Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 211 Like a Bottle
In Xiangling's eyes, Yue Ling and Lin Daiyu were so close just now that they were basically a family.

In that case, it doesn't matter if I show it to Lin Daiyu.

Xiangling nodded slightly, took out the letter from her bosom and handed it to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu happily took it and smelled it. She said to herself, "This is the smell, the smell that Brother Yue has."

Frowning slightly, Lin Daiyu unfolded the letter and read it from top to bottom.

I read through it and didn't find any problems at all. It was indeed entirely about running a shop.

Lin Daiyu thought and said, "Ms. Xue has worked very hard. In such a short time, she has done so much in the city. She has opened more than 30 shops and sells a wide range of goods."

In any case, Lin Daiyu still recognized her abilities.

Xiangling nodded lightly, "The girl is very hard-working, working from morning till night, rarely taking a break, and has lost some weight recently."

Lin Daiyu's eyes flashed, and she asked again: "Why does she work so hard? Is it to win the favor of Brother Yue?"

Xiangling hesitated and shook her head, "I don't know what the girl is thinking."

Seeing Xiangling's innocent look, she was a good person who was good at making excuses. Lin Daiyu's eyebrows curved and she changed her approach to ask, "Did she say anything about Brother Yue, or about me?"

Xiangling really thought about it seriously, and after a while she said, "When I mentioned the Marquis, it was mostly about official business, but when I mentioned Miss Lin, the young lady did say that she envied Miss Lin."

Lin Daiyu became interested and sipped her tea to hide her thoughts. "Oh? What are you envious of me for?"

Xiangling continued to reply in a serious tone: "The girl said that she envied Miss Lin for being able to be with the Marquis and enjoy his favor."

Lin Daiyu smiled at first, but then her smile faded.

It feels good to be envied by others, but doesn’t Xue Baochai’s words show that she still covets Yue Ling?
"He is indeed an enemy!"

Lin Daiyu calmly analyzed the result, and then smiled and put the letter into her sleeve, "I'm just asking casually. I will give the letter to Brother Yue tomorrow, so you don't have to worry."

"Xueyan, take her to rest."

Xueyan, who had just filled her stomach with tea and snacks, heard Lin Daiyu calling her and clapped her hands and said, "Okay, Sister Xiangling, come with me."

……

At the same time, Yue Ling's room was not as exciting as the one opposite.

Ever since he lay down on the couch, fatigue began to spread all over his body. It was time to take a good rest.

Soon, a little maid shyly came into the bed and lay down in Yue Ling's arms.

Yue Ling also casually hugged him and praised him, "You are quite self-aware today."

Zijuan blushed, but asked back: "Master asked that girl to live here, but he really has no intention of taking her in?"

Yue Ling shook his head and said, "I'm not a lustful person, why would I keep so many girls in the room?"

Zijuan was afraid that Yue Ling was tired of her and really found someone else, so she was relieved at this moment.

Yue Ling leaned over and looked at the worried little girl in his arms, and couldn't help but laugh: "Why, are you still worried?"

Zijuan said coquettishly, "Of course I am worried. Only when the young lady leaves can I stay with the master. If another maid comes, I will have to take away half of my chance."

Yue Ling smiled and said, "It's okay, let the other one sleep inside and you sleep outside."

Zijuan blushed, "Master, you have no shame..."

The little girl's reaction was so adorable that Yue Ling couldn't stop his hands and started caressing her.

After a short period of time, Zijuan could no longer bear it. Ripples like spring water appeared in her eyes and her heart was also disturbed.

When Yue Ling was about to bully her, Zijuan came to her senses and said hurriedly, "Master, you've been drinking today and you're tired. You'd better not work too hard. Let me do it."

Yue Ling was surprised and said, "I asked you to come before, but you refused. Why are you willing to come today?"

Zijuan said shyly, "Of course it's not like that. How can the maid be on top and the master be on the bottom? That would be against the will of heaven. Today, the master will just have to bear it."

Afterwards, Zijuan remained silent.

As expected, practice makes perfect...

……

Government Office, small courtyard in northwest corner,

After Hou Yao entered the door, he felt angry.

Looking at Li Dehui who was drinking tea alone, he scolded: "The Marquis treated us well, why are you so stern? It would be fine if I didn't blame you for coming late, but you are not tactful enough to punish yourself with a few glasses of wine and toast a few more glasses of wine to the Marquis?"

"What good will it do you to offend the Marquis? I really don't understand what's in your head."

Li Dehui put down his teacup and said casually, "A marquis, there is no program for the banquet, and he just keeps talking nonsense. What's the fun of it? I just can't laugh, not have a positive expression. If I really have a temper, I would have picked up a weapon long ago."

"Besides, we are just an employment relationship. I will send you to Cangzhou to take up your post and ensure your safety. I am not your subordinate, why should I listen to your lectures? It is your job to please the Marquis, not me." Hou Yao snorted coldly, "You are ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, and you still pick up weapons. When the Marquis did not enter the palace in the early years, he relied on fighting all over the capital. He challenged countless people in Beijing and Tianjin and never lost. I know this because I am with Lord Lin."

"Even if you fight alone, you are no match for the Marquis. Don't think you are brave enough to underestimate everyone."

Li Dehui curled his lips and didn't take Hou Yao's words seriously.

Hou Yao was also annoyed when he saw this. He didn't know who nominated them. It was really shortsighted to cooperate with this group of people.

Therefore, Hou Yao planned to write a letter to ask Lord Lin to cut off contact with these people to avoid any trouble in the future.

"Okay, go and have a rest. I'm going to light a lamp and write a letter to Lord Lin. No matter what, we are now in the government office, on the Marquis's territory, and you should be more sensible in what you do."

Li Dehui waved his hands and said, "I know, I know. You used to be a cheerful person, but once you see the Marquis, you become a sour scholar again. Forget it, I won't bother you. I'll go and rest. Don't bother me either."

A secluded courtyard with three main rooms and two side rooms.

Li Dehui angrily went to sleep in the side room. Hou Yaozheng didn't want to care about him. He glanced at him and went to the study to use his pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

It was the middle of the night and the waning moon that had been hiding in the dark clouds could not even show any light, making the night even darker.

A breeze blew through the courtyard, and the branches rustled.

At that moment, there were some subtle noises mixed in, the window of the wing room was pushed open, and Li Dehui, wearing a nightgown and covering his face, turned over and walked out of the window.

His figure was extremely agile, and his short stature made his movements more concealed.

After jumping out of the window, he landed silently. Looking at the courtyard wall that was several feet high, he didn't find it difficult.

He first jumped onto the roof of the wing room, then bent over and jumped towards the courtyard wall, clinging to the top of the wall with both hands.

Li Dehui stuck his head out to look, and saw that no one was patrolling the sentry post in the northwest corner. Feeling relieved, he jumped up and climbed over the courtyard wall.

After he bent his knees and landed on the ground, he rolled a long way to release the force, leaving only a slight sound like a stone falling to the ground.

Even this tiny sound was quite obvious in the silent night, and it indeed alarmed the soldiers on duty at the sentry post.

The soldier looked down and found that Li Dehui, who had rolled into the shadows, was nowhere to be found. Not noticing anything unusual, he retreated and continued to take a nap.

Li Dehui, who was in the darkness, saw all this and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, "He has no way of managing the army. If he had died ten thousand times on the battlefield earlier, I think this marquis is just a name in vain!"

"If I didn't have a mission to accomplish, I would have chopped off your dog head and brought it back to apologize to the head of the family!"

With a cold snort, Li Dehui quickly hid in the street and headed towards the Huang family.

He had walked here once during the day and was familiar with the route.

Even though it was late at night, he approached the Huang family with familiarity.

As he expected, there was less security outside the Huang family's door late at night, which was a good opportunity for him to sneak in.

Huang's inner curtain,

Huang Wenhua was lying on the couch, but he couldn't fall asleep for a long time. It could even be said that he hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.

One wrong step led to another. He and the merchants in Cangzhou were completely outwitted by Yue Ling and suffered a great defeat.

Today, Cangzhou has changed. Not only has the Xue Jiafeng brand become the leading merchant in the city, but the goods hoarded by his Huang family have also suffered huge losses.

But fortunately, thanks to the savings accumulated over the years and Ji Qing’s stolen money, they can still support themselves for a while.

Except for the group of Cangzhou merchants who had surrendered at the beginning, most of them were either imprisoned or fled. Huang Wenhua also wanted to escape, but he couldn't.

The window was knocked open from the outside, and sure enough, this day finally came.

Huang Wenhua struggled to sit up, but a cold light came directly into the bed.

Huang Wenhua was mentally prepared and dodged behind the couch.

This is why he couldn't sleep for days.

"Wait a minute, I have something else to say!"

The attack failed, and even Li Dehui, who had flipped in, was a little surprised. Since his whereabouts had been exposed and the other party had no intention of making it public, he didn't mind listening to what the man had to say.

"You only have time for a cup of tea."

Huang Wenhua shook open the bed curtain and raised his hands, looking harmless.

"I have failed, but I have not been investigated yet. The things that were entrusted to me have not been leaked. Therefore, I have a better plan."

"I hate Yue Ling so much, I have a plan to kill him!"

　It has been harmonized... Please forgive me

　　
　
(End of this chapter)