Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 223 Yue Ling: Do you want to replace her?

"Haunted?"

Xiangling's words dispelled some of Ying'er's sleepiness.

"There's no such thing as a haunted place that you can run into. If you're afraid of the dark, then you're afraid of the dark. I'll go with you."

As she spoke, Ying'er put on her clothes confidently and led Xiangling outside.

But when he got outside, holding the lantern to light the way, his body was trembling slightly.

"Ghost, where did this ghost come from? Go and solve it quickly. We'd better go back earlier."

Ying'er gave herself confidence and did not forget to urge Xiangling.

Xiangling said, "Listen carefully, is there any sound of crying?"

Ying'er jumped away, "Xiangling, don't scare me for fun at this time of night."

Xiangling looked bitter and didn't know how to explain.

Xiangling never lied. After Ying'er's breathing calmed down, she listened carefully and said frankly, "That's not the sound of crying. It's a wail, isn't it?"

Only after she said it did Ying'er realize that wailing seemed to be more frightening than crying.

"Wait, don't scare yourself first."

Ying'er forced herself to keep a straight face and said, "Let's follow the sound and see what's going on! Maybe it's just the sound of some insects."

Xiangling nodded slightly to show her agreement, and then hid behind Ying'er. The two little girls walked forward together, holding lanterns.

I walked straight to a window and heard a noise coming from the room, like crying and complaining.

The two little girls looked at each other and seemed to understand what was going on.

"This... the Marquis is in such good spirits. I wonder who is in the room..."

Ying'er smiled awkwardly and said, "It's probably Zijuan. Xueyan looks a bit silly. This is not something she would do."

Xiangling lowered her head in shame and murmured in a low voice: "Don't listen, let's go back..."

Matters between men and women were most attractive to the young maids whose hearts were stirred. Ying'er was so unable to move for a moment that she even stuck her head in to take a look.

It’s a pity that the windows are paper-covered and I can’t see clearly what’s inside.

"Okay, okay, let's go back."

Just as they went out and walked towards the sound, Yue Ling in the room seemed to sense something and paused.

Zijuan couldn't help humming under him. When she noticed Yue Ling was no longer moving, she opened her eyes and asked, "Master, are you finally okay?"

Yue Ling shook his head, "Don't stop, keep talking, there seems to be someone outside!"

"Ah?" There was a flash of surprise in Zijuan's eyes. Could there be some thief sneaking into the deep government office?

Zijuan didn't have time to think about it and quickly pulled the quilt to cover her body.

Yue Ling stepped down from the bed and tiptoed to the window.

Poor Zijuan, in order to cooperate with Yue Ling's actions, still pretended to be unfinished on the bed, humming softly.

Yue Ling picked up a strap, pushed open the window, and immediately put the strap around someone's head and tied it up.

However, he didn't expect that there were two people outside the window. When the other one saw Yue Ling leaning out of the window, he ran away like a flash without even struggling, and left his accomplice behind.

"How dare you, who is that?!"

"My Lord, it's me..."

Yue Ling looked at the person under the window again, and with the help of the lantern in her hand, he could tell it was Ying'er.

Yue Ling was both angry and amused, "Why don't you sleep so late at night and come here to eavesdrop?"

Ying'er couldn't see Xiangling at all. She was speechless and said with a sad face, "My Lord, I didn't mean that."

"Then what do you mean?"

Yue Ling pinched Ying'er's face and pulled her up.

"Why, you want to come to the room to take her place?"

Yue Ling was of course not as shy as the little maid. Since everything was heard, there was nothing to explain and she even teased the little maid in return.

But how could the little maidservant bear this? Ying'er was already extremely afraid of Yue Ling, and he had overheard her private conversations with the young lady. She felt even more ashamed at this moment, and her lips were clumsy.

"No, no, no... Lord, this is too fast. It is true that my daughter likes you, but, but if you want me to sleep with her, it must be after we get married, right? If I go in, wouldn't it be an affair..."

Yue Ling almost burst out laughing. This little maidservant did not refuse and even sold her master first.

"Who asked you to sleep with me? You look so silly. Was that Xiangling just now?"

Ying'er nodded repeatedly, "If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be here."

Yue Ling pinched Ying'er's face again, "Go back to sleep quickly, don't walk around. If this happens again, I'll let you go."

"Ouch, that hurts."

Yue Ling let go of his hand. Ying Er rubbed her face and said aggrievedly, "Okay, I'm going back. My Lord, take a rest."

Looking at Ying'er's trembling back, Yue Ling shook his head and went back to the room.

Zijuan's eyes widened and she asked, "Master, what's going on outside? Are outsiders allowed to enter the government office?"

Yue Ling shook his head and smiled, "How is that possible? It must be Ying'er, Xiangling and the others."

Hearing that it was them, Zijuan felt ashamed again. She must have been unable to hide the fact that she had slept with him. Zijuan said in annoyance, "Why are they here? Why are they not sleeping at night?"

Yue Ling thought about it, but still shook his head, "I don't know what they think. Well, never mind, let's start over." "Ah? Start over?"

"Yes, after what happened, my interest is gone. I have to start all over again."

Zijuan, who had lost three or four times, had long lost her strength, but everything had returned to the starting point and she had to start all over again. Now she was so sad that she had no tears to cry.

"Master, you really should catch them and bring them in to replace me, wuwuwu..."

Zijuan thought secretly, but she could only face the storm alone...

……

"Today I finally understand what it means to 'flee when disaster strikes'!"

As soon as Ying'er returned to the room, she grabbed Xiangling and wanted to settle the score with her.

"I usually think you're dull, but now you can really run away when you encounter trouble. You have the heart to leave me alone there, but I'm here to accompany you!"

Xiangling covered her head with the quilt, so her voice sounded muffled. "I...my feet seemed to be out of control. I ran unconsciously without even thinking about it..."

When Ying'er thought about how Xiangling was raised by a kidnapper and must have been beaten a lot, it made sense that she ran away subconsciously in a desperate situation. She was not so angry anymore.

"Have you solved it?"

Ying'er asked again with concern.

Xiangling responded: "Okay."

Ying'er asked in confusion, "You are really quick. It's already done in a short while? How did you do it?"

Xiangling crawled out from under the quilt, revealing a bit of her shoulders. Ying'er then realized that she had lost even her underwear.

Ying'er suddenly realized, "You, you, you, why did you come to the bed? You are so dirty!"

Xiangling glanced at the pile of clothes soaking in the bucket on the bed and replied shyly, "I washed it, it's not dirty..."

……

Early the next morning,

Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu sat in the hall. They both looked in good spirits, having had a good night's rest. They poured water for each other to warm their stomachs.

"Sister Bao, what do you usually eat in the morning? I wonder if you are used to the food in the room."

Xue Baochai put down her teacup and replied, "I had a simple breakfast, just some rice porridge and pickled cucumbers."

Lin Daiyu nodded, "It's almost the same as in the room."

Xue Baochai looked around the hall and saw no one there. She couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Sister Lin, are you all up late in your room? Did I wake you up and make you sleep less?"

Lin Daiyu was also very confused as to why there was no one in the room so early in the morning.

"That's not the case. Normally, someone would be here by this time. Zijuan and Xueyan would have brought food. I don't know what's going on today."

Xue Baochai nodded and said, "It is indeed a bit strange. Even Ying'er and Xiangling haven't gotten up yet?"

Just at that moment, Xiangling and Ying'er walked around from the side door of the ear room and came to the hall of the main house.

Both of them looked tired, as if they had not rested enough.

After all, after what happened that night, the two little maids tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

Whether it was listening to the pornographic music or being caught alive by Yue Ling, whenever she thought about it, she would twist and turn on the bed for a while to calm down the embarrassment in her heart.

"Are you not used to sleeping? Didn't Sister Xiangling come over? How come... huh? She even changed her clothes."

Xiangling came forward with a blush on her face and whispered, "My clothes got dirty last night. These were Xueyan's. I found them and put them on. Miss Lin, please don't blame me."

Seeing Xiangling wearing her own clothes, Lin Daiyu actually found her more pleasing to the eye. But compared to Xueyan, Xiangling was slimmer and taller, so the clothes were a little loose and a little too short.

Part of her fair wrists and ankles were exposed. Somehow, even though she wore these nice clothes, she managed to look charming, graceful and elegant.

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "You can put it on. You look better than Xueyan in it. I wonder how she feels."

As he was speaking, Xueyan came out in response.

"what's wrong?"

Xueyan rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked at Xiangling, examining her from head to toe. "Is this my dress? It looks good on Xiangling. I'll give it to you."

Xiangling breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in agreement, "Thank you very much."

"It's nothing. I have a lot of clothes. General Yue asks us to make a few new clothes every season. It's getting late. Shall we go get some food?"

Lin Daiyu asked again: "Brother Yue, where is Zijuan?"

Xueyan shook her head. "Sister Zijuan is still sleeping. She is sleeping soundly. No matter how I call her, she won't wake up. General Yue has woken up. I just helped him get dressed."

Ying'er and Xiangling looked at each other and both lowered their heads in shame.

Ying'er couldn't help but secretly think: "The Marquis is in such good spirits, as expected of a military officer. Zijuan can't even get up from the bed, if it were me..."

Ying'er trembled and felt a little scared.

Xue Baochai called out softly a few times, "Ying'er, Ying'er? What are you standing there for? Come and help them, too."

"Oh, I'll go right away."

Ying'er shook her head, cleared her mind of distracting thoughts, and hurriedly followed Xueyan and Xiangling.

Seeing her reckless appearance, Xue Baochai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "She was so smart at home, how come she became so stupid after just one day? Fortunately, she didn't cause any trouble. If she offended the Marquis, it would be bad..."

(End of this chapter)