Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 31

Yu Shaohuan thought for a moment, and expressed his thoughts: "If you keep yourself safe in the future, think about the relationship between husband and wife in the past, and I will allow you to stay by my side. If there is another scandal, you and I will have to part ways." After speaking, he left with a flick of his sleeves.

The third lady raised her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her lips. She was dazed for a long time, thinking about the cause and effect, hurriedly went down to the ground, and called the servant girl to help her change clothes, "Quick! I'm going to see Mrs. Tai!"

The fact is that she tried her best to help Feng Huixuan enter the Hou's mansion, but she must never admit that she must clear her guilt in front of Mrs. Tai right now.Furthermore, Mrs. Tai didn't think about it, how could it be such a coincidence that Yu Shaoheng, Ye Xizhao, and Feng Huixuan appeared in the Xiangfu on the same day, it was clearly a trap set by Ye Xizhao and the Xiangfu to kill two birds with one stone.Even if she was at fault first, Ye Xizhao's vicious revenge is not as simple as an eye for an eye. Can Mrs. Tai tolerate such a person?
However, there was no way for the third lady to say what she had said - too madam was too lazy to see her.

Yuanyang came out and said to the third lady: "The third lady is still weak, go back and take care of her life. After the body recovers, I will come to the lady to confess the crime."

"No, Mrs. Tai misunderstood me, you let me go in and explain to Mrs. Tai..." The third lady moved her steps as she spoke, trying to force her way into the room.

Yuanyang suddenly turned cold, and ordered the little maid to stop the third lady, and asked in a cold voice: "What did Madam Tai say, have you ever written it down?"

A young servant girl replied crisply: "Madam Tai said that she doesn't want to see Third Madam and Feng's daughter in the near future. If these two people don't know how serious they are, they can drag them out and slap their mouths."

Yuanyang nodded in satisfaction, and said to the third lady: "Third lady, please go back, don't embarrass us servants." Immediately, his gaze was fixed on the clear palm print on the third lady's cheek, and he added, "The taste of palming your mouth It's not good, the appearance after slapping the mouth is not good, the third lady said, right?"

Having said this, the third lady's heart sank to the bottom.Dejectedly turned around and returned, two lines of tears fell silently under the helplessness.

Mrs. Tai didn't spare any affection for her.What should I do?The third lady has completely messed up.When walking back, she cried and told the accompanying maid: "Go and ask my mother to come over."

Xiangfu.

After Ye Shuxuan returned to the mansion, he ordered Yu Shaoheng to come to the study to talk.

Ye Xihan placed an order, and remembered that Yao's mother had a good show to watch, so she went to the main room to inquire.

Meng Shi knew that as long as it was beneficial to Ye Xizhao, Ye Xihan would not object, so she explained the matter in detail.

After Ye Xihan listened, he smiled and said: "Yes! That's how it should be!" Then he asked, "Xi Zhao won't think about the old relationship and break up softly?"

"No." Meng said with a smile, "She is not what she used to be."

"That's good." Ye Xihan has never been afraid of the height of the stage when watching operas, so he walked out, "I'll go to Du Liang to discuss it, and find some helpers for him, and let a few people go to An Guogong tomorrow. Let the government ask for an explanation. If there is resistance over there, let Du Liang announce those two things to the public, and see if they are afraid."

Meng shi laughed, and didn't stop her, but said: "Just find a few outsiders, and you are not allowed to join in the fun."

"I see!"

Afterwards, the servant girl reported, and Feng Huixuan returned to the prime minister's mansion to seek an audience.Meng Shi waved her hand indifferently, "Let her go back to the mansion with Mrs. An Guogong, and it won't help if I say anything."

The maid followed her word and dismissed Feng's mother and daughter.

In the study, Yu Shaoheng cut straight to the point, took out the book of poems, turned to a page, and asked Ye Shuxuan to read it, "Look at it, Mr. Xiang, is there anything wrong?"

Ye Shuxuan saw that it was a collection of poems taken away by Ye Xizhao, and asked in surprise, "How did it get into your hands?"

Yu Shaoheng said euphemistically: "When Xi Zhao read it, she found some clues, so let me see if I agree with her." Saying this, he realized that Ye Xizhao's original intention of letting him read it was just that.I didn't say it clearly, probably because as a woman, it's not easy to talk about these things with him.

With doubts, Ye Shuxuan narrowed his eyes and took a closer look.

Yu Shaoheng put his finger on one place, "Emperor Ming Xi, the last emperor of the previous dynasty, disappeared after the country was destroyed. There are still rumors among the people that his descendants intend to regain the imperial power, and these two words—" Yu Shaoheng's finger landed on one place on the page, Close the topic.

Ye Shuxuan looked at the word "Mingxi", his thoughts turned, and he broke out in a cold sweat.He thought of the literary inquisitions that occurred repeatedly during the reign of the former emperor. Among those cases, several cases were caused by the homophony of the names and year names of the previous emperors, and the officials involved were either poisoned or executed. ... As for the reason, it is precisely because of the rumors about the last emperor of the previous dynasty.

Although the current emperor is wise and open-minded, and opposes literary inquisition, the situation of the people in the court is uncertain, and one day they will inherit the tyrannical behavior of the former emperor due to rumors and suspicions.

Yu Shaoheng looked at Ye Shuxuan's expression and saw that he had understood, so he told the rest one by one.

Ye Shuxuan said in a low voice: "Fortunately, I know that these poems won't be on the stage, so I just collected them myself, thinking about my thoughts when I was an old man... It would be unimaginable if they were circulated by others."

Yu Shaoheng asked casually: "Except for me and Xi Zhao, has anyone else ever seen it?"

Ye Shuxuan thought for a while, and his expression changed.

One afternoon last winter, when he was sorting out the collection of books in his study, Tang Hong came over with a smile. When he helped, he saw this collection of poems and wanted to take it home to read.He smiled and declined, because it was really a private work, and many words were never carefully crafted.Tang Hongxiao didn't insist, so he asked if he could read it carefully in the study. He couldn't shirk it any longer, so he agreed.

Because I didn't take it seriously, I had already forgotten it.

Looking back carefully now, I remembered that Tang Hongxiao had been reading this collection of poems all afternoon, while he was busy arranging the collection of books, and then crouched at his desk to review official documents.Tang Hongxiao's memory is excellent, and he has always read ten lines at a glance. In fact, there is no reason to read for so long.Moreover, Yu Shaoheng could easily see the loopholes in the collection of poems, why didn't Tang Hongxiao, the number one scholar, see the flaws?

Thinking about her daughter's persuasion, Ye Shuxuan couldn't help being suspicious of Tang Hongxiao at this moment.

Gathering his thoughts, Ye Shuxuan collected the poems and forced a smile, "Someone has read them before, but it's okay, I never took out the Xiangfu." As he spoke, he patted the collection of poems, "I often say that these are ridiculous words from when I was young. , at this moment, it is clear that it is a hidden danger. That's all!" He turned to look for the fire, "Since it is the root of disaster, there is no need to stay."

Yu Shaoheng snatched the collection of poems back into his hands, and said with a smile, "Why bother? But there are a few mistakes, and it's just a matter of revising and re-transcribing."

Ye Shuxuan waved his hand with a wry smile, "Every time I read it now, I feel ashamed after only reading three or two pages. This is also why I haven't found any mistakes for many years."

Yu Shaoheng pondered for a moment, "Xi Zhao loves this collection of poems so much, it would be a pity to destroy it. Why don't I bring the collection of poems back and let Xi Zhao revise them one by one before transcribing them again."

Ye Shuxuan understands that Yu Shaoheng is only using Ye Xizhao as a cover, but actually intends to help modify it, presumably it is from the bottom of his heart to ease the deadlock with the Xiangfu.For the first time, he smiled in front of his son-in-law, "That's fine."

Yu Shaoheng also responded with a smile, jokingly said: "Aren't you afraid that I will report to the Emperor?"

"What am I afraid of?" Ye Shuxuan smiled even more, "If something happens to the Xiangfu, your life will be difficult." After all, if Yu Shaoheng really wanted to use his poetry collection to make things difficult for him, he wouldn't come to remind him today.

"It's good that Xiangye is not suspicious." Yu Shaoheng put away his poetry collection, "Farewell."

Ye Shuxuan looked at the sky, it was already dusk, thinking that if Yu Shaoheng left at this time, it would be rude and neglectful of the prime minister, and the precious daughter might not be sure how to scold him next time when she comes back, so she persuaded him to stay: "Let's stay for dinner."

Yu Shaoheng had already walked out, and responded casually: "No need."

Ye Shuxuan couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and his tone turned harsh, "Is it difficult to eat the food and wine in Xiangfu?"

Yu Shaoheng stopped and looked back, wondering which muscle of this man was twisted again.

Ye Shuxuan glared at Yu Shaoheng again, "I'm just keeping you for a meal, why are you shirking?" He said and walked out, "Come with me to the flower hall, and I've seen how much you drink!"

Yu Shaoheng couldn't help but slander: What can't be said properly?Always in this tone that I owe you tens of thousands of taels of silver.Immediately, he smiled lightly.

Weng and son-in-law here called Ye Xihan, and went to the Ewha Hall for dinner and drinks, and Ye Xizhao who was in the Hou Mansion was not idle either.

Before the meal, the second lady personally delivered a jar of fruit wine, and said with a soft smile: "I brewed this myself, please bring it to my sister-in-law to taste it, and then tell me if there are any shortcomings."

Hsinchu Zhilan almost laughed out loud when she heard this, and thought to herself, what can a lady who gets drunk when she gets drunk taste wine?
Ye Xizhao glanced helplessly at the two maidservants, took the wine jar with a smile, thanked him and asked, "Second master doesn't seem to be back today?"

The second lady replied: "Yes, I was invited by my colleagues to have dinner outside."

"Master Hou just ordered someone to come back and stay in the prime minister's mansion for dinner." Ye Xizhao took the second wife's hand, "It's deserted to eat alone, why don't you stay and we eat together?"

The second lady didn't shirk, and immediately smiled and said: "Okay, let's have a meal today, I ordered the servant girl to bring the food here, we will keep what we like, and the rest will be given to the servant girl, so that they can get together too."

Ye Xizhao nodded again and again, "It couldn't be better."

When eating, the two sisters-in-law sent their maids, so that they could just eat and play with peace of mind.After that, the second lady slapped the mud seal off the wine jar, poured two glasses of wine, and handed one to Ye Xizhao, "Taste it."

Ye Xizhao took it in his hand, took a sip, and raised his eyebrows in surprise, "This wine is very sweet, with only a little taste of wine."

The second lady explained with a smile: "I have a poor capacity for alcohol. Sometimes I have to entertain my sisters and friends, so I have to drink a little wine. After getting drunk a few times, I simply learned how to make wine. At the beginning, I only wanted the wine not to be intoxicating. It also gradually becomes sweet and refreshing.”

"It's really amazing." Ye Xizhao praised, and took another sip of wine, "It's clearly made for me, but I'm actually drunk when I drink."

The second wife couldn't help laughing, "Just tell me what flavor you want to drink in the future."

"Okay."

In a relaxed atmosphere, the two ate and drank, and the conversation continued.In fact, the two have similar temperaments and hobbies, but Ye Xizhao in the past seemed difficult to get close to, and the two sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law couldn't get close.Now that the distance has been shortened a little bit, the words are no longer perfunctory or cautious in the past.

Because of the happy chat and the wine was very good, the two women reciprocated courtesy and poured wine for each other again and again to add to the fun.Gradually, they all forgot that they were incapable of drinking.

Later, the second wife laughed and said: "Sister-in-law is always drunk when she is drunk, she is much better than me - I seem to be drunk and can't drink anymore."

It was only then that Ye Xizhao realized that he had drunk a lot, and then he laughed, "It's true that I can't drink any more, let's go to another day, I'll go to your room to eat and drink."

"Okay, I can't wish for it." The second lady sat for a while, said goodbye and went back to the room.

Zhilan walked in, weighed the wine jar, and was very surprised, "Madam and Second Madam drank so much wine?"

"This wine is very sweet, not intoxicating." Ye Xizhao didn't care, "I'm going to take a bath."

"Then it's up to whoever you are, as long as your drinking capacity..." Zhilan muttered, she was really worried that when Lord Hou came back, she would see that his wife had become a drunk cat.As it turned out later, her fears had come true.

When taking a bath, Ye Xizhao enjoyed it at first.The little days are gone, to her, it's like a small disaster has passed, and she feels relaxed all over her body.But it didn't take long before I felt light-headed and dizzy.

When Zhilan helped Ye Xizhao wipe her wet long hair, she said angrily and with a smile: "I'm just sitting here and wobbling around, let's see if you dare to drink next time."

Ye Xizhao said seriously, "I'm not drunk."

Zhilan had a headache - people who drank alcohol, if they said they were not drunk, they were probably very drunk.

Fortunately, Ye Xizhao was not noisy after drinking, and was even rare gentle and easy-going. Apart from not admitting that she was drunk, Zhilan had no objection to anything.After making the bed, An An lay down on the bed quietly.

When Zhilan went outside to ask someone to make a bowl of hangover soup for Ye Xizhao, Yu Shaoheng came back.

Yu Shaoheng's pace was a bit slower than usual.When he walked up the steps and was about to enter the door, he held the door frame with his arms.

Zhilan smelled the strong smell of alcohol, and noticed Yu Shaoheng's shaking slightly at this moment, she couldn't laugh or cry, and wondered what day is today?
Yu Shaoheng rubbed the center of his eyebrows vigorously, went to take a bath first, and washed away the smell of alcohol.Walking into the dormitory, I saw Ye Xizhao looking at Chengchen above, thoughtful.He stepped up to the bed, put down the bed curtain, and asked softly, "What are you thinking about?"

Ye Xizhao met his gaze with a pure and clear smile, "I was wondering why you haven't come back yet."

"Just say how much you miss me."

Ye Xizhao blinked, and his smile deepened, "No. Why don't you say you miss me?"

She is a little different than usual, and this difference is really gratifying.With his hands on the side of the pillow, he approached her face and stared at her.

The bright red brocade quilt exudes a strong rose fragrance, while her long hair and body exude a tranquil and pleasant fragrance.At this time, her eyes were hazy, her lips were delicate, and her slender fingers touched his cheek, tracing his brows.

Yu Shaoheng held her bare hand, looked at her lips, and drew the distance so close that he could clearly feel her shallow breathing.

He turned his head slightly to ask for a kiss, and when his lips fell, he whispered: "I really miss you."

(End of this chapter)