Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 45 [045] Qin Keqing's Beauty Plan
A gust of wind chimes sounded, ding ding dong dong, clear and clear, but disorganized, like urging notes, the prelude before the fierce battle, echoing in the dimly lit and cramped room, inexplicably disturbing.

Looking at Jia Chen's face half exposed in the sun and half hidden in the shadows, looking cloudy and unpredictable, Jia Zhen was a little flustered, and smiled embarrassingly:

"Brother Chen was joking. It was Brother Yu who spoke inappropriately just now. We have indeed settled our suspicions. Today, I want to invite Brother Chen to drink and enjoy the plum blossoms, and have fun together."

Jia Chen squinted at him with a half-smile, and asked:

"Is this the only reason?"

Jia Zhen frowned slightly, narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment, then said with a smile:
"There is another reason. Brother Chen saved Zhuo Jing and his aunt last time. Brother Yu always wanted to thank them face to face. Today, he set out a few glasses of thin wine to show his heart."

Jia Chen knew that what he was referring to was the last time You Shi and You Second Sister were molested by Li Guogong's grandson Liu Fang, and he rescued them by himself.

Jia Chen smiled lightly and said:

"My sister-in-law and second sister You are both members of the Jia family. When they are in danger, I will naturally not stand idly by. I came to your mansion today not just for drinking and having fun. Give it to me?"

Jia Zhen smiled and said, "I've already made preparations."

As he spoke, he took out a stack of silver notes worth three hundred taels from his sleeve, and offered them with both hands.

Jia Chen took it and said coldly:
"Brother, let's settle the accounts, let's make an appointment with Mr. Shangzheng, and go to the warehouse to check the accounts together!"

With Jia Zhen's pissing nature, he must be suffocating, and there is no need for him to be kind to him.

A subtle slyness flashed in Jia Zhen's eyes, and she said with a smile:
"Brother Chen, don't be impatient. After eating and drinking, brother Yu will accompany you to find Mr. Zheng. Let's go to inspect the property and check the accounts together."

With that said, he looked at Jia Rong and ordered:

"Although fine wine is good, it also needs red sleeves to add fragrance. You go and call your daughter-in-law and ask her to have a drink with Brother Chen."

Displeasure flashed across Jia Rong's eyes, but he was already scared by Jia Zhen and dared not disobey his orders, so he had to go out to find Qin Keqing.

Jia Chen narrowed his eyes slightly: It seems that Jia Zhen wants to use Qin Keqing to trick me!
That being the case, then use the plan and let the other party lose his wife and lose his army!
After a while, the unhappy Jia Rong led Qin Keqing in.

Jia Chen's eyes lit up. Last time at the ceremony, Qin Keqing was covered with a red hijab, so he couldn't see her face.

Today I can see her true face, she is really beautiful!

As beautiful as spring flowers, as charming as the autumn moon.

The slightly round melon-seeded face, the watery eyes full of affection, looking forward to shine, the figure is graceful, charming and romantic, people can't forget it at a glance.

It is bright and charming, like Baochai, and romantic and graceful, like Daiyu.

One person has the beauty of both Chai and Dai.

As soon as she appeared, the originally dark room became brighter and brighter.

The chaotic sound of wind chimes has also become a little more pleasant.

Not only was Jia Chen shocked, but Jia Zhen's eyes were staring straight, her eyes wishing to fly into Qin Keqing's arms.

Qin Keqing avoided Jia Zhen's greedy and lustful eyes, lowered her eyes and bowed her knees to bless her:
"My daughter-in-law pays her respects to her father-in-law."

Only then did Jia Zhen come back to her senses, and smiled lewdly:
"Ke Qing, come over and have a drink with your Uncle Chen."

Qin Keqing walked up to Jia Chen gracefully, saluted with blessings, smiled sweetly and said:
"My niece and daughter-in-law send greetings to Uncle Chen!"

Jia Chen smiled and said:
"You don't need to be too polite, just sit next to me!"

He decided to follow his tricks, so he simply acted like it, so that Jia Zhen would mistakenly think that he had been tricked by a beauty, and he would wait for the opportunity to fight back.

Qin Keqing looked at Jia Rong with eyes asking for help, but Jia Rong lowered her eyebrows, and dared not touch her lovely and pitiful eyes with a bitter face.

Jia Zhen urged:
"But Qing, didn't you hear your Uncle Chen's order? Sit down quickly!"

Qin Keqing's eyes trembled, and she sighed softly, so she had to reluctantly move her footsteps, lingeringly walked over to Jia Chen and sat down.

Jia Chen's mind fluttered, he admired Qin Keqing up close, and felt that people are more colorless than flowers, and flowers are also desolate in front of others.

Especially those eyes of hers, the light is sparkling and rippling, but there is a kind of poignant beauty that I still feel pity for.

Sensing Jia Chen's burning gaze, Qin Keqing glanced at Jia Chen resentfully, then retracted her gaze like an electric shock, stretched out her slender hand, and poured a glass of wine for Jia Chen.

The crimson-based gold-trimmed pink water sleeve brushes over the wine glass, which is pleasing to the eye. If you get drunk before drinking, it really adds fragrance to the red sleeve.

Looking up the sleeves, she is wearing a pink chrysanthemum-pattern dark flower satin round-neck beige, a white collared jacket, and an ivory horse-face skirt embroidered with multicolored folded chrysanthemums.

The dress was clearly loose, but she wore it like a corset, making her look slim and graceful.

Jia Chen secretly sighed in his heart, what a tormenting little fairy!

Staring straight at Qin Keqing, Jia Chen deliberately raised a frivolous smile, picked up the wine glass, but only touched his lips on the rim of the glass, not even a drop of wine.

This is obviously a grand banquet, but what Jia Zhen used to kill people was not a sharp blade, but a knife on Sezi's head. Jia Zhen has malicious intentions, maybe poisoned the wine, so naturally she should be more careful.

Jia Zhen glanced at Jia Chen's wine glass, narrowed her eyes slightly, but said nothing.

"Brother Chen, let me go out for the convenience, you drink slowly." Jia Zhen greeted with a smile, got up and went out.

Jia Rong also excused herself to go to the toilet, followed Jia Zhen, and closed the door behind her.

Only Jia Chen and Qin Keqing were left in the room.

The lonely man and the widow were in the same room, and the atmosphere suddenly became delicate.

Jia Chen looked into Qin Keqing's eyes, and asked whether intentionally or not, "How is your nephew and daughter-in-law doing in Ningfu?"

Qin Keqing was slightly taken aback, lowered her eyebrows slightly, and said timidly with a little confidence:
"My father-in-law and my husband treat me very well."

Jia Chen asked with a half-smile, "Really?"

Qin Keqing sighed faintly, her lips twitched twice, and her voice was three minutes lower: "That's true."

Jia Chen's face turned serious, he suppressed the frivolous smile on his face, and said seriously:

"Qin Keqing, I'm not a swinger, I don't want to take advantage of you, let me ask you, is Jia Zhen trying to belittle you? I can make decisions for you!"

As if struck by lightning, Qin Keqing stared blankly at Jia Chen, with hesitation and hope in her eyes.

Jia Chen smiled righteously and said:
"Don't be surprised. Jia Zhen wanted to murder me, but she used you as a raft and used you to play a beauty trick. She wanted to ruin my reputation and ruin my future. I will ask you one last time, do you want me to help you?"

Tears welled up in Qin Keqing's eyes, her cherry lips trembled a few times, and she only uttered one word: "Think!"

Although he only uttered one word, it seemed as if he had spit out most of the melancholy, resentment, worry and fear of these days.

"That's easy! Come here with your ear!"

When Qin Keqing tilted her snowy neck and put her left ear in front of her, Jia Chen leaned close to her pink earlobe, whispered a few words, and asked her to act according to plan.

Qin Keqing nodded repeatedly, got up and gave Jia Chen a deep bow, her eyes were full of gratitude and anticipation.

(End of this chapter)