Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 22 That's Not True Love
There was a drill in the barracks in late March, and Pei Zheng ordered Pei Jinghan to stay in the barracks for a few days and watch those soldiers in person.

Ning Xiang happily sent off Pei Jinghan, but of course she didn't show it on her face.

The master who needed to serve went out, she and Suyue immediately became free, Suyue likes to play with the little maids, Ningxiang sat in the shade of the plum tree and watched them chatting while kicking the shuttlecock.Today, when she heard a little maid mentioning that her birthday was going to be celebrated, Ning Xiang's heart skipped a beat.

Ananqing is one year old this month.

A baby's full moon and one year old are big days.

Since Lu Cheng mentioned it in front of her, and made an appointment to take her home at the end of the month, it would be unreasonable for her not to give a birthday gift.

Besides, she really wanted to give Anan the same gift, the little guy is so pitiful and cute, and he likes her so much.

Li Ningxiang, who was too expensive, couldn't get it out. Back in the ear room, Ningxiang rummaged through the fabrics she had saved, and picked out a piece of bright red silk and satin at last, intending to give it to Anan. Sew a purse.The children's clothes don't need to be too big, and there are just two days to spare, so if you concentrate, you should be able to sew them up before Pei Jinghan comes back.

After choosing the material and getting the needle and thread ready, Ning Xiang began to sew.

Su Yue was tired from playing outside, so she came in to see her embroidering something, poured tea and asked curiously, "What are you embroidering?"

Ning Xiang had already thought of an excuse, and said without raising her head: "Embroider a pouch for Amu. I gave her a handkerchief for Qiu'er's birthday last time. Amu wanted it too. Children just like to compare themselves with others."

Fearing that Suyue would misunderstand her and Lu Cheng like her cousin, Ningxiang simply covered it up, not wanting Suyue to know that there was such a person as Lu Cheng.

Sure enough, Su Yue didn't think too much, and sat by the side to watch her sewing.At that time, Ning Xiang was sitting in front of the window, and the bright spring light slanted in. Her pretty face seemed to be coated with a layer of soft light, and her expression of bowing her head and earnestly doing embroidery work was even more gentle, demure and beautiful like a painting.

"When Ningxiang gets married in the future, she must be a good wife and mother." Holding a tea bowl, Su Yue sighed softly.

Some people are born with a gentle and gentle appearance, but her kind is what other people call a vixen.

Ning Xiang didn't hear the slight envy in Su Yue's words, she turned her head and gave her a sideways look, "You are one year older than me, so if you want to marry, you should marry first."

Su Yue smiled, took melon seeds and peeled them to eat, feeding Ning Xiang a few from time to time.

Ning Xiangxiu has been embroidered for a long time, so I went for a walk outside with her, so as not to tire my eyes.

The next day, the two sisters came back from a stroll in the small garden of Lengmei Pavilion, and they were shocked to see Pei Jinghan coming out of their ear rooms, wearing a white round-neck robe embroidered with bamboo leaves, elegant and dignified.Seeing them, Pei Jinghan stood with his hands behind his back, and scolded with a smile: "Where did you go to hide again? I'm not at home, you are enjoying yourself, right?"

Because I missed them, I deliberately came back one day early, and quietly found the anteroom to surprise them.
"Didn't the son say he will come back tomorrow?" Su Yue ignored his joke and asked in surprise.

"I'm done with my work, so I went back early." Pei Jinghan strolled over, stretched out his hand hidden behind, and handed something in front of Su Yue, "I picked up a small thing on the road, and I'll give it to you."

Su Yue looked over curiously, and when she saw what Pei Jinghan was holding, she burst into a smile, glanced at Ning Xiang and said, "The owner is right here, I dare not take it."

Ning Xiang blushed, and she begged Pei Jinghan anxiously, "Your Majesty, I gave it to my younger brother." She had just embroidered the purse and put it on the table before going out with Su Yue. Come tease her.

Pei Jinghan asked Suyue to come out with the rattan chair. He walked slowly to the shade of the tree, held up his purse to look at it carefully, and boasted in a low voice: "Ningxiang embroidery is getting better and better. I'll send someone to bring the materials in a while. Sew me a sachet."

He is the master, and it's only natural to tell her to do things, Ning Xiang obediently complied, staring at her purse and asking him, "What do you want to embroider?"

Pei Jinghan returned the purse to her, and when Ning Xiang reached out to take it, he suddenly grabbed her little hand, with tenderness in his eyes, "Look at the embroidery, as long as it is embroidered by you, I like it."

His palms were warm and refreshing, but Ningxiang felt a thrill of being held in the mouth of a hungry tiger, so he immediately retracted his hands.

Pei Jinghan smiled and let go of her.

Although Ning Xiang lowered her head, she could feel his wolf-like eyes looking at her.

In the next few days, Ningxiang noticed that Pei Jinghan looked at her more and more arrogantly, as if she was his prey in a cage, and he, the master, was already greedy, and he didn't have the patience to wait any longer, it might happen at any time Swallow her down.

For Ningxiang, the clear sky at the end of spring suddenly turned gloomy.

Ning Xiang faintly felt that the day she embroidered the sachet was when Pei Jinghan started.

She doesn't understand why she thinks this way. Things have changed a lot in this life. Suyue has not yet been adopted by Pei Jinghan, nor has she been kissed by Pei Jinghan, so apart from some impressive events, other daily memories, such as Pei Jinghan in her previous life Tian kissed her and touched her hand someday, it didn't have any vigilant effect on the current Ningxiang.

She can only trust her own feelings.

So Pei Jinghan embroidered this sachet very slowly, and deliberately embroidered a piece of fabric.

This night it was Ningxiang's turn to keep vigil again.

Pei Jinghan looked at the little maid who undressed him, smelled the faint fragrance in her hair, and suddenly asked, "How many days have you embroidered the purse for Amu?" He prepared a new gift for her, just waiting Seeing that she gave her a sachet, he gave it to her, and asked for some incense by the way, but she didn't embroider it for a long time, so he was anxious to wait.

Ningxiang's heart skipped a beat, she glanced at him nervously, and said with lowered eyes: "I embroider Amu casually, and it will be ready in two days. The prince wants to wear it on his body and go out to meet guests. I don't dare to be careless. I embroider very slowly." .Is the prince in a hurry to use it?"

Pei Jinghan didn't understand why Ningxiang was afraid of herself, and couldn't stand her cautiousness, as if in her eyes, he would punish her at any time.

Looking at her nervously trembling eyelashes, Pei Jinghan said helplessly: "Don't bother too much, I think the one you embroidered for Amu is pretty good. How about it, if you are lazy, I will give you four days. On the 29th If you still can't hand it in, don't go home at the end of the month, and come back when the embroidery is finished."

Ning Xiang bit her lip.

Pei Jinghan laughed silently, knowing that she missed going home the most.

If she can't embroider well, she won't be able to go home. With this threat, Ningxiang dare not delay any longer.

Seeing that tomorrow will be the day when the sachet must be handed in, Ning Xiang is embroidering the last point in the ear room, when Madam Li suddenly comes.

Seeing that her expression was wrong, Ning Xiang hurriedly put down her things and went up to her, "Why is Mammy so pale?"

Nanny Li waved her hand and didn't follow her in, she stood at the door and explained: "Ah Jin caught the cold, my wife and I took half a month's leave, so I'm leaving now, Ningxiang will go home by herself the next day Come on, don't wait for me."

Ah Jin is Nanny Li's most precious little grandson, and Ningxiang's heart was raised, and when she sent Nanny Li to leave, she asked about Ah Jin's condition with concern.

Nanny Li said fortunately: "It's a good thing you're not seriously ill, and you'll be fine after a while. Ningxiang, spring cover and autumn cold, we adults are fine, children really shouldn't change into thin clothes too early, you should carefully advise when you go home Amu, tell him to eat more garlic, although the smell of garlic is unpleasant, but it can prevent the wind and cold, and we country people don't pay much attention to it."

The old man knew a lot, and Ning Xiang quickly agreed.

After seeing off Nanny Li, Ning Xiang was suddenly a little worried about her younger brother, although she knew that he would be fine before the end of the year.

When eating at night, she caught a glimpse of a small slice of minced garlic cooked in the dish, Ning Xiang slowly stopped her chopsticks, and Mammy Li's words rang again in her ears.

Garlic smells bad...

Thinking of a bold plan that might offend Pei Jinghan, Ning Xiang couldn't help but secretly smiled.

The next day, Pei Jinghan set off for the military camp early and came back in the evening.

Before he could ask, Ning Xiang obediently handed over the sachet.

The sachet with a sapphire blue background was embroidered with wishful cloud patterns. The sachet made by the female red Zhaoxiu Niang for Pei Jinghan was far worse, but it was embroidered with Ningxiang, and in Pei Jinghan's eyes, it was naturally much better than the embroidered mother's.Putting the sachet in his bosom in front of Ningxiang, Pei Jinghan said with deep meaning: "The embroidery is good, what reward do you want?"

Ning Xiang bowed her head and said: "It's my job to serve the prince, the prince doesn't need to reward me."

Pei Jinghan guessed that she would say that, smiled, and asked her to go to work first, and was going to see her off when there were only two people left in the room at night.

Soon it was dark.

When Ning Xiang came back from dinner, she wanted to help Pei Jinghan change her clothes, halfway through undressing, she met something hard in his arms.

"Take it out." Pei Jinghan looked down at her and said seductively.

Ning Xiang looked at him suspiciously, took out the long box, stared at it, and turned around to put it on the table.

"Open it." Pei Jinghan stopped her.

Ning Xiang has already guessed it. This is probably a gift from Pei Jinghan. He always likes to bully people like this.

Pretending not to know, Ning Xiang took two steps back, and then slowly opened the box.

On the black satin, there is a white jade hairpin quietly. The head of the hairpin looks a bit like a plum blossom, but also like a peach blossom.

"Did you recognize it?" Pei Jinghan took a step closer to her, his voice was gentle, with undisguised affection, "I ordered the craftsman to make this according to the Shaguo flower. You didn't want to fold the flower for you last time. This time If I give you a piece of jade, you don’t have to worry about the fruit tree missing a fruit.”

When he was in the orchard, he could tell that she liked Shaguohua, but she was too silly and always wanted something.

The hosta is very beautiful, and the white jade's sand fruit flower is also very beautiful.

Ningxiang only thought of its hidden meaning.

The man gradually approached, Ning Xiang resisted the urge to back away, bowed her head and said: "My lord, this gift is too expensive, I can't accept it."

Pei Jinghan paused, his tall and straight eyebrows furrowed deeply, and finally took two steps back, asking in disbelief, "Have you eaten garlic?"

Ning Xiang raised her head blankly, suddenly remembered something, quickly put the jewelry box on the table, took a few steps away and explained with a blushing face: "My son, I, I didn't do it on purpose, Grandma Li's grandson caught a cold , she said that eating garlic is good, when I went to the kitchen to urge vegetables at night, I saw small garlic on the chopping board, I, I couldn't help but eat..."

Pei Jinghan stared at her, angry and funny.I knew she was stupid before, but now I know that she is very stupid. I believe this kind of folk recipe!
It was supposed to be the end of the year, but her interest was ruined by her mouthful of garlic.

"No more food in the future." Sitting back on the bed, Pei Jing said coldly.

Ning Xiang glanced at him timidly, and obediently nodded in apology, "I know I was wrong."

Pei Jinghan couldn't bear her angry look, he was silent for a moment, and his tone softened: "Go get some water."

He was afraid that if she didn't need to serve her tonight, she would misunderstand that he disliked her.

Knowing that there is no danger tonight, Ning Xiang went to bring him foot washing water in a relaxed mood.

But she didn't provoke Pei Jinghan any more, and kept her mouth tightly shut after re-entering.

Pei Jinghan was afraid of smelling the disappointing smell of garlic from her alluring red lips, so he didn't tell her. He just pointed at the table before she was ready to go to bed and said, "For you, take it away."

Ning Xiang still wanted to refuse, but when she met the man's threatening gaze, she had to pick up the jewelry box and decided to keep it and return it to him when she left the Hou Mansion in the future.

(End of this chapter)