Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 33

His attitude was straightforward, and he directly threw the third wife into the position where she would pack up and return to her mother's house sooner or later.Men's and women's attitudes and methods of handling family affairs are really quite different.

"I understand what you said," said Mrs. Tai with a smile, "but after all, she has not been married for a long time. If she keeps saying that she can take care of her body, what can we do? Sickness is something that even if a genius doctor is alive, it cannot be said that it cannot be cured. And other things are indeed more irritating, but they should not be rumored, the Song family doesn't care, but our Hou Mansion doesn't need to be talked about because of such a fool. Do you think this is the reason?"

Yu Shaoheng nodded and smiled, "That's why I said let her make trouble, don't be in a hurry to take a concubine for Shaohuan. It's all right for her to keep her own place in the future, and it's better as before. Shaohuan doesn't need to be delayed by her for the rest of his life."

Mrs. Tai pondered for a moment, "That's fine, I'll listen to you."

After a few more gossips, the second lady came over, looked at Ye Xizhao when she entered the door, blushed slightly, and smiled in return—she was also drunk, but Ye Xizhao came to pay her respects earlier, but she was called out a few times by the maidservants. Only then did he force himself to stand up.

Ye Xizhao naturally understood what the second lady was thinking, and responded with a knowing smile.

Back in the main room, when eating, Ye Xizhao asked: "Shall we go to Mrs. Tai's room for lunch?"

Yu Shaoheng knew her intentions as soon as he heard it, nodded and smiled, "It couldn't be better." After thinking about it, he told her what Mrs. Tai likes to eat on weekdays, "Crab powder lion head, crystal elbow, braised fish, kelp stewed tofu, soup dumplings . Pick two or three things and do it.”

Ye Xizhao smiled and said, "Since you said it, I'll do it all. It's just that there is no fresh fish in the small kitchen, so I'll call someone to get it from the front."

"No need." Yu Shaoheng smiled, "There is a fish pond in the back garden, which tastes fresher than the fish raised in the clear water pond. I'll catch two for you."

Ye Xizhao opened his eyes wide, "Can you still fish?"

Yu Shaoheng looked at her strangely, "How difficult is fishing?"

"Isn't fishing the hobby of quiet people? You don't seem like someone who can sit facing the water for a long time."

"False." Yu Shaoheng said, "You wait and see."

"Okay."

"Or, will you go with me?"

Ye Xizhao shook his head without thinking, "Shall I show you that the fish is not hooked? I don't."

"You dare to look at me like that." Yu Shaoheng raised his hand and patted her forehead, "You are only allowed to cook fish, not to eat it."

Ye Xizhao pushed his hand away, "Okay, if I want to eat, you can just scold me in front of Mrs. Tai."

Yu Shaoheng pondered for a moment, "I really don't dare."

Ye Xizhao giggled, got up and gave him a bowl of glutinous rice and lotus seed porridge.

When preparing the meals, Ye Xizhao ordered someone to go to the second wife's room, thinking of inviting the second wife to join in the fun. In this way, in the eyes of the wife, it was the meals prepared for her by the two daughter-in-laws. , would be happier.

After the servant girl came back, she said that the second lady's natal family had something to do temporarily, so she didn't leave for a long time.

There is no way out, just look for opportunities in the future.

After the stew was on the stove and the dumpling stuffing was ready, Yu Shaoheng also came back, carrying a small bucket in his hands, to the door of the small kitchen.

Ye Xizhao went up to meet him, looked down and saw two feet long fish, hurriedly called someone to clean it up, turned around and mouthed to him: "It's amazing."

Yu Shaoheng turned around with a smile, ordered people to go to the front kitchen, and told the cook that there was no need to prepare meals for Mrs. Tai.

After a while, Zhilan walked into the small kitchen, and while helping Ye Xizhao make dumplings, she said softly, "Mother Yao came over and talked to the servant about the Duke An's mansion, and now she is waiting for Madam to reply in the wing room."

"Let's talk about the Duke's Mansion first."

Zhilan repeated what Yao's mother said verbatim: "Early this morning, Du Liang went to Anguo Gong's mansion with a few people. Fifth Miss beat her head and face, and then reprimanded Mrs. An Guogong for a long time. Finally, after learning from the pain, she agreed to marry Fifth Miss to Du Liang. It turned out that he still wanted to make Fifth Miss Du Liang's wife—after all, now Du Liang's father It's just a seventh-rank county magistrate, no one will make a fuss about Du Liang marrying a flat wife."

"Being an ordinary wife?" Ye Xizhao smiled coldly, "Feng Huixuan is all about being a concubine, so being an ordinary wife is not good. Besides, wouldn't I be busy in vain?"

Zhilan nodded with a smile, and continued: "Du Liang refused to agree to life or death, saying that if that was the case, it would be better to publicize the scandal, and Miss Fifth would not want it. An Guogong had no choice but to agree. Du Liang He said that he would pick up Fifth Miss and return to Shandong in ten days, and An Guogong also agreed."

"That's good." But Ye Xizhao couldn't feel at ease because of the ten-day deadline.

According to Feng Huixuan's temperament, and Mrs. An Guogong, I am afraid that she will not accept her fate, and she will definitely struggle to the death.

Ye Xizhao pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Let Mother Yao tell Madam and Uncle that you must keep a close eye on Du Liang within ten days—he is a guy who only cares about money. Don't give Anguo Gongfu a lot of money to buy him a chance to calm things down. Then Let the uncle take care of the two things."

Zhilan went away at the sound, and came back after a while, "Ma'am, the maid Ruyi from the third lady's room is here, she came here secretly, and said she has something important to tell Madam."

Ye Xizhao put down the dumplings in his hand, and patted the flour on his hands.Her intuition was that the third wife was going to do something wrong, so Ruyi came secretly to report the news.This servant girl must have seen the situation in the mansion clearly, and also heard what she warned earlier, and she has no intention of helping the third madam to do stupid things again.In fact, anyone with a wink can see that the third lady is gone, and in the future she can only sit on the bench.

As for the third lady, if she still wants to plot against her at this moment, it is no longer stupid, but stupid and crazy.If that's the case, the third lady really can't stay.

Ruyi went outside the small kitchen and bowed her knees.

Ye Xizhao asked warmly, "Why did you come to see me?"

Ruyi respectfully said: "Yesterday, Madam gave me a warning, and this slave will take it to heart. Today, I learned of the third Madam's plans, so I hurried to report to Madam."

"It's a smart one, so tell me what you've seen and heard."

Ruyi lowered her voice: "Last night, the third lady's mother came, and the third lady just kept crying. About an hour ago, the third lady's mother came again, and the mother and daughter talked for a long time. The servant and Jixiang were worried about the third lady. She was going to do something stupid again, so she listened carefully outside the window. The third lady said that now she has no way out, and she will be divorced by the third master if things go wrong. The natal family will come to the Marquis Mansion tomorrow to pick her up and bring her back to her natal family, and then let her mother come over, no matter what, they must invite Madam to the Song Mansion. The rest of the plans of the Third Madam, I don’t need a maidservant to elaborate, Madam can guess.”

Ye Xizhao nodded slowly.To put it bluntly, just one sentence: The third lady wants her to be fooled and ruin her reputation.

Ruyi continued: "At first, I was wondering how the third lady could calm down overnight and have so many ideas. Later, I heard something from Jixiang, and then I understood. Early this morning, a member of the Feng family The mother came over. The third lady was afraid to see the mother. The mother begged Jixiang to pass a letter to the third lady. Jixiang could read some words, so she opened the seal of the letter and read it.

"The letter was written by Miss Feng Wu to the third madam. It was nothing more than sincerely saying that yesterday was a last resort, and she put all the responsibility on the madam. After that, she suggested that the third madam should treat her as her own way. In human body, he also said that if the third lady didn't fight back at this time, even if she stayed in the Hou's mansion in the future, it would be just a vain name, and she would never be able to stand up straight again.

"In the end, Miss Feng Wu said that she might end up going to Shandong to become a concubine. It would be great for the third wife to follow her advice and take revenge on the wife. If she refuses to obey, it's okay. Anyway, everything in the capital will be different soon. She has nothing to do with it. The reason why she makes suggestions is because she is unwilling and doesn't want to see Madam enjoying wealth and glory."

When Ye Xizhao heard this, he couldn't help but laugh.At this time, Feng Huixuan still has the ability to use the third wife.

Ruyi's tone was more helpless: "Although the third lady resents Miss Feng Wu very much, after reading the letter, she undoubtedly agrees with Miss Feng Wu's suggestion. Because last night, she kept saying that she was gone. There is a way out, and he said that it was all because of his wife that he has come to this point."

Ye Xizhao pondered for a moment, then asked: "Is every statement true?"

Ruyi hurriedly said: "How dare the servant girl say such a lie?"

"Then, can you tell Hou Ye what you said?"

Ruyi hesitated for a moment because of her long-standing fear of Yu Shaoheng, and finally nodded solemnly, "This servant is telling the truth, and I dare to tell anyone."

"Don't blame me for this move, I have my difficulties."

"The servant understands."

"Well, follow me to see Lord Hou." Ye Xizhao took Ruyi to see Yu Shaoheng.

At this time, Yu Shaoheng was sitting lazily in front of the desk under the south window of the dormitory, with a stack of official documents in hand.

Ye Xizhao brought Ruyi in front of him, and said with a smile: "This maid has something to report to the Marquis, so I will go back to the small kitchen to prepare meals."

"You go."

Ye Xizhao returned to the small kitchen and continued to prepare meals.Regarding this matter, she had to let Yu Shaoheng know, and let him understand how crazy the third wife was.Besides, for the plan of the third lady, she needs his help and protection.No matter how strong she is, she can't gamble with her own reputation.

While waiting for the crystal elbow to come out of the pot, Yu Shaoheng walked into the small kitchen and waved his hands to order the underdogs to back off.

Ye Xizhao was looking at the stove in a daze, when he was suddenly embraced by him, he was startled at first, and then he realized it when he was about to turn around, and said with a smile, "I don't make any noise when I walk, is it just to facilitate a sneak attack?"

Yu Shaoheng said with a smile, "Hugging my wife is considered a sneak attack?"

Ye Xizhao raised his arms backwards, hooking his neck, "You big man, how can you enter the kitchen?"

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Yu Shaoheng made a gesture to leave.

But Ye Xizhao refused to let him go, "It's already here, so it's not the same to leave early and late? Tell me quickly, what are your plans?"

"That idiot, death is not a pity. But in her current situation, it is better to let her live in humiliation than to let her die happily." Yu Shaoheng told her truthfully, "Let Shaohuan divorce her."

Ye Xizhao's thoughts turned, "Then, can we use our tricks?"

Yu Shaoheng asked back: "Do you believe me?"

"If you don't believe me, who do you believe?"

"Then use the plan, and you and Shao Huan will be able to settle down easily in the future."

"Ah."

At noon, the husband and wife went to Mrs. Tai's room for dinner at the same time.Ye Xizhao smiled while setting up dinner with Yuanyang: "My daughter-in-law is a clumsy cook, don't be disgusted by Mrs. Tai."

"It's all made by you?" Mrs. Tai looked at the rich dishes on the table with attractive colors and aromas, she was taken aback for a moment, and then she showed a gratified smile.

Yuanyang took the conversation, "That's right, the dishes are made by Madam, and the fish, but Master Hou went to the fish pond in the back garden to catch it."

"You guys are interested." For the first time, the husband and wife gave Mrs. Tai the feeling of being a husband and wife, and the reason was only because of her poor appetite in the morning.The depression and melancholy brought by the third lady have been reduced in this way.As long as the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law are filial, there will be no difficulties in this day.

When sitting down to eat, Mrs. Tai tasted the dishes one by one and praised repeatedly: "Okay, delicious." The smile and satisfaction are self-evident, and then she said to Ye Xizhao, "I really couldn't see it in the past, You cook a good meal."

"It's Mrs. Tai who is not picky." Ye Xizhao naturally didn't intend to take credit for it, "Eating is all about your mood. If you are happy, you will feel that the food is more palatable."

"That's the truth, but your cooking skills are indeed very good."

"As long as you like it, my daughter-in-law will make it for you in different ways in the future."

Mrs. Tai smiled and nodded, "That's kind." After seeing that Ye Xizhao hadn't touched the braised fish, she asked, "Don't you like fish?"

"No." Ye Xizhao shook his head with a smile.

Yu Shaoheng on the side also realized this. Thinking of what he said before, he thought that the little thing was quite vengeful, raised his chopsticks with a smile, and first took a piece of fish for Mrs. Tai and sent it to the bowl, and then asked Ye Xizhao: "Eat fish?" Head or fish tail?" To tease her deliberately.

"..." Ye Xizhao really didn't bother to talk to him, but because Mrs. Tai was present, he could only reply with a pleasant face, "Fish heads are liked by people who know how to eat fish. I'm stupid, and I can cook but can't eat."

Mrs. Tai gave Yu Shaoheng a gouged look, "Let's leave the fish head and fish tail to you. Xi Zhao is like me, just eat a bonus and have fun."

Yu Shaoheng smiled lightly, then picked up a piece of fish, put it in Ye Xizhao's bowl, and said softly, "Be careful of stabbing."

"Ah."

Only then did Mrs. Tai realize what was going on, and looked at Yu Shaoheng, with a smile in her eyes from the bottom of her heart.Then the topic was changed, people outside the mansion, what they saw and heard, they all chatted with the husband and wife.

After eating happily, seeing that Mrs. Tai was a little tired, the husband and wife left and went back to the room.As for the matter of the third lady, she didn't mention it from the beginning to the end.

Ye Xizhao was actually very tired from the early morning, went straight to the bedroom, took off his clothes and lay down on the bed to take a nap.

Yu Shaoheng became tired when he saw her touch the pillow, but he didn't tease her, and patted her back until she fell into a dream.

In the afternoon, Mrs. Li went to Mrs. Tai's room, first to make amends, and then proposed to take the third lady back to her mother's house for a period of time.He said it nicely, saying that he wanted to bring his incompetent daughter back to teach her well.

Mrs. Tai read what Yu Shaoheng said in the morning, but she didn't stop her. She said that it's all right and served tea to see off the guests.

In this way, the third lady returned to her natal home.

Ye Xizhao and Yu Shaoheng heard about it when they woke up, and they became more and more convinced that what Ruyi said was the truth.

Yu Shaoheng went to find Yu Shaohuan himself.Even if he can do anything in the lord's mansion, he should inform Yu Shaohuan in advance about the matter of the third wife.

Yu Shaohuan originally felt that the third wife was uneasy and kind when she heard Yu Shaoheng's succinct explanation, and he was so angry that his blood surged, and he finally said a word after a while: "Brother, it is really insulting for such a person to stay in the Hou's mansion." , if big brother doesn't object, I... I'll just divorce her! Being a monk is better than living with her!"

(End of this chapter)