Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 103 Come to ask for Xiangling

"It's all my fault, I mistook you for Qingwen!"

Lai Shangrong looked at the helpless Xiang Ling in front of him and felt guilty.

Her pretty face was red and red, just like Qin Keqing's, and the rouge mark between her eyebrows became more and more charming, but it was less charming than Qin Keqing's and a little more ignorant.

The mistake was made by himself. Although he did admit the wrong person at first, Xiangling and Qingwen were not the same person after all, and they had differences that were insignificant to outsiders. So later on, he made mistakes, and of course he couldn't stop.

Xiangling lowered her head and did not dare to meet his burning gaze, and said timidly: "It's all Xiangling's fault! My wife also told Xiangling not to annoy the uncle, but...just..."

Speaking of this, I was a little choked up.

She has always been docile and obedient. When she was hugged by Lai Shangrong, Aunt Xue repeatedly warned her not to offend Lai Shangrong. Her words were still in her ears, so she did not dare to resist and could only bear it silently.

She just thought that she was following Aunt Xue's instructions and didn't know the difference.

Looking at Xiang Ling who seemed to have made a mistake, Lai Shangrong couldn't help but feel pity.

"I'll ask Wen Long for you to come over. You can follow me from now on!"

Xiang Ling nodded blankly. She had been sold back and forth since she was a child. She was beaten and scolded by the kidnappers when she was disobedient, so she developed such a timid and meek character.

"It's all according to my wife's orders! She told me to follow the uncle, so I will follow the uncle!"

Lai Shangrong didn't expect this answer, and couldn't help feeling helpless. He thought that with his eighteen martial arts skills, Li Wan and Ping'er were invincible, but he didn't want to be defeated by Xiangling.

However, this became more and more rare for Xiang Ling, so he said: "Okay! Then I will go to Wen Long to ask for someone!"

"Ah!~" Xiangling exclaimed: "I almost forgot the business, the third day of next month is the uncle's birthday, my wife asked me to invite the uncle!"

Ok?
Xue Pan avoided seeing him for half a year. Lai Shangrong said he wanted someone, but he was actually a little worried in his heart. After all, the Xue family refused to let him go, so he couldn't really rob him.

At this time, I heard that Aunt Xue was going to invite me to a banquet, and I felt a little more confident when I thought of Baochai's letter that I had been fishing for.

"If they refuse to let it go, this matter will remain in their hearts today. Don't tell anyone else."

With Xiangling's inexperienced temperament, she may not be able to keep it a secret even if she is told to do so. The safest way is to ask someone to come.

Although catching a traitor and a couple is not a technological method that later generations will have, they can't help themselves, so they may not take it out on Xiangling, especially Xue Pan's bad temper.

Xiang Ling seemed to understand: "Huh? My wife can't tell you even if I ask?"

"Yes! You can't say it! Let's go!"

"Hey!" Xiang Ling agreed, bent down and picked up the cheongsam on the ground, dusted it off, and looked at it carefully.

He smiled and said, "Fortunately it didn't get dirty!"

Lai Shangrong didn't know why, so he just thought she was afraid of dirtying Qingwen's things, and said with relief: "It's okay! Leave it here for Qingwen to clean up!"

"My wife asked me to come here and learn from Qingwen. I just finished it today, and I have to take it back to life!"

"Ok?"

Lai Shangrong couldn't help but wonder, how could the Xue family know about his privacy?Then he thought that Third Sister You had been wearing a lot of clothes recently, so he just thought it was Xiangling who saw it and went back to tell her.

I couldn't help but secretly speculate whether it was Aunt Xue or Baochai who wanted to wear it. At the same time, I also secretly imagined what the two of them would look like wearing it, without showing any emotion on their faces.

But this is not something ordinary women would dare to wear. A widowed mother of the Xue family brought a girl who had not left the court...

Thinking of this, he came up with a plan, and he was a little more sure about begging Xiangling.

Come to Lixiangyuan with Xiangling.

In order to prevent the evidence from being lost, Xiang Ling was asked to stay in the flower hall to accompany him.

After a while, Aunt Xue came in with a smile.

"Why are you here, Uncle Lai? Are you looking for Pan'er? It just so happens that he's not at home today. I'll ask him to look for you at my house later!"

Lai Shangrong remained calm and bowed first.He smiled and said, "Auntie, you're welcome! I'm not here to see Wenlong. I have some private matters that I want to talk to Auntie about."

Then he looked left and right at the maids in the hall.

The host said, "You go down first!"

Although Aunt Xue didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, she didn't dare to neglect him when she saw that he was serious about it, so she signaled the accompanying maid to go out and wait.

When Lai Shangrong saw that Xiang Ling was about to follow him out, he hurriedly said, "Xiang Ling, wait a minute!"

When Aunt Xue heard him call Xiangling to stay, she just thought that Xiangling had offended him or someone in the Lai family.

"Uncle Lai, don't blame me. This girl is a little crazy. If she offends you, call Wenlong back to apologize to you!"

"Auntie misunderstood!"

Lai Shangrong came to Xiangling, pointed to the cheongsam in her arms, and motioned for her to hand it to him.

He took the cheongsam and signaled Xiangling to go out, then turned to Aunt Xue and said, "Auntie must also know that I always like to do some novel things."

Then he shook the cheongsam and unfolded it: "Just like this was carefully designed by me and will be of great use in the future. Now Xiangling not only learned from it, but also made one. It is said to be the order of my aunt. But with this thing?"

Aunt Xue looked at Lai Shangrong carrying the cheongsam on display, and her face suddenly turned red.

Mrs. Wang only asked her to send Xiang Ling to learn how to make a cheongsam, but she did not tell her what the cheongsam looked like. This was the first time she had seen the real thing.

"Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"

"Oh? I wonder if there is any misunderstanding?"

"This..." Aunt Xue hesitated. Mrs. Wang told her that it was prepared for Yuanchun and gave her many instructions not to let it out.

She originally thought there was some other reason, but it wasn't until she saw the real thing just now that she realized why she couldn't leak it.

If he told Lai Shangrong at this time, he could indeed get rid of the suspicion, but he couldn't blame his sister, let alone mention Yuan Chun.

I can only swallow this bitter pill.

"I did this unintentionally. I didn't know that your flag... cheongsam is actually of great use. What do you think, how about I pay some money to buy it?"

Lai Shangrong pondered: "If it's just money, how can I embarrass my aunt based on my relationship with Wenlong? You also know that the soap is a business partnership between me, King Zhongshun and Uncle Tian Guo, and we are currently discussing this."

He paused and then said: "You also know that this can only be done in the boudoir... It's not good... The prince and uncle are afraid that it will be leaked in advance and cause unnecessary trouble, so they specifically asked not to leak it for the time being! If they find out about this, Oh...oh!"

When she heard that the matter involved King Zhongshun and Uncle Tian Guo, Aunt Xue was also a little panicked and ignored Mrs. Wang's explanation.

"Please also ask Shang Rong to help keep the secret. I don't mean to pry. You can just take this cheongsam back!"

Seeing Aunt Xue panicking and showing her fangs, Lai Shangrong smiled and said, "Supposedly this is indeed a good method, but Miss Xiangling has already learned it, so what should we do now!"

"Shang Rong, don't worry, this child Xiang Ling has always been obedient. I promise you she will never do this again in the future!"

Lai Shangrong shook his head and said: "This is inappropriate. I only found out today. She has been learning this in my house for many days. There are many people in the house who know about it. If it gets spread in the future, I'm afraid it will be inappropriate."

He sighed and said: "If we want to completely resolve this matter, we can only ask Xiang Ling to come back with me. If she learns it from my family, it won't be considered a rumor!"

Aunt Xue looked at Lai Shangrong blankly and began to doubt his true purpose, but she was not sure whether it was true or false.

But so what if it's fake?

Since Lai Shangrong dared to come to demand Xiang Ling, if his wishes were not fulfilled, he would not be able to cover up the cheongsam matter.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Yes, yes, yes! If you are more thoughtful, I will let Xiangling go back with you!"

Lai Shangrong immediately took out the 1000 taels he had prepared and said: "It's not good to take advantage of your family, this 1000 taels can be used as Xiangling's ransom money!"

(End of this chapter)