Chapter 046 Chapter 46 (Additional update)
The next day.
Because Xu Duanyi went to bed late last night, he woke up an hour later than usual today.
When I woke up, I still had a severe headache.
I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t sleep well last night, or if the aftereffects of the Xifeng wine are too strong.
After breakfast.
Xu Duanyi was sitting in the east room reading a book.
Shi Yu saw that she was staring at the peach tree outside the window from time to time, but it didn't look like she was admiring the flowers, so she asked curiously, "Master, is there something wrong?"
"Um?"
Xu Duanyi turned around and looked at her with confusion, not knowing what Shi Yu meant.
Shi Yu was straightforward, so he didn't hide it at this moment. He looked at her with a puzzled look and said, "You seem to be in a trance today."
After saying that, before Xu Duanyi could speak, she continued, "When I came back last night, you looked a little strange. Did something happen outside yesterday?"
As Shi Yu was talking, he couldn't help but frowned.
She wondered why Bi Xi didn't tell her if something really happened.
Xu Duanyi would never tell her what happened last night.
When she and Bixi returned to Linfeng Pavilion yesterday, she specifically reminded Bixi not to tell Shiyu and Xiuyu about the matter.
She didn't want too many people to know.
Actually, this is not a big deal, but she is so nervous because she has something on her mind...
But the worst that could happen is that Xie Qingya would just dislike me even more.
Anyway, she already had this self-awareness when she got married.
Thinking of this, Xu Duanyi's inner confusion and uneasiness quietly dissipated a lot.
She let out a long breath.
Sure enough, it was Xie Qingya's recent kindness to her that made her have some inappropriate thoughts, causing her to lose control and become distracted.
It shouldn't be like this.
Fortunately, she and he seldom saw each other on weekdays.
As time goes by, I think Xie Qingya won't remember what happened last night, and they can still get along with each other as before.
Xu Duanyi was already very satisfied that they could live in peace like before and could even talk to each other occasionally.
"Nothing, I was just busy all day yesterday and I'm too tired." She made up an excuse and sent Shi Yu away.
When Shi Yu heard her say this, he didn't think much about it.
Last night was not the night she was on duty, so she naturally didn't know that Xu Duanyi tossed and turned in bed last night and didn't fall asleep until almost early this morning.
At this moment, she saw the very visible dark spots under her master's eyes, and she thought that her master really didn't get enough rest, so she said to Xu Duanyi with a distressed look on her face: "Then you should have a good rest today, and I will tell others not to disturb your rest later."
Xu Duanyi was just about to say yes.
She really wanted to have a good rest today.
Xiuyu walked in. She didn't know what the master and servant had just said. After she came in, she greeted Xu Duanyi first, and then replied to her: "Master, the wife of the prince of the Duke's Mansion is here."
Xu Duanyi heard her say this.
She remembered that her cousin's wife had told her yesterday that she would visit her today.
I thought it was just a casual remark, but I didn't expect my cousin's wife to actually come. I guess it was because she left suddenly last night, which made her worried.
Xu Duanyi naturally did not dare to delay.
He quickly calmed down and said to the others, "Go and invite my sister-in-law in."
After Xiuyu goes out.
Xu Duanyi did not stay in the house any longer. After she tidied up a little, she led her people to the moon gate outside to wait for others.
Xu Duanyi waited at the Moon Gate for a while before he saw Ming coming over surrounded by servants.
"Sister-in-law."
She put on a smile and walked towards the people.
When Ming saw her, she also greeted her with a smile.
"Why are you waiting here? Aren't you afraid of the sun?" Ming said while holding Xu Duanyi's hand.
As he spoke, he looked at her secretly.
Last night, Duan Yi suddenly sent someone to report back, saying that he had left first.
She asked the maid what the reason was.
But that maidservant was clueless.
When she and her husband chased after her, Duanyi had disappeared.
Ming was also afraid that something might happen to her.
If it hadn't been too late yesterday and Duanyi hadn't been taken away by Prince Nan'an, she and her husband should have come to the palace last night to find out what happened.
But looking at Duanyi now, it doesn't seem like anything is wrong.
Ming heaved a sigh of relief.
Xu Duanyi could naturally feel that her sister-in-law was looking at her, as if to see if she was okay. She guessed it was still because of what happened last night.
She smiled and said nothing, then led the group towards Linfeng Pavilion.
On the way.
Accompanied by Xu Duanyi, Ming admired the scenery along the way. When they arrived at Linfeng Pavilion, tea and snacks were already prepared.
Ming was not impressed by the scenery along the way, but when he saw the dazzling array of exquisite snacks, his eyes lit up: "These snacks look good."
Bixi smiled and continued, "Aunt Deng knew you were coming and prepared it for you."
"Aunt Deng?"
Under Xu Duanyi's guidance, Ming sat down on the bed by the window.
She looked at Bixi and asked this.
But after all, she was in charge of the government's income and was good at making friends. She had a general idea of the situation of some of the people in the government who had close contact with her.
Before Bixi could answer, she looked at Xu Duanyi beside her and asked, "But what about the aunt who was with the Grand Princess in the past?"
Xu Duanyi was holding a bamboo spoon and scooping tea for someone. Hearing this, she smiled and replied, "That's right."
That’s all.
She glanced at the snacks on the table and told Bixi, "Go to the kitchen and tell them to prepare a few more boxes of cakes."
"The chefs in the palace are good. When you go back, please remember to bring some for my grandmother and Xile."
Xile is Ming's twin children.
Xi is the eldest daughter and is six years old this year.
Le is the second son and he is four years old this year.
Xu Duanyi likes her two little nephews and nieces very much.
Every time she went to the Duke's Mansion, she would bring some things for the siblings.
When Ming heard her say this, she naturally agreed with a smile.
Bixi waited for the two to finish talking, then replied with a smile: "It has been prepared a long time ago. Aunt Deng has already told the servants in the kitchen to send it over in a while."
What does she mean by this?
Not only Xu Duanyi could understand it, but Ming could understand it as well.
Ming was drinking tea. When she heard this, she said to Xu Duanyi, "It seems that Aunt Deng treats you well."
There will be no outsiders here.
Naturally, there was no need for Ming and Xu Duanyi to speak those official words as they would to other people.
She came today.
In addition to what happened yesterday, I also wanted to see how Duanyi was doing in the Nan'an Palace.
It should have come a long time ago.
But after Duanyi got married, the next thing was Baozhu's wedding, and she was really too busy to handle it, so it was delayed until today.
Now it seems that everyone in the palace is really respectful to Duan Yi.
only--
Ming has sharp eyes and a careful mind.
From the moment she entered the house, she felt that it didn't look like there was another person living in it.
Although there are some things that belonged to the King of Nannan.
But for some things, you can tell at a glance whether they are often used.
After all, Ming had been married for many years, how could she not notice these things? She felt a little depressed. It seemed that Duanyi's relationship with the Prince of Nan'an was really as rumored.
But she didn't expect that these two people didn't sleep together.
But it's hard to say this kind of thing directly.
She was afraid of smearing Duanyi's face.
This book is compiled exclusively for you by the LK team. Moreover, Duanyi's marriage into the Nan'an Palace was inseparable from them.
How could she have the nerve to tell Duanyi these things?
While Ming was thinking and worrying, she heard Duanyi asking, "Sister-in-law, are you here because of what happened last night?"
When Bixi saw them talking about what happened last night, she led everyone away.
So as not to disturb their conversation.
After hearing this, Ming put her thoughts aside and looked up at Duan Yi.
"Exactly."
Ming did not hide it either.
Similarly, she did not let Duanyi know that she had noticed something in the room. She just pretended not to notice anything, put down the teacup, and continued talking to Duanyi.
"Last night, when your cousin and I got the news and went out, you were already gone."
"I heard that the prince came to pick you up?"
Xu Duanyi did not hide it and nodded, "The prince came to pick me up."
"Yesterday, when I wanted to go to the women's house to look for my sister-in-law, I met some scholars on the way. Among them was Mr. Li from the Hanlin Academy. I have some connections with him, so I drank a cup of wine with him."
"I didn't expect that the wine was actually Xifeng wine. After I drank it, I felt a little dizzy."
"Are you okay?"
When Ming heard this, her face changed.
She didn't know this.
Although she did hear her husband talk about Duan Yi's meeting with the scholars last night, they didn't know that Duan Yi was actually drunk.
Xu Duanyi smiled at her soothingly, and then said, "It's okay. I asked Bixi to help me to the gatehouse immediately, and then the prince came."
"It's not bad……"
Ming heaved a sigh of relief.
"I saw you suddenly leave yesterday, so I guessed that something happened to you, so I came to see you today. I'm fine, I'm fine."
Now that last night's confusion has been resolved, Duan Yi is fine again.
Ming also put the matter aside for the time being and told Xu Duanyi another purpose: "Your cousin deliberately stayed at home today and dragged that bastard Xiao Yuanfu to the ancestral hall to be punished."
Xu Duanyi had long guessed that Xiao Yuanfu would go through this.
She didn't feel any emotion when she heard this, and just continued to talk to him as usual: "Is everything ok?"
"What's going on?"
Ming sneered, "Your cousin has long been displeased with his usual behavior, and he has long wanted to punish him severely. In my opinion, someone like Xiao Yuanfu would have caused trouble sooner or later. If it weren't for your cousin, I really want to..."
Ming subconsciously wanted to talk about dividing the family property.
她的夫君是頂頂好的人，有本事，也不好女色，她嫁給他這麽多年，也從未後悔過。
但護國公府裏頭那些亂賬，真是誰看了都得搖頭。
祖母年邁昏聩不說，還格外喜好鋪張。
每月她院子裏的開銷，就跟流水一般，成千上萬的，什麽都要最好的。
但凡有一點，不如她意。
她便要鬧。
婆母精明算計，做事卻從不考慮周到。
至于蕭元福——
那就更加不用說了。
他那院子的女人，簡直都快抵得上一個小後宮了，成日的烏煙瘴氣，沒個正形。
還有公公……
一把年紀還好色。
要不是婆母管得嚴，恐怕他那後院，也得跟蕭元福一樣。
外人都覺得，她這日子過得好。
夫君疼她，膝下又有一雙聽話懂事的兒女，手裏還握着中饋。
哪家當家夫人，有她這般痛快的？
可誰又知曉她心裏的委屈呢？她啊，是有苦說不出。
明氏想到這，心裏便難受得緊，話也不再說了，只坐在一旁喝悶茶。
徐端宜卻是能猜到她後面的未盡之言。
她亦常去國公府，自然知道她那些親人，究竟是何模樣。
別說嫂嫂了。
就連她，平日也不是很想與他們接觸。
她握着明氏的手，輕輕拍了拍。
眼中也有安慰之色。
明氏擡頭就能看到她眼中的安慰，她心下一暖，原本纏繞在她心裏的煩悶，倒也散開了一些。
“瞧我，與你說這些做什麽，總歸還有你大表兄看着，他再混賬，也翻不出什麽風浪。”
明氏簡單一句概括後，也沒再把護國公府的煩心事，說與徐端宜聽了。
只笑着與她說道：“我們也許久沒這樣好好坐下來，說說話了，今日我可得多打擾你一會。”
要不然這會回去，她那祖母和婆母，肯定又得抓着她鬧。
她可不想去受這樣的苦。
徐端宜自然也猜得到，她笑着說“好”：“回頭我讓廚房，多做幾道嫂嫂愛吃的菜。”
“那感情好。”
明氏笑道：“早聽說南安王府的廚子不錯，我今日也算是有口福了。”
只明氏說是要多打擾一會，但其實也沒真的在王府逗留太久。
她畢竟事務繁多，能抽空出來，有自己幾個時辰的空閑時間，就已經很不容易了。
她是不想回去管那些爛賬，卻也不能真的不去管。
總得回去。
畢竟她還是國公府的當家少夫人。
待午後。
吃完午膳，兩人又說了會話，明氏也就與徐端宜提出告辭了。 本書由LK團隊為您獨家整理 徐端宜知道她要處理的事情多，也沒挽留，只起身與明氏說：“那我陪嫂嫂出去。”
“不用。”
明氏沒讓：“這會日頭大，別曬着你。”
她也瞧出端宜眼下的青黑了，不禁蹙眉：“你回頭好好睡一覺，別把自己累着了。”
徐端宜笑着說好，卻堅持送明氏出去。
明氏無法，只能答應。
姑嫂倆便一道往門房走去。
路上，明氏與徐端宜說：“你這陣子，就先別去國公府了，烏煙瘴氣的，沒得鬧着你。”
徐端宜本來也沒打算去，這會自是點頭說好。
明氏又特地壓下一點聲音：“南安王那，你也不必擔心，你表兄會看着蕭元福的，不會讓他去冒犯他。”
徐端宜心下一松。
聲音也變得更為柔和了：“勞煩嫂嫂和表兄了。”
“你我之間，不必說這些。”明氏握着徐端宜的手，說了這麽一句。
“端宜，你……”
明氏下意識開口。
待與徐端宜那雙明亮的黑眸對上，明氏忽然又沉默了。
“嫂嫂，怎麽了？”
徐端宜這會，倒是不知道明氏在想什麽。
見她忽然說了一半，又不再說，自是出聲與人詢問起來。
“沒。”
明氏醒過神。
她看着徐端宜，另換了個能說的，與人說道：“就是想與你說，若南安王對你不好，你記得與我說，你身後不是沒有人，便是侯爺不在，也還有我和你表兄，還有姑姑，我們都會護着你的。”
徐端宜聽着這番話，自是很難不動容。
她心裏暖暖的，眼睛也變得有些酸脹起來，她的心髒，被飽滿的情緒充盈着。
“嫂嫂，我知道的。”她柔聲與明氏說。
明氏看她這爛漫明媚的笑容，心裏卻更為難受了。
她忍不住握着徐端宜的手，嘆了口氣，道：“要是文昭太子還在，那就好了。”
那端宜如今就是皇後，自然也就不淪落到這樣的結局。
明氏心中感傷萬分。
“嫂嫂。”
徐端宜輕輕回握了下明氏的手，沒有多言。
明氏卻曉得自己這是犯了忌諱，忙道：“是我失言，你別往心裏去。”
徐端宜自然不會往心裏去。
她當然也希望太子哥哥還活着，若是太子哥哥還活着，那如今也就不會有這些事了……
姨母不會變成這樣。
謝清崖也不會淪落成這樣。
就連陛下……
太子哥哥一定能權衡好所有的事。
之後兩人沒再提這事。
徐端宜送明氏到了照壁處，又親自從碧溪手中接過事先準備好的糕點盒子，遞給明氏。
“若阿喜和小樂喜歡，嫂嫂便遣人來傳個話，我讓家裏做好後再送過去。”
“這是你送的，他們自然會喜歡。”
明氏笑着收下，又與徐端宜說：“等有時間了，我帶他們來看你。”
徐端宜一聽這話，自是笑着稱好。
兩人又說了幾句，明氏便乘着馬車先走了。
徐端宜目送馬車離開，正準備回去，卻見照壁處忽然又來了一輛馬車，瞧那樣式，竟是長寧的。
碧溪也瞧見了。
這時也不免奇道：“女郎怎麽這個時間回來了？這還沒到她下學的時間呢。”
本書由LK團隊為您獨家整理 徐端宜也覺得奇怪。
不知道長寧這個時間回來，究竟是什麽緣故，但不管是什麽，她自然不可能在這個時候離開。
謝長寧卻不知道徐端宜在這。
因此等馬車停下，她紅着一雙眼睛，被芙蕖扶着下來，看到徐端宜的時候，整個人都愣住了。
“嫂、嫂嫂？”
她結結巴巴喊人，大腦變得一片空白。
芙蕖也沒想到王妃竟然會在這。
當下，她也吓了一跳，待把女郎扶着站穩後，她忙低頭先與徐端宜問了好。
可徐端宜原本臉上的笑意，卻在看到謝長寧紅彤彤的眼睛時，凝在了臉上。
“怎麽回事？”
她直接大步朝謝長寧走去，看着謝長寧那雙通紅的眼睛，皺着眉，沉聲問道：“誰欺負你了？”
這還是徐端宜第一次沖謝長寧露出這樣的模樣。
謝長寧吓了一跳。
但反應過來，她卻更加不敢讓嫂嫂知道了。
手不自覺抱緊嫂嫂當日送給她的那本琴譜，她沖着徐端宜搖頭道：“沒、沒人欺負我，是、是……”
“是今日，我、我上課的時候，沒、沒認真聽講，被先生訓、訓斥了。”
她心裏緊張。
本來就不擅長言辭的她，這會變得更加口吃了。
結結巴巴說完之後，她的臉也跟着漲紅了起來。
謝長寧還生怕徐端宜生氣，說完之後，忙又與人說道：“嫂、嫂嫂別生氣，我、我以後，會、會乖乖聽話的。”
徐端宜豈會相信她的話？
但見長寧這會急得，眼淚又在眼睛裏打轉了。
知她膽小，徐端宜也生怕自己吓到她，把人吓得不敢說話，那就更加不好了，她心下嘆了口氣，最終還是先斂了心思，松軟了自己的神情，與人說話：“原來是這樣。”
“那你先回去歇息。”她跟謝長寧說。
說完之後，徐端宜又問了謝長寧一句：“要我陪你回去嗎？”
謝長寧自然忙說不用。
她特地趕早回來，就是不想被家裏人瞧見，惹出風雲，在這瞧見嫂嫂，被嫂嫂發現，她已緊張萬分。
生怕自己藏不住心思。
她又豈敢讓嫂嫂陪着她回去？
原本還擔心，嫂嫂不會這麽輕松讓她回去，沒想到，嫂嫂竟是直接就松了口。
“那你回去好好歇息，我回頭再去看你。”
徐端宜說完，便讓芙蕖扶着謝長寧先回去了。
幾乎是她們主仆才走，碧溪就蹙着眉，壓着聲音說道：“奴婢覺得這事不簡單。”
徐端宜仍看着謝長寧離開的背影，聞言，也道：“長寧最喜歡讀書，怎麽可能會不認真聽講？”
說完。
她又問碧溪：“你看到，剛才她懷裏那本書沒？”
“您給她的那本琴譜？”碧溪接過話，見主子嗯聲，她卻不知道這其中還有什麽奧秘。
碧溪面露不解。
“女郎每日出門都會拿着這本琴譜，奴婢沒瞧出有什麽不對的啊。”
徐端宜說：“那本琴譜表面，今日皺了。”
“什麽？”
碧溪微怔。
她先前并沒注意到這個細節。
徐端宜看着遠去的謝長寧，沉聲道：“長寧一向愛惜這本書，這表面的褶皺，絕不是她的手筆。”
“今日學堂內，應該是發生了什麽。”
想到之前自己的懷疑。
At that time, she thought that Changning spent all his time in her yard except for going to school, so she focused her attention on Changning.
I thought it was some black-hearted servant or maid in the mansion who treated Chang Ning harshly behind other people's backs.
But after searching for a while, I didn't find anything.
I didn't see anything wrong with Changning.
At that time she thought that she might be wrong, maybe Changning just didn't like being touched by strangers.
Now it seems.
This incident most likely happened where she went to school.
It was still unclear what had happened to Chang Ning, but Xu Duanyi's usually gentle and smiling face was now completely devoid of smile.
Seeing that Chang Ning was no longer visible in the distance, Xu Duanyi said to Bixi, "Go back and call Fuqiu over."
In Changning, she couldn't force people to speak.
But as Changning's personal maid, Fuqiu could not have been unaware of these things.
Bi Xi had been in the palace for a while and had fallen in love with this girl from the bottom of her heart. Naturally, she could not stand by and watch her being bullied, so she quickly responded.