Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 385
It has to be said that with the improvement of Lai Shangrong's status, even a widowed person like Li Wan, as long as he has a reasonable excuse, no one dares to say anything even if he goes to Lai's house at night.

Of course, because of the decline of one thing and the growth of the other, the Rong Mansion was declining day by day, and had to rely on Uncle Lai's help in many places.

In addition, by clearing up the relationship between Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, no one would stand in the way even if there was no cover for Jialan's schoolwork.

However, Li Wan has always been cautious and has no deep understanding of these situations, so he has been wasting his time until today.

In the Dou Feng Pavilion, Lai Shangrong looked at the master and servant Li Wan who was looking for some relief from the lingering lingering lingering feeling. He couldn't help but put his hands on his hips and kneaded his waist a few times.

It is true that women are made of water, but floods are also water.

Although I didn't fully achieve my goal in the Xue Family Courtyard, I felt very happy in the Rongxi Hall.

He helped comfort Xue Baochai, and Mrs. Wang, who was filled with gratitude all the way up and down, could not express her gratitude diligently.
I thought I could have a good rest when I returned home, but unexpectedly, Li Wan came to my door again.

Li Wan was already very resilient, and the master and servant had not been nourished for several months. Lai Shangrong had no choice but to chase the enemy bravely, and finally dealt with it.

Thinking of this, Lai Shangrong couldn't help but sigh that this break was more tiring than working.

"I'll go to the study first to see if Lan'er has finished her homework. You guys should rest for a while before going there!"

After hearing this, Li Wan's face became more and more delicate and charming.

"Can Lan'er pass the scholar exam this time?"

"Don't worry! Although Lan'er hasn't studied hard in the past few years, her foundation is still solid. Besides, after following the uncle's experience in the Yamen, her horizons are much wider than before. If you can't even pass the child's test, then how can the uncle these years Isn’t it a waste of time?”

Although the implementation of the new currency offended many officials, the imperial examination was no joke.

Especially when Emperor Zhenglong conferred a marriage today, it was clearly to support him. I believe that no one who is short-sighted would dare to commit fraud in this place.

However, they didn't dare to falsify, but they had to be excluded. Coupled with Jia Zheng's illness, they gave them a reasonable excuse.

Thinking of this, he warned: "Tell Lan'er later that if you hear any rumors about the second master outside, even if you suffer some grievances, don't talk about it everywhere when you come back."

Hearing that his son would be wronged, Li Wan was concerned and confused, and said anxiously: "Okay, how can he be wronged?"

Lai Shangrong did not hide it and informed Li Wan of Jia Zheng's illness.

"This disease will inevitably be criticized by scholars. After all, Lan'er is his grandson, so he will inevitably suffer some injustice."

Although the glare from the outside world may not have nothing to do with it, diverting conflicts is conducive to internal unity. Lai Shangrong timely shifted the blame to Jia Zheng.

Sure enough, when Li Wan heard this, he immediately spat: "Bah! This old man is actually infected with this disease. He usually pretends to be sanctimonious, but I didn't expect..."

Speaking of this, I thought that Jia Zheng was just hanging around the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, but Lai Shangrong... was even worse. He quickly changed his words and said: "We two have not benefited from them, but these shit basins have also been used." , This won’t affect Lan’er’s career, right?”

Lai Shangrong wiped the ripe peach, and said softly: "Don't worry! Isn't there still me! How can we treat our son badly? If it really has any influence, let Lan'er go the way of the State Operations Department first, over there After working for two years, I will transfer him to the household department."

Hearing this, Li Wan immediately approached him with charming eyes.

Lai Shangrong knew that the performance was too much, and he was afraid of getting angry, so he hurriedly said: "Those are all things for later. You have to pass the scholar examination first. I'll go check on Lan'er's classwork."

Li Wan didn't know that he was so afraid of the flood that he ran away from the battle. He thought he was caring about Jia Lan, but in his heart he just felt that the ironing was not decent.

"When Lan'er finishes taking the exam, Wan'er can come over and thank Shangrong!" Susheng said in a calm voice.

"Hehehehe!" Lai Shangrong said with an evil smile: "The Wan'er will have to listen to my arrangements. It's time for us to change our ways!"

After saying that, he saw that Li Wan couldn't hold back his emotions and rushed out of the door without waiting for her to speak.

Since Mrs. Wang can even accept Xue Baochai's association with her, then Li Wan must not be a problem.

However, Lai Shangrong still believed in Li Wan more than Mrs. Wang.

Therefore, it was impossible to tell Mrs. Wang frankly about her relationship with Li Wan, and she had to make other arrangements for the specific details.

The most effective method is to inform Li Wan in advance, let her enter the Jade Emperor Temple by mistake, and pretend to break up the affair between himself and Mrs. Wang.

At that time, we only need to hint a little. In order to avoid the leak of news, it would be the most appropriate to tie Li Wan to the same boat. Presumably, the panic-stricken Mrs. Wang will not become a hindrance, but will be her own help.

Although he has not been to the Jade Emperor Temple, Mrs. Wang only left two maids, Caixia and Caiyun, to facilitate his entry and exit. Before he sneaked there at night, Mrs. Wang would definitely send away the two maids. This also gave him Li Wan mistakenly entered the chaos and created the prerequisites.

Relatively speaking, Xue Baochai is much simpler. As long as Xue Baochai's work is completed, and the two of them are just fake mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wang should not refuse.

Of course, Lai Shangrong still understands the principle that too much is not enough, and he has to proceed step by step to make Mrs. Wang submit step by step. Putting the relationship between the two in front of Li Wan is the first step.

It's just that Lai Shangrong is still hesitating, as the same method can only be used once, whether to bring Wang Xifeng with him. After all, Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng also have the bond of aunt and nephew.

Thinking of this, Lai Shangrong smiled even more proudly.

However, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are like savage beasts, not as bad as Wang Xifeng, so Suyun had better not take them with her, lest...

Of course, Uncle Lai would not admit that he was afraid that he would not be able to succeed, so he found an excuse for himself to be bound by his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and not allow outsiders to interfere.

As soon as he left Doufengxuan and entered the arrow path downstairs of Tianxiang, he saw Jin Chuan walking towards him.

"Uncle! Miss Ping'er is here and is waiting for the uncle in the hall!"

"Tell her that I'm giving extra lessons to Lan Xiaozi and ask her to wait a moment!"

If Li Wan hadn't put on his makeup and taken a break to calm down before going to the study, Lai Shangrong would have been eager to see Ping'er first so that he could have an excuse to escape.

I complained secretly, I don’t know what day it is today, but they are all gathered together. Even with the time management ability of the uncle, I can’t say hello.

When I came to the outer study room, I looked at some of the articles assigned to Jia Lan, and gave some pointers on what to pay attention to during the exam, what test materials needed to be prepared, etc.

He saw Li Wanshen walking in with Su Yun without shaking his shoulders.

After saying a few words of encouragement, he said: "Okay! It's just a trivial matter for a child to test you. Accumulate more experience in scientific examinations. If you are selected as a scholar, I will try it in autumn this year. It's getting dark too. Now, let’s go back with your mother!”

Jia Lan bowed politely and said, "Disciple, remember your master's instructions!" Lai Shangrong sent Li Wan and the others to the door, and then waved goodbye under Li Wan's affectionate gaze.

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After seeing off Li Wan and the others, Lai Shangrong rushed to the flower hall without stopping, quite like catching up with the moon under the stars.

As soon as Ping'er saw him, he said straight to the point: "Master, you should go over and see grandma!"

"What's wrong?" Lai Shangrong asked confused.

"The emperor granted me a marriage today, and grandma will lose her temper a lot after she returns."

"I just know that I love power!" Lai Shangrong naturally knew why Wang Xifeng was angry, so he couldn't help complaining and asked, "There's nothing wrong with it, right?"

"That's not true. A few words of advice from the slave will be enough. It's just that the uncle hasn't been there for a long time. Chunliu's child is about to be born, and grandma is also a little worried..."

"What are you worried about? It's not certain whether it will be a boy or a girl!"

"Having said that, grandma's worries are not unreasonable. Look, uncle..."

Lai Shangrong secretly complained that this series of bombardments was really overwhelming. It seemed that his time management skills still need to be improved!
However, Wang Xifeng could still cope with it, but it was just a pain for Ping'er and Xiaohong. It seemed that she could only make up for it in the future.

"Let's go!" Lai Shangrong said bravely: "Today, I will wrong you and Xiaohong first, and I will help her clear up her depression."

Of course Lai Shangrong would not admit that he was overwhelmed, and Ping'er did not doubt it.

Following Ping'er all the way to Rong Mansion, although the gatekeepers couldn't help but wonder why Ping'er didn't stay at Lai's house and instead brought Lai Shangrong back, no one dared to talk too much.

Wang Xifeng had already been waiting eagerly in the courtyard and hurriedly welcomed him into the back room.

Lai Shangrong pulled Wang Xifeng, hugged her slender waist with a golden sword, lay down on the bed like a conjoined twin, and said with a smile: "I heard from Ping'er that the second grandma has a knot in her chest, and you need me to clear it for you?"

"I knew this little prodigal would be talkative!" Wang Xifeng cursed with a smile, then rubbed herself in Lai Shangrong's arms for a few times, and said coquettishly: "It's fine if it's someone else, Bao Yatou has never been a fuel-efficient lamp, and now there are I'm afraid the emperor's marriage gift is so popular that it won't be able to accommodate her!"

Lai Shangrong said perfunctorily: "This matter depends on the second wife's intentions, she may not be able to sit on the Diaoyutai!"

Under normal circumstances, Mrs. Wang would of course let Xue Baochai take over, but this is not a normal situation.

Although Mrs. Wang also had concerns, she knew that Xue Baochai was raised by Lai Shangrong in the outer room of her house and would hand over all the housekeeping rights to her. It was probably impossible.

"Bao Yatou is also Madam's niece, and she was promised to Baoyu. Isn't it obvious who Madam is looking for?"

Wang Xifeng paused, raised her hand and put it on Lai Shangrong's chest, drawing circles and saying: "Unless Shangrong can help others, last year you said that my wife had something important to ask for, so I guess you wouldn't be disgraced! "

Wang Xifeng, who knew the economic situation of Rongfu, always thought that what Mrs. Wang wanted was to buy shares in the state-owned company, and the state-owned company was in Lai Shangrong's hands. Even if the matter was solved, there was no need to worry about Mrs. Wang crossing the river and burning the bridge.

The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh. For Lai Shangrong, there is no difference whether he is the housekeeper Wang Xifeng or Xue Baochai in Rong Mansion, and he has no motivation to change the status quo.

Lai Shangrong declined: "After all, this is housework here, how can I interfere at will?"

Wang Xifeng cried out: "If the uncle refuses to take action, I'm afraid that Bao Yatou will have to ride on the slave's head soon. This time the old lady checked the bet, she threatened Xiaohong's mother and kept the shit basin in the If there is no one to check and balance the second girl, it may not be convenient for the uncle to come in and out in the future!"

Just as Lai Shangrong was about to pass the blame, he suddenly had an idea and said, "Although it is inconvenient for me to say this, I have already planned it for you."

"Really?" Wang Xifeng said in surprise: "Master, please tell me how you planned it."

Hearing that Lai Shangrong had already made plans, Wang Xifeng was so happy that she even changed her title.

Lai Shangrong was not coaxing Wang Xifeng. He was still hesitating before letting Li Wan enter the Jade Emperor Temple by mistake, whether to take Wang Xifeng with him or not, because he was afraid that Wang Xifeng knew about his relationship with Mrs. Wang and would force Mrs. Wang to let her take charge of Rongfu affairs.

But after hearing what Wang Xifeng and Xue Baochai said about balancing each other, he changed his mind.

He doesn't want his family's back house to be unstable, but Rong Mansion is not his home, so what does it have to do with him whether there is trouble or not?
On the contrary, once they compete with each other, they can get the best of both worlds.

Although Mrs. Wang was frightened by the crime of deceiving the king that she had thrown out, Xue Baochai was still in the dark. Even if Mrs. Wang had concerns and did not dare to act rashly, why couldn't she give some advice?

Once she is caught by Wang Xifeng and thinks that she has forced Wang Xifeng into her own boat, she will be more inclined to Wang Xifeng's side, whether it is for compensation afterwards or a psychological tendency.

With Wang Xifeng's character, once he gains power, he will definitely suppress Xue Baochai.

Because Xue Baochai was not upright, he lacked the confidence to bargain in front of Mrs. Wang. If he wanted to win back a victory, he could only rely on himself. If he made any unreasonable demands then, it would be a matter of course.

Even if she follows the same pattern, she will definitely agree to it.

After you have done it for the first time, it will be much easier to cut the sausage slowly and make every inch of it.

Of course, in the end, it is necessary for everyone to discuss their own opinions, arrange for the sisters to meet each other frankly, and play the role of peacemaker again. Everyone sits and eats fruit and fruit, and clearly divides the housekeeping rights of the first and second rooms of the Rongfu, and everyone is happy after the show family fun.

Although the means are not very glorious and will inevitably add fuel to the flames, the ultimate goal is to eliminate the barriers between everyone.

However, now is not the time to tell the truth, we still have to wait for Li Wan to be ready.

So he said ambiguously: "This matter is not urgent at the moment. I am worried about the second wife's omissions. When the time comes, you will listen to the uncle's arrangements and keep her in mind."

Although Lai Shangrong didn't tell the truth, and Wang Xifeng didn't know what the omission was, it didn't stop her from hearing the news and her blood surged, and a layer of rose red appeared on her body.

Since Lai Shangrong had sworn to catch Mrs. Wang's omissions, there would definitely be no lies and it would not be a trivial matter.

Once this handle is grasped by herself, Mrs. Wang will not be allowed to look at her in the future?

Thinking of this, he could no longer suppress the ecstasy in his heart. He raised his eyebrows and said charmingly: "Uncle! If you don't work harder, the child in Chunliu's belly will come out. How can you call me a slave?" Borrow seeds from the uncle?"

"Hehehehe!" Lai Shangrong said with a bad smile: "I have a lot of strength, but I'm afraid that I'll make you, the delicate Mistress Lian, fall apart!"

While speaking, Lai Shangrong turned over, and his two hot bodies swayed with the candlelight in the room.

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(End of this chapter)