I opened the door and pulled him in, then closed the door. Xie Yuancheng burst into laughter, clutching his stomach. If I hadn't pulled him in, he would have rolled onto the floor.
"If you laugh again, I'll fix your hair!" I leaned against him, but Xie Yuancheng was still laughing, and I was getting angry.
"Ying'er~ Don't be so cute~ I can't stop laughing."
"I'm pretty, not cute!" I pinched his ear, and Xie Yuancheng finally stood up, turned his back to me and walked forward, still talking about what had just happened.
I was getting angry. I didn't know how I would face those people if I went out. Xie Yuancheng said this while laughing, and told me about the details on the teachers' faces when they heard it, and how they laughed a few times.
"Stop talking!" I reached out and covered his mouth. How could he go so far? Why is he always scheming against me?
"Even if you're angry, I still have to say it. It's you who went too far to leave Ying'er outside and ignore me. What will you do if I get sick from the cold?"
"Yeah, put me down quickly, eat your fill so you can sleep better, otherwise you'll keep nagging!"
I tried to get down, but he grabbed my leg. I tried to bite his ear, but it was no use. He was still happy about it. I lost the game.
"Ying'er~ Don't tease me like that. I'm on the road right now. Come to the manor and see how I deal with you."
"No, no! Put me down! I haven't been eating well lately, I'm hungry~" I deliberately said what he cared about, and Xie Yuancheng indeed put me down, and even held me while I sat on the chair.
"I'm hungry. Let me check if your tummy is full again. You only ate a little last time we ate. I thought you thought you weren't thin enough and wanted to lose even more weight."
Xie Yuancheng reached out, and I slapped his hand away. He leaned in to kiss me, and I tried to dodge for a while but couldn't. I was thinking of a plan when, thankfully, someone was knocking on the door.
"Yuan, Yuan Cheng, there is, there is, a person." I was having trouble breathing, so I quickly spoke whenever I had a spare moment.
"I don't care, I'll just stay in the room with Ying'er." He was about to come closer when someone outside said, "Uncle Li is visiting. Which Uncle Li?"
"Who is it?" I leaned into his arms, and Xie Yuancheng patted me to help me catch my breath before putting the veil back on. "What's wrong? Do you still want me to wear it?"
"I don't know who it is. I'll go out and check first. Ying'er, don't run around."
I nodded quickly, my face must have been red. I saw that he still had a blush on his face. I poured him a cup of tea, and Xie Yuancheng deliberately drank it in front of me. I was about to kick him away.
"He's leaving now. If he's late, I don't know if he'll miss anything." I personally saw him off. Xie Yuancheng kissed my forehead before leaving. I stood in the corridor watching him leave, and only went back to close the door after he was out of sight.
Before the door was even closed, I saw a pair of exquisitely embroidered shoes with auspicious clouds and dragons on them. I quickly looked up and saw Consort Ji. I hadn't seen her for so long, I almost called her "Mother".
She winked at me, and I opened the door. Consort Ji came with another person behind her, wearing a cloak, so I couldn't see their face clearly, but I could still see them through the thin veil. Could it be the old, immortal emperor?
After they were all seated, I poured them two cups of tea from the table. Consort Ji handed the bamboo hat over with both hands, and when she opened it, it was indeed the old emperor. He placed the bamboo hat on the table.
"Why aren't you kneeling before the Emperor?" Consort Ji kindly reminded me, and I quickly kowtowed.
"Get up. I heard that Marquis Anle married a mute girl? But why did I hear you talking just now?"
"Your Majesty, I can speak, but I cannot speak for long periods of time."
"Hmm, get up." The old emperor was surrounded by a cloud of smoke and dust, and I was completely dumbfounded. Had Xie Yuancheng been tricked by him? This kingfisher even called itself my little Zhuge Liang, but it's utterly useless in this situation!
"Hey, hey, hey, I told you before, you were playing around with Marquis Anle and showing off your affection in front of me. It's clearly your problem, how can you blame me!"
I recalled carefully that Consort Ji was already speaking to the old emperor, "Your Majesty, did you have something to say to the Marquis's wife when you asked Marquis Anle to leave this time?"
"She is General Ji's daughter, and she and Marquis Anle are a harmonious couple. She has also borne him three children. Marquis Anle is known for his womanizing ways. I am very eager to meet this extraordinary woman who has managed to win him back and help me protect the country in Linyang."
"Your Majesty flatters me." I couldn't fathom his thoughts, so I had to go along with what he said.
"It's not an overstatement. I heard from Madam Hua that you and she are the same kind of people?"
“Hua? She must be the Grand Tutor’s wife. I’m not familiar with her, I’ve only met her in Linyang. She mistook things in the mansion for her own and kept bothering the Marquis in Linyang, and she kept saying strange things to me.”
She deeply regretted letting Jie Jin leave so quickly. That Xiao Xuan, he eats plenty of food, but he seems to have lost all his strength. It took the two of them quite a while to carry the tofu to the corner of the wall, and she was so angry she wanted to curse.
"Mother, wife." Xiao Xuan gasped for breath; he hadn't done any heavy work in a long time.
"Stop talking nonsense and go read your book. Don't get in my way." Jie Dan rubbed her sore hands. She couldn't count on Xiao Xuan; she'd have to do it herself.
Having received the pardon, Xiao Xuan hurriedly grabbed his book and went out to read. The way he shook his head and swayed his body amused the passersby.
Jie Dan didn't care about any of that; she was tired of hearing that sound. First, she sprinkled salt on the tofu to marinate it, then placed gauze in a clean large jar, covering each layer of tofu with a layer of chopped straw. After everything was done, she covered it completely with straw and sealed it.
Although the Xiao family's house is dilapidated, there are roof tiles on this corner, so there's no need to worry about it getting wet in the rain.
Jie Dan spent her days planning how to sell the best products and didn't bother Xiao Xuan. Xiao Xuan thought she had changed her mind and stopped bothering her. He continued to study every day. After waiting for three years, he was finally able to participate in the provincial examination.
Madam Feng sat at her stall. The market was crowded with fish buyers today, but her stall was located at the back, so the noise level was low. She wondered why Jie Dan hadn't arrived yet. She gave the official in charge of the street a string of cash, barely managing to reserve a stall next to hers.
"Is this girl trying to coax me again?"
The more Feng thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. She left Xie Jin to watch the stall and went to Xiao Xuan's house.
Confucius said.
Ms. Feng felt it wasn't a reliable plan, but she felt sorry for her daughter, so she let her help out to earn some money to supplement the family income. She helped her daughter fry the tofu, and the mother and daughter loaded the cart together and prepared to go out to set up their stall.
Just as Xiao Xuan finished putting the book away, he saw Jie Dan and Madam Feng pushing a cart out.
"Mother-in-law, wife, where are you planning to go?"
"You pedantic scholar, go back to your books and stop blocking the way."
Xiao Xuan persisted, determined not to allow Jie Dan to go out and show her face in public. "Mother-in-law, I was wrong. But my wife is a daughter-in-law of the Xiao family, and she cannot go out and show her face in public."
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