The Red Mansion Big Liar

She did not wait for the two to ask, but looked at Xue Pan and said, "Brother Yi told you to do something, you must not mess it up."

"What's the matter?" Xue Pan looked confused.

Xue Baochai seemed to be deflated, and complained: "Brother, you are so confused! Why did Brother Yi have to throw dirty water on himself and make up such a lie? Isn't it for Brother Zhen's own good?"

"Yes, yes! That's what he meant."

"We have no choice but to tell you the truth. If we ruin this, even if we apologize a hundred times, it will be useless. You guys are going to give gifts in such a high-profile manner, can you hide it from Brother Zhen?"

" Her analysis was so clear and logical that Aunt Xue couldn't help but feel a little scared. She couldn't help but clench her fists and beat her chest, feeling so shocked that the earth was shaking.

Xue Pan nodded continuously, and said with a flattering smile: "Sister, please tell me, what should we do?"

"I'm sure that Brother Zhen will come again. Brother, you can't hide the truth. In my opinion, it's better not to meet him. If you really can't avoid him, just push the matter to mother."

"Hey! Hey!" Xue Pan agreed hurriedly, his eyes full of anticipation, hoping for Xue Baochai's next words.

Unexpectedly, Xue Baochai waved her hand and said, "Brother has been running around all morning, I'm sure you're hungry, go eat quickly."

"Is it that simple?" Xue Pan said with lingering feeling.

Xue Baochai comforted him, "Things have to be done one by one, brother, finish this first."

After sending Xue Pan away, Aunt Xue also asked in confusion: "That's it?"

"Of course not! My brother was here just now, so I can't say more about some things."

Xue Baochai turned to look at Aunt Xue and continued to analyze, "Brother Yi has been so worried about the East Palace, but Brother Zhen is willing to destroy his reputation behind his back for this little bit of money. It's always good to ask Brother to avoid him. Besides, now that Brother Yi knows about this, it's hard to say whether he will be disappointed."

"Yes! You have thought it through. That Zhen brother is too cunning. No matter how I advised him in the past, your brother just wouldn't listen. But, if we do this, will Yi brother really calm down?"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple!"

Xue Baochai frowned and sighed deeply, saying, "We may have offended someone this time. Otherwise, he would not have told the chief historian of Prince Zhongshun's palace and severed ties with us in front of him."

Aunt Xue's face, which had been moist and rosy, turned pale in an instant. She sighed and said, "What can we do? If he makes trouble for us in the inner court, we will have no idea whether we can keep our share of the business, let alone the future."

"Don't panic, mom! What I said before was not all for the purpose of calming my brother down. Although our family has offended someone this time, we still have to consider my aunt's face. Since she is willing to send a car to take my brother back and use the profits from sugar to exchange for the caustic soda business, she still has some feelings for him."

"So you mean to ask your aunt to negotiate?"

"We have to do our best first, so that Brother Yi can feel our family's sincerity, and then we can get twice the result with half the effort by asking Auntie for help."

Xue Baochai patted Aunt Xue's hand and said, "The caustic soda business has always been managed by Zhang Dehui. Mom, you might as well tell Zhang Dehui to switch to Brother Yi, so that he won't be left without someone to run the business. In this way, I'm sure he will also accept our family's favor. Afterwards, when our eldest sister marries into the palace, we can ask Aunt to help mediate. I'm sure he will give Aunt some face, and this matter will be resolved."

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 220 Enjoy the benefits

The Xue family hoped that Yuanchun would marry into the royal palace, and Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang were also worried about this.

Just when the work was completed, Jia Baoyu and Wang Xifeng suddenly became insane and had no time to take care of Yuanchun's marriage.

Now that the two of them had recovered for some time, they could not help but urge Jia Zheng.

Suspecting that he had failed to live up to Prince Ning's trust, Jia Zheng did not dare to tell the truth about the change in his marriage and could only delay.

But delay cannot last long. More than half a month has passed and there is still no progress.

Grandmother Jia could no longer hold back her anger, so she called Jia Zheng to her side early in the morning and gave him a good scolding.

Finally, Fang stood up and said, "I just asked you to go to the palace to ask for permission. Why have you delayed it until now? You don't have to go to the government office today. I will take the trouble to accompany you and send you to the palace."

Seeing that he could no longer conceal the truth, Jia Zheng had no choice but to confess: "My son has never delayed. It's just that every time I go to the palace, the emperor refuses to see me. When I submit a petition, there is no response. Do you want my son to break into the palace?"

It's not that he did nothing. He failed to enter the palace and couldn't follow Prince Ning's approach, so he had no choice but to submit a letter to the emperor.

However, the memorial submitted fell into oblivion.

Upon hearing this, Jia's mother's body suddenly softened and she slumped down on the Luohan bed, saying in despair, "How...how could this happen?"

Jia Zheng panicked upon seeing this, and was even more afraid to tell the whole story.

"It's that Brother Yi. If he hadn't been so talkative, the marriage would have been done right away. Why would it have been delayed until now?"

He didn't learn anything else from his time in officialdom, but he was very good at passing the buck.

Moreover, in his opinion, if Prince Ning had not wanted to recruit Zhang Yun逸, he would not have failed to live up to the trust placed in him.

Therefore, it is reasonable to say this.

His words reminded Lady Jia that although Jia Zheng could not enter the palace, Zhang Yunyi was in the emperor's favor.

Angered at his lack of protest, he said, "What's the point of complaining at this time? Why don't you invite him here so that he can pass on a message to the Emperor?"

"This..." Jia Zheng was suddenly speechless.

Didn't he know that there was no problem for Zhang Yun逸 to enter the palace?

However, in his opinion, the problem was with Prince Ning, and asking Zhang Yunyi for help might not work. Secondly, whenever he invited Zhang Yunyi to his house, something bad would happen. However, he could come and go without any problems on weekdays, which made him suspicious and rebellious.

He was unwilling to tell the truth about the reason, nor was he willing to take the risk of inviting Zhang Yunyi to his house, so he could only pass the buck and said, "You guys kept this from me in the first place. If you want to invite me, please do it. I don't care."

After saying that, he turned away.

When Jia Baoyu went crazy that day, she was puzzled about Jia Zheng's attitude.

But later, when I heard about how Zhang Yun逸 subdued Wang Xifeng, I felt it was natural.

She knew her son's temper very well. Although he had acted in an emergency and did many indecent things, she just regarded this as the crux of the problem.

Thinking of Jia Zheng's attitude that day, she couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

Because the Grand View Garden was still closed, Wang Xifeng took Zhang Yunyi in and out last time, and Jia Lian made arrangements in advance, so it did not alarm the mansion.

Therefore, in Jia Mu's view, since the Taoist priest with broken feet and the bald monk came to the house, Zhang Yunyi had never entered the house again. Combined with his attitude at the time, it was inevitable that she thought that they had become estranged because of this.

After all, Jia Zheng had offended the other party. Now that Yuanchun's matter involves the royal family, I'm afraid Zhang Yunyi may not be willing to interfere.

Fortunately, if the east is dark, the west will be bright. If the younger son is not doing well, there is still the older son.

He immediately ordered someone to call Jia She over.

"Something happened in the mansion a while ago, so I didn't have time to ask you, how is the second girl's marriage going?"

"Why did mother suddenly bring up this matter? Didn't we agree at the beginning that we would make things easier for Brother Yi after the garden was built, and then we could take our time and plan it later?"

Grandmother Jia scolded, "Asshole! It was Zhen'er who obstructed him at first, and he had no choice but to do it to conceal his tracks. Now that he has accepted the money, why is he still trying to hide it and do something that would bring disgrace upon the family!"

This was indeed what Lady Jia was thinking. With Jia She's previous words as a basis and Jia Zhen accepting the money, in her opinion, the marriage was a foregone conclusion and there was really no need to take any risks.

How could Jia She not know this?

However, the words that Madam Xing brought back after he sent her put him in a dilemma.

The reason for arranging this marriage was because he coveted the money in Zhang Yunyi's pocket.

But Zhang Yunyi not only made him speak plainly in advance, but also asked him to sign a document to guarantee that he would never take money from him in the future. How could he be willing to accept this?

Seeing Jia She's speechless expression, Jia's mother's heart skipped a beat and she shouted, "Are you lying to me?"

"How could it be!" Jia She denied it immediately. "It's all the fault of the second son! My son had almost finished talking to him, but a few days ago, he suddenly changed his tone and said that he had always respected the mansion, but the mansion despised him, so it's better not to mention the marriage."

Or is it possible that he and Jia Zheng are brothers?

Although they have different personalities, they are both good at evading and shifting the blame. Seeing that they cannot explain themselves, they bring up Jia Zheng's attitude that day.

In fact, speaking of this, Jia Baoyu is no different. No matter whether it is Qingwen or Jin Chuan, when they encounter problems, he would at most cry, make a fuss, or even hang himself, but he has never faced them head-on.

Even though he seemed to have a special affection for Lin Daiyu, he never said that he would marry anyone else.

Although Jia She was trying to pass on the blame, his words hit the nail on the head. Grandmother Jia already had this suspicion, so she no longer doubted it.

However, to be on the safe side, Jia's mother still asked, "Are you sure he did it just for this reason?"

She knew her son's character very well and stared at him closely while speaking.

"How can this be false? Brother Yi said it himself, he likes the second girl very much!"

These were indeed what Zhang Yun逸 said, and Jia She was very confident.

Seeing this, Grandmother Jia felt less suspicious.

Jia She quickly said, "They are little boys and girls. If we can make a done deal out of it..."

Since Zhang Yun逸 was quite fond of Yingchun, if he lost control, he would be in the wrong first and would not have the face to mention not letting him make money.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Jia She can be shameless for money, but Jia Mu still wants it.

Of course, she had no hesitation in sacrificing Yingchun, a concubine's daughter, for the sake of Yuanchun, whom she had raised since childhood.

It’s just that I don’t want to tear off that fig leaf.

"Since he is suspicious of our attitude, we should show him our sincerity. I will let them all move into the garden and then say hello to Brother Yi, telling him that our family doesn't treat him as an outsider and the door is always open to him..."

At this point, she couldn't help but worry about affecting Yuanchun's reputation, and warned: "The eldest girl is getting married soon, and no bad rumors can be spread in the mansion. Go back and warn them carefully, don't do anything that is immoral!"

She was indeed worried about this. Now that the marriage had problems, if any rumors started to spread in the mansion, it would be difficult to save the situation.

However, her words had the opposite effect.

Jia She only cares about making money for himself, so why would he care about the second wife?

In addition, he was already dissatisfied with Lady Jia's favoritism, and now when he heard her say that the second house should be given priority, he became even more dissatisfied.

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 221: Living in Grand View Garden

This is different from the original novel where Yuanchun comes home to visit her parents, because the villa is used to wait for her marriage.

It would be fine if a bunch of girls moved in.

As for Jia Baoyu, even though he was Yuanchun's younger brother, Grandmother Jia did not dare to let him move in before Yuanchun got married.

Naturally, Jia Baoyu was extremely reluctant, but since it concerned Yuanchun's marriage and involved the royal family, no matter how much he cried and made a fuss, he still couldn't get what he wanted.

Of course, since the door can be opened conveniently for Zhang Yun逸, he will naturally not be restricted from entering and exiting.

Grandmother Jia repeatedly assured him that once Yuanchun got married, she would let him move in as soon as possible and reserved the Yihong Courtyard for him. Only then did he stop.

But even so, after sending all the sisters to the Grand View Garden, he still couldn't help feeling sad and crying.

In sharp contrast, the sisters could not hide their joy.

Among them, Xiangyun and Sanchun were the most excited.

Even Lin Daiyu couldn't help but feel a yearning for him, but she took Jia Baoyu's feelings into consideration and never showed it.

Only Baochai remained as unnoticed as ever.

As for everyone's residence, there were some twists and turns.

Originally, Mrs. Xing wanted to arrange Yingchun to live in Qingtang thatched cottage.

However, Grandmother Jia was worried that her intention was too obvious and was afraid that it would be inconvenient for Zhang Yunyi, so she arranged Yingchun to stay in the relatively remote Zilingzhou.

Tanchun saw through the intentions of Lady Jia and Mrs. Xing, and chose Qiu Shuang Zhai without hesitation. It was close to Feng Yao Bridge and controlled the only way to Zi Ling Island. It was indeed a good place to stay.

As for Xiangyun, although Li Wan did not move into the garden, because she was on good terms with Baochai, and unlike Baochai and Lin Daiyu, who stayed there temporarily, she did not choose an independent courtyard, but lived in Hengwuyuan with Baochai.

Lin Daiyu didn't have these thoughts and had already set her eyes on Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Therefore, although the situation is different from the original, there is no difference and it is still the same as the original.

Although we had made sufficient preparations before moving in, all the furniture was in place.

But the clothes you carry with you still need to be put away.

While packing her bag, Siqi suddenly threw the bag in her hand in front of Yingchun.

Gritting his teeth, he said, "Miss! Look at these clothes. You look so dressed and act like a lady. It's ok for the madam to put those on you on weekdays, but at least you wear them inside. If you wear these clothes outside, won't people see through you?"

Yingchun also looked conflicted when she heard this. It was fine at first, as she could at least wear those corsets and linings inside, so she could still deceive herself.

Now, Mrs. Xing is becoming more and more unconcealed. Not only did she wear these thin gauze dresses that are transparent inside and out, but she also gave many instructions to let her show them in front of Zhang Yunyi.

She pondered for a long while, and finally shook her head and said, "As long as I can get out of this pit of fire, it's worth taking some risks. Besides, the master and the mistress attach so much importance to me. If I disappoint them, I'm afraid I will have no place to stand in the future."