Chapter 47: Mission accomplished
In broad daylight, Chen Tang was afraid of being seen, so she refused to let him do whatever he wanted. She took advantage of the moment when he relaxed and coughed loudly a few times.
Qi Huaijing really stopped and hurriedly rubbed her back to help her calm down.
"It seems that it is still not fully healed."
Shen Tang coughed until his face turned red, and he nodded repeatedly.
"Well, let's wait until you recover."
Chen Tang waited for him to let go, then immediately jumped off the couch, calling the maidservants to come over and help them prepare their clothes and luggage for going out. They were busy running around the room, looking very happy.
Qi Huaijing frowned and watched her busying herself. No matter how she looked at it, she didn't look like she was not fully recovered.
As he was thinking about it, Chen Tang remembered something else and told Qi Huaijing not to sit idle either.
"Cousin, go to Yujintang and tell the lady about this. We can leave after she gives us the nod."
Qi Huaijing looked disapproving.
"Why should I wait for her to nod..."
"Oh, go quickly. A mother worries about her son even when he is far away. If you don't tell her in advance, my wife will definitely be worried... You said that if there is anything, I will find you. This is the first time your wife has asked you to do something. Go quickly!"
In Yujin Hall, Mrs. Yue frowned again when she heard her son say that the couple were going to live on the farm for a while.
"Why are you so excited about going to the farm again? It's fine if you go. It's a serious matter for a man to go and check on the family property. Why would a woman like her go along?"
Qi Huaijing was calm and composed, and slowly gave the reasons he had thought of in advance.
"Play."
Mrs. Yue: “…”
Whenever Qi Huaijing gave a serious reason, she could find two or three mistakes.
Qi Huaijing also explained it patiently.
“Let’s play together.”
Mrs. Yue: “…”
Seeing that she had nothing to say, Qi Huaijing stood up with a smile and left.
He just came to inform her, not to ask for her consent.
Just like when he said he wanted to marry Chen Tang, he would marry her regardless of whether Madam Yue agreed or not.
When he returned to Wutong Garden, Chen Tang was stunned to see that he came back so soon.
"Hey, what did the madam say? Is she angry? Does she not want me to go?"
Qi Huaijing felt that he had fulfilled his mission and reported the truth.
"Madam didn't say anything, so she let him go."
Chen Tang jumped for joy again.
"Very good!"
Qi Huaijing not only brought back good news, but also brought her a large stack of men's robes.
"Come, try it on. If it fits you well, you can wear it to the farm."
Chen Tang took it and took a look. It was a brocade robe that looked like Qi Huaijing's clothes. It was about seven-tenths new, but looked narrower.
"Where did this dress come from? It looks... familiar."
"Of course they look familiar. These are the clothes I wore when I was thirteen or fourteen. I often wore them when I went to your house to study."
Qi Huaijing picked out a jade-colored brocade dress with silver patterns and asked her to try it on.
"I left in a hurry this time, so I didn't have time to make you new clothes. Wear these for now. When I come back, I'll ask a tailor to make you some robes to wear when you go out."
Chen Tang said "Oh", he had indeed seen Qi Huaijing wearing it in previous years, but he couldn't help but feel strange.
"It's been so many years, how can you still find these clothes? They look quite new to me, where are they kept?"
Qi Huaijing helped her put on her robe and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.
"The storeroom of Yujin Hall. I'm afraid you won't believe it if I tell you this - every piece of clothing I've ever worn since I was a child has been carefully kept by my mother."
Chen Tang's eyes widened, indeed it was a little unbelievable.
"You didn't throw away any of them?"
Qi Huaijing gritted his teeth and nodded.
"Even the little quilt he used when he was born is still there."
This really seems like something Mrs. Yue would do.
Chen Tang looked at Qi Huaijing gritting his teeth, and felt a little sympathy and a little envy for a moment, and suddenly his eyes rolled.
"Cousin, can you let me see the crotchless pants you wore when you were a kid?"
"……cannot!"
“…How stingy.”
Chen Tang changed her clothes and hairstyle, then stood in front of the dressing mirror and looked at herself.
"How about it? Can you still tell it's a girl?"
Qi Huaijing looked at her soft eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and then at her graceful figure that could not be concealed by the wide robe, and sighed in his heart that anyone who could not tell that she was a girl was blind.
"I really can't tell. She doesn't look like my cousin at all. She's clearly a handsome cousin."
He asked Chen Tang to turn around, looked him up and down, and was quite satisfied.
"It's okay, the waist of this dress is a bit wide, but if it were any smaller, the collar wouldn't cover it."
As he spoke, he did not forget to reach out his hand... and was slapped again.
Two days later, early in the morning, Chen Tang listened through the car window to Madam Yue standing in front of Qi Huaijing's horse and giving him earnest instructions.
"That place is very wild, with dust everywhere and mud on the road. It's a torture. I've only been there once in my life and I don't want to go there again... Son, be careful on the road. Just take a quick look when you get there and come back early!"
Because she didn't want to suffer that, Mrs. Yue rarely returned to the capital, as she disliked the bumpy and windy roads.
Qi Huaijing traveled frequently between the two places. No matter how pampered he was at home, he was used to walking. He only listened to his mother nagging for a while, then she waved her hand and rode away.
As soon as the carriage left the city gate, Qi Huaijing knocked on the carriage.
"My lady, come out and act wild."
Chen Tang had been waiting for this sentence for a long time. He raised his hand and lifted the curtain, then sat side by side with Huaping in front of the car, looking at the vast flat forest and the slightly cold mountains, and he really felt relieved.
Nearby, Qi Huaijing was riding a horse in front of the carriage, and Lidong was also riding behind him.
When Chen Tang saw Lidong, he suddenly remembered Fengxi's toad. He wanted to ask Lidong how he raised it, but he was too embarrassed to ask directly, so he exchanged a few pleasantries first.
"Lidong, why does your Third Master take you with him wherever he goes? This time he is going to separate you and your wife for a while."
"It's okay. My wife is always busy and doesn't usually pay attention to me."
Huaping was amused by what she heard and couldn't help asking him.
"Brother Lidong, how did you and Sister Feng know each other?"
They are clearly two very different people.
Qi Huaijing laughed when he heard this.
This question is asked by everyone who has met the couple. Lidong's answer is always almost the same. Qi Huaijing has also heard it many times, but he finds it extremely interesting every time.
Sure enough, Lidong said it again.
"Once, I was passing by an alley and ran into a few hooligans..."
Huaping felt the story sounded familiar and immediately responded.
"I know, they were bullying Sister Feng, and you stepped forward and saved her like a hero!"
Lidong shook his head.
"No. I was beaten by them, and Feng Xi saved me."
"Ah! Then... Sister Feng is such a good doctor, she must take good care of you."
"No, she didn't cure me, and she ripped me off badly."
“…”
Chen Tang smiled and said, “But in the end, Miss Feng still liked you, and that’s why she was willing to marry you.”
Lidong still shook his head.
"She liked me, but she didn't marry me... I became her son-in-law."
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