Taozhi said hurriedly, "Madam, I will go now and deliver it to the main courtyard for the prince in time for dinner."
Wen Ye thought about it and agreed. It was still early and the bookstore was not far away.
She asked Yunzhi to take out two hundred taels for Taozhi.
Wen Ye is not short of money now. When she was a concubine, the Wen family gave her a monthly allowance of ten taels of silver. When she arrived at the Duke's Mansion, it was doubled to twenty taels. In the Duke's Mansion, Lu was in charge of the salary, and the expenses of each courtyard were always distributed equally. Except for Xu Yuejia's share of the West Courtyard, she could dispose of the rest at her will.
In the more than half a month since she got married, except for the reward she gave to Hong Xing last time, Wen Ye has not touched the money at the bottom of her savings box.
With the list of books prepared in advance, Taozhi only took less than an hour to go there and back. She was accompanied by two other servants who helped carry the boxes.
Taozhi spent all the two hundred taels given by Wen Ye. She originally had more than ten coins left, but on the way back to the Duke's Mansion, she met someone selling roasted sweet potatoes, so Taozhi bought a few.
Seeing the unexpected gain, Wen Ye's mouth kept rising, and he said to Tao Zhi: "It's worth it that I love you so much."
Taozhi snorted and laughed, "Madam always says that."
Wen Ye scooped a spoonful of sweet sweet potato into his mouth, feeling extremely satisfied.
The good mood brought by the roasted sweet potatoes lasted until dinner.
Xu Yuejia returned to the west courtyard at the end of the day. Wen Ye saw him coming and said, "My dear, please wait a moment. I will be there in a moment."
Although a dozen books were not a lot, they were quite heavy when stacked together. Wen Ye divided them into two large wooden boxes, and Yunzhi and Taozhi each held one.
Xu Yuejia glanced at the wooden box on the table and looked up at Wen Ye.
Wen Ye understood and said, "These are some gifts I prepared for the young master, so don't ask me."
This sentence blocked Xu Yuejia's intention to ask.
Everything was ready, and the time was almost up. Wen Ye said, "Let's go, my dear."
Xu Yuejia said, "I have something to tell you."
Wen Ye paused for a moment, then turned to the two maids and said, "You go wait outside first."
Yunzhi and Taozhi bowed while holding the wooden box and walked out of the main house.
Wen Yecai asked, "What do you want to say, my dear?"
"I go to bed at midnight and wake up at 5 p.m. every day. I strictly follow the rules of not eating too spicy or too salty food, and not eating too much. I also never neglect martial arts." Xu Yuejia looked at her, her expression slightly tense. "Do you understand?"
Wen Ye said that she didn't understand what it meant to say these things.
"My dear, can you please explain it more clearly?" Wen Yemin felt that Xu Yuejia was in a bad mood at the moment, and the reason for this phenomenon seemed to be related to her?
Xu Yuejia: "What I mean is that the Ministry of Justice has a dining room, so you don't need to send anyone to deliver soup to the Ministry of Justice anymore."
Wen Ye was puzzled: "My dear, is this why you are angry with me?"
Xu Yuejia frowned and asked, "When have I ever been angry with you?"
He just didn't want to be misunderstood again.
Wen Ye thought for a moment and said, "Judging from your expression, did you misunderstand the soup?"
Xu Yuejia was silent.
Wen Ye pursed her lips and said with a suppressed smile: "My dear, you have wronged me. It is just an ordinary bowl of mutton soup. It has no special meaning.
It's just a bowl of mutton soup to warm up in winter. It's not just for you, my dear, I'll have someone give it to my sister-in-law and Xuan'er."
Wen Ye did not lie. She asked the servant to bring soup to Xu Yuejia not to mock him. Xu Yuejia had good endurance, and she brought soup simply out of concern for his health.
After all, she has half of the usage rights now, doesn't she?
Wen Ye added: "Since you don't like it, I won't send you off in the future."
Even though it was a misunderstanding, no man in the world wants to be questioned about that.
She had just acted on impulse this morning and had not thought too much about it, forgetting that Xu Yuejia was in the government office and that he was not the only official there.
I guess the servant said something when he delivered the soup and was heard by other officials.
Wen Ye's eyes were extremely sincere.
Xu Yuejia was silent for a while, then said, "I misunderstood you. I apologize."
He who admits his mistakes and corrects them is a good husband.
What could Wen Ye do? Of course she forgave him immediately. However, in order to avoid any misunderstanding in the future, she said, "Why don't you make a list of likes and dislikes when you are free?"
Perhaps it was because of the awkward looks from colleagues during the day that lingered for a long time, Xu Yuejia agreed: "Okay."
Despite this little incident, the atmosphere was unusually quiet on the way to the main courtyard.
Dinner in the main courtyard had already been prepared, waiting for the couple to arrive and take their seats. Dozens of delicacies were placed on the table one after another.
Xu Yuxuan hadn't seen Wen Ye for a day. When she saw her, she ran over and tried to squeeze in between her and Xu Yuejia.
Wen Ye glanced at Xu Yuxuan, not understanding what was going on.
No matter what the reason was, she would not give up her seat, so she looked at Xu Yuejia with loving eyes.
There was the guilt caused by the previous misunderstanding.
Xu Yuejia opened her lips and said, "Xuan'er."
Xu Yuxuan hugged Wen Ye's legs tightly, turned around and said to Xu Yuejia: "No!"
Xu Guogong said: "Okay, if Xuan'er wants to sit, let him sit."
Xu Yuejia paused, stood up and gave up his seat.
Nanny Ji placed the special chair between the couple, and Xu Yuxuan successfully took the position.
Wen Ye couldn't understand the child's train of thought. He would eat wherever he sat.
Xu Yuxuan sat on a slightly higher chair, his eyes falling on a meatball in front of him, and then Madam Ji, who was serving him, said in a baby voice, "Madam, meatballs!"
Nanny Ji quickly picked up one, crushed it into small pieces with a wooden spoon and fed it to the baby.
Xu Yuxuan ate the meatball that Nanny Ji fed him with a "ouch!" and then shouted to Wen Ye incoherently, "Mother! Look at me!"
The sound was quite loud, and everyone, including Xu Jinglin who was enjoying his meal, looked over here.
Wen Ye had no choice but to lower his head to look.
There was a gleam of pride in the child's eyes, and there seemed to be a hint of excitement after a counterattack?
Seeing Wen Ye looking over, Xu Yuxuan quickly pointed to another meat dish and said to Madam Ji, "Madam, meat!"
Then Nanny Ji immediately used the serving chopsticks in her hand to reach for the dish that Xu Yuxuan pointed to, which was a dish made with chicken thigh meat.
Wen Ye finally reacted: "....."
Well...the kid has a good memory.
This happened several times in a row, and others didn't understand why, and just thought that Xu Yuxuan was close to the Wen family.
Even the Duke and his wife, who had heard Nanny Ji and others describe what happened that day, did not remember it.
However, Nanny Ji, who had picked up the meat and vegetables several times, figured out something.
Lu carefully observed Wen for a long time. She had a gentle temperament and clear eyes. When facing Xuan'er, there was no impatience between her eyebrows. No wonder Xuan'er was willing to get close to her.
In response to Xu Yuxuan's subtle counterattack, Wen Ye directly used a serving chopstick to pick up half a bowl of vegetarian dishes, handed it to him and said, "You are still young, it is not good to eat too much meat, you should eat a combination of meat and vegetables, understand?"
Xu Yuxuan's eyes widened. Before he could even utter the word "no", he heard Lu agree, "Your mother is right, Nanny Ji, stop feeding Xuan'er meat and feed him some vegetables."
How could Nanny Ji dare to disobey Lu's order? She quickly put down the bowl of meat and replaced it with the half bowl of vegetables that Wen Ye had prepared.
Xu Yuxuan was anxious: "No!"
Wen Ye stroked his head immediately, and her gentle voice overwhelmed his: "Be good~"
The brothers Xu Jingrong and Xu Jinglin, who watched the whole process from beginning to end, silently protected the meat in their bowls.
Fortunately, they are all grown up and can eat whatever they want.
However, they don't know that growing up doesn't mean everything will go as they wish.
"Oh, by the way, sister-in-law." Wen Ye glanced at the two brothers who were both delighted, and said to Lu, "I had found some books suitable for children under ten years old for my little sister. Today I learned that the young master will go to the academy in the spring. As his second aunt, I selected a few books suitable for the young master and brought them over."
Xu Jingrong's face was full of disbelief.
"Really?" Mrs. Lu was a little surprised. "I'm sorry to have troubled my sister-in-law."
Wen Ye smiled: "We are all family."
After saying that, she glanced at Yunzhi and Taozhi.
The two of them stepped forward, and Lu asked Qingxue to open the wooden box, which contained a number of books neatly placed inside.
Duke Xu was somewhat interested. He took out a book and flipped through it carefully. He said, "You must have put a lot of thought into this, right?"
There is no shortage of books in the Duke's Mansion, but what is rare is the heart of Aunt Jingrong.
Not to mention Mrs. Lu, her eyes turned a little softer when she looked at Wen Ye.
Then he said to his eldest son who was still stunned, "Jingrong, why don't you thank your aunt quickly."
Xu Jingrong's smile was uglier than crying: "Thank you, Second Auntie."
Wen Ye replied: "It should be."
Xu Jingrong looked at the troublesome book in the wooden box again and again, and couldn't help asking, "Is this the gift that Second Aunt said she would give to her nephew?"
Wen Ye raised a smile: "Yes, does the prince like it?"
Xu Jingrong felt the dangerous gaze similar to that of his parents, and admitted with a stiff upper lip: "Jingrong likes it."
Lu also said: "When you go to the academy in the future, you must study hard. I don't ask you to have a bright future, but at least you must be sensible and sensible."
Xu Jingrong nodded dejectedly.
Seeing that his eldest brother and third brother were both defeated by the second aunt, Xu Jinglin, who was standing by, silently retracted his head and even chewed the meat more slowly.
But it’s not over yet.
Wen Ye remembered something and said, "Oh, there are two more books in there for Jing Lin who is still in enlightenment."
Xu Jinglin's cheeks stopped moving and he couldn't help but say, "I'm still young, I don't need to go to the academy!"
Duke Xu said, "It has been two years since I started my education. I cannot just leave the academy. I still have to study and read books."
Xu Jinglin suddenly felt that the meat in his mouth no longer tasted delicious.
With his younger brother to share the burden, Xu Jingrong suddenly felt that the misery he had endured seemed to have faded a little.
Lu roughly counted them and found there were thirteen books in total. It seemed that Wen had spent a lot of money on them.
The Wen family probably can't prepare much dowry for their concubine's daughter.
Even without mentioning the money she spent, she couldn't ignore this thought.
Lu thought for a moment and said, "I have a box of rubies of excellent quality. You can use them to make a custom headpiece."
Ruby?!
Wen Ye suppressed his excitement and politely declined, "This is too expensive. I can't accept it."
Lu came from a marquis's mansion, so her dowry was already generous, and now she was in charge of the financial support of the Duke's mansion.
Lu is not short of money at all. "Since I've given it to you, just take it."
Just a box of rubies.
Wen Ye: "Then...thank you, sister-in-law."
Lu thought for a moment and then said, "If you need anything later, just send someone to the main courtyard to tell me."
Wen Ye suppressed the joy in her heart and nodded.
Is this the happiness of being kept by a rich woman?
Wen Ye didn't know what he was thinking about. He turned his head slightly and glanced at Xu Yuejia.
The other party seemed to sense something, raised his eyes, and met her gaze.
Wen Ye shook her head slightly at the man.
Xu Yuejia: "......"
I understood it inexplicably.
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