Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 136 Putting All Emotions into Place

Zijuan and Xiaohong helped Shi Xiangyun into the inner study and let her lie on the Luohan bed. Cuilu was so scared that her legs were weak. Xueyan hurried to find Aunt Meng.

After smelling the smelling salts, Xiangyun woke up slowly. When she opened her eyes, she saw Daiyu, who looked guilty, and Tanchun, who looked worried. She couldn't help but grab their hands and burst into tears!

Tanchun was confused and looked at Daiyu.

Daiyu winked and whispered something in her ear.

Tanchun was horrified and held Xiangyun's hand tightly, asking her repeatedly if she had encountered anyone in the garden; she also tried her best to tell her not to be afraid.

Aunt Meng looked at Lin Daiyu and Tanchun in bewilderment. When she noticed that Daiyu winked at her secretly, she immediately became impatient and stood up:

"Miss Shi, it's all right for now. If you don't like lunch, just skip it. If you still feel unwell around 3 p.m. in the afternoon, come find me again."

Walked away with big strides.

Xueyan stood guard at the door, covering her mouth with her hands and laughing, listening to her muttering curses: "Each person has ten thousand tricks on their side, which is enough to get into the palace! You'll be exhausted to death!"

All the maids were sent out, leaving only Zijuan to guard the gate.

Daiyu hugged Xiangyun and advised her softly: "It's been many years since those things happened. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. She has put a lot of effort into raising you over the years."

Xiangyun cried her heart out.

Tanchun glanced at Daiyu and sighed, "Sister Lin, you don't know...

"Sister Yun's life at home is not easy. The Shihou family thought the expenses were too high, so they no longer needed a needlework person, and almost all the work has to be done by the women themselves.

"When Sister Yun was at home, she often worked until the middle of the night, and her back and waist ached from exhaustion. She came to our house... came to our house and wanted to treat the old lady to crabs, but she didn't have much money, so Miss Xue had to pay for the crabs and she took care of it.

"Why did the old lady keep her and not let her go back to Marquis Shi's mansion? It's also because of this. After all, she is the daughter of a marquis, but she lives like this. Isn't it all the fault of that young Marquis Shi's wife?"

Daiyu was stunned.

In her previous life, she only knew that Shi Xiangyun had to do a lot of needlework at home, but she didn't know that her aunt would treat her so harshly!

He couldn't help but frown and shut his mouth.

Her original intention was to let Shi Xiangyun see the real world clearly. Grandmother Jia, uncle and aunt were unreliable, and the only person she could rely on was herself. She wanted her to be more careful.

But if this young Lady Shihou killed someone's mother and treated someone's only daughter as a servant, that would be too abominable!

"Sister Lin, I want to avenge my mother..." Shi Xiangyun cried breathlessly, "I want to go with them to take up my post! I want to expose her true identity to my uncle, and I want to kill her!"

Daiyu looked at the innocent Xiangyun and was speechless for a moment.

Tanchun revealed the truth directly: "Don't think about it, Sister Yun! I'm sure you have heard about how many evil things my stepmother did!

"But what about my father? Maybe he didn't know at first, but when he found out later, he didn't say anything! He kept it a secret from the whole family!

“If Sister Lin hadn’t exposed the whole thing in front of the old lady and the first wife, and there was an aunt sent from the palace living in the Lin family, do you think the Jia family would have punished her?

"Now you are just talking nonsense. Don't say that your uncle will not believe you more than his bedmate. Even if he believes you, for the sake of his official career and for his children to have a mother without stain, he will not do anything to your aunt!

"When the time comes, you will follow them outside, and they will give you a packet of medicine, so that you will get sick and die. The old lady is far away in Beijing and cannot reach you. Even if they know that you have been wronged, who can do anything to them?

"Don't let the sheep fall into the tiger's mouth and lose your life in vain!"

Shi Xiangyun choked up and suddenly sneered, "Old lady? Oh, old lady!"

Daiyu thought about it and finally advised her, "You have a good match now. I heard that he is a talented and handsome man. You might as well marry him as soon as possible.

"When the time comes, distance yourself from the Jia and Shi families. Just live your life peacefully. Your parents will feel more at ease down there."

Shi Xiangyun glanced at Tanchun and asked Daiyu, "I know that you asked your third sister to be the housekeeper here in order to save her.

"Then let me ask you, we are very good friends. Will you help me? If you are willing to help me get revenge, I will write a blood petition, and you can help me pass it to Supervisor Tao and ask him to present it to His Majesty!

"I must avenge my mother!!!"

Shi Xiangyun stared at Daiyu stubbornly with her eyes wide open, tears streaming down her face.

"Yun girl..." Daiyu really wanted to say that you are really not the type to take revenge, but she couldn't say it. She could only think of other ways to persuade her.

"If you don't help me, I'll go find Sister Bao! There must be something fishy about the Second Madam's death. I heard that one of the people who followed Master Lian to send the Second Madam out to recuperate was my uncle's scout!

"If I tell Sister Bao this news, the Wang family will definitely help me overthrow the Shi family!" Shi Xiangyun's eyes turned red.

Daiyu frowned and asked her, "How did you know?"

"Cuilu's aunt married the scout's brother-in-law. Cuilu knew him!" Shi Xiangyun said bitterly, "I'm not stupid. I'm just too lazy to think about it!"

Daiyu felt a little relieved and reasoned with her, "The Wang family has probably been planning to fall out with the Shi and Jia families for a long time.

"If I get this information, I can certainly overthrow both of your families as you said. But have you ever thought that this witness must be your maid?

"If you don't want to give up Cuilu - after all, even if it makes sense to sue your master as a slave, you will still be exiled three thousand miles away. Then they will definitely force you to go back and be their accomplice.

“Even if the Wang family is powerful enough, they can wipe out the Jia and Shi families without your help, but they will not care about your life or death.

"Silly girl, revenge is to punish the enemy, not to die together! You can't let your sister, your girl and yourself get involved in revenge for your parents!"

Tanchun nodded repeatedly: "Yes! Sister Yun, listen to Sister Lin and don't be impulsive!"

Shi Xiangyun was stunned.

After a long while, he looked at Lin Daiyu woodenly and asked, "You already have evidence that the Second Wife harmed you, right?

"You didn't hand her over to Supervisor Tao, but forced the old lady and the second master to deal with Wang. You didn't want to involve innocent people, right?"

Daiyu tightly wrapped one of Xiangyun's hands and whispered, "We are all the same. We should be careful not to use the weapon when we are about to kill the rat."

Xiangyun lowered her head, as if crying and laughing, her body swayed, and then she fell down again.

Daiyu and Tanchun looked at each other and sighed deeply. They ordered someone to bring a sedan chair and take her back to her tidied bedroom.

After a while, Xiangyun woke up again, but she didn't call anyone, just stared at the ceiling, refusing to eat or drink. Cuilu cried and asked her what happened.

Xiangyun moved her eyes over and saw that the girl who grew up with her was so anxious that two blood bubbles appeared on her mouth. She couldn't help but smile and cry while pinching her face.

In the evening, Xiangyun went to Miaoyu and knelt down to recite scriptures for half the night.

After returning to the room, I ordered a midnight snack.

I got up early the next day and walked around the garden, ate, drank, and chatted with Daiyu and Tanchun as if nothing had happened.

On the third day, Shi Xiangyun, who had calmed down, said, "I want to go back so that the old lady won't worry about me."