Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 106 Blindfolded Arrest
Ningguo Mansion, Ning'an Hall,
I held a wedding banquet, hoping it would be lively and clean up the recent foul atmosphere, but I ended up losing both my dignity and my face.

The wedding banquet was held and two maids were brought in. What was even more hateful was that Qin Keqing, who was supposed to be the eldest lady of the mansion, would rather condescend to do servant work in other people's houses than come to Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Zhen had no place to put his old face, and he didn't go out for many days.

Jia Rong's face was even darker than coal. He had been gossiped about behind his back recently. From time to time, groups of three or five people would point fingers at him behind his back, making Jia Rong feel as if his face was being roasted by charcoal fire. He hurried back to his house.

From then on, Jia Zhen and Jia Rong spent the whole day staring at each other in the mansion.

However, Jia Zhen still had Jia Rong to vent his anger on. Whenever he thought of something bad, he would call Jia Rong over and scold him. If the situation was serious, he would even whip him. Jia Rong would then have to lie on the couch and rest.

Today, August 13th,
After Jia Rong recovered from his illness, he once again came to Ning'an Hall at the call of Jia Zhen.

Standing trembling, Jia Rong looked at his nose, and then at his heart, and whispered, "Master."

Jia Zhen glanced at Jia Rong's useless appearance and frowned, saying, "Sit down first. I have two things for you to do."

When he heard that he had to go out, Jia Rong felt as uncomfortable as if he had choked on golden juice.

"First, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching. According to old custom, the Jia family will hold a ceremony at the ancestral temple. You should go and clean it up, and then go to Qingxu Temple outside the city to find the master and ask him if he will come back to the capital to celebrate the festival together."

Jia Rong nodded. It would be better if the errand could be done quickly and returned quickly.

"Secondly, Yue Ling is too much of a bully. He has become lawless by relying on the favor of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He even secretly hid the young mistress of my Ningguo Mansion in the mansion, bringing shame to my Ningguo Mansion. You go and argue with him and get Qin back."

Jia Rong's face froze, and he looked at Jia Zhen in astonishment, and said, "I'll go?"

Jia Zhen frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

Jia Rong said aggrievedly: "Master, Yue Ling is a fourth-rank official, and our Ningguo Mansion has lost even the title. Although I am about the same age as him, I am not worthy of entering his house. How can I go..."

"Eighty percent of the families won't let me in."

"Moreover, Qin Ye and Qin Zhong have both been to his place, and it seems that they were sent away with money. Now they are staying indoors and ignoring my house. They just told us to go to the Yue Mansion. Isn't this even more abominable?"

Jia Zhen thought for a moment and said angrily: "What is this old man talking about? Am I afraid of Yue Ling? I will go if I want to! I will go in person! I, the Ningguo Mansion, cannot swallow this!"

……

After leaving the government office and returning home, Yue Ling walked straight into the central hall.

Before entering the courtyard, I heard the laughter of a group of little girls outside the corridor.

"Come on, come on."

"Here, here, wrong, wrong."

"How stupid."

Yue Ling leaned over to take a look, and saw a group of little girls playing around a person. The girl in the middle had her eyes covered with a silk ribbon, and was touching people with her hands outstretched.

Yue Ling was walking towards the courtyard. When the little girls saw him, they stopped playing and stood aside, waving and greeting him.

The blindfolded girl in the middle was stamping her feet in anxiety.

"Hey, you guys are playing dirty, why don't you make any noise? How can you touch me if you don't make any noise?"

The little girl reached forward and finally found someone. She hugged him tightly, squeezed him with her hands, and then laughed, "Hahaha, I caught him. His butt is so big. Is it Sister Xueyan?"

The little girls around couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.

The blindfolded girl was confused. "What's wrong? Didn't you guess right? What are you laughing at?"

After removing the blindfold and looking up, Shi Xiangyun was stunned and her cheeks quickly turned red. "Yue... General Yue."

Shi Xiangyun quickly withdrew her hand, stepped aside, and lowered her head.

The little girls hugged each other and laughed, and two of them looked at each other, almost falling to the ground with laughter.

At the right moment, the front door opened and Lin Daiyu came out. She chuckled and said, "Okay, everyone, go back to your rooms. It's going to be windy soon."

The girls followed Yue Ling into the hall, and as they passed in front of Shi Xiangyun one by one, they couldn't help but laugh again.

Xueyan fell to the end of the team, rubbed her butt, bent over and turned her head upside down to look at Shi Xiangyun's face, "Miss Yun, is my butt that big? It shouldn't be as big as the master's."

Shi Xiangyun bit her lip, she was so embarrassed that she couldn't utter a word.

After a while, everyone went into the room, and then he whispered to Xueyan in front of him: "You are all so mean, you didn't warn me before General Yue came in!"

Xueyan said, "It's not that we didn't want to remind you. When we saw General Yue, he was already walking over. Who would have thought that you would jump on him."

Shi Xiangyun patted her cheek to sober herself up. "Forget it. I won't argue with you. Let's go back to our room."

Ni Ni lifted the felt curtain for the two to enter the house. Shi Xiangyun was unwilling to be teased, so she pointed at the lantern above her head and teased, "You made this lantern hanging on the eaves, it's so simple and wrinkled."

Xueyan shook her head. "No, this was made by General Yue. I made it and it's hanging on the corner over there."

The snow goose pointed into the distance innocently.

Seeing Yue Ling and others in the room looking over, Shi Xiangyun realized that she had spoken out of turn again, and her face faded and burned again. She stepped over the threshold with her head down, tripped over it, and stumbled to sit at the round table.

Cuilu was slightly surprised. They had known each other since childhood, but she had never seen such a reckless girl. She helped Shi Xiangyun to support herself and poured her a cup of tea.

"Are you okay, miss?"

Shi Xiangyun pursed her lips and shook her head, "It's okay."

Shi Xiangyun is indeed the happy fruit of the Jia family. Her presence in the Yue residence also filled the place with laughter. Yue Ling couldn't help but ask with a smile, "Miss Yun, why are you here today?"

When Yue Ling asked, Shi Xiangyun first looked up, then lowered her head and replied timidly, "Yes, I came to bring a gift to the mansion."

"Originally, the Shi family wanted to send someone here a long time ago, but they were afraid that it would be inconvenient to disturb General Yue since he had just moved into his new residence, so Third Aunt didn't ask me to come. Mid-Autumn Festival is in two days, so I'll come along to send him off. And I can..."

Yue Ling smiled and said, "Can you stay at your house for another day?"

Shi Xiangyun nodded.

Yue Ling and Qin Keqing, Zijuan ordered: "Clean up the east wing and give it to them to live in. Go now."

The two of them received their errands and left the room together.

Shi Xiangyun whispered to Cuilu beside her: "You can go and help too."

Cuilu nodded, stood up, bowed to Yue Ling and Lin Daiyu, and followed Qin Keqing's footsteps.

Only Yue Ling, Lin Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun and Xueyan were left in the room. Yue Ling spoke again, "The mansion is not the same as before. If you want to come and play, you can come more often. The wing room is always reserved for you. The Shi family didn't send an adult here, so you are the only one who can see me off."

Shi Xiangyun scratched her head and was at a loss for words.

However, she felt relieved to hear that Yue Ling did not seem annoyed, and there was also a house in the courtyard where she could live permanently.

Shi Xiangyun smiled and thanked him, "Thank you, General Yue."

Lin Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, "Do you believe I'm not lying to you this time?"

Shi Xiangyun lowered her head in shame again.

Seeing Yue Ling looking over, Lin Daiyu explained, "She was originally going to leave after being sent here, but I insisted on keeping her. She also came on the day the Crown Princess came to the courtyard, but was stopped by the doorman, who thought we didn't welcome her anymore."

Lin Daiyu stood up, walked to Shi Xiangyun, rubbed her head and said, "Come on, follow me back to the room and wipe your face. It's covered with dust, just like a cat."

The girls had all left, and Yue Ling was about to go to his room to change his clothes when he heard Ni Ni running in and saying, "Master, someone is coming from Ningguo Mansion."

……

Jia Zhen and Jia Rong arrived at the gate of Yue Ling's house, followed by a group of guards from Ningguo Mansion, each holding a stick to reinforce their momentum.

The servants of the Yue residence were no pushovers. They were bullies in the old days, and with Yue Ling backing them up, they were not afraid of this scene. They all drew their weapons and stopped the people from Ningguo Mansion.

"Let Yue Ling come out. What right does he have to detain the eldest young lady of Ningguo Mansion in the mansion? This is the capital city. Can anyone control him without the law?"

"Show some respect. Do you think you can call me by my name?"

Before they could say a few words, the people from Ningguo Mansion were in a standoff with the gatekeepers of Yue Residence, and the situation was tense.

The noisy shouting outside called Jia Yun out from the courtyard.

Upon seeing the children of the Jia family, Jia Zhen's back straightened unconsciously. As the current acting patriarch of the Jia family, even the elders of the clan had to give him some face.

Jia Zhen stood in front of the crowd, pointed at Jia Yun and began to curse: "You are a child of the Jia family, and you are working as a housekeeper here. Aren't you bringing shame to the Jia family? You are useless. Don't come to the mansion to offer sacrifices to the ancestral temple in the future."

Jia Rong also said: "That's right, have you forgotten that when your mother was seriously ill and you had nowhere to go, it was still your father who gave you twenty taels when you came to the mansion?"

Jia Yun's mouth twitched. "Master Xiao Rong, I see you still remember this. Didn't you take away fifteen of the twenty taels? Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered to borrow money from Ni Er to pay for my mother's medical treatment."

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhen frowned, grabbed Jia Rong's collar and angrily said, "What? You are a prisoner, and you still want to do this?"

Jia Zhen raised his hand and was about to slap Jia Rong. Jia Rong begged for mercy, "Master, Dad, I came here to look for Yue Ling. How could you hit me first? You have to choose the right occasion for your actions, right?"

The hand raised in the air slowly dropped down, and Jia Rong was pushed away. Jia Zhen snorted coldly and said, "You useless thing, I will settle the score with you when I get back."

Jia Yun said at the door, "But I also have to thank Master Xiaorong. If Master Xiaorong hadn't embezzled my little money, I wouldn't have borrowed money from Ni Er, and I wouldn't be here today. Thank you Master Xiaorong for sending me to Master Yue by chance."

Turning to Jia Zhen, Jia Yun said provocatively, "As for the ancestral temple, it is indeed very important. Without it, it is hard to say who would own Ningguo Mansion now."

Jia Zhen flew into a rage and asked, "Do you want to remove my name from the Jia family tree?"

Jia Yun said nonchalantly, "If I accomplish a little with Master Yue, you will still beg me to open a separate page in the family tree when I go back!"

"You evil creature, how dare you speak like that? Who gave you the courage?!"

"I gave it to you!"

Yue Ling strode out of the door with big strides, put his hands behind his back, glanced at everyone in Ningguo Mansion, and finally fixed his eyes on Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, father and son.

"What advice do you have?"

Jia Zhen narrowed his eyes, looked Yue Ling up and down, and said, "Yue Ling, shouldn't you give my family an explanation about Qin's matter? Should you tear down the face of Ningguo Mansion and trample on it?"

Yue Ling smiled and nodded, "So that's what happened. Let's talk about the matter at hand. Don't make a fuss in front of the door. Come in first."

Yue Ling waved his hand and said to the doorman: "Make way for them and let them in."

After turning around, he winked at Jia Yun and Ni Er.

The two of them understood what he meant, and lined up on both sides to welcome everyone from Ningguo Mansion in.

When they arrived at the outer courtyard, Yue Ling stopped again and pointed at Jia Zhen and Jia Rong and said, "You two, follow me to the hall to discuss this matter."

Jia Rong looked at Jia Zhen with a worried look on his face. Jia Zhen angrily said, "How can I be afraid of you?"

As soon as they followed Yue Ling onto the corridor, they saw Ni Er. Jia Yun led the gatekeepers of Yue's residence to form a circle, surrounded the gatekeepers of Ningguo Mansion in the center, and then started beating them up.

There were not many people who came to guard the house, and when they all rushed out of the gate of Yue's house, they were stunned on the spot.

Soon, the screams of the guards echoed in the courtyard.

Jia Zhen was so angry that his eyes were about to burst. "Yue Ling, what are you doing? Are you condoning your servants to commit murder?"

Yue Ling said calmly: "It was you who led people to break into the mansion. My servants were just defending it. Even if we go to the military headquarters, who do you think is more reasonable?"

"you!"

Seeing the guards being knocked to the ground one by one and then thrown out of the house, Jia Rong's body trembled. He never thought that Yue Ling was such a vicious character and would really start a fight.

"Dad, why don't we go back first."

Jia Zhen pulled up his sleeves, exposing his wrists, clenched his fists, and said, "Why go back? I'll stand here and see if he dares to hit me!"

Yue Ling turned around and smiled, "Why should I hit you? It's not like my wife ran away to your house. Come in and take a seat."

After hearing Yue Ling's words, Jia Zhen was so angry that he almost coughed up blood.

"No wonder Jia Yun is so sarcastic after not seeing him for a few months. It turns out he follows his master."

Knowing that he could not gain the upper hand with words, Jia Zhen stopped talking. He suppressed his anger, snorted coldly, strode into the door, and then sat down on the armchair in the middle of the hall with his horse and sword.

Yue Ling smiled and sat at the table opposite him. He poured himself a cup of tea and said, "First of all, let me make it clear that Qin Keqing will not go back to the mansion with you. Okay, go ahead and say it."

"What? If I'm not going back, then why did you ask me to come to the mansion?"

Yue Ling said calmly: "I didn't invite you here, you insisted on coming. If you don't feel comfortable, you can go home. I won't stop you."

"Are you kidding us?"

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