Chapter 198 Reason
Warm golden sunlight jumped into the house through the carved window panes, casting feather-like light and shadows on the ground.
Yu Zheng's dark eyes condensed slightly, and he took the eyebrow pencil and drew along Jiang Shu's eyebrows stroke by stroke.
After a cup of tea, Yu Zheng stopped and said, "It's done."
Jiang Shu breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look in the mirror.
She thought Yu Zheng would draw her eyebrows horribly, but when she saw the beautiful eyebrows of the person in the mirror, her almond eyes lit up instantly.
"Is it really the first time for my husband to draw eyebrows?" Jiang Shu was a little surprised.
"Well, is it not good?" Yu Zheng took a closer look and felt that it was no different from the past.
Jiang Shu said, "Very good, so I can't believe that it's the first time for my husband to draw."
Not to mention men, even women need to practice for a long time to be proficient in drawing eyebrows.
Yu Zheng's skills are really amazing.
Being praised, Yu Zheng raised his eyebrows: "I told you, I'm good at painting."
He had indeed never painted eyebrows, but he had been with Jiang Shu every day, and had already memorized her eyebrows and eyes. It was easy to paint them by following her heart and following the outline of her eyebrows.
Hearing Yu Zheng say that he was good at painting again, Jiang Shu's almond eyes flickered and said: "Then, husband, can you paint a portrait for me when you have time?"
She had never seen Yu Zheng paint
before. "You can paint as many as you want. Let's go to dinner first." Yu Zheng took her and walked out.
Jiang Shu glanced at his court clothes, pursed her lips and smiled: "Husband, you haven't changed your clothes yet."
Yu Zheng lowered his eyes and stopped.
He was so happy that he even forgot to change his clothes.
"I'll help you change your clothes." Jiang Shu said, reaching out to untie Yu Zheng's belt.
Yu Zheng enjoyed it very much, and opened his arms to let Jiang Shu undress and dress him.
When they packed up and went out, Chu Yu and Tan Yu had already set the breakfast.
"Tofu pudding." Jiang Shu saw the sweet and refreshing, snow-white tofu pudding, and her appetite was aroused.
"Princess, be careful of the burn." Chu Yu brought it to Jiang Shu and reminded in a low voice.
Jiang Shu scooped a spoonful, blew it close to her mouth, and then put it into her mouth, squinting her eyes and looking satisfied.
Yu Zheng watched, picked up a bun for her, and said softly: "Eat some staple food, otherwise you will be hungry soon."
Jiang Shu picked up the chopsticks, ate two bites of the bun, and then ate the tofu pudding.
Yu Zheng had no choice but to tell Chu Yu to ask the kitchen to prepare more food so that they could eat whenever they were hungry.
"Yes." Chu Yu responded with a smile and turned away.
After breakfast, Jiang Shu said she wanted to write a letter to her family. Coincidentally, Yu Zheng also wanted to write to Yu Lan, so he asked her to go to the study together.
Thinking of the paintings that were placed on the tables beside the bed in the morning, Yu Zheng went into the inner room and took them out.
Jiang Shu was puzzled: "Where are you going to take it, my husband?"
Yu Zheng said, "Take it to the study and hang it up so that you can see it every day."
Jiang Shu was happy to hear that.
Yu Zheng's move was enough to show that he really liked the birthday gift she gave him.
After arriving at the study, Yu Zheng handed the painting to Zhuiyun and asked him and Zhufeng to hang the painting on the wall behind the desk.
Jiang Shu ground the ink and asked Yu Zheng to write first. Yu
Zheng didn't like to elaborate, so he wrote down the key points in a few words and put it aside to let the ink dry.
When it was Jiang Shu's turn to write a letter home, Yu Zheng thought, "Why not let me write it."
Jiang Shu was stunned after hearing this, and then readily agreed.
A married woman is to obey her husband. After all, Yu Zheng is the master of Prince Jing's Mansion.
It would be best if Yu Zheng wrote
the invitation letter. Unlike the accompanying letter to Yu Lan, Yu Zheng wrote an invitation card to the Jiang family.
When Jiang Shu saw it, her heart was moved and her eyes were slightly warm.
Yu Zheng really treated her family as his own family and gave them enough respect and sincerity.
After writing and letting the ink dry, Yu Zheng handed the letter and invitation card to Zhuiyun and asked him to send someone to deliver them to the Pingxi General's Mansion and the Jiang family. While
the two were writing the letter, the sunset painting had been hung up.
Jiang Shu admired it for a while and said, "My husband's study is cold and quiet, and adding this gorgeous sunset painting is just right." The
gorgeous sunset painting added a touch of bright color to the cold study, just like the bright Jiang Shu added flesh and blood to the cold Yu Zheng.
Yu Zheng looked very satisfied and in a very happy mood.
Today was his birthday, so Yu Zheng put aside all unimportant matters and stayed in the mansion to deal with some urgent documents.
Jiang Shu was afraid of the cold, and there was no charcoal fire in the study, so she returned to the main courtyard so that Yu Zheng could deal with official business with peace of mind.
After returning to the house, Jiang Shu found a book and wanted to read it on the soft couch. When she sat down, she found a brocade box on the couch.
Tan Yu said, "This was brought back by the prince before."
Jiang Shu understood that it should be the birthday gift from Concubine Yu Gui to Yu Zheng.
"Put it on the dressing table and deal with it when the prince comes back."
"Yes." Tan Yu took the brocade box away.
As Yu Zheng expected, tofu pudding was not filling. Jiang Shu read the book for half an hour and felt empty and a little hungry.
Chu Yu brought the freshly prepared cakes and meat porridge from the kitchen and asked Jiang Shu to eat some to fill his stomach.
When Jiang Shu finished eating, Chu Yu said, "The sun is shining brightly now. Princess, do you want to go for a walk in the garden?"
It was rainy and gloomy a few days ago. Jiang Shu had been stuck in the house for several days. Today was a rare warm day. She should go out for some fresh air.
Leaving Shuanghua to clean up in the house, Chu Yu and Tan Yu accompanied Jiang Shu to visit the garden.
The chrysanthemums in the front garden had withered, and only green leaves were left after the servants pruned them. But the camellia buds had already shown color, and the anxious ones had bloomed first, showing their graceful figures under the warm winter sun.
"It's so beautiful, different from what I've seen before." Tan Yu blinked in amazement.
Jiang Shu looked at the tender pink flowers on the top of the tree and said, "This should be a tribute from the palace. There are few of them, so they are not common."
Looking around the palace garden, there are only two trees of this variety.
Of course, there are other varieties in the palace garden, some that I have seen and some that I have not seen, all of which are very valuable.
Although there are only a few camellia plants, they also reveal obvious truths.
In this world, money alone is not enough, you also need power. Otherwise, these rare camellias cannot be bought or seen no matter how rich you are.
Therefore, Jiang Shu is more determined to support Jiang Ning in taking the imperial examinations and becoming an official. It is
true that Yu Zheng will protect the Jiang family, but the Jiang family should also stand up on their own and cannot rely on others for generations. If
you rely on a big tree, you should also grow into a big tree, leaning on each other to shelter from the wind and rain, so that you can last forever.
"Princess, go back, don't get tired." Seeing that they were almost done with the tour, Chu Yu reminded softly.
Jiang Shu is pregnant now, so she must be taken care of carefully and cannot make any mistakes.
Jiang Shu also cherishes the baby in her belly, so she dare not walk around for too long and walks back slowly.
When the master and servants walked to the gate of the main courtyard, Yu Zheng also came back from the study.
When the two met, Yu Zheng walked a few steps to Jiang Shu and asked, "Where did you go?"
"I went to the garden to get some fresh air." Jiang Shu answered with a blink.
Yu Zheng asked, "Are you frozen?"
Jiang Shu shook her head, "I'm wearing a cloak and holding a soup pot in my hand, so I'm not cold."
Yu Zheng was relieved and led her into the house.
There was a charcoal fire burning in the house, which was much warmer than outside. Chu Yu took off Jiang Shu's cloak.
The two entered the inner room, and Jiang Shu handed the brocade box on the dressing table to Yu Zheng, "Is this what your mother gave you?"
"Yes." Yu Zheng nodded and took it.
"What is it?" Jiang Shu was a little curious.
Yu Zheng sighed faintly and said, "It's the same every year."
Yu Zheng knew what was in the brocade box without looking.