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

Chapter 83 Lost Jade
Zijuan came to Yihongyuan.

"Baoyu! Is there any news about the Second Master?!"

After hearing her words, Qingwen, who had been depressed for several days, finally looked surprised and happy.

Xiren hurriedly asked Zijuan to sit down.

Zijuan smiled and said, "I won't sit down anymore. Hurry up and find some things that Baoyu can use in the military camp so that we can send them to him."

Xiren asked curiously, "If you can send things out, why can't you come back?"

"It was Miss Lin who spoke."

So they stopped asking. Now the words of the three girls in Rongguo Mansion were more effective than those of the old lady.

Qingwen took out all the Second Master's clothes. Xiren said hurriedly, "Outside is different from the mansion. Don't take out anything valuable, so as not to embarrass Miss Lin. Just pick out some that are half-new and half-worn."

After hearing this, Qingwen and Qiu Wen selected a few round-necked robes that the Second Master wore last year, a middle coat, two purses, and a few pairs of shoes and socks, and wrapped them up with cloth.

"This piece of jade from Second Master..."

Xiren found the piece of jade engraved with "Never lose it, never forget it, may you live forever" on the bed, and was a little unsure whether to give it away.

Qingwen said, "Take it out first and ask the old lady."

Zijuan took it away and when she got to Lady Jia's place, everyone was puzzled.

This piece of jade was once regarded as a treasure by everyone in Rongguo Mansion. Master Bao had dropped the jade several times, causing quite a commotion. Now it has left Master Bao's side and has been lying in Yihong Courtyard for a few days, and no one has paid attention to whether Master Bao is wearing it or not.

Grandmother Jia looked at Daiyu and said, "Although this jade was brought from the mother's womb, it is very small and delicate, and it doesn't look like a good jade. Take it away and let Baoyu wear it."

Daiyu naturally agreed.

So Zijuan handed the bundle and the jade to Master Lian. Jia Lian did not stay a moment longer. After kowtowed to the old lady again and said goodbye, he got up and walked out.

"In such a hurry to leave?"

Wang Xifeng chased out, and Ping'er saw this and hurriedly followed out.

The two of them chased after him, but Jia Lian didn't stop. Wang Xifeng had no choice but to pick up her skirt and run. She was so angry that she shouted at him, "Second Master Lian, you're like a mouse seeing a cat when you see me. Why are you hiding? Don't look back if you dare. Don't come back to see me again!"

Jia Lian then stood still, without looking at his wife, but simply bowed and said, "Things are different now... Second Madam Wang, if you ever enter the palace, please speak a few good words to His Majesty and ask him to save me from this sea of ​​suffering. This will make our brief marriage worthwhile!"

Wang Xifeng was stunned and watched him leave.

I was extremely confused for a moment.

When they returned home, Ping'er said, "Listen to what Second Master said... I'm afraid the Emperor will summon Grandma to the palace. Even if he doesn't, it will be difficult for Grandma to be married to Second Master again."

Wang Xifeng sneered, "He and I are no longer husband and wife. He's just the right person to marry you, my little bastard. You two can go and live your life together!"

Ping'er felt aggrieved and angry, so she turned around and left.

Wang Xifeng was lying alone on the kang, repeatedly twirling a handkerchief in her hand, with little expression on her pretty face.

For the first time, she wondered what it would be like to enter the palace and serve a man other than her husband. Would she feel ashamed and angry, and be subjected to all sorts of unsightly things by the emperor in bed?

Before, even when her house was raided, she had never thought of entering the palace herself, thinking that the emperor only wanted unmarried girls.

Looking back now, it is clear that the emperor is filling the harem with all the beautiful girls and young wives of the Jia family.

Whether they can be crowned as concubines depends entirely on their abilities. If not, they will have to serve as female historians for ten years like Yuanchun!
"Is God going to destroy my family?"

Wang Xifeng is full of sorrow!
If she entered the palace to serve the emperor as a maid, while the girls Lin and Bao in the mansion became imperial concubines, that would be fine. But if Ping'er was made a concubine, but she was still a maid, that would be so shameful!

……

Let’s talk about Jia Lian. He took several sets of Jia Baoyu’s clothes and left Rongguo Mansion. Without much hesitation, he went straight to the pawnshop and pawned several sets of clothes, quilts, shoes and socks for more than one hundred taels of silver.

Only a set of blue round-necked robe and shoes and socks were left for Jia Baoyu.

Only after receiving more than a hundred taels of silver did Jia Lian feel a little relieved.

In this situation, nothing can give people more peace of mind than money.

After hiding the banknotes close to his body, Jia Lian went straight to hire a donkey and spent two taels of silver to buy a thin coffin for Brother Zhen. Since there was no time to move the body out today, he would bury the body in the coffin first.

He bought a dozen old clothes and spent another seven or eight taels of silver. Finally, he bought a few roast ducks and some delicious dishes, and bought a few jars of wine at a high price. He returned to the military camp in the afternoon.

"Master Lian, what good stuff did you buy in the city?" Several people in charge of the camp gathered around. They all smelled the aroma of roast duck and were very greedy.

Jia Lian hurriedly took out the dishes and wine and invited them to drink. After treating them well, he served a roast duck to Jia Zheng, Jia She and Jia Jing.

Feeling guilty, Jia Lian prepared half a roast duck for Baoyu and brought it to him along with some clothes.

"Brother Lian, have you returned home? How are the old lady and Sister Lin doing?!"

Jia Baoyu held his hand tightly and tears began to flow again.

If Xiren, Qingwen and others in Yihong Courtyard saw Master Bao like this, they would be shocked.

His delicate skin and tender flesh were now mostly covered in mud, including on his face and hands. His cheeks were swollen as if he had been punched. His feet were wearing cloth shoes with exposed toes, which was a horrible sight.

"Everything is fine at home, don't worry too much."

Jia Lian took the roast duck out of the oil cloth, which contained some food, and asked him to eat quickly.

In the past, everyone in the Jia family disdained to eat greasy roast duck rice, and Master Bao ate it even less. What he ate in the Yihong Courtyard were goose oil rolls with loose fillings, lotus leaf soup, jujube and yam cakes, etc. He even used tea to rinse his mouth.

But outside, the greasy roast duck meal made the dozen or so people lying in the tent turn green with envy and drool repeatedly.

Jia Lian remained silent.

If he wasn't the manager, this group of people would have rushed over and snatched the food!

Jia Baoyu was also extremely hungry. He didn't care about anything else and reached out to grab the roast duck and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

"Where's Miss Lin?!"

After swallowing more than half of the meal and relieving his hunger, Jia Baoyu asked how Sister Lin was doing.

Jia Lian stuffed the clothes into his hand and said, "Sister Lin wants you to be well. If the emperor shows mercy in the future, you will be able to escape from this sea of ​​suffering!"

Jia Baoyu froze, his mouth stained with grease and rice. Tears streamed from his eyes again, dripping onto the remaining roast duck. "Sister Lin is going to enter the palace... right? Only if she does, will Prince Qian let her go!"

"What Qian Wang?! He should be called the Emperor!!"

Someone in the tent cursed him, and Jia Lian hurriedly smiled, but the crowd continued to curse. Someone took the opportunity to snatch the oilcloth from Jia Baoyu's hand, and several people ate up the roast duck and rice in just a few mouthfuls.

"Give it back to me..."

Jia Baoyu just stretched out his hand, but it was too late to snatch anything back.

Jia Lian could only scold Baoyu and tell him not to talk nonsense in the future, and then he left.

The Jia family lived with the troops responsible for the logistics of Prince Qian's army. Most of these people were surrendered soldiers or relatives of criminals. As soon as Jia Lian left, they set their sights on Jia Baoyu's bag of clothes.

Someone gave a look and everyone in the tent started arguing. During the scuffle, Jia Baoyu was driven out.

When he comes back, where will his clothes be?

A group of people lay in the tent like corpses, pretending nothing had happened.

"Where are my things? You guys have taken all the clothes that my family brought for me?!"

"Do you suspect that I stole yours?"

Someone sat up suddenly, staring at him fiercely.

Jia Baoyu nodded in agreement and dared not say another word.

She was filled with grief and indignation but couldn't vent it, so she could only call out "Lin Daiyu" over and over again.

"Who's causing trouble?"

The supervisor came in and everyone in the tent quickly sat down.

The overseer looked at them and sneered, "Go, carry buckets to the river to fetch water. Three trips each this afternoon. If you don't finish, you won't have any food!"

Everyone rushed there. One of the people who got the jade secretly looked at it and thought it was not a rare thing. So he went to the supervisor to curry favor and used the jade to exchange for a good job.

Those who had snatched the good clothes, realizing they could no longer hide them, also handed them over.

When Jia Baoyu witnessed this scene, he felt a surge of resentment in his chest, but he could do nothing. As he was lost in thought, an idea came to his mind:
What's the point of living like this? Lin Daiyu has already entered the palace. It's better to just become a monk and end it all.

(End of this chapter)