Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Who should I choose as my daughter-in-law?
Because of what he said, Jiang Wu's sleepiness was mostly gone.
The current Princess Changle is not the original Princess Changle, so where did the original Princess Changle go? Because of this incident, she fell asleep in a daze in the middle of the night.
Just as I fell asleep, I heard someone calling "Madam" next to me. I had no choice but to open my eyes. The next person who caught my eye was He Shiyan, whom I hadn't seen for a long time. A chill instantly spread through my limbs.
"Why are you here?" Have the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion become so lax?
He Shiyan, sitting beside the bed, lifted a strand of her hair and sniffed it gently, a smile evident in his dark eyes. "Wanniang, you should know exactly why I'm here, right?"
As soon as the word Wan Niang came out, Jiang Wu, whose scalp was tingling, thought of it instantly.
It wasn't him breaking into her room late at night, but she was pulled into that dream.
So many things had happened recently that she almost forgot to find out why she had these dreams.
He Shiyan was dissatisfied with her silence. He pinched her face and forced her to look him in the eye. His cold fingertips caressed her face like a serpent. "Could it be that after all this time, Wan Niang still hasn't made up her mind?"
"Or, you already have the answer in your heart, but you just don't want to tell your father." The man's breath fell on her cheek, like sticky, wet moss sticking to her face. The moss, like an octopus with tentacles, covered her entire face little by little, robbing her of her only breath.
As he approached, Jiang Wu, her palms nearly ripping apart by her nails, bit her lip. Her eyes reddened as she avoided him with embarrassment and humiliation. "Of course my daughter-in-law wants to stay in the Lin family, but her husband just passed away."
Even if this was a dream, she had no feelings for the husband she had never met, and she could not accept that he had an intimate relationship with another man before the seventh day of his death, not to mention that the man was her father-in-law.
Jiang Wu felt that he was a madman who disregarded human ethics.
It was more of a disgusting feeling, like being entangled by a rotten, smelly dead rat.
He Shiyan really liked the way she looked at him, because it made him feel very happy. "Because he just passed away, it's normal for you to find out you're pregnant now. If you waited until the seventh day before announcing your pregnancy, do you think they would suspect that the child in your belly was not from a legitimate family?"
"Wanniang, you are my daughter-in-law. How could I, as your father-in-law, harm you?" He Shiyan sighed slowly, really like a good father-in-law who cares about his daughter-in-law.
He Shiyan sat on the edge of the bed, looking down at her condescendingly. The warmth from his previous touch still lingered on his fingertips, making him feel even more excited.
He wondered what choice she would make in the end.
It seemed that no matter which option it was, it would be extremely interesting to him.
As time passed, the air around them became thinner and thinner, making it difficult to breathe.
"Sister-in-law, are you feeling better?" Lin Xie's voice suddenly sounded along with the knock on the door, as if giving Jiang Wu a chance to catch her breath, before she could say anything.
He Shiyan's gaze fell on her like a sharp blade, and then he actually chuckled. The smile did not reach his eyes, but instead revealed a hint of oppressive sinisterness. "Wanniang didn't say it, have you already made a choice?"
"After all, my second son is definitely a better father than me."
"What does this mean, father? Your daughter-in-law doesn't understand?" His words really touched Jiang Wu's heart. Compared with having an affair with her father-in-law, she would rather let her brother-in-law take on the responsibility of marrying two wives.
Since both options are disgusting enough, why not choose a smaller portion of shit?
Jiang Wu was about to speak when her eyes inadvertently fell on the man's hand, which was twirling a black jade ring.
His fingers were slender and white like jade, and even in the dim room they still exuded the texture of white jade.
Her intuition told her that if she said anything that displeased him, that hand would ruthlessly strangle her neck.
Until she is sure whether she will die in reality after the death in the dream, she will not act rashly and will cherish her life even more.
Lin Xie, standing outside the door, didn't see anyone open the door for a long time, so he thought his sister-in-law had fallen asleep. He should have turned around and left at this time, but for some reason he didn't leave, nor did he push the door open. Instead, he spoke again.
"Sister-in-law, are you awake?"
The atmosphere in the room was tense, and time was passing by every second.
He Shiyan's fake smile disappeared from his face. His dark pupils made people shudder, but a smile still played on the corners of his mouth. "Could it be that Wan Niang really has a crush on my second son as I said?"
"What does father mean by this? Don't you understand, my daughter-in-law?" Jiang Wu, whose tongue was hurt by biting it, chose the most direct way and pretended to be stupid.
He Shiyan didn't expose her, but just stared at her with interest. Then he leaned down, his pupils close to her eyes, "Don't you know exactly what being a father means?"
"You should know that playing dumb won't work with me."
"And I hate self-righteous fools the most."
"Sister-in-law, are you okay in the room?" Lin Xie, who had not received a response for a long time, pushed the door open worriedly.
In the dream, they were brother-in-law and brother-in-law, but outside the dream they were husband and wife, so there was nothing wrong when he exercised his power as a husband and pushed the door open.
He Shiyan, who had not paid any attention to the people outside the door, sneered softly, pinching her chin like a venomous snake, his pupils close and cold, "It seems that in a place I don't know, Wan Niang and my second son are so good."
"Otherwise, how could he, who has always been honest, push the door open without the consent of you, his sister-in-law?"
Jiang Wu, his chin pinched, quickly thought of a countermeasure. "Father misunderstood. My uncle and I don't have any relationship. He pushed the door open because he was worried about me."
"My uncle is coming in soon. If he sees you, father, in your daughter-in-law's room, he will inevitably misunderstand."
"What misunderstanding?" He Shiyan raised his eyebrows and lowered his voice with interest, "Is it a misunderstanding that the daughter-in-law and the father-in-law are having an affair, or is it that Wan Niang wants to marry into both families?"
"Even if Xie'er saw it, he would probably understand."
At this moment, the footsteps pushing the door were getting closer and closer, but this madman had no intention of stopping.
He deliberately wanted to force Jiang Wu to give an answer, and it had to be an answer that satisfied him.
But if she really said it, I'm afraid she would have no way out.
Lin Xie pushed the door open and stepped into the house, feeling that the room was very strange. Even if she was sleeping, it was impossible that there were no servants inside and outside the house.
"He's coming soon. Wan Niang, have you made up your mind?" At this time, He Shiyan was still like a venomous snake at ease, slowly forcing the poor prey in front of him.
"Or maybe Wanniang wants to see my father and I fighting for your favor."
"I never thought about whether my father could get up from the bed first." When the footsteps were getting closer, Jiang Wu's heart jumped into his throat while avoiding his hand.
Madman, he is a madman!
Jiang Wu, whose face turned pale with fear, was very sure that this madman would really do what he said.
He Shiyan raised his hand to help her tuck her hair behind her ear and sighed, putting on a gentle smile again, "He's coming soon, Wan Niang, haven't you made up your mind yet?"
"Sister-in-law, are you feeling better?"
The moment she saw the foot stepping out from behind the screen, Jiang Wu, whose heart had suddenly stopped, suddenly woke up from her dream. She broke out in a cold sweat in the freezing winter day.
Xie Ji woke up after she did, got up from the bed and poured her a glass of warm water, "But you had a nightmare again."
Jiang Wu opened her mouth with confused eyes, wanting to tell him about the dreams she had, but those dreams were so shameful that she couldn't bring herself to talk about them.
If I really told him, I'm afraid he would think that I'm fickle and shameless.
Xie Ji thought of those dreams and rubbed her hair, finding it difficult to speak. "I heard that Master Le Wu will be back before the New Year. Let's go see Master Le Wu then."
Jiang Wu took the water and did not refuse. She really wanted to figure out why she had these dreams and also wanted to eradicate the possibility of having these dreams again.
He Shiyan was disappointed that his dream ended here. He had thought that he could force her to make a choice.
What a pity.
It seemed like he hadn't visited his teacher's wife for a long time. Thinking of her reaction last time, a malicious smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
I'm really looking forward to it.
Since the day when Shen Tingxue was exposed for plagiarizing poems, Jiang Wu didn't know what happened afterwards. He just sold the poems that he heard Shen Tingxue write in his dream into books and donated all the money he earned.
She did not reveal that she was the donor and made another donation in her own name.
Tan Yun noticed that his wife hadn't left since returning from the banquet hosted by the eldest princess that day, so he asked, "Madam, the army that defeated the Xiongnu will be returning victorious in a few days. Would you like to go and watch the fun?"
"No." Now that the weather is cold, Jiang Wu is basically too lazy to move. If she can go without food in winter, she would rather choose to hibernate.
The most important reason is that she died in the dream on this cold winter day.
Even though the present situation was somewhat different from her dream, she still felt uneasy.
If you want to go out, wait until next spring. It won’t be too cold to leave by carriage.
"Madam, big news, big news, huge news!" Yu Shu's voice came in before she came in.
Jiang Wu, who was roasting chestnuts and sweet potatoes by the charcoal stove, didn't even look up. He just used tweezers to turn over the peanuts. "What's the good news?"
"Princess Changle has been named the Imperial Master!"
The army could not enter the city until three days later. Lin Zhan, who was eager to see his beloved, set out earlier than the army and did not rest for a moment. He just wanted to go faster and faster.
After entering the city, he did not go home, but went to find his sweetheart with a gift made of the wolf king's teeth that he had hunted himself.
She would definitely be happy to see me.
But he was exposed to the sun for so long in Mobei this time. I wonder if she will dislike that he has become darker.
Lin Zhan, feeling homesick, touched the amulet she had asked for on her chest and felt it was burning hot. His tanned face was even redder.
As he approached the Princess's Mansion, he heard a number of people pointing and talking at the gate, which immediately made him frown with impatience. How could the servants in the mansion do their job? They actually let such people gossip outside the door instead of chasing them away.
Just as he was about to go in, he heard that group of people say something that made him suddenly freeze in place, his eyes wide open.
"Who would have thought that the most talented woman in Dayan was actually a thief who plagiarized other people's poems."
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