Chapter 307: Tea Ceremony
The next day, it wasn't until the morning sun shone through the window lattice on his face that Xia Jin opened his eyes.
"So late?" She jumped out of bed, but with an "ouch" sound, she lay back down.
"What's wrong?" Su Muxian, who was outside the door, heard her voice, pushed the door in three steps and two steps, and asked with concern.
Xia Jin glanced at him with disgust: "It's not your fault. "Last night was too brutal, wasn't it?
Su Muxian spread his handsome face and smiled very happily.
He stretched out his head and kissed her, and said softly, "Don't get up if you're uncomfortable, I'll bring water in and wash you, and then bring you breakfast." ”
Xia Jin paused, turned his head, stared into his eyes seriously, and said, "Don't you have to kowtow to your mother for tea?" "This matter was repeatedly told by Mrs. Shao and Shu. Of course, even if they didn't tell him, Xia Jin was ready to do it. After all, it was Su Muxian's mother.
Su Muxian's eyes full of tenderness and sweetness instantly cooled down when he heard the word "mother".
He straightened up, and said to Xia Jin in a somewhat cold voice, "You know what? The day before yesterday, she was going to poison my cup. ”
"What?" Xia Jin was stunned.
She got up from the bed, walked to Su Muxian, and hugged him gently, feeling a faint pain in her heart.
Su Muxian's pain, others don't know, but she knows it clearly.
At that time, he was hunted down and killed, and was seriously injured to Linjiang, and she healed his wounds, but could not heal his heart. At that time, he often stayed up all night, asking over and over again why his mother did not like him so much that she wanted him to die again and again. He asked the killers who were chasing him to tell his mother. He didn't care about the title, he just wanted to go back to Beijing to put a pillar of incense on his deceased father, and then went back to the temple. Even those who kill people think that he is not asking too much. But in the end, his mother still did not let him go, and she must put him to death.
His pain at that time is still vivid in her mind.
At that time, he and Mrs. Wu'an Hou had never met. Nominally a mother and son, but in fact a stranger. Even if it's painful. Maybe it's okay. But now, the mother and son live under the same roof. Although he didn't go to ask his mother for peace, he also ambushed all the subordinates around Mrs. Wu'an. But no one has ever deducted her food, clothing, housing and transportation. Even if he drugged her, it was for her Xia Jin. Their marriage was full of turmoil, and he didn't want his mother to have any more extraneous branches. I hope that before he gets married, she can be more at ease. It wasn't to put her to death.
She always knew that he was a soft-hearted person.
is such a man who maintains a purity in his heart even if he is stained by the world, and he is forced to a dead end by his mother.
"Don't be too sad, she doesn't want you. You still have me. She softly comforted him.
Su Muxian hugged her tightly.
After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief, let go of her, and said, "I'm fine." He reached out and stroked Xia Jin's face. I'll tell Calamus to come in and wait for you to wash up. After washing, I went over to make a cup of tea. It doesn't matter if she drinks it or not. In short, we have done our best to avoid gossip. It's not worth it to affect your reputation for her. ”
Xia Jin smiled and nodded: "That's exactly the reason." ”
Su Muxian shouted outside, and Calamus and Mint came in with water and waited for Xia Jin to freshen up.
"You have breakfast before you go." Su Muxian felt sorry for Xia Jin. She tossed and turned for half the night last night, and when she woke up this morning, she must have been hungry.
"Let's go over first. Since you're going, don't be too late. Xia Jin said. She woke up too late, and it was just right for her to pass. If you go over for breakfast again, it's not good to look at the people in the house.
Su Muxian didn't persuade again, and gave Hexiang an order, and Hexiang went out first. When Xia Jin left the courtyard gate, he found that a soft sedan chair was parked at the gate of the courtyard, and the sedan chair was carried by four sturdy middle-aged women. Xia Jin hadn't seen these people, obviously Su Muxian bought them later.
"Can I use my body to ride in a sedan chair?" Although Su Muxian's thoughtfulness made Xia Jin very useful, she felt that with her ability to fly the eaves and walk the wall, she didn't need to take a sedan chair in this mansion at all.
"Go up, it's far from the courtyard where the old lady lives. You didn't eat breakfast, I'm afraid you'll get tired after walking for a while. Su Mu said idly.
Xia Jin looked at him and winked at him, and his face turned red.
As usual, she was fine after walking more than ten miles. But today, she really needs this sedan chair.
She didn't speak again, and helped Calamus by the hand to get into the sedan chair. Su Muxian accompanied her and went to Xining Courtyard where the old lady lived in Wu'an.
"Lord, madam, are you here?" At the gate of Xining Courtyard, Jiang's mother was already waiting there. Seeing a group of people coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and glanced at Su Muxian again.
Su Muxian understood, walked a few steps to the side, and Jiang's mother lowered her voice and said a few words to him.
"Don't worry, I know it." Su Muxian nodded, walked back, and glanced at Xia Jin.
Xia Jin understood, and after getting off the sedan chair, he took a few steps forward, until he was far away from the mother-in-law who was carrying the sedan chair, and then asked Su Muxian: "What's the matter?" ”
Su Muxian's slightly squinted eyes were full of coldness: "In the tea you will give in a while, I'm afraid it will be poisonous." ”
A flash of surprise flashed in Xia Jin's eyes, and he looked at Su Muxian and asked, "It's all our people here, she was poisoned, and it's difficult to frame us, right?" What's the pain? ”
"Hmph." Su Muxian snorted coldly, "There is a Duchess of Wei Guo sitting in the room. ”
Xia Jin raised his eyebrows and understood Mrs. Wu Anhou's plan.
The marriage in the capital is intricate. This Duchess of Weiguo is the cousin of Princess Yan and the cousin of Mrs. Wu'anhou. Duke Wei Guo did not participate in the rebellion, and the emperor did not engage in joint sitting, so Duchess Wei Guo did not have the slightest impact because of Princess Yan's death. This Duchess of Weiguo has a very good relationship with Mrs. Wu'an Hou, and she often comes to visit her during this time. As for her temperament, Xia Jin didn't know because she hadn't met her, and she didn't know if she intended to meddle in this matter, or if she was kept in the dark by Mrs. Wu'anhou.
"How could she poison her?" Xia Jin was a little curious. No one around Mrs. Wu Anhou would listen to her. Even if she told her, they wouldn't do it.
"Because she didn't poison me last time, this time she did it herself." Su Muxian's face was covered with frost.
Xia Jin was dumbfounded.
Because I don't want people in the capital to gossip about Su Muxian and carry the reputation of my mother; Moreover, the maids and mothers-in-law around Mrs. Wu'anhou have all become Su Muxian's people, no one helps, and the sick Mrs. Wu'anhou can't play any tricks, so Xia Jin let her illness slowly get better, so that she can show her face in front of everyone when she gets married. Unexpectedly, as soon as she could act, the first thing she did was to poison herself.
Xia Jin's eyes narrowed slightly, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It doesn't matter, I have my own way to deal with it." He raised his feet and entered the gate of Xining Courtyard. (To be continued)