Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 411 A Sexy Scene

The treasury of the Anjing Marquis' Mansion has always been managed by Lin Daiyu.

Now that there is such a huge expense, the mansion is likely to be unable to make ends meet, and Lin Daiyu can't help but feel a little anxious.

When he heard from the servants in the mansion that Yue Ling had returned home, he went to the outer study to look for him without delay.

But when he pushed open the door, he saw Yue Ling leaning against the bookcase in a strange posture, his body pressed tightly against the door, and his face was a little unnaturally red.

This made Lin Daiyu feel very strange. She walked over and circled around Yue Ling twice.

"Brother Yue, what are you doing?"

Yue Ling smiled awkwardly, and secretly exerted force with his hands behind his back. With a crisp click, the copper lock was inserted into the bookcase and locked tightly, and he also put the key into his sleeve.

"I didn't do anything. Maybe I didn't get enough rest these days, so I felt a little uncomfortable. I just stretched it like this."

Lin Daiyu narrowed her eyes suspiciously, tilted her head, and asked, "Brother Yue, what's in the cabinet you're leaning against?"

Hearing this, Yue Ling's heartbeat quickened.

"This seems to be your majesty's bookcase. There are some books and other items that have not been moved away. They must have been left out. Sister Lin, you also know that the study is usually the most private place for men. There are really some things in it that are not suitable for you to see."

"I was just planning to lock up this wooden cabinet and send it back to the palace."

Lin Daiyu nodded without comment, then took two steps forward and came to Yue Ling. She raised her nose and sniffed a few times, then asked, "Brother Yue smells like Lengxiang Pills. Has Sister Bao been here?"

Yue Ling tried hard not to look back, raised his sleeve to wipe his forehead, and said, "Yes, I have been here. I just heard from Brother Yun that Sister Lin was worrying about the income of the mansion, so I called Miss Xue over to discuss a countermeasure."

Lin Daiyu nodded, "Then there is a way?"

"It's just an idea for now. We need to try more. It's hard to fill the treasury these days, and making money is even harder."

"Besides, I have now been promoted to Duke. I don't know how many eyes are watching me in the capital. If there is any mistake in the business I am involved in, I will inevitably be impeached in the court."

"Today, an official reported me, threatening the Jia family and taking the Jia family's women into the mansion."

Lin Daiyu's eyebrows bulged, and her willow-shaped eyebrows slightly raised, and she said unhappily: "How can there be such a person who doesn't know right from wrong and slanders Brother Yue's innocence out of thin air. I just brought my sisters here to play, but in his mouth, it became so unbearable."

"I don't think he is an imperial censor, but more like a gossipy woman in the inner chamber. She deserves to be rotten to the core!"

Yue Ling nodded repeatedly, "Some censors are just annoying like this, but there's nothing we can do about it, so we need to be careful and cautious when doing things."

Lin Daiyu pondered for a moment and said, "Otherwise, Brother Yue, don't take the risk to think of new ways to make money. I can ask Dad for some money first. One hundred thousand or one million yuan will not be a problem to cover the expenses of the mansion."

For the Lin family, hundreds of thousands of taels of cash would certainly not be a problem. However, if Yue Ling really allowed Lin Daiyu to do this, I am afraid that the first thing he would do when Lin Ruhai came to Beijing would be to eat him alive.

Supporting Lin Daiyu, Yue Ling hurriedly moved away from the wooden cabinet and sat down at the tea table. While pouring water, he said, "Sister Lin shouldn't be the one to worry about the income of this mansion. It's a man's business, so she shouldn't ask for money from the Lin Mansion."

"Sister Lin, just be at ease. Just take care of the things in this mansion and don't worry about anything else."

Lin Daiyu held up the teacup with both hands, took a sip, nodded and said, "Well, I trust Brother Yue's ability. If Brother Yue's business suffers losses, it won't be too late for me to ask Dad for some subsidies for the family expenses."

"Yes, that's exactly what Sister Lin said."

After comforting Lin Daiyu, Yue Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

I swear to God, he was originally discussing business with Xue Baochai seriously, but he didn't expect that she would misinterpret his meaning and take off her bellyband and hand it to him in front of him, resulting in the current situation of catching an adulterer.

Fortunately, Yue Ling reacted quickly and rolled Xue Baochai into a ball and stuffed her into the bookcase. Otherwise, if Lin Daiyu saw it, she would not be able to explain it even if she had a hundred mouths.

However, the bellyband that retained body temperature was tucked into Yue Ling's arms, and it felt as hot as if it was filled with a ball of fire.

"Perhaps Xue Baochai's fever has worsened again? Could it be that something happened after returning to the capital that aroused her desire to win?"

He looked up secretly and seemed to be able to see Xue Baochai's pear-colored floral skirt through the gap, which made Yue Ling swallow nervously.

"Brother Yue, what are you looking at?"

Lin Daiyu blinked and asked in confusion.

Yue Ling quickly came back to his senses and looked at Lin Daiyu with a smile, "No, I didn't see anything. I'm still thinking about business."

Lin Daiyu nodded slightly and said, "Well, since Brother Yue wants to do business, I won't ask any more questions. But Brother Yue, don't worry, I will support you no matter what you do. Don't worry, I will take good care of the mansion for you."

Yue Ling was quite moved. He grabbed Lin Daiyu's hand that was holding the teacup across the tea table and said, "In order to live a better life with Sister Lin, I will do this at all costs!"

Hearing Yue Ling say this so sincerely, Lin Daiyu felt her face getting a little hot.

He wanted to pull his hand back, but Yue Ling held it too tightly, so he couldn't do so.

Lin Daiyu lowered her head and moaned, "My life now is good enough. I have witnessed Brother Yue's rise from a personal guard in the palace to the Grand Commander of the capital, Marquis of Anjing, and Duke of Dingguo. What better life can I expect?"

"Besides, I am usually very frugal, so I don't spend much money."

Standing up, walking around the tea table, Yue Ling came in front of Lin Daiyu and slowly bent down.

At this moment, his eyes were full of Lin Daiyu, and he really forgot about Xue Baochai who was still in the wooden cabinet.

"So I want to give Sister Lin a grand wedding, with three letters and six gifts, and a long wedding dress. All of these are necessary. The huge expenses will come, so of course I have to save up a fortune from today."

"Bah bah bah."

Lin Daiyuqing spat a few times, shyly turned her head away, and said, "When did I say I wanted to marry you? There's not even a marriage certificate yet."

Lin Daiyu's stubbornness seemed like an excuse to Yue Ling. How could he let go of the girl he had raised for so many years? He said frankly, "Your Majesty asked about our marriage yesterday, and said that as long as we have plans to get married, we can ask His Majesty for a marriage certificate. Of course, Sister Lin will be included in the imperial decree granting marriage."

"you……"

Lin Daiyu looked at Yue Ling in shame and anger, but she could not argue with the fact and her face turned red with embarrassment for her own stubbornness.

Seeing Yue Ling approaching her and asking for some compensation, Lin Daiyu pushed Yue Ling away and tried to stand up, saying, "No, no, we are in the outer study room. What if someone breaks in and finds us?"

Covering Yue Ling's mouth that was about to kiss him, Lin Daiyu said, "Brother Yue, you rascal. I told you it was only that one time. Not only did you take advantage of me the day before, but you also became more and more familiar with it."

"Let me up. I need to go back. We're moving into a new house today, and I have to hold a celebration banquet. I have a lot of things to do."

If I continue to stay here, I will definitely be eaten by Yue Ling again.

Moreover, I would only indulge in that kind of intimate relationship and would not be able to reject him.

In fact, it was seen by many maids that night, but only after she paid the hush money did few people in the room mention the matter. However, Lin Daiyu, who was very sensitive, could still see the changes in their eyes.

Thinking of this, Lin Daiyu neither retreated nor avoided, but stared with a pair of affectionate eyes, and her expression became more serious.

Seeing Lin Daiyu being so adamant, Yue Ling certainly would not go against her wishes, so he had to stand up and scratch his head, "Well then... Sister Lin will go and do her work first, and wait until night..."

Lin Daiyu spat a few times shyly, "Puh, puh, puh, you are thinking about dirty things again. I can't stay in the same room with Brother Yue anymore. We haven't got married yet, and we are innocent now. Besides, I have to be more self-disciplined and can't be like those little girls, right?"

"This……"

From what Lin Daiyu said, it seemed that she didn't want to look for him at night anymore before getting married, Yue Ling felt a little regretful.

After all, after so many years, he has long been accustomed to seeing Lin Daiyu's sleeping face the first thing he sees after waking up.

Lin Daiyu pushed Yue Ling again, stood up, covered her face with her handkerchief, and was about to go out.

Unexpectedly, he had just taken one step, and perhaps because of the shame in his heart, he tripped over his left foot and fell to the ground.

Yue Ling was faster. He quickly used his body to block Lin Daiyu and held her firmly.

"what!"

"Is Sister Lin okay?"

Lin Daiyu opened her eyes and saw that she was lying in Yue Ling's arms. She breathed a sigh of relief and struggled to stand up.

"I, I'm fine. It's all Brother Yue's fault. He just said some irrelevant things, which made me unable to concentrate."

Sitting on the ground with his hands behind his back, Yue Ling could only smile awkwardly, "Yes, it's my fault, Sister Lin, don't worry, I will definitely change in the future."

Lin Daiyu snorted coldly, and felt that the words he said were becoming less and less true. They were all just to coax her, especially such an intimate matter.

When Lin Daiyu took another step and paid attention to her feet, she saw that a piece of red diamond cloth had been lying on the ground due to the collision between the two of them.

Lin Daiyu couldn't help but stare at this, and secretly touched herself, "What's going on? Did the bellyband in my arms fall apart just now? If Brother Yue saw this, I would be so embarrassed!"

Yue Ling let out a light breath, and when he noticed that there was something wrong with Lin Daiyu's eyes, he also looked over. When he saw that it was Xue Baochai's bellyband, it was as if a bolt from the blue sounded in his mind, and he secretly thought that a disaster was about to happen.

And Xue Baochai, who had been watching everything in the scene from the bookcase, held her breath at this moment, her eyes burning, staring at the scene without blinking, feeling infinite remorse in her heart.

"How could I be so impulsive as to give my bellyband to the Marquis? This is too rude! If Sister Lin catches me in the act, how can I continue to stay in this mansion?"

"My Lord, why don't you say anything? Think of a solution!"

When Lin Daiyu felt that her bellyband was still on her body, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "It was a false alarm, it turns out it wasn't mine, I'm still wearing it in good condition."

After a moment, Lin Daiyu's eyes widened again, "No, that's not right. If it's not mine, then whose is it? Could it have fallen from Brother Yue? This is even more of a big deal!"

"But even if Brother Yue likes this thing, he wouldn't carry it with him, right? Could it be that I was not careful when I was getting dressed this morning and put one on my body?"

The two hesitated for a while, and a strange silence fell in the room.

As if they had made an appointment, they both spoke at the same time.

"Sister Lin, listen to me."

"Brother Yue, listen to me."

"Well, you go first." "Well, you go first."

"I said……"

"I said……"

When they looked at each other, they couldn't help laughing.

Lin Daiyu picked up the red lotus cloth first, hid it behind her back and said, "This... should be something I use very close to my body. Maybe I took too much today, and Brother Yue just pretended not to see it."

"We haven't even gotten married yet, and Brother Yue has seen this shameful thing. I've already suffered a huge loss. Brother Yue must compensate me in the future!"

Yue Ling just wanted to confess that he wanted to do the bellyband business, but he didn't expect that the understanding Lin Daiyu had already thought of an excuse for this matter in advance.

"Well, whatever compensation Sister Lin wants, I won't refuse."

While Yue Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Lin Daiyu secretly stroked the red diamond cloth.

Blinking her eyes, Lin Daiyu thought to herself, "Strange, my bellybands usually have fewer patterns, but this one seems to have a lot more, and it's sewn with gold and silver threads."

"It can't really be someone else's, right?"

"It's in my hands anyway. I'll go back to my room and check it out."

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Well, Brother Yue, don't break your promise."

Measuring with one finger, Lin Daiyu warned again: "Besides, don't tell this to outsiders. How can an unmarried girl let others see her bellyband? Wouldn't that mean her innocence would be completely lost? Wouldn't people laugh at her and say she's a woman of worldly affairs? She has no self-control at all."

Yue Ling smiled awkwardly, "Yes, yes, Sister Lin is right. I will keep my mouth shut. Besides, I didn't see anything in the first place."

Yue Ling really didn’t see it, and didn’t even have time to smell it... No, he didn’t have time to touch it, and he stuffed it into his arms.

Lin Daiyu raised her head proudly, then walked away gracefully.

After seeing Lin Daiyu off, Yue Ling walked out of the corridor and into the inner house's hanging flower gate before returning the same way.

After he returned to his room, he immediately opened the locked bookcase and carried out Xue Baochai, who was almost fainted.

Whether it was because of shyness or boredom, Xue Baochai's body felt terribly hot and she was soaked all over. Her thin pear-colored dress, without the covering of her bellyband, allowed one's sight to pass right through it.

Such an erotic scene really made Yue Ling's blood boil and he felt uncomfortable all over.

But reason still prevailed. Yue Ling helped Xue Baochai to sit down at the table, took off his outer coat, put it on her, and offered her a cup of cold tea.

"Miss Xue, we acted in an emergency, so please don't blame me. You feel better now. Do you want me to find a doctor to check your fever?"

Of course, Xue Baochai herself knows her health best.

Moreover, she was born with fever, and when it occurs, it is accompanied by severe coughing. Now she is too embarrassed to even open her mouth, so how could she have a fever?

When Yue Ling picked her up just now, she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her.

When Yue Ling put his coat on her, she finally realized her current situation.

He crossed his hands over his chest and held his clothes tightly. His head seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and drooped into his arms.

"No...it's okay. If I were to be bumped into by Sister Lin, I wouldn't be able to explain it clearly. I wouldn't know how to explain it to Sister Lin then."

Xue Baochai continued to show her worldly and considerate side.

"only……"

Yue Ling repeated in a daze, "But?"

Xue Baochai bit her lip and moaned, "That bellyband was originally designed for the Marquis as a so-called erotic item, but now it's been taken away by Sister Lin. So I..."

Yue Ling waved his hands repeatedly, "No need, no need to get a new one. My original intention was not to ask for Miss Xue's bellyband. Miss Xue misunderstood. The blame lies with me. No matter how Miss Xue wants to punish me, I am willing to accept the punishment."

"what?"

Xue Baochai widened her eyes in disbelief.

"The Marquis didn't want my bellyband? Then why did I take it off myself and give it to the Marquis? I even acted like a foxy woman, avoiding Sister Lin and hiding in that wooden cabinet... I, I am really too ashamed to face people!"

Xue Baochai was about to raise her hands to cover her face, but then she remembered that her own affairs were more important at the moment, so she lowered her face a little more, almost level with the table.

"Whenever the Marquis has business, the first thing he thinks of is the Xue family. How can I blame the Marquis? The Marquis has good intentions but does bad things. I misunderstood the Marquis' intentions. I hope the Marquis will not sneer at me."

Xue Baochai really didn't want to recall the act of offering herself to him just now. She wanted to leave this place as soon as possible, lest Lin Daiyu come looking for her again, and all she had done before would be in vain.

"But there is one thing I need to remind the Marquis of."

Yue Ling nodded, "Miss Xue, please speak."

Xue Baochai said shyly, "My Lord, you should never have let Sister Lin take that bellyband away. Even if she couldn't tell whether it was hers at the time, she would surely be able to find out when she returned to her room."

"If Sister Lin wants to investigate, she will find me sooner or later."

"But Sister Lin will definitely not believe that I took the initiative to give it to the Marquis. She will only think that the Marquis used some tricks to get the item."

"So, in order to cover up this lie, it would be better for you to make plans early..."

Just when he felt relieved, Yue Ling felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured over his head, and he got goose bumps all over his body.

"Yes, this...I..."

"If I had known this earlier, I would have told Sister Lin clearly earlier."

After Yue Ling felt remorseful, he asked Xue Baochai with concern, "Why don't you wear my clothes and go back? I'll send them back to my room later."

Xue Baochai shook her head. "No, it's too conspicuous and will easily attract attention. There are so many young girls in this room. If they bump into any of them and see the Marquis's clothes draped on me, they will come up and ask what's going on."

Thinking of the maids in the room who liked to join in the fun, Yue Ling also felt that Xue Baochai was more thoughtful.

"Then this."

As he spoke, Yue Ling couldn't help but glance at Xue Baochai. He really had a feast for his eyes just now. Although Xue Baochai had a plump figure, she usually wore loose clothes and there was nothing special about her.

Only when she wears a round-necked shirt can you perhaps catch a glimpse of it.

But Yue Ling just realized that it was just the tip of the iceberg.

Feeling this gaze, Xue Baochai pulled her clothes tighter again and replied in a voice as thin as a mosquito's hum: "My Lord, you can ask Xiangling to come and pick me up."

Yue Ling asked in astonishment: "Let Xiangling bring a bellyband? This is not a good idea..."

Xue Baochai shook her head and said, "No need, no need. The Marquis can just send someone to call her over."

"Well, I'll listen to Miss Xue."

Although Yue Ling failed to understand what it meant at first, seeing that Xue Baochai was determined to do so, he could not refute it.

He pushed the door open and called the servant to pass the message through the second door, then sat opposite Xue Baochai again, neither saying a word.

Xue Baochai's face turned red, and Yue Ling didn't want to say anything else to disturb her mood.

Xue Baochai's heart was even more turbulent.

After all, Sister Lin and the Marquis were about to get engaged, and she, an unmarried maid, had already been seen naked by others.

If an ordinary person came, he would definitely cry, make a fuss, and even hang himself, and demand that the Marquis be held responsible.

Although Xue Baochai did not go to such lengths, she was no exception and wanted to ask the Marquis what he thought.

Having one's feet seen is considered unclean, let alone her naked body. She cannot marry another person in her life, even though she has no interest in anyone else.

"It's all my brother's fault. He said something like a gift for no reason, but now it's come true. It really has become a gift from the Marquis!"

The silence in the room was too depressing. After a while, Yue Ling couldn't help but say, "Ms. Xue, to be honest, I saw everything. But don't worry too much. Although I can't give you such a grand wedding and the title of Madam like Sister Lin, but..."

Before Yue Ling could finish his words, there was a knock on the door. It was Xiangling's dull voice.

"My Lord, it's me. Is my girl in there?"

"I'm here, Xiangling, come in."

Xue Baochai responded loudly, regardless of what Yue Ling had just said.

Xiangling pushed the door open cautiously, only to see the Marquis and her daughter sitting opposite each other on the tea table. The strange thing was that the daughter was wearing the Marquis's clothes, which made Xiangling feel incredible for a moment.

"Girl, are you suffering from a cold?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Xue Baochai stood up, put on her clothes, pulled Xiangling's wrist, and took her to the back of the study, to the curtained tent used for temporary rest.

Yue Ling could not see the scene that followed, he only heard Xiangling screaming a few times.

Then, Xue Baochai seemed to have regained her confidence. She stood up straight and walked out with her chest puffed out. On the contrary, Xiangling covered her chest just like Xue Baochai did just now.

"My Lord, before you go back, I have something to say."

"Well, tell me."

"For Miss Lin, companionship is the Marquis's love. For me, the Marquis has given me the opportunity to realize my ambitions, which is already love. I dare not ask for more, so I am also looking forward to what the Marquis is going to promise me just now."

(End of this chapter)