Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 149: Jia Mu Begs on Her Knees
Seeing how intimate the two were, the beating on the body didn't seem to hurt at all, but it was my heart that really hurt.

Jia Baoyu sobbed, tears flowed from his eyes, and stared at Yue Ling indignantly, wondering how he was inferior to such a vulgar person.

By this time, Jia Zheng's eyes were already red and purple. He hit the man thirty or forty times before he broke a piece of the board.

Jia Baoyu, who was sitting on the bench, was almost fainting and rolled his eyes.

Despite this, no one in the field dared to persuade them, and the servants just turned their eyes away and ignored them.

It was not until Chia Cheng picked up the second board that the palace's women finally arrived.

Mrs. Wang couldn't wait for Lady Jia, so she ran all the way to Lixiangyuan first.

When he heard the howling outside the Lixiang Courtyard, he was filled with grief and rushed into the yard. He knelt in front of Jia Zheng and reached out to stop the wooden board.

"Master, are you going to beat Baoyu to death? Zhu'er is already gone. If you beat Baoyu to death, who will I have to rely on? It would be better to beat us both to death!"

In front of Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua, Jia Zheng could not say a single soft word. He pushed Mrs. Wang's body away and started to beat the board quickly again.

"It's better to kill him! This evil creature, if kept alive, will only bring disaster to my Jia family! Keeping this evil creature in the house has made my father furious. I am already an unfilial descendant. If I don't punish this evil creature, I will die first to apologize to my father!"

Mrs. Wang was unable to persuade Jia Zheng, so she could only hold Jia Zheng's thigh to ask him to use less force so that the hit on Baoyu would be less severe.

Looking around again, Jia Daishan was still furious. Jia Daihua and Yue Ling were just watching coldly. Even though Mrs. Wang felt sorry for her son, she did not dare to step forward to plead for mercy, for fear that if she was away from Jia Zheng, he would beat her even more fiercely.

At this moment, one can only hope that Grandmother Jia, who loves Baoyu the most, can save Baoyu's life.

After a while, the women of the mansion came around, accompanying Lady Jia.

Outside the courtyard, no one could hear Baoyu's screams, and everyone thought the matter was over. But when they got closer and heard the sound of a stick, they realized that Baoyu had been beaten unconscious, so naturally there was no sound.

The crown fell to the ground, and the pearl-inlaid belt was shattered all over the floor. Baoyu seemed to be only breathing his last breath, his face was as white as paper, and it seemed that there was no good meat left on his buttocks, and even the board was bloody.

Seeing this tragic scene, Jia's mother lost her mind and said tremblingly, "Stop, stop! If you want to kill him, kill me first!"

But Jia Zheng seemed not to have heard anything, and the board in his hand continued to fall on Baoyu.

Grandmother Jia ignored the support of the people around her and rushed into the yard.

As for the other female members of the mansion, Li Wan and Miss Sanchun, and the wives of officials in various courtyards, the nanny did not even have the qualifications to enter the courtyard. They could only stand outside the courtyard gate and watch, not daring to say a word.

Grandmother Jia looked at Jia Zheng and said sadly, "That's your own flesh and blood. How could you have the heart to do such a heavy thing to him? Are you trying to destroy my life?"

Hearing this, Jia Daishan became even more annoyed and said angrily: "What are you shouting about in this courtyard? If you hadn't spoiled him all day long, whose boy would be born with evil? This punishment fell on him, and it fell on your hearts!"

"If it weren't for the fact that you are all so weak, I would have beaten you all together to make amends to the Grand Commander!"

Looking at Jia Zheng again, Jia Daishan said: "If a son is not taught well, it is the fault of the father. If you can't teach your son well, I will teach you well!"

Grandmother Jia knew the whole story, and she knelt down in front of Jia Daishan, crying, "Master, Baoyu did make mistakes, but he is kind-hearted and would not do anything beyond the rules. Yu'er is fine, isn't she? But this beating will surely kill him. Even if he is guilty, his crime should not be this serious."

Jia Daishan asked, "Zheng'er, how many times did you hit him?"

Jia Zheng replied, "I have hit him fifty-six times, and I still need twenty-four more."

Jia Daishan nodded slightly, "Fight, and that's it!"

Looking at Jia's mother kneeling on the ground, Jia Daishan had no sympathy, "Nothing wrong? It will be too late when something happens! I don't know how you brought up your boy to dare to speak foul language to the commander-in-chief. Who the hell is he?"

"Doesn't he know that it was the Grand Commander who saved our lives? Grand Commander Yue is our Jia family's benefactor, but he's standing aside and making decisions?"

"This is the good boy you have brought up! He is so stupid but he doesn't even know it! When one day you bring the Jia family down, you will know whether what I did today was right or wrong!"

Seeing that Jia Daishan would not show any mercy and was determined to teach Baoyu a lesson, even if he did not hesitate to beat him to death to apologize to Yue Ling, Jia's mother had no choice but to ask other people for help.

Kneeling before Jia Daihua, Jia's mother said again: "Old Master, for the sake of this old woman, please help me to ask for mercy."

Jia Daihua had long harbored a grudge against Lady Jia. Even when he came to the West Mansion, it was only for Jia Daishan's sake. How could he say a single soft word to Lady Jia?
With a cold snort, Jia Daihua said, "My old master is right. It was because you did something wrong that this boy is in this situation. Today, I just beat him up. Even if he was beaten to death, it can't compare to the foundation of my Jia family, nor can it compare to my Jia family's ancestral temple!"

"If you don't discipline us strictly and kill one to warn the rest, our Jia family will surely be defeated by you. After we two die, let's see who else can help the Jia family!"

Grandmother Jia was not convinced, as if those two people in the East Palace were some good guys. Why didn't she see Jia Daihua beat them to death?
But this was not the time to quarrel. Even though she was usually respected by everyone, she was just a woman in the mansion and had no say at all.

Grandmother Jia had no choice but to kneel before Yue Ling again and pleaded, "General, my foolish son has spoken rudely and angered you. I am here to apologize to you. Please be magnanimous and do not treat him like a child." Yue Ling stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly, "This ignorant boy should be properly disciplined. You did the right thing."

Grandmother Jia threw away her crutches, kowtowed to Yue Ling again and again, begging, "Grand Commander, please spare his life. I promise that he will never dare to disrespect you again. Not only him, but everyone in the mansion will not dare to disrespect you again."

"This is my only life. If you kill Baoyu, I will die with him!"

"Doesn't the Grand Commander like the maids raised in the mansion? I'll make the decision. If the Grand Commander likes someone, you can just bring her to the mansion. It will be considered as an apology to the Grand Commander."

Yue Ling curled his lips speechlessly.

Jia Daishan said angrily, "You are also a fool who doesn't know the world! How can a Grand Commander be concerned about a few maids in the mansion? Who are you humiliating?"

Jia Daishan was so angry at what Grandmother Jia said that he started coughing heavily again.

Seeing that Jia Daishan was coughing up blood from the corner of his mouth, Jia's mother panicked immediately. She knelt down beside Jia Daishan again, supported his arm, and cried, "It's my fault, it's my fault, I said something I didn't think of. Don't worry, take care of yourself, I'll go find the imperial physician to check you out."

Jia Daishan used all his strength to push Jia's mother away, "You ignorant woman, get out of here!"

Grandmother Jia fell to the ground again and burst into tears.

The servile look of Lady Jia startled the other members of the Jia family.

In the old days, Lady Jia was always high and mighty, sitting in the hall. Her words were final in the mansion and no one dared to disobey her. How could she be like this today?
However, seeing the miserable condition of three generations of their family, the kind-hearted women in the Jia family could not bear it and began to wipe away their tears.

Outside the courtyard, Li Wan sighed repeatedly as she watched.

Coming from a scholarly family, she knew that a child as lawless as Baoyu would sooner or later get into trouble, so she was extremely attentive to the education of her children.

Apart from her children, she didn't care about anything else and didn't worry about the open and secret struggles in the mansion.

Miss Sanchun was even more frightened. After all, Baoyu was their brother, and blood was thicker than water. But when she thought that Baoyu had offended the famous Yue Ling, she couldn't help but feel fear in her heart.

"Second Brother Bao has really gone too far this time. How dare he offend such an important person? Not to mention us, even the master, the mistress, and the old master all respect him very much. How dare they say a bad word about him?"

Yingchun continued Tanchun's words, "The key is that Yue Ling has done a favor to our Jia family. It is really uncultured for him to gossip about his benefactor behind his back. Isn't this ungrateful? How can the old master not be angry?"

Xichun said, "I wonder how Sister Lin is doing now. Is she scared?"

The maids in Jia Baoyu's room who rushed over after hearing the news now knelt outside the courtyard gate and cried bitterly, not daring to say a word.

"Seventy-seven, seventy-eight, seventy-nine, eighty!"

After beating him, Jia Zheng stopped, put the board aside, and went to report to Jia Daishan.

Mrs. Wang held Baoyu in her arms and hurriedly untied the ropes on him.

Jia Daishan added: "Today I am reminding you all. General Yue is our Jia family's benefactor and will always be our Jia family's honored guest. No matter who dares to offend him, his fate will not be better than this evildoer's today!"

"I don't care what the Jia family's tradition was before. As long as I am alive, I will make sure to get back to the roots and make the Jia family clean again!"

"Get out of here!"

The strong women in the courtyard finally took action, helped Lady Jia and Mrs. Wang up one by one, then held Baoyu in their arms and sent them back to the room together.

Many female relatives followed, wiping away tears.

It was not until they returned to the room and saw Baoyu's appearance up close that Xiren and Qingwen were shocked.

Baoyu's breath was barely a thread, and his lower body was no longer in human shape.

My butt was swollen as high as a palm, and it was difficult to take off my clothes completely.

The Jia family quickly went to the palace to invite the imperial physician to treat Baoyu, and the maids in the room poured water on him, fanned him, and did as much as they could to save Baoyu's life.

Xiren cried, "I told you, but you just wouldn't listen. Only now that you've encountered this great adversity have you learned your lesson!"

Qingwen was also crying, thinking to herself, "How could General Yue be so noble? Just two offensive words were enough to make him be beaten like this!"

(End of this chapter)