The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 169 Husband is currently committing a crime
"Oh no! Uncle Zheng fainted!"

"Quick, go get the doctor!"

Everyone was in a panic. They hurriedly helped Jia Zheng up, took him to his bedroom, and then sent someone to ask the imperial physician to come and treat him.

Now Tanchun's identity was exposed, and everything after the concubine ceremony could not proceed.

Aunt Zhao could only take care of her husband at the moment, and had no time to care about her daughter. She casually asked Jia Huan to ask the secretary and others to send Tanchun back home first, and other things could be discussed later. However, she stayed and ran around in front of Jia Zheng, trying to atone for her sins.

However, Mrs. Wang wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to add insult to injury, so she asked Zhou Rui's wife to block the door and not let her in.

"Haha, bitch, look at what you've done!"

"If you make me angry, I will beat you to death!"

Mrs. Wang's tone and expression were so stern that Aunt Zhao was immediately frightened.

She only needed to look at the cruel look in Mrs. Wang's eyes to know that she hated her to the core, and this was absolutely true.

For now, she could only pray in her heart, hoping that her man was safe and sound.

On the contrary, Mrs. Wang was not worried about her master at all. After driving Aunt Zhao away, she just whispered and carefully planned with Zhou Rui's wife, thinking about how to completely bring down Aunt Zhao in one fell swoop.

It’s not just that the relationship between her and Jia Zheng has faded, the most important thing is that she has more confidence in her heart.

If it really doesn't work, then he would lower his status and ask Master Zhan for some secret medicine, and give it to his master, which would surely cure the disease.

As for whether Mr. Zhan is willing to give it... haha, as long as the medicine enters her mouth, she can spit it out to anyone she wants.

Mrs. Zhou Rui had performed a great service this time, and was now giving Mrs. Wang advice with great joy.

"Madam, why don't we take this opportunity to make this matter a reality and send the third young lady directly to Master Zhan as a concubine."

Mrs. Wang had never expected that things would develop to this point, and she had never thought that Tanchun and Mr. Zhan would be involved in this matter.

No one knew better than her how special Mr. Zhan was, so she was particularly afraid to provoke him.

If I hadn't come here today, Tanchun would have really become Mr. Zhan's concubine. Then how did Aunt Zhao become the Thirteenth Little Lady of the Veil Society?

Is it possible that Aunt Zhao is really that hardworking?

First she gave her daughter to Mr. Zhao as a concubine, and then she used herself as a bargaining chip. What did she want to do?
Could it be that he is planning to replace Miss Lin?

She didn't know what Aunt Zhao was planning. She only looked at what Aunt Zhao and others did today and thought that she really wanted to give her daughter to Master Zhan.

She used these wrong information and judgments, but finally came to the correct conclusion. It can only be said that Mrs. Wang is worthy of being Aunt Zhao's lifelong enemy and is the person who understands her inner thoughts best.

After hearing Zhou Ruijia's suggestion, she refused without hesitation:

"no!"

"We must not let Tanchun marry Master Zhan, even as a concubine!"

"That vixen is best at seducing men. If she..."

She said halfway, turned her head and glanced outside the door. Seeing that Aunt Zhao was still some distance away from the door and that no one else could hear the noise coming from this side, she lowered her voice again and whispered to Zhou Ruijia:

"If this bitch can seduce Master Zhan, maybe she can make Tanchun his wife."

"How is that possible?" Zhou Ruijia's eyes suddenly widened in surprise, and he lowered his voice.

"Since Miss San married Master Zhan, he is her son-in-law. How could she..."

"Haha..." Mrs. Wang sneered disdainfully, "Then tell me, why didn't she marry Tanchun off in a high-profile manner, but instead did it so secretly, and even pretended to be a dancer?"

"Just looking at Master Zhan's expression, we can tell that Master Zhan is unaware of what happened today, but Huan Saner and the others definitely know it."

"Tanchun became a concubine without any name or status. What do you think they are asking for?"

"Although everyone knows that Baochai will not live long, she is still alive. Precisely because she has not much time left, it is impossible for Tanchun to replace Baochai and become Mr. Zhan's legal wife."

"Now we all know that after Baochai leaves, it will be Miss Lin who takes over."

"But the future in this predictive dream can be changed!"

"This little bitch created a nightmare before, cursing not only me but also Lin girl. What was she doing for that?"

“Isn’t it still that position?”

"They wanted to send Tanchun to Mr. Zhan first, so that she could follow him without any status or position, but still win his favor."

"If this bitch goes into battle herself and uses all those seductive tricks, how powerful will this mother and daughter be? Can Master Zhan resist them?"

"Once Baochai leaves..."

At this point, Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that Mr. Zhan’s secret medicine was quite effective. It could even restore her youth, so how could it not cure Baochai’s illness?
Although she had benefited from the secret medicine in the past, it had nothing to do with her and she had never thought about it. But when the conversation came to this point today, she suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Then she thought that Sister Xiaojiu was much more experienced than her and always worked so hard, so she must know the efficacy of the secret medicine, and it was impossible for her not to have given it to Baochai to try.

As for the power of the mother and daughter, perhaps Master Zhan had already experienced it.

She was full of doubts and stood there in a daze. Zhou Rui's wife didn't know and thought that the lady was leaving it for her to think about it, so she said:
"Then Master Zhan will feel that the mother and daughter are willing to make sacrifices, and that the Third Miss's status is stronger than that of an orphan like Miss Lin, and her behavior is more dignified than that of Miss Lin. In addition, these things are hidden in the dark and have never been seen by the public. No one outside knows what the Third Miss and her mother and daughter have done, and it will not affect Master Zhan's reputation."

"If this is true, then it is indeed possible for Mr. Zhan to marry the Third Miss."

"When the mother-in-law goes to visit her daughter, she can also serve her son-in-law. How can outsiders know?"

"Oh my, this little bitch has lost all her dignity. She can do such a shameless thing!"

Zhou Ruijia's face was gloomy, and after rolling his eyes, he instigated:
"The most important thing about their matter is that it must be kept secret and not known to anyone, otherwise Mr. Zhan will have to save face, right?"

"Now we might as well spread this news throughout the mansion and make it clear to her!"

"Just look at the immoral way the Third Miss is wearing. Can she marry any other man? Can't she only be Master Zhan's concubine?"

"Look, the master is so angry. He will definitely not let this little bitch off easily. When the time comes, we will give her a hard time. I'm afraid she will have a chance to turn things around."

After listening to her chattering, Mrs. Wang came back to her senses from her daze and thought about going back to test Sister Xiaojiu. But no matter whether Baochai would give up her position or not, she could not allow Tanchun to have a relationship with Mr. Zhan.

Master Zhan’s situation is too special. We must not let that little bitch and her daughter take advantage of Master Zhan, and we must not let them know about Xiao Eleven’s affairs.

She had not been a member of the Veil Society for long and did not know much about the society's affairs, or how much the concubines in the Zhan Mansion knew.

If Tanchun became Mr. Zhan's concubine and knew who Xiao Eleven was, she would definitely not hide it from Aunt Zhao.

And if Aunt Zhao really knew this secret, then her noble status as a lady would completely collapse in front of this little bitch. Then who knows how arrogant and domineering this little bitch would become!
Mrs. Wang hesitated for a while, then shook her head and said firmly:

"No, we can't let Tan girl become Master Zhan's concubine, she must marry out of the mansion!"

"When the master wakes up, I will arrange for her to go on a blind date and ask the master to marry her off quickly!"

"By the way, get out quickly and issue a gag order to those people outside!"

"No one is allowed to leak out the secrets of Tan Yau, especially her outfit. If anyone dares to talk nonsense, I will beat her to death!"

Zhou Ruijia had no idea why her wife made such a decision, but she had no choice but to obey the order. She came out of the room angrily and issued a gag order to everyone in the courtyard.

The people in this courtyard were not originally from the Rongguo Mansion. Most of them were bought by Aunt Zhao at the request of Jia Huan for the sake of confidentiality, so it was easy to implement the gag order.

But it would have been fine if she didn't do this, but when she did this, Aunt Zhao felt strange.

She had not issued a gag order, because with Madam Wang and her servant here, the news would surely spread easily to everyone, and there was no point in imposing a gag order.

But now Zhou Rui's wife actually came here to silence us. That must be Mrs. Wang's intention. This is interesting!

She didn't believe that Mrs. Wang would be so kind and would think about her own daughter.

Aunt Zhao rolled her eyes, then humbly came over, stretched out her hand, handed over a silver ingot, and said with a smile:
"Sister Zhou, you are kind-hearted and issued a gag order. Otherwise, my Tanchun's reputation would be ruined and it would be difficult for her to get married in the future."

"Haha..." Zhou Ruijia sneered twice, glanced at her sideways, and said mockingly: "The third young lady is now Mr. Zhan's dancer, why are you still thinking about whether to get married or not?"

"No, no, it's all a misunderstanding, a pure misunderstanding." Aunt Zhao laughed dryly and added another ingot of silver. "That person is not Tanchun, she just looks a little like Tanchun!"

When Zhou Ruijia heard this, she held her stomach and laughed till she doubled over, but she refused to reveal any news.

Aunt Zhao knew that she was always greedy for money, so she added another ingot of silver.

Zhou Ruijia ultimately could not withstand the test of silver. He took the three ingots of silver and put them in his arms before snorting coldly:

"If it's up to me, since you guys have already gotten into all this trouble, why not just go with the flow and send the Third Miss to the Zhan Mansion."

"But the Madam is kindhearted. She couldn't bear to see the Third Miss being a slave there. She also took into consideration the dignity of the mansion and couldn't let a young lady in the mansion become a concubine, so she rejected my idea."

Aunt Zhao's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly handed over two more ingots of silver, smiling and saying:
"Please ask Sister Zhou to help and say a few good words to Madam. If we can let Tanchun marry into the Zhan Mansion as his wife, it will definitely be a very good thing for the mansion."

"Tsk!" Zhou Ruijia sneered after taking the silver and said sarcastically: "What are you dreaming about!"

"Let alone being the legal wife, even if I marry Master Zhan as a concubine, my wife won't agree!"

"But don't worry, you are lucky to have met our wife. Not only has she issued a gag order to prevent the third young lady from damaging her reputation, she will also arrange for someone of equal status to come for a blind date so that she can get married sooner."

"I heard Madam mention him before. He is the son of one of Madam's uncles. He is about the same age as Miss Third. He has good character and good family background. He will definitely not bring disgrace to Miss Third."

Aunt Zhao thanked the lady profusely and said many words to thank her. She wanted to continue asking more questions, but she had used up all the silver she had with her. Mrs. Zhou Rui no longer paid any attention to her and went back to see Mrs. Wang.

After watching Zhou Rui's wife walk away, Aunt Zhao spat on the ground viciously and began to think with a gloomy face.

This is very abnormal!

She didn't believe that Mrs. Wang would be such a good person. She said something like "she couldn't bear to see the third young lady go there and be a slave". If she was really so kind, she would just say some good words to the master and let him go over to propose marriage, thus facilitating this happy marriage!

I'm afraid there is something here that she doesn't understand.

As for the words like "the young master of the Wang family has good character", she didn't believe it at all!
What good things can come from the people introduced by Mrs. Wang?

I'm afraid only people of similar age might be able to believe it, but for others it's probably better to just listen to it the other way around!
But after what happened this time, I’m afraid the master might really marry his daughter off without any regard for the consequences!
Of course she knew that her previous excuses were too ridiculous and her master would not believe them, but she had put all her skill points into coaxing men, and her abilities in other areas were not very good. For a moment, she could not think of any excuse to fool people.

But now Mrs. Wang has shown her a clear way forward.

Whatever the enemy wants to do, as long as you do the opposite, you will surely not suffer any loss.

Although she didn't know why Mrs. Wang was so opposed to Tanchun marrying into the Zhan Mansion, and even didn't want her to be Master Zhan's concubine, Aunt Zhao didn't need to know all this. She just had to do the opposite and be determined to marry Tanchun to Master Zhan!
And this is also very much in line with her ideas and interests.

One thought really makes the world wide!
When she stopped thinking about how to cut off the relationship between Tanchun and Master Zhan and instead thought about taking advantage of the situation, the method came to her mind easily. She immediately called Jia Huan over and whispered to her to go back and collude with his sister, and prepare to wait for Jia Zheng to wake up before putting on another show to fool her master.

"remember!"

"What will happen to your sister's second half of life depends on this crucial move!"

After Jia Huan confirmed the details several times, he nodded seriously and ran away like the wind.

The imperial physician was finally invited.

Aunt Zhao followed the imperial physician in small steps and tried to squeeze into the courtyard.

As the saying goes, one should be grateful to someone who has taken advantage of him. After Zhou Ruijia symbolically refused several times, she let her in when she saw that Mrs. Wang was not interested in her.

Aunt Zhao was also very conscious. She entered the yard but did not go into the house. She quietly hid by the door and window, poked a hole to peek inside, and pricked up her ears to listen carefully to the movements inside, ready to respond at any time.

The old doctor sat at the head of the bed, felt the patient's pulse, and then examined him carefully. Then he stood up and went to the table to write a prescription, saying:
"Master Jia is suffering from a stroke. His life is not in danger, but he may suffer from some disability, crooked mouth and eyes, etc."

"This disease cannot be cured in ten days or half a month. It requires long-term recuperation."

"I'll prescribe some medicine for him to take and see whether he can get better in the future. It depends on how he takes care of himself."

Mrs. Wang didn't mind these words, but Aunt Zhao outside the window was already very disappointed when she heard them.

She was able to get along well in the mansion even without being taken seriously by Lady Wang, all she relied on was the master's favor. But what should she do if the master became paralyzed?

Without the support of the master, she is like a tiger without teeth, and will have to live with her tail between her legs from now on!
Alas, if only the old lady were still alive, at least she could suppress Madam Wang.

Aunt Zhao sighed inwardly, wondering where she could find another big, thick leg to hug.
I don't expect to be able to suppress Mrs. Wang, as long as we can work together to compete with the lady, that's enough!

When the door opened, Mrs. Wang sent the imperial physician out. Aunt Zhao hurriedly shrank back, but the yard was so empty, where could she hide? Mrs. Wang saw her at a glance and immediately glared at Zhou Rui's wife. She continued to send the imperial physician out and listened to him chattering on about some precautions.

Mrs. Zhou Rui had let Aunt Zhao in before as a way of repaying the money. Now that she saw her wife was angry, she hurried over and drove Aunt Zhao out.

Aunt Zhao did not resist, but followed him out with her head down and in shame.

Now that the master has suffered a stroke and the situation in the mansion is not good, she will have to keep a low profile from now on.

Mrs. Wang sent the imperial physician away and returned to her room, staring at Jia Zheng, who was still unconscious on the couch, in a daze.

Zhou Ruijia didn't dare to speak carelessly. She shrank into the corner, lowered her head and said nothing.

She has now realized that it was indeed a great achievement to expose Tanchun's disguise, but it was a great sin to cause her master to have a stroke and become unconscious, and he might even become paralyzed in the future.

Don't say anything like "accident" or anything like that. When it comes to the master's affairs, who can reason with her?
Nowadays, men are the backbone of every family. Once a man collapses, the family is not far from collapse.

Especially since there have been a series of bad news in the mansion recently. Not only has the old lady passed away, the eldest master passed away, but the second master has also suffered a stroke. What will the surrounding powerful families think about this? Will they take the opportunity to add insult to injury and want to take over the mansion's assets? Everything is unpredictable.

Unfortunately, among the second master's two sons, the legitimate son Baoyu is useless, while the illegitimate son Jia Huan passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. If Jia Zheng falls, it is hard to say who will have the final say in the future of this mansion!
Zhou Ruijia was standing by and had all sorts of wild thoughts, fearing that the lady would vent her anger on her.

What she didn't know was that Mrs. Wang had never worried about her master's illness. Instead, she was hesitating whether she should take advantage of her master's coma to get some secret medicine from Master Zhan and give it to him, so that her master would recover without anyone noticing, and everything would be back to normal when he woke up tomorrow.

But these secret medicines are produced and used immediately. If you want to make them, do you have to invite Mr. Zhan to come to this bedside?
As if knowing what Mrs. Wang was thinking, the considerate Mr. Zhan arrived.

"Bang Bang Bang..."

Mr. Zhan knocked on the door very politely.

"Second Madam, I saw that the imperial physician had left, so I came to ask how Uncle Zheng is doing."

Mrs. Wang had been played with by Master Zhan all over her body. When she saw Master Zhan coming, her legs suddenly went weak. She stood up hurriedly, invited him in, and said nervously:

"Nian Si is thoughtful. The master was just angry and had a stroke. His life is not in danger, but... well, he needs a long time to recuperate."

"Oh, it's okay." Zhan Ershisi bowed his hands and apologized in a polite manner, "If anything happens to Uncle Zheng because of what happened today, I will never forgive myself!"

"Please understand, Madam. I knew nothing about what Huan-ge did this time. I didn't even know that the dancer was Sister Tan-chun."

"Huan Ge'er is too rude. Madam will definitely teach him a lesson later!"

"Of course I know that he is very eager to make achievements and get promoted, but how can he use his own sister as a bargaining chip so easily?"

"Since I promised to take him with me, his name will naturally be on the list of contributions to the steam engine."

Steam engine?
Credit list?

Get promoted for meritorious service?

Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, and these sensitive words immediately jumped into her mind.

"Is Nian Si's workshop going to produce results?"

"Yes, thanks to the blessing of His Majesty, it can be used recently."

In fact, after having the Mind Image Cave, Master Zhan could have made a finished product long ago for the craftsmen to conduct reverse research. However, he is now considered a half-immortal, and is too lazy to do anything other than "cultivation", so he put off the matter until now.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wang looked at Mr. Zhan anxiously.

"What about Baoyu..."

"Alas!" Mr. Zhan sighed, "I told Baoyu about this matter first, but Baoyu refused to accept it and was determined not to be an official."

"Later, somehow, Huan Ge'er found out about this, and he discussed with Qin Zhong about sending me a dancer."

OK!

Little bitch, it turns out you kill two birds with one stone!

Upon hearing that such a good thing was almost snatched away by Aunt Zhao, Mrs. Wang became even more angry.

On the contrary, she had known for a long time that her stupid son was a bad guy, and she was too lazy to scold him, especially because she had wronged Baoyu once before and felt guilty, so she was even more reluctant to punish him.

However, such a good thing must not be given to Jia Huan!
"Nian Si, Baoyu can't do this if he doesn't want to. You have to give the credit to Baoyu. When the imperial decree comes out, he will have to agree even if he doesn't want to."

"This..." Master Zhan hesitated.

Mrs. Wang's eyes flashed, and she waved her hand to drive Zhou Rui's wife out.

"Go and guard outside the yard. I have something to discuss with Master Zhan. No one is allowed to enter this yard without my permission!"

Mrs. Zhou Rui thought that her wife wanted to discuss Baoyu's matter with Mr. Zhan, and might even promise him many benefits, which she didn't want to let outsiders know. So she smiled and went out, closed the door, and stood guard at the door after leaving the yard, not allowing anyone to approach.

When there was no one in the room, Mrs. Wang walked towards Master Zhan. After taking two steps, she turned her head to look at Jia Zheng who was unconscious on the bed. Then she turned back and lowered the curtain at the head of the bed to isolate Jia Zheng's figure. Then she walked up to Master Zhan with a blushing face.

"Master, if you really count it, Baoyu is also your son!"

"Master, you can't be partial to one and ignore the other!"

"This..." Master Zhan turned his head to look at the bed not far away and refused: "Madam, what are you going to do? Uncle Zheng is watching us!"

Mrs. Wang felt the force of resistance on her chest, and her whole body trembled. The feeling mixed with shame turned out to be excitement and excitement. She licked her lips again, and said with watery eyes:
"Before in the Demon Cave, the master called me Little Eleven, but why is he calling me Madam now?"

"Ahem..." Master Zhan coughed twice, and moved his palm slightly. He understood the magnitude and direction of the rebound force after the deformation, and realized that the force was mutual. "Madam, please respect yourself!"

Mrs. Wang smiled gently, leaped up, and wrapped herself around Mr. Zhan like a vine, then leaned close to his ear and slightly stuck out her tongue.

"Then Master, please feel it for yourself and see how much more self-respect I have now."

Mr. Zhan shook his arms gently and found out that Mrs. Wang weighed 55 kilograms.

As expected, if a woman weighs less than 100 pounds, she is either flat-chested or short.

Mrs. Wang does not meet either of these two criteria. No wonder she is overweight.

Seeing that Mrs. Wang had taken such an initiative, it would be impolite for Mr. Zhan to refuse, so he took Mrs. Wang in his arms, stepped forward, pulled aside the curtain in front of the bed, and sincerely apologized to Jia Zheng:

"Uncle Zheng, I'm sorry, it's not that I'm too lustful, it's just that my aunt is too charming."

"Ah..." Mrs. Wang was so frightened by his action that her body began to spasm violently.

Seeing that Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes, Mr. Zhan hurriedly pulled the table over, put Mrs. Wang on it, and began to give her artificial respiration.

Under Mr. Zhan's professional CPR, Mrs. Wang finally began to breathe rapidly.

Master Zhan finally felt relieved, pulled her off the table, made her kneel down at the head of the bed, and slapped her plump buttocks, shouting:
"Aunt, you are so lewd, how can you be worthy of uncle's love? Why don't you admit your mistake to uncle quickly?"

Mrs. Wang looked at the unconscious face of her master right in front of her and her heart almost stopped beating, but her body's reaction became more and more violent.

"Uh... Master, I know I was wrong, please don't blame me..."

"I have no choice. It's all for Baoyu..."

"Ah... yes, and for you, Master..."

"Only Master Zhan's secret medicine can save you..."

"Yes, I'm asking for medicine for you, Master..."

She was panting and speaking incoherently while admitting her mistakes to her own master Jia, while enduring the punishment from her real master. Her evil appearance could not help but make master Zhan salivate and his fighting power doubled.

In order to uphold justice, persuade people to do good and discourage evil, Mr. Zhan used various punishment methods in succession. Finally, he shut up Mrs. Wang, who had no idea what she was saying, and rewarded her with a secret medicine.

Mr. Zhan's behavior of guiding people from evil to good is meaningful, and even Mrs. Wang was deeply moved. When she was confused, she still did not forget Mr. Zhan's teachings. She only took half of the medicine, and still remembered to leave the other half for her own Mr. Jia.

However, Mr. Zhan's punishment was obviously not strong enough and the duration was too short. After Mrs. Wang regained consciousness, she looked at Mr. Jia lying on the bed, and after hesitating for a long time, she actually swallowed the other half of the medicine.

She also made an excuse for her family and said to Master Zhan with a smile:
"If we rescue my master in this way, I'm afraid he won't know how dangerous he was, nor how valuable this secret medicine is."

"If he wakes up like this, he probably won't learn his lesson, but will still let that little bitch off."

"As the saying goes, every failure makes one wiser. Since it was his own fault in the past, let him experience the consequences of indulging this little bitch in her wrongdoings!"

"Anyway, with the master here, I can cure my master's stroke at any time. There is no need to rush."

After hearing this, Mr. Zhan said angrily:

"What a whore! It seems that the Master's teaching you a lesson is not deep enough. Come on, lie down quickly and let the Master teach you a lesson again!"

Mrs. Wang was not annoyed or angry when he scolded her. Instead, she giggled, knelt down obediently, and allowed him to do whatever he wanted.

(End of this chapter)