Xiao Qingxue listened to Cui Langjun's polite rejection and didn't know how to reply. She asked whether it was too much to teach him again. In fact, she really didn't mind.
Xiao Luolan smiled and said: "I heard from Granny Cui that Cui Langjun also loves painting, especially landscape paintings. Qingxue is not proficient in ink painting. If Cui Langjun is free, you can teach her. You and her can complement each other. Isn’t this just right?”
Xiao Qingxue's eyes lit up and she almost gave her mother a thumbs up. She was so awesome.
Cui Shizi said with a smile: "Since Mrs. Xiao said so, when we get to Langge, Mrs. Xiao and I will learn from each other. It just so happens that General Lu gave me a painting of "Chongshan Picture", and I will borrow it when the time comes. Little lady, let me copy it together."
The bead curtain shook, and Zhou Xu walked in. Hearing this, he casually gave the scroll to Cui Shizi: "Why don't you borrow it? I'll give it to you."
Cui Shizi stood up and put the scroll away.
"Sect Master Zhou." Xiao Luolan stood up when he saw Sect Master Zhou coming in.
Xiao Qingxue noticed that the sachets on Zhou Zongzhu's body were sewn by her mother, and smiled secretly.
Cui Shizi stood up and left. Xiao Qingxue did not disturb her mother's love affair, picked up the drawing paper and caught up with Cui Langjun.
Zhou Xu looked at Madam Xiao's back, thoughtfully.
He sat down next to Mrs. Xiao and held her in his arms.
Mrs. Xiao was not hot at first, but when Sect Leader Zhou hugged her, she felt hot. She moved the ice basin to another place, and there was really no coolness at all around her.
"Why is your face so red?" Zhou Xu took the Sushan snow on the table, took a small mouthful with a small golden spoon, and fed it to Mrs. Xiao.
"I can just eat it myself." Xiao Luolan still didn't understand why Sect Leader Zhou was so keen on this matter, so she declined a little.
"Then you eat more and you'll sweat." Zhou Xu said with a smile.
Zhou Xu felt even happier when he saw Mrs. Xiao holding a golden spoon in her snow-white hands and eating Sushan snow delicately.
Xiao Luolan ate half of it and found that Sect Master Zhou had been staring at her. She thought about it and gave him a small spoonful.
Zhou Xu looked at the snow on the golden spoon and tightened his hold on Mrs. Xiao's waist.
Xiao Luolan's face turned red at the sight, and just when she was about to take back her hand, the Sushan Snow on the golden spoon was eaten by Sect Master Zhou. Zhou Xu took the jade bowl away from Mrs. Xiao's hand, lowered his head and kissed it.
Xiao Luolan was panting and grabbing the clothes on Zhou Zongzhu's body, her cheeks were flushed, and she could only hear the vague voice of Zhou Zongzhu in her ears: "Go back to the boat in the afternoon."
Xiao Luolan suddenly felt slightly afraid of the boat back to the building, and then thought that he always seemed to mean what he said, saying that he just took a rest and did not stay in the Lu Mansion any longer.
"Don't worry about them." Zhou Xu held Mrs. Xiao's waist. Her slender waist was like a willow in his hands, and his eyes were like the spring water in the south of the Yangtze River.
Xiao Luolan gasped softly, her eyes dim, Sect Leader Zhou just kissed her, and the pain made her frown and gasp.
"As long as you care about me, madam."
Zhou Xu lovingly kissed away the tears from the corners of Mrs. Xiao's eyes and said with a smile.
Chapter 49
"Sushan Snow will melt if you don't eat it." Xiao Luolan sat on the jade mat with a red face. Next to her was Sect Master Zhou, whom she had just pushed away. She lowered her head and took the jade bowl containing Sushan Snow from the desk and ate it. Take a sip to cool down the heat on your face.
To be honest, she often felt that Sect Leader Zhou... was a bit too old to be shy, and young people were not like him.
Xiao Luolan put her clothes back to their original state, knowing that she would leave the Lu Mansion in the afternoon. She was still very happy in her heart. Although the Lu Mansion was much richer than the Dou Mansion, everyone was dressed in brocade and jade, even the maids and slaves in the mansion. The clothes he wears are better than those of the people outside.
But Xiao Luolan just wasn't used to it. Her daughter thought the same as her, and sometimes said she wanted their own house. It didn't have to be big, just big enough for them to live in.
"Let me take a look." Zhou Xu came over and said, "Ma'am, do you like this? I'll ask someone to serve you another bowl." Finally, he said, "The snow in Sushan Mountain is cold. Eating too much is not good for a woman's health."
"Just this bowl will do." Xiao Luolan said, looking at the ancient cold drink. The bottom of the Sushanxue tasted a bit like cream. It was served in a small jade bowl, with cherry jam and various dried fruits popping out of it. The tip was already half eaten by them.
"Tomorrow General Lu's three daughters will have their baptism ceremony. I will attend the ceremony and come back in a while." Zhou Xu squeezed Mrs. Xiao's palm and said, "Just wait for me at the building boat with Qingxue."
Xiao Luolan was startled by the sudden and intimate address addressed to her daughter by Sect Leader Zhou. She coughed and turned to look at him.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Zhou Xu smiled as if he didn't realize it and kissed the cherry color on Mrs. Xiao's lips: "Madam can call Qingxue, and of course I can call her too."
"Based on our relationship, wouldn't it be too crude to keep calling Mrs. Xiao?"
Xiao Luolan's eyes widened in shock, and she felt a little confused. She had hidden too many things, and for a moment she didn't know where she had exposed her flaws.
Zhou Xu smiled and said, "Mrs. Xiao never let us be in the same room alone before." He originally just wanted to come over to see if Mrs. Xiao and her daughter were used to being here, but he didn't expect that Mrs. Xiao would be right first. He smiled and then chased Cui Shizi out. It was so obvious... Zhou Xu's mind immediately became active.
"Madam, is your husband really still alive?" Zhou Xu looked at Mrs. Xiao intently, carefully observed her face as delicate and beautiful as a mature peony, and then gently touched her face: "Or...has the marriage been divorced?"
Otherwise, based on the relationship between Mrs. Xiao and her daughter, Mrs. Xiao actually left them alone to get along. Zhou Xu still remembered that when they first met, Mrs. Xiao was very wary of him.
Xiao Luolan panicked and almost lost her grip on the golden spoon: "I..."
Before she could finish her words, Sect Master Zhou had already pinched her waist and asked her to face him.
Zhou Xu stared at Mrs. Xiao closely, his pupils shrank, and his smile was no longer concealed: "Is he already dead? Madam was lying to me before?" Yes, Mrs. Xiao is a liar. She has lied to him once before. , they obviously don’t exist in Chang’an, not even the other major Xiao surnames.
Xiao Luolan frowned slightly. Sect Master Zhou's strength was too great, and her waist hurt a little. Seeing that she was in pain, Zhou Xu quickly put down his hand and rubbed it gently, his tone was still uncontrollably excited: " Madam, isn’t it?”
Xiao Luolan was a little frightened by the inexplicable excitement of Sect Leader Zhou. She looked at the ancient middle-aged man in front of her. He was tall and burly, and his narrow eyes were staring at her, greedy like a wild beast, as if he wanted to kill her. Swallow it whole.
Xiao Luolan still couldn't figure out where Sect Master Zhou's deep infatuation for her came from. It had only been more than two months since they first met. The time was too short, so short that Xiao Luolan always felt like she was suspended in the air. There is no sense of reality in the air.
She sometimes asked herself, would she fall in love with someone she had only been with for more than two months?
That was impossible. She was more inclined to think that Clan Master Zhou was interested in her... maybe he wouldn't cherish it if he got it. As for what Clan Master Zhou said about marrying her, Xiao Luolan didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart.
Xiao Luolan calmed herself down. She put Su Shanxue back on the table, and her hands were immediately held by Sect Master Zhou.
Zhou Xu sat cross-legged on the jade mat, leaned forward and hugged Mrs. Xiao, letting Mrs. Xiao sit on his robe.
"I, I took my daughter and my husband to make peace." Xiao Luolan pursed her lips and told part of the truth.
Zhou Xu was a little disappointed when he heard this, and then he was pleasantly surprised. The divorce was done!
He doesn't mind Mrs. Xiao's past at all, as long as she is his now.
"It's so hard for Madam to hide it from me." Zhou Xu kissed Madam Xiao's fingertips and whispered: "If I didn't ask, would Madam still be prepared to hide it from me?"
Xiao Luolan's cheeks and the tips of her ears felt hot. She only felt that after she said those words, Sect Master Zhou became even more excited. She could even feel something strange about him because of his sitting position.
Xiao Luolan couldn't help but flinch, but Sect Leader Zhou held her tightly by the waist and wouldn't let her move at all.
"No." Xiao Luolan lowered her eyes, not daring to look at Sect Master Zhou, and said in a trembling voice: "Qingxue and I told you that the two of us..." Her face turned red, and she felt so ashamed: "The two are in love."
Although it was the first time for Zhou Xu to hear the word "love", the meaning was clear from the sound. There was love and love in these three words. How could he not know what Mrs. Xiao meant?
Suddenly I became more excited.
"Madam, you should have told me earlier." Zhou Xu said with a smile.
Xiao Luolan's eyelashes trembled and she pursed her lips tightly.
Zhou Xu was very happy and wished he could hide this delicate woman in his heart: "After all, it is my wife and I who are in love."
Xiao Luolan didn't dare to face her true heart, so she just responded softly.
Zhou Xu squeezed Mrs. Xiao's hand and felt excited. He wished he could go back to the building immediately and have a good intimacy.
"Madam, don't worry, I will definitely treat Qingxue as my biological daughter." Zhou Xu kissed Mrs. Xiao's fingertips and said slightly vaguely: "Don't let her suffer any injustice."
When Xiao Luolan heard this, her heart moved instantly. This is what she wanted. She hoped that someone in this ancient world could protect her daughter.
She looked at Sect Master Zhou and took her hand back.
Zhou Xu looked up at Mrs. Xiao, and saw her with her head lowered and the tips of her ears red, leaning into his arms little by little. She was soft, peaceful, obedient, and gentle, like a flower that had completely bloomed in his heart. Shaking his whole mind.
Xiao Luolan only felt Sect Leader Zhou's body tense up. She could also feel his sudden and heavy breathing through the dark robe, as well as the strong and dull heartbeat, which sounded like thunder, drums, and gold, which shocked her ears. .
The first time she hugged Sect Master Zhou, she seemed to be infected by his heartbeat speed, and her own heartbeat seemed to be faster.
Xiao Luolan felt the heat on her cheeks, let go, sat down again, and straightened her hair somewhat helplessly.
Zhou Xu smiled and said, "Madam, are you shy?"
Xiao Luolan's face turned redder, and she turned away from looking at Sect Leader Zhou.
The smile on Zhou Xu's face never stopped. He was really happy. He sat next to Mrs. Xiao and took her hand over: "When I return to Langge, I will give Qingxue a horse farm. She wants to ride a horse." Let her ride as much as she likes, and she can choose from the best Northland horses in the field.”
When Xiao Luolan heard about her daughter, she hesitated and said, "No, one horse is enough."
"Not enough, not enough." Zhou Xu hugged Mrs. Xiao and said, "How can this be enough? As long as I have it, my daughter should also have a share."
Seeing Sect Leader Zhou speaking about his daughter so naturally, Xiao Luolan looked at this man in a daze. Would he really be good to Qingxue?
"Also give her some elite troops, several manors, villas, houses, shops and fields. Then she will wear fresh clothes and angry horses, and ride through the streets." Zhou Xu stroked his beard and smiled and said, "With me here, she is thinking about Langge." Whatever you do.”
"Of course, so are you, Madam." Zhou Xu kissed Madam Xiao: "Don't worry about anything, Madam just needs to wait to be my wife."
"No one can stop us from being together." Zhou Xudao, confident and resolute, calm and conceited.
Xiao Luolan bit her lip and finally responded softly.
In the flower garden.
Xiao Qingxue was sitting in the pavilion, Granny Cui and Langjun Cui were talking not far away, Fang Yun stood behind her, fanning the little lady.
Under the sun, Cui Langjun's hair turned whiter, and with his slim figure, he looked like an immortal who was about to become an immortal. He was talking to Granny Cui, holding a scroll in his hand, Xiao Qingxue guessed what they were talking about when she saw their pulling movements.
Cui Langjun asked Granny Cui to rest in the pavilion, but Granny Cui insisted on standing in the sun with Cui Langjun to bask with him. In the end, Cui Langjun couldn't compete with his eldest sister, and the two stood together. .
Xiao Qingxue burst into laughter, and then asked Fang Yun to give Granny Cui a round fan.
Granny Cui smiled at the young lady. Cui Shizi and others walked away, then she said: "When the lord asked me to go to Mrs. Xiao, I was actually unhappy."
Grandma Cui glared at her younger brother and scolded: "You can't say this nonsense, especially in front of Sect Leader Zhou."
"I'll say it in front of you, sister." Cui Shizi smiled, with a warm and gentle smile.
"We are official households, attached to the sect of Clan Master Zhou. Regardless of our current status as official households, you cannot be resentful just because of Clan Master Zhou's kindness to us." Granny Cui frowned, and the wrinkles on her face became more and more obvious. It was profound: "It was Zhou Zongzhu who was kind-hearted and redeemed me from Lefang. The rest of the children in the family died very badly. Zhou Zongzhu not only exempted the official households from the annual three-month labor service, but also gave us a place to live. Let you study and become a talent."
"Shizi, I know you have been wise since childhood, but you must never lose your true heart." Grandma Cui wanted to say something more serious, but she couldn't bear it when she looked at her brother's white hair and sickly appearance.
"Sister, I understand." Cui Shizi raised the fan to provide shade to his eldest sister: "I admire the lord from the bottom of my heart. This time you were sent to Mrs. Xiao. I was worried that you would be affected." After all, it is nothing for some nobles to beat and scold their servants.
"But it seems to be better now than before." Cui Shizi looked at the eldest sister who was getting richer and said with a smile.
"You kid." Grandma Cui said, "Mrs. Xiao treats me very well. She has slaves and maids doing all the work, so I just talk. I'm not in trouble."
She patted her brother's hand and reassured him: "Mrs. Xiao can't be more kind to people. She doesn't need me to salute on weekdays. All meals are on the same table, and soft food is specially added. The same goes for Mrs. Xiao." , he smiles when he sees me, is very polite, and stuffs me with whatever delicious food he has. I live a good life with Mrs. Xiao."
"I feel relieved that my sister is doing well." Cui Shizi said, telling Madam Xiao about how to teach her how to paint.
"This is a good thing." Grandma Cui immediately smiled. It seemed that Mrs. Xiao was one of Clan Master Zhou. Mrs. Xiao must be loved by everyone. Clan Master Zhou must be very kind to her. Her younger brother is her teacher, so her status is natural. A rising tide will lift all boats, and there is no one in this world who would dislike power.
