The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 751 A mistake
Zhang Yun逸 had been away from home for several days. Although he travelled hundreds of miles back and forth, he took the train and did not have to travel too much. Instead, he was busy all night.

From the house, they moved to the hot spring, and Xiangling's dream finally came true. She was placed on a sampan and drifted with the current.

However, unlike in the dream, there was a charming girl beside him, adding fuel to the fire.

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The next day.

After Zhang Yun逸 got up, he arranged for someone to pick up Feng, and ordered him to go to Quyuan Zatan to gather a group of actors and rush to Zitan Fort to meet up.

Afterwards, Fang brought Xiangling, Jiaoxing and their two sons to the courtyard where Zhen Shiyin was.

He stayed with a few people to chat with family, while he had breakfast and rushed to Zitan Fort to arrange a consolation performance.

Because they were at the foot of the capital, he only made a brief speech this time and then arranged the performance.

However, despite the discount, the effect is not much worse than that of Tianjin.

In this era, there were almost no recreational activities among the people. Even though there were singing, dancing, and opera troupes, they were not something that ordinary people could enjoy.

What's more, Zhang Yun逸 even lowered his status and specially composed music and lyrics for a group of soldiers.

Later, Zhang Yun逸 struck while the iron was hot and bought a batch of pigs and sheep with his own money to increase the food supply during the army's New Year holidays.

He also watched the play with a group of soldiers for two days, which made the soldiers more willing to submit.

Seeing that people's hearts were useful, Zhang Yun finally took time out to start visiting Tiangong Academy and Xianxue.

Zhang Yunyi was busy until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, when he finally had some free time. He then took the people from the hot spring villa back to the city to prepare for the New Year.

However, not only did Zhen Shiyin and his wife, Madam Mei and Jiao Xing join the returning group, but there was also Madam Wang, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who had already finished her confinement. As it was the end of the year, it was naturally not appropriate for her and Xia Jingui, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, to continue staying here, so they also followed the group and returned to Rongguo Mansion.

It is worth mentioning that Jiao Xing and Madam Mei did not return home separately, but lived in the East and West Mansions respectively.

Jiao Xing moved directly into the pavilion on the mountain under the pretense of living with Xiangling, while Mrs. Mei used the excuse that she and Mrs. Xue hit it off at first sight to stay at the Xue family for a while.

One of them had Jia Yucun's tacit approval, and the other was a widow at home. The only son was eager to rely on his mother's status, so no one would raise any objections.

The two of them then lived in two different houses, only returning home occasionally to hide their identities.

This is a later story.

In addition, when they were at the Hot Spring Villa, Xia Jingui had an affair with Aunt Zhao, and Mrs. Wang became increasingly worried about her daughter-in-law. When she returned to Rongguo Mansion, she simply took Jia Hao to her side.

As for Xia Jingui, although the wealthy families all had wet nurses to take care of her and she didn't have to worry about taking care of her, she still felt it was noisy to have an extra child in the house.

She didn't care much about Lady Wang's child. Besides, she was still young and hoped to learn more skills and have her own child.

So, they hit it off immediately and enjoyed a leisurely time.

Because Jia Baoyu and Jia Yuanchun were also raised by Grandmother Jia, and Mrs. Wang's doting on Jia Baoyu was deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Her actions did not arouse any suspicion.

Only Tanchun, who had been reminded by Aunt Zhao, knew the truth, but she was also worried about displeasing Zhang Yunyi, so she dared to keep her thoughts to herself.

Since they would not return until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Xing Xiuyan had instructed Zhang Yunyi to prepare for the New Year in advance.

But the Rongguo Mansion was not prepared at all.

I returned home and rested for a night until the 29th.

Wang Xifeng, together with Mrs. Wang, came to Rongqing Hall, found Lady Jia, and suggested: "We don't have anything prepared, so we might as well save the trouble and celebrate the New Year with Yun Yi." As the housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion, Wang Xifeng has always been thorough in her work. Naturally, she would not have been negligent and ignored the approaching New Year.

However, when he saw that Mrs. Wang also gave birth to a son for Zhang Yunyi, his unique status as a scorpion shit no longer existed.

With the birth of children of Qin Keqing and others, she became increasingly worried that Zhang Yun逸, with more and more children, would neglect her own son.

So, he thought about adding some fuel to the fire to consolidate the position of mother and son in Zhang Yunyi's heart.

After much thought, he decided to take the opportunity to let his son visit the Zhang Family Ancestral Hall under the pretext of celebrating the New Year together, which would at least make up for the regrets in his and Zhang Yunyi's hearts.

However, she had kept her affair with Zhang Yun逸 a secret from Lady Jia, so she brought Lady Wang into the conspiracy.

No permanent friends, only permanent interests.

On this point, her interests were consistent with Mrs. Wang's, and they hit it off immediately. Mrs. Wang did not have the concerns that Wang Xifeng had, so the aunt and niece decided to go find Grandmother Jia together.

Although Lady Jia was somewhat reluctant, she was already frightened after experiencing the cases of Prince Ning and Niu Jizong.

She didn't think that it was Wang Xifeng's instigation, but just thought that it was Zhang Yunyi's instruction to Mrs. Wang, who wanted to take the opportunity to let her son return to his ancestral home.

Grandmother Jia had originally hoped to use Jia Hao to increase the wealth of Rongguo Mansion, so at the moment, she dared not object.

Most of the current expenses of Rongguo Mansion come from Zhang Yunyi's pocket. Now that the two families are merged into one, it will not only save the trouble of traveling during the New Year holidays, but also save some expenses. Zhang Yunyi has no objection to this.

He simply brought along the two branches of the Xue family, using the excuse that the Rongguo family had moved here and the mansion was too deserted, and that Xue Ke was in Tianjin and could not go home. Thus, he also brought along Madam Mei, who was visiting the second wife of Xue.

After all, Jia Yucun was also a minister, so he didn't dare to get close to Zhang Yun逸. But Mei Pi, who was overjoyed, got the news from Xue Pan, but shamelessly clamored to spend the New Year at his godfather's house.

Jia Baoyu, who happened to be rushing back home to celebrate the New Year, was so excited when he heard the news that he turned around and went back to Prince Beijing's Mansion, urging Prince Beijing to come and join in the fun under the pretext that the princess was spending the New Year here.

The two of them and Mei Pi had always seen each other, so in order to give each other courage, they actually got together.

Mei Pi was fine, but he abducted Princess Beijing and didn't even let her go home for the New Year, which was obviously a bit unreasonable.

In addition, letting him come would undoubtedly confirm his previous remarks, so Zhang Yun逸 simply did him a favor.

Afterwards, Jia Rong and Jia Qiang also came to join in the fun.

Zhang Yunyi, holding multiple pairs of chopsticks for multiple people, also nodded in agreement.

He organized such a unique New Year's Eve dinner, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

Although the male guests and female guests were separated by a screen, it did not hinder the transmission of sound.

During the banquet, Prince Beijing and Jia Baoyu were so carefree and chattering that although the girls could not see clearly what they were saying, their joy and elation were evident in their words.

In addition, seeing them mixed up with Xue Pan, Mei Pi, Jia Rong and others, not only did the women no longer dare to question Zhang Yunyi's behavior of arranging Princess Beijing in the Jade Emperor Temple.

Even Lin Daiyu felt a little more sympathy for Princess Beijing's experience.

At the same time, it also highlights how rare Zhang Yun逸 is.

It also made Jia's mother believe Zhang Yun逸's previous argument without a doubt.

Only Xiangling, seeing that even Prince Beijing had no grudges against her, came to ease the embarrassment of Princess Beijing. On the contrary, Jia Yucun, who had a closer relationship with her, did not come to accompany Jiao Xing. She couldn't help but worry about Jia Yucun's attitude and felt a little uneasy.

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(End of this chapter)