GBP Chapter 386: Miss, do you have a crush on a man?
Chapter 386: Miss, do you have a crush on a man?
The maid from the Grand Tutor's Mansion came over to tell the Queen and the Princess to go and have dinner.
After Zuo Zixuan and her daughter came to the table, Bai Ruize was about to sit down next to Jun Yuxue, but Madam Hou glared at him and he obediently gave up his seat.
At the table, Mrs. Taifu exchanged pleasantries for a while before everyone started to eat.
Mrs. Hou used a serving chopstick to pick up a piece of fish for Jun Yuxue, and Bai Ruize immediately became unhappy.
"Mother, why don't you remove the spines when you catch fish? What if the fish gets stuck on the princess?"
The Marquis's wife glared at Bai Ruize. He wasn't even starting to fight, and he was already protecting her?
It is still uncertain whether this will succeed.
"Your father treated me the same way back then. He was afraid that I would choke even when I drank water.
The results of it? "
Bai Ruize looked at Jun Yuxue nervously, "I won't be like my father."
"Hmph..." The Marquis's wife snorted. "You stupid boy, I want to see how you can marry Huai Bao, the number one treasure in the royal family."
I'm just trying to please the princess today. Your challenge is still to come.
This princess is not only the apple of the emperor and empress's eye, but there are many people involved behind her.
There is also the eldest princess who raised her since she was a child, the queen mother, and the crown prince.
None of these are easy to deal with.
After dinner, Bai Ruize wanted to take Jun Yuxue to visit the Taifu Mansion, but Zuo Zixuan politely refused on the grounds that Jun Yuxue was used to taking a nap and wanted to go back to take one.
Although I felt a little regretful, I didn't try to persuade him too much.
On the carriage back to the palace.
"What do you think of Master Bai?" Zuo Zixuan asked gently, holding Jun Yuxue's hand.
Jun Yuxue blushed and lowered her head. "My daughter doesn't even know this person, how can she know what he is like?"
Zuo Zixuan has always known that her second daughter, although she looks weak on the outside, is actually very smart and knows everything.
"This morning, his father, Marquis Jingyang, came to me to go to the Taifu Mansion to lobby his mother not to divorce.
Speaking of the cause of their divorce, it was actually because Prince Bai asked his father how to pursue you."
Jun Yuxue looked up at Zuo Zixuan in disbelief.
"I heard that..."
Zuo Zixuan told Jun Yuxue roughly what had happened, causing Jun Yuxue to laugh out loud in the carriage.
This family is really a treasure.
She thought, if they were destined to become a family, it wouldn't be so boring.
"So, what do you think?"
"What can I do? I can't just happily marry him if he says he likes me, right?
He has to show me his true feelings and respect me enough before we can talk about the next thing. "
Zuo Zixuan nodded, "Well, you just need to keep it in mind.
Your mother has taught you and your brother since you were young to respect yourselves and never do such despicable things. Do you still remember? "
"Of course I remember, Mother.
Don't worry, the things you said before that belittled yourself will never happen."
When the two returned to the palace, they didn't expect that Marquis Jingyang had not left yet and had been anxiously waiting for news from Zuo Zixuan in Fengyang Palace.
"My lady, how is it? Has my wife forgiven me?"
The Queen and the Princess had just stepped down from the sedan chair and hadn't even stood firmly when Marquis Jingyang rushed over anxiously.
"I have already advised her, but my sister-in-law didn't give me a clear answer. I really can't guess what she is thinking."
"Oh, right.
When Yu Xue and I went there, we saw the divorce certificate with your fingerprints on it.
My sister-in-law asked her personal maid to take it away, saying that she had to go to the government office to do some work tomorrow.
She didn't say what happened, and I didn't ask too much.
If you have the time to waste here, you might as well think of a way to meet your sister-in-law and explain yourself quickly."
When Marquis Jingyang heard the word "government office", he stood there in a daze. His heart felt like snow in the cold winter, about to shatter into pieces of ice.
It’s over, my wife really doesn’t want him anymore.
Marquis Jingyang returned to his mansion in a daze.
For three consecutive days, he went to the Taifu Mansion every day, but was thrown out every time.
In the court, his father-in-law didn't give him a good look either.
Bai Ruize also slipped back to the military camp to find some peace and quiet.
He was alone in the empty mansion, and every day felt like a year.
On the fourth day, after he finished his court affairs, he went to the Taifu Mansion without fail.
He was surprised that the gate of the Taifu Mansion was always closed to guard against him.
But today the door was wide open, and seeing people coming in and out, he asked the guard curiously.
"Brother, why is the door open? Is there something good happening in the mansion today?"
The guard stared outside the door without responding to Marquis Jingyang's words.
Marquis Jingyang rolled his eyes at the sky. His current position in the Grand Tutor's Mansion was even lower than that of a servant.
He took out a tael of silver from his purse and stuffed it into the guard's pocket.
The guard shook the silver in his hand, leaned close to Marquis Jingyang's ear and covered his mouth, and muttered something.
"What? You said your second young lady is choosing a husband today?"
Marquis Jingyang almost dropped his jaw in shock.
After a long time, he came back to his senses, shook his sleeves heavily, turned around and stepped into the Taifu Mansion.
Well, it’s a pity that I’m still full of guilt and can’t eat or sleep.
She actually started choosing a husband.
If anyone dares to steal his wife, he will beat him until he is paralyzed.
Before I even stepped into the mansion garden, I could hear the joyful laughter and chanting of poems coming from the pavilion.
"Madam Hou is indeed the daughter of the Grand Tutor. She is proficient in poetry and songs. I admire her so much..."
A man in his forties was bowing to the Marquis's wife.
Madam Hou smiled slightly and said appropriately:
"Marquis Jingyang and I have already divorced. I am no longer the Marquis' wife. From now on, everyone can call me Miss Zhou Er."
"Okay, okay, Miss Tuesday..."
The man replied as if to apologize.
"Let's continue making couplets," suggested one of the women, a woman in her thirties.
"Okay, let's continue playing."
"The loser will have to drink a glass of wine as a penalty."
"That's natural."
There were more than ten men and women at the table, and a few of them raised their glasses and drank.
It looks like he is the one who lost the last game.
Marquis Yang Yang did not rush over to overturn the table. He just squatted behind the arch and peeked.
This lady has been with him for decades, and he is almost forgetting why he insisted on marrying her in the first place.
Isn’t it because of her gentle and scholarly temperament?
Because he was oppressed by his aunt and illegitimate son when he was young, he never went to school properly. The only words he could recognize were taught by his mother.
With the little knowledge he had, he was more than capable of leading troops in battle, but he knew nothing about poetry or songs.
Now, seeing that his wife has become so energetic and generous after just returning to her parents' home for a few days, he feels particularly uncomfortable.
Before, she was in charge of the entire mansion. From getting up in the morning to going to bed at night, she had never had a good rest. She had no time to dress herself up, and she didn't have her own social circle.
I am busy all the time just to make sure that my father and I have enough food and clothing so that we can focus on our work.
The Marquis's wife and her group played for more than an hour, but because someone got drunk, everyone dispersed.
"Miss, the gentlemen who came today seem to be quite nice.
I heard that although those young masters do not hold official positions, their family influence should not be underestimated.
Moreover, each of them is extremely wealthy.
Miss, do you have a man you like?"
The marquis’ wife gracefully stood up from the stone bench, fanning herself, looking at the lake in front of her with a faint smile on her face.
"Yes, they are all good, let's try to get along with each other.
I don’t want to meet someone as ruthless as Bai Wankai again.”
"lady……"
Marquis Jingyang hurried out from behind the archway and walked into the pavilion.
If he doesn't come out, his wife will run away with another man.
Seeing that Marquis Jingyang did not lose his temper, Madam Hou just raised her eyebrows and said calmly:
"I didn't know you were coming, my Lord. I'm really sorry for not welcoming you."
The quieter the marquis's wife was, the more frightened Marquis Jingyang became.
"Madam, I am really wrong, can you come home with me?
I will kill you or chop you up when you get back, it's all up to you."
Marquis Jingyang reached out to grab his wife's hand, but she nimbly dodged it.
"Hey..., Lord Jingyang, if you want to talk, let's talk. We have already divorced. How can you keep arguing like that?
If outsiders see me, how can I get married in the future?"
"Ma'am, I just lost my temper that day and said some nonsense. You can't take those words seriously.
Our children are already that grown up, aren't you afraid of being laughed at by others for getting a divorce?"
The Marquis’s wife waved her fan gracefully and hummed softly.
"Hehe..., I'm not afraid of being laughed at."
"Madam, if you don't look at me, you have to look at the child, right?"
Madam Hou paused while fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan. Suddenly her eyes turned red, but she still spoke in a steady voice:
"Bai Wankai, it's been more than 20 years. If it weren't for the sake of the children and your promise that you would never take a concubine, I would have been wronged.
Do you think I continue to stay in your Marquis' Mansion because you are illiterate, or because of the mess in your Bai family?
In the end, I didn't expect that I would become jealous and block your path to marrying a concubine.
If this hadn't happened, I would have forgotten what life was like as a girl in my parents' home.
Fortunately, it is not too late for any of us now.
You marry yours, I marry mine, let’s go our separate ways and have nothing to do with each other.
My Lord, I have things to deal with. Goodbye."
"lady……"
Marquis Jingyang wanted to reach out and grab his wife, but her movements were too fast and he couldn't even grab a piece of her clothes.
Things have come to this point, and he is completely out of ideas, but he cannot just watch the Marquis's wife marry someone else.
The two had never had an argument in their lives, so there was no reason for them to get into such a fight over a few words.
After leaving the Taifu Mansion, he did not go home, but turned back to the palace.
At the dining table in the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, I just said something wrong, why did she make such a big deal out of it?
Even if I really have the intention, I don't have the guts to do it."
Marquis Jingyang held the wine jug and muttered to himself.
Jun Yisheng leaned his head on the table with one hand, just watching Jing Yanghou go crazy while drunk.