Foster son and husband

Chapter 266
After the Dragon Boat Festival, Xu Junying suddenly had to leave the capital for a few days according to the emperor's order, and he still didn't tell his family and left as soon as he said it. Meimei heard him say it the night before, but he first asked Meimei not to ask, and then said He has to go out before dawn the next day, just prepare a few sets of clothes for him.

Meimei was dissatisfied: "In a world of peace, the emperor sits firmly on the dragon chair, and you don't have to do things like secret guards and spies yourself. What else needs to be covered up? I really don't understand you!"

Xu Junying said with a smile: "If you know everything, then I will be free."

The couple bid farewell to each other, reluctant to go to bed in the middle of the night, when Meimei fell asleep and woke up again, there was nothing beside her pillow, and Xu Junying had already left.

For the first time, I felt lost in my heart, and worries and concerns came one after another.

The days went on as usual, and I still took Heng'er to Qiuhuayuan, went to the Ziyun Hall to be the director, and asked Liu Jingyun to sit next to me and help out. The fourth grandma Gan was timid, but Liu Jingyun could afford it. Lan is stronger.In the afternoon, she also let Liu Jingyun accompany her to the Jinhua Hall. The old lady looked at Liu Jingyun kindly, but she showed no expression towards Meimei. The wife served tea, which made Liu Jingyun feel anxious. She heard Liu Ye said that the old lady and the sister-in-law did not see eye to eye, but she didn't want to be caught in the middle, for fear that because of her appearance, the old lady and the sister-in-law would be further alienated.

On the [-]th, the old lady was going to a temple outside the city to invite eminent monks to pray for Zhuang Yulan's children. She had to fast for seven days, so she didn't have a meal. Meimei relayed Xu Junying's words to the old lady:
"I went to Xiaowai's barracks to stay for a few days for some matters in the army, and I will return home in about ten days at most. Please don't read it, grandma!"

The old lady paused for a moment with the beads in her hand, closed her eyes, and nodded slightly: "I see."

Walking out of Jinhua Hall, Meimei and Liu Jingyun walked side by side, and asked her with a smile, "What were you always looking at me for?"

Liu Jingyun bowed her head: "I will go to serve the old lady first, and then the fifth sister-in-law comes up, but the elder sister-in-law can't come closer, for fear that this will make the elder sister-in-law and the old lady even further and further apart!"

"That's it, I don't care. You do your job well and don't worry about me. The old lady likes you, which is very good... I was afraid that she would not want to see you because I told you for the sixth master. Now that's it, I'm relieved!"

Liu Jingyun said softly: "Sister-in-law is a person, I admire it very much... The old lady may have a knot in her heart, sister-in-law doesn't need to care too much, as long as she has a clear heart!"

Meimei nodded: "I think so too, thank you for understanding. Speaking of which, you have not married into the Hou's mansion for a full month, but you are used to it? It won't affect you if I invite you to Ziyun Hall? I'm just afraid that you will be bored , by the way, let you get to know more people in the mansion, the sixth brother won't say anything, will he?"

Liu Jingyun hurriedly said: "How can there be any impact? I can be by my sister-in-law's side, and I am too happy! Now that the old lady wants to eat vegetarian food quietly, she doesn't need us to come often. My aunt only asks me to go back to the Mandarin Academy every time. When Liu Ye came home, she refused to come and live with us, saying that she was used to living in that small courtyard, and Aunt Lin was with her. Liu Ye would come back to accompany me as soon as possible every day, and he also said that it would make me too idle I came to look for you, I went there once, but before I reached the gate of the courtyard, I hurried away again."

"why?"

"I saw my eldest brother coming in, so I don't want to disturb you."

Meimei couldn't help laughing: "You villain! Sixth brother treats you very well, right? You didn't marry a wife before, and you would go out to meet old friends from time to time. Now don't talk about the gate of the house, you don't even walk through the gate of the courtyard!"

Liu Jingyun blushed, lowered her head slightly and said, "Master Liu said he should thank sister-in-law, but I should be the one who should say this most. If sister-in-law didn't painstakingly persuade me, I would really have missed this marriage and missed six years." Lord, it will be the biggest regret in my life!"

Meimei smiled: "So, don't blame me for lying to you? I really want to go to your yard to play, but I am afraid that you will complain to me and say that I don't keep my promise. I promised you to marry me in eight months later. Who would have thought that their brothers... You must know that the people in this mansion are relatively domineering, and if they can't be fooled, they will act first, and I can't help it!"

Liu Jingyun laughed: "I heard from Liu Ye about the elder brother marrying his sister-in-law. It was forced by the situation. Didn't the elder brother want to go to the battlefield? Maybe it was a bit unsatisfactory at the beginning, but now you are not the same loving and happy? Sixth Master and I , as good as half of yours, that's enough!"

Meimei looked at her: "Satisfied if you can meet half of it? The devil will believe you!"

Liu Jingyun blushed even more: "Sister-in-law..."

Meimei pointed to the front, and saw Xu Junxuan turning around from behind the flower-shaded path: "Look! The groom is here to pick up the bride!"

Xu Junxuan walked up, looked at Liu Jingyun with a smile, and bowed to Meimei: "Sister-in-law!"

Meimei said: "It's just that you are here, take the bride back, I'll go over there to see Second Mistress!"

Liu Jingyun hurriedly said: "I'll go with my sister-in-law!"

Xu Junxuan said: "It's getting dark soon, I'll see you off, and we'll come back together at night!"

Meimei looked at them: "I just wanted to meet and talk and come back. You want me to stay there until night? It's okay, you go back. I have Cuixi and Cuisi, and I have Cuixi and Cuisi. There are women and servants, what are you afraid of in your own yard? You go on your own, or you can go to accompany your aunt for dinner, Xiaorong doesn't come back often after she gets married, she is thinking about it, how relieved she is!"

Liu Jingyun didn't insist anymore, Xu Junxuan said: "Then, sister-in-law, be careful, come back as soon as possible, it's hard to see the road at night!"

"I see!"

Meimei said with a smile, she turned around and saw Cuixi, she remembered again, and said to Liu Jingyun: "The previous few sets of embroidery have to be done quickly, it's a dowry, I'll give it to you if I can't make it in time, next time Someone got married in a month!"

Liu Jingyun heard what Cui Si said about the embroidery that day, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it should be done, and I will go to the shop to get it back tomorrow!"

Watching Meimei go there surrounded by women and maids, Xu Junxuan stretched out his hand to hold Liu Jingyun, Liu Jingyun said embarrassedly: "There is someone behind!"

Xu Junxuan turned his head to look at the women and maids following him, so he withdrew his hands and said with a smile: "Then let's go quickly, go to mother's place, if it's too late, she might run out of food by herself."

Liu Jingyun nodded, and the two walked side by side, leading the women and maids to the courtyard where Aunt Zhou lived.

Meimei went to Bai Jingyu's residence, but saw that the yard was full of people. Bai Jingyu's nanny, Mama Huang, was scolding a girl who was kneeling on the ground in the porch. Seeing Meimei coming in, she quickly changed her smiling face to greet her:

"Oh, it's Grandma! It's going to be late. It looks like it's going to rain. There are too many mosquitoes outside. Go inside!"

While leading the way in front, a woman pulled up the bamboo screen door, Madam Huang gave way, and Meimei walked in, smelling a choking smell in the room, the air was extremely noisy and hot, Bai Jingyu lay on the couch with her eyes closed, Xu Junlang stood by and looked at her worriedly. Mama Huang went forward and said:
"Go back to Second Master, Grandma is here!"

Xu Junlang was startled, stood up quickly, saw Meimei, and hurriedly saluted, "Sister-in-law is here! I'm so sorry..."

Meimei smiled and waved her hands: "Let me see why Jingyu is not giving birth yet. Seeing that you are so busy, is it going to give birth? What's the smell in the room? Can Jingyu bear the stuffy heat?"

Xu Junlang smiled wryly, and looked at Huang's mother: "Ask her, I have only been back not long ago, so I will have time to ask in the future."

Huang's mother leaned over and said, "Back to grandma: It turned out that the girl mistakenly took the incense for a long time and threw it into the smoker to burn. And I accidentally set my clothes on fire... Now I can't get rid of the smell, Second Mistress was so sleepy that she fell asleep again."

Meimei looked at Bai Jingyu, reached out and touched her forehead, and said, "Asleep? I think I was fainted by the smell! Don't you want to sleep in another place? You have to stay in this room? Why don't you pay attention?" Serve me up? Second Mistress is about to give birth as soon as she talks, but don’t be careless, careless people can’t be kept by your side, what about the girls who are close to you?”

Xiang Yun leaned over and said, "Back to Grandma: I just went out for a while, and it's like this when I come back! Second Mistress is only used to this room, and said she wants to move to the side room next door, but Second Mistress just refuses to go!"

Xu Junlang said: "My sister-in-law doesn't know, it's like someone recognizes a pillow. Jingyu is used to which room she lives in, and she doesn't want to change it anymore. When she moved here before, it took her a month or two to sleep well!"

Meimei sweated a little, is there something wrong?

She looked around, said something to Cuisi, and told Ms. Huang: "Open all the screen windows, let a dozen people come in, and fan around with Pu fans, even if you fan them hard, that smoked cage, how loud it is!" A few people come, drag it to the yard, remove all the incense ash inside, and then carry it in!"

Mama Huang was taken aback for a moment, and Xu Junlang said, "Can't Grandma hear you? That's what you should do!"

Mama Huang said, "But there are a lot of mosquitoes..."

"Do it!"

Mama Huang hurriedly let the women and servants come in, and did as Meimei said. Bai Jingyu woke up leisurely, saw the scene in the room, stared blankly, saw Meimei sitting in front of the bed again, and said with a smile:
"Sister-in-law? What are you doing?"

Xu Junlang hurried to help her up: "Are you awake? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, I just fell asleep suddenly, and I fell asleep when I closed my eyes. When did my husband come back?"

"I'll come back for a while, and my sister-in-law will come to see you. The room is so stuffy, but you can sleep? It's my sister-in-law who asked them to get rid of the strange smell."

Meimei smiled and said, "Are you sleepy or are you exhausted? Why don't you change to another room to rest? Just stay here, I don't know how you guys will spend the night if I don't come!"

Bai Jingyu was embarrassed: "I went to another room and I couldn't sleep well. I heard from the old man that it's not easy to move when I'm pregnant, otherwise the stomach will be restless and difficult to give birth to!"

Meimei was taken aback: "Isn't it because you don't even move the things in your room?"

"Well! It's best not to move."

Finally understanding why Mama Huang hesitated just now, Meimei couldn't help but look at Xu Junlang, and Xu Junlang also looked at her, and said, "I didn't know there was such a taboo, so it shouldn't matter?"

Meimei smiled, and said to Bai Jingyu: "It's auspicious, if you don't believe it, you don't! Jingyu, forget about that taboo, the second master and I don't believe it, and you don't believe it, your room, we moved! Anyway, you are going to give birth in confinement, don't worry, you will be fine!"

At this moment, Bai Jingyu saw several women carrying the smoked cages that had been cleaned up, and was so surprised that she couldn't speak.

　Thunderstorm, second watch. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)