Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Outer courtyard.

It was his good friend Liu Xianglian who stopped Baoyu and asked him with a smile: "What are you thinking about now? Are you still thinking about becoming a god?"

"Just right!" Baoyu was overjoyed to see him. He quickly pulled him aside and asked in a low voice, "Did you hear what Second Brother Lian said to me just now?"

Liu Xianglian was a chivalrous man who hated bullying of men and women, so he snorted and said, "I only heard it sporadically, but I can roughly guess it.

"Your Ning Mansion is dirty and messy. Apart from the two stone lions in front of the door, even the cats and dogs are not clean!

"Now what has possessed Mr. Zhen to lock up his wife's sister as a toy? He deserves to be beaten, no matter whose idea it was!"

Seeing his friend's disgusted expression, Baoyu felt embarrassed, but thinking about his own purpose, he had to be thick-skinned and said:

"After being beaten, he didn't send anyone to say he wouldn't come. I'm afraid he'll come again and make trouble again. If that happens, my sister Lin...all the hard work she's done will be in vain.

"Or, can you help me stop him? Just say that I invited a lot of outsiders... That's not right. Anyway, no matter what method you use, just stop him!"

Liu Xianglian sneered and looked at him askance: "Can't you let it slip that you already know he got beaten?"

"Yes!" Baoyu pulled him and begged, "Second Brother Liu, if you help me with this, I will agree to anything you ask, okay?"

Liu Xianglian laughed: "Such a small matter is not worth your effort! All right, I'll go! You just delay it for a while, and eat longer. After the banquet, there will be a play, and I have to go on stage!"

"Okay, okay!" Baoyu quickly let go, "Come quickly!"

Liu Xianglian strode away.

…(Hmmmm, wait a minute) …

After tea, the banquet began.

After a while, someone came in from outside and said, "Master Zhen asked me to come in and tell you that Grandma Zhen is ill, and Rong's daughter-in-law has to take care of her, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law won't come."

Grandmother Jia's face turned unhappy.

Daiyu agreed with a smile, and asked them to pick out a few dishes for the patients and send them to Ning Mansion to whet their appetites.

No one argued about Youshi's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law anymore. They just praised the food and wine, and no one praised Lin Daiyu and Jia Tanchun's abilities.

Xiangyun said that the glutinous rice and lotus root were truly divine, and asked for another helping, saying that she would not leave today and would stay at the Lin family. Even Yingchun, who was always polite, ate half an extra bowl of rice.

Grandmother Jia smiled and praised: "I haven't eaten such authentic mixed crispy food for a long time. You two have put a lot of effort into it."

Tanchun responded with a smile, urging everyone to eat more. Lin Daiyu smiled, looked back outside, apologized to Lady Jia, and got up to leave.

It was Qingwen who was outside the pavilion. When she saw her coming out, she quickly stepped forward and said softly, "Master Zhen is late, he just arrived.

"Ni Er said that Liu Xianglian had given the horse a shot, and the horse nearly threw Master Zhen to death! Later, he bought another horse from a nearby store and rushed over.

"It's just that he suddenly refused to come. Ni Er is trying to persuade him, but to little avail."

Daiyu raised her eyebrows and thought about it, then she smiled and whispered, "You can ask Ni Er to go and tell him. It's okay if he doesn't come. Anyway, this reputation is only rotten in the Rong and Ning mansions."

Qingwen opened her eyes wide.

Daiyu smiled and nodded, then returned to her seat.

The meal was over in a moment.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they stood up and took a short walk, then sat down again to drink tea and listen to the opera.

But before the play was halfway through, there was a commotion outside. Even in the attic of the inner courtyard, Lin Zhixiao could be heard shouting at the top of his lungs:

"Everyone! Please take your seats and listen to the opera! Please! Please! These are just some minor matters, and my master will handle them! Please don't mind!"

Lin Daiyu frowned, raised her hand to stop the gongs and drums on the stage opposite, walked to the stairs, stood proudly with her hands behind her back, and raised her voice to the bottom: "Go and ask what's going on!"

A little girl ran away.

Grandmother Jia called her calmly, "Yu'er, don't worry about it. You have two uncles and three cousins ​​outside, so it doesn't matter even if the sky falls."

Lin Daiyu turned back with a smile: "Grandma, this is the Lin family, I am the head of the family. Whether it is a mustard seed or the collapse of the sky, I am the only one who needs to take care of it."

There was silence in the attic.

This is the Lin residence, not the Jia residence.

She is the head of the family, and everyone else is just a guest.

Even if a bird just flew over and dropped a fruit, it was none of the outsiders' business. The only one who had the power to confront it directly was Lin Daiyu.

Madam Wang didn't like this idea and was annoyed. She said, "Then let the girl go down and take a look. It's such a long way. You are not in good health. Don't run back and forth."

"Aunt, you're wrong. I've recovered from my illness in Lixiangyuan a long time ago. Now, I'm not afraid of running around!" Daiyu's smile suddenly looked fake, and there was even a hint of coldness in her eyes.

Mrs. Wang was stunned, her heart skipped a beat, and she didn't say anything else.

Daiyu lifted her skirt and went downstairs. Halfway down, she turned back and smiled at Tanchun: "You continue to play with the old man and the ladies. I'll be outside."

Tanchun looked back at her deeply and nodded slightly: "Don't worry, Sister Lin."

When Daiyu reached the second gate, she saw Mrs. Yan already waiting there. She raised her chin and asked, "Where is it?"

"They all turned into Xue Er Yuan on the way. The two sides were arguing fiercely, and the three men from other families heard almost everything, so they were half-truthfully dragged away by Master Xue, Master Feng, and Master Bao."

Mrs. Yan said softly.

Daiyu smiled, stretched out her hand to take the curtain that had been prepared there, and walked towards the school courtyard as if she was strolling in a garden.

In the Xueer Academy, Jia Zhen, who had no injuries on his face but was in great pain all over his body, pointed at You Sanjie who was standing stubbornly on the side, and cursed her with all the vicious words he had ever known in his life.

Jia Zheng couldn't stand it any longer, so he slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "Alright! Shut up!"

Jia Zhen then stopped breathing heavily, his eyes blazing with fire, staring at Third Sister You, as if he wanted to sleep on her skin and eat her flesh!

"My dear sister, what do you want?" Jia Zheng asked Third Sister You directly without any hesitation.

Third Sister You was startled, and looked him up and down, then asked in disbelief, "Are you really the second master of Rongguo Mansion? Aren't you said to be the most upright, modest, fair and kind?"

"After listening to his dirty talk, you didn't ask about his moral integrity, but asked me what I wanted instead? Do you want to buy our sisters' reputation and lives with money?"

Jia Zheng's face flushed after hearing these questions. He coughed, twirled his beard and said, "I don't know you, and I don't know the dispute between you two. You have come here just to seek justice in front of everyone.

"Then I naturally have to ask you, what kind of justice do you want? How much is it? List the terms, and then we will know which ones can be achieved and which ones cannot be achieved!"

Third Sister You sneered, "What a good tongue you have! To a commoner like me, you should just say 'this official'. Forget it, if the top beam is not straight, the bottom beam will be crooked. I didn't expect there to be any good people in your family!"

He held up a piece of paper and said, "Look here, everyone. This is the confession written by your family leader himself, with his hand imprint printed on it!

"It clearly states here how he seduced and humiliated us sisters!

"Also, how did he force Qin and kill her with his own hands!"

Everyone in the room's faces turned pale!

Including Jia Rong, who was laughing secretly at his own father's joke!

Including Xue Pan, who sneaked in from the backyard and secretly eavesdropped on the show outside the back window!

"I didn't! I only acknowledged the affair between you and your second sister, I didn't acknowledge the affair between Qin Shi! You don't know about the affair between Qin Shi! You shouldn't know! Who told you!? Who wants to harm me!?"

Jia Zhen rushed over like a madman and strangled Third Sister You's neck again!