Cheng Chi scratched Zhou Shaojin's nose and said with a smile, "I'll listen to you. We won't go."
Zhou Shaojin's eyebrows curved, and she said coquettishly, "I shouldn't have gone in the first place."
Cheng Chi hugged Zhou Shaojin and couldn't help feeling emotional.
His little girl finally learned to say "no" to him.
Early the next morning, the couple took Yun'er to pay their respects to Old Madam Guo, but they did not expect that there was someone in her room.
Zhenzhu whispered, "It was the housekeeper sent by Madam Yuan. She said that Grandmother Nuo from Xizhimen had attempted suicide but failed. Although she has been rescued, she is in a very bad mood. She cried and made a fuss for half the night, which alarmed the eldest master and the uncle. They all went to Xizhimen to persuade Master Wen. The eldest master still asked his followers to rush back to Xinglin Hutong, get some clothes, and hurriedly wash up before going to court."
Cheng Chi frowned, then smiled and said to Zhou Shaojin, "No wonder people say having a good wife is half the happiness."
He actually said these in front of the servants in Madam Guo's room.
Zhou Shaojin's face flushed, but he couldn't deny that he felt sweet in his heart.
On the other side, Chenxiang hurried to report to Mrs. Guo.
After a while, the maid in charge of Xinglin Hutong came out of the house, bent her knees to greet Zhou Shaojin and Cheng Chi, and then retreated under the guidance of Chenxiang.
Pearl lifted the curtain.
Zhou Shaojin carried Yun'er in his arms and followed Cheng Chi into the house.
Because we just got up, all the windows in the room were opened for fresh air. The slightly cool air was refreshing and natural, which made people feel refreshed.
Mrs. Guo hurriedly told Zhenzhu, "Close the window quickly. Yun'er is coming. Be careful not to let him get cold." She then extended her hand to Yun'er, "Good boy, come here, grandma."
Yun'er grinned, which made Mrs. Guo's heart melt. She hurriedly ordered Zhenzhu and others: "Quick, bring the chestnut cake that the master brought over a few days ago."
It was a reward from the emperor when Cheng Jing was on duty in the palace. Knowing that it was good for the elderly, he specially had it delivered.
Zhou Shaojin hurriedly laughed and said, "Mom, Yun'er doesn't know how to eat these things yet!" As he said that, he carried Yun'er over.
"Look at my memory!" Mrs. Guo smiled and held Yun'er in her arms, and said to Zhenzhu, "Then go and pour a bowl of goat milk for our Yun'er."
Yun'er refused to drink even his wet nurse's milk, let alone goat's milk.
Zhou Shaojin couldn't stop Madam Guo anymore and looked towards Cheng Chi.
Cheng Chi remained calm and said, "Mother, Yun Ge'er just fed his mother. You just fed him when you remembered. He won't drink milk again later. You should give him some water first. He hasn't had a drop of water since he got up this morning. I don't know what's wrong with this child. He refuses to drink water."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Guo perked up and said confidently: "That's because you don't know how to feed the baby!" Then she shouted to Zhenzhu to pour water.
Zhenzhu and the others dared not delay and immediately brought over warm water.
Old Madam Guo personally covered Yun'er with a fine cloth handkerchief and fed him water with a silver spoon made of ginkgo leaves.
Yun'er tasted half a mouthful and spit out the remaining water.
The old lady used a cloth tiger to coax Yun'er to drink water, and used ginkgo leaves on a spoon to play with Yun'er, but no matter what, Yun'er just refused to drink the water. Even if she occasionally fed him a mouthful, he would spit it out immediately.
Madam Guo wiped his saliva and said to Cheng Chi with a smile: "How come he is so smart? He knows that this is water, has no taste, and he doesn't like to drink it!"
Cheng Chi was speechless. Seeing that it was getting late, he got up and went to the yamen.
Zhou Shaojin saw Cheng Chi out.
Cheng Chi whispered, "The child can't be taken care of by mother. If we dared to spit out what we ate, we would have been punished with a ruler! Look at how mother treats Yun'er? Everything is good to her. If she continues like this, she will probably become a playboy. You should take care of the child and try to take care of him yourself. When he is three years old, I will teach him a lesson."
He brought it personally.
Zhou Shaojin felt that Cheng Chi was making a big deal out of nothing.
The youngest son and the oldest grandson are both the apple of the old lady's eye. The children are still young, so it doesn't matter if they are spoiled a little, as long as they remember the rules.
But Cheng Chi instructed her to spend more time playing with the children in the future.
Zhou Shaojin obediently replied "yes", watched Cheng Chi get on the sedan chair, and then returned to Tingxiangyuan.
In the room, Mrs. Guo was still patiently feeding Yun'er water, but Yun'er got angry and knocked over the bowl in Mrs. Guo's hand, spilling water all over the kang.
Zhou Shaojin was startled and called out "Yun Ge'er" with a stern face.
Yunger seemed to know that he had made his mother angry. His little mouth pouted and he started to sob.
Mrs. Guo said hurriedly, "The child is ignorant. It's no big deal if he knocked over a bowl. Why do you have to scare him like this?" Then she turned around and gently patted Yun'er and coaxed him in a gentle voice, "Our Yun'er is a man. Don't cry, don't cry. Grandma will buy you some candy." After saying that, perhaps thinking that Yun'er couldn't eat candy yet, she said, "When Yun'er grows up, grandma will buy you a lot of good things."
Although Yunger is young, he can feel the emotions of adults.
Knowing that Zhou Shaojin was angry at the moment, he leaned on Mrs. Guo's shoulder and cried loudly.
Mrs. Guo felt extremely distressed and coaxed him for a long time, saying, "Be good, be good." She then said, "If you don't want to drink water, then don't drink water. My brother Yun will drink when he wants to."
Zhou Shaojin looked at it and suddenly felt that what Cheng Chi said made sense.
After coaxing Yun'er, Mrs. Guo was sweating all over, and Yun'er kicked his legs again to go out. Zhou Shaojin simply wrapped the child tightly and handed him to the wet nurse, and helped Mrs. Guo change her clothes.
Madam Guo couldn't help but sigh, "I'm getting old! I remember when Silang was young, I could hold him for the whole day without feeling tired. I can't refuse to accept my old age!"
Zhou Shaojin laughed and said, "Brother Yun is just too naughty. How can a child of his age not stay at home?"
"He's smart!" Old Madam Guo found an excuse for her grandson. She was helped by the maid to the big kang near the window. She took the tea from Zhou Shaojin and drank two sips. She said, "Do you know what happened to your brother Wen?"
"I know." Zhou Shaojin told Mrs. Guo that Cheng Wen had sent someone to find Cheng Chi last night, but she was afraid that Mrs. Guo would think that she had instigated Cheng Chi not to help his brothers, so she did not tell her that she had stopped Cheng Chi.
Madam Guo nodded and said, "You are right not to go. Although Mrs. Wu was wrong, and nephew Wen was wrong, we can't help the evildoers and have a concubine. It's ridiculous."
Zhou Shaojin breathed a sigh of relief and replied "yes" with a smile.
A maid came in and reported, "The eldest wife is here."
I guess it’s about Cheng Wen’s family affairs.
Mrs. Guo said please, and the little maid brought Yuan over.
I don’t know if it was because she didn’t get enough rest last night or if she didn’t sleep at all, but Yuan looked haggard and tired.
After paying respects to Madam Guo, Zhou Shaojin asked the maid to bring a brocade stool to Yuan and politely asked her if she had had breakfast. There was still half a black-bone chicken stewing in the kitchen. Would she like to have a bowl of noodles with the black-bone chicken soup
Yuan might be really tired, and she actually said to Zhou Shaojin politely, "Then I'll trouble you, sister-in-law."
Zhou Shaojin gave the order.
When I returned to the banquet room, I heard Yuan said to Madam Guo: "… Master Wen has made up his mind. No matter how I persuade him, I can't persuade him. When I came, his followers and a few maids were helping my niece Nuo to pack her luggage. They said they would send my niece Nuo back to Nanjing early tomorrow morning to honor Madam Wen!"
"Nonsense!" Madam Guo's face suddenly darkened and she said sternly, "What kind of father-in-law is he? He actually let his followers and maids touch his daughter-in-law's things. If this gets out, will he still be a human being?"
"I said so too." Yuan said helplessly, "but he has to listen to me. He is now bent on getting rid of his niece's wife and making room for the one outside. But seeing him like this, I also made a statement. If he does this, I will not care about their family affairs from now on. Let him figure it out himself. He seemed to regret it after hearing what I said. I was worried that he would do what he wanted and we would have a falling out, so I pretended to be angry and came to you." After saying that, she stroked her chest and said, "I'm not pretending. I'm so angry with them."
Madam Guo was obviously disgusted with Cheng Wen's behavior and said to Yuan: "Don't worry about this matter. Let him do whatever he wants. Just remember, although his last name is Cheng, we have separated from Jiuru Lane. If he doesn't care about the face of our Cheng family, I won't care about his face either."
Yuan was cheered up after hearing this.
In the evening, Cheng Shao came over and asked what was going on with Cheng Wen's family: "... I met the governor of Shuntian Prefecture when I was leaving the government office today. He told me that Cheng Wen wanted to marry a concubine to Nuo Ge'er, and he even went to the government office to write a document and sign it, and he wanted to invite the governor of Shuntian Prefecture to the wedding banquet."
When everyone heard Cheng Wen say this before, they thought he was just complaining about the current situation. No one thought he would actually do this, let alone say anything to Cheng Shao.
Now that Cheng Shao had found the door, he knew that he could no longer hide the matter, so he had to tell Cheng Shao what had happened.
In Zhou Shaojin's mind, Cheng Shao was a gentle and tolerant person, but he didn't expect that Cheng Shao could be so fierce when he got angry.
She hid in her room holding Yun'er.
After a while, Cheng Chi also came back.
Knowing that Cheng Shao was still angry at Tingxiang Courtyard, Cheng Chi smiled bitterly and said to Zhou Shaojin: "My second uncle is too straightforward and hates all these evil things..."
Zhou Shaojin was moved when he heard this, and lowered his voice and said, "Silang, do you think the murder of my second uncle was related to his personality? For example, the fourth prince killed the emperor..."
Cheng Chi laughed, held her in his arms and rubbed her hair, saying: "How could this little girl be so smart!"
Zhou Shaojin looked at Cheng Chizi in confusion, which caused Cheng Chi to laugh again.
He held her and whispered in her ear: "Just tell me these words, don't spread them around. Killing your brother or killing your father is a matter for the future. If you tell it too early, others will think you are crazy. If you tell it too late, the country will be in danger and you will feel guilty."
Zhou Shaojin nodded.
The two went to Tingxiangyuan where Mrs. Guo currently lived.
From a distance, they saw Cheng Shao walking around in the yard.
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Hey guys, today's update.
I have a checkup tomorrow, so I can only update once, around 10pm.
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※(To be continued)