Embarrassing for the bride

Chapter 37

Winter is coming in a blink of an eye, and the heavy rains after late autumn did not seem to make the weather a bit colder, until a flurry of snowflakes caught everyone's attention.It's just that this kind of weather is a kind of ordeal for Wen Zhaoling. Although he is in good health, he still can't bear the cold, and the weather has started to turn cold since the snow, especially in the northern capital.

Mrs. Wen sent people to move the stove to Boyu's residence, and brought cotton-padded clothes early, and Wen Yanzhi also asked people to bring some body-reinforcing decoctions to dispel the cold from time to time.Yuzhi knew that when this season came, the couple must have remembered the snowy day that caused Wen Zhaoling's illness to come.

It's just that although everyone worked hard, Wen Zhaoling himself was a little unconscious.Yuzhi wakes up every day and tells him to wear more clothes and not let him go out, but he doesn't listen very much. Although the clothes are added, there are still so few, but there are too many minds, and he pesters him all day long. Yuzhi.

Yuzhi thought he was teasing her again at first, because Wen Zhaoling often held her in his arms, sometimes very tightly, wrapping her in his arms.Later, I couldn't bear to ask the reason, but Yu Zhi almost laughed and recited it.It turned out that Wen Zhaoling felt that her body was warm and borrowed her to keep warm.

So Yuzhi still felt that he was teasing her, since it was cold, she should add more clothes, so she would hold her still.What's more, there are wet nurses and magpie buds living in this yard, and sometimes they accidentally bump into each other, almost making her find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

For example, now.

It was mid-afternoon, and snowflakes were still flying outside the window.Yuzhi watched Wen Zhaoling draw on the paper with a brush in his right hand, but clasped his left hand tightly around his waist, and moved his eyes to Que Yaer, who was walking away with a smile outside the window, and sighed helplessly, "Boyu, You really put me to shame."

What Wen Zhaoling had sketched was a picture of a snow scene, and most of the picture had been drawn. Hearing this, he put down the brush in his hand, turned his head and gave her a funny look, "You and I are husband and wife, we care about these things. do what?"

Yu Zhi frowned and looked at him, "Husbands and wives should also avoid suspicion in front of others."

Wen Zhaoling simply embraced her with both hands, put his face on her neck and smiled twice: "But your body is really warm."

Yuzhi sighed softly, had no choice but to let him go, and simply looked down at the picture he drew, the snow scene was really realistic, although it was simple black and white ink, but every stroke was just right.Yuzhi doesn't have much skill in appreciating paintings, she just watched the fun and thought the pictures were beautiful.

Seeing her staring at the screen, Wen Zhaoling said with a smile: "This is the painting that Liu Niang asked me for when it snowed last year, but I was not feeling well at the time, so I delayed it. Now it's snowing, so I can return it This debt is paid."

When Yuzhi heard that it was Mrs. Li who asked him for the painting, thinking of what happened on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, she felt a little uncomfortable, and said sullenly: "You really keep your word."

Wen Zhaoling sensed the displeasure in her tone, smiled and hugged her tighter, "What's wrong? Are you jealous again?"

As soon as Yuzhi heard it, she immediately retorted: "What are you talking about? Since when have I been jealous?"

"Well, it seems that the last time Cousin Feng Wan came, you spoke like this."

Yuzhi was stunned, blushed a bit, but said in a malicious tone: "By the way, I forgot that I have a cousin. Look at my husband is really capable, and there are love debts everywhere."

Wen Zhaoling laughed sullenly, leaned into her ear and whispered: "But your husband only has his wife in his eyes, isn't that enough?"

Yuzhi snorted, turned her face away, but the corners of her mouth raised uncontrollably.Seeing this, Wen Zhaoling pecked at her side face, Yuzhi turned her head subconsciously, and his lips were covered by him, which made her tremble all over, the blood surged up all of a sudden, and her whole face was about to burn generally.

"My lord, there is your letter... Oh, I didn't see anything!"

A laughing exclamation from the door pulled both of them back from their dizzy thoughts. Que Ya'er covered her face with one hand but looked this way through her fingers, raised the letter with the other hand, and said with a smile: : "My lord, it's a letter from Suzhou, the boy said it was delivered just now."

"Oh? Bring it here and let me have a look." Hearing that it was a letter from Suzhou, Wen Zhaoling finally let go of Yuzhi's hand. Yuzhi took a step back guiltily and turned her head to look elsewhere. Ya'er has a smiling face.

Wen Zhaoling took the letter and opened it, but in just a moment, he smiled with the corners of his lips curled up, his dark eyes shining like stars.He dismissed Que Ya'er, and whispered to Yu Zhi: "The last time my uncle came to Beijing, the thing I begged him to do for me has been done."

"What's the matter?" Yuzhi heard his words, most of the previous embarrassment had gone, and she came to him to read the letter.

Wen Zhaoling explained: "I asked my uncle to find a good house in Suzhou for me. How about we live in Suzhou in the future?"

Yuzhi was stunned, and looked up at him in surprise, "Boyu, have you even set up the house?" She frowned, "Are you really willing to leave Wen's house?"

Wen Zhaoling sighed, "I don't want to leave either. If I want to leave, I have to leave together. It's just my father..." He shook his head, and continued: "The so-called prosperity must decline. At the beginning, he was on the rise, and he was prosperous in the officialdom. Later, my father won the first prize again, and it went smoothly. Even when he was transferred out of Beijing, it showed that the Holy One valued him everywhere. But now, once he has a reason that can restrain him His Majesty seemed to be holding on, presumably someone had reminded him in front of his old man that it was time to restrain the Wen family."

Yuzhi was a little surprised and said: "I didn't know that father-in-law also won the number one prize. It's just that father-in-law is the only official in the Wen family now. What does the sage want to restrict him?"

"Both my grandfather and my father were born in the imperial examinations, not to mention their respective students, even those officials who were born as scholars who are similar to their age are also close friends with them. This is suspected of cronies. I have always been very taboo about these things. Yes." Wen Zhaoling paused at this point, and sighed deeply, "Think about it again, if Ji Li is the number one scholar in high school this time, then he will return to the Wen family to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan, and all three generations will be the number one scholar. , then it will definitely arouse the Holy Majesty's fear even more."

Yuzhi didn't know much about official affairs, but now she understood Wen Zhaoling's analysis.She sighed in her heart. At the beginning, her father and aunt both valued the official family background of the Wen family. They thought that marrying into the Wen family would make her happy and worry-free for a lifetime, so they strongly agreed with this marriage. Now it seems that the life of the official family is also precarious. , after all who can know the divine will?This is what the book says "accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger".

Seeing her silence, Wen Zhaoling thought she was frightened, so he quickly smiled and comforted her: "What's the matter? Are you scared by what I said? That's all I said. The house is just a preparation, and it's uncertain whether it will be used or not." Woolen cloth."

Yuzhi lowered her head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised her face and stared at him deeply, "Boyu, when did you know so much about official affairs? Shouldn't you be recuperating at home all year round?"

Wen Zhaoling was taken aback by her question, and said with a smile: "Then according to what you say, am I going to become a deaf and blind person?"

Yuzhi was right after thinking about it, so she didn't ask again, but changed the subject: "Then you told your father-in-law about this?"

Wen Zhaoling suppressed his smile, and shook his head, "My father values ​​his official career, so how could he listen to my words? If I say it, I won't please him, but when I saw him recently, he seemed to be a little shaken by my agitation last time." I heard from my mother that he is no longer obsessed with writing to clarify himself, but seems to be a lot more bearish, and his sleep has improved a lot during this time."

Yu Zhi nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "You said that, I also remembered that Yiren has changed a lot recently."

Wen Zhaoling became interested, "Oh? Who is it?"

"It's your second brother, Zhong He."

"Him?" Wen Zhaoling thought about it carefully, "It seems to be the case. He doesn't go out very often recently. I thought it was because my father returned to the house and he didn't dare to make trouble. It’s not all like this, it’s just that he hasn’t come to ask me to borrow money for a long time, it seems that the whole person has behaved a lot.”

Yuzhi smiled proudly, "I'm still observing carefully, right? You didn't even notice it."

Wen Zhaoling smiled and hugged her again, "It's really meticulous, I hope he has really calmed down now, and is willing to live a good life with Arong." However, if his father knew about his change, he would be delighted After his transformation, tell him to join the officialdom immediately.

Just as Wen Zhaoling finished thinking about this, a young servant rushed to the door in a hurry. When he saw the young master standing by the table, he quickly stood up properly and bowed to him: "Young master, madam, please I went to the master's yard, the master drank a lot of wine and felt a little uncomfortable when he came back, the lady said that she didn't have time to invite Mr. Gu, please go and have a look first."

Both Wen Zhaoling and Yuzhi were stunned for a moment, and after they realized it, they went with the boy to Wen Yanzhi's yard together before they could answer.

Although Wen Zhaoling has never practiced medicine, he has become a doctor after a long illness, and he knows a little bit about ailments and ailments. He has often treated his family members, so it is not surprising that Mrs. Wen would invite him to go.

When they arrived in the yard, the two of them smelled a burst of alcohol as soon as they entered the room, and only then did they know that Wen Yanzhi was really drunk this time.Yuzhi stayed outside and didn't go in. Wen Zhaoling walked into the inner room quickly, but saw no one else there, only his mother standing by the bed, and Wen Yanzhi was lying drunk on the bed.

Mrs. Wen saw him coming in, and quickly waved to him: "Boyu, you came just in time, hurry up and see how your father is doing."

Wen Zhaoling stepped forward and sat down by the bed, gave Wen Yan's pulse, and after a while, turned to Mrs. Wen and said, "Don't worry, mother, it's just that I drank a little too much. It's normal to feel uncomfortable, and there's nothing serious about it."

Madam Wen breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

Wen Zhaoling carefully looked at his father's expression, probably because he vomited too much, his whole face was pale.Wen Zhaoling frowned, it was the first time he saw his father like this.

"Mom, what happened?"

Mrs. Wen sighed softly: "It's not a big deal, it's just that your father saw that Zhonghe had settled down a lot during this period, so he asked him if he would like to join the officialdom. I was depressed about the matter, so I went out to drink and came back, and it looked like this."

Wen Zhaoling was a little startled, he really didn't expect that his father really wanted Wen Zhaoye to seek fame.He glanced at Wen Yanzhi on the bed, and shook his head lightly, "Father, why is he so persistent? We don't have to rely on that official position to live well."

Mrs. Wen's eyes darkened, she nodded, "You're right."

Wen Zhaoling glanced at Wen Yanzhi again, turned around and walked out, "I'll order my servants to prepare sober soup, mother, don't worry, go back and rest."

Wen Zhaoling went out with Yuzhi to find a servant to give orders, and then went back to Boyuju together.Mrs. Wen saw that there was nothing to worry about here, so she lifted her feet and walked out. As soon as she reached the door, the person on the bed turned over and muttered something.She stopped, walked back a few steps, looked at him close up, and was startled, it turned out that he was already awake, half-closed his eyes and looked at her.

Mrs. Wen was about to say a few routine words of concern when she suddenly saw Wen Yanzhi pulling her lips and slowly uttering two words: "Wan Qing..."

Mrs. Wen's expression froze, and she couldn't utter a word that was stuck in her throat.

(End of this chapter)