The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 103
Zhou Pei and his two children stayed in the Marquis Mansion of Yanping for two nights, and they had to return home after breakfast on the third day of junior high school.

Apart from the eve of her wedding, this is the second time that Ah Ju feels like time flies.

She couldn't bear to part with her uncle and uncle, and even more so with the younger brother who was buried in her arms.

"Uncle, how about letting Xiao Jiu stay?" Ah Ju discussed with Zhou Pei with red eyes.In fact, she had this idea on the first day when her younger brother came. Since there are many rules in the noble family in the capital, and she is just a daughter-in-law who can't be the master of the family, it might not be appropriate to keep the younger brother without authorization, so she put the idea away. pressed down.She tossed and turned and couldn't sleep last night, Zhao Chen knew that she couldn't bear her younger brother, so he offered to let him live in the Hou's mansion until his parents and sister came over after autumn before moving out.

Ah Ju declined his kindness at the time, but now that it was really time to part, she couldn't help but bring it up again.

It's really hard for Zhou Pei to decide this matter.Let the nephew stay, he was worried that Mrs. Hou's wife would not be very happy, if he didn't stay, seeing his niece here alone, he couldn't bear to take Lin Chongjiu away by force.It could be seen that the niece was not very firm either. Zhou Pei walked up to the siblings, lowered his head and asked Lin Chongjiu, "Xiao Jiu, do you want to stay in the capital?"

Lin Chongjiu nodded without hesitation, looked at the elder sister and said, "Yes, I want to be with the eldest sister, but I promise my mother will be obedient and not cause trouble for the elder sister. Elder sister, don't cry, mother said to wait for my father to take the exam." After being promoted to Juren, our family will move to the capital, and then the eldest sister can return to her mother’s house.” When he left, his mother told him that the eldest sister was pregnant and had no energy to take care of him, so that he couldn’t stay no matter how his brother-in-law and eldest sister stayed. listen.

"Well, then you guys come early." The younger brother was so sensible, Ah Ju suppressed the tears back, pulled the two younger brothers and gave them another detailed instruction, and then sent him to the carriage, and said goodbye with a smile.

The carriage quickly drove out of this street, but Aju was standing facing the street entrance, reluctant to go in.

Mother Jiang supported her arm distressedly, and persuaded softly: "Don't worry, big girl, it's already May now, and Mrs. Madam can come over in October at the latest, just in time to come over to hug my grandson."

Ah Ju's delivery date is at the end of October, maybe a few days earlier, or a few days later.

Thinking that she would have her own child at that time, and that her family members would also come over, Ah Ju felt a little better, took one last look at the direction the carriage was leaving, and followed Mammy Jiang into it.

Just thinking about it again, reuniting and parting, always feel lost for a while.

Even Ah Ju at the Dragon Boat Festival was not particularly happy, and he tried not to show it when he was with Ning Shi, and when he was looking at the Zhuxuan, he would compare Zhao Chen's map of the current dynasty to guess where his uncle and the others might be.

When Zhao Chen came back that day, he looked at the desk first, and sure enough, he saw that map was placed there again.

If he could be with her every day like before, wouldn't she be so homesick?
"Ah Ju, I'm going to rest on the tenth day of the lunar new year. Do you want to go out and have a look? I promised you at the beginning of the year that I will take you around the capital." Zhao Chen hugged his wife and said after a rest at night.

"I'm like this, is it convenient to go out?" Ah Ju was a little moved, but not at ease.

"I've already had someone change the carriage to be more stable. Let's go slowly, it's okay. Why, have you figured out where to go?" Zhao Chen kissed her face, very innocent.

In the past few nights, he has not pestered her, it is another kind of silent care, Ah Ju is very relieved, leaning on his shoulder and said: "I heard that the Bodhisattva in the Long'en Temple in the western suburbs of the capital is very effective, I want to go Bye, okay?"

Zhao Chen squeezed her hand with a smile, put it on his chest and said, "Why not? I will accompany you wherever you want to go. Long En Temple, Ah Ju, what do you want to ask for? I beg the Bodhisattva to give you a white and fat girl." Fat son?"

Ah Ju didn't tell him.She really wanted to ask for a son, to send her a son, to send her aunt's daughter she was thinking of, and she also wanted to ask the Bodhisattva to bless her father to go to high school, so that the whole family would be safe.

Is she too greedy for asking so much?
Ah Ju smiled to herself, and said again: "Let's ask Shang Niang to go with me?" The mother-in-law is bored in the Hou Mansion all day, which is quite boring.

His wife is so filial, Zhao Chen naturally agrees.

The next day Zhao Chen went to the palace early, Aju didn't have to go to the Rongshou Hall to pay his respects today, so he went to have dinner with Ning Shi, by the way, he mentioned the matter of going to Long En Temple, and asked Ning Shi if he wanted to go.

It doesn't matter whether Ning can go or not, since the daughter-in-law misses her, she agrees with a smile.

The two were chatting in the room, and when they heard Guo Baozhu's crisp voice, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other and smiled, and before they went down to pick up someone, Guo Baozhu had already briskly ran in.She has been here many times, and she poured herself a cup of tea without asking Mei to serve her after calling someone, and drank several sips in succession.

Ning laughed at her: "Is the breakfast too salty?" This niece is not at all like the elder sister's temperament, she is like a child, which makes people bother and like it.

Guo Baozhu sat next to Ah Ju, looked at Ning with aggrieved eyes and said, "My aunt and sister-in-law don't like to go out, so I come here every time. It's so hot outside now, of course I'm thirsty." This Yi's aunt was still a bit unfamiliar, but later seeing that her mother and brothers were all close to her, Ning Shi was also kind to her, Guo Baozhu soon got to know her well.

Ah Ju said apologetically: "It's all me..." The doctor said that the first three months are the most accident-prone, so she refused all the banquets and so on, and she raised the baby at home.

"I know, I know, my sister-in-law is pregnant with her little nephew, so she can't move easily." Guo Baozhu said with a chuckle, lowered his head and gently touched Aju's stomach, "Instead of making my little nephew work hard, let me run away. I will wait for you in the future." He respects me."

Ah Ju looked down at her stomach with her, and smiled softly.

Ning shook her head helplessly, and said to Guo Baozhu: "Just talk about it in front of us. When you go out as a guest, you can't just say whatever you want. You are a fifteen-year-old girl, so you have to be more dignified."

Guo Baozhu resentfully withdrew her hand and sat upright obediently, but couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "Auntie, why are you like my mother? I'm only fifteen, and there are many other people who marry at sixteen or seventeen. Sister-in-law, I was married back by my uncle early, and I can’t go out after pregnancy, it’s so boring, in case I meet another evil mother-in-law..."

The more she talked, the more out of tune she became, Ning Shi gave her a glare, Guo Baozhu quickly shut up, and winked at Ah Ju quietly.

Aju smiled and changed the subject, "Has Baozhu been to Long'en Temple?"

Guo Baozhu nodded: "I've been there. It's just a group of wives and old ladies who go to offer incense. It's nothing interesting, but there are a lot of flowers planted in Long'en Temple. Now the magnolia and crape myrtle should be in bloom. It's very beautiful, and it's cool over there... Ah, my sister-in-law asked Long En Temple what to do? Do you want to go? I will go with you too!"

Ah Ju had originally planned to invite her to go with her, but upon hearing this, she looked at her mother-in-law.

Ning glanced at her niece lightly, and said in her expectant gaze: "It's fine to take you there, but you have to behave yourself. If you make any noise or run around, I'll ask your uncle to send you back immediately." Home."

Guo Baozhu hurriedly assured himself that he would be obedient.

Ning added another sentence: "Ask your mother if she wants to go."

Guo Baozhu suddenly had a bitter face. After the Dragon Boat Festival, mother has nothing to do, so how could she not go?
Ning didn't care about her, when the sisters-in-law went to visit Zhuxuan to talk privately, she told Wenmei to prepare well, her daughter-in-law was pregnant, so there was no room for negligence.

Zhao Yunting came back in the evening and asked his wife tentatively: "I heard from Cheng Yuan that he is going to take you to Long'en Temple? I'm also at home on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. How about I take you there? When the time comes, you and Cheng Yuan's wife will enjoy the flowers. Go play chess with Grandmaster Wang Yu, I haven’t played chess with him for a long time.” Originally, he had other plans, but his son took the lead, so he had to change the plan.

Ning Shi was finishing a baby's bellyband, without raising her head, she said: "You can go if you want, but Baozhu came here in the morning, and she will go back and say, sister will probably go too."

The anticipation in Zhao Yunting's eyes instantly turned into disappointment, and he said with a dry smile, "Then you go, I will take you out for a walk next time."

Ning didn't answer.

Zhao Yunting wanted to change his words, but thinking of Ning Lianrong's cold face, he finally accepted it.My sister-in-law never wanted to see him, so why would he bother himself?

The next day when he faced Guo Yi, Zhao Yunting couldn't help staring at him for a while.

"Why have you been staring at me?" Guo Yi strode up to Zhao Yunting when he was in court, feeling a little confused, "Didn't you have some bad idea to drag me into the water again?" This brother-in-law was full of bad things for no reason Look at him, it must be all right.

Zhao Yunting was expressionless: "On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, I will wait for you at the old place."

old place?
Guo Yi's heart trembled.Before Tang Wendi became an emperor, he and Zhao Yunting were enemies on the surface, and they had secretly contacted each other for any important matters. Tang Wendi hadn't been there since he ascended the throne, so what's the big deal to discuss now?
Although he really wanted to escort his wife and daughter to Long'en Temple, but the business was important, Guo Yi found an excuse to apologize to his wife after returning home, saying that he could not go that day.Mrs. Guo didn't take it to heart, but she didn't let him touch her for two consecutive nights, and she still talked during the day as usual.

From Guo Yi's point of view, this is already a big deal.

On the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day, the courtship failed, so Guo Yi suppressed his anger. Early in the morning, he forcefully sent his wife and daughter to the car with a smile on his face, his face sank, and he rode to meet Zhao Yunting.If Zhao Yunting had nothing serious today, he wouldn't be able to beat him to death!
What's the big deal with Zhao Yunting, he just wants to play chess with this brother-in-law.

If he can't go, Guo Yi can't even think about going.

When the two sons-in-law of the Ning family were having a "happy conversation", the carriages of the two wives had already met at the west city gate, and they were heading towards Long'en Temple without any haste.

Aju and Ning sat in the same car, curiously admiring the scenery along the road through the gauze curtain.

Zhao Chen followed him on horseback, and asked his wife if she felt unwell from time to time. Later, when Aju caught his eyes, she knew what he wanted to say, so she sat upright first and ignored him.The mother-in-law is sitting opposite her, why doesn't this person know how to restrain himself?
The young couple lived like honey, Ning Shi, who was playing small things, was also happy to see it, and said with a smile: "Don't think Cheng Yuan is long-winded, this is the first time he is a father, so he is so nervous."

Ah Ju didn't know how to answer, and after a while she blushed slightly and said, "The carriage is quite stable."

Ning smiled and said nothing, caught a glimpse of a pagoda outside the window from the corner of her eye, and reminded softly, "Look, Ah Ju, that's the tallest Guiyan Pagoda in Long'en Temple, and we'll be at the foot of the mountain in a quarter of an hour."

Ah Ju hurriedly probed to look, and indeed saw the top of a tall tower covered by lush trees halfway up the mountain, and wanted to take a closer look, Zhao Chen leaned over and looked over again, with doubts on his face.Her mother-in-law chuckled in her ears, Ah Ju blushed, glared at Zhao Chen and immediately sat upright again, making up her mind to let him go on a mountain tour after going up the mountain, and she was with her mother-in-law.

After the heat on her face dissipated, the carriage slowly stopped.

Ah Ju reached out for her mother-in-law's veil hat to serve her mother-in-law, but Ning took hers first, "Sit down obediently, mother will help you."

Her eyes are soft and she treats her like her own daughter, Ah Ju is full of emotions in his heart, he lowers his head slightly so that Ning Shi can help her, and whispers: "Mother is so kind to me." With such a mother-in-law and husband-in-law, what is the use of marrying not good?

After getting out of the car, Mrs. Guo, mother and daughter were already waiting in front, Ah Ju followed Ning Shi and chatted for a while, then Zhao Chen waved and called the bearers who had been arranged earlier, there were three soft sedan chairs in total.

Ah Ju looked at Zhao Chen suspiciously, one man and four women, Zhao Chen left by himself, but there was still one missing?

Zhao Chen raised his chin towards Guo Baozhu.

Guo Baozhu chuckled, retreated from Mrs. Guo's side to Zhao Chen's side, and said to Ah Ju: "Sister-in-law, sit down, I'll walk with uncle, it's only a few steps, sitting in a sedan chair is not as easy as walking."

She didn't wear a veiled hat, and the pomegranate red blouse with a white collar on the right lapel made her complexion pale and rosy, bright and charming, and her round and big phoenix eyes were full of autumn water, playful and clever.Ah Ju was stunned for a moment, and praised sincerely: "The orb is so beautiful."

Little girls like to be praised, Guo Baozhu was very happy, hugged Ah Ju's arm and acted like a baby: "I am no better than sister-in-law, if you take off the veil, brother-in-law won't have to do anything else on this journey, just be busy." Stand in front of you so that no one else can see..."

"Baozhu." Mrs. Guo called out coldly, implying reprimand.You're so glib, how can you look like a girl?Neither she nor her husband can talk about this, and she doesn't know who her daughter learned from.

Guo Baozhu shrank her neck embarrassingly, and hurriedly helped her mother into the soft sedan chair.

Zhao Chen wanted to help Ning Shi first, but Ning Shi shook his head, motioning for his son to help his wife, and she sat on it herself.

"Don't worry, I'll be by your side." After Ah Ju sat down firmly, Zhao Chen said softly.

Even a veil couldn't stop the tenderness in his eyes. Ah Ju didn't hide this time. Seeing that the two elders in front had already started climbing the mountain, she quickly lifted the veil and smiled at Zhao Chen, "You..."

Before finishing speaking, the veil was put down by Zhao Chen, followed by his low voice, "Don't let others see, too many people are attracted, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop it."

Ah Ju was stunned, and then realized that he was answering Guo Baozhu's words, and hurriedly lowered her head, urging him to leave quickly.

Zhao Chen stood up straight with a smile, staring at the two porters who lifted the sedan chair steadily, and then strode beside him, protecting his wife.

Long'en Temple is full of incense, and there is an endless stream of pilgrims.

Not long after Zhao Chen and the others turned a corner along the tree-lined mountain road, several carriages drove up one after another at the foot of the mountain.

Next to one of the carriages was also a boy riding a horse. He was very handsome with white skin and red lips, but the handsome face that attracted passers-by to look back frequently was obviously impatient, as if there was something bothering him.

(End of this chapter)