Chapter 41 Second attempt to consummate the marriage
Xie Yunshuo knew that he had spoken out of turn, and that what he said was too frivolous, and he regretted it.
After being looked at by Jiang Si twice again, he felt uneasy.
"Why are you looking at me like that? I just wanted to support you because I saw others bullying you."
His heart was good, but what he said sounded unpleasant.
Jiang Si nodded repeatedly, "Yes, that's true. If I had been your wife, Xie Yunshuo, I wouldn't have been bullied, and I wouldn't have had all these minor and major experiences today. Others look down on me and bully me not because of my clothes, but because they think you and I are incompatible and we are enemies."
Xie Yunshuo nodded, knowing that she was right.
"So the point is not how I eat and dress, but that you give me face and treat me well."
"It's natural."
Xie Yunshuo thought she was going to say something difficult to do, and he was a little unconvinced.
"What I just said was only one aspect. I didn't say that was the only one."
"Oh?" Jiang Si raised her eyebrows, feeling a little overjoyed.
She stared at Xie Yunshuo, looking left and right, trying to find any clues that his appearance had suddenly changed.
Xie Yunshuo took a breath and straightened his body: "What are you looking at?"
Jiang Si told the truth: "Why did you suddenly know how to treat me well?"
Xie Yunshuo was speechless after being asked this question, and then a suspicious blush appeared on his face.
He said in a weaker tone, "Really? Probably because you're Mrs. Xie now. I'm a protective person and can't stand seeing the Xie family being bullied."
Jiang Si nodded, pretending to understand. "That's right. What if your cousin Liu Weining is also among them? What will you do?"
She hadn't originally intended to ask these questions.
He also didn't plan to tell Xie Yunshuo and involve him.
After all, according to Xie Yunshuo, she is now Mrs. Xie, but Liu Weining is also related to the Xie family. Wouldn't it be boring to ask these questions?
But Xie Yunshuo insisted on saying this and led the conversation this way, which aroused Jiang Si's curiosity.
We just happened to be talking about these things, so it was a natural thing to bring it up.
Jiang Si asked this question just out of curiosity. She could accept any answer from Xie Yunshuo.
After all, she had no hope of knowing who Xie Yunshuo really favored, and she had made bad plans.
However, Xie Yunshuo frowned deeply and asked her, "Is she still causing trouble?"
Xie Yunshuo knew that Liu Weining disliked Jiang Si. It was common for girls to have disputes and form factions over certain things.
However, Xie Yunshuo couldn't understand why Liu Weining, as his cousin, would interfere after the two of them had already gotten married.
Xie Yunshuo couldn't understand why she did that.
Did Jiang Si do something so evil that Liu Weining hated her so much?
Or maybe Liu Weining deliberately had some bad intentions and was trying to have fun and make things difficult for others.
Or maybe it's just like Jiang Si said, because she felt that he treated her badly, others felt they could bully her at will.
Xie Yunshuo thought about this matter with a bad expression on his face.
Even in the past, when he and Jiang Si had a disagreement, it was just a personal grudge that did not involve anyone else, so there was no need for others to interfere.
He knew that the situation in the past was not serious, it was just the formation of cliques and nothing substantial happened.
After hearing what Jiang Si said, today's incident cannot be ignored.
Before Jiang Si could ask him what he would do, he said, "Don't worry about this matter. It all started with me and will end with me. I'll go tell Wei Ning that I won't bother you again."
Jiang Si nodded: "I didn't expect you to be able to distinguish between public and private matters and take responsibility."
Xie Yunshuo didn't say anything. Not only was he not happy about Jiang Si's praise, but he felt a little uncomfortable.
This is what he should have done. No matter whether the couple is good or bad, even if they fight and quarrel every day, they should discuss right and wrong behind closed doors. It is their own business and has nothing to do with others.
Xie Yunshuo was not only angry at Liu Weining for causing trouble and acting on his own, but he was also angry at himself.
This was not what he wanted.
Even though he and Jiang Si had always been at odds, he couldn't tolerate others treating her badly when Jiang Si had done nothing wrong.
Jiang Si was quite happy to see that he could distinguish right from wrong.
But at this moment, he noticed that Xie Yunshuo's face looked wrong and he was depressed, as if he was the one being criticized and looked down upon.
Her mood was improved, so she returned the favor by coaxing him.
"Why are you so angry? It's not a big deal. I don't take it to heart. Besides, it feels good to have someone protect you after being criticized. You even said you would give me something better. Isn't that what I'm getting?"
Xie Yunshuo shook his head: "It's not the same thing. I can't compare them."
Seeing that he was very angry and seemed impossible to coax, Jiang Si had no experience in coaxing a man, so she had to talk about other things to divert his attention.
"Don't be angry. It's getting late. Go back to your study and wash yourself. Come back to me when you're clean."
Her words immediately made the troubled Xie Yunshuo feel as if his soul had been taken away and he was at a loss.
He was stunned and blurted out: "What did you say?"
Jiang Si glanced at him and said, "Did you really not hear it? If you didn't hear it, forget it. Go back now. I need to take a shower and go to bed."
In fact, Xie Yunshuo heard it, he was just surprised that Jiang Si would call him.
Because I was a little flustered and asked the question unconsciously.
The depression that had just lingered in his heart dissipated in an instant.
Xie Yunshuo quickly added: "I heard it."
In fact, he didn't want to do anything to her, but if he heard it and pretended not to hear it, he was afraid that Jiang Si would be angry again.
She had good intentions and wanted to maintain her marriage with him and try to fulfill her grandfather's wish. There was no reason for Xie Yunshuo not to accompany her and not care.
Xie Yunshuo stood up, his handsome face showing a bit of panic: "I'll go right away."
After he finished speaking, worried that Jiang Si would think he was attracted by her beauty, he defended himself by saying, "Since you have made up your mind, I will cooperate with you."
Jiang Si sneered, and the smile in her eyes was so brilliant that Xie Yunshuo couldn't look directly at her.
He couldn't imagine that Jiang Si would dare to say anything.
"You say that as if I'm after your body."
"No, I don't mean that." Xie Yunshuo refused decisively.
After saying this, Xie Yunshuo hurriedly left the main room and went to the study to take a bath and change clothes, fearing that Jiang Si would say something embarrassing to him.
And he had to wash it more cleanly to avoid anyone finding fault with him again.
After Xie Yunshuo left, Jiang Si and her close confidants, including her two personal maids, her wet nurse Zhen, and Nanny Shi, the people brought by her mother's family, closed the door and talked heart to heart.
Jiang Si said to them, "Xie Yunshuo really surprised me today."
Xie Yunshuo's determination to defend her was far beyond Jiang Si's expectations.
Even if it was just for his own face, she was satisfied that he could do this.
Nanny Shi is the oldest among the group. In order for Jiang Si to gain a foothold in the general's mansion in the future, from the perspective of an experienced old woman like her, the most important thing is her husband's attitude.
There may be no affection, but there must be respect. You cannot be vague or weak on important matters.
Therefore, for the first time, she took the risk and offered advice to Jiang Si.
Nanny Shi specifically called her "big girl".
The eldest girl has always had her own ideas and is smart and clear-headed, so even the lady rarely advises her.
So Shi Momo wanted to persuade someone, but he was worried at first.
"Miss, even if you don't like it today, I still have something to say from the bottom of my heart."
Jiang Si stood up with a serious expression, "Madame Shi, look at what you are saying. You are all my companions whom I brought from home. You are all my close friends. What is there to hide from me?"
In fact, she knew what Nanny Shi wanted to persuade her. It was nothing more than persuading her to let go of the past and live a good life with Xie Yunshuo.
As expected, Nanny Shi held her left hand with her right hand, constantly clenching her fingers, and spoke softly and gently.
"As I've watched from the sidelines, although my uncle isn't a perfect gentleman, he truly wants to live a good life with my young lady. Life spans decades, and a husband and wife spend the longest time together. Since my uncle knows how to care for others, you can be more gentle and win their hearts, lest he lose his heart and let others take advantage of him."
She said this with a hint of meaning.
It refers not only to the imperial concubine's niece Xu Honghan, but also to the others who are eyeing the general's mansion covetously.
Not to mention that Xie Yunshuo is young and promising, and has a handsome appearance. Just the power of the General's Mansion now, the actual military power, is enough to make people salivate.
Jiang Si did not reject it and nodded with a smile.
"Madame Shi, you can rest assured. I'm not ungrateful, but I'm not the kind of person who's gentle and considerate. Seeing Xie Yunshuo's improved attitude, I'm changing too, right? I never force things that can't be obtained. Otherwise, even if I get them, I won't be able to hold on to them."
As she spoke these words, her smile became more relaxed.
"I know how to do things, and I will do it my own way. In this way, what I gain is real and long-lasting, isn't it?"
Nanny Shi nodded with satisfaction, tears seeming to flash in her eyes.
Jiang Si walked up to her and took her old, wrinkled hands in hers. "Don't worry, Ma'am. I can save myself from that. If I can, I don't want to create any rift between me and Xie Yunshuo. But whether or not it should happen is not up to me. It all depends on whether we can get along well. If not, I will never tolerate it or swallow my anger. Otherwise, if I'm under Xie Yunshuo, I'll never be able to rise above him."
Nanny Shi, Jiang Si's wet nurse Zhen, and the two maids all nodded silently.
Jiang Si's background, vision and intelligence are certainly incomparable to ordinary people like them.
If women could fulfill the roles of mistress and wife just by being humble and submissive, then there would be no “closest or most distant couples” in the world.
If it was as Nanny Shi said, she could have a harmonious relationship with Xie Yunshuo, then there wouldn't have been no rumors of Xie Yunshuo having any romantic relationship with anyone in the past.
Except for the rumors of marriage with the Wen family.
But it is said that Xie Yunshuo and Miss Wen actually have no contact, which is enough to show that what Xie Yunshuo lacks is not an active, gentle and charming woman who can talk.
His attitude towards Jiang Si has changed. He will get angry if others deliberately neglect her, but he will also follow Jiang Si's arrangements, and it is definitely not just because the two of them are getting married.
Among these, Jiang Si's actions, her relationship with Xie Yunshuo, and her personality are the main factors.
Jiang Si is the key to Xie Yunshuo's change of attitude.
Nanny Shi quickly figured it out and said shamefacedly, "Young lady, please don't mind what I say. We are far from your level."
There are all kinds of people in this world, and some are destined to be "superior to others."
But it does not mean being superior to others, but being ahead of others in everything, not being influenced by others, and having the ability to make people follow you willingly.
Aren’t there such trends among the eldest daughter and her son-in-law in their family now?
My son-in-law is such an arrogant person, a rare talent who is praised by everyone outside. Just now, the girl asked a harsh question and my son-in-law backed down. He didn't change his words immediately, but in fact he heard clearly what she said.
At this moment, Xie Yunshuo was taking a bath in the study room. This just proves the saying that there is always someone who can conquer you.
Does it prove that their girl has the skills to subdue a figure like her son-in-law?
Thinking of this, the hidden worry in Nanny Shi's heart receded like the tide.
There was a bright and refreshing scene before my eyes, and the bright moon was revealed after the clouds had parted, and I was no longer worried.
Well, everyone has their own luck. The girl is so successful, so those irrelevant people should stop interfering.
After the intimate chat behind closed doors, a group of people happily carried water, prepared things to burn incense burners, picked flower petals, and served Jiang Si to bathe and clean her hair comfortably, washing away the fatigue and bad luck from the day outside.
Zhen took out a set of thin cloud-like gauze nightgown from Jiang Si's wardrobe. The inner layer was a peach-pink undergarment embroidered with a peach blossom, and the outer layer was layered with thin gauze as thin as a cicada's wing.
The upper body is gently gathered together, appearing and disappearing.
Wu Chan combed Jiang Si's hair into a side bun, but did not tie it all up, leaving a strand of long hair hanging by her side, looking charming and gentle.
Jiang Si looked in the bronze mirror and said with a smile, "Today I have been dressed up like a female demon who has transformed into a human being."
From her hair to her fingertips, Jiang Si exuded charm, completely different from her usual attire.
But Jiang Si did not reject it.
She was so beautiful in the mirror that even she, a woman, liked her.
You Lu took out a porcelain bottle from her makeup box, applied some gardenia oil, and smeared it on Jiang Si's fair and thin shoulders.
Jiang Si shook her head. "You're tormenting me like this today, as if I had some big, important request hidden away, something important to ask of Xie Yunshuo. You're being so grand and deliberate."
Then she walked slowly into the inner room and got on the bed. Because she was wearing gauze, Jiang Si also let down the bed curtains.
Ever since the lights were turned off last time, the room was dark, which caused trouble for the two of them, so this time she didn't ask anyone to turn off all the lights.
There was a candle lamp left, with only three candles burning, and the lampshade made the light dim.
Because Jiang Si was not far from the bed, her figure was vaguely elongated under the light and imprinted on the tent, and her graceful figure was vaguely visible.
When Xie Yunshuo came in and saw her shadow on the bed curtain, he couldn't help but stop and hold his breath for a moment.
She probably didn't know that her figure could be vaguely seen from outside. At this time, Jiang Si was sitting on the bed, slightly leaning to the side. She was fiddling with something on her side, causing her body to twist slightly, just revealing her slender and curvy figure.
Xie Yunshuo only felt a tightness in his throat and difficulty breathing.
He turned his eyes away and coughed lightly: "Jiang Si, I'm here."
Jiang Si stretched out her delicate hand, lifted the bed curtain, and asked in confusion, "Just come in if you're here. Why are you standing there?"
She frowned slightly and looked through the narrow gap in the curtains, but saw Xie Yunshuo looking to the side with his head tilted, his eyes evasive.
Jiang Si suddenly became confused. He hadn't even seen how she was dressed yet, so why was she standing there awkwardly?
Thinking of this, she felt a little embarrassed and pulled up the quilt to cover her body.
Xie Yunshuo also calmed himself down, clenched his fists and hid them behind his back, then slowly walked towards the bed.
After bathing, Jiang Si did not put on any makeup. She tied her hair loosely with a strand hanging down, looking gentle and charming.
Xie Yunshuo felt inexplicably nervous when he saw her dressed like this. To relieve his nervousness, he deliberately asked curiously, "Why are you covering yourself with the quilt?"
Jiang Si turned away her eyes and replied stubbornly, "Don't worry about it. If I don't cover it, I'm afraid you'll flash your eyes."
"Why should I blink?" Xie Yunshuo continued to pretend to be confused.
Although he was indeed flustered and confused at the moment, he could not admit it.
The more my heart is pounding, the less I act like I care.
Jiang Si glanced up at him without dodging: "Oh? Really?" She stared into Xie Yunshuo's eyes, made up her mind, and pulled down the quilt.
She gave up and no longer felt guilty or worried. She focused all her attention on Xie Yunshuo, waiting to see his reaction when he saw her wearing a gauze dress.
Jiang Si stared at Xie Yunshuo without blinking, watching the whole thing from beginning to end.
She saw Xie Yunshuo's pupils tremble slightly, he held his breath, and stood still like a stone statue, and then his face turned red all the way to his neck.
Because she was competing, she no longer cared about what she was wearing. After knowing Xie Yunshuo's strong reaction, Jiang Si teased: "See, I said I was going to flash your eyes, and I meant to flash your eyes. Don't deny it."
Xie Yunshuo woke up as if from a dream, turned his head to the side and forced himself to remain calm.
But no matter how hard he tried, his heartbeat became faster and faster, and his whole body felt like it was on fire.
The burning sensation was particularly severe in the chest and lower abdomen.
Faced with Jiang Si's teasing, he remained silent.
The facts are right in front of us, it would be wrong to continue to be stubborn.
In order to divert Jiang Si's attention, he remained calm and asked, "Why are you dressed like this? It's not necessary."
Jiang Si raised an eyebrow. "How can it be unnecessary? Is dressing up unnecessary?"
Xie Yunshuo still felt a little weak, worried that he might overact and offend her, so he explained, "No, there's no need to be so reckless. Aren't we... just trying it out?"
"You mean you don't like watching this?"
The first time Jiang Si saw Xie Yunshuo looking so uneasy, she forgot to be shy and even wanted to tease him.
She completely lifted the quilt, supported herself on the bed with her arms, stretched out her legs, and tilted her body slightly towards him.
"Since you don't like this, don't wear it anymore. I'll change the clothes and burn them later."
She saw with her own eyes that Xie Yunshuo's eyes trembled, as if he wanted to speak, but he didn't say anything.
Jiang Si provoked her again: "Since you don't like it, I'll go change it right away." She made a gesture to get up.
Soon, Xie Yunshuo finally spoke: "Hey..."
Jiang Si looked at him calmly, suppressing the smile on her lips, so as not to dampen the courage that was about to come out.
Xie Yunshuo didn't dare to look into her eyes, but stared at the bedside where her gauze sleeve had fallen.
"It's getting dark, so let's not bother anymore. Let's talk about it next time."
A sentence that was meant to express liking and wanting to see something was said without any sense of romance by Xie Yunshuo's rough tone. His voice was hasty and crisp.
Jiang Si knew very well that Xie Yunshuo was just pretending to be serious.
She changed her sitting position, put down her legs and sat on the edge of the bed, looking up at him.
"Xie Yunshuo, there are bugs by the bed? Why are you staring at the bed? I'm looking at you, shouldn't you be looking at me?"
Xie Yunshuo was at a loss for what to do after hearing her consecutive words. He slowed down his movements and took a deep breath.
He raised his eyes to look at Jiang Si. In the dim light, Jiang Si's face seemed to be covered with a veil.
Her unmade-up face was fair and clean, her eyes were hooked, her lips were smiling, and she was half charming without realizing it, and half cunning.
Coupled with the provocative smile, she doesn't look completely seductive, but instead makes people's heart beat faster.
For the first time in his life, Xie Yunshuo knew what it meant to be "completely confused."
Jiang Si just sat there quietly, doing nothing, saying nothing, but just staring at him with her eyes was enough to make his breathing become tight and breathless.
Ever since he shifted his gaze to look at her, Xie Yunshuo could only stare into her eyes, not daring to look anywhere else, especially not daring to look down.
Once you lower your eyes, you can see her light gauze nightgown that shows through her underwear. Her figure beneath the gauze is looming, which is even more overwhelming than if it were right in front of you.
Xie Yunshuo really couldn't have imagined that what was waiting for him tonight would be such... such a fierce and direct attack.
He had only stood in front of the bed for less than a quarter of an hour, far less than a quarter of an hour, when he felt something was wrong with his body.
It seemed as if he was the only one who was redundant in the whole world.
No matter where he stood or how he adjusted his posture, even his hands on both sides of his body seemed redundant, and his whole body looked weird.
Xie Yunshuo was at a loss. He had always been able to handle everything with ease and in control, but in front of Jiang Si, no matter how he planned and controlled everything, it all turned to dust and was blown away by the breeze.
He didn't know what to say, let alone what to do next.
Unconsciously, his gaze, which was originally fixed on Jiang Si, gradually drifted upwards, looking at the top of her head and then at the pattern on the bed curtains.
Xie Yunshuo didn't even realize that his eyes were wandering involuntarily, and didn't realize that he was avoiding.
The woman below your sight is like a ferocious beast, a demon who can suck human essence with just one look. You must not get involved with her.
It felt like something was boiling and clamoring all over his body, and he couldn't find peace.
What was hard to bear was that even though his eyes were wandering and looking at the bed curtain, Jiang Si's figure, face, and a pair of beautiful eyes containing a variety of colors still appeared on the bed curtain behind him.
That breathtaking curve was deeply engraved in his mind.
Xie Yunshuo had never experienced any love affairs before, nor did he have any impression or memory of any woman involving love between men and women. He had only been married to Jiang Si for six or seven days, and he had not even laid eyes on her a few times when he saw such a hurtful scene.
It's like suddenly serving a full banquet to someone who has never tasted the most common rice. The problem is not that the person won't be full, but that he will die of overeating.
It’s right to think Jiang Si is hateful, she is indeed hateful.
It's hateful everywhere.
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