Humph, it's no use.
It was two days before Wen Ye went to the main courtyard again.
Seeing her coming, Lu immediately dismissed the servants, and when they were alone, she asked, "Have you figured it out?"
Wen Ye nodded: "Yeah."
Mrs. Lu thought Wen Ye had heard what she said, so she said, "I will not talk to you about these things in the future. Just come to me and I will let his elder brother teach him a lesson."
Wen Ye smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, my husband and I still think that Xuan'er is enough."
Lu thought he had misheard and said in disbelief, "What?!"
Mrs. Lu was very suspicious whether Wen Ye had been drugged by Xu Yuejia.
She hoped Wen Ye could sober up.
Lu once again said earnestly: "Although my second brother has an extraordinary appearance, no matter how beautiful his appearance is, it will eventually grow old."
Wen Ye said unhappily: "Sister-in-law, appearance is not the most important thing to me."
The reminder was really timely. She went back and told Xu Yuejia that it was time to exercise at that age.
Lu said angrily, "Let's not talk about the appearance, what are you after? Are you after my second brother's heart?"
Wen Ye nodded: "Yes."
She really hoped that Xu Yuejia's "advanced mentality" could be maintained.
Lu: “…”
Seeing her stubborn look, Mrs. Lu didn't know what to say.
After a long while, Lu reorganized his words and continued to persuade him, "There are still several decades to come. If you make this choice, aren't you afraid that you will regret it in the future?"
Wen Ye still insisted: "I will listen to you about the child."
But at the end, she added: "As for the future, I think if my husband regrets it, I won't ignore my right or wrong, right?"
Lu said angrily, "I don't care about you. I'll let you be stubborn."
I don’t know what’s so good about my second brother that he makes her so obsessed with him.
Wen Ye took the initiative to carry a stool and sat down in front of Lu, and said with certainty like a child who had just learned to act coquettishly: "Sister-in-law won't do that."
Mrs. Lu was almost furious with Wen Ye and almost lost her usual composure to the point that she had no time to pay attention to the weird and incongruous aspects of the matter. Her mind was now filled with disappointment in Xu Yuejia and hatred for Wen Ye for not being able to make up for their differences.
Wen Ye continued to smile and said, "Besides, with big brother setting such a good example, I believe that my husband will not change."
The best thing about the Xu family is that Xu Yuejia's grandfather's philandering nature was hardly passed down to later generations. Not only do Duke Xu and Xu Yuejia currently have no concubines, the number of concubines of the brothers' uncles combined can be counted on one finger.
Once this man's mind is at peace, there will be less fighting for favor in the backyard, and in the long run, the younger generations will be able to interact with each other with more sincerity.
When Lu heard Wen Ye mention Duke Xu, she couldn't tell whether her tone was good or bad: "Your eldest brother is simple-minded, unlike your second brother, who is full of cunning."
Wen Yeqian argued for Xu Yuejia, "Not really."
Lu said, "Of course not. Your eldest brother has never been as stable as your second brother since he was young."
At this point, some distant memories suddenly came to Lu's mind, and she couldn't help but say, "Silly and crybaby."
Wen Ye exclaimed "Wow" in her heart, as if she had heard an incredible "secret".
At this time, Mrs. Lu also realized that she had spoken out of turn and accidentally revealed her husband's embarrassing childhood experience.
She quickly added: "Actually, he's not that stupid. Your eldest brother also made many achievements on the battlefield."
At that time, the old Duke was still alive. In order to prevent the Duke's Mansion from being involved in the turmoil of seizing the throne, Duke Xu, who was only the crown prince at the time, resigned from his military power due to illness after receiving the reward for his merits and was allowed to stay at home.
After the emperor ascended the throne, the border wars gradually subsided. Duke Xu no longer had to go to the battlefield and continued to stay in the capital, occasionally helping the emperor train soldiers or going to the Ministry of Works to improve weapons.
No matter what Wen Ye thought in her heart, she responded to Lu and said, "Of course."
Lu: "Although they are brothers, their personalities are very different. I believe you can see it. It's not that the second brother is a bad person, but, just..."
Looking at Wen Ye's extremely sincere eyes, Lu didn't know where to start. After a long time, she continued: "My second brother was an official in the court. His style of doing things was often criticized. People said that he didn't know how to adapt, that he was deep-minded, and that he was hard-hearted and incompetent."
"Of course, most of these are exaggerations and rumors caused by their jealousy, but they are right about one thing. My second brother can be quite stubborn sometimes. If you just obey him now, what will happen in the future?"
Finally, Mrs. Lu said, "I hope my second brother can be more gentle like he was when he first entered the government."
Wen Ye heard this and suddenly smiled, "In fact, you are only responsible for the case. The judgment may look light, but it is of great importance. Even if an official is only slightly negligent for a moment, the impact on the people involved in the case may be huge.
I understand what my sister-in-law means. Officials have ups and downs in the officialdom. If they want to have a smooth career, they will inevitably be stained with some dust. My sister-in-law is afraid that my husband is too tough and may hurt himself easily. "
As a family member, Lu's idea is correct.
This can be seen from her past observations of how Xu Yuejia handled some cases.
Xu Yuejia is a good official in the true sense of the word.
He is rigorous and pragmatic, upright and incorruptible, yet never pedantic. He behaves properly, has a clear mind and is open-minded.
Wen Ye admired such a person very much, both subjectively and from a practical point of view.
Wen Ye continued, "Actually, you are lucky. The emperor is enlightened, the prince is wise, and the situation is stable. Now is the best time, isn't it, sister-in-law?"
"Since my husband has great ambitions, as his family, why should we, as his family, stop him because of some danger that we don't even know if it will happen?"
The fact that Xu Yuejia knew how to hide his edge when he was an official in the previous emperor's court proved that he was not a person who acted impulsively and without rules. His "change" in the eyes of outsiders now is not arrogance.
Wen Ye thought that Xu Yuejia knew as well as she did that a court as harmonious and stable as it is today was rare throughout history, so he wanted to take this opportunity to maximize the value of what he had learned.
Xu Yuejia, who had come to the main courtyard at some point, stood in the corridor. A maid standing behind her, ready to go in and report, asked in a low voice, "Second Master?"
Xu Yuejia closed her eyes and said softly, "No need, you can go in after a quarter of an hour."
The maid lowered her eyes and knelt down: "Yes."
Xu Yuejia glanced at the main hall door, paused slightly, turned around and left, with the maid following closely behind her.
And inside the hall.
"Sister-in-law," Wen Ye said again, "My husband is a good official and a good person. I think that even if he regrets having children in the future, he will not do anything to me."
Indeed, Lu admitted that Xu Yuejia had no major problems with her character.
She just felt sorry for Wen Ye. If this had happened when she had just married into the family, perhaps she would not have gone to such lengths to persuade her today.
But the past year of getting along cannot be erased just like that, and now the balance in Lu's heart has already tilted towards Wen Ye.
Wen Ye saw that Mrs. Lu was gradually persuaded by him, so he continued: "Besides, even if that day really comes, at worst, sister-in-law can just let you live alone."
Mrs. Lu was amused and both angry and amused, "You are the only one who has so many tricks up your sleeve."
Wen Ye chuckled and said, "Isn't it good for me to stay in the mansion to accompany my sister-in-law?"
Mrs. Lu was still a little angry, but she didn't forget to ask, "What about Xuan'er?"
Wen Ye thought for a moment and replied, "Of course I'll stay."
Apart from other things, it can at least be considered a "tool for retaining pets".
After Wen Ye's long speech, Lu Shi vaguely understood something, but she didn't intend to expose it and asked, "Xuan'er is so lucky to have such a good mother like you."
Just assume that everything is fine and Lu doesn't want to get to the bottom of it. There is something true about what the ancients said: A gentleman is judged by deeds, not by the heart.
Wen Ye recalled the subconscious laugh he had felt the day before yesterday when he learned that Xu Yuxuan had wet the bed again, and shook his head honestly, "That's not the case."
Lu: “…”
She finally understood that Wen Ye's biggest weakness was that she was too honest, and her biggest advantage was that she was just the right amount of dishonesty.
Xu Yuejia left the main courtyard and returned to the west courtyard to change his official robes before returning to the front courtyard. Duke Xu saw that he was the only one there, so he asked, "Where are you?"
Beside Duke Xu stood a young man who was about the same age as Xu Yuejia. He had an elegant appearance and was polite in his words and actions. He said, "Cousin Zitan."
Xu Yuejia nodded and said, "Sister-in-law and the others will be here soon."
Duke Xu said disdainfully, "I told you to stay here and talk to Tingxuan. Let the servants go."
"It's just on my way." Xu Yuejia didn't want to argue with him any more at this moment.
The words he had just heard kept repeating in his mind.
Seeing this, Shen Tingxuan spoke up to ease the tension, saying, "It was Tingxuan who broke the promise first. He arrived two days earlier than the date on the letter."
Upon hearing this, Duke Xu waved his hand and said, "How can you be blamed for this? If you want to blame someone, blame those bandits."
That's right, on his way to Beijing, Shen Tingxuan encountered a group of bandits and almost lost both his life and his property. In order to avoid such accidents on the road, he rode as fast as he could and arrived in Beijing two days earlier than the agreed date.
"Your cousin's wife has already had the yard cleaned up for you." Duke Xu continued, "You can just stay here without any worries."
The Shen family also has a house in Beijing, and Aunt Xu bought another one after she came to Beijing last year. It is only two streets away from the Duke's Mansion. However, now that Shen Tingxuan has hurried to Beijing, the house has not been cleaned yet.
"Yes." Mrs. Lu, who came hurriedly, said, "You should stay here peacefully, otherwise how can I explain to my aunt?"
After Xu Yuejia left, the maid did not really wait for a quarter of an hour before going in. After Lu learned that Shen Tingxuan had arrived at the mansion, she brought Wen Ye with her.
Shen Tingxuan first bowed to Lu and said, "Tingxuan has met my eldest cousin's wife."
After a short pause, he bowed slightly to Wen Ye and said, "And my second cousin's wife."
Wen Ye nodded and called out "cousin".
Shen Tingxuan added: "I have long heard of your great name."
When Mrs. Lu heard these four words, the corners of her mouth slightly raised and she glanced at Wen Ye.
Wen Ye: “…”
He is worthy of being my aunt’s son.
After settling Shen Tingxuan, the family had dinner together in the main courtyard, and then Wen Ye returned to the west courtyard with Xu Yuejia.
It gets dark early in winter. When Wen Ye came out after washing up, candles had already been lit in the corridor outside the house.
The house was brightly lit with candles.
Xu Yuejia was sitting on the bed, flipping through the ancient books he had copied earlier.
Wen Ye climbed up, and a moment later he had another book in his hand, but it was a storybook.
She kept her eyes on the book and said casually, "Cousin Tingxuan looks a lot like my aunt."
When she heard her aunt describe him before, she thought he was a very serious person.
Xu Yuejia looked away from the book, looked at her and asked, "Are you sleepy?"
Wen Ye looked up, yawned, and said, "It seems a little bit."
But he seemed to be in a good mood today, but it seemed to be more than that.
Weird.
Wen Ye noticed it during dinner, but everyone's attention was on Shen Tingxuan at the time and no one noticed the abnormality in Xu Yuejia.
Xu Yuejia closed the book and said in a serious and reserved tone, as if she was saying something very unusual: "As a teacher, you haven't checked your students' homework for some time."
Wen Ye suddenly became excited and said, "Speaking of this, I am not sleepy anymore."
The process of checking homework is a bit long.
But tonight the students seem to be a little too enthusiastic.
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