The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 586: I can't care about much

Seeing Mei Pi and Jia Baoyu both leave, Xue Pan no longer had any worries.

He patted Xue Ke's shoulder angrily and comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll go back and find Brother Yi..."

"Don't……"

Xue Ke interrupted him immediately, hesitating, "Didn't you hear what Mei Pi said just now? He just got beaten up, and if we go and pester him again, what if we hurt his feelings, how can mother and I feel at ease?"

In front of Jia Rong, he didn't dare to express his worries. At the same time, he was worried that Xue Pan would not keep his mouth shut. He was even more worried that he would lose control of his anger and go to question Zhang Yun逸, so he had to make up this excuse to prevaricate.

"That's why we have to make it clear. We just look down on Mei Pi. We have absolutely no other intentions."

Xue Pan said with a look of disapproval: "If we don't talk it out, what if Brother Yi misunderstands that we insisted on breaking off the engagement because of the rumors outside? Wouldn't that just cause a misunderstanding?"

"But..." Xue Ke hesitated to speak.

Xue Pan interrupted, "There's nothing to worry about! Didn't Sister Baoqin say that? Brother Yi treated her very well and told her many Western stories. After all, he is not her biological son. He was just deceived by Mei Pi. He would never push Sister Baoqin into the fire pit..."

It would have been better if he hadn't said this. The more he talked about it, the more nervous Xue Ke became. However, since Jia Rong was present, he couldn't say it directly, so he could only say, "Brother, what you said makes sense, but I think it might seem a bit casual if we go and say it. It would be better to let my aunt or mother go and say it, so as to show the sincerity of our family."

Xue Pan scratched his head and said, "Then... I'll listen to you. Let's tell mother and auntie!"

Xue Ke finally felt relieved, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he caught a glimpse of Jia Rong looking at him with a smile, and his heart unconsciously began to beat faster again.

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"What!? You actually..."

In Quyuan Zatan, on the first floor, in front of the tea room not far from the backstage, Jia Baoyu looked at Mei Pi, who had a smug look on his face, in shock, and was speechless for a long time.

"I'm giving you some advice out of kindness, what do you mean by that? I'm giving you some advice, use it if you want!"

Mei Pi was about to turn around angrily, but suddenly stopped, pointed at the backstage entrance, and sneered: "But, there may not be enough time over there to deal with it slowly!"

Jia Baoyu looked in the direction of his finger and saw Prince Beijing sending Jiang Yuhan to the backstage.

He immediately held his breath and stared at the Prince of Beijing holding Jiang Yuhan's hand, patting it gently on the back of her hand, and said with a chic smile: "The concubines in my family admire you very much! When I come back, I will tell the Prince of Zhongshun to invite you to stay in the mansion for a few days. We can get close to each other and give some advice to my concubines who have little knowledge."

Although Jiang Yuhan is not opposed to getting close to young masters like Jia Baoyu, she is an absolute two-way plug.

On the one hand, as an actor, he had no choice. Compared with the pot-bellied Prince Zhongshun, people like Jia Baoyu were obviously much more pleasing to the eye.

On the other hand, over time, it has become somewhat distorted.

However, such distortion not only involves physiological factors, but also has a significant impact on psychology.

After all, Prince Beijing is not a novice like Jia Baoyu. His parents died early, and unlike Jia Baoyu, he is not restrained by people like Jia Mu, and his family keeps many actors and concubines.

There was no shortage of concubines to entertain guests, and in the original novel, Jia Baoyu also had this honor.

Among them, a concubine with whom he had a brief affair died, and Jia Baoyu even went to pay his condolences.

Prince Beijing originally treated these concubines as playthings, and from time to time he would drag them out to have fun with the actors, or occasionally use them to praise the actors he liked.

Because of this, he had an extremely accurate grasp of the mentality of actors like Jiang Yuhan.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he gave Jiang Yuhan enough hints. Although these concubines were just playthings that the Beijing Prince could summon and dismiss at will, they were still under the name of the Beijing Prince's mansion.

For Jiang Yuhan, who had been forced to endure the King Zhongshun silently for a long time, being able to act arrogantly and uprightly in the Prince Beijing's Mansion and be a man was indeed very attractive.

Prince Beijing is a hereditary iron-hat prince. Although his status is not as high as that of Prince Zhongshun, he is a genuine royal noble, but the difference is not much.

Moreover, he had a handsome face and extraordinary bearing, so Jiang Yuhan was not very repulsive to him and even wanted to get closer to him. After hearing these meaningful words, she unconsciously grabbed Prince Beijing.

He said excitedly: "What virtue and ability does Qiguan have to deserve such great love from the prince!"

"Good! Good!" Prince Beijing patted Jiang Yuhan's hand twice and said with a smile, "Qi Guan really didn't disappoint me. I never treat my own people badly. I won't be polite to you, and you mustn't be polite to me either!"

"Then..." Jiang Yuhan hesitated for a moment, then cautiously asked, "Master Bao from Rongguo Mansion also admires the prince very much. Can I bring him along?"

Jiang Yuhan noticed Jia Baoyu's closeness to Prince Beijing, and seeing that Prince Beijing also had the same hobby, he tried to mediate.

Jia Baoyu, who was listening attentively, felt secretly relieved.

But Prince Beijing frowned and said, "Why? Seeing that I value you so much, you are becoming arrogant?"

How could he not have a temper when he inherited the throne at such a young age?
It is true that he paid attention to Jiang Yuhan, but it was mainly because of the King Zhongshun behind him.

In the original novel, although he was close to Jia Baoyu and even invited Jia Baoyu to his home, there was no estrangement between Rongguo Mansion and Prince Ning at that time. With Jia Jing's face, he didn't care as much as he thought of rewarding him.

He even turned a blind eye to the affair between Jiang Yuhan and Jia Baoyu.

But as a superior, it is inevitable to have a condescending attitude. What is given to you is a reward, and if you take it for yourself, it is an act of usurpation.

Now, because of Jia Zheng, Prince Ning had always disliked the Rongguo Mansion, and Prince Beijing was inevitably affected. But he was taken a step ahead by Jia Baoyu, so it was naturally a different matter.

His sudden change of expression immediately triggered a stress reaction in Jiang Yuhan, who hurriedly said that he didn't dare.

Seeing his startled look, Prince Beijing calmed down and said with a smile, "That's right!"

At this moment, another urging came from the backstage: "The next act is about to begin!"

Jiang Yuhan quickly held Prince Beijing's hand, leaned forward and said, "Then...then Officer Qi will wait for the prince to summon him..."

Looking at Prince Beijing, who had a grim smile on his face and watched Jiang Yuhan go backstage, Jia Baoyu felt even more heartbroken.

In particular, he felt extremely heartbroken when he saw Jiang Yuhan being scolded by King Beijing for speaking up for him, and being forced to compromise due to the other party's power.

After a long silence, Jia Baoyu finally came to his senses. He was silent for a long time before he glanced at Mei Pi, who seemed to be smiling, with something to say but hesitant.

Mei Pi, who had been waiting, sighed and said, "Forget it! Since Brother Bao can't make up his mind, I'll just treat it as a waste of my time!"

He was about to leave, but Jia Baoyu quickly grabbed him and said anxiously, "Good brother, don't go. Tell me in detail how you can make up the lie... Also, how did you communicate with Brother Yi..."

Mei Pi said jokingly, "What? You were talking about loving mother and filial son just now, but now you want to sell your mother out?"

Jia Baoyu took a deep breath, looked backstage, and said solemnly: "Yuhan endured so much humiliation for me. If I can save him from suffering, I won't care about anything else!"

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(End of this chapter)