Outside the gate of Linyuan, Lin Yun and Ping'er put Jia Lian and his wife on the carriage together, and also presented two large carts of goods.

After the carriage in Rongguo Mansion disappeared, Lin Yun turned around and smiled at Ping'er, whose cheeks were flushed, and asked: "Sister Ping'er, have you drank a lot today?"

Ping'er raised her hands to cover her cheeks and said shyly: "My second grandma is pregnant, so I blocked several glasses of wine for her at the banquet."

Lin Yun: "It's really outrageous! Sister-in-law Feng is pregnant, how come someone is trying to persuade her to drink? Who is that person? I'll criticize her."

Ping'er pursed her lips and smiled, "She's our girl."

"Well,"

As soon as Lin Yun heard that Daiyu had persuaded him to drink, he immediately gave up. He didn't dare to provoke Xiaojiao now, lest he bring trouble to himself.

He raised his head and glanced at the sky, then changed the subject and said, "I look at the weather, it looks like it's going to snow."

Ping'er nodded and said, "It looks like it's going to snow. Let's go in quickly."

"OK."

…

The two walked silently along the bluestone path to the inner house. Lin Yun endured it for a long time, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Sister Ping'er, how did Madam arrange Sister Liu?"

Ping'er said jokingly: "I thought the third master could resist asking?"

Lin Yun said calmly: "It's my fault that I made things difficult for you."

"Third Master, please don't do this. There are too few people with self-discipline like you nowadays. Being able to serve Third Master is a blessing earned in my previous life."

Lin Yun raised his hand to touch his cheek and said with a stern expression: "Sister Ping'er is right, why am I so good?"

Ping'er was feeling moved by herself, but was amused by Lin Yun's shameless words. She raised her hand and lightly punched Lin Yun's shoulder, and said with a sweet smile: "Third Master is so shameless."

The beauty's pink face was rosy and her drunken eyes were full of spring, which made Lin Yun feel itchy. When he saw no one around, he dragged Ping'er behind the rockery, held her in his arms and kissed her.

…

After the passionate kiss, Lin Yun raised his hand and touched Ping'er's hot cheek, promising: "When my aunt returns home this time, I will take you as my concubine, okay?"

Ping'er shook his head and said, "If Third Master takes me as his concubine, I won't be able to help grandma take care of the house."

"Then you can't just be a housekeeper your whole life, right?"

Ping'er said in a resentful tone: "Does the third master think that this servant is too old?"

Lin Yun quickly smiled and said: "I made a mistake, you are the housekeeper sister."

Ping'er: "When grandma finds a suitable helper, the servant will automatically retreat behind the scenes."

Lin Yun said anxiously: "This can't be done. I wouldn't be at ease without your help in managing the house."

"Then I will be the housekeeper for the rest of my life and help you manage your house."

"Well,"

"As long as Third Master has me in his heart, it doesn't matter if I am my concubine or not."

Lin Yun thought: "Ping'er is really sober in the world. He has the soul of a modern person, but she can't see it clearly."

…

Lin Yun returned to his bedroom and saw Ruizhu walking out with a teapot. He hurriedly stopped the little maid and asked: "Ruizhu, what is your grandma doing?"

Ruizhu: "Grandma had a few more drinks at noon today and has already gone to bed."

"Where did Miss Liu go?"

"Grandma asked Sister Yingge to lead Miss Liu to her residence to rest."

Lin Yun nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead and do your work."

Ruizhu said again: "Third Master, please go in and take a look. Grandma just went to bed, so she must not have fallen asleep yet."

"OK."

…

Lin Yun walked into the bedroom quietly and saw Baozhu sitting in front of the screen, embroidering. He raised his hand and made a silent gesture, signaling Baozhu to keep quiet.

Bao Zhu pursed his lips and smiled at him, then put down the nühong in his hand, stood up and walked out.

Walking around the marble screen, Lin Yun walked to the pink and white gauze curtain, raised his hand to lift the gauze curtain, and saw Qin Keqing, lying on the couch facing outward, looking at him intently.

Lin Yun smiled awkwardly and said, "So you're not asleep?"

Qin Keqing stood up, looked at Lin Yun and asked, "Why don't you, husband, accompany Miss Liu?"

Lin Yun quickly stepped forward, pushed Qin Keqing down on the couch, and covered her with a quilt, "It's cold, you must not catch a cold."

Qin Keqing grabbed Lin Yun's hand and said, "How do you plan to dispose of her?"

Lin Yun sat down by the bed and said seriously: "I plan to wait for my uncle and aunt to come back, and then I will invite Miss Liu to come over."

Qin Keqing said in a sour tone: "We still have to wait for my uncle and aunt to come back before taking a concubine. My husband values ​​​​this Miss Liu very much?"

Lin Yun: "This is respect. Miss Liu is working hard for our family's industry. I can't treat her too badly."

After a pause, Lin Yun added: "When spring comes next year, Miss Liu may go south to do business."

Qin Keqing said in surprise: "Since my husband wants to take Miss Liu as his concubine, how can he still let her show up outside?"

Lin Yun smiled bitterly and said: "There is nothing we can do about it. Our family's property is too big and I can't help myself. How can I rest assured that there is no one trustworthy to take charge of our family's business?"

Qin Keqing looked guilty and said, "If this happens, Sister Liu will be wronged."

"When I find a suitable candidate in the future, I will replace her."

Qin Keqing nodded, and then said: "Sister Liu has just come to the house. She is not familiar with the place and must not be used to it. My husband, please go over and accompany her."

"Don't worry, I'll talk to you first."

"I'm not a child. I don't need you to accompany me. You can hurry over."

"Okay then, you go to sleep for a while, and I'll come back to accompany you in the evening."

Qin Keqing said hurriedly: "I am not feeling well today. My husband, please don't come in the evening."

"Well, this is too virtuous."

…

As soon as Lin Yun left, Baozhu walked in and complained to Qin Keqing: "Grandma is so stupid! Why did you push the third master to another woman?"

Qin Keqing said gloomily: "It's just a matter of time, why should I be a bad person?"

Baozhu: "I see that Miss Liu is quite scheming. I'm afraid she won't be easy to deal with in the future."

Qin Keqing frowned and said, "Don't say this again. If anyone hears it, they won't get any good results from you."

Bao Zhu stuck out her little tongue with a guilty conscience. Last time someone in the house said that my uncle was being investigated and punished by the court, so he was kicked out by Sister Ping'er.

Although she is grandma's personal maid, she doesn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of others. Sister Ping'er seems to be nice to others, but she turns into a stone-hearted person when she attracts people, and even the girl's pleas are useless. She doesn't want to be left alone.

The consequences of being driven away.

…

Liu Ruoxu lives in a small courtyard to the east of the back house. There are ten rooms here, with six wing rooms in the front and four main rooms in the back.

When Lin Yun came over, he saw Liu Ruoxu's personal maid Tian'er directing several women to trim the flowers, plants and trees in the yard.

Seeing Lin Yun walking in, Tian'er hurriedly came up to greet him, bowed and saluted, "My slave, please pay your respects to the third master."

Lin Yun smiled and asked, "Has the house been tidied up?"

Tian'er: "It's almost finished. Only the study room is left. The girl said she would decorate it herself."

"Where are you girls?"

"Our girl is in the living room, confronting Miss Yu."

"oh!"

Lin Yun stepped into the living room, where two people were sitting on the heated floor, sitting across a small table from each other.

On one side was Liu Ruoxu, who was calm and composed, and on the other side was Lin Daiyu, who was holding a heater in her hands and frowning in thought. Beside them were Pearl and Snow Goose.

Upon seeing this, Lin Yun stepped forward and joked: "As soon as I saw my sister's expression, I knew she was going to lose this game again."

Daiyu looked up at him and asked angrily: "Is your brother happy to see me losing?"

"How dare I."

Daiyu: "Has brother taught Sister Liu her chess skills before?"

"I've only had confrontations with Miss Liu a few times, so it doesn't count as giving advice."

"Huh! You're lying to me again."

Liu Ruoxu smiled and said: "My sister is right, the third master did teach me how to play chess when he was in Jinling."

Daiyu put the chess pieces in her hand back into the chess jar and asked Lin Yun: "Brother, what are you going to do with Furong's uncle and brother and his wife?"

Lin Yun said in surprise: "If you don't go to Sister Ping'er about this, what are you going to do to me?"
To be continued...