Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Tanchun was stunned, yet her heart was moved: "...it seems to make some sense."

Daiyu smiled and looked at her: "It's good and peaceful for your second brother to live like this. If you really let him become an ordinary parasite, I'm afraid he will soon see through the world."

"I believe this. It's a pity that the master and the mistress won't believe it." Tanchun sighed softly.

Daiyu curved her lips and asked her, "Third sister, it's rare for you to come here. Is there anything else you want to say to me?"

"Sister Lin, you are the granddaughter of the Rongguo Mansion. You will never be able to get rid of this matter." Tanchun looked into Daiyu's eyes and said, "No matter how secluded you are, even if the palace knows your attitude and situation, that's all."

"So what?" Lin Daiyu looked her up and down, feeling curious.

Tanchun said confidently: "So if you are trying so hard to distance yourself from Jia, you might as well replace the person who has the final say in the family. In this way, your relationship with Jia can become what you want!"

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but tilt her head and looked at her and laughed: "Third sister looks really smart and wise!"

Tanchun blushed, her eyes sparkling, "It's just to find a way to survive!"

It seemed that even if she and her brother were registered under Aunt Zhou's name, the Zhao family and Madam Wang had no intention of letting them go.

Daiyu guessed something in her mind, nodded, and said, "In that case, I have two questions."

"Please say."

"First, you must have regarded this Rongguo Mansion as a quagmire. Since you are asking for my help, why don't you use the power of me and Supervisor Tao to leave this house, but instead ask for the power to be the head of the family?

"Secondly, even the Madam and Sister Feng need to recuperate. With the Madam above and the Grandmother below, how could it be your turn as an unmarried girl to be the housekeeper?"

Daiyu was looking forward to Tanchun's answer.

Tanchun took a deep breath and said, "Let me answer your second question first. When Madam was in the Wang family, she was also a housekeeper as a young lady.

"The first wife couldn't manage the business properly, so she handed it over to our wife, but I never said I wanted to manage it myself.

"I have discussed this with my eldest sister-in-law. I can help her manage it. This way, she can get back some of the power she wants, and I can learn everything I want to learn before I get married.

"As for your first question," Tanchun laughed at herself and straightened her chest, "If I were a man, I would have left long ago and established a career. I would have my own reasons at that time.

"But I'm just a girl, I grew up in a world of etiquette and rules, I dare not say a word. Go? Where to go? How to go?

"My last name is Jia, my mother is just a servant, I don't have any maternal family. In this family, I am still a daughter of a nobleman; but once I leave, I will be just a yellow-haired girl who can be slaughtered by others!

"I have no power, no money, no people, and no eyes. If I insist on going out, I will die, and it will be a miserable death!"

Daiyu chuckled: "No wonder you think I can't get out either."

"..." Tanchun hesitated and did not really agree with Daiyu's guess.

Daiyu took another step forward, leaned over, and smiled softly, "I can get out."

"......Yeah." Tanchun hesitated for a long time and nodded.

Daiyu sat up straight, smiled and raised her eyebrows: "If I can go out, I can let you go out too."

Tanchun was surprised: "Really?"

"But what ability do you have to impress me and make me pull you out of this quagmire? Look, just now, I didn't even help my sister-in-law." Daiyu smiled.

Tanchun was so excited that her shoulders were shaking slightly. She bit her lip and thought for a long time before she said, "You can test me! You can give me a question, and I can definitely do it! As long as you can save me!"

This time it was Daiyu's turn to think. After a while, Daiyu suddenly clapped her hands and said with a smile, "I got it!

"The reason for the Jia family's failure is that they have no successor. The reason for the lack of successors is that they have no way of educating their children. The one who did the worst in this matter was Master Jing of the East Palace.

"It's a pity that he has gone to practice Taoism, and we can't reach him. How about this, if you have the ability, you can think of a way to make Brother Zhen give up the position of clan leader, and it would be best if you can give it to Brother Lian.

"This way, Sister Feng can let go and dig out all the dirt in this quagmire, dry it into ashes and blow it away!"

Tanchun opened her mouth wide: "W-what!?"

"How about it?" Daiyu challenged him with a smile, "Can you do it?"

Tanchun ignored her, staring at the bookshelf, thinking quietly. After a while, her eyelids suddenly twitched, she bit her lip, stood up abruptly, walked to the desk, took a piece of paper, and quickly wrote on it.

Daiyu took the paper she handed over resolutely with a smile, and laughed after reading the first line: "How do you know such a thing?"

After saying this, he looked up at Tanchun.

The two of them found that each other's face turned red.

Tanchun sat down, suppressed her shame, and whispered, "We three sisters live together. As long as the two of them know about the affairs of the first and east houses, I will know..."

Daiyu was surprised: "Fourth sister knows about this?!"

“No, no, no! Fourth sister doesn’t know, but the people who serve her know something more or less…” Tanchun’s ears were red as if they were burned by fire.

Daiyu chuckled, folded the paper and put it beside her: "Okay, please go back. We will definitely do this. Think carefully about whether there is anything missing. Don't worry about the people and money, I will take care of it."

"Okay! Then I'll wait for news from Sister Lin!" Tanchun suppressed her excitement and walked away.

From outside came the voice of Zijuan smiling and seeing off the guests.

Then Xiaohong came in and cleaned up the mess on the table.

Lin Daiyu first handed her the piece of paper on the table: "Put it in a separate box and remember it is for the third lady."

Xiaohong agreed, put the thing in her arms, lowered her head and continued to pack as if nothing had happened.

Wang Xifeng's laughter rang out outside: "You two are so bold that you even plan to take over the position of clan leader!" She twisted her waist and walked in with Aunt Meng.

Daiyu laughed: "As a sister-in-law, you are so shameless to listen to your sister-in-law's gossip! How long have you been listening?"

"It started when Tan Yatou asked you to give her a question. Why did you give her this question? And how did she answer it?" Wang Xifeng automatically ignored the first half of Daiyu's teasing.

Daiyu glared at her: "Smart people don't ask random questions!"

"Forget it. Since you think highly of me, then I must think highly of myself too!" Wang Xifeng was very happy, but then she said with some regret, "I don't want to stay in Beijing and wade into these muddy waters anymore.

"I just told the old lady the other day that I wanted to find a job for our Second Master Lian so that he can enjoy a good life in the countryside!"

"Being the clan leader won't prevent you from leaving the capital." Daiyu smiled and shook her head, "But now you have household chores, how can you leave?

"I think Third Sister's plan is appropriate. You might as well mention it to the old lady and ask her and the eldest grandmother to be the housekeepers. If the lady is not happy about it, you can add Miss Xue to check and balance it, and then you can get rid of it smoothly.

"Once the household chores are in their hands, the family won't care whether you leave or not. As for the chores in Second Brother Lian's hands, at most we can just pick a suitable cousin or nephew to take over."

Wang Xifeng's eyes lit up: "That's a good idea!"