She wanted to take the painting brush, but Ye Zelin moved his hand away.
"I'll draw it for you." Ye Zelin insisted.
Hua Fushu tugged at Ye Zelin's sleeve and coaxed him coquettishly, "Husband, don't be impatient, take your time. First, look at how I draw. Next time, you can draw for me like me. If I'm not satisfied with you drawing for me now, your confidence will be frustrated. What if you don't draw eyebrows for me in the future? Then I won't be able to experience the joy of drawing eyebrows in the boudoir?"
Ye Zelin was persuaded. He didn't want to make his wife unhappy when he was drawing eyebrows for her for the first time, so he gave the eyebrow drawing brush to Hua Fushu.
Hua Fushu had learned how to do makeup, so drawing eyebrows and applying rouge were no problem for her. In a short time, she had finished drawing her eyebrows.
The eyebrows she drew were thick at the beginning and thin at the end, just like waves breaking through the calm blue water. At a glance, you can see that they are long and rippling blue waves.
The end of the eyebrow should be slightly lower than the front, like a slowly flowing stream, which can bring joy to people even silently.
Hua Fushu looked at Ye Zelin and showed him his work. "Does it look good?"
"It looks beautiful, my lady has a skillful hand!" Ye Zelin praised generously.
He suddenly felt fortunate that he had not insisted on drawing eyebrows for Hua Fushu. Looking at her skillful hands and then at his own rough hands, he realized that he could not draw such beautiful eyebrows.
Hua Fushu took out some facial cream and applied it to her face. Her skin tone was excellent and her complexion was also very good. She didn't need to use so much makeup. Just some daily maintenance would be enough.
"The successful candidates for this year's imperial examination have been appointed to official posts one after another. I will also be taking up my post at the Ministry of Revenue in a few days."
Hua Fushu tilted his head and said half-jokingly, "You pull down the Minister of Revenue and take his place."
Ye Zelin shrugged. "Mu Hongguang opened a gambling house to amass ill-gotten gains and committed fraud, resulting in the loss of several lives. Your Majesty has dismissed him from his position, and he deserves it. Your Majesty couldn't find a suitable candidate for the position of Minister of Revenue, so you asked me to take it. My appointment is temporary, and when the time is right, Your Majesty will appoint someone else to the position."
"That is to say, you occupy the toilet but don't take a shit. When the time is right, you can give the toilet to others." Hua Fushu applied facial cream evenly, picked a pearl hairpin from the makeup box and put it in her hair.
"You can say that." Although her analogy was not pleasant, it was indeed appropriate.
"Last night Cuizhi came over and said that mother asked us to go to Rongliyuan for breakfast. It's time for us to go there."
The young couple walked towards Yongliyuan.
"By the way, the palace will come to your house to announce the imperial edict the day after tomorrow. You should be prepared to receive it." Ye Zelin said.
Hua Fushu was puzzled, "What order?"
Ye Zelin said, "I played a game with Your Majesty and was lucky enough to win. Your Majesty has granted me a favor."
"Why do you want me to accept your order for the reward?" Hua Fushu asked him.
"The reward is mine, actually it's for you, just be prepared."
The man narrowed his eyes slightly, his burning gaze falling on Hua Fushu's fair neck, "No need to thank me, husband. Just serve me well tonight."
Hua Fushu glared at him and whispered, "Not serious."
Ye Zelin didn't say what the reward was, and she didn't ask again.
After Ye Zelin and his wife moved into Guanju Pavilion, they often had breakfast in their own yard and seldom went to Rongliyuan for meals.
If Madam Ouyang hadn't asked Cuizhi to come over and tell him yesterday, Hua Fushu wouldn't have remembered how long it had been since he had gone to Rongliyuan for meals.
The breakfast prepared by Mrs. Ouyang was very rich, including sweet and soft Qibao vegetarian porridge, golden fried and fragrant shrimp dumplings, four-color steamed cakes in yellow, white, purple and green, yam cakes stuffed with date paste, crystal clear red bean cakes, as well as osmanthus sugar steamed chestnut powder cakes, lotus root powder and cinnamon sugar cakes, water chestnut cakes, and several appetizers.
Not only Ye Zelin and Hua Fushu were there, but Ruhuan, Ye Yunlu and Dugu Lanxi were also there.
Mrs. Ouyang remembered that the family had not eaten together for a while. Coincidentally, her eldest daughter-in-law was able to move around and her second son's imperial examination was over, so she specifically told her children to have breakfast at Rongliyuan.
She also sent someone to Feiyuan, but the old general didn't want to come, so he didn't come. Ye Songyan and Xu didn't come either.
Mrs. Ouyang didn't care that much whether the old general and others came or not.
Whether he comes or not is also Feiyuan’s business.
There is a rule that one should not talk while eating, but today we did not do that. Firstly, it was a rare lively occasion, and secondly, we hadn't eaten at the same table for a long time. Everyone was very happy, and without talking, there would not be a lively atmosphere.
"Lanxi, you are about to give birth."
Ye Shiheng glanced at Dugu Lanxi's round belly. He had a son and a daughter, but he lacked a grandson.
Others of his age already have several grandchildren, so he hopes that his eldest daughter-in-law will give him a big fat grandson, so that his life will be complete.
He even thought of a name for his grandson.
Gu Du Lanxi stroked her bulging belly and said, "The baby is coming soon. I estimate it will be at the end of this month or the beginning of next month."
Ye Shiheng nodded, and then looked at Madam Ouyang who was picking up some food for her daughter Ruhuan. "Rongyue, have you found a midwife? Lanxi's belly is getting big, and she could give birth at any time. We should find a midwife to stay at our house in advance, so that when Lanxi is about to give birth, we won't have to rush to find a midwife."
Ye Shiheng had experienced this before: he only looked for a midwife when he was about to give birth.
That year, Madam Ouyang was pregnant with her eldest son Ye Yunlu. It was not until she was about to give birth that Ye Shiheng remembered to find a midwife. As a result, he was in a hurry and struggled for a long time before he finally found a midwife.
Madam Ouyang also suffered a lot because of this before she gave birth to Ye Yunlu safely.
It's no wonder Ye Shiheng didn't understand. He lost his mother at a young age, and his father, Ye Changting, never remarried. Therefore, the Ye family had no mistress, and no one had ever spoken to him about these things. Madam Ouyang was also motherless at a young age, and her stepmother had never given birth, so no one had ever spoken to her about childbirth.
Ye Yunlu almost suffocated when he was born. The old general felt sorry for his newborn grandson and scolded Ye Yunlu, who was a new father.
At that time, Ye Shiheng was only about twenty years old and knew nothing. After this incident, he made an appointment with a midwife in advance for every baby born to Mrs. Ouyang.
Madam Ouyang said, "Don't worry about it. I asked Ah Yu to find a midwife a month ago. She found two. I asked them to come to my house this afternoon. I will choose one of them to live with me. If they are both satisfied, I will keep both of them."
Dugu Lanxi said, "Father and mother are really thoughtful. Yunlu and I haven't thought about this yet."
Madam Ouyang was delighted to think that she would soon become a grandmother. "Lanxi, don't worry about giving birth. I will prepare all the necessary supplies for you. Just wait patiently for the birth."
Dugu Lanxi smiled and nodded.
Madam Ouyang had given birth to several children before, so she was very familiar with childbirth. She said to Ye Yunlu, "Yunlu, you should spend more time with Lanxi during your free time. It will be good for her during the childbirth. Childbirth is physically demanding, and a long labor will require more energy."
"Mom, I know." Ye Yunlu said.
Lan Xi was carrying their only child. Even if his mother didn't allow him to, he would accompany Lan Xi for a walk in the mansion to relax.
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