August has not yet entered, and the people sent by officials from outside Beijing to deliver Mid-Autumn Festival gifts are already in Wuyangwuyang. This happens every year, there is no suspense.
These people must be the confidants of officials from various places. They are ordered to travel to and from the capital. In addition to following their own established routes, they are also extremely attentive to inquiring about the news in the capital.
Which adults have obtained the Sacred Heart, which adults have encountered bad luck, which adults are the stars of tomorrow, and which adults are yesterday's flowers, it took less than two days to find out clearly.
Ning and Rong's second mansion are still the same as last year, they are still yesterday's flowers, but the young Jia Lian is the star of tomorrow who has won the Sacred Heart.
So these people immediately divided the extra gifts into large portions, took their lord's name tattoos, and respectfully went to Jia Lian's Yamen to pay a visit on their lord's behalf.
Among these officials, there were high-ranking officials and old acquaintances from their ancestors. Jia Lian had to receive them one by one with such courtesy.
As a result, the affairs in Jia Lian's Yamen suddenly doubled, and his own affairs were delayed for a few days.
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I finally feel free today. When I get back to my room, it’s almost dinner time.
Sister Feng was playing with her eldest sister on the kang. When she saw Jia Lian coming back, she immediately became happy. She handed the baby to the wet nurse and hurriedly got off the kang and said:
"Hey, you came back early today. You've worked hard these past few days, and I don't think you can come back before dark."
As he spoke, he repeatedly ordered Ping'er to put out wine and food, and wanted to have a few drinks with Jia Lian.
The couple hugged the eldest sister and teased her for a while, then two daughters-in-law brought in a kang table and placed it on the kang here. Four more daughters-in-law were holding big lacquer boxes and moving around like a revolving door.
The dishes were all placed, the little maid brought wine, and Ping'er wiped the dishes, chopsticks, and spoons with a white hand towel.
There were many people busy in the room, but apart from the laughter of Jia Lian and his wife, they could only hear the slight rustling of their clothes, and the rest were silent.
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The couple sat opposite each other, Jia Lian smiled and said:
"You are still in confinement, even if you eat wine, you can only have a small glass."
At this time, only Ping'er was left waiting in the room. Sister Feng stopped showing off and just squinted her eyes and said to Jia Lian:
"Are you afraid that I'll get drunk and pester you?"
As he spoke, he stretched out his slender hand, picked up the black silver chiseled flower pot from Sui Han Sanyou, and poured a cup of wine into the black silver cup.
A pair of red phoenix triangular eyes looked at Jia Lian affectionately, picked up the wine cup, licked her red lips lightly, and then handed it to Jia Lian. However, she refused to hand it to his hand and deliberately avoided his hand.
Just put it on the table intentionally.
This Wang Xifeng, if she really wanted to seduce someone, she would really stop them from running away.
Jia Lian smiled and said in a low voice:
"After all, you are from a lady's background. Where did you learn this coquettishness?"
Wang Xifeng couldn't help but smile, with spring in her mouth, and said in a low voice:
"You are born here. The more you dare not, the more I will show off and covet you."
Jia Lian laughed and raised his hands in surrender:
"No matter how coquettish you are, I really don't dare.
You are my wife, and you still have to look forward to growing old together. I have to use it sparingly, but I have to be careful not to damage it.
You feel sorry for me too, don’t suffocate me to death."
Sister Feng felt her heart heat up when she heard this. She suddenly blushed and tears came to her eyes. She quickly took the handkerchief to wipe her tears.
When Jia Lian saw it, he thought:
"Okay, why are you crying again? This is both happy and sad, you women are really confusing."
Sister Feng wiped away her tears and said with a smile:
"Hearing that you know how to care for others, I don't know why, but I feel sour in my heart. For no reason, cold sweat breaks out on my back, and I suddenly feel scared, afraid that I won't be able to grow old with you.
My head is so troubled that I don’t know how to live with you wholeheartedly. It’s also because I don’t know how to cherish my blessings, and I almost brought my own misfortune.”
Jia Lian also felt her heart heat up after hearing this. She stepped forward and hugged Sister Feng, kissed her gently on her peach petal-like cheek, and said in her ear:
"You are so annoying today, I can't wait to eat you."
The two of them were chatting with each other when suddenly they heard someone say from outside:
"My wife asked grandma to come over for something."
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Wang Xifeng's face immediately sank, and she reluctantly got out of Jia Lian's arms and whispered:
"Why did you suddenly ask me to come over? Maybe it was something else."
Jia Lian also felt disappointed and had no choice but to persuade Sister Feng:
"Just listen to what I say, don't accept it, and come back early."
But I heard Ping'er whisper from the side:
"Miss Bao hasn't been here yet."
Jia Lian knew that Ping'er was not a talkative person, and everything she said was useful. He asked Sister Feng:
"Why did Miss Bao come to see you?"
Sister Feng asked Ping'er to comb her hair and change clothes, and said:
"She is very scheming. You have not been here these past few days. She comes and sits here every day. She comes to talk to me when she has something to do. I don't know what she has planned."
Seeing that Sister Feng was emotionless, Jia Lian casually joked:
"Then why don't you treat me better? What if she comes to snatch me away and make me the son-in-law of the Xue family?"
"Bah! You are so beautiful! You are a greedy pervert."
Wang Xifeng cursed, turned back, and deliberately pinched Jia Lian's chest.
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Sure enough, less than a quarter of an hour after Wang Xifeng took Ping'er out, Baochai came.
Sister Shan raised the door curtain and saw Baochai coming in with a smile.
Wearing a long gown of rose, purple, gold, silver and peony, underneath is an onion-yellow silk skirt, which is half gorgeous and half delicate. It makes her face look like a silver basin, her eyes are like apricots, her lips are not dotted but red, and her eyebrows are not painted but green, saying
Unrivaled gentleness, demureness, dignity and elegance.
Jia Lian stood up to greet him:
"It's unfortunate that Sister Xue is here. Your sister-in-law just called your wife."
If Baochai really came to find Wang Xifeng, she should have said:
"Then I'll go to my aunt's place now. Maybe we can just meet her."
But Baochai's goal was obviously not Wang Xifeng, she smiled and said:
"It's not a coincidence. I came to see Brother Lian to discuss matters in our house."
As he spoke, a pair of apricot-like eyes flickered towards Jia Lian:
"Girl Feng is not here, and second brother Lian doesn't even dare to let me sit down?"
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Don’t dare?
Isn’t this a naked provocation?
Jia Lian smiled generously and said:
"It seems that my reputation for being henpecked is already well known to everyone, and even ladies like Sister Xue are laughing at me. Come on, come on, please have a seat."
Jia Lian reached for the chair.
But Baochai sat on the edge of the Kang openly:
"Hey, there are also drinks and food here."
Seeing Jia Lian stunned, Baochai stretched out his hand:
"Second brother Lian has been busy lately, and Miss Feng is in confinement. But there are many people in our house and we can't ignore them."
As Baochai's white jade hand passed by, Jia Lian could only smell the cold and sweet fragrance, which penetrated the skin and eroded the bones.