The Red Mansions

Chapter 197 The Versatile Women

in the library.

Yuanyang lay in Jia Yun's arms with traces of tears.

Jia Yun stroked her smooth face with her palm, Yuanyang blinked her bright eyes, and glanced at him from time to time, with deep love in her eyes.

From now on, her whole body and heart belong to Jia Yun.

"You really smell sweet." Jia Yun sniffed greedily on her neck and whispered.

After all, Jia Yun is just a girl with yellow flowers, and she can't enjoy herself to the fullest.

Yuanyang blushed, put his hands on the trunk, pursed his lips and said: "It's very different, it's very different from what I imagined, it scared me just now!"

Jia Yun chuckled and said, "I'll just get used to it in the future."

After a pause, he asked curiously, "Why do you want to come here today? Not to serve Mrs. Jia?"

"After hearing the news, I wanted to come over and write to you." Yuanyang hurriedly said, "Last night and today..."

She roughly told Jia Yun about the conversation between Jia Mu and the others last night and today, and finally said:

"I don't know if this news is useful to you. After thinking about it, I decided to take the time to come and tell you, lest Mr. Zheng find you, and you agree to them in a daze."

Jia Yun glanced at her with a smile, and said, "I knew about this a long time ago, that's what I thought..."

After hearing this, Yuanyang shook her head and took the initiative to peck Jia Yun, but her lips did not leave, and she muttered:

"I don't need you to pay such a big price, don't worry, I really want to leave the house, and I'm only looking for when the old lady is happy, it's easy to get grace."

"Although the old lady trusts me, it's not like she can't live without me. There are many and smart maids around her, and many of them have grown up. I wish I could leave sooner!"

"If it's because of me, you don't need to be so troublesome. One more thing is worse than one less thing. Suppressing luck or something, if it spreads, it will hurt your reputation after all."

"Promise me, don't go, or I will always feel guilty and uneasy. You won't make me feel guilty about it for the rest of my life, will you?"

Jia Yun heard her, kissed her deeply for a while, and after parting, said: "You are really my good woman!"

"That's right, it's your person, so it's my duty to think about you." Yuanyang said confidently, with a smile on her face.

Jia Yun smiled, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Forget it, since you have said so, then I give up my previous plan. In fact, I don't really want to get involved in Jia's affairs."

Yuanyang said happily: "That's good. If you want to make up for me, treat me better from now on. It's better than anything else."

After a pause, she continued: "I was born as a slave, and my mother's family is also a slave. Brothers and sisters-in-law only think about themselves, and they are no better than attacking someone else's house."

"If I follow you from now on, I can only rely on you. If you make me feel wronged, I can only swallow it in my stomach."

It can be seen that she has a clear understanding of her identity.

Jia Yun is no different than before. Not only has she gained fame, but she has also become a Beijing official with a noble status.

It is a great blessing for her to be Jia Yun's aunt.

But also because of this, Yuanyang is a little apprehensive about her future, for fear that Jia Yun is just playing with her.

Or, after Jia Yun took her into the room, she was left out in the cold or abandoned.

No matter what the situation is, she has no room for resistance, not even the slightest room.

Therefore, from the very beginning, she revealed her heart to Jia Yun in order to pursue that little safety.

Jia Yun hugged her tightly, and whispered in her ear: "Don't think so much, follow me, and come to be your aunt in the future, just wait and enjoy the blessings!"

Yuanyang hummed, closed her eyes, quietly in his arms, indulging in the tenderness of this moment.

After a while, she whispered, "I'm going back. I'm going to sneak out today. It won't be too long. I have to go back before dinner."

"I really miss you!" Jia Yun said hypocritically, rubbing her body.

After hearing this, Yuanyang was extremely happy. The more Jia Yun liked her, the happier she was.

"I can't be greedy anymore, this is just right, I will spend more time here to serve you in the future." Yuanyang bit her lip and said.

Jia Yun nodded, and called Xiang Ling to come in to serve her.

"Don't move around today, just be your master." Seeing Yuanyang hesitate, Jia Yun comforted her.

Yuanyang hesitated for a moment, but nodded without refusing.

After a while, after dressing properly, Jia Yun sent Yuanyang to the door of the study and watched her go.

Looking back, Jia Yun had no time to relax and wanted to take a bath again.

There is no way, there is a little bit of other women's smell on her body, Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu can smell it, no woman likes to smell other people's smell.

After changing clothes, Jia Yun came to the newly built courtyard.

Now Xue Baochai, Lin Daiyu, Qin Keqing, Xiren and Meiren in the family have all moved here.

After all, it is an independent courtyard, which is much more spacious than living in the back house, and the environment is much more beautiful. The flowers and plants are all transplanted from the Xuefu garden.

In addition, people like Li Wan, Wang Xifeng, and Ping'er also settled down here, and each chose a courtyard for preparation.

As for the other women in the family, as long as they are not pregnant, they will not be raised as aunts for the time being. What was their status before and what will be their status in the future, at most, the monthly rate is higher.

The courtyard extends in all directions, but is relatively independent.

In the courtyard, rockery, flower beds, and covered bridges create a beautiful scene together. A few rocks are clustered in front and behind, reflecting in the water, with a long meaning, as if all the mountains and rivers in the world are concentrated in the backyard.

There are more than 80 mu of land and more than 20 courtyards on the left side of the yard, only half of which is used.

Except for the other half that was marked off and turned into a vegetable field by Mr. Bu, the rest of the open space was enclosed as a training ground for the guards and a place for living and exiting, with a separate courtyard gate for entering and exiting.

Now there are only 100 of Jia Yun's personal guards, and the others are all placed in the patrol camp as officers.

In the capital, an official like him has hundreds of personal guards, which is already exceeding the standard.

However, he usually takes out very few, and most of them are on duty at home to practice martial arts.

Every time he went out with him, there were no more than 20 people at most, and under normal circumstances, only a small team of ten people followed.

The sun was scorching, and the flowers and plants in the courtyard were all listless.

The sound of laughter came from Xue Baochai's courtyard. I don't know what they were playing about, so happy.

When Jia Yun walked into the courtyard, she realized that Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu were painting, and Wang Xifeng and Heping'er didn't know when they came here, and they were talking and laughing at the moment.

At this time, Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "My eyesight is limited, I only think that Jinger and Lianer's paintings are very good, but I can't tell why they are so good."

Xue Baochai said with a slight smile: "Jing'er painted orchids, one of the Four Gentlemen, and was a frequent visitor to flower and bird paintings. Scholars often painted this kind of painting to imply nobility, integrity, and a symbol of toughness and uprightness."

"Lian'er's landscape paintings are desolate and remote, elegant and elegant, with bold calligraphy and thick brush strokes, not tricky, but open-minded, with a strong and stubborn spirit in the cold and arrogant, and the attainments are quite profound!"

Wang Xifeng was confused and said: "I don't understand what you mean, I only think that they draw well!"

"I told you not to study, now you know you have nothing to say?" Ping'er teased beside him.

"Come on, don't you also have no education? Let's not talk about the elder brother, the second brother, the two are almost the same!" Wang Xifeng covered her mouth and smiled lightly.

At this time, when everyone saw Jia Yun coming in, they all stepped forward to salute.

Jia Yun waved her hand and said, "Don't be so polite, what should you do?"

He stepped forward to look at the paintings drawn by everyone.

What Xue Baochai drew was a landscape of a courtyard. He had just made a rough draft, but it was sparse and precise, with different distances and distances.

The painting takes the waterscape as the center, with small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and pavilions blending with each other, taking advantage of the emptiness and clearness of the water, to create a quiet and profound artistic conception, combining hardness and softness, exquisite and exquisite.

Speaking of it, everyone knows that Jia Xichun from Jia's mansion can draw, but he is far behind Xue Baochai.

Unlike Xue Baochai, what Lin Daiyu painted here is another beautiful picture of a peach forest.

Since ancient times, peach blossom has occupied a high position in the emotional life of literati.

Whether it is spring outing, spring appreciation, outing in spring, Wing Chun, or mourning spring, it has always been an important theme for poets and painters of all ages.

The peach blossoms painted by Lin Daiyu are just like a shy girl, just like a shy girl. A few elegant butterflies are clearly visible on the peach blossoms, stretching their graceful figures and flapping their wings, which is incomparably vivid.

The whole picture is lively, with beautiful colors, sharp contrast, and delicate lines, showing a wonderful realm full of spring, and enjoying the spring breeze.

However, after looking at the paintings of Jing'er and Lian'er, the paintings of Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu were slightly inferior.

Jia Yun just praised them loudly, but did not comment one by one, so as not to spoil the interest of the girls.

"Husband just happens to be free right now, why don't you draw one too?" Xue Baochai said with a smile.

Lin Daiyu was surprised: "He can also draw?"

She really didn't know that Jia Yun could draw, but only knew that he had only studied for a short time and didn't have many opportunities to learn other things.

After all, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, no matter which one, requires time and talent.

Xue Baochai covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, don't underestimate your husband, I don't know anything else, but his maid is really good at drawing!"

Before getting married, Jia Yun drew a portrait of her, and she still takes it out to admire from time to time, the more she looks at it, the more she likes it.

Lin Daiyu's eyes lit up, she looked at Jia Yun and said, "Then why don't you draw a picture for us to take a look at? You're hiding too deeply. I haven't seen you draw at home!"

The others also looked at Jia Yun expectantly, hoping that he could show off his painting skills.

Jia Yun smiled and waved her hands, and said, "Forget it, I'll find a chance to paint later, the weather is too hot today, I managed to steal half a day's leisure in the floating world, I can't just let it go to waste like this."

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips and said, "Oh, you're still taking half a day off from the floating world, and you haven't seen you painting in your free time?"

With that said, she turned her head to Xue Baochai and said, "Sister Bao, let's draw our own, and leave him alone."

Xue Baochai glanced at Jia Yun with a smile, nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, let's leave him alone and draw our own."

Jia Yun shook her head and smiled, looked at Wang Xifeng and Ping'er, talked to Xue Baochai and the others, and left the yard.

Arriving at the courtyard chosen by Wang Xifeng next door, as soon as he entered the room, Wang Xifeng threw himself into his arms and said excitedly:

"Brother Yun, do you know how much money I have earned this month?"

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