The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 390 Lin Daiyu's Test
Inside Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Jinchuan took the tea handed to her by Zijuan and took a big sip.

Contrary to her attitude in front of Madam Wang, she asked the maids to open all the bundles and said with a smile on her face, "I just gave this glass dressing mirror to the old lady and the ladies, and I brought it to you first so that you can choose first!"

As Lady Wang's former personal maid, she had heard a lot of stories told by Zhou Rui's wife about her experience delivering palace flowers, as well as her stories about how petty Lin Daiyu was.

Although this was partly due to Zhou Ruijia's ability to judge the situation and follow Mrs. Wang's wishes, it is also an indisputable fact that Lin Daiyu has a sensitive personality.

As a maid born in the Rongguo Mansion, she was more or less infected with some bad habits of bullying the weak.

It is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature. Although he changed his allegiance to Zhang Yun逸, his habits were retained unsurprisingly.

However, it was no longer judged by status, but by Zhang Yun逸’s attitude.

After all, she only interacted with people from the two mansions. To use a saying from her previous life: no matter how high or low your status is, it is nothing in front of Master Yi.

His attitude towards Mrs. Wang was, on the one hand, because he realized that Zhang Yun逸 did not respect her, and on the other hand, it was also because of the old grudges from before.

Zhang Yunyi took good care of the girls in the Grand View Garden, as can be seen from the arrangement of the small kitchen, and there was no grudge between them.

Zhang Yunyi always treated all the girls in Rongfu equally, except for Lin Daiyu, for whom he not only asked for doctors and medicine, but also gave her double the amount of fruit.

In addition, since she and Xiangling are half-teacher, she would naturally be more respectful to her.

If Lin Daiyu had not had the conversation with Zijuan yesterday, she might have still been deceiving herself with the friendship of the previous generation.

But now, after hearing Jinchuan's words, she couldn't help but secretly glance at Zijuan.

Just in time to meet her meaningful gaze, Lin Daiyu quickly covered up and said, "Thank you, Brother Yi, for asking him to take the trouble!"

Because they didn't know that Jin Chuan had acted on her own and smuggled a lot of private goods, they just thought that this was Zhang Yun逸's special instruction.

He couldn't help but think of his past willfulness and some bad rumors in the mansion.

Thinking of this, although she felt relieved, she couldn't be happy and pouted unconsciously.

Jin Chuan didn't see what she was thinking, but showed her courtesy again, saying with a smile: "Actually, these dressing mirrors are all of the same style, and Master specially ordered them to be sent back home, so they are all carefully selected. But Master still specifically instructed that the girl should choose first."

This undoubtedly confirmed Lin Daiyu's guess. She pursed her lips and said resentfully, "Could it be that in Brother Yi's eyes, I am just an unreasonable person?"

Zijuan secretly thought that something was wrong and blurted out: "Girl!~"

"This..." Jin Chuan was stunned.

Lin Daiyu said in a deep voice: "I have the right and wrong to judge whether it was intentional or not. I have always remembered Brother Yi's kindness. Now that you have arranged it like this, it seems that I don't know what is good for me."

Jin Chuan knew that she had done something bad with good intentions, but it was difficult to change her words, so she had to bite the bullet and explain: "How could the master misunderstand the girl? The master often said that there are no two identical leaves in the world. Although this mirror is made in the same style, there are still some differences in the subtle details..."

With the previous experience, she did not dare to drag it onto Zhang Yunyi again, and said instead: "Young lady and auntie have a semi-teacher relationship, so it is only natural for me to send him to you first."

Hearing this, Zijuan quickly tried to smooth things over: "Yes! When it comes to our place, there is no more than other places. In the past, the young lady has never refused. Why are you being so hypocritical today?"

She understood Lin Daiyu's thoughts better than Jin Chuan, and knew that Lin Daiyu was too sensitive. She was worried that Zhang Yunyi would believe the rumors outside and misunderstand that she was a petty person.

Jin Chuan looked at Zi Juan in surprise. She had moved to the hot spring villa with Zhang Yunyi in the winter of last year, and it had only been less than a month since she came back.

It was the end of the year and Youshi was not at Ningguo Mansion. Most of the chores in the backyard fell on her, so she had no chance to come and visit.

Unexpectedly, within a few months, Zijuan's attitude changed 180 degrees.

Lin Daiyu hesitated for a moment, but finally covered the bundle on the table and said, "The pearl hairpin I bought last time was of the same style. Since we have a precedent, it is better to distribute it according to age. Let's send it to the eldest sister first!"

What Lin Daiyu said was true. Seeing her firm attitude, Jin Chuan had no choice but to pick up her bag and leave.

Seeing this, Zijuan hurriedly said, "I'll go see Sister Jinchuan off."

After saying this, without waiting for Lin Daiyu's consent, he chased Jin Chuan out the door.

After leaving Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Zijuan apologized and explained, "Don't blame me, Sister Jinchuan. I didn't mean anything else. But you know, there are always people who make up stories about me being petty... I'm also worried that Master Yi will misunderstand me."

Upon hearing this, Jin Chuan stopped and looked at Zi Juan with interest, smiling and saying, "Why? Have you figured it out?"

Zijuan didn't expect her to be so straightforward, and quickly lowered her head and said, "I was blind before, and I was just trying to take advantage of the situation. Please don't blame me, and please say a few good words for me in front of Master Yi."

As she spoke, she grabbed the bag in Jinchuan's hand, took out a mirror from it, and said with an awkward smile: "Miss is also worried that Master will misunderstand, but she cannot let Master down, and it will save me from having to make another trip."

Jin Chuan was also unclear whether it was Zijuan's own idea or Lin Daiyu's words were not true.

So he went with the flow, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell you what you said."

"Hey! Hey! Sorry to bother you, sister."

Zijuan watched Jinchuan leave before turning back.

Lin Daiyu saw the dressing mirror in Zijuan's hand and said unhappily, "I've been talking for a long time, why did you take it back?"

"Miss!" Zijuan complained, "You are just worried that Master Yi will misunderstand you. Now that you have done what you should do, why do you have to push Master Yi's kindness away and let him down?"

Lin Daiyu shuddered slightly and shouted, "What are you talking about? What do you mean by push or not push!"

Although her words were sharp, she no longer blamed Zijuan for making decisions on her own.

Zijuan saw this and said with a smile, "Young lady, why do you have to deceive yourself? I have been serving you for so long, but if I can't even see this, then I have followed you for so many years in vain."

Seeing that she remained silent, Zijuan spoke freely, "Miss is just worried because of the old lady's attitude and wants to test Master Yi's attitude. In my opinion, Miss is really worrying too much. Since Master Yi has given this special order, isn't he just expressing his feelings to Miss?"

"Who... who tested him..."

Although Lin Daiyu denied it flatly, it was obvious that she was not being sincere.

Zijuan had indeed hit the nail on the head. Although Zhang Yunyi was different from Jia Baoyu, wasn't the current situation also another form of a perfect match?

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(End of this chapter)