Upholding the Official Code, Wicked Servants Break the Rules; Reading the Court Gazette, the Old Uncle Takes Fright

Now to return to Wang Xifeng. Seeing that Grandmother Jia and Aunt Xue were both grieving over Lin Daiyu, she said, “I will tell a funny story to cheer up the Old Ancestor and Auntie.” Before she began, she was already laughing. Then she said, “Guess, Old Ancestor and Auntie, whom the story is about? It is about our newly married young couple.” Grandmother Jia asked, “What happened?” Wang Xifeng gestured with her hands. “One sits like this, one stands like that. One turns her body away, the other turns his body back. One again—” At this point Grandmother Jia was already laughing so hard she could not stop. She said, “Tell it properly. Do not just gesture. You make our hearts itch with curiosity.” Aunt Xue also smiled. “Go on and tell it. No need to gesture anymore.” Only then did Wang Xifeng say, “Just now I went to Baoyu’s room and saw several people secretly laughing. I was curious, so I peeped through a crack in the window. It was Baochai sitting by the kang and Baoyu standing on the floor. Baoyu was pulling at Baochai’s sleeve and saying over and over, ‘Sister......