Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 47 Returning to the Door (2)

Just as Zhu Jintang took a sip of his tea, he heard a rustling movement, and then, the curtain in the inner room was lifted suddenly, and a small sapphire blue figure ran out from inside.

"Cousin!" Shen Mingfang shouted in a milky voice, and rushed towards Shen Yuechen, and threw herself into her arms, like a nimble kitten.

Everyone was startled, and Chai's expression became even more embarrassing in an instant.

Shen Yuechen was stunned for two seconds, then smiled, stretched out her hand to pat Shen Mingfang's back, and said comfortingly, "Our Brother Fang is here." After speaking, she looked up at Zhu Jintang, and explained, "This is my small hall. Brother Shen Mingfang."

Seeing him burying his head in Shen Yuechen's arms, Zhu Jintang frowned slightly.He has never liked children, especially those who are clingy and coquettish, and cry and cry at every turn.

Shen Yuechen sat upright, picked Shen Mingfang up from the ground and put it in her arms, pinched the tip of his little nose, and said angrily, "What a crybaby."

Shen Mingfang is usually not such a presumptuous and unruly child, but today she didn't know what happened, she nestled in her arms and whispered: "Cousin, you are back, I thought you would never come back again, never again Don’t fly a kite with me anymore.”

Hearing this, Shen Yuechen smiled and patted his round face.In this family, the only one who sincerely looks forward to her return is probably this child.Although the others also looked eager, they were just acting.

Old lady Shen smiled and said, "You little rascal, you are not afraid of making people laugh when you come out suddenly. Now, your cousin is already the eldest mistress of the Zhu family, how can she play kite with you every day."

After the old lady finished speaking, she turned her head and glanced at Xiao Shi with a smile, but her eyes were cold.

How the hell is she supposed to be a mother and let little ones run out when they have guests.

Xiao Shi immediately got up, took Shen Mingfang from Shen Yuechen's arms in person, the smile on his face was stiff, and he thought in his heart: Those maids who don't know how to live or die, actually want to sneak out to watch the fun, and they don't want to watch people, but they don't say anything. Make such a thing happen!After I go back, I have to skin them one by one.

What Shen Mingfang was most afraid of was his mother, Xiao Shi, so she immediately stopped her voice, looked at Shen Yuechen with a look of reluctance, and called vaguely: "Cousin."

Shen Yuechen didn't want to see her being wronged, so she smiled and said, "Sister will go over to accompany you later."

Shen Mingfang was hugged by the women with a face of reluctance, and the old lady Shen immediately looked at Zhu Jintang, and continued to smile: "She, Yuechen, usually gets along with children the most, and the brothers and sisters around her like to stay with her. in one place."

Those who get along with children are naturally blessed.The old lady said this, firstly, to ease the embarrassment, secondly, to praise Shen Yuechen in disguise.

After hearing this, Zhu Jintang stood up politely and bowed to the old lady, and then signaled the accompanying boys to present the prepared gifts one by one. "Be careful, not respect."

The gift from the Zhu family is naturally a first-class good thing.The old lady Shen smiled a little more when she heard this, raised her hand and said, "You guys are interested, sit down and talk."

After a while, a little maid came to report: "Lunch is ready!"

Mrs. Shen then led everyone to the banquet.

Before the meal, the maid put a hot towel on Zhu Jintang, intending to wait for him to wash his hands before serving tea, but just as she was about to stretch out her hand, she was frightened by Zhu Jintang's cold eyes and her legs went limp.

He usually does not allow strangers to enter, except for those who are close to him, no one else is allowed to come close.

Seeing this, Shen Yuechen hurriedly got up and walked over, took the hot towel from the hand of the helpless maid herself, smiled and said, "Let me do it."

The little servant girl backed away repeatedly, Shen Yuechen sniffed her nose, only to feel a thick scent of powder wafting through the tip of her nose, she couldn't help sighing secretly: After all, the Shen family is also a family of officials, but when it comes to disciplining servants, it's really not good. So thoughtful.How can a maid serving meals be covered in makeup?
Although Zhu Jintang has his own habit that has not changed all year round, he does not want to order her in front of Shen Yuechen and her family today, and then said: "Just call Mingyue here." To delay her time to eat.

Shen Yuechen agreed, but still cleaned his hands for him before letting Chunming call Mingyue in.

Seeing the intimacy of the husband and wife as guests, the Shen family showed surprise expressions on their faces.

It's only been three days since they got married, and thinking about it, Zhu Jintang is quite satisfied with Shen Yuechen, his step-wife.

After Shen Yuechen was seated, Yao Shi looked at her and said with a smile: "It really is different after being married."

Shen Yuechen blushed when she heard the words, smiled slightly, and asked Li Shi, "Mother, why didn't I see Mingqiao and the others?"

In other words, except for Shen Zhiyun and Shen Zhijian, the two elders who came to see the guests today are all female relatives.

Yao said with a smile: "Brothers Mingqiao and Mingyuan have gone to the academy, and they will come back later."

Old Mrs. Shen also said: "It's good if the children are not here, so as not to be noisy and disturb the cleanliness of the adults."

Shen Yuechen also nodded.

The men were drinking and chatting outside, and the old lady took the opportunity to say something personal to Shen Yuechen.

She smiled softly, looked at Shen Yuechen with scrutiny and gentleness, and said softly: "I think you look good... How does the Zhu family treat you? How does the young master treat you?"

Shen Yuechen blushed, and only said that everything was fine, the elders treated her kindly, and the young master treated her politely.

As soon as these words came out, the expressions on the faces of the old lady and Yao Shi were all relaxed, and Xiao Shi even let out a pleasant chuckle. "Old Ancestor, you are already worried. Our new uncle is full of joy now."

Xiao Shi spoke directly, causing the others to cover their lips and laugh together.

Shen Yuechen's cheeks became hot when he heard it, he lowered his head slightly and stopped talking, just looked at the plates of chicken, duck and fish on the table, and suddenly lost his appetite.

Mrs. Shen knew that she was thin-skinned, so she couldn't help teasing her, and took the initiative to take her hand: "Wait a minute, after dinner, come to Xinuang Pavilion to sit with me, I have something good for you."

Shen Yuechen also knew that the old lady must have some advice for her, so she hurriedly looked at her and nodded, saying that she knew.

Although the main business of the Zhu family's business is rice and grain trading, in the past ten years or so it has begun to branch out into all kinds of industries, including teahouses, restaurants, silk, textiles, and even antique calligraphy and paintings, jade and precious stones, etc., and, And with some success.

Since Shen Zhiyun became an official, he met many powerful people in the officialdom, and gradually developed an interest in collecting antique calligraphy and paintings.Because, he has been collecting antiques for some years, and he claims to be half an expert.

Before returning to Dezhou, Shen Zhiyun had just received a Ma Chao skylark from an old businessman. He had been very happy, as if he had found a treasure, so he couldn't wait to invite Zhu Jintang, a great expert, to taste it for himself.

After lunch, Shen Zhiyun invited Zhu Jintang to the study to appreciate antiques, and Shen Yuechen also had the opportunity to go to Xinuang Pavilion to talk with the old lady.

In fact, if she should ask, she had already told her before she got married.Today, she purposely called Shen Yuechen to her, in order to give her a treasure, a treasure that would allow her to stabilize her position in the Zhu family as soon as possible.

Shen Yuechen had already vaguely guessed a little bit, and when she saw the little medicine box that the old lady took out, she understood a little bit in her heart.

Sure enough, it's this kind of thing again, whether it's the secret method of childbirth, or tonic, whether it's the Shen family or the Zhu family, everyone is thinking about the same thing.

The old lady carefully opened the medicine box, and showed Shen Yuechen the round brown pills inside.

"Ever since I knew your health was not good, I started to send people around to inquire, and finally found an old imperial doctor who had returned home, and I begged these warm palace pregnancy pills from him. Yuechen, you are so good! That said, after breakfast every day, take it with warm water on time, and it will soon be effective. It is said that the ladies in the palace also use this prescription, and it works very well."

"The old imperial doctor said that taking this medicine will not only allow you to get pregnant earlier, but also relieve your abdominal pain, so that when you were young, you would roll all over the bed in pain, and the Zhu family would notice that you were not feeling well."

Shen Yuechen respectfully took the medicine box in his hand, only to feel that the old lady really worked hard for herself.

She was originally planning to secretly send someone to grab some traditional Chinese medicine to recuperate her body secretly.I don't want to be pregnant, I just hope that I can cover up my hidden disease, so don't let the Zhu family know about it for the time being.

Shen Yuechen handed the medicine box to Chun Ming and told her to put it away carefully, then got up and knelt down to thank the old lady.

But the old lady grabbed her hand and held it tightly, saying: "Mother is more expensive than a child, a woman has no children of her own, and sooner or later she will be abandoned by her husband's family! So, no matter what, you have to add someone to Zhu's family." You only need a son and a half daughter, you know?"

Having a child means having hope and a future, and you have to fight hard no matter what you say.

Shen Yuechen nodded solemnly, although he deliberately concealed it, the expression on his face was still gloomy.

Her future is all tied to this thin body, and whether her thin body is good or not is all tied to those bitter pills... Thinking about it, it really makes people feel helpless .

Because they had to go back before dinner, Zhu Jintang and Shen Yuechen didn't stay in the Shen's house for too long, and after a few gossips with the elders, they had to get up and leave.

Before leaving, all members of the Shen family mobilized the whole house again, and solemnly sent them to the car.

Shen Yuechen sat in the carriage against everyone's eyes, raised the curtain, looked at them and nodded.And Zhu Jintang was still the same as when he came here, not saying a word, sitting on the side with his arms folded and his eyes closed.

The carriage drove slowly and soon left the alley.

Shen Yuechen finally breathed a sigh of relief, put down the curtain, turned to look at Zhu Jintang's face, then lowered his head again, and said softly: "Thank you so much for today, sir, my concubine has made me suffer again."

She is the stepmother, even if Zhu Jintang puts on his identity and doesn't come back to her natal home with her, she has nothing to say.

But today, he still gave her this face, and also gave the Shen family this face, she still feels very grateful from the bottom of her heart.

Zhu Jintang didn't expect that she would thank him suddenly, opened his eyes and looked at her drooping neck and quiet side face, the light in his eyes flickered slightly, he quickly regained his attention, and closed his eyes again.

Shen Yuechen knew that he would not answer her, even though they had only been married for three days, she had already begun to understand his temper slowly.

He is usually taciturn, unsmiling, seemingly indifferent and does not like to be close to others, but he is actually a good-hearted person. At least, he has never despised or forced her to do anything. Moreover, everything in the family, big and small, is in his heart. It's all in his plan.

When the carriage returned to Zhu's house, it was already dusk, and Zhu Jintang led Shen Yuechen to the main courtyard first.

Mrs. Zhu saw that they had come back, she said: "It's rare to go back, why don't you stay longer and come back. Is your mother's family safe?"

Shen Yuechen said with a smile: "If you go back to the old lady, everything is fine, the elders have already greeted you."

Mrs. Zhu nodded, telling them to go back and rest, and don't come over to say hello at night.

After seeing the old lady, she still had to go to the long room to say hello. After a lot of tossing, Shen Yuechen only felt a sudden pain in her head, and she was almost unable to support herself, but thinking about her status and etiquette, she had no choice but to Pull yourself together.

After finally returning to the house, Nanny Li raised the curtain herself and came out to welcome her.

Chief Manager Zhu Rong has already delivered the ledger, and he is drinking tea in the kitchen at this time, but compared with yesterday, his face is a little nervous, and he followed behind Zhu Jintang, and as soon as he entered the door, he couldn't wait to report to him respectfully: " Eldest young master, Boss Jiang from the Wanlong Bank in the south of the city..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Jintang glanced coldly at him, and Zhu Rong immediately shut up, not daring to say anything more.

At the moment, there are only Shen Yuechen, Chunming Mingyue and Nanny Li in the room.However, Zhu Jintang never discussed business matters in the inner house, so he immediately told Zhu Rong, "Go to the study and wait for me first."

(End of this chapter)