stepson

Su Zhaoxue traveled by water and arrived at the West Lake after more than a month. The bumps on the boat made him very uncomfortable.When he was about to go ashore, he washed off his disguise and changed back to his original appearance. After getting off the boat and ashore, his legs were limp.

On the bank, Rui Niang and Hui'er were already waiting for him.Seeing him come ashore, Hui Er flew towards him like a butterfly, plunged into his arms, almost pushed him down.

"Brother, Huier misses you so much." Huier raised her head and said with a smile. "After you come here this time, stay a few more days, and Huier will take my brother to eat delicious food."

"Well, brother, thank you Hui'er." Su Zhaoxue supported her by the shoulder and said with a smile on his face.

Seeing his pale face, Rui Niang presumably didn't adapt to the life on the boat, she pulled Hui'er back, and said softly, "Okay, Hui'er, brother is tired. Let him rest and take you to play again."

"Okay." Seeing Su Zhaoxue's ugly face, Hui'er said obediently.

"Zhaoxue, the carriage is parked in front, let's go back home. Seeing that you are tired too, let's go back to rest early. Let's talk tomorrow if we have anything to do." Rui Niang said.

"Everything is subject to mother's arrangement." Su Zhaoxue said.

There were two carriages parked at the pier, Rui Niang took Hui'er into the first carriage, and when Su Zhaoxue walked to the second carriage and was about to board the carriage, she remembered the letter Su Zimo had given him.He is afraid that there is something urgent, so don't delay it.Without getting into the carriage, he turned around and walked to the first carriage, and said through the curtain: "Mother, father gave me a letter and asked me to bring it to you."

Rui Niang looked suspicious, she opened the curtain and said: "What's the matter, do you know? He brought a letter saying that you are coming, let me treat you well."

"I don't know." Su Zhaoxue shook his head, and he took out the letter he had prepared in advance and handed it to Rui Niang.After Rui Niang took it, she didn't open it.Said: "What's the matter, let's go back and talk about it."

Su Zhaoxue knew something, they certainly didn't want to let herself know, she nodded tactfully, and returned to the second carriage.

Rui Niang put down the curtain, opened the envelope, took out the letter, and read it carefully, feeling a little embarrassed.

It turned out that Su Zimo saw that the relationship between Su Zhaoxue and Shang Xuanlie was ambiguous. Ever since he experienced Song Yunxi's misconduct towards him and imprisoned him in the palace with despicable means, he has always been very disgusted with the habit of breaking sleeves. Zhaoxue also took this path.

Su Zimo didn't tell Su Zhaoxue directly that he was not allowed to approach Shang Xuanlie again.Instead, he tricked him out of the capital with the excuse of delivering a letter to Rui Niang, and took advantage of the situation to leave Su Zhaoxue and Shang Xuanlie.

In his letter to Rui Niang, he said that he wanted Rui Niang to help Su Zhaoxue find a well-matched wife, so that he could marry a wife and go home quickly, so that Su Zhaoxue's thoughts about Shang Xuanlie would be cut off.Su Zimo thought that his son was only 16 years old and ignorant, so he must have been lured by the prince of Bei'an to have affection for him.If Su Zhaoxue is married to a daughter-in-law, so that he can taste the benefits of a woman, he will no longer be close to Shang Xuanlie.It has to be said that Su Zimo is a loving father.

Rui Niang sighed, she was only Su Zhaoxue's stepmother, and his biological mother was still alive.Although Su Zimo asked her to help Su Zhaoxue find a wife because she trusted her, but after her observation, Su Zhaoxue was not a person with no opinions. If she found him a wife without his consent, I was afraid that it would offend him. Happy.After putting away the letter, Rui Niang thought about it.

After returning to the mansion, Rui Niang arranged for Su Zhaoxue to stay.When she returned to the house, she thought about finding some unmarried girls she knew acquaintances to enjoy the chrysanthemums at home in a few days.

Su Zhaoxue thought to herself, he had already delivered the letter, and after staying for another three to five days, he would leave and leave for the northwest.Stayed for two days and played with Huier all day.

This afternoon, she accompanied Huier to write in the study, and Rui Niang came in to see them.Seeing Su Zhaoxue patiently sitting beside her and watching Hui'er write, Rui Niang felt satisfied, thinking that her step-son is very nice, neither overbearing nor humble, and has a sense of affection and interest.

"Okay, let's write after a break. Zhaoxue, taste the desserts stewed in the kitchen and see if it suits your taste. If you are not satisfied, tell them and let the kitchen improve." Rui Niang said. He waved to the maid to bring a stew to the table.

"Thank you mother." Seeing her coming to the study, Su Zhaoxue thought she was visiting Hui Er, so she said, "Mother has something to say to Hui Er, so I'll go back to the room first. I'll bring the stew back to the room to eat." After all, he and Rui Niang are not biological mother and child, so he wants to avoid suspicion.

Rui Niang smiled and said: "You came in a hurry, and you didn't bring much change of clothes, so you went to the tailor shop first, bought a few sets for you, and put them on first, and waited for the sewing room to measure your size, then Let them do it."

"I made mother bother." Su Zhaoxue was slightly surprised, she didn't expect this stepmother to be quite careful.

"By the way, there will be a Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet at home tomorrow. Anyway, you are free, so how about helping your mother receive the guests?" Rui Niang said casually.

"Okay." Su Zhaoxue thought that Rui Niang was going to entertain her business people, Su Zimo was in the capital, and there was no man in charge at home, so she asked him to entertain for a while.

But on the second day, Su Zhaoxue appeared in the garden wearing a fancy dress, and saw a group of middle-aged women sitting in the pavilion talking and drinking tea in the courtyard, Su Zhaoxue was stunned.Is it just an ordinary female relative appreciating chrysanthemum?What did you ask him to do?

"Come quickly." Rui Niang immediately waved to him after seeing him at the banquet.

Su Zhaoxue walked up to Rui Niang with embarrassment on her face and said, "Zhaoxue doesn't know that mother is entertaining female relatives in the backyard..."

"Hey, Mrs. Su, this is your son? Well, he is so handsome, he is really carved out of the same mold as Mr. Su." One of the chubby ladies said with a bold smile.The rest of the ladies also laughed and agreed.

Rui Niang smiled and said: "That's not it. Although Zhaoxue is not my own, there is no difference between her and her own. Well, don't make fun of him. Zhaoxue is thin-skinned and can't stand being teased by you."

At this time, five or six teenage girls came from the other end of the garden. After seeing Su Zhaoxue, they all blushed and returned to their elders with their heads lowered.

This is Zheng Rouyue, the third daughter of Mrs. Zheng's family, who is two years older than you. With a smile on the corner of Rui Niang's mouth, she pointed to a girl and said.

Zheng Rouyue is generous, but her appearance is slightly ordinary, her skin is slightly dark, she smiled and nodded at Su Zhaoxue, then she looked away, Su Zhaoxue also smiled at her.

"Come on, Zhaoxue, come and get acquainted. This is Fu Jinger, Rou Yue's friend who came with her. She is the same age as you." Rui Niang pointed to a beautiful and slender girl.

Su Zhaoxue smiled at her, Fu Jing'er's face was flushed, she raised the corner of her eyes and glanced at Su Zhaoxue secretly, seeing that he had just watched it, she shyly lowered her head and her ears were red, twisting the handkerchief with both hands, looking Feeling a little uneasy.

Isn't this girl too shy?He just glanced at her, didn't he seem to care about her?What are you afraid of?Su Zhaoxue was speechless, the girls he met were all very tough, such as Princess Yilian and his half-sister Su Wanxin.It was the first time he had seen a quiet and shy girl like Fu Jinger.

Then Rui Niang introduced the other girls to Su Zhaoxue one by one.Su Zhaoxue was puzzled, why does this look like a blind date?He kissed six girls at once!He buried the question in his heart and didn't ask.After seeing these girls, Rui Niang sent him out.

In the evening, Su Zhaoxue received several manuscripts of poems, and the servant who came to deliver them said that the girls who met today admired his talent, and wanted to ask him to taste the chrysanthemum poems they made today.Su Zhaoxue looked at some drafts of poems, with black lines at one end, he just wanted to hehe a few times.

talent?What talent does he have?Su Zhaoxue didn't read all of the Four Books and Five Classics at all. When he was in the Marquis of Weiyuan, Aunt Liu sent him to study in the ethnology school, but he was bullied there, and the husband made things difficult for him from time to time. Su Zhaoxue also I was too lazy to learn until I met Su Zimo pretending to be an expert as his master. Su Zimo taught him books for a few days, but Su Zimo would occasionally disappear for a while. That's all.

After reading it carefully, Su Zhaoxue couldn't help but feel ashamed. One of the articles was written very profoundly, as if it used an allusion. He didn't even know the allusion, so he didn't even read any poems.I had to send the manuscript to Rui Niang and ask her to taste it.

On the second day, Rui Niang took a look at the manuscript and said narrowly, "Zhaoxue, why don't you stay and go to Mr. Huier's class together with Huier. You are only 16 years old, you should study hard when."

Su Zhaoxue blushed a little, and said, "I don't take the examination for scholar, what do I study so much for? As long as I can read characters."

Rui Niang couldn't help laughing when he saw that he said this shamelessly.It's really interesting, it's fine if you don't know how to write poems, and you can't read poems bluntly. Seeing that he is confident and confident, he doesn't seem to have the slightest inferiority complex. This temperament is really not at all like Su Zimo.If Su Zimo meets someone who doesn't know how to do it, he will definitely fool it, and then work hard to learn it in private, for fear that others will look down on him.

She said: "Since Zhaoxue said it, I will help you reply to them after tasting this poem."

"Thank you, mother." Su Zhaoxue said.

"By the way, what do Zhaoxue think of those girls today?" Rui Niang asked casually.

Su Zhaoxue raised her eyes and glanced at her, seeing that Rui Niang's face was normal, he thought about it, smiled shyly and said vaguely: "Isn't it good to criticize these girls in private? If it spreads, It is a hindrance to their boudoir reputation."

"Zhaoxue is not bad, she is very considerate of these girls." Rui Niang turned to ask: "Then does Zhaoxue have any girls he likes in the capital?"

He couldn't really guess it, right?Are those six girls I met today really on a blind date?Then why not discuss it with him?Su Zhaoxue was not happy in his heart, so he said with a fake smile: "No. I don't know what mother means by asking this question?"

Rui Niang raised her eyebrows. She is very sensitive to people's thoughts. Seeing that he seemed displeased, she chuckled lightly and said, "Isn't your father in a hurry and wants to hug his grandson?"

"What? Have a grandson? I'm not yet an adult, how can I marry a wife!" Su Zhaoxue exclaimed, "He's too impatient!"

"Hey, I wish I thought the same way, but your father wants you to go out to sea with him on a boat. If you make a mistake at sea, you will die in the sea. He didn't want you to stay early, just in case. One. What's more, you are already sixteen, and it's time to get married." Naturally, Rui Niang would not tell Su Zimo that he was tainted with masculinity, but instead made such an excuse.

Su Zhaoxue was speechless, thinking that he was in ancient times, men married wives early, and they were all young couples in their teens.But if he is really asked to marry a fifteen or sixteen year old girl, he is not willing.The fashionable Xuanlie's figure appeared in his mind, and he was even more reluctant to marry a wife.He said vaguely: "Mother, I haven't had enough fun yet. I don't want to marry a woman to bother me. Let's talk about it in a few years."

"Since you said that, forget it." Rui Niang laughed.

Hearing that she agreed, Su Zhaoxue heaved a sigh of relief, he had nothing else to do, so he left.