The Red Mansion Big Liar

Thinking that he would be able to see him in the garden at night, there was no need to rush to look for him, so he returned to Dengxian Pavilion.

Unexpectedly, not only was Youshi here, but also Qin Keqing, You Erjie, and even You Sanjie were here too.

Because of Youshi's versatile nature, she had no fixed place to live. Sometimes she lived in Doufengxuan, sometimes in Tianxianglou, and she often ran back and forth.

The three maids implemented a rotation system, taking turns to be on duty beside Qin Keqing.

After all, Mr. Yi is a smart man. Although Qin Keqing and Xiangling are not twins, they are somewhat similar, which he certainly would not ignore.

He walked in, looked at everyone with a smile and said, "What's the happy event today? Why are you all gathered together?"

Youshi, Qin Keqing and the others did not answer. Instead, Xiangling looked at him with tears in her eyes and said in a trembling voice, "Master..."

Zhang Yunyi looked at everyone in confusion, and found that they all had smiles on their faces, so he was relieved and asked, "What happened?"

Qin Keqing pouted at Xiangling and said with a smile, "Uncle just said he was pregnant, why is he asking about us now?"

"Ok?"

Zhang Yunyi didn't react for a moment. In his two lifetimes, this was the first time he felt like a father.

After a long pause, he came back to his senses and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Xiangling and asked, "Really?"

Seeing her blushing cheeks and nodding at him, he couldn't help but touch her belly and asked, "How soon?"

A trace of disappointment flashed across Youshi's face. She touched her stomach but kept talking as she explained, "Xiangling said she had a poor appetite yesterday. I called a doctor today and he confirmed that she was pregnant!"

"Yes!" Zhang Yunyi nodded and said, "Have you gone to the old house to inform Madam Zhen?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed and the scene fell silent. Xiangling even lowered her head slightly.

You Shi quickly broke the silence and said, "This is Yun Yi's first child after all, don't you think..."

Although she didn't say all she wanted to say, Zhang Yunyi understood what she meant.

He said with a straight face: "This is something we agreed on beforehand. How can you be a man who doesn't keep his word?"

After all, he was just wearing Zhang Yunyi's skin. Deep down, he still identified more with his previous life's identity. Besides, he had never met the original owner's parents.

Xiangling was very excited when she saw his attitude. She said in a trembling voice, "Master...you don't have to be embarrassed. Xiangling can talk to mother!"

Zhang Yunyi said in a resolute voice: "Since Master has said so, I will not change it."

At this point, he looked around at everyone and said righteously, "As long as I promise you something, no matter what the reason is, even if it is extremely difficult, I will never go back on my word."

At first, when Youshi heard this, her face became a little stiff. Among the few people, her identity was the most embarrassing and she had the most concerns.

He had to think about how to please Zhang Yun逸.

But then, after hearing Zhang Yunyi look at everyone and say something meaningful, he suddenly felt very relieved.

As a result, most of the worries in my heart were also gone.

Qin Keqing, You Erjie and the three maids had such excitement in their eyes that they almost looked like tears were coming out of them.

Only Third Sister You looked around, curled her lips and lowered her head.

"It's too late today. Let's bring Madam Zhen here tomorrow. Let her move here during this period so that she can take care of Xiangling."

Zhang Yunyi was extremely satisfied with everyone's performance, and immediately gave orders: "Baozhu and Ruizhu will go to Tianxiang Tower first tonight..."

"Master!" Xiangling screamed in surprise, "This slave... This slave cannot serve you now, so I'd better wait..."

"What are you thinking about!" Zhang Yunyi patted her head and said in feigned anger, "How can I not know the seriousness of the matter? I will only hold you in my arms to sleep tonight!"

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 146: Rumors stir up trouble (Part )

"Have someone clean up the house on the hillside. Choose an open area and erect the pillars and the roof in the style of a greenhouse. When the flat glass comes out, install it directly. In addition, in addition to the meals, give Xiangling some fruits. Pears, apples, and pomegranates are all fine. Forget about dates. They are too sweet and can easily cause internal heat... Also, when the three months are over, Xiangling should move around more..."

When he suddenly heard last night that he was going to be a father, he was still a little confused.

But after a night's sleep, my mind is full of ideas.

After getting up in the morning, he simply stopped his morning exercises, called Youshi over, and gave her a lot of instructions.

Although one should be careful in the first three months and there will be no problem afterwards, women of this era attach great importance to offspring and will not tolerate any mistakes.

In addition, Zhang Yunyi did not allow him to take care of his daily life, so Xiangling suggested moving out temporarily.

She originally planned to move to the old house, but Zhang Yun逸 was worried, so he asked Youshi to clean up the empty house in the mountainside pavilion.

Although it was not spacious enough, it was not far from the Dengxian Pavilion, and it was enough for Xiangling, her mother, and two maids to live in.

There were no caesarean sections in ancient times, and giving birth to a child was like walking through the gates of hell for a woman.

This is particularly evident in wealthy families.

Women in ordinary families take care of housework on a daily basis, while women in wealthy families are delicate and precious. Even maids, except for those who do rough work, as long as they can serve in the house and take care of the master's daily life, they don't have to do any housework.

Although my physical strength has gradually increased due to taking care of him on a daily basis over the past six months, it is still not safe enough.

Of course, while increasing exercise, you must also pay attention to your diet.

Vitamins are essential. Although it is already winter, there are still some seasonal fruits. Once the greenhouses are built, there will be more varieties of vegetables.

As for the greenhouse, the plan was to build a sunroom similar to that of later generations.

He remembered that sunbathing can promote calcium absorption.

However, now that winter has arrived, he was worried that he would catch a cold from staying outside in the sun and wind, so he planned to build a sunroom with floor-to-ceiling windows on all four sides.

The reason for the top is that he has no confidence in the glass he produces and is worried that it will fall and hit someone.

After listening to his series of instructions, Youshi looked at Xiangling with envy.

"Don't worry, Yun Yi, I'll take care of all this."

Zhang Yunyi nodded, took two more mouthfuls of porridge, and then stood up and said, "Master Zheng invited me over tonight, so there's no need to prepare dinner. Just make arrangements for Xiangling."

After saying this, he leaned over and touched Xiangling's belly, then walked to the front yard to go to the yamen.

Last time, a duty roster was made for Yu Lu, which made him suddenly realize the situation.

Before this, he only thought about the big picture, tinkering with inventions and creations, and ignored some details.

The experiences of organizing, summarizing and coordinating in previous lives are also worth learning from.

The writing style of the ancients is like a running account. Once it becomes a mess, it is easy to miss something.

Now, he has begun to gradually implement relevant detailed work in Tiangong Institute and its two subordinate factories.

Things like work schedules, accounting books, and so on.

Not only are responsibilities clearly defined, but it also greatly reduces his workload.

At the same time, it also made Gu Wenhui and other subordinates stand in awe.

It is worth mentioning that under his care, Gu Wenhui has been promoted to the head of Tiangong Academy.

After dealing with the trivial matters of the government office in the morning, he drove out of the city in the afternoon to inspect the completed flat glass factory and remind people of safety issues.

Fang took a detour to the greenhouse manor.

Mentioning fruit today reminded him of grafting technology.

Although he has no relevant experience, he knows the general direction. Compared with industrial products, the cost of trial and error is not high, it is mainly time-consuming.

In addition to improving the taste of the fruit, he even planned to make something flashy and present it to the emperor as an auspicious sign.

If a fruit tree bore several different kinds of fruits, it would be beyond the comprehension of people of this era.

Although the farm of Ning Mansion is called a farm, it is actually a small village covering hundreds of acres.

In addition to the planned greenhouse planting area, Zhang Yunyi asked Zhang Cheng to divide several fruit tree grafting areas.

The varieties chosen are also apples, pears, peaches, grapes, persimmons, etc., which are relatively common in this era and easy to graft.

He explained to Zhang Cheng the precautions for grafting and told him to arrange people to purchase various fruit trees. Only when he saw the sun setting did he get in the car and rush back.

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Rongguo Mansion has three small pavilions.

Wang Xifeng's pretty face was tense, and she shouted angrily, "Tell me! Where did you hear this? If you don't tell the next person today, you are the source of this rumor. How dare you make up stories about my wife? Think about it carefully. How many lives do you have in your family? Can you bear this responsibility?"

Today, when she came back from Lady Jia's place, she happened to hear someone talking about Lady Wang in private.

Although she should avoid the gossip of her elders, if she does not find out the source in time and trace the origin, I am afraid that once Mrs. Wang finds out, she will not let her go first and will definitely punish her for not managing the household properly.

Because they didn't know whether the rumor was true or not, they didn't dare to make a big fuss about it. They could only bite the bullet and take the person to the porch and interrogate him secretly.

Following the clues, it was found that these two old women were the fourth group of people she had interrogated.

"Grandma, please spare me! I was just being rude... I will tell you everything I know, I only ask Grandma to let me and my family go..."

The two old women kneeling in the room were trembling and hitting themselves in the face.

"We heard this from Qian Guang's family..."

Hearing Qian Guang's name, Wang Xifeng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She raised her eyebrows and shouted outside, "Bring Qian Guang and his wife here!"

Qian Guang and his wife were the accounts keepers in the treasury. They were Aunt Zhao's uncles. Their son Qian Huai went to school with Jia Huan.

Although the rumors did not name anyone, they mentioned how Mrs. Wang's reputation was ruined.

But there is no smoke without fire, and she was worried that it was true.

After all, she is a daughter of the Wang family. Once there is really something wrong with Mrs. Wang, it will be difficult for her to gain a foothold in the Rong Mansion.

Since the rumor involved Aunt Zhao's relatives, the possibility of it being a false accusation was 80%.

As long as we confirm that the source of these words came from Aunt Zhao, then it would be clear slander.

Therefore, when she saw Qian Guang and his wife, she said directly: "Tell me! Did Aunt Zhao teach you to say these things about Madam?"

Although Qian Guang and his wife were kneeling on the ground, there was no fear on their faces. Instead, they straightened their backs and said, "It was my aunt who said that!"

Aunt Zhao learned from Jia Zheng that her reputation was ruined by Mrs. Wang, so she waited to watch the show.

However, after waiting for two months and seeing that Jia Zheng had not taken any action, he could no longer bear it.

She knew that Jia Zheng was very concerned about his reputation, so she thought he was worried about losing face, so she accepted it with a pinch of her nose.

She was not stupid at all. She knew that once the news spread, she would be able to find the source.

So, at the beginning, I didn’t plan to hide it, I just wanted to make a big deal out of it.

Just wait for Mrs. Wang to ask questions, Aunt Zhao will bring Jia Zheng out, and then go to Lady Jia to cry and complain.

Although she had been a slave for generations, even if Lady Wang was divorced, it would not be her turn to be promoted to the position of legitimate wife.

But once it is confirmed that Mrs. Wang's reputation is damaged, Jia Baoyu's identity will inevitably be questioned.

Even Lady Jia will definitely change her attitude towards him.

At that time, Jia Huan's identity became apparent.

If they had not seen the huge benefits, how would Qian Guang and his wife dare to cooperate with her in spreading these rumors?

Wang Xifeng saw the expressions of the two.

However, Aunt Zhao was unexpectedly fearless because of Jia Zheng's words, and thought that the problem lay with Grandmother Jia.

Since ancient times, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been a big problem, and Aunt Zhao has been with Grandmother Jia for half her life.

The reason why it was awarded to Jia Zheng was also to cause trouble for Lady Wang.

She was worried that her guess would come true, so she did not dare to continue interrogating Aunt Zhao and had to take the two of them to report to Mrs. Wang.

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(End of this chapter)

Chapter 147: Rumors stir up trouble (Part )

After reporting to Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng waited for a while, but seeing no movement, she could only say, "Madam, Aunt Zhao has given the master a pair of children after all, so I can't interrogate her without authorization!"

Although Aunt Zhao was Jia Zheng's concubine, concubines were also slaves, and she had the right to interrogate people, not to mention that she was spreading rumors about her mistress.

However, Mrs. Wang couldn't find any fault with her words.