Red Mansion Cat Master

Mother Jia still has to wait for news from Mrs. Wang's natal family, and temporarily confines Mrs. Wang in Dongyuan's dormitory, and no one is allowed to enter except for three meals a day.

Jia's mother announced to the public that Mrs. Wang was sick and bedridden and needed to rest.The children didn't know about it yet, and most of them obeyed Mother Jia's instructions and didn't go to Dongyuan to disturb them.Jia Tanchun felt that this was a good opportunity to express himself, so he took himself to cook ginseng soup, and now he rushed to Dongyuan to show his respect.The maid at the door refused to let her in, and Jia Tanchun acted like a servant, domineering and cursing.

After all, the maids couldn't bear the aggressiveness of the third girl, and accidentally let Jia Tanchun intrude.

Mrs. Wang was so proud and arrogant that she couldn't stand insults. She was imprisoned for only two days and she was already depressed. She was really sick and lying on the couch.

When Jia Tanchun saw the listless Mrs. Wang with disheveled hair, he hurriedly wiped his tears with a handkerchief.

Mrs. Wang didn't expect to see outsiders, so she took the opportunity to grab Jia Tanchun, "How is your second brother Bao?"

Tanchun choked with sobs and pursed the corners of his mouth, looking at Mrs. Wang hesitantly, not daring to tell the truth.

"I'm asking you something, do you even look down on me?" Mrs. Wang frowned in pain.

"No, Second Brother Bao is still the same, crazy. Mother, what did you say just now? You are just sick, take care of yourself, and it will be the same as before." After Jia Tanchun came, he found something was wrong.The maid outside the door was careless and negligent, and Mrs. Wang inside the door lost her former prestige. Even if she was sick, she would not lose the arrogance in her bones.Jia Tanchun was suspicious, so he added a sentence later, testing Mrs. Wang.

Mrs. Wang sighed, not even daring to look Jia Tanchun in the eye. "I know you're a filial child, so it's better if you remember the affection I treated you in the past."

"My mother treated me well, I naturally remember, but what happened to you, is there something on your mind?" Jia Tanchun continued to probe.

Mrs. Wang shook her head weakly, leaned on the bed, and said nothing.

Tanchun didn't want to talk about that at first, but seeing the current situation, she didn't intend to deliberately 'filially' hide it from Mrs. Wang, so why bother to hide it. "Brother Bao's illness is not cured, but the ancestors sent him to live in Rongxitang."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she felt like a mad cow, and grabbed Tanchun's arm suddenly: "What? Send Baoyu to Rongxi Hall? Who cares about him, could it be your uncle?"

Tanchun nodded, and found that Mrs. Wang was becoming more and more suspicious. Her current reaction was no different from that of a shrew in the market. She didn't have the style of a wife.Could it be that the second wife is about to fall?

Jia Tanchun became suspicious, and he stopped being troublesome if he was sensible. He desperately pushed Mrs. Wang away to hold his hand, hurriedly comforted Mrs. Wang with a few words, and then hurriedly got up and left.

Mrs. Wang would not let her go, so she stood up, threw herself forward, and threw Tanchun to the ground.Tanchun yelled "Ah—" and was helped up by his two servant girls, regardless of Mrs. Wang behind him, the three master and servant fled.As soon as she went out, she saw the maid guarding the door leading six or seven nuns to surround her.

"What did the madam tell the third girl?" asked the leader, Nanny Zhang.

"I didn't say anything." Jia Tanchun lacked confidence, his hair was in a mess, his head was lowered, and his tone was not as stiff as when he entered the door just now.

"Miss San, please go with the servants and call the old lady back." Madam Zhang said coldly.

"You don't need to bother your ancestors for such a small matter." It was rare for Tanchun to speak softly.

"Miss San, this is not a trivial matter. The old lady instructed that no one is allowed to meet the second wife in private. You broke the rules. If you don't go back now, if the old lady asks you later, all the servants will be kicked out of the house." .It’s not that the old slave doesn’t give you face, it’s just that I don’t have any face to give you.” After Madam Zhang finished speaking, she stretched out her hand to indicate the direction for Tanchun to walk ahead.The remaining six nuns stood in an arc, surrounding Tanchun on three sides.

Seeing this, Tanchun became angry, "What do you think of me? Just leave, I am filial, look at my mother, if there is anything wrong, I don't believe that the old lady scolded me because of this. You guys, domineering in front of me , don’t lose your place when you get to the ancestors in a while!”

Afraid of making things worse, Shi Shu pulled Tanchun along and muttered in a low voice, advising her not to be impulsive.

Tanchun pushed the servant book away, and angrily said to Zhang Nanny and the others, "Who is afraid of whom!"

Baochai hid behind the courtyard wall and listened for a while, then came out in due time to persuade the fight, and ordered the maids to give each of the six nuns three taels of silver. "Be careful, mothers and sisters, take it to tea, don't be disgusted with it. I will apologize for her sister, she also got angry for a while, so I didn't think much about it. I think everyone should take a step back and don't poke It’s better to go to the old lady. It’s a trivial matter for everyone to lose face or suffer. If it makes the old lady upset, it’s a crime. Zhang, tell me, we who are juniors, and you As a servant, don't you all hope that the old lady will not be angry?"

Baochai's words smoothed over the people on both sides.

After receiving the money, Nanny Zhang calmed down and said with a smile, "Miss Bao is absolutely right, it's because the servants are not thinking carefully."

Baochai nodded with a smile, pulled Nanny Zhang and said in a low voice: "If you are willing to save face for the third girl, she will naturally be grateful to you in her heart, and it will be useful in the future. She is in a bad mood at the moment and is being stubborn, don't mind."

Since Miss Bao begged so lowly, Nanny Zhang couldn't say anything, so she nodded at the two girls and took her leave.

Tanchun knew how Baochai persuaded him, and he would be angry in normal times, so he had to think clearly.Today she would never dare, and she was also afraid in her heart.

"Sister Bao, thanks to you just now, thank you."

"Why are you being polite to me?" Baochai smiled indifferently, and took a special look at the room where Mrs. Wang was.Counting the incident just now, she seemed to understand a little bit, Aunt Wang was either sick or imprisoned.If this is the case, it would be too embarrassing for her to still live in Rong Mansion with her mother and elder brother.

Of course, in order to confirm the news, Baochai has to confirm it with Tanchun.

"How is Auntie?" Baochai asked in a low voice while pulling Tanchun out.

After leaving, Tanchun understood what Baochai meant.Naturally, she came here to see Mrs. Wang, and now she decided to leave without looking, and she might have the same thoughts in her heart as she did.Since they all knew it well, fortunately Tanchun pointed directly and shook his head at Baochai in embarrassment.

"Is it because of my poor health, or..." Baochai didn't feel ashamed to say it directly.

Tanchun also chose a tactful way of answering: "The body is still in good spirits, but..." She also got stuck in the second half of the sentence and stopped speaking.

Baochai knew it well, but pretended not to understand, pulled Tanchun suddenly, and said with a smile, "Since my aunt wants to rest, we won't bother her. I'm out anyway, and I'm going to visit Sister Lin. are you going?"

Tanchun was frightened just now, and he was not energetic. He shook his head and said that he had a headache.

Baochai sat with her in a sedan chair to the west gate, watched her leave with a smile, then sank down, stood there for a while, and then told Yinger to send a message to Aunt Xue.

In order to find out the news, Baochai deliberately went to Fengjie's courtyard first, pretending to pass by.Coincidentally, I heard Ping'er at the door ordering her mother-in-law to interrogate the two maidservants, Jin Chuan and Yu Chuan.After overhearing a few sentences, Baochai really got the answer, and her heart became completely disturbed.

She pretended to laugh twice, let Ping'er hear the silence first, and then walked out from the corner of the corridor.He raised his head up and smiled.

Ping'er was stunned for a moment, then his face returned to normal, and he warmly greeted Ying Baochai.After asking why she came, he personally sent her to Daiyu's room.

After leaving, Ping'er was skeptical and told the truth to Wang Xifeng.

Daiyu was sitting in front of the desk writing a poem, and she felt strange when she saw Baochai coming.She usually doesn't want to go out with Baochai, she always feels that she is artificial, trying to curry favor with all kinds of people in the house.To put it bluntly, this is called making relationships, but to put it bluntly, it is called having impure motives and purposes.Baochai Fang had warmed to her a few times before, but she didn't buy it. After she hit a wall one after another, she knew it was fun and stopped looking for her. Why is it so strange today, and she came again.

Daiyu doesn't like her, but she won't lose etiquette.She smiled and put down her pen, let Baochai sit down, and let Xueyan make tea.

Baochai tasted the tea and praised it straight away, "It's a good product to pay tribute to the spring palace, the sparrow tongue on the golden altar. I also have some at home, and my mother wants to keep it for the distinguished guests, so she is reluctant to drink it with me. It's really good. My sister is drinking here."

Daiyu smiled slightly: "My uncle sent someone to bring it. I knew it was a rare item, so I was not willing to drink it. But my uncle sent me a message that 'If you don't want to drink it, it will become old tea, and it is useless to keep it'."

"It makes sense." Baochai smiled, never expecting that the elder of the Rong Mansion is so good at it, that he is willing to give away such good tea, which is more expensive than gold, casually.Back then, my aunt really married into the wrong house, even if she filled the house for the big house master, it was more beautiful than it is now.

"Why did you come to see me?" Daiyu asked.

Baochai froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Sister Tanchun just went to Dongyuan to visit my aunt, but she was stopped back, saying that we juniors are not allowed to visit the sick, and I don't know why."

Daiyu knew the reason, but she couldn't tell. She nodded her head and kept silent, remembering her mother's instructions.

"Does sister know something?" Baochai put her hand on the back of Daiyu's and guided her softly.

Daiyu looked up at Baochai in embarrassment, and shook her head.

Baochai sneered: "Sister, what's the matter with you, you always make fun of me when you see me, but you're quiet now."

"Whoever satirizes you doesn't know what is good or bad." Daiyu smiled politely, and tactfully refuted Baochai.

Guessing that Daiyu knew about it, Baochai was silent for a while, and decided to speak directly to force her to speak clearly. Baoyu's voice came faintly from outside the door, which seemed to be shouting from a long distance away.

"Ahh, sister Lin, sister Lin, are you there? Come out and see if I'm okay!"