Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 206 Baoyu was beaten
After leaving the palace, Lai Shangrong followed Xia Shouzhong to the firearms workshop to hand over.

King Zhongshun finally got away and came to the Prince's Mansion in Beijing.

Stepping into the main hall of the palace, he said loudly: "The Emperor has decreed that Shui Rong should close the door and think about his mistakes, fast and reflect!"

Then he smiled and said to King Beijing, "To prevent you from making a mistake, nephew, Uncle Wang will first send off all the troupes and singers in the mansion for you!"

"Uncle Wang, don't worry, Qi Guan has already left!"

"What? Gone?"

In order to disturb the audience, King Beijing deliberately laughed and said: "I let him go back to his hometown a few days ago, but I didn't expect that he was disappointed by Uncle Wang."

The Dragon Guards who were loyal to the king and ordered to guard the palace searched the palace but could not find Jiang Yuhan. They dismissed the troupe and singers one by one as if to vent their anger.

Of course, I also picked a few pretty ones and brought them back to my house to enjoy.

On the way back, the more I thought about it, the more angry I became. As soon as I entered the mansion, I summoned the chief historian and ordered him to take the portrait to each city gate to find out the news about Jiang Yuhan.

Unexpectedly, he sent the chief historian away. Just as he was about to enjoy the singing girl of King Beijing and vent his unhappiness, the chief historian left and returned.

"My lord! I just heard from the concierge that a few days ago a servant from the Rongguo Mansion came to Qi Guan with a big red scarf, saying that his young master and Qi Guan took it by mistake, so I came to him to exchange it."

"Oh? Which young master in Rongguo Mansion?"

"He seems to be the imperial concubine's younger brother."

"Go to Rong Mansion to find Jia Zheng and tell him what I have ordered..."

The chief historian took the order and came to Rong Mansion. When he saw Jia Zheng, he smiled and said: "I am here because of the king's order. I have something to ask for. In the face of the prince, I dare to trouble the old man to make the decision. Not only the prince knows , and even the junior officials are grateful."

After hearing this, Jia Zheng couldn't understand the point, so he hurriedly laughed and said: "Since you have come under the king's order, I don't know what you have to say. I hope you will make it clear so that the students can obey the order."

"There is a Qiguan who is a Xiaodan in our mansion. He has always been in the mansion well, but now he has not been back for three to five days, so he is visiting everywhere. In this city, eight out of ten people say that he has been there recently. I have a very good relationship with the young master with the title of jade. After hearing this, the lower officials realized that your residence is no better than other houses and you can gain access without permission, so I enlightened the prince."

When Jia Zheng heard this, he was shocked and angry, and ordered Baoyu to come.

He scolded: "Damn slave! It's fine if you don't study at home, but why do you do these lawless things again! That official Qi is now a servant of the loyal and obedient prince, what a fool you are, teasing him out for no reason, Now the trouble is upon me.”

Baoyu was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly replied: "I really don't know about this. I don't even know what the word Qiguan is, so how can I tease you?"

The chief historian smiled and said: "Young Master doesn't know Qiguan, how come his red sweat scarf is on you?"

When Baoyu heard this, he felt his soul go away. He was dumbfounded and thought to himself: "How did he know this? Since he even knows such a confidential matter, there is probably no other way to hide it from him, so it is better to send him away. Lest you say anything you can't say in front of your father."

He said hurriedly: "I heard that he is in a place called Red Sandalwood Castle in the eastern suburbs."

Jia Zheng was so angry that he was stunned. While sending the chief historian away, he turned around and ordered Baoyu, "Don't move! I'll ask you something when I get back!"

After seeing off the chief historian of Prince Zhongshun, Jia Zheng turned around and saw Jia Huan running wildly in the courtyard with his servant.

Thinking of these two sons, one was more upset than the other, so he stopped immediately.

Aunt Zhao had originally ordered in the morning to expose Jia Baoyu's evil intentions against Jin Chuan to Jia Zheng, but when he saw his father, he was not much better than Jia Baoyu, so how dare he go to him.

But at this moment, Jia Zheng was so angry that he thought of diverting the trouble to the east.

He said aggrievedly: "My son is not like my elder brother who dares to be arrogant in the backyard. He can only play with the boys in the front yard." Jia Zheng was afraid that Baoyu would cause something he shouldn't mess with, so he hurriedly asked: "Isn't it arrogant? You can tell me, How can he be so arrogant?"

Jia Huan then said quietly: "My mother told me that Brother Baoyu was in his wife's room the day before yesterday, and he failed to rape with his wife's girl, Jin Chuan. As a result, Jin Chuan was beaten up and kicked out of the house."

Before he finished speaking, Jia Zheng's face was as angry as gold paper. He didn't care about Jia Huan who was kneeling on the ground and shouted: "Bring the jade quickly!"

As he spoke, his eyes turned red and he ran to the study.

In the study, Jia Zheng yelled loudly: "Shut up, I'll kill you!"

Immediately, the sound of crackling boards could be heard endlessly. The boys did not dare to disobey, so they had to press Baoyu on the stool, lift up the big board and hit him about ten times.

Jia Zheng thought the blow was too light, kicked the palm away, snatched it by himself, gritted his teeth and slammed it thirty or forty times.

Seeing that the situation was not good, all the guests hurriedly sent people to report to Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang thought about the separation of husband and wife last night, and was afraid that she could not stop it, so she rushed to the study and sent someone to report to Jia Mu.

Seeing Mrs. Wang enter the study, Jia Zheng thought that she had covered up Baoyu last night, which only added fuel to the fire, and the board went down harder and faster.

The two boys who were pressing Baoyu hurriedly let go of their hands and walked away. Baoyu could no longer move.Jia Zheng wanted to fight again, but Mrs. Wang had already held him back.

"You are the traitor you are accustomed to, and you helped him cover it up yesterday!"

Jia Zheng shouted: "If someone persuades me again today, I will hand over the crown and furniture to him and Baoyu! I will not be a sinner. I will shave off these troublesome temple hairs and find a clean place for myself. It also avoids the sin of humiliating our ancestors and giving birth to rebellious sons."

When Mrs. Wang heard about it, she knew that Jin Chuan's story had been leaked, and she cried: "Although Baoyu deserves to be beaten, I have to respect myself. Besides, it's such a hot summer day, and the old lady is not doing well. Beating Baoyu to death is not a big deal. If the old lady If you feel uncomfortable for a moment, wouldn’t it be a big deal!”

Jia Zheng sneered and said, "Don't mention this. It's unfilial for me to raise this unworthy evildoer. If I teach him a lesson and have everyone to support me, I might as well strangle him to death today to avoid future troubles!"

Before they started talking, they suddenly heard the maid say: "The old lady is here."

Before he finished his sentence, he heard a trembling voice outside the window saying: "Beat me to death first, and then beat him to death. Wouldn't it be clean?"

Immediately, a huge group of people filed in.

Not to mention how everyone dealt with the aftermath, Xi Ren quickly grabbed the boy to inquire about the situation.

The boy in the study didn't know what Jia Huan said, so he told what Zhongshun Mansion Chief Historian said. When he heard the red sweat scarf, Xi Ren was scared to death.

Seeing people surrounding the house, he didn't care about those around him and hurriedly rushed outside the second door to find Mingyan.

Pulling it to a place where there is no one, he said anxiously: "Is the red sweat scarf still on you?"

Mingyan took out the sweat towel and said: "Then Jiang Yuhan said that he went to Beijing Prince's Mansion, and he didn't have time to find him yet."

"Don't go there again, just pretend it's nothing!"

Xiren quickly put the sweat towel into his arms and told the reason why Baoyu was beaten, which made Mingyan shrink her head in fright.

He said hurriedly: "I have never seen this sweat towel before. What happened to Qi Guan is probably because Uncle Xue was always jealous and couldn't vent his anger. I don't know who was instigated from outside to make him angry in front of me."

Xiren exchanged words with Mingyan again before turning around and going back.

(End of this chapter)