Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 26 Planning
Splendid streets and ancient locust tree alleys.

In Yue Ling's courtyard, a three-court trial was taking place.

Yue Ling sat upright in the main seat, with Lin Daiyu on his left and Xueyan on his right. The three of them were looking at the parrot sitting on a small stool under the door.

The parrot didn't dare to raise its head. It kept its head lowered and its hands clasped in front of it. It looked bewildered and helpless.

"I really just followed the order of the old ancestor to come to the mansion to take care of the girl's daily life. I have no other intentions."

The parrot was afraid of Yue Ling, very afraid of him.

She even beat Jia Baoyu, the devil in Rongguo Mansion, and so much time has passed, and no one in the Jia family has come to hold her accountable. If they wanted to beat her up, who could do anything about it?
"Oh, I don't believe it."

Snow Goose looked up and down at the parrot, as if she was the mistress of this house.

"Then tell me, since you are here to look after the girl, why didn't you help me stop them when they broke into the door just now, but instead just stood there and watched the show?"

"This, I..."

The parrot was speechless when asked by the snow goose and didn't know how to explain.

Of course, before he could take care of Lin Daiyu, Jia Baoyu was the parrot's master, so how could she go against her will and stop her master?

Yue Ling knew this truth, rubbed Xueyan's head, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't make things difficult for her anymore."

He also comforted the very reserved Yingge'er, "Don't worry about it. Xueyan was just bullied and is just upset. She doesn't mean any harm. You will know when you get along with her in the future. She is not scheming."

Xueyan frowned, tilted her head to look at Yue Ling, and asked: "General Yue, are you saying that I am not smart?"

Yue Ling smiled and said: "That's not the case, it's just that everyone is good at different things, and you have many advantages too."

"for example?"

"Um, cheerful... can you eat?"

Xueyan's mouth pursed, looking a little unhappy.

Lin Daiyu couldn't help laughing and looked at the parrot again. She was wearing a purple dress and looked very gentle and beautiful. She was naturally happy.

When she first saw him in Rongguo Mansion, she felt that he was attracted to her.

Thinking about what Yue Ling had said before, that he did not object to her coming, Lin Daiyu thought for a moment and said, "The name Yingge'er sounds a bit awkward, why not call her Zijuan instead?"

The parrot suddenly raised its head and looked at Lin Daiyu with astonishment.

A maid who entered the room was given a new name and was accepted by the master of the house.

Under such circumstances, Zijuan never thought that she could stay here.

After all, the relationship between General Yue and the Rongguo Mansion was becoming increasingly strained, so it would be more reasonable for him to take his anger out on me, give him a lesson, and then send him out onto the street.

Lin Daiyu smiled and looked at Yue Ling, "What do you think, Brother Yue?"

Yue Ling nodded, "Okay, it sounds much better than jade, glass, parrot, and pearl."

Zijuan hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Thank you, young lady, and thank you, General Yue... General Yue."

Yue Ling also stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go find a bed and put up a small bed in that room. Now that there are more people, this yard seems even smaller. Don't worry, we'll just make do with it for a while, and I'll move you to a bigger yard as soon as possible."

Zijuan thanked him repeatedly, then took on the task and went to the kitchen to cook.

Lin Daiyu watched Zijuan leave, then looked at the lazy Xueyan beside her, and nodded involuntarily.

Xueyan was keenly aware of Lin Daiyu's thoughts and hurriedly said, "Miss, you are not going to drive me to the small bed and let Sister Zijuan sleep on the bed with you, are you?"

Lin Daiyu pretended to hesitate for a moment before she said, "That's impossible. We are not familiar with each other yet." "Okay, when you have a new person, you forget the old one. You are a girl who loves new things and hates old things!"

Lin Daiyu quickly covered her mouth, looked out the door, and whispered, "What nonsense are you talking about? Go, go and tidy up the house too."

……

Datong Prefecture,
After a desperate battle led by Jia Daishan, the old master of Rongguo Mansion, Prince Kang saved his life at the border, but the price was tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the border army and many talented generals of the Prince of Qin's Mansion.

More than ten days had passed, and King Kang, who had been frightened by the brutal battlefield, had just managed to calm down and his complexion had returned to normal.

In the hall were two aides who had been busy for him in recent days.

Thanks to these two people, the situation at the border was slightly stabilized, but the result of the defeat could not be reversed no matter what.

What's more, the northern barbarians come to attack the pass every day, almost non-stop. Without reinforcements, it is only a matter of time before we are defeated.

"Your Highness."

Du Ke and Tang Xiao both bowed to greet him. Both of them looked unhappy and sickly.

King Kang sat back on the bench and sighed, "What's the reply to the court?"

Du Ke bowed and said, "According to what I discussed with Your Highness before, the memorial to Your Majesty said that it was the three generals of the Qin Palace who were greedy for merit and rushed forward, and the Duke of Rong who led the army failed to observe the situation clearly, and was ambushed by the northern barbarians, and the entire army was almost wiped out. Your Highness tried his best to rescue, but only saved two or three out of ten."

King Kang couldn't stop sighing, "No matter how much you shirk responsibility, my military power has come to an end. I have lost more than I gain. I can no longer fight my second brother."

Du Ke shook his head, "Your Highness, this is wrong. There are many examples of things in the world that started from nothing and defeated the strong with the weak. Spiders have tiny legs, but they can still weave webs and catch birds overnight; although chicks are tiny, they dare to spread their wings in front of eagles and falcons, and maybe peck their eyes to blunt their sharpness."

"Your Highness still needs to weave a web and accumulate strength."

King Kang seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and asked anxiously, "What else can I do?"

Du Ke said: "Mount Tai does not reject soil, so it can become big; rivers and seas do not reject small streams, so they can become deep. Your Highness cannot compare with the Qin Palace, which has good generals and counselors, so you need any power that can help you."

King Kang sighed and said, "I have tried my best to make friends, is that not enough?"

Du Ke faced north and paced, saying, "Your Highness, you forgot that outside the Great Wall you may have the strongest support. If you can negotiate peace with them and offer them benefits, they may help Your Highness accomplish great things. Of course, this great cause cannot be achieved without the support of the capital."

Tang Xiao was the first to understand, and angrily shouted: "Du Ke, are you going to push King Kang into the abyss?"

Du Ke said calmly: "Your Highness, at this moment, both advancing and retreating are like cliffs. Why don't you take control of your own life and fight again? Maybe if you take a step forward, you will find a vast world."

"This……"

King Kang was hesitant. Firstly, he did not want to deal with the ambitious northern barbarians. Secondly, even if a war broke out in the capital, his personal soldiers would not stand any chance of winning against the 500 brave warriors of the Qin Palace.

"Your Highness, Jia She from Rongguo Mansion is outside the door asking to see you."

Du Ke's eyes lit up, and he walked quickly to King Kang and congratulated him, "Congratulations, King Kang, for the first one, the help from the capital is already outside the door."

King Kang was also excited.

You must know that the Beijing camp is now managed by Jia Daihua of the Ningguo Mansion of the Jia family.

"Sir, could you please tell me what to do?"

Du Ke stroked his beard with his hand, looking confident, "Your Highness just needs to keep a straight face and not give him a good look."

King Kang was puzzled, "Why is this happening? Isn't it because I have something to ask of you?"

"Your Highness, just do as I say..."

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