Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 416: Amazing Hand
In Xia Shouzhong's eyes, this time of reading the memorials seemed to be the longest one in history.

Xia Shouzhong could not bear to read the disgusting words, so he closed his eyes and stepped aside.

He was even thinking in his mind whether he should make up for Yue Ling and how to deal with the impending wrath of Emperor Longyou.

"Master Yue, you have been too careless since you came back to Beijing. It is difficult for us to speak such obscene words."

With a frown on his face, Xia Shouzhong really didn't want to face all this.

But after a while, none of the situations that Xia Shouzhong had anticipated happened. Instead, when he opened his eyes again, he saw Emperor Longyou deep in thought, nodding slightly, which surprised him even more.

"How is this going?"

"Lord Yue's memorials have such magical power that even His Majesty, who never indulges in women, finds them very interesting. He is indeed the famous Duke Dingguo, who has specialized in this field for many years and his work is so shocking."

Before Xia Shouzhong could admire him, he heard Emperor Longyou nodding his head repeatedly and muttered to himself, "This is very ingenious and interconnected. It is worthy of Yue Ling's work. He has such ingenuity in this small matter. In this case, I can rest assured and boldly hand it over to him."

Unexpectedly, Emperor Longyou gave such a high evaluation to this disgusting memorial. Xia Shouzhong was stunned and could not figure out the reason.

"Isn't it just some boudoir matters? Why is it so mysterious? Your Majesty..."

Before he could say anything, Emperor Longyou took the initiative to ask: "Come and take a look at Yue Ling's amazing hands. Anyone who sees them will know the beauty of them."

Xia Shouzhong smiled awkwardly, took the memorial respectfully, and said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I have been a pure maid since I was young and entered the palace. I am afraid I can't understand the beauty of it."

"Ok?"

Emperor Longyou turned around and asked in confusion: "What are you talking about? I asked you to look, so just look first."

Xia Shouzhong shuddered, not realizing that he was the one who displeased Emperor Longyou. He quickly read through the text and apologized repeatedly, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down. I will understand this now."

At the moment, Xia Shouzhong really has no words to express his pain.

As a eunuch, how can I understand the beauty of the boudoir pleasure?

As Xia Shouzhong watched, Emperor Longyou explained, "I have entrusted Yue Ling with an important task and created a new position of Minister of State Affairs. This is a new system that has never existed before."

"Although the officials in the court gave me some face and did not argue too much about this position, there will definitely be voices of impeachment later. Not complying with the ancestral system is a golden sign, and even I cannot say they are wrong."

"From this, we can see that there will be thousands of eyes watching Yue Ling's movements after he takes office. If there is any mistake, it will be publicized a hundred times or a thousand times."

"Under such a restrictive situation, Yue Ling took a different approach and proposed this business that seemed to be against etiquette and law."

After blowing on the hot tea, Emperor Longyou pointed out the crux of the problem in his eyes, "Yue Ling's trick can divert the attention of all officials from the unreasonableness of his official position to his lack of respect for etiquette in politics and law, and criticize his business that has no personal ethics."

"But in fact, this is easier to excuse than the unreasonableness of the official system. As long as this business is effective, doesn't it prove the legitimacy of Yue Ling?"

"Yue Ling seems to have betrayed everyone with a flaw, but in fact he has made full preparations for a counterattack. This is the way of military strategy, showing softness and meeting it with hardness, showing the enemy's weakness and taking advantage of it with strength. After Yue Ling showed this result, no one can doubt him anymore."

"So I have to work hard to help him make this business happen."

Xia Shouzhong woke up as if from a dream, "Is this what happened?"

Emperor Longyou frowned, tilted his head to look over, and asked, "Otherwise, what do you think is going on?"

Xia Shouzhong shook his head repeatedly, "I am stupid, I am stupid."

Emperor Longyou withdrew his gaze and thought for a moment, "It's just that Yue Ling's livelihood is not rare enough, and this thing is just for the sake of novelty. When the limelight is at its peak, I will make a lot of money."

"After that, small workshops in the capital will surely imitate it like mushrooms after rain. Even if they can't beat Yue Ling's effect, if they are 70% or 80% similar, they will be able to get a share of the pie. Unless Yue Ling can keep innovating, it will be difficult for Yue Ling."

"Human energy is limited. Yue Ling has a lot of things to take care of. He is really too busy to do anything. No matter what happens in the future, I have to help with this good start."

After looking at the design drawings that Yue Ling had attached to the memorial, Emperor Longyou also realized that the fabric used for such clothing was very small, so he asked Xia Shouzhong, "By the way, what are the scraps of fabric left over from cutting clothes in the palace used for?"

"Your Majesty, in the old days, the scraps of cloth left over from cutting clothes in the palace were mostly taken away by the Empress, who used them to sew linings into torn clothes or to make small items for sewing."

"However, since the last emperor, the number of people in the inner palace has been so large that a lot of scraps of cloth have accumulated. They are all sealed in the treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. What the Empress took away is only a drop in the bucket."

Emperor Longyou nodded with satisfaction, "These waste materials are not very useful, so they are just right for Yue Ling's business."

"It is made of royal cloth and the workmanship of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is so fine that the price of this item will surely be driven up to a higher level. After gathering wealth from the rich and powerful, the country will imitate it. Although I cannot make money from it, the purpose of this item to harmonize the sexual life of the couple has been achieved."

"Oh, right." Emperor Longyou changed the subject and asked, "Has the date for Concubine Xian De to return home to visit her parents been decided?"

Xia Shouzhong nodded, "It's scheduled for the fifteenth of next month."

Emperor Longyou narrowed his eyes and said, "This business also gives me a good reason. Let Yue Ling promote it as soon as possible. The Ministry of Internal Affairs needs to provide more assistance."

"Yes……"

……

Dingguo Gongfu,

Early in the morning, Miaoyu got up early, washed and dressed as usual, sat in front of her master's bed, and served him medicine.

Seeing Miaoyu's rosy complexion and happy brows, her master began to feel dissatisfied.

"Are you happy now? Just because I live in the mansion, you are so proud of it."

Miaoyu lowered her head slightly, put the medicine bowl and spoon into the tray, and whispered, "I don't understand what the master said."

"Master, you should take good care of yourself first. From Rongguo Mansion to this Dingguo Mansion, the surroundings are quieter and more suitable for you to recuperate."

Miaoyu seemed to be saying: I live with the man I like because of your illness, Master, and it is not out of any selfish motive.

How could his master be satisfied with this situation?

"Where will this useless thing go?"

Miaoyu blinked and said, "It's already this hour, it's time to go to the Buddhist temple and chant sutras. Isn't this what Master has always taught me?"

The nun rolled her eyes, stopped arguing with Miaoyu, turned over, closed her eyes and rested.

Miaoyu chuckled quietly and went out the door.

But when she changed into a cassock and came to the Buddhist temple to chant, she saw a crowd of people outside the hall, noisy and noisy.

But she was very familiar with these people. All the girls and maids from each room were there, and even the twelve girls from the small opera troupe were standing among them.

Miaoyu was stunned for a moment, then stepped over the threshold and asked, "Miss Keqing, what are you all doing here?"

Seeing that it was Miaoyu who came out to greet them, Qin Keqing smiled awkwardly, "This matter is a bit complicated, but it's good for you to know that it was Sister Lin who asked us to come here." "Sister Lin?"

At the same time, in Yue Ling's room, Lin Daiyu, who had been fighting wits and courage with the girls all night, finally woke up slowly.

When he turned his head and saw that the quilt next to him was empty, he knew that he had overslept again.

"Um……"

Slowly stretching her body to get rid of the fatigue, Lin Daiyu propped herself up and sat up.

"Girl, are you awake? Would you like to have some breakfast first?"

"This is all made by the master himself this morning. You are in for a treat, young lady."

Hearing the noise, Zijuan came over from the hall, opened the food box, and exquisite pastries and porridge, steaming, were placed in front of Lin Daiyu.

"What time is it now?"

"No more, no less, it's exactly the Si hour."

Lin Daiyu yawned slowly and asked, "Where are they? Have they all gone to the Buddhist temple?"

Zijuan nodded and smiled, "After the embarrassing incident last night, they all got up early this morning and waited for the young lady to come over and give them a lecture."

"According to the girl's idea, you want to leave them alone first, right?"

Lin Daiyu slowly leaned against the head of the bed, muttering to herself, "I haven't slept with Brother Yue for many days. I slept so deeply last night that I forgot the time. This was not my intention. However, it's late now. I might as well leave them alone for a while as Zijuan said, so that they won't think I'm easy to coax and can just tell a few lies to get away with it."

Lin Daiyu opened her mouth and ate the longan and red date porridge that Zijuan fed her spoonful by spoonful. She sniffed a few times and frowned slightly, "Zijuan, do you smell anything?"

Zijuan blinked and replied in confusion, "Smells good! The cakes and porridge smell really good. Xueyan is craving for them."

"No." Lin Daiyu pursed her lips, "I always feel like there's a fishy smell."

"Fishy smell?"

Zijuan smelled the food in surprise, but found nothing unusual.

He moved closer to Lin Daiyu and sniffed her a few times. As expected, he had the same feeling as Lin Daiyu.

The smell on Lin Daiyu's body was easy to distinguish. It was just a light fragrance, like tea and flowers, and the fishy smell mixed in it was a bit abrupt.

Zijuan frowned and said, "Yes, there are some."

After searching carefully again, Zijuan lifted a corner of the quilt and was startled and said, "Girl, you can't be..."

"what?"

When Zijuan lowered her gaze and looked under her quilt, Lin Daiyu's snow-white cheeks suddenly became flushed with pink.

"No, it can't be..."

Zijuan carefully unfolded the quilt, and the smell could no longer be covered up.

Lin Daiyu was embarrassed and anxious, and hurriedly called out, "Zijuan, quickly get some clean clothes, and don't let anyone see. Also, take out the mattress and quilt to wash, and don't let Brother Yue know. Do you hear me?"

Zijuan, however, quite skillfully took out a pair of scissors and started to cut off the red plum blossom on the bed sheet.

Lin Daiyu was stunned, "Zijuan, what are you going to do?"

Zijuan blinked her eyes and asked innocently, "Shouldn't the girl's blood be cut off and kept for the master to see when he comes back?"

"The master left in a hurry this morning, so he didn't notice it. But this is a girl's innocence, and she can't be kept."

"Although the relationship between the young lady and the master is well known to everyone in the mansion, and no one will gossip about it, you still have to stay, lest Master Lin have something to say on the wedding night?"

Lin Daiyu was so embarrassed by Zijuan's well-reasoned words that her face turned red. She even lost some momentum. She responded in a voice as thin as a mosquito's hum: "This is not Luohong. What are you thinking? Brother Yue and I are innocent."

"no?"

Zijuan was confused, "Miss, this is really not true? Everyone was cleared away by you last night. Didn't you and the master do anything?"

Lin Daiyu turned aside and said shyly, "It's not that I didn't want to, but Brother Yue fell asleep on the pillow, and when he opened his eyes again, he couldn't even see him."

Suddenly coming back to her senses, Lin Daiyu spat again: "Pooh, pooh, pooh, pooh, you have led me astray. When was I going to do anything with Brother Yue? I think you have no serious ideas in your mind!"

"Hurry up and replace everything here with new ones. When you're done, you have to go to the Buddhist temple!"

……

"Master, you came back just in time. The messenger from the palace just came back and said that the emperor approved the memorial you submitted and promised you to do something big!"

Yue Ling made a thorough investigation in the streets and markets before returning to the mansion. He saw Jia Yun waiting at the door and stepped forward to deliver the good news.

After taking the letter from Emperor Longyou and reading it through, he found it was full of praise. It seemed that the emperor was willing to spare no effort to help Yue Ling accomplish this task, and he also seemed to take this matter very seriously.

Yue Ling could not help but nod and said, "Your Majesty is Your Majesty after all. You have a far-sighted vision and should know the importance of this business and not be bound by worldly views. If I fail to do it, I will be ashamed."

After mumbling to himself and sighing softly, Yue Ling raised his head again and ordered, "Send a message to the inner curtains, and ask Miss Xue and Qingwen to come to the study to discuss important matters. His Majesty is very urgent in the letter, so there is no time to lose, and we must find a new way to sell it."

Hearing his master's serious words, Jia Yun dared not neglect it, "Yes, I will pass it on right away."

Not long after, Yue Ling met the two girls in the study as he wished.

The two girls came together, with similar blushes on their faces.

Apart from the business that was about to be discussed, which made the two girls embarrassed, there must be no other reason.

As if she had mustered up a lot of courage, Xue Baochai asked haltingly, "My Lord, what is the matter that you called us here for?"

Yue Ling nodded, raised his hand to call Qingwen over, and handed her a few sheets of paper. "Qingwen, these are some of the pictures I just drew. Do you think there is any way to restore them? For the first sale, we should try to rush out 20 designs for customers to choose from."

Qingwen took it shyly, holding the drawing tightly against her chest, looked back shyly and nodded to Xue Baochai, then went into the inner room first.

"As for you." Hearing Yue Ling's voice turned to herself, Xue Baochai's heart trembled, her throat moved nervously, and she swallowed some saliva.

"Your Majesty has approved my business today. You are the one who controls the sales. I cannot trust anyone else."

Xue Baochai's brows trembled, and she thought to herself, "My Lord, are you really not just talking? Your Majesty would allow such a livelihood? I thought you just wanted to use this thing to tease the maids in the room..."

(End of this chapter)