Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 58 Wife and Concubine (2)

I don't know how to flatter!If it weren't for the fact that you still have some good looks, even if you begged me on your knees, I wouldn't look at you high.Now that Mrs. Cao is willing to be a dog by Shen Yuechen's side, Shen Yuechen is naturally more proud, and if he doesn't add another person by his side, his momentum will always seem a little empty... Sun Wenpei was a little embarrassed for a while, so he nodded and agreed, no, no Promise is not.

Qin Taoxi had been prepared for a long time, clapped her hands, and motioned for the maid who was waiting outside to come in.Those maids were holding some new clothes and two or three exquisite brocade boxes in their hands.

"These things are my sister's wish. Do you still like it?"

Sun Wenpei looked at those new and gorgeous materials, as well as the crystal and jade bracelets in the box, took a deep breath and said, "It's impossible, how can my sister accept such a precious thing?"

Qin Taoxi got up and walked in front of her, took her hand, and patted it, not too lightly but not too hard: "Sister, don't be too polite, my sister is beautiful, if she is not the best, my sister is too embarrassed to take it out."

Sun Wenpei declined several times, but Qin Taoxi's kindness could not be denied, he insisted on putting the jade bracelet on her wrist, and said with a smile on his face: "If my sister insists on not accepting it, she will look down on her."

Sun Wenpei felt that it was difficult to ride a tiger for a while, so he had to thank him with a smile.

The icy jade bracelet hung on the wrist, it was icy cold, as if it was icy all the way to the heart.

As the saying goes, cannibals have short mouths and soft hands.Now, taking Qin's gift is like tacitly agreeing to form an alliance with her.In any case, he couldn't escape.

After coming out of Qin's room, Sun Wenpei immediately took back the bracelet on his hand.This thing is too conspicuous, if you wear it back, it would be bad for others to see it.

After returning to the room, Sun Wenpei's personal maid, Sixi, carefully touched the few clothes that Mrs. Qin had sent over, and said excitedly, "Miss, take a look, these are the best brocades."

Sun Wenpei glanced at it lightly, no matter how good it was, it was not rewarded by the uncle.

The blue gauze dress she was wearing was made last spring, and she always wore it and refused to leave her body, just because the uncle once said that she looked good in blue clothes, very delicate.

The Zhu family never treated her harshly, but they never treated her kindly either. Although the monthly allowance is not good, there are too many things to take care of in the mansion, and they have to plan carefully every day.She never expected a life full of jewels, but only hoped that the uncle would not forget herself and loathe herself.

Just now, when he saw Qin Taoxi's hair and body, they were all beautiful and delicate precious things, and he couldn't help feeling sad.She is also a concubine, but she has different identities. She admires Shen Yuechen's good life, and also envies Qin's domineering... Now, she has been dragged into the water by Qin's half-pushing, and she will lose if she doesn't fight, it's better to fight!

Qin Taoxi wins over Sun Wenpei quietly, while Cao Shi wholeheartedly flatters Shen Yuechen, intending to let Zhu Ying learn calligraphy from Shen Yuechen.

Shen Yuechen thought that she was a child, and it would not be a problem to keep her by her side, so she nodded in agreement, and promised to take time to teach Zhu Ying how to write occasionally.

Cao Shi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and his calculations were even more serious.

In the afternoon of this day, Shen Yuechen sent someone to bring Zhu Ying over. There was already a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, and tea and snacks were placed on the table next to the Eight Immortals.

Shen Yuechen called Zhu Ying to her, touched her small head, and asked with a smile: "Is our sister Ying ever literate?"

Zhu Ying had just taken a nap, her little face was still flushed, and she said in a childlike voice, "My aunt taught my daughter a few lines of the "Three Character Classic". Does the mother want her to memorize it?"

Shen Yuechen smiled slightly: "Okay, quickly recite it to my mother."

Zhu Ying stood up and carried her back in a dignified manner.

Shen Yuechen listened with a smile, Chun Ming and Wu Ma also looked at Zhu Ying with a smile, and felt that she was very smart and lovely.

After Zhu Ying had memorized the book, Shen Yuechen immediately applauded and praised her, and even brought cakes for her to eat.

"Sister Ying, can you write your own name?"

Zhu Ying nodded: "My daughter can write."

Shen Yuechen took her little hand and walked to the desk, hugged her on his lap and sat down, and asked her to write his name with a pen.

Holding the brush clumsily, Zhu Ying wrote out her name stroke by stroke, but when writing the word "ying", three drops of water fell on it.

Shen Yuechen immediately took the pen in her hand and filled up the three dots of water.

When Nanny Li came in, she happened to see this scene, she was slightly taken aback, but then smiled and greeted her and said, "Young Mistress is so elegant."

Seeing her coming, Shen Yuechen quickly stood up to greet her, not forgetting to hold Zhu Ying's little hand.

Nanny Li blessed herself and beckoned the maid behind her to come in, only to see that maid was holding a bowl of steaming soup in her hand.

When Mr. Hu was about to leave, he left a prescription, and Li Shi ordered someone to make the medicine according to the prescription, and also asked Madam Li to deliver it in person, and watch Shen Yuechen drink it.

It was also a tonic, and it was also bitter and hard to swallow. Shen Yuechen pulled himself together and drank the decoction.

Zhu Ying just smelled the medicine, so she frowned, pouted and said, "Bitter, so bitter, so bitter."

Shen Yuechen felt nauseous from drinking the medicine, Chun Ming served her green tea to rinse her mouth, and brought candied fruit to relieve her pain.

Nanny Li looked at the bottomed medicine bowl, and retreated contentedly.

Zhu Ying then gently tugged on Shen Yuechen's sleeve, and asked childishly, "Is mother sick? Why do you need to take medicine?"

Shen Yuechen shook her head with a smile: "I'm not sick, those are just tonics for nourishing the body."

Zhu Ying didn't know why, and thought that only sick people should drink medicine, so she picked up a piece of cake and handed it to Shen Yuechen's mouth, "Mother eats cake, eat more, and the body will be strong."

Mama Wu smiled helplessly, and took the cake in her hand, "Young Mistress just took medicine, so she can't eat anything."

Shen Yuechen embraced her in front of him, holding her little hand: "Sister Ying is so obedient, she really knows how to love people."

When Zhu Ying heard this, she giggled, raised her face and said, "The child is the mother's daughter, so naturally he should feel sorry for the mother, and be a caring little padded jacket for the mother."

What a sweet little mouth.It seems that Mrs. Cao usually spends a lot of time on her.

As a concubine, she naturally had to be sensible earlier.It's really embarrassing for Cao's painstaking efforts.

Shen Yuechen smiled lightly, touched her little face, and said gently: "Let's go, mother will teach you how to write."

It is rare for Shen Yuechen to be in a leisurely mood, to practice calligraphy and play with Zhu Ying, while Wu Ma embroiders with her head bowed, occasionally mentioning a few words to Cuixin beside her, and Chun Ming also joins in the fun, smiling and looking at her a few more times.

As the evening approached, the dim yellow sunlight slanted in from the window, dyeing the entire harmonious room with a light golden color, and also cast a layer of warm luster on the people in the room. Zhu Jintang walked in leisurely with his hands behind his back. In the courtyard on the west side, I didn't expect to hear a burst of laughter like silver bells, and a child's childish voice chanting: "...Yuan Zhuzhu, Jin Zhuzhu..."

As soon as Zhu Jintang's footsteps stopped, he seemed to recognize the laughter, but felt it was very strange.Looking up, he glanced at the people in the room from a distance, and finally his gaze rested on Shen Yuechen who was sitting by the window.She was sitting by the window, teaching Zhu Ying in her arms what to write and draw. Both of them had smiles on their faces, their postures were intimate, and their expressions were joyful.

Zhu Jintang only felt that her unreserved smile seemed to be different from before, and his heart moved.

She seemed to have never smiled in front of her like this.Sure enough, when her eyes inadvertently turned on him, her expression changed slightly, and the smile on her face became a little stiff.

Zhu Ying was equally sincere and fearful, she got up together with Shen Yuechen, and came to the door to greet her.

Zhu Jintang saw it clearly, and couldn't help but feel a layer of coolness added to his heart.

However, in the blink of an eye, Shen Yuechen's face returned to the usual docile and well-behaved but wary expression.

She Fushen smiled slightly, took Zhu Ying directly and said: "Go and pay your respects to father."

With a little embarrassment, Zhu Ying saluted and said, "Daughter pays respects to father."

Zhu Jintang touched Zhu Ying's head, and said flatly: "I saw you talking and laughing just now, what are you doing?"

Zhu Ying remembered Cao's previous advice, took the initiative to hold her father's big palm, raised her head and replied, "Mother is teaching her daughter how to write."

Zhu Jintang glanced at Shen Yuechen, "Bring it here and let me have a look."

Zhu Ying nodded in agreement, trotted all the way to the table, tiptoed to pick up a few big crooked characters on the table, and handed it to her father.

Zhu Jintang took it over to take a look, and suddenly raised the corners of his mouth with a half-smile.It's not so much writing, it's more like ghost drawing symbols. The first few writings are crooked, and in the middle, the strokes become much more neat. A strange thing that looks like a cow and a horse.

Zhu Jintang read it carefully, finally nodded and said: "The writing is not bad, your mother's handwriting is very good, you have to learn from her, don't always be playful."

Zhu Ying nodded yes, took the messy rice paper, folded it carefully, "Later, my daughter will show it to Aunt Cao."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuechen looked at Chun Ming and said, "It's almost time for dinner, you can send her back to Cao's."

Chun Ming gave a "hmm" and carried Zhu Ying out of the room.Shen Yuechen personally served Zhu Jintang refreshments, and handed him a hot towel to wipe his hands.

Zhu Jintang didn't bother her today, took the towel and wiped his hands carefully and said: "You don't have to be busy, the servants will do the waiting, so you don't need to do everything yourself."

He said these words with no expression on his face, making it impossible to guess whether he was happy or angry, but his tone sounded a little weird.

Shen Yuechen smiled hurriedly: "It is my duty to serve the uncle, this little matter is nothing more than a little effort."

Her expression is very gentle, her tone is very sincere, it is really hard to find any mistakes.But it is because there is no way to pick a mistake that it seems that it is not from the heart.

Shen Yuechen didn't know what was going on in his mind, and still smiled and said, "I'll serve the uncle for dinner! The food in the kitchen has already been prepared, and it's simmering on the stove..."

"No need." Before Zhu Jintang waited for her to finish speaking, he refused without hesitation.

Shen Yuechen was slightly taken aback when he heard that.

Zhu Jintang continued: "I will rest at Mrs. Sun's place tonight, and I won't have dinner here." After he finished speaking, he couldn't help looking at Shen Yuechen's face, only to find that her expression was still as calm as water, without any strange expression, just slightly moved. laugh.

"Ms. Sun waited for Grandpa for nothing last night. Grandpa should go and have a look, so as to comfort him."

Zhu Jintang couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said something in a low voice. "Madam is so virtuous and sensible, I am very pleased." Although he was laughing, his laughter was clear and cold, which made Shen Yuechen stunned.

(End of this chapter)