The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 231 Sister Qin

Grandmother Jia's birthday lasted for several days.

Except for the day when Jia Rong went there, I was very happy on the other days.

After all, it was the birthday of the mother of an important official of the court, and several princes and princesses came to congratulate her, so the other ministers and nobles naturally had to give her face.

On the last day of the birthday party, Jia Zheng accompanied his mother for a walk in the garden.

Also present was Mrs. Wang.

The old lady looked at the large garden in the backyard of Rongguo Mansion and said to Jia Zheng, "If you have something to do, go and do it. You don't have to stay with me all day."

Jia Zheng was very respectful.

"Being able to accompany my mother is a blessing for a son. I haven't been able to spend enough time with her over the years due to various things. Now that I have time, I will fulfill my filial duty."

The old lady was very pleased, and she had indeed spoiled her youngest son since he was young, so much so that her eldest son had many complaints.

"I have been very happy these days. Although many things have happened in this family, the court still recognizes me as the Duke's wife and allows us to continue living in this Rongguo Mansion."

Jia Zheng knew the reason, "It's all thanks to the prince's blessing."

The old lady smiled and said, "Of course I know it's the prince's blessing, but your daughter's blessing is also indispensable."

Jia Zheng also smiled. "Mother is right. When the Rongguo Mansion is given to Jia Ben and Jia Shu in the future, my father and grandfather will be pleased to know about it. We are all descendants of the Jia family, not outsiders."

The old lady also thought it through and realized that this was indeed the best outcome.

After the three of them took the servants for a walk, the old lady couldn't help feeling a little tired as she looked at the quiet garden.

"We still have too few family members. Forget about Baoyu, but we should also find a good family for Jia Lan. What has Li Wan been doing recently?"

Mrs. Wang replied, "She is helping her two cousins take care of the children. Jia Lan's affairs have been arranged. The prince asked Jia Lan to take the imperial examination in two years. If he can pass the examination and gain fame, he will go further in the future."

"If you fail the exam, you can become a military officer. The imperial court is currently using foreign troops. I heard that even Xue Pan became a seventh-rank officer, serving in the Southern Military Department."

The old lady quickly said, "Being a military officer is not good, it's better to take the imperial examination."

Mrs. Wang said, "Li Wan said the same thing, but the prince may have seen Lan'er kill someone with an arrow before, so he thought he was more suitable to be a military commander."

"Li Wan is now in the palace helping her two cousins with things. When the two cousins give birth to sons in the future, they can just tell them about it. There will be no need to worry about Lan'er's affairs."

The old lady nodded. "That's fine, but it's inevitably a little inappropriate."

Mrs. Wang knew about the affair between Li Wan and Jia Rong, and had been covering it up for them.

"Li Wan has also said several times that I told her to just stay at her cousin's place and help Yuanchun take care of the girls. She can go in and take care of them when they are writing poems or drinking."

"Another reason is that Baoyu is not doing well and Zhu'er left early. Whenever I see her, I always think of Zhu'er. So I let her stay at my cousin's house. There are people to take care of her at home, so she doesn't have to worry."

After hearing this, the old lady sighed.

"I didn't think it through. Now the house is in the care of Baoyu's family. She is really uncomfortable here with her son."

Jia Zheng felt very guilty after hearing this, "Don't worry, mother. I will find a good house tomorrow and buy it for them to live in first."

Mrs. Wang advised Jia Zheng not to interfere, "Lan Er will be able to arrange things for herself when she becomes successful in the future. The prince is not short of money, and if you call them out now, your relationship will become distant and distant in the future."

The old lady smiled and said, "Just listen to your wife. Don't worry about this matter for now. I will go to the palace to visit the Queen in a few days. Have you prepared the gifts?"

Jia Zheng said, "We are preparing it. I have asked Baoyu to buy it. If we take it from the birthday gifts, and the other princesses and noble ladies are here, I am afraid they will recognize it. That would be bad."

The old lady thought the same thing and asked again, "How is Baoyu these days? I haven't seen him much these days."

Mrs. Wang said, "The master gave her a lot of money, and I don't have the heart to control her too much. It is said that he bought three more beautiful maids in the past few days. Now there are more than ten or twenty beautiful vixens in the courtyard. It may be the relationship between Yuanchun and Feng girl. It is not easy for her to control him in such matters."

The old lady smiled and said, "It's okay. If he likes to play, let him play. As long as he can give birth to a boy or a girl, it's worth it."

Jia Zheng also knew about this matter, but he did not interfere.

After all, his son was declared childless. Now everyone hopes that if he can move more and work harder, maybe a miracle will happen?
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Zhongxiao Palace
Lin Daiyu came down from upstairs and saw Shi Xiangyun and Xiren doing needlework in the living room.

Tanchun was lying on her side reading a book, with a maid beside her helping her massage her legs.

Lin Daiyu came over and suddenly said with a smile: "Why do you feel so depressed? I just took a nap and you feel so depressed?"

Shi Xiangyun raised her head unhappily, but soon lowered it and continued to work.

"Who is like you? You laugh all day long. Can't you just calm down for a while?"

Lin Daiyu sat down arrogantly and said, "Why are you so resentful? Is it because you can't do your needlework well? Give it to me quickly, I will help you do it. I happen to be free."

"No!" Shi Xiangyun was also bored.

People will gather in the evening, and the poetry gathering will have to wait until the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. No one is celebrating their birthday these days, and it’s windy outside today so I don’t want to go out and play.

When a few people were about to talk to relieve boredom, a woman in a dress walked in from outside.

Seeing this, the maid standing guard at the door quickly and respectfully called out, "Auntie!"

Lin Daiyu and others were sitting in the side hall. When they heard the shouting, they looked over, but saw no one.

Tanchun raised her head and said to the maid, "Who is here?"

Soon, the sound of footsteps came from outside.

The voice made everyone curious, and when Tanchun got up, she saw a beautiful and charming woman walking towards them.

The woman was wearing a white flowered dress. The soft white fabric stretched from her neck to her calves. The dress was embroidered with red flowers and green leaves, but the whole thing was pure white. Only the waist was simply tied with a flowered strip to highlight her thin waist and large breasts. "Sister Keqing."

Several people stood up and greeted him.

Qin Keqing walked by and said with a smile: "Sit down and talk. Today the craftsmen brought two interesting things for you to use."

Shi Xiangyun said happily: "What good stuff? Let me see!"

Qin Keqing's maid quickly put down a wooden box, then consciously left the living room and took the other maids away.

Tanchun frowned. She had heard from her sister Yuanchun a long time ago that she should play less with this sister Qin.

Xiren was not taken away, but at this time, like Lin Daiyu, she felt a little uneasy.

Shi Xiangyun didn't realize what was happening, and quickly squatted in front of the table and opened the box with both hands.

In the wooden box is a soft yellow cloth, on top of which is a lifelike wooden double-piece adult toy.

Shi Xiangyun quickly closed the box and cursed with a red face: "Take it away! Throw it away! How could you take such shameless things? Throw it away! My eyes are dirty!"

Lin Daiyu and Jia Tanchun also saw what it was and immediately understood why Jia Yuanchun didn't let them play with Sister Qin.

Qin Keqing laughed and said, "What are you talking about, sister? You are not grown-up girls anymore, you should have some womanly happiness."

"Besides, who made these things? Aren't they made by men for women to use? They're just like dishes and furniture. How can they be dirty?"

"The master told me a while ago to help you understand these things correctly. The joy of the boudoir is something that only we sisters and the master need to know."

Shi Xiangyun blushed, "Take it away! It's lost!"

Qin Keqing was too lazy to talk nonsense, so she stood up and said, "Yingchun is not as pretentious as you are. We are all sisters, so who would laugh at you?"

"We are all the same flesh. Once we grow up, we can't fool anyone with what we want. I didn't tell you before because you were young. I thought you would have tasted the sweetness of it. I didn't expect you to still be so reluctant."

Shi Xiangyun shouted, "Throw it away! Who wants this thing of yours?"

Qin Keqing picked up the toy box unhappily.

"You asked me to take it away. I'm going to give it to Baochai, Baomei, Limei, Baoqin, Xiuyan, and your sister Yingchun. There are quite a few small toys on the bedside."

Qin Keqing did not say how many Youshi, Wang Xifeng, You Erjie and You Sanjie there were. This is something that needs no explanation.

After Qin Keqing took the things upstairs, Shi Xiangyun sat down with a red face and complained, "I didn't expect Baochai to be like that."

Jia Tanchun frowned, "You guys are from the same courtyard, but you don't know her? I heard from the maids that she always wanted to seduce her brother-in-law before she got married."

Xiren said quickly, "Miss Baochai used to often go to Mr. Bao's room, and sometimes she would sit directly at the head of Mr. Bao's bed. I thought she was Mr. Bao's wife."

Several people found that their understanding of Xue Baochai was somewhat one-sided.

After more than ten minutes, when Lin Daiyu and others were talking, they saw Qin Keqing coming down.

Qin Keqing not only came down by herself, but also with Miaoyu, and the box in her hand had disappeared.

"Master Miaoyu, please come to my place when you have time, and we can discuss Buddhism."

"I'm free right now, how about now?"

"Okay, of course. I have a lot of fun stuff there! I'll show you around! If you like it, you can just stay at our place from now on."

"Sister Qin invited me, so I dare not refuse."

Soon Qin Keqing took the nun Miaoyu out.

Lin Daiyu stood up and went out to take a look, then quickly came back in small steps, fan in hand.

Lin Daiyu said seriously, "It's too dusty outside, let's stay inside."

Jia Tanchun smiled and said, "Okay, come and see my new article."

The three girls packed up and went to talk about articles and poems.

Xiren said embarrassedly: "I should go and help the master take a bath."

Lin Daiyu felt strange, "Taking a bath at this time?"

Xiren explained, "The prince always smells like medicine when he finishes work, so he takes a bath after work these days."

Shi Xiangyun said directly: "Just let others take care of the bathing, you just play with us!"

Xiren quickly shook her head and waved her hands, "No, I can't do that. This is all I can do. If I give it to someone else, how can I serve the prince? I know Xiangyun cares about me, but please don't make me lose this job."

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "Okay, go ahead and give him a good grab for me."

Shi Xiangyun quickly realized something and said shyly, "Why are you like this too?"

Lin Daiyu straightened her chest, shielded her face with a fan and looked at Jia Tanchun.

"Tanchun, have you read the books in your brother-in-law's room? Those are bad books."

Tanchun said casually, "I've seen it, it's no big deal."

Shi Xiangyun asked curiously, "What book?"

Lin Daiyu and Jia Tanchun quickly took Shi Xiangyun back to the house and gave her a few books that she could only read alone at night.

(End of this chapter)