Chapter 65 Return to the Princess's Mansion
Sun Tu didn't want to make it known to everyone, but he couldn't continue like this, so he could only tell Jiang Chengdao across the carriage: "I have a cold and can't stand the wind. Go get me a hooded cloak."
"Yes, sir." Jiang Cheng went down to get it immediately after hearing the order. He really thought that the master had suddenly caught a cold, so he moved quickly.
After a while, Jiang Cheng came back with the cloak. He stretched out his hand and handed the cloak in through the carriage window. Not long after handing it in, Jiang Cheng saw the master coming down wrapped tightly in the cloak.
He whispered, "Let's go back to the front yard."
Jiang Cheng immediately followed Sun Tu to the front yard. When they got there, Sun Tu took off his cloak. When Jiang Cheng saw Sun Tu's face, he was so scared that his voice was distorted, "Master, your face."
"Shut up!" Sun Tu scolded softly, then looked around and saw that the servants were busy with their own things. He felt that no one should have heard, so he breathed a sigh of relief. He was a little annoyed with Jiang Cheng, this guy with no vision.
Seeing the master so angry, Jiang Cheng knew he had said something wrong and immediately apologized, "It's all because of my lack of vision. Please don't bother with me. But what can I do! The master has to go on duty tomorrow!"
Although Jiang Cheng was worried, he didn't dare to say anything. The master had returned to the Marquis' Mansion with his wife today. Jiang Cheng suspected that someone from the Wu'an Marquis' Mansion was responsible. So the master didn't dare to speak up, and he, a servant, was even less so. It could only be said that this was a beautiful misunderstanding that saved Sun Tu's face.
Sun Tu's anger subsided when he saw that Jiang Cheng was truly concerned about him. Besides, Jiang Cheng was the only person he could trust; he had no choice.
"Go to the clinic outside and get some external compresses. Then tomorrow morning, go to the Imperial Academy and ask for leave on my behalf. Tell them I caught a cold yesterday and feel unwell. I need to take three days off."
While Sun Tu was instructing Jiang Cheng on what to do, he was also gently touching his face and thinking, that vicious woman Zhao Lingmeng was so cruel, he wondered if his face would heal in three days.
"Yes, I'll do it now." Jiang Cheng bowed and prepared to go out to get the medicine.
Sun Tu gave another order: "Please have dinner brought in later! Also, I won't be seeing guests these days. Please leave!"
"Yes." Seeing that the master had no other instructions, Jiang Cheng went down to arrange these things.
After Jiang Cheng retreated, Sun Tu's expression was filled with irritation, and upon closer inspection, a hint of resentment lingered. He looked at his own face in the bronze mirror. He felt this was a profound humiliation. What wife would dare to hit her husband? He could only silently remark in his heart, "There's no such thing as a military family with rules."
He originally wanted to smash the things in the room, but he thought that if he smashed them, the vicious Zhao Lingmeng might not make amends, and he would still have to pay for it himself.
Before Sun Tu finished being angry, he saw Jiang Cheng coming back again! Sun Tu looked puzzled: "Didn't I ask you to go out and get the medicine? You brought it back so soon?"
"Master, I went to the accounting office but didn't get any money. She said that Madam had instructed that from now on, such matters should be paid from your own private funds."
Jiang Cheng's voice grew quieter as he spoke, until he finally wished he could crawl into the ground. He was also afraid of the master's wrath. This was simply a fight between gods, and the little devils were the ones to suffer.
"Well done, really well done." Sun Tu tried to hold back but couldn't help it and threw the bronze mirror in his hand to the ground.
For a moment, the only sound in the room was the collision of the bronze mirror and the floor. Jiang Cheng, who was kneeling next to him, couldn't help but tremble.
After Sun Tu had vented his anger, he could only reluctantly take out two taels of silver from the ten taels that he could freely use this month and give them to Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng didn't care how the master gave him the money, he immediately picked it up and walked out. Since he followed the master, he had never seen the master so angry, and he was very panicked. In the past, the master had tacitly given him the remaining money from such things, but this time he thought he should return the remaining money to the master! Don't step on the landmine yourself.
As for Zhao Lingmeng, after getting off the carriage and walking a short distance with a group of people, she winked at Qiuhua beside her. Qiuhua, a smart girl, immediately understood what the princess meant. She quietly left the group and went to the accounting office.
Zhao Lingmeng saw from a distance that Nanny Wu was holding Sun Qiyang and looking around at the gate of Yixin Courtyard. She must be waiting for them. Zhao Lingmeng thought something had happened and immediately rushed over to greet them.
"Mammy, what's going on? Why are you all standing at the gate of Yixinyuan?" Zhao Lingmeng asked anxiously as she approached quickly.
"Our third young master misses the princess. He has been crying all day and no matter how we comfort him, he won't stop." Nanny Wu said as she put Sun Qiyang in Zhao Lingmeng's arms.
Sun Qiyang smelled the familiar scent on Zhao Lingmeng's body, rubbed it like a little kid, and then smiled.
Zhao Lingmeng gently poked Sun Qiyang's fair and tender face with her finger and said, "You little rascal, you still recognize people. You are only three months old, right?" As she spoke, she carried him into the inner room.
Nanny Wu looked at Zhao Lingmeng's unreliable look and wanted to say something. You can't poke a child's face, otherwise he will drool. But seeing Sun Qiyang being poked by his mother and still smiling like a worthless person, Nanny Wu could only swallow the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
Zhao Lingmeng did not forget to turn around and tell the two little ones to go back to their respective rooms to change their clothes before coming to see their younger brother.
Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming were wearing formal clothes today, with lots of layers, which made them feel confined. So when they heard their mother say they could change into comfortable clothes, they happily ran off.
As soon as Zhao Lingmeng entered the inner room, she placed Sun Qiyang in Nanny Wu's arms again. As if sensing something, he pouted and prepared to cry the moment he was in Nanny Wu's arms. Zhao Lingmeng didn't care anymore and quickly went back to the inner room to change clothes. She had met so many people today in this outfit, and it wouldn't be comfortable holding a child.
Seeing this, Qiuyue and Dongyuan also went in to help Zhao Lingmeng change clothes. As expected, as soon as they entered, the whole room was filled with the sound of Sun Qiyang crying, the kind of heartbreaking cry. Zhao Lingmeng felt like he was going to pass out in the next second.
Zhao Lingmeng had no choice but to change her clothes first, then sit in front of the bronze mirror with Sun Qiyang in her arms, letting Qiuyue and the others take off her jewelry and hair.
As soon as Sun Qiyang was in Zhao Lingmeng's arms, he opened his eyes wide and looked around. He was so cute that you couldn't tell that he was the same child as the shaggy boy just now.
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