The Royal’s Cute Little Wife

3.1

Hearing this, Xie Zhen nodded, deep in thought. If he didn’t like it then it was fine, but shouldn’t he have just told her so?

It wasn’t like her singing ability was that bad.

*

At the main hall, Li Yu had returned, his face pale.

The moment Song shi caught sight of him looking like that, she was stunned. Why did his facial expression look so unsightly? Hurriedly she asked the maidservants what had happened before, and as Leng shi was also there, the maidservant could only stutter unclearly, “The Young Master met Second Young Miss Xie…”

Li Yu looked at her, and quietly told her to stop talking.

Immediately, she stopped.

In front of Song shi, he looked down and said, “Ah Niang, let’s go home, I’m not feeling very good.”

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left their house it was like he’d changed into a different person. Both Song shi and her husband  were perplexed. Hearing his words, they anxiously felt his forehead, asking, “Could the fever have returned?”

Not finding anything out of the ordinary, Song shi sighed in relief. Smiling at Leng shi, she said, “That child isn’t sensible, please excuse his behaviour. If not for your medicinal herbs that day, he wouldn’t have recovered so quickly.”

Translator Comments:

Thankful for all the enthusiastic responses we’ve gotten, so we decided to post the chapter ahead of schedule! The chapter actually ended mid-sentence but it was really awkward so we just finished it. Today I discovered that I suck at using chopsticks and my chicken slipped into the vegetable plate and it was really embarrassing because I couldn’t pick it up after that.

3.2

At this, Song shi once again thanked Leng shi profusely.

Without that medicine, while Li Yu wouldn’t have died, he definitely wouldn’t have recovered so quickly either. Even worse, if the fever had continued the way it did before, there was no saying whether his brain cells would’ve been burnt or not. As such, Song shi was incredibly grateful towards Leng shi.

Shaking her head, Leng shi replied, “There’s no need to thank me anymore. We’re neighbours, and it was only right for me to help you.” Looking down, she saw Li Yu bowing his head silently, and said, “Just now, Young Master Li said he was feeling unwell. Should we get a physician to look at him?”

Moved, Song shi stood up, pulling Li Yu up with her. “We are immensely thankful for Madame’s care, but our Residence just so happens to have a physician. It’s already quite late, so we will leave first.”

They had visited for quite a while, till lunchtime.

Leng shi originally wanted them to stay and eat together, but unexpectedly they were insistent on leaving, so she didn’t force them to remain.

When they were leaving, Xie Zhen suddenly came out of nowhere, clutching at Leng shi‘s thighs. Blinking her dark almond eyes, she looked at Song shicuriously.

The other time she hadn’t visited the Li Residence with them, so Leng shi explained, “Little Lamb, this is Aunt Song.”

Xie Zhen obediently greeted her, “Aunt Song.”

A cute little dumpling suddenly appeared out of the blue, and Song shi almost couldn’t bear to leave. The Xie Family was really blessed with good looks, every single one of them made other people feel ashamed.

Leng shi told her, “This is Young Master Li. He’s older than you by half a year, so you should call him Big Brother.”

Xie Zhen nodded, saying, “Big Brother Xiao Yu.”

[The ‘Yu’ she uses is actually the ‘Yu’ for jade, which is not the same as the Yu in his name. ‘Xiao’ also means small, so she’s actually making fun of him.]

Upon catching sight of her, Li Yu’s face abruptly changed colour. He’d already embarrassed himself of her time after time, so he never wanted to see her again.

Seeing that her son was staying silent, Song shi laughed apologetically, saying, “Yu er has been reticent since young, and doesn’t like talking to people that much. Second Miss shouldn’t find it too strange, sooner or later, after he becomes more familiar with you, then he’ll talk more.”

Xie Zhen didn’t mind it one bit. “Big Brother Xiao Yu is very pretty, even when he doesn’t speak he’s still good-looking.”

Li Yu looked like a disgruntled cat whose tail had been stepped on, and immediately glared at her.

When Song shi had left, Xie Zhen stood at the door and laughed, seeming to be unbelievably cute. After promising to visit soon for them to play again, Song shileft for the Li Residence.

The moment Li Yu reached home, he went into his room alone and changed his clothes. From then on, he decided resolutely to never interact with the Xie Family ever again. Especially not with that smelly girl. Even if she looked adorable, and no matter how good her singing was, he still didn’t like her!

*

After sending off Song shi and Li Yu, Xie Zhen happily bounced back into the hall with Leng shi.

They hadn’t reached the hall before Leng shi stopped and turned around. With an unscrutable look on her face she asked, “Little lamb, what exactly happened just now?”

Puzzled, Xie Zhen blinked. “What do you mean?”

Leng shi  recalled Li Yu’s earlier attitude, and the unfinished sentence that the Li maidservant had spoken before cutting herself off. “Did you meet Young Master Li before that?”

Xie Zhen honestly nodded, and pointed towards the side hallway. “I met him there.”

Ah, that explained why Li Yu’s behaviour had been so strange earlier. Her daughter must have provoked him, and eventually angered him. Leng shisighed heavily. Little lamb had been different since young, and was mischievous and naughty. Ah, never mind, she would act innocent and pitiful anyway, and even if she wanted to teach her a lesson she herself couldn’t bear to do so.

In the beginning, Leng shi had actually assumed that the two children had a simple fight. But after Shuang Yu told her the truth, she realised it had been entirely different from what she had thought.

This, this Little Lamb…

No wonder Li Yu’s face had been so pale when he left!

Poor child, she reckoned that the incident had left him with a rather bad impression…

Leng shi’s guess was correct. In the next two months, whle Song shi had visited a number of times, there had been no sight of Li Yu.

Xie Zhen had even disappointedly asked, “Aunt Song, why hasn’t Big Brother Xiao Yu come?”

Song shi thought of Li Yu’s unyielding rejection, and smiled politely. “His health hasn’t been too good these days, so he needs to stay home to rest.”

Xie Zhen nodded sensibly, and didn’t ask again.

Two months later, summer turned into autumn, and the weather became much more cool.

When Xie Liqing  had just arrived in Qing Zhou as an official, he had initially been very busy, but now that everything had been completed, he could finally spare some time to take a break. Just when he was thinking of bringing his whole family out to the countryside to look around, he received an invitation from the upper level of government. Gao Qing was a Military Scribe in the Central Governing Office, and his mother’s 70th birthday celebration would be held in a couple days, so they had invited many officials in Qing Zhou to go.

They had just moved to Qing Zhou, and hadn’t visited many places in the city. It just so happened that they could use this chance to network and get to know more people.

Xie Liqing informed Leng shi of this, and Leng shi immediately started making preparations for the gifts and clothing.

On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, she woke the children up early in the morning. Xie Zhen still looked half-asleep, and burrowed into her mother’s arms, mumbling, “Ah Niang why is it so early…”

Leng shi pinched her face lightly, before having Shuang Yu and Shuang Yan bring her and Xie Xun to bathe. She then picked out some clothes from the closet. That day was her daughters’ first appearance in front of the nobility, and they definitely needed to dress up beautifully for it.

Translator Comments:

Today’s Friday, and we don’t have to wake up early tomorrow, so there’s gonna be a second chapter posted after this! Thanks for the comments and views!