Inside Lin Daiyu's courtyard.
After returning from the banquet, Lin Daiyu leaned against the couch, depressed and with a dull pain in her chest. In a low voice, she said, "It seems I may not have long to live."
"Miss, you must ease your mind. Second Master Bao will soon rise to great heights. Your latter years will have someone to rely on," Zijuan said.
"Let him fly where he wishes; I shall bury myself where I must," Lin Daiyu said mournfully.
"Miss, don't worry yet. I'll go ask Second Master Bao what he intends," Zijuan said.
Meanwhile, Xueyan looked blankly at her mistress and the senior maid Zijuan.
Zijuan soon arrived at Jia Baoyu's courtyard.
When Lin Daiyu had first entered the Jia Family, she had lived together with Jia Baoyu, with only a Green Gauze Partition separating them.
Later, once they had grown a little older, Jia Baoyu had taken the initiative to move out.
After all, Zhao Han was not Big-Faced Bao. She did not have the shamelessness to sleep separated by only a wall from a teenage girl.
This also suited Madam Wang's wishes.
Upon seeing Jia Baoyu, Zijuan bowed and said, "Greetings, Second Master Bao."
"Is there something you need, Miss Zijuan?" Jia Baoyu asked.
"It is like this. My mistress has stayed here for a long time and is now of age. She wishes to return to her ancestral home," Zijuan said softly.
The moment Jia Baoyu heard this, he hurriedly said, "That won't do. The outside world is full of war and chaos. How can you leave the capital?"
He was not making it up. Later on, Miao Yu would be abducted by bandits.
It was simply astonishing. Living in the capital, yet being openly carried off by bandits.
That showed just