Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

The old woman had no choice but to retreat, and with a bitter face, she whispered to Baoyu: "Second Master, you have alarmed Aunt Meng, and she has said that you are not allowed to stay here any longer...

"Second Master, be obedient. We can talk tomorrow if there is anything. Invite the old lady and the wife to come together. We can talk face to face. There will be a witness, right?"

"I won't! I want to see Sister Lin right now! If you don't let me see her, I will die here today!" Baoyu suddenly became anxious and cried out in grief again:

"Sister Lin, sister, please open the door for me and let me in! I only have one thing to say to you! My dear sister, my heart is about to break..."

The words became more and more dense and lingering, giving people goose bumps.

The old woman felt terrified and hurriedly stopped him: "Second Master, please stop talking! If Aunt Meng hears you say this, she will dare to report it to the emperor and punish you! Do you really want to die?!"

"I'm here to see my sister Lin. What did the emperor do to punish me? You illiterate fish eyes, what do you know..." Baoyu choked up and refuted the old woman, then opened his mouth and shouted again:

"Sister Lin! Sister! Come out!"

The old woman was also annoyed by this, and she said with her hands on her hips through the door:

"Master Bao! To our girl, you are a stranger! Boys and girls cannot sit together at the same table after the age of seven. This is a serious violation of etiquette! You are already fourteen years old, and you are still making a fuss. Aren't you just throwing dirty water on our girl out of thin air?!

"I don't understand anything, but I know that if you were in an ordinary family outside, you would have been beaten to death by the girl's father and brothers!

"Are you making such a fuss because you think no one dares to do anything to you in your own family, or are you bullying our girl because she has no parents and no one to support her?!

"Since you think you are right, then come back during the day! I will invite the master and mistress to come by then, and you can do whatever you want!"

Baoyu was scolded by the old woman so badly that he couldn't utter a word in reply. He was so angry that his whole body was shaking and his face turned pale. He pointed at the door and called "you" "you" for a long time. Suddenly, he vomited the food and medicine he had eaten in the evening on the ground beside the door with a "wow" sound!

It is difficult to see what is being vomited in the middle of the night.

The little girl, who was already terrified and shrank her neck, was so frightened that her soul flew away. Her tone of voice changed as she rushed forward and cried, "Master Bao! Master Bao, what's wrong with you? Did you vomit blood?!"

The woman inside was so frightened by the sound that her legs went limp. She knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy:

"Second Master, please don't scare me. If you open the gate of the girl's courtyard and let me in at night, it will really cost me my life! I beg you, just consider it as a way to spare my life, and go back quickly!"

At some point, Aunt Meng came over, stood beside her, and praised her, "Not bad."

Then he looked at the gate, standing there quietly, without saying a word.

The little girl cried and looked carefully on the ground, only to find that it was not blood, but the medicine she had drunk. She was finally relieved and cried as she helped Baoyu up:

"Second Master, this is really against the rules. No one would dare to open the door. Please go back quickly. If the old lady and the madam find out, my life will be in danger!"

Before he could finish his words, lanterns were already flashing in the distance and two sedan chairs were coming towards him quickly!

"Second Master, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the Master and the Madam are here..." The little girl was now trembling with fear, holding onto Baoyu, her teeth chattering and layers of cold sweat covering her.

Baoyu recovered a little, and the night wind made his mind clearer. He said weakly, "It's okay. Just say you found me running away and you followed me because you were worried."

"Yes! Thank you, Master, for saving me!" The little girl burst into tears.

When the sedan chair arrived, everyone looked closely and saw that it was Wang Xifeng and Lai Xi's family, and there was an empty sedan chair following behind!

"Brother Bao, have you run into a guest? It seems that the evil spirit from yesterday has not been completely driven away!

"Madam has ordered that the maid on night duty in Baoyu's room will be beaten with twenty boards today, and the others will be beaten with thirty boards. The gatekeepers who let people out of Yihong Courtyard and the garden will be beaten with forty boards and sent back to the farm to farm!"

Wang Xifeng finished her words with a smile, then glanced at the little girl who had already fallen to the ground, and pointed at her with a fake smile: "Gag her mouth and tie her up, and lock her up in the woodshed first. It will be too empty tomorrow, so we'll deal with her properly."

"Sister Feng, it has nothing to do with her. It's my own fault..." Baoyu struggled to protect the maid, but Wang Xifeng held him back and made two clicks of the tongue:

"Oh my, look, Brother Bao is really ill! Come quickly, help your Second Master Bao get on the sedan chair and go back to his room. Musk Moon has prepared hot tea, hot water, and clean clothes, and is waiting eagerly!"

The two wives came up and without saying a word carried Baoyu into the sedan chair, ignoring his weak "Sister Lin, Sister Lin". The servants got up quickly and the sedan chair left quickly.

Wang Xifeng then came over and watched the little maid being dragged away. She then saw a pool of vomit in front of the door. She frowned, covered her nose with a handkerchief, took a few steps forward, gently knocked on the door, and said in a gentle voice:

"I'm sorry for disturbing you. I'm afraid you may be upset and offended me. But I didn't wake my sister up, did I? I'll come to apologize tomorrow morning. Go to bed now. I'll have someone clean up outside, so you don't have to worry about it."

He ordered Lai Xi's family who was following him, "Hurry up and get someone to clean it up. It's so dirty. What a mess!!"

Lai Xijia respectfully agreed.

Wang Xifeng then got into the sedan chair and said, "I'll leave this to you. I'll go back and tell my wife first, so she won't worry about it."

gone.

Lai Xijia frowned and looked around. No one was there. Then he looked at the gate of Lixiangyuan. Suddenly, he snorted, spat heavily on the ground, gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice: "Fox spirit!"

The door suddenly creaked open, and Aunt Meng stood inside the door, looking at her quietly.

Lai Xi's family was startled and took a few steps back. When they found out it was Aunt Meng, they patted their chests with relief. They were also shocked to find that she had heard their rude words, so they smiled and knelt down repeatedly. Seeing that Aunt Meng was still motionless, they gritted their teeth, knelt down, and slapped themselves twice.

With a bang, the door closed again.

Lai Xijia then stood up with a sad face and ran out to find someone to bring a broom and bucket to clean the house.

Aunt Meng was inside the door, looking at the gatekeeper and smiling: "You are very good, I will reward you tomorrow."

The old woman smiled bitterly and said, "I dare not. It is the madam's mercy that I can keep my life in the future."

"It's okay. The girl is here." Aunt Meng looked at the light in Lin Daiyu's room from afar and saw it light up. She nodded to the old woman and walked back quickly.

When I entered the room, I saw Xueyan, who was on night duty today, handing a handkerchief to Daiyu who was sitting on the bed to wipe her tears.

Seeing her come in, Lin Daiyu didn't wait for her to say anything, and cried, "Aunt, please tell Supervisor Tao that I want to leave here immediately after my father's funeral!"

"Okay! I've been waiting for you to say this!"