In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Chapter 393 Dream of Red Mansions - Jia Yingchun 64

The gatekeeper was well aware of the relationship between the officials in his mansion and the Jia family of Rongguo Mansion in the north of the city. When he heard the maid say that she was sent by the old lady, he did not dare to ignore her words.

"Wait here first. I'll go and report to the master."

After hearing the report from the doorman, Jia Lang and Aunt Li were both quite surprised. What was so urgent that she had to come to see them so late at night?

"It's already so late in the day, what on earth does the old lady want that she has to call you over at this time?"

Whoever gives birth to a child will feel sorry for the child. Whenever Aunt Li thought about Jia Lang having to go to court early the next morning, she was very dissatisfied with Lady Jia's sending someone to invite him at this time. You know, Jia Lang's house is located in the south of the city, and it takes two hours to go back and forth from the south to the north. It is not known what the matter is with Lady Jia and how long it will take. Aunt Li only knew that as long as Jia Lang went there and came back, he would have to stay up all night.

"Today, when I was on duty beside the Emperor, I seemed to hear that the virtuous concubine in the palace was seriously ill. I wonder if this is the reason?"

Jia Lang knew in his heart that Jia Yuanchun was not seriously ill, she was clearly dead. However, he could not say this openly. After all, she had already moved out of the Rongguo Mansion and cut off contact with the Jia family. If he was too well-informed about the Jia family, the emperor would suspect that he was still secretly communicating with those people in the Rongguo Mansion.

"Ah, didn't they say that Consort Xian De was pregnant with the emperor's heir? Why did she suddenly become seriously ill?"

Ever since Aunt Li was taken out by Jia Lang, she really stopped paying attention to any news from the Jia Mansion. She only remembered that before she moved out, it was the pregnancy of Concubine Xian De from the Second House that made the First House unwilling to split up.

"The old lady doesn't want you to do something, does she?"

Aunt Li couldn't help but worry. There was no one in the Jia family who could attend court now, and the only one who had some connection with the palace was Jia Lang.

Aunt Li was afraid that Grandmother Jia would use filial piety to pressure Jia Lang to help Jia Yuanchun, so she said directly: "No, Erlang can't go. If it really doesn't work, I'll go. I'm just a woman, even if the old lady wants to force me to agree, it's useless."

Jia Lang was always moved by Aunt Li's pure love for her son. Just as he was about to say something, he saw the doorman leading the maid from Rongguo Mansion over from a distance.

"It's okay, auntie, don't worry. Now that they're here, let's ask about the situation first."

Seeing this, Aunt Li had no choice but to wait patiently for someone to come and explain their purpose. She no longer said that she would go to Rongguo Mansion on behalf of Jia Lang.

"You are...Xueyan?"

As the person approached, Jia Lang recognized that the maid following behind him should be the one who served Lin Daiyu. Even though he had the memories of Jia Yingchun from his previous life, he had less contact with her in this life, so it took Jia Lang a while to identify her before he could call out her name.

"Master Lang has good eyesight. This servant is Xueyan, who serves Miss Lin."

The reason why Grandmother Jia sent Xueyan over was because Lin Daiyu recommended her. She knew that of her two senior maids, Zijuan was on Jia Baoyu's side, while Xueyan was the one who truly stood on her side.

Lin Daiyu felt that such matters must be explained to Jia Lang in advance no matter what. If Jia Lang was unwilling, he didn't have to come and she would have to explain everything. It must be said that Lin Daiyu's judgment about the maid around her was correct. Xueyan was indeed more loyal than Zijuan.

"I have something very important to explain to Master Lang. Please ask Master Lang to dismiss the attendants."

This was not the first time Xueyan had met Jia Lang. She had met him many times when Jia Lang went to the Lin Mansion twice. In her heart, Xueyan always felt that apart from his status, Jia Lang was much better than Jia Baoyu.

But she had little influence and her mistress just happened to like Jia Baoyu. Xueyan was just a servant and naturally could not influence her master's thoughts.

Jia Lang was really surprised to see Xueyan. Didn’t they say that Grandmother Jia sent someone to invite her? How could it be Lin Daiyu’s maid?

Seeing that the other party had something important to say, Jia Lang cooperated and dismissed the servants, leaving only Aunt Li to listen. Xueyan was naturally aware of Aunt Li's identity and did not dare to have any opinions. She just organized her words nervously and told Lin Daiyu everything that happened in the Jia Mansion today, including what Jia's mother later asked Lin Daiyu about Jia Lang.

After hearing Xueyan's words, Jia Lang hadn't done anything yet, but Aunt Li was the first to explode with anger.

What does Grandmother Jia treat her son like? Jia Baoyu is her biological grandson, but isn't Erlang her biological grandson? Or is it because Erlang's biological mother is herself, a little concubine, that Erlang can only be looked down upon by Grandmother Jia, who ignores him when nothing happens and thinks of Erlang as the scapegoat when something goes wrong!

"Impossible, I won't agree to it, and Erlang won't agree to it either. Go back and tell the old lady to give up on this idea. If she dares to use filial piety to force Erlang to agree, I will personally take the rope and hang myself in front of the gate of Rongguo Mansion!"

Presumably, the Rongguo Mansion forced Jia Lang's biological mother to death, and from then on, no one in the Jia Mansion could use filial piety to force Jia Lang to contribute to the Jia Mansion.

Lin Daiyu asked Xueyan to come over, and she did have the idea of ​​telling Jia Lang the truth, but Xueyan was truly loyal. Although she felt sorry for Jia Lang, she would naturally choose to side with Lady Jia if it could help her young lady survive.

She knelt down with a thud, and kowtowed to Jia Lang and Aunt Li. Aunt Li was kindhearted to begin with, and she had also been a servant, so after Xueyan knelt down like this, Aunt Li could no longer vent her anger.

"Please Master Lang, Aunt Li, save my young lady. I beg you."

Aunt Li couldn't bear it, but that didn't mean she couldn't bear to let her son become such a coward. However, Jia Lang had other ideas. She pulled Aunt Li aside and told her her thoughts. Only then did Aunt Li realize that this was not entirely a bad thing for Jia Lang.

As time went by, Aunt Li almost forgot that Jia Lang was originally a girl. As a man, he had to get married when he reached the age. Lin Daiyu was still Lin Ruhai's daughter, and her status was completely suitable for Jia Lang.

In addition, Lin Daiyu had a bad reputation and was in poor health. As long as Jia Lang pretended to marry her under duress, he could use this as an excuse to not consummate the marriage, and it would not even be surprising that they had no children.

When it's almost time, they will go to the foundling home to adopt two abandoned babies and raise them as their own. This will not arouse suspicion and will perfectly hide Jia Lang's secret.

When Lady Jia met Jia Lang, Jia Lang naturally would not express his thoughts until Lady Jia took out chips that satisfied Jia Lang. As for Lin Daiyu, she didn't want to live anymore, but she had to agree to Lady Jia's arrangement in order not to disgrace the reputation of the Lin family and to appease Lady Jia.