The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 112 The Hidden Dangers of “Changing Fate”
Because of Aunt Zhao's actions, everyone in the mansion knew that Huan San'er was going to take a concubine, and for this he even snatched away one of Master Bao's maids.

But everyone's attention was more focused on Master Bao. After all, who would care about a bastard?

Then everyone knew that Xixue had returned home.

Although Qianxue was still a maid and had no official status, the attitude implied in her was very clear, so everyone immediately looked up to Qianxue, except Baoyu himself.

He doesn’t want Xixue, he wants Xiren, he wants Sheyue…

But Xiren and Sheyue had both become concubines of other families, and Baoyu wanted them, which only confirmed the rumor that he "liked other people's wives", making Mrs. Wang even more angry.

After Baoyu went to his wife to act coquettishly but was scolded by Mrs. Wang instead, he felt upset and threw Qianxue aside and ignored her.

Of course, Lin Daiyu also received this news. She was naturally very uncomfortable, but compared to the man, a maidservant was nothing.

She had some dreams these days, but they were all about ridiculous things between men and women. She didn't get any valuable information, let alone any news about Brother Bao. She didn't know whether she had completely saved Brother Bao.

Having a maid like this should be able to play a certain preventive role, right?
That night, she repeated Brother Bao's name many times before going to sleep, hoping to get some inspiration in her dream. But when she closed her eyes and opened them again, she still saw the familiar room, the familiar big bed, and the familiar revealing clothes.

She climbed out of the bed with ease, wrapped a blanket around her body, and walked out the door.

In the living room, Master Zhan was sitting cross-legged, drinking tea leisurely, while Zijuan was serving him carefully beside him.

Seeing Sister Lin coming out, Mr. Zhan waved to her, patted his thigh, and motioned her to sit down.

After having these dreams many times, although Lin Daiyu still found it difficult to control her words and actions and had to rely more on instinct to deal with things, she was no longer so repulsive to Mr. Zhan. She walked over and sat down a short distance away from him.

Mr. Zhan did not force her, but just asked with a smile:
"It's so cold, why don't you wear shoes? Won't your bare feet be cold?"

Sister Lin looked down and saw her own pair of white and tender feet exposed. Her face turned red and she subconsciously shrank back, hiding her feet back under the blanket.

Unexpectedly, Master Zhan reached into the blanket with a smile, grabbed one of her ankles, pulled it outward, and pulled it onto his leg.

Lin Daiyu was so embarrassed that she tried to pull her legs back, but she couldn't pull them back.

Mr. Zhan stretched out his hand, took out a pair of high-heeled shoes from somewhere, put them on Lin Daiyu, then let go of his hand and let Lin Daiyu hide her feet again.

"Here, the other foot!" Mr. Zhan opened his palm and stretched it towards Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu was breathing softly, her mind in a mess, not knowing whether she should pass over the other foot.

But after a moment, Master Zhan became impatient. He reached out again, pulled out Lin Daiyu's bare foot hidden under the blanket, and put on her high heels.

Sister Lin's heart was pounding. She quickly retracted her feet and subconsciously sat a little further away. Suddenly, she heard Zijuan say:
"Master, I heard that the lady next door passed away."

Sister Lin was startled and pricked up her ears quickly. Just as she was about to ask what was going on, she saw Master Zhan waving his hand nonchalantly and saying:
"Ever since her son Jia Lan passed away, her spirits have been declining day by day. It's only a matter of time before she dies. It's not surprising."

"This matter has nothing to do with us, so don't bother with it."

Zijuan stopped talking.

Sister Lin was thinking about Li Wan, so she hurried forward and asked:

"When did Lang'er die? What disease did he have? Is there no cure?"

Mr. Zhan did not answer, but just laughed, stretched out his hand to pull Sister Lin into his arms, put her across his legs, and said with a smile:
"Why does the master care what disease he has?"

"He's not my son!"

When Sister Lin was smelled by Mr. Zhan's aura, she immediately became confused. She had no idea who Li Wan was. She quickly struggled and kept pushing Mr. Zhan out.

Mr. Zhan was afraid that her heart would beat too fast again and wake her up again, so he was very careful and loosened his grip on her hand slightly. Then Miss Lin jumped out of Mr. Zhan's hand in panic and ran out with a vigilant look on her face.

Unexpectedly, she forgot that she was wearing high heels. After running only three or five steps, her foot twisted and she fell face down on the ground.

"what……"

Lin Daiyu suddenly sat up from the bed, covered her nose with her hands, and tears streamed down her face.

Mr. Zhan was only worried that he would overstimulate her and cause her heart rate to beat too fast, but he didn't expect that she would break her nose and wake herself up.

By now Zijuan has become accustomed to her young lady waking up from her dreams in the middle of the night. She would calmly get up, come over to wipe her sweat and give her water, help her go back to sleep, and then go back to sleep in a daze.

But Lin Daiyu couldn't sleep. Besides being worried about the news of Jia Lan's death, the warmth of Master Zhan's big hand seemed to still remain on her ankles.

That feeling doesn't seem so annoying...

Lin Daiyu couldn't help feeling shy. She pulled up the quilt and hid her red face inside.

She tossed and turned in bed, not knowing how long she had been tossing and turning before she finally fell into a drowsy sleep again. In her daze, she seemed to have dreamed of something embarrassing.

It’s a pity that Mr. Zhan had already gone to find Li Gongcai at this time and was not here, otherwise he would have given Sister Lin a beautiful dream.

Dreams are a projection of reality.

When Li Gongcai knew that he would not die if he bit off his tongue in reality, he would not bite his tongue to commit suicide in his dreams.

When Li Gongcai realized in reality that he was not so calm when facing death, he would no longer hang himself in his dreams.

However, crying and asking for help are still Li Gongcai's must-do routine every time Master Zhan falls asleep.

After skillfully suppressing Li Gongcai once again, Master Zhan also brought out his own signature program.

"Snapped!"

"I made you cry!"

"Snapped!"

"I told you to run!"

"Snapped!"

"I asked you to ask for help!"

Amid the sobbing of Li Gongcai, Master Zhan slapped her again with a satisfying slap.

After the repertoire was over, Master Zhan threw the belt in front of Li Gongcai and said, "Here, take it and hang yourself!"

Li Gongcai took a look at the belt, his fingers trembled a few times, and finally he didn't have the courage to hang himself again.

Master Zhan snapped his fingers, and a large bed appeared out of thin air in front of the two of them.

He gave her a gentle push, and Li Gongcai fell on the bed, letting Master Zhan and her start the ten-thousand-page plot.

When Li Wan woke up from her dream, she felt the wet bedding again.

She slapped herself hard again, cursing herself in her heart. Feeling aggrieved and sad, she covered her head with the quilt and sobbed softly, her voice was very low for fear that Suyun outside would hear it.

At dawn the next day, Suyun came to wake her grandmother up and wash up, but she was shocked to find that her grandmother was lying on the bed with lifeless eyes, staring at the beams of the ceiling with a dull look, motionless.

This frightened Su Yun so much that she quickly put down the wash basin and rushed over to him, shouting:

"Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

Li Wan moved her body, tilted her head to one side, and slowly moved her eyes from the ceiling to Su Yun's face. She calmed herself down before speaking:

"I'm fine..."

But when she opened her mouth, she found that her voice was dry and hoarse, and she didn't sound alright at all.

Suyun ignored Li Wan's obstruction and insisted on going out to ask someone to call the imperial physician.

Not long after, the disciple of Imperial Physician Lin came, took Li Wan's pulse, prescribed some heat-clearing and detoxifying prescriptions, and then left.

Of course Li Wan knew that she was not sick, it was all just a mental problem. However, she couldn't speak out these thoughts, so she had to grit her teeth and bear it.

Just when he was feeling depressed, he suddenly heard news from outside the door that Lin Daiyu had arrived. He hurriedly invited Lin Daiyu in, thinking that he could tell her about his troubles.

If she really thought about it, this knot in her heart started to form after she heard about the "precognitive dream" from Lin Daiyu. If she talked to her about it, perhaps there would be a way to resolve it.

This time, Lin Daiyu came alone, without any maid. After coming in, she looked at Suyun. Seeing this, Li Wan hurriedly sent Suyun away.

When there was no one else in the room, Sister Lin asked:
"What happened to sister-in-law? Why do you look so haggard?"

"It's only been a few days, and you've called the doctor twice in a row?"

Li Wan sighed and said:

"It's all because of your 'precognitive dream'!"

"Perhaps I developed a demon in my heart because of what you said. Since that day, I have been having these... embarrassing dreams from time to time!"

"I don't even have the face to tell you about the dream!"

"I originally thought that I was a pure and innocent woman. I wouldn't say I was a chaste and heroic woman, but at least I wasn't a fickle woman. But who would have thought... Alas!"

"Why am I so shameless that I always have this kind of dream?"

Daiyu hastened to comfort her:
"Sister-in-law, don't talk about yourself like that!"

"How are you as a person? Who in our two houses doesn't know that?"

"It's just a dream, how can you take it seriously?"

After hearing this, Li Wan shook her head and sighed:
"no!"

"Sister, you don't know that the dream I had this time was very different from ordinary dreams!"

"I also dream on weekdays, but the content of each dream is different, and those dreams are hazy and vague. After waking up, I can't remember most of the details, and can only remember some fragments sporadically."

"But the dreams I had this time were almost one dream. They were completely connected. And the details in the dream were very clear. Even after waking up, I would not forget them at all. It was as if I had experienced it myself."

"Huh?" Sister Lin couldn't help but be surprised after hearing this, "Why does it sound so much like the 'precognitive dream' I had!"

"What?" Li Wan's face turned pale after hearing this, and she cried out in panic, "No, no, no, this must not be a prophetic dream. Otherwise, doesn't it mean that I will definitely... Absolutely not, absolutely not!"

Sister Lin also laughed and shook her head:
"I must be thinking too much!"

"My dreams are different every time, but my sister-in-law has had this dream many times. Apart from the fact that the dreams are very clear, there is nothing similar about them."

Li Wan was relieved at this and sighed:
"Sometimes I think, if I hadn't questioned my sister and didn't know anything, maybe I wouldn't have suffered this."

"But if I don't ask my sister, I don't know what the future holds for Brother Lan. I'm always worried. Sigh..."

She suddenly noticed that Daiyu's expression was a little strange. Thinking back to how Daiyu had dismissed the people around her when she came in, she couldn't help but feel nervous again. She asked in a trembling voice:

"My dear sister, you didn't dream about me again when you came here this time, did you?"

"Uh..." Daiyu hesitated for a moment and said with a wry smile: "Sister-in-law, the situation this time is even worse than last time."

"Last time, my sister-in-law became Master Zhan's concubine, but Brother Lan was probably fine. But this time..."

When Li Wan heard that the matter involved her son, she immediately became anxious and asked hurriedly:

"What happened to Langge?"

"Lang'er died of illness, and my eldest sister-in-law became depressed and died later."

Upon hearing such bad news from Daiyu, Li Wan suddenly turned pale and her whole body went cold. She sat down on the chair, opening her mouth and unable to utter a word for a long time.

Daiyu was afraid that something might happen to her, so she hurriedly comforted her:
"These are things that haven't happened yet in the future. They can all be changed. They can be changed!"

Li Wan finally recovered and grabbed Daiyu's arm, shouting in panic:

"Good sister, you have to help me!"

"I only have one son, Lang'er, and I must never let anything happen to him!"

Daiyu quickly agreed:
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will definitely help you!"

"It's just...it's just that I don't know what disease Brother Lang has, how he got it, and why the imperial physician couldn't cure him. I have no idea how to help!"

"This, this, this..." Li Wan suddenly became anxious again. She stood up and walked around the room. "How come she got sick out of nowhere? Why can't she be cured?"

Daiyu had no answer to these questions, but seeing how anxious she was, she quickly stood up, pulled her back to her seat, and said:
"Sister-in-law, there's no point in getting anxious now. The key is that we have to find out the reason why Brother Lang got into trouble." "Before, Brother Lang should have been fine, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to be at ease as a concubine in the Zhan Mansion. So why is Brother Lang in trouble again now? We have to find out the reason first, and then find a way to change the situation. Maybe we can reverse the future."

"Yes, yes, you are right!" Li Wan was so worried that she had lost all her rationality. When she heard Daiyu's words, she felt as if she had grabbed a life-saving straw. "Then... why is that?"

Daiyu hesitated and said:
"I think it must be based on my sister-in-law's recent affairs."

"It must be that some of the actions of the eldest sister-in-law had an impact on Brother Lang, which led to Brother Lang's accident."

"It's useless for us to speculate here. It's better for us to go to Langge'er and ask about the situation."

"Yes, yes, let's go to Langge'er to ask about the situation."

Now, Li Wan believed whatever Daiyu said. She immediately got up and took Daiyu out to find her son.

In order not to affect Lang'er's studies, Li Wan placed Lang'er in the outer courtyard when she established her own small courtyard.

Every time she wanted to see her son, she would call Jia Lan in to talk to him for a few words, but most of the time, she still let her son live outside.

Later, because she kept having those embarrassing dreams, she felt extremely ashamed and felt ashamed to see her own son. She was afraid that she would lead her son astray, so she reduced the number of times they met. It was unprecedented for her to come out in person to meet him like this time.

When Suyun saw the two people coming out and about to go out, she was stunned at first, and then she was overjoyed.

When it comes to self-proclaimed things, what is needed is self-awareness; supervision by outsiders is all empty talk.

As long as the owner of the house steps out of this self-enclosed backyard, a hole will be opened, and it will be extremely difficult to seal it off again in the future.

She pretended not to know and did not remind them. She just led the way in front, taking the two of them out of the backyard and to the front yard where Jia Lan was studying.

This was originally Jia Zhu's study. It had been abandoned since Jia Zhu's death. Later, after Jia Lan began to study, it was given to Jia Lan for use.

Jia Lan was studying hard. When he saw his mother coming in, he couldn't help showing a happy expression. He put down the book and ran over quickly. But when he got close, he stopped, bowed respectfully, and said:
"Lan'er pays respects to the madam and the young lady."

Seeing that Jia Lan was only in his teens but was being taught like a little adult, speaking and doing things in a very methodical manner, without any childish liveliness, Daiyu could not help but frowning secretly.

But this was someone else's child, and it was not convenient for her to interrupt, so she just responded and then stood by, watching Li Wan happily hug her own child and ask about his well-being with sympathy.

After asking about diet and studies for a while, Li Wan asked:
"Has Brother Lang been feeling unwell lately?"

Jia Lan shook his head and said:

"Lan Er is doing fine, but I'm a little worried about Madam's health."

"I heard that my wife was not feeling well recently. I wonder if she is feeling better now?"

Li Wan evaded the question:

"Mom is not sick, she just... just feels a little uncomfortable. It's okay, Brother Lan, don't worry."

Daiyu was standing nearby and clearly noticed the worry in Jia Lan's eyes. However, he was taught to behave in a rigid manner, and he had many emotions hidden in his heart. He didn't know how to express them, so he said:

"Sister-in-law, perhaps Lang'er's illness in the future was caused by worrying too much about you."

After hearing this, Li Wan was shocked and turned her head suddenly to look over. She saw Daiyu pointing at Jia Lan and saying:
"Look at the look in Lang'er's eyes. He is clearly worried about you."

"You have sealed yourself in the hospital and invited the imperial physician to treat you several times. Even if you say you are not sick, Brother Lan may not believe you."

"If Lang'er keeps worrying about it, he might even become ill from worrying about it, which is incurable."

Li Wan looked at her son carefully again, and indeed saw the concern and worry hidden deep in his eyes. She suddenly realized what was going on, and then tears fell like rain. She couldn't help but hugged her son and burst into tears.

Jia Lan was also panicked. He wiped Li Wan's tears helplessly, and only cried out:
"Madam, don't cry. Lan'er knows she was wrong..."

"No, Brother Lan is not wrong, it's mother who is wrong!" After crying for a while, Li Wan wiped her tears, took Jia Lan's hand and walked to the backyard.

"Mom won't let Brother Lang worry anymore!"

"Mother is not trying to be self-righteous anymore. She will have the wall torn down. It will remain the same as it was before."

Suyun was overjoyed when she heard this from behind. Without saying a word, she turned around and asked people to tear down the wall.

When Daiyu saw this, she hurried over to Li Wan and whispered in her ear:

"Sister-in-law, if you tear down the wall, won't it return to its original state?"

"Then your future destiny..."

As soon as Li Wan woke up, her body froze.

Jia Lan suddenly saw his mother stop and asked curiously:

"Why doesn't the madam leave?"

"Mother..." Li Wan's lips moved, not knowing what to say.

Am I really going to abandon the chastity that I have guarded for years and become Master Zhan's concubine?

While he was hesitating, Su Yun and a group of people came over with tools and were about to start tearing down the wall. Li Wan was confused at the moment and subconsciously waved her hand to stop them:

"and many more!"

"Wait a minute!"

"Let me think again!"

"Let me think about it again!"

Everyone looked at each other, frozen in place, not knowing whether to continue.

Suyun had been cooped up in there for days and was already fed up with it. Seeing that her grandmother was wavering again, she stepped forward and gently poked Jia Lan, signaling him to step forward and persuade her.

Jia Lan took a step forward and said:

"Didn't Madam decide to demolish this place before? Why are you changing your mind now?"

"Is there something that Lan'er doesn't know?"

As he spoke, Jia Lan looked at Daiyu beside him with a probing look in his eyes.

Looking at Li Wan who was hesitating and at a loss, Daiyu had no choice but to speak:

"Your wife is destined to have a calamity, and she plans to seal herself in the courtyard to avoid it."

"But who would have thought that I had a dream last night that if she avoided the disaster in this way, Lang Ge'er would be robbed, so..."

Having said this, there is no need to say the rest, and everyone understands.

The choice is either you or your son will be robbed.

Hearing this, Jia Lan opened his arms without saying anything, blocked the way for the crowd, and shouted:
"Is there any reason in this world for a son to let his parents protect him from disaster?"

"If sacrificing my life can bring my wife safety, then I am willing to die."

As soon as these words came out, Li Wan, who was hesitating between keeping her chastity and her son, burst into tears again. She went over and hugged her son, crying:

"My son, what are you talking about? If you are gone, what is the point of me living?"

"Don't say anything, Suyun, tear this place down immediately!"

After hearing this, Suyun waved her hand and asked everyone to come forward and tear down the wall.

"Sister Suyun, please don't ruin Madam's plan to escape the disaster!"

Jia Lan was very anxious and tried to stop them, but was held by Li Wan and could not move. He could only scare Su Yun and said:

"If you ruin my wife's life, be careful that the eldest wife will come after you!"

After hearing this, Su Yun really didn't dare to continue. Seeing this, Li Wan had no choice but to comfort him:
"Don't panic, Brother Lang. Although this disaster is difficult, there may be other ways out. If this method doesn't work, just try another one."

"With Sister Lin helping me, I can always find a way."

Jia Lan did not believe it and just shouted:

"Madam, please don't tease me!"

"Changing one's fate has always been against the will of heaven, how can it be so easy?"

"Since there is a clear way, why should we look for another one?"

"After all, my life was given to me by my master and mistress, so I will return it to you in exchange for your eternal health."

After hearing her son's words, Li Wan was so moved that she couldn't help but burst into tears again.

Her crying added fuel to the fire, and Jia Lan no longer believed her words.

Daiyu was watching from the side. Seeing that Li Wan was making the matter more and more complicated, she had no choice but to interrupt and say:

"Brother Lang, there are some things here that I may not have explained clearly because of the short time, so I will explain them to you again here."

"First of all, although my sister-in-law's calamity was sad, it was not fatal."

"Secondly, the eldest sister-in-law's self-proclaimed change of fate this time was purely her own recklessness."

"In the end, not only did it fail to change your fate, but it also implicated Brother Lang, and even my sister-in-law herself became depressed after losing you, and eventually passed away."

"So this was a failed attempt that has to be corrected again."

"After the wall is torn down, we must correct the disaster of the eldest sister-in-law."

"If you don't tear down the wall, you will have to correct your calamity, Lang'er."

"This is exactly what the sister-in-law was struggling with just now!"

After Daiyu analyzed the situation, everything suddenly became simple and clear, and everyone understood.

"Yes, yes, that's what Sister Lin said!"

"At worst, I won't have to go through this disaster, but I will never let it implicate you, Lang'er."

Suyun, who was standing nearby, was relieved when she heard that this would not cause her grandmother's death. She waved her hand and the servants swung their pickaxes and demolished the inner courtyard's isolation wall in no time.

Jia Lan was still worried and surrounded Daiyu, wanting to ask for more specific information about the disaster.

But Daiyu couldn't tell him the details. Just when she was speechless, Li Wan regained her composure and, with the power of a mother, shouted:
"Brother Lang, you are still young, you don't need to know so much, just study hard, and you will be honored by your family in the future."

"As for other matters, the adults will naturally take care of them."

After being scolded by his mother, Jia Lan immediately became dispirited. He returned to his own courtyard dejectedly and continued to study in the study room.

After everyone left, Li Wan took Daiyu back into the room alone, showing a nervous expression and said anxiously:

"Sister, you must go back to your dream and check if Brother Lang is safe!"

Daiyu hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Sister-in-law, you should know that I cannot control my dreams. It is difficult for me to promise you whether I can dream about it again."

After hearing this, Li Wan knew this was the truth, but she couldn't help but feel anxious. She said with a sad face:
"Brother Lang is right. Changing one's fate is against the will of heaven. It can't be that easy!"

"I should have known that!"

"If I had known earlier that changing my fate would only make things worse and would implicate Brother Lan, I would have… I would have rather accepted my fate and not messed around with it again!"

Daiyu opened her mouth, not knowing how to comfort her, and at the same time, a trace of doubt inexplicably arose in her heart.

It seemed that it wasn't difficult for the Xue family to change their fate before!

Could it be that there are some hidden dangers in the Xue family’s affairs?

If this matter of "changing fate" really has hidden dangers, then what hidden dangers does Brother Bao's matter have?

(End of this chapter)