The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 87 Untying the Heart Knot
After Jia Rong and You Sanjie were making out, Qingwen walked in and said, "My Buddha! What a great smell!"

Qin Keqing was putting on makeup at the same time. When she heard this, she looked at this unruly maid in surprise. She even dared to gossip about her master. Wasn't she afraid of being kicked out?
Jia Rong smiled and said, "Come quickly and help me wipe my body with a towel."

Behind Qingwen, Yinglian came in with hot water and helped Jia Rong wipe his body together with Qingwen.

Qingwen quickly told her about the eunuch's visit.

"Master, please get up quickly. Grandma has urged you several times. I came to see you several times but didn't dare to disturb you because I was afraid that you would be unhappy and angry."

Jia Rong laughed and said, "I love her so much that I criticize her so harshly. I usually correct her mistakes. This time, I almost married Yingchun to a bastard. Before I could say a word to her, she started crying as if I shouldn't have said anything. I think she spoiled her too much and she doesn't know how hard I work."

Third Sister You was lying on the side and said with a smile: "Qingwen, you too, the master is such a good man, he spoils you and lets you act like a spoiled brat, don't you really want to be an aunt?"

Qingwen said decisively: "Yinglian has been with the master for nearly ten years, why doesn't the master let her be his aunt?"

Qin Keqing couldn't help but said, "That's unruly! Is it okay for a servant like you to bring up such a thing?"

Jia Rong sat up and said, "It doesn't matter. Qingwen is right. I am open and honest. If someone wants something, I will ask directly. If I don't want something, I won't let anyone misunderstand me."

Yinglian blushed and continued to wipe Jia Rong's body.

Yinglian grew up with Jia Rong since she was a child. She had been warming his bed, making his bed, and mending his clothes. All she thought about were those things.

Qingwen asked quickly, "So you want it?"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Isn't this obvious? I have raised my personal maid from childhood, so I can't bear to give her away. I want to keep her for myself."

Yinglian stood up quickly, lowered her head and said, "Thank you, Master!"

Jia Rong ignored her and lifted Qingwen's chin with one hand, "You can't run away either."

Qingwen rolled her eyes at him, turned her head and continued to work, but her heart was pounding.

Outside the house, Xiao Hong shouted, "Grandma!"

After more than ten seconds, Jia Yuanchun came in with her people and saw Jia Rong lying on the bed in dishevel, with You Sanjie tidying up his clothes beside him.

Jia Yuanchun looked at Jia Rong who didn't care and asked Qin Keqing politely, "Is my second sister not here?"

Qin Keqing smiled and said, "Second sister always leaves early in the morning, busy going back to take care of the children."

Qin Keqing had never experienced any family rules since she entered the family. She had no mother to teach her since she was a child and was trained by Jia Rong. It was fine in the first few years, but in the past two years, she gradually had nothing to say to the increasingly conservative Jia Yuanchun.

Jia Rong's relationship with Qin Keqing was as good as ever. He smiled and said, "You are my legitimate wife, and we even have a child together, but you act like you are having an affair. Every time you are done with your work, you rush back home, and I can only sleep with you in my arms."

Jia Yuanchun smiled and said, "Master, why don't you just go to her room and sleep? Why do you always call Sister Keqing here? She doesn't like to spend the night here."

Jia Rong stood up and said, "Okay, everyone has their own way of living. If you don't like this kind of joke, don't force it. For example, Yinglian doesn't like to talk, Qingwen is straightforward, and Xiaohong is smart and sensible. I married you because you can be a good wife. Just now, Qingwen scolded me, but I didn't ask her to be gentler to me."

Qingwen blushed, "Master, how dare I not be gentle to you? I will do whatever you ask me to do."

Jia Yuanchun smiled and said, "Master, just now Eunuch Chen from the palace came to deliver the imperial edict."

Jia Yuanchun told Jia Rong about the imperial edict's reward and asked, "No one has lived there for three or four months. Should we send someone over to check it out now?"

Jia Rong said, "Let Master Zheng go over and take a look. The emperor's will is hard to predict. Let Master Zheng and Baoyu stay at Master She's former place for now. Don't open the door for now. Wait until things are stable in a few months before making a decision."

Jia Yuanchun nodded and said, "Okay, just now the Empress sent someone to deliver food boxes, snacks, palace cloth and brocade, and also left three hundred taels of silver."

Jia Rong nodded, walked behind Qin Keqing, looked at the beauty sitting and putting on makeup, and put his hands on her shoulders.

"Three hundred taels is not a lot. Giving more would be inappropriate. There are many things going on in the palace. When I met the emperor today, the queen was there too. She was not as pretty as you."

Jia Yuanchun was so frightened that her hair stood on end. "Master, please don't make such jokes! I'm really scared. You guys should stop talking too much, or I will make you know how powerful I am!"

Several people were also frightened. Qin Keqing's legs went weak as she sat there. She hurriedly said, "Don't worry, grandma. We didn't hear anything!"

Qingwen didn't dare to say a word at this time.

If you are not careful, your family will be destroyed.

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Yuanchun is right. Let's not talk about this anymore. Anyway, we know that our family is no longer the same as it was before. We should be careful in what we do and give out more red envelopes at the end of the year."

"I'll give you a raise this month."

Jia Rong still didn't take it seriously. If the queen wasn't so ordinary looking, he would really dare to touch the queen's butt.

If the guards and palace maids saw this, would they dare to go and complain to the emperor?

Anyone who knows must die!

After being frightened by Jia Rong, Jia Yuanchun quickly helped him tidy up his clothes and hair and asked him to go and receive the male guest.

These people were all royal nobles, many of whom were more powerful than the four kings and eight dukes. Jia Yuanchun quickly went to Jia's mother to accompany her in entertaining the princesses and old dowagers.

After finishing her work after a busy afternoon, Jia Yuanchun saw Sanchun playing cards in the pavilion again.

As the sun sets, three lively young ladies and their maids take a break here, playing games and eating delicious sweets from the kitchen.

Jia Yuanchun was exhausted and saw that her two younger sisters just kept playing with Xichun all day long.

Now there is nothing that can be done about it. Jia Yuanchun cannot control Jia Rong herself. After Baoqin had a child, she has no hope at all. She doesn't ask about anything every day and just serves people.

Baoqin had been taken in as a confidant by Jia Rong since she was young. It was impossible to expect her to persuade Jia Rong. Before she got married, she even helped Jia Rong to keep her.

Qin Keqing was fine at first, but now she can't be relied upon and just follows Jia Rong in having fun.

The second and third sisters are all on Youshi's side. Youshi herself didn't dare to persuade Jia Rong, let alone them.

The same goes for Yuanyang and Ping'er. After entering the house, they continued to work as maids and it was impossible for them to help him offend Jia Rong.

Jia Yuanchun sighed and went back with her maid.

In the evening, Jia Rong ate local specialty snacks sent from the palace with the children.

Qiaoer finished eating quickly and went to get her nephew's food.

The little nephew didn't dare to stop them, and was no match for them, so he soon started crying.

Jia Yuanchun walked in and saw her youngest son crying, and quickly took her maid to comfort him.

Jia Rong said, "Just leave it to the maids to take care of it. Aren't you tired of running around all day?"

Jia Yuanchun was angry, "I'm not tired, I can't manage the master, I can't manage my brother, and my sister and aunt can't manage them either."

"I can't take care of things outside or at home. If I don't take good care of my three sons, what else can I do?"

Jia Rong laughed and said, "I think you are under too much pressure. Sometimes you are good, sometimes you are bad. How do you want to control me? How can I be controlled? How can I support this family and feed a family of thousands of people? Do I have to die with everyone as you want?"

"Don't bother me all the time. If you don't like it, take the kids and live next door. You don't have to come back."

Xiao Hong said quickly, "Master, grandma just complained a few words, and she won't do that again. Many high-class families came today, and some said how beautiful their daughters were. Grandma and the old lady were busy running around, and Xiao Hong also met the princess and the dowager who she had never heard of before."

"I didn't see the eldest daughter of the Shi family today. I guess she should come tomorrow. For such a lively event, the eldest daughter of the Shi family will definitely come over excitedly to congratulate."

Jia Rong smiled and looked at Jia Yuanchun, who didn't dare to speak and admitted her mistake pitifully.

"I know you've had a hard time. We've been married for so many years. It's normal for some things to happen. I won't treat you like a shrew like other people do. But don't be so confused about the importance of things. You're always like your mother, trying to control your man to do what you want, but you don't have the ability. If something goes wrong, can you afford it?"

"Even though there are so many women in our family, I am still the man who can make the decisions."

Jia Yuanchun handed the child to the maid and came over to stand beside her husband. "Yes, Master is right. I shouldn't be angry with you."

Xiaohong smiled and said, "That's right, a grandma should act like a grandma, not like Qingwen."

Today, because Jia Rong made a joke about the Queen, no one dared to talk about what happened in the morning. Xiaohong didn't know that Qingwen and Yinglian would become aunts in the future.

Neither Jia Yuanchun nor Jia Rong mentioned Qingwen.

Jia Yuanchun said, "I have always been obsessed with trivial matters. Today, after seeing the gifts sent by the Queen, the old concubine, the princess, and the ladies of various families, I realized that some things are not serious at all. I have indeed been overthinking all these years. I apologize to the master."

There was no wine on the table, so Jia Yuanchun squatted down and knelt down to apologize.

Jia Rong did not support her, but said happily: "I have advised you hundreds of times, but you just won't listen. Now you have come to your senses, and be an upright person. Now our family is considered a high-class family in the capital. There are no unlearned people among us, and we talk and laugh with great scholars. Which of those highly respected scholars is not more eloquent than you?"

Although Jia Yuanchun still felt a little guilty, she still said, "Master is right."

Jia Rong said with a smile, "Get up, the children are watching. You were afraid of this and that because we were not influential before. Now you just need to take good care of the children and the women in the family so that they don't bully others. No one dares to bully us!"

This time, Jia Yuanchun finally felt relieved and realized that what Jia Rong said was right.

Over the past decade, although some people had indeed found fault with the fact that both of them had the surname Jia, the emperor spoke for them and those things were long gone.

Since she is the legal wife, there will naturally be no problem with Yingchun and Tanchun.

Jia Yuanchun is also a person who can compromise.

Rather than letting Jia Rong touch the Queen's butt, Jia Yuanchun would rather he just touch Tanchun and Yingchun's butts.

From then on, Jia Yuanchun no longer cared about Jia Rong's affairs with women at home. She just hoped that he would not mess around outside or in the palace.

(End of this chapter)