Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 36 We are husband and wife, we should be of the same mind

Li Ling was silent for a while, then sat down on the chair opposite her and said, "You don't seem to like Qingluan very much."

His face was calm, but his tone was somewhat cold.

Jingshu raised her eyes, looked at Li Ling, smiled slightly, and said, "Why do you say that, the prince? I married into the house myself, and I have never even met her. How can I say whether I like her or not."

Li Ling said: "I remember last time I asked you to hand over the purple gold inkstone to her, but you refused. Now I ask you to accompany your grandmother to the palace to see her, but you refuse again. Why?"

Jing Shu sneered and said: "Then according to the Master, as long as you like someone, I should also like you. As long as you want, I should obey you, right? Once I become your wife, I will also like you." Can’t you have your own opinions?”

She paused slightly, trying to suppress the anger in her heart, and continued: "I am also a human being, and I have my own thoughts and feelings."

 “Who has ever cared about me?”

　　At the end of the sentence, her suppressed emotions became a little out of control, and there was a hint of sobs in her tone.

 After all, she was still upset because he left her without saying goodbye that day in the garden.

 It was an emergency, why couldn't she understand?

Li Ling lost his patience and said in a cold tone: "I don't ask you to obey me in everything. It's just that we are husband and wife, and we should be of the same mind."

Jingshu dropped the account book in her hand, and the thick book suddenly fell on the table with a dull sound.

She stared at Li Ling and said: "I want to be of the same mind as you, but then I must have the prince treat me wholeheartedly."

Li Ling retorted with a cold face: "How do you want me to treat you? Ask yourself, have I ever treated you badly since you married me?"

Li Ling thought angrily: Why is this woman so unwilling to be satisfied?

 He was angry in his heart, and his tone of voice was also sharp.

They were both angry, sitting across a table from each other, looking at each other with anger burning in their eyes.

 In the end, Jingshu withdrew her gaze first. She picked up the account book that she had just thrown on the table and continued to read.

Li Ling looked at the way she looked at him neither salty nor indifferently, and the anger in his heart had nowhere to vent, and it was so suffocated that his internal organs seemed to be on fire.

He couldn't help but want to argue with her, but he saw that although the little wife opposite seemed to have calmed down, her small chest was rising and falling rapidly, and even her thin shoulders were also shaking slightly.

 He couldn't say anything he wanted to argue with her.

The two were silent for a long time. Li Ling scratched his head and tried to speak: "I, I have an impatient temper, and the tone I spoke just now was a bit harsh." He glanced down at her face opposite and hesitated: " Don’t be angry.”

Jingshu did not answer the call and continued to look at the account.

Li Ling somewhat regretted the harsh treatment he had given her just now.

 He also knows that he is cold-faced, and once he is angry, he is even more frightening. Even his own younger brothers and sisters look down upon him.

 She couldn't be frightened by herself.

She was still young and frail, how could she withstand his harsh words.

Li Ling regretted it very much, but didn't know how to ease it.

Just when he was at a loss, Ziyun opened the door and came in. Seeing that the two of them looked strange, he didn't know how to speak.

When Li Ling saw her coming in, he felt like a savior and said, "What's the matter?"

Ziyun looked at Li Ling, then quietly glanced at Jingshu's face, and whispered: "The old lady just sent someone over to send a message, asking the prince and his wife to come over."

Li Lingzheng didn't know how to calm down with Jingshu. When he heard this, he looked at her and said, "I don't know why grandma called us?"

Seeing that Jingshu still ignored him, he scratched his head in confusion. After a moment of silence, he turned to look at Ziyun and asked, "What is the purpose of the person who sent the message?"

Ziyun shook his head and said, "I didn't say anything."

Jingshu stood up, without even looking at Li Ling, and said with a dull face, "You'll know when you get there." After saying that, she went to get a coat from the clothes rack and put it on herself.

Li Lingsan smiled and walked towards Jingshu. When he walked up to her, he touched his nose and stretched out his hand to help her tie the belt of her shawl clumsily.

 But I was in a hurry and couldn't tie it well. Jingshu turned sideways impatiently, straightened her clothes quickly, walked past him with a blank expression, looked at Ziyun and said, "Take that snack with you too."

Ziyun agreed and walked to the table where the snacks were placed. He looked at the snack boxes and asked, "How many boxes should I bring?"

Jingshu replied: "Take two boxes for grandma and one box for the third girl." After that, she pointed to the remaining two boxes and continued: "The remaining two boxes will be taken to my mother tomorrow. Can you please Put them in a cool place so they can be put away.”

Ziyun called Danzhu and asked her to put away the remaining two boxes of snacks. She followed Jingshu out the door with the three snack boxes that she wanted to give to the old lady and the third girl.

I made five boxes of snacks and gave them to my grandmother and my mother. Even her sister had a share. However, he wanted to try a piece, but she refused.

Li Ling followed not too far away, with his head lowered, just enough to catch a glimpse of Ziyun carrying the three snack boxes swinging in front of his eyes.

The shaking made him upset.

Having walked halfway, I happened to meet Xu Wanning and the uncle. She stood quietly, with a faint smile on her face, and said hello to them.

 He met his uncle Li Xian once when the family had a reunion dinner on the day of his wedding. After that, Li Xian was ordered to go to the south to supervise water control. He had just returned home a few days ago.

All men in the Li family are good-looking, and Li Xian is no exception. He is the eldest son of their generation. Although he is only thirty years old, he behaves like an elder brother. Because he is a civil servant, he carries an air of elegance in his actions.

Li Ling saw his brother and strode up to him. He greeted Li Xian and said, "Brother has been busy all day just after he came back. I haven't had time to see you yet."

Li Xian replied: "I just came back. I have a lot of errands to keep up with, and I haven't stayed at home for a few days."

As the two brothers talked, they walked in front. Li Xian asked: "I heard that the Holy Father will review the city defense at the end of the year. This time, I have ordered you to be the commander."

 Li Ling replied yes.

Li Xian lightly tapped the jade bone fan in his hand and praised: "This is a limelight thing. My second brother must take advantage of it."

Li Ling said calmly: "I will try my best." After saying that, he asked Li Xiandao: "My eldest brother has made great achievements in controlling the floods in the south this time. What about the cabinet this time?"

Li Xian smiled slightly and said mysteriously: "It depends on what the Lord wants." He paused, unfolded the fan in his hand, shook it twice, and said in Li Ling's ear: "I'm asking around. Your Majesty should agree."

 The two brothers looked at each other and smiled.

Jing Shu and Xu Wanning followed, and their brother's words naturally fell into their ears. Jing Shu remembered that during the five years he was in the Zhenguo Palace in his previous life, Li Xian also made great achievements in water control, but in the end he failed to join the cabinet. , thinking that in her previous life she was not close to any of the houses in the mansion, and she didn't care about these things.

 Listening to Li Xianxia's words, the matter seems to be a sure thing.

 Perhaps some things will change in this life.

Jingshu winked at Xu Wanning and teased Xu Wanning in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Congratulations, sister-in-law, the eldest brother is about to be promoted again."

Xu Wanning looked at Li Xian's back in front of him, gave him a sharp look, and whispered softly: "If such a lecherous person can be included in the cabinet, I really admire His Majesty's vision."

In her previous life, although Jing Shu was not so close to Dafang, she heard about the concubine Li Xian was given by the Holy Emperor, and also heard that Xu Wanning had a very unpleasant quarrel with this concubine. Later, in just a few months, this concubine He died of an emergency.

It is not good to give any kind of reward to a minister for his meritorious service, but he would rather give it to a woman. Now Xu Wanning has even complained to the emperor.

Jingshu quickly pulled the corner of her clothes and signaled her to shut up. Xu Wanning also realized that she had lost her words and shut up angrily.

It is a serious crime to resent the emperor.

 But she was really holding it in her heart, and she would not be happy if she did not spit it out.

Jing Shu is attentive and considerate, and Xu Wanning likes to talk to her about her innermost feelings. She looked at Jing Shu and said, "Grandma ordered you to take care of the house. You have been very busy these days. Do you still have time to come to my place for tea tomorrow?" "

Jingshu replied: "I will go find you after I have finished the important things in the past two days."

 “It’s a deal.” Xu Wanning looked at Jing Shu resentfully.

Jingshu nodded and replied, "I'll do it as soon as possible."

While talking, the four of them arrived at Anxi Hall.

 (End of this chapter)