The Red Mansion Big Liar

Liu Wuer's face flushed, and she panted, "Master brought back some grapes, so I brought some here for mother and Fang Guan to taste."

"Why are there so many?" Sister Liu said nervously, "It doesn't matter if I eat it or not, but please don't take it from Master Zhen and Madam Zhen..."

"Mother! How could that be? This is all my daughter's share!"

Sister Liu asked in confusion: "Really? Why are there so many?"

"Where is there more? There has always been this much. It's grown on Grandpa's farm. Shouldn't it be used up at home? If Grandpa were at home, he would have eaten it up. My daughter is tired of it these days."

Although there has never been a shortage of fruit from Zhang Yun逸, it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that people get tired of eating it.

I was just worried that Sister Liu wouldn't want to eat.

"That's good! That's good!" Sister Liu said with a look of relief, "You didn't even tell me, I asked Fang Guan and the others to help. You're not tired from carrying so much, are you?"

"It's okay! Master Zhen is a great doctor, and my daughter is in much better shape now."

Liu Wuer smiled innocently and said, "Master Zhen said that you will get better faster if you move more. Master even practices boxing all day long!"

When Mrs. Liu heard that it was better to move more, she couldn't help but asked worriedly, "Isn't it tiring to work over there?"

"Not tired!" Liu Wuer said with a smile, "Mr. Zhen and Mrs. Zhen don't like to have people serve them, but my daughter is just like she is at home, there's nothing to do!"

Sister Liu couldn't help but frown when she heard this, and said in annoyance: "Why didn't I take you with me? I heard that I would have to stay there for several months, and Aunt You would have to wait for the birth of her baby there. She is pregnant now and can't serve. This is such a good opportunity, why didn't I take you with me?"

"Mother!" Liu Wu'er blushed immediately, pinching the corner of her clothes and mumbling, "Grandpa... Grandpa took pity on my weak body and left me with Master Zhen to recuperate..."

Although she did not go to You Erjie for the time being and did not have to serve Xiangling in her room, she could not avoid hearing any noise in the pavilion leaning against the mountain.

Sister Liu didn't care about that. She complained, "Girl, why are you so shy? This is an opportunity you can't ask for. Which girl doesn't want to climb into a man's bed? Even my mother did..."

At this point, she realized that she shouldn't have said such nonsense to her daughter, and sighed, "Forget it, forget it! Now I'm counting on you."

"Mother...daughter...the master asked me to serve you, how can I follow you..."

Liu Wu'er was too embarrassed to say the word "compete for favor".

Sister Liu said in a very stubborn tone, "Hey!~ You kid, you also said that it was the master who ordered you to serve Auntie. Everything has a priority. Isn't it your duty to serve the master?"

Liu Wuer was speechless for a moment, lowered her head, and was silent for a long time before she murmured, "But...but that also depends on Master's orders."

"Alas!" Sister Liu looked at her daughter, sighed, and said with a frown, "Child, you are much better now, why are you still hunched over? You look so listless, no wonder I don't take you with me!"

As they were talking, the little actors in the courtyard began to sing again.

Sister Liu's eyes lit up, and she asked quickly, "Did you just say that Master Zhen and Madam Zhen don't like to have people serve them?"

Liu Wuer nodded blankly: "Yes! Why did mother suddenly ask this again?"

"That's good!" Sister Liu said with a smile, "Master won't be back for a while, so don't be idle during this time. Come here every day and learn more from Fangguan, Lingguan and the others."

"What to learn? Learn to sing opera?" Liu Wuer asked puzzledly.

"Bah!" Sister Liu spat, "Why do you want to learn those empty words? Mother wants you to learn some eyebrows and body movements from them!"

As she spoke, she hooked her daughter's chin and said with a look of satisfaction: "Look at you, if you can learn 60% to 70% of what they do, why worry that Master Yi won't ask you to serve in the house?"

Liu Wuer's face immediately turned red, and she quickly pushed away Sister Liu's hand, lowering her eyebrows and eyes and said, "Mother! Why do you keep saying these things? If you say more, I will go back!"

She was about to leave, but Sister Liu grabbed her and scolded her, "Mother, this is all for your own good. Don't lose your temper. If you don't come tomorrow, I'll have someone call you!"

She held the brocade wrapped in grapes in one hand and grabbed Liu Wu'er with the other, half pulling and half dragging her to the place where the actors practiced.

He waved at the field and said, "Come on! Wu'er brought you some fresh grapes, come and try some!"

Upon hearing this, the young actors immediately stopped rehearsing and swarmed over.

Everyone was talking at once: "Aunt is deceiving us?"

"Yes! How can there be fresh grapes at this time of year?"

Sister Liu hurriedly opened the bundle and said as if offering a treasure: "It's not available anywhere else, Wu'er is in the East Palace!"

When the little actors saw it, they rushed over to grab it.

Sister Liu quickly covered them with her hands, took out the bunches one by one, and after giving each person a bunch, she smiled and said, "Wu'er has something good for you, you must remember her kindness. It won't go bad if you leave it alone at this time of year. First, one bunch per person, and you can eat it tomorrow. I have something I need your help with."

"Auntie, just give me your orders!" the little actors said in unison.

Sister Liu looked around and pointed at Fangguan and Lingguan and said, "You are the best looking among them, and Lingguan looks quite similar to Wu'er. From now on, you should teach her more and follow their example. If she can learn 70% to 80% of them, she will need you to feed her in the future."

Nowadays, operagoers are very picky.

As the saying goes, "One minute on stage takes ten years of hard work off stage." Although these actors are not very old, they can act lifelike.

Most dramas of this era require makeup, and facial expressions are sometimes difficult to show, so they are completely expressed through eyebrows, eyes, and body movements.

The so-called moving eyes and expressive expressions are nothing more than this.

For the sake of her own daughter, Mrs. Liu was extremely concerned, and Fangguan and Lingguan were not chosen at random.

One of them played the role of Zhengdan and the other played the role of Xiaodan. Not to mention their appearance, their posture, manners, and every move were just right.

Mrs. Liu was in charge of Lixiangyuan, and these little actors were grateful for the favors they received. Besides, they were already familiar with Liu Wu'er, so naturally they would not refuse.

"Don't worry, Auntie! We'll take care of this!"

Fang Guan was bolder and more clever, so she teased, "Auntie asked Wu'er to learn this from us, maybe she wanted to seduce Master Yi in the East Mansion?"

Actors are originally of low status. Although they are not very old, they never shy away from such debauchery.

There were even cases where a male actor and a female actor pretended to be husband and wife.

Liu Wuer had never seen this before and her face immediately turned red with embarrassment.

"Bah!" Mrs. Liu spat, "What do you know? In this family, the maids in the room have always been used as concubines. Wu'er is learning these things just to fulfill her duty and please the master! Haven't you seen Xiren in Baoyu's room, now she is receiving the monthly allowance from the concubine!"

"Oh!" Fang Guan cleared her throat and said with a smile, "It turned out to be Aunt Liu. If we have nowhere to stay tomorrow, I hope Aunt Liu will take us in."

The little actors were originally bought in to celebrate Yuanchun's wedding.

Now that the marriage has changed, how could Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang be willing to be reminded of the past?

It has been almost a year since they were bought into the Rongguo Mansion, but they have never been invited to perform in a play, which made people feel a little worried.

……

It’s different from here where they are eating grapes and laughing.

Yingchun in Zhuijin Tower looked at the grapes that were sent to her with a sad look on her face.

Siqi, who was standing by, observed the situation and said, "Miss, I think the master is busy at the yamen and can't spare the time. He will come over naturally when he is free for a while."

Since the grapes have been delivered by someone, people will naturally not come.

Yingchun sighed and said, "Alas! How come no one came this time? At least bring a message!"

"I didn't know that the person who brought the grapes was the Second Madam. I guess the Master sent someone to deliver them to the mansion, but the Second Madam stopped them."

"Then go ask Yuchuan tomorrow and see her sister..."

At this point, Yingchun shook her head again and said, "Forget it! It's better not to ask."

……

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 322 A generous gift of thanks?

"Thank you with a generous gift? Thank you with a generous gift?"

In the guest house of the Hot Spring Villa, Zhang Yunyi sat on the edge of the bed, rubbing the "generous gift" that Madam Wang had brought, and couldn't help but laugh: "Since the Second Master is so polite, Madam, please stay here for two days. Wait until I have heard the Emperor's opinion, and then you can go back. It's better than running back and forth like this."

It is impossible to intercede.

However, Jia Zheng had such good intentions that he simply rejected the generous gift. It would be better to accept the gift and not do the favor.

Just go for the full show and ask Mrs. Wang to stay here and send her back after two days.

Now, even she herself has been branded as Zhang Yunyi, so she is not worried that Youshi will be seen as pregnant by him.

Moreover, although Mrs. Wang was humble in front of Zhang Yun逸 and had done all the dirty and tiring work, she would not lose face and show off in public.

Even if you stay in the villa, you might feel embarrassed to wander around, but there's nothing to worry about.

"This..." Mrs. Wang was obviously a little hesitant.

Staying for one night could be said to be a last resort, after all, Zhang Yunyi had work to do during the day and could only see him at night. The city gates were closed, so she couldn't go back even if she wanted to. But it was a bit unreasonable to just stay like this.

"Snapped!"

Zhang Yunyi slapped him hard and said jokingly, "Didn't the Second Master tell Madam to do it herself and make sure I'm satisfied? Now that I've agreed, it's time for Madam to show her sincerity."

As he spoke, he lay flat on the bed, put his head in his hands, and leaned back.

Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, then quickly sat on it.

……

"I didn't expect the master still had that kind of hobby. He even had the nerve to ask the lady about it in detail. It's only been two days, and he's already urging the lady to come over. Fortunately, my sister followed Master Yi in the first place, otherwise..."

While Mrs. Wang was showing her sincerity, Yuchuan was also busy in the independent house next door. She told Jinchuan what she had seen and heard and her guesses.

The unfinished words were naturally about Jia Zheng's intention to take Jin Chuan as his concubine. If he had followed the wrong person at that time, he might not have been able to escape unscathed.

Jin Chuan was skeptical: "No way?"

"Why not? You didn't see the master's expression at that time!"

Yuchuan swore, "He actually asked me if I saw anything. It was thanks to Master Yi's reminder that he was very face-conscious. I just said that my sister dragged me to take a bath in the hot spring as soon as I arrived. Not only did he not blame me for leaving my post, he even breathed a sigh of relief."

When Jin Chuan heard this, she was terrified. Even though she was just a maid, she was too embarrassed to speak up when encountering such a thing. She didn't know how Mrs. Wang could cooperate so calmly.

But when she thought of Mrs. Wang's appearance of taking off her armor and the embarrassment when she lifted the bed sheet that day, she felt a kind of indescribable joy.

"How shameless!" Jin Chuan couldn't help but laugh.

Yuchuan thought she was talking about Jia Zheng, and agreed, "That's right! Sister, you don't know that when he sent us here, he also told the lady to make sure to satisfy Master Yi. It's a good thing he could say that."

As he was speaking, the door suddenly opened and Zhang Yunyi's tall figure appeared at the door.

The two of them quickly stopped talking, stood up and saluted.

Last time Zhang Yunyi took most of the night, but this time it only took an hour. Jin Chuan was caught off guard and asked in confusion, "Master! Second Madam..."

"I guess I can't stand the bumps and I'm a little tired!"

Last time, Mrs. Wang either lay down or knelt, which didn't consume too much energy. But this time, she actually did squats for half an hour, and it was inevitable that she could not hold on.

As Zhang Yunyi spoke, he hugged the two of them and sat on the bed.

He leaned close to Yuchuan's ear and said, "I just told my wife that you can stay here for two days, so you don't have to travel on the bumpy road tomorrow."

Last time, the reason why I confiscated the jade bracelet that was placed at her lips was just to appease her emotions.

This time, there is no need for that.

Although he asked Madam Wang to stay for show, how could he not make good use of such a situation?

This made Yuchuan think that he kept Lady Wang because he was worried about her health.

Jin Chuan understood what was meant by the words and quickly stood up and said, "Thank you for your consideration, sir. Let Yu Chuan serve you, and I will leave first!"

After she said this, Yuchuan, who was originally a little confused, blushed suddenly.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yunyi grabbed Jinchuan and said, "Hey!~ You know me, and besides, your sister is not an outsider."

Although Mrs. Wang was very sincere just now, it was still not something that Yuchuan, an inexperienced girl, could handle.

Yuchuan had no idea about all that. She became more and more embarrassed and looked at her sister pleadingly.

Although Jin Chuan knew that Zhang Yunyi meant well, she could not resist the pleading look of her sister.

She hesitated for a moment, then said with a stiff upper lip: "The Second Madam is a guest from afar, so we must treat her well, lest people say we neglect her. My sister also has to serve the master, so it won't work if there's no one there.

Didn't the master say that the Madam couldn't stand the bumps and was a little tired? I was originally the Madam's maid, so why don't you go and wait first, and the master will come over later. If the Madam is not strong enough, I can help her a little. "

Just now, when she was chatting with Yuchuan, she was a little tempted and wanted to see how Mrs. Wang would throw away her weapons.

Now, in order to avoid embarrassing my sister, it is a good opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, she added, "Although my nightgown is a little tight for the Second Madam, it can still fit her. I will go pick out a looser one and ask her to change into it first."

Zhang Yun逸 was overjoyed when he heard this.

If we say that in Ningguo Mansion, Youshi is a versatile person, she can be related to both Qin Keqing and the You sisters.