Red Mansion: Picking up a Lin Daiyu

Chapter 466: No business today, just a taste of the sweet lips

"Master, there is a visitor outside."

"No one has ever come to visit me before, but why are there so many people coming today? Could it be because of the students outside causing trouble in the palace? Well, please come in together. I want to see who this immortal is and what drama he can perform."

Soon after Yue Ling agreed, a young man came to the hall.

As soon as he entered the door, he was full of pride. Even when he was asked to bow, he did not bow. It seemed that there was a bit of contempt and disdain in his eyes. He said coldly: "Student Mei Wenhe greets Duke Dingguo."

"student?"

Yue Ling couldn't remember who he had been a teacher to or what knowledge he had imparted.

Looking at the young man again, he seemed even more unfamiliar.

"What is the purpose of your visit today?"

Mei Wenhe entered the hall and measured the entire main hall with his peripheral vision. The carved beams and painted buildings were dazzling to the eyes. In his heart, he was secretly amazed at the elegance of the old palace of Prince Qin. He also felt a little resentful towards the man sitting opposite him.

How could Yue Ling be worthy of such a nice mansion?

What kind of magic did Yue Ling use to make His Majesty trust and love him so much?

If Your Majesty knew that Yue Ling was having sex with the woman next to him in the lobby, what would he think?
With just a casual glance, Mei Wenhe could see the shyness on the face of the woman behind Yue Ling, and her deep breathing to calm herself down. Even the collar of her clothes was wrinkled, which was really unsightly.

Especially since this woman had an extraordinary appearance and looked young, even though she was not even of marriageable age, yet she was so shameless as to do such a ridiculous thing with Yue Ling in the lobby.

This is the style of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, which is as filthy and chaotic as the rumors say.

Mei Wenhe was even more convinced of what his father said, that his fiancée was involved with the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. No matter how well she had been brought up, she was no longer qualified to enter his Mei family.

Mei Wenhe tilted his head slightly and replied in a deep voice, "My father is the president of the academy, Mei Hanlin. I, Mei Wenhe, am visiting Duke Dingguo today to discuss the matter of breaking off the engagement with my engaged lady, Xue Jie."

The corner of Yue Ling's mouth twitched, and he couldn't bear to look at Xue Baoqin behind him.

Xue Baoqin had never met her fiancé before, and she never expected that their first meeting would be in such an occasion.

Especially since Xue Baoqin has been very busy recently, she has to preside over the important task of translating documents, and she also goes in and out of Fengxue Pavilion from time to time to take care of her sister Xue Baochai's business. She has actually forgotten about the cancellation of the engagement.

However, it was a good thing that the matter was settled today in front of Yue Ling.

Blinking at Yue Ling, Xue Baoqin smiled secretly, turned to Yue Ling, raised her slender hand, and placed it on Yue Ling's shoulder.

Her eyes were full of smiles, as if reminding Yue Ling, "Why don't you quickly finish this matter?"

Seeing the eye contact between the two, Mei Wenhe was naturally not a fool. He immediately realized that the woman he had just despised was the girl with whom he was engaged.

After a moment of shock, Mei Wenhe was filled with anger. "Since you have already committed yourself to Duke Dingguo, why don't you come to the Mei Mansion to cancel the engagement? Aren't you trying to ruin my family's reputation? You are such a vulgar and shameless businessman!"

"It just so happens that today our engagement is over. There is no need to waste any more words!"

After saying this, Mei Wenhe took out the engagement contract from his arms and unfolded it.

He stared at the two people in front of the hall, raised his hand, bit his thumb, and left a fingerprint on the letter of withdrawal of engagement.

Then, he walked forward slowly and neither humbly nor arrogantly, put it on the table, and returned it to its original place.

In Yue Ling's eyes, this young man did have some backbone. Although he spoke with the demeanor of a corrupt scholar, he was still much stronger than Jia Baoyu.

Therefore, Yue Ling also planned to clarify some things to prevent him from misunderstanding Xue Baoqin too much and damaging Xue Baoqin's reputation.

"Nephew Mei, you misunderstood..."

Before Yue Ling could finish his words, Xue Baoqin put his hand on her waist, causing Yue Ling to look away again.

Xue Baoqin was certainly not an easy character to deal with. After being criticized, she was unwilling to give in and retorted, "Mr. Mei, you are wrong! The plaque with the words 'shameless' must be returned to me in its original form!"

"Young Master, you came in without asking the reason, without distinguishing right from wrong, and just based on your conjecture, you presumptuously judged her innocence and threw dirty water on her. Is this the 'way of a gentleman' that your father, Hanlin Mei, taught you? It really is 'when you see a virtuous person, you should think about how to emulate him, and when you see an unvirtuous person, you should reflect on yourself'! Unfortunately, you only see the 'unvirtuous' in your own heart, and not the 'virtuous' in others. You judge others by your own standards, which only makes people laugh!"

"Duke Dingguo guards Beijing City. When have you ever been seen fighting in battle, defending the city gates with your mouthful of Confucian classics? Duke Dingguo traveled thousands of miles south to the south of the Yangtze River, punishing countless corrupt officials. Which one of them didn't learn the 'Confucian classics of the saints'? They talk about benevolence and righteousness, but they actually oppress the people?"

"Where were you when the dead were starving for thousands of miles? How dare you call yourself a 'virtuous man' in front of the Duke of Dingguo who is so concerned about the country and the people?"

Xue Baoqin spoke slowly but eloquently, and every word she spoke was brilliant, which really surprised Yue Ling.

I didn't expect that the weak and gentle girl next to me was so good at quarreling.

Xue Baoqin hadn't finished her words when she pointed the finger at the marriage certificate. "As for breaking off the engagement? Oh, why do you need to come here today to complain about this? Although my Xue family is not rich, we know propriety and honor. We will never try to get close to those 'noble' families who only care about social status and have no feelings for each other! Your action today is just to expose your pedantic, narrow-minded, and self-righteous 'nobleness' to others."

"Last year, your father went to study in many places and had little money. It was my father who generously gave him money and helped him. But in your mouth, you even regarded the family of your benefactor as a vulgar merchant. I wonder who is repaying kindness with enmity!"

"This marriage was originally arranged by Mei Hanlin to marry our two families to repay his kindness. Do you really think that I, Xue Baoqin, would care about your Mei family's 'reputation'? Your 'noble' family only cares about the private property of my merchant family! Noble, noble, there is no nobility!"

Mei Wenhe's face became increasingly ugly, gradually turning bluish purple, like an eggplant hit by frost.

In front of Yue Ling, he couldn't argue and was speechless. He didn't know how to refute and could only swallow his anger.

As Xue Baoqin spoke, she picked up the letter of withdrawal of engagement and glanced at it indifferently.

"Now that you have signed your seal, that's great! From now on, we will go our separate ways. Young Master, you can go back and hold your sage book, and continue to dream your dream of being 'pure as ice and jade' and 'observant'!"

Xue Baoqin took out the marriage certificate from her body and tore it to pieces in court. She then put the letter of withdrawal of engagement into her sleeve and moved closer to Yue Ling's arms.

"However, I do want to thank Master Mei. It just happened that I could marry the Duke Dingguo whom I have admired for a long time. Duke Dingguo is now in charge of the imperial examinations, and reading the books of sages may not be as useful as before. If you ask Duke Dingguo in person today and get some information, it may be of great benefit to you."

Xue Baoqin rubbed Yue Ling's face like a kitten, which really teased Yue Ling and made him feel itchy inside.

"This girl is quite good at talking. She's really not inferior to her sister."

Just as Yue Ling was thinking this, he heard Mei Wenhe in the hall unable to bear the anger any longer and yelled, "Bullshit new school! For thousands of years, we have all listened to the teachings of the saints. How can we tolerate this evil heresy influencing the imperial examination?"

"The emperor is wise, but his mind has been blinded for a moment. Duke Dingguo, you don't have to be gloating. Father has already contacted great scholars to come to the capital to criticize your unconventional teachings in person. He wants you to become a laughing stock among all the students in the world, no, a laughing stock among all the people in the world!"

As he spoke, Mei Wenhe took out the marriage certificate from his arms again, tore it into pieces, threw it on the ground, and then left angrily.

It was Xue Baoqin who broke off the engagement, but Yue Ling played the villain, and the blame was finally directed at him, which made him hate her for no reason. He had offended anyone. However, after playing the role of a decent person for a long time, Yue Ling found it quite interesting to play the villain occasionally.

It’s a pity that Mei Wenhe didn’t say the soul-stirring words “Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don’t despise the young and poor”, which made Yue Ling feel that it was a little less interesting.

Yue Ling didn't take Mei Wenhe seriously. He just regarded it as noise and ignored it.

Xue Baoqin jumped off Yue Ling lightly, smoothed her skirt, exhaled deeply, put on a smiling face again, and looked at Yue Ling.

"Thank you, my Lord. Now I am free and no longer bound by this marriage contract!"

Xue Baoqin was in a really good mood. She even raised her toes slightly and spun around in circles holding the letter of withdrawal of engagement. She looked like a pure and lovely little girl.

It is impossible to connect her at this moment with the her who was filled with righteous indignation and eloquent just now, leaving Mei Wenhe speechless.

Yue Ling shook his head helplessly and smiled, "Sister Baoqin, aren't you using me as a gun?"

Xue Baoqin stopped walking, her eyes curved, and said, "Who let the Marquis take advantage of me just now? This little thing, shouldn't it be the price the Marquis has to pay? Besides, can the Marquis be afraid of a little scholar like him?"

Yue Ling's face turned slightly red. It was his subconscious action in front of Shui Rong just now.

And wasn’t Yue Ling also trying to cooperate with Xue Baoqin’s performance and make the character more vivid and fuller?

At this moment, Yue Ling also recalled Bao Qin's original intention. She must have noticed that his body language still showed a clear habit of distancing himself from the girls, and that he was not an old hand at romance, so she showed up on the spot and prevented Shui Rong from noticing anything.

The consideration of personally getting involved in the game shows that he is a wise man and should not be underestimated, let alone Yue Ling's age.

"Yes, I was in the wrong first. Since I have fulfilled Sister Baoqin's wish, that is enough."

Unexpectedly, Yue Ling suffered a setback at the hands of this little girl and had to swallow it.

Xue Baoqin laughed even more happily, skipping around Yue Ling, then stopped and said, "By the way, did the Marquis pay attention just now?"

"what?"

"It was the words that Mei Wenhe said angrily before he left. Now the Mei family is taking the lead and seems to be criticizing the Marquis."

Yue Ling picked up the teacup on the table, blew away the foam, smiled and shook his head, "As expected."

"Does the Marquis have a plan?"

"I can't say what the solution is, but it will definitely not satisfy them."

Xue Baoqin's eyes seemed to be twinkling with stars, and her gaze remained on Yue Ling's face.

In her eyes, Yue Ling was always calm and confident in the face of adversity, yet somewhat unpredictable, which fascinated Xue Baoqin.

Xue Baoqin approached slowly, leaned down and came in front of Yue Ling.

When Yue Ling put down the teacup and looked back, Xue Baoqin quickly pecked Yue Ling on the face and smiled sweetly again, "My Lord, I was not joking just now, nor was I angry with Mei Wenhe. This is my true feelings."

Yue Ling paused, he didn't expect that this frivolous girl was serious.

Yue Ling definitely didn't hate Xue Baoqin. Rather, he rather liked this bright and unrestrained girl.

When he first met her, she was still a timid little girl. Although she was brave enough to protect him, she was still shy to get along with him. I don't know what stimulated her, but she didn't even blush when she declared her love to his face.

Yue Ling shook his head helplessly, "Okay, okay, thank you Sister Baoqin for your appreciation."

But after all, he and Xue Baochai had already had some hints, and the two of them were extremely ambiguous, just one step away from success. Now he has fallen in love with her sister, which is really a bit hard to explain.

Two women share one husband, enjoying all the happiness?

It's just talk. If one day comes, it will bring bad reputation to the Xue family, and people will spread gossip about him.

But when Yue Lingzheng turned around, his face was stunned and his smile gradually faded.

Xue Baoqin noticed that something was wrong with Yue Ling, and turned around to look. She discovered that it was Xue Baochai who had been standing in the hall at some point, with the broken pieces of the marriage certificate lying on the ground under her feet.

"Sister, when did you come?"

Xue Baochai had no expression on her face and replied calmly, "I came a long time ago."

"Then you saw everything?"

"I saw it."

Xue Baoqin picked up the translated books hidden under the desk, covered her face with them and rushed out.

After Xue Baoqin fled the scene, Yue Ling and Xue Baochai were the only ones left in the hall.

Xue Baochai did not say anything, but sat down next to Yue Ling. The two looked at each other in silence for a long time.

Perhaps the intimate scene with Baoqin just now had too much impact on Xue Baochai's heart, Yue Ling was the first to break the silence and asked, "Have those coffins made temporarily by Fengzihao been sold?"

Xue Baochai nodded silently.

"Then we can make a small profit this time. Let the tabloids in the capital that we used to invest in publish all the pages about the reform of the imperial examination system, praise the courageous spirit of these students, and call on more people to cause trouble in front of the palace."

Xue Baochai nodded silently again.

"Their fight will surely intensify. Sponsor them some banners and distribute them to every corner of the alley. The more offensive the slogans, the better. If you draw a few more portraits of saints, the effect will definitely be better."

Xue Baochai nodded again without saying a word.

Yue Ling finally couldn't say anything else, so he smiled helplessly, looked at Xue Baochai, and asked, "If you have something on your mind, don't keep it in your heart. It will be better if you speak it out."

Xue Baochai suddenly stood up from her chair, came to Yue Ling, placed her hands on Yue Ling's knees, and leaned forward, "I will do everything the Marquis has just ordered, but can we not talk about business today?"

"……Can."

While Yue Ling was stunned, a little bit of her lips had already sealed up...

(End of this chapter)