"Why did you come back so late today? Why is your body full of alcohol?" Shen Xinyan went forward to meet her, a strong smell of alcohol came to her nostrils, and she couldn't help frowning.
"I went to Qiao Lao Liu's house to collect debts, and I missed a dinner there by the way." Wei Junhang was a little drunk, and didn't notice her expression, and replied with a smile.
"Go and wash first, and change into clean clothes." Shen Xinyan quickly supported him, and ordered Xia He to prepare hot water, and Chunliu to serve hangover soup.
Turning around, seeing Wei Junhang's cheeks were slightly red from the smell of alcohol, just looking at her and smiling, for some reason, his heart suddenly softened.
"Why do you drink so much wine? It smells like alcohol all over your body, and it's a good thing that Ying'er is not here at the moment. If she is here, she must despise you." She wiped the veil and washed his face for him, and blamed him .
Wei Junhang burped: "How many are Ying'er? Why don't you see me?"
"Don't you even look at what time it is? Normally, they should go to bed at this time." Shen Xinyan replied helplessly.
"That's right, I'm the one who came back late today." Wei Junhang's head was in a daze, and he just looked at the face in front of him that he never got tired of.
How could there be such a beautiful woman in this world? And such a beautiful woman is his wife, the mother of his child...
Facing such a face that only smirked at herself, Shen Xinyan found that she was full of dissatisfaction but could not vent it at all. She could only poke his forehead unwillingly, and took the hangover that Chunliu brought over. Tang personally fed him to drink.
"Don't get drunk again in the future, I despise alcoholics!" Finally, she put down her words angrily.
As soon as he heard that his wife would dislike him, Wei Shizi immediately sat up straight, shook his head and waved his hands and said: "No more, no more, no more."
He was so obedient, but Shen Xinyan had the illusion that she had raised another son, so she shook her head and put this weird thought aside.
After Wei Junhang took a shower and changed clothes, the sky outside the window was getting darker, and the lights lit up in various parts of the mansion illuminated Nuo Da's Duke's Mansion.
"Ma'am..." Wei Junhang was always a little guilty when he came back reeking of alcohol, and the room smelled of alcohol.
Why didn't Shen Xinyan notice, she gave him a reproachful glance, and continued to turn to comb her hair in the mirror she got from Ruyi Pavilion.
"I'll help you." Wei Junhang hurried over to flatter her, snatched the comb from her hand, and combed her waterfall-like black hair awkwardly.
The silky hair slipped from his fingers, leaving behind strands of fragrance. He held a handful of long hair fondly, and smoothed it with a comb. Four words suddenly flashed in his mind—a married couple with a knotted hair. .
"Okay, there's no need to comb anymore. Sit down, I have something to tell you." Sensing that he had been combing for a while, Shen Xinyan hurriedly tugged at the corner of his clothes.
Wei Junhang reluctantly stopped when he heard the words, and obediently sat down on the embroidered pier in front of her.
"Ma'am, please speak."
"I want to cooperate with someone in a business, and only use my dowry money instead of the mansion's. What do you want?" Although the woman's dowry money is all at her own disposal, even her husband has no right to ask, but Shen Xinyan feels that Since they are husband and wife, there is no need to hide it from him.
"Naturally no problem. If you don't have enough money, I have some more here." Unsurprisingly, Wei Junhang agreed without any objection.
"Aren't you going to ask me who I'm working with and what kind of business I'm doing?" Seeing that he didn't ask anything, Shen Xinyan couldn't help herself.
"Why should I be worried about Madam's actions? Besides, since Madam has made this decision, she must have thought it through carefully. Besides, to put it bluntly, it's worth nothing even if it's a complete loss. I'm still at home!" Wei Junhang Disapproval.
The madam is not the kind of person who doesn't know the importance. After so many years of husband and wife, he still believes in her very much.
"However, if Ma'am needs my help, just ask me. There is no need to be polite between you and me."
Shen Xinyan smiled.
"What you said is very true. There is no need to be polite between husband and wife. If there is really something that needs you, the eldest son, to stand out, I will naturally not be polite to you."
This kind of unreserved trust made her feel warm. Although Mrs. Xu said that "a husband is not reliable, a wife may not be reliable", but she feels that if the other party gives her sincere respect and trust, she should return the same respect and trust. This is the way for husband and wife to get along.
After thinking about this, she cleared her cough, looked into the depths of Wei Junhang's eyes, and said word by word: "There is one more thing, I want to hear what you have to say."
Seeing that her attitude was much more serious, Wei Junhang immediately straightened his back and said solemnly: "Ma'am, it's okay to say it!"
"Today I heard some rumors that you set up an outer room, and this outer room is still located in Bali Hutong. I wonder if there is such a thing?"
"Which bastard made it—" Wei Junhang became angry when he heard it, slapped his thigh, and blurted out curses, but when he heard the word 'Bali Hutong', his expression changed, and the curse words stopped abruptly.
Seeing him like this, Shen Xinyan's heart skipped a beat.
Could it be true? !
"Where did Madam hear these words? How did she know about Bali Hutong?" Wei Junhang's heart sank, feeling a little bad, and asked nervously.
Shen Xinyan just felt her heart drop.
If it was said that just now, she still felt that Xu Sumin's statement of "only she is reliable" was too extreme, but now she has to admit, husband, maybe it is really not necessarily reliable.
"Today, I planned to go to the Linglong Pavilion to choose a birthday gift for the princess, but I heard a few women discussing it in private in the garden. I thought..." Shen Xinyan's eyes darkened, and she took a deep breath before continuing. He said, "Later on the way back to the mansion, I met Sister Luo again, she was the wife of Li Shilang from the Ministry of Officials, and I learned about this from her mouth. She also told me about this Bali Hutong."
Wei Junhang's face was solemn, but he didn't notice that there was something wrong with her expression. Hearing this, he frowned with thick brows, completely immersed in his own thoughts.
Seeing this, Shen Xinyan was even more disappointed, and curled the corners of her mouth bitterly.
Suppressing the sadness that floated up in her heart, she forced a smile that was several times uglier than crying and said: "If you really fell in love with a girl, just take her back to the house, and I'm not that kind of girl." Waiting for someone who loves to be bitter and jealous, is it possible that he will stop him?"
"Now that there is a commotion in this outer room, the outside world has spread it. I'm afraid that mother will find out about it soon. If mother knows, it must not be far from father knowing. Wouldn't there be another commotion by then?"
"In my opinion, it's better to take advantage of the present..."
"I still have some important things to do. I'll go out for a while. Madam sleeps first when she's sleepy. Don't wait for me!" Wei Junhang interrupted her suddenly, and hurriedly put on a coat and ran out without waiting for her answer.
Shen Xinyan stared blankly at the back of his disappearing speed, and after a long while, she bit her lips and lowered her head slowly, trying to hide her red eyes.
"Ma'am, my son, he..." Seeing Wei Junhang leave in a hurry, Qiutang, who was full of doubts, opened the curtain and came in, and was stunned when she saw her like this.
"It's nothing, my son has something important to do, so I'm going out first." Shen Xinyan said calmly, turning her face away to wipe away the tears from her eyes.
Qiutang pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and asked softly: "Madam asked the eldest son about the outer room?"
Shen Xinyan's heart ached again, but she still managed to suppress it: "I asked."
"Then what did the son say? This must be false, right? I don't know who killed thousands of swords to spread such words. It must be a shame for others. People with such malicious intentions should be killed by thousands of swords." Die, or else..." Qiutang didn't know what she was talking about, she only had a feeling that she wanted to stop Mrs. Shizi from saying what she said next.
"... Maybe it's true!" It's a pity that Shen Xinyan's incomparably clear words still reached her ears.
"Really?!" Her eyes widened in disbelief, and she stammered and asked, "Yes, yes, did Shishi, Shizi personally admit it?"
Shen Xinyan nodded, then shook her head, and then nodded again, making Qiutang who was nervously waiting for her answer confused.
"Ma'am is nodding and shaking her head, what do you mean?"
"Although he didn't say it clearly, his actions told me that this matter should be true."
Originally, she wanted to live a good life with him in this life, but she didn't expect him to make such a big "surprise" for herself, Shen Xinyan felt uncomfortable.
She once thought that in the two lifetimes, only this man by her side was worthy of her trust and devotion. But in the end, he let himself down.
But fortunately, she didn't invest too much, and everything was still too late to salvage.
Seeing her disheartened look, Qiutang's heart tightened, and she squatted halfway in front of her, holding her hand and said softly: "Since I didn't say it clearly, it can be seen that the matter may not be true. Perhaps he suddenly remembered something important that he hadn't done, and didn't pay attention to Madam, which caused Madam to misunderstand her."
"Madam, it's better to wait for the son to come back before asking. No matter what, there is still His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess in the mansion!"
Wei Junhang on the other side hurried out the door, not realizing that his wife had misunderstood his careless actions.
He came to a secluded second-entry house in a hurry, raised his leg and kicked towards the gate angrily, shouting: "Heizi, Heizi, get out of here!"
"Where are you so short-sighted...Wei Shizi, you are old!" The young, round-faced man who opened the door cursed, only saw the person outside the door, and immediately changed into a smiling face, welcoming him in graciously.
"Where is Heizi? Let him come out to see Lao Tzu, I will be killed by him soon!"
"The leader is not here, today is the day when the leader is on duty."
"Yes! I was almost dizzy with anger. It's no use looking for Heizi, you have to find the culprit!!" Wei Junhang slapped his forehead, and immediately came to his senses.
"You prepare the carriage for me, immediately, immediately!"
"My lord, it's getting dark right now, and you're so blatant that people can't prepare for it, even if you want to see the master, you won't be able to see him!" Xiaoyuan said bitterly.
"There are so many bad rules in his broken place!!" Wei Junhang cursed, then suddenly thought, "No, you kid is trying to scare me! I don't believe that you don't have an emergency plan. Maybe there is something urgent, you guys Why can't we just wait until dawn and the gate opens?"
The little round face was secretly relieved, but it immediately wrinkled into a bitter face.
"Tell me, did you all know that I would come for you, so you waited for me on purpose!" Wei Junhang grabbed his collar and asked sinisterly.
"No, no, absolutely not, definitely not, I wouldn't dare to kill me!"
Wei Juanhang sneered: "You don't dare, Heizi doesn't have the guts, but the one in the palace is not sure, that guy can make his own wife into my concubine, what else is he afraid to do? of!"