The Male Wife

It didn't take long for what happened in the North Court to spread to the West Court.

Hu Xiayun directly threw the freshly brewed hot tea on the ground, and the scalding hot tea splashed on Qiu Yi who was kneeling on the ground. Qiu Yi couldn't control it for a moment, screamed, and kowtowed tremblingly after he realized it. , "Madam, please forgive me, this servant didn't do it on purpose." Hu Xiayun looked at Qiuyi's series of reactions coldly, and the jealousy in his heart seemed to burn her whole body, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

"You really saw that the third master handed Jiang Yanzhi a piece of jade." Hu Xiayun asked again uncertainly, "Are you sure you read it correctly?"

Tears welled up in the corner of Qiu Yi's eyes, "Your servant is right. The third master did indeed give that piece of jade to Young Master Yanzhi."

Hu Xiayun suddenly clenched the handle of the chair, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "The third master has never given Qi'er a piece of jade."

Qiu Yi endured the pain of his legs being burned, forced a smile, and echoed: "The third master doesn't know what kind of evil it is. However, it is estimated that this is also a scene made by the third master, so it can't be taken seriously."

Hu Xiayun stood up a little irritatedly, she took two steps, her face full of boredom, "Nonsense! What do you know, the third master's piece of jade was brought back by the old lady from the imperial city, not to mention anything else, the meaning of it is... "

Before he finished speaking, Hu Xiayun stopped talking, his face was full of gloom.

Jiang Sanye gave Jiang Yanzhi a piece of jade, but he never gave her Qi'er.How could this kind of special treatment make Hu Xiayun happy.

Qiuyi tactfully got up from the ground and quietly left the house.

The old lady, who had already fallen asleep early, only found out about it the next day. When she learned about what Jiang Sanye had done, she immediately asked her servants to call back Jiang Sanye, who was still working in the government.

Jiang Sanye was hurriedly called back by the old lady early in the morning. He thought it was something urgent, so he didn't even take off his official uniform, and went straight into the west courtyard.

The old lady sat on the low couch, covered with a soft quilt, lowered her eyes, and did not speak for a long time.

Jiang Sanye, who had been ignored by the old lady, finally came to his senses, and asked carefully, "Is mother angry at what her son did last night?"

Only then did the old lady raise her eyes, and glanced at Third Master Jiang lukewarmly, her eyes were full of reproach, but more of helplessness, "Don't you still remember what you did last night?"

Jiang Sanye rubbed his forehead in embarrassment, and said, "Mother, this is the second time I see Yanzhi. The last time I saw him, he was still in his infancy. As his third uncle, I haven't given him a gift yet." What have you been?"

"I know you don't want to give outsiders a chance to gossip." The old lady became even angrier when she mentioned this matter, "But in life, it is impossible to do everything perfectly. What's more, what you want to give is not good. I want to send that piece of jade."

Jiang Sanye showed a helpless smile, and listened to the old lady's babbling resignedly.

The old lady babbled: "I specially asked someone to bring that piece of jade back from the Imperial City, and I also invited a Taoist eminent monk to consecrate it. It is to ensure your future official career. What do you think, you can give it to me for nothing. I don’t know what the little doll does.”

Jiang Sanye smiled indifferently and said: "The things have already been sent out, so don't mention this matter again."

The old lady sneered, as if mocking Mr. Jiang's innocence.Jiang Sanye is a man, and he is also a scholar who only wants to read sage books. How can he know the right and wrong of the women in the backyard?

Sure enough, Third Master Jiang didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.

"You only sent Jiang Yanzhi, but not Qi'er. Brother, what does Xia Yun think of you?" The old lady lowered her eyes and said no more.

Jiang Sanye felt that the old lady was worrying too much. Hu Xiayun was not short of money, so how could he care about a piece of jade, so he said, "Qi'er has not lost any jade in these years, and my sister-in-law should not mind. Mother is worrying too much. "

The old lady waved her hand, not wanting to argue with her stupid son, and said, "I will give that piece of jade as soon as I give it. But young man, remember, no matter what you have in the future, you must give it to Qier first. The rest People, don't worry about it."

Jiang Sanye pursed his lips. Because of the reasons of the previous generation, his mother never waited to see Jiang Linzhi.He used to think it was nothing, but now he felt that his mother had done too much.

Even if Jiang Linzhi's mother has done anything too extreme, it is a thing of the past, and Jiang Linzhi should not be implicated, and Jiang Yanzhi should be implicated.

But Third Master Jiang didn't speak to persuade the old lady. After a while, he said, "Okay, I remember."

Only then did the old lady show a satisfied smile, "After a while, I will give the eminent monk another piece of jade, let him consecrate it, and calculate the marriage for you by the way."

Third Master Jiang was startled, then nodded with his usual expression.

After talking about this matter, the mother and son talked about other things casually, but before talking for a long time, the old lady became sleepy, and Jiang Sanye had no choice but to get up and leave.

East Court.

Pei Cheng must have been blown by the wind last night, so when he got up this morning, he felt a headache and felt uncomfortable, but he didn't take it seriously.Sanxi walked over with a plate of steaming pastries just out of the pot, put them on the desk, and whispered to Pei Cheng who was reading a book, "The pastries that the cook just steamed are here. Madam, would you like to try it?"

Pei Cheng paused just as he was about to turn the page, looked at Sanxi, and said, "Is this pastry sent here just after it's out of the pan?"

Sanxi immediately understood, and hurriedly added another sentence, saying: "Yes. I just asked the servant who delivered the cakes, and said that the second master had ordered it early in the morning. From now on, the cook will make a special trip to deliver the freshly steamed sweet cakes every day. to the yard."

Pei Cheng pursed his lips, unable to speak for a while, but after he regained consciousness, San Xi had already consciously walked to the door and stood there.

The sweet cake in front of him was still steaming.

Pei Cheng stared at the sweet cake in front of him for a while, then stretched out his hand, picked up a piece, and put it in his mouth while it was still hot.

The sweet and greasy taste immediately filled the whole mouth, Pei Cheng unconsciously squinted his eyes, enjoying it all over his face.

Maybe it's because he seldom ate sweets when he was a child, or because his life was too bitter. In short, Pei Cheng likes sweets very much, the sweeter the better.

After eating three yuan in a row, Pei Cheng couldn't take it anymore. He looked at the plate in front of him, pursed his lips, and thought that Jiang Yanzhi in the next yard was still learning how to read with Jiang Linzhi, so he stood up and walked towards the gate of the courtyard. direction to go.

San Xi, who was about to keep up with Pei Cheng, was stopped, and Pei Cheng said, "Let the cook deliver a plate of sweet cakes and salty cakes to Second Master's yard."

Jiang Linzhi doesn't like sweet cakes, Pei Cheng can still tell.

Sanxi agreed, watched Pei Cheng leave, then curled her lips, and ran quickly towards the kitchen. Pei Cheng stood at the door of the house, stretched out his hand to stop Dong Lai who was about to go in, and whispered Said: "Let me take a look, don't disturb the second master."

Donglai nodded immediately without any hesitation.Ever since the second master called him to order the kitchen to steam sweet cakes for Pei Cheng early this morning, he didn't dare to show any inappropriate attitude towards Pei Cheng.

Pei Cheng stood at the door, listening to the voices from inside.

Jiang Linzhi took a book and read a paragraph. After explaining the meaning of the passage concisely, he glanced at the direction of the door, pressed down the corner of his mouth, and said, "Write the words I just taught you."

Jiang Yanzhi didn't touch the pen holder in front of him, put his hands on the table, and looked up at Jiang Linzhi solemnly.

Jiang Linzhi frowned and said, "Why don't you write."

His patience with Jiang Yanzhi is only because the other party has his own blood on him. If it weren't for this, he would never waste his time teaching a little doll who doesn't know anything.Even if this little doll is very sensible and won't make trouble.

But Jiang Linzhi still doesn't have much affection for Jiang Yanzhi.

Jiang Yanzhi froze for a moment, Jiang Linzhi didn't like him, and he didn't like Jiang Linzhi.

When Jiang Linzhi got impatient, Jiang Yanzhi whispered, "Father, how do you write Daddy's name?"

The implication is that he doesn't want to learn the few words Jiang Linzhi taught him today, but wants to write Pei Cheng's name.

How could Jiang Linzhi fail to understand the meaning of Jiang Yanzhi's words? He squinted his eyes, a flash of thought flashed in his eyes, and then walked to Jiang Yanzhi's side, picked up the pen holder, and wrote two words .

They all said that his writing was like a person, but Jiang Linzhi's writing was different from the feeling he gave to others. His writing was vigorous and powerful, and he didn't look like someone who had been suffering from a long-term illness.

Jiang Yanzhi took the pen holder and imitated Jiang Linzhi's handwriting to write on the paper, writing Pei Cheng's name.

Pei Cheng listened for a long time, but he didn't hear anything. He was about to turn around and leave, but he heard Sanxi who followed him say: "Ma'am, the sweet and salty cakes are all steamed."

Pei Cheng: "..."

With a click, Jiang Linzhi stood at the door with an expressionless face, but inexplicably made Pei Cheng feel that Jiang Linzhi was very happy now.

Sanxi was holding the plate. Compared with Jiang Linzhi, Pei Cheng was more afraid of the uncertain Jiang Linzhi. Sanxi bent down respectfully, and the plate in his hand was very stable. He said, "Second Lord."

Jiang Linzhi glanced at these people, finally stopped his gaze on Pei Cheng, and said, "Why don't you come in."

Pei Cheng touched his nose in embarrassment. He never thought of coming in from the beginning to the end, but since Jiang Linzhi had spoken, he couldn't refute Jiang Linzhi's face in front of everyone, so he followed his will , said: "Well. Let me see you."

Sitting behind the desk, Jiang Yanzhi's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help looking towards the door. He heard Pei Cheng's voice.Sanxi put the plate containing salty and sweet cakes on the table in the house, said "I know you are good", and then bowed her waist and left quietly.

Pei Cheng walked to Jiang Yanzhi's side on his own, and before he had time to speak, he saw two flamboyant words on the paper, and immediately froze in place, unable to react for a long time.

Jiang Yanzhi thought he was angry, so he put down his pen anxiously, and waited dejectedly for Pei Cheng to scold him.

Pei Cheng didn't scold him.

Standing aside, Jiang Linzhi saw all the complex expressions on Pei Cheng's face, then silently picked up a piece of salty cake and put it in his mouth.

In the next second, Jiang Linzhi frowned, speeded up his chewing, and swallowed quickly.

He doesn't like sweet cakes, and he doesn't like salty cakes either.

I thought that after so many years, his taste would change over time, but now it seems that some deep-rooted dislikes will not change over time at all.