After Qiu Yilan returned to the yard, she called Jiang Jingkun and Jiang Jinglang and gave them some cakes. The two children were very happy. While eating, they chattered to tell her about today's study. It was originally due to the host's quarrel. The seemingly deserted room was filled with their voices, and it suddenly became lively.
"Have you all been praised?" Qiu Yilan hugged them from left to right and listened with a smile, "Already know several words? That's amazing!"
After coaxing them for a while, she raised her head and asked her daughter. As the sun went down, she ordered the food to be served.
The children asked as usual: "Uncle Nineteen hasn't come back yet?"
"Isn't father coming back to accompany us?"
Everyone on the left and right listened with bated breath and glanced at Qiu Yilan quietly from the corner of their eyes. Qiu Yilan looked at ease and said with a smile: "He is busy and has no time today. Let's use it ourselves!"
Can you not look at ease? In the past, no matter how busy Jiang Yashuang was, she had to accompany them to have dinner every day, so since the two had a cold war, the two children, who couldn't read their faces, had to ask them almost every day - the answers were already familiar to them.
Originally, their wet nurse wanted to coax them privately not to say such things, but after coaxing them once, Mrs. Tao found out. The old lady sent Mrs. Hu to quietly pass the message: "The couple are now in love, and everyone knows it." Refuse to bow your head any more! Are you trying to keep your children from asking? Just let them ask. If they don’t ask, you should teach them how to do it as parents and uncles. How long can you be so hard-hearted?"
As a result, Jiang Jingkun and Jiang Jinglang were taught by their wet nurses to ask questions from both sides. Qiu Yilan didn't know about this at first, but after a few times, she knew it. She didn't know what Jiang Yashuang's answer was. Anyway, the two children They are still young, so they can just fool around with them.
Occasionally, Jiang Yashuang had to come over when a quarrel broke out. Before she could even suggest inviting him, she took over the matter in a few words - a child is so easy to coax!
Now that she said this, she immediately pushed a plate of jade bamboo shoots and fern in front of Jiang Jingkun, pointed to a bowl of white grilled fish lips, put it next to Jiang Jinglang, and said with a smile, "This is what you usually like to eat, today. This is a new method used by Mrs. Li, try it!”
Looking at the two children who had high hopes, they happily immersed themselves in eating, and in a blink of an eye, they forgot about the matchmaking mission, and everyone felt so upset!
After dinner, Qiu Yilan chatted with them again, and then arranged for the wet nurse to take them to bathe and change clothes, and prepare for the arrangement. She also got up and entered the bathroom - Mu Jin took the things and followed her in, but Zhou's mother walked in with her feet and rolled up her sleeves: "Is this old slave waiting for you today?"
As soon as Qiu Yilan heard this, she knew that Zhou's mother couldn't hold it in anymore and was trying to persuade her again. She really didn't want to listen, but after all, she was Princess Ruan's wet nurse, and she was accompanying her through hardships, so she couldn't be too cold to people's hearts. She had no choice but to do so. He rubbed his brows and sighed: "Okay!"
The hot water vapor filled the bathroom with mist, and fresh rose petals floated thickly on the water, exuding fragrance throughout the room.
Qiu Yilan, who had long black hair, closed her eyes and leaned on the bathtub. Mother Zhou took a ladle of water and washed it off her shoulders, and then took some soap to scrub her... After a while, Mother Zhou sighed softly: "Young lady, I'm going to take care of myself." Lai Conghui, you know what I said, but... Although this couple never quarrels, which couple never keeps in touch with each other after they quarrel once? "
Seeing that Qiu Yilan was silent, Zhou's mother was silent for a while before continuing, "The Nineteenth Young Master was raised by the old lady and his wife. Although the Young Master has a gentle temperament, it is always difficult for an honest man to get rid of his anger! But no matter how difficult it is, "Xiao, it's been more than half a month now, how can I still remember the young master's love for you?"
"I know that you were disrespected by the Young Master before, but... maybe the Young Master is also disrespectful now?"
Qiu Yilan thought for a long time and then said calmly: "He doesn't care about face, so it's a waste. Is it possible that the face I lost before is no longer face? I know mom, you are doing it for my own good, but think about it, why did you just fall out with each other? My God, haven't I apologized enough? Why did he slap me in the face for more than half a month... Now that I have stepped on him again and spread the word, how can I still be respected by everyone? It doesn’t matter to me, but if you say An’er, Lang’er and Ying’er, won’t they also be looked down upon?”
Zhou's mother choked and said, "Because of this, you have to reconcile with the young master as soon as possible!" Then she added, "Besides, the young master didn't say anything to you before, but you didn't see me when you went there. Speaking of which, the young master has really been there these days." He is very busy... Do you think if he didn't have you, Mr. Sun, and Miss Sun in his heart, why would he be doing business in the front study all day long, with only Lu He and Jiang Shan coming in and out? "
If Jiang Yashuang is really divorced from his wife, given his identity and appearance, and with a little wink, there won't be too many people attacking him from inside and outside! From Zhou's mother's point of view, although he had been in a cold war with Qiu Yilan for so long, he always left early and came home early, and spent his free time in the study. It was obvious that he was just venting his anger - man, you can't do it if you coax him more.
So I tried my best to advise, "Maybe I can go and tell Lu He and the others later, and ask them to take some time not to disturb the young master!"
His voice was low, almost whispering, "As long as you see the young master alone, why are you still reluctant to speak? In these years, the young master has never said a harsh word to you! If I don't see you this time, maybe the young master is angry. , but I couldn’t bear to talk about you, so I had no choice but to not see you?”
As she spoke, she quietly glanced at the clothes rack next to her. When she took over Mu Jin's errand just now, Zhou's mother also changed Qiu Yilan's clothes: green embroidery of myrobalan with lotus stems, and white background with dark embroidery of bird's nest. The patterned fairy skirt is covered with a blue gauze.
"The young master and the young madam are young and have been living together before. Now that they have been separated for so long, even if the young master is not happy, he is not afraid of not being reconciled as long as he has such thoughts!" Mrs. Tao's plan tonight was also planned by Zhou's mother. She made up her mind to reconcile the couple - she also asked Qiu Yilan if she wanted to get rid of Lu He and Jiang Shan, two people who were in the way. In fact, the old lady had already asked someone to say hello to them. Okay, right now, Jiang Yashuang should be alone in the study!
It's a pity that she couldn't get Qiu Yilan's permission after talking about it for a long time. Zhou's mother was really anxious and coaxed her with all her heart: "Young madam, please go there! Anyway, there is no one on this road. If you get there, if the young master still refuses, See, will the young master tell you everywhere?"
However, Qiu Yilan covered her sleeves and yawned, waved her hands and went back to the inner room: "Mom means well, but don't make the decision without permission next time... I know my affairs well!"
"If you really knew better, you shouldn't have been in a stalemate with the young master for so long!" Zhou's mother wanted to follow up to persuade her, but she was a few steps behind and saw Qiu Yilan slam the door directly after entering, followed by a "click". On a leash!
Although she was quite respectable in front of the young lady due to her seniority and was still a servant after all, she did not dare to catch up and bang on the door to beg Qiu Yilan to let her in. She had no choice but to lean against the door and persuade her in tears, "This is In the past two days, not to mention the outside, even the maids in this courtyard have appeared with wandering thoughts! You still refuse to bow your head, this..."
But Qiu Yilan said impatiently: "Hibiscus!"
Hibiscus, who was hiding in the shadows under the corridor, stood up timidly: "Young Madam?"
"Send Mama Zhou back to her room!"
Mu Jin walked up to Zhou's mother awkwardly: "Mom, do you see this?"
"... Alas!" Zhou's mother knew that it would be useless to persist any longer, and she felt sad for a while, "It was also the princess who left early! Otherwise, no matter how stubborn the young lady is, she will always listen to the princess's words."
She left with Hibiscus miserably. In the inner room, Qiu Yilan did not feel sad or angry. When she was wringing her long hair in front of the mirror with a handkerchief, she was still in the mood to hum a few children's songs to practice coaxing her daughter tomorrow.
After making the bed and spreading the quilt, I covered the night candle with a thick gauze cover, blew out the other candles, and then fell asleep.
After a while, my breathing became evener—this relaxed and happy appearance was not affected by the separation from my husband at all!
About half an hour later, Jiang Yashuang came out from behind the screen with a complex expression. She walked to the couch very speechlessly, looking at his wife who had her eyes closed and sleeping peacefully. She really didn't know what to feel. !
"Ever since we had a falling out, I haven't had a good night's sleep for more than half a month! Even though I'm busy with official duties during the day, and I have to devote my attention to giving advice to Lu He, after all, I'm not used to having less people around me! I haven't had a few drinks in the past two days. Strong tea, I can’t even deal with official matters!” He gritted his teeth and stretched his hand to his wife’s face, feeling aggrieved in his heart, “It’s better for you - come here every night these days, you never sleep soundly! You feel more comfortable than when I sleep with you!"
Thinking of the scene just now of Zhou's mother sobbing and trying to persuade her to make peace outside the door, while Qiu Yilan was humming and wringing her long hair in the inner room, Jiang Yashuang felt the veins on her forehead throbbing, she couldn't bear it anymore! ! !
"Do I have any place in your heart?! Is it the same to you with or without me?!"
"If it hadn't been like this, I would have come here to tell you that the two times you didn't see me when you went to the study, it was indeed me receiving some people who were inconvenient for you to bump into, okay?!"
"Will it be so long without going back to the backyard?!"
"You heartless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Jiang Yashuang, who was almost going crazy, made several gestures to his wife's face, but felt that scaring her awake like this was not enough to satisfy her hatred!
In the end, he didn't meet Qiu Yilan at all and left bitterly: "When I finish this period of work, I will settle the score with you!"
Although this sentence was said very softly, the meaning behind it was extremely obvious!
... He didn't know that not long after he walked away, Qiu Yilan opened her eyes and lay down lazily, biting the brocade quilt and annoyed him: "She has sneaked in to take a look since the first night of separation - she would rather stand You didn't want to wake me up most of the night to say anything! If you don't get married, why are you so reserved when you have a child? You don't have a conscience!"
In this case, "You still want to see me crying? Do you want to see me worried? Go ahead and dream! I want to show you my carefree life to see who can outlast the other, hum!"
Having said this, she also punched the edge of the couch angrily. At this moment, she seemed to hear some movement and hurriedly got under the quilt!
"You actually learned how to turn around?!" Qiu Yilan was secretly glad that her movements were swift enough, and she quickly put on the same sleeping look as before, for fear of being seen as a disguise.
It was indeed Jiang Yashuang who came back. Qiu Yilan closed her eyes and didn't know what was going on with him. Anyway, she felt him standing back in front of the bed again, seeming to mutter something: "No! I can't sleep." Well, don’t even think about sleeping well!”
Hum, I just sleep well—and eat well, drink well, and wear good clothes! What can you do to me? !
Qiu Yilan gritted her teeth secretly!
The next moment, two furry things were suddenly thrown onto her bed. Suddenly, Nianxue and Dabai howled loudly: "Meow!!!"
The unsuspecting Qiu Yilan was so frightened by the voice so close that she sat up almost subconsciously!
Look around again, where is Jiang Yashuang's shadow? ! They had already run away when they threw out the two lion cats!
"You, you wait for me!!!!" Finally it was Qiu Yilan's turn to go crazy!