Xue Yan was choked, and naturally he was also angry. "Just think of me as meddling in other people's business! I'm so kind and think of it as a donkey's liver and lungs! I just hope that one day, brother, I won't regret it!"
Xue Shao ignored his words and warned: "Don't tell anyone about these rumors!"
"Hmph! I think I'm afraid that the wind blowing in here has made my brain confused!"
Xue Shao said: "I'm not joking with you! My brother, I won't argue with you this time. If you treat me as your brother, don't talk nonsense and respect her. What's the matter between me and her? That's between me and her."
There is no need for you to interfere in the affairs of time!"
Xue Yan was a little stunned when he saw that he was serious and as if he meant what he said. After a while, he could only squeeze out a sentence from his throat, "I know."
Xue Shao's expression softened a bit, but he still advised: "It's okay if you know. You are also about to get married. Since a man wants to be a husband, he should fulfill his responsibilities and don't delay others!"
Xue Yan didn't know what he thought of, but he just responded vaguely, said he had something to do, and left first.
When he walked back to the study, Xue Yan found that his bodyguard was already waiting for him in the study. When he saw the visitor, the man stepped forward, bowed and presented a letter, "Lang Jun, it's Xizhou...over there.
news."
Xue Yan was silent for a moment, then reached out and took it, "Go down."
He took the letter but didn't open it for a long time. Xue Yan fell into deep thought. The reason why he did that was just out of sympathy. In any case, he was ashamed of Yuan Min. Of course he couldn't do the same.
He didn't want to see her living in such a situation...but now that he was about to get married, would he still pay attention to her news in the future?
When Xue Shao returned to his courtyard, Qingrong's master and servant had also returned from outside.
He asked: "Where is my wife?"
Songyue said: "My wife is in the study."
Xue Shao nodded and immediately walked towards the study room.
"What are you looking at?"
Xue Shao appeared behind her at some point. Qingrong turned around, smiled, and pointed to the scroll in front of the desk, "Look, do you still remember this?"
He looked in the direction and saw a scroll of meticulous paintings of characters that were lifelike and colorful.
Xue Shao asked: "Is this a painting Lin Quzi made for me?"
Qingrong smiled and nodded, "Exactly, Mr. Lin drew every move you made that day. He gave the drawing to me when he left the city, but you were not at home at that time, so I drew it for you."
The painting was sent to be framed first, and I got it today so that I can store it in the future."
Xue Shao looked at her smiling eyes, swept away the displeasure just now, and raised the corner of his mouth, "Yeah."
"Do you like it?"
"The painting is good, so I naturally like it."
Qingrong smiled and said, "No wonder Mr. Lin has lived here for many days. I'm afraid it will take a long time just to paint your long painting."
Xue Shao looked at her and asked with a smile: "Then when will you also draw one for me?"
Qingrong shook his head and said with a smile: "My painting skills are not as good as Mr. Lin. I mostly paint flowers and birds, but this guy... has never painted before."
"That's good, let me start painting first."
Qingrong couldn't help laughing and glanced at him, "What if the painting is not good?"
He straightened his expression, pondered for a moment, and said seriously: "Then I'll agree to it."
Qingrong smiled and snorted, "Smooth talk and no sincerity at all."
"What you gave me is naturally good. What is right or wrong is judged by outsiders, and you and I are not outsiders."
Qingrong raised her head, looked at him, and smiled dumbly, "Then... let's talk about it later."
Xue Shao hummed with satisfaction and said no more.
"You were not in the courtyard just now. Did you go out?"
Xue Shao looked at her without hiding anything, "Xue Yan is looking for me."
Qingrong nodded and did not panic. Instead, he asked with a smile: "He has something to do with you?"
Xue Shao took her hand and said, "It's okay. He just said he saw you and a man in the West City. There was some misunderstanding."
"Oh, that's right." Qingrong nodded thoughtfully, raised her eyes to look at Xue Shao, and asked, "What about you? Will you believe it after hearing this?"
Her clear and bright eyes looked directly at the person in front of her, and even if she lied, she couldn't hide it from her.
Xue Shao just lowered his eyes and looked at her, but smiled slightly, "Who do you believe?"
Qingrong pretended to be distressed and said: "How can I know what you are thinking?"
"Asking knowingly." Xue Shao glanced at her and said calmly: "I don't know about others. Anyway, you don't care if I misunderstand or not. You will only say yes. It's up to me what I think. If I believe you, I don't need to explain.
If I don't believe it, why do you need to explain? Am I right?"
Qingrong couldn't help laughing. She shook her head and said, "Hey, when did you become a roundworm in my belly? How could you guess so accurately what I said? It's really amazing."
Xue Shao snorted, "In that case, why don't you tell me who that person is?"
Qingrong smiled and explained simply: "This person's name is Gu Songzhi. I have no friendship with him, but we all know Mrs. Wei. He asked me to help transfer something to Mrs. Wei, that's all, and
nothing else."
Xue Shao frowned and said, "Do you still want you to do it for me? Why doesn't he send it himself?"
"He...he has a special relationship with Mrs. Wei, which is not something to be publicized. Besides, I may not have seen Mrs. Wei for a long time, so I might as well take this opportunity to visit her."
He had forgotten that before they got married, she had been in contact with the Duke's government and had a good relationship. He asked, "Don't you always dislike the social interactions between officials and family members?"
In fact, Mrs. Wei was fine. Although she sometimes had to do things according to the wishes of Mrs. Cui and the Queen, she was kind-hearted and informal, and Qingrong was willing to interact with her. She smiled and said, "Whatever I want
, sometimes it is inevitable to act impulsively, but looking back at the present, you can never be so unrealistic. I am in the back house, and I can't help you with the things I did before, so there is only this much I can do."
Xue Shao looked at her and wanted to say that she didn't have to do this for him, but then he thought about it. Although husband and wife are one, a woman's future is mostly tied to her husband... In the end, it was because he didn't do well enough that she felt sad.
He was worried and worked hard on these things. He felt ashamed of Qingrong, and for a moment he didn't know how to speak.
"Why don't you speak?"
Xue Shao shook his head, hugged her into his arms, leaned against her, and said with emotion: "I feel lucky to have married such a good woman."
Qingrong was funny, "Why are you becoming more and more glib now?"
"You are so eloquent. I have been with you for a long time, so naturally I have to learn more."
Qingrong reached out and patted him, and said funnyly: "Really, I think you are about to leave the army."
Xue Shao looked at her and smiled helplessly, "Of course I can't compare with you. By the way, I heard you cough when I went out this morning. I guessed that you suffered from the spring cold, so I asked my servants to make ginger soup and drink some later."
Qingrong looked at him with some surprise, "You also know this?"
Xue Shao nodded solemnly, with a look of shame on his face, and said, "I blame me... Maybe I didn't cover you with a quilt when we had sex last night, so you were cold..."
Qingrong covered his mouth, looked outside, bit her lip and said, "I know, stop talking."
Xue Shao smiled lowly and hummed.
…
In this way, Qingrong was forced by Xue Shao to drink ginger soup for several days. Every morning when the sun was getting stronger, Xue Shao took Qingrong out for a walk to sweat, saying that this could dissipate the coldness in the body.
Qingrong was originally lazy and didn't want to go, but when Xue Shao insisted on carrying her out, she had no choice but to go along with him.
Xue Shao said: "I asked you to take some time off after dinner, but you didn't want to. After walking a few steps, you were out of breath."
Qingrong didn't want to pay attention and just wiped her sweat with a handkerchief.
Xue Shao took the handkerchief in her hand and said, "I'll do it." As he said that, he gently wiped the sweat from her face, from her forehead to the tip of her nose, carefully and gently. I don't know what he thought of, but he looked at Qingrong's face.
The color of the eyes is getting darker and darker...
Qingrong blushed at what he did, and quickly took the veil back, "Okay."
Seeing that Qing Rong could not walk, Xue Shao bent down to carry Qing Rong back. He was about to reach Lide Hall and there was no one else on the road. Qing Rong was not polite to him, so he leaned over and lay on his back.
When the two of them walked into the courtyard, the servants and maids who were busy in the courtyard hurriedly stepped aside, but they were already used to this.
Xue Shao's behavior was naturally against the rules. The husband was respected and the wife could not live together, let alone using her husband as a rider. Qingrong knew this in her heart, but she had always been a student of Lao Zhuang and did not agree with this in her heart.
Xue Shao didn't care about these little details, and Qing Rong didn't want to abide by the old rules. What's more, this was not outside, and no one would say anything. Everyone in Lide Hall heard and saw it, and they all understood it tacitly, and stayed in this courtyard.
A lady and a Lang should be the same, and most of the time it works best if it’s a lady...
Within two days, Qingrong ordered his servants to pay homage to the Duke of Guo's residence and went to be a guest.
Mrs. Wei was still smiling as usual, which was very different from Gu Songzhi's lonely look. When she saw Qingrong, she smiled and asked her to sit down, "This is strange, but it makes you
This person who usually doesn’t like to go out much is here.”
Qingrong hid her face and smiled, "These words really offended me. It was because I had some free time in the past few days that I came to chat with Madam. I hope Madam will not blame you."
"I also heard about what happened half a month ago. I don't believe those words, but fortunately, everything is fine now."
Qingrong smiled and said, "Thank you madam."
Mrs. Wei's sharp eyes immediately saw the green glazed bracelet on Qingrong's hand, "Your bracelet is very clear and exquisite. Look at the craftsmanship, it's... from the Western Regions?"
Seeing this, Qingrong smiled and said, "Madam, you have good eyesight. It has been a while since spring, and caravans have been arriving one after another. This is what I bought in Hu's store in the West Market a few days ago. Although this bracelet is
It’s not priceless, but it’s of high quality and exquisite design. It’s good to buy and play with. I remember that Madam loves this kind of jewelry the most, so I also picked two pieces for Madam. Can you take a look, Madam?”
Mrs. Wei was naturally happy. Yun Niang presented the things. They were both blue glazed gold bracelets and amber gilt breast ornaments. They both looked luxurious and eye-catching. Mrs. Wei liked it, so she pulled Qingrong and asked about the current situation.
Everyone is interested in whatever is fashionable and never gets tired of it.
Qingrong was surprised and asked one more question: "Don't you love going to the West Market the most, madam? Why don't you go out much these days?"