Red Mansion and Crimson Pearl

Chapter 144: Life and Death, Misfortune and Blessing, 2 No Interference

Wang Xifeng came in a charming and seductive manner and left in a hurry, decisively and efficiently, which made everyone in the Lin residence feel better.

Daiyu was even more amazed: "She is really smart. She doesn't ask what happened in the palace. She just wants to help you."

"Now I know. Which side is she on? She is always good at changing with the times and not putting herself in a difficult position." Tanchun agreed deeply.

With no one around, Tanchun asked Lin Daiyu quietly, "What about Miaogu..."

"It's not yet time." Daiyu smiled and patted her hands. "But thank you, I just realized that so many people are watching her!"

After a pause, he said, "Let me ask someone to find a courtyard for you. Do you want to be closer to the Jia Mansion or closer to me?"

"…In the middle?"

The two of them laughed out loud.

What’s the big deal whether we eliminate the clan or not?

It may seem like it has ruined your reputation, but it is such a great thing if you can get rid of it!

Seven days later, the Rongguo Mansion opened its ancestral temple, presided over by Jia Lian. In addition to a few gentlemen from the Rongguo Mansion's direct lineage, there were only two men from the Dai generation and three from the Wen generation among the eight families who attended.

There was no reason, no charge, no explanation of what was to be divided or not divided, just a simple sentence: expel the clan. Then the three characters "Jia Tanchun" were really wiped out from the family tree.

From now on, there will be no interference in life and death, fortune and disaster.

Daiyu asked Jiang Yong to find a cheaper courtyard for Tanchun, but Jiang Yong gave it to Ni Er with only one request: it must be a place where you have connections with both the black and white worlds.

When Ni Er went home to think about it, he ran into his neighbor Jia Yun.

Thinking about how he had seen Second Master Yun accompanying Third Miss on official business to the Tao Residence a while ago, he felt so sad that he couldn't help but invite Jia Yun to have a drink together and talk about this matter.

Jia Yun also felt aggrieved, and after drinking two more cups, he quietly complained: "Third Aunt is such a capable person, I really don't know what the people in the mansion think! When Miss Lin left, I felt that the people in the mansion were making a fuss..."

"Who says it's not true? Anyway, we are from a small family. If we have such a capable child, we have to be spoiled by the whole family. Who knows, one day we might have to rely on others for food!"

Ni Ermi squinted his drunken eyes and rudely asked Jia Yun to settle the bill. He then stood up and staggered away, "I must find a place for the Third Miss to live that is as solid as a rock! She must not be bullied!"

Jia Yun was moved when he heard this. He threw a piece of silver on the table, and hurriedly chased after him, dragging Ni Er home with him: "Old Second, let's look for him near our house, right?

"Next door, across the street, or even across the alley! We are both in this area, so if something happens, Third Aunt won't be unable to catch anyone right away!"

"That's right! If we were in this place, I wouldn't dare to bother Third Miss even if I had eight guts!" Ni Er sobered up and slapped Jia Yun on the shoulder, "Second Master Yun is smart! Let's do it!"

He staggered straight to find the village head, and after a few words he found out that in the alley behind his two houses, two or three houses away, there was a yard for rent.

Ni Er and Jia Yun went to find the owner of the house, and after much persuasion, they added ten taels of silver to the market price and helped Tanchun buy it.

Jia Yun also helped to dispose of the remaining broken furniture in the house, and called the group of people who had followed him to renovate the garden and plant trees. In no time, they had cleaned up the small courtyard with one bright room and two dark rooms.

Ni Er went to reply to Jiang Yong's words and directly carried in a whole set of huanghuali furniture, including tables, chairs, benches, bookshelves, beds, pots, pans, and large brooms.

After the extermination ceremony was over, Tanchun did not even return to the Lin Mansion, but directly took Jia Huan to the small courtyard.

But Jia Huan refused to go in when he saw the gate: "This courtyard is not as spacious as Zhou Rui's! Jiang Yong's place has an extra kitchen! I don't want to live here! My teacher can't teach me in the courtyard, right?"

He ran back to the Lin Mansion.

But when Lin Daiyu heard that he was disgusted by his sister's shabby living quarters, she sneered and said, "Then pack up all his things and send him back to Rong Mansion."

Lin Zhixiao and others were eager to pack up this "young master" and send him, his luggage and books back to the Jia Mansion.

Jiang Yong followed the carriage and said to Jia Lian directly: "The Third Master lives in the Lin Mansion with his elder sister. Now that his elder sister has left, our family cannot take in a man from another family."

Jia Huan was so embarrassed that he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

Jia Lian's face was also ugly. He sent Jiang Yong away with a snort, then turned around and beat Jia Huan angrily: "He is heartless and ungrateful, lazy and greedy, what kind of person is he?!"

When Jia Zheng came back from court and heard about this, he had no choice but to let him go with Aunt Zhou again.

Only Grandmother Jia laughed at Yuanyang in private: "Little girl Lin is really blind. She actually wants to teach Huan'er that filthy seed? His roots have been corrupted by his mother's bastard wife!"

Yuanyang frowned and tilted his head to think: "Didn't they say that Aunt Zhao is fine in the farm, and Zhao Guoji hasn't been caught yet?"

Grandmother Jia's eyes suddenly lit up, and she hurriedly called Sister Feng and had a secret discussion with her for a long time.

The next day, Jia Huan was allowed to visit Aunt Zhao. He was immediately surprised and delighted. Without thinking much, he followed the carriage and went there crying.

Aunt Zhao was overjoyed when she saw him. She held him in her arms, groaning and wiping her tears, and asked, "Where is your heartless sister? She must be living a life of luxury in the mansion and has long forgotten me, her dear mother."

Jia Huan became uncomfortable and hesitated for a long time before he told her about Tanchun's situation. Aunt Zhao was horrified and no longer cared about loving her son. She hugged him again and told him to leave quickly:

"Now that you can't rely on me or your sister, you can only rely on your father! Go back and study! Even if you study well, Baoyu can't surpass you! If you don't study well, the rest of your life will be over!"

After driving Jia Huan away, he was busy pinning his red handkerchief on the window.

When the night was still, Zhao Guoji climbed over the wall to see his sister. When they met, Aunt Zhao held him down and beat him on the back:

"You didn't even tell me that something so serious happened to my daughter!"

Zhao Guoji held his head and begged for mercy, waiting for her to stop, muttering unhappily: "She's just a little girl, a money-loser, and she's useless, why should I care about her?"

Aunt Zhao spat in his face: "I was also raised as a little girl, and I am also a money-loser. Don't the Zhao family eat and drink my food and drink?

"My daughter is the most valuable daughter in the Jia family. As long as Huan'er is alive, she will be the one who will become a big shot in the future! Do you think she is inferior to me?!

"Go out and find out for me what she does for a living now!

"Brother Huai offended that Lin guy so badly that our Zhao and Qian families were ruined because of him! I don't believe that Lin guy didn't do anything bad behind my daughter's incident!

"If you can find evidence, give it to the second master quietly. If you can't find evidence..."

Aunt Zhao's face was full of ferocity. "Just think of a way to kill that Lin for me!"

Outside the eaves, there were a dozen people with big sticks in their hands, planning to break into the house and arrest people; upon hearing these words, the leader gently waved his hand, and everyone retreated quietly.

At the gate of the courtyard, the leader turned around and took a look at the reflection of the two people who were plotting together on the window lattice. A murderous look flashed across his face. It was Lai Wang.