"Now that my younger sister is married, things are different." Mo Tingjin looked relieved.

Qiao Zhenzhen glanced at him sideways and asked: Who are you? I need you to come and comfort me.

Ge Yuzhu pulled Mo Tingjin and said with a smile: "That's because you don't understand Zhenzhen. She has always been like this."

Ge Yuzhu was not yet pregnant, but she was following all the taboos for pregnant women that Qiao Zhenzhen wrote for her. She looked rounder than before and seemed to have plenty of energy and blood.

"Really?" Mo Tingjin looked at Ge Yuzhu blankly, "I'm her second brother, how come I didn't notice?"

Qiao Zhenzhen said, "Yuzhu and I have been classmates for many years. Do you know me as well as she does?"

Mo Tingjin didn't know how to refute for a moment.

Ge Yuzhu nodded, "That's true."

Then the two looked at each other and smiled.

When Yuan Jiahui saw her younger sister-in-law being so affectionate with her second brother's wife, her eyes were filled with envy.

She always felt isolated in this family, especially after her mother Bai made a mistake and was sent away.

My second brother’s wife is a nice person, but I always feel inferior to her.

My mother-in-law also likes my second brother's wife more, and her attitude towards me is somewhat distant. In addition, her health is so poor now that she eats tonic food like water every day, but it doesn't seem to be very effective. She feels out of breath and sweats frequently after walking a few steps outside.

In contrast, my mother-in-law and my two younger brothers and sisters, especially my mother-in-law, are full of energy even though she is in her forties.

After getting married, others gradually hand over the housekeeping power to their daughters-in-law, but the mother-in-law never showed such an idea and kept the power to herself.

But fortunately, even though my second brother's wife came into the family, my father-in-law has a close relationship with the Ge family, and my mother-in-law still shows no sign of handing over the housekeeping power.

Now that my second brother's wife is pregnant, it seems that the housekeeper power can still be held by my mother-in-law for a few more years.

Mo Tingyi came over and helped her up. "How do you feel? Are you feeling unwell? If you feel unwell, I will go and tell my parents and little sister, and you can go back and rest first."

He meant well, but Yuan Jiahui interpreted it as disgust.

She forced a smile and said, "Husband, I'm fine."

She put on a thick layer of powder and rouge today to hide her sickly look, but she was very thin. Her exposed fingers were like chicken claws and her skin was yellow.

Since she said she was fine, Mo Tingyi couldn't ask her to go back and rest.

Yuan Jiahui hesitated and said, "My dear husband, please ask my father-in-law to invite a doctor to see me someday. I have been taking Doctor Liu's medicine for a long time, but it has no effect."

Mo Tingyi nodded, "I will tell Dad, but Doctor Liu said that you worry too much. Medicine is just a supplement. The main thing is to rest."

Yuan Jiahui responded perfunctorily, "Well, I understand. Let's take our seats."

She always felt that folk doctors' medical skills were not good enough and that she had to be treated by imperial physicians.

Because she is in poor health now, Mo Qingyang decided to place Tuan'er and Yuan'er in Mingde Hall for care.

The two illegitimate sons were temporarily raised by their concubines.

"After dinner, I want to go see Tuan Ge'er and Yuan Ge'er." Yuan Jiahui said.

She was always worried about leaving the child to be raised by Wu. Deep down, she still disliked her mother-in-law for her low social status. Although she could read, she was still unsophisticated.

Look at the eldest and second sons of the Mo family. Their father-in-law is so outstanding, but they are just lost among the crowd.

It’s more or less because the mother-in-law doesn’t know how to teach the children.

"Well, wait until after dinner." Mo Tingyi said.

……

The meal was a pleasant one and the whole family enjoyed themselves very much.

Qiao Zhenzhen felt that she had married into a community next door, and the meal she was having didn’t feel much different from any other meal.

Because the two homes are so close, I couldn't feel moved or excited.

Her and Mo Qingyang's attitudes were very normal.

Only Mrs. Wu behaved like a normal mother who loved her daughter.

After dinner, Mrs. Wu asked Qiao Zhenzhen and her husband to go back to Xuefuyuan to rest.

When leaving, Mo Qingyang couldn't help but said to Han Zheng: "I know you are getting married at your age and you have waited a long time, but young people should be restrained and take care of their health."

Especially my baby girl’s body!

Han Zheng took two seconds to react, his face flushed, and he bowed, not knowing how to respond to his father-in-law.

Qiao Zhenzhen stepped forward to help him out and whispered, "Dad, what nonsense are you talking about? Give your son-in-law some face."

Mo Qingyang said bluntly: "Don't protect him. Men can't be spoiled."

"Just because Xu Niang spoils you, what's wrong with me spoiling him?"

When Han Zheng saw his wife defending him, he felt like he had drunk a big glass of honey water.

The awkward expression on her face eased, and she resisted the urge to let the corners of her mouth turn up, for fear of making Taishan even more unhappy.

"Let's go. Without further ado, the prince and I will go back to the courtyard to rest."

After saying that, he took Han Zheng's hand and walked out.

Mo Qingyang sighed in the back, "It's like spilled water, a girl can't be kept when she grows up——"

Qiao Zhenzhen turned around and made a face at him.

"Don't be rude to your father-in-law." Han Zheng pretended to rebuke.

This made Mo Qingyang glare at him and said, "How dare you say that about my daughter?"

Han Zheng had a strong sense of being neither human nor human, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Qiao Zhenzhen took him by the hand and went back to Xuefuyuan to rest.

Xuefuyuan is still the same as before. It has not been left idle or occupied by someone else because the owner got married. There are still servants cleaning it every day.

There are still a large number of books in the study that Qiao Zhenzhen did not take away, and they are basically kept in the same state as before she got married.

The books brought to the Han family were mainly taken back from Xie Qianzhong.

When decorating the study room yesterday, Han Zheng asked to add another desk in the room.

Qiao Zhenzhen didn't object, but said, "Don't you have a study room in the outer courtyard?"

Han Zheng used the excuse that it was troublesome to run back and forth and said that a study room should be set up in the inner courtyard as well.

Qiao Zhenzhen did not spoil his fun and said that she wanted to separate the two study rooms. It was just a matter of adding a table. There were no personal belongings in her study room that Han Zheng could not see.

It is not healthy to go to sleep right after a meal.

Han Zheng's experience this time when he came to Xuefuyuan was very different from before.

The bride's reception was hasty, and before that, he didn't dare to look around. He just felt that there were many pink curtains, which were decorated elegantly and softly.

He stood in the study, looking through the books on her bookshelf.

There are medical books, the Four Books and Five Classics, miscellaneous notes and vernacular novels, and military books.

There are quite a few, including "The Art of War", "Wu Zi", "Sima Fa", "Three Strategies", "Wei Liaozi" and "Six Strategies".

He picked up the "Art of War" that Qiao Zhenzhen had mentioned and read it. After flipping through a few pages, he found that there were notes on it, which showed that he had obviously read it carefully.

Han Zheng previously thought that when she said she had read a military book, she had only read the cover of the book.

"You have read quite a few military books," he said.

Dongxiang brought tea and quickly left.

Qiao Zhenzhen poured him a cup and said, "Come and drink some black tea to relieve your greasiness."

Han Zheng put the book back to its original place.

He took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp.

Qiao Zhenzhen raised her cup and took a sip. "Not much. I just read it as an extracurricular book for fun. Unlike you, it's a professional book and you read it carefully."

Han Zheng looked at her and said, "I've never heard of other ladies from wealthy families reading military books as a pastime in their spare time."

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