Sir, I just want to be a salted fish

Chapter 161 The taste of longing

Jiang Shuheng and Jiang Shuyao had valued their parents' relationship since they were young, and did not want concubines to affect their relationship. For so many years, they only had their first wives.

At first, when Xiao and Mei were pregnant for the first time, they both proposed to have a wife for their husbands, and if they were lucky enough to become pregnant, they would take them as concubines, but they were sternly rejected by the two brothers.

Xiao and Mei had been treating their husbands like guests and playing the piano and harp in harmony for several years after they married into the Marquis Mansion, making many handkerchiefs of the same age envious that they had married the right person.

But where there are people, there are comparisons. Not only was Tang Bingxuan better born, better looking, and favored by her parents-in-law, Jiang Shunian was also kinder to Tang Bingxuan than Jiang Shuyao was to herself.

Jealousy is the origin of all evil, and Mei gradually lost her true heart in jealousy.

Therefore, Mrs. Mei sometimes spoke with confidence. Although she never did any serious evil, she always used words to provoke her two sisters-in-law.

"Hmph, looking at her coquettishness, she will definitely give birth to a girl."

In late November, Jiang Shunian had a mission and needed to go out for business. He told Mrs. Hou Qiao that he wanted to go out to visit friends.

At this time, the fetus in Tang Bingxuan's belly was not yet three months old. Mrs. Hou Qiao was not willing for her son to go out at this time, but her daughter-in-law Tang Bingxuan successfully comforted her.

"Mother, my husband and the others have already made an agreement. We should not delay our husband's promise just because of our daughter-in-law;
Besides, my husband-in-law is half-hearted when he stays to take care of his daughter-in-law. This is not allowed and he is not allowed to do that. I am much more comfortable with my mother by my side than by my husband-in-law. "

Mrs. Hou Qiao was also worried that if Jiang Shunian was not with his pregnant wife, Tang Bingxuan would have random thoughts that would affect adults and children.

Now that Tang Bingxuan, the pregnant wife, agrees, Mrs. Hou Qiao will no longer be a villain who blocks her son's travel.

Mrs. Qiao took advantage of the situation and compromised: "Your wife is considerate of you, so I won't stop you, but you have to come back as soon as possible to spend more time with Xuan'er, otherwise the child will disown you when he is born and no one will intercede for you."

"Yes, mother, my son knows."

Jiang Shunian said he was going out to visit friends this time, but in fact he was going to Di State to rescue an important spy from Ling State. It would take at least two months to go back and forth to Di Country even if he had to rush back and forth. Jiang Shunian warned Tang Bingxuan in advance and told her not to worry about him.

The Chinese New Year was coming in more than a month, and according to Jiang Shunian's wishes, he couldn't come back in time for the New Year reunion. Tang Bingxuan had someone pack a lot of gifts for him, because she was afraid that Jiang Shunian wouldn't be able to eat well or sleep well on the road.

Mrs. Hou Qiao only knew that Jiang Shunian was going out to visit friends, and thought that she would be able to return home in half a month. She did not expect that Jiang Shunian would not be able to go home during the New Year.

Tang Bingxuan knew from Jiang Shunian the purpose of his visit to Di Country. Although she didn't know the details, she was afraid that there would be no peace on the way back. She Wanwan asked him to bring the antidote pills and poison she developed in case of emergency.

The reason for going out to visit friends was also an external reason. In addition to bringing many escorts with them, they also had the same food and clothing expenses as before.

Even if a high-ranking disciple travels in a streamlined manner, there are still many necessary things to pay attention to, and they have to prepare a lot of things in order to hide from others.

Jiang Shunian was afraid that Tang Bingxuan would be worried, so he followed her instructions one by one. After finishing his wife's earnest explanation, Jiang Shunian helped Tang Bingxuan sit down on the soft floor.

Looking at Tang Bingxuan's unpregnant belly, Jiang Shunian felt extremely reluctant to give up. This was something he had never experienced before when he was on a mission.

Jiang Shunian squatted and snuggled next to Tang Bingxuan, stroking Tang Bingxuan's belly with his hand, and warned: "Son, you must be obedient in your mother's womb. Daddy will come back as soon as possible to accompany you mother and son."

On the first day after Jiang Shunian left, Tang Bingxuan didn't think much of him except that she was not used to having no one around her. The day after Jiang Shunian left, Tang Bingxuan began to miss him.

Missing his charming peach blossom eyes, missing his charming smile when he was around her every day, missing his innocent look of acting coquettishly.
On the third day after Jiang Shunian left, Tang Bingxuan missed him very much.

Thinking about his daily instructions, his tenderness and consideration to her, and his surprise expectations for their children.
On the Nth day after Jiang Shunian left, Tang Bingxuan began to think about his faults, thinking that this would suppress her inner thoughts, but it turned out to be in vain.

Jiang Shunian used to have a strong presence around her, but when he was no longer around, it was as if half of Tang Bingxuan's mind had been taken away.

Tang Bingxuan felt that it was not good for her to be like this, so she began to think about making some clothes and bedding for her children to pass the time, or go to the main courtyard to accompany her mother-in-law and entertain her two little nephews.
As long as you find something to do, you won't always think of that person.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, news came out from the East Palace that Prince Liangyuan Qin Zhilan was three months pregnant. Empress Qin was very happy and specially allowed Li, the wife of the eldest son of the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion, to come to the East Palace to visit.

On the night when the two princes Liangyuan entered the East Palace, the prince Ling Qian went directly to Qin Zhilan's place to rest, considering that Qin Zhilan was his maternal uncle's cousin and the honor should be given to her.

Chen Xiaoyue, who entered the East Palace on the same day as Qin Zhilan, heard that on the second day of her wedding, she asked the Crown Princess Ping Yu to arrange a quiet and remote palace to live in.

Chen Xiaoyue, the legitimate daughter of Jingtinghou Mansion, followed her own low-key approach and seemed to have no interest in inviting favors.

After hearing the news from the East Palace at that time, Tang Bingxuan had another understanding of Prince Ling Qian's deep love.

So what if the prince fell in love with Pingyu? He was the prince of Ling Kingdom and could never have only one woman in his harem.

Prince Ling Qian could not resist the orders of Emperor Ling and Queen Qin, so he could only accept them acquiescing, or perhaps just let nature take its course and enjoy the beauty in his arms.

I don’t know if Pingyu was secretly sad in the East Palace, or if she had known about this day for a long time and was already devastated in advance.

At this time, Tang Bingxuan didn't know how to comfort Pingyu, so she could only ask Pingyu's mother to bring the gadgets she picked out into the East Palace for the emperor's eldest grandson to play with.

I hope Pingyu can find someone to rely on when she sees her child, and she can calmly face the days in the palace in the future.

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On the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, Yun Lang, the second son of Chang'an Prefecture, got married.

Yunlang is one year younger than Jiang Shunian and is already in his twenties this year. However, his fiancée delayed his wedding because he was keeping filial piety for his father. Now he is finally about to welcome a new person into the house.

Jiang Shunian was not in Kyoto, and Tang Bingxuan was pregnant, so he specially sent someone to Yunlang to apologize, and asked his mother-in-law Qiao to help with the ceremony.

Yunlang's reputation in Kyoto was about the same as that of Jiang Shunian. Chang'an's wife, Kang, put a lot of thought into her second son's marriage proposal, and finally settled on Zheng Jingyi, the eldest daughter of General Xinwu's mansion.

Yun Lang's wife was from a military general's family, and her temperament was said to be somewhat similar to that of Mrs. Xiao, the wife of the Crown Prince of Yongning. Mrs. Kang specially arranged a marriage for Yun Lang.

Originally, it only took half a year for the two of them to get married. Unexpectedly, Zheng Jingyi's father passed away in less than a month because of a recurrence of an old injury.

General Xinwu was originally from a lower class background. After General Zheng passed away, the backbone of the mansion suddenly lost its backbone.