Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 3
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Boom boom boom!
There was a knock on the door.

Zhu Xiuyuan used his elbows to prop up his upper body.

Glancing around the empty bridal chamber, his eyes turned and finally landed on the door that was knocked.

Zhu Xiuyuan tilted his head and listened attentively to the movement outside the door.

"Who is it?" Zhu Xiuyuan asked tentatively.

"Uncle, my slave has brought medicine!" A girl's voice came from outside the door, soft and sweet.

"Come in, the door is unlocked."

"Yes, uncle."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open from the outside, and a young girl walked in, taking small steps, dressed as a maid, with a round face and a very delicate appearance.

It turned out to be a round-faced maid.

She was fourteen or fifteen years old and had a shy look in her eyes, but she was well concealed.

The round-faced maid opened the door with one hand, stepped in with her whole body, turned slightly sideways, and closed the door with her backhand.

She held a tray in her other hand the entire time the door opened and closed.

There is a white porcelain bowl standing firmly on the tray. The bowl is filled with steaming soup and a spoon.

She opened the door and entered the house cleanly and with a large swing, but the tray in her hand was stable.

Obviously, this round-faced maid's "business skills" are quite proficient.

"Uncle, it's time to drink the medicine."

The round-faced maid smiled sweetly at Zhu Xiuyuan, put the tray on the table, and came over holding the medicine bowl in both hands.

"Are you... the maid next to my wife?"

Zhu Xiuyuan stared at her round face, which was so plump and cute.

"Yes, uncle. This servant is originally a maid serving the second young lady...but from now on, I will serve my uncle."

Her round face was as bright as the morning glow, and her round eyes looked at Zhu Xiuyuan openly.

"There's... something in the corner of your mouth."

When she approached with the medicine bowl in her hand, Zhu Xiuyuan inadvertently noticed that the corner of her mouth seemed to have... some pastry residues.

Zhu Xiuyuan was a little dazed, staring at the corners of the round-faced maid's mouth.

"Ah... uncle..." She touched the corner of her mouth in panic, and when she realized something was wrong, she screamed in her heart: "What a tragedy, the new uncle found out...".

She immediately returned, placed the medicine bowl on the table, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, turned her back to Zhu Xiuyuan, and wiped it there.

When she finished wiping and faced Zhu Xiuyuan again, she could hardly lift her head.

The circles under her eyes were also slightly moist, misty and starry, and she was very embarrassed.

"Did you eat it secretly?" Zhu Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows, lowered his head, and looked at her embarrassed expression.

"Um...Uncle, my servant didn't, I didn't eat it secretly..." She shook her hands slightly, causing the soup in the bowl to ripple, and she almost spilled it.

Zhu Xiuyuan smiled and did not expose her. He reached out to take the medicine bowl and stirred it with a spoon...

Suddenly, he raised his eyes and noticed something strange. The round-faced maid... was staring blankly at the spoon in his hand, and her throat moved... as if she wanted to eat.

Oh my god, what kind of fairy maid is this!
Eating the pastry secretly and leaving the residue in the corner of her mouth was fine... But, she wanted to drink even this bitter and frowning decoction...

How hungry should this be?

Zhu Xiuyuan was extremely shocked.

"How about...you try it for me?" Zhu Xiuyuan scooped up a spoonful of medicinal soup.

"My lord." The round-faced servant girl stared at the spoon with bright eyes, her round face was red, and she was eager to try it, "Can I have a taste? This is my aunt's medicine!"

"Come on, I'm afraid of being hot, and I'm also afraid of bitterness, you can help me taste it, whether this medicine is bitter or not." Zhu Xiuyuan was persuasive and persuasive.

"Okay uncle!" A smile immediately broke out on her round face, she bowed, came closer, and bit the edge of the spoon with her mouth...

Zhu Xiuyuan raised his arm slightly to tilt the spoon.

And she bit the spoon tightly... so she drank it all in at once!
Zhu Xiuyuan twitched the corner of his mouth. He actually had the illusion that he was feeding a puppy...

"Hmm..." The round-faced servant girl was caught off guard, but she tightly pursed her lips and bulged her cheeks.

He frowned and swallowed the spoonful of medicinal soup.

After swallowing, Balsam Pear shouted with a round face: "Uncle, this medicine is so bitter!"

……

...The back hall of Dong Mansion.

"Sir, my uncle showed up today holding a marriage certificate to marry the second young lady. It is really just right and timely."

"With this marriage certificate, Changshi Hua's family has nothing to do..."

"Master, you can finally rest assured!"

The butler bowed with a smile on his face.

"Yes, as long as Zhen'er doesn't marry into the Hua family, even if she marries a beggar, I am willing!"

"By the way, all the betrothal gifts sent by the Hua family have been returned, right?"

My father-in-law's face was very calm, and he had a calm and unmoving temperament.

"Go back, go back!"

The butler moved a lot, shaking his body and head.

It can be seen that the second young lady did not fall into the fire pit of the Hua family, and the housekeeper was also very happy.

However, after he was excited for a while, the smile on his face gradually faded and turned into a sad look.

"But sir, we rejected Mr. Chang Shi. From now on, sir, in officialdom, I'm afraid..."

"It doesn't matter!" My father-in-law waved his hand calmly, "It's a done deal. Zhen'er and Xiu Yuan are already engaged. It's natural for them to get married. What can the Hua family do to me?"

My father-in-law put his hands behind his back and looked at the scenery outside the hall.

Then he said slowly: "Of course officialdom is dangerous, but you and I have spent most of our lives in officialdom, so it's not for nothing. You just need to pay attention to it, don't worry!"

"The master is right... But in my humble opinion, the Changshi Hua family can't do anything to the master even in the officialdom. They will also try their hands on the teahouse run by my Dong family, so we need to be careful. "

"The business of the tea house... doesn't matter. If you can't continue, then close it!" He said slowly while looking at the scenery outside the hall.

"Yes, sir!" replied the steward.

At this time, the round-faced maid who had just delivered medicine to Zhu Xiuyuan ran into the back hall, bowed and shouted: "Master, master, it's not good, it's not good, my uncle said he wants to move out..."

"what!"

The father-in-law turned pale with shock, and his calm demeanor with his hands on his back collapsed in an instant.

He stared at the maid and asked, "A good son-in-law wants to regret his marriage?"

"What's going on?" The housekeeper also asked anxiously.

The round-faced maid did not expect that the master and the housekeeper would react so strongly.

She was so frightened that she shrank back, and under the scorching gazes of the master and the housekeeper, she whispered: "My uncle is not regretting the marriage, but...my uncle said...don't be a door-to-door son-in-law. My uncle wants to separate the family and move out." !"

The father-in-law and the housekeeper fell into a sluggish state, splitting...home?

Butler: "Sir, what do you think?"

The father-in-law thought for a long time: "It's okay to separate the families, but... I don't want Zhen'er to be too far away."

The housekeeper smiled and said: "Sir, I have a way to satisfy my uncle's wish to separate the family while keeping the second young lady not far from home."

"What's the way, let's hear it."

"Master, the East Courtyard on the east side of the Fuzhong Garden has never been inhabited. And this East Courtyard is almost a single-family courtyard, with a separate street gate. There is also a hanging flower gate connected to the garden... Why not connect the East Courtyard to the garden? Clean it up and let my uncle and the second young lady move in?"

"That's a good idea."

His father-in-law's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said, "Then let's do this! Housekeeper, you should handle this matter yourself. Remember, the east courtyard must be tidied up so that your son-in-law can live comfortably!"

"Yes, sir, I promise to satisfy my uncle!" The housekeeper immediately went to supervise the cleaning of the east courtyard.

The round-faced maid went back to tell Zhu Xiuyuan about her father-in-law's decision.

Zhu Xiuyuan thought for a while and reluctantly agreed.

There is no way, who calls him a pauper!
After he traveled through time, among the relics left to him by the cheap dad, apart from the marriage certificate, there were only more than 20 taels of silver notes.

It’s difficult to live alone with more than 20 taels of banknotes!
That night, the east courtyard was tidied up.

Zhu Xiuyuan moved into the East Pavilion in the east courtyard, while his fiancée Dong Shuzhen moved into the West Pavilion.

Between the East Pavilion and the West Pavilion is a small living room.

The left and right ear rooms are the residences of the two servant girls.

As for the east and west wings, as well as the other rooms such as the south room, they are temporarily vacant.

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