Chapter 32 Who is better, me or your husband?
The old lady glared at Xiao Lingzhao.
"Ling Zhao, listen to me. From now on, you are not allowed to mention giving birth to or adopting children in front of the emperor. If you dare to anger the emperor and cause him to snatch your wife away, I will immediately go to the palace and ask her to divorce you. You can serve the emperor peacefully and enjoy the happiness of being a concubine. From now on, when you see her, you can kowtow to her and call her the master and queen!"
“…”
Shen Yuanwei stared at the old lady in a daze.
She was stunned.
Wow.
Her mother-in-law is such an open-minded and generous heroine?
These words are so domineering, she loves such a mother-in-law!
No matter what speechless expressions the father and son had, Shen Yuanwei immediately stood up happily, walked over, squatted in front of her mother-in-law, hugged her mother-in-law's arm and acted coquettishly.
"Mom, how can you be so majestic? You actually protect your daughter-in-law like this. I dream of having a mother-in-law who protects me like this. I really like you. I find that I like you more than Ling Zhao. What should I do?"
The old lady looked down at her beautiful daughter-in-law who was squatting beside her and acting coquettishly, and couldn't help laughing.
She rubbed Shen Yuanwei's head gently.
"We are mother and daughter. If you don't like me, who do I like? Once you enter our home, I will be your real mother. With me protecting you, no one dares to bully you!"
Shen Yuanwei rested her cheek on her mother-in-law's arm and looked at her with starry eyes.
"Mom, you are so kind, so kind. I have never seen such a kind mother-in-law!"
The old lady was so coaxed by her daughter-in-law that she was at a loss what to do.
She touched her daughter-in-law's smooth cheek and said with a smile, "Come on, Mom will take you to have breakfast. You've been sitting for so long, you must be fully awake, right? It's time to eat."
Shen Yuanwei immediately stood up, held her mother-in-law's arm, and the mother and daughter walked away as if no one was around.
The old general stared in amazement as he watched his son's wife abduct his wife. He was dumbfounded.
After watching the two men walk away, he turned stiffly to look at Xiao Lingzhao.
"Isn't that your wife? Why does she like your mother more than you? Are you too useless?"
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Xiao Lingzhao was also silently looking at the backs of his mother and daughter-in-law. Hearing what his father said, he silently raised his slender fingers and pressed them against his eyebrows.
His dark eyes looked at his wife's slender figure again, and he laughed, "Yes, maybe my son is too useless."
He whispered, "In the future, my son will work harder."
He didn't say the rest of the sentence.
I just hope that his delicate little wife can bear it...
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After the family had breakfast, Xiao Lingzhao went back to his room, packed up, and prepared to go to the palace to meet the emperor.
Shen Yuanwei walked up to him and took a look at his neck.
He lowered his head following Shen Yuanwei's gaze and reached out to touch his neck, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Shen Yuanwei frowned and touched the red mark on his neck. "I bit you last night. It's a small tooth mark. The casual clothes you wore before had a thin fur collar on the lapels, which covered the tooth mark. But now you're wearing your official uniform, so it can't be covered anymore. What should I do?"
Xiao Lingzhao followed Shen Yuanwei's fingers and touched.
He walked to the mirror again and looked at it.
Indeed, there was a very obvious tooth mark on it.
He chuckled, "Really? I forgot you bit me last night..."
Shen Yuanwei snorted, "What can you remember? You're like a madman. It's useless to call you. You won't stop biting me. The only thing in your mind is pleasure. What else can you remember?"
Xiao Lingzhao chuckled.
He understood Yuan Wei's resentment.
He went too far last night.
He himself had never thought that he could be so crazy about a girl he just met.
He didn't dare to think about what happened last night. He was afraid that he would lose control and would be seen in an ugly state when he went out.
He calmed down and told Shen Yuanwei gently, "It's okay. If you can't cover up the teeth marks, then don't cover them. You and I are a legitimate couple. We are not going to a brothel to get bitten. There is nothing to be afraid of people seeing."
Shen Yuanwei refused.
"That won't do. The mistresses of your powerful families are all dignified and elegant. Who would be so reckless as to leave a mark on the neck of her husband? If those people outside saw it, I don't know how they would look down on me. I don't want to leave a bad impression of being 'frivolous' and 'brothel-like' before I even show up. How can I hold my head up in front of those dignified ladies in the future?"
Xiao Lingzhao was slightly stunned.
Then, he nodded and said, "I didn't think it through. If I go out like this, I will really lose face for you and make others look down on you."
He turned around and searched the room, "Let me see if there is anything that can cover it up..."
Shen Yuanwei asked him, "Do you have a scarf?"
Xiao Lingzhao turned his head and glanced at her, "Are you talking about the scarf?"
Shen Yuanwei nodded, "Yes, it's a scarf."
Xiao Lingzhao walked into the cupboard, rummaged around in it for a while, and took out a gray brocade scarf.
Shen Yuanwei watched him put on the scarf, which covered his entire neck tightly, and then she felt relieved.
Xiao Lingzhao looked in the mirror and said to Shen Yuanwei, "I'm probably the only one wearing a scarf today among all the civil and military officials in the court. You don't know how much those officials love beauty. They can wear thick clothes at home, but when they go to court, they have to take off those bloated clothes and look elegant. They have to maintain their demeanor even if they are shivering with cold. Unless it is the coldest time of the year, they will wear scarves and wear thicker clothes."
He pointed to the teeth marks on his neck and chuckled, "So I am trying to hide it, but it only makes it more obvious. As soon as they see it, they will know that there is something wrong with my neck, and I am wearing a scarf to cover it up on purpose."
Shen Yuanwei was also somewhat helpless. "What can we do? If we try to hide it, it will only make it more obvious. It's better for them to guess in their minds than to see it with their own eyes, right? Oh, they won't tear off your scarf, will they?"
Xiao Lingzhao shook his head.
Just as he was about to say no, he hesitated again, "My colleagues wouldn't do that. They don't dare to touch me. But the emperor is much older than me. He always likes to regard himself as an elder and always likes to tease me. He might let me take it off and show it to him..."
Shen Yuanwei's heart skipped a beat.
The emperor is in a bad mood today, so he shouldn't do this, right?
If the emperor saw the tooth marks she left on Xiao Lingzhao's neck, as someone who had experienced it, he would definitely be able to guess how intensely she and Xiao Lingzhao consummated their marriage last night...
If the emperor took her into the palace in the future and suddenly remembered what happened today, would he use the teeth marks on Xiao Lingzhao's neck to interrogate her, asking her who was more powerful between him and Xiao Lingzhao, and who could make her more crazy...
Shen Yuanwei's back stiffened just thinking about this.
She didn't even dare to think further; this was too unacceptable.
Xiao Lingzhao had no idea what Shen Yuanwei was thinking, nor did he know what Shen Yuanwei would experience in the future. He took the Shangguan hat cluelessly and kissed Shen Yuanwei on the center of her eyebrows.
"I'm leaving now. If you're bored at home alone, just lie down on the couch and take a nap. I'll come back to accompany you."
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