The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Lin Mansion

Lin Yun said helplessly: "Okay then, let's call Brother Yuan Nan and go drink together."

Qin Xiaoting said hesitantly, "I'm afraid Yuan Nan won't go."

"Whether he goes or not, we should invite him."

"OK then."

Chapter 84: Dissatisfaction with Desires

The New Year is approaching, and the Rongguo Mansion has become extremely lively. The heads of farms from all over the country have brought a year's rent and taxes and various New Year gifts to the Mansion. These have to be counted and counted, making several stewards so busy that they can't even touch the ground. One person acts as a messenger for several people.

Wang Xifeng, who is in charge of inner house affairs, is not easy. Not only does she have to accompany Jia Mu to entertain her boredom, but she also has to distribute all kinds of New Year gifts to various places, and at the same time, she also has to prepare for the common affairs of the New Year.

At noon that day, Wang Xifeng came back from Jiamu's place, and asked Ping'er who came to meet her, "Has Second Master come back yet?"

Ping'er took off her cloak while shaking her head and said: "I haven't come back yet, I must have been entangled by men outside."

Wang Xifeng walked to the warm kang and sat down, took a cup of hot tea from Ping'er, took a sip and said, "Today is the grand gathering of the descendants of the four princes and eight princes, and the second master may find it difficult to get away."

Ping'er didn't answer the question.She lives in the inner house all year round, and she has a dark eye about the affairs between men outside, and she doesn't understand at all.

thought about it.She said to Wang Xifeng: "Marquis Baoling celebrates his birthday, and I don't know if my aunt's nephew will come to celebrate his birthday."

"Brother Yun probably hasn't returned to the residence yet. If he comes back, our second master would have disappeared long ago."

"That's right, since my aunt's nephew and young master came to the capital, our second master has become a lot more serious and stopped fooling around outside."

Wang Xifeng said with emotion: "This is called near Zhu Zhechi. Although brother Yun has a bad temper, he is upright and doesn't mess around at all. If our second master can learn half of brother Yun's decency, we two will be considered blessed." .”

Ping'er: "A few days ago, grandma hated him for teaching the second master badly, why do you say he's better now?"

"One yard is worth one yard. If he instigates the second master to hide his private money, he is against us."

...

While the two women were talking, a servant girl raised the curtain outside and shouted, "Report to Second Mistress, Second Master is back."

Wang Xifeng put down the teacup, got up and looked towards the door, only to see Jia Lian walking in with a brocade box in his hand.

Ping'er hurriedly went up to him and smiled, "Second Master went to celebrate his birthday, why did he bring a gift in return?"

Jia Lian said proudly: "This is not a return gift from the Baolinghou Mansion, but a calligraphy treasure that Brother Yun asked for from the emperor to use as a sign for our shop."

Wang Xifeng was startled and said: "You mean that brother Yun was summoned by the emperor, and asked for a calligraphy?"

"Exactly. Brother Yun also went to Bowling Marquis's Mansion to celebrate his birthday today, but before the feast was held there, a servant came over and summoned him to the palace. Brother Yun asked the emperor for this calligraphy."

After Jia Lian finished speaking, he put the brocade box in his hand on the kang table.

Ping'er stepped forward to help open the brocade box, and saw a piece of folded rice paper inside.

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Jia Lian carefully removed all the things on the kang table, wiped the tabletop several times with a handkerchief, and then took out the rice paper inside and unfolded it on the tabletop. "

It's a pity that neither of the two girls can read much, and they can only recognize one of the three characters of Yipinxiang.

Ping'er hurriedly asked: "Second Master, what is written on it?"

Jia Lian: "These three characters are Yipinxiang, which is the name given by Brother Yun to the perfume."

Wang Xifeng smiled and said: "Brother Yun is indeed a scholar, the name of Yipinxiang is really nice."

"The key is the person who wrote the inscription. When have you ever seen the emperor write a tablet for a merchant?"

Ping'er asked curiously: "How did the young nephew convince His Majesty?"

"I don't know about this. When I have time later, I will ask Brother Yun."

After a pause, Jia Lian said to Wang Xifeng again, "I have something to trouble you later on."

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Let's talk about it first, if you want me to help you to ask the old lady to do something, you have to do me a favour."

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Jia Lian: "This matter is related to the perfume business. If you refuse to help, I'll go directly to Sister Yuanyang."

Wang Xifeng sneered and said, "Is it easy to say that you are a mandarin duck? She is the master who does not see the rabbit or the eagle. If it is not in the old lady's mind, she will not help you if you kill her."

Ping'er interjected from the side, "Second Lord, what's the matter?"

Jia Lian: "Since we want to use the emperor's calligraphy as a signboard, the previous shop can't be used. Brother Yun and I have discussed it to see if we can ask the old lady to vacate the silk shop in West Market for us to use as a perfume shop. "

Wang Xifeng: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to handle this matter. The shop can make a profit of one hundred taels of silver every month, and the old lady may not be willing to let go."

Jia Lian: "You don't have to worry about this. Brother Yun said, after the perfume business makes money, I will honor the old lady with 300 taels of silver every month."

Wang Xifeng said in shock: "Didn't you say last time that you would give the old lady 2000 taels a year?"

"Brother Yun said that with this calligraphy, our perfume business will definitely flourish, and it's nothing to give the old lady a little more."

Wang Xifeng was jealous when she heard this: "Why didn't he say give me more money?"

Jia Lian smiled and said, "You can ask Brother Yun yourself about this."

Wang Xifeng said angrily: "I really wanted to ask him, but he is not coming to our house now, so I can't go to my aunt's house to look for him."

Jia Lian: "Let's get down to business first. Go and see the old lady. If the old lady wakes up, I'll go see her."

"Okay, then you wait."

After Wang Xifeng finished speaking, she put on her cloak again and led the little maid to the door.

...

After Wang Xifeng left, Jia Lian immediately approached her and put his arm around her shoulders, "Ping'er, the perfume on your body smells very good."

Ping'er hurriedly dodged, and reprimanded him: "Second master, don't touch your hands, let her see it, and you will make a mess again."

Jia Lian was dissatisfied with desire and said: "The sons of the Hou family have three wives and four concubines, but I don't even have a formal housemate. Is this plausible?"

Ping'er: "Second Master doesn't have to talk about this with your servants. If you have the ability to subdue grandma, I will naturally obey you. If you don't have the ability, don't come to recruit me."

Jia Lian said harshly: "You wait for me, I will subdue that hag sooner or later."

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Ping'er changed the subject and said, "Second Master, the nephew and young master of my aunt's family really entered the palace? Did you meet the emperor?"

Jia Lian: "There can be fakes, the emperor's calligraphy is here, no matter how brave Brother Yun is, he wouldn't dare to fake the emperor's calligraphy."

"That's right."

Ping'er then said with emotion: "That nephew and young master is really capable. If I were to go to see the emperor, I would be scared to death. How dare I ask the emperor for calligraphy."

"Don't say it's you, even I don't have the guts."

As soon as Jia Lian finished speaking, Feng'er, Wang Xifeng's personal servant girl, came in and smiled at him, "Second Master, grandma asked me to come back and tell you that the old lady has already woken up, so you should hurry up and answer."

"Ok."

Jia Lian responded, then got up, picked up the brocade box on the table, and walked quickly to the door.

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Chapter 85: Second Master Bao wants to go to school?

In Bisha kitchen,

Baoyu is playing Go with Tanchun. Since he was defeated by sister Lin last time on the chessboard, Baoyu feels very humiliated. He has worked hard on Go in the past few days and feels that his chess skills are great. If there is progress, I ask Tanchun to come over as a training partner.

The two confronted each other on the chessboard, but Baoyu slaughtered a big dragon when Tanchun had the upper hand, resulting in a big defeat.

Baoyu won the chess game, and happily asked Tanchun with a smile, "Third Sister, do you think I can beat Sister Lin in chess?"

Tanchun said truthfully: "I'm afraid it will be very difficult. Sister Lin's chess game is very tricky. Sometimes I think I can beat her, but at the end of the count, I am still the one who loses."

Baoyu: "That's what Sister Lin's officials received well. It seems that she has specially practiced this."

Yingchun, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the battle, said with a smile: "I think Sister Lin has a good start. I haven't figured out the several moves she learned called fixed styles."

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Tanchun: "I'm also very curious. I wonder who Sister Lin learned her chess skills from?"

Baoyu: "It must be her husband, it's that fake Taoism."

Tanchun said with a smile: "Second brother, you have given people random nicknames again. If you let the master know, you will have to be scolded again."

Baoyu said in a low voice, "He's just a beetle, a hypocrite."

Yingchun persuaded: "After all, he is sister Lin's husband. It's not good for you to say that about him."

When Baoyu heard this, he fell silent immediately.

The last time he was quarreled by Lin Yun, he lost all face, and now he seems to be a lot short of breath when he talks about traitors and traitors.The point is that sister Lin's father is Tanhualang, so he can't call his uncle a traitor and a traitor.

Baoyu was thinking about something, when Xiren came in from outside the house, smiled at him and said, "Second Master, I just saw Second Master Lian come back outside."

"Oh, second brother Lian is here to see the ancestor?"

"Yes."

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Baoyu stood up and said, "Come on, let's go take a look and see if Brother Lian has any news about Sister Yun."

...

Several people came to Jia Mu's side and saw Jia Lian holding a painting in his hand, asking the old lady to look at it.

Seeing this, Baoyu ran over quickly and asked Jia Lian, "Second Brother Lian, who wrote this?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "This is the inscription Your Majesty gave to our perfume shop. I will bring it to our ancestors to watch."

Baoyu was startled and said, "How could Your Majesty write an inscription for a shop?"

Jia Lian: "Your Majesty called Brother Yun into the palace today to discuss the war in Siam. Afterwards, Brother Yun asked His Majesty for this calligraphy, as a signboard for our newly opened perfume shop."

Baoyu complained secretly in her heart when she heard the words, "Brother Lin really got into the eyes of money. When he entered the palace to meet the emperor, he didn't forget to ask His Majesty to write an inscription to promote his perfume shop. Alas! I don't know why His Majesty obeyed him." ?”

After reading it, Jia Mu smiled and said, "Lian'er, put it away quickly, don't break it."

"Yes, my ancestor."