Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 127: Ningguo Mansion, the End

Prince Beijing was beaten with forty sticks by the Grand Lord for wanting to marry the orphan of the Lin family as his concubine. This incident became the biggest news in February and spread like wildfire throughout the capital.

In many deep mansions, court officials who had changed into casual clothes were twirling their beards and laughing at each other.

When the Jia family received the news, Grandmother Jia was stunned and could not believe her ears!

The news came so suddenly that almost everyone knew about it, and naturally it could not be stopped from spreading to Yihongyuan.

Baoyu, who had lost weight due to studying, looked up blankly: "Prince Beijing wants Sister Lin to be his concubine?"

"Concubine, not concubine." Si'er was busy clearing away the tea bowl that he had spilled.

Baoyu's eyes gradually became clearer, and his voice became colder: "Everyone who is not a wife is a concubine, no matter how beautifully she calls!"

Si'er's hand trembled as he was wiping the table.

"Tell Musk Moon to pass on the message that I will not attend any banquets held by the Northern Palace from now on."

Baoyu stood up, walked around the room, and sat down again to read.

Si'er agreed and walked out with his head down.

As Jia Zhen was about to leave, Jia Lian held a farewell banquet for him and invited Baoyu to join him, but Baoyu refused to go. Jia Lian had no choice but to invite several young men from the same clan who were currently in charge of the family affairs to go with him.

During the banquet, someone mentioned the matter of Prince Beijing. Jia Zhen glanced at Jia Lian and saw that he looked confused. He couldn't help but remind him:

"Second brother, your wife is close to Sister Lin, you are so lucky!"

Jia Lian knew this, of course, and smiled modestly, "My wife also stumbled upon it by accident. I have to say that Sister Lin is very lovable, right?"

Although this is true, it still sounds a bit off.

Jia Zhen realized that Lin Daiyu asked him to give up the position of clan leader not because of Jia Lian, but because of Wang Xifeng, and he suddenly felt a little better.

He smiled, raised his glass and invited all his nephews and nieces, "Your Second Master Lian is certainly a capable man; however, your Second Madam Lian is even more capable.

"Sister Lin is aloof and proud. Even Baoyu is not worthy of her attention. However, she can look up to your Second Madam. This is not easy!

"One day your Second Master and Second Mistress will fight. I'm going to tell you something. Whoever stands on Second Master's side will be the one who ends up in trouble. If you don't believe me, just try it!"

After saying this, he burst into laughter.

Even Jia Lian thought he was just joking and laughed along with him.

Only Jia Yun, a close relative of the Jia family who had just started working with Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng, glanced at Jia Zhen, then looked at Jia Lian, lowered his eyes and drank, knowing what was going on.

After returning home, Jia Lian was indignant and used what happened at the banquet to tease Wang Xifeng.

Wang Xifeng didn't bother to pay attention to him, and told him seriously that she went to visit Youshi. Youshi then solemnly took You Erjie's hand and entrusted her to her.

Wang Xifeng said, "After all, this second sister had an affair with elder brother Zhen. I'm afraid a girl like this won't be able to be married to a good family.

"But I see her figure, she is good at bearing children. Although she has no brains, she has a good face.

"When you are free, please help find out which prince or eldest son wants to marry a second wife, and be a matchmaker."

Jia Lian's heart moved, and he went over with a drooling smile: "Why should we let others have the advantage? With your body, I don't want to force you to have children..."

Wang Xifeng almost slapped him, but she held back and sneered, "If you are so willing to drink Brother Zhen's leftover foot washing water, why should I stop you? It's just one more mouth to feed your Jia family. It's none of my business!"

After saying that, he slammed the curtain and left.

Jia Lian felt very bored being alone in the room.

However, when he thought of You Erjie's gentle and charming face, as well as her enchanting figure, Jia Lian felt very itchy in his heart!

Are you really going to hand it over to someone else?

Can't you just hide it secretly?!

Jia Lian sat down, his eyes rolling around.

Wang Xifeng, who had been waiting for him outside with bated breath for nearly a quarter of an hour, felt like she was about to explode with anger. Finally, she leaned against the wall to calm herself down and smiled grimly.

Isn't she just a woman? Give it to him!

Isn't he just a man? I don't care!

The next day, Jia Zhen took Youshi, Jia Rong, Hushi and several servants to Tiekan Temple to lift the coffins of Wang and Qin Keqing, and then went directly to the dock and took the water route back to Jiangnan.

Jia Lian, along with Jia Yun, Jia Qin and a few others, accompanied him all the way to the dock, where they said goodbye in tears.

Before boarding the boat, Jia Zhen patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Second brother, this family is all handed over to you. Your elder brother Zhen is useless, you must strive to be better."

Jia Lian knelt down, choking with sobs: "Take care on your journey, big brother!"

Jia Zhen laughed, flicked his sleeves, stepped onto the boat, and never looked back.

Youshi and Hushi stood by the cabin window, gazing longingly at the distant capital city, crying until they were out of breath.

Jia Rong finally got rid of Jia Jing's ruler, breathed a sigh of relief, fell on the bed, and fell asleep in a daze.

The ship sailed.

The once-prominent Ningguo Mansion just disappeared, just like that.

Next, the biggest event in Beijing was Enke.

Emperor Zhaoming was so busy that he had no time to rest. Not to mention the harem, even the empress only met him twice during the Qingming Festival to worship ancestors.

Spring is approaching and the wind is getting warmer.

All kinds of flowers and trees in the Bodhi Temple began to sprout green buds, but Daiyu still looked forward to the sight of her own home full of flowers.

It was heard that Tanchun and Wang Xifeng were exchanging letters. Wang Xifeng even lent Jia Yun, who was in charge of the flowers and trees in the Grand View Garden, to Tanchun, asking him to help tend the flowers and trees in the Lin Mansion.

Daiyu still vaguely remembered that in her previous life she had formed the Begonia Society because of the two pots of white begonias that Jia Yun had brought.

Later, Jia Yun worked under Wang Xifeng and was very smart and capable.

The more I think about it, the more I want to go home.

Especially since I have already copied all the scriptures I need to copy.

It’s just that Miaoyu still has some missing parts from her Lotus Sutra, and Tanchun hasn’t sent any news saying that the work has been completed at home.

She could no longer copy scriptures or read books, so Daiyu took the opportunity to sort out what she needed to do next.

Miaoyu and she were still sitting opposite each other at the desk. Seeing that she was now concentrating on writing and drawing, she could not help but be distracted and simply stood up, rubbing her wrist and walking around.

When he walked to Daiyu's side, he tilted his head to look at what she had written, and saw a piece of paper full of names, with three or two words at the end. He couldn't help but be curious:

"What are you writing? Why do I see Prince Beijing and Jia Yucun?"

"Do you know them?" Daiyu looked up, the pen in her hand suspended in mid-air, her face full of surprise.

"What's so strange about this? I'm not in seclusion in the Rongcui Temple." Miaoyu snorted.

Daiyu tilted her head and said, "Prince Beijing is well-known in the capital, but not many people in the Jia family talk about him, at least not with you.

"As for Jia Yucun, he is a foreign man who has never interacted with the inner chambers. How do you know him?"

Miaoyu curled her lips and said, "This Jia Hua, Jia Yucun, is a famous person in our Gusu. I knew him before I came to Beijing.

"As for Prince Beijing—I heard it from the corner, is that okay?"

Daiyu shook her head to show that she did not accept this explanation: "If you don't want to talk, I won't ask. But I don't like these two people. If you have a good relationship with them, you must tell me in advance."

"What? I told you, can you still let them go because of me?" Miaoyu glanced at her.

Daiyu smiled and said, "Of course not.

"I will break up with you."