The Red Mansion Big Liar

Third Sister You flattened her lips and said with disdain, "Eldest sister, you're still talking about that fool as if he's your precious treasure. Isn't it because she doesn't dare to provoke her brother-in-law that she can only take out her anger on the people in this mansion?"

You Shi wanted to make a distinction, but in the end, she only said: "It's good that you know!"

After all, she still held the title of the Ning Mansion's mistress, and was inevitably unhappy when being belittled in front of her own sister.

But Third Sister You was not an easy person to deal with. She was worried that she was setting a trap for herself. If her words of judgment got to Zhang Yunyi's ears and he added fuel to the fire, there was no guarantee that Zhang Yunyi would not suspect that her position was not firm enough.

Therefore, just pretend you didn't hear it and ignore it.

As he was speaking, Ping'er came out from Dengxian Pavilion.

Yu Shi quickly stopped talking, left Third Sister Yu behind, and went to meet him.

He took Ping'er's hand and asked about her health, "Your face has not recovered yet, why don't you rest for a while? You haven't come to the mansion yet, so you don't have to worry about anything when you get here. There will be people watching over there."

Zhang Yun逸 unexpectedly revealed his whereabouts, but Ping'er was still intoxicated and worried that someone would find out, so she used the excuse of visiting Qin Keqing for Wang Xifeng and stayed upstairs for a while longer.

Youshi now knew the inside story, and since there were no outsiders here, she did not try to hide anything.

Although she knew Ping'er's identity, Ping'er didn't know that she was also in the same trench.

Although as a sister-in-law, it is reasonable for me to care about my cousin's family members.

However, what he said was too straightforward, and with Third Sister Yu next to him, he felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

Then he followed Youshi into the house again.

Third Sister You had also seen Ping'er and knew that she was a close associate of the Second Mistress, the powerful and influential lady in the West Mansion.

Now that I have heard what Youshi said, how can I not understand the meaning?

She watched Youshi and Ping'er enter the house, and then glanced at the glass house in the distance.

Zhang Yunyi was seen surrounded by a group of young ladies and maids like the moon surrounded by stars, and he seemed to be talking loudly.

He unconsciously glanced at Ping'er's back again.

I couldn't help but secretly complain in my heart, what about the ladies from noble families, the daughters of officials, and the rich and noble ladies, aren't they all shameless and just trying to get close to me?

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 178 The unspeakable secret

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Zhang Yunyi accompanied everyone to have breakfast and dinner in the glass house.

Before the sun sets, send the person all the way to Rong Mansion.

It's not that I'm trying to be nice to you, but I have to walk these extra steps.

Instead, he learned a lot of inside information from Ping'er and took the opportunity to visit Jia Lian in the outer study.

Firstly, it gave him a chance to intercede for Yingchun so that he could take advantage of the situation and finalize Ping'er's matter.

Secondly, it was also to test the depth of the conflict between him and Wang Xifeng, and to see if there was a chance to add fuel to the fire.

Although he was under house arrest, he was not unable to go out.

After all, now that I'm back, I have to share some of the work in the garden.

However, Wang Xifeng received an order from Lady Jia to not only set up access control at the door of the study, but also have several people following her whenever she went out.

The servant guarding the gate saw Zhang Yun逸 coming to visit and of course did not dare to stop him.

"Brother Yi, we are a rare visitor. Please come in quickly!"

As soon as I arrived in front of the study, I smelled a faint fishy odor.

Zhang Yunyi stopped, frowned slightly, and looked at Jia Lian with a puzzled look.

"Brother Lian, what's that smell in there?"

"Go in and talk."

Jia Lian lowered his voice, glanced around with a guilty look on his face, and then lifted the door curtain.

Zhang Yun逸 entered the house and saw a small red clay stove in the middle of the room. Something was stewing on it and the smell was coming from the stove.

In this situation, Zhang Yunyi smiled and joked, "I heard that Brother Lian and his wife had a rift and moved to the outer study room. I didn't expect that there would be such a casual relationship. It seems that I was worrying too much. Brother Lian seems to be enjoying it!"

After hearing this, Jia Lian shook his head, a trace of bitterness on his face, and forced a smile, "How can I have any leisure time? Brother, I am so worried."

"There is no overnight hatred between husband and wife. Could it be that Brother Lian's medicinal food is intended to treat the symptoms?"

He paused and said tentatively: "It seems that you came at the wrong time, and you delayed Brother Lian's return home."

"Why go back home? Brother, I wish I could just live here and have some free time!"

"Why is that?" Zhang Yunyi asked in confusion, "Although my sister-in-law is a little bit stronger, she is also worried and confused. It's also my fault that I couldn't stop you that day, and let Brother Lian suffer here. As the saying goes, husband and wife fight at the head of the bed and make up at the foot of the bed. Brother Lian will take the blame, and this matter will be over."

"apologize?"

Jia Lian flicked his sleeves and blurted out, "You want me to apologize to her? Half of my problems are caused by her scaring me!"

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Jia Lian realized that he had let the cat out of the bag when he heard this. He was speechless for a long time before he took a deep breath, shook his head, and sighed, "Brother was too exhausted that day. I wanted to borrow a pill from Wenlong so that I could go back and fool him. But that Yasha Star was so unreasonable..."

He sighed and recounted what had happened in a half-concealed manner.

It turned out that among the three pills that day, there was a strong medicine mixed with wine, enough for several people to take.

But Jia Lian didn't understand why, and not only did he take the pills himself, he also lost the other two.

To the extent that it is difficult to eliminate the medicinal properties for a while.

And that girl, who was a playboy to begin with, was delighted to see the prey and spent several nights with him.

Until Wang Xifeng brought people over, neither of them had gotten out of bed.

Wang Xifeng was already resentful, and she became even more furious. Not only did she let the servants break in, she also scolded and beat the man.

Perhaps it was because of the shock or excessive exhaustion, but since then Jia Lian has had an unspeakable secret.

He did not dare to try using medicine again, so he had to ask his servant to find some nourishing ingredients and cook some medicinal food to take good care of himself.

But he had been eating this three times a day, and more than half a month had passed with no improvement. One can imagine how resentful he was.

People rarely look for reasons in themselves, and Jia Lian is no exception.

So they ignored the possibility of excessive waste and simply attributed the reason to being frightened at the moment when they couldn't stop.

After hearing this, Zhang Yun逸 was also stunned. He had originally planned to fan the flames, but now it seemed that there was no need for that.

I could only comfort him: "Brother Lian, please accept my condolences. As long as you take good care of yourself, there is always hope for your recovery."

Jia Lian was in a bad mood right now, so he had no time to think about Yingchun.

Instead, she kept asking him to help her find out if there was any recipe for recovery.

Zhang Yunyi naturally agreed on the surface. The two chatted for a while, and seeing that he still couldn't get the point, he said goodbye.

Jia Lian didn't know what he had entrusted to the wrong person, so he escorted him all the way to the gate of the outer study, and repeatedly reminded him: "I heard that there are many rare treasures in the inner palace. Please help me find out more about them. If you can solve my difficult secret, I will be very grateful."

"Brother Lian is in a serious condition. I am also responsible for this. If I had been able to stop him in time, you wouldn't have suffered this disaster."

After saying goodbye to Jia Lian, he returned to Ning Mansion. As soon as he entered the second gate, he heard a burst of angry cursing coming from Jia Rong's courtyard.

Zhang Yunyi was just hesitating whether to go over and see what was going on when he saw Youshi jogging over.

"What's going on here?"

Yu said with disdain: "What else could it be? It's just because of the little harvest on the farm!"

After hearing this, Zhang Yun逸 was not interested in going either. This was a planned strategy.

Throw out Zhuangzi's harvest as bait and let the father and son fight each other.

"How much silver did you collect?"

It’s not about how much money you have, but about knowing it.

"Excluding the game, the total amount was only over 3,000 taels. Rong'er deducted nearly 1,000 taels from it, so he only had a little over 2,000 taels left."

You explained, "There was no snow in the twelfth month of last year, so it was normal for the eight or nine farms outside to have poor harvests. However, he originally estimated that there would be at least four or five thousand taels, and now it's half less, so how could he not be suspicious?"

Zhang Yunyi learned about the approximate income, but was too lazy to pay attention. He turned to ask, "Do you remember how long Sister Zhu was away from the table when my uncle celebrated his birthday last time?"

Yu looked at him in surprise and said, "How long can it take? I saw her chasing you to the garden, so I went to look for her at the right time. Including the time on the road, it should only take an hour."

Zhang Yunyi licked his lips and asked, "So, she stayed in the garden for an hour?"

Yu Shi was doubtful and said, "When I saw her, she was not well dressed and covered with dust. Why? Didn't she follow you..."

"I was with Ping'er that day, and she saw us."

Zhang Yunyi did not hide anything and told Li Wan what she had helped to conceal. He said with a smile, "Hearing what my sister-in-law said, I'm afraid she not only saw it, but also hid in the dark and eavesdropped."

In fact, the Ning Mansion now has strict access control. Because he was worried that Ping'er was shy, he sent away the gatekeeper in advance when he passed by the door.

Otherwise, even if Li Wan was really following him, he would not be kept in the dark.

Originally, after listening to Ping'er's revelation of the two people's false responses, he had some guesses, and now it was confirmed by Youshi.

It seems that the grandmother of the West Mansion also has some unspeakable secrets and is in urgent need of someone to relieve her troubles!

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 179: Eat the marrow and know the taste

Upon hearing this, Youshi realized that she had caused a misunderstanding.

Looking at Zhang Yunyi's expression again, she realized that he was planning to take advantage of Li Wan.

Therefore, before this, I had already regarded Li Wan as a comrade in the same trench, so there was no need to do any psychological preparation.

Then he guessed Zhang Yunyi's intention and tried to test her: "Since she needs your help, it is only natural for you to help keep it secret. I saw that she was distracted that day, and I'm afraid she was shocked. After all, she has been a widow for many years, how can she bear such a commotion? I'm afraid she will suffer day and night when she returns."

Zhang Yunyi agreed with Youshi's words. She didn't know that Li Wan was trying to find something with Ping'er, so she made such a guess.

He even mistakenly thought that she was having a secret meeting with him, which shows how embarrassed Li Wan was at the time.

However, he did not know Youshi's attitude, and was too embarrassed to speak out, so he just sighed hypocritically: "This is my fault. If I let her make a mistake because of this, I will really feel guilty!"

.? "How can you blame Yun Yi for this! No one forced her to leave. She just couldn't bear to leave and insisted on listening to the whole story. How can you blame others? I'm afraid that at that time, when she heard the noise, she wished she could take Ping'er's place!"

Although she did not see it with her own eyes, she guessed Li Wan's reaction to a certain extent.

Now that the words were out, Youshi no longer tried to hide them and reminded him, "That being said, she is a widow after all, and she is not as good as others. She doesn't go out much, so Yun Yi should not rush things."

Zhang Yunyi felt a little embarrassed after hearing her say that, and he quickly made a joke: "How could my sister-in-law not know me? How could I be such a reckless person?"

Yu Shi rolled her eyes at him and said, "At that time, he helped us. I'm afraid the West Mansion couldn't defend itself in time. How can we compare?"

Zhang Yunyi chuckled: "Sister-in-law, how do you know that the West Mansion won't open the door to convenience?"

In a few words, he told how Jia She and his mother were planning to marry Yingchun to him.

"Oh! I thought the eldest house had given up after the incident in front of the old lady. I didn't expect that they had such a plan."

You Shi was surprised and asked, "Could it be that Yun Yi also has feelings for the second young lady?"

In her opinion, marrying Yingchun, who has a gentle personality, is better than marrying her own sister-in-law who is cold-hearted and hard to warm up to.

"There's no rush now. Let's leave them alone for a while. Otherwise, with the master's temper, if he really wants to marry me, I'm afraid he will have to rely on me. It's best to bargain and make a one-time deal, so that they won't treat me as a money bag."

What he said was half true and half false. The so-called one-time deal was naturally to wait until the Rong family fell into decline and Jia She could no longer bear it and sold his daughter.

However, although he had the excuse of foresight, once he revealed that the good days in Rong Mansion would not last long, it would inevitably arouse Youshi's suspicion.

The matter involved a dispute over the throne and could not tolerate any ambiguity, so it was kept secret from Youshi.

Youshi never thought that the Rong family would one day sell their daughters. She just regarded it as a one-time deal and gave more betrothal gifts.

After hearing what he said, instead of becoming suspicious, I felt even more relieved.

Now the Ning Mansion is relying on him for support, even if the Rong Mansion's first wife treats him as a money bag, I'm afraid they are still inferior to him.

But even so, he did not say such words, which made him seem even more biased in comparison.

Her heart warmed up, her mind heated up, and she blurted out: "I'm afraid Yun Yi won't have much chance in the West Mansion, but in our mansion, even if he makes a big fuss, no one will know about it."