Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 109

The little maid brought the teacup, Ye Xizhao took it in her hand, and brushed the tea leaves floating on the water with the tureen, with a faint tea fragrance lingering in her nose.

It is Xinyang Maojian.

She sipped lightly, as if she was interested in tasting tea, and seemed to be waiting for someone to come over.

After drinking half a cup of tea, the third lady came over with Lilac.He didn't seem impatient when he entered the door, and after saluting, he smiled and said, "I brought Lilac here, because I have something to tell my sister-in-law."

Ye Xizhao also had a pleasant face, ordered the little maid to move a chair for the third lady, and ordered tea to be served, before saying: "Sit down and talk slowly."

After the third lady was seated, she first asked: "I don't know why, I came to talk to Fang Fei a few times before, but I was stopped by people. I also ordered Ding Xiang to invite Fang Fei to sit in the room. Fangfei's two maids are also not allowed. They said that this is what the sister-in-law ordered."

"I ordered it to go down." Ye Xizhao said with a calm smile, "Fang Fei has a lot to learn, and she will go to the wife's room to serve in the spare time. The third sibling wants to talk to Fang Fei, and the morning and evening are quiet, and the meal time is not the same. Is everything okay?"

The third lady smiled, "It turns out that sister-in-law has good intentions, and those who don't know may think that sister-in-law is afraid that I will spoil Fang Fei."

Ye Xizhao smiled, "Third siblings think too much." He asked again, "Just this matter?"

"No, I just asked my sister-in-law to answer your questions." The third lady said softly, then turned to look at Ding Xiang, her voice immediately became very cold, "Talk to the lady about the good things you have done."

Ye Xizhao laughed in surprise, "What's the meaning of the third brother and sister? The servant in your room made a mistake, and you closed the door to punish him. Why did you bring him back into my room?"

The third lady's expression turned polite again, "My sister-in-law will know it as soon as she hears it. I brought this girl here to remind my sister-in-law to pay attention to others when restraining me."

Ye Xizhao raised his eyebrows slightly, "Then let's listen."

After saluting, Ding Xiang, whose face was always bluish, said in a low voice: "A few days ago, the servant was ordered by the third lady to go to the lady's courtyard, and asked the lady to sit in the room..."

Ye Xizhao interrupted her slowly: "Which day?"

Ding Xiang rolled her eyes and thought for a while, "It's the ninth day...or the tenth day."

"Continue talking." Ye Xizhao picked up the teacup and sipped the tea leisurely.

Ding Xiang continued: "The servant girl was in the young lady's courtyard. After being instigated by others, after returning to her room..."

Ye Xizhao put the teacup on the table beside him with more force than usual, thus interrupting Ding Xiang again: "Who encouraged you?" His voice was not high, but it was cold.

Ding Xiang panicked, thought for a while, and said: "I was instigated by a maid named Hongliu next to Miss..."

Ye Xizhao lowered his voice slightly: "What did she tell you?"

"She said, she said..." Ding Xiang glanced at the third lady quickly, "She asked the maidservant, who is not too young, when can I treat her to a wedding candy, and said that a big maid in the second lady's room, It was betrothed to a young servant in the outer courtyard last winter. The slave listened..."

Ye Xizhao waved his hand, "Go down."

Ding Xiang was taken aback for a moment, then looked at the third lady timidly.Hsinchu and Zhilan immediately stepped forward, took her from left to right, and dragged her out of the door.

The third lady looked at Ye Xizhao in surprise.

Ye Xizhao smiled coldly, "Third brother and sister, since you already know that I forbid you to have private contact with the maid, why did you send Ding Xiang to the East courtyard a few days ago? Are you disobedient to this rule I made?" She said The voice was neither urgent nor slow, but could not be interrupted, "It was your servant girl who went to the east courtyard for no reason, and heard Hongliu's words from the bottom of her heart. How did it become Hongliu instigating Dingxiang? What is the purpose of the third sibling? If you let me Punish your servant girl for you, and I will inform Lord Hou, please ask the housekeeper to record the [-] cloves on the board, so as to set an example for others tomorrow; if you think this punishment is too severe, you can take her back to the room and discipline yourself My servant. It depends on whether I want to take care of the affairs in your room."

The third lady seemed very disturbed, she stood up, and said with an apologetic smile: "No, sister-in-law, you misunderstood, how could I disobey the rules you set? It's just that the girl Ding Xiang is clumsy and clumsy, and she didn't speak clearly for a long time Alas... I'm not afraid of sister-in-law's jokes, today I'm in my room..."

"I've already said," Ye Xizhao said in an emphatic tone, "what happened in your room has nothing to do with me. You don't need to inform me unless you have real evidence proving that the principal house was involved in what happened in your room. I Even if you have the heart, you don’t have the time to take care of it right now.”

The third lady's face turned red, and she took a quick look at Ye Xizhao.

At this moment, Ye Xizhao was sitting leisurely, showing a little bit of laziness, and his eyes were calm and unruffled.But what he said just now was very forceful, and every sentence he said was reasonable, and no one could refute it.

The third lady smiled mischievously, said goodbye in a low voice, hurried out the door, and called Ding Xiang to leave in a cold voice.Back in the room, sitting on the teacher's chair, looking at Lilac standing at the door with her head hanging down.

She was going to be mad with anger, but she still had to force herself to be calm.

No one expected that Ding Xiang would do such a trick to seduce Yu Shaohuan.Normally, that little hoof would please her the most, but it turned out to be a wolf-hearted thing.

Ding Xiang had always told her before that she was about to be sent out of the house, and she had no relatives long ago, so she made such a bad plan under the instigation of others.

People who encourage Lilac are hateful, but Fang Fei is naturally a lowly thing!Not that kind of person, how can you do that kind of thing?
Just now, he wanted to coax Ye Xizhao into playing the prestige of being the mistress of the house, to vent her anger on her behalf, and send out the gossip from Fangfei's room and the vicious person beside her.Unexpectedly, Ye Xizhao simply ignored her, and even brought out Lord Hou to scare her.

Sighing secretly, he looked at Yu Shaohuan again, becoming more and more annoyed.

This guy had a good talk with her yesterday, and today, taking advantage of the Lantern Festival, he went out with her for a stroll—in fact, where does she have such a leisurely mood, doesn't she want to get closer to him?But what about today?After leaving Hou's Mansion, she said to go east, but he wanted to go west, and then left without saying a few words, let's go shopping by yourself, and left.

This has already made people furious, but when he came back, he was arguing with Ding Xiang.Without saying a few words again, he waved his hand—to accept Lilac.

This pair of wolf-hearted things!
The third lady looked at Ding Xiang again, and suddenly smiled viciously.

Want to do rooming?

Want to get pregnant and lift your aunt in the future?
Then she might as well let Ding Xiang see that being a human concubine is not a good thing.At the very least, the end of being her husband's concubine would be miserable.

After living all this time, still can't deal with a lowly maid? !

Thinking of this, her smile became brighter and gentler, she looked at Yu Shaohuan, and said, "Since you intend to accept Lilac, I dare not object. Today I will tidy up the West Small Courtyard and accept your request." wish."

"Got it." Yu Shaohuan didn't lift his eyelids.

understood?The third lady's hand was clenched into a fist, and her nails dug into her palm, which was painful.After a while, she stood up and walked slowly to the door.

Only then did Yu Shaohuan raise his head and look at the figures of the third wife and Ding Xiang leaving one after another.

The doorway became empty, and he looked there thoughtfully, and then he was stunned for a while.

Always like this, he would suddenly forget the face of the woman beside him, even if he just sat opposite each other for a while.It was like this when Song Xinyao was here, and it's also like this with his wife now, and the new roommate Lilac who will be added.

In the final analysis, his marriage has always been a matter of chance, so it is good to meet a virtuous and virtuous one, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't, as long as his wife's natal family can be used by each other.If it were someone else, he might be full of resistance, but he didn't care.

It doesn't matter who you marry.

Many people have a destiny.There are some things that he is doomed not to fight for.

Therefore, even if he always feels that everything around him is just a vague shadow in his heart, he can still feel at ease.

Because the third wife ordered her servants to clean up the small courtyard and did not hide the fact that Yu Shaohuan was going to take Lilac, the news spread throughout the Hou residence before dinner.

Ye Xizhao couldn't help laughing after hearing this.Unexpectedly, the third lady just let Ding Xiang be Yu Shaohuan's roommate. In the future, the master and servant will have to fight.

The situation that the three brothers of the Yu family did not take concubines no longer existed, and Yu Shaohuan took the lead in breaking this rule.The third lady's plan can be known at a glance, but what does Yu Shaohuan think?
Ye Xizhao couldn't figure it out, and soon he was too lazy to think about it.For couples who are deeply in love, taking a concubine is equivalent to killing half their lives, but for ordinary couples, this is just a common thing, and it is unnecessary to think about it.

Thinking about Fangfei's maid, Hongliu, she called Zhilan: "Mama Gu never told me what Fangfei was right and wrong, what about you?"

Zhilan thought about it carefully, then shook her head, "No."

Ye Xizhao pondered for a while, "Then just assume that the third lady and Ding Xiang have never said anything. You should pay more attention in the future, and don't let the third lady plot against Fang Fei."

"Slaves, please remember." Immediately, Zhilan asked again, "Madam, don't you plan to pursue Hongliu's matter?"

"Then let the third lady get her wish?" Ye Xizhao explained, "Besides, Ding Xiang can do what other people say? I just don't understand why Fang Fei feels disgusted when she sees the third lady. "He said and waved his hand, "We'll see the situation after I get to know Fang Fei better."

Zhilan nodded.

Ye Xizhao turned back to the inner room, and coaxed Sister Xin to walk around the room, and Yu Shaoheng had time to change clothes.

In the evening, people from all the houses came to Mrs. Tai's room together, sat around and had a lively meal.Mrs. Tai sat in the middle, the three brothers sat on top of Mrs. Tai, and the third sister-in-law and Fang Fei sat next to Mrs. Tai.

The three brothers opened a jar of good wine.

Because of the festival, Mrs. Tai called for five small wine cups to have fun with the three brothers.

Unable to stand Sister Xin clamoring to go to the table, Ye Xizhao hugged her in his arms.But after a while, sister Xin clamored to find Yu Shaoheng, obviously because she felt that Ye Xizhao was uncomfortable in her hug.

Mrs. Tai took Sister Xin over. At first, Sister Xin seemed to be resigned, but she calmed down after a while.

At times like this, Ye Xizhao couldn't help sighing and stroking his forehead to Sister Xin.

Mrs. Tai seemed to like seeing Ye Xizhao like this, and said with a smile: "It's useless to be angry, our sister Xin just kisses me."

Ye Xizhao frowned and complained: "I'm not going to be angry, I just feel that Sister Xin doesn't give me any face, and the more people there are, the more difficult it is for me to step down."

One sentence caused the whole family to laugh.

Ye Xizhao also laughed, glanced at Yu Shaohuan and the third wife, and was also happy to see the couple as if nothing had happened.The third wife is naturally used to concealing her emotions, whether Yu Shaohuan's happiness is sincere or just a cover-up, it is impossible to see through.As for Fang Fei, she looked at Sister Xin with a smile on her face, and was aroused to laugh from time to time.It was obvious that she liked children very much.

During the dinner, the second lady cut up the glutinous rice balls and fed them to Brother Hao, who ate them with great relish.Sister Xin saw it, and she wanted to eat it too. She kept reaching for chopsticks and spoons to reach the small bowl of glutinous rice balls in Mrs. Tai's hand.

Mrs. Tai took the bowl away, and Sister Xin patted the table with her hands.

Ye Xizhao frowned, and ordered the wet nurse to carry Sister Xin to the inner room.Sister Xin struggled for a while, until she got a novel object and stopped making trouble.

Mrs. Tai smiled and said: "It's no wonder, no wonder that you just drove sister Xin away like this."

No wonder Sister Xin doesn't kiss you—needless to say, everyone who listens understands.

"Mother!" Ye Xizhao smiled and took the cloth chopsticks, rolled butterfly prawns for Mrs. Tai, "Try if it's delicious, if it doesn't suit your taste, I'll cook it for you tomorrow."

Mrs. Tai said slowly: "Then you don't have to taste it, it's not good." She raised her finger and pointed to a table of dishes, "These are not good."

Everyone and Ye Xizhao laughed together.

Yu Shaoheng looked at his mother and wife who were as close as mother and daughter, and vaguely heard Xin's childlike laughter in the room, and his heart felt more comfortable and stable than ever before.

After eating and drinking a cup of tea, the family went to the open space in the back garden to enjoy the fireworks.

Seeing that Fang Fei was wearing thin clothes, Ye Xizhao ordered Zhi Lan to get a small white fox fur cloak for herself.The cloak was brought, Ye Xizhao took it in his hand, walked to Fang Fei's side, and helped her put it on her shoulders.

Fang Fei felt the weight of the clothes, turned her head to look at Ye Xizhao, surprise and gratitude flashed in her eyes, "Sister-in-law..." For her, it seemed difficult to thank her from the bottom of her heart.

Ye Xizhao responded with a gentle smile, "It's cold in the night, and you're thin." He looked at her while talking, "It's beautiful." Then he returned to Mrs. Tai's side with a smile.

When the fireworks were set off, Ye Xizhao and Mrs. Tai didn't look at the night sky much, they just focused on looking at Sister Xin.

Sister Xin added a big cloak, which was held by Yu Shaoheng. It was originally tightly wrapped, and when the night sky bloomed with gorgeous and magnificent scenes, her little hand broke free from the big cloak, pointed to the night sky, and glanced at Yu Shaoheng from time to time.

Yu Shaoheng smiled and patiently told his daughter what he saw.What a loving father.Ye Xizhao secretly slandered, without seeing it with his own eyes, who would believe that this guy still has such a gentle and patient side that has no limit.

When Sister Xin looked at the night sky, her face was full of surprise at first, and then she showed a bright smile, reflecting the fireworks, stars and moon in the sky.

Ye Xizhao thought again, if he had been like Sister Xin when he was a child, he would be such a cute little girl.

Mrs. Tai was worried about the cold weather at night, and she was afraid that Yu Shaoheng would indulge Sister Xin and let the servants set off fireworks endlessly-it was not for this, and she would not come to join in the fun.Guessing that the time was almost up, he urged Yu Shaoheng to hand over Sister Xin to the wet nurse and send her back to the main room.

Yu Shaoheng always obeyed Mrs. Tai's words, but he knew that Xin'er would never be taken away by the wet nurse at this time, so he personally carried Xin'er back to the room.

Only then did Mrs. Tai breathe a sigh of relief, and smiled with satisfaction, then got up and told the second and third rooms: "I'm going back too, you see, if you want to go out to look at the lights after reading, just go."

Both couples Christine claimed to be.

Mrs. Tai said to Ye Xizhao and Fangfei again: "You go back to the room with me and talk to me."

The elderly are also worried that they will catch the cold.Ye Xizhao and Fang Fei said yes with a smile.

As soon as Ye Xizhao took his seat in Mrs. Tai's room, a little maid came in and reported that Lord Hou invited his wife back and there were guests in the main room.

Ye Xizhao couldn't help being surprised, who is here at this time?
Mrs. Tai said: "Go quickly."

Ye Xizhao hurriedly returned to the main room, entered the courtyard, and saw two teenagers standing outside the hall.

Looking closely, it is Xiao Xun's third brother Xiao Zhe and fourth brother Xiao Yuan.Xiao Zhe was seventeen or eighteen years old, and looked like a gentle and elegant nobleman; Xiao Yuan was fifteen or sixteen years old, with a handsome appearance, but he was lazy and unruly.

When they got closer, Xiao Zhe and Xiao Yuan stepped forward and saluted: "I have seen Mrs. Sister-in-law."

Ye Xizhao turned sideways to return the salute, and asked, "Why did you stand outside and accompany Master Xiao?"

The two said yes, and Xiao Zhe said again: "Brother told us to wait outside, sister-in-law doesn't need to worry about us."

Ye Xizhao didn't say anything, just nodded with a smile, and stepped into the room.

Yu Shaoheng and Xiao Xun sat on the three-surrounded Luohan bed first and second, while Qiao Chen and Qiao An sat next to each other.

Ye Xizhao wanted to laugh, except for Xiao Mo and his wife, the Xiao family was all present.After careful study, they noticed a smell of alcohol in the room, and saw that Xiao Xun and Qiao An's faces were extremely pale, but their eyes were particularly bright—drunk?

Xiao Xun, Qiao An, and Qiao Chen got up to meet each other.

Fortunately, Ye Xizhao said in his heart, he was not drunk enough to ignore him.

Then, Xiao Xun turned his head to Yu Shaoheng: "Go to your study and talk."

Yu Shaoheng nodded, and the two walked away from each other.

After Joan took his seat, he patted the armrest of the seat, "Xi Zhao, get the wine."

Qiao Chen gave his younger sister a gouged look, "I'm not afraid of getting a bad drink!"

Ye Xizhao thought for a while, then smiled at Qiao An: "Wait in Xici room, I'll order someone to prepare wine and food for you."

Qiao An smiled naively, pointed at Ye Xizhao, "I knew it, you are the best to me."

Qiao Chen stroked his forehead.

Ye Xizhao couldn't help laughing, and whispered something to Hsinchu and Zhilan, and asked them to serve Qiao An to the Xici room, and then asked Qiao Chen: "What's the matter? Both she and Xiao Xun drank?"

(End of this chapter)