37. Chapter 37
Wearing a red wedding dress and delicate makeup, she will marry that man again today.
An old lady behind her slowly combed Ning Xi's black hair with a wooden comb, and read: "Once you comb your hair, you don't have to worry about being rich; The second comb is combed to the hair, disease-free and worry-free; Three combs to the hair, many sons and many longevity" The four maids were busy inside and outside the house, and it was very lively.
Ning Xi gently stroked her cheeks that were too rosy due to fat powder, this scene made her feel as if she had returned to the past, but it was different after all, in this life, she would no longer be the woman who only knew love.
After Ning Xi dressed up, Xu walked in, and at her signal, all the people in the house retreated.
Ning Xi looked at Xu Shi and waited for her to speak.
Xu walked to Ning Xi's side, stretched out his hand to straighten a hairpin on Ning Xi's head, and then said with a smile: "Being a daughter-in-law is always not as good as being a girl at home, it is inevitable that it will be harder, fortunately, there is only one old lady and a cousin in the Zhongyi Hou Mansion, and you have no other concubines, and the population is simple, and you need to be polite and polite in everything when you get along with your mother-in-law." β
Ning Xi nodded, but the Xu family changed his words again: "However, you married the mistress of the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion, and you are the lord of the county, so except for the old lady, no one else is qualified to say anything about what you do." The kind of person who can't see his identity and position clearly, you don't need to save face for her, you are the county lord, you are the lady of Zhongyi Hou, only others will flatter you, you don't need to rush to please others, understand? β
This time Ning Xi nodded vigorously, if the Xu family also said these words to her in the last life, would she have a better life.
Seeing that Ning Xi really listened, Xu nodded with satisfaction, and then asked uneasily, "Have you read the picture book I gave you last night?" β
Ning Xi's face burned, of course she knew what was drawn in that drawing book, and the night before she got married in the previous life, the Xu family went to the princess's mansion to give it to her, but Rao was married once, and she still felt panicked. Humming softly, Xu Shi also hurriedly left when he heard this, if it weren't for Ning Xi without parents, it wouldn't be her turn to talk about this matter, and she was a little embarrassed to ask this question.
Soon the front yard was lively, and when she heard the maids say that the brothers were blocking the door, Ning Xi pursed her lips and smiled, which was much more lively than getting married in the previous life.
After a while, Ning Hua came over and said with a smile: "Third sister, my brother carried you out." β
Ning Xi nodded, and the grandmother next to her brought a red hijab to cover Ning Xi.
Ning Xi lay on Ning Hua's body and couldn't help but smile, maybe Ning Hua carrying her into the sedan chair was the only place where this wedding was the same as the wedding in the previous world.
"Third sister, the eldest brother hasn't said sorry to you, Liu Ruyi's incident is my villain's heart."
Ning Xi tilted his head: "Why does the eldest brother apologize to me, we are a family." β
Ning Hua was stunned for a moment, and then grinned: "That's right, we are a family, if that kid Shu Heng dares to bully you in the future, you will come back and sue Brother SΓΉ, and Big Brother will give you a head." β
Ning Xi pursed his lips and smiled, and hummed softly.
The sedan chair got up and down, Ning Xi arrived at the Zhongyi Hou Mansion, a girl walked to the sedan chair, stretched out her hand and pulled Ning Xi three times, Ning Xi got off the sedan chair, Xi Niang helped Ning Xi to walk towards the house, after three years, she returned to this place again, is this the arrangement in the dark.
After the ceremony of returning to the wedding room after worshipping the hall, Ning Xi was too tired to move, Shu Heng took off Ning Xi's hijab and smiled at her: "You use something first, I'll go back when I go." β
Ning Xi waved his hand, but thought in his heart, in fact, it is okay for you to come back later.
Not long after Shu Heng went out, a maid delivered food, Ning Xi knew that this maid was a person from Shu Heng's yard, in charge of Shu Heng's four seasons clothes, she was considered a maid that Shu Heng trusted, except for her, other maids Shu Heng were not allowed to enter the house, this is a quirk of Shu Heng.
When Ning Xi was full of food and drink, he went to bathe in wide clothes, and when he came out after changing his clothes, Shu Heng walked in, saw Ning Xi wearing a light shirt, and looked away unnaturally, then sat down at the table, picked up chopsticks and ate the leftovers before Ning Xi.
Ning Xi frowned, and finally didn't speak, she sat honestly in front of the dresser, Ren Tanqing took care of her wet hair, and the two sat for less than a quarter of an hour, and then someone outside the door said: "Miss Cousin suddenly has a high fever, I want to invite you to come over." β
Hearing this, a trace of coldness flashed in Ning Xi's eyes, and sure enough, Ouyang Ling didn't plan to let her spend the night of candles in the cave room. Ning Xi looked at Shu Heng with a smile, she wanted to see what Shu Heng was going to do.
Shu Heng glanced at Ning Xi, and then stood up.
The coldness in Ning Xi's eyes was even worse, if Shu Heng dared to go to Ouyang Ling today, she would never let Shu Heng step into her room half a step again.
After Shu Heng stood up, he glanced at Ning Xi, then turned around and entered the second room, and after a while, the sound of water came from inside, and Ning Xi smiled with satisfaction. Hearing that the people outside the house were still calling Shu Heng softly, Ning Xi sneered and said, "Since you are sick, go to the doctor, come to Hou Ye for a few meanings, is it possible to expect Hou Ye to treat your master." β
The outsider didn't expect that it was a woman's voice who shouted for a long time to answer him, but he also guessed the voice of the owner, hesitated for a long time, and finally left the courtyard for fear of offending Ning Xi, the future Mrs. Hou.
After Shu Heng came out of the bath, Ning Xi said sarcastically: "You really can put any cat and dog in this Evergreen Hall." β
Shu Heng raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "I don't stay here often, so I don't care much about the affairs of the courtyard, and in the future, this courtyard will be handed over to you to take care of, and those who don't like it will be cleaned out." β
Ning Xi will climb up the pole at this time: "Since you said so, don't blame me for moving your people when the time comes." β
Shu Heng shook his head, went to the bed and sat down, the maids in the room retreated when they saw this, Ning Xi saw that the maids beside him were the fastest walking, and the corners of his mouth twitched, Hey, will you be too relieved of your young lady.
Shu Heng beckoned to Ning Xi: "Come here." β
Ning Xi raised his eyebrows, and walked over obediently and sat down next to Shu Heng.
Shu Heng had a smile in his eyes, obviously very satisfied with Ning Xi's behavior, reached out and pressed Ning Xi's head, let her slowly lean over to him, just when he was about to touch Ning Xi's lips, Shu Heng frowned, looked down at the hands that were pushed on his chest, and was a little puzzled.
Ning Xi pretended to be shy and said, "I forgot that I came to Guishui today. β
Shu Heng looked at Ning Xi with some suspicion, not knowing whether what she said was true or not. Ning Xicai didn't care about Shu Heng's careful thoughts, turned over and got on the bed, drilled into the quilt, and soon fell asleep.
Shu Heng sat on the edge of the bed and stared at Ning Xi for a long time, until Ning Xi's breathing stabilized, and then slowly lay down beside Ning Xi, forget it, the coming days are long.
Feeling that Shu Heng had fallen asleep, Ning Xi slowly opened his eyes and touched his throbbing chest, which was considered to be over tonight.
The next day, Ning Xi was woken up by Erui, looking at the red bed curtain, Ning Xi was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he had married yesterday.
When Ning Xi sat up, Shu Heng was already dressed neatly, and when he saw that Ning Xi was awake, he walked to Ning Xi's side and said lightly: "It's still early, you get up slowly, let's go to the main hall after breakfast." β
Ning Xi nodded, let Tanqing and Erui dig her up from the bed, and when she sat in front of the dresser to pull her hair, Ning Xi couldn't help yawning, Cuiluo, who was combing her hair, pursed her lips and smiled when she saw this, her eyes were full of fun, Ning Xi saw through Cuiluo's thoughts at a glance, her head was full of black lines, would this girl know too much, and she just recognized the bed at night and a man slept next to her, so she couldn't sleep all the time! But Ning Xi couldn't explain it to them, so she could only pull her sleeves hatefully.
After a while, Mama came over, Ning Xi took a look, it was Mama He beside Mother Shu, I heard that Mama He came to get Xipa, Ning Xi wanted to explain, but heard Shu Heng say: "No need." β
Mama He was a little surprised, looking at Shu Heng's expression a little hesitant, maybe she didn't want to embarrass people on this day, Shu Heng said a few words: "Xipa, I will ask someone to send it to my mother, Mama, please go back." β
Since the master said so, Mama He dared not obey and left in a hurry.
Ning Xi chuckled, and went to the dining table to eat, Ning Xi used a bowl of millet porridge and some delicate side dishes, which were against the girl's taste, and the two went to the main hall after eating.
When he arrived in the main hall, he only saw Shu Mu and a group of servants, Ning Xi sneered, Ouyang Ling was really sick and couldn't get up.
After entering the house, Ning Xi first asked Shu's mother to say goodbye, and Shu Heng also changed his voice softly: "Mother." β
Mother Shu nodded, and then it was time to serve tea, Ning Xi took the teacup in the maid's hand, knelt lightly on the futon, and said to Mother Shu: "Mother, please use tea." β
Shu's mother is not the mother-in-law who likes to suppress her daughter-in-law, after taking the teacup and taking a sip, she took out a wishful thinking from the hand of the maid behind her, Ning Xi was a little surprised by Shu's mother's generosity, but she still took it back obediently.
Shu Mu nodded, Shu Heng hurriedly stepped forward to help Ning Xi up, Shu Mu symbolically said a few words to the two of them, and then said: "You still want to enter the palace to thank you, don't delay here with me, go quickly." β
Ning Xi responded, and then entered the palace with Shu Heng.
All the way, Ning Xi didn't talk to Shu Heng, Shu Heng didn't mind, he was already cold and didn't talk much, but when it came to Ning Xi, there would be more words.
The two arrived at the Qianqing Palace together, this hour has been down to the court, seeing the two, the emperor looked very happy, and after talking to the two for a while, he asked Ning Xi to go to the queen first, and he wanted to stay Shuheng to talk.
Ning Xi thought that they should talk about the court, so he didn't stay long and left directly.
After seeing Ning Xi leave, Shu Heng suddenly knelt down: "The minister is guilty, and I ask the emperor to condemn him." β
The emperor narrowed his eyes and picked up the teacup in his hand: "Oh? What a crime Aiqing has. β
"The minister received information this morning, and yesterday someone actually took advantage of the chaos in the minister's mansion to have contact with that person."
"Smack." The teacup that was still in the emperor's hand just now had fallen to Shu Heng's feet and shattered to the ground.
"Aiqing doesn't look like such a careless person." The emperor's voice has long since turned cold.
Shu Heng's attitude became more and more respectful: "The minister married the county lord yesterday, and he was too proud, so it was the minister's fault for neglecting that person." β
The emperor stared at Shu Heng for a long time before he spoke softly: "Pingle is my favorite niece, but I am willing to marry her to you, do you know why?" β
Shu Heng's eyes flashed, and he didn't speak.
"Because I trust you, and I am willing to put the royal children in your hands, what about you? Your father died for me, and I don't want to be jealous of Zhongliang, so you sue me, can I trust you? β
When Shu Heng heard this, he raised his head and looked directly at the emperor: "The minister will never live up to the emperor's trust." β
Only then did the emperor be a little satisfied, and said softly: "Aiqing, please get up, I believe what you said today." Then he paused, then sneered and said, "Keep staring at that person, that person can't do anything now even if he knows his identity, maybe he can help me dig out the person behind the scenes." β
Shu Heng bowed his head and responded.
After Shu Heng left, a person came out of the compartment, and it was the second prince Li Yu.
Li Yu glanced at the direction in which Shu Heng left, and his eyes were a little complicated: "Father, the son thinks that Shaohuan is loyal to you, and he will not betray our royal family." β
The emperor shook his head: "I don't want to suspect him, it's just that back then, there were a lot of people involved in their Shu family's side branches, and I had to guard against it." β
Li Yu heard the emperor mention that incident, buried his head, although he was still young, but he also knew that the chaos led to the destruction of many families in Beijing, if it wasn't for Shu Heng's father who saved the life of the current saint, the Shu family would have been gone long ago.
The emperor continued: "But now that Pingle is by Shu Heng's side, I am also a little relieved, Pingle is also a member of the royal family, and he will never betray the royal family for outsiders, if necessary, Pingle can replace me" The emperor did not say the latter words.
Li Yu trembled in his heart when he heard this, this is the cold side of the emperor, although he has seen a lot of this side of the emperor over the years, but every time he thinks about it, he still feels cold in his heart.
The emperor didn't notice Li Yu's expression, and continued to murmur: "My good fourth brother, when you are here, you still left me such a hand, and you didn't sit in this position, are you so unwilling?" β