The next day, the sun rose from the east as usual. When Xu Yuejia woke up, it was almost noon.
The water was called for several times last night, so Yunzhi and Taozhi did not come to disturb us early in the morning.
Xu Yuejia glanced inside and saw that the man who had kicked him out after what happened last night had rolled to the innermost part of the bed wrapped in his own quilt. He was breathing heavily and was sleeping soundly.
Only the back of the head is exposed.
The sound of Xu Yuejia getting up was so light that Wen Ye didn't notice it at all. When she woke up, it was already past midnight.
Wen Ye felt that all the bones in her body were numb, and she called out, "Taozhi."
Taozhi came in with hot water, dipped a white towel in the water, squeezed it slightly, and handed it to Wenye who had already sat up.
After Wen Ye wiped his face, he felt much more awake.
Yunzhi came in later and asked, "Madam, would you like to order breakfast?"
If you sleep until this hour, you don't need to have an extra breakfast, so Wen Ye said, "Let's prepare lunch directly."
Yunzhi asked again: "Do you want to prepare your husband's portion?"
Wen Ye looked away from herself in the mirror and asked in surprise: "My husband is still in the mansion?"
Yunzhi said truthfully, "My dear, he went out after getting up in the morning, but he came back a quarter of an hour ago and has been staying in the study."
Her wife didn't care about anything and treated all the servants in the west courtyard equally. Gradually, the front yard and the back yard of the west courtyard were no longer clearly distinguished.
As long as it does not involve the master's privacy, Yunzhi and Taozhi can know about such things from Liuya and Liuxin.
Wen Ye didn't care where Xu Yuejia went, but since he was in the West Courtyard, it would not be good not to prepare lunch for him.
Wen Ye thought for a moment and said, "Then let's add a few dishes that my dear loves. Oh, is the menu that Liu Xin gave me still there?"
Yunzhi nodded: "Yes, I have collected them all."
Wen Ye: "Just pick two or three items from that menu."
The list of likes and dislikes that Xu Yuejia had given before was too general, so Wen Ye later asked Yunzhi to ask Liu Xin for a more specific one.
Do not seek to be without achievement, but seek to avoid mistakes.
This way, most of the excessive things she did last night should be offset.
Wen Ye considers himself not to be an impulsive person, but there are times when he becomes so impulsive that he loses control.
It's human nature.
Besides, she was not the only one who enjoyed it last night. If Xu Yuejia wanted to turn against her, she would never allow it.
Taozhi helped Wenye to put her hair into a bun, and Yunzhi brought over the fumigated clothes. After Wenye finished putting on her clothes, it was time for lunch.
The Chinese New Year is less than ten days away. The Duke's Mansion's big kitchen is already preparing the ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner. Some dishes have to be prepared several days in advance. Compared to the busy big kitchen, the small kitchens in each courtyard seem much quieter.
Hong Xing was discovered by Wen Ye in the kitchen of the Wen family. Before going to Hengwei Courtyard, she was just a cook. After several years of study, her cooking skills have undergone tremendous changes.
It's just that the dish presentation is still a little bit lacking, but Wen Ye discovered from her recent meals that this girl has been studying very hard.
After Wen Ye sat down, Xu Yuejia also appeared in the west courtyard on time.
He was wearing a crescent-shaped robe, and his figure was as graceful as a jade tree, which made him look cool and noble. Wen Ye watched him admiringly, and suddenly felt that Xu Yuejia, who had stayed in the West Courtyard yesterday, was not the same person in front of him.
And on their wedding night, Wen Ye had only seen him wear that bright red pajamas once, but to her, it was a completely different feeling.
Wen Ye suddenly recalled the time when they met him on the street before. He was dressed in a black official robe, standing tall and graceful, and looked stern and majestic.
When Xu Yuejia was in high school and was paraded on horseback, she avoided going and missed his most ambitious moment. Looking back now, she feels really sorry.
What’s even more regrettable is that she doesn’t have the opportunity to experience every kind of Xu Yuejia.
Wen Ye's undisguised eyes forced Xu Yuejia to shift his gaze towards her, eyes of admiration and praise. Xu Yuejia had seen many such eyes in his life, but only the woman in front of him, her admiration for him was often mixed with an inexplicable "lust".
And this kind of desire is extremely frank, without a trace of vulgarity or shame.
Wen Ye is a very contradictory person. Xu Yuejia can see through her, but she can't see through her.
After the appreciation, Wen Ye invited Xu Yuejia to take a seat.
Wen Ye had consumed a lot last night. After drinking a bowl of soup, he ate two bowls of rice in a row and also ate a lot of meat and vegetables.
Xu Yuejia's appetite remains the same as always.
However, when Wen Ye was eating her second bowl of rice, he glanced at her lower abdomen.
Wen Ye naturally saw Xu Yuejia's undisguised gaze.
Although she is not fat in her life, she can't be said to be thin either. It's just that she knows how to take care of herself privately. She practices modern yoga when she has nothing to do. She has persisted in it for many years, and her body is well-proportioned, smooth and natural.
Wen Ye touched the soft flesh on her waist. She was very satisfied with herself like this.
But she still deliberately asked: "My dear, do you think I eat too much?"
Xu Yuejia retracted her gaze and said, "I'm just afraid that you'll have to support yourself."
Seeing that he had no such intention, Wen Ye raised her eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, my dear. I know what I am doing."
The maids cleared away the food and served hot tea.
Xu Yuejia took a sip and said, "It's good that you know the answer."
He is strict with himself, but never demands the same from others.
However, a 'wife' is different from 'others' after all. Xu Yuejia initially had expectations for the person in the 'wife' position, hoping that the other party could take on the identity of Xu Yuxuan's 'mother'.
For this reason, he will try his best to satisfy other requests as long as they are not excessive.
Xu Yuejia looked at the woman who was sipping tea and eating dried plums, her face rosy and full of vitality, and her heart skipped a beat.
Her needs were clear.
Wen Ye didn't know what Xu Yuejia was thinking, but seeing that he didn't leave for a long time after dinner, she asked curiously, "Is my husband busy with official duties today?"
The annual leave for officials of the Jin Dynasty is from the 20th day of the 11th month to the Lantern Festival of the 1st month, a total of 25 days of holiday.
And given Xu Yuejia's personality, she doesn't seem like the kind of person who would rest as soon as she has a holiday.
Xu Yuejia took another sip of tea and said calmly, "Nothing to do today."
Wen Ye said, "Oh," and said, "Then please do as you please, my dear. I'll go out for a walk."
After saying that, he stood up.
Xu Yuejia followed with her eyes: "Where are you going?"
Wen Ye walked out without looking back and said, "Shopping."
Xu Yuejia: “…”
The weather is very good today, Wen Ye is going to go out for a walk and digest his food.
Wen Ye seldom had the opportunity to go out in the past. Yunzhi and Taozhi went out more often than she did.
After entering the Duke's Mansion, I have a lot more freedom.
But she didn't go to any gold and silver jewelry or ready-made clothing and makeup shops, as she had all of these.
Instead, I went to the West Market, which was a bit like the flower and bird markets of later generations, with all kinds of strange and weird things.
Whenever Wen Ye saw something she liked, she would ask Taozhi to pay for it. After all, the item was not expensive and she had money.
I even came across a pair of glass cups that were said to be from overseas. They were no bigger than a woman's palm. The man selling the cups was a bearded merchant. From his accent, I couldn't tell that he was from Shengjing, and I had no idea where he got the pair of glass cups from.
He wanted ten taels of silver for a pair of glass cups.
It's a bit expensive, so there are many people who are interested in it, but not many who are actually willing to pay for it.
Dajin also had glass products, but they were crudely made and contained many impurities, not as pure and crystal as the pair in Big Beard's hands.
Perhaps they really came from overseas. Wen Ye asked Taozhi to give him the silver and took the pair of glass cups.
Wen Ye remembered that he still had a jar of wine brewed in the summer, and he would drink it from this pair of glass cups in the future.
After shopping in the West Market and buying a lot of small things, Wen Ye got into the car with satisfaction and asked Uncle Qiu to go to the teahouse instead.
After entering the teahouse, Wen Ye asked for a private room. In the middle of the hall, there was a long table with tea on it. Behind the table sat an old man with a long beard, holding a wake-up stick in one hand and telling a story in a torrent of rhythm.
From time to time, bursts of cheers could be heard from the lobby on the first floor and the private rooms on the second and third floors.
Wen Ye asked for a private room on the second floor. Looking down from the window, she could clearly see the excited expression on the storyteller's face when he got to the interesting parts of the story.
At this time, Taozhi came back with a few bags of snacks bought from the street.
They are all Wen Ye’s favorites, including fried glutinous rice balls, spicy rice cakes, pea yellow, candied haws, etc.
The rest were some vegetarian salts, including a small packet. Yunzhi asked the waiter to bring a pot of Biluochun tea and a few of the teahouse's specialty snacks. Finally, she asked him for a few more porcelain plates to put the snacks that Taozhi had bought on them.
There were guards from the Duke's Mansion guarding outside the private room. Wen Ye was not worried that someone would go into the wrong room, so he gave each of the two maids a candied haws.
The three of them ate together.
There is a thin layer of syrup, and when you bite it, you will find red hawthorn inside.
Wen Ye took a bite and it was a bit sour, but within her tolerance.
But he couldn’t stand the sour peach branches and his face became wrinkled like a bun.
Wen Ye laughed unceremoniously and asked, "Is it that sour?"
Taozhi had a bitter face, but adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, she ate the remaining few and said, "The old man selling the candied haws is dishonest!"
Fortunately, she only bought five skewers and gave one to Uncle Qiu, so there was only one skewer left on the plate.
Wen Ye ate a string of candied haws and then reached out for the vegetarian and spicy rice cakes and fried glutinous rice balls.
The lunch had not been fully digested yet, so Wen Ye only took a few bites of each dish. The food could be stored for the winter, so she planned to take it back for a snack for dinner.
The storyteller in the teahouse only told stories about talented men and beautiful ladies. Wen Ye was not very interested and just came to listen to something new.
When the time came, he brought today's harvest back to the Duke's Mansion.
Wen Ye didn't realize it when he made the purchase, but when he got out of the sedan chair in front of the Duke's Mansion, he realized that he had bought a lot of things today.
Dressed tightly, with a box.
This does not include Taozhi's arms full of snacks.
The box was carried in by a guard and placed outside the west courtyard, and then two maids were asked to carry it into the courtyard.
"Mother!" As soon as Wen Ye entered the west courtyard, he heard a childish voice coming from far away.
She subconsciously hid her hands behind her body, only to realize later that there was actually nothing in her hands.
Wen Ye raised her eyes and wondered who had placed a stool next to the swing.
Xu Yuxuan was sitting just right, with his little hands supporting his chubby face. After seeing Wen Ye, he immediately stood up and called out "Mom".
Nanny Ji waited quietly on the side.
Wen Ye approached, touched his head out of habit and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Xu Yuxuan tilted his head and said obediently: "Wait for mother~"
After he finished speaking, his round puppy eyes looked curiously at the oil paper bag in Taozhi's arms.
Wen Ye: “…”
Wen Ye blocked Xu Yuxuan's sight without changing his expression, trying to distract his attention and said, "Where is your father? He just left you here alone? That's too irresponsible!"
Aunt Ji standing by: "..."
Wen Ye spoke with great confidence, as if Xu Yuejia had really done something extremely evil and unacceptable to the world.
"Are you looking for me?" A cold voice sounded from inside the house.
The man appeared at the threshold, holding a book in his hands.
Wen Ye: “…”
Why is he still here?
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