The Red Mansion Big Liar

Not to mention, with Aunt Xue present, there was no chance to touch it secretly.

Every failure makes one wiser. Back then at the hot spring villa, Jinchuan and Yuchuan had caught their good fortune in vain.

After all, Jinchuan and Yuchuan were maids serving her and Zhang Yunyi, so they could still hide it.

But if Aunt Xue caught her, how would she ever be able to hold her head up high?

It would be fine if it affected his reputation, after all, this was something Jia Zheng tacitly approved of, and Aunt Xue was his sister, so he wouldn't gossip about her.

But she still hoped to marry into the Xue family, which affected Jia Baoyu's marriage, and she regretted it too late.

Unfortunately, Zhang Yunyi was the kind of person who would do anything when he was in a good mood, so she had no choice but to give up this legitimate opportunity.

Mrs. Wang had said so much, and Aunt Xue, as a widow, had to avoid being in trouble. Although she was unwilling, she had no choice but to give up.

Just at this moment, Caixia came in and reported: "The old lady wants you to come over!"

This gave Madam Wang an excuse to see the guest off, so she quickly stood up and said, "I'll be right there!"

"Madam, please ask Caixia to accompany you to the old lady's place! I have something to do and need to go home."

If it were any other maid, they would not dare to say such words, but Yuchuan didn't care.

She did not forget Jin Chuan's instructions and hurried to report the news.

Mrs. Wang didn't think too much about it. She nodded and said, "Then you can send my concubine off on my behalf!"

After seeing Aunt Xue off, Mrs. Wang moved to Rongqing Hall and found that Mrs. Xing had also arrived.

Before she could even salute, Grandmother Jia greeted her, "You've come just in time! I sent someone to ask, and the second sister of the You family is about to give birth. Brother Yi will send someone to pick up Mr. Zhen at that time. I asked him to let us know on the way, so I won't go. You two can go there on my behalf and congratulate him."

Mrs. Wang was stunned. She had just sent Aunt Xue away, but she didn't expect Grandmother Jia to come again.

Before she could say anything, Madam Xing hurriedly said, "Don't worry, old lady, I will definitely go there!"

Mrs. Wang hesitated for a moment, then hurriedly said, "I won't go! It's fine if the eldest master is at home, but now that the master is not at home, it's better to avoid it!"

"You are so confused!" Jia's mother shouted, "What's wrong with you not being at home? Do you think you will stop moving around when you are not at home? Who would suspect you of anything? Since I asked you to come over, if the second son has any complaints when he comes back, just tell him to come to me!"

"This..." Mrs. Wang was in a dilemma.

Mrs. Xing smiled and said, "Since the Second Madam doesn't want to go, why should the Old Madam force her? Don't you still have me? We are a family, so it's fine if the intention is expressed. If not, ask the Second Madam to prepare a gift and I'll take it to her."

Mrs. Wang was worried about being spied on, so didn’t Mrs. Xing have the same worry?

Therefore, I am happy to go alone.

Mrs. Wang was overjoyed and quickly agreed, "Yes, yes, yes!"

"No!" Jia's mother said without question, "It's settled, you all go together!"

Firstly, Zhang Yun逸 was deeply in love with Yingchun, and Yuanchun had already lost the initiative. How could Lady Jia allow Mrs. Wang to be passive and lazy?

Let the eldest wife have all this favor?

Secondly, Grandmother Jia was also worried that Jia She and Lady Xing had some ulterior motives, so letting Lady Wang go with them was also meant to provide a check and balance.

In front of Mrs. Wang, even if Mrs. Xing had some secret thoughts, she couldn't reveal them.

Of course, this was also the reason why she didn't let Mrs. Wang go alone.

Besides being worried about deliberately leaving out the first wife and letting Zhang Yunyi know, it would cause complications.

She also suspected that Jia Zheng had given instructions to Lady Wang, so she was worried that she was secretly making trouble and sabotaging Yuanchun's marriage. That's why she called Lady Xing along as well, so that the two of them could check and balance each other.

After all, it was a normal human interaction, so Lady Jia could not question it and Mrs. Wang could not refuse.

I had no choice but to agree: "Since the old lady said so, I will do as you say."

Mrs. Wang had lived in the hot spring villa for some time and knew the layout of the villa.

I thought to myself that if we were traveling alone, we could live at two ends of the yard, so the risk of being exposed would not be too great.

But if there was another Aunt Xue, and the three of them lived in the same yard, the risk of exposure would undoubtedly be greatly increased.

After returning, she thought about it over and over again, and was still worried about being exposed, so not only did she not invite Aunt Xue to go with her, but she kept the matter secret.

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 408 Sisters-in-law

March 20th, noon.

Two carriages galloped in front of the hot spring villa.

Zhang Yunyi clasped his hands together, raised them above his head, and said to Zhen Shiyin, who was the first to get off the car, "Thank you for your hard work, sir!"

"Of course! Take me over to see what's going on!"

Zhen Shiyin jumped off the carriage and followed Zhang Yunyi into the villa quickly. Jin Chuan, who got off the next carriage, hurriedly followed.

Zhang Yunyi welcomed Zhen Shiyin into the room next to the delivery room, and then shouted outside, "Midwife! Call a midwife out and tell the master what's going on inside!"

"Master! I have tried my best, but even though the concubine came to visit, the mistress refused in every possible way, saying that the second master is not at home and she is worried about the melons in the field and plums in the field, so it is inconvenient for her to come."

While Zhen Shiyin was asking the midwife Youshi about the situation in the room, Jin Chuan approached Zhang Yun逸 and started to report to Mrs. Wang.

She had served Lady Wang for many years, and her last two sentences imitated Lady Wang's tone very vividly.

Zhang Yun逸 was a little surprised when he heard this.

Because he followed Jin Chuan's suggestion, Jia's mother sent someone to ask, and he went with the flow and promised that when Youshi was about to give birth, he would notify Rongfu so that Aunt Xue could take a ride with Lady Wang.

Unexpectedly, something could go wrong like this.

He exhaled, nodded, pointed at the house and said, "Got it! We'll talk about this later. Go in and help take care of it first."

Jin Chuan agreed and was about to go in, but she caught a glimpse of Madam Xing and Madam Wang coming together.

"She... why is she here again?" She was surprised and quickly explained, "Master! What I said is absolutely true!"

Zhang Yunyi glanced back, waved his hand, and said calmly: "Let's see how much time we have later. If you can make it in time, you can go back with Mr. Zhen. Remember to tell the concubine that she is here... Go in and help!"

After giving Jin Chuan a brief lecture, he turned and looked at Madam Xing and Madam Wang who had rushed over.

Although he roughly guessed Mrs. Wang's concerns, it was an indisputable fact that he had hinted at her last year and asked her to pass a message to the Xue family, but there had been no response.

Even if she didn't mean to obstruct or trip her up, she was at least being passive and slacking. Naturally, she didn't want the Xue family to follow her lead anymore.

Now that things have come to this, my plan has failed and there is no point in regretting it. I can only try to remedy the situation.

Right now, the most urgent task is to destroy the relationship between Aunt Xue and Mrs. Wang.

As for Aunt Xue, he was not worried at all.

The review of the imperial merchants is only half a year away. Right now, she thinks that Madam Wang can be relied on. When she no longer trusts Madam Wang, is she still afraid that she will not put money in her pocket?

"Humph!~ It turns out that the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager. The two ladies have worked tirelessly. I will remember this favor!"

It is better to block both ends than to be stubborn. Destroy the relationship between the Xue family and Mrs. Wang, and at the same time stop Mrs. Wang from pleading for the Xue family.

Therefore, he took advantage of the situation and adopted this attitude in order to shut Mrs. Wang up in advance so that she would not be complacent about their friendship.

Mrs. Wang didn't expect that he would remember such a small matter.

Just as she was about to explain, Madam Xing glanced at Madam Wang and said with a smile, "You are all used to a life of luxury. How many of you are willing to endure the hardship of this bumpy journey? If it weren't for the old lady's death order, the second wife wouldn't have wanted to come."

Although she didn't know that Mrs. Wang was also Zhang Yunyi's conspirator, the first and second wives had always been at odds with each other. She deliberately tried to flatter Mrs. Wang and deliberately followed Zhang Yunyi's words to change Mrs. Wang's avoidance of suspicion into fear of hardship.

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she became anxious and was about to explain.

Zhang Yunyi waved his hand and said, "Mr. Zhen should have asked about the same questions. Please forgive me for not being polite enough!"

After saying that, he no longer paid attention to the two of them and walked into the room next to the delivery room with his arms swinging.

Zhen Shiyin stood up and said, "Don't worry, Yun Yi. I just asked the midwife and everything is going well! It will only take a moment..."

Before I could finish my words, I heard a crying sound coming from next door.

Zhang Yun逸 bowed to Zhen Shiyin, then turned around and walked out.

"Congratulations, sir! Congratulations, sir! It's a little master!"

Zhang Yunyi strode into the delivery room. Aunt Wu was holding the baby in her cradle and approached him as if presenting a treasure.

He glanced at his son, pretended to push Wu Ma away, then came to the bedside, took Youshi into his arms, and said, "Thank you for your trouble!"

You Shi glanced at You Erjie in the room and said, "It's not hard! It's hard for my second sister to accompany me in acting for so long."

Although she said this, she turned her head eagerly to look at her son in Wu Ma's arms. Zhang Yunyi quickly winked at Wu Ma, reached out to hold his son in his arms, and moved closer to Youshi.

He comforted her, "Don't worry! I've always kept my promise in mind! Now that everything is almost ready, after the mourning period is over, we can get married legally."

She could not raise the first child with her, but instead had to be registered under You Erjie's name. What You was most worried about was the child and her own future status.

The reason why I deliberately mentioned You Erjie at this time was that I hoped she would treat her son well in the future.

Hearing this, she couldn't help but burst into tears of joy: "Really...really? Master, you won't embarrass me, right?"

She said she was in trouble, but she even changed her address.

Zhang Yunyi patted You's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything!"

As he was speaking, a message suddenly came from outside: "Master, the two ladies are coming in to visit Auntie!~"

"This……"

Although Youshi knew that Madam Xing had fallen into a trap, she did not know that it was Madam Wang. When she heard that there were two ladies, she couldn't help but panic and struggled to get up.

But Zhang Yunyi grabbed her shoulders and whispered something in her ear.

Yu's face suddenly lit up, from shock to surprise.

He handed the child to Wu Ma and ordered, "Take the child out and let the two ladies see him, and then take some silver and give it as a reward."

After Wu Ma left, he said, "Now, there is no need to worry about them. I also have a way to deal with the old lady. You just wait patiently."

Although no one in the Jia family would be so blind, Youshi was a widow after all, and he was in mourning, so it was inevitable that people would talk about him.

So, there is no need to be so anxious.

"Hoo!~Hoo!~" Youshi leaned her head towards his chest, and then she struggled to push him away, saying, "Master, you can't just leave me alone, go and greet the two ladies!"

You Shi only knew one side of the story and didn't know that Zhang Yun逸 had complete initiative.

Thinking that he would need help from Madam Xing and Madam Wang in the future, he tried to ask Zhang Yun逸 to earn more favors.

Zhang Yunyi hesitated for a while, then half-heartedly stood up and said, "Then I'll go first!"

As soon as she went out the door, Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang came to greet her immediately.

Madam Xing said first, "It's not good to have too many people inside. I'd better go and see Zhen...Zhen's daughter-in-law and her sister!"

"It's good that you're so thoughtful!" He deliberately looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late. If it's any later, we won't be able to return to the city. I'll take you two ladies home!"

"I'm not in a hurry to leave!" Mrs. Xing said quickly, "The master told me when I came here that he had something to discuss with you."

She just thought that Mrs. Wang's presence was very inconvenient.

Seeing this, Madam Wang also hurriedly said, "Since we came here together, we can't leave separately, so I'll go with my sister-in-law!"

Although she was also worried that Mrs. Xing would see something she shouldn't see, Zhang Yunyi was obviously unhappy just now, and it was obviously inappropriate for him to leave in a hurry before he could explain.

Zhang Yunyi didn't say anything, but nodded and said, "Then I'll take the two ladies to the yard next door to rest!"

He took the lead and entered the yard next door, and the two of them hurriedly followed.

After pushing open one of the guest rooms, he stood at the door and said, "Second Madam, please stay in this one!"

Madam Wang glanced at Madam Xing who was following her closely, and could only bite the bullet and say, "Sister-in-law is really biased. I definitely didn't mean what she said, but... the master is not at home..."

? Seeing Zhang Yunyi's indifferent attitude, she couldn't help but worry that he believed what Mrs. Xing said.

Therefore, a tactful explanation was given.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yunyi ripped open her long coat and said in a playful tone, "What master? Tell me, who is the master?"

Mrs. Wang was frightened out of her wits by the sudden action. She looked at Mrs. Xing in panic, but saw that there was no trace of surprise or anger on her face, nor any intention of stopping him. She was just stunned.

Knowing what Mrs. Wang was worried about was one thing, but ruining a rare opportunity was another.

Knowing what Mrs. Wang was worried about, he simply did the opposite and gave her a severe lashing as a small punishment.

Therefore, he did not make any unnecessary moves towards Madam Xing. He pulled off the extra baggage on Madam Wang's body and pressed her against the door frame, grinning as he said, "It is only natural for you to serve the master. Are you afraid of who will know?"