Chapter 140
Yining was stunned for a moment before coming to his senses, and the hazy sleepiness disappeared in an instant.
He sat up, his hands clenched into fists at his sides. He said calmly, "I'd better sleep in the front room."
After saying this, he put on his coat and asked the maid to come in and bring him the bed and bedding.
Lou Mama came in with a strange look in her eyes. "They're sleeping separately after just one day of marriage?" she wondered. But thinking her daughter was still young, she thought it might be okay for them to sleep separately. So she didn't say anything and just moved the bedding.
Yi Ning saw his figure stretched out by the candlelight. The early autumn night breeze was a little chilly. She wanted to say something, but she saw that he had already opened the door and walked out.
She leaned back against the pillow again and stared at the flickering candlelight for a long time.
She felt that his attitude towards her had become much colder. Thinking of his restlessness, Yi Ning seemed to understand what was going on and felt that she should do something.
But if she did it rashly and he refused, wouldn't it be very embarrassing? What if she guessed wrong and he just liked sleeping alone...
Never mind. I'm too lazy to think about it! His personality is a bit strange. Yi Ning pulled up the quilt to cover herself and asked Zhenzhu to blow out the candle in the room.
The next morning, she went to the main room to pay her respects to Lin Hairu. Lin Hairu asked her, "I heard that you sent your third brother to sleep in the front hall last night." She looked very interested and said, "You are so brave. Your third brother didn't say anything at the time."
Yi Ning helped her draw a pattern at her request. She wanted to make a bellyband for Nan Ge'er. She put down her brush and said, "Who told you that? He wanted to go to bed on his own."
Lin Hairu was a bit surprised. Nan Ge'er, who had just learned to walk, let go of his mother's arm and walked over to Yining. He kept calling Yining "Sister," asking for a hug. Once this child gets familiar with people, he loves to be hugged everywhere and clings to them. He'll keep asking until you don't want to agree.
Yining held Nan Ge'er in her arms and kissed his pink face.
Aunt Qiao and her daughter came over to pay their respects, and the look in their eyes when they looked at her was meaningful.
Maybe he heard that the couple had trouble getting married, so he was secretly happy.
Yi Ning didn't show anything anyway. After a while, Lin Hairu called the maids who were in charge of the house to come in and pay their respects to Yi Ning. The maids were very terrified and called her the Third Madam. Lin Hairu took Yi Ning around and told her about the situation in the house: "... Your third brother bought this courtyard half a year ago. Except for your father who comes back every two or three days, you know which courtyard each of us lives in. Next door is your aunt's mansion, and across the alley is the Cheng family - I remember that the fourth young master of the Cheng family, Cheng Lang, seems to be your cousin? But the wives of the Cheng family don't interact with me often, but interact more with your aunt."
As soon as the two of them walked to the clear liquid pool in the backyard, Chen's mother and daughter came over.
"The Cheng family has distinguished guests coming today," Chen said with a smile. "Mrs. Cheng invited us to go to the theater together. Why don't you take Yi Ning with you? She's just married, so she doesn't need to get to know the ladies around her."
Lin Hairu said nonchalantly, "Why would I want to get acquainted with those people? They all look sour to me."
Chen's face froze, and Lou Mama immediately stepped out from behind Yining and said with a smile, "What the eldest lady said makes sense. Our third wife has just arrived, so she has to go."
Chen's intentions were good; a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. Furthermore, the families living nearby were all officials in the imperial court, so private communication among their families could be useful.
Yi Ning thought about it and realized the importance of the women's circle was self-evident. She was just afraid of running into Cheng Lang. But she thought that if the women met privately, she wouldn't run into him. So she took Lin Hairu's arm and said, "Mother, go! I just want to listen to an opera."
Lin Hairu asked directly, "Don't you dislike opera?"
Yining: “…”
Chen's carriage stopped at the gate and soon arrived at the Cheng family's entrance. The Cheng family, a family of scholars, naturally had a grand and luxurious home. The carriage passed through the alley and arrived at the newly built stage, where several people disembarked. After meeting the two wives of the Cheng family, Chen took Yi Ning and introduced her to the surrounding ladies. When they learned that Yi Ning was Luo Shenyuan's wife, they all took a few extra glances at her.
Madam Cheng led the others to sit down, and then Chen smiled and said, "I heard that a distinguished guest is coming today. I wonder who it is?"
Madam Cheng lowered her voice a little: "Our fourth young master is planning to get married. Did you know about this?"
"Of course I know, but I don't know which family it is?"
Madam Cheng smiled and said, "I'm talking about Second Miss Xie. The old master has said that we must take good care of her. Shouldn't we quickly set up the stage?"
Old Master Cheng had three sons. Cheng Lang's biological mother, Madam Cheng San, had passed away many years earlier. Of the four young masters in the Cheng family, Cheng Lang was the most gifted, and his mother was Lu Jiaxue's younger sister. The entire family favored him, and even his two aunts from the next room were concerned about him.
Chen was surprised when she heard this: "It's her... Isn't she the niece of the current Empress?"
"That's right." Madam Cheng said with a smile, "She's also Lord Xie's own granddaughter. Otherwise, would our old master agree to her marrying Cheng Lang?"
Yi Ning drank tea in silence, and soon she saw Xie Yun being helped down from the carriage.
Madam Cheng Da and Madam Cheng Er personally went to fetch her. Xie Yun's face was indifferent, and it was hard to tell whether she was happy or not. She still looked like the moon that everyone admired. When she came over, she saw Luo Yining sitting among the ladies drinking tea, and her eyes changed immediately.
Yi Ning didn't want to offend Miss Xie.
Knowing that this so-called distinguished guest was Xie Yun, she would rather stay at home to watch Aunt Qiao and her daughter. After all, the latter only used a soft look, while Miss Xie preferred the real thing.
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