The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 637 Step by Step
Having said that, Zhang Yunyi smacked his lips with a hint of regret, and fiddled with his fingers, looking at Baochan's profile over and over again.

This sudden action made Baochan feel flustered.

Wu Lunci said speechlessly: "Hou... Your servant... Your servant thanks the Marquis for his mercy!"

Although she understood Zhang Yunyi's hidden meaning, Baochan couldn't help but remain a little reserved.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunyi simply said straight to the point: "You are quite pleasing to my eyes. Anyway, it doesn't matter who does these rough jobs. If you are willing to follow me, I will go to the Xia family to ask for someone. I think you should give me some face."

In order to give Baochan some confidence, he changed his words and called himself "Ben Hou".

After hearing Zhang Yunyi mention the Xia family, Baochan remembered the purpose of her trip and said hurriedly, "I am just a maid, why would I be unwilling? However, I am coming here as a dowry for the young lady, so I am afraid I still need the young lady's approval..."

At this point, she hesitated, raised her eyes shyly, paused and said: "Madam and Miss always talk about how the family business is all thanks to the Marquis, but we have never had the chance to thank him in person. If the Marquis has time to go to Yihong Courtyard, Miss would also like to thank him in person!"

After all, Baochan was Xia Jingui's maid who came with her as a dowry, and as the saying goes, a daughter who is married off is like spilled water.

Her meaning was obvious. She was suggesting to Zhang Yunyi that he go to Yihongyuan to ask Xia Jingui for someone.

"This... Now that Baoyu is not at home, it is indeed a bit inconvenient to go to Yihong Courtyard."

Zhang Yunyi sighed in embarrassment and said, "Forget it! Let's wait for Baoyu to come back and I'll talk to him!"

Although asking for Baochan is just a matter of words.

But she was Xia Jingui's personal maid after all, not to mention that there was also Ping'er, who had a similar status, and was attached to Wang Xifeng.

Even if we don't consider Ping'er's feelings, we still have to consider the reactions of the gold hairpins and Mrs. Wang.

What's more, he was counting on Baochan as an insider to cover Xia Jingui, so it was naturally impossible for him to go to his side.

Therefore, asking for people was just a bluff, and his purpose was just to let Baochan know that he was interested in her.

At the same time, he was also painting a rosy picture for Baochan to dispel her concerns.

Zhang Yunyi was not worried about whether Baochan would cooperate with him.

On the one hand, he had confidence in himself and believed that as long as he could break through that layer of window paper, he would be able to make her obey him.

On the other hand, although he didn't know whether her actions today were instructed by Xia Jingui, she had just told him the purpose of picking the petals.

Undoubtedly, it explains a lot.

In addition, although Baochan was a maid brought by the Xia family, Xia Jingui was at least married into the family, but she still used the title of Miss, which is also worth mentioning.

"It's settled! You will stay in Yihong Courtyard for a while, I have to hurry to the government office."

The necessary preparations had been made, and Zhang Yunyi did not delay any longer. He withdrew his hand and gave it a frivolous sniff before he put his hands behind his back and slowly walked away.

"Your servant respectfully sends you off, my Lord!"

Baochan stared at Zhang Yunyi's departing back in a daze, feeling a little annoyed.

She has followed Xia Jingui since she was a child and knows her young lady's temperament well.

Although Xia Jingui had said before that if she could catch Zhang Yunyi's eye, he wouldn't mind sending her over to win some favor for her family.

But it was obvious that he had other intentions. If Xia Jingui knew that he had ignored her orders and only cared about himself, she would be furious.

If it's just a little temper, it's fine. At most you'll suffer a little, but there's still a chance that sweetness will come after suffering.

But if unexpected complications arise and Zhang Yun逸 is not strong-willed, it will be too late to regret.

Therefore, he tried to invite Zhang Yun逸 to Yihongyuan to kill two birds with one stone.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yunyi changed his mind at the last minute.

However, since she had some reliable news, she couldn't help but feel hopeful. It wasn't until Zhang Yunyi walked away for a long distance that she came to her senses.

After picking some flower petals in the flower garden, he returned to Yihongyuan to report.

After closing the door, Xia Jingui couldn't wait to ask, "How was it? Did you meet the Marquis?"

“I saw it…”

Baochan kept it simple, omitting the details about herself, and recounted the whole story in general. Then she said, "I wanted to ask the Marquis to come over, but he said that Master Bao was not at home, so it would be inconvenient for him to come."

Xia Jingui said unhappily, "Since it's not convenient for him to come, how come you don't know how to make an appointment?"

Baochan said with a look of grievance: "Young lady didn't give any instructions, how dare I make the decision for you? Besides, if you rashly go to make an appointment with the Marquis, what if..." Ever since she understood Xia Jingui's thoughts, she has always used the title of Young Lady.

Just now, I forgot to change my words in front of Zhang Yun逸.

Xia Jingui disagreed and said, "Is there a cat in this world that doesn't steal fish? What's more..."

Having said this, she looked at Baochan with a nervous expression and waved at her again.

Only after Baochan closed the door and left did she fall into deep thought.

As the royal merchant family, the Xia family naturally could not remain in the dark about Zhang Yunyi's romantic affairs which were known to everyone.

Originally, the Xia family would not tell such a thing to an unmarried girl who was still in the boudoir.

But at the beginning, the Xia family had planned to send her to Zhang Yunyi as a concubine. Because they were worried that she would have a bad temper, Mrs. Xia repeatedly reminded her not to have a bad temper when she went to Ningguo Mansion.

However, later on, the master of the Xia family had not much time left, and was worried that his family would be wiped out, so he could not delay and married Jia Baoyu by accident.

Therefore, Xia Jingui had already known about some of Zhang Yun逸's habits.

As the only daughter of the Xia family, she has been spoiled since childhood and is very pampered by her family.

Over time, he developed a willful and capricious character, and would grant anything he liked.

In addition, she was proud of her good looks, and originally, she was resentful about being Zhang Yunyi's mistress.

But unexpectedly, Zhang Yunyi ignored him directly and he didn't even have the chance to bring it up.

She had the idea of ​​having an affair, and although it was because of Jia Baoyu, it was also a bit of a competitive idea.

I originally thought that, considering Zhang Yunyi's personality, I could be considered a married woman now. Even if Baochan showed up, I could just hook her fingers and make some hints, and there would be no problem that Zhang Yunyi would not take the bait.

But I didn't expect that I would be defeated again.

She was unsure of Zhang Yunyi's attitude for a moment, and on the day of the wedding she was still wearing a veil and had never met Zhang Yunyi properly.

This is also the main reason why she wants to personally take action today and show herself in front of Zhang Yunyi.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Wang sent someone to keep an eye on him, Baochan failed miserably, and she had no spies in the Grand View Garden, so she couldn't even get the corner of Zhang Yunyi's clothes, let alone seduce him...

For a moment, Xia Jingui was at a loss.

She sat on the edge of the bed, pondering for a long time.

She stood up suddenly, walked quickly out of the house, called Baochan, and went out of the Grand View Garden and went straight to Mrs. Wang's Rong Xi Hall.

After much thought, the only way to change this situation is to take control of the family. By then, both Zhang Yunyi's whereabouts and the control over his servants will be improved.

I am also much more relaxed when doing things.

However, although Xia Jingui's idea was good, Mrs. Wang had her opinion of her.

Besides, she had her own grievances to express, so how could she easily get rid of her niece Wang Xifeng?

How could she have the nerve to ask her to hand over the housekeeper's power when she was caught by Wang Xifeng and forced into it?

The so-called choice is the lesser of two evils. Even though Xia Jingui cried, made a fuss, and even threatened to hang herself, she still refused to give in.

And Xia Jingui refused to give in.

"What dynasty or generation do you follow in your Rongguo Mansion? Not only is the daughter-in-law married in name only, she is not even allowed to manage the household. Although the second sister-in-law is the niece of the madam, she is the daughter-in-law of the eldest wife after all. It was fine before, but the eldest sister-in-law is a widow after all. Now, how can we let her manage our household?"

"Don't mention this again. Feng has been in charge for many years and has never made any mistakes. You also said that you can't write two Jia characters with one stroke. Rongguo Mansion also has a big house. It's only natural for her to be the housekeeper. How can we change her?"

"In that case, I won't say anything else. Now that I live in the garden, I can't trouble her to do both. As long as Madam leaves the garden to me, I don't have to worry about the backyard!"

"no!"

"If my wife doesn't even agree to this, then I can only ask my family to make the decision for me..."

Madam Wang snorted coldly, "There are more than just our family in the garden. The eldest and second young ladies have already married, and their food and drink expenses are all paid by the East Palace. It was Yun Yi's idea to let Feng girl take care of it. Just call your family over!"

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(End of this chapter)