The Red Mansion Big Liar

Although if Yingchun married into the Zhang family, she could also be asked for help based on her merits and years of friendship.

But there is a contingency in everything.

If she hadn't seen through Tanchun's thoughts, she would still have some confidence, but now it is a different matter.

After all, no matter from which perspective, marrying into the second wife's family is better than marrying into the first wife's family.

She was in a dilemma, but suddenly her eyes lit up.

"Miss, you are just missing someone to pass on the message. I have a suitable candidate!"

"Who should I choose?"

"Yuanyang!" Siqi said succinctly, "The old lady has tacitly approved this matter, so she will definitely not shirk her responsibility."

At this point, she hesitated and said, "Besides... when she sent Master Yi out a few years ago, I saw her... she seemed to be talking and laughing with Master Yi, and they got along quite well."

She originally wanted to say that it was a matter of pulling and tugging, but considering the reputation of Yuanyang, she changed her words.

"But...but it's fine if you spread this, but how can I say it to Yuanyang?"

"Miss, rest assured! Leave this matter to me..."

She thought about it and changed her words: "Miss, if you are worried, let's try Yuanyang first."

"How to test her?"

' "I'll invite her here some other day, and tell her that you don't have a stable man in your house. When you want to get married, ask the old lady for her as a dowry, so that she can help with housework in the future. She stays with the old lady all day, so she must know who the young lady wants to marry. As long as she agrees, then the matter will be 100% certain!"

Yingchun looked conflicted and said, "But... after all, she is the old lady and the ancestor. If she goes with you as a dowry, I'm afraid it will affect you..."

Siqi said in a resolute voice: "It's already this time. Why are you still hesitating? As long as you can get what you want, I will give this deputy lady to Yuanyang. What's the harm?"

"Siqi!" Yingchun suddenly sat up from the bed, holding Siqi's hand and saying, "Don't worry, as long as I can marry you, I will beg for a name for you!"

"Let's take care of the present first and talk about this later."

Siqi didn't dare to agree, and quickly changed the subject, saying, "It's getting late, Miss, go to bed early. I will go to find Sister Yuanyang tomorrow."

"Hey! Hey!" Yingchun patted her hands twice and then lay back on the bed.

……

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 235 Jealousy

The next day, it was dawn.

Tanchun, who had not slept all night, rushed into Aunt Zhao's room.

He grabbed her arm and shook it twice. When Aunt Zhao opened her sleepy eyes, he asked, "When did you come back yesterday? Why didn't you send someone to tell me?"

Aunt Zhao shook her hand off and said angrily, "You little girl, you don't even know how to call someone. I've worked so hard for you..."

Having said this, she hastily stopped talking, raised her arms, stretched herself, and felt her whole body refreshed and alert as never before.

"Hmm!~ Hum!~"

She unconsciously clenched her fists, pulling at her numb muscles and bones, and let out a heart-stirring moan from her throat.

Although this muffled groan was full of emotion, Tanchun was a girl after all and did not understand the meaning of it. In addition, Aunt Zhao had always been open about her behavior, so she did not investigate it in detail and only urged, "Aunt, don't keep us in suspense. What did Brother Yi say?"

"How do you say what?"

Compared with before, Aunt Zhao seemed more confident.

Things are different now. She is already able to get Zhang Yunyi. Whether Tanchun gets married or not is just icing on the cake for her.

Of course, if he wanted to enter the garden in the future, he would have to rely on Tanchun's hand, so he had to say a few perfunctory words: "I will certainly not forget what I should say, but for something like this, how can I get straight to the point right away? We have to come and go together, right?"

Tanchun was not satisfied with this answer, and asked quickly, "What is Brother Yi's attitude?"

"What attitude?" Aunt Zhao was stunned.

She did not hide from Zhang Yunyi what she was thinking about Tanchun last night.

However, I didn’t have time to ask about Zhang Yunyi’s attitude.

She couldn't help but wipe the corner of her lips and said thoughtfully, "It's dark, how can I see clearly? But since he has allowed me to persuade him for so long, he must have found it quite useful..."

At this point, she felt her throat getting clogged, and she said hoarsely, "Just do your own thing, and leave Master Yi to me. I will make sure that nothing will happen to you!"

Tanchun wanted to ask more, but Aunt Zhao waved her hand impatiently.

"I was exhausted from working half the night yesterday. It's so early in the morning. Do you still want to sleep?"

As he said this, he pulled the corner of the quilt and covered his head with it.

Seeing this, Tanchun could only stamp her feet and turn away.

……

Jia Mu's small courtyard, Jiangyun Pavilion.

Qingwen brought a basin of water for washing her face and put it aside. She glanced at Jia Baoyu, who was lying sick on the bed, and poked Xiren with her arm, saying, "He has been listless for more than ten days. Should we ask a doctor to take a look?"

"What else can he do? This kind of situation has happened before. He must be being naughty with Miss Lin!"

Xiren shook her head and sighed, "I thought that if we didn't live together, we would have fewer quarrels, but now it seems that I was overthinking."

"Second Master is too angry! Miss Lin is weak, so it's okay for him to be angry..."

These words seemed to trigger some mechanism, and Jia Baoyu suddenly jumped up from the bed.

Without saying a word, he picked up the towel on the basin, wiped his face twice, put on the clothes that Xiren had spread out, and rushed out.

He rushed into the Grand View Garden and came to the gate of Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Just as he was about to push the door open, he retracted his step and stood in front of the gate, hesitating to move forward.

Coincidentally, Zijuan came out to pour water and saw the figure wandering in front of the courtyard gate. She quickly dropped the basin and ran out.

She did not rush to ask Jia Baoyu to come in, but instead asked, "Second Master, what's wrong with you? Why don't you come in? Did you have a quarrel with the young lady again?"

For more than ten days, Jia Baoyu disappeared without a trace, and she couldn't help but feel a little confused.

However, no matter how she hinted, Lin Daiyu never mentioned a word, and she did not see the two of them getting angry.

So when he saw Jia Baoyu, he hurried forward to inquire.

She asked three questions in a row, but Jia Baoyu couldn't answer any of them.

Moreover, thinking of his hasty escape that day, he retreated slightly.

"How is Sister Lin these days?"

"Why don't you ask yourself, Master?" Zijuan frowned slightly and said, "Master Yi has been coming to tell stories to the girls recently. The girls are busy, so they don't sigh anymore."

"What is he doing here?" Jia Baoyu exclaimed and rushed in immediately without caring about Zijuan.

When Zijuan saw this, she knew something was wrong and she started to persuade and pull them away.

"Second Master! Please wait for me to finish speaking..."

How could Jia Baoyu still be patient?

Just as he was about to rush into the house, Daiyu suddenly appeared from inside the door, blocked the door, and looked at him calmly.

Jia Baoyu's momentum weakened by three points, and he turned around and said anxiously: "Sister! It was Brother Yi who forced me to do it that day! I didn't lie to you..."

"Forcing you?"

Lin Daiyu snorted coldly and interrupted, "That day, Brother Yi was just using uncle as a cover, and you were so timid. If your uncle, aunt or old lady really forces you in the future, would you dare to contradict them in person?"

"Ah?" Jia Baoyu was stunned and blurted out, "You know everything?"

He then seemed to have found a reason, and said indignantly: "Since you knew that he deliberately used the master to scare me, it would be fine if you didn't defend me, but why did you get together with him? Are you interested in that stupid story?"

"You!" Lin Daiyu was so angry at his unreasonable words that she was shaking. "Who got together with whom? Brother Yi meant well. You dare not say these words to my face, but you want me to judge for you?"

When Jia Baoyu heard that Lin Daiyu did not help him but instead praised Zhang Yunyi's good intentions, he immediately became indignant.

"When the girl came, wasn't I there to play with her? I took what I loved, and when she wanted it, I quickly cleaned up the food I liked and waited for her to eat. We ate at the same table and slept on the same bed.

The girls couldn't think of it, I was afraid that the girl would be angry, I thought of it for the girls. Who would have thought that the girl would be so arrogant now, not taking me seriously, but taking Brother Yi from the outside world seriously, and ignoring me for three days and not seeing me for four days. "

He spoke at great length, and the more he spoke, the more aggrieved he felt, and tears began to fall from his eyes.

"You...what are you talking about?" Lin Daiyu was embarrassed and angry. "Have I ever taken anyone seriously? Have I ever ignored anyone?"

"Isn't it? I don't have any brothers or sisters - even though I have two, don't you know that they are from different mothers? I was also alone like you, thinking that you had the same feelings as me. Who knew that I was worried in vain, and ended up with no one to complain about my grievances!"

Jia Baoyu said confidently: "Brother Yi from the outer four roads was able to enter the hall just because he could tell two stories, but now he is blocking me and won't let me in!"

"Ahem!" Lin Daiyu coughed twice, took a deep breath and said, "It was my third sister's idea to open a bookstore. Brother Yi just lent me a place. Even if he came, the sisters were also here. How can he be admitted into the house?"

"Ah..." Jia Baoyu was surprised, "What bookstore?"

"I'm too lazy to explain what bookstore it is..."

Lin Daiyu exhaled heavily, looked at him with a complicated expression and said, "You keep saying that you have no brothers or sisters, but where do you put my elder sister? Besides, Brother Yi's mother and mother are cousins ​​and close friends, so how come they are like outsiders in your mouth?"

After she finished speaking, she no longer paid any attention to Jia Baoyu and slammed the door shut with a bang.

"Second Master, are you here to apologize to the young lady, or are you here on purpose to anger her?"

Seeing Jia Baoyu staring blankly at the closed door, Zijuan couldn't help but complain.

Jia Baoyu finally woke up from his dream and said, "Good sister, tell me quickly, what's going on with that bookstore?"

"I was planning to tell the Second Master, but he rushed in in a hurry without waiting for me to finish my words. Now the misunderstanding has only deepened."

Although she complained, she did not keep the audience in suspense and immediately recounted the whole story of how Tanchun proposed to publish the Legend of the White Snake, and how Zhang Yunyi invested and named the book.

Hearing that in the past ten days, the sisters not only figured out some interesting things to add color to the story, but also opened a bookstore, Jia Baoyu could not help beating his chest and stamping his feet, and he just missed this interesting thing.

But on second thought, this matter was all caused by Zhang Yun逸’s story, and he was the one who took the lead in opening the bookstore and naming it. Not only did all the sisters revolve around him, but they also ignored herself. She couldn’t help feeling a little resentful.

He left Xiaoxiang Pavilion dejectedly.

……

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 236 Forced

Zilingzhou, Zhujin Tower.

However, when the master and servant got up in the morning, before they could go to invite Yuanyang, Mrs. Xing arrived first.

She walked around Ziling Island with a haughty look on her face, and when she entered Zhuijin Tower, she was dissatisfied with everything.

He stepped forward and grabbed Yingchun's collar, shaking the collar to reveal a streak of snow-white.

Fang said in a bossy tone, "Why don't you change into the clothes I gave you? You've been here for a month and you haven't made any progress. Do you think that just because you move in, you are far away from the emperor and me and the master can't control you, and you're starting to disobey us?"

Yingchun covered her chest with her hands and said timidly, "My daughter doesn't dare! It's just...it's just..."

"Just what? I heard that he comes to the garden every now and then. If you weren't lazy, how could you still have no clue? Don't blame me for not reminding you. The master spent a lot of money on your marriage. If something goes wrong, you know his temper!"

Seeing Yingchun was speechless after what Mrs. Xing said, Siqi stepped forward and said, "Madam, you are right. Miss has also been thinking of a way. Last night, Master Yi came over to tell a story, and Miss was planning to go and see him off at night, but was stopped by the third lady..."

Seeing that Mrs. Xing had an unfriendly attitude, she decided to go see Yingchun off herself instead of sending her to see her off herself.

Although Yingchun felt that it was inappropriate, she did not dare to correct it in the face of Mrs. Xing's accusation, and could only acquiesce to Siqi's statement.

"What? Is this true?" Madam Xing couldn't help but frowned. "The old lady has acquiesced. I think she is going to make a scene. What does it have to do with her whether you send her off or not?"

The more she spoke, the angrier she became. She said angrily, "You were raised by the eldest master and his parents, and this girl Tan was raised by the second master and his parents. You two have the same background. Although your mother died earlier, your mother was ten times better than Aunt Zhao. You should be better than girl Tan. You are older than her and have the support of the old lady and us. It would be fine if you didn't bully her, but why did she bully you instead?"

After being criticized by Mrs. Xing, Yingchun was speechless and could only lower her head and cover her clothes.

"Madam, this is not the young lady's fault!"

"Don't blame her?" Madam Xing squinted at Siqi and said, "I think you are also responsible! If you don't have any clues, tell your parents to tie you up and send you to Brother Yi first!"

Si Qi's face froze, and she quickly explained: "Madam, you don't know. Miss is also worried that this matter will spread and will be heard by the old lady..."

Mrs. Xing interrupted her impatiently before she could finish, "That's strange! The old lady tacitly approved this marriage. She wasn't worried about it getting to the old lady, but you guys are the ones worrying about it first. Why are you so worried?"

Siqi could only bite the bullet and say, "Madam, please allow me to report this. From what I and the young lady think, the third young lady is also planning this marriage... But she is a young lady, and there is no one to make the decision right now. If the old lady knew about this, it would probably cause trouble!"

Mrs. Xing can be so casual with Yingchun, let alone her, a maid?

Although Tanchun's behavior is just her guess and there is no evidence yet.