Red Mansion: Fuyao River and Mountain

Chapter 71 Vomiting Blood

Baoyu's words: He actually cares about Jia Cong from the third route.

It was like a huge rock hitting Daiyu's heart, and her mind was filled with sadness, grievance, and confusion.

I have only met Brother Cong San a few times and talked to him a lot. How could I put him in my heart? When did I put him in my heart...

She seemed to be touched upon by her deepest feelings, and was made to feel ashamed and angry by Baoyu's words. She felt dizzy, her blood was rushing up, and her throat felt sweet. With a "wow" sound, she spat out a mouthful of heart-blood.

Zijuan, who was standing by, was so frightened that she rushed over to support Daiyu, crying, "Miss, what's wrong with you? Please don't scare me."

Baoyu was so frightened when he saw Daiyu vomiting blood because of his anger. After a while, he stepped forward and begged: "Sister Lin, please don't be angry. I won't say anything. It's all my fault. Isn't it all my fault?"

Daiyu weakly raised her finger and pointed at Baoyu, her eyes full of anger, her whole body trembling but unable to speak.

Zijuan cried, "Second Master Bao, you better leave first, or you will really piss the girl off to death."

Suddenly, a tall and pretty girl in a pink jacket ran in from outside. It was Xiren from Baoyu's room.

In the morning, Baoyu was called by Jia Zheng to take a test on his homework. Xiren was worried all the time. Later, Baoyu was hit with a ruler by Jia Zheng and taken to Rongqing Hall by Jia Mu.

But after a long time he didn't come back, Xiren became worried and went to Rongqing Hall to look for him. The maid said that he had come back a long time ago, and he didn't go back to his room, so he must have gone to Miss Lin's place.

She had just arrived at Daiyu's residence and happened to hear the two of them quarreling. She listened to the whole story clearly. Just as she was about to go in to persuade them, she heard Baoyu smashing the jade, and then Daiyu vomited blood.

She knew that the old lady loved Daiyu the most, and now she was so angry with Master Bao that she vomited blood. This was really a disaster. She hurriedly found the jade on the ground and pulled Baoyu out of the door.

Zijuan cried and asked Xueyan to tell the old lady immediately and ask the imperial physician to come for treatment, as the matter could not be concealed.

Soon, Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng and a group of people came over.

When Lady Jia saw that Daiyu's face was as pale as gold paper, her breath was weak, and there was a pool of blood on the ground, her face turned pale with fright.

She hugged Daiyu and cried, "My dear Yu'er, what's wrong with you? Please don't scare your grandmother!"

He also yelled at the maids like Zijuan, "I have repeatedly told you to serve me well, but you all turned a deaf ear to me. How can you cough up blood at such a young age?

If anything happens to my Yu'er, I won't spare anyone. Tell me, what happened to make this happen."

Zijuan only said that Master Bao had quarreled with the girl and broke the jade, which made the girl so angry that she vomited blood.

Zijuan didn't dare to say it in front of so many people. Master Bao felt that the girl was on Master Cong's side, so the trouble happened.

If I said something so embarrassing, my girl would probably be so angry that she would die immediately.

Grandmother Jia was beginning to feel suspicious. These two little enemies had often quarreled in the past, but it had never been a big deal. Judging from Zijuan's hesitant expression, there must be a reason.

When Grandmother Jia heard that Baoyu had broken the jade again, she no longer cared about Daiyu and asked Xiren if the jade was broken.

Xiren showed the neatly wrapped jade to the old lady, and only then did Grandmother Jia breathe a sigh of relief. She rarely scolded Baoyu.

He comforted Daiyu by her bedside for a long time. At this time, the imperial physician came outside, and everyone left to let the physician see the patient.

Grandmother Jia originally wanted to call Zijuan away to ask her the reason, but when she saw that she was busy serving Daiyu, she gave up.

She knew that Xiren seemed to have been there all the time, so she only called Xiren to Rongqing Hall.

Xiren was originally a maidservant serving Jia's mother. She was gentle and sensible, and was highly valued by Jia's mother, otherwise she would not have been placed in Baoyu's room.

Xiren was just over 18 years old and had already understood the ways of the world. She was considerate and gentle to Baoyu, hoping to have a good future in Baoyu's room.

She knew that Baoyu had cared about Miss Lin the most since childhood. Although they sometimes quarreled and got angry with each other, their friendship was incomparable to that of other sisters. It was just that they were still young and it was not a big deal.

But judging from the old lady's intention, she would definitely let Baoyu marry Miss Lin in the future. Most people in the mansion knew this. Miss Lin was a rare beauty in the world, and she came from an official family. She was also the old lady's favorite granddaughter.

No matter which one it was, Xiren admired her as a person of great caliber. Moreover, Miss Lin was intelligent, shrewd, and eloquent. It was said that when she grew up, she would be far inferior to Second Madam Lian.

If Miss Lin, who is so outstanding and capable, became Baoyu's second wife in the future and knew that she had seduced Baoyu to do such a thing so early, she would not know how to despise herself.

So when Xiren decided to obey Baoyu's wishes, she felt an inexplicable fear of Daiyu.

Today she heard Baoyu and Daiyu quarreling outside the door, and Mr. Cong was involved in the quarrel, which made her more worried.

When Lady Jia asked her, she told her everything she had heard outside Daiyu's door.

After hearing this, Jia's mother's face turned pale and she cursed, "It's this evil creature who caused trouble again. He is so bold that he dared to provoke my Yu'er, just like her mother..."

Grandmother Jia finally considered her reputation in front of the younger generation and did not tell anyone about the bad words, but the people present did not understand what she meant.

Mrs. Wang glanced at Xiren. When Daiyu's mother, Jia Min, was still unmarried, she had a bad relationship with Mrs. Wang. Naturally, Mrs. Wang didn't like her daughter very much now.

She also knew what Lady Jia had been thinking in recent years. After all, Baoyu and Daiyu were still of age, so there was no need to rush for the time being. There would always be a way out when the time came.

Although Jia Cong's incident surprised her a little, it was not a bad thing for her.

Then he said, "The old lady is worrying too much. They are still children, and those things will happen.

I heard that Congge is immersed in his studies in Qingzhizhai and hardly ever leaves the house. It is his sisters who visit him, so the old lady has nothing to worry about.

On the other hand, Congge'er, like Baoyu, is Lin's close cousin. It is common for cousins ​​to be close, and it is nothing big.

This time Baoyu was too reckless. It was not a big deal, but he made such a big fuss that he even made Lin cough up blood. I will definitely scold him severely when I get back. There won't be a next time."

Although Lady Jia was shrewd, she was old after all and used to being happy. She had no idea of ​​the twists and turns of her daughter-in-law, so after hearing these words, she probably believed them.

But the estrangement between her and Jia Cong deepened.

……

In Daiyu's room, Zijuan saw Daiyu struggling to sit up again, and hurried over to get a soft cushion for her to lie on.

"Miss, you coughed up blood today and just took the medicine prescribed by the imperial physician. Why don't you just lie down peacefully? Why are you getting up now?"

Daiyu's appearance today seemed a little scary. In fact, it was because she had been depressed for a long time and she was suddenly furious, which caused her to become like this.

She is still young and her vitality has not been depleted, so her body will not collapse like this.

It’s just that Baoyu’s words today were too hurtful and too infuriating.

After seeing Baoyu's misbehavior in Qingzhizhai a few days ago and the scenes in Rongqingtang today, she was already a little disappointed in Baoyu.

What embarrassing words he said again, she was still a girl, if outsiders heard them, how could she still live with dignity.

In the past, they had quarreled and even thrown jade.

But today is very different. Many things have changed from quantitative change to qualitative change.

Daiyu felt as if something between her and Baoyu was broken.

Can broken things be mended again?

What's more, cause and effect are intertwined, the world is newly created, and there are external factors that are subtly influencing it. Since one has already seen it with wisdom, how can one fall into filth and delusion again?

(End of this chapter)