After lunch and two cups of tea, Wen Ye ordered people to prepare to return to the Duke's Mansion.
She originally wanted to take the two geese back and let Mrs. Lu and the others taste them, but then she thought better of it, fearing that it would scare them.
It would be better for her to suffer this kind of pain alone in the future.
On the way back, although the snow had stopped, the carriage was not moving fast because the road was difficult to travel on.
Wen Ye took a nap in the carriage leaning against Yunzhi, and when he woke up, they had already entered the city.
It was getting dark, Wen Ye asked the time, and Tao Zhi replied, "It's past 3 p.m."
Wen Ye was silent for a moment and said, "Let Uncle Qiu go as fast as possible."
Uncle Qiu is the son of Mrs. Qiu, and they were both Shen's companions for Wen Ye.
The Duke's Mansion usually serves dinner at 2:15 pm, which is fine on weekdays, but now that the eldest aunt has returned to the capital, she will definitely have dinner in the main courtyard for the next few days.
Fortunately, they hurried and the carriage finally arrived at the Duke's Mansion before 6:15 pm.
The chief minister had been waiting at the door and saw what had happened, so he quickly turned back to report it.
Wen Ye pretended not to see it and ran straight to the west yard.
When meeting an elder for the first time, you should be dignified and steady.
Wen Ye asked Yunzhi to take out the moon-white winter coat so that she could change into it.
"The moon is bright, the wind is clear, and the sky is like water." A hint of light blue is looming, making people feel gentle and peaceful.
Wen Ye looked at herself in the mirror and at first glance, she almost didn't recognize herself.
This set of winter clothes was made by Aunt Chang herself, and every stitch was filled with her expectations for Wen Ye.
Taozhi praised from the side: "Madam is so beautiful."
Wen Ye said confidently: "Your wife looks good every day."
When people are immersed in something, they tend to ignore the perception feedback from their five senses.
After Yunzhi put on a jade hairpin that matched Wen Ye's clothes, she caught a glimpse of Xu Yuejia who suddenly appeared. Her heart skipped a beat and she hurriedly said, "Madam, my husband is here."
Upon hearing this, Wen Ye turned around and silently looked at the man who suddenly appeared.
Is it a tacit understanding?
No, it's a coincidence.
She and Xu Yuejia actually wore clothes of the same color today.
"When did you come, sir?" Wen Ye asked casually.
Xu Yuejia glanced at her new clothes and said, "Always here."
Wen Ye paused for a moment, then reacted and continued to look at him and said, "My dear, is he in the west study?"
Xu Yuejia nodded, admitting it.
No wonder no one came in to report, it turns out that the person was in the house.
However, Wen Ye was not shameless enough to think too much and felt that Xu Yuejia was waiting for her.
Didn't you see that he was holding a book in his hand?
After getting dressed, Wen Ye stood up and said, "My dear, let's go."
Walking out of the west courtyard, it was almost the You hour.
Wen Ye finally lagged behind Xu Yuejia by half a step, and after brewing the emotions all the way, he finally brought his heart back to peace of mind.
She has now returned to the Duke's Mansion and is no longer at the manor.
Whenever Wen Ye silently recited this sentence in his heart, he would sigh silently.
Arriving at the main courtyard, Wen Ye straightened his body and followed Xu Yuejia into the main hall.
Wen Ye took a silent look and found that everyone was present except the children, except for her and Xu Yuejia.
Mrs. Lu's expression was normal, and her voice could even be said to be very gentle. She said, "Thank you for your hard work these past two days."
After entering the house and not seeing any anger or dissatisfaction on Lu's face, Wen Ye had another plan and plan in mind.
But despite this, when Wen Ye heard Lu say that she had "worked hard these past two days", she almost lost control of her expression.
Fortunately, it stabilized in the end.
Wen Ye said: "It's not hard, it's what I should do."
At this time, a hearty voice rang out in the hall: "I guess this is my second niece's wife?"
Wen Ye looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman in her forties with a plump face and bright eyes.
There was a young woman standing next to her, looking at Wen Ye with unconcealed curiosity.
When he met Wen Ye's sight, he lowered his head embarrassedly.
It was easy to guess the identities of these two people. Wen Ye turned around and bowed to the older one: "Hello, aunt."
Then he exchanged greetings with the young woman.
No matter what Wen Ye is like inside, she will not allow herself to make the slightest mistake in the rules outside.
The young woman called her, "Cousin."
Wen Ye also responded to her.
The eldest aunt's son is the same age as Xu Yuejia, but two months younger.
The eldest aunt praised: "Not bad, she and Zi Tan are a perfect match."
She always speaks directly, especially in front of people close to her.
Wen Ye didn't know what to say, so she could only continue smiling.
After they were seated, Lu asked a few more questions about the farm. Although Wen Ye could not answer fluently, he did not miss anything.
Perhaps because her expectations of her were not too high, Lu gradually showed a satisfied look and finally said, "Have some tea."
After saying so much at once, Wen Ye was indeed thirsty, so he lowered his head and took a sip of tea.
At this time, Xu Yuxuan and his two brothers came over from the warm pavilion on the west side. After seeing Wen Ye, they let go of Xu Jingrong's hand and ran straight towards Wen Ye.
There were so many people watching, and most importantly, there was an aunt in the room who I was not familiar with in any way.
In order to be more cautious, Wen Ye gave Xu Yuxuan a gentle smile.
Unexpectedly, Xu Yuxuan, who was about to run straight towards her, suddenly stopped at this moment.
After a while, it slowly moved towards Wen Ye.
Wen Ye didn't know what he meant. Was her smile not gentle enough?
Xu Yuxuan looked left and right. Xu Jingrong, who had come up from behind, asked Lu quietly, "Brother Xuan, what happened?"
Mrs. Lu said nothing because she didn't know either.
Just when Wen Ye was puzzled, Xu Yuxuan's little mouth moved and called out to her, "Is it mother?"
There was a clear tone of doubt in his voice.
Before anyone could react, he shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like that anymore."
Wen Ye understood immediately and then remained silent.
It turned out that he thought she was too gentle.
Wen Ye feels that as a mother, she still has to satisfy her children's needs occasionally.
She immediately stopped smiling and became a little more unscrupulous: "Xuan'er."
The familiar feeling came back, Xu Yuxuan's eyes brightened a little, and he shouted: "Mother!"
Yeah, it sounds much more exciting than the first time.
No one else understood what was going on, but Xu Yuejia's eyes subtly swept over Wen Ye's clothes that made her look as soft and quiet as water.
Xu Yuxuan fell into Wen Ye's arms, but his eyes were fixed on the snacks on the table.
Wen Ye took a glance and raised his hand to block it with the teapot.
Unable to see anymore, Xu Yuxuan tilted his head back and whispered "Mother", with the sides of his cheeks bulging into two small semicircles due to anger.
Wen Ye couldn't help but feel the urge to touch her, so he pinched her without any hesitation.
Xu Yuxuan instantly forgot about the snacks that made him feel hungry, and started playing with Wen Ye's hands, laughing out loud.
Mrs. Lu saw the whole scene from beginning to end and couldn't help but curl her lips. She then told her maid to go down and inform everyone that dinner could be served.
The next day, I went to the main courtyard to pay my respects.
Wen Ye left with the pure fox fur coat and a small brocade box that Lu had brought out.
And there is the little tail Xu Yuxuan.
After returning to the west courtyard, Taozhi brought the fox fur to Wen Ye and said, "Madam, this fox fur has no mixed colors at all."
Yunzhi also said: "The Duke's wife is really good to Madam."
I originally thought that the girl would marry into the Duke's Mansion, and have a legitimate daughter of a marquisate like the Duke's wife as her sister-in-law, so her life would definitely not be as easy as when she was in the Wen family.
Unexpectedly, the Duke's wife was much more amiable than they expected.
But Wen Ye's gaze had already fallen on the brocade box.
After she opened it, Taozhi and Yunzhi exclaimed in turn.
It turned out to be a box full of banknotes.
After being surprised for a moment, Wen Ye calmly counted the money and found it was exactly twelve thousand taels.
There are twenty-four notes with a denomination of five hundred taels.
Even if she did a good job patrolling the estate, the reward wouldn't have to be this generous.
Wen Ye didn't like guessing, so he asked Taozhi to make a pot of tea.
Front yard study.
Although today is a day off, Xu Yuejia still doesn't have any free time.
Liu Xin came in with tea and snacks and said respectfully, "My dear, the Wen family sent someone to deliver a letter."
Xu Yuejia paused, then put it down and asked, "Is it for my wife?"
Liu Xinying said yes.
Xu Yuejia asked again: "Where is the letter?"
Liu Xin replied: "The willow buds have already been sent over."
The letter that the Wen family wrote to the Second Madam was naturally sent directly to the West Courtyard. She just felt that he should be informed of this matter.
Xu Yuejia was silent for a while, then said, "I understand. Please leave."
Liu Xin had no suspicion, bowed, and left the study.
In fact, her work in the front yard was very simple. She just had to brew tea and bring it to the study at a certain time every day.
More importantly, it is about the rules that restrict the servants in the front yard, and they must not be allowed to disturb the master.
Not long after Liu Xin left, Xu Yuejia stood up and walked out of the study.
When Liu Ya came to the west courtyard with the letter, Wen Ye was asking Yun Zhi to put the banknotes away first.
Liu Ya bowed to Wen Ye and said, "Second Madam, this is a letter sent by the Wen family."
Wen Ye was surprised: "Believe?"
Her aunt would not send a letter to her in the name of the Wen family without going through the Shen family. It was against etiquette, and the most important point was that she did not have the mind or courage to do so.
And Shen would not have the leisure to write letters between the mother and daughter just because Aunt Chang missed her.
Therefore, this letter could only have been written to her by Shen.
Wen Ye opened the letter with doubt, glanced at it roughly, and frowned.
It really is related to her aunt, or to be more precise, her younger sister.
After reading the letter, Wen Ye was thinking about it when she heard someone outside calling "My dear". Her brows immediately relaxed. Xu Yuejia arrived just in time.
Wen Ye put down the letter and stood up to greet him: "My dear."
Xu Yuejia responded calmly, "I heard that the Wen family sent you a letter, but are you having trouble?"
Wen Ye was surprised: "My dear, you came here just to ask this?"
Xu Yuejia explained: "I have been quite active recently. As the in-laws of the Duke's Mansion, the Wen family may be affected."
Wen Ye heard his hidden meaning.
If the Wen family is really in trouble, he will help, but Shen did not mention it in the letter, so he thinks he can still handle it.
Wen Ye asked Taozhi to pour a cup of tea for Xu Yuejia, and then asked them to leave.
Xu Yuejia took the initiative to come over, which saved her the trouble of going to the study.
Wen Ye said, "I have something to ask you, my dear."
Xu Yuejia had already heard from her tone that the letter sent by the Wen family was different from what he expected.
But at this moment she still had doubts, Xu Yuejia said calmly: "Just ask."
Wen Ye pushed a box of banknotes that he hadn't put away yet in front of Xu Yuejia and said, "Sister-in-law suddenly gave me so many banknotes. I don't know what it means."
Xu Yuejia took a quick look and understood everything. He said, "This is part of the profit from the shop under the name of the second wife. It is 10,000 taels."
Wen Ye corrected: "It's twelve thousand taels."
Xu Yuejia paused and said, "The extra two thousand taels may be given to you by my sister-in-law personally."
Wen Ye thought for a moment and asked, "Is it because I patrol the manor well?"
That doesn't make sense, she clearly performed just barely enough.
It couldn't be that Lu's expectations of her were lower than she expected?
Xu Yuejia knew she was thinking wrongly as soon as she saw it.
“It’s guilt,” he explained.
Wen Ye obviously didn't believe it: "Guilt? But I didn't realize that my sister-in-law was faking illness?"
Xu Yuejia was silent for a moment and said, "My sister-in-law thinks that letting you stay in the manor for one night is unfair to you."
Wen Ye listened and remained silent for a long time...
Actually...
She is very happy.
Speaking of Zhuangzi, Wen Ye thought of the goose stewed in an iron pot that he had for lunch yesterday. It was so delicious.
Xu Yuejia glanced at her expression and realized that she was not living a wronged life on the farm.
On the contrary, if my aunt had not returned to Beijing yesterday, I might have stayed here for a few more days without wanting to leave.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuejia's mind suddenly appeared Xu Yuxuan's face, and her heart skipped a beat.
It’s the perfect day for my aunt to return to Beijing.
"Is there anything else?" After saying that, Xu Yuejia's gaze fell on the letter pressed under her palm.
Wen Ye collected his thoughts and said, "Yes, there is one more thing. My mother wrote to me saying that His Majesty intends to select a few study companions for Princess Changle. Do you know anything about this, my dear?"
Xu Yuejia had heard something: "It is true."
Since the Wen family wrote this letter, it must be because there is a candidate in the mansion who meets the requirements.
Meeting Xu Yuejia's gaze, Wen Ye explained, "My dear, you may not know that my younger sister is the only one left in the Wen family. She has the best talent for studying, but the royal family is complicated..."
Xu Yuejia: "You want to ask, what is Princess Changle's personality like?"
Wen Ye smiled: "The one who understands me is you, my dear."
Xu Yuejia's eyes flickered slightly, and she looked away and said, "If you don't want to be selected, just let your sister perform as usual."
Wen Ye was puzzled and asked: "Why not hide your incompetence?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is extremely intelligent. As the eldest sister of the same generation, Princess Changle has been with him for a long time, so it is inevitable that..."
Xu Yuejia hadn't finished speaking, but Wen Ye already understood.
The matter of selecting study companions was probably an order issued by the emperor to please the princess. He selected two daughters of court officials with mediocre qualifications to enter the palace so that the princess could calm down.
But Wen Ye was very curious: "How smart is he?"
She remembered that the prince was eight years old this year? Or was it nine?
Xu Yuejia said: "Although the prince is young, he is able to share the worries of His Majesty."
Wen Ye was shocked: "I have too little experience."
Were all children in ancient times so curly?
But she didn't think Xu Jingrong was very mature.
Wen Ye lowered his head and glanced at Xu Yuxuan who was lying obediently in his arms.
This one goes without saying.
Xu Yuxuan's eyes widened as she asked, "Mother?"
After getting a general understanding from Xu Yuejia, Wen Ye planned to write a letter back first.
So she patted the child's shoulder and said, "Let your father play with you for a while. Mom has something to do."
But Xu Yuxuan shook his head and refused: "No, I'll accompany my mother!"
Father is not fun.
Even Wen Ye was slow to notice the difference between the father and son, and she looked at Xu Yuejia for a moment.
The other party remained motionless.
Wen Ye still had doubts about him, but she had more important things to do, so she said, "My dear, if you have nothing to do, just teach Xuan'er to read a few poems."
Whoever has the son should take care of him.
Xu Yuxuan understood and said hurriedly: "No, no ...
Wen Ye: “…”
What did Xu Yuejia do to Xu Yuxuan during the two days she was away?
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