mtl008 Chapter 687 Deadline
Chapter 687 Deadline
Chapter 687 Deadline
Yihong Courtyard.
It was also just dawn, Jia Baoyu opened his eyes groggyly, hugged the quilt and sat up, rubbed his brows for a while before regaining consciousness, then asked hoarsely, "What time is it now?"
Xiren on the small bed next to him was awakened by him, hurriedly got up with his shoes and clothes on, first glanced at the clock in the corner, and then said: "It's still early, Second Master lie down and sleep for a while, I'll let them see you off later. Here comes a bowl of hangover soup."
"Don't sleep anymore, I have a terrible headache."
As Jia Baoyu said, he lifted the curtain and put his legs on the pedals, frowned and scratched his scalp fiercely, and then became dazed again.
Seeing that he looked hungover, Xiren went to the outside room to explain something, then turned back and poured half a cup of warm tea, handed it to Jia Baoyu and said, "Why did you drink so much yesterday? Not just you, even Uncle Jiao was so drunk that he reluctantly sent you back, but was dragged by several people to the guest house to rest."
"Brother Jiao is also drunk?"
Jia Baoyu tapped his temple in doubt, thinking that he didn't seem to see Brother Jiao when he was drinking yesterday, right?
Could it be that after he was drunk, brother Jiao came back and had a toast with second brother Lian?
How much did Na Lian's second brother drink back and forth?
"Second Brother Lian, is everything okay?"
"This……"
Hearing him blurt out about Jia Lian, Xiren shook his head and said, "I've never heard of that."
Then he explained: "The main thing is that you are still in mourning right now, and you shouldn't be drinking too much. My wife told us yesterday that you should try not to spread the news about your drunkenness. It must be the same with Second Master Lian."
"Oh."
Jia Baoyu nodded clearly, and then suddenly remembered that his uncle had died less than half a year ago, and he felt a little ashamed for a moment.
But then he thought that after the filial piety period, he was going to marry Sister Bao, so he sighed again.
In the past two days, although he kept saying that Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai would be equals, but to be honest, Jia Baoyu was not very sure in his heart, after all, he knew Lin Daiyu's temper best.
With Sister Lin's proud and sensitive character, unless there is some great reason, how can she agree to be inferior to others--it is said that she is equal, but is there any average wife who can really be equal to a big woman?What's more, the golden and jade marriage is a gift from the emperor, and in the future, it will definitely be higher than sister Lin!
no no no~
I can't think like this, maybe sister Lin didn't have a good time in Suzhou, and she also misses the capital? !
That's not right, how can I expect sister Lin to have a bad life? !
But if not...
"Second Master, Second Master?"
Jia Baoyu's chaotic thoughts were interrupted, only then did he realize that it was She Yue who brought the hangover soup.
He raised his chin slightly at Musk Moon, and Musk Moon hurriedly scooped up the soup with a spoon and fed it to him spoon by spoon. At the same time, he sent a message: "Uncle Jiao sent someone just now, saying that he is waiting at the engineering school. Second Master can reinstate himself whenever he wants - as for the other things, he will help Second Master take care of it."
As he said that, he couldn't help admiring: "Uncle Jiao really values love and righteousness, he is not like those people who follow the wind and step on the low!"
Xiren on the side also nodded in agreement, and then smiled again: "Our third girl will marry and come home in the future, so it is right for Uncle Jiao to help our second master."
As Jiao Shun's power rose day by day, his reputation in the Rongguo Mansion was also getting better day by day, especially among the servants, he was regarded as an idol and role model.
Jia Baoyu didn't pay attention to it usually, but at this time, he heard Xiren's categorical words, saying that Tanchun was going to marry and "come home", and there was a lot of anticipation and envy in his words, but he suddenly thought of the scandal between his second sister and Jiao Shun back then. At that time, it seemed that Xiren and Sheyue had a discussion, and they both thought that the toad wanted to eat swan meat.
How many years have passed?
Now when it comes to the third younger sister doing sex work for Lai's family, in their eyes, it has become a matter of course.
For a moment, he couldn't help feeling secretly that time has changed and things have changed.
At the same time, Jiao Shun, who was still exhausted from the 'hangover' after drinking two bowls of hangover soup, had already left Rongning Street in Rongguo Mansion's carriage—naturally, someone would take his bicycle home for him.
Last night, although he rejected Jia Amnesty's entertainment tools on the grounds of being 'clean and hygienic', he still couldn't escape the fate of being drained.
The main reason is that Mrs. Wang somewhat complained that he let Lin Daiyu go. Although she didn't blame anything verbally, she worked hard in secret, and she broke the record by squeezing two more shares before giving up.
This unexpected loss made Jiao Shun secretly complain, so when Mrs. Wang asked him to send someone secretly to Suzhou to hide Lin Daiyu first, he resolutely chose to refuse.
Of course, the reason why he refused was not all because of this.
In short, Jiao dragged his exhausted body and worked hard for a day between the Ministry of Industry and Engineering. At dusk, he regained his energy and appeared in front of Lin Daiyu.
"Is it really sick?"
Jiao Shun listened to Xueyan's exaggerated description of what happened in the morning, and he couldn't help laughing: "I originally wanted to be prepared, but I didn't want to really use it—it seems that my sister's body really needs to be recuperated."
As he spoke, he led Lin Daiyu, whose condition had improved a lot, to the yard, pointed to a long bag leaning on the porch pillar and said, "Go and open it."
Xueyan and Chunxian stepped forward to open the bag, but inside were four badminton rackets, a tied fishing net, and a dozen iron rods.
Jiao Shun personally stepped forward and assembled the iron rods one by one, and soon formed a rectangular frame, and then hung the nets on both sides, which looked like a badminton net.
"Your yard is a bit small, and it's inconvenient to place badminton nets all the time. This rack is very easy to disassemble and assemble. It can be assembled when needed, and can be dismantled and placed anywhere after use."
Listening to Jiao Shun dismantling and pointing Xueyan and Chunxian at the same time, Lin Daiyu felt a little distracted for a while.
The scene in front of her was undoubtedly what she had originally planned, and it would never happen—even if it was rewinded a few days ago, if someone described all this to her, she would probably insist that this was not the life she wanted.
But after experiencing it personally, if you say that you have not been touched at all, you are definitely lying to others and yourself.
Even though he knew that Jiao Shun did this not only because of Shi Xiangyun, but also because of his own beauty, he still couldn't help but feel warm in his heart—especially when he woke up sick in the morning and heard the word 'Shun Su Tang'.
"What's wrong? Do you feel uncomfortable again?"
It wasn't until Jiao Shun's concerned voice came to her ears that Lin Daiyu realized that he had tidied up the net and returned to her side at some point.
Lin Daiyu hurriedly shook her head to deny it, but was still persuaded by Jiao Shun to go back to the room to rest.
Because she felt uncomfortable lying down in front of Jiao Shun, she originally wanted to sit on the bed for a while, but she didn't want Jiao Shun to sit on the head of the bed first, then patted her thigh and laughed, "Come on, I'll pinch your head for you. "
Lin Daiyu was about to refuse, but she heard him jokingly say, "It's not like we haven't done anything more intimate than this—besides, don't you want to go deeper?"
Hearing Jiao Shun's easy-to-understand teasing, the blush on Lin Daiyu's face instantly spread behind her ears.
She gave Jiao Shun a sideways look in shame and annoyance, and immediately gritted her teeth and sat down at the end of the bed, then turned her back, took off her embroidered shoes like stealing a bell from her ears, and quickly hid the two tender water chestnuts wrapped in silk stockings under the cool summer quilt , little by little for the last time, leaning slowly and stiffly on Jiao Shun's leg.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment. After half a cup of tea, the back of her head rested on Jiao Shun's lap.
Then, Lin Daiyu was awkwardly embarrassed again.
It's not that sister Lin can't get used to this kind of skin-to-skin contact, but because Jiao Shun's legs are so thick that she has to lift her entire back off the ground so that she can rest on Jiao Shun's thigh.
Jiao Shun also noticed her embarrassment, and immediately laughed, first put a pillow behind her, and then replaced her thighs with calves.
Only then did Lin Daiyu really sleep on it.
It is absolutely impossible to say how good the touch is. Jiao Shun's legs are full of strong muscles, and they are slightly softer than stones when lying on them.
However, this kind of hard touch gives people a sense of security, especially when recalling the scene of Jiao Shun stepping on the supervisor and giving a warning, this sense of security will become even stronger.
It was so strong that Lin Daiyu's original anxiety quickly disappeared without a trace.
She closed her eyes and felt for a while, then suddenly opened her eyes and asked, "There must be some time?"
Although what he said was endless, Jiao Shun still understood, pretended to think for a while, and then replied: "It's the end of August, and the summer heat in July has not subsided. I'm afraid there will be some inconvenience on the road. If you insist on going If you go back to Suzhou, it’s not too late to leave after the Mid-Autumn Festival in August.”
Lin Daiyu was silent for a while, and finally squeezed out a sentence like a mosquito: "Then let's finish it before the Mid-Autumn Festival."
The previous sentence she said was the deadline for Jiao Shun to try to keep herself; while the latter sentence was the deadline for the unfinished process of repaying gratitude.
She would ask this question suddenly, but it was not aimless, but she was worried that she would be addicted to the atmosphere created by Jiao Shun and could not extricate herself, and finally forget her original intentions, so she hoped to set a deadline so that she could ask herself when the time came. make the final choice.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will undoubtedly be much later than she expected.
but……
Forget it, let's do it first.
Lin Daiyu closed her beautiful eyes again, and after a while, she fell asleep with her pillow on Jiao Shun's calf.
…………
For a period of time after that, Jiao Shun didn't go to Lin Daiyu's place every day, nor would he bring some surprises or gifts every time he went, but the small courtyard was subtly affected, and gradually had a "home" atmosphere.
Just when Lin Daiyu was getting used to the small courtyard, the imperial concubine became more and more restless.
The tea party between the Queen and Concubine Wu is held almost every day, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are as close as sisters.
The more this happened, the more desperate Concubine Rong became.
She deeply regretted that she shouldn't provoke Concubine Wu at the beginning, but who would have imagined that Concubine Wu not only didn't hate the queen because of this, but became closer to her day by day?
If things go on like this, I'm afraid that after Prince Yao succeeds to the throne, it's hard to say whether she can save her life—and even if she saves her life, she will probably have to spend the rest of her life in the cold palace.
This is absolutely unacceptable to Concubine Rong!
At one point, she even thought about crying to the emperor and shaking everything out.
But on second thought, the mahogany box was originally given to the empress to keep by the emperor. After eavesdropping, it would be a mistake to go to Concubine Wu to tell stories.
I'm afraid that without waiting for Prince Yao to succeed to the throne, he will be sent to the cold palace first!
Because of this, Concubine Rong was restless every day, and this morning she really couldn't stay in Yanxi Palace anymore, and she didn't know where to go when she went out, so she had no choice but to wander freely in the palace.
As a result, like a fly without a head, he bumped into King Zhongshun all of a sudden.
Although Emperor Longyuan has returned to the government now, King Zhongshun still visits the Supreme Emperor in the palace from time to time, so it is not surprising that he will bump into him.
At least Concubine Rong didn't take it to heart, she greeted King Zhongshun with a cold face, and then passed him by.
But King Zhongshun was thoughtful, and when Concubine Rong was far away, he smiled and asked the eunuch leading the way: "That was Concubine Rong just now, why does it look like he has suffered some great grievance?"
"This……"
The eunuch leading the way just hesitated, and there was a hard thing in his hand. He looked down and saw that it was yellow, and immediately smiled happily, and gloated in his voice: "I heard that Concubine Rong offended the Queen and Concubine Wu at the same time recently. , do you think, there is something good about this?"
"I see."
King Zhongshun nodded, looked back at the direction Concubine Rong was going away, and then followed the eunuch to Renshou Palace.
When he saw the Supreme Emperor, he hurried a few steps closer and said with a smile: "Brother Huang's complexion has gotten better these days."
"Hahaha……"
The Supreme Emperor laughed and said triumphantly: "With such a good grandson, I will naturally have no worries."
There was a flash of light in King Zhongshun's eyes, and then he smiled and said, "So, Prince Yao has come to greet you again? I have heard that he has made great progress after entering school, but unfortunately I have never had the chance to see him."
"He has to go to school during the day, and he can only come in the morning and evening, so you won't be able to see him in your spare time."
The Supreme Emperor replied casually, and then couldn't help showing off his grandson's various excellences.
Speaking of which, Prince Yao's frequent visits to pay his respects were due to the Empress Dowager's suggestion.
A while ago, besides persuading the emperor not to pursue Lin Ruhai's affairs, the Queen Mother also specially reminded Prince Yao to go to Renshou Palace often, so that grandparents and grandchildren could get closer.
Emperor Longyuan hesitated after hearing this. After all, when Prince Yao went to Renshou Palace a few years ago, the always quiet Emperor Taishang seemed quite bored.
The Queen Mother explained that the Supreme Emperor was just blind at that time, and he was already annoyed in his heart. Prince Yaoyao was still an ignorant little baby at the time, so the annoyance was added to the annoyance. Will be happy, how can it be annoying?
As a result, Prince Yao came to pay his respects sooner or later, and he really won the heart of the Supreme Emperor.
At the same time, it also caused King Zhongshun to secretly stir up.
But King Zhongshun entered the palace either in the morning or in the afternoon, and the time when Prince Yao came to Renshou Palace was staggered. If he really wanted to do something, he couldn't do it for a while.
unless……
It is to find a way to find another way.
(End of this chapter)