Lian Erye in the Red Mansion

Chapter 82 Brother-in-law

Watching the opera and drinking fine wine, Jia Zhen, in high spirits, stopped Jia Rong and Jia Qiang from pouring wine for themselves. Instead, he had several beautiful maids come up to set the table. Under the influence of alcohol, it was inevitable that they would make unwanted advances in public.

Although Jia Rong was afraid of his father, he also knew that his father, Jia Zhen, was a man who enjoyed "sharing pleasures" in this regard. So, he gradually started to touch hands with the maids and flirt with them openly and secretly.

In comparison, Qiang-ge'er next to him seemed a bit shy, passively accepting the situation... He preferred to be passive.

Jia Zhen took care of Jia Lian and specially arranged for two women, both of whom had had casual relationships with him, to serve him.

Both of them knew Jia Lian's temperament and had fantasized about being taken into his household one day. So when they had another chance, they tried their best to please him, and their seductive hands even touched places they shouldn't have.

Jia Lian became restless.

He had already decided that, apart from Sister Feng, he would sever all ties with all the women from his previous life... There was no other way; there were just too many of them, and they were indiscriminate in their tastes and qualities. There were all kinds of women. If he were to soften his heart for a moment, he could sleep with three women in one room. Sister Feng's courtyard would definitely not be able to hold them all.

However, knowing that Jia Zhen and the others were very familiar with his character, he feared that if he changed his tune now, they might become suspicious and cause unpleasantness. Therefore, he did not make any pretentious moves. He naturally stood up, leaning on the maid, and bowed to Jia Zhen, saying, "Perhaps I've had too much wine, my head is a little dizzy. I wonder if I could go down and rest for a while, and then join Brother Zhen for drinks later."

"You've eaten too much already?"

Jia Zhen lifted his head from the maid's chest, somewhat surprised by what he heard, and jokingly said, "It must be because your wife is too strong and Brother Lian is too tired... Hahaha, I put on this show especially for you today... Alright, Chunhong and Qiuju, why don't you help him to the east wing? Serve him well and don't neglect him."

The two maids, upon receiving the order, practically carried Jia Lian away.

Once the main character left, Jia Zhen, his father, son, and nephew, finding the performance rather dull, stopped the play and went off to vent their frustrations.

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Huifang Garden is the back garden of Ningguo Mansion. It is surrounded by mountains and water, with pavilions and towers, making it a scenic spot.

The Rongguo Mansion was already inferior in this respect, not to mention that the Rongguo Mansion's garden has now been divided up, with most of it becoming Jia She's territory.

Therefore, almost every year when the scenery in Huifang Garden was at its best, the Ningguo Mansion would invite Grandmother Jia, Lady Wang, and others to come and stroll around, as a way of showing their filial piety.

At this time, Grandmother Jia and the others admired the plum blossoms and sat together to drink wine. When it was noon, Grandmother Jia wanted to take a nap, so Madam You and her daughter-in-law arranged for Grandmother Jia and the others to go to their rooms to rest. Those who still wanted to play, such as Sister Feng and Sister Yingchun, were led around to play.

Having a moment of free time, Madam You returned to the front to take a look.

Seeing that the play had ended, he went to Jia Zhen's room to watch.

Without letting the maidservant at the door utter a sound, Lady You quietly entered the room. She saw silks and satins scattered all over the floor, with colorful underpants and bodices strewn about. She quietly walked to the door and peeked inside. In the warmly heated bedroom, Jia Zhen was already asleep, his chest and arms bare. On the large bed, his two concubines and two maidservants were sprawled on top of him, all seemingly asleep.

Madam You twitched the corner of her mouth, but did not disturb anyone, and still withdrew.

"Has Uncle Lian gone back yet?"

"No, Master has arranged for Second Master Lian to rest in the east wing."

Madam You thought to herself, "I was wondering why they had quieted down. Turns out they couldn't contain their anger and went back to their rooms to make merry!"

Without even thinking, she knew that the situation inside the east wing was probably similar to this place.

Although she thought this to herself, she couldn't help but walk around to the east wing, only to find it quiet inside. As the matriarch of the household, she was too embarrassed to peek through the window. Just as she was about to leave, she heard the sound of the door opening and closing.

Jia Lian actually came out.

"Sister-in-law?"

Hearing Jia Lian's somewhat surprised voice, Madam You quickly explained, "Your eldest brother is asleep. I was afraid of neglecting you, so I came to check on you. Seeing that you were still resting, I didn't want to disturb you."

As Madam You spoke, she subconsciously glanced into the room. Strange, it seemed like no one was there...

Jia Lian immediately understood the meaning in You Shi's eyes.

Previously, he had almost been seduced by two women, but in the end, he managed to get rid of them by coaxing and deceiving them. Then he locked the door and took a short nap in peace.

"Since Brother Zhen is resting, I won't bother him any longer. I'll trouble you to tell Brother Zhen later that he thanks me for his hospitality. I'll head back now."

Jia Lian felt that Ningguo Mansion was not a place to stay for long; if he stayed there too long, he might not be able to resist falling into depravity.

We must hurry back to find Xiao Qingwen and Xiao Xiangling, and breathe in their clean and pure aura.

When Madam You heard that Jia Lian was about to leave, she immediately said, "It's still early, Second Uncle, why are you in such a hurry to go back? The plum blossoms in our garden are in full bloom today, and the old lady and the others were just mentioning you. Why don't you go in and take a look?"

Jia Lian, who had already turned around, glanced back at Madam You and the maid behind her, and nodded: "Then I'll trouble you to lead the way, sister-in-law."

Madam You smiled and glanced at the side room again, confirming that there was probably no one else in the room.

Otherwise, with all that talking outside, there should have been some movement inside, unless they were all too exhausted to move and had passed out?

Lady You didn't know why she had kept Jia Lian with her.

Actually, although he had some unspeakable secrets with Jia Lian, he was still innocent, well, relatively innocent.

After all, her current position, rising from a poor woman to a third-rank imperial consort, was hard-won. She dared not easily overstep her bounds, as that could lead to her utter ruin.

In other words, when she was promoted to Jia Zhen's official wife based on her looks and personality, Jia Lian was just a young boy.

The relationship between the eldest sister-in-law and the younger brother-in-law is inherently suggestive, especially since she is in the Ningguo Mansion under Jia Zhen's leadership, where everything she sees and hears is decadent and dissolute.

This kind of thinking is naturally even harder to maintain.

But Jia Lian was handsome from a young age... not like Jia Baoyu, who was chubby and cute, but rather the dashing beauty of a true handsome man.

Taking advantage of her status, she flirted with Jia Lian several times, both openly and secretly. Little did she know that although Jia Lian was young, he was quite lustful and clearly had a burning interest in her, his sister-in-law from another branch of the family.

If she had been bolder, she could have easily lured a young man who was not yet married into her bed.

In the end, I didn't dare.

The most outrageous thing I ever did was measure the size of a bird by hand.

Later, when Jia Lian grew up, she dared not act recklessly anymore, fearing that Jia Zhen would find out. However, every time she saw Jia Lian and heard the resentful look in his eyes when he called her sister-in-law, she felt guilty and as if she had done something wrong.

Who knew that when she saw Jia Lian again today, she found that the impulse she had suppressed for a long time had come up again. This made her both frightened and secretly excited. In the end, she could only attribute it to seeing Jia Zhen's lewd scene.

Therefore, she personally led Jia Lian to Huifang Garden.

So, she made an excuse to send away the maid who was with her...