What kind of bad thoughts can my husband have?

Chapter 189
At five o'clock, Xue Dao woke up from the bed, stretched tiredly, got up and looked at the sky outside, it was still dark in winter, but even so, there was a possibility of being late.

Fortunately, Dongning Fang, where the Xue Mansion is located, is not very far from the imperial city, even if it is the fifth watch, there is still time.

Xue Dao was careful not to make any noise to wake up Lin Zhao who was still asleep. He had just turned around when he heard a grunt behind him, with a drowsy hoarse voice.

"Master?"

Xue Dao was taken aback. It was really scary for someone to speak suddenly in this dead and silent room. Looking back, Lin Zhao was sitting cross-legged on the couch, looking sleepy, with slightly curly hair and flushed cheeks, very cute, Tilting his head slightly, he asked, "Are you going to get up now?"

Xue Dao walked over and touched her face: "That's right, I have to get up so early when I start work."

"understood."

Lin Zhao yawned and covered it with his hands, then pushed Xue Dao's hand away, got off the bed, and shouted, "Spring Equinox! Spring Equinox! The young master is up, quickly bring the clothes that the young master is going to wear!"

Maybe it was too sleepy, Lin Zhao stumbled and stumbled, Xue Dao was terrified when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "No need, you should sleep a little longer, I will pack up and go to work."

Lin Zhao stubbornly shook his head, opened the door curtain, the sound of footsteps came from the stairs, it was not the vernal equinox, but mango seeds, as expected, this girl is really careful, she has been guarding here all the time.

"Ma'am, all the above are ready, and Ping Lian has already harnessed the horse and is waiting at the West Corner Gate." Ping Lian was holding a wooden plate with the government office and Jinxian crown on it, Lin Zhao took it and let Mangzhong went to prepare some food, but Mangzhong reminded him, "Young madam, it's fine on weekdays. Our young master has to report on his duties today, and he has to attend the court meeting. You can't use the court food to attend the court meeting. You have to wait for the saint to enjoy the food in the corridor." That's all right, why did you forget?"

Lin Zhao nodded vaguely, Mang Zhong smiled wryly, he was too sleepy and his mind was not clear.

"Young madam, hurry up and get the official uniform to the young master."

Mangzhong urged dumbfoundedly.

Lin Zhao walked back like a walking dead, but almost collided with Xue Dao who had just come out. He was so frightened that he took the wooden plate with his left hand and hugged Lin Zhao's soft body with his right hand, thinking that he was the last night , which made her so tired, she said helplessly, "You'd better go back to sleep."

After finishing speaking, he carried Lin Zhao back to the bed, put on his official uniform and crown, let Mangzhong take care of Lin Zhao, went to Xijiaomen alone, got on his horse, and prepared to go to work.

"Young master, be careful." Ping Lian patted his ass.

"I will report on my duties today and officially take office. I am afraid that many people will come to visit, and my mother will ignore me. It is really difficult to rely on my wife alone. I am optimistic about the family." Xue Dao confessed, "You know, who can see, Who can't see, don't trouble her."

Ping Lian nodded seriously, and watched Xue Dao ride away on his horse.

"so cold."

In this big winter, getting up in the dark is really terrible. Ping Lian rubbed her hands, covered her ears, stomped her feet and turned her head. She saw awn seeds at the gate of the courtyard. She was waving at herself and whispered: "I cook I have hot milk, drink it quickly, be careful not to freeze it.”

Ping Lian grinned, and almost flew over, Mang Zhong frowned: "Why are you running, it's not that I won't give you a drink." Handed it to Ping Lian, and said, "This is what the Fifth Young Master drank yesterday, it's not bad in winter, You can drink it for another day, I specially stayed here, you can try it."

"You're still the best."

Ping Lian spoke bluntly, took a sip, the sweet milk was refreshing, I don't know if it was drinking the milk, or the mango seeds were thinking about him, and my heart was warm.

"Pfft."

Mangzhong covered her mouth and smiled, Ping Lian was stunned for a moment, seeing her stretching out a handkerchief to wipe off the white marks on her lips, Ping Lian hid back, such an abrupt movement, Mang Zhong also reacted He went too far, put the handkerchief in Ping Lian's hand, and ran away without looking back.

"Hey……"

Only then did Ping Lian realize that he had made a huge mistake, damn it, what was he hiding, Mangzhong was wiping his mouth, he drank the milk angrily, but he was so hot that he shivered all over.

I scolded myself in my heart that I deserved it.
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Waking up once in the early morning, Lin Zhao fell asleep until noon before waking up, and it was snowing again outside the window, she subconsciously touched her side, froze for a moment, then turned her head, there was no one there.

"Master?"

Wrapped in a jacket, Lin Zhao went downstairs, and asked Mang Zhong. Hearing Lin Zhao's question about Xue Dao, the man smiled wryly and said, "The young master started his job at five o'clock. Ma'am, didn't you pay back?"

Lin Zhao had no memory of it at all, and now she only felt headache and hunger. Chun Equinox brought the food table over, and she immediately started eating big pieces. Ping Lian came in from the outside and said that someone had sent invitations.

"Invitation?" Lin Zhao asked inexplicably, "Mine?"

"It's for you and the young master."

Ping Lian explained.

It was only then that Lin Zhao noticed that there were also many invitations on the table next to it, which was almost piled up into a mountain. She sat down and looked at them one by one, and they were all banquet invitations from court officials.

Today is Xue Dao's first official day on duty. It seems that many people in the court have expectations for this rookie. Thinking that Lin Zhao can't make the decision by himself, he asked Mang Zhong to keep it and wait for Xue Dao to come back. In the end, she decided by herself, but she looked at one of them more.

"An invitation from the Han family."

It was Han Wei who was fighting with Li Tianrui for the oiran with Lin Changyi that day, the younger brother of the leader of the Golden Dragon Guards of the Sixteen Guards. After all, this leader of the Golden Dragon Guards was still under the command of Yang Baojia's father.

In that case, Yang Baojia and the others will also be invited to the banquet of the Han family.

It's okay to go there.

Lin Zhao thought about it, and put the Han family's post on the top.

Afterwards, while reading a book, he ate the morning food, and after eating, it was already afternoon, Xue Yong came to play, saying that Xue Ding was studying in the Jackdaw House, and told him to go out, not wanting to be disturbed.

"It's hard for your fourth brother to study hard, so don't bother him."

Lin Zhao smoothly pushed the milk cake on the table in front of him, Xue Yong grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth, the bracelets were covered with white crumbs, Lin Zhao calmly swept it away with his hands.

There are less than ten days until the New Year's Day, and the affairs of the house are almost in order. Since Xue Dao came back, he used Liu Sheng to make a fuss about killing chickens and monkeys. Even Auntie only said that the tire was fixed and never went out. As for Cao Guanshi, Whatever Lin Zhao said, he didn't refute a single word, and he did everything, which saved his worries.

And I heard from Xue Huaishi that the most important thing is to go to the palace to attend the imperial banquet on New Year's Eve.

As the evening approached, Lin Zhao went to Sishiting again. Zhao Xuexue was drowsy by the charcoal basin. He was really old, and it was winter and he was very tired.

In addition, when the new year is over, the older children go back to help with housework, and there are only a group of five or six-year-old children left in the Four Seasons Tingli. They are noisy all day long, and books, paper and pens are flying all over the sky.

As soon as Lin Zhao entered the room, Hao Xuan was hit by a writing brush. Mang Zhong was taken aback, but saw Lin Zhao stretching out his hand, holding the writing brush between his slender fingers, and said coldly, "Why are you so naughty?"

Lin Zhao often came to visit, and these children all recognized this young lady, they were not even afraid of the old man Zhao Xuexue, but they were a little afraid of Lin Zhao, seeing this, they all hurried back to their seats, and said in unison, "Young lady, Kang'an. "

When a childish and neat voice sounded, Zhao Xuexue trembled and woke up from his seat. When he saw Lin Zhao, he wanted to stand up and salute, but Lin Zhao refused. She said, "You have worked hard."

Zhao Xuexue waved his hands again and again, but when Lin Zhao caught him sleeping, he stroked his beard embarrassingly: "These little kids are too disobedient to discipline. I'm getting old and my energy is not good."

Zhao Xuexue made an apology, and used age as an excuse. Of course, Lin Zhao didn't say anything. The brush was flipping neatly between her fingers, and the children stared straight at her.

"What are you looking at?" Lin Zhao raised his chin and sat in front, "Is there anything to see?"

A child timidly said: "This brush is in the hands of the young lady, so you are really obedient."

Lin Zhao looked at the child with ink marks on his cheeks, he couldn't laugh or cry, and then he said triumphantly: "I started to hold a pen when I was two years old, and this pen is in my hand, of course it is more obedient than my son."

She picked up the book in the child's hand and looked at it. It read "Bianman Strange Tales". Lin Zhao couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly. These children are afraid that they can't even memorize a thousand-character text, so how can they read this? Here, Man Yi Zhi wrote about the history of Chen and Liao's expansion of territory and receiving and paying the Yi people. Lin Zhao only started to read it when he was ten years old, because there were many uncommon words and expressions on it.

Isn't it too hard for kids to read this?
Lin Zhao turned his head and glanced at Zhao Xuexue, who was about to fall asleep again, Lin Zhao smiled helplessly, turned his head and said to the staring children, "Don't watch this today." After thinking about it , "Today I only recite the thousand-character prose, if anyone can recite it to Zhao Xuexue tomorrow, I will give you snacks from the palace, and I will give money to your parents, how about it?"

Where did the masters of the two mansions give birth to so many young masters? Most of these children are the children of the servants of the mansion. Not to mention the snacks in the palace, eating some candy on weekdays is considered a luxury. Hearing what Lin Zhao said, All of them looked happy, and if they recited it, their parents would be rewarded with money. Immediately, their fighting spirit was high, and they put down their strange ambitions one after another, took out the copied thousand-character text, and recited it aloud.

Even with such a loud voice, Zhao Xuexue didn't wake up, and was soundly asleep.

Lin Zhao rested on his chin, leaned on his body, picked up the book and read it again. Accompanied by the sound of reading aloud, the setting sun rushed over quickly, and a large blush came in along the window. Lin Zhao wrapped the book. In that gentle halo of red, her hair shone brightly, as if a flaming butterfly had stopped in front of her eyes. Finally, she closed the book, glanced at the hard-working children, and said with a smile, let’s go to school. .

These children immediately ran out cheering.

Zhao Xuejiu was bumped by someone, and he woke up suddenly. Looking at the children who ran out, he realized that it was already so late. Lin Zhao sat opposite him and looked at him. Zhao Xuejiu hurriedly said: "Young Madam , have you sat here all afternoon?"

"It's only an hour and a half."

Lin Zhao also got up, and it was time for Xue Dao to leave his job. He knocked on the table beside him and woke up the mangzhong who was also lying on the table. The two returned to Tinglan Waterside Pavilion together. They had already prepared the night food at the spring equinox, and they were serving dishes. One side said: "Why hasn't Eldest Young Master come back? How long has it been? It's time to come back."

"Today is his first day in office, and it is normal for him to come back later."

Lin Zhao kept talking, but didn't move his chopsticks. It wasn't until late at night that he ate a few bites so that he wouldn't wake up from hunger in the middle of the night and went up to the second floor.

Chunfen and Mangzhong looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

Chun Equinox muttered: "It's almost the first day of the job, it's already the second watch, the young master hasn't come back yet, and the fifth watch is about to get up again, maybe he won't come back."

Mangzhong said helplessly, "Yes."

Sure enough, about half an hour later, Pingxi, who followed the previous post, came back and said that Xue Dao would not be coming back tonight. Mang Zhong asked if he was resting in the Changqiu Palace, but Pingxi turned and left without answering.

Mang Zhong was taken aback for a moment, then clenched his fists angrily, Chun Equinox sniggered beside her, Ping Lian was obedient to her, and if it was Ping Xi who was usually eccentric, this person would not accept such a trick.

Mang Zhong glared at Chun Equinox, went up to the second floor, and softly called Lin Zhao, saying that Xue Dao would not come back. At first, he thought Lin Zhao had already fallen asleep, but Lin Zhao's voice came from behind the curtain: "I see."

Mangzhong's pupils trembled slightly, it turned out that Lin Zhao was still waiting for Xue Dao to come back.

Then for six consecutive days, Xue Dao only came back once, and it was late at night. Lin Zhao didn't know. After she woke up in the morning, Xue Dao had already left for work. The mouth is also very strict, even Ping Lian can't ask anything.

Xue Huaishi and Mrs. Xue also don't know what Xue Dao is doing recently.

Will you tell yourself anything?

Lin Zhao thought of what Xue Dao had said, so it was hard to tell the truth from what this person said. Besides, just like the current situation, if Xue Dao wanted to hide something, he might not be able to know until he died.

It's just that Xue Dao didn't say anything, Lin Zhao didn't ask, there were hundreds of people in Xue's house, and because of the busy time of the year, the various yards went back and forth, the news that Xue Dao didn't come back to the mansion for five or six days spread quickly, and there were different opinions. , all kinds of reasons are getting more and more outrageous, and there is a saying that I saw Xue Dao saying goodbye to a man at the corner gate at night.

Xue Dao is broken sleeve?
Lin Zhao couldn't help laughing, if there was such a man, it could only be Feicun.

"What's wrong with you?"

Eargrass is folding plum blossoms and putting them into porcelain vases, and Xiaoxue is supporting them. Hearing the words and looking over, the vernal equinox is full of anger. I don’t know where to quarrel with others. The crowd is too mobile during the New Year’s Eve, and the vernal equinox fights with people every day. Several people in Tinglan Waterside Pavilion are used to bickering.

"No."

Spring Equinox said coldly.

"What's wrong?" Lin Zhao also noticed, put down the scroll and looked over.

Chun Equinox wanted to hide it from the beginning, but she was not the character who could hide things, so she confessed after a while, saying that she heard what Ping Lian said. I asked the guards at the gate of the city, and said that after seeing Xue Dao leave the city, he went to the south.

When it comes to going out of the city, the first thing Lin Zhao thinks of is Kangping Palace and Chen Huachu.

It was normal for Xue Dao to go there.

It’s just that the vernal equinox said that some people in the house heard from the hands of Zhang’s bodyguards that they saw Xue Dao outside the city when he was escorting the bodyguards, carrying water by a well outside a courtyard, and a young girl was accompanying him , The two talked and laughed, and were never intimate.

Hearing this, Lin Zhao's brush that was flying between his fingers stopped immediately.

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Digression: This is a two-in-one chapter, four thousand two.

(End of this chapter)