46 Correspondence
The servants in Qinghua Courtyard were all carefully selected by Cui Xi and Cui Lian together with Lin Mama, an old servant in Hou Mansion. Anyone who had the slightest connection with Jinhua Hall or Qiuhua Courtyard was excluded. Only those who were left were born in Hou Mansion. After strict training, all of them were smart and loyal to Qinghua Courtyard. If the masters in the courtyard had any movements, it was absolutely forbidden for outsiders to know. As a result, Meimei and Xu Junying made a scene in the upper room all night, and except for the courtyard itself, no one else in Hou Mansion noticed it at all.
At the breakfast table, Xu Junying looked at Meimei and smiled. Meimei blushed, lowered her head and turned sideways with her bowl in her hand, not looking at him. Xu Junying said to Heng'er:
"Your mother didn't want to sleep in and get up to have breakfast with us father and son. Don't you feel honored?"
Heng'er nodded seriously as if he understood, and with rice grains in his mouth, he made a few random "hmm" sounds in response.
Cui Si beside her couldn't help but chuckle. Mei Mei said, "Who wants to accompany you? I'm just hungry!"
Cuisi changed Heng'er's scarf that was soaked by the soup and stepped back. Xu Junying said to Meimei:
"What is the character of the woman you and Lao Liu saw? I heard that Luo's cousin is very docile and good-looking."
"Miss Liu is similar to me, she is Luo's cousin, her temperament is like Zhuang's cousin, but she is prettier than Zhuang's cousin!"
Meimei added a spoonful of porridge to Heng'er's empty wooden bowl, and then, at his request, gave him two slices of spicy cabbage washed with boiling water, which made Xu Junying stare:
"So hot - how can Miss Liu be similar to you? You are unique, no one can be similar to you!"
Meimei smiled: "She is also strong-willed, she doesn't wait or rely on others, she is a very independent girl!"
Xu Junying shook his head: "It's enough for us to have one like this in our family, let's find a gentle and docile one for the sixth child!"
Meimei looked over, and Xu Junying said hurriedly: "What I mean is, be gentle and submissive in front of the old lady, and let her serve the old lady well!"
He lowered his voice: "Just be gentle to me, and don't care if you are fierce to anyone outside!"
Meimei stared at him. Xu Junying stretched out a finger to pluck Heng'er's bulging cheeks beside him: "Heng'er, tell me, is this true?"
Heng Er nodded seriously again: "Yeah!"
Xu Junying smiled proudly: "He can nod. I taught him that!"
Meimei teased Henger with a smile: "Call me dad!"
Heng Er swallowed the food in his mouth and called to Xu Junying: "Hu Ji!"
Meimei smiled: "You taught him this when you came back. I heard that most Hu Ji are beauties!"
Xu Junying pinched Heng'er's chin helplessly: "It's father! How did it become Hu Ji?"
The whole family laughed and continued to eat. Meimei said, "If the old lady agrees, the sixth son will have to marry Luo's cousin!"
Xu Junying sighed and said, "Last night, the sixth son had already agreed to the marriage proposal, and the old lady was willing to get up and eat some food. She said that she would make the decision after the festival..."
Meimei snorted coldly, "You must have helped the old lady to persuade her, right? Look, this is your old lady! How can she be dead? She won't be satisfied unless she controls all of you grandchildren! No! The sixth brother doesn't like the girl from the Luo family at all. Why should he put himself in a difficult position just to obey the old lady?"
She frowned, "It was Xu Xiaojuan who first pissed off the old lady, and then I couldn't help but add fuel to the fire. The old lady fainted from rage, and summoned you and Lao Liu to take advantage of the situation... Very good, the people in the Xu family are not simple! In this case, I will also play a trick. Lao Liu was forced to accept the marriage because of me, so I will help him untie this shackle!"
Xu Junying looked at her and said, "You have to be smarter than the old lady and not let her find out. Otherwise, don't play with her anymore. You've made her angry again. I haven't done anything yet, but you're the first to make trouble with me!"
Is this making fun of her for being the first to complain last night
Meimei was embarrassed and annoyed: "Xu Junying!"
Heng'er had just finished the meal in his bowl, and he took a long breath, tapped the bowl with his silver spoon, grinned, and shouted:
"Aying! Aying! Aying!"
The two adults were stunned. Xu Junying glared at him with a stern face: "How dare you..."
Heng Er saw his father's expression change and took a breath: "Hu Ji..."
Meimei stood up from the table, covered her stomach and ran back to the inner room, where she leaned over the table and laughed uncontrollably.
Xu Junying called the maid in to clean the table. When Xia Lian took Heng'er away, he followed in, smiled and hugged Meimei in his arms:
"You taught my son well!"
"Isn't it cute?"
Xu Junying stroked her hair gently, his eyes flickering: "Well... He is smart, lively, and active. In fact, he is very much like Lao Qi. Lao Qi was like this when he was a child!"
Meimei put her hand on his chest: "This is the nature of children. Wasn't you like this when you were a child?"
"They said I seldom spoke and didn't like to laugh when I was little."
After a moment of silence, Meimei said softly, "Do you want to have a child who is as boring as you?"
Xu Junying held his breath and held her face in his hands: "Meimei... we..."
"Three years later!"
The burning sparks in Xu Junying's eyes went out, and he pressed her head into his arms: "Torture me again!"
Meimei struggled out with a smile: "I'll help you change into your official uniform, you're late today!"
"No problem! I won't be attending court today. I'll just be doing some work at the government office."
As he spoke, Xu Junying kept working. He took off his outer robe and looked at the copper kettle hourglass on the cabinet. At this time in the past, he would have been in the yamen.
Meimei took out the official uniform and put it on him. She arranged it, fastened the jade belt, and checked him from front to back and up and down. She pulled him and said, "Come, look in the mirror!"
Xu Junying chuckled: "No, yours is a magic mirror!"
"Don't dare to take a photo? Then do you admit that you are a demon?"
"Why don't you say I'm a god? I'll take you in, little demon!"
"I'm not a demon, I'm an immortal!"
"That's right, the immortal family..."
The couple hugged each other, reluctant to separate, whispering softly, Xu Junying whispered in Meimei's ear: "I won't be back so early this afternoon. I'll be back before dinner to take you and Heng'er to Jinhua Hall for dinner. The old lady spoke last night!"
"Just say I'm sick and can't go!"
"Nonsense! If you don't want to go, then don't go. Why do you want to curse yourself to be sick? But why don't you show up tonight? Tomorrow is August 15th. My husband and I have to go to the palace to spend the holiday with the Emperor and Empress. So tonight the Xu family will have a reunion dinner. You can be absent on weekdays, but it doesn't seem right to not go tonight."
Meimei sighed, "Okay, I'll go!"
Xu Junying kissed her on the forehead: "Just a moment, we'll be back after dinner!"
Meimei escorted Xu Junying out of the upper room. Baoju was waiting at the steps holding the wooden box. Heng'er was waiting in the corridor with Xia Lian. Heng'er had just been scolded, and his expression on his little face looked a little nervous. Xu Junying lowered his head and looked at him, then leaned over to pick him up, looked at Meimei again, and walked out of the yard without stopping. Meimei knew what he meant, that the mother and son wanted to send him out. She smiled and followed him, all the way to the gate. Xu Junying turned around and handed Heng'er to Meimei, smiling and admonishing him:
"Be good and don't make your mother angry!"
Heng'er smiled like a flower and nodded vigorously: "Yeah!"
As soon as Xu Junying left the house, Meimei asked Xia Lian, the wet nurse and others to take Heng'er to Qiuhuayuan, and she went to Ziyuntang to handle affairs. At the same time, she was thinking in her heart, how can she stop the sixth brother from marrying Luo's cousin
When they were guests at the Hou Mansion, the sisters wanted to marry the Sixth Brother together, but the younger sister ended up running into the arms of the son-in-law and was assigned to be the concubine of the son-in-law, Li Zhao. Is this considered as - the one who is close to the water gets the moon first? In this way, if it was the elder sister who ran into the arms, wouldn't it be... The Sixth Brother was really miserable. He didn't know whether to be happy or angry. If the two sisters were really good, it was obvious that the son-in-law took advantage of it first, and he could only marry whoever was left!
With a grandmother like this, why don't you resist? What a bunch of brain-dead grandsons!
After noon, Meimei was about to leave Ziyun Hall when Xu Junxuan came again, accompanied by Bai Jingyu. Xu Junxuan had a sad face, while Bai Jingyu was smiling, which was a sharp contrast.
Cui Si led the little girl to serve tea, and Cui Xi took all the maids out. Only the uncle and his wife were left in the hall. Mei Mei glared at Bai Jingyu and said, "Is this so funny? You are gloating over someone else's misfortune!"
"I am gloating over other people's misfortunes? If it weren't for me... Sixth brother would be even happier, marrying a wife and bringing a concubine with him!"
Bai Jingyu smiled and said, "I think my eldest brother has gone back and told my eldest sister-in-law? In two days, my sixth brother will have to settle down with the Luo family!"
Xu Junxuan was full of resentment: "My brother just went to the West Mansion to thank the second sister-in-law! Please ask the two sisters-in-law to come up with another solution!"
Meimei deliberately said, "You have already promised the old lady, what else can you think of?"
Xu Junxuan sighed, "Last night... it was a mess. We finally managed to persuade the old lady to stop crying, but she still refused to eat. The brothers had to kneel down. This was the worst time the old lady had been so upset. She really didn't want to eat. My eldest brother presented food to me three times, but it was all thrown away. My second uncle and second aunt knelt down until their backs ached and they all fell to the ground. If I didn't agree, no one would have a good life..."
"Just for the sake of everyone else, you'll agree to the marriage?"
What a wonderful flower! Meimei couldn't stop laughing. If this gentle Lao Liu lived in modern times, he would definitely be a good example of learning from Lei Feng.
Xu Junxuan looked at her and said, "I will accept it for now. This is a temporary solution. Isn't this asking the second sister-in-law to discuss it with the eldest sister-in-law?"
Meimei put away her smile and said, "I've agreed. The old lady will not let you go. It will be settled in the next two days. You can..."
"Can't make up my mind!"
Bai Jingyu said, "Once it's decided, how long can you delay? Can you wait a year or two to get married? The Luo family is staying at the Hou Mansion, and there's the son-in-law incident. How can they wait so long to get married? She should also be careful that the night is long and dreams are many. They will definitely find an excuse to force the marriage within ten days or half a month. By then, the rice is already cooked, and the sixth son will have no choice but to be the son-in-law of the Luo family!"
Xu Junxuan shuddered: "No! I don't like Luo's cousin! I have Miss Liu in my heart!"
Meimei and Bai Jingyu looked at each other and said, "So what? Will it ruin the old lady's wish? Your second sister-in-law is the best at this kind of thing. She must have an idea!"
Bai Jingyu curled her lips: "People who know that I'm pregnant make me do bad things all day long!"
Xu Junxuan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then bowed and said, "Congratulations, second sister-in-law!"
Meimei smiled and said, "It's not a bad thing. The old lady tied the red thread wrong, and you came to correct it. This is a good thing for Sixth Brother!"
Xu Junxuan nodded: "Yes, it's a great deed! If my second sister-in-law can help me solve this problem, when my nephew is born in the future, I will personally teach him, and he will definitely be better than the old pedant in the clan school!"
Bai Jingyu pointed at him and said, "Sixth brother, you said this yourself! All right! For the sake of my son, I'll take this responsibility! But I need your sister-in-law's help!"
Xu Junxuan hurriedly went to bow to Meimei again, and Meimei smiled: "No problem!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation.) (To be continued)