Chapter 11 Pigeon "Madam asked you to wait for her. Wait for her to come back. There is something important..."
"stand up."
Yang Yan was very unhappy with Chai Heng's stubborn resistance. He didn't intend to indulge her and reached out to pull her quilt.
Chai Heng felt annoyed listening to his calm voice. She rubbed her eyes, sat up suddenly, snatched the corner of the quilt from his hand, and walked out holding the quilt.
Seeing her step out of the door, Yang Yan couldn't help but ask her from behind: "The east wing is here, where are you going?"
Chai Heng: "I'm going to sleep in my father-in-law's room."
After Yang Yan got married, the old Marquis of Pingling, who had always been addicted to gambling, could not stand his son's continued control over him like a grandson, so he simply bought another house with his little daughter Yang Qingping, who was only three or four years old, and several capable servants and moved out. The house happened to be empty at this moment, and Chai Heng couldn't believe that there was no place for her to stay in such a huge mansion at this time of night.
Yang Yan had known before that his wife was stubborn in some aspects, but he never thought that she could be so stubborn now.
"Come back."
"You sleep in the east wing, and I'll sleep in the west wing."
Yang Yan's head was throbbing with pain, but he suppressed his anger and chose to compromise.
With his words, Chai Heng went back again, holding the quilt. Xiang Qiao, who happened to be sleeping in the outer room, had completely woken up. She looked at her daughter blankly as she tossed the quilt around: "Girl, what are you doing?"
Chai Heng: "Nothing, just continue sleeping."
As Chai Heng spoke, he sleepily tossed the bright red mandarin duck quilt aside, then lay down contentedly, without even glancing at Yang Yan the entire time.
"Son-in-law, you..." Xiangqiao hesitated to speak.
Yang Yan thought he was not so shameless as to accept Chai Heng's attempt to drive him away, and he took the initiative to approach her. He thought she could do whatever she wanted, and he was too lazy to care about her.
But thinking that they would be going back to the Chai Mansion together tomorrow, if she slept until noon and had everyone in the Chai Mansion waiting for her there, there would probably be another storm.
Thinking of this, he looked up at Chai Heng again, and then reminded Xiang Qiao: "I won't go in. Wake up the lady early tomorrow morning. I will wait for her in the outer room to have breakfast together."
Xiangqiao nodded quickly: "Okay."
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After a long and tiring journey, waking up early was impossible for Chai Heng. Xiang Qiao, mindful of Yang Yan's instructions, began reminding Chai Heng before dawn that she needed to get up early. But Chai Heng ignored her pleas and continued to sleep as usual. Finally, Xiang Qiao had no choice but to sleep with her.
Yang Yan got up very early today.
Before daybreak, Zhou Jiu had sent people to go shopping. They had returned in a hurry, and they couldn't go back to the Chai Mansion empty-handed. Furthermore, although his mother-in-law was very pleased with him, she was always picky about her daughter, Chai Heng. If the things she prepared were not to her liking, she wouldn't get angry out loud, but it would still be embarrassing.
Zhou Jiu was counting the things he needed to bring with him in his notebook:
"The bracelets made of oriental pearls and red agate with eighteen beads, jade necklaces, turquoise earrings, etc. from the Jixiang Shop are all gifts for my wife and my two aunts."
"Then Liang Ji's crab roe pastry, water chestnut cake, and almond tofu are all for my aunt's brothers and sisters."
"This sword is for your brother-in-law."
After counting these, Zhou Jiu hurriedly prepared to send someone to buy some. There were so many things, and it was not an easy task to finish buying them so early in the morning.
Yang Yan sat at the Eight Immortals Table. After listening to Zhou Jiu's rambling, he seemed to remember something and spoke again: "After you go and tell the shopping people, come back. I have something to ask you."
When he said this, his expression was serious, and there was an unmeltable frost in his handsome brows. Zhou Jiu thought that he had done something wrong and was going to be in trouble with his boss. He rushed out in a hurry, waited until everything was ordered, and ran back, ready to accept this final judgment.
Who would have thought that Yang Yan's first question would be: "How is your wife Xiang Niang these days?"
Zhou Jiu suddenly became wary. After all, robbery and plunder were not uncommon in the capital. So he said cautiously, "My wife has always been in good health. I wonder why the prince would ask about this?"
"Nothing, just asking."
Yang Yan didn't know what he was thinking. After saying that there was nothing to worry about, he continued, "Will your wife Xiang Niang quarrel with you?"
Zhou Jiu: "Of course not. My wife treats me with the utmost care and concern, always asking about my well-being."
"Then why didn't she argue with you?"
Yang Yan suddenly asked again.
Zhou Jiu: “…”
Why did he always feel that his boss today didn't seem to wish him well?
"I give my monthly salary to my wife, and I do all the household affairs that I can. If my wife has any request for me, I will go through fire and water to satisfy her. I never do anything she doesn't like. If she quarrels with outsiders, I will immediately stand on her side and argue with them. Naturally, she has nothing to quarrel with me." Zhou Jiu replied respectfully.
Yang Yan stroked the teacup in his hand, pondered for a moment, and said nothing.
At this point, Zhou Jiu probably figured it out. His boss probably had some unpleasant incident with his wife in Xirong again, and was now thinking of easing the relationship with his wife.
Zhou Jiu has always been the best at this, and he likes to be a peacemaker the most.
"Prince, did you make your wife unhappy when you were in Xirong?" he asked tentatively.
Yang Yan thought for a while and then said calmly, "It's not the time in Xirong, but I did something that made her unhappy."
"For example?"
"For example, he said some very harsh words to her and used some not-so-nice tactics against her."
He briefly described his actions in his previous life. As an outsider, Zhou Jiu was still confused.
"Although I don't argue with my wife, most couples in the world quarrel. The severity of these harsh words also depends on their severity. As for the method, I feel that this should not be used on my wife, otherwise it would be too much." Zhou Jiu paused and continued, "As for how to judge whether it is too much, I dare to ask, if the same words and the same thing were said to you and done to you in this way, would you be able to accept it?"
Can he accept it?
Yang Yan's eyes flickered with emotion, and he seriously thought about it. What would he do if one day, Chai Heng attacked him repeatedly because of Lu Shichu?
He would smile and strangle Lu Shichu's neck in front of her, sending Lu Shichu to death, and then he would never say a good word to her again in his life.
In this comparison, Chai Heng has indeed done his best for him.
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that he could indeed make a solemn apology for what happened in his past life. If she needed him to fall into the pit and climb out again and again like she did in the past, it would not be impossible for her to forgive him.
"Earlier, I went to Wanfo Temple to ask Master Yimi for a string of copper coins and a red bracelet to ensure safety. During the time I was away, did the master ask the young monk to deliver it?" Yang Yan suddenly asked.
"It's delivered."
"You and your wife were both in Xirong at the time. As soon as the little monk brought it to me, I put it away in your study. Do you want to give it to your wife? I'll go get it now."
Yang Yan nodded, motioning him to go. Then he sat up straight, tucked his clothes in, and began to wait for Chai Heng to wake up.
However, after waiting from Chenshi to Sishi, Chai Heng showed no intention of coming out for dinner.
He originally wanted to go find her himself, but thinking that she had not been very enthusiastic towards him in the past few days, going there would not have any effect, so he randomly found a maid and asked her to go to the bedroom to wake up Chai Heng.
The young maidservant was very nimble and soon came back to him: "Sir, Madam and Xiangqiao have just woken up and are already dressing up."
Chai Heng didn't have any particular requirements for her appearance. When she felt lazy, she wouldn't even bother to draw her eyebrows. It was precisely because of this that Mrs. Chai always felt that she didn't look like a lady at all. Her nose wasn't a nose, and her eyes weren't eyes. When Yang Yan accidentally heard the word "makeup," he was quite shocked.
But think about it.
No matter how she behaved in the Marquis' Mansion on weekdays, whenever she went to the Chai family, she would be extremely alert in order to prevent Madam Chai from nagging her.
"There are two new dresses in the wardrobe that I bought for her before I went to Xirong. Let her choose one from them."
Chai Heng had some problems with her aesthetic sense. Before coming to the capital, she was very fond of all kinds of fabrics with small flowers. Prince Jing and his wife loved her very much. Although they also felt that wearing small flowers all over her body was not very beautiful, they never discouraged her.
After arriving in the capital, she couldn't change this preference. She put a lot of floral fabrics in her wardrobe. After being scolded several times by Mrs. Chai, she restrained herself a lot.
After marrying him, he resumed his behavior in places where Madam Chai couldn't see him. In order to prevent her from embarrassing him, after marrying in the previous life, almost everything Chai Heng wore and wore had to be touched by Yang Yan, and this was still the case in this life.
The little maid hurried off to pass on the message and came back soon: "Madam has chosen the lake blue one. Let me ask you to choose a hairpin from the box and see which one goes with which dress." As she said that, she placed the makeup box in front of Yang Yan.
She also agreed to let him help her choose hairpins, which was a good omen.
Yang Yan didn't show it on his face, but he was very serious in his selection. After a short while, he chose a jade and coral hairpin.
The little maid took the hairpin and completed her task, then happily walked towards Chai Heng with her makeup box.
Yang Yan thought that dressing and changing wouldn't take too long, so he decided to just sit and wait for her. However, he waited for another half an hour.
Thinking that it was almost noon, his patience was exhausted. Just as he was thinking of sending someone else to urge her, Xiangqiao came in a hurry.
"Hey, uncle, why are you still here?"
Yang Yan pursed his lips, his breath choking, as if someone had poured a basin of cold water over his head. He sneered, "If I'm not here, where else would I be?"
When they returned yesterday, they saw the Chai family's nanny standing at the door. Chai Heng was also there at the time. The nanny said that she would invite them to the mansion for a family dinner today. At that time, he thought that Chai Heng had taken her words to heart, but now he thought that it had probably gone in one ear and out the other.
"Where is she?"
"Just as she left the house, Lord Lu came looking for her. He said he hadn't seen her for a long time and missed her. He wanted to take her to the home of Lord Cui of the Imperial Guards, saying they just happened to need her. She left immediately, and before she'd gotten far, she said Lord Lu was a little hungry and asked me to bring a few plates of cakes."
Xiangqiao carefully looked at Yang Yan's face. Seeing his face turn from pale to blue, she began to think about whether she should take the pastry or not.
In the end, she chose to quietly take a handkerchief and pour all the cakes on the plate into the handkerchief. After a series of operations were completed, she continued:
"By the way, Prince, Madam also told you to wait for her in the study later today. When she returns, she has something very important to tell you."
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