The Red Mansion Big Liar

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Chapter 245 The Beating Was Not Unfair

After Jia Zheng left, Jia Baoyu became less worried and, holding on to his injury, clamored to move into the garden immediately.

Grandmother Jia and Mrs. Wang tried their best to persuade her, and only after she had seen the doctor did they carefully send her to the Yihong Courtyard.

After everyone was settled in Yihong Courtyard, the crowd gradually dispersed.

Xiren finally had the chance to come to the bedside and slowly lifted the veil. When she saw the bloody flesh, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "My Lord! How could you beat him to this extent?"

When she asked this, Jia Baoyu couldn't help but wonder, "By the way, why did the master beat me?"

"Puff!" Qingwen, who was standing by, couldn't help but cover her mouth and sneered, "You don't even know why you were beaten. This beating is really unfair!"

As a maid given to Lady Jia by Nanny Lai, she was supported by the Lai family. She was not as cautious as Xiren, an outsider.

Jia Baoyu did not take it as an offense, but laughed foolishly and said, "How can it be wronged! If it weren't for this beating, how could he have moved in so quickly?"

"My Lord! How can you say that so easily?" Xiren hastily advised, "If you had listened to my advice and asked for less rouge, you wouldn't have had this disaster!"

"Ah?" Jia Baoyu asked in confusion, "Master, is this why you beat me?"

He was beaten unconscious and did not hear the conversation between Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng.

Qingwen was outspoken and could not help but sneer, "It's fine if you eat someone else's rouge, but if you eat something you shouldn't eat, won't you be beaten?"

Xiren shook her head and complained, "Is that something we can say?"

She originally wanted to use this beating to persuade Jia Baoyu, but Qingwen interfered.

Although both were maids in Lady Jia's house and neither was born in the mansion, there were huge differences between them.

Unlike Qingwen, who had the support of the Lai family, she had no foundation in the mansion.

Two years ago, Xixue was sent away on some pretext after she said a few words to Li Ma'am. She saw it all and became even more cautious from then on.

. Not long ago, Jia Baoyu left a bowl of cheese, which was eaten by Li Ma, who then kept complaining and making indirect accusations, but she kept silent and did not dare to argue with him.

Qingwen ignored all this and said bluntly: "The Madam has said it, why can't we say it?"

The two of them started to play dumb, which made Jia Baoyu very anxious. He hurriedly urged, "Good sister! Tell me quickly!"

Xiren lowered her head and said no more.

Qingwen asked, "Did you go to the mistress's room to look for Jinchuan yesterday?"

There is nothing new in the mansion. Mrs. Wang doesn't shy away from it, and the people below will not try to hide it. The news spreads in no time, and is so detailed that it seems as if it happened right at the scene.

"I..." Jia Baoyu hesitated, "I saw Jin Chuan in the mistress's room yesterday..."

"Oh!" Qingwen sneered, "I was wondering why Yuchuan came to you crying yesterday. Did you know that after you left yesterday, Madam drove Jinchuan out of the house?"

"Uh..." Jia Baoyu was speechless.

He groaned for a long time, and seeing Qingwen staring at him coldly, he said, "I heard Yuchuan say that yesterday."

"Jin Chuan jumped into the river early this morning!"

Qingwen was shocked, and Jia Baoyu cried out, "Oh, it's me who harmed her! It's me who harmed her!"

As he spoke, he clenched his fists and pounded them on the bed like raindrops, and banged his head on the pillow like pounding garlic.

This frightened Xiren, and she kept comforting him, "He's not dead! He's been rescued!"

As soon as these words came out, Jia Baoyu stopped crying and moving, and asked in surprise, "Really?"

"Of course, I was lucky that Master Yi saw me and saved me in time."

"Who? Who saved her?"

Xiren thought he hadn't heard clearly, and repeated, "Master Yi from the East Palace!"

Upon hearing that Jin Chuan was rescued by Zhang Yun逸, Jia Baoyu seemed a little depressed.

Qingwen saw this and said jokingly, "Why? Do you think you didn't save the person?"

Without waiting for Jia Baoyu to speak, she said shockingly: "It's all thanks to you. If you had saved her, I'm afraid you would have been beaten even harder!"

"Ah?" Jia Baoyu could not help but be surprised, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, why did the master..."

"You don't know yet, do you? The master has taken a fancy to Jinchuan!"

She continued to exaggerate, saying, "You don't know, just as the Madam said that she gave the gold bracelet to Master Yi, the Master pushed her away..."

Even though he had fainted at the time, Jia Baoyu was still terrified when he heard it, and felt that the beating was not unjustified.

After he recovered, he couldn't help feeling a little gloating.

He secretly wondered in his heart, the master was so angry that he even pushed his wife to the ground, how could Zhang Yunyi get away with it?

He couldn't help but ask, "Did the master give an order not to let him enter the mansion again?"

After this was said, Xiren remained silent, but Qingwen was unhappy.

"What does the Second Master mean by this? After all, he saved a life. Besides, if Jin Chuan really died in the garden, how could the eldest girl stay in the garden to get married? It would be fine if the mansion is not grateful, but why are they taking their anger out on him?"

The head follows the butt. She was sent into the mansion by Nanny Lai, and the Lai family took good care of her. Zhang Yunyi promoted Lai Shangrong, so he had some relationship with her.

"That's just what I asked." Jia Baoyu evaded the question, "You said that the master would blame the lady after hearing this. I was also worried that he would vent his anger on Brother Yi..."

As he was speaking, he heard a report from outside: "Miss Bao is here."

Qingwen stopped insisting and just walked out.

Xiren hurriedly covered Jia Baoyu with the veil again.

Baochai came in with a pill in her hand and said to Xiren, "Grind the pill with wine tonight and apply it on him to disperse the heat and poison in the blood stasis. He will be cured."

Xiren took the medicine bottle, and Jia Baoyu hurriedly thanked her: "Thank you, Sister Bao, I feel much better!"

When Baochai saw that he was not like before, she felt relieved, and nodded and sighed, "If you had listened to others earlier, it wouldn't have come to this. Not to mention the old lady, the lady is distressed, even we feel pain when we see this."

He had just said half of the sentence but quickly swallowed it back, regretting that he had spoken in such a hurry. Unconsciously, his face turned red and he lowered his head.

Jia Baoyu heard these words so intimate and profound that he suddenly saw that he stopped talking, his face turned red, and he lowered his head to fiddle with his belt. His shyness and timidity were indescribable. He felt very happy in his heart, and he forgot the pain long ago. He felt that the beating was not in vain.

They were even somewhat self-satisfied, secretly delighted: "I was only beaten a few times, but they all showed such sympathy and sadness, which is interesting, pitiful and respectable. If I were to die suddenly, they would not know how sad they would be!

Since they are like this, I will die for a while. With them like this, even if my life's work is wasted, it is not worth lamenting. If I am not contented in the dark, I can be called foolish and sneaky. "

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Chapter 246 Taking advantage of the topic

It is said that Jia Baoyu was secretly delighted because he had moved into the Grand View Garden as he had wished.

But Mrs. Wang was worried, distressed and angry.

Because Wang Fu-ren exposed his jealousy of his son in front of the younger generation and servants, Jia Zheng simply moved to Mengpo Zhai.

Anyway, they lived under the same roof and would not be affected by any rain or dew, so Mrs. Wang just turned a blind eye to it.

But when she thought of Jia Baoyu's miserable condition and the attitudes of Grandmother Jia and Jia Zheng, she could not hide the resentment in her heart.

The incident happened suddenly and we didn't have time to investigate it in detail at the time, but it was inevitable to get to the bottom of it afterwards.

However, before she could take any action, Grandmother Jia took the initiative to attack.

She was questioned why, knowing that Jia Zheng intended to take Jin Chuan as a concubine, she did not show the magnanimity of an elder wife and go with the flow, but instead used Jia Baoyu as a pretext to obstruct his behavior, which led to him suffering such an unprovoked disaster.

Although Mrs. Wang couldn't help but secretly criticize this, Jia Zheng had already acquiesced in it at the beginning. If it weren't for Lady Jia's obstruction, how could the bitter consequences of today have been caused?

But having said that, Lady Jia is the elder after all, and jealousy is one of the seven grounds for divorce. She has no way to refute it and can only push Jia Baoyu out to take the blame.

Grandmother Jia knew very well that she had her own problems too, and she just wanted to take the initiative and gain an advantage, so she didn't pursue the victory anymore.

But when this scene fell into the eyes of the servants, the situation was completely different.

On the one hand, even Jia Baoyu was beaten so severely by Jia Zheng, and the servants were terrified.

On the other hand, Lai Da knew that Zhang Yun逸 had something to do with Aunt Zhao and her son, and he wanted to help cover it up.

Therefore, the servants kept silent about Jia Huan's secret mischief.

Even Mingyan did not dare to tell Xiren the truth, and only said that Jia Huan bumped into Jia Zheng in the morning.

As a result, Mrs. Wang was still kept in the dark and thought that it was Lai Dajie who passed the message, but it happened to be heard by Jia Zheng.

But the more this happened, the more angry she felt, and she felt that Jia Zheng disregarded the relationship between father and son.

Just because he drove Jin Chuan away, she was upset and took her anger out on her son.

However, in order to shirk responsibility, the servants often put the blame on Jia Zheng when faced with questioning.

They all spoke in unison and explained clearly how he had ordered not to leak any information.

Thinking of this, she asked the maidservant in the room, "Who was the first to report when Baoyu was beaten that day?"

"Madam, it's Xiren from Baoyu's room."

"Go call her over here. I have something to ask her!"

After a while, Xiren came forward with orders.

Seeing that no one was in the room, Mrs. Wang asked, "I vaguely heard that Baoyu was beaten today. It was Huan'er who said something to the master. Did you hear that? If you heard it, tell me. I won't make a fuss and let others know that it was you who said it."

"I didn't hear that."

If it weren't for that scene with Lady Jia, Xiren might not have been able to hold it in.

But now he had to think twice before acting. Even if Mrs. Wang had made a promise, if she summoned him and then caused trouble for Aunt Zhao and her son afterwards, it would be hard to guarantee that he would not arouse suspicion.

Mrs. Wang did not give up and asked, "Then how did you know that Baoyu was beaten?"

"Madam, that day the master sent someone to summon Baoyu. I saw that they looked unhappy and was a little worried, so I followed them. As soon as Baoyu entered the house, I heard that the master wanted to beat him. I hurried to the lady nearby to report it, but I didn't expect that the lady was in the garden, so I was delayed..."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang couldn't help but sighed: "My son! It's hard for you to be so careful. I'm already old now, and Baoyu is my life. If it weren't for your alertness this time, he would have been disabled if not dead... If he was injured, who would we be able to rely on in the future!"

As he spoke, tears rolled down his cheeks.

When Xiren heard Mrs. Wang's words "we seem to have some hidden meaning", her heart beat faster. Seeing how sad Mrs. Wang was, she couldn't help but cry with her.

"Second Master is Madam's adopted son, so how can we not love him? Even as servants, we all hope that he will live a long and peaceful life. I have never slacked off, and I always advise Second Master. Second Master is kind to others, and those people are willing to get close to him, so we can't blame him.

It is us who have advised too much and ended up being blamed. Madam brought up this matter today, and I am still worried about something and want to ask Madam for advice, but I am afraid that Madam will be suspicious, and not only will my words be in vain, but I will also have no place to bury my body!"

Mrs. Wang was worried that she would not say enough, so she struck while the iron was hot and said, "My child, if you have anything to say, just say it. I heard everyone praising you behind your back, and I thought you were just paying attention to Baoyu, or being friendly in front of others. Who would have thought that what you said just now was all great principles, exactly what I was thinking. Just say whatever you have to say, just don't let others know."

Xiren knelt down quickly and said, "Madam, you are wise! I don't understand any great principles, but although life is full of disasters and illnesses, the Second Master just recovered from his illness, and now he has suffered this disaster, which is too sudden. I wonder if he has attracted some villains. Madam, why don't you ask Master Yi from the East Palace to take a look at the Second Master, so that you can rest assured, right?"

Although she didn't dare to bring trouble to herself, Zhang Yunyi was a person who was not afraid of being bitten by lice even if there were too many of them, and he believed that those who were capable should do more work.

How could she know that Zhang Yunyi was the culprit?

On the contrary, he felt that his reputation for loyalty and righteousness had long been known, and he also had the ability to predict the future. If Mrs. Wang could ask him for a calculation, the evil intentions of Aunt Zhao and her son would naturally be exposed.

Mrs. Wang originally just wanted to get some other information from her indirectly, but she didn't expect to get these words.

What Xiren said was not without reason, but Jia Zheng was already unhappy about her being held in the arms of Zhang Yun逸, and he had also strictly ordered her to pay attention to her identity when the Grand View Garden was completed.

Now, Grandmother Jia took advantage of Baoyu being beaten to label her as jealous, and she could no longer knowingly commit the same mistake.

However, Xiren's words did remind her.

When the monk and the Taoist priest came to her house, their words and expressions had hidden meanings, but she was only concerned about Baoyu's illness.

In addition, Ma Dao Po never came to the house again, so this factor was ignored.

"My son, you are so thoughtful! Your words today reminded me that I really didn't know you were so good. Well, go ahead. I have my reasons. But since you said this, I will hand him over to you. Please take good care of him. If you save him, you will save me. I will not let you down."

Xiren's body trembled when she heard this. She kowtowed heavily and said, "Don't worry, Madam. Even if you are not here, I will do my best!"

"Good child!" Mrs. Wang stepped forward and helped Xiren up from the ground. "Keep this in mind and don't tell anyone. Tomorrow I will tell Feng to give you two taels of silver from my monthly allowance, and you can be treated as one with your aunt."

"Hey! Hey!" Xiren agreed and went.

After Xiren left, Mrs. Wang saw that it was getting late and was worried that she had forgotten, so she called Zhou Rui's wife and asked her to go to Ma Dao's house and invite her to come over the next day.

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