Mistress

Chapter 15

Xu Cheng walked towards Li Yan, then stopped, and whispered behind her, "Ma'am."

When Li Yan heard this deep and deep voice, she turned around in a daze, "Huh?"

Xu Cheng took two steps forward and stood facing her, fully a head taller than her.Because he was too close, Li Yan was a little embarrassed, she took a step back unconsciously, and lowered her dark eyes.

Xu Cheng suddenly stretched out his hand to hold her wrist, Li Yan was startled, and looked at him in astonishment, not knowing what he wanted to do.

His hands are big and powerful, but fortunately he is still kind and compassionate, so he didn't use any force.

When Li Yan was at a loss, she felt his fingers lightly touch her pulse.Li Yan suddenly realized, oh, he was feeling her pulse, he knows medical skills?
While taking her pulse, Xu Cheng looked at her complexion carefully, as if he looked very knowledgeable, but his gaze was always fixed on her face.Li Yan was thinking, since she was his wife, she couldn't keep avoiding him, so she raised her eyebrows and greeted him.

His deep eyes were sharp and a little unfathomable, and occasionally there was a hint of softness when they flickered.

Of course, what he showed was more surprise.He raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked with some puzzlement: "Did Madam eat anything that you haven't eaten recently?"

Li Yan shook her head, feeling a little nervous, Xu Cheng noticed something strange after taking a pulse for her?Now she is Li Nianyun's appearance, she is Li Nianyun's body, and she knows a lot about Li Nianyun, even Cui Momo, Qi'er, and Qing'er don't have the slightest doubt.

Why was Xu Cheng so surprised?
Li Yan calmed down, looked at him dignifiedly and generously, and asked, "What's wrong with my pulse?"

"You have been ill for two months, and your pulse should be very weak, but unexpectedly it is so steady." Xu Cheng let go of her hand.

Immediately afterwards, he turned his eyes and asked with a smile: "Could it be that you were too excited because I escaped from danger? But I didn't see how happy you were."

Xu Cheng looked for traces of her joy on her face.

Li Yan immediately put on a sincere smile, and said word by word: "I'm really happy, really. You and I have been married for many years, don't you still understand my heart?" When she spoke, she said affectionately Look at Xu Cheng.

Li Yan thought to herself, oh my god, is this my confession? Is my acting skills good enough? It's just that she feels that she is about to laugh.

Facing her affectionate gaze and confession, Xu Cheng actually dodged a little. He hurriedly looked away and asked, "Is it true that Xiao'er hasn't read recently?"

He turned the topic too fast!

Li Yan was stunned by his unreasonable question. She no longer looked at him affectionately, but thought for a while, and replied: "It's not that Xiao'er doesn't want to read, but he can't read it. Going to Jiaoyang City to save the master, he was so attached to him that he didn't have the heart to study. I fell ill and couldn't control him, and although he could listen to Mr. Ji's words, he couldn't do it. If everyone didn't stop him, he would I'm afraid he would have rushed to Jiaoyang City long ago. When he learned that you were out of danger yesterday, he finally dipped his pen and ink and wrote a poem that night, saying that he would read it to you when you came back."

"Oh? Ask him to bring it over for me to have a look at the dinner party. I want to see how much his handwriting has deteriorated and whether his poems can be read." On the surface, his words seem to be a reflection of Xiao'er's handwriting. There is no expectation in the poem, but his tone is very caring. It is difficult to hide the love between father and son, and he does not need to hide it.

Li Yan smiled back, "Well, I'll order my servants to tell him later, he can't wait to see you."

Xu Cheng nodded slightly, then turned around, this time he really left without looking back.

Li Yan looked at the back of his neck, and vaguely felt that he was not as partial as Mrs. Tai, and that he should treat his sons equally.

Qi'er came to Xianghe Tower to find Aunt Zhang, and told her the master's words.

Aunt Zhang frowned slightly when she heard this, and she held her chest to calm herself down after Qi'er left. She was indeed flustered.Although Qi'er only passed on Xu Cheng's words to her, she could somewhat feel Xu Cheng's anger.

She pawned these things with the consent of Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Xu Cheng, could it be that he was dissatisfied with her handling the affairs of the mansion, or was it something else?
She had some understanding of Xu Cheng's nature, the more he didn't mention something, the more he would pay attention to it.

After thinking about it carefully, she felt that Dr. Xu and Sun Deng had already gone to Huangquan, and there was no proof of death. She really didn't need to worry too much.And her father was going to close the case with Dr. Xu and Sun Deng being murdered because they exposed their money on the road. As long as it was done flawlessly, Xu Cheng had no reason to doubt her.

Thinking about it, she has been in the mansion for many years, she is well-behaved, she is devoted to Xu Cheng, and she has raised her children well.Apart from not having the status of the main wife, she is no worse than Li Nianyun in everything, but she has never expressed dissatisfaction in front of Xu Cheng.From this point of view, Xu Cheng should cherish her even more, and should not doubt her at all.

Thinking of it this way, she felt more at ease. The reason why Xu Cheng was angry must be that he felt that he would lose his face as a prime minister by pawning off the things that the emperor rewarded him and the things given by his relatives and friends.

After thinking about it, she ordered people to prepare the carriage quickly, and made a fuss to redeem those precious antiques.

After Li Yan returned to Jinxiu Courtyard, she fell into deep thought.With a husband like Xu Cheng, what should she plan?
Based on her preliminary understanding of Xu Cheng, he is definitely not a person who is obsessed with the love of his children, let alone a person who is greedy for beauty. Otherwise, with Aunt Ji's tofu-like tender skin and uneven and proud figure, he should have It's fallen, so you don't just glance at it if you don't see it.

Li Yan also thought in private that with Aunt Ji's beauty, there are not many women in the palace who can surpass her, the emperor is really generous enough.

Could it be that Xu Cheng had already passed away when he was around 20 years old?So now that his sons and daughters are grown up, they have no interest in talking about love, and his mind should be mostly on government affairs.If he has free time, he will only spend some energy on his sons' studies and his daughters' future marriage. He is not biased towards these women in the back house, and he will not have anyone who is too fond of them.

He is young, only 30 years old, and his life is no different from that of a 40-year-old man?Of course, there are many men in their 50s and [-]s who are still busy taking concubines and having sex. Xu Cheng is obviously completely different from these ordinary people, otherwise how could he be a prime minister!

However, even a monkey that can reproduce should have feelings. No matter how unbiased Xu Cheng is towards these women, he will definitely like a certain one more in his heart, but he will not show it, otherwise he is not a man. , but a piece of wood.

Then she wondered, will Xu Cheng sleep with four women in turn?At that time, he will also have skin-to-skin contact with her, Li Yan, and touch her body?
Li Yan couldn't help but tremble, she couldn't share a man with so many women, and she couldn't sleep with a strange husband either.

Whether Xu Cheng used to come to Jinxiu Courtyard every few days to spend the night, or how often he went to the aunts' rooms, Li Yan's mind was blurred and she couldn't figure it out.

Li Yan was thinking about getting some information from Nanny Cui so that she could prepare for it in advance.

At this time, Qing'er was standing behind her, gently hanging her shoulders for her.Nanny Cui told Xueer and Zier to take the clothes that the master usually wears to the ear room to iron, while she buried herself in making a white undershirt very carefully.

Li Yan looked at the loose underclothes, and asked: "Nurse, are you making an underclothes for the master?"

Nanny Cui raised her head, her hands were still busy, "Ma'am, have you forgotten? You were sewing this inner coat for my master before he went to Jiaoyang City, but you fell ill after sewing it for a while. Now that the master is back, I am thinking of sewing it for you as soon as possible. Your body is just better, and you are not suitable for sewing. Anyway, our techniques are similar, so the master can't tell."

Li Yan smiled sheepishly, "Two months have passed, I... really forgot about it." She was beating her heart, would she have to make underwear for Xu Cheng by herself in the future?This Li Nianyun is too virtuous, isn't there an embroidery room in the mansion?There must be plenty of good tailors out there.

It is understandable that Li Nianyun wanted to express his feelings in front of Xu Cheng, but this made things difficult for her, Li Yan, how could she know anything about needlework.

Li Yan said tentatively: "Aunt Zhang, Aunt Song, and Aunt Ji seem to have not sewed clothes for the master for a long time."

Nanny Cui nodded, "They want to show off, but Master doesn't like to wear what they sew. Madam, do you still remember what happened when Aunt Song entered the mansion, when she sewed an inner coat and a robe for Master, the style It is the most fashionable, with neat lines, and the embroidered auspicious cloud patterns seem to float. I heard that when she was in the Song Mansion, because she was a concubine, she was not favored by the former prime minister, Mr. Song, but she did very well in embroidery. It is said that she is a Embroidered flowers can produce fragrance, embroidered birds can hear the sound, embroidered tigers can run, and embroidered people can express their spirits. With this skill, she won some face in the manor. But the two pieces she sewed for the master are very beautiful. , the embroidered pictures are all vivid, but the master can't put these on his body."

Li Yan was very curious about the reason, but she couldn't tell Nanny Cui that she had forgotten all these things, so she could only say: "If it doesn't fit the body, no matter how realistic the embroidery is, it will be useless."

Mother Cui pulled the needle and thread in her hand, sewed another stitch, and then said: "Isn't it true that the master was born tall and burly, and Aunt Song sewed the shoulders of the inner coat narrower, and the hem of the robe was slightly tighter. It was shorter. She had been in the mansion for more than two months at that time, but she failed to observe the master's shoulder width and body length carefully. This was her mistake. Therefore, the master said that his clothes would not need to be sewn by his aunts in the future. Aunt Zhang's craftsmanship is far inferior to Aunt Song's, and Aunt Ji is equivalent to no female celebrity, and it takes a month to embroider plum blossoms on a handkerchief. But the master didn't say no to wearing Madam's sewing, so in recent years Madam often I sewed inner clothes for the master, and occasionally sewed a few pairs of socks. Although the master did not praise the lady for her craftsmanship, he wore every piece."

Li Yan had a smile on her face, but she was thinking in her heart, if Xu Cheng said at that time that even his wife and aunts would not have to sew clothes for him by themselves.

After hearing this, Li Yan felt that Xu Cheng seemed to like this lady more, but she didn't know if it was true.

At this time, she remembered that she wanted to find out about Xu Cheng's rest at night, and pretended to be casual, "I don't know when the master will come to Jinxiu Courtyard to rest."

Jing'er covered her mouth and smiled.

Cui Momo also blushed, and said with a smile: "Madam, don't worry, the master should come in the next day. Every time he rests in Zhihui Hall for two days, and then comes to Jinxiu Courtyard, this time for sure. Can't go wrong."

Li Yan's heart tightened, that is to say, in two days she will have to share the bed with Xu Cheng?

She rubbed her forehead and sighed: "Look at my memory, it's even more useless after lying on the kang for two months, and many things are muddled. Although the master is the first to come to my Jinxiu courtyard, it's just For the sake of me being the main wife, he will still go to the rooms of the aunts after that."

Mother Cui thought that Li Yan was upset by this matter, so she comforted her: "Which man doesn't have three wives and four concubines, besides, the master treats his wife well, although he only comes every six or seven days, but he is I only go to the rooms of the aunts every ten days. Didn’t the madam not care about this before? On the contrary, the young Aunt Ji is often worried about this matter. According to the girl in her room, Aunt Ji can’t bear to be lonely. , often get up in the middle of the night to dance or play the piano to vent."

Li Yan secretly warned herself, don't fall in love with Xu Cheng, otherwise you will have to compete with three other women for a man, it's too sad.If she watched the man she loved go to other women's room and climb into other women's bed, she would vomit blood.

If you don't love it, you don't care about anything.

However, she still hoped that Xu Cheng would not go to any aunt's room, because he was her husband in name!Although she is not willing to share the bed with him, it does not mean that she is willing for him to climb other women's beds.Alas, this society with wives and concubines is really a headache!
(End of this chapter)