Chapter 11 Chapter 11 He held her waist and held her in his arms. …
Maybe she was too tired and had illusions, or maybe Mingya was right, the time was still short, people could pretend, and it would take a long time to know Fang Zhongyue's true nature.
But now Zhu Yinluan doesn't want to care about anything.
Aunt Fang has also accepted it, so let's wait for good news from her. Since this is someone that my sister-in-law Wei Qingsi specially found, she must be in good health.
Maybe everything will be fine after the baby is born...
After the busy period before, she didn't do anything for these days. She just felt tired mentally and physically, perhaps because her illness was not fully recovered.
She didn't sleep the whole night yesterday. There hasn't been anything important to do at home recently, except that her younger sister-in-law Wei Mingyan sent her an invitation to go enjoy the flowers and drink wine. She has some peace and quiet for a while. This game is also tomorrow's game.
Zhu Yinluan took a short nap. Afraid of having another messy dream, she asked Mingya to light a calming incense.
I slept until the afternoon, and when I got up to prepare some food, I saw that the moon in the other direction had also gotten up.
She is now the head of the family. Although she is a young lady, she is still the master of the family after all. However, she is always busy following the maids.
Most of the people serving in the inner courtyard have been with Zhu Yinluan for a long time. They know her personality and treat her very well. The reason why they ignored Fang Zhongyue and let her be busy is probably to show her their power.
Seeing this, Zhu Yinluan waved Fang Zhongyue over and asked her to sit down.
"Have you had lunch?" she asked.
Fang Zhongyue shook his head.
"You will have lunch with me later."
Fang Zhongyue stood up and knelt down, "Although I am a servant, I am only a maid. How dare I sit at the same table with the young lady?"
Zhu Yinluan looked at her, unsure for a moment whether she was being submissive or pretending to retreat in order to advance.
After a while, Zhu Yinluan smiled and said, "It's good that you have such thoughts in your heart, but you are of a different status after all. You can't let others think that our Wei family has no rules, and it's not good to let your husband and mother-in-law know that I don't love you. So you don't have to do the work of a servant anymore. Just rest and take good care of yourself. It's important to have an heir as soon as possible."
"The people I assigned to you yesterday must not be enough. I will ask the housekeeper to bring the maids over later. You can pick a few that you like and keep them by your side."
After saying this, Zhu Yinluan instructed the maids in the inner courtyard, "Zhongyue is the master of the family. You can't let her do anything in the future. You have to respect her. If anyone is disrespectful, I will definitely not let them off easily."
"Yes." The maids bowed one after another.
After hearing what Zhu Yinluan said, Fang Zhongyue still had lunch with Zhu Yinluan.
The two of them had little to say during the meal.
Fang Zhongyue did glance at Zhu Yinluan's face several times, but she looked calm and did not ask even though she noticed her gaze.
After lunch, Zhu Yinluan took Mingya to the warehouse to pick out a gift for her aunt Wei Mingyan.
She selected a pair of green jade rings and a necklace, and then asked Mingya to pack them up.
At dinner time, Wei Ruzhuo came back.
From afar, he saw Zhu Yinluan and Fang Zhongyue coming to greet him, and they respectfully and gently helped him take off his cloak and change his clothes.
Although he saw the harmonious scene in the backyard, he couldn't feel happy.
Especially when looking at Zhu Yinluan's face, it was clearly bright and beautiful, not ugly. After a few years, she was still beautiful.
Putting aside all feelings, Zhu Yinluan's appearance is much more outstanding than her elder sister, but Zhu Yinluan is not lively at all. Without the delicate and pretty appearance of a girl, she is naturally boring.
I don’t know what happened today, but when I looked at her face which was as gentle as ever, Wei Ruzhuo always felt that something was quietly changing in his heart.
But he couldn't say what it was exactly.
The official duties seconded from the Ministry of Revenue are about to be completed, and the officials of the Shangshu and the Shilang are evaluating his merits. They also gave him some special advice this morning.
Seeing that his promotion was about to be finalized, he should be happy, but when he saw Zhu Yinluan lowering her eyelashes, he felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.
Why? Is it because she is jealous of Aunt Fang?
But Wei Ruzhuo couldn't see any jealousy in her, so she remained silent and obedient.
When colleagues talked about the women in the imperial harem, they all said that women were difficult to deal with, but Wei Ruzhuo had never felt that way.
After much thought, perhaps it was because of the concubine. In the past two years, he and Zhu Yinluan had been deeply in love. He would talk to her, and she would also reveal to him her few worries - worry about having children.
He comforted her not to panic and said that he would not take a concubine.
But now he still married her, but it was ultimately for the sake of family succession.
She washed her hands and ate without saying a word.
Fang Zhongyue was originally serving on the side. Zhu Yinluan asked her to sit down. She glanced at Wei Ruzhuo and when she saw the man nod, she sat down obediently.
No one spoke during this time.
Wei Ruzhuo rarely felt so silent.
He looked at Zhu Yinluan. She ate very slowly. By the way, she was sick some time ago. Maybe he could ask her if she hasn't recovered yet.
Thinking of this, I asked.
Zhu Yinluan seemed very surprised. She said she was almost well and thanked him for his concern.
It is difficult to continue with this sentence.
Didn't she understand his concern?
Even if he was unhappy, he had to know when to stop. And in front of the little maid and the new concubine, Wei Ruzhuo just glanced at Zhu Yinluan and didn't ask any more questions.
Tonight, Wei Ruzhuo rested in the east courtyard again.
Zhu Yinluan no longer wanted to stay up all night as she had to go out the next day, so she asked Mingya to light some calming incense.
Ming Ya covered her with the quilt and said softly, "Miss, if you feel sad, just cry. I will twist the handkerchief for you. You will feel better after crying."
Zhu Yinluan shook her head, "It's okay."
She couldn't cry yesterday, and she won't cry today.
"Then you..."
"Don't worry, I'll tell you if anything happens."
"Okay." Mingya let down the curtain.
I barely slept tonight.
The next morning, Zhu Yinluan had breakfast and went out.
The invitation indicated two people, but Wei Ruzhuo was busy and said that the court business was finishing up and he couldn't miss the appointment, so he only prepared a gift for her to bring, and asked her to say that it was not his fault and that he didn't mean to not come.
Stroking the gift that Wei Ruzhuo had prepared, Zhu Yinluan couldn't help but think of her birthday gift. To this day, she still hadn't received the gift that Wei Ruzhuo said he would give her, and he had completely forgotten about it.
“…”
Wei Mingyan has a good relationship with Zhu Yinluan, and he would go to the door to pick her up even when she was pregnant.
When he saw the Wei family's carriage from a distance, he waved and called sister-in-law.
"You are pregnant, so you shouldn't go outside to greet me." Zhu Yinluan handed the gift to the maid beside her and helped Wei Mingyan look at her body.
This is her second pregnancy. She is already four months pregnant and her belly is already slightly showing.
"After the first three months, the doctor said it was no problem and my sister-in-law was just too nervous."
"But this is also because my sister-in-law treats me well." Wei Mingyan took Zhu Yinluan's arm and smiled at her.
Zhu Yinluan asked her how she was doing, and she told her everything and told Zhu Yinluan not to worry.
Wei Mingyan and her husband are childhood sweethearts, so Zhu Yinluan is naturally not worried.
"Sister-in-law, I heard from the people down below that when my sister went home to visit her mother, she brought a little maid with her?"
"Well, your brother has already taken over the room."
"Sister-in-law, why didn't you stop him?" Wei Mingyan was very anxious. She stomped her feet and scolded Wei Qingsi a few words.
"Brother is really something. Sister-in-law, you are so good, but he still wants to adopt a little one. He really doesn't know how to appreciate the blessing he has!"
To be honest, Wei Mingyan had known about this matter for a long time. She held a banquet today and sent invitations to her home specifically to invite Zhu Yinluan to come and ease her mood.
In her eyes, Zhu Yinluan was considerate, gentle and generous. She could always listen to her thoughts, chat and have fun with her, and even give her guidance. She was just like her best friend.
Naturally, she didn't want Zhu Yinluan to feel uncomfortable.
But she was married after all, and the youngest in the family, so she couldn't interfere in the affairs of her brothers and sisters. Even if she complained, her mother wouldn't stand on her side. There was really nothing she could do.
After hearing what she said, Zhu Yinluan just smiled and told her to take care of her stomach.
"Sister-in-law, if you are unhappy about something, just tell me. If my brother bullies you, tell me and I will definitely stand by you."
"Okay." Zhu Yinluan showed her most relaxed smile in recent times.
The rise of the Wei family is not only related to Wei Ruzhuo. Both of the Wei family's daughters have married well, especially the younger one, Wei Mingyan. Her husband now holds the position of Siqing of Guanglu Temple, which is higher than Wei Ruzhuo, and has a good future.
Therefore, Mingyan held a banquet and many people came, including dignitaries and their families.
"Sister-in-law, don't keep it in your heart. I see that you have lost a lot of weight. Are you not fully recovered from your illness yet?" Wei Mingyan chattered, saying that she asked someone to find a thousand-year-old ginseng from the warehouse and asked Zhu Yinluan to take it back to make medicinal food for her to replenish her body.
After entering the main flower hall, Wei Mingyan led her to sit down, and then he had to go and receive the wife of the neighbor Yu.
After Zhu Yinluan had eaten a few pieces of cake, someone saw her and came to talk to her.
The people who came were good friends with Wei Qingsi, and when they mentioned that Wei Mingyan was pregnant again, they couldn't help but say a few words to Yin and Yang.
After dealing with all this, Zhu Yinluan was not very happy, so she took Mingya to the back hall under the pretext of changing clothes. It was quieter here than the front, and there were newly opened Mingtai Jinzhan flowers, which were beautifully taken care of by the craftsmen. Next to it was a lotus pond with red carp wagging their tails.
She originally wanted to feed her, but the box for fish food was empty. Mingya put a cloak on her and went to get the fish food.
Zhu Yinluan looked at the lotus pond and noticed that there was a red carp that seemed to have gotten stuck in the gap of the fake stone when it jumped over the stone platform. It was struggling pitifully, wagging its tail.
She searched around and finally picked up a dead branch to rescue the red carp.
The red carp had eaten too much and the dead branch was too brittle and thin. She tried to pick it up several times but still failed. Seeing that she was just a little bit short, Zhu Yinluan reached forward.
Unexpectedly, he was caught off guard, his feet slipped, and he was about to fall into the lotus pond.
The feeling of falling into the air and weightlessness came over her, and she screamed and closed her eyes in fear. Her little face wrinkled, and she thought to herself that something was wrong.
But who knew that someone would pull him back by the wrist.
In a hurry, her feet stepped on the ground, but someone held her waist and held her in his arms.
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