diskusbooks Chapter 117 Green Tea Gathering
Chapter 117 Green Tea Gathering
Nie Yunrou is three months pregnant. She has severe morning sickness even though her pregnancy is not obvious. Her pale and thin face makes her look even more delicate.
"Still like that."
Xu Jing sat down next to her, took the food box from the maid and said, "I know you can't eat much, so I went to the kitchen and made some cakes for you. Try them."
Nie Yunrou took a piece and took a bite.
"Poor thing, you've lost a lot of weight. There are still six or seven months left, what should we do?" Xu Jing's eyes were full of concern, with a hint of moisture in them.
"When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth, she can't escape this." Liu Xu said with a hint of sadness, "Fortunately, Master Tantai cares deeply about you. The two of you are so affectionate and loving, you're the envy of others."
Nie Yunrou hurriedly said with concern, "Sister Liu, we've all heard about your story. I used to think the Ninth Princess was just a little bit unruly, but I never thought she could be so vicious that she wouldn't even spare the eldest son."
Liu Xu pretended to pinch her handkerchief and pressed the corners of her eyes, "What else can I do?"
Nie Yunrou consoled her for a bit, then turned to Xu Jing and said angrily, "Ajing, your cousin isn't a good person either. She and the Ninth Princess are a pair of scoundrels. Aqing, you've suffered a lot from her over the years."
Xu Jing smiled faintly and said, "She has been like this since she was a child. I'm used to it."
Nie Yunrou sighed, "Ah, Aqing, you've been living under someone else's roof for so many years. It's really hard for you."
A hint of displeasure flashed across Xu Qing's face, but it quickly disappeared.
The three of them sat in the corridor and talked privately.
Prince Jing, Tan Tai Ting and Pei Yanmi had just finished their secret conversation and happened to be walking past the corridor when they heard a gentle laugh.
When Prince Jing turned his head, he saw such a beautiful woman, dressed in white, with a pair of smiling eyes shining like cat's eye gems.
Prince Jing's heart moved, and he glanced at Liu Xu, who also had a pair of beautiful eyes but was already a married woman. He couldn't help but feel itchy and asked:
"Tan Tai Ting, who is chatting with your wife?"
Tan Tai Ting said, "In reply to Your Highness, she is the cousin of the Yong'an Marquis family, her surname is Xu and her name is Qing."
"Xu Jing? Yong'an Marquis's family?" Prince Jing repeated the name several times. "Did his eldest daughter marry Pei Heng's daughter?"
"That's right." Tan Tai Ting replied.
Pei Yan coughed awkwardly a few times.
Prince Jing raised his hand and touched the corner of his mouth, then smiled and said, "I didn't expect that there is such a gentle beauty in the Yong'an Marquis Mansion."
On the other side, Prince Jing was drooling over Xu Jing.
Xu Jing also secretly noticed Prince Jing. The man, wearing a black python robe and a jade belt, moved freely in the backyard of the Tan Tai family, accompanied by Tan Tai Ting and Pei Yan.
The identity is naturally revealed.
Thinking of the high voice in the court for Prince Jing to take over the Eastern Palace, Xu Qing couldn't help but straighten her back and smile especially charmingly.
Prince Heng is almost thirty years old. He and Princess Heng are on equal terms and have two sons who are seven or eight years old. The main problem is that Prince Heng is not good-looking and is very dull.
Prince Kang was handsome and young, only in his early twenties, but he was recently accused of forcibly seizing a woman from the people and was reprimanded by the Emperor. It was also said that he particularly favored married women, with a large number of concubines in the palace and many other women in his other courtyards.
In comparison, Prince Jing is as clean as a white shark in the waves.
There is only one principal wife, one concubine, and two maids in the mansion. They are all focused on their careers and there are no scandals about them.
Good-looking and promising.
Seeing Prince Jing looking at her frequently, Xu Jing's heart came alive.
Nie Yunrou saw this and said with a turn of her eyes:
"Prince Jing is a man of great literary talent. How about inviting him over to recite poetry and write couplets with us?"
Liu Xu also calmed down and clapped his hands, saying, "Very good."
Reciting poems and composing couplets?
She is not afraid at all.
This is a good opportunity to let them all show their abilities.
Xu Jing was naturally happy about it.
With Prince Jing joining in, the atmosphere of the poetry gathering suddenly became lively. The women quickly shook off their disappointment over Pei Heng and rushed to bring out their best works, striving to show off in front of Prince Jing.
In the end, the two poems by Xu Jing and Liu Xu were equally good, and everyone found it difficult to decide.
Pei Yan was surprised:
"I didn't expect that you, Xu'er, have such literary talent?"
Liu Xu said proudly, "I know a lot more, but you just haven't noticed it yet."
Prince Jing secretly thought that Liu Xu's poem was better, but Liu Xu was already a married woman, so it was no use praising her. He held Xu Jing's poem in his hand and said:
"Madam Pei's poem is a rare masterpiece, but its mood is a bit desolate. I still prefer Miss Xu's poem, which is like a lotus emerging from clear water, naturally without any embellishment."
With Prince Jing's words, everyone present echoed him.
Xu Jing was a proud woman. Seeing that Liu Xu's poetry was superior to hers, she was secretly unhappy and worried that her reputation as the most talented woman in Shengjing would be in jeopardy. But when she heard Prince Jing's support, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and smiled gratefully at him.
Prince Jing suddenly felt that everything around him was eclipsed, and his heart was stirred by this smile.
As soon as the poetry meeting ended, Prince Jing pulled Tan Tai Ting and Pei Yan aside and said, "This Xu Jing is truly a wonderful person."
Pei Yan laughed and said, "If Your Highness likes her, just marry her. She's just a woman."
Tan Tai Ting said, "That stubborn old man, Yong'an Hou, probably wouldn't want to do it."
"That bastard old man, he claims to be noble. He's always been hypocritical towards me. I've tried to recruit him time and again, but he's always been able to dodge it with his own jokes. He even calls himself a loyal minister, one who won't engage in factional disputes. I'm going to marry his niece, just to see what he can do."
After saying this, Prince Jing picked up the teacup, and his sinister smile disappeared in the thick mist.
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After the small house-warming ceremony was completed, the family officially moved into the general's mansion.
At night, the cool moonlight filtered through the dense foliage, casting patches of light on the ground. A gentle breeze blew, and the Nanshe was completely silent.
"It's the end of summer, and the temperature difference between day and night is big. You have to put on some clothes when you go out." Pei Heng personally put a coat on Su Li, and held his wife in his arms while sitting on the swing under the tree to watch the moon.
Su Li snuggled into his arms, looked at the bright moon above her head, and said softly:
"Am I dreaming."
"What's wrong?" Pei Heng kissed her fragrant temples.
Su Li had been looking forward to such a day for a long time.
In her previous life, she was busy every day, trying to make the small furniture workshop left by her husband stronger and bigger. It grew from a dozen employees to thousands of employees, with several production lines, and received a lot of orders from home and abroad.
But even if you make a lot of money and are very successful in front of others, when you return home you still have to face all the coldness alone.
Eat alone, daydream alone, take a walk alone, sleep alone, and even cry alone.
No matter how big or nice a house is, what’s the point if it’s empty and only occupied by one person?
It is different now.
She has Pei Heng, Huan Ge'er, and Xi Jie'er.
There are also parents, younger brother, Li Ma, Songzhi and Songtao.
These are her relatives and family.
Not only that, she also has many true friends.
This time, she was no longer alone.
She has completely fallen in love with the world in the book, which is a warm world.
Have home and love!
Su Li raised her head and kissed Pei Heng deeply. The warm touch made everything seem real. The swing swayed, and the bright moon above her head also swayed.
There are the faint chirping of cicadas and the flapping of birds' wings in the woods. Everything is quiet and peaceful, like a paradise.
In a trance, she seemed to hear Pei Heng say in her ear:
"Ari, this isn't a dream. I love you, and our family of four will live happily ever after."
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