The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 124 Things are coming
After the old lady had lived comfortably for a month, something happened again in the west.

"Madam! Master Bao is sick again!"

Why do you say again...

However, the old lady and others did not find this strange, probably because it was not the first or second time that Jia Baoyu had fallen ill.

Mrs. Wang asked quickly, "What's wrong with you?"

Xiao Si said: "Er Ye disappeared early this morning. We searched for him for a long time and found him in the courtyard. We saw him on a rock. Er Ye was crying and said that no one paid attention to him. He also asked us to go back and ignore him."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she could only stand up and say, "I'll go back and have someone prepare a sedan chair so I can go tell the eldest lady."

The maids and servants all went out to work, and at two or three o'clock in the hot summer, they started to work hard.

Mrs. Wang went out first to comfort her beloved son. Jia Yuanchun soon learned about what had happened and sent someone to inform Wang Xifeng.

A large group of people often gathered in Wang Xifeng's room, and when they were playing, they received a message from the maid.

Shi Xiangyun, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai naturally also heard that Jia Baoyu was ill again, and they all felt helpless.

Wang Xifeng looked at Xiren and said, "Xiren, please go back first. If there is anything, send someone to tell us."

Xiren had already stood up and said hurriedly, "Okay, I'll go see Master Bao first."

Wang Xifeng shouted again, "Take my sedan chair and I'll give you the reward later."

"Thank you, Second Madam!" Xiren had already gone out.

After Xiren left, Third Sister You said, "How old is Jia Baoyu? Why is he still acting like a child?"

Wang Xifeng said, "Don't worry about it. He is the old lady's favorite. You can't let your son grow up with women. He should be like our master, who suffered a little when he was young and should be strictly controlled."

Youshi said, "I remember that when Madam was in charge of Jia Zhu, she was very good at it. Only by being strict can a child have a promising future. Li Wan is also pitiful. She could have married a very promising husband. He entered school at the age of fourteen, which was better than our master. It's a pity that he died young."

Qin Keqing said: "The master doesn't like her. He says she is selfish and cold-hearted."

Shi Xiangyun asked curiously, "Really?"

Qin Keqing smiled and said, "Of course it's true, but you mustn't tell anyone about it."

Shi Xiangyun nodded, "Okay."

Qin Keqing smiled and said, "Here, give Sister Yun a chicken wing. When you have time, come to my room often. I am usually very bored by myself."

Shi Xiangyun, Lin Daiyu and others nodded in agreement.

The third sister smiled and said, "When the master comes out, you should not go, so as not to disturb the master and sister Keqing's interest."

Qin Keqing rolled her eyes at her and said to the three people, "Don't listen to her nonsense. If you want to go, just go."

Lin Daiyu and Shi Xiangyun were both warmly received here.

We like ladies from noble families here.

Shi Xiangyun is the legitimate daughter of a marquis's family, and her family background can be said to be the highest here.

Lin Daiyu's ancestors had been marquises for four generations. Although there was no marquisate to inherit by the time of Lin Ruhai, he was still the third in the imperial examination and held a high position.

The two girls were not only of noble birth, well-educated by aristocratic families, and full of poetry and books, but most importantly, they had very good personalities and looks.

It is very normal that a girl with a good background, good personality and good looks would be liked by people like Youshi, Qinshi, Wang Xifeng and others.

Xue Baochai wants to develop Shi Xiangyun as her own follower and wants to win over Lin Daiyu to be on the same boat with her, but Wang Xifeng and others disagree.

A few of them were still chatting and were about to go find the children to play with when another maid came over.

"Grandma, Madam West came to ask Miss Lin to go over and persuade Master Bao, saying that Master Bao doesn't listen to anyone and cried that Miss Lin ignored him."

As soon as the maid finished speaking, Wang Xifeng slapped the table.

"Go to hell!" Wang Xifeng cursed, "Go back and tell Madam that Miss Lin drank with me and has fallen asleep! What's the big deal about a girl going to see a man? I'll go over and take a look later. I'm not afraid!"

Lin Daiyu was very embarrassed. She stood up and said helplessly, "Sister Feng, how about I go over and take one last look?"

Wang Xifeng stopped him directly, "Baoyu is a child who can't stop breastfeeding. You don't owe him anything, so why bother with him!"

Lin Daiyu sighed: "Maybe I owe him this."

"Bullshit!" Wang Xifeng cursed, "Do you owe him or the Jia family? Do you owe your father and mother or us? You don't owe him what the master gave you? So you owe Baoyu for talking to you and making you happy. We have cared about you for so many years, so you deserve it?"

Lin Daiyu remained silent, sighed, and sat down again.

Xue Baochai joked, "Sister Yun, you have been with Baoyu for several years longer than Sister Lin, right? Why didn't Baoyu ask you to go see him?"

Shi Xiangyun was very unhappy. "Isn't there no one to call you? You and Miss Lin used to compete with each other every day to see who would go to Baoyu first. After you came here, I see he never mentioned you."

Xue Baochai smiled, fanned herself and said, "I have been quiet for two years."

Wang Xifeng quickly packed her clothes, changed them, and went out to the west to see Jia Baoyu.

Less than an hour later, Wang Xifeng came back. She came over and scolded him, "How ridiculous! I will not care about such things in the future!"

Lin Daiyu and others hurriedly made way for Wang Xifeng.

Xue Baochai quickly gave Wang Xifeng a cup of cold tea, "Sister, have some tea."

After Wang Xifeng took it, she sat down and took a sip. The maids behind her began to fan her to cool her down, and another maid wiped Wang Xifeng's sweat.

Qin Keqing asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Wang Xifeng said, "I went over to him in the hottest weather and tried to persuade him for a long time, but he wouldn't listen. The lady also complained that I didn't want Miss Lin to come over. Just when he was getting annoyed, Xue Pan called Jia Baoyu out to play, and he got better and went out to play happily. He must have been naughty again!"

Xiren also came back and sat down, sighing, "Second Master is just like that. It doesn't matter if she has the last name Lin or Qin, as long as she has someone to accompany her."

Youshi smiled and said, "You don't know, she used to pester our Qin grandmother. A few years ago, when she came in, she praised Keqing for her beauty. Her eyes were wide open. She didn't dare to come over until she was scolded by our master."

Qin Keqing said helplessly, "Miss Lin, you should also stay away from Jia Baoyu. Don't always believe what he says. He is just a dandy boy. After harming the young lady, he hides behind others like a child. He spends his days in debauchery, but isn't the food and drink provided by our master?"

You Erjie comforted him, saying, "Even if they are relatives, they won't stay for several months. When the master comes out, they should leave."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said nothing.

Xue Baochai only felt that this group of people were very malicious and always mocked her.

The Xue family had lived with their relatives for several years, and now they have been living in their son-in-law's home for two or three years without any status or position.

Half a month later, when Tanchun came to play with Lin Daiyu and others, she talked about things in the west.

"A while ago, my eldest sister gave my second brother another 300 taels of silver and four maids. Later, I heard that my second brother still couldn't change his bad habits. While the maids were washing his face, he hugged the girls' waists and ate the rouge on their lips, calling them sister all day long."

"The old lady and the wife don't care about him anymore. The four girls all stay with him to see if he can have a child."

Lin Daiyu frowned and asked, "Where is Xiren? Why don't you let Xiren go back?"

Tanchun said, "The old lady and the lady don't like Xiren. They say that the second brother is like this now because of that vixen Xiren."

Lin Daiyu's maid Zijuan said, "Let's not worry about what's going on over there. It always sounds like something bad. It's better to cut ties with Master Bao as soon as possible, so that he won't get sick and cause trouble for us."

A few days later, when Lin Daiyu and others were having dinner with Jia Yuanchun, someone came from outside to report the news.

"Grandma! Prince Zhongshun's palace has sent someone over and they are waiting outside the palace."

When Jia Yuanchun heard this, she stood up and said, "Why are you coming here during dinner time? The master is too busy to come here."

The servant replied, "He came to see grandma. He said he heard that Master Bao had exchanged handkerchiefs with an actor from the Zhongshun Palace Opera Troupe. Seeing that Master Bao liked it, he sent the person here directly, saying that he wanted to give it to Master Bao to relieve his loneliness."

The servant added: "It's a man."

Xichun asked curiously, "Two men exchanging sweat towels, what does this mean?"

On hot days, everyone has a sweat towel to wipe their sweat. If such private things were to be exchanged, it would be between someone like Jia Baoyu and a male actor.

Madam Wang cursed, "This evil creature! After we left, he became more and more evil! I must go back and take good care of him!!"

Jia Yuanchun was helpless, but she also knew that someone had to look after him, so she asked again, "Why doesn't father look after him?"

Mrs. Wang sighed, "After he got sick last time, your father didn't want to force him to study. He just wanted him to live a peaceful life. When he saw him going out to play, he just thought he was making friends with people like Liu Xianglian. He didn't expect him to do such obscene things again!"

Xue Baochai quickly stood up and reminded him, "Zhongshun Palace came to send someone while we were having dinner. Although it was for Master Bao, it actually wanted to do good things for Sister Yuanchun and Master. We should also respond in a good way."

After Wang Xifeng stopped coming here, Xue Baochai gradually filled this ecological position.

Jia Yuanchun nodded and said, "Go out and tell the people in Prince Zhongshun's mansion that the master will be out of confinement in a few days. I will tell him about this matter then."

The servant quickly went out to convey the message.

At this time, Yingchun asked curiously, "Before, our family found an actor to accompany the second brother and Xue Pan when they were drinking together. Now he is also accompanying them. How come everything is fine now?"

After being reminded by Yingchun, everyone remembered that it was still the national mourning period.

The old concubine had not been dead for long, only three or four months.

But when Jia Baoyu went out to drink and watch opera, and also asked actors to accompany him, not only was there nothing wrong with it, but King Zhongshun also sent the actors to show his goodwill.

With this comparison, it seems even more that what Jia Baoyu did in the past was not a big deal at all.

Xue Baochai said quickly, "Before, no one protected us. Now that we have the master to protect us, big things will become small, and small things will be forgotten. Naturally, there will be no problem."

The old lady said happily: "Yes, Bao girl is right. Now that we have your master, our family can finally live a good life!"

Everyone said yes.

A few days later, Jia Rong came out of confinement on time.

The good days are over...

(End of this chapter)