Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 110

"Yes." Qiao Chen smiled wryly, "The two of you have been eating and talking since noon, and at night, we drank a lot with the family. We were afraid that they would get drunk and cause trouble, so we coaxed the two of them We went out to watch the lanterns, but the two of them led us to visit, and the Hou Mansion is the fifth one."

Ye Xizhao was surprised and laughed at the same time, and then comforted her: "I treat her with fruit wine, that wine is no different from water to her, don't worry."

Qiao Chen's expression eased, then he smiled and said, "I'll tell you a few words."

Ye Xizhao went to the chair beside her and sat down.

Qiao Chen said: "The imperial concubine asked me to go to the palace a few times on the grounds that I was unwell, but in fact it was to introduce two imperial doctors to me, let me know some secret recipes of the imperial hospital for recuperation, and see if I can improve it. Use it on you later."

Ye Xizhao said sincerely, "I let you bother."

Qiao Chen smiled gently, "The envoys of the Taiyuan Hospital did their best to help out according to the orders of the imperial concubine. With this section, and the rare medical books that Lord Hou ordered someone to send to me, my chances of winning are even better. Some, it just takes time."

Ye Xizhao smiled slightly: "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry, and neither are you, don't work too hard on it."

"I'm relieved when you say that." After Qiao Chen finished speaking, he got up and said, "I'm relieved when Qiao An arrives at the Hou's Mansion. I'll go back first. I really can't afford to spend time with her."

Ye Xizhao saw that she looked a little tired, so he didn't want to keep her. He ordered someone to inform the housekeeper, and sent a few people to send Qiao Chen back to Xiao's residence.

After sending Qiao Chen to the Chuihua Gate, Ye Xizhao turned back and turned to the Xici Room, where he saw Qiao An sitting on the side of the kang table pouring himself a drink.

"Is it good?" Ye Xizhao smiled and sat opposite Qiao An.

"It's like water." Joan looked at the wine glass in his hand, "It's okay, I just want to have something in my hand so that it won't be empty."

"I can't see that you are also a person who uses alcohol to relieve your worries."

Qiao An laughed utterly, "The Qiao family all have a capacity for alcohol. Besides, you can't stop drinking once you drink it." Then he poured Ye Xizhao a glass, "Just put on a show, don't just look at me."

"Okay." Ye Xizhao and Qiao An clinked glasses, "I can accompany you for a few glasses of this wine."

Joan smiled happily.

Ye Xizhao took a sip of his wine and asked, "It's a big festival, why are you drinking so much?"

Joan's smile disappeared a little bit, and he glanced at the people who were serving at the side.

Ye Xizhao waved his hand lightly to make the servant girl back down.

Qiao An then said: "After I returned home, no matter how busy and tired he was every day, he still took some time to take care of everything at home and restrain the three brothers. He would not interfere with where I went or whom I went to see. I respect him It's like being on the island, talk to him when you're happy, and face him coldly when you're unhappy, and he doesn't care about it."

Isn't that great?What Ye Xizhao didn't understand was that Qiao An didn't feel any joy when talking about this.

"Sometimes I think it's fine to just go on like this. Being his wife in name only and delaying his life can be regarded as revenge." Joan's voice lowered all the way, "But think about what you said to Lord Hou. I also felt that he didn't seem to have missed anything. I chose him, not he chose me, so why should I complain and bear grudges?" She raised her hand to support her face, "It turns out that there are some grievances that have to be traced to the root cause. Some things are just to blame.”

Ye Xizhao knew that Qiao An just wanted to talk to her at this moment, not to hear her make a judgment, so he just listened carefully and waited for the following.

Joan looked out of the window and watched the light and shadow of the red lantern pouring on the window screen, "During these days, my father caused trouble in the officialdom, and his colleagues deliberately impeached him out of nothing. He has been busy with this matter to ensure that my father is safe and sound , and I want to help my father to become an official in Beijing, so I won’t always feel lonely in the capital.”

Xiao Xun has already taken care of Qiao An in every way.Ye Xizhao really wanted to tell Qiao An, don't stand still, let's get back together with him.But after thinking about it, she felt that Qiao An had made up her mind.

Joan drank a glass of wine and filled it up again, "I asked him to drink today, as a thank you for his hard work for my natal family these days. I asked him, if I still wanted to part ways, would he use my whole family? He said no, as always. He said that if I want to leave as before, then I should go. He said that I can remarry, but Xiao Xun only has one woman in his life." After finishing speaking, She looked at Ye Xizhao helplessly.

Ye Xizhao asked, "What else?"

"What else? Drink with him." Joan's helplessness became heavier, even a little annoyed, "Actually, I'm not used to talking to him with confidence, right? What I want to say is that I still want to leave. And he can't see I misunderstood what I wanted to say."

Ye Xizhao was anxious and depressed for these two people.

Joan shook his head feebly, "Drink two glasses with me, it will make you feel better."

Ye Xizhao bumped cups to them, drank the rest of the wine, got up and filled each other up.

After finishing what he wanted to confide, Qiao An became more and more drunk, drank two more glasses of wine, leaned over the desk, and remained motionless for a while.

Ye Xizhao walked over and patted Qiao An's face, only to realize that he had fallen asleep.After thinking about it, I wanted to ask the maid to make a bowl of hangover soup. At this time, Yu Shaoheng and Xiao Xun came over.

Ye Xizhao went out and said to Xiao Xun, "Qiao An has fallen asleep."

Xiao Xun smiled, "It's okay, I'll take her back."

Yu Shaoheng frowned invisibly, and went to Dongci Room.

Ye Xizhao led Xiao Xun to Xici Room.

Xiao Xun patted Qiao An on the shoulder. Qiao An didn't wake up, but just changed his posture.He asked Ye Xizhao: "Did I tell you anything?"

Ye Xizhao thought for a while, and said tactfully: "She said that she has been friends with you for a long time, and she doesn't want to leave anymore, but she doesn't know how to let you know, and the words always don't convey the meaning."

Xiao Xun was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, "Really?"

Ye Xizhao gave him a white look, "That's what it means. It's just a pity that some people actually follow her words when she doesn't express what she wants, and they don't know how to persuade her to stay." Qiao An didn't know how to persuade her to stay. Is there a step down?

Xiao Xun smiled awkwardly, "I can't guess what she's thinking. I'll pay more attention in the future." Then he leaned over and picked up Joan, "I took her home?"

Ye Xizhao laughed, turned around and took a cloak and handed it to him, "Don't let her catch a cold, go."

Xiao Xun wrapped the cloak around Qiao An, carried her out with a smile, and called his third and fourth brothers, not paying any attention to the surprised eyes of the maidservants along the way.

After getting into the carriage, Xiao Xun kept Qiao An in his arms, stroking her cheek with his fingers.

Returning to Xiao's mansion, Qiao An woke up from the feeling of being hugged and got out of the car. She frowned and pinched her forehead. Looking at Xiao Xun's eyes, she was at a loss for a moment. She didn't know what was going on, so she just struggled to get off the ground.

Xiao Xun didn't let her go, and walked towards the main room with strides, "I'm already home, don't make a fuss, otherwise I will have to carry you back to the room."

"..." Qiao An frowned and thought for a while before remembering that he had been to Yongping Hou's Mansion before.She felt groggy for a moment, and she didn't bother to struggle. She didn't speak until she was put on the bed by him, "I'm very thirsty."

"Wait." Xiao Xun turned outside, took the teapot and teacups, and told the servant girl, "Stand back." Back to the bed, he poured a glass of water and handed it to Qiao An.

After Qiao An finished drinking in one breath, she looked at him strangely again, "Why don't you go back to your room?"

Xiao Xun took the cup in her hand and put it on the small cabinet next to the bed, and lay down beside her, "From tonight onwards, I will rest here."

Joan sat up, casually took off the hairpin jewelry on her head, and threw it aside, then lay down with her back to him, "Whatever you want. I'm so drunk, I'm going to sleep."

Xiao Xun smiled, got up and turned off the lights, took off his clothes and went to bed again, stretched her body, and took off her coat repeatedly.

Qiao Ancheng was indifferent, expressionless, staring at him in the dim light.

She was wrong, thinking that he had committed the habit of having the same room again.Xiao Xun was helpless, "Aren't you tired after wearing so much rest?"

Joan smiled indifferently, "Can you control it?"

Xiao Xun pulled the brocade quilt over her, covered her, and finally took her into his arms.

Joan was not used to it, and moved his body, "Will you let me sleep or not?"

"Let me tell you a few words first."

Joan hummed impatiently and closed his eyes.

Xiao Xun hesitated for a while before saying: "In the future, let's live a good life, don't leave."

Joan opened his eyes, "Didn't you say that I come and go freely?"

Xiao Xun said confidently, "Now that you love drinking so much and get drunk easily, how can I feel relieved if I let you out of the house?"

"Just for this?"

"Of course not." Xiao Xun raised her face and stared at her, "I've already let my father-in-law down, and I don't want to owe you more, and I don't want them to continue to hurt you. Most importantly, I don't want to. The words are beautiful, let You come and go freely, but you don’t think so in your heart.”

Joan was in confusion.Why did his attitude change after going out?As a result, she couldn't help wondering, "Did someone tell you something?"

Xiao Xun understood that it would be foolish to bring Ye Xizhao out at this time, so he denied it, "How could that be?" Then he told the truth, "I owe you, I will naturally try to follow you in everything. I don’t have the right to let you do anything —— I’ve always thought this way before, and I haven’t explained it clearly to you.”

Joan thought for a moment, then fell into a struggle again.How should I respond to him?If you still say you want to leave, it would be too hypocritical, and your heart has clearly been warmed by his care and care for so long.But it felt awkward to say yes.

Xiao Xun said: "If you don't speak, I will take it as your acquiescence."

Joan thought, then by default.Anyway, I can't let go of other people in my heart for the rest of my life, let's spend it with him.One day he will become the one who makes her teeth itch with hatred, and he will just fight back.

"That's it?" Xiao Xun said with a refreshing smile.

Joan pushed him away, "Did you say this to me when you were drunk?"

"Worried about me lying to you?" Xiao Xun laughed, "When have you ever seen me so drunk that I lost my mind?"

"..."

Xiao Xun asked for a kiss again.

this person!Joan frowned angrily, could she be him?How can you accept so many things at once!She was about to get up, but was held down by him.

Xiao Xun stared at her, "I speak from my heart."

"I'm still in the fog, I can't tell."

"You have regarded me as your friend for a long time, so it's no wonder why you can't tell the difference." Xiao Xun rubbed her face reassuringly, "If you don't do something that can only be done between husband and wife, don't you have to be dubious all the time?"

Joan felt that what he said made sense, but also felt that he was just messing around.When she was in a daze, his kisses fell on her cheeks, the corners of her lips... as soft as a feather.

She felt her cheeks heat up, and her figure slowly softened as if someone had poked her in the soft ribs.

But this kind of feeling always made her feel conflicted. In the days when he wanted her to bear children for him, this matter made her extremely bored. If she didn't respond, she would just suffer, and if she responded, she would feel humiliated.And he is not gentle and considerate...

But today he is different, he seems to have a little more pity, and even a little tenderness.

Joan subconsciously rejected him.

Xiao Xun hung around to look at her with anxious eyes, and his voice became hoarse: "Qiao An, I'm not the bastard Xiao Xun I used to be."

Joan was caught in the struggle of being hypocritical or being frank again—if he refused, he would be one of the few who had shared the same bed with him; if he was frank, he would really want to start over with him.

Start again, this is a word that makes her look forward to.Therefore, after a while, she chose the latter, she circled his figure, and there was a hint of a smile in her calm eyes, "Then, let's give it a try?"

Xiao Xun's eyes lit up, as if breaking free from the cage.After finally waiting for this moment, she was willing to tell him frankly: try to accept him again.

After Ye Xizhao took a bath, when she was about to take a rest, Zhilan reported from outside the curtain: "Ma'am, Miss is here, and I have something to talk to you about."

When Ye Xizhao put on his clothes and went to the ground, he asked Yu Shaoheng: "People in the mansion just call her Miss Fang Fei, do you want to correct it?"

Yu Shaoheng thought for a while, "Fang Fei is the second lady of the Hou Mansion."

"Understood." This meant that he fully recognized Fang Fei's status in the mansion.As a result, Ye Xizhao felt more at ease with Fang Fei.

Yu Shaoheng picked up the book at hand again, and told her: "Short story."

"Yes." Ye Xizhao responded with a smile, and then told Zhilan, "Second Miss, please sit in the Xici room first, I will be there later."

Zhilan's mind turned, and she understood the deep meaning of the words, Gong said yes.Inviting Fang Fei to sit in the Xici Room, and after offering refreshments, Ye Xizhao had already done some dressing and walked in the door.

After seeing the ceremony, Ye Xizhao asked Fangfei softly: "It's getting late, why are you looking for me?"

"It's about sister-in-law three." After Fang Fei finished speaking, she glanced at Zhilan.

Zhilan also withdrew and stood outside the door.After that, she heard Fang Fei whisper a few words to Ye Xizhao, and finally, she heard Ye Xizhao's voice:
"Is this true?!"

It seemed unbelievable.

After such a fuss, Gu Yunzheng had to suppress his restless mood and go to sleep obediently.

For the two of them, this night was still not going to be passed peacefully.

She couldn't help scratching her wound in her sleep, Huo Tianbei had to be alert all the time, whenever she moved her hand, he would hold it tighter, and she would always mutter dissatisfied about it.

Neither of them slept well.

Early in the morning, Huo Tianbei ordered Xu Mo to fetch medicine to change Gu Yunzheng's medicine.

Huo Tianbei told her in advance: "This time, I added anti-itching and removing scars, the latter will hurt very much."

Gu Yunzheng's attitude was straightforward: "As long as it doesn't itch, anything will do."

"When I'm not by your side, don't scratch and scratch, do you hear?" Huo Tianbei warned her seriously, "Otherwise, don't blame me for tying you up until you recover."

It's so hateful when you treat people well... Gu Yunzheng nodded reluctantly, cursing.

After changing the medicine, the two sat down at the dining table, and the three aunts came to pay their respects.

This time, Huo Tianbei did not ignore the three of them, and asked Aunt Mu: "How much do you know about Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Da? Do you have anything to tell?"

Aunt Mu panicked when she heard the words, and knelt down on the ground: "I'm a concubine... I don't know, I don't know at all..."

Huo Tianbei glanced at her, with a deep chill in his eyes, "Don't rush to deny it. You are a powerful servant girl by Mrs. Tai's side, how can you be ignorant of everything? Think it through and ask Mrs. to tell the truth."

Aunt Mu lowered her head and said yes in a low voice.

A concubine who was born as a maidservant always puts on an air of arrogance... Gu Yunzheng really can't figure it out—who is she showing to?The real Gu Yunzheng wouldn't even look at these things, let alone take them to heart.It can only be seen by a group of servants. The reason is probably because of his humble background, so he has to use such a posture to cover up his inferiority complex.

Aunt Qin knelt beside Aunt Mu, looking at Huo Tianbei sadly, "Master Hou, when will Governor Fan be punished? Is my father's imprison soon?"

Huo Tianbei ignored it.

Gu Yunzheng asked him in a low voice, and after getting his consent, he said another thing: "The three of you will live in another courtyard today, so as not to hear and see things you shouldn't know about. Be quiet in the other courtyard, don't Trying to walk around."

Aunt An exhaled lightly when she heard the words, as if she was finally relieved.

Aunt Qin and Aunt Mu's expressions were changing, they looked at Huo Tianbei, and after a while they answered softly.

Also three poor women.But Yun Ning lived in the mansion, and in the future, some loyal and good people will come one after another. Instead of letting them struggle in the mansion in shock and exhaustion every day, it is better to see less and listen less, and live elsewhere to enjoy a quiet life.In this way, it is all invisible.

When eating, Gu Yunzheng had a poor appetite, "I want to eat crystal plum blossom buns, did the cooks in the house make them delicious?"

"Zuixianlou did a good job. Let someone bring it back for you tomorrow morning." Huo Tianbei said, pushing Changchun rolls and pickled peach kernels in front of her, "Let's make it for today."

Gu Yunzheng nodded, and said while eating: "The breakfast and snacks in the capital are the most delicious. They are made by those small shops in the streets and alleys. They are very delicious."

"When are you going to the capital, you take me there."

"Okay." Gu Yunzheng knew without even thinking about it. His youthful days were too boring, and coupled with his disposition not to get close to strangers, it was impossible for him to wander around.

Huo Tianbei expected that she would go to Xianyue Pavilion after finishing her meal, and told her: "Go and find out what's going on first, it's best if you can find a reason to persuade her, if you can't find it..."

(End of this chapter)