The Red Mansion Big Liar

Although the two are sisters-in-law of the same generation, there is a difference in their closeness. Wang Xifeng is a member of the Wang family after all. If she reports to Mrs. Wang, the already unbearable situation will be made worse.

Just at this moment, a message came from outside: "Master Yi is here!"

She took advantage of the situation, let go of Ping'er and escaped.

Although Ping'er broke free, she looked at Wang Xifeng helplessly.

I originally planned to greet him at the door and inform him of the agreed location, but I didn't expect Zhang Yunyi to come so quickly, so I missed the opportunity.

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 142 The oriole is behind

Zhang Yunyi left the front hall and was heading this way, but he met a maid who was delivering a message halfway, so his time was naturally reduced.

He came here for Ping'er, so naturally he looked at her first.

Because she had just toasted everyone and was touched by Li Wan, her already carefully done makeup looked even more dishevelled.

It was just this bit of messiness, embarrassment, and hidden shyness that was just right, which made his heart beat fast.

However, the current occasion was not right, so he had to suppress his thoughts temporarily and bowed to everyone.

Li Wan, who had been acting flamboyantly just now, now seemed to have been silenced. She just put on a smile and returned the greeting.

Wang Xifeng was angry that she had ruined her plans, and was unwilling to let her off easily. She said with a smile, "Oh! Just now, Brother Yi was not here, and you two sisters-in-law kept mumbling. How come you have become mute now?"

Li Wan couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb when the conversation came to this. She quickly picked up the wine glass, stood up tremblingly and said, "Brother Lao Yi, thank you for taking care of Lan Er. I toast you a glass!"

Zhang Yunyi was stunned, then he remembered Youshi's reminder before, and then he realized that she took his courtesy as a hint.

There is no loss anyway. According to the book, Jia Lan should be the most promising younger generation of the Jia family. I am not misleading or deceiving him. I am just doing him a favor. There is no need to explain.

He took the wine glass Ping'er handed over, drank a glass, and said, "I think everything else about him is fine, but he is a little weak. Don't be too strict when he studies on weekdays, and let him exercise appropriately."

It's pitiful to see the love of parents in the world. In addition, just now in the front hall, I saw that Jia Lan neither went to the flower hall nor hung around with the women in the backyard. He was indeed very different from Jia Baoyu, and I had a good impression of him.

Li Wan was surprised and happy when she heard that. She didn't expect that when she toasted him with a glass of wine, she actually made another suggestion.

But at the same time, when he heard him mention Jia Lan's health, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

However, before she could ask, Wang Xifeng had already spoken: "If I hadn't asked my sister-in-law to send someone to invite you, I'm afraid you wouldn't have bothered to come if the old lady and the mistress weren't here. I say Brother Yi should drink three glasses of wine as punishment!"

She waited for Zhang Yunyi to turn his head to look at her, but then she turned her head to look at Ping'er and said calmly: "Why don't you go and serve Brother Yi... pour him some wine!"

Others thought she was just trying to stir up trouble and made her drink a penalty, but Zhang Yunyi understood what she meant.

Since Wang Xifeng was so knowledgeable and tactful, he naturally would not offend her.

He didn't drink much in the front yard. He watched Ping'er fill her glass while raising his cup and said, "I was planning to come here after the socializing outside, but I ran into the maid who came to deliver the message. However, since my sister-in-law has said so, Yun Yi will obey your order!"

Wang Xifeng has always been very concerned about her reputation, and these words greatly satisfied her vanity.

At the same time, seeing that he would obey me as soon as I gave him a little hint, I felt more confident about what would happen next.

Having gained both face and benefits, she naturally would not cause trouble for Zhang Yunyi.

After Zhang Yunyi finished three glasses of wine, she said no more.

Zhang Yunyi had no intention of staying and bowed slightly to Li Wan, Sanchun and others.

His eyes were fixed on Yingchun, who had her head buried in front of him. He paused for a moment and then said, "Sisters-in-law and sisters, please eat slowly. I am a little tired now, so I will go back and rest first."

"Brother Yi, since you are tired, go back and rest!"

There was no reason for the female relatives to stay.

After he left the side hall, Wang Xifeng winked at Ping'er.

Then, he shouted at her in shock: "Look at how messy you are. Go find a place to clean it up!"

Ping'er lowered her head in a hurry, and saw that her body was a little messy due to Li Wan's scratching. She quickly dropped the wine pot, apologized, and fled.

She came out of the side hall, but saw Zhang Yunyi already walking to the front of the hanging flower door, so she hurriedly chased after him.

Now, Zhang Yunyi was no longer worried about the servants in the Ning Mansion gossiping. As for Xiangling and others, he had no intention of hiding it. Since Ping'er knew where he was going, there was no need for him to stay.

But Ping'er didn't understand the situation and couldn't save face, so she refused several times.

Fortunately, Wang Xifeng learned from Zhang Yunyi last time that there was a hidden world under the rockery, which gave her an idea.

Noticing Ping'er was chasing him, Zhang Yunyi stopped and wanted to take her back.

Unexpectedly, when she was still a few meters away, she heard Ping'er whisper, "Master, please go to the rockery where Madam arranged to meet you last time. I will come later."

Now that Youshi had found a clear path, she had not tried this kind of wild fun for a long time. It was already late autumn, so there was no need to worry about mosquito bites. Zhang Yunyi knew that she was shy, so he acquiesced.

In order to avoid being seen, Ping'er was not in a hurry to catch up, but lingered in front of the door for a while.

Unexpectedly, this waiting gave someone with ulterior motives an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Just now it happened in the side hall, in front of Wang Xifeng and others. Now that Ping'er went out to clean up, Li Wan felt that she had found an opportunity.

As soon as Ping'er left the door, she stood up and said, "I've drunk too much. I'm going out for a while..."

After saying that, he ran out the door in a hurry without saying goodbye to anyone.

Wang Xifeng had seen the previous scene, and seeing that she had already walked around the screen, she was afraid that she would pester Ping'er and ruin her good deeds, so she quickly stood up and said, "I'm afraid the eldest sister-in-law has eaten too much, I'd better go and accompany her!"

Unexpectedly, before she could finish her words, a Cheng Yaojin suddenly appeared.

Youshi had already caught her and said with a smile, "We are here to do some work in our house today, so how can we trouble Second Madam Lian? If anyone wants to accompany you, I should be the one to do it."

When she saw that Li Wan found an excuse to get away shortly after Zhang Yun逸 left, she became even more convinced that there was something going on between the two of them. She stopped her because she was worried that Wang Xifeng would go out and see what was going on.

Wang Xifeng did not have such considerations. As long as Li Wan was held back by Youshi, she would have no chance to disturb Ping'er and Zhang Yunyi. She was happy to have some free time.

When Youshi left the side hall, she saw that Li Wan did not stay in the courtyard, but went out of the hanging flower gate instead.

She was still a little worried and followed behind her all the way. When she saw her pass through the hall and enter the archery range of Tianxiang Tower, she had no more doubts in her heart.

While he hurried back, he was racking his brains to think how to cover up for the two of them.

Since she had a secret meeting with Zhang Yunyi, she would definitely not be able to come back for a while.

So he returned to the side hall and said with a smile, "Thanks to our Second Madam Lian for reminding us that her eldest sister-in-law was really drunk. Now I have arranged for her to sleep in my room. Let's ignore her and let her sleep for a while. I will go and wake her up later."

The three sisters were all girls, so they didn't expect that. Although Wang Xifeng felt it was inappropriate, she was worried that she would create more problems than she had hoped.

This reminds people of Ping'er's disappearance for no reason, so he pretended to be confused.

Unexpectedly, Jia Lan in the front yard had finished his meal and was bored, so he ran to find Li Wan and planned to go back to read.

Yu had to temporarily play the role of mother and settled him in the study in the front yard.

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 143 Li Wan's Search

But Li Wan came out of the side hall.

Just as she saw Ping'er disappearing at the gate with hanging flowers, she didn't think much and chased after her.

I thought she would go in and tidy up when she found an empty room, but unexpectedly, she followed me all the way to Tianxiang Tower.

When people are drunk, they tend to be reckless, and Li Wan is no exception.

Seeing Ping'er going to Huifang Garden, she not only did not think it was inappropriate, but became even more eager to try.

He even secretly wondered, maybe the few pulls just now had caused something wrong with Ping'er? Wang Xifeng had always been on good terms with Qin Keqing, so was she going to Tianxiang Tower to clean up the mess?

After all, she had drunk too much and had forgotten that she had already passed the main gate of the garden. She only noticed something was wrong after she entered the side gate.

However, this unusual thing aroused her curiosity even more, so she followed all the way to the rockery.

Fortunately, Ping'er was so anxious that she didn't think she was being followed and just focused on getting on with her journey.

She caught up with Li Wan to the rockery, but lost sight of Ping'er. She walked around inside, but didn't see anyone, so she was thinking of going out to take a look.

But suddenly, a muffled groan from Ping'er was heard.

': The voice seemed to come from the throat, carrying some indescribable emotion, but it was like a heavy hammer, hitting Li Wan's heart.

And then came Ping'er's heavy breathing, like the devil's sound from the Nine Nether Hell, with a breathtaking magic power, which broke the eardrums and spread to every limb of the body.

Indeed, no wonder we have to come to such a remote place.

Before this, she had not felt the hard object on Ping'er's body. She had heard that there were some things that were difficult to talk about. Could it be that she carried it with her?

Li Wan felt her head getting hot and her body trembled suddenly. She quickly held onto the rockery and walked towards the sound with trembling legs.

When the sound became clearer, she noticed a crack in the rockery.

But when she reached the cave, she couldn't help feeling conflicted.

If I were to barge in on this kind of thing, I would probably disturb Ping'er and make her feel ashamed and angry.

But on second thought, this is also a rare opportunity to break through this layer of window paper. We are all women, so we just need to be honest with each other. There is nothing to be shy about.

However, when she hesitated and was about to step in, Ping'er in the cave seemed to have recovered and suddenly said, "Master... Grandma is urging us..."

"Pah!" A crisp sound was heard, followed by a man's dull voice: "Don't spoil the fun!"

Li Wan was suddenly struck by lightning. She had just heard this man's voice in the side hall and naturally she would remember it.

I originally thought that Ping'er and I shared the same fate, so I could only comfort myself, but I never expected that she was having a secret meeting with Zhang Yun逸.

Such secrets are bound to exist in a large family, and she had no intention of exposing them.

Firstly, Ping'er has always been kind and sincere to others, and she has no intention of letting her bear the blame.

Secondly, Zhang Yun逸 had mentioned Jia Lan before, which could be considered as a favor to her and her son. Besides, he still had a weak tail. If he exposed this scandal, not only would he repay kindness with enmity, but he would probably not help her again in the future.

However, although she wanted to turn around and leave, her legs felt as if they were filled with lead and she couldn't move.

On the contrary, there is always an urge to rush in.

Just as he was struggling with his conscience, he suddenly remembered that Ping'er seemed to have mentioned Wang Xifeng just now.

I comforted myself in my heart: I was not trying to eavesdrop on what was going on inside, but to find out what secrets Wang Xifeng had.

Thinking of this, she stopped worrying and leaned against the rockery with peace of mind, listening attentively.

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The autumn wind whimpered, bringing with it a hint of chill, as it blew through the long and narrow corridor between the rockery, like a whistling devilish sound, piercing straight into Li Wan's ears. Not only did it not blow away the heat in Li Wan's heart, but it made her feel uneasy.

As time passed, her panic gradually turned into horror, and her eagerness to try became increasingly unsuppressible.

She didn't know how long she had been in agony, but suddenly she woke up from her dream with a hearty cry and a gasp like a bellows.

The idea of ​​prying into Wang Xifeng's privacy had long been thrown out of his mind. He quickly composed himself, looked at the cave eagerly, and then staggered away from the rockery.

She walked back along the same path she had come, and when she reached the archery range of Tianxiang Tower, she ran into Youshi who had come looking for her.

Seeing the blush on her face, Youshi thought it was just the aftermath of the blush and glanced at her slightly messy clothes.

"Wow! Where did you get this? It took so long and it's covered with so much dust."

Li Wan's status was special, so she could only look for a remote place. The first place she thought of was the small house next to the flower garden, and her tone was inevitably a little sour.

Li Wan didn't notice the sour taste in his words. She just realized that she had been delayed for too long and asked, "How long?"

After all, they had fought together, and now they were on the same boat, so Youshi could only help cover up, leaning over to wipe the dust off her body, straightening the wrinkles on her clothes, and then stood up and said, "It's been almost an hour!"

"Ah!~" Li Wan cried out in surprise.

Yu Shi thought she was half drunk and half awake, had lost her soul, and had forgotten the time, so she didn't take it seriously.

He consoled her, "Don't worry! You have to clean yourself up before you come back. I've already covered for you. I said you were drunk and slept in my room. Don't let anything slip when you go back."

Li Wan was still a little groggy and in shock, so she didn't think much about the meaning of her words. She just thought that Youshi was kind and felt that she had made an excuse for convenience, but she had been out for so long that it would be difficult for her to explain when she returned.

"Yes...thank you, Sister-in-law Zhen!"

You was stunned at first, but then she smiled and said, "We are all family, why should we talk about different things? I also know that you have a hard life, and I will never let Feng girl find fault with you."

She just thought that Li Wan was still in the dark about her relationship with Zhang Yun逸, so she was happy to play dumb.

When Li Wan heard Youshi say the word "mistake", her heart suddenly tightened. She wanted to explain, but she was worried that if she said too much, she would make mistakes and reveal the relationship between Ping'er and Zhang Yun逸.