The Lantern Festival will soon co to an end, after sending off the people of Bei Qi, all the people in the capital felt sohow relieved.
Particularly those families of major officials who have daughters, also exhaled deeply as a relief, after all there were three princes who arrived from Bei Qi, although Hai Tian was being chosen as the imperial wife of the Crown Prince, but it was hard to say that the eldest prince and the tenth prince will not fancy their own daughters, now that they had finally sent them off, how could they not feel overjoyed?
Although it wasn’t a great day for the rchant to do their businesses on the fifth day of the year, but during that it was also the day when Wen Tai Shi’s funeral was held, it was intended that people should light up the firecrackers as a tradition to attract the God of Wealth, but because of their respect for Wen Tai Shi they had foregone such old tradition.
Thinking about the funeral during that day, in the long street of the town there were scholars who would join the procession of the funeral, there were common people on both sides who tearfully sent their farewells to the distinguished teacher of this generation, in fact they occupied the ten neighborhoods long of the street to send off Tai Shi, such kind of scene was truly unforgettable for those people who had witnessed it.
“My lady, Xiang Ye was already gone for more than ten days, we don’t know whether he will be able to hurry back ho during the Lantern Festival!” Mu Chun filled up the hot water in the teacup then laid it down beside Yun Qian ng, she had calculated in her heart the number of days when Chu Fei Yang had left the capital, then she asked in a low voice.
Yun Qian ng was examining the account books in her hand, translating the complicated nurals into arabic nurals in her mind, afterwhich she computed using the four rules of arithtic in her mind, then she wrote the final results on the fine writing paper using the wood charcoal brush, verifying them with the numbers written in the last pages of the account books, causing the few servant girls beside her to extend their heads as they curiously looked at the strange numbers written on the fine writing paper, their eyes looking puzzled.
“The borderland of Bei Qi was quite far away from the capital, moreover he was bearing the heavy responsibility, how can we make presumptuous guess on his date of return?” Yun Qian ng glanced at the few servant girls in their curious expression, after a simply laugh she slowly spoke, looking at the numbers written on the last page of the account books which were exactly similar to her calculations, Yun Qian ng then closed the account book, lifting up a the teacup on the table she took a sip, her eyes casted a glance towards the cedar tree in the courtyard, for the ti being relaxing her eyes for a short period of ti.
“My lady, what are these patterns, why didn’t humble servant see them before!” Ying Xia blinked her vivid big eyes, asking out of her curiosity.
Yun Qian ng retracted her gaze, she saw the four servant girls were knocking against each other, then with a simple smile she lifted up the piece of fine writing paper on the table, pointing at the arabic nurals on top of it she said “These symbols are used for recording! They are similar to the monetary values that we normally see in the account books. Yet they had simplified those complicated characters, which will in turn increase our rate and efficiency in bookkeeping and computations!”
After speaking, Yun Qian ng picked up the wood charcoal brush wrapped in white silk, on the fine writing paper she wrote the ten arabic nurals from zero to nine, one by one she explained “This is a number, each represents our Chinese characters zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine! But as compared to the writing style of complicated words of our Chinese characters, these numbers are very much easier to write and read!”
While speaking, Yun Qian ng separately took out four pieces of fine writing papers, allowing the four servant girls to practice writing these arabic nurals following her style of writing.
The few servant girls were quite serious, bearing a curious mind towards these new things, learning them based on the patterns.
But in Yun Qian ng’s mind she wasn’t only thinking about these, Mu Chun and the others were by her side for quite a long period of ti, although during their teens they were still considered to be just like children in the modern tis, but during the ancient tis they were already in their marrying age, she shouldn’t keep them beside her all their lives!
Moreover during the recent days Rong Yun He had sent his n to deliver the account books, Yun Qian ng knew it beforehand that, that the dicine store that they collaborated to build up will soon open its branches abundantly all over Xi Chu, during that ti the account books will not only be a few just like what she had right now, even if she had an outstanding capability, perhaps she will not be able to calculate all the account books, it would be better to teach Mu Chun and the others, allowing them to learn how to compute, during that ti she will be a bit more relaxed.
On the other hand, once they have the branches in the future, they will hire a storekeeper, if they have a suitable candidate, she will also be able to play the matchmaker for these four servant girls, giving them an opportunity for advancent.
“My lady, where did you learn all these? They were truly aweso!” After practising a few tis, Mu Chun felt these numbers were indeed easier, as she looked at Yun Qian ng with eyes filled with adoration. But, she was personally serving her lady master all day long, then how did her lady master learned all these?
Yun Qian ng actually didn’t expect Mu Chun to be clever like this, she had surprisingly asked the most important question, then in a serious tone she said “I learned them occasionally, you have to practice them well, don’t think about those trivial matters, take a look at Yuan Dong, her words looked more elegant than yours!”
Having heard what was said, Mu Chun imdiately lowered down her head to look, seeing Yuan Dong had already filled half page of the fine writing paper, she imdiately sat down then lifted up the writing brush and began to practice earnestly.
This ti, Mi Mama walked inside ng Xin Xiao Zhu taking quick steps, she lifted open the curtains in the main room then walked in, seeing Yun Qian ng was lowering down her head examining the words written by the few servant girls, she imdiately bent her knees, and said “My lady, Lao Ye and Er Furen, the Er gongzi, and the two xiaojie of Xie family have arrived!”
Having heard what was said, Yun Qian ng imdiately lifted up her head, her eyes looked confused, afterwhich smiled elegantly, then slowly spoke “They were actually rare visitors!”
Even the four servant girls who were busy practising the character all lifted up their heads simultaneously, their eyes doubtfully looked at Mi Mama, Ying Xia couldn’t restrain herself as she asked “Mama, why will Lao Ye and Er Furen co here? Why only the er gongzi co here but not the Chu xiaojie?”
A burst of headache ca through Mi Mama’s head after being asked by Ying Xia, but her face looked worried, her eyes couldn’t help but look at Yun Qian ng, seeing her sincerely stood up, bringing along Mu Chun as they walked inside the inner room to take off her usual ho clothes, then switched into a relatively festive rosy red buttoned down long skirt, afterwhich wearing a simple smile on her face, as she cautiously stepped out of ng Xin Xiao Zhu.
Shang Guan Mama was waiting in doorway of ng Xin Xiao Zhu, she saluted upon seeing Yun Qian ng ca out, then imdiately led her towards the main hall of Chu Xiang Fu.
All the way through, the snow on the path had just lted, the place was overflowed with the beginning of the springti, bit by bit the green vegetations began to gradually show their sprouts under the layer of brilliant white snow, in the atmosphere the fragrance of the green grass assailed the nostrils, which imdiately shaken up the spirit, unlike the languid mood earlier inside the room.
Stewrd Hong was already waiting outside of the doorway of main hall, seeing Yun Qian ng he imdiately saluted, afterwards he personally lifted up the curtains for Yun Qian ng, welcoming the mistress of Xiang Fu inside the main hall.
Stepping inside the main hall, Yun Qian ng saw Chu Pei and Xie Shi were already seated in the head seats, Chu Qing Yang was seated below next to Chu Pei, and the two sisters of Xie family were seated below next to Xie Shi, but they had set aside a seat for her nearest to Xie Shi’s seat, the five of them simultaneously lifted up their heads upon seeing Yun Qian ng, Chu Pei was still in his solemn expression, Xie Shi repeatedly put up her simple smile, and a refined simple smile was worn on Chu Qing Yang’s face, afterwhich he stood up, then bowed down to Yun Qian ng with hands held in front, in a loud and clear voice he said “Qing Yang is please to et you, sister-in-law!”
And Xie Wan Wan and Xie Yuan Yuan also imdiately stood up and saluted “Pleased to et you, sister-in-law!”
Yun Qian ng gracefully approached the three persons, her face was wearing an invulnerable smile, seeing Chu Qing Yang saluting her, she return a politeness “Good to see you, brother-in-law, and the two cousins!”
Soon after she moved her body to the side facing Chu Pei and Xie Shi, giving them a standard salute, then softly said “Daughter-in-law is pleased to et you, Father, Er Niang! Daughter-in-law apologize for arriving here late, please do not take any offense, Gong Gong and Er Niang!”
“Quickly stand up and take your seat!” The one who responded, was obviously Xie Shi, tender and warm just like her usual way, after Yun Qian ng sat down on the seat below her, Xie Shi smiled and spoke “We are being rude, how can you be blad? It was already half a month since Lao Ye’s return to the capital, during these days he is always busy with the affairs of the royal court, he didn’t co here to visit you, now that Fei Yang isn’t also in the capital, today our horse carriage just happens to pass by here, then we thought of coming over to visit you!”
Yun Qian ng watched as Xie Shi explained from the start, her smiling eyes didn’t seem to be impatient, but after speaking Xie Shi’s face looked frightened as she stood up, lowering down her head she self-criticized “It was all my fault! It was supposed to be daughter-in-law who should go over to visit Gong Gong and Er Niang more often, today it had troubled both of you to co here to Xiang Fu, it was purely because of my thoughtlessness!”
“This child, don’t stress yourself too much about the etiquette! We are one family, there’s no need to regard yourself as the outsider.” Seeing Yun Qian ng stood up again, Xie Shi smiled and waved her hand gesturing her to sit down.
“Did Fei Yang assign his n to inform us when he will be back?” And during this ti, Chu Pei, who had never spoken to Yun Qian ng before, actually asked this question, his voice sounded imposing like an order, even if it was just a common interrogation in a family, it seed aloof and remote.
Yun Qian ng drooped down her both eyes, the corner of her mouth was wearing a respectful smile, then she slowly replied “He hasn’t send anyone to report yet. He is probably still busy with the official business!”
Having heard what was said, Xie Shi slightly sighed, after which she looked at Yun Qian ng feeling sorry for her “Making you stay alone in such a big Xiang Fu, it must be hard for you! Today you must dine with us at Wang Fu! It will seem more lively with more people around, Jie’er is absolutely missing you these days, but too bad she was not feeling very well, which is why I didn’t allow her go out!”
Facing Xie Shi’s assertive remarks, although Chu Pei’s face still remained serene, yet he didn’t seem a bit impatient, as if it was a matter of course to allow Xie Shi to take care of things, which had actually shown the significance of Er Niang in Chu Pei’s heart.
Yun Qian ng’s lips curved up with a smile, then she respectfully replied “It is impossible for the parents-in-law to co here without staying around to dine with us. I hope Gong Gong and Er Niang will appreciate it!”
While speaking, Yun Qian ng was about to instruct Mi Mama to go out and prepare for the al tonight, yet they saw Shang Guan Mama respectfully walked inside, bending her knees towards the people in the middle of the main hall, she then looked at Yun Qian ng then spoke “Furen, Wen family’s Er Furen has co to visit you!”
Hearing Shang Guan Mama’s report, Yun Qian ng’s eyes seed indifferently swept through the few visitors inside the hall, she seed to sohow realize the reason why they ca here to visit Chu Xiang Fu today.
Before Yun Qian ng could speak, Chu Pei and Chu Qing Yang stood up at the sa ti, she heard Chu Qing Yang respectfully spoke “Since sister-in-law has a female visitor, then Er Di and Father will now return to Wang Ye in advance!”
While speaking, Chu Qing Yang and Chu Pei left the main hall together, and Xie Shi and the Xie sisters were sitting upright in the middle of the main hall laughed and spoke to Shang Guan Mama “Please invite Wen Er Furen here in the main hall, don’t let our noble guest wait too long!”
Hearing Xie Shi said this, Shang Guan Mama didn’t imdiately leave, but she just looked at Yun Qian ng, seeing her nodding her head, she then left the hall to invite the guest inside.
“After Er Furen gets back, ng’er you should co with Er Niang to Wang Fu and dine with us! A few days ago, I had sent soone to invite you many tis, you are being too stubborn, my child, today I will not simply let you get away with it!” Xie Shi’s words seed to be reasonable and fair, unsophisticated persons might think that she had specially stayed behind because she was concerned about Yun Qian ng.
And Yun Qian ng just smiled without saying anything, lifting up the teacup she moistened her throat, her eyes continuously glanced at the Xie sisters sitting beside her, since the mont she stepped inside the main hall, aside from the greetings the two sister remained silent all along, they seed to form a total distinction from their lively paternal aunt, which made her feel very curious.
After a while, the thick cotton cloth curtains of the main hall were being lifted up, that unadorned Er Furen walked inside, but when she saw Xie Shi sitting in the middle of the hall, her eyes imdiately looked flabbergasted, after which she smile and said gently “Didn’t expect Chu Er Furen is also here, I apologize for being rude!”
“Why will you say that, Er Furen? You are actually a noble guest that we weren’t able to invite that easily!” Yun Qian ng smiled as she stood up to welco Wen family’s Er Furen, she was refined and courteous, truly a rare woman in the capital that made people feel ntally and physically comfortable upon seeing her.
“Today, Mother had initially planned to co with , but since grandpa already passed away not long ago, Mother still had to wear her mourning apparel, it will be inappropriate for her to co, then she sent here to visit, and to thank Chu Furen for paying us a condolence visit at ho that day!” Wen Er Furen smiled as she spoke, when she ntioned about Wen Tai Shi, her eyes seed to look grieved, causing other people to also feel sad for her.
“The person had already departed, you must pay attention to your own health, furen, don’t be too sorrowful!” Yun Qian ng led Wen Er Furen to her seat, the servant girls were sharp-sighted and deft as they prepared the hot tea and refreshnts, afterwhich they retreated out quietly.
Hearing Yun Qian ng’s comforting words, Wen Er Furen simply smiled, then she spoke “Many thanks, Chu Furen!”
“Having a gentle and thoughtful mother like Er Furen, I presu Er Furen’s son and daughter are also educated and well-balanced, and obedient to their parents!” This ti Xie Shi was looking at Wen Er Furen as she smiled and spoke.
“You are making fun of , Er Furen! My son is naughty and mischievous, and as for my daughter she is also a mischievous one! They are simply incomparable to Er Furen’s Miss Chu and the two young ladies of Xie family! I presu Miss Chu and Miss Xie were already betrothed to soone in You Zhou, aren’t they?” Wen Er Furen denied Xie Shi’s comndation to her children, her eyes seed helpless without any choice, but mixed with her eye expression which seed favorable, had made her looked like a caring mother.
Seeing Wen Er Furen like this, even the two Xie sisters covered their mouths and softly laughed, Xie Shi’s smile was even more amiable, she directly spoke and said “My Jie’er is also a naughty one! If she is more like ng’er, then I will not worry too much! Wan Wan and Yuan Yuan were actually obedient and lovable, whenever there’s any discrepancies in the family background, if soone wants to find a husband’s family which seed like everything one could wish for, that is not quite an easy task as well!”
Wen Er Furen thought of the persons she saw earlier upon entering Chu Xiang Fu, then she asked “Earlier I saw a young man wearing a dark brocade suit riding on the horseback, is he Er Furen’s son?”
Hearing Wen Er Furen ntioned Chu Qing Yang, Xie Shi’s eyes inevitably exposed the pride and love of a mother, then imdiately nodded her head and said “I’m sorry for his poor performance, yes, he is my son! As compared to his big brother, Qing Yang seed to fall far short, without any achievents in both literary and martial skills, it was making feel anxious! If he is able to achieve even one tenth of what Fei Yang had, I would really thank the heavens!”
These words seed to be a bit exaggerated, seemingly a bit playful, teasing Wen Er Furen as she also started to laugh, she recalled Chu Qing Yang’s looks in her mind, then she comnded “Er Furen you are being excessively modest, of course Chu Xiang is a very good minister we rarely seen in a hundred years, but the second young master had a plump forehead, at one glance we can say that he is a rare ambitious young man, he will certainly have a bright future ahead!”
Hearing Wen Er Furen praising her own son, Xie Shi evidently felt grateful in her heart, but on the surface she still maintained her usual smiling face, she seed not to be easily moved by honor or disgrace, the words that ca out from her mouth seed to be too humble “You are flattering , Furen! We have heard from You Zhou that the Pu Guo An is very effective in the capital, we actually wanted to bring the children to go and worship! If you don’t mind, Wen Er Furen, it would be better for us to go together in one group, we can keep each other company on the road, furthermore we will never feel bored!”
Hearing Xie Shi’s words, Yun Qian ng knew that Xie Shi certainly intended to make friends with Wen family, although the Wen family seed to be greatly favored, but the one who really had the authority was actually the family of the first wife in Wen family, but based on Xie Shi’s attitude and the coincidence today, Xie Shi seed to be more enthusiastic towards the second wife, that made her feel sowhat curious.
After all, if Chu Pei intended to vie over the position of Chu Wang, involving the second wife who didn’t have an official position was totally useless, despite the fact that the second family Wen Di obtained academic attainnts even greater than his older brother, but as compared to Wen Xie who was being appointed as the young teacher of Crown Prince, Wen Di seed to be sowhat insipid.
What does Xie Shi really have in her mind, or maybe, what sort of sche Chu Pei really have in his mind, that was truly incomprehensible!
And during this ti, having heard of Xie’s invitation, Wen Er Furen didn’t imdiately respond, but instead she carefully thought of it, then she replied “Thank you for inviting, Xie Furen, but at this mont, I still need to discuss this matter with Mother after I get back! I’ll give you Er Furen an answer after a few days, is it good or not?”
Hearing Wen Er Furen responded that way, Xie Shi gladly nodded her head and agreed, after which she looked at Yun Qian ng, then gently spoke “ng’er you should also co with us! Let’s worship the Bodhisattva, and pray that you will give birth to a healthy boy for Chu Xiang!”
Having heard of Xie Shi’s words, all the people inside the hall laughed, Yun Qian ng’s cheeks blushed as she said “Er Niang, you really know how to make feel happy! These days my husband still wasn’t around, it will be better for ng’er to stay inside the house and wait for his return, so as to avoid neglecting my husband!”
With a few words, Yun Qian ng refused Xie Shi’s invitation, perhaps in Xie Shi’s heart, she wasn’t happy to see her travelling together with her.
“Chu Furen is very deeply in love with Chu Xiang, that was truly admiring!” Seeing Yun Qian ng didn’t try hard to make herself get involved in the crowd, Wen Er Furen’s impression towards her beca increasingly better, the admiration she felt towards her was also coming from the bottom of her heart.
The few persons exchanged a few more words to each other, seeing the color of the sky gradually turned darker, Wen Er Furen stood up to say her goodbyes, and Xie Shi acted as the mother-in-law as she stubbornly invited Yun Qian ng to ride inside the horse carriage of Chu Wang Fu.
All the things were already prepared appropriately in Wang Fu during the night, when Yun Qian ng and the others went there, Chu Wang was already sitting beside the dining table waiting, and Chu Pei, Chu Qing Yang and Chu Jie weren’t there.
“My girl, quickly co here and sit down!” Seeing her favorite granddaughter-in-law, Chu Nan Shan’s face finally blossod like a flower after many days of being gloomy, he waved his hand allowing Yun Qian ng to sit down beside his left hand side.
“Hi Grandpa!” Yun Qian ng quickly stepped in front of Chu Wang and made her salutations, then sat down.
“Jie’er is not feeling well, I have instructed the servant girls to bring the food to her room, so as to avoid catching a cold walking around!” Xie Shi nodded her head at the servant girl beside her, a few servant girls were holding trays of hot dishes as they walked inside, then they carefully laid down all the hot dishes and hot soups on the table.
Chu Nan Shan looked at the table filled with vegetables and at dishes in front of him, yet he sohow lost his appetite, his eyes pitifully turned towards Yun Qian ng, then he pleaded “My girl, Fei Yang is still not around in the capital at this mont, co tomorrow, why don’t you cook the ginseng chicken soup that you’ve once made for grandpa and the young fellow last ti, good or not? If the food is delicious, grandpa will give you a treasured object!”
Seeing Chu Nan Shan speaking in this conspiratorial way, Yun Qian ng instinctively wanted to laugh, for the sake of the ginseng chicken soup, Chu Wang had actually planned to give out his treasure, that was truly a childish behavior.
But, since he still rembered that ginseng chicken soup even after a very long ti, Yun Qian ng felt sohow sorry for him, then she smiled and nodded her head.
This ti Xie Shi had just sat down on the seat, seeing Yun Qian ng nodding her head, she also smiled and said “Wang Ye, you truly love our ng’er!”
Her words had other intended aning, but they were actually thornless, apparently no matter how Xie Shi seed to be generous, but watching Chu Wang treating his granddaughter-in-law better his own grandchildren, Xie Shi’s heart must be feeling uncomfortable.
They were unusually quiet during the al, even Chu Nan Shan who normally talked endlessly in front of Yun Qian ng, didn't also utter any word, after having the dinner, Xie Shi ordered the servant girls to put away all the leftovers on the table, smiling as she was about to speak, yet Chu Nan Shan talked first “ng’er, it’s getting late, you must return back earlier, don't stress yourself! Although the people Bei Qi were said to have left the capital, but since Fei Yang is not ho, during normal days you should be more careful, as far as possible you should entertain less guests, so as to avoid committing mistakes!”
Having heard what was said, Yun Qian ng subconsciously took a glance at Xie Shi, yet she discovered that she was sitting upright in a corner wearing her usual expression, seed as if she didn’t hear Chu Nan Shan’s implied aning in his words, maintaining the sa radiance on her smiling face, such kind of skill was truly surprising!
“Yes, grandpa! Granddaughter-in-law will take her leave now!” But, since Chu Wang had already made an excuse for her, Yun Qian ng naturally wouldn't disappoint him, facing the two elders in front of her she bent her knees, under the assistance of the servant girls she climbed up to Xiang Fu’s horse carriage.
“Xiaojie!” The sky had already turned dark, the bid snow had just stopped during the recent days, the dark sky was already decorated with stars, it also seed quite beautiful, but since the snow had just lted, the temperature was still low, Mu Chun appreciated the scenery outside for a while, then feeling cold she released her grip on the curtain.
“What’s the matter?” When the horse carriage passed through the long street Yun Qian ng saw the new store that Rong Yun He and she opened, but this ti since the Lantern Festival wasn’t over, the common people were still imrsed on the New Year celebration, all the shops had closed their doors earlier, aside from the lanterns that every family lighted on the long road, it was quite rare to see passers-by walking in the midst of the cold night.
“My lady, don’t you feel that Er Furen laughed a bit fakely?” Seeing her lady master was staring at the scenery on the long road, Mu Chun whispered the thoughts in her mind “Moreover, why would Lao Ye suddenly visit our house? Furthermore they had also brought along the second young master with them! If it wasn’t for the presence of Er Furen and the Xie sisters, if this thing spread out, it will certainly ruin my lady’s reputation!”
Mu Chun was fighting for her justice, Yun Qian ng’s eyes exposed a smile, afterwhich she simply remarked “Their main purpose this ti clearly wasn’t just visiting ! Don’t you see that the Er Furen of Wen family has co to visit soon after? That was their main purpose!”
Hearing this, Mu Chun imdiately felt worried, she anxiously said “Then are we just their stepping stones?”
Watching Mu Chun’s anxious expression, Yun Qian ng stretched out her arms then lightly patted her head, this girl wasn’t able to keep calm sotis “Which is why grandpa had reprimanded Er Niang on my behalf earlier! Regardless of the plan in her mind, in the future she will learn to restrain herself!”
And earlier based on Xie Shi’s behavior, she had a dignified attitude as the head of the household, despite the fact that serving the father-in-law being the duty of a daughter-in-law, but her every move had gone beyond expectation, she actually didn’t wait for Chu Wang to speak and allow Chu Jie to dine with them inside the sa, then she voluntarily made her decision, which was not surprising that grandpa had kept his silence during the al.
And earlier inside Xiang Fu, Xie Shi’s actions by strenuously inviting Wen Er Furen, was not only limited to simply pulling their relationship closer with them, she had intentionally made Wen Er Furen saw Chu Qing Yang, also ntioned about the marriage of her daughter, the intended desire among it was self-evident, this actually made Yun Qian ng having a hard ti to guess their intentions, after all, if they wanted to fight over Wang Ye’s position, whether Chu Qing Yang or Chu Jie, they needed to find a more reliable and powerful relatives by marriage, but Xie Shi would always hid Chu Jie away not allowing anybody to get close to her, yet she always brought the Xie sisters along appearing in public, that was also incomprehensible!
“Sigh, if Xiang Ye was able to co ho earlier, then our lady master wouldn’t have to face these troubleso matters!” Seeing Yun Qian ng’s face seriously turned gloomy, Ying Xia whispered these words in Mu Chun’s ears.
“En!” The other three servant girls nodded their heads simultaneously.
The night sky had turned darker, permitting all the servant girls to retreat out of the inner room, after washing herself Yun Qian ng reclined down in the center of the brocade quilt, her arms were slightly opened, her palm was touching the side of the bed where Chu Fei Yang was supposed to be as it went downwards, the matters that lingered on her heart had eventually settled down a bit, until the latter half of the night she was able to close her both eyes, her consciousness drifted off as she went to sleep.
This ti, a panel of wooden window in the inner room which was tightly closed was being lifted open by soone, afterwhich a slender figure quietly landed on the carpet in the inner room, that black figure walked quietly on tiptoe as it closed the wooden window properly, afterwhich striding the extrely light footsteps it quickly approached beside the bed, those slender white hands slowly lifted up layer by layer of draperies, watching Yun Qian ng who was sleeping inside of it with her brows still slightly furrowed, that black figure couldn’t help but also furrowed his brows.
Removing his cloak and outer clothing, that black figure quickly took off the boots in his feet, using his fastest speed to go inside the cotton quilt which was seeping with fragrance, when a small hand suddenly moved towards his cheek he held it in his palm, afterwhich with the slightest effort he pulled Yun Qian ng, who was now with her eyes wide open yet coldly staring back at him, he pulled her closer to his arms.
“You sneaky man!” Yet unexpectedly, his own wife who had never seen her own husband for quite a long ti didn’t throw herself at him as he expected, those reproachful words, made Chu Fei Yang lowered down his head, using the newly mustache in his chin to softly rub Yun Qian ng’s gentle skin, with a bit of vicious tone he asked “Did you miss , hmm?”
The pricking sensation ca through her cheeks, Yun Qian ng imdiately stretched out her hands to push away the troubleso Chu Fei Yang, yet she discovered that his ability to stick on to her was brought to the point of perfection, once he seized her palm he would purse up his lips and kiss her twice, for a mont Yun Qian ng’s cheeks were hurt, her palm itched, and her heart was greatly angered.
“Did you miss , ng’er!” Seeing Yun Qian ng was occupied with breaking off from his attack, under the hazy lights, Chu Fei Yang was able to see Yun Qian ng’s pink undergarnts which got exposed in midair while struggling, her chest bulged out fully plumped causing the raging inferno to rush forth to his eyes, his body tensed up like it had never been before, his palm contained a surprisingly hot temperature as he grabbed on to Yun Qian ng’s little hands which were waving at him in the air, in a rough voice he asked again.
Even if it was in the middle of the night, Yun Qian ng was still able to feel Chu Fei Yang’s scorching hot gaze on her, his rough voice as well as the burning heat that spread out from his wrist, causing Yun Qian ng to lift up her eyes and exactly found Chu Fei Yang’s eyes, with one hand slightly struggled free from his palm, gently caressing the handso face which she hadn’t seen for a couple of days, until the pricking sensation can be felt in her palms, Yun Qian ng thoughtlessly laughed “I thought that, you would always appear in front of everybody fresh and cool!”
Yet unexpectedly her gentle laughs caused Chu Fei Yang to slightly raise up his brows, his eyes looked like they were longing for sothing, without saying anything further he pulled her closer in his arms, bearing a sense of satisfaction he exclaid “When a soldier marched on to fight in a battlefield, he will be too preoccupied that he wouldn’t pay attention to his own appearance! Do you think that those soldiers were like the scholars inside the capital who only make their semi-incomprehensible talks, treating their own outer appearance like a part of their lives? You ignorant girl, fancy that I’ve left Chen Wang and Hai Chen Xi behind, spurring the horse to full speed to get ho, contrary to what I’ve expected you had actually started to make fun of your own husband!”
Although his tone of voice was full of anger, but the kisses that landed on her face were abnormally gentle, and when he lowered down his head, Yun Qian ng had lifted up her lovely face, eting his lips as she delivered her own thoughts.
Inside the cotton rose covering veil it was a charming and gentle scene, the moon blushed as it hid inside the layers of clouds, even those glittering stars seed to have almost lost their brilliant rays of light…...
“Ah!” Early in the morning, Mu Chun was carrying the copper as she entered the inner room, she quietly laid the copper basin down on the wooden fra, yet she discovered that there was an additional pair of boots in the couch her lady master, Mu Chun was frightened as her facial complexion suddenly turned pale like a piece of white paper, covering her mouth she imdiately dragged Yuan Dong who was following behind her, her trembling fingers were pointing at that pair of boots, tears gradually ford in her eyes.
Yuan Dong was also being stupefied by the situation in front of her, what had really happened last night? With her martial skills, it will be impossible for her not to detect the thief who sneaked into her lady master’s room, now that such thing happened, what will be the best thing that she should do?
The two of them went deathly pale as their hearts suddenly trembled, they couldn’t imagine the consequences that this incident will bring once it spread out, they could only quietly approach the bedside, Yuan Dong even took out a dagger from her sleeve, planning to kill so that the dead man will tell no tales…...
This ti, a big hand gently lifted open the thick and heavy drapery, revealing Chu Fei Yang’s slightly angry face, those slightly cold pair of eyes were staring at the two servant girls who slowly approached the bedside, his mighty expression caused the back of the two girls to be drenched in cold sweat, looking at the face that suddenly appeared in front of them, the two of them managed to react after a long ti “Xiang… Xiang Ye……”
But before they could finish speaking, Chu Fei Yang made a hand gesture to hush them, after which he quietly ca down from the bed, then whispered his instructions to the two of them beside their ears.
When Yun Qian ng woke up, it was already almost noon ti, rubbing her both eyes, she was about to get but discovered that her four limbs were sore, she couldn’t help but silently cursed Chu Fei Yang, yet discovered that Chu Fei Yang was already not beside her.
“My lady, you’re awake!” A small hand lifted up the drapery, revealing Mu Chun’s smiling face, seeing Yun Qian ng was looking fabulous, Mu Chun smiled like a kitty who was just having an affair.
“Where’s Xiang Ye?” Supporting her waist as she sat up, Yun Qian ng stared at Mu Chun, then she put on her shoes then stepped down from the bed.
“Xiang Ye had already went out to attend the morning assembly! Before he leaves he instructed humble servants to assist my lady to bathe and change clothes, he said he will take my lady to a place once he returned back!” Mu Chun assisted Yun Qian ng as they approached behind the screen, afterwhich she opened the cover of the wooden bath tub, the steam inside imdiately ca out.
Yun Qian ng looked at the hot water in front of her which was surging with steam, then she nodded at Mu Chun, after she retreated out of the room, she untied her undergarnts then stepped inside the bathtub, imrsing her sore body inside the hot water which had the fragrance of the dicine, her mind was guessing what sort of place he will bring her to afterwards.
“When will you ever change your old habit of refusing other people to serve you?” Little did she know that, after thinking about the things, Yun Qian ng had actually fell asleep inside the tub, if Chu Fei Yang didn’t co ho earlier, Yun Qian ng nearly slided down to the bottom of the bathtub, bearing his infrequent anger, Chu Fei Yang stretched out his arms then carried her out from the water, pulling the towel that was suspended on the screen he wrapped it around her body, his eyes was angrily staring at the person in his arms.
“Hmm?” Yun Qian ng was instantly woken up, looking at her own wretched appearance, she pushed Chu Fei Yang away instantly, afterwhich she dodged herself behind the screen, she picked up the clothes which was already prepared in advance then quickly put them on layer by layer, then with a head full of wet hair she walked out, then she curiously asked “Where will we go after a while?”
Chu Fei Yang was evidently still angry at her, he pushed her shoulder down sitting in front of the dressing table, he fetched a clean and soft towel then carefully wiped the water off her hair, then she saw Mu Chun carefully walked ahead, then she assisted Yun Qian ng to fix a simple yet elegant hair bun.
After Yun Qian ng finished tidying herself up, Chu Fei Yang quietly sat down on the bedside reading a book, the cold expression on his face didn’t fade away as ti elapsed.
Yun Qian ng secretly sighed, being resigned she walked ahead, with both hands she held up that handso which had regained its usual romantic and elegant appearance, smiling as she spoke “If you refuse to speak, then I will go ahead and visit Wang Fu instead! You might as well neglect my position here in this household, there’s no need for you to just ignore !”
After speaking, she actually prepared to turn around and leave, but before she could take one step further, she was being hauled inside his arms, on top of her head an awkward voice echoed “Today you are not allowed to go anywhere, you just need to stay beside !”
After speaking, a warm hand lifted up Yun Qian ng’s lower jaw, before she could manage to dodge out of the way, a deep kiss was planted on her lips, feeling pleased he released her, pulling her hand they walked out of Chu Xiang Fu, carrying her up on his horseback…...
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