Chapter 59 The Intact Yard
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill and finished lunch, Zhao Lingmeng, along with her attendants, helped the drunk Sun Tu back to the courtyard where she lived before she got married.
After entering the yard, Zhao Lingmeng looked at the plants and trees in the yard. They were all the same as in the original owner's memory. She knew that her father and mother had specially reserved the yard for her.
"Princess, what's wrong with you?" Qiuyue, who was standing next to her, saw her princess standing at the door for a long time without moving, so she asked in confusion.
"It's okay. I just didn't expect this yard to be preserved so well. I've been married for so many years, and I was blinded by the wind and sand for a while." Zhao Lingmeng seemed to be answering Qiuyue's words, but also seemed to be talking to herself.
"My princess, has the Marquis' wife always treated you like this? Why have you suddenly become so sentimental? Let's go! I'll help you go in and rest for a while." Qiuyue said as she helped Zhao Lingmeng walk inside.
"You're right, I'm too sentimental." Zhao Lingmeng squatted down gently, holding a child in each hand and walked inside.
"Come on, mom will take you home!" Zhao Lingmeng was in a very happy mood. If there wasn't this drunk scumbag next to her, her mood might have been even better.
Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming, though puzzled by their mother's insistence that they were returning home when their home wasn't actually here, didn't say anything. They looked at their mother, then at their father, who was being supported by someone nearby. They happily followed their mother inside.
After everyone entered the main room, they helped Sun Tu to the bed, but Zhao Lingmeng saw this and stopped them in time, "Put your son-in-law on the chaise longue!
The person who supported Sun Tu didn't ask any questions and put him on the chaise longue. He also helped him take off his shoes and tidied up before leaving.
Don't think too much, they didn't have any unreasonable desires, so they served so well. It's just that they didn't want their daughter to serve this drunken son-in-law again. Maybe they sympathized with the married daughter! Meet such a person.
"You two little guys, come and sleep with your mother for a while!" Zhao Lingmeng sat on the edge of the bed and called her two sons to take a nap.
"Okay." The two little ones had been playing in an unfamiliar place today, which had already exhausted their energy. Now that they were full and sleepy, they happily ran to Zhao Lingmeng's side and obediently let her take off her clothes and shoes. Then she tucked them into bed.
Seeing that his mother had no intention of going to bed, Sun Qiming said, "Mom, you don't want to sleep? Didn't you ask us to sleep with you?"
"Mom suddenly remembered that I still have something to find your grandfather about. You two go to sleep first! Mom will watch you two here, and after you two fall asleep, Mom will go find your grandfather. Then when you wake up, we can go home." Zhao Lingmeng did not coax them, but reasoned with them and gave them a sense of security.
"Okay, my brother and I will sleep well. After we wake up, we will help you take care of dad. You don't have to worry about us, mom." Sun Qiming was like a little master. After making an appointment with his mother, he did not forget to pull his brother along. He was really a smart little guy.
Zhao Lingmeng smiled and nodded, patted their heads equally, and then said softly: "Go to sleep! Mother won't leave now."
In order not to delay their mother's business, Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming closed their eyes and pretended to be asleep at first, but children sleep a lot, and after a while they were both overcome by sleepiness and fell asleep.
Zhao Lingmeng covered the two brothers with a quilt, then quietly walked out of the inner room and sat alone in the main hall of the courtyard to drink tea.
"Qiuyue, go to the front and ask. Just tell them that I want to see my father alone. Ask the people who serve him when he is free!" After Zhao Lingmeng gave the order, she stared at the decorations in the room in a daze. During this time, she thought about a lot, but there were also many things she didn't think about.
The mian girls next to them had only been serving Zhao Lingmeng for a short time. Seeing Zhao Lingmeng like this, they didn't dare to interrupt or ask questions, so they could only silently keep adding tea to Zhao Lingmeng.
Meanwhile, Marquis Wu'an in the front yard had just sent off the elders and was sitting down to rest for a while when he saw his personal servant come in.
"What's the matter?" Marquis Wu'an was tired at the moment, so it seemed that something was about to happen again, so his tone was inevitably a bit bad.
The servant who came in to report the matter knew from the Marquis' tone that he was in a bad mood and could only blame himself for his bad luck. But the matter had to be reported. The eldest daughter was the Marquis's favorite, and now she was a princess. If anything was missed, it would be more than a servant could bear the consequences.
"My Lord, someone close to the eldest lady is asking when you are free. The eldest lady wants to see you alone."
"Meng'er wants to see me alone?" Wu Anhou was a little puzzled. This was the first time his daughter had asked to see him alone since she got married.
"That's what the people around the eldest lady said." Seeing that the marquis was puzzled, the servant lowered his head even more, fearing that the marquis would get angry and vent his anger on others.
Wu Anhou was very happy to hear the servant's affirmative answer. When his daughter was little, she was willing to share everything with this father, but after getting married, she became estranged from him. Finally, she wanted to see him alone, so Wu Anhou was naturally happy.
"Then go tell the people around the young lady to come to my study to see me! And tell the kitchen to make a few more snacks that the young lady likes. And make the black tea that the young lady likes to drink."
"Yes, Lord," the servant replied hastily, thinking that the Lord still cared deeply about the young lady. Seeing how detailed the instructions were, he was afraid that they would upset her. He was also glad that he had reported the truth, otherwise he didn't know what was waiting for him!
Zhao Lingmeng quickly received the news that her father had asked her to go to the study. She casually brushed her skirt and led the others to the study in the outer courtyard.
Everyone knew the news that Zhao Lingmeng had gone to the outer courtyard to meet with Marquis Wu'an alone, but everyone's reactions were mixed.
"Madam, the eldest lady went to the front yard to meet the Marquis alone." Qiangwei, the maidservant beside the wife of Marquis Wu'an, got the news when Zhao Lingmeng set out for the outer courtyard, and came in to report.
"Oh, the girl finally figured it out and stopped following the rule that children under seven can't sit at the same table. She's not too stupid after all." Although the Marquis's wife spoke harshly, the smile on her face could not be faked.
But the servants around today's protagonist Zhao Lingyun were a little angry when they heard the news.
"Second Miss, the eldest lady is already married, yet she still insists on returning to Marquis Wu'an's Mansion to compete for your favor." Ruhuan, one of the maids beside Zhao Lingyun, said indignantly.
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