Ye Shi thought like this in his heart, and there was inevitably some emotion on his face. It's just that she has always had a good upbringing, so that her emotions will not leak easily. From an outsider's point of view, she is still a dignified and polite Mrs. Shangshu.

However, Wu Jiao has been with her for a long time in the past few years, and she has made a lot of efforts to please her. Naturally, from the corners of her drooping mouth, I could see that she was unhappy.

Wu Jiao's heart was uneasy.

In the past few years of marriage, she and Wu Cheng were so good in the first two years that she was so good that she was blended with oil, but she had never had children, and she resisted the pressure of her mother-in-law to take him a concubine. The concubine in the West Courtyard, although she was not very liked by Wu Chenghe, but she was angry and gave birth to an eldest son in one fell swoop.

As a result, her position in this family is even more precarious. Especially during this time, because of his mother's affairs, Wu Chenghe blamed her for favoritism, and the relationship between husband and wife dropped to the freezing point.

The mother-in-law doesn't like it, the husband doesn't hurt, and there are no children under her knees, Wu Jiao only thinks that creation makes people.

In her own life, as the only concubine of the Zhongguo Mansion for more than ten years, she can be said to be windy and rainy. And now, the more he lives, the more he goes back, and even his temperament has become cautious.

Sometimes, she really wondered what the meaning of this marriage was, and that it was better to be happy than to be alone. But this kind of thinking is just thinking about it, how can a woman not marry?

No matter how difficult it is, she can only grit her teeth and hold on, and be the infinitely beautiful Mrs. Wu in other people's mouths.

Glancing at Wu Jiao, who was a little distracted, Ye Shi put the teacup heavily on the table and made a "pong" sound. This Wu clan is really getting more and more disagreeable! He dares to wander in front of himself.

Wu Jiao was taken aback, and hurriedly smiled and asked, "Mother, but the tea is cold? Daughter-in-law will go and change a cup for you." ”

What kind of tea? It's really eye-catching. Ye Shi thought impatiently in his heart, and said lightly: "Since you want to go back, I will also send a congratulatory gift on behalf of our Shangshu Mansion to congratulate Xu Yiren on being named the second-grade lady." ”

"Yes, Mother. Wu Jiao respectfully agreed.

Ye Shi glanced at her, and a henchman came out of her back, and said to Wu Jiao: "Young lady, please come with me." ”

After taking the congratulatory gift prepared by the Ye family, Wu Jiao realized that she had forgotten to prepare the congratulatory gift. She was slightly bitter in her heart, and during this time, she was really a little absent-minded. Even what Ye thought of at the first time, he didn't even think about it at all. I hope this family banquet will go smoothly and there will be no more trouble.

But she had just said goodbye to her mother-in-law, and she didn't want to go back to make trouble. He instructed the driver to stop a little in Nanshi, and bought a green jade and bamboo bonsai as a congratulatory gift before going to Mingyifang.

……

The time was slowly approaching noon, and the Lu family asked Xuezhu to come to Zhiyuanju to invite Xu Wanzhen and Wu Zhengxiang to the banquet.

Lu Shi is worthy of being a disciple raised by Mr. Ning, and in less than two hours, she has held this simple family banquet in a similar manner.

The banquet was held on an island in the middle of a large lake in the backyard.

Everywhere you look, the blue waves ripple, and the rain drops fall into the lake, stirring up a string of ripples. In the plum blossom forest on the shore of the lake, the silk music team raised in the house plays elegant music, which is full of poetry.

Xu Wanzhen and Wu Zhengxiang went to the island and saw a white marble round table in the open room, on which were delicate cold dishes and pastries, and in the glass plate were freshly peeled orange petals. The maid and the mother-in-law stood quietly on both sides.

Lu beckoned them to sit down on the railing on the side, and said with a smile: "It's all a family, so we don't pay attention to the difference between men and women." I thought it had been a long time since I had visited this lake, and the autumn drizzle was a good sight. ”

Wu Zhengxiang knows her thoughts, but because of the face of his eldest brother, he has never bothered with her. What's more, everything in the Guogong Mansion, he never wanted to take it for himself. He nodded faintly and sat aside.

Since he didn't want to speak, Xu Wanzhen had no choice but to smile and say: "Sister-in-law is so meticulous, she really sighs to herself." ”

Lu Shi had long heard this eldest sister-in-law speak very hard, but now there were only a few of them, so he smiled and quipped: "Do my younger brothers and sisters dislike me?" Otherwise, why do you always call me sister-in-law? I think it's good for you to call me sister-in-law, and it seems affectionate. ”

Xu Wanzhen was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened, and she looked at her innocently and said, "Zhen'er thinks that you are different from other sisters-in-law." is not only a sister-in-law, but also a princess, and a future grandmother. Just calling sister-in-law seems too contemptuous. ”

The smile on Lu's face froze, how do you say this? What do you call other sisters-in-law, how many sisters-in-law do you have? Forget it, it's just a title, anyway, I and her are not common, it's really a once-in-a-time meeting. Changing the topic at the moment, "It's a pity that your eldest brother is not at home." He loved the view of the lake. ”

Wu Zhengxiang, who had been silent, suddenly interjected, "Big brother loves to practice sword riding and riding horses by this lake, and he also teaches me how to swim here." ”

Lu Shi just wanted to nod, but found that he was not saying this to himself at all, but looked at Xu Wanzhen with a tender and sweet face, and introduced this scenery to her. It's as if there is no existence of her sister-in-law here.

Lu Shi was annoyed for a while, how could this couple be so out of tune, one was more angry than the other!

simply ignored them, walked to the front and asked, "Have you invited Grandpa Guo and Mrs."

Seeing that her pretty face was frosty, Xue Zhu hurriedly replied, "I've been invited, I guess it's almost here." ”

Sure enough, after the tea effort, Wu Lie and Chen came in the same boat. The husband and wife, who have not been alone for a long time, look a little uncomfortable at this time. The maids and Tian Mama, who were waiting for the two, also disembarked one after another.

As soon as Chen got off the boat, he went straight to Xu Wanzhen. took her hand affectionately and said with a smile: "I heard that you fell into the water when you were at your mother's house? ”

He raised his voice and asked, "Who is waiting for the second young lady?" ”

Sang Zi stepped forward and curtled his knees and replied, "Back to Mrs. Hui's words, the slave maid brought a cotton cloak." ”

"Quick, quick. Chen put it on Xu Wanzhen, touched her hand and said, "Poor thing, my little hands are cold." Young people, they just don't know anything, and they want me, an old man, to worry about it. ”

Xu Wanzhen was held by her, and there was a chill in her heart. Could it be that Chen's purpose was to disgust herself? If so, she succeeded.

Pulling the cloak, Xu Wanzhen responded softly: "Daughter-in-law, thank you for your mother's care." I ......" At this point, she choked up and continued: "I went to my mother when I was thirteen years old, and now I see my mother-in-law, and I am really like a mother. ”

As he spoke, he pinched his handkerchief and wiped away the tears that did not exist in the corners of his eyes. Isn't it acting, I'll accompany you to act, see what you want to do?