Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 18 [018] Lin Daiyu is in a life-and-death situation
"Ah?" Lin Daiyu opened her cherry lips in astonishment, opened her eyes wide, thinking that she had heard wrong, and asked instead: "Brother Chen, what did you say?"

Realizing that there was ambiguity in his words, Jia Chen laughed and said:

"I mean, sister Lin, don't worry, I will take care of you in the future."

Lin Daiyu looked pale, and smiled gratefully:
"Brother Chen is so kind to me. Ever since I entered the Rong Mansion, I feel that everyone is separated from me. There is only one Baoyu who bothers me every day, but it is just to play with me, unlike Brother Chen who cares about me so much. .”

"Sister Lin, come with me, I have something important to tell you." Jia Chen saw that there was no one around, took Lin Daiyu's little hand, and led her into a secluded pavilion and waterside pavilion.

Lin Daiyu was delicate and frail, she had never run so fast, she was panting from exhaustion, she frowned and asked:
"Brother Chen, is there something urgent that needs to be so secretive?"

Jia Chen said softly:
"Did you know someone was trying to poison you?"

Lin Daiyu's eyes were wide open, her face paled, and she exclaimed in surprise:

"Brother Chen, is what you said true? Who wants to kill me?"

She never expected that in this seemingly grandiose and harmonious Rongguo Mansion, someone would actually want to harm her.

If she hadn't witnessed the strange death of her brother and mother, she would never have believed it.

But now, he couldn't help but believe it a little bit.

Jia Chen said solemnly:
"It's absolutely true. I heard with my own ears the conversation between Mrs. Liu, the kitchen manager of the Rong Mansion, and another woman. Someone instructed Mrs. Liu to poison your food."

"Is this impossible? If there is poison in the food, then I should have died of poison."

Lin Daiyu still can't believe it. After all, this is her grandmother's house. She has just arrived, and she is cautious in every step, paying attention to everything, not daring to make a wrong step. She probably has no enmity with anyone. Who would be so desperate to poison herself?

Jia Chen analyzed:
"What she gave you should be a slow poison, or maybe she didn't poison you. Instead, she used the principle of mutual restraint of food to mix several ingredients together and react with each other to produce toxins."

Lin Daiyu had never heard of this theory of food mutual restraint, and felt that Jia Chen was very mysterious, and became more curious about him, so she asked in surprise:
"Can an ordinary diet be poisoned?"

Jia Chen slightly nodded and said:
"Yes, for example, eating prunes and mutton can cause chest tightness, eating dog meat and ginger can cause abdominal pain, and eating ginseng and radish can cause abdominal flatulence."

Lin Daiyu's eyes dimmed, and she suddenly realized:
"It turns out that improper diet can cause so many diseases. No wonder I have been feeling flatulent recently. It turned out that after I entered Rongfu, I got used to taking ginseng Yangrong pills before every meal and drinking a cup of it after each meal." The bowl of wolfberry and radish soup was originally intended for digestion, but I didn’t expect that ginseng and radish should be eaten together.”

Jia Chen pointedly said:

"You can't think of it, but it doesn't mean that sister-in-law Liu can't think of it. Even if Liu sister-in-law can't think of it, it doesn't mean that the mastermind who ordered her to poison you can't think of it."

Although the words are a bit convoluted, Lin Daiyu, who is ice-snow and smart, still knows a little bit. She immediately frowned and asked with a tense expression:

"Brother Chen, do you already know who is behind the scenes?"

Jia Chen smiled wryly and shook his head:
"I didn't question Sister-in-law Liu face-to-face in order to avoid alarming others, but I have vaguely guessed that the mastermind behind the scenes is probably your second aunt."

When Lin Daiyu heard that the black hand behind the scenes might be Jia Baoyu's mother, Mrs. Wang, she took a deep breath, her lips pursed a few times, her eyelashes filled with tears, and she said in a trembling voice:

"Why did my second aunt want to kill me?"

Jia Chen analyzed:
"Before your mother came out of the cabinet, the relationship with your second aunt was very bad, because your second aunt was jealous that your mother was more beautiful than her, and she was more favored than her in Rongfu. She has always held a grudge, you come After that, she vented her anger on you and transferred her resentment towards your mother to you.

Also, your Lin family's four generations of princes have a lot of money, your second aunt wants to kill you, make your Lin family extinct, and take the opportunity to take away all the property of the Lin family. "

Lin Daiyu was trembling with anger, and said angrily:
"What a vicious trick! Although I don't like to speculate on others with malice, but when I first entered the Rong Mansion, when I saw my second aunt, I found that there was hatred and hostility buried deep in her eyes when she looked at me. Moreover, I My mother also told me that she had a bad relationship with her second aunt."

Jia Chen nodded slightly. Mrs. Wang has always held a grudge against Jia Min for many reasons.

In the past when Jia Min was a girl, she attended various government banquets. Among all the female relatives, Jia Min was always the focus of the audience, taking the limelight.

Later, the Wang family wanted to marry Jia Min, but she refused.

Marriage among the four major families is an unwritten rule, but Jia Min is an exception.

Seeing Jia Min's sick Xi Shi's appearance, dressed up in a charming and enchanting manner every day, and the maids under her hands are the first to spend on food and clothing, Madam Wang hates her so much.

Later, Lin Ruhai, who married Jia Min, was the son of the Hou family, and he was also an unrivaled Tanhualang, which made Mrs. Wang's jealousy even deeper.

Because Mrs. Wang, as the first daughter of the Wang family, originally wanted to marry the eldest wife of the Gongmen Hou Mansion, but she only married the second wife of the Rong Mansion. This also made Mrs. Wang very uncomfortable.

In fact, in this day and age, sister-in-law is slightly taller than sister-in-law.

For example, when eating in Jia's mansion, Wang Xifeng's sisters-in-law just sat and ate, while Wang Xifeng and Li Wan's daughters-in-law could only serve beside them, and they could only eat by themselves after their mother-in-law and sisters-in-law had eaten.

Such scenes must have appeared in the Rongguo Mansion back then, but the parties involved were replaced by Jia Min and Mrs. Wang.

At that time, Jia Min was a sister-in-law, and Mrs. Wang was a sister-in-law. Jia Min's status was higher than that of Mrs. Wang, which undoubtedly made Mrs. Wang hold a grudge against Jia Min even more.

These are all grievances and entanglements between Mrs. Wang and Jia Min.

Jia Chen exhorted solemnly:

"Sister Lin, you won't be able to eat and drink in Rongfu from now on."

Lin Daiyu looked embarrassed and said:

"But, I live in Rongguo Mansion now, if I don't eat in the mansion, where can I go?"

Jia Chen smiled gently and said:

"You can come to my house and I will cook for you."

Lin Daiyu's eyes lit up for a moment, then dimmed again, shaking her head in disappointment and saying:
"I'm afraid it won't work. I'm a girl in a boudoir. For the sake of fame, I have to leave the gate, and the two gates. I can't even leave the Rongguo Mansion. How can I go to your house for dinner?"

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the shackles on women reached its peak. Women who had not left the court were raised in deep boudoirs, and they could not easily see outsiders, and women who had left the court could not easily meet outsiders.

"Nv Xiaojing Guangyao Dao Zhang" puts forward:
"Women must cover their faces when they go out... Sending off brothers should not exceed the threshold. This is the most important way for women."

Facing Lin Daiyu's apprehensive and pitiful eyes, Jia Chen thought for a while, then suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile:

"Sister Lin, don't worry, I have a solution."

(End of this chapter)