Chapter 22 Is the cold better?
West courtyard bedroom.
"Miss, Guard Jiang stopped me today, and I told him everything you said."
Hongyao spread out the various dishes in the lunch box and placed them on the table.
"Um."
Pei Jingxu responded lazily, propped himself up from the beauty bed, and yawned nonchalantly.
The wound on her palm was almost healed, and she had also heard about Zhang Zheng being punished.
In other words, Rong Jianxue did not deliberately hide it, and she originally wanted her to know.
——He is apologizing.
It’s not actually accurate to say that he apologized. It’s just that Rong Jianxue didn’t suppress the matter, which was actually a disguised way of explaining it to her.
——He had no prior knowledge of Professor Zhang Zheng’s female training.
But at this moment, Hongyao told him another thing.
She was also deceived when she went to the Shen Mansion.
In this way, she became the "perfect victim".
She was looking forward to Rong Jianxue's reaction.
"Girl, what should we do next?"
Pei Jingxu curled his lips into a smile and sat down at the dining table: "Spread the word that I'm looking for a new accountant."
Hongyao nodded: "I understand."
…
At night, someone from the Rong family sent a message saying that a family dinner would be held in the front hall the next day and invited her to come and have dinner.
When Rong Xuanzhou was alive, the Rong family always had the custom of holding a family banquet at the end of the month.
However, later on, news came that Rong Xuanzhou had died in battle, and Old Madam Rong took her anger out on Pei Jingxu, so the family dinner that was supposed to take place once a month was cancelled.
What kind of medicine is being sold now?
However, this is also a good opportunity.
She hadn't gone out for three days, and now the time was right, she was going to pull Rong Jianxue's kite string.
After accepting the invitation, Pei Jingxu began to prepare.
She sat in front of the bronze mirror, put on some light makeup and some rouge at the corners of her eyes. She looked as if she had been crying and looked pitiful.
As night fell, Pei Jingxu changed into a plain thin dress, turned around in front of the mirror with satisfaction, and then walked to the front hall with Hongyao.
In the past, family banquets were all hosted by the Rong family. Rong Jianxue was busy with official duties and was often the last to arrive.
Today was different. When Pei Jingxu arrived at the front hall, Rong Jianxue was already sitting at the dining table, as if he had been waiting for a while.
Rong was also there.
Pei Jingxu lowered his brows and walked over to the two of them. His voice was gentle, "Greetings, mother-in-law. Greetings, sir."
"Ah Xu, you're here! Come sit down! Come sit next to mother-in-law!"
Madam Rong smiled kindly, but the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were all wrinkled.
Pei Jingxu subconsciously shrank his neck and shuddered.
The sun rises from the west?
"Don't just stand there, Ah Xu. Come sit down. Jian Xue and I are waiting for you."
As she spoke, Rong actually stood up, took her hand, and led her to sit next to her.
Pei Jingxu swallowed his saliva.
She still lowered her brows and looked submissive, as if flattered, and said in a soft voice: "Thank you, mother-in-law..."
"Oh! We're all family, what's there to thank me for?" Madam Rong said as she picked up a shrimp for Pei Jingxu and smiled kindly. "Actually, I've been thinking about rescheduling the family dinner for a while now, but I've been putting it off. Today is the end of the month, so I'd like you all to get together."
Pei Jingxu smiled, pursed her lips, and said nothing.
Pei Jingxu actually doesn’t like eating shrimps, or to be more precise, he doesn’t like peeling shrimps.
She always felt that peeling shrimp shells was greasy and her hands were wet, which was very uncomfortable.
When she was at the Pei family, her father and brother would peel the fruits for her and put them in her bowl, and then they would coax her several times before she would agree to eat a few.
She was spoiled, and after coming to Rong Mansion, she had never touched a single shrimp.
"What's wrong, Ah Xu? Why aren't you eating?" Seeing Pei Jingxu didn't move her chopsticks, Rong Shi looked concerned. "Is it because mother-in-law didn't cook well that you don't like it?"
Pei Jingxu shuddered again.
What's wrong with this old lady today?
She curled the corners of her mouth, raised her eyes slightly and glanced in the direction of Rong Jianxue.
Old Madam Rong sat in the main seat, with her on her left and Rong Jianxue on her right.
The dining table was not very big, and Pei Jingxu could just see Rong Jianxue when he looked up.
As if noticing Pei Jingxu's gaze, Rong Jianxue looked at her without any emotion.
Pei Jingxu lowered his head and looked away instantly, then smiled at Rong: "Thank you, mother-in-law."
As she spoke, she also picked up some food for Rong: "Mother-in-law, eat too."
Rong smiled and stopped staring at the shrimp in her bowl.
She lowered her head to eat, while Rong beside her was talkative and kept chatting with her. She smiled and agreed from time to time, but rarely responded.
"Is the cold better?"
A calm and mature voice came from the other side.
Pei Jingxu was stunned and almost lost his balance in picking up the food.
Don’t talk while eating and don’t talk while sleeping.
Rong Jianxue always abided by these rules, and even at family dinners, he rarely spoke.
If an elder asked him a question, he would put down his bowl and chopsticks, wait until he had finished chewing his food, and then answer slowly.
As time went by, no one at the dinner table spoke to Rong Jianxue anymore.
Pei Jingxu has been in Rong Mansion for more than a year, and this seems to be the first time he heard Rong Jianxue speak actively at the dinner table.
Rong seemed to be stunned as well, with the words stuck in her mouth, and looked at Rong Jianxue.
Unconcerned with the looks the two men were giving her, Rong Jianxue remained calm and said, "I've asked the Imperial Hospital to prescribe some typhoid fever medicine. I'll have Jiang Hui deliver it after dinner."
Pei Jingxu raised his eyebrows slightly, and a smile flashed in his eyes.
She pretended to be timid, pulled the corners of her mouth, and stammered, "I'm much better now, no need to worry about it, sir."
Refuse outright.
Upon hearing this, Rong Jianxue nodded slightly and continued to eat without saying anything else.
Rong narrowed her eyes, thinking that Rong Jianxue was deliberately supporting Pei Jingxu.
There was a vicious flash in his eyes, but his smile was even kinder.
"It's also mother-in-law's fault for being so impatient. She shouldn't have made Ah Xu kneel in the ancestral hall for so long in her anger." After a pause, Rong sighed, "It's just that Ah Xu, you haven't completed your mourning period yet, so you shouldn't have gone to the wedding banquet. Mother-in-law was just too angry. Don't blame her."
"Mother, she didn't go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to—"
"grown ups!"
Without waiting for Rong Jianxue to explain, Pei Jingxu pretended to be panicked and picked up a mouthful of food and put it into Rong Jianxue's bowl.
"Sir, this dish is delicious, please try it..."
Rong Jianxue stared for a moment, her jade-like eyes trembling, and her gaze fell on the food in the bowl.
As if realizing belatedly that her behavior was inappropriate, Pei Jingxu quickly stood up, lowered her head and blushed: "I, I'll ask someone to change the bowl for you."
Seeing this, Hongyao, who was standing by, filled another bowl of rice and brought it to Rong Jianxue.
The bowl of rice with vegetables in it was placed aside.
Rong frowned slightly and looked at Rong Jianxue: "What did you say she went to the Prime Minister's Mansion for?"
Rong Jianxue came back to his senses and glanced at Pei Jingxu.
Finally, he pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "Nothing, I remembered it wrongly."
Rong suppressed her doubts and did not ask any further questions.
At the end of a family dinner, the atmosphere became a little strange.
After dinner, Rong smiled and patted Pei Jingxu's hand: "Ah Xu, do you want to stay and talk to me?"
Pei Jingxu's heart skipped a beat, and he stood up and said, "Mother-in-law, Ah Xu hasn't recovered from her cold yet, so I won't stay here for long. I'm worried that she might have passed on her illness to you."
Rong smiled and said, "Then I won't keep you here."
"I'll take my leave first."
After saying that, Pei Jingxu walked out of the front hall.
To return to the west courtyard from the front hall, you have to pass through a pavilion and a long corridor.
The night was dark and lanterns were lit around the Rong Mansion, so the road could be seen clearly.
It had rained heavily yesterday, and there was water in some places on the corridor. Pei Jingxu "accidentally" slipped and fell backwards!
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