Foster son and husband

Chapter 112 Colors
On a whim that day, Xu Junying insisted on sitting in the upper room and waiting for her to go to Jinhua Hall together, but he didn't invite her again the next day, thinking that she should understand his thoughts, and then went there consciously, but Mei Niang didn't care about it. Ignoring his intentions, he went to Qiuhua Courtyard the next afternoon and lingered on, coaxing Heng'er who had taken a nap, and playing with him for a long time. Instead of going to Jinhua Hall to serve dinner, he went back to Tsinghua Institute closed the door and turned off the lights early and went to sleep, not giving Xu Junying a chance to teach her a lesson.When Xu Junying came back from Jinhua Hall, she stared at the dark upper room in a daze. Cui Xi Cui Lian was doing needlework in the ear room next door. When she heard the maid calling for Lord Hou, she hurried out and saluted him and replied:
"Yesterday, in order to take care of Brother Heng, the eldest wife felt a little unwell. The eldest grandmother went to accompany Brother Heng, but she felt too tired when she came back, so she fell asleep after taking a bath!"

In the room, Mei Niang stood upside down against the wall on the couch, and Cuisi stood aside nervously, and whispered: "Grandma, come down, if Lord Hou opens the door to come in..."

Mei Niang said: "I bet he won't enter!"

Xu Junying looked at the two girls outside the door, turned around and went back to the east courtyard without saying anything.

Cui Lian lightly knocked on the door and said, "Sleep!"

Cui Si took a long breath: "Grandma is really a fortune teller!"

Mei Niang smiled: "What a fortune teller, just guessing. If he really comes in, he has to wait for Cuixi to open the door. I'll be on the bed in a few steps, so what are you afraid of!"

Now that she spends a day in Hou's mansion, Xu Junying seems to be not in any danger to her, just be on guard.March is coming, Qin Boqing will take part in the examination, the queen will give birth to a son, Zhuang Yulan and Zheng Meiyu will marry in, and then they can seek opportunities to escape!
The problem is Heng'er, how to take him away?That's Mrs. Zheng's favorite!This woman will do her best and go crazy when the time comes, I'm afraid she will mess up.

Otherwise, leave Heng'er and leave it to Mrs. Zheng to raise her?

This thought knocked her down, and the image of Heng'er immediately appeared in her mind, like watching a movie, crying, laughing, grievance, annoyed and complaining about various expressions, each look is so cute, it's heart-wrenching, no no no!Leaving him, abandoning him, there will be no peace in this life!

Meiniang lay on the bed thinking about it, she didn't know when she fell asleep, she had no dreams all night, she was woken up by Cuixi in the morning, staring at the pink gauze tent in a daze: This is Xu Junying and Qin Meiniang's marriage bed, Qin Meiniang died In this bed, she has been here for so long, at the beginning she was a little bit psychologically reverent, she had to be accompanied every night, she slept very soundly, the strange thing is that she rarely dreamed, but she wanted to dream of Qin Meiniang or Xu Junjie, Sometimes I try to think about them before going to bed, but there are no ghosts in my dreams.

Perhaps the souls of these two people who had nothing to do with her have been far away, alas!No matter what kind of fate it is, I hope they will be a couple in heaven and earth!
Seeing that Meiniang was still lying on the bed, Cuixi gently lifted the curtain, poked her head in and whispered, "Master Hou is here, get up quickly!"

Mei Niang was stunned for a moment: "What is he here for? He escorted me to Jinhuatang again?"

"No," Cui Xi suppressed a smile: "Master Hou has something to say to grandma, and he has already asked Cheng'er to deliver the breakfast."

Meiniang breathed a sigh of relief, stretched her waist and said, "That means you don't have to go to Jinhua Hall, okay, I'm getting up!"

There is a hollowed-out partition with hundreds of flowers, two layers of curtains hanging down, no bed can be seen from the outside, Mei Niang got off the bed, put on her embroidered shoes and left, but was stopped by Cui Xi, who took a dressing gown from Cui Lian and wanted to give it to her put on.

Mei Niang pushed it away: "It's spring, and there's no wind in the house, so you don't need to wear this!"

Cuixi said: "I have to wear it, it will still be cold sooner or later, if grandma catches a cold, mother will scold us to death!"

Mei Niang put on her dressing gown helplessly, and asked as she walked into the inner room, "Is Mama Wang's legs better?"

Cuixi replied: "According to the prescription, I went to Qiancaotang to buy medicine soaks for washing. It's much better. Cuisi went to see her."

Meiniang remembered that Xu Junying was outside, so she quickly put her index finger on her lips to signal Cuixi to stop talking, that prescription was prescribed by Zhang Jingyun for Madam Qin before, and Qiancaotang is Zhang Jingyun's pharmacy, Xu Junying may not know about it.

After washing, dressing and dressing up, she came out to meet Xu Junying, and found him sitting on the couch where she usually sat, concentrating on turning the pages of the book, Meiniang's heart skipped a beat: Cuisi didn't know whether to lock the cabinet inside the soft couch last night Door, if he randomly gets a cyclamen account book, it's game over!
What Xu Junying was reading was a travel book, which Ning Rulan lent to Meiniang. The title page of the book had Xu Junya’s seal, and the inside page contained various comments from the couple, with different opinions and the same aspirations, sweetness flowing between the lines, Full of warmth, when Mei Niang reads this book, she feels like she is reading someone's love letter at the same time.

Xu Junying closed the book and put it back on the low cabinet at the inner side, there were two stacks of books, all sent by Ning Rulan from Jinshu.

He said to Mei Niang: "There are also a lot of books in the study in the east courtyard. It's not good to always borrow Rulan's. Move them around and don't damage them!"

Mei Niang nodded: "What Master Hou said is that I don't have time to read these books, so I'll let Cuixi return them later!"

"Wait until the sky clears, it's raining outside!"

"Huh? It's raining again? Why is there no sound?"

Mei Niang turned her head to look out of the window, Xu Junying looked at her: "It's fine rain, the trees, flowers and grass, and the ground are all wet."

"Oh," Mei Niang frowned slightly, and turned to look at Cui Xi: "The batch of dried fish?"

Cuixi was taken aback: Grandma is getting bolder and bolder, daring to worry about the cyclamen's arrival in front of Master Hou!
Quickly replied: "It's all packed, don't worry, grandma!"

The small dried fish in Jinghu Lake, Qingzhou, is famous for its deliciousness. It is specially ordered by people to go all the way to buy it. More than a dozen baskets are piled up in the food warehouse. The weather is sometimes cloudy and sometimes sunny. Spread out bamboo mats in the backyard to ventilate and dry the fish. When the fish is dried, it is dried with charcoal fire. If it is stored with fire again, it will be too much and affect the flavor. It is enough to dry it from time to time to remove moisture.

There is a lot of rain in spring, and there is no refrigerator in this era, so dry goods are not easy to store, and it’s okay to lose some money. It’s a pity that the good things are good. The little dried fish is Mei Niang’s favorite food.This is a good food with a high calcium content. I really want to get some for Heng’er to eat. Thinking of needing to convince Mrs. Zheng, I feel powerless. Mrs. Zheng will probably say: My Heng’er, as for eating this kind of food Bone larvae?

Xu Junying asked, "What small dried fish?"

Mei Niang replied: "I like to eat small dried fish, let them dry, I am afraid they will forget to go outside!"

Cheng'er brought the servant woman in with a food box. In addition to all kinds of pasta for breakfast, there were also porridge and seven or eight kinds of side dishes. There was only room for three or four dishes on the low table. Cuixi said: "Put it on the round table. Lord Hou and grandma please move over there for breakfast."

Xu Junying said: "No need, these few things are enough, take the rest!"

He finally figured it out, the maids around Meiniang all eat and eat the same as their master.

Mei Niang glanced at him, and said to Cheng'er: "Go, eat with mom!"

Looking at Cui Xi and Cui Lian again: "You guys go down too, come back later!"

Cuixi and Cui Lian went out, and Mei Niang served Xu Junying a bowl of fresh green mustard porridge with preserved egg and lean meat:
"This porridge is good. It clears heat and relieves heat and is nourishing. Master Hou, eat a bowl."

The two sat opposite each other, eating slowly, Mei Niang turned her head to look at the sky outside the window, and suddenly remembered: "Master Hou doesn't have to go to court today?"

Almost said it was work.

Xu Junying said: "Today I take a rest."

Mei Niang automatically added: "There is still tomorrow, two days of rest."

Xu Junying looked at her: "One bath every five days, only one day!"

"But I remember once you took two days off."

The corners of Xu Junying's lips were slightly raised, and he looked away: "That's a special case, the errands should be done in advance, and the Holy One has given special permission."

"Oh, I see!"

Mei Niang breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he only had one day off, he was uncomfortable at home, always worried that he would bump into him, and he had to be scruples if he wanted to leave the house.I used to think that he had weekends and weekends, and he had two days off after one day off. Really, it was a waste of time.

"What's the matter with you?" Xu Junying asked.

"No!" Mei Niang replied quickly, and put a plate of dumplings in front of him: "This is not good when it's cold...Will Lord Hou still go to Jinhuatang later?"

Xu Junying nodded: "Today I will accompany the old lady into the palace to meet the queen mother."

Mei Niang was overjoyed: the old lady went to the palace to meet the queen mother, and Zhuang Yulan's affairs would be settled soon. Once the order is issued, the marriage will be arranged. Xu Junying must mess up when the wife and concubine enter the house, and she will be much freer then.

There should be a lot of problems. The two of them will not be fighting among themselves for the time being during the newlyweds. After all, the concubine can't move his wife. They are unanimous in the outside world. Just throw out the bottles and cans, your fake cousin really wants to find out!

Mei Niang remained calm and pretended, "The weather is bad, it's raining outside, so I chose this day..."

Xu Junying said: "It's okay, it's been arranged, I'll be in a carriage, I'll be escorted into the palace, I don't need the old lady to walk."

"That's good."

Xu Junying put down the chopsticks: "I'm done eating, I'll go to Jinhuatang now, maybe come back in the afternoon... Heng'er is sick these two days, so you don't have to go to Jinhuatang, I'll tell the old lady."

"Thank you, Lord Hou, for your understanding!"

Mei Niang was surprised and grateful, Hou Ye showed mercy, that's great!

But I heard Xu Junying say: "The burden you asked me to give to the queen was handed in yesterday. The emperor really likes the sleeveless fleece dress. He said that it is suitable for spring and the color is also suitable..."

Mei Niang smiled: "Is the queen okay? I promised to knit it for her. The weather is warm in spring. From next month, I don't need to wear long-sleeved sweaters. I just need to wear thin and sleeveless ones to avoid catching cold. Busy every day Lulu, I finally finished knitting for her, one piece for each of the emperor and queen!"

Xu Junying looked at her: "What color is your...?"

Meiniang froze for a moment: "What?"

"The fleece clothes you wear."

Mei Niang's eyes turned: What do you mean?Ask about the color of the sweater.

Xu Junying said: "You knitted clothes of the same color for the emperor and the queen. The emperor said that only married couples wear the same clothes... What color did he ask me?"

That's what it means!Meiniang can't laugh or cry, the emperor has too many things to do, just wear it for you, and ask seven questions, and the queen, it seems that their husband and wife are really good, Meiniang and the queen talk about couple suits, couple suits, family suits What, I guess she told the emperor all about it!
Mei Niang didn't know that Cuixi gave Xu Junying the long-sleeved sweater she knitted before at the order of Mama Wang. When she knitted the sweater with broken sleeves, she never thought of knitting one for Xu Junying. Putting on the same sweater, I took it for granted that Xu Junying would also have it, and it should also be a couple's outfit.

Mei Niang was a little embarrassed: "I'm wearing red, it's not suitable for men, just tell him any color you want!"

"You can't be casual, that's bullying!"

Mei Niang raised her hand and touched her forehead: "Then, it's pink and purple..."

"Didn't you wear red? Ask for the same!"

Mei Niang turned her head to one side: "Oh no, what I said randomly is actually pink and purple!"

I don't know how Xu Junying got into the bed, Mei Niang turned around and found that he had already walked to the door, she paused when she reached out to press the door curtain, wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, the door curtain moved, and the person disappeared.

　Today is two more
　　
　
(End of this chapter)