Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 50

"Second Mistress Lian is so powerful that she even dares to steal the imperial court's prescriptions for improvement!"

Since the emperor even sealed his concubine in order to make things happen, what's the harm in using the tiger's skin as a banner?

First, give Wang Xifeng a crime. If you don’t believe her, she still dares to talk nonsense.

This crime of being sexually audacious was just based on her background in the Jia family. If you really don't want to be seen, the only thing a serious woman should do is not see her husband.

Furthermore, a gentleman does not care about his heart when he talks about his deeds, and no one is a true gentleman when he talks about his heart.

This is not the previous life, there is still a boxer to talk about.

Uh……

Ping'er seemed to have said something similar: "I'm squandering mine, who told you to get angry?"

"What... what is the imperial court's reform recipe!"

Seeing that he was confident, Sister Feng no longer shouted to fight or kill.

"Who do you think it is to improve papermaking?"

Lai Shangrong didn't want to suffer a loss, and there was no need to hide it. His parents were probably worried, and he had a house of beautiful concubines waiting for him.

"Who do you mean? Didn't you do it?"

Lai Shangrong looked at Sister Feng jokingly, and then pursed his lips at Ping'er, Lai Wang and others around him.

The news would spread soon, so there was no need to hide it. He was just pretending to be sophisticated and creating invisible pressure by sending Ping'er and others away.

Seeing Sister Feng's hesitation, she sarcastically said, "It's tied so tightly. Is Second Mistress Lian still afraid?"

Sister Feng was indeed afraid that he would be a coward, but seeing that he was tied up quite firmly, she also thought that Lai Wang and others were outside the house, and they could come in as long as she made a sound.

As for the incompatibility with etiquette, she, Wang Xifeng, had never cared about that, and her curiosity was aroused.

With a wave of his hand: "Go and guard the door!"

Seeing Lai Shangrong's eyes glaring, he pulled a blanket from behind to cover his legs and feet.

Pretending to be calm, he said: "Don't think that you can scare my aunt by making up random things!"

"Making this up? Second Mistress, don't you doubt why I know about the title of concubine?"

What he said reminded Sister Feng that Ping'er's reply earlier made it clear that Lai Shangrong was arrested before he got home.

Lai Shangrong didn't give her time to think, and then said: "Because I am in the palace, I naturally know!"

Taking advantage of Sister Feng's stunned moment, she moved forward two steps.

"Haha! You are in the palace? Why should you enter the palace if you have no official position? Why do you think the palace is..."

I almost blurted out the phrase "your family is so open", which is taboo. Fortunately, I stopped my words in time, glanced at Lai Shangrong and said: "Is it possible for cats and dogs like you to enter the palace if you want?"

"Jie Jie Jie! Originally I couldn't get in, but who asked me to complete the errands assigned by the emperor!"

As he spoke, he leaned forward, pressed against Sister Feng's ear, and said with a ferocious smile: "Tsk, tsk! Second Grandma might as well guess what the errand is!"

Sister Feng ignored his ambiguous posture, a trace of uneasiness flashed in her beautiful eyes, and her fair neck looked like a frightened and stubborn seven-colored deer under the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Could it be improved papermaking..."

The sound sounded like breathing but not panting, and it penetrated along the ears and into the heart, and immediately half of Lai Shangrong's body became numb.

Unfortunately, he could only stop there. Before Wang Xifeng could recover, Lai Shangrong withdrew with difficulty.

Although he really wanted to say it, the Second Grandma didn’t want your plot to plot the emperor’s paper-making technology to be known!
But the emperor also knew what the situation was, and it was obviously impossible to use this to blackmail Wang Xifeng.

Besides, the emperor took the opportunity to extend favors to win over the Jia family, so he couldn't go too far.

Taking advantage of the lack of information, teasing someone with words is the best that can be done, and it is obviously not enough to threaten with this.

After all, Wang Xifeng is Wang Xifeng, and she reacted after a little distraction.

"Why did your improved recipe endow our family with a concubine?"

"Ahem! You don't know, but Uncle Zheng knows!"

"Okay!" Looking at Lai Shangrong who had already backed away, Sister Feng didn't know that she had been bluffed by him. "It turns out that you were recommended by the second master. No wonder you can handle errands for the emperor with such a small move!"

Although Sister Feng didn't guess the real story, Lai Shangrong couldn't refute it.

He could only resentfully said, "Can you let me go back now?"

"How do I know you're not talking nonsense!"

Sister Feng believed eight or nine points in her heart, but she refused to admit defeat.

"Come on!"

Ping'er and Laiwang came in quickly after hearing this.

"Take him down and keep an eye on him until I get back, Mr. Second, let's talk about it!"

"Hey! Then this..."

Lai Wang heard the change in conversation and hurriedly agreed, pointing at Lai Shangrong.

Sister Feng waved her hand impatiently.

Seeing Lai Wang untying Lai Shangrong and taking him away, Sister Feng kicked off the blanket angrily.

"Another toad wants to eat swan meat. If he thinks of it, my aunt will tell him to die badly!"

Ping'er hurriedly came to the kang and sat down. He lifted Sister Feng's calf and put it on his own lap. While gently beating her calf, he said, "Grandma, what's wrong?"

Sister Feng then told Ping'er about the conversation between the two and what Lai Shangrong did.

"Why didn't grandma ask someone to catch him?"

Sister Feng snorted coldly: "He is tied up and there is no real evidence. Who will believe it? Besides, he has made great achievements this time. I'm afraid it's too late for the master and the wife to win over him. After this period, he has to know how powerful my aunt is." !”

"Ah!~ Could it be that grandma wants to use a method to deal with Uncle Rui?"

"Who can he blame if he commits suicide himself?"

"He's no better than Master Rui, let's just give him a small punishment and a big warning!"

Ping'er's mood is more complicated. On the one hand, she wants Lai Shangrong to suffer retribution, but on the other hand, she doesn't want to kill anyone.

"Then we have to see if he is as blind as the last toad!"

As the two of them talked, they saw the sky getting dark and heard bursts of noise coming from the direction of Rongxi Hall.

Ping'er quickly helped Sister Feng put on her fox fur cloak, left the three-bedroom apartment and hurried to Rongxi Hall.

As soon as Sister Feng arrived in the main hall, she heard an exclamation from inside: "What? Shang Rong is the great hero of our family! How could you..."

He secretly said something bad and quickly ordered Ping'er in a low voice to send Lai Shangrong out first.

She had no intention of telling Jia Mu and others that she had arrested Lai Shangrong. She just wanted to come here to find out what was going on before she could act on her own terms.

As soon as she entered the door, she heard Jia Zheng's exclamation. Naturally, there was no need to pry. As for whether Lai Shangrong would snitch, she was not worried. After all, he himself was not clean.

After Ping'er left, she entered the back room from behind the screen and saw Jia Zheng standing in front of Jia Mu with a red face.

There is a saying that people are in high spirits when happy events happen. Even though three or four hours had passed, Jia Zheng was still so excited that he couldn't help himself.

It is not easy to discuss privately in the palace, and on the way back, each sits in his own sedan chair, and there is no chance to discuss.

When they arrived at home, Jia She and Jia Zhen were preparing to send someone to Lai's house, but they also planned to find the Yamen to handle private matters without seeing anyone again.

Although Jia Zheng didn't know how Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen knew that Lai Shangrong had improved papermaking techniques, the emperor made it clear that Lai Shangrong was ordered by the emperor.

If this reaches the emperor's ears, saying that he covets this papermaking technology, wouldn't it be...

What's more, I have also benefited from it. The thought of being able to leave a name in history gives me more confidence to speak.

After listening to Jia Zheng's explanation, Jia Mu, Jia Zhen and others were stunned and speechless.

Jia She complained, "Why didn't you say this earlier?"

"If the king is not secretive, his ministers will lose their secrets, and if their ministers are not secretive, they will lose their virginity. Don't you understand? The emperor is also afraid that things will not be done and the scholars in the world will be happy in vain. Who knows that Shang Rong can really... really live up to the emperor? Yeah!"

(End of this chapter)