After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 187 Lin Daiyu: The Tyrant, the King of Thieves

Seeing that she wanted to gamble, Chu Yan smiled and said, "If Sister Lin wins, the debt you owe me will be wiped clean. If you lose, Sister Lin will hug me again."

Daiyu blushed again, but then she thought to herself that he had already hugged her several times these past few days, so one more time wouldn't make a difference.

He said, "I knew you were lustful, that's why you slept with my sister-in-law as soon as you arrived..."

As she said this, her face flushed even more, and she quickly changed the subject: "Since His Majesty the Emperor is fond of gambling, I'll bet with him this time, but..."

Daiyu smiled with her lips pursed, looking exceptionally charming. Her usual sorrowful and self-pitying demeanor contrasted sharply with her charming young girl appearance at this moment, making people want to take a second look.

Daiyu turned her head away, avoiding his gaze.

Chu Yan smiled and asked, "But what?"

"But I must make the decisions; you can't just say whatever you want."

"Okay, but you can't just ask about any day. If you ask me what you ate a year ago today, or whether you entered the Xiaoxiang Pavilion with your left or right foot first, I won't be able to answer those questions."

Upon hearing his words, Daiyu covered her mouth with her handkerchief and smiled. She turned to look at him, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if she was thinking about what to ask.

Chu Yan was also recalling the contents of the novel *Dream of the Red Chamber*.

If what she asked wasn't in the book, he could only guess.

However, even if he loses the bet, he has already achieved his goal. The chips will soon be back in his hands, and the Jia family now depends on him for survival.

After a long pause, perhaps having made up her mind, Daiyu asked with a smile, "Does Your Majesty know that Sister Bao once invited us to a crab feast?"

Chu Yan smiled inwardly. Originally, the crab feast was something that happened when they started their poetry club, but since Daiyu asked about it, it proved that it had already happened.

Her face showed surprise: "Sister Bao treated you to a crab feast? How come I didn't know?"

"I won!"

Daiyu quickly said, then laughed, "As the emperor, you can't renege on your promise and come looking for me to repay the debt!"

Chu Yan laughed: "Didn't Yun invite you?"

Daiyu's smile faded, and she frowned in thought, which made Chu Yan burst into laughter.

"Enough, enough."

Daiyu had no choice but to admit defeat and sighed, "I didn't expect you to know even this. It was indeed Yun'er who hosted the crab feast, but it was Baochai who paid for it. But that's not what I wanted to ask."

Chu Yan laughed and said, "Are you trying to ask me if I know the poem you wrote that day?"

Daiyu glanced at him: "We didn't compose any poems that day. Don't try to trick me with words. I won't fall for it!"

Chu Yan laughed: "That was close, we almost lost. Go ahead and ask."

Looking at his strong and handsome face, Daiyu was unsure how to ask him. After thinking it over carefully, she regretted asking him about things from the past and realized she should have asked him about more recent events.

For example, he didn't know that Yu Chuan was in her room yesterday.

But it's too late to regret it now; I need to think of something small he doesn't know about.

At this moment, Zijuan brought in tea. Seeing the two of them, one sitting and one standing, neither of them speaking, she couldn't help but smile and ask, "What are Your Majesty and Miss doing?"

Chu Yan took the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and said, "Your daughter wants to make a bet with me."

"What are you gambling?"

"gamble."

Daiyu also came over and sat down. Upon hearing this, she looked at him and said, "I don't care about gambling. It's the old women in the garden who are fond of it."

Chu Yan said to her, "Come here, I'm going to punish you."

Daiyu was surprised for a moment, then realized why she was being punished. She quickly got up to apologize, but Chu Yan took the opportunity to reach out and pull her to sit on his lap. He gently tapped her forehead and laughed, "Good girl Lin, since you know there are people gambling in the garden, you still pretend you don't know anything. You deserve to be punished!"

Zijuan then understood why the emperor had punished the girl, and felt relieved. Seeing that the girl was sitting on the emperor's lap but did not seem particularly ashamed or angry, she chuckled and turned to leave.

The girl got used to being held, and sooner or later the emperor would hold her and carry her to bed.

There was nothing that could be done about it. All the girls in the garden had become imperial concubines. The girls were frail, and the cost of medicine each month was considerable. Without the emperor's charity, they would soon fall ill.

inside the house.

Daiyu, sitting on Chu Yan's lap, blushed and resentfully argued, "This happened before the bandit king entered the city. I was staying at my maternal grandmother's house. Even if I knew, what could I do? The gambling women are all relatives of the ladies. If one is dragged out, it will implicate a whole group. Besides, I am just a guest here. How can I interfere in their family affairs?"

Chu Yan put his arm around her slender waist and said, "Didn't I call you the housekeeper later?"

Daiyu wanted to argue, but Chu Yan said, "You enjoy the money in the manor and give it to your little lover Baoyu, but you don't care about the gambling in the manor. Do you still have any sense?"

Daiyu's face flushed red, and she wanted to argue but was speechless. No matter how eloquent she was in the past, she had no reason to argue now.

What made her even more ashamed and indignant was that the emperor said Baoyu was her little lover, yet he also put his arm around her waist and made her sit on his lap.

"Let go of my hand!!"

Daiyu struggled to get up, but when she couldn't break free, she turned around angrily and said to him, "Since you treat me as a shameless girl who has affairs with other men, why have you gone to such lengths to scheme to get me into the palace?"

Chu Yancai realized that the words "little lover" had offended her. The two had feelings for each other, but they had not done anything underhanded. If it weren't for the Jia family being raided, Daiyu would not have admitted to having feelings for Jia Baoyu.

He laughed and said, "That was just a joke, why take it seriously?"

Daiyu sneered repeatedly: "You say it's just a joke, but who knows what you really think? The emperor may say it's just a joke, but others take it seriously. You are the emperor, so I dare not contradict you, but others will take it seriously too. I have no choice but to find a rope and hang myself at home to prove my innocence!"

She then looked at him again and sneered, "My body was defiled because of your humiliation. I should have died long ago, and I wouldn't be in this situation today..."

As she spoke, tears began to fall.

Chu Yan remained silent for a while before sighing, "I've always seen how deeply you care for Baoyu, which is why I joke around like this. Don't keep talking about dying. What will happen to the Jia family if you die?" Daiyu replied, "Don't try to pressure me with my maternal grandmother and aunt. If you take your anger out on them after I die, that's your fault as a tyrant, what does it have to do with me?"

Chu Yan laughed and said, "Then you're not allowed to say you're dead."

Daiyu said, "You were the one who first humiliated me, and then you used the Jia family to pressure me. What can I, a weak young woman, do but die?"

Chu Yan looked at her for a while, then suddenly laughed: "Even if you die, I have a way to bring you back to life."

Daiyu initially didn't believe it, but then she thought about how the two of them had met in a dream. Since such an incredible thing had happened, he might be able to save her.

She spat at him and turned her head away: "Even if I die a hundred times, you'll save me a hundred times?!"

Chu Yan hugged her waist tightly and laughed. Their bickering made them seem more like a married couple.

Daiyu stiffened, then struggled again: "Let me go! The bet isn't over yet, and you've already used up your chips!"

"This is punishment for not taking care of the household."

Chu Yan released her grip, but Daiyu didn't rush to escape. Her face flushed, and after a while, she tidied her hair and asked him, "At the crab feast that day, could you predict what I did after eating the crab?"

Chu Yan reached out and pretended to do some calculations. He looked down at her in surprise and said, "I never thought that Lin Daiyu, who is usually a well-bred young lady, would also know how to fish."

Daiyu was surprised; he had indeed figured it out!
Chu Yan laughed again, "It's a pity that the fish would rather eat the osmanthus flowers that Miss Bao threw than take your bait. Lin Daiyu wasted half a day's effort and didn't catch a single fish."

Daiyu blushed and said, "It's not my fault. I found out later that the maids had fed the fish that morning."

Chu Yan laughed and said, "So you lost this time?"

Daiyu blushed and turned her head away: "You are already humiliating me now. Even if I win the bet, there's nothing I can do about it. Just like Lingguan, she's only someone you use for amusement and to relieve your boredom in your spare time."

Chu Yan pointed out the window and said, "Why would I bother coming here in the middle of the night in the rain to amuse myself? If I wanted to have some fun, I would have just had a eunuch carry you over."

Daiyu looked at the light rain outside the window without saying a word.

Chu Yan held her, slowly lowered his head, and kissed Daiyu's delicate forehead. Seeing that she was still in a daze, he moved closer to her cherry lips and kissed her.

He captured Daiyu's soft, delicate lips with his mouth, taking a gentle sip. There was a hint of rouge, and a faint, sweet fragrance, seemingly emanating from her collar. Perhaps it was her virginal scent, or perhaps it was Daiyu's natural body fragrance.

Unfortunately, before she could savor the taste, Daiyu hurriedly turned away from his embrace, her delicate hands tightly covering her mouth, her eyes filled with shame and anger as she glared at him, but she didn't say a word and quickly ran away.

As he left, he said, "I've paid off my debt. Don't come looking for me again!"

Chu Yan smiled.

The debt is cleared this time, but the next one will probably come soon.

This time, a kiss will pay off the debt; next time, it will take half a day of kissing to clear it.

So she sat under her moon-shaped window, slowly sipping her tea while watching the light rain pattering outside.

A little while later, just as they were about to leave, Zijuan came in and apologized, saying, "Your Majesty, the young lady has always been a bit temperamental. Please don't take offense."

Chu Yan looked at her and saw that Zijuan was gentle and generous, with a kind of intelligence in her eyes. The interest that Daiyu had just aroused was attracted by her.

First, I asked her, "How is Lin Daiyu? Did she cry?"

Zijuan shook her head and whispered, "Miss just asked me for a basin of water to wipe her mouth with a towel." She then smiled shyly and said, "Miss also scolded His Majesty twice, but she didn't cry."

She could tell that the girl was just joking with His Majesty, which is why she dared to say those things.

Chu Yan laughed and asked, "Why did Lin Daiyu scold me?"

“…A tyrannical ruler, a treacherous king,” Zijuan said, blushing.

Chu Yan said, "Well done, Lin girl. Since she ran away, her maid should take over. Zijuan, come here."

"……what?"

Zijuan was at a loss. Chu Yan gave another order, and she slowly walked over, only to be pulled into his arms.

He kissed her on the lips and held her tightly in his arms.

"His Majesty…"

At first, Zijuan was terrified, but after a while, she gradually softened in his arms and took the place of the young lady in receiving his favor.

She thought that the girl would eventually enter the palace as a concubine, and she would go with her. In the end, she would also serve in the girl's room, and on the day the girl got married, she would also become a maidservant.

Now that he's the emperor, needless to say, kissing is no big deal...

But the emperor didn't just kiss her; his hands were also on her waist and legs, slowly savoring them, making her tremble with fear and her soul drift away.

"Let go of my Zijuan!"

Suddenly, Daiyu appeared outside the door, glaring angrily through gritted teeth.

She hadn't seen Zijuan return for a long time, and became suspicious. She went to the study and was so frightened that she quickly cried out.

Chu Yan let go, and Zijuan, blushing with embarrassment, hurriedly got up and returned to the girl's side.

Daiyu quickly pulled her away, as if there were wolves in the study that wanted to devour her and Zijuan.

Chu Yan smiled, went out and said goodbye to her, then walked along the covered corridor towards the outside of Xiaoxiang Pavilion. The eunuchs were still waiting outside the door, and when they saw him come out, they hurriedly opened their umbrellas.

After Chu Yan left, Zijuan came out to close the door. She glanced at the emperor's departing figure from afar, stood on the threshold, and touched her burning lips.

She didn't know how long she was kissed tonight...

(End of this chapter)