Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

The quarrel between the uncle and nephew was the main cause. Jia Zhen could no longer pretend to be stupid, so he could only "come back to his senses" weakly and waved his hand at Lin Daiyu:

"I didn't really want to kill anyone, but I was angry and used heavy force. The second master believed that I would not do anything illegal, so he didn't say anything to stop me.

"Since you have been raised by the Second Master for so many years, you should be filial to him. There is really no need to be so aggressive in such a heart-breaking argument."

Just a few words of words instantly dispelled the solemn and murderous atmosphere created by Daiyu, and everyone looked at Daiyu with approval.

Even Jiang Yong looked at Jia Zhen up and down with surprise, with the words "look at him with new eyes" written all over his face.

Only Lin Daiyu smiled slightly, looked at Jia Zhen who was sitting on the ground, and asked kindly: "Brother Zhen, you are not pretending to be stupid anymore? Then tell me, what is the matter with the paper in my hand?"

Jia Zhen was stunned, looking confused.

"No matter how much we quarrel about my uncle and I, it has nothing to do with you. If you want to put the blame on me because of my uncle, you might as well clear up the matter with this girl first!

"After all, I heard from the housekeeper that she broke into the door of my Lin Mansion in front of the people on the street, holding a white cloth that read 'Ningguo Mansion, give me justice'.

"Moreover, I heard that she did it in front of all the people who were drinking and watching the show together, namely, the Chief Secretary of Prince Beijing's Palace, the second grandson of Duke Qi, the son of Marquis Dingcheng, the only son of General Shenwu, the eldest son of the Xue family, oh, and the actors on the stage—

"You've yelled out the whole story! Brother Zhen, I don't need to repeat those things, do I? They're really too dirty, and I can't bring myself to say them.

"So I'm asking you, do you admit it?"

Jia Zhen sat on the ground, looking up at Lin Daiyu. She had a smile on her face, her hands on her knees, and she even tilted her head slightly towards him, as if she was afraid that she couldn't hear his answer clearly!

This interested and calm look, without even a hint of shyness or blushing, is definitely not the look of a fourteen-year-old girl who has heard of such a thing for the first time!

Thinking of this, Jia Zhen suddenly felt more at ease. He narrowed his eyes and even smiled: "Miss Lin, if I don't recognize you, what can you do to me?"

When Lin Daiyu saw his expression, she knew that she was too excited and exposed herself, so she smiled and sat down in the chair to relax:

"What can I do to you? I am on your side!"

After a pause, he raised his chin towards Third Sister You who had been awakened by Qingwen's needle, "But this woman is too abominable. She actually framed a nobleman and a third-rank general in the court! How can this be tolerated? I must send her to the government! And report to Supervisor Tao, and have it heard by the emperor!

"A little girl from a village head actually dared to use her own sex as a bet to frame a century-old family! What did she rely on? There must be someone behind the scenes instructing her! Under the three trees, force her to tell the truth!"

Daiyu smiled at Jia Zhen and said, "When the time comes, we will catch all of them in one fell swoop! That will clear Brother Zhen's name! And also clear my Lin family house!"

"Do you want to report to the police?" Jia Zhen's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he slowly got up from the ground.

Lin Daiyu was not intimidated at all. She looked him straight in the face, raised her eyebrows and asked, "What else? She is a good person. If I don't report her to the authorities, how can I punish her for this 'malicious accusation'?"

"Can you still forcibly imprison her or beat her to death? Wouldn't that prove that she 'falsely accused' you of the money?"

Jia Zhen stood up straight, looked at Daiyu coldly, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and asked, "What do you want?"

Daiyu smiled and lowered her head to ask Third Sister You: "What do you want?"

Third Sister You was already stunned listening to their verbal battle. She looked at Lin Daiyu with great admiration, sat up straight in Qingwen's arms, and cleared her somewhat hoarse voice:

"I want him to stop harassing me and my second sister from now on! We just want to spend the rest of our lives peacefully and calmly, and we don't want to..."

Third Sister You looked at the men in the Jia Mansion with disdain, "How could I have anything to do with you, these hypocritical beasts in human clothing!"

"You only want this?" Jia Zheng looked at Third Sister You in surprise and blurted out involuntarily.

Third Sister You sneered and rolled her eyes at him out of habit: "Only officials like Lord Jia, who are obsessed with money, think that poor people's requests for justice are all for the purpose of extorting money!"

This sentence made Jia Zheng blush and he could only shake his sleeves to express his anger: "How shameful!"

Lin Daiyu glanced at him calmly and looked at Third Sister You: "Anything else?"

"I just ask that we don't disturb each other! I don't ask for anything else!" Third Sister You raised her hand and swore!

Daiyu smiled and looked at Jia Zhen, who looked dazed. "Brother Zhen, you didn't expect this, did you? She just didn't want to have anything to do with you anymore, but she resorted to such a drastic measure. Look, it would have been much better if you had let her go earlier!"

Jia Zhen looked dejected, as if he had lost all hope. His hands hung low and he could not lift his head. After a long while, he nodded.

Daiyu got up from her seat, smiled and helped Third Sister You to her feet. She reached out and took away the confession of Jia Zhen that she had been holding in her hand, folded it and put it in her sleeve:

"Mr. Zhen has spoken and he cannot go back on his word. Besides, there are all the elders and peers in the mansion to testify. He will not break his promise. You can go now. You sisters, take care of yourselves in the future."

Is this matter, really, resolved?!

Third Sister You felt as if she were in a dream.

She had been coaxed into Jia Zhen's hands since she was fourteen, and it had been four years since then! During these four years, she had wanted to escape all the time, but she had never succeeded once.

Whenever she woke up from her drunken stupor at midnight, she would think about how she was already a broken woman and no longer worthy of the heroic man she loved, so she would just give up and move away from him.

Now, I just chatted with the steward of the Lin family for a few more words, and it turned out to be like this. Why not just cut off all ties with Jia Zhen? !

But...what about the future?

Third Sister You stood up, tears streaming down her cheeks, and she knelt before Lin Daiyu in an unceremonious manner, choking with sobs as she said, "Thank you, Miss Lin! I can finally live an upright life!"

Daiyu raised her head and motioned to Ni Er, who had been silent the whole time, to send her out. She then turned around and turned to Jia She, who had been pretending to be invisible the whole time, and asked with a smile:

"Master Jing is not here, so I have to ask my uncle, is the Jia family planning to just leave it at that?"

Jia Zheng frowned tightly: Why is this girl Lin still holding on to it? What does this have to do with her?

"This is a serious matter." Jia She glanced at Lin Daiyu, somewhat helplessly, "This must be discussed with the old lady and Brother Jing. How can our words have the final say?"

When everyone heard that the matter could be shirked, they all breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in unison.

Seeing this, Daiyu also nodded with a smile: "That makes sense."

She stood up, extended her hand to everyone, and said with a smile: "Then please continue to take your seats, drink and watch the show!"

Seeing that she was really planning to take the confession away, Jia Rong became anxious and shouted, "Mr. Lin! Hand over the forged confession before you leave!"

Daiyu was stunned and turned back, frowning: "What did you say?"

Jia Rong had already strode over and stood in front of her, holding out his hand: "Stop playing dumb and hand it over!"

Lin Daiyu frowned, took a step back, and said softly, "Slap him."

Jiang Yong took a step forward, standing between the two of them, and raised his hand expressionlessly.

"Snapped!"

A slap hit Jia Rong hard in the face!