Yutai Bi

Chapter 208 Borrowing the Way
The death of Cen Meiren was settled in the wrestling between the monarch and his ministers.The queen is still the lord of the six palaces, and Wu Zhaoyi is still the most favored concubine.

In the court hall, there was an atmosphere of harmony between the monarch and his ministers.

The only one who was unhappy was Wu Zhaoyi.If the court is in harmony, Gaozong will not have the thoughts of abolishing the queen.The queen had a chance to breathe, and began to lead Liu Jieyu and other concubines to fight with Wu Zhaoyi again.

Wu Zhaoyi waited patiently for the opportunity, and there was a temporary calm in the harem before the storm was about to come.

Du Yansui used the excuse of keeping his filial piety and not going to court. Apart from going to practice martial arts with the guards every day, he honestly stayed at home with Mrs. Du and Cen Sanniang.

Another year, in the spring of March, warblers fly in the grasslands of Leyou.Happy events for every household in Chang'an City sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

The second room sent a happy post, and Du Jingxian, the Saburo, married Wei Xiaowan.

When Cen Sanniang thought of Wei Xiaowan clinging to Du Yansui like a white flower, all the hairs on her body stood on end.Pulling Du Yansui to inspect the empty yard in the mansion.Passing Zhiting Courtyard a few times, she carefully looked at the locked door, and asked Du Yansui worriedly: "What do you think about buying bricks to seal it?"

Du Yansui frowned and said, "...it makes people think we are stingy."

Cen Sanniang sneered and said, "Okay, now I think we are stingy. Later, if the door is opened by others, it will be even more inconvenient to seal it. Let me see what you should do?"

"Not at all." Du Yansui didn't take it to heart.

Perhaps in his opinion, since Wei Xiaowan married her third cousin, it was impossible for her to have other thoughts.

Cen Sanniang was angry, and wanted to see if it was true what Du Yansui said, Wei Xiaowan would be honest if she married someone.Also left it alone.

This day, Du Yansui and Cen Sanniang went to the old lady's courtyard for dinner as usual.Before she could sit down, the woman at the courtyard gate came to report: "...the third young lady from the second room came and said that she cooked two dishes to honor the old lady."

Cen Sanniang let out a huff, and was so angry that she wanted to throw her chopsticks.

Mrs. Du glanced at Cen Sanniang and said, "Since you're here, let's invite Mrs. San to have dinner with you."

Du Yansui got up tactfully: "Grandma, I still have something to do with Hei Qi, so I won't have dinner with you tonight."

Cen Sanniang was feeling better, but Mrs. Du stopped Du Yansui: "No matter how urgent things are, we should eat before going."

Cen Sanniang was shocked.Madam, what are you doing here?She told herself to be calm, on her own land, and in front of the old lady, Wei Xiaowan would not be so cheap.

"San Niang, serve me for dinner." Mrs. Du ordered.

Cen Sanniang was completely angry.

Du Yansui raised her eyebrows, thought of something, and didn't mention the matter of leaving again.

Cen Sanniang held back her anger and helped the old lady to sit down, and stood beside the old lady respectfully.Du Yansui sat down firmly.

After a while, Wei Xiaowan came with the girl.

She was wearing an apricot shirt with large sleeves and a white high-waisted skirt.Combing a hundred flower bun, in the middle is a pile of sagong flowers that are as big as the mouth of a bowl.Originally beautiful and glamorous, after getting married, she showed an extra flair.Cen Sanniang felt that compared with her, she served a bowl of beef noodles with yellow and fried eggs, and her own bowl of noodles in clear soup with a few green onions at most.The more she looked at it, the more unpleasant it became, and she was thinking about how to attack it.

Wei Xiaowan's eyes turned on Du Yansui, and Pingting bowed her knees to Mrs. Du and said, "Grandmother, you are not in good health. I didn't dare to invite you when I got married. I was thinking about seeing you alone. It just so happened to be a girl today." We made a stewed beef, which was soft. Remembering that you like it, I took the liberty to bring it to you."

The soft voice made Cen Sanniang shiver.

"Sanlang's daughter-in-law is interested. Come, come and sit next to my uncle and grandmother, and have dinner with my uncle and grandmother." Mrs. Du smiled and pulled Wei Xiaowan to sit beside her, and ordered the meal to be served.

Wei Xiaowan glanced at Cen Sanniang, and got up to wait for her: "I just passed the door, so I should serve you."

Mrs. Du hurriedly stopped her: "I'll be served by Brother Ninth's wife. You sit down."

Cen Sanniang glanced at Du Yansui, and said with a smile: "You are a guest, so I can't bother you. Third sister-in-law, you are welcome!"

She led the girl to arrange the food, and picked up the chopsticks to serve the old lady.

Wei Xiaowan thanked her with a bow, her eyes flicked softly over Du Yansui's face, and she lowered her head to eat.

"Our family doesn't have the habit of eating without talking. I just like to be lively. Has Saburo returned to the house yet?" Mrs. Du broke the silence and asked with a smile.

Wei Xiaowan shook her head, and sighed softly: "I only took two days off as a married couple, and then I went back to the Ministry of War. For half a month, I left early and returned late. There are many things in the yamen, so I can't help him."

"Men, you should start a family and start a business. Once you become a family, you should be busy with business." Mrs. Du comforted her, then pushed the soup that Cen Sanniang gave her to Wei Xiaowan and teased, "After you've been busy for a while, you chase him away He would be reluctant to leave such a beautiful daughter-in-law."

Wei Xiaowan thanked her with a bow, pinched the spoon with two fingers and took a small sip.After taking two sips, he took off the handkerchief and printed it on his lips.Gathered up the courage to talk to Du Yansui: "Ninth brother, I see that Sanlang is so busy, maybe the court will use troops again?"

Just as Du Yansui was about to speak, Cen Sanniang laughed and said, "Sister-in-law Santang should change her name to cousin. My husband is keeping his filial piety at home, and he didn't go to court, how would he know. You might as well ask third brother directly."

"San Niang is right, I am not as clear as Third Brother." Du Yansui suppressed a smile, buried her head and continued eating.

Wei Xiaowan's eyes suddenly turned red, and she picked up the handkerchief and began to cry.

"Oh, what's the matter? Saburo is mad at you? Tell your aunt, the old woman will scold him! This new daughter-in-law has only been married for a month, how can you be mad at you!" Mrs. Du hurriedly pulled Wei Xiaowan to comfort her .

It doesn't matter if this persuasion doesn't matter, Wei Xiaowan cried until she couldn't breathe, and said sobbingly: "...there is no housewife who asks her husband's whereabouts all day long, saying that I am not virtuous... Mother is busy with getting married in autumn, sister-in-law I couldn’t get my hands in it, so I just asked my girl to help. It’s far away from the big kitchen, and my parents used to wait for the meal. The food was already cold, and I had to reheat it on the tea stove before eating. My mother was sympathetic, and she was afraid that I would starve , asked me to take the girl to buy some snacks. There were many people I bumped into along the way, so my grandfather scolded my mother, saying that the new daughter-in-law was not comfortable in the house..."

Cen Sanniang opened her eyes wide.It is said that family ugliness is not publicized. Is this called virtuous?Wei Xiaowan is not only a little white flower, but she also lacks strings in her mind, right?Obviously Mrs. Liu is greedy and doesn't want to spend money.Even Wei Xiaowan wanted to take her daughter's dowry out of Wei Xiaowan's hands, and supporting her to buy snacks was not because of her own mouth.Can't see clearly?
She was puzzled.If Wei Xiaowan didn't run back to her mother's house and cry, why did she come to the Duke's mansion?Is it possible that the old lady is still expected to go over to the house to instruct the second old man to take care of the second bedroom's family affairs?
The more Wei Xiaowan talked, the more miserable she became.In a word, after she got married, the family of the second bedroom master was spending her money and using her people.Half a month after being married, Du Sanlang left early and returned late, and he didn't even say a word of affection to her.Losing teeth and swallowing blood, the pain is endless.

Du Yansui kept shaking her head, and Cen Sanniang rolled her eyes in anger.She was full of anger, he listened carefully to Xiao Baihua's complaints, and he was still standing and waiting on an empty stomach.

Du Yansui really couldn't stand these internal complaints, so she glanced at Wei Xiaowan, but it was Du Sanlang who sympathized with her.Marry a daughter-in-law and cry and go to other people's houses to complain, but if it was me, I would have been very angry.

Unexpectedly, when he glanced over, it met Wei Xiaowan's tearful eyes.Wei Buwan burst into tears: "Ninth Brother, I made you laugh."

As soon as he lowered his head, a string of crystal clear tears fell down.

Du Yansui didn't know how to answer the conversation, but when she looked up and saw Cen Sanniang's half-smile expression, she was so frightened that she hurriedly ate a bowl of rice and said, "Grandmother, I'm going to find Hei Qi to talk about something, you take it easy."

Putting down the chopsticks, he walked very fast, leaving the courtyard in a flash.

Wei Xiaowan looked at Du Yansui's back until she couldn't see her anymore, so she wiped her tears and said, "I couldn't hold back for a while, I'm sorry."

Mrs. Du just sighed heavily.

Cen Sanniang thought to herself, since she knew she was rude, you came here to cry for your sister!

"...My mother took pity on me and said that the Zhiting Courtyard is big enough, so I secretly set up a small kitchen, and my husband can make a bowl of hot soup for supper when I come back later. I think it's a good idea. The company I brought There is a cook in the room. Aunt and grandma, can you borrow a way to make it easier for the girl to go out to buy from the Duke's mansion, so that there are too many people in the mansion who look at grandpa and complain."

At this moment, Cen Sanniang suddenly realized.It turned out that they were crying and complaining, and they had been arguing for a long time. Liu Shi and Wei Xiaowan had the same opinion, they both wanted to open the door of Zhiting Courtyard connected to the Duke's Mansion, avoiding the eyes of everyone in the second bedroom, and would not be known by opening the small kitchen.She re-examined Wei Xiaowan, thinking to herself, what kind of little white flower soft buns are there.This scheming is much better than Liu's cheeky way of taking advantage of small things.

Mrs. Du sighed and said: "Poor child. Zhiting Yuan originally had a Taoist gate, so it is very convenient to enter and exit from the Duke's Mansion."

Wei Xiaowan's eyes lit up: "Thank you so much..."

"Don't worry, listen to me." Mrs. Du said in embarrassment, "The second room is the second uncle's housekeeper. Without his consent, it is inconvenient for the uncle and grandma to agree to you. If something happens, how can the third room take care of it?" Responsibility for lax access control? If your grandfather agrees later, it should be convenient for you."

Wei Xiaowan's eyes darkened, and she forced a smile and said, "What my uncle and grandma said is that opening the door of the house without permission is also breaking the rules. After getting grandfather's permission, let's ask my uncle to open the door to make excuses."

She graciously held the beef for Mrs. Du, and said softly: "The girl stewed it on the tea stove for three hours before it softened. Auntie and grandma have a taste."

Mrs. Du ate it with a smile and praised her skills.

(End of this chapter)