"Your third brother's maid... I saw her when she was bathing him."
Miss Luo Yixiu has been fond of all kinds of gossip since she was a child. When she was even younger, she would tell Yining all the bad things her mother said.
Yi Ning had no choice but to say, "I'm not old enough, so I haven't had sex yet. Don't ask about these messy things in the future!"
"You didn't consummate the marriage?" Luo Yixiu looked at Yi Ning in surprise and continued, "Your third brother is the Minister of Works and he's so handsome. People who want to marry him line up from east to west in the city. Although I heard that he married you to help you, you should seize this opportunity to marry him, otherwise it would be a waste of this great opportunity."
Yi Ning tapped her forehead, drank the ginger and jujube tea in front of her, and said, "Let's go talk outside. I heard that your fourth aunt is coming this time. Don't you want to go and see her?"
The Luo family didn't have many maternal relatives, so Yi Ning went through the whole afternoon to meet them one by one. Aunts, cousins, and so on. They all lived in the capital, and she had never met them before. Several children ran around playing, eager to see her, the bride. Yi Ning received a box of gifts and gave away several bags of gold beans.
Afterwards, Lin Hairu called her two new sisters-in-law to play mahjong with Chen. Luo Yixiu teased Nan Ge'er with dominoes, causing Nan Ge'er to laugh so hard that his new teeth showed as he tried to grab them: "Fifth sister... want them!"
Yi Ning teased her with candy. Nan Ge'er, who hadn't seen her for a long time, was not as close to her as before. The child was shy and hid behind Luo Yixiu, not daring to play with Yi Ning. Yi Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Lin Hairu's personality could give birth to such a Nan Ge'er. She teased him: "Nan Ge'er, I am Yi Ning's sister?"
Nan Ge'er was chewing a cantaloupe, still hiding behind Luo Yixiu, and occasionally peeking out to glance at her.
Yi Ning had no choice but to go outside and teach Lin Hairu how to play dominoes. She had played with several of her cousins for two hours, and she was very tired from sleeping late the previous night. With the guests making noise outside, she simply took a nap in Lin Hairu's room.
She was woken up by someone who gently patted her shoulder: "Yining, get up, we have to go back."
We… who calls us with her?
She opened her eyes in confusion and saw Luo Shenyuan standing beside her. His voice was softer than usual.
Seeing that she was awake, he picked up her coat that was draped over the chaise longue and said, "Let's go."
Why didn’t Lin Hairu call her to get up? She slept for so long... Yining followed him back to his residence, and Luo Shenyuan asked someone to bring her the prepared meal.
As Yi Ning ate, she watched him through the partition as he handled government affairs in his study. He was discussing copper smelting with his subordinates. He spoke with great force, but when he frowned, his subordinates' tone became cautious.
Luo Shenyuan came in after finishing his official business and saw that she had only eaten half a bowl of soup, so he said, "Eat well."
Otherwise it would be so tiny, not even as high as his shoulders.
Yining put down her chopsticks and said, "I can't eat any more. I ate a lot of cantaloupe at my mother's today."
"Cantaloupe won't fill you up." He took her bowl, filled it halfway with chestnut-braised duck, and pushed it in front of her. "Eat this."
Yining had no choice but to eat another half bowl, and only went to wash up when her belly was full. When she leaned on the bed to read, she thought of what Luo Yixiu had said.
Through a layer of red, she saw Luo Shenyuan walk in. He opened the veil and said to her with his head down, "Yining, I'll sleep in the partition from now on tonight."
Yi Ning was stunned when she heard this: "You..." She said, "What's wrong? Do I have a bad sleeping posture?"
Luo Shenyuan smiled bitterly: "No, you sleep well."
Yi Ning immediately realized what he was thinking and hummed softly, "I'll have the maid bring you some bedding." But after calling twice and no one showed up, she decided to go get it herself. Then she saw the small cupboard separated by the Qian Gong bed, but she didn't want him to sleep there. This was where the maid on duty slept, and it was so narrow and small, how could he, so tall, fit in there?
"Why don't I sleep here and you sleep on the bed." Yining turned around and said to him.
The two of them can't actually sleep in separate beds. If they do, they just got married and then sleep in separate beds. Who knows how it would spread outside.
Luo Shenyuan sighed and said, "Forget it."
He lay down with his clothes on and asked Yi Ning to come over and sleep. Yi Ning heard him tossing and turning at night, and it seemed that he was not sleeping well. She couldn't fall asleep either, so she wanted to tell him that she should go to sleep in the small cupboard. Unexpectedly, as soon as she touched his arm, Luo Shenyuan suddenly grabbed her hand. Yi Ning was startled, and he grabbed it a little hard. Then he slowly let go and said hoarsely: "Yining, stay away from me."
He loosened his grip again.
In the dark night, Luo Yining turned his head to look at his figure, then slowly withdrew his hand.
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