Chapter 16 Jealousy
Jiang Shu slept in a daze for a whole day, and only recovered a little energy in the evening.
After barely eating half a bowl of rice, she leaned on the soft couch with a languid look and looked at the bamboo forest outside the window.
It was dusk, and the bamboo forest was shrouded by the coming night. It was hard to see its appearance, and only the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the bamboo leaves could be heard.
"Doctor Fang said that Madam can't see the wind." Tan Yu went forward and closed the window.
Jiang Shu complained: "I have been bored all day, and I am not allowed to go downstairs or blow the wind. I will be suffocated to death."
"Puh, puh, puh, what's the matter with death, Madam will definitely live a long life."
"Puh--" Jiang Shu was amused and felt a little better.
Chu Yu brought the freshly boiled medicine into the room: "Madam, it's time to take the medicine."
Looking at the big bowl of black and steaming medicine, Jiang Shu frowned painfully.
"I think I'm already well, and I don't need to take the medicine."
"Whether I'm well or not is up to Doctor Fang." Chu Yu held the medicine and refused to budge.
Jiang Shu pouted and said pitifully: "Okay Chu Yu, go to Doctor Fang to get some pills, I will definitely take them obediently."
Chu Yu was unmoved: "Doctor Fang said that the effect of pills is not half as good as soup. If Madam wants to get better quickly, she must drink soup."
From morning to now, Jiang Shu has only drunk the medicine once, and she was half coaxed and half forced to drink it while she was confused.
Now that Jiang Shu is awake, it may not be easy to get her to take the medicine.
Just as they were in a stalemate, Shen Changze and Cheng Jinchu came.
"What are you doing?"
Shen Changze was puzzled when he saw Chu Yu holding the medicine, Tan Yu holding the candied fruit, and Jiang Shu looking like he was facing a powerful enemy.
Cheng Jinchu also looked puzzled and looked at Jiang Shu curiously.
Jiang Shu was wearing a lychee-colored floral water mist satin nightgown, leaning lazily on the Dalbergia odorifera couch, her long black hair was loose and only half tied up with a white jade hairpin, and her face without makeup showed a sickly look, but the hair did not affect her beauty at all, but added a bit of pity for her.
Even Cheng Jinchu, a woman, felt pity when she saw it, let alone Shen Changze.
Sure enough, Cheng Jinchu turned his head and saw Shen Changze's eyes staring straight at Jiang Shu, almost glued to her.
"Madam refuses to take the medicine, Lord, please persuade her." Chu Yu asked for help quickly.
Shen Changze walked over slowly, took the medicine bowl from Chu Yu's hand, sat down in front of the soft couch and said, "I'll feed you." Jiang
Shu shook his head: "It's too bitter, I can't drink it."
"Good medicine tastes bitter, eat a candied fruit after drinking it and it won't be bitter anymore." Shen Changze coaxed patiently.
Jiang Shu pursed his lips, didn't speak or take the medicine.
Shen Changze was stunned. He didn't expect Jiang Shu to be so childish when he was sick. He was at a loss for a moment.
The ignored Cheng Jinchu looked around the house and saw that the bed, wall cabinets, dressing table, and chairs were all made of pear wood and yellow sandalwood, the curtains and bed curtains were all made of silk and brocade, and the teapots, cups and plates were all made of mutton-fat jade porcelain... Everywhere was exquisite and elegant.
She knew Jiang Shu was rich, but she didn't know she was so rich.
Cheng Jinchu was surprised, jealous, and a little envious.
Jiang Shu noticed Cheng Jinchu's expression and raised the corners of his lips.
After Cheng Jinchu looked at her, his eyes fell on the medicine bowl in Shen Changze's hand, and he spoke in a low voice.
"I was also afraid of taking medicine when I was a child. Every time my mother would coax me for a long time. But later, my mother passed away, and no one had the patience to coax me to take medicine anymore." "
Children without mothers are like weeds. I suddenly am not afraid of bitterness, and I can drink any bitter medicine in one breath."
"My sister still refuses to take medicine until now, maybe someone has always coaxed her." Cheng Jinchu said, revealing an envious and lonely smile.
During the six years at the border, she was also injured and sick. Every time she took medicine, she held the bowl and drank it in one breath. Shen Changze never coaxed her or fed her.
She didn't understand why Jiang Shu, who did nothing, could always have everything so easily.
A noble and wealthy status, parents who loved her, a husband who pitied her...
She did nothing, but she had everything.
Jiang Shu blinked, touched by Cheng Jinchu's words.
Indeed, crying children get candy, and people only dare to lose their temper when they are coaxed.
"Give it to me." Jiang Shu took the medicine bowl from Shen Changze, closed her eyes and drank it all.
"It's so bitter!" Jiang Shu stuck out her tongue, handed the empty bowl to Chu Yu, and opened her mouth to hold the preserved honey that Tan Yu brought.
The sweetness with fruity fragrance melted in her mouth, gradually covering the bitterness of the soup, and Jiang Shu's brows relaxed.
Seeing her series of facial changes, Shen Changze couldn't help laughing and thought she was particularly cute.
Cheng Jinchu looked at them, feeling sad.
"My sister is still sick, she should rest more, we won't disturb her." Cheng Jinchu reminded Shen Changze that it was time to go.
Shen Changze was a little reluctant to leave when he just sat on the stool.
"Take good care of yourself, I'll come to see you tomorrow."
Jiang Shu watched them leave, feeling complicated.
After a few days of careful care, Jiang Shu recovered.
One day, she was taking a walk in the yard, and the doorman brought her a note.
Jiang Shu opened it and was happy.
"Whose note makes Madam so happy?" Tan Yu curiously leaned over.
"The eldest princess asked Madam to go to Zhaojue Temple to worship Buddha the day after tomorrow." Tan Yu also laughed after reading it.
This eldest princess is a wonderful person.
Jiang Shu didn't have many close friends, and marrying into a high-ranking mansion was not a shame, so the ladies of the aristocratic families disdained to associate with her.
Only the eldest princess of the Pingxi General's Mansion was on good terms with Jiang Shu regardless of her family background.
"Go and prepare." Jiang Shu handed the invitation to Tan Yu, feeling very happy and eating half a bowl of rice more in the evening.
In the Suyun Courtyard, separated by a wall, Shen Changze was so angry that he couldn't eat.
Today, after he finished his official duties, he went to pick up Yan Yang from school. The teacher told him about Yan Yang's performance during this period.
"You sleep in class, and you bring the children of your family to disrupt the school and tease the teacher. Am I too tolerant of you!"
Yan Yang knelt on the ground, frightened and crying by Shen Changze's cold and stern words.
Daddy had never been so mean to him before, but he had been mean to him several times since he returned to the capital.
He didn't understand why.
Why did he have to call someone mother, why did he have to study?
He didn't like that mother, and he didn't like studying.
"Go back and kneel down to recite the Disciple Rules. If you can't recite it, you must stand up." Shen Changze waved his sleeves and asked the servant to take Yan Yang away.
"Dad, I was wrong..." Yan Yang cried in panic.
He had only been in school for less than a month and could barely recognize a few big characters, so how could he recite the Disciple Rules?
Last time the teacher punished him to recite the Disciple Rules, he barely memorized a few sentences. Now asking him to recite all of them is harder than climbing to the sky.
Seeing Yan Yang crying because of the punishment, Cheng Jinchu felt particularly distressed. But Shen Changze was really angry, and she didn't dare to disobey him. She
could only persuade him gently: "Don't worry, my husband. My father said that naughty children are smart. After some time, Yan Yang will adapt and will be able to study well."
Hearing her say this, Shen Changze calmed down a little, and said with a frown: "I hope so! Don't just focus on brewing wine, and discipline Yan Yang more when you are free." "
I will." Cheng Jinchu pressed his head to relax him.
Shen Changze closed his eyes comfortably: "The brewing is going smoothly."
"Well, the winery will be open in half a month." Cheng Jinchu was confident.
Hearing her say this, Shen Changze was relieved.