The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader

Chapter 141 A Different Life
After the Double Ninth Festival, the leaves on the big trees in the yard turned yellow.

An autumn wind blew, and many leaves were blown down under the eaves and in front of the main door.

The door and window were wide open. Shui Rong, dressed in casual clothes, was sitting on a chair by the window with his eyes wide open.

In ten days, Shui Rong became a completely different person. He became much thinner, his cheeks and eye sockets were sunken, his face was pale, and he had a wide band tied on his head.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Princess Beijing came, followed by two maids, one holding a bowl in her hand, and the other also holding a bowl in her hand.

Princess Beijing's eyes flashed with a complicated look, and she said softly: "Your Highness, no matter how serious the matter is, your health is the most important thing. You have to drink some medicine and ginseng soup."

Shui Rong just looked out the window without saying anything.

"Close the window." Princess Beijing took the ginseng soup and instructed the maid.

The maid said: "Yes." She walked over and closed the windows.

Shui Rong came back to his senses.

Princess Beijing: "Your Majesty, ginseng soup."

Shui Rong looked at her.

Princess Beijing also looked at Shui Rong.

After a long while, Shui Rong sighed lightly, sat up straight, took the ginseng soup and drank it in one gulp.

Princess Beijing then smiled a little, and as she took the bowl with both hands, she said, "That's good. No matter how serious the matter is, your health is more important."

Shui Rong glanced at her, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes, and he said softly: "You have worked hard."

Princess Beijing was silent for a moment, then said, "I think this is a good idea."

Shui Rong was stunned for a moment. In that moment, a pair of eyes with different expressions suddenly appeared in his mind, scrutinizing eyes, gloating eyes, and contemptuous eyes. Even the Qingke Xianggong he kept showed this kind of face. After several officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who were on good terms with him were dismissed, those Qingke Xianggong left the palace one after another, making him a joke in the whole capital. When he thought of this, his eyes went dark again.

Princess Beijing seemed to have mustered up her courage: "Your Majesty, let's not worry about what's happening outside."

With a "bang", Shui Rong slapped the table with his palm, shaking the tea bowls on the table high!

The two maids were so frightened that they knelt down in panic.

Princess Beijing’s face turned pale and she stared at Shui Rong in a daze.

Shui Rong almost yelled, "Get out!" and started coughing violently.

The two maids said, “Yes.” and hurried out.

Princess Beijing quickly patted Shui Rong on the back.

Shui Rong pushed her hand away: "Get out."

Princess Beijing felt that Shui Rong was really angry with her. She bit her lip and said, "It's all my fault. Your Majesty, please don't get so angry that you get sick."

Shui Rong didn't look at her: "Get out!"

Princess Beijing was stunned by such cruelty. Then tears welled up in her eyes, filled with panic and more of grievance.

She bit her lower lip tightly, refusing to cry, bowed slightly to Shui Rong, and walked out.

"princess!"

There was a sound of footsteps, and Yang Qilong walked in quickly and looked at Shui Rong: "My Lord, what happened?"

Shui Rong sighed, ".Let's not talk about it. Did something happen again?"

Yang Qilong smiled and replied, "Your Majesty, good news, great news!"

Shui Rong stared at him without blinking.

Yang Qilong: "The White Tiger Hall Master successfully ambushed the elite troops of the Azure Dragon Hall led by the Azure Dragon Hall Master, but unfortunately the Azure Dragon Hall Master escaped. However, he was seriously injured and his left arm was cut off by the White Tiger Hall Master!"

Shui Rong suddenly stood up from the chair and said loudly, "Okay!" and started coughing again.

Yang Qilong quickly helped him sit down, gently patting his back and saying, "There is another good news. The White Tiger Hall Master learned something from the Qinglong Hall captives. Bai Hongzhi is a member of the White Lotus Sect."

"Oh?!" Shui Rong was startled.

Yang Qilong: "He is the grandson of the former leader of the Shaanxi branch. In addition, he also asked the leader of the Qinglong Hall to investigate the true identity of the young master."

Shui Rong was startled again: "Is it him?!"

Yang Qilong nodded. "Okay." Shui Rong's teeth clattered, "What a cruel and vicious little beast."

"Young Master." Yang Qilong was afraid that Shui Rong would do something irrational in anger, so he said quickly: "Bai Hongzhi deserves to die, but now many eyes are staring at us, especially Ningguo Mansion!"

Shui Rong suddenly remembered: "The day after tomorrow is the day of Jia Zhen's funeral?"

Yang Qilong: “Yes.”

Shui Rong asked again, "I heard that the little bastard has been having a hot relationship with Prince Zhongshun recently?"

Yang Qilong: “Yes.”

Shui Rong smiled and said, "How do you think King Zhongshun would react if he knew about this?"

"Kill to silence the witness!" Yang Qilong replied quickly.

Shui Rong smiled and said, "Doesn't that little beast like to kill people by borrowing a knife? This time, I will borrow King Zhongshun's knife to kill him, and disgust Jia Jing at the same time." Having said that, Shui Rong waved his hand.

Yang Qilong came over.

Shui Rong whispered something in his ear.

Yang Qilong was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Is this too much of a fuss?"

Shui Rong sneered, "Only if the situation gets out of hand will the nine gates of the capital be under martial law! If we miss the auspicious time, I want to see if the Ningguo Mansion will hold the funeral. If not, Jia Zhen's coffin will be kept for a longer period than the funeral of a duke, which is a crime of usurpation!"

After hearing what Shui Rong said, Yang Qilong nodded. He thought that he could kill two birds with one stone, and the loss of a few people would not be a big deal.

Li Hu walked out of the green gauze cupboard in slippers. He felt refreshed after taking a shower.

Walking into the main hall, Li Hu saw Xueyan sitting outside the warm room eating snacks and walked over with a smile.

Seeing Li Hu coming over, Xueyan stood up quickly, but she had a snack in her mouth and had to greet him, so she called the word "Second Master" unclearly.

Li Hu tapped her head and said, "Let's eat in the small dining room." Then he walked into the warm room.

".You sent me away again." Xueyan touched her head, picked up her snack and walked towards the small dining room.

As soon as I entered the warm room, I saw Lin Daiyu leaning on the kang and reading Li Hu's military book.

Li Hu sat down beside her and said with a smile, "Oh, isn't this the daughter of Mr. Lin, the salt collector? What wind brought you here?"

Lin Daiyu rolled her eyes and ignored him.

Li Hu threw away his shoes and pushed her.

Lin Daiyu moved inside and made room for him.

Li Hu dragged a pillow over and lay down next to her. He suddenly remembered the story of taro told by Jia Baoyu in the original novel. In order to make her laugh, he told it. Sure enough, after hearing it, Lin Daiyu turned over and got up, pressing him to make trouble.

After playing and fighting for a while, Li Hu lay on the kang, holding Lin Daiyu in his arms, smelling the unique fragrance on her body that belonged only to her. Suddenly he sniffed, then pulled up her sleeve and smelled it.

Lin Daiyu slapped his hand away: "What are you doing?"

Li Hu: "Why do you have two scents on your body? Did you use incense?"

Lin Daiyu also smelled it herself and then smiled: "This is the fragrance of Sister Bao."

Li Hu was startled: "Oh? Why is she here?"

Lin Dai raised her head and looked at him with a smirk: "I came here specifically to see you."

With a "slap", Li Hu raised his hand and slapped her on the butt, "Speak properly."

Lin Daiyu's little face turned red and she stared at Li Hu fiercely.

Li Hu slowly raised his hand again.

Lin Daiyu quickly grabbed his hand and begged, "Good brother, I won't dare to do it again."

Li Hu smiled smugly: "Next time, it won't just be a fight. Got it?"

Lin Daiyu blushed and said "hmm", then leaned her head on Li Hu's chest and said softly: "Sister Bao said two things. One is that Xue Ke came to Beijing. The other is that a caravan was formed and went directly to Shaanxi. Xue Ke is very smart." When she said this, she was slightly stunned, and when she looked up, she saw that Li Hu had fallen asleep.

Seeing the tired look on his face, Lin Daiyu felt really distressed. She reached out and touched his cheek, moving very slowly and gently for fear of hurting him.

Li Hu suddenly tightened his arms around her, as if to silently comfort her.

Lin Daiyu pursed her lips, put her head on his chest, and slowly closed her eyes.
(End of this chapter)