When the three of them arrived at the flower hall, Father Jiang and Mother Jiang had not yet arrived.
Jiang Ning asked the servants and found out that dinner would not be served for a while, so he asked his maid to bring a chessboard and take advantage of this opportunity to play chess with Yu Zheng.
Compared to Yu Zheng, Jiang Ning's chess skills were inferior. Because of this, he wanted to learn from Yu Zheng even more.
What Yu Zheng taught him was something that the academy teacher could not learn. Jiang Ning listened very seriously.
Jiang Shu was originally worried that Yu Zheng was still drunk, but after seeing him and Jiang Ning play half a game, thinking clearly every step of the way, and speaking coherently, she secretly admired him.
Although Yu Zheng is not a good drinker, he has strong self-control and can sober up very quickly.
Within one afternoon, he was completely awake.
"Brother-in-law, are you born to be so powerful?" The more contact he had, the more Jiang Ning respected Yu Zheng.
His husband always praised him for his intelligence, but compared to Yu Zheng, his brain was nothing to mention.
Yu Zheng dropped his head and said: "No matter how talented you are, you still need to be diligent and unremitting."
"I could read at the age of two, memorize poems at the age of three, and was formally taught by Master Zhou at the age of five."
"Ordinary scholars only need to know a little bit about the number of rituals, music, and imperial books, but Taifu Zhou has very strict requirements on me and requires me to be proficient in everything."
"In addition to these, I also need to practice martial arts for self-protection. I started studying court politics at the age of ten and analyzing the world situation."
When Jiang Ning and Jiang Shu heard Yu Zheng talk about his study experience when he was young, Jiang Ning and Jiang Shu were dumbfounded and felt that it was not easy.
Jiang Shu next to him didn't know, but Jiang Shu had seen Yu Zheng's martial arts. It was not self-protection. It was obvious that Yu Zheng's martial arts was so strong that he had few opponents.
What’s more, it’s calligraphy and painting. Yu Zheng’s calligraphy and paintings are as impeccable as those of great masters.
For these light words coming out of his mouth, one doesn’t know how much hard work he put in behind them.
Just thinking about it, the siblings were filled with admiration.
"Hey, you guys are playing chess behind my back." Father Jiang stepped into the flower hall and stared at the chessboard.
Guessing that dinner was about to begin, Jiang Ning stood up and said, "Dad, come and sit down."
There were only a dozen pieces on the chessboard. Not long after the game started, Father Jiang picked up the pieces and said, "Let's start over."
Yu Zheng glanced at the darkening sky outside the house, and then glanced at Jiang Ning's suppressed evil smile. He said nothing and cooperated silently.
"Shu'er." Mother Jiang sat down next to Jiang Shu and spoke to her in a low voice.
After tea time, the maids filed into the hall and brought the dishes to the table.
When Jiang's father saw it, he frowned and said, "Why are you eating so quickly? This is only half the meal."
Jiang Ning suppressed a smile and said, "It's getting dark, so hurry up and eat. My brother-in-law and sister are still rushing back to the palace."
Father Jiang's face was full of anger, and he watched helplessly as the maid took away the chess equipment.
Jiang Ning was in a good mood and thought tonight's food tasted particularly delicious.
When Jiang's father saw him like this, he realized what he was doing. He immediately kicked Jiang Ning and said, "You did it on purpose, you brat."
"What's intentional? Dad, what did you say?" Jiang Ning pretended to be stupid.
"Huh!" Jiang's father glared at him angrily and ate his food without saying a word.
Jiang's mother filled a bowl of soup and put it in front of Jiang's father, and said in a low voice: "How old are you? You still get angry with your child and make the prince laugh."
Jiang's father heard this and looked at Yu Zheng. He was relieved when he saw that Yu Zheng was peeling shrimps for Jiang Shu and didn't seem to pay attention to him.
"Brother-in-law, you eat the vegetables and I'll peel them." Jiang Ning took the plate and took the initiative to peel the shrimps.
Based on what Yu Zheng taught him, he could peel as many shrimps as he wanted.
Due to Jiang Shu's bad taste, he was not interested in the spicy shrimps he used to like. After eating a few, he no longer wanted to eat them.
Therefore, almost all the shrimps peeled by Jiang Ning went into Yu Zheng's stomach.
The palace lacks everything, and Yu Zheng will not be greedy for this shrimp. However, this is Jiang Ning's wish. Jiang Shu can't eat it, so he has to do it for him.
Sure enough, Jiang Ning smiled happily when she saw Yu Zheng finish eating every meal.
After the meal, it was already dark. Jiang's father and Jiang's mother did not stay any longer, and asked Jiang Ning to send Yu Zheng and Jiang Shu away.
It was a cold night, but the wine shops and restaurants on both sides of the street were still bustling, and pedestrians were constantly coming and going, with happy smiles on their faces.
"We are selling Spring Festival couplets. The scholar wrote the Spring Festival couplets himself. Don't miss it if you pass by..."
Listening to the shouts full of New Year's flavor, Jiang Shu couldn't help but lift the car curtain and look at the street stalls.
At a casual glance, Jiang Shu saw an acquaintance.
Lin Rui sat at the stall table, writing Spring Festival couplets with a pen, while Father Lin stood aside and shouted to sell.
No wonder Jiang Shu felt that the voice was slightly familiar, so she smiled and lowered the car curtain.
Seeing that she looked wrong, Yu Zheng asked, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Shu said in a low mood: "It's nothing, I saw someone I didn't want to see."
"Stop the car." Yu Zheng ordered in a deep voice.
Jiang Shu looked at Yu Zheng in surprise, wondering what he was going to do.
Yu Zheng walked to Jiang Shu's side, opened the car curtain and looked back.
As people came and went, Yu Zheng saw Lin Rui.
It turned out to be him!
"Husband?" Jiang Shu called softly.
Yu Zheng knocked on the car door lightly.
The car door opened and Zhufeng asked respectfully: "What are your orders, Master?"
Yu Zheng pointed to the Spring Festival couplet stall in the back and said in a deep voice: "The person who will write the Spring Festival couplets is in charge. I don't want to see him in Beijing."
Zhufeng glanced back, spotted the person, and jumped out of the car.
The door closed and the carriage started moving again.
Jiang Shu asked tentatively: "Does your husband want to kill him?"
Although Lin Rui was not a thing, he failed to succeed after all, and he also cooperated with her to defeat Jiang Yun.
Therefore, Jiang Shu felt that although Lin Rui was hateful, his crime was not worthy of death. Especially since the Chinese New Year is approaching and she is pregnant again, it is unlucky to kill someone.
"Am I that cruel?" Yu Zheng raised his eyebrows.
Although he hates Lin Rui, he also knows the laws of Dazhao. As a prince, he should set an example, so how could he disregard the law out of personal anger.
"What does that mean, husband?" Jiang Shu was puzzled.
Yu Zheng sighed: "Just let Zhufeng expel him from the capital, it won't cost his life."
Jiang Shu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and was very satisfied with Yu Zheng's handling of the matter.
She also didn't want to see Lin Rui again.
The carriage drove through the lively long street. After turning the corner, the surroundings suddenly fell silent, and the hustle and bustle behind them gradually disappeared.
It was really cold. After getting off the carriage and walking back to the main courtyard from the mansion gate, both of them were caught in the chill.
Chu Yu and Shuang Hua had already made preparations. As soon as they entered the house, they waited for them to take a bath.
After taking a dip in the hot spring pool, Jiang Shu felt comfortable and warm all over.
After sleeping for a long time in the afternoon, it was not too late at this time, and neither of them felt sleepy.
Yu Zheng took a book and wanted to read it to Jiang Shu, but Jiang Shu suddenly said: "I want to hear my husband play the piano."
Yu Zheng coughed and said, "I'm not good at playing the piano."
Jiang Shu asked in astonishment: "Didn't your husband say that you are good at all six arts?"
Yu Zheng curled his lips and said, "Le I am learning the flute."
Jiang Shu was suddenly enlightened and said, "Then I want to hear my husband play the flute."
It's sad to say that they have been married for nearly two months and have done a lot of extremely intimate things, but she still doesn't know Yu Zheng well enough.
Fortunately, the days are long and they have a lifetime to get to know each other.
