"Tingxuan, I just don't understand. That woman has been married to you for three years. She is extravagant, jealous and vicious. If you had tolerated her for the sake of Duke Ping in the past, it would have been fine. But now, Duke Ping's mansion is already in ruins. In order to save the lives of that family, you spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to bribe them. This... this is the most you can do, right? Why do you still want to keep that woman in the mansion? Look at what kind of shameful things she has done today."
After coming out of the old lady's courtyard, the Marquis's wife took her son to her room and advised him earnestly, "Your father loves your second brother the most, but they are not easy to get along with. Fortunately, you are capable and favored by the emperor and the empress. Otherwise, I am afraid that you will not be able to keep your position as the prince. If you let that woman make trouble again and make your father tired of her, I am afraid that your future will be unpredictable. Son, listen to me and divorce her. You have really treated her well enough."
"Mother, things are not as simple as you think." Duan Tingxuan peeled an orange and chewed it in his mouth, saying casually: "The Duke of Ping's Mansion is also unlucky. In fact, the Duke of Ping's responsibility in that incident is not big. There are many deep waters here. My son helped them to take care of it, but he just couldn't bear to let them take the blame completely for others, not for Nuan Nuan's sake. As for her, it's not that my son doesn't dare to divorce her, but you also saw that she dared to make trouble in the kitchen today. Once I divorce her, she dared to degenerate outside regardless of her reputation. By then, if another man cheated on me, do you want your son to kill them? It's not worth it to go to court for a woman's life. It's better to put her under house arrest in Meiyue Tower. She can make trouble as much as she wants, as long as she doesn't go into the backyard. If she goes into the backyard, I will naturally deal with her. I know that compared with her domineering, mother prefers Ran Yun's shrewdness and Zhilan's gentleness, but now is not the time to discuss divorce or who to make the first wife."
Madam Yang was a typical example of a virtuous woman in ancient times. When she heard her son say that, she gave up. Duan Tingxuan left the upper room and looked at the sunset in the sky. He suddenly sneered and murmured, "Let's see what you can do. Su Mengnuan, you'd better know your limits. Don't make trouble to the point where I can't stand it anymore and send you off with my own hands. Do you think I don't know how He Xiang and her unborn child died?"
God is my witness. When the young marquis Duan Tingxuan was talking to himself, he never dreamed that Su Nuannuan really knew her limits and disappeared from the scene after that, without giving him any chance to become unbearable.
"Grandma, the chives are harvested. I just harvested one row of land, and look, there are at least three or four pounds of chives."
Xiangyun carried a basket and ran into the kitchen happily, and brought the basket to Su Nuannuan who was cooking fat in the pot.
"Well, you and Honglian pick up some leeks, wash them and then we can start making vegetable dumplings. You don't know that fresh leeks with meat scraps, smeared with a little oil in the pan, make the most delicious vegetable dumplings."
Su Nuannuan used a large spatula to stir the golden pork belly residue in the pot. She took a deep breath of the pure meaty aroma and a happy smile appeared on her face.
"Grandma, take a break. Let me do it." Honglian walked in from outside with two apples in her hand. "These are the apples I took from the kitchen last time. There are only two left. When I went to get the meat yesterday, I didn't see any fruit. Grandma, eat it first. Maybe you will see fruit in two days."
"Silly girl, they hid it on purpose, but it's hard to hide meat and eggs." Su Nuannuan sneered, and then said, "We have finally gotten through the most difficult period. From now on, you don't have to worry about it. There is nothing in the backyard except rice, flour and seasonings. Yes, let's see when to catch two pigs from the pigpen and raise them ourselves, then we will have everything. Fruits are also easy to deal with now. I see that the cherry trees in the backyard are half red. Let's pick the red cherries and boil a pot of cherry sweet soup. After eating the leek dumplings, drink a bowl of it. It's sour and sweet and relieves greasiness. It's the most comfortable."
"Yes, if grandma says yes, then it must be very good." Honglian agreed with a smile, and glanced at Su Nuannuan's face, which was red in the firelight. There were two drops of sweat on the tip of her nose. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, thinking that grandma might not be the same grandma as before. She was much better than the arrogant and domineering master before. In this case, she was happy to pretend to be confused. Who wouldn't want to live a life without beatings and scoldings but only delicious food?
"Master, Meiyue Tower is just over there. Why don't we go back? Didn't Grandma Yun say before that she would make your favorite leek dumplings tonight?"
"No matter how delicious something is, you will get tired of it if you eat it all the time." Duan Tingxuan sighed and shook his head, "Maybe I don't know how to appreciate what I have. Now that I think about it, I feel that the simple food I had when I went to the countryside last time was different. Duck soup and leek dumplings are something I can only eat once every two or three days."
Siping laughed and said, "Since Grandpa doesn't want to eat, why don't you go to the old lady's place for a meal? I heard they have lamb today."
"So what about lamb? We had lunch at the East Palace today. It was steamed lamb made by the imperial chef, but it was just like that." Duan Tingxuan sneered, thought for a moment and said, "Fortunately, I am not a foodie, otherwise, I would be sick of these delicacies. By the way, has that woman been quiet since she made a scene in the kitchen last time? Why haven't I heard anyone in the palace talk about her again?"
Siping smiled and said, "I haven't heard anyone say that maybe grandma got the food and stopped making trouble. After all, she comes from a big family, so she should know her limits."
Duan Tingxuan sneered and said, "Property? Hasn't she done enough improper things in the past? She makes trouble every month. If I couldn't bear it any more, I would never send her to Meiyue Tower just because of her father who took the blame for others."
When he said this, he patted his folding fan in his palm, pondered for a while and said, "Forget it, since we have come this far, let's go to Meiyue Tower to take a look. Could it be that all three of them died in there? If so, we should at least collect their bodies, so that our life together as a couple will not be in vain."
Siping thought, "Oh my god, you still know that you are husband and wife? Look how heartless you are." On the surface, he agreed obediently and followed Duan Tingxuan to Meiyue Tower.
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