Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 40
Ningxiang soon discovered that something was wrong with Pei Jinghan.

He doesn't seem to be as close to Shen Youyou as he was in his previous life.

Back then, because of Shen Youyou's arrival, Pei Jinghan took a day off every now and then, instead of going to the military camp, he devoted himself to spending time with Shen Youyou, or took him out to visit the beautiful scenery near Tai'an Mansion, and often left in the morning and didn't come back until dusk.But now, Pei Jinghan went to his barracks as usual, and only went to accompany Shen Youyou after he came back.

She couldn't figure out what had gone wrong.In the past, Ningxiang would always ask Suyue when she was confused, but this involved two lifetimes, unless she told the truth, no matter how smart Suyue was, she couldn't help her.But Ningxiang didn't dare to tell the truth, she always felt that there was evil in her body, how could a dead person live again?

Sometimes when Ning Xiang looks in the mirror, she will suddenly be afraid, because she is afraid that there will be many ghost faces in the mirror...

In this way, she dared not tell Su Yue even more.After all, the relationship between the two remained the same. Don't let Suyue not alienate her because of Pei Jinghan, but because she was afraid that she would be afraid of her because of her resurrection after death, and even told Pei Jinghan that Pei Jinghan would set her up as a monster and burn her on the pyre.

And if Pei Jinghan doesn't cling to Shen Youyou, he might remember what happened in the restaurant and come to settle accounts with her.

Ning Xiang was terrified.

On Pei Jinghan's rest day, before Pei Jinghan got up in the morning, Ningxiang tidied up early and came to Suyue to inquire, "You kept watch last night, did your son say whether he will go out today?"

Ten days have passed, and Pei Jinghan is still punishing her in his own way. He is very indifferent to her and refuses to say a word.But today Pei Jinghan has one day of free time, Ning Xiang wants to find out the details first.

Su Yue shook her head, "He didn't say, and I don't know."

She had inquired about what happened in the restaurant, so she understood Ningxiang's worry, and comforted her in a low voice: "Don't be too nervous, he won't eat you if he gets angry again, at worst, close your eyes and let him take advantage of it, just treat it like a dog I ate it."

There are only more than 20 days left before Pei Jinghan's long trip, Su Yue is happy for Ning Xiang, so she doesn't take any small loss to heart.

Apart from listening to her, Ning Xiang couldn't think of any other way.

There was movement in the inner room, and the two girls hurriedly split up.

Su Yue went to make the bed, Ning Xiang waited on Pei Jinghan to wash his face, and first helped him roll up his sleeves.

After more than half of April, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and everyone in the mansion has changed into summer shirts.Today, Ningxiang wore a pair of skirts with a white bottom, with orchids with yellow cores and red petals embroidered on the skirts. The collars are relatively low in summer, and a small piece of snow-white skin is exposed when the neck is lowered than in other seasons. It is breathable and cool. .

Pei Jinghan's gaze slowly moved down along the white snow, thinking that he could see the delicate thing inside just by pulling hard, and suddenly didn't want to neglect her anymore.

Leaving such a beauty untouched is punishing oneself.

After breakfast, Pei Jinghan asked Ningxiang to follow him to the study to serve her.

Ning Xiang's back broke out in a cold sweat.

There was nothing Su Yue could do to help her, so she could only quietly encourage her with her eyes.

Ning Xiang followed Pei Jinghan into the study with trepidation.

This time Pei Jinghan stopped talking, sat on the back of the chair, stared at her and asked, "I asked you last time, did you think of how to answer it?"

He asked her if she was afraid of being gossiped, or if she didn't want to be his.

For Ningxiang, this is a question that will not end well no matter how she answers it.

She looked at Pei Jinghan, knelt down slowly, and stared at the man with an instant coldness: "My son, I know that you are kind to me, but I am a girl from the village. I heard that the big one is to rob others since I was a child." My husband is not good. Whether it is a serious concubine or a maid who climbed on the master's bed, they are all bad women and will be looked down upon by others. Prince, I don't want to be gossiped, and I don't want to steal the favor of the future prince's wife... "

"If I want to pet you, I can pet you. Who dares to care about me?" Pei Jing coldly interrupted, got up and walked towards her, staring at her condescendingly, "I want to pet you, not you seduce me, who dares to gossip , I let someone shut their mouths. Madam Shizi, you don't have to think too much, I either don't marry, or marry a wife who can accommodate you, and I will never care about you."

Ningxiang smiled wryly, looked at his boots and said, "Your Majesty is honorable, as long as you give orders, no one will dare to gossip about me in front of you, but he is gone, they won't be scruples anymore, he has never tasted being looked down upon by others." The taste, I have tasted it, I don't want to taste it again. And Mrs. Shizi, who would be willing to have her husband dote on other women unless she has to? Shizi, even if your wife says she doesn't mind, she actually does. She... ..."

Pei Jinghan snorted, grabbed her wrist suddenly and lifted her up, "After all, it's because you don't want to give it to me?"

He moved so suddenly and with too much force that Ning Xiang's toes were almost off the ground, she couldn't control herself and threw herself forward, and was strangled by the man into his arms, she bowed her head and was about to kiss her.Ning Xiang dodged in a hurry, pushed hard with the other hand, and begged him crying, "My lord, I beg you, I don't want to be an aunt..."

"Then don't be an aunt!" No matter how delicate a woman is, struggling desperately will get in the way. Pei Jinghan is so sleepy that her hands can't control her moving feet. The desk threw her over.

The back of Ningxiang's head hit the table, causing her to be dazed by the pain. Pei Jinghan seized the short gap and asked her with a gloomy face, "Could it be that I'm not good enough for you?"

He has never been the only one who has looked down on others, and no one has ever enjoyed his deliberate flattery but looked down on him. Now the maid who he values ​​the most and is most careful has never thought of being with him. Apart from anger, Pei Jinghan also has a feeling of never being with him. Chest tightness that he had never experienced before, like being suddenly stuffed with a stone, so stuffy that he had to do something to vent it.

"Ningxiang, I think I'm not mean to you." He gritted his teeth and squeezed her jaw tightly.

I have begged for the two lives I can ask for, and he has always been the prince of the Hou family who can't tolerate being rejected by others. Ningxiang closed her eyes in despair, and burst into tears, "The prince has taken good care of me, but I don't want to live like that." Life, I never thought about it, the son is really good to me, please let me go, I..."

Before he finished speaking, Chang Shun's voice suddenly came from outside the study door, "My lord, Cousin is here."

Ningxiang's eyelashes trembled, and she opened her eyes tremblingly, observing Pei Jinghan's expression with tears in her eyes.

Those almond eyes were full of rain, and the look of despair and hope gave birth to her more and more pitiful and distressing eyes.

Pei Jinghan's heart ached.

He liked her so much that he didn't want to see her cry.

But how could she not like him?
Maybe she also has him in her heart, but the simplicity of the village people in her makes her feel that being an aunt is too shameful for the mistress and the villagers?
Pei Jinghan could ask, but looking at Ningxiang's crying face, he didn't want to hear the answer right away.

"I'll give you another ten days." Pei Jinghan bent down, and then stared closely at her wet eyes, "Ningxiang, today I will make it clear to you that I will never let you go in this life unless I hate you first Go out of the house. If you can’t make up your mind, go home and discuss it with your family at the end of the month, maybe they are smarter than you and will weigh the pros and cons.”

Ningxiang closed her eyes bitterly, squeezing two teardrops.

Pei Jinghan looked at her lips, which became more red because of her pale face, and slowly approached them, but did not hold them.

He was still not reconciled, the first time he was not reconciled with her was out of coercion.

He waited for her for another ten days, and if she was stubborn, he would not continue to pity her.

Letting go of the little maid who was crying silently, Pei Jinghan stood up straight, straightened his clothes, and walked out.

Shen Youyou was standing in front of the study door in a light green skirt. Seeing that Pei Jinghan's expression was not quite right, she asked cautiously, "Is cousin busy?"

Just after being rejected by a beauty, another beauty offered to send her up, Pei Jinghan felt much better, and said with a smile, "I just finished solving a little trifle, why is my cousin here?"

Shen Youyou smiled sweetly, and said playfully: "These two days are getting hotter and hotter. I heard from my aunt that my cousin is working hard. I specially thought about some snacks to cool off for my cousin. I am afraid that I will melt all the way, so I have to Please cousin go to my side."

She found that although Pei Jinghan liked those poems, he was not particularly enthusiastic, so she simply changed her method.

Pei Jinghan was about to go out for a walk, and was quite interested in her snacks, so he said happily: "It's rare that my cousin misses me, of course I'm going."

Hearing his ambiguous tone, Shen Youyou blushed and took a step forward.

In the study, Ning Xiang wiped her eyes, and waited until the cousins' talking and laughing could no longer be heard, then she straightened her clothes and went back to the backyard with a pale face.Su Yue already knew about Shen Youyou's coming to invite Pei Jinghan, she thought that Ningxiang had escaped, but seeing her crying so much that her eyes were red, she hurriedly followed her into the room.

Knowing that it was just a warning, Su Yue couldn't laugh or cry, handed over the handkerchief and said, "Okay, at least you don't have to be afraid of him these few days, right? Wait until next month, maybe the prince won't have time to talk to you again."

That Shen Youyou didn't know where she came up with so many ways to coax men, so she must be sure to invite someone this time.

Sure enough, Pei Jinghan didn't come back until dusk, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

He didn't mention what Shen Youyou did, and Su Yue didn't ask, Ning Xiang wished that Pei Jinghan wouldn't come back at night, let alone ask.

With Shen Youyou holding Pei Jinghan back, Ningxiang lived in peace for the next few days, but seeing that the time to go home was getting closer, she thought of Lu Cheng again.

Did he misunderstand her and Pei Jinghan?Will he really come to pick her up?

At the end of the month, I met up with Nanny Li at the corner gate, and the couple went to the snack street as usual. In summer, there were no chestnuts or candies to sell. Naturally, there were snacks suitable for summer to buy back for the family to try.Nanny Li also remembered Lu Cheng, and asked Ning Xiang curiously on the way, "Did you meet Lu Cheng when you went back by yourself last month?"

Ning Xiang bit the bullet and lied, "No, how could there be a ride every time?"

Nanny Li looked at her, half-believing.

Ning Xiang was really afraid of Lu Cheng's entanglement, so she started to guard against him when she arrived at the snack street, watching the pedestrians on the street from a distance, afraid of meeting him again.

After making sure that there was no Lu Cheng ahead, Ning Xiang was relieved for the time being.

But before she could calm down, she heard someone calling "Miss Xu" by the side of the road.

Even though he only heard that hearty voice once or twice a month, it was enough for Ning Xiang to recognize him.

Ning Xiang turned around in disbelief.

There are two pavements next to it, both of which are made of cart boards, because a gray donkey is tied behind the stall on the left. Ningxiang almost looked at the side first, and saw that the owner of the pavement was a man in his 40s before moving. Opened the line of sight.As he got closer, he caught a glimpse of a basket of bright red cherries on the other car board. Ning Xiang was attracted by the color, so she took a closer look.

I just watched it. When I saw it, there was no one in front of the car board, but now, Lu Cheng appeared like a ghost, holding several stacked bamboo baskets in his hand, and looked at them in surprise while putting them on the car board. Looking at her and Nanny Li, "What a coincidence, I met you again."

(End of this chapter)