Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Both were unmarried girls, so after hearing this, Qingwen and Xueyan blushed first, and then snorted with disdain.

"No wonder the old lady sent her to that room together, but Master Bao treated her differently, and she was also so devoted to him. It turns out they have been a family for a long time."

Qingwen sneered, rolled up her sleeves, put her hands on her hips, and spat on the ground, "Let her come! If she comes again tomorrow, I will entertain her!"

Daiyu was sitting by the window, just picking up a book, while Zijuan was putting an old dress on her. They both heard Qingwen's words outside.

Daiyu lowered her head and looked at the book.

Zijuan was standing nearby. Seeing Daiyu's knuckles turning white from the force she exerted on the scroll, she couldn't help but feel sad. She bit her lip for a long while before she choked out in a low voice, "We're all leaving anyway. These rotten things have nothing to do with us!"

"That's right." Daiyu murmured softly, suddenly threw away the book, stood up, and said slowly: "I'm tired, I'll take a nap."

Zijuan helped her lie down and put a quilt on her. Then she hurried out of the room and glared at Qingwen who was still yelling. She said in a low voice: "Can't you keep your voice down? The girl is asleep!"

Qingwen put her hand to her lips, tiptoed away a few steps, and ran back to her room: "I still have a dress with a collar that hasn't been put on..."

Aunt Meng took a deep look at Zijuan, whose eyes were slightly red, and said nothing. She waved and called Xueyan to go back to her room to recite the lessons.

Now Aunt Meng has not only become the head aunt of Lin Daiyu, but also serves as the literacy coach of these maids. She has even started teaching Xueyan and Xiaohong to recite herbal medicine rhymes in her free time.

Zijuan sat in the outer room and took a basket to do needlework. But when she thought about how Baoyu had already had an affair with Xiren, but had kept it a secret from the public, she was shocked.

Now that he has acted as if "you are the only one for me" towards the young lady, why does he allow Xiren to hang around the young lady every day?

Did he forget that Aunt Meng was an imperial physician? Wouldn't he know that she was a lady at first sight? Could he have done this on purpose?

Zijuan was so angry that her hands were shaking, and she couldn't hold the needle anymore, so she dropped it again. She was so angry that she burst into tears.

Yes!

Since you don't want to face me, let Qingwen meet her tomorrow!

Originally, no one in my courtyard would quarrel. Now that Qingwen is here, it’s complete!

Daiyu didn't eat lunch that day.

The girl hadn't missed a meal for a long time. After the incident, the maids were so anxious that they went to see Aunt Meng. Aunt Meng waved her hand, indicating that it was okay:

"She was already very angry with the old lady the other day, and with this incident, her liver was suffocated and full for a while."

So he asked someone to boil some hawthorn and malt water for Daiyu to drink while she read in the afternoon.

Sure enough, in the evening, Daiyu drank a bowl of rice porridge and ate a piece of walnut cake.

Everyone was relieved.

This added to the anger. Even Xiaohong, who was the calmest among the group, could not help but say to Qingwen, "If Xiren comes again tomorrow, sister, don't let her off easily!"

The next day, Xiren came again, bringing two pots of bright red begonias, smiling: "The flowers in our yard are blooming well, and we have divided them into many pots.

"Young lady, your yard is full of pear blossoms, but they will lose their fragrance after spring. I'll give these two pots to you to add some color to your yard!"

"That's not necessary. The flower has no fragrance and the petals are small. You can't even see it in the yard. Why bother?"

Qingwen smiled coldly, "Take it back, and don't come here so often. Our girl's clean and pure room can't accommodate a huge Buddha like Xi Yi Niang!"

When the three words "Xi Yi Niang" were spoken, Xiren's face immediately turned red, and she forced herself to talk back to Qingwen: "What kind of nonsense are you talking about? When did I become a Yi Niang?"

"Madam has allocated two taels of silver and one hundred cents of silver from her own public funds to you as a concubine's allowance. Everyone in the family knows about it!

"Ping'er and Yuanyang were talking to you the other day. Yuanyang said that you were destined to be the concubine's in the future. Did you deny it?"

As Qingwen spoke, she strode over, pulled Xiren so hard that she staggered, and dragged her out of the house. When they reached the yard, she pushed her out, sneered, and said loudly:

"I have one more thing to say, and I'm going to say it now, Aunt Xi, if you dare to argue with me, do you dare to let the midwife examine your body?!

"Don't act pretentiously in front of us in the future, we don't like it!

"roll!"

The servants in the yard pricked up their ears and listened, all with great surprise on their faces: What a big story! Master Bao is indeed an old hand in the world of love affairs. At such a young age, he actually has a concubine!

Xiren had already caught a glimpse of the old women who were watching from the side and were immediately ashamed and angry. She couldn't say anything back, so she covered her face with a handkerchief and ran away crying.

The little girls who followed looked at each other helplessly: What should we do with these two pots of flowers?

Qingwen put her hands on her hips and glared at them: "Why are you all pretending to be stupid? Take these broken flowers of yours and leave quickly!

"Also, ask Baoyu for me and tell him what I said: Our girl is still in mourning, so who is he trying to insult with all these red and green things?

"Hasn't he studied hard for two years? He has no regard for etiquette and rules. What the hell has he read?!

"Stop making me sick! We all grew up in this family, so we don't know each other. Let's just break our arms and hide them in our sleeves!

"Bah! Get out!"

As early as when Qingwen was in Baoyu's room, the little maids were afraid of her. Now, hearing her scolding becoming more and more harsh and direct, they trembled with fear and ran away with the flowers.

Qingwen turned around and saw Zijuan glaring at her: "How dare you say such nonsense? You're becoming a shrew!"

"There's not enough shrew in this yard, so people are bullying me like this! If I didn't make a scene, they would just treat me as a girl and give them face for the rest of their lives!

"But since they themselves don't want this dignity, why should we cover for them?! They deserve it!"

Qingwen raised her eyebrows.

Xueyan was giggling softly at the side, but when Daiyu glanced at her, she quickly stopped, stuck out her tongue, and pushed Zijuan out, laughing softly, "The girl is asleep, you can go outside and make some noise."

Zijuan understood, walked out, closed the door, and winked at Qingwen: "Then you should keep your voice down too. The girl is asleep. If you wake her up, you'll see how Aunt Meng punishes you!"

"If the girl wasn't asleep, how could I dare to be so presumptuous?" Qingwen understood and quickly added.

The two smiled at each other, and went back to their room hand in hand, where they designed some clothes for Lin Daiyu to wear as the queen of mourning.

Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. The news of the crabapple blossoms in Lixiangyuan spread like wildfire.

In just half an hour, the news reached Mrs. Wang.

Lai Wangjia's face changed, and he came to Mrs. Wang breathlessly: "...What should we do? Xiren has already led Master Bao astray!"

Mrs. Wang was so angry that her face turned pale and was covered with tears: "I only have Baoyu, but I let this little bitch with a beastly heart harm me! Tie her up for me now!"