The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 234 The World is So Big

August 11
There are only four days left until Mid-Autumn Festival.

That day, when Jia Rong was playing chess with Yingchun after lunch, Xiaohong walked in.

"Master, Xue Pan is back. He is about to send the more than 300 female captives captured from the south to the Jiaofang Division. He sent someone to ask the prince if he wants to keep a few of them for fun."

Xue Baochai was nearby, and when she heard this she said happily, "My brother is back? That's good! We can finally celebrate the reunion festival together!"

Jia Rong smiled and asked, "Are you celebrating the festival with your brother this year?"

Xue Baochai quickly calmed down and said with a smile: "I will definitely stay at home with the master, and let my mother go and have fun with my brother. My brother should also prepare for his wedding."

Jia Rong casually said, "The Jiaofangsi... I'll go to the Jiaofangsi and have a look. I heard that there are many young ladies and wives of officials there, and they are all very cheap. I'll ask them to come over during the Mid-Autumn Festival to play with me, dance and play games."

"If you want to go back home for the holidays, go back for the holidays. We have many women in our family anyway."

Since Jia Rong married Lin Daiyu, he has been acting more and more like himself.

It is really a woman's misfortune to marry such a man.

Shi Xiangyun said quickly: "Where can I go?!"

"Who told you to leave?" Jia Rong said with a smile, "During the holidays, we orphans can get together, and those who have parents can go back to celebrate the holidays. It doesn't matter if you go back a few times a year, and you can pay for your own expenses."

If you have money, you can go back to your parents' home at will, Jia Rong will never stop you.

Jia Rong has no objection to others being willing to observe filial piety and spend money to gain face, but Jia Rong is still paid on a piece-rate basis, and women who are not able to attract Jia Rong will receive the same basic treatment as maids.

Shi Xiangyun said happily: "Then let's celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together, along with the sisters from my poetry club!"

Jia Yuanchun couldn't help but say, "Master, the Jiaofangsi is a dirty and messy place. I'm afraid it will affect your reputation if you go there."

Jia Rong frowned and looked at Jia Yuanchun.

"You'll be happy if you say a few words to me, right?"

The scene suddenly became quiet.

Jia Yuanchun felt very aggrieved. She didn't expect that after just saying two sentences, Jia Rong would say this to her.

Lin Daiyu shook her head helplessly. Since she entered the family, she gradually understood Jia Yuanchun's helplessness.

However, compared to Jia Yuanchun, Lin Daiyu believes that she is not qualified to guide Jia Rong in doing things, so she does not directly dissuade him.

Which of Jia Rong's things is something that no one else can do?

Be it ability or talent, it is definitely not something a woman can evaluate, let alone advise him how to do things.

Seeing that Jia Yuanchun was silent, Jia Rong said directly: "I don't really care about the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. It's not that I can't listen to opinions. Even if they are willful and opposed, I will listen as long as they make sense."

"But why do you always think you are better than me and that I need you to discipline me?"

Yingchun quickly stood up and comforted Jia Rong, "Master, I am only thinking about your reputation."

Jia Rong said coldly, "She is the only one who cares about me. Others don't know, right? Yuanchun, do you think this family will fall apart and fall apart without someone like you who gives you honest advice?"

Jia Yuanchun said quickly, "No... Master, I know I was wrong."

Seeing that Jia Rong was really angry this time, Tanchun hurried over and grabbed Jia Rong's arm.

"Brother-in-law, don't be angry. My sister won't dare to do it again."

Shi Xiangyun also stood on the other side and advised: "Big brother... don't talk about big sister."

Jia Rong was not persuaded and continued to say to Jia Yuanchun: "You are not without elders. Your mother surnamed Wang is a vegetarian and does not care about anything. Your mother-in-law surnamed You also follows the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. Only you make me upset all the time!" "Why should you care about what I do?"

"There is a Rongguo Mansion in the southwest. I can also build a Cixin Temple for you at home, or there is a Mantou Temple outside. You can choose."

Jia Yuanchun knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face, crying, "Master!!"

Lin Daiyu and others also hurried over to dissuade them.

"Brother Rong, please forgive me this time."

"Master, Sister Yuanchun didn't mean it."

Jia Rong said directly: "Okay, I'll let you off this time! I'm going out to relax!"

After saying this, Jia Rong went out directly, and the others helped Jia Yuanchun up and comforted her.

Tanchun sat next to Jia Yuanchun and sighed, "Sister, you have been in this family for quite a while, but can you be longer than Madam? I see that Madam has never taken care of my brother-in-law. My brother-in-law has always been the type who is rude to everyone since he was a child."

"I remember when we were little, my mother said that my brother-in-law scolded my father and mother at the funeral."

Yingchun comforted him, "I remember clearly that things got better only after my sister and brother-in-law got married. My brother-in-law has always been the type to do big things. We women didn't do anything to help our family thrive over the years. It was all thanks to the efforts of the master himself."

Wang Xifeng also said, "Yes, don't keep thinking about him. Our master has taken care of you for more than ten years, from a little child to a powerful prince. What else are you dissatisfied with? You still think about him. He has tolerated you for more than ten years. How can he not be angry?"

"Besides, why did he choose you when he got married? It was because the master wanted to find a gentle and virtuous wife who would not cause trouble and would not quarrel with him. Sister, why can't you help it and insist on persuading him?"

Xue Baochai comforted him, saying, "It's normal for a man to go out and have fun. Doesn't Jia Baoyu often go out to have fun? It's rare for our master to have been married for more than ten years and stay at home without having affairs outside."

Everyone spoke for Jia Rong, and no one spoke for Jia Yuanchun.

This is Jia Rong's home, not Jia Yuanchun's home.

Jia Yuanchun wiped away her tears and soon felt as if the problem was hers.

Compared to Jia Yuanchun, who was sad for several days, Jia Rong's situation was hundreds of times better.

After scolding Jia Yuanchun, Jia Rong felt very happy and left the Prince Zhongxiao's Mansion with a smile.

"Anyway, there's no shortage of women. I don't pay the salary for the Jiaofang Bureau, so I can go over and pick some beauties to play with."

"Let those women at home hang out for a few years!!"

Jia Rong became even happier when he thought of this. He wished he could find a young wife of twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old to pull the cart and run laps in the garden!
Jia Rong has no shortage of women, and even less shortage of beautiful women who are willing to work.

Not only were there beautiful village girls who were capable of working, washing clothes and taking care of children, pulling carts in the garden, but there were also a dozen beautiful wet nurses in their twenties sitting in the Chunhui Room in the palace every day, making it more convenient for Jia Rong to drink human milk than cow's milk.

After the emperor's southern tour, the Jiaofangsi was mainly responsible for court singing and dancing during festivals, and also for earning some extra money.

Jia Rong was a powerful man, so it was normal for him to let dancers from the Music Bureau perform at his home.

Soon, Jia Rong kept all the gifts sent by officials from all over the country during the Mid-Autumn Festival, or gave them as rewards to the servants in the outer courtyard and the beautiful musicians from the Jiaofangsi who came to dance erotically.

Jia Rong successfully avoided touching his wives and concubines for three months, and just worked, relaxed, and rested in his own Baicao Hall.

When he had nothing to do, he would call a dozen nannies, or sit in a rickshaw pulled by teenage girls to think about scientific research problems.

During these three months, the girls were just like they were before they got married, but Jia Rong was the bridegroom every night.

As long as you don't keep your mind in the garden, you will find that the world is so big.

(End of this chapter)