Chapter 12 Mocking the Weak Body
On the first night at the Xie family, Jiang Si slept alone on the wedding bed without being disturbed by anyone and had a sound sleep.
She didn't recognize her bed, and the next morning, it was not until Wu Chan called her that she woke up and slowly opened her eyes.
"What time is it?"
Wu Chan held a warm, soft handkerchief in her hand and wiped her eyes.
"Madam, it's already 8:45 AM. We have half an hour left before we have to go to the main courtyard for tea."
Jiang Si nodded, closed her eyes to rest, and lay down for a while. After she had completely regained consciousness, she got up and washed up.
Before she washed up, she remembered what she had planned last night and said, "Youlu, go get the eldest young master's maid to come over. I have something to ask you."
You Lu responded and quickly brought one of Xie Yunshuo's maids over.
Jiang Si had seen this person last night. She was a beautiful young woman who was waiting silently in the room behind the maid Yan Qing.
She bowed gracefully and spoke in a clear, soft and gentle voice.
"What are your wishes, Madam? My name is Ningshuang."
Jiang Si nodded: "Ningshuang, it's a good name."
Ningshuang lowered her head, looking frightened.
But in fact, Jiang Si was not praising her out of courtesy, she really thought the name was not bad.
Seeing that the maid was measured in her words and actions and looked steady, she knew she had chosen the right person.
She did not stop to wash. Although she was in front of strangers, she did not feel that she looked inappropriate in only her middle clothes and with her hair loose. She spoke as if she was at home and was talking to her maid.
She was so frank that the maids in the Xie family seemed reserved.
Even though Jiang Si was wearing disheveled white clothes and had no makeup on at this time, outsiders could still tell who was the master and who was the servant at a glance.
This unwavering demeanor is no different from those of princes, nobles, princesses and duchesses.
After Jiang Si finished rinsing her mouth and took the soft handkerchief, she said to Ning Shuang, "Please tell me about the elders and brothers and sisters in the general's mansion."
Later, Jiang Si will serve tea and meet people with Xie Yunshuo. Although Xie Yunshuo will take her to introduce people and address them, Jiang Si thinks it is better to ask clearly in advance so that she can have a clear idea in her mind so that she can do her part well when she goes in front of people later.
Jiang Si had an idea in mind.
Since she has married into the general's mansion and become the legal wife, she must act like a legal wife and must not bring shame to the Jiang family.
She only regarded her as the granddaughter-in-law of the old general and the daughter-in-law of the great general. No matter whether her relationship with Xie Yunshuo was good or bad, it could not affect her status.
Since Jiang Si had given the order, Ningshuang introduced her according to her request.
"Madam, the masters of the mansion, the general and the old lady are no longer in charge. There is an aunt who has returned to the Xie family to be adopted. She is the old lady's fourth sister. The next generation, the master and the lady will be in charge of the family. The third master and the third lady are the third wife and have a son and a daughter. The fourth lady has a son. Young Master Qi has a hidden illness and cannot speak. The fifth master and the fifth lady are the fifth wife and have two daughters and a son..."
Everyone waiting in the room unconsciously shifted their gaze to observe Jiang Si.
Jiang Si was concentrating on her thoughts and ignored the gazes from others.
She heard from Ningshuang that after the Madam and the Master, the Third House would be the next in line, and the Old Master's second son probably died in infancy.
The fourth room only has four wives and one son, which means she is a widow.
There are also elders like the old general’s youngest son and the fifth master.
The Xie family has quite a few members, but compared to those aristocratic families, they are nothing.
Ningshuang was talking to her about the children of other families. Jiang Si listened to everything and was mentally prepared.
Thinking about what would happen later, Jiang Si instructed her two maids to bring the things they had prepared early in the morning as gifts to the Xie family, including some small items such as golden pigs and golden rabbits, to be distributed to Xie Yunshuo's younger brothers and sisters later.
She didn't prepare anything special and didn't do any handicrafts.
She was not familiar with the people in the Xie family yet, so there was nothing wrong in preparing such gold items. Even though the general's mansion was rich and had no shortage of these things, the young men and women from wealthy families there did not want them. But for Jiang Si's status, she only needed to make no mistakes and did not need to prepare anything particularly rare and precious as a gift.
She married into a wealthy family, but she didn't need to curry favor with anyone. She just needed to do what was expected of her in her position, neither humble nor overbearing.
She gave the order, and Wu Chan took out all the things that had been prepared as gifts.
In the small box, there are small animals made of gold, each the size of a walnut, just the right size to fit in the palm of your hand.
Feng Qingzhi arranged for Nanny Shi to stay by Jiang Si's side to help her make decisions. After the Xie family's maid left, she couldn't help but ask, "Madam, isn't it a bit too small to give them one by one? Can we give them in pairs so that they won't be too thin?"
"No need." Jiang Si didn't hesitate at all. "Give one more to each person. With so many younger generations, as long as we give more, it will be an extra gift. How can we afford so much gold? What I made is only worth one and a half taels of gold. In the Jiang family, the gifts given to younger brothers and sisters are only the size of dates. This is enough."
"...Yes" Nanny Shi hesitated to speak.
She was worried that the Xie family would find Jiang Si's gift shabby, as they were a wealthy family after all. But seeing their eldest daughter's confident attitude, Nanny Shi stopped trying to persuade them.
The eldest daughter in their family is young, but she has her own way of doing things and is rarely shaken by other people's eyes and gossip.
Such a character is rare and innate.
Some families want to raise their children like this, but they can't do it.
While Jiang Si was dressing up, Xie Yunshuo came back.
It was inconvenient for him to comb his hair in the study, so he had to come back to change his clothes and comb his hair into a bun. Currently, he stood at the door with his hair simply tied up.
The light outside the door was blocked by his tall body, casting a long dark shadow on the flat floor tiles.
He stood there without moving, making people feel inexplicably tense.
The maids of the Xie family who were waiting outside the door all lowered their heads and dared not look. It was so quiet that one could hear their hearts beating fast.
It was rare to see the eldest young master appear in front of people in such an image. Just now, I took a quick look and saw that his face was dark and gloomy, and we all knew that the eldest young master was unhappy at the moment.
Therefore, they tried to be as gentle as possible when greeting and addressing him, so as not to make him even more unhappy.
The reason why Xie Yunshuo looked like this was because he did not fall asleep until very late last night. When he was woken up this morning, he found that his back and waist were sore, and he felt an unspeakable resentment and helplessness in his heart.
It had been a long time since he had felt back pain. Even when he had been fighting in the military camp and been injured on the battlefield, he had never experienced anything like this.
As a result, I slept on a narrow couch all night, and my legs and waist felt uncomfortable.
It feels like a boat capsizing in a ditch.
Standing at the door, I could hear the voices of Jiang Si and the maid chatting and laughing from the inner room, which made the contrast even more obvious.
She said that she dreamed of visiting a garden and a fruit mountain last night, just like being in the Queen Mother's Peach Garden. There was fragrance everywhere, birds singing, flowers blooming, and the air was filled with fairy air. She felt like she was riding on clouds.
She lived such a comfortable life, while he was completely different from her.
When Xie Yunshuo walked into the room and looked into the bronze mirror on the clothes rack, he unexpectedly saw his horrible hair. He had to take a deep breath, close his eyes, and force himself to calm down.
Qiu Ze and Jiao Shan were worried about their master. They looked at each other and exchanged glances to discuss something.
Qiu Ze lowered his voice and deliberately said, "Sir, you slept on the couch yesterday and hurt your waist and legs. Let me massage you and relax you."
He said this so loudly on purpose for their new wife to hear, hoping that the new wife would not be angry with him because the eldest son was unwell.
It’s best to turn around and coax people.
Who would have thought that not only did the new wife not react at all, she was still in front of the dressing box choosing the jewelry to wear today. Qiu Ze was also given a glare by Xie Yunshuo, who turned around and looked extremely unhappy.
Qiu Ze knew that he was talking too much, so he quickly lowered his head and acted humble, hoping that Xie Yunshuo would not scold him.
He was being clever and what he said was exactly what Xie Yunshuo didn't want Jiang Si to know.
How can a real man show weakness to a woman so easily?
Even if Xie Yunshuo's waist was broken, he would not say a word and let Jiang Si know and look down on him.
Who knew that Qiu Ze, this idiot, was so smart as to expose his affairs without authorization?
Xie Yunshuo borrowed the bronze mirror on the clothes rack and happened to see where Jiang Si was sitting without having to look back.
He glanced over for some unknown reason and saw that Jiang Si seemed not to have heard him and continued to do her own thing.
He didn't want to tell her about this, but seeing that she had no reaction, he felt another layer of emotion piling up.
"Change clothes." He had to speak out loud to help dispel his emotions.
He was not paying attention for a moment, and because of the anger and vicious tone of his words, everyone in the room was stunned.
Qiu Ze and the others quickly called in a few maids, some to comb her hair and some to straighten her clothes.
A group of people were working silently, not daring to breathe.
On the other side, Jiang Si had already finished dressing up, picked out her hairpins and put them on her hair. She was drinking the lotus seed soup brought by the waiter and eating a small piece of snack to fill her stomach.
She didn't eat anything yesterday, and if she didn't eat something, she was afraid that she would not have enough energy to serve tea later, which would ruin everything.
Jiang Si changed her seat in front of the window and sat on the couch with her bowl on the kang table. While eating, she stared at Xie Yunshuo leisurely, as if she was treating him as a side dish.
Side dish, appetizer.
Just now when she was combing her hair, she saw that the strand of hair she had broken was still alive. Fortunately, she could hide it and pin a small hairpin in front of her bun to prevent it from falling apart.
However, the two maids took a long time to fix Xie Yunshuo's hair after she cut it. They also applied a lot of sawdust water and wrapped it with the hair on his forehead to prevent it from falling out.
Seeing Xie Yunshuo's dark face, she felt relieved and relieved, and ate a bowl of lotus seed soup with relish. After eating, Xie Yunshuo also got dressed.
Qiu Ze asked him, "Sir, would you like something to eat first? There is porridge and buns in the tea room."
"No." Xie Yunshuo had a lot of anger in his chest. He was so angry that he had no appetite to eat anything. A cup of tea was enough for him.
Seeing him put down the teacup, Jiang Si stood up and waited for him to reach the door before following him.
The two of them stayed silent, but it didn't delay anything.
Jiang Si walked leisurely, which made Xie Yunshuo seem to be walking faster.
She looked at the distance between the two of them getting wider and wider, and couldn't help but mock him.
"Xie Yunshuo, why are you walking so fast? You're so weak. If you walk too fast, be careful of the wind and catch a cold."
She was laughing at him, but she had a sore back after sleeping in the study all night.
Xie Yunshuo paused, she really heard it.
The air in his chest suddenly pushed up to his throat.
He felt like he hadn't eaten anything in the morning, but he choked violently.
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