Jian Yu Bai's face was gloomy until they were settled in.
After putting down the account book, let alone sleep with his wife like the previous few nights, he didn't even touch her finger!
Song Yi smiled and tentatively pulled on his hand, but he pushed her away with a cold face. She pulled again, but Jian Yu Bai didn't push her hand away this time. Instead, he lowered his eyes and remained silent, giving her an icy stare. His eyes and eyebrows were filled with disdain, as if he wanted to put thousands of mountains and rivers between them.
"Hmm, it seems he's still not over his anger." Song Yi smiled at the sight and didn't bother to think about it anymore. She pulled up the quilt neatly and closed her eyes, "In that case, I'll just go to sleep first. Maybe by tomorrow morning, he'll come to his senses and realize he was being unreasonable, and won't be angry anymore."
Still waiting for her to continue coaxing her own Jian Yu Bai: "......"
He stared blankly at the top of the bed, took a few deep breaths, and barely restrained himself from pushing his sleeping wife away.
That night, Jian Yu Bai almost turned over every once in a while, but Song Yi Xiao slept very soundly and didn't notice her husband's tossing and turning at all, let alone apologize and comfort him in time.
It was late at night when Jian Xu Bai, unable to bear it any longer, even intentionally pushed her towards the edge of the bed: but she cleverly turned over and still didn't wake up!
"Why don't we just push her down and be done with it!!!" Jian Yu Bai estimated the distance between the bed rail and the foot of the bed, and was about to take action when he caught a glimpse of a sliver of moonlight shining in through the half-open window, falling precisely on the two pillows.
Song Yishao, who was sleeping soundly, had her black hair scattered around her cheeks, shining with a soft glow like water. A few strands of hair were brushing against her cheek, making her skin look even more radiant and flawless, as if it had merged with the moonlight. She seemed to be completely unaffected by today's argument, and the serenity between her eyebrows was driving Jian Yu Bai crazy.
But then he saw his wife's long, dense eyelashes covered with a layer of silvery light in the moonlight, quivering slightly with each breath, like the wings of a butterfly dancing in the wind - every flutter seemed to sweep across his heart, and his original anger had unknowingly dissipated by more than half.
He was lost in thought for a long time, and Song Yi smiled unknowingly in her sleep, not knowing whether she was thirsty or what, and slightly pouted. This movement made Jian Yu Bai subconsciously look at her lips.
Song Yi Xiao's lip shape is perfectly plump, but the color is a light pale pink. Although it doesn't meet the beauty standard of not wearing lipstick, it's like cherry blossoms in full bloom on a spring day, soft and delicate, making people want to kiss her uncontrollably.
"It's a fitting name, and indeed, the person matches it." Jian Xuwu gazed at his wife's lotus-petal lips, and suddenly an idea popped into his head, "She looks even more beautiful when she smiles..."
The drumbeats from outside the high walls of the heavy courtyard came faintly, making him feel like he had just woken up from a dream: "Was I watching her all night?!"
That's not the point!
The key point is, they just had a fight yesterday!
Song Yi slept soundly and sweetly, without a care in the world; while he, a strong man, couldn't sleep all night, his mind racing with thoughts!
Deeply feeling that her husband's dignity had been severely damaged, the little bit of infatuation in Jian Yu's heart vanished into thin air in an instant. Looking at his wife again, although she was still as beautiful and delicate as a painting, he couldn't bear to look at her sideways or straight on!
"Get up! Get up!" Evil intentions arose in his heart! Jian Yu, with a deep breath, grabbed his wife's shoulder and shook her violently, scolding, "What time is it? You're still sleeping?! Hurry up and attend to me going to court!"
Song Yi was startled awake, listening to his scolding, subconsciously believing it to be true, and quickly got up to tidy up - after tying her clothes, she saw her husband still lying on the couch with a cold face, showing no intention of getting dressed. She thought of yesterday's quarrel, thinking he was still sulking, secretly pouting, went to the nearby clothes rack to fetch a shirt and other things, and brought them to the bedside: "Husband?"
Jian Yu Bai lazily glanced at her, then slowly lay down, opening his arms to gesture for her to come and dress him.
Song Yixiao had long since married, and didn't mind helping him put on a robe and tie a jade belt. However, Jian Yu Bai was being extremely picky today, and even a single wrinkle on his shirt that wasn't smoothed out in time would invite his cold ridicule. Fortunately, Song Yixiao had already prepared herself to humor him, so she didn't mind his bad attitude, and just smiled and agreed with whatever he said.
After a while, she finally finished tidying up the jade pendant on Jian Yu's palace belt, and then squatted down on the ground, carefully examining it again to make sure there were no flaws. Only when she was satisfied did she stand up, smiling sweetly: "Husband, it's done!"
Jian Yu's face turned pale and stern, without even a glance at her, he coldly swept his sleeve: "Have someone come in!"
"Goodness!" Song Yi smiled and nodded gently, but her eyes darted around, as if she had just seen the copper bell in the corner of the room, and exclaimed, "Husband! It's already this late, if you don't leave now, you'll be late for your official duties - what to do?"
Looking at the cold and stern gaze that suddenly fell on him, Song Yi smiled and suppressed her schadenfreude, regretfully spreading her hands. "It seems that husband, you can only save time for breakfast, and after washing up, you'll leave immediately! The sky is already cold, and if you go to court now, you won't be able to eat anything for a couple of hours, thinking about it as your wife makes me feel heartache..."
She hypocritically sighed, "But to enjoy the salary of the lord and be loyal to him is also an unavoidable matter. Husband, you just have to put up with it and endure it!"
Just now I was very happy to be embarrassed?
You'll be happy then when you're starving and standing outside the palace gates in the cold wind!
Song Yixiao was just feeling triumphant about having secretly avenged herself, when suddenly Jin Xun led two little maids in and looked at them with surprise. She told the two little maids to attend to Jian Xu Bai's toilette, while she came over to serve Song Yixiao. Taking advantage of the opportunity, she asked in a low voice: "Milady, why did you all get up so early today?"
"Is it still early?" Song Yi smiled and hesitated, "He's almost late for court!"
"Going up to court?" Jing Xun also looked startled, "Isn't today a rest day?"
Song Yi smiled: “……………………”
She stiffened her neck, and after a long time, she slowly turned to look at her husband not far away - Jian Xu Bai peeled off the hot compress on his face, threw it into the water basin, raised his eyes just in time to meet his wife's sad and angry gaze, and for an instant felt great, his thin lips curved slightly, and he gave her a warm and radiant smile.
That smug and gloating expression is so similar to her previous mood!!!
Song Yi laughed: "Haha!!!"
Can this day be survived?!!!!
"I heard you're going to visit your sister today, and since I'm on holiday, I'll accompany you!" After a while, the two sat down in the flower hall, and the servant brought up breakfast. Seeing Song Yi still staring at him with a deep-seated grudge, Jian Yu's mood was exceptionally good, and he couldn't help but smile!
He cleared his throat and tried to make his expression more sincere. "I haven't seen big sister for some time, I really miss her!"
Seeing his wife silent and speechless, Jian Yu thought for a moment, then went to pick up the plate of shrimp dumplings in front of her.
As expected, before he could even touch the shrimp dumpling with his chopsticks, Song Yi suddenly and swiftly snatched it away and took a big bite!
Finally, she shot him a provocative glance.
"Slow down, don't choke!" Jian Yu Bai smiled and looked back at her with a gentle expression, his voice filled with affection. He picked up the silver jug from not far away and personally poured half a cup of warm rose dew for her, "Originally it was meant to be served with your food... do you want more?"
Song Yi withdrew her gaze silently, put down her chopsticks silently, and stood up to leave the table silently... She felt that she urgently needed to find a place to cry!
Why is it always her who gets bullied!?
This ruthless and shameless world!!!!
Compared to her almost tearful mood, Jian Yu Bai was in high spirits - even after an hour had passed, the couple arrived at the Qingjiang Duke's mansion and were personally welcomed into the inner hall by the Qingjiang Duke himself, his eyebrows still filled with joy.
"Two days ago, my younger brother and sister-in-law said they were coming but didn't show up. I was worried that something had happened, but later I heard that the person below was taken away by Jingzhao." The Qingjiang County Master had someone bring tea and snacks, and as her younger brother and sister-in-law picked up their teacups, she smiled and said, "Today, seeing you both come together, my fourth brother looks so carefree and happy. I'm relieved too!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Jian Yu's face lit up with a brighter smile, and his eyes sparkled as he looked at his wife - Song Yi was indeed smiling wryly, but had to force a polite laugh and say: "I've caused you trouble! It's just a family matter, but both sides were too hot-headed, and it ended up going all the way to the court. I'm afraid I made you wait in vain!"
On the way, Jian Xu Bai mentioned that although Qiu Shu Xia was hostile to him as an outsider nephew, she was very kind to Qing Jiang Jun Zhu, her niece. So there's no need to tell Qing Jiang Jun Zhu about Yu Hong's case being related to Qiu Shu Xia, it would only make things difficult for her.
Song Yixiao smiled and asked with concern, "How have you been these days, big sister? Has Ping'an's body gotten better?"
Qingjiang Jun Zhu smiled and said, "We're all good." After a moment of contemplation, she glanced at Jian Xuebai before continuing, "Ping'an is in high spirits today. I think I'll have him come over to pay his respects to you all. What do you think?"
When normal nephews change, uncles and aunts come to the house, they must come out to pay their respects. Not coming out is contemptuous of elders.
But Zhuo Ping's situation is special, this kind of master who may suddenly go crazy and hurt people or even kill them at any time, cannot be asked to wear a cangue and come to the hall, who knows whether he will suddenly have an attack when approaching to pay respects?
So although Qingjiang County Master had the intention of bringing his uncle and nephew closer together, he also needed to ask about Jian Yu Bai's couple's opinion. Otherwise, if he rashly brought his son over and caused trouble, it would be a case of "tactful intentions leading to clumsy actions".
"I've specially brought a gift for my nephew today." Song Yi smiled and nodded, but in her heart, she was also a bit apprehensive - after all, for someone as delicate as her, this kind of brutal violence was the most difficult to deal with.
But Qingjiang County Master has already spoken out, if refused, not only will it offend Dagu, but also spread the reputation of being ungrateful and timid.
So she could only press down her nervousness and said in a soft and joking tone, "If my nephew doesn't come to pay his respects, I'll take him back with me then!"
"It should be!" Qingjiang County Master let out a sigh of relief, revealing a hint of gratitude, and smiled lightly, "If my own nephew doesn't come out to kowtow and pay respects on his aunt's first visit, how can he have the face to take her things?"
The two of them chatted and laughed for a few more sentences, when suddenly footsteps were heard from outside the room. The door creaked open and several young maidservants in blue clothes led in a young man wearing a brocade robe with an air of elegance.
Song Yi Xiao knew this young man must be Zhuo Ping An, she felt a bit nervous and curious as she looked over.