The Heavens Begin with Dream of the Red Chamber

Chapter 182: Begging for Medicine Side by Side in Bed Play
The officialdom is the most realistic place. Once Master Zhan became rich, flies following his footsteps came in droves. They hung around the Earl of Zhongliang's Mansion all day long and could not be driven away, for fear that Master Zhan didn't know they had been there.

Soon after, the Zhan Mansion was crowded with visitors. The carriages, horses, and sedan chairs were lined up on the Ningrong Street next door. The flow of visitors continued for many days, and even the plan of Master Zhan taking a concubine was delayed.

But Master Zhan was not in a hurry. He entertained people during the day and went to the palace to guide Yuanchun's practice at night. He taught her the supreme yoga tantric skills step by step, first the mouth, then the hands, then the chest, legs, feet... He played with them slowly in turn, and what mattered most was to enjoy them slowly.

Yuanchun also has a strong affinity with immortality. She obeys all of Master Zhan's orders and cooperates with him attentively. Her progress on the path to immortality is rapid. It will probably not take long for her to establish a perfect foundation and cultivate both her spirit and her body.

Furthermore, after Jia Lian and Fu Qiufang met that day, Jia Zheng called him to the bedside and asked about his attitude.

"My dear nephew, what do you think of Miss Fu's appearance? Are you satisfied with her?"

Fu Qiufang has outstanding emotional intelligence and is good at speaking. When she was playing with Jia Lian before, she tried her best to curry favor with him and licked him vigorously, which made Jia Lian confused and he was already very satisfied.

But Jia Lian is no longer a young boy now. He is almost thirty years old and has experienced the setbacks of his family's decline. When he considers issues, he no longer just considers his own feelings, but pays more attention to the girl's origin and family background.

But Miss Fu's family was not from a scholarly family, nor a family of officials. Her brother was just a minor official, which was indeed a bit low.

Therefore, Jia Lian hesitated for a moment and then said vaguely:
"Miss Fu is indeed a good person, but I plan to take a look at the two girls from the Li family before making a decision."

Jia Zheng just didn't want him to mess around, and didn't care whether he wanted to remarry or not. He didn't take his words seriously and just smiled and said:
"Well, this is not a trivial matter after all, and it is right for my nephew to be more cautious."

"The two girls from the Li family will be coming to the capital soon. They don't have many relatives in the capital, so they will be arranged to live in the mansion. You can spend some time with them."

"At worst, we still have Miss Fu to back us up!"

"She's already in her twenties, so it doesn't matter if she waits another month or two."

So the matter came to an end. The two never mentioned it again, and never informed Fu Shi of the news.

After sending Jia Lian away, Jia Zheng sighed and said to Mrs. Wang:
"Nian Si is really something, how can he be so lustful!"

"This Lian Er is also a member of my Jia family. We should at least give him some respect!"

"There are so many beauties in this world, why does he have to keep staring at that Feng girl?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wang blushed and muttered to herself, Master Zhan is not only targeting Feng girl. All the pretty women in the mansion, from top to bottom, have all fallen into his clutches.

Just as he was daydreaming, he heard Jia Zheng sigh:
"My Jia family has never been so embarrassed before. Now we can't even protect Lian Er's own wife. We have to act so cautiously, fearing that we will cause dissatisfaction among others. We are really ashamed of our ancestors!"

"Alas, since I fell ill, the situation of this family has become worse and worse. Those mean people who take advantage of the situation think that our Jia family is doomed. Now even fewer people come to visit us."

"Fu Shi is still my disciple. If I hadn't invited him here to see you, I'm afraid he wouldn't have come."

"If I am gone in the future, what will happen to this family? Who can support this family business?"

As he spoke, Jia Zheng burst into tears.

Mrs. Wang also became nervous after hearing what he said.

Although she had been busy these days exploiting Master Zhan so that she could regain her youth and had been slack in household affairs, she was actually aware of the fact that people in the mansion were in a state of disarray.

Unlike her and the other female masters in the mansion, the servants at the lower level were unaware of the existence of Master Zhan. Now that they felt that there were fewer carriages and horses in front of the Jia Mansion and the mansion was becoming increasingly deserted, they were inevitably panicked and wanted to find another way out.

Although Jia Zheng is now bedridden and she holds all the power, she knows that all her power is based on the wife of the housekeeper of the Jia family. If the Jia family falls, her glory will disappear.

Do you want to rescue your own master?
This is actually simple. As long as he takes a dose of the secret medicine, Jia Zheng will surely jump up from the bed in full energy.

But the problem is that if Jia Zheng is rescued and his stroke is cured, the power in the mansion will naturally return to Jia Zheng. Although she, as the wife, can still manage the household, she will become the second in command again.

But if she continued to let Jia Zheng lie in bed like this, the morale of the people in the Jia family would inevitably continue to decline, and the status of the Jia family in the capital would become lower and lower. Even if she was still the one in charge of the Jia family, it would be meaningless.

The current situation is a dilemma for Mrs. Wang. It seems that no matter what choice she makes, she will lose her power.

After much thought, Mrs. Wang finally decided to rescue her master.

After all, an adoptive father and a biological father are two different things. Although Mr. Zhan takes good care of Baoyu at present, it is hard to say what will happen in the future.

She is indeed favored by Mr. Zhan now, but what if Mr. Zhan gets tired of her in the future? Will he continue to take care of Baoyu, his adopted son?

What's more, that vixen's son Huan Saner is also under the care of Master Zhan.

Now Master Zhan can take care of both of them, but if their interests conflict in the future, who will Master Zhan take care of first?

Doesn't it depend on whose mother is more favored by Master Zhan?

Although she didn't want to admit it, Aunt Zhao felt like a fish in water after entering the Veil Club. Her enthusiasm was far greater than that of Lady Wang. She came every night and had a hot relationship with all the sisters. She was happy to join in all kinds of activities and was able to innovate without any shame.

If we really were to compete in seducing men, let alone Lady Wang, even if all the women in the Veil Society were put together, no one could surpass the seductive Aunt Zhao.

Other people's vixen are fake, but hers is absolutely real.

What's more, Huan San'er has a good sister who dares to dress up as a dancer and become a concubine of Master Zhan before she gets married. She is also a little vixen who can flatter him together with her mother.

If at that time, Mrs. Wang failed in the competition for favor and lost to the mother and daughter, wouldn’t that mean that Baoyu also lost to Huan Saner?

Then wouldn't all the credit for Master Zhan's work fall on Huan Saner's head?
How is this possible?
Her master was a pedantic person who attached great importance to the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children. After rescuing him, with her, the legitimate wife, watching over him, at least Baoyu, the legitimate son, would receive more care than Huan Saner, the illegitimate son.

Two dads are better than one!

For the sake of her son's future, even though it might mean losing her own power, Mrs. Wang decided to pull her master up from his sickbed.

But there is a problem here, that is, this secret medicine has to be obtained from Master Zhan.

Although she had begged Master Zhan once by the bed that day, Master Zheng was in a coma at the time, so they had no worries of being discovered even if they moved a little more vigorously.

But recently, Master Zheng's condition has stabilized and he is no longer in a coma all day. If he wakes up while they are making trouble, it will be a lively scene!
It is possible that several brain blood vessels that had healed long ago might rupture again.

After thinking it over carefully, Mrs. Wang still felt that she had to drug her master to make him unconscious first, and then have sex with Master Zhan.

After making up her mind, she comforted Master Zheng and said:
"Master, don't be so pessimistic. Many people who have suffered a stroke have recovered."

"Before, the master couldn't even speak clearly, and he was slumbering all day. But recently, he has gotten much better and is now awake."

"I think the master's illness is not serious and he will recover soon. Maybe he will be cured suddenly tomorrow!"

She first gave her master a heads-up to prevent Master Zheng from becoming suspicious.

Jia Zheng certainly didn't believe such words of comfort. He just sighed and smiled bitterly:
"This disease comes like a mountain falling and goes away like a thread being pulled out. How can it be cured suddenly?"

"Oh, take your time!"

Mrs. Wang then comforted Master Zheng and waited until he was tired. Then she helped him to rest. Then she went out and went to find Master Zhan openly.

For many things, the more openly you do them, the less suspicious others will be.

Mr. Zhan is still entertaining those guests, but the most important group of guests have already been entertained. There is no need to meet the remaining ones one by one. He can find a reason to invite a group of people together for a drink, and that will be considered as having met them.

It is a good opportunity for Master Zhan to take a concubine.

Upon hearing that Madam Wang was coming, Mr. Zhan took the opportunity to get away, sent the guests away, and then went to meet her.

The ladies and wives of these wealthy families usually have personal maids following them, so if someone wants to steal someone, they usually have to take the whole family away.

Although Mrs. Wang was the first to fall into the clutches of Mr. Zhan, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, she certainly did not let go of the maids around her. She had already given her two personal maids, Caixia and Caiyun, to Mr. Zhan for his enjoyment.

Although Caixia's current goal is to become Baoyu's concubine, she dare not disobey her master's order and has to offer her blood obediently.

After tasting the sweetness, she decisively changed her target.

What's the good of being Baoyu's concubine? It would be better to be the concubine of Lord Zhan and become conjoined sisters with my wife.

With a clear goal in mind, Caixia's initiative was aroused. All her actions seemed to be moving towards Aunt Zhao, which made Mrs. Wang quite unhappy.

But now that she has the leverage in Caixia's hands, she can't be too harsh on her, so she has to make do with it this way.

When Caixia heard that they were going to come to the Zhan Mansion today, she dropped the things she was doing and volunteered to follow Mrs. Wang.

She thought that after arriving, there would be another fierce battle, but who knew that Mrs. Wang came here to discuss serious matters, which really frustrated her.

"You mean to say that you want me to go to Master Zheng's courtyard at night and have sex with you?"

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate. How embarrassing would it be if Uncle Zheng saw it?"

Mr. Zhan lay back on the bench, holding Madam Wang in his arms, and refused in a hypocritical manner.

Mrs. Wang then put Master Zhan's hand inside his clothes and said seductively with a seductive look:
"Isn't this exactly what the master mentioned before, about playing in front of others and being in front of the husband? Isn't this more exciting?"

"As for my master, you don't have to worry. I have given him tranquilizers many times before and I have a lot of experience with this. As long as we are gentle, he will definitely not wake up."

Mr. Zhan then said jokingly:

"Of course, the master is free to do what he wants, but I'm afraid some people can't hold back, and every time they scream, their voices shake the earth, louder than anyone else's."

Mrs. Wang immediately became embarrassed and buried her head in Mr. Zhan's arms, muttering in a low voice:

"At worst, they can just block their mouths in advance. Isn't this what the master likes to watch the most?"

"Haha..." Master Zhan laughed, patted her on the buttocks, and promised: "Since you have already considered everything, then Master will go over there."

"It just so happens that the genius doctor Zhang Youshi who diagnosed Baochai before has also come to the capital, so we can ask him to take Master Zheng's pulse again and prescribe medicine, and then give him some acupuncture and moxibustion, and then we can perform the operation, so as to avoid a lot of arguments later."

When Mrs. Wang heard the title of this "miracle doctor", she immediately rolled her eyes and said angrily:

"The master is really good at fooling people. I don't know where he got a quack doctor from. He deceived everyone in the mansion and made them believe him. They all thought Baochai really didn't have much time to live."

"In order to marry into your Zhan Mansion, several young ladies in the mansion have even disregarded their sisterhood and are almost fighting each other. They don't even talk to each other anymore."

"Now people know that everything was planned by you, Master, just to deceive these girls."

After hearing this, Mr. Zhan said angrily:

"nonsense!"

"What do you mean specifically to trick little girls?"

"That's all for your old lady and the masters and mistresses to see!"

"If you didn't despise the poor and love the rich, and refused to marry them to me as concubines, why would I resort to such means, Master?"

"Look, no matter how you scheme, in the end you still have to marry these daughters to me as concubines." After hearing this, Mrs. Wang pouted and sighed:
"Yes!"

"Not only did our two families lose their daughters and daughters-in-law, but even our wives could not protect themselves and fell into your clutches."

Master Zhan heard this, but he did not take it as an offense, but was proud of it. He looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, saying:
"This is destiny, and it cannot be changed by your personal will."

"But you guys didn't lose out!"

"Every time you play, you're always fighting for it, afraid that you'll be slow and end up eating leftovers."

Being teased by Master Zhan, Madam Wang blushed immediately, stretched out her hand to twist Master Zhan's waist, and cursed shyly:
"You evil creature, you are clearly the evil star in my life. I fell into your hands because I didn't cultivate myself in my previous life. I can't blame others."

Seeing that Madam Wang was acting like a little girl, Master Zhan became even more proud, his hands kept moving, and he continued to ask:
"Then Auntie, why don't you tell me the truth? If there is such a good thing again, will you accept it or not?"

"Bah!" Madam Wang's whole body was burning with heat. She collapsed in Master Zhan's arms and spat shyly, "You remember to call me aunt now! What were you doing before?"

Mr. Zhan continued to ask questions, and Mrs. Wang had no choice but to answer honestly:
"Forget it, forget it. I have already been conquered by the master. Even if I come ten or a hundred times, I will just fall into the arms of the master sooner. I can't bear to give up just like that."

"Haha..." Mr. Zhan was immediately delighted. He picked up Madam Wang and pressed her down on the table.

Caixia, who was standing next to him, had been waiting for this moment for a long time. When she saw the show was about to begin, she quickly threw off the troublesome clothes on her body, stepped forward, and helped Master Zhan push his butt.

After the three of them had some fun, Mrs. Wang took Caixia, who was reluctant to leave, and went back to prepare.

The next day, Mr. Zhan brought the genius doctor Zhang Youshi to Rongguo Mansion to diagnose Baochai and Mr. Zheng.

In terms of status, of course they had to show it to Master Zheng first, so the two of them, led by Mrs. Wang, came to Master Zheng's courtyard.

After some polite exchanges, Zhang Youshi sat down in front of the bed, rolled up his long sleeves, and began to take Master Zheng's pulse.

Because of continuous heavy rains and floods over the years, river embankments often burst, and many foreign bandits appeared in various coastal areas, burning, killing and looting everywhere. All food and supplies were plundered wherever they passed. It was like a wild goose passing by, plucking feathers and leaving no grass behind.

Although the inland areas are better and not as bad as the coastal areas, refugees who can't make a living from all over the place have flocked to the inland areas. With no means of livelihood, the weak steal and the strong occupy the mountains and become kings, causing chaos in the Central Plains.

Zhang Youshi was from Shandong, and one of the specialties of that place was bandits. When this chaotic time came, countless heroes appeared, invading states and counties at will, making the officials unable to survive.

This time, relying on the power of Master Zhan's Escort Agency Alliance, he escaped from his hometown with his family. He had no intention of going back and was prepared to make a living in Beijing in the future.

Now that he is away from home and has become a lowly person, the only people he can rely on are his former friends and peers. He does not dare to neglect any powerful officials whom he can curry favor with.

Mr. Zhan is now a nobleman valued by the emperor. He received the earl's reward in just a few years. He is exactly the person he wants to curry favor with.

So when it comes to Master Zheng’s illness, he will naturally treat it according to what Master Zhan says.

Anyway, I'm not asking him to drug or harm anyone. He's just saying a few nice words. What's the big deal?

So after taking his pulse, Zhang Youshi smiled and bowed, saying:
"Congratulations, Master Jia. Your stroke was not serious, and you were sent to the hospital in time. In addition, the prescription prescribed by the imperial physician was just right. Now, after these days of care, you have shown signs of recovery."

"I will give Master Jia acupuncture to dredge his blood vessels, and then I will prescribe a new prescription later. Master Jia, please follow the prescription and take the medicine for a few days to see how it goes."

"If everything goes well, within seven days, we will definitely see miraculous results."

"Oh, really? It only takes seven days?" The good news came suddenly, Jia Zheng was surprised and happy, and his eyes began to flash with brilliance.

Jia Zheng also knew that Zhang Youshi was a miracle doctor who had once treated Baochai. Although he was skeptical about what he said, he hoped in his heart that what he said was true.

Mrs. Wang then began to blow the wind beside her and said:

"This divine doctor is much better than those imperial physicians. No one could cure Baochai's illness before, but wasn't it divine doctor Zhang who stabilized her condition?"

"Since Dr. Zhang said that you will be cured in seven days, then it must only take seven days for you to be able to stand up again."

Zhang Youshi actually didn't think that Master Zheng's stroke could be cured in seven days, but this was what Master Zhan had ordered, and he didn't dare to change it, so he had to say this.

But he didn't know what Mr. Zhan wanted to do, so he didn't say anything final. He just smiled and said:
"Whether it is true or not, Master Jia will know in just seven days."

At worst, if it doesn't work after seven days, he can just say that those were just words of comfort at the time. Although he would lose some face, he would not offend the powerful.

He has also dealt with many officials and dignitaries, and has seen the world. He knows clearly who is important and who is not.

Jia Zheng nodded again and again, "Not bad, not bad. We only need to try it for seven days and we will know the result."

Zhang Youshi immediately took out the silver needles and started to give acupuncture to Master Zheng. After a long time, he finally finished.

Then he picked up the pen and wrote a prescription, and gave it to Mrs. Wang to get the medicine and boil it for her to take.

After finishing the work, Jia Zheng was so grateful that he asked Baoyu to invite Dr. Zhang to a banquet to express his gratitude on his behalf.

Baoyu was also a filial son. Hearing that his master would be well soon, he was very happy. He immediately agreed and ordered people to prepare a banquet.

Mr. Zhan took this opportunity to take Dr. Zhang to diagnose Baochai again.

This was easy, since they were all family. However, since Baoyu, the light bulb, had also come along, they still had to go through the formalities. Then Zhang Youshi also bowed to Baochai and congratulated her:
"Congratulations, young lady. You have recovered and your old illness will no longer trouble you."

"From now on, whether the girl gets married or has children, there will be no hidden dangers."

After hearing this, Baochai thanked Doctor Zhang, gave him a large reward, and then asked someone to spread the news.

Although Baochai had analyzed this matter to Aunt Xue before and determined that Mr. Zhan did not care about the woman's family background and status, the position of the Zhan family's legitimate wife would definitely not fall into the hands of others.

But after seeing with her own eyes how philandering Master Zhan was and how he took concubines into his family one after another, Aunt Xue was really worried, fearing that one day Master Zhan would get carried away and give away the position of legitimate wife because he saw a beautiful woman.

In order to secure the position of legitimate wife for her daughter, Aunt Xue was extremely worried!

It was not until this moment that Aunt Xue felt relieved and was sure that Baochai would be the legitimate wife of Master Zhan.

Next, all we have to do is find an auspicious day for Mr. Zhan to marry Baochai.

After thanking Doctor Zhang profusely, Mr. Zhan said goodbye to Aunt Xue and Baochai, and took Baoyu and Doctor Zhang to the front yard to drink and chat.

After eating and drinking, Doctor Zhang took the generous gifts from the two families, retired, and drove home.

At night, it was dark and windy, and Master Zhan came straight to Jia Zheng's courtyard.

The yard had been cleared out long ago, and all the servants had been sent away by Mrs. Wang with excuses. Only Caiyun and Xia were left guarding the front and back doors respectively.

Mr. Zhan knocked gently on the door, and there was the sound of high heels clicking on the ground. The door opened, and Mrs. Wang, wearing a purple cheongsam, holding a round fan in her hand, walked out to greet him with graceful steps and cat-like steps.

After being trained in the Veil Society for such a long time, Mrs. Wang has made rapid progress and learned many tricks to charm others. Although the main course tonight is to get medicine to save people, it will not prevent Mrs. Wang from taking the opportunity to please Master Zhan!

Seeing Mrs. Wang’s dedication, Mr. Zhan immediately began to look forward to the rescue operation that evening.

Mrs. Wang took Mr. Zhan's hand and led him into Mr. Zheng's bedroom as if she was holding her own ideal husband.

Mr. Zhan had been here once before, and this time he was revisiting the old place. It was still the familiar scenery and the familiar people. Mr. Zheng lying on the couch and Madam Wang kneeling under the bed set off each other very interestingly.

While enjoying Mrs. Wang's medicine preparation service, he took a step forward, lifted the curtain that blocked his view, pulled it to both sides, tied it to the hooks, and completely exposed Master Zheng's face. Then he pulled Mrs. Wang to the bedside and sat at the head of the bed. On the other side was Master Zheng's face with his eyes closed and sleeping.

Madam Wang gave Master Zhan a resentful look but she kept talking, which made her even more attractive.

Mr. Zhan sat with his arms and legs spread out, his hands restless, as he gave Madam Wang a massage, providing a solid energy foundation for her secondary development.

The two of them were doing their own things, but they were working in perfect harmony, their rhythms getting closer and closer. Seeing that Mrs. Wang's eyes were starting to become shrunken, and they were about to enter the next stage, there was suddenly a noise outside, and a man rushed in at a trot. Seeing the two of them like this, he clapped his hands and laughed softly,

"I knew there was something wrong!"

"I know the master's illness best. Apart from the secret medicine, is there any other way to make the master stand up within seven days?"

"Haha, Eleventh Sister, it's not very decent of you to sneak past me and eat like this!"

"If you want to get medicine for the master, you can't take all the credit for yourself, you have to count me as a part of it!"

Mrs. Wang was startled at first and shrank back, but when she saw who had come in, her panic calmed down immediately. She rolled her eyes fiercely and cursed back in a low voice:
"You bitch, you didn't even give me a heads up before you came in. You just wanted to scare me on purpose, didn't you?"

At this time, Caixia, who was guarding the door outside, chased in and apologized repeatedly:

"Don't blame me, madam. It was my aunt who suddenly rushed in. I couldn't stop her at the moment, and I couldn't shout, so I had to let her rush in."

"Waste!" Madam Wang cursed in a low voice, waved her hand to drive Caixia out, then glared at Aunt Zhao and said, "You can't tell the master about this medicine fetching, how can you tell him about your merits and demerits?"

Aunt Zhao was a scoundrel who ignored Mrs. Wang's angry look and just said with a smile:
"Haha, I don't care. Anyway, Master Jia is serving Master Zhan by his bedside, so exciting, you can't leave me out!"

"You..." Madam Wang pointed at Aunt Zhao and tried her best to deal with her, but she still couldn't do anything to her. She had to move her body to the side to make some space for her.

Master Zhan enjoyed it for a moment, and when he felt that the prescription was ready, he patted the two girls lightly on their buttocks. The two girls immediately understood and turned around and lay on the head of the bed, shoulder to shoulder, head to head, with Master Zheng sleeping soundly in front of them.

"Okay, now it's time to extract the drugs. This job is very hard, so you two have to be very careful!"

After Master Zhan gave the order, everyone was treated equally without partiality.

Mrs. Wang was at a loss and couldn't bear it.

Aunt Zhao was not to be outdone. Although she did not have a silencer on her, she carried with her the symbol of a fox spirit, a large fiery red tail.

She held the item high and presented it to Master Zhan.

After Master Zhan took it, he shouted in a low voice, "Ba Tian Fox, transform!", and slapped her with his palm. Aunt Zhao trembled all over and transformed into an enchanting vixen, full of charm.

As we all know, these animals are all wild, and this vixen is even more wild.

After growing a tail, the fox spirit went crazy. It pounced to the side, pressed Mrs. Wang to the ground, opened its mouth and started biting her chest hard, causing the noise that had already been subdued to gradually become louder.

Mrs. Wang was of course not willing to be outdone, and wanted to bite back, but she found that she was wearing a silencer and was physically sealed. She had to stretch out her hands to resist, and while rolling around, she grabbed the vixen's tail and whipped and pushed her.

Master Zhan was preparing his secret medicine when he suddenly saw this vixen dare to harm people in front of him.

As the saying goes, the higher the virtue, the higher the evil. In the end, the battle ended with Master Zhan's victory.

However, Master Zhan was not a stingy person. After winning, in order to appease the surrendered generals, he also gave out a lot of secret medicines as rewards.

As for what Lady Wang and Aunt Zhao did with the secret medicine, he had no control over it.

How can he control who the secret medicine is given to? Can he control how others deal with the secret medicine?

However, now that the two girls have this secret medicine in their hands, I think Uncle Zheng will be able to recover in a few days!

Thanks to the book friend "Please call me Nana the Great Devil" for the reward of 1100 coins!
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