her sisters.

But unexpectedly, not only Yuanchun but also Baochai did not mention it at all.

Even Lin Daiyu, who was always sharp-tongued, not only did not make sarcastic remarks for the first time, but she was even very secretive about the fact that she was going to become a concubine.

She was quite surprised at first, but after thinking about it, she understood the reason.

If she had been a mistress to someone else, Lin Daiyu might have made fun of her, but Zhang Yunyi had the kindness to ask for medical advice.

She should look at the face of others, knowing that she was to be his concubine, so how could she be so ungrateful as to make fun of her?

Understanding this made her feel a lot more at ease.

I unconsciously looked at the pearl hairpin in the box.

The seven pearl hairpins are all made of pure gold. A huge oriental pearl is wrapped on the hairpin head, and several pink jadeite of different sizes are hung under the pendant. They look really good.

Everything else was fine, as Zhang Yun逸 had ready-made materials on hand. As for the Dongzhu pearls of normal size, it took him some effort to find them.

Of course, if there were only seven, it wouldn't be difficult to find, but Xiangyun didn't know that. He had made preparations in advance and had prepared some for Xing Xiuyun, Miaoyu and others as well.

Although the format was the same, the order of distribution was still inevitable. Before Zhang Yunyi could speak, Grandmother Jia had already stepped in and said, "Yunyi, just distribute them according to their age!"

A woman’s age is a private matter. In the original novel, in the Grand View Garden, the girls called each other sisters.

Although Grandmother Jia wanted to show Yuanchun her rights as the eldest wife, she gave Zhang Yunyi a legitimate opportunity to understand everyone's age.

Life is like a play, it depends on acting.

Although it was in front of many people, when presenting gifts, his eyes might show affection, helplessness, or a dull expression, depending on the person, and he responded to each one with ease.

After presenting the gifts one by one, he had a clear idea of ​​the age ranking of the women.

The girls took the pearl hairpins and thanked him, intending to observe Shi Xiangyun's attitude.

Unexpectedly, she was seen staring at Xue Baochai in a daze, seeming absent-minded.

What Zhang Yunyi gave happened to be a pearl hairpin, which coincided with Xue Baochai's idea.

Shi Xiangyun also looked towards her subconsciously, and by chance, she saw her tightly holding the pearl hairpin in her hand, stroking the pink jadeite hanging on the hairpin intentionally or unintentionally.

She was startled. If she remembered correctly, Sister Bao never liked these embellishments. How come...

Just as I was daydreaming, I suddenly heard Grandmother Jia say, "You guys go down first! Come back to eat later. Yun Yi, stay and talk to me for a few minutes."

Upon hearing this, Shi Xiangyun quickly lowered her head.

Zhang Yunyi knew that the real show was about to begin, so he shrugged at the girls and gave them a helpless expression.

This made Yuanchun and the others smile, cover their mouths, and leave with Madam Xing, Madam Wang, and Aunt Xue.

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(End of this chapter)