Foster son and husband

Chapter 103 Disputes
I heard Cheng'er's voice shouting outside: "Dinner has arrived!"

Meiniang tilted her head slightly, her eyes flashed towards Cuixi very quickly, and at the same time she looked back at Xu Junying, and as a cover, she smiled at him, thinking about it, it seemed strange to laugh at him for no reason, so she then I have nothing to say:
"Would you like to eat more, Lord Hou? Jinhuatang's food is very rich today. The old lady likes the braised lion's head very much. She ate it for several days. The kitchen also made a lot of new dishes, but they all suit your taste, right? You brothers are all here, and there is good news from Ru Lan, the old lady must be very happy!"

Xu Junying listened to her talk, but kept silent. Seeing Cuixi walk away, she knew that their master and servant wanted to make a table to eat, but he came. If all the dinner was brought in, it would be difficult to be in front of him. When they were separated, he sat all the time, and Meiniang had only one person to eat, so the group of girls had to be hungry first. Meiniang gave Cuixi a wink just now to let Cuixi go out, and separated the food outside the door. Just bring one in.

When did these women, Mei Niang and the girls, become so spirited?When Mei Niang was seriously ill, the complexions of these girls were very bad, one was duller than the other, they were driven around by Zheng Meiyu, and they didn't dare to say a word, but now they are so confident and arrogant, eloquent, Ye Cui To dare to say that kind of thing to the mistress, tonight's Cui Lian is even more out of line, even going to bed to give up, she can say it out loud.

Who gave them such courage and confidence?Of course it was Qin Meiniang, their master.

If Cui Lian's fault is investigated, Mei Niang will definitely take care of it. If you want to protect the dignity of Lord Hou, you can't take her face into consideration. I said that if there is another time, I will never forgive you lightly. If you really ask about the crime, he will You can't break your word, you have to be punished, both Cui Lian and Cui Si have to be dragged out, according to Mei Niang's current temperament, she will definitely not agree, he has heard about her excessive indulgence and trust in his close girl, and he has also seen it with his own eyes.

In a second thought, he chose to let them go, not letting them realize that he had heard the words of his master and servant again. It was not his intention to make Meiniang anxious. Although he really wanted to see her angry, it was not his intention today. Night.

Seeing that Xu Junying didn't answer her, Mei Niang just picked up the teacup and drank tea, she was a little embarrassed, thinking that this guy was pretty good, but his personality was too boring, so she didn't bother to talk to him, got up and walked to the round table, she I was so hungry, smelling the smell of chicken soup, I wished I could grab the food box and put all the food on the table quickly, this girl Cuixi was too slow!
Cui Lian put a bowl of soup in front of her, Mei Niang's hand just touched the soup bowl, Xu Junying came over and said: "I'll accompany you to eat some, there were too many people just now, they were too busy talking and didn't eat much."

Meiniang let out a cry, revealing a bit of reluctance very carelessly, pretending to be virtuous and giving him the bowl of chicken soup in her hand, watching Cui Lian serve her another soup, and sighing in her heart: what a beautiful dinner , He ruined it again!With him here, I had no choice but to pretend to be gentle, grab the chicken legs, the chewy chicken paw cartilage... Missed tonight!

Because she was hungry, she still ate with great taste. She was afraid that the food over there would be cold, so she sent Cui Xi Cui Lian Cui Si away, and Xu Junying drank the soup and ate relatively silently. The five dishes were rearranged again, and said to Xu Junying with a smile:
"You like to eat light dishes without chili, which is similar to Cousin Lan's taste, but the old lady likes to eat spicy dishes like me. It's a bit strange!"

Xu Junying said indifferently: "I can eat anything. In the army, how can I choose?"

"You don't eat fish?"

"The fish is spiny and time-consuming!"

Mei Niang lowered her head and smiled, and stopped talking. Xu Junying looked at her with a depressed expression.

The meal was finished in such a vague way, Cui Xi Cui Lian came in to clean up the dishes, wiped and tidied up the table, Cui Si led Cheng'er and Ping'er to bring hot water and tea to wash their hands and mouth, Mei Niang sat down Going to the couch to hook a sweater, Xu Junying asked for tea, Cuixi looked at Meiniang, and Meiniang said:

"Master Hou, let's drink tea after the meeting. You drank two bowls of soup just now... Drink tea after meals. It is said to help digestion, but in fact it is not good. It is best to wait for more than half an hour before drinking."

Xu Junying looked at her: "Every time in Jinhuatang, we drink tea after dinner, why don't you say so?"

Mei Niang said: "It's hard to say, they may not believe it, everyone has different habits, others think it's good, why change?"

Xu Junying has nothing to say, and has no intention of leaving. The gentle woman in front of him with her head bowed and wrapped in wool is strange and familiar. He is willing to just sit like this for a long time without saying anything. She just goes about her business. Just look at it.

The people sent by Ning Rulan broke the tranquility of the house, and Jin Shu led the two women to report that there was a commotion in Huifang Courtyard, and the second master beat the second mistress, and now there was a mess, the second master shouted Wanting to divorce his wife, the old lady was shocked...

Xu Junying said: "I'll go and see!"

Mei Niang hurriedly got up and sent him to the door: "Let the old lady pick up two lanterns and follow!"

Xu Junying turned to look at her: "You have to go too, change into a robe, I'll wait!"

Mei Niang was very reluctant, she didn't want to get involved in the matter of the second room, she was so chaotic: "It's fine for Master Hou to go, I'm a woman, and I can't talk, what's the use of going?"

"You are in charge of housework in the mansion, why shouldn't you go? The elders are all here, so you have to wait by the side!"

Confess to Cuixi: "Help grandma change her clothes, hurry up!"

Mei Niang had no choice but to put on a jacket with the help of Cui Xi, and Cui Si brought a pair of buckskin boots over:

"Grandma, wear this. It's raining lightly outside, and the road is wet."

"It's raining again? What the hell!"

Mei Niang complained, walked to the edge of the couch and sat down, and Cui Si put on the moccasin boots inlaid with silver beads for her, Cui Xi followed her to adjust her collar, stretched her sleeves, and then tied the brocade silk around her waist Suizi, Cui Lian looked left and right, and felt that her headdress was too simple, so she went to take another pearl hairpin and put it on. By the way, she put a bunch of palace flowers on her temples. Mei Niang cut it and picked the palace flowers. I threw it to her, Cui Lian caught it, put it on the hairpin again, and Meiniang left it to her.

Xu Junying stood quietly and watched. He waited for Mei Niang to dress up and go out not once or twice. This time he saw how they did it with his own eyes. Unexpectedly, it was so messy that he didn't even need to look in the mirror.

Going to Huifangyuan, Xu Junying walked very fast all the way, Mei Niang wore comfortable moccasin boots, her steps were brisk, and she followed closely.Halfway there, she looked back at the maids and women who were a dozen steps away behind her. She suddenly thought of something, slowed down, and gradually distanced herself from Xu Junying, walking with the maids.

Xu Junying noticed her small movements, ignored her, and walked ahead, and stopped at the gate of Huifangyuan, waiting for her to go in together.

In the upper room of Huifang Courtyard, the old lady was sitting on the couch, the second wife was sitting on the side, Xu Junya, Xu Junting, and Xu Junqiao were surrounded by three couples, Xu Junlang and Bai Jingyu were sitting in front of the old lady, Bai Jingyu had disheveled hair, crying hoarsely, The arrogance of the past was gone, and no one could hold back tears of sympathy for his pitiful appearance.

The old lady raised her face, pointed at Xu Junlang and scolded: "The Xu family is a well-known family, a century-old family, all of them are gentlemen and Shuyuan, from your grandfather to your father's generation, there are literary and military, which one of them treats me well?" Have you ever done anything to a woman? Even if your daughter-in-law did something wrong, she will be punished by her own family law. How can you beat her as soon as she comes up? How can you be a polite person because of your studies and career? Confused? If you want to divorce your wife, is Jingyu guilty of seven crimes? Hmm? Tell me about it!"

After scolding, the second wife winked at Zhenzhu who was next to her. Zhenzhu went to bring a cup of hot tea, leaned over and handed it to Xu Junlang. Xu Junlang knelt down and presented it to the old lady:
"Grandma's lesson is that the grandson is confused, so don't get mad at the grandson, and drink some tea to soothe your throat!"

Ruixue took the tea, the old lady snorted, but her mouth was really dry, she took a sip of tea from Ruixue's hand, just about to say something, when she saw Xu Junying and Mei Niang coming in, she beckoned to them wave:

"Junying is here, sit over here!"

Then he said to Xu Junlang and Bai Jingyu: "Get up and talk, the sky is not cold anymore, the ground is cold, be careful and sick again!"

Xu Junlang got up from the ground by himself, without looking at Bai Jingyu, Fang hurriedly stepped forward to help Bai Jingyu, Ning Rulan wanted to help, the second wife called her:

"Don't move! You have a body, you are more delicate than anyone else, be careful not to bump into each other, this place is chaotic, you shouldn't come!"

The old lady also hurriedly said: "Yes, Rulan should be more careful, don't get involved with them!"

Gan Shi went, and Fang Shi supported Bai Jingyu on the left and right, and sent her to the second wife's chair to sit down.

The second wife gave her a cold look, then turned her face away.

Bai Jingyu's eyes were red and swollen, she half covered her face with her sleeves, she looked haggard and lonely, Meiniang couldn't help but feel uncomfortable when she saw that someone who was so shrewd and strong had fallen to this point.

What's the use of having a good background and being sweet and well-behaved?As long as you get in the way of others, you will not have a good life in this mansion.

Bai Jingyu has a strong identity and background, and is capable and good at being a human being. Even if she is mixed up like this, if the old Qin Meiniang hadn't had the seventh lady to show up, and the eldest wife to take care of her, she would have died of aggrieved death in Xu's residence.

From another perspective, the former Qin Meiniang should be forgiven for doing something wrong, right?If she honestly does nothing, has no love, no lovesickness, no experience of the happiness and pain that a woman should have, and doesn't even leave behind a son, just waiting to be tortured to death, wouldn't it be too bad?

Xu Junying married her—strictly speaking, it was a forced marriage. According to Lin Runan, Qin Meiniang didn't like Xu Junying at the beginning. Maybe her lover is not like him at all. That is also a smart woman who has read poetry and books since she was a child. The depth of her thinking is immeasurable. How can you buy a lifelong relationship with a piece of imperial edict?What promise did Xu Junying give her?Had he ever made a covenant with her?Guess there should be no!

With Xu Junying's indifferent temperament, it would be strange if he could say touching words of love!

They were mediating disputes between husband and wife, Mei Niang clasped her hands, and stood straight behind the old lady, without saying a word, thinking wildly to herself, turning a deaf ear to the people and things in front of her, unexpectedly her eyes bumped into Xu Junying. With complicated eyes, he woke up suddenly, turned around quickly, took Ning Rulan's hand, and asked her about Xu Junlang and Bai Jingyu very seriously.

　The second watch is expected to come out at 10 o'clock. . . . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)