Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Let’s talk about Baoyu.

The little maids returned to the Yihong Courtyard, pushing one another, and finally pushed a girl named Huixiang forward, timidly repeating Qingwen's words to Baoyu, who looked confused.

"What crabapple flower are you talking about?" Baoyu knew nothing about it.

Huixiang then described to Baoyu in vivid detail Xiren's behavior in the past few days. She first gave him osmanthus honey, then nuts, and then a pot of flowers, but finally Qingwen called her "Aunt Xiren".

Baoyu was so angry that his face turned blue. He reached out and overturned the tea tray on the table and shouted, "When did I ask you to deliver things? Don't I know what to send to Sister Lin? Is it necessary for you to interfere? Where is Xiren? Call Xiren!"

There was a crisp clang in the room, and everyone outside stopped what they were doing. When they heard Baoyu's rage, they all bit their fingers and looked at each other: "The couple is going to quarrel, let's not waste time here, let's go!"

All the people in the yard disappeared.

The little maids who were carrying flowers in the room had to come out again, and two of them went to look for Xiren.

Huixiang stayed in the room, silently picking up the broken porcelain from the pots and cups on the floor, and then she gently asked Baoyu to lift his foot: "Second Master, be careful not to hurt yourself. Please sit still for now."

Baoyu was so angry that his three spirits jumped up and down, but after she spoke softly, he relaxed a little. He lifted his feet as she said and watched her clean up. He couldn't help asking her, "What's your name?"

"Your servant Huixiang."

Before he could finish his words, Xiren came in crying.

Baoyu's face suddenly darkened: "When did I ask you to deliver those messy things to Sister Lin? You have always been so well-behaved in the past, why are you so reckless and acting on your own this time?!"

"How could I have acted on my own? It was Madam who specifically ordered me to go and ask Miss Lin to marry you! The things I sent were all specified by Madam Wang'er!

"They use me as a weapon for everything! They think I'm not a born child in this family, so I have no one to rely on. Everyone just bullies me!"

Xiren cried all the way into the bedroom, fell on the couch and burst into tears.

Baoyu saw Huixiang was still packing up, so he had no choice but to get up and follow her in. He stood there, lowering his voice and saying sternly, "Madam changed your monthly allowance. Didn't you say that only you and I knew about it? How come everyone in the world knows about it now?"

"You're still talking about me?!" Xiren stood up, her face full of tears, and cried, "I came into your house to be a maid, and even if I was sold with a death indenture, you wouldn't treat me like this!

"You forced me that day, and I took the old lady's advice to be with you forever, so I kept silent. It's been several years? You didn't even bother to tell your wife a clear solution!

"It was because my wife saw that I was diligent that she mentioned my status. What I have done, how could it be unworthy of these two taels of silver and one hundred yuan?!

"You are a coward, afraid of the master and the mistress. But you put all the blame on me, and the whole world says that I am a foxy woman who seduced you!

"But after all these years, have I ever had sex with you before, apart from that time? If I really wanted to seduce you, I would have ordered everyone in this courtyard. Wouldn't I have gotten myself pregnant and given birth to your great-great-grandson of the Rongguo Mansion?!"

Baoyu's face turned red and he was speechless after hearing these words.

But when he thought that this incident would make Lin Daiyu dissatisfied with him, and might even affect his marriage with her, Baoyu became angry again.

"You are a maid. I am not married yet. Even if I am married, you are just a concubine. You will have to pay the monthly salary and do the work. You will not live in a separate courtyard, and you will not have anyone to serve you.

"Even if we take the clear path, what good will it do except that people will point fingers at us and say that we are young and know how to have sex?! After all, you still have to wait until I marry a wife before I can give you the status.

"You were the one who advised me in the past. How come it's my fault now? You are the only one who has the final say!" Baoyu said, and suddenly sneered, looking at Xiren with a strange look in his eyes:

"Or maybe I misjudged you. You served me wholeheartedly before, you were kind and generous to everyone, it seems that you are not kind by nature, but you are just paving the way for your position as concubine!"

"Yes! I am a wicked woman with a dirty heart and rotten lungs. I have always been mean to you! You can ask your wife to beat me to death! Or sell me to fish and farm, or sell me to a brothel, and get rid of this disaster for your Jia family!"

Xiren was so angry that she could no longer maintain her usual gentleness, her face turned blue and her voice became louder!

"Oh! You are worthy of being called an aunt, yelling at our young master like this! Our young master is young and doesn't know what a brothel is. But from what I see, it seems that the young lady knows it very well!"

Lai Wang's sinister man suddenly appeared and raised his hand, "Someone, take him away!"

Immediately, two strong maids came forward, one on each side, and picked up Xiren like a chicken, then blocked her mouth with a towel and dragged her out!

Baoyu had already softened his heart due to Xiren's crying, and was already feeling upset. When he saw Lai Wang's family's posture, he panicked again: "What are they doing?"

"Madam is asking questions." Lai Wangjia bowed to Baoyu with a fake smile, "Madam said that we should first punish this little whore, and then go with the master tonight to ask the second master questions. Second master, don't go out today, wait in the room!"

Hearing the word "master", Baoyu was so frightened that his soul flew out of his body. He grabbed Lai Wang's sleeve and asked, "What does Madam want to ask? Why do you want to ask Master at the same time? I, I am not allowed to leave Yihong Courtyard within a hundred days!"

"Didn't my brother go to pick lotus flowers a few days ago? You have already broken the rule of not leaving the hospital, and you are using it to stop your wife. Is it possible for you to do such an unfilial thing?"

Lai Wangjia's face darkened. He gently pulled back his sleeves, bent his knees as a farewell, and left with Xiren.

Baoyu's face turned pale and he was sweating profusely. He sat on the couch, at a loss as to what to do.

"Second Master, do you want me to pass a message to the old lady?" Huixiang appeared quietly.

Baoyu suddenly woke up, as if he had found a treasure, and hurriedly pulled her and said, "Go quickly! Go quickly! Tell her that Lai Wang's family framed Xiren for some unknown reason, and now she wants to harm me! Madam has been deceived by her, please come and save me!"

Huixiang agreed and ran out through the back door quickly.

Lady Jia's principal wife.

When Grandmother Jia heard what Huixiang said, she was horrified and asked, "Is it from Laiwang's family?"

Yuanyang thought about it carefully and suddenly cried out in a low voice. Seeing Lady Jia looking over, she hurriedly whispered, "I remember that my sister-in-law was... Before she left, three gold rings were found in the house that my brother didn't even know about. At that time, she said that they were given to her by Lai Wang's family.

"But Lai Wang's family denied it, so they charged her with theft. Now it seems like it's true?"

Grandmother Jia was very smart. She immediately realized that it was Lady Wang who wanted to plant spies in the main courtyard. A cold look flashed across her face, but she leaned back and waved her hand to tell Huixiang:

"I understand. For such a shameless act, his parents should have given him a good lesson. I don't care."