I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 225 Adulterer and Adulterer
Seeing Kou Jie, Jia Cong was about to step forward to greet him, but Kou Jie laughed first and said, "I was wondering why Qin Tao was biting people like a mad dog today. It turns out that you, my junior brother, provoked him."

Qin Tao?

Jia Cong thought about it and then remembered that Qin Tao was the son of Prime Minister Qin.
But even though I'm not afraid of him, how did I provoke him today?

Jia Cong couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Brother, I haven't seen Qin Tao during this period of time, how did I provoke him?"

Kou Jie laughed and said, "You didn't provoke him, but his woman."

"His woman Su'e was molested today in East Street. The molester left after molesting her, saying that he was from my Kou Mansion."

"Su'e went to Qin Tao to cry and complain. Qin Tao thought I had molested his woman, so he came to me in anger."

"I'm still wondering, I didn't run into that crazy woman today, why did this crazy Qin Tao come to me?"

"It wasn't until I saw my junior brother that I roughly understood that it must be that my junior brother had provoked that crazy woman of his."

After hearing this, Jia Cong finally realized that the shrew from East Street was called Su'e, and she was Qin Tao's woman.

Jia Cong couldn't help but clasped his fists and said, "Please forgive me, Senior Brother. I am the one who caused you trouble."

Kou Jie patted Jia Cong on the shoulder and laughed, "You and I are brothers, why are you talking about this?"

"Besides, I have always been at odds with that lunatic Qin Tao. Could it be that this incident caused the conflict?"

"What's more, Qin Tao's woman Su'e is a vicious woman. I wish someone could teach her a lesson."

"By the way, I still don't know how Junior Brother got involved with that woman!"

Jia Cong had no choice but to recount his experience today.

Jia Cong couldn't help asking again, "I heard that the rules in Prime Minister Qin's family are very strict. How could they tolerate a woman like this to be Qin Tao's wife?"

Kou Jie laughed and said, "Who told you that Su'e is Qin Tao's legal wife?"

Jia Cong couldn't help asking again, "Brother, do you mean that she is just Qin Tao's concubine? How dare a mere concubine be so arrogant?"

Kou Jie laughed and said, "This Su'e is not even Qin Tao's concubine. She is just Qin Tao's mistress."

"This Su'e was originally the daughter of a minor official at the city gate, and she is already married."

"It was just that Qin Tao took a fancy to her, so she hooked up with Qin Tao."

"A year later, Su'e's husband fell ill and died. It was said that Su'e poisoned her husband."

"This Su'e is extremely aggressive, and Qin Tao just likes Su'e's aggressive personality."

"Qin Tao didn't dare to marry Su'e. He was afraid that his father would beat him to death, so he kept Su'e outside."

"And this Su'e had a violent temper. She would beat and scold the maids and servants who served her, and she had beaten several servants to death."

"She relies on Qin Tao's power and acts arrogantly outside."

"We, the children of the noble families, are all aware of Su'e's affairs, but people outside don't know much."

After hearing this, Jia Cong finally understood the truth.

Isn’t this the real-life version of Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian?

However, Su'e is not even as good as Pan Jinlian, and she can't even enter the Qin family.

Kou Jie added, "Junior brother, don't worry. Leave this matter to me, senior brother, and just go home and prepare for the palace examination."

After listening, Jia Cong nodded.

Then he said goodbye to Kou Jie and returned to Ningguo Mansion.

After returning, Jia Cong thought about it and went to see Tanchun.

Jia Cong asked the maid in the room to go out, and then told Tanchun about the incident of using Xing Xiuyan as clothing.

He just concealed the fact that Xing Xiuyan was humiliated by Su'e.

Jia Cong said again: "Third sister, Miss Xing is originally a relative of our family, but she was bullied by our maid. If it gets out, I'm afraid it will become a joke."

"I want to go to my second sister's place and deal with the maids in her room, but I can't drive them all away." "Besides, if we make such a fuss because of Miss Xing, I'm afraid she will have a harder time in the future."

"So, I thought about asking my third sister to take better care of her."

After hearing this, Tanchun couldn't help but say, "Third brother, I didn't know about this before."

"As for my second sister, it's just as you said. It's not easy to drive them all away."

"What's more, they didn't confront me directly, but they secretly gave me a face. This can't be brought out in the open."

"How about I bring Miss Xing to my place?"

"With me watching, I won't let her suffer any injustice."

Hearing this, Jia Cong couldn't help but smile and said, "In this case, I am relieved. I just have to trouble my third sister."

Tanchun smiled and said, "What's the trouble? There are many houses in this courtyard. One more person will make it more lively. Besides, I admire Miss Xing very much."

After saying this, Jia Cong left Tanchun.

With Tanchun looking after him, Jia Cong felt relieved.

Tanchun's maid would never dare to show disrespect to Xing Xiuyan like Yingchun's maid did.

After returning to the study, Jia Cong still couldn't help shaking his head at his second sister Yingchun.

Yingchun is a little too weak.

Not to mention the outside world, he couldn't even control his own maid.

What will happen if I get married?

Wouldn’t she be bullied to death by her mother-in-law and husband?

Even the servants below dared to show off in front of her.

If she can't stand on her own, no matter how powerful her family is, it will be of no use.

Just as Jia Cong was thinking this, Qingwen suddenly walked in from outside and said to Jia Cong, "Third Master, do you know? I heard that someone from the West Mansion came to propose marriage, and the second young lady's marriage is about to be decided!"

Qingwen loves lively places the most. When she has nothing to do, she likes to stroll around the Grand View Garden.

I am too lazy to do my proper job.

But now there is no shortage of people in Jia Cong's room. Since Jia Cong doesn't say anything about her, naturally no one else will say anything about her.

And in the Grand View Garden, people are well-informed.

Jia Cong heard most of what happened in the West Mansion from Qingwen.

But now, when Jia Cong heard the news that Yingchun was going to get engaged, his face couldn't help but turn gloomy.

Among the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, Yingchun's verdict is: "She is a wolf from Zhongshan, and she becomes arrogant when she succeeds. She is a flower in the golden boudoir, but she will die in a year."

If nothing unexpected happens, Yingchun will be betrothed to Sun Shaozu by Jia She.

And this Sun Shaozu is a complete Zhongshan wolf.

In the future, Yingchun will die at the hands of this Sun Shaozu.

Yingchun also helped me when I was in trouble.

Moreover, Yingchun is his half-sister.

No matter from which perspective, Jia Cong would not allow Yingchun to marry the beast Sun Shaozu.

However, although he is the head of Ningguo Mansion and the patriarch of the Jia family.

But he had no right to stop the eldest daughter of the Rongguo Mansion from marrying off her daughter.

Not to mention him, even Lady Jia couldn't stop Jia She.

(End of this chapter)