The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 163 Lin. Pretentious. Daiyu
For a while, Shinobu thinks more and more angry, and takes a step back and thinks more and more losses.

Mrs. Wang originally thought that she could endure this incident for the sake of her daughter's future, but she tossed and turned in bed all night and couldn't fall asleep. The frustration in her heart became more and more serious.

Why!

She was obviously the mistress of the mansion, but when something happened, her master did not stand on her side, but instead sided with that vixen.

In fact, over the years, she has known her husband's inclination, but she herself has been following the teachings of the Three Obediences and Four Virtues since she was a child, and taking her husband as the leader, so even if she is dissatisfied in her heart, she can only bear it and not say it, and at most complain a few words in her heart.

Her idol is actually her own mother-in-law, Lady Jia, the wife of the Duke, a first-rank lady with many children and grandchildren. As a woman, she is in charge of such a large family business and knows all the big and small things in the mansion. Everyone in the mansion believes in and respects her, and no one dares to go against her intentions at all.

It can be said that, apart from entering the palace to become a queen, this is the pinnacle achievement of a woman in her life!

She had always dreamed that in the future she would be able to be like Lady Jia and become the mistress of the mansion who had the final say.

But now she is obviously no longer under the pressure of the old lady, and has finally become a mother-in-law after being a daughter-in-law for many years. But why can't she do whatever she wants in the mansion as she did when the old lady was still in charge?

This huge sense of gap naturally caused the many negative emotions that she had suppressed in her heart to burst out, and she felt uneasy all the time.

Many times, the last straw that breaks the camel's back is often some trivial matters, which are just the opportunity for the accumulation of a lot of pressure to burst out.

This little bitch must be taught a profound lesson!

Mrs. Wang was secretly furious and didn't even bother to consider the consequences of such a thing.

When a woman gets angry, she can do anything.

However, she was not a person with outstanding abilities. Even if she wanted to be ruthless, she didn't know how to take revenge on Aunt Zhao.

She tossed and turned in bed all night, but couldn't figure out how to bypass her master and let the punishment fall on Aunt Zhao.

It is one way to make trouble for Huan Saner, but Huan Saner is the blood of his own master after all. That vixen will definitely go to the master to cry and complain. Once the master intervenes, the original punishment will be greatly reduced.

Tormenting Huan Saner can only make her vent her anger, but it can't kill him with one blow, so there is no point.

If she had not tasted the sweetness of Master Zhan herself, giving Tanchun to Master Zhan as a concubine would have been a good idea, which would have surely made Aunt Zhao heartbroken.

But now she already knew some of Master Zhan's true colors. Sending Tanchun to Master Zhan's bed might seem like she was venting her anger, but in fact it was a good thing for Tanchun, that little bitch, and it also gave Huan Saner a big, thick leg to hug. This was too stupid.

After much thought, it would be better to bring retribution directly upon Aunt Zhao. It would be simple, direct and more satisfying.

As for the specific method, she couldn't think of it, so she decided to seek help from outside.

Since her own master doesn't support her revenge, she can't blame her for asking other masters for help!
Whoever can help her vent her anger will be Lady Wang’s master in the future!

Anyway, I have done all kinds of ugly things, so I don’t care if I do a few more.

Too many lice won’t make you itch, and too many debts won’t make you worry!

After finally making it to dawn, Mrs. Wang got up, washed, and with a pair of slightly red and swollen eyes, ran to Lin Daiyu to act as a lobbyist.

The incident happened yesterday. At that time, the rumor about the immortal fate had not spread yet, but the news about the nightmare victory had been heard by some people.

Sister Lin knew about Lady Wang's illness, and knew that both of them had been harmed by Yan Sheng's men. Seeing that she came to visit, she thought she was here to investigate Yan Sheng's affairs, so she hurriedly took people out to welcome her in, took a seat and offered her tea, and asked with concern:

"I heard that the man who had nightmares also harmed my wife, but I don't know what the situation is now. Has the villain who secretly caused the trouble been caught?"

Mrs. Wang was originally going to talk about the matter of the immortal fate, but when she heard Sister Lin mention the matter of the nightmare victory, she opened her mouth, thought for a moment, and changed her words:

"The one who was possessed by the nightmare was called Ma Dao-po, and the one behind her was Aunt Zhao."

"She wanted to kill you because she wanted the position of the first wife of the Zhan family. She thought that after killing you, she could let Tanchun take the position smoothly."

After hearing this, Lin Daiyu and others' faces suddenly changed.

The person who is struck by this nightmare will first become mad and talk nonsense, and then fall into a coma after being pinned down.

These nonsense are not spoken randomly, most of them are the contents that the victim has been feeling guilty about, which are always piled up in his heart. After being bewitched by the little ghost, he will unconsciously say out the words of guilt in his heart.

After Mrs. Wang was tricked that day, she accused the old lady of killing her and demanded her life as compensation.

After being tricked, Lin Daiyu revealed the secret that she had kept in her heart and had never told anyone else.

That is, she was not the future wife of Master Zhan at all, but just a concubine. She lied using the precognitive dream as an excuse in order to get promoted.

However, it was night time and there was no one else around, only Zijuan, Xueyan and a few others heard it.

The people around her were not the gossipy women in the Jia Mansion. After hearing these things, they never told anyone else. They just kept them in their hearts and never mentioned them to anyone.

So when Master Zhan came to inquire about the situation, Zijuan and the others were very worried that their young lady had pretended to be destined to succeed and suffered retribution, but they did not dare to tell Master Zhan.

However, after Lin Daiyu woke up, she learned from Zijuan and others what she had said. She had no choice but to confess the truth to the people around her.

So now Sister Lin and several people around her already know the truth. Now they heard from Mrs. Wang that the reason why Aunt Zhao targeted her was purely because of the lie that Sister Lin told before. Suddenly, their faces turned bad.

Lin Daiyu was in a trance.

She was the one who knew the most about predictive dreams among all these people. She knew that if one rashly changed one's fate, it would most likely have a ripple effect. Not only would it not make the future better, it would be more likely to worsen the situation and make the future worse.

She originally thought that she had only leaked a little news, and her family had not done anything unnecessary, but she had taken the initiative and it should not lead to any bad consequences.

Who knew that her fate was so bizarre and had no control over it at all. Before she knew it, she had walked around the gates of hell and almost lost her life.

The root of the problem was the sentence she said which she thought had little impact.

Thinking of the previous experiences of Li Wan, Wang Xifeng and others, Lin Daiyu's face turned pale, fearing that her family's fate would become even worse in the future.

Mrs. Wang was unaware of the ups and downs in Lin Daiyu's heart. She only thought that she was angry and continued to add fuel to the fire:

"Originally, I wanted the master to kick Aunt Zhao out of the house and even marry Tan off to a distant place, but the master was bewitched by that vixen and kept protecting her, refusing to punish her."

"As a woman, I really have no other options for this kind of thing. I can only grit my teeth and bear it."

"But Daiyu, you have the ability to predict dreams, so you can look in your dream and find out what Aunt Zhao did wrong. Tell me and I will go to the master to complain and let you vent your anger!"

After listening to this, Lin Daiyu fell silent.

Of course, she hated Aunt Zhao in her heart, but she didn't dare to use her predictive dreams to do such things. Who knows if such messing around will eventually come back to haunt her?

One nightmare victory was enough for her to endure, and she didn't dare to make herself unhappy again.

She lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said carelessly:

"I know about this. I will try to ask in my dream later. However, the things in the dream are not in my control at all. I am not sure whether it will work or not."

"Let's be more careful about our food, clothing, housing and transportation in the future, so as not to give others an opportunity to take advantage of us."

Mrs. Wang smiled happily when she heard this:

"Mrs. Zhao's behavior is erratic, so there must be a lot of flaws. Daiyu, please pay more attention to her, and you will definitely find some evidence."

After that, she began to talk about business, repeating what Jia Zheng had told her before, and then pleaded:
"I know that you, Daiyu, have been wronged in this matter. Not only can you not settle the score with Aunt Zhao, but you also have to clean up her mess. It's really heartbreaking. But this matter interferes with your elder sister's future in the palace, so I can only grit my teeth and endure it for now."

"Daiyu, please help us this time for the sake of our family."

"When you and Nian Si get married in the future, our family will definitely prepare a generous dowry for you so that you can marry in style."

"As for that little bitch Aunt Zhao, even if the master protects her, I will never let her go. When you get hold of her evidence, I will drive her out of the house and give us mother and daughter a good vent!"

When Daiyu heard the words about getting married, she blushed immediately, on the one hand because she was shy, and on the other hand because she was ashamed.

If the situation gets worse in the future, she might not be able to marry into the Zhan family at all, and then she wouldn't know how to face these enthusiastic relatives in the family.

Seeing Daiyu blushing, Mrs. Wang flicked her handkerchief, covered her mouth and laughed:

"Men should get married when they are old enough, and women should get married when they are old enough. There is nothing to be shy about. You and Nian Si, one is rich and the other is beautiful. You are a perfect match made in heaven. You should be husband and wife."

"And your prophetic dream made everything clear. You two are destined to be together. God's plan is the greatest!"

In fact, Mrs. Wang didn't like Daiyu very much. She was too pretentious and narrow-minded. She would get angry with people for no reason. She also had a sharp tongue and would argue with everyone she met. She didn't respect her enough.

That's why she was unwilling to let Daiyu and Baoyu get married before.

But the situation is different now. The time has changed. Instead of letting her call Tanchun "sister" in the future, it is better to just give it to Daiyu!
She allowed anyone to marry into the Zhan Mansion as his legal wife, except that little bitch's daughter Tanchun!

Even though Tanchun called her mother all the time, she knew very well in her heart that that little bitch was her real mother.

Since ancient times, blood is thicker than water, and it has always been difficult to distinguish the grace of giving birth and the grace of raising a child. What's more, she only had the status of a legitimate mother and had never had any grace of raising a child for Tanchun!

That little bitch has been acting very arrogantly because she relies on the master's favor. If her daughter really marries Master Zhan as his legal wife, that little bitch will definitely make a big fuss!
It would be better to let Daiyu marry him. After all, he can call her aunt, and she and Baoyu have been childhood sweethearts. She will definitely take good care of their precious son in the future.

As for whether Daiyu was suitable to be the legitimate wife after she passed away, and whether she would continue to be pretentious and make a mess of the Zhan Mansion, that had nothing to do with her.

Anyway, she is not your own daughter-in-law, so let her harm others!
Since Mr. Zhan is so good at subduing demons and monsters, let Daiyu go over and serve him as a demon!

Sister Lin, of course, had no idea what Mrs. Wang was thinking. She just thought that she was really optimistic about this marriage, so she blushed and clutched her handkerchief and said hypocritically:
"No one has even started to predict the future. Who knows what will happen? Even if it is predicted in a dream, it is not unchangeable. Why are you saying this now, Madam?"

"Okay, okay, I know you're shy, so let's not talk about this for now." Madam Wang laughed and skipped the topic, continuing, "This time, Nian Si is also in charge of the encounter with the Immortal. It's a good opportunity for you to discuss the details and try to make things perfect so that no one can find fault with it."

Sister Lin knew that Mrs. Wang was trying to give her a chance to get along with Master Zhan, so she nodded and said,

"Don't worry, ma'am. I will ask Brother Zhan to come over and discuss the details carefully. I will definitely not let this incident affect your elder sister." Mrs. Wang was happy then. She praised her and said a few nice words before saying goodbye and leaving.

After Lin Daiyu sent her away, she asked Xueyan to go to the Zhan Mansion to invite someone, and soon Mr. Zhan came.

As soon as he entered the door, Master Zhan smiled and took Sister Lin's hand, playing with it in his palm, staring at her pretty face, and said with a smile:

"Sister, your complexion is indeed much better today. It's worth it that I asked Baochai to come and help you exorcise the evil spirits and give you medicine."

Zijuan and the others were used to Baoyu's occasional physical advances, so naturally they turned a blind eye to some of Mr. Zhan's little actions, especially after they knew that their young lady's predictive dream was a lie, they dared not interfere in the affairs between the two.

Daiyu Lin pretended to struggle twice, but she couldn't shake off Master Kai's big hand, so she just let her little hand remain in that evil clutch.

"If it wasn't for Brother Zhan who came to save my life, I wouldn't even know how I died, and I haven't even thanked Brother Zhan yet!"

Master Zhan smiled and coaxed her:
"My sister and I hit it off the first time we met, and we fell in love again. We are destined to become a family, so there's no need to say thank you or not."

"If you want to thank someone, you should thank Baochai. If she hadn't been so kind as to come and help, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to find the right person to help me exorcise the evil spirits!"

Lin Daiyu and Baochai were originally very good friends, but because Lin Daiyu later began to want to compete with Baochai for her husband, she felt she had no face to see Baochai, and they gradually became estranged.

Now that Master Zhan mentioned this again, Sister Lin couldn't help but become sentimental again, frowning and sighing:
"Alas, I am such a poor person, but I have received such great love from Brother Zhan. I really don't know how many lifetimes I have cultivated to gain this blessing!"

"Sister Baochai is such a good person, but it's a pity that she has such a tragic fate. Her congenital disease can never be cured, but I, with my sick body, have been able to survive!"

"This God is really unreasonable!"

Hearing Sister Lin start to be hypocritical again, Master Zhan hugged her in his arms, kissed her hard, and then coaxed her:
"My dear sister, please stop saying nonsense like you have a miserable life!"

"There is no one with bad luck around me, Master. Anyone with a bad luck will never meet me!"

"As for Baochai, as long as I, the master, can achieve success in my cultivation in the future, I will be able to completely cure Baochai and prevent her from dying young."

After hearing this, Sister Lin's heart skipped a beat. She had such a close relationship with Brother Zhan, but in the future she would still only be a concubine in the Zhan mansion. Then who would be the legitimate wife of the Zhan mansion?

Could it be that the reason why Brother Zhan never married her was because the future Sister Baochai was rescued?
After Mr. Zhan's continuous pursuit in her dreams and his close interactions in reality these days, Lin Daiyu has completely fallen for his sweet words. She has no doubt about the relationship between them and absolutely believes that Mr. Zhan loves her very much.

Then the only obstacle that could prevent Mr. Zhan from marrying her would probably be that Baochai, her fiancé, is still alive.

What should I do?
Lin Daiyu is afraid that her brothers will suffer, and she is also afraid that her brothers will drive a Land Rover. She has almost the same mentality now.

Before, Baochai was seriously ill and difficult to cure. She was afraid that she would not live long enough, so Sister Lin was very worried about Baochai and sighed for her short life from time to time.

But now that she knew Baochai might be fine, she started to worry about her marriage again. She had some dark thoughts in her mind and thought it would be better to let Baochai die.

But she is kind-hearted after all, and would not do something as cruel and brutal as Aunt Zhao.

But she would never accept giving up Brother Zhan, the rich husband in front of her, willingly withdrawing from this emotional entanglement, and marrying someone else.

Could it be that it would really be like what I saw in my dream, and that I would end up marrying into the Zhan Mansion as a concubine?
She was a petty person to begin with, and now that she knew Baochai would most likely not have to worry about her life in the future, she felt that her fight for her husband was futile, and she immediately became conflicted.

Mr. Zhan revealed Baochai's situation to her so that he could give her a heads-up in advance to prevent her from getting jealous and causing trouble in the future.

Although he has not really eaten Sister Lin yet, but as an old pervert, Mr. Zhan knows all the superficial thoughts in the mind of a little girl like Sister Lin. Even if he tells her about Baochai, he is not worried that she will withdraw.

Cutting the Gordian knot has always been a good way to deal with feelings, but these words have never been related to Lin Daiyu.

As long as she continues to worry about it like this, just like a procrastinator, she will end up becoming the concubine of the Zhan family.

However, Master Zhan still has to coax her when it is time to coax her. Otherwise, if this girl is depressed all day long, Master Zhan will be the one who suffers!
So Mr. Zhan said to Sister Lin with a smile:
"Good sister, look at my brother's magic trick for you!"

He opened his palm, first waved it in front of Lin Daiyu's eyes, then snapped his fingers, and a gorgeous red rose appeared between his fingers.

Lin Daiyu was stunned at first, then she forced a smile and turned her face to the side.

She is in a bad mood right now, so how can she be in the mood to watch any magic tricks?

If they hadn't been together for such a long time, letting her know that Mr. Zhan was different from Baoyu and would not easily accommodate her, she would have said something unpleasant a long time ago.

Although she cannot vent her anger, she can sulk at home, which manifests itself in cold violence, with a gloomy face and ignoring everyone.

Mr. Zhan had seen this kind of expression on her face many times before, so he didn't take it seriously, and he certainly wouldn't try to comfort her carefully.

As an old pervert, Mr. Zhan knew very well that if this door was opened, there would be no end.

Given Lin Daiyu's personality, she would definitely have this happen every now and then, just like a child who, when a child is crying, will cry even harder once an adult tries to comfort him.

What to do in this situation?

That Master Zhan is really resourceful!

Just go up to her and make her cry... No, just divert her attention, and naturally she will stop sulking.

Master Zhan held the bright red rose in his hand, moved the branch in front of Sister Lin, and twisted the flower lightly with his fingers to make it rotate.

Then Lin Daiyu saw that the red flower was fading a little as it turned, from dark red to light red, then to pink, and slowly to light blue.

Lin Daiyu's eyes suddenly widened and her curiosity was immediately aroused.

Master Zhan continued to spin, and the color of the flower changed again, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple, turning one by one, and finally turning back to deep red.

"How's it going? Do you like it?"

Mr. Zhan handed the flower back to Lin Daiyu with a smile. Lin Daiyu subconsciously reached out to take it, and turned it in her hand for a long time. She didn't see the flower change color, so she turned around hurriedly and looked over. Her eyes were sparkling, full of surprise and curiosity.

"Brother Zhan, how did you do it? Teach me!"

Master Zhan then reached out and held her in his arms, holding her slender jade fingers and gently fiddling with the flower.

"Well, you have to pinch it like this first, then use your thumb to gently push outwards, and your index and middle fingers to push inwards, and then reverse it, like this, and like this..."

"Come on, try it carefully."

In the past, Mr. Zhan would always flirt with Sister Lin from time to time. At first, Sister Lin was quite reserved, but gradually she got used to it. After all, she had tried all kinds of tricks in her dreams, so this little trick didn't matter. So she just gave in to Mr. Zhan.

But Lin Daiyu's face still blushed because of her woman's modesty and shyness.

However, there was no outsider in the room at the moment, and Lin Daiyu was mesmerized by the magical flower, so she let Mr. Zhan hold her and lay relaxedly in his arms, enjoying this warm moment while repeatedly turning the flower with her fingers.

After practicing for a long time, Lin Daiyu felt that this action was actually quite simple and she had already become familiar with it, so she turned her head and asked:
"and then?"

“How should this flower change color?”

Master Zhan lowered his head and held Sister Lin's cherry lips, taking a sip first, and then when Sister Lin pushed him away coquettishly, he said with a smile:

"Then comes the most crucial step, which is... injecting mana into it to make it change color!"

Sister Lin was stunned when she heard this, and then she realized that she was being fooled again. She immediately glared at Master Zhan fiercely, threw the rose that she had just treasured to the ground, and snorted coldly:
"I was so stupid to practice turning, but it turns out it's useless!"

"I thought I was different from others, but it turns out I'm no different from those concubines in your house. I'm just used for fun!"

After hearing this, Mr. Zhan slapped her directly on the buttocks, making her jump up.

"Sister, you are being unreasonable again. How could you not know how I feel about you? Yet you keep saying these weird things!"

"I have never shown my new magical power to anyone else, but I used it to cheer you up. But you didn't appreciate it at all. My efforts were in vain!"

Mr. Zhan knew very well that this woman cared most about a man's attitude. No matter whether it was true or false, she had to do a good job on the surface.

Sure enough, after hearing what Master Zhan said, Sister Lin's face immediately became much better, and she immediately asked repeatedly:

"You really can use your magic power? You really have never revealed it to anyone else?"

"Sister is definitely the first one who has seen this method of changing the color of flowers!" Master Zhan said firmly.

Sister Lin stared at Mr. Zhan's eyes for a long time, and felt that he was not lying, so her anger turned into joy.

Of course, Master Zhan did not lie. For the concubines in his family, he always directly conjured up magic weapons to use. How could he have ever used such a flashy rose?
However, Lin Daiyu didn't know all this. She thought that she was the only one who knew that Master Zhan had supernatural powers and no one else knew. She immediately felt that Master Zhan treated her differently.

She looked around to make sure there was no one around, then she raised her head proudly, gave Master Zhan a quick kiss on the face, and giggled:

"Haha, that's more like it, this is a reward for you!"

Mr. Zhan was not satisfied with just this small reward, he immediately opened his bloody mouth and started to eat. Sister Lin was half-hearted and let him flirt with her.

It was not until Mr. Zhan's hands started wandering around again that Lin Daiyu suddenly realized what was happening. She struggled to push him away and frantically brought up a topic to distract his attention.

"Madam asked us to discuss the matter of encountering the Immortal Fate in a few days. We must do it carefully and not let anyone find any flaws."

Mr. Zhan always liked to cook slowly over low heat, and he was not anxious about Sister Lin's conservatism, so he let her out of his arms and began to tidy up her clothes. He watched with a smile on his face, but said disapprovingly:

"With the magical power I just used, I can easily fool them all. Why would we need to discuss anything?"

"Sister, you don't need to worry about this matter anymore. Just let me handle it when the time comes."

Sister Lin tilted her head and thought for a moment, and felt that since Mr. Zhan really had magical powers, no one would be able to see through his lies, so she let him do it.

(End of this chapter)