"The second sister gave it to me. It was just for her own play before. I saw that I liked it very much, so she carefully chose a gourd with flower and bird paintings on it for me. By the way, she also said that after the third brother knew about it, he didn't know where to get it. I bought such a big gourd, and sneakily drew a picture of a beauty on it, probably for you." Su Nuannuan said while gesticulating, judging from the size of her gestures, the gourd is indeed very big .
Duan Tingxuan 囧囧 looked at his wife with enthusiasm: "Are you sure he is going to give me a gourd? He didn't want to kill me? How about drawing a picture of a beautiful woman? Isn't this trying to provoke the relationship between you and me? Huh! I knew that guy With malicious intentions, knowing that my image in your eyes is no longer good, he wants to add fuel to the fire."
"Don't say that, people are also very kind. It is more difficult to draw a picture of beauties than flowers and birds. If you say it like this, the third brother's hard work will be in vain." Su Nuannuan smiled happily, but then said : "But the third brother has a good heart. After all, I didn't think about it. What can I do if I give you such a big gourd? You can't pretend to be wine and go to court, right? You are not Tieguai Li."
The husband and wife talked and laughed all the way to collect dew, and the moon disappeared before they knew it, so they went back to the room contentedly. Sure enough, the sky dawned after a while, and people's voices could be heard everywhere in the originally quiet mountain temple. Duan Tingxuan and Duan Tingye went to arrange for the Imperial Forest Army and servants to escort the bandits away, while here Su Nuannuan and Aunt Jing gathered all the girls and servants and prepared to go down the mountain.
After gathering in the courtyard, everyone was about to set off when they saw Duan Tingxuan walking in from the courtyard gate, so everyone knew that the elder son had something to say, so they immediately stopped, their eyes fixed on Duan Tingxuan, secretly guessing the purpose of the elder son's coming here .
Duan Tingxuan glanced lightly, and saw the daughters-in-law who were detained yesterday standing at the back of the crowd. He stretched out his hand and said in a deep voice, "You guys come out."
The daughters-in-law glanced at each other, still a little timid in their hearts, but after a moment of hesitation, they still walked out with their heads bowed, knelt on the ground and said in unison: "Your maidservant pays homage to your son."
"Grandma pleaded for you last night, so I decided to spare your lives." Naturally, Duan Tingxuan would not play tricks with a few servants. Straight to the point. He said with a blank expression: "However, capital crimes are inevitable, and living crimes are inevitable. You probably know in your own hearts what will happen when you go back. Your grandma is kind. I can't bear to let you suffer. As the saying goes, save people to the end, so I will give you a choice: those who are afraid of going back can leave now. From then on, they will have nothing to do with the Marquis of Anping, and they can live freely. I will not pursue her as a fugitive slave."
These words were beyond the expectations of the daughters-in-law, they raised their heads suddenly, looked at Duan Tingxuan in a daze, but soon lowered their heads to look at each other. There was hesitation in the eyes of two people. But I heard the daughter-in-law of the He family who was the first to bow down and promise last night said in a deep voice: "My servant thank you for your life, but I don't intend to leave, so I ask my son to allow you to return to the house. Is it a beating or a punishment? I am willing to accept it." .”
Before the words fell, two more daughters-in-law said in unison: "My servant thanked my son for his life. This servant is willing to go back to the mansion to receive the punishment. I beg my son not to drive this servant away."
So the two hesitant daughter-in-laws sighed, their eyes gradually became firmer, and they also expressed their unwillingness to leave.
"At least you guys are still a little bit responsible, and you haven't forgotten what your grandma said last night. That being the case, after returning home, everyone will be fined one year's salary in the name of not doing enough to protect the Lord..." Duan Tingxuan paused when he said this, and looked at the others. The person's majesty passed over him, and he said in a deep voice: "I have already punished these people, and what happened last night has been exposed. If I hear rumors about them in the mansion from now on, I will definitely investigate to the end. Who chewed their tongues?" , Lord cut off her tongue, if you don’t believe in me and your grandma’s abilities, just try.”
After he finished speaking, he ignored the shocked servants who were struck by lightning, and came to Su Nuannuan, and said with a smile: "With my instructions, even if you can't completely hide this matter, you can still hide it." It won't cause an uproar, is the madam satisfied with this arrangement for my husband?"
"Satisfied, very satisfied. You really deserve to be the young master. If you really don't make a sound, you will become a blockbuster. With your deterrence, there are probably not many people who dare to chew their tongues. This is the best result." Su Nuan Nuan gave a thumbs up without hesitation, but her husband coughed and said in a low voice, "I've worked so hard not just to hear your compliments, that stone cake... after you look back, don't you think it's the same?" Let me taste it?"
"So it's for food?" Su Nuannuan's endless admiration disappeared like the water of the Yellow River in an instant, and the disdain in his tone was probably too obvious, which made Duan Tingxuan feel very embarrassed, and the young master quickly apologized. He argued sternly: "What do you know? You think I'm just greedy? You are too contemptuous of people. I just heard you say that the stone cake is easy and convenient to make. If I need to go out to fight in the future, I will have this when I am in a hurry. , can not only eat enough but also eat well, which can guarantee the combat effectiveness of the army to the greatest extent."
"Is there such a righteousness? Are you sure you are not looking for a high-sounding reason for your greed?" Su Nuannuan looked at Duan Tingxuan suspiciously, but saw her husband's face darken, and said with a flick of his sleeve: "The heart of a villain is the heart of a gentleman, hum! Anyway, let’s make a meal and taste it when we go back, I want to investigate the feasibility of using this stone cake as military rations.”
"Okay, okay, I'll make it for you when I get back. Should we go now? The old lady and the second younger sister are still looking forward to it." Su Nuannuan secretly laughed, but Duan Tingxuan's performance last night was really good, so She doesn't mind letting her husband do business for his own money.
The servants of the Marquis of Anping who stayed in the mountain temple overnight and experienced a thrilling battle finally returned home safely. When the carriage drove past the two closed vermilion gates and was about to continue towards the West Corner Gate, Duan Tingxuan ordered to stop suddenly, the coachman didn't know why, so he stopped quickly, and then he saw Shizi get off the horse, When he came to the vermilion gate, he told the two gatekeepers, "Open the middle gate to welcome Mrs. Shizi back to the manor."
The two gatekeepers were stunned, not knowing which song their master was singing. Houses like the Marquis of Anping's Mansion would not easily open the middle door except for the princes who received the imperial decree and formal visits. Even if they are as honorable as Mrs. Hou Ye and Mrs. Shi Zi, they have only one chance to enter through the middle door in this life, and that is when they are carried in eight palanquins at the wedding ceremony of Lord Hou and Shi Zi.
"What are you still doing in a daze? Your wife captured the murderer on the mountain this time and made great contributions to the court. She is qualified to enter the mansion through the middle gate."
Duan Tingxuan saw that the two servants looked like goose-headed geese, so he explained in a deep voice. After this, the servant finally came to his senses. Although he still felt that something was wrong, it was an order from the prince. Even if the masters punished them afterwards, they They were just acting according to orders, and they couldn't be punished, not to mention that this master was not easy to provoke, and I heard that the eldest grandma was even more difficult to provoke, so they couldn't bear to fight with such two powerful masters.
The vermilion door opened slowly, and even Su Nuannuan was startled at this moment, she quickly poked her head out and said to Duan Tingxuan, "Why are you crazy? There were so many people trying to catch the murderer last night, could they all come through the middle door?" Enter? You want the Hou Mansion to become the laughing stock of the capital?"
"Of course only you can enter, because you are the only wife of the prince." Unmoved, Duan Tingxuan pulled Su Nuannuan out of the carriage with a smile, and then helped her out of the carriage. In the eyes of the people, there was a sudden amazement.
"Don't be surprised, I just want you to accompany me through the middle gate again." Duan Tingxuan took Su Nuannuan's hand, and walked up the steps with her, explaining softly, in fact, this is only one of the reasons, and One reason is that he will never be able to say it. He knows that his current wife is not the Su Nuannuan he used to be. He loves her and respects her. However, the woman who held the wedding ceremony and worshiped the world with him is not her. He owes her a wonderful marriage, but there is no way to make up for it. Today The two walked in through the main entrance hand in hand, but it was just a little compensation for this regret.
Su Nuannuan could somewhat guess Duan Tingxuan's thoughts, but this made her even more touched and helpless. She wanted to tell the young master that such a scene is really not important to a foodie, but she felt that it was inevitable. To live up to Duan Tingxuan's good intentions: Forget it, anyway, the two of them can only be a couple in name only in this life, if Duan Tingxuan feels that doing so will make him feel better, then do it.
According to Su Nuannuan's mind, she wanted to bring Aunt Jing with her, but of course Duan Tingxuan couldn't agree. Aunt Jing also knew the trick, as soon as she saw Su Nuannuan turning her head, she knew that she was in danger of disaster, she quickly retracted her body into the carriage, and would not get out, so that she escaped the catastrophe and was able to "smoothly" enter the mansion from the west corner gate .
The news that Shi Ziye and Shi Zi's wife entered through the middle gate immediately spread throughout the mansion. At that time, the female family members and the old Hou Ye Duan Ni were also waiting for the news in the north courtyard of Fang Lao Madam, and heard that Su Nuannuan and others were safe. When they came back, they were all very pleasantly surprised. Mr. Fang even led his son and daughter-in-law out of the house to greet them in person, but was persuaded by the old Hou Ye and Mrs. Yang. No matter what, the elders who were so old were not allowed to welcome the younger generation reason.
But then he said that the son of the world openly called to open the door and walked in hand in hand with the grandma, which made everyone in the hall stunned. The face of the old master Duan Ni immediately sank, and he slapped the table and angrily said: It's nonsense."
Mrs. Yang's heart tightened, she wanted to defend her son, but she didn't know what to say. Liu Min was secretly delighted at the side, she was worried that if she and Shi Yurou left Su Nuannuan this time, she might offend Duan Ni, but unexpectedly, Duan Tingxuan made such a foolish trick in a blink of an eye: the middle door is How can the face of Xungui's mansion be opened up for a mere woman? Even when she married in as a flat wife, she was not treated like this.