businesswoman's wife

I don't know how long he has been here, Xu Xiuyi looked apologetic.

"I am late."

He didn't care at all, and gently took her into his arms.

"I'm willing to wait."

"What if I don't come?"

"Then I'll wait until forever."

Her heart warmed, and she wrapped her hands around his neck, her eyes crystal clear.

"How long is forever?"

"What do you say?"

He leaned over and kissed her lips, there was a strong aroma of tea in his mouth.

After all, this Wuliting is also a place where people come and go. It's not good to be too affectionate. With a small kiss, the two of them are still unfinished. Xu Xiuyi got up and said to An Chengshao: "How about you go to the lake?"

Young Master An Cheng relies on her.

"it is good."

There is a Baita Lake near Wuliting. The sun in early summer is not too hot, and the wind blows ripples. The whole lake is like gold falling, sparkling, a small boat, boating on the lake, He was well prepared, even the pastries and drinks.

The boat was bought from the boat owner. There was a small table on the boat. He was probably not an expert in this field.

Finally, Chuan stopped in the middle of the lake, and he seemed to be defeated.

"Just stay still and let the wind blow me back to the shore."

Xu Xiuyi agreed.

"Otherwise, if the ghost hits the wall, the year of the monkey and the month of the horse will be able to go back."

"I haven't learned it. There are only deserts and grasslands outside the customs, and there are no boats."

It was about his home outside the gate, and Xu Xiuyi suddenly realized that she didn't know anything about him.

The tea was still brewing, she looked at him with her cheeks raised, her big eyes twinkling.

"I've never known your home, who else is in your home?"

He was slightly startled, then chuckled: "I had a mother who died of illness two years ago, and now I am alone."

"Where's your father?"

Xu Xiuyi blurted out and asked.

An Cheng Shao shook his head: "My father died before I was born."

"sorry."

Xu Xiuyi didn't expect that An Chengshao's parents were deceased. In a sense, An Chengshao was an orphan.

She couldn't help feeling a little pity, reaching out and holding An Chengshao's hand, wanting to give warmth to his family.

"If I go back to the border with you, will you take me to the desert, to the grassland?"

An Chengshao's eyes were full of tender affection.

"Wherever you want to go, I will accompany you. I have a horse named Ebony, I think you will like it."

"Wu Mu'er, huh, I think there was once a hero, and his horse's name also had a black character."

An Chengshao was obviously interested. In fact, as long as it was what she said, he was interested in listening.

"What's the name of that horse?"

"Wu Wei, it's in the playbook. You shouldn't listen to the play outside the gate. You probably don't know that this is a play about heroes and beauties. The hero there is a black horse."

She wanted to tell her about their world little by little.

About history, about her.

The story of Xiang Yu and Yu Ji is the love she ever envied the most. If you don't leave, I won't give up, even if the ending is bleak, but going with Jun Huangquan, there is nothing in this life.

She told this story to An Cheng Shao, and An Cheng Shao was fascinated by it. She didn't know whether it was because she told it too well or because she was too beautiful.

"What about the last?"

"This is the end, the Han soldiers have already landed, and the Chu singing is heard from all directions. The king is exhausted, and the lowly concubine He Liaosheng, the last supper, Yu Ji committed suicide, Xiang Yu was forced to Wujiang, and finally committed suicide."

"The storybook will still play such a tragedy?"

Xu Xiuyi chuckled lightly: "Although it is a tragedy, it is a story that will last forever. I envy this kind of love, life and death go hand in hand."

An Chengshao suddenly took her hand, put it on his lips and kissed lightly: "Will you be with me, life and death?"

Xu Xiuyi was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "You don't look like a short-lived ghost. If you can't keep it safe, I will die before you."

She was joking, but he was very serious: "If you leave me, I will chase after you even if you leave the Hell King."

"Hehe, good, you are amazing, the King of Hell is afraid of you, let's drink tea, the tea is cold."

An Chengshao stretched out his hand, and his slender arm stroked the scar on Xu Xiuyi's forehead across the small table: "Who was that man that day?"

Xu Xiuyi's body was obviously stiff, and An Chengshao's eyes flashed a hint of unpleasantness.

Seeing that Xu Xiuyi seemed unwilling to answer, he started the topic by himself, and he dealt with the topic hastily: "You are so beautiful, if I hadn't happened to pass by that night, I wouldn't have imagined that there would be What are the consequences. If someone dares to take advantage of you regardless of your wishes in the future, I have to abolish him."

Xu Xiuyi smiled bluntly. She really didn't want to live up to such a beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains. Seeing that An Chengshao probably took Su Jinyuan in the box that day as an indecent and frivolous man who adored her, she didn't want to continue this topic.

"Have some tea, do you have anything to eat? I'm a little hungry."

An Chengshao opened the basket that he brought. The bottom of the basket was a few plates of cakes and fruits, all from Wufangzhai. The crystal hibiscus cake, even if you queue up early, may not be able to buy it.

She was hungry, but when she really took out the food, she lost her appetite. She just took a few bites in a symbolic way, but she felt that the sweetness was strangely uncomfortable. After drinking a sip of tea and rinsing her mouth, she could no longer eat .

"Why didn't you eat it?"

An Chengshao asked.

She shook her head.

"I don't know if it's been hot recently, but I don't really like to eat."

"Are you sick? Have you seen the doctor?"

Xu Xiuyi chuckled: "Look at the doctor, I have one in my family now, it shouldn't be, I'm strong and healthy, what kind of disease can I get, maybe it's the headache that Su Jinyi gave me, plus your affairs a few days ago ."

"It's my fault, no matter what, I have to find a way to send you a letter, but I'm too tight with my own eyes, and she always threatens me with death. After all, her father is kind to me, I... …”

"Look at you, panic, I didn't say anything to you, I know, I believe you. I held my breath a few days ago, and I couldn't get through with myself. It will be better in a few days."

"Then Su Jinyi, what tricks did you think of to deal with you?"

An Chengshao asked.

Xu Xiuyi shrugged: "Don't mention him, it's a disappointment, I naturally have a way to deal with him."

"Embroidery."

"what happened?"

He hesitated, and after a while, he shook his head: "It's nothing, don't be too tired, you are not responsible to the Su family, and I will take you away as soon as my business is done."

Fly away.

Xu Xiuyi just smiled and said nothing.

As the sun went down, the boats fluttered to the shore, and a large cloud of fire burned the entire western sky as if it was gilded.

Layers of clouds rolled, and a cool breeze hit, rolling up the long hair of the two, and entangled them wantonly behind the two.

Time is so short, it would be nice if there was no separation.

But eventually going back.

The two walked back along the lake, and they were all full. It was a moment of effort, and they wanted to cherish it.

Holding hands, his palms are warm.

"Xiu'er, in order to embroider a purse."

I don't know why he suddenly wanted a purse, but Xu Xiuyi's female red needle scorpion is actually first-class and powerful. After all, her family raised her to be a good wife and mother since she was a child.

"What do you want?"

"You choose, I only have one request, which is to put a small tuft of your hair in the mezzanine of the purse, so that even if I can't see you all the time, I can feel a little bit of you, it's still good."

"Oh, I see, what exactly are you here for when you come to the capital?"

She just asked casually, but he didn't seem willing to answer.

"It's not a big deal. It won't take long. For you, I want to step up."

Xu Xiuyi nodded: "Oh."

In the end, there was a lump in her heart. She felt that this matter that An Cheng had done must not be as simple as time as he said. He kept silent and refused to tell her, it shouldn't be this, it's a bad thing.

But looking at An Chengshao, she thought she thought too much, An Chengshao was not the kind of person who would do bad things.

Back with An Chengshao, the sky just turned dark, Xu Xiuyi still lived in her parents' house, and chatted with Xu Wish that night, Xu Wish was still worried about the old lady of the household.

Xu Xiuyi didn't know if this person was really so ugly. Seeing that her father was worried, she comforted her a few words, and only returned to the room when she saw that Xu Wish looked better.

As soon as she went back, she saw Zhong Yaqin in her room, seemingly waiting for her.

Seeing her come back, he stood up and walked over.

"Xiuyi, do you know who your brother is with?"

"Master An's caravan, didn't father tell you?"

Xu Xiuyi asked.

That Zhong Yaqin's eyes were red: "don't lie to me, I saw it all."

Xu Xiuyi thought for a moment: "You, what did you see?"

"Father-in-law told me that your brother went with the caravan to the outside of the customs. I thought that it would be inconvenient for your brother to go outside the customs. I thought about preparing some of his favorite pastries and waiting for him to come back. I went out to Wufuzhai in the afternoon. , I saw it, although the face is covered, but that figure, that back is your brother's, I won't admit it if I kill him, he, he..."

Zhong Yaqin started crying.

Xu Xiuyi didn't know what to say for a while.

"He was with a woman, and he also covered his face. I couldn't tell which girl it was. The two held hands. If I said that I might have mistaken the back, but your brother has a small stab wound on his little finger. Look carefully, this is the location."

Xu Lanqing is both civil and military, and the knife-wielding gunner also suffered a little injury. Xu Xiuyi never knew that Xu Lanqing had a knife wound on his little finger, which shows Zhong Yaqin's meticulousness towards Xu Lanqing.

It's just that she didn't understand how Xu Lanqing could be with a woman. Logically speaking, shouldn't Xu Lanqing be with the Fifth Prince?

Could it be that, in order to avoid suspicion, the fifth prince put on red makeup for her brother.

She was stunned.

Zhong Yaqin repressed and cried: "I actually knew for a long time that your brother doesn't like me, you probably don't know, from the time of marriage to today, he, he has never touched me, Xiu Yi, did I fail in being a woman? ?"

Zhong Yaqin would say this to Xu Xiuyi. It is true that there are some reasons for the grievances in her heart, but in a big way, it is probably because Xu Xiuyi's husband is also such a person.

There was a good woman outside, who never cared about Xu Xiuyi. Outsiders said that Su Jinyuan left the house in the middle of the night on the wedding night, and never spent the night in the new house again.

She privately thought that she and Xu Xiuyi had a common topic and were sympathetic to each other.

Xu Xiuyi was actually taken aback. She didn't know that Xu Lanqing's relationship with the five princes was so deep that a normal relationship between men and women was impossible.

What can she say, she can only comfort: "sister-in-law, things may not be what you think, have you seen, where did my brother and that woman go?"

"After buying things, I went up the mountain to worship Buddha."

Blessed Buddha, is it...

Suddenly I thought of that night, when I met the Fifth Prince at Qianfo Temple and brought food back to the room in person, could it be because someone was hiding in the room.

And if this is the case, who is this person, it is obviously her brother Xu Lanqing.

"You said, when my father had an accident, I was going to worship Buddha and ask God, but your brother always said that he was busy and refused to accompany me. Now..."

"Sister-in-law, I first ask you not to tell daddy about this. You know, because of daddy's temper, I have to beat my brother to death. In this way, I will let my brother explain to you about this matter, and I will find a way. Summon him and bring him back to make amends for you."

Zhong Yaqin thought that things had come to this point. She had no relatives and no support in the capital, so she couldn't make a fuss. Even if there was a woman outside Xu Lanqing, she could only swallow her anger.

Now that Xu Xiuyi is still willing to be her master, she will hold back her tears.

"It doesn't matter if your brother really doesn't like me. I know that a strong melon is not sweet. I just hope he doesn't ruin his future. He will have a scientific examination next year. Don't delay his serious studies for a woman."

Zhong Yaqin was afraid that Xu Lanqing would run away with the woman if he was too hot-headed.

If Xu Lanqing just found a woman outside, she would be the original match anyway, she endured this tone and allowed him to marry him back, after all, she was the older person or the younger.

But if Xu Lanqing ran away, she would become a living widow.

Her father had already skinned her once, and told her to behave carefully in her husband's family and not dare to make any mistakes.

If her husband doesn't want her anymore, what is she going to live for.

Xu Xiuyi nodded and agreed: "Sister-in-law, brother is a sensible person, don't worry, sister-in-law, don't think about it first, don't mention it, father. His old man has been busy with trivial matters recently, and it's already annoying enough."

Zhong Yaqin sniffed and agreed, "I didn't say that."

"Then sister-in-law, go back carefully."

As soon as Zhong Yaqin left, Xu Xiuyi felt that her head was big, but she didn't expect Xu Lanqing and Wu Mo to be so high-profile.

Moreover, I didn't expect that the world would be so small that two people would be bumped into by Zhong Yaqin.

Qianfo Temple, should she go for a visit?

*

Early the next morning, Xu Xiuyi asked her maid to prepare a fasting meal, saying that she wanted to go up the mountain to worship Buddha and make a wish.

When the sedan chair was half-mountain high, she always felt that she would embarrass Xu Lanqing if she came forward like this, and what she was going to say, what position she stood on, these were all questions.

After thinking about it, she let the sedan chair go back the same way.

The long staircase leading to the Thousand Buddha Temple is very narrow and can only accommodate three people side by side. If the sedan chairs are going up and down the mountain, the pedestrians must avoid the side. Inside the top edge, let the other ride pass first.

Xu Xiu recalled that it was early to go up the mountain, and she had never met such an early pilgrim who came down from the mountain after worshipping the gods.

When we went down the mountain, it happened to be the time when people went up the mountain to worship Buddha.

All the way, the sedan chairs walked on the edge of the pole, for fear of blocking the way of the believers.

Just walked for a while, but was stuck by an oncoming sedan chair.

As usual, there are two sedan chairs, and one of them should give way, but Xu Xiuyi has not yet ordered the servants to make way, when the sedan chair in front of her made a gruff and arrogant voice.

"Whoever doesn't have eyes, dare to be our lady's sedan chair, get out of the way."

Xu Xiuyi was not a high-profile and domineering person, but now she is not so humble anymore.

"Move forward."

She instructed the bearers that they go down the mountain and go up the mountain over there. In terms of attacking and receiving strategies, they are slightly better.

The sedan chair pushed over, and the sedan chair on the top of the mountain was forced to lean to the side frequently.

"Stop, stop, who's it, don't you die? Do you know who is sitting in our sedan chair?"

Who Xu Xiuyi didn't know, she only knew that to ask others to give way, there must be a minimum of polite words.

Saying "trouble make way" won't die.

"Who are you from?"

The bearer of the Xu family replied.

There was a sudden sneer, and said proudly: "This sedan chair is the sister of Mr. Hubu Shangshu, why, open your dog's eyes to see the sedan chair of Hubu's house, and those who are sensible should move away quickly, and the household will be guilty. My lord, I don't have your good fruit to eat."

Xu Xiuyi in the sedan chair really wanted to laugh.

Yesterday, I mentioned this sister of the household family, but I met today, isn't it fate?

However, this is probably a misfortune.

It is said that servants follow the master. Seeing the maidservant's arrogant and domineering appearance, Xu Xiuyi did not expect the eldest lady in the sedan chair to be a gentle and elegant lady.

That's right, otherwise, how could it be delayed to become an old girl in her 30s, and when she sees a man, she will shamelessly stick her eyes on her face. It's hard for her father to worry about her age, and she can't eat or sleep well because of this matter.

Xu Xiuyi wanted to see what kind of female Zhong Kui, the temperament of a dominatrix, was born to this old lady.

She motioned the bearer to stop the sedan chair, got out of the sedan chair, and said with a light smile at the lake blue in front of her: "Sister, this is Xu Xiuyi from the Duke Huguo Mansion. I'm really sorry for blocking my sister's way."

"Duke Protector, get off the sedan chair, get off the sedan chair."

In the sedan chair, there was a happy voice, and the maid hurried over to lift the door of the sedan chair.

I don't know if I don't see it, but I'm startled when I see it, where is this female Zhong Kui, this is clearly a hermaphrodite.

If the person in the sedan chair hadn't had three taels of meat on his chest and were bulging up two meat buns, Xu Xiuyi would have thought it was a man.

The legend is like a flower, with a pockmarked face, and a very thick beard, which looks like two beards.

Even that voice was very rough.

"The third grandmother of the Su family, I really didn't know it was you." The "Ru Hua" came out of the sedan chair and took a closer look. His eyes were a slit, and his nose was small and exquisite, but it would be a waste to match it with such a face. .

The lips are very thick, with heavy makeup, about a pound of powder, and when I smile, I feel the puff on my face rustling down, but it can't cover the code words and the wrinkles in the corners of my eyes.

Xu Xiuyi smiled and said generously, "Is my sister really going up the mountain to burn incense?"

In that room, "Ru Hua" blushed: "I came to repay my vow, Ripple, I didn't come here to apologize to the third grandmother, I made you uneducated, and made you yell, how did I usually teach you, When you meet people, you should give three points, and you must not carry my brother's name all day long to show off in the market."

As she spoke, she stabbed the arrogant girl in the head fiercely, poking the girl so staggeringly that she couldn't stand still, and she kept apologizing to Xu Xiuyi when she was busy.

Xu Xiuyi looked at Miss Ru Hua's self-directed and self-directed performance, and felt that she wanted to laugh more and more, but finally she was too embarrassed to actually laugh.

"My sister has made her wish come true? Then I really want to congratulate my sister."

Miss Ruhua's face was even more red, but she had concealed some of the spots on her face.

It is cute for others to have freckles, but her freckles always give people a dirty feeling.

Probably that face is too ugly.

"Well, it has come true. In about a few days, we will be able to see each other more often."

"Sister, what does this mean?"

"Hehe, you can go home and ask your father to know. In the future, we can't be sisters. After all, it doesn't make sense, but today, we are still sisters. My name is Lu Yu'er, sister Xiuyi, and I'm not in a hurry. You go down the mountain first."

What a beautiful name, but now I think it's okay to be abused.

Even her girl, rippling, full of poetic and picturesque, ah, this woman, although she tried her best to hide her vulgarity, but at first glance she was a vulgar woman.

She gave way, but Xu Xiuyi was not polite, she just leaned into her ear and said something before getting on the sedan chair. Lu Yuer's face was slightly startled. When Xu Xiuyi was far away and Rianyi called her, she responded and said to Rianyi. : "Hurry up, go up the mountain, I would like to go."

If you want to ask what Xu Xiuyi said to her, it's actually nothing. Xu Xiuyi just said that seeing Sister Yu'er's face is ruddy and her Yintang is bright, it's probably a good thing. I just want to hurry up and become a family with my sister.

Lu Yu'er's silly appearance was completely for joy.

After going down the mountain, Xu Xiuyi asked someone to invite the eighth aunt to the Xu family.

In the room, Aunt Eight looked at her a little embarrassedly: "Grandma, the girls you asked me to look for are old and ugly, but when these girls heard that they were going to match the Su family, they all regarded me as a liar. Well, if you don't believe me, they probably didn't expect such a big pie to fall from the sky, and the fourth master of your family is also considered a talent."

"Don't be embarrassed, I have already found a satisfactory person for this person, you just have to tell me the marriage is ready."

"I don't know whose girl grandma said?"

"Who's girl, ah, the family is right, the household minister, the fourth master of our family, the eighth aunt, and the remaining two big ingots, you have to rely on your own skills."

Speaking of the big ingot, the eight aunts had bright eyes and nodded hastily: "Naturally, I didn't think of that old lady from the household, it's just that the old lady has a bad temper, and she has done some matchmaking with her. I didn’t even dare to come to the door if I didn’t succeed, and even beat me up, since that was what the third grandmother asked for by name, old lady, I will definitely make it happen this time.”

"The eighth aunt is troubled."

"Where, when I took my grandma's money, I always wanted to do good things for my grandma. Then grandma, I'm leaving."

"Go, as soon as possible."

"Yes, yes, three days, three days at most."

On the third day, the relatives of the Hubu family saw how the Su family refused.

Su Jinyu is young and handsome, and seeing the old lady who the family hates to marry, how can she be reluctant to let it go.