In the early morning, the sky was slightly bright and the red candles were still swaying.
Huan Xi rested his head on one hand and lay on his side, taking the trouble to admire Xie Daoyun's sleeping face.
"When will I see my husband again?"
Xie Daoyun opened his eyes and asked.
Huan Xi laughed softly:
"Until you don't want to pretend to be asleep."
As he spoke, he stretched out his other hand, bent his index finger, and gently scratched Xie Daoyun's nose.
Xie Daoyun also turned sideways.
"Is there really no need to go and say hello to my aunt?"
Xie Daoyun asked worriedly.
It turned out that before the two of them went to bed, Xie Daoyun had told Huan Xi that they would get up early today and serve tea to their aunt. This was the proper rule.
But Huan Xi told her, a new wife, to have a good rest and not to think about these things.
Now Xie Daoyun asked again, Huan Xi still had the same attitude:
"Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you go later. Didn't my mother-in-law tell me that you should obey me?"
Xie Daoyun corrected:
"What mother said was only limited to last night."
Huan Xi said vaguely:
"Anyway, just listen to me on this matter."
He couldn't tell Xie Daoyun that Huan Wen was overworked every night. If there was nothing urgent, he would always sleep until midnight.
No one got up, so they went to pay homage to the parents-in-law.
But Xie Daoyun still felt that on the first day after marriage, she really couldn't give her parents-in-law the impression of being lazy, so she finally got up to wash up. Huan Xi had no choice but to get up with her.
After the two rinsed their mouths and cleansed their faces, Xie Daoyun sat in front of the bronze mirror and asked:
"Can your husband know how to draw eyebrows?"
Huan Xi is very familiar with eyebrow painting. In the past, he often painted it for Li Yuan.
Now when Xie Daoyun asked, Huan Xi said:
"Never learned."
Xie Daoyun didn't doubt it was fake. She picked up the indigo and said:
"If you are willing, husband, why not let me teach you."
This is one of the lessons her mother taught her. A husband's thrush on his wife's eyebrows is a way to enhance the relationship between husband and wife. At that time, Xie's mother also concluded that Huan Xi must know about thrush.
Now that he denies it, Xie Daoyun feels a little happy inexplicably.
Faced with Xie Daoyun's proposal, Huan Xi immediately agreed. He pretended to be clumsy and drew her eyebrows and makeup under Xie Daoyun's guidance.
During this period, Huan Xi deliberately used an eyebrow pencil to draw the three long whiskers of a civet cat on Xie Daoyun's left and right cheeks. Looking at his wife's appearance in the mirror, he couldn't help but laugh out loud in a mischievous manner.
Xie Daoyun also quickly covered his cheeks:
"Husband! Stop playing tricks on me. My aunt will blame you for wasting time."
Huan Xi then found a handkerchief, dipped it in water, and gently wiped her cheek clean.
After struggling for a while, he finally put on his makeup under Xie Daoyun's guidance. Huan Xi smiled and said:
"If there is nothing urgent to deal with in the future, let me do your dressing."
Xie Daoyun smiled sweetly and said:
"I always obey my husband."
Huan Xi joked:
"I remember someone said earlier that what my mother-in-law said was limited to last night. How can she be so well-behaved now? It's really strange."
"Husband!"
...
When Huan Xi and Xie Daoyun came to the main courtyard, Huan Wen was still sleeping soundly, but Sima Xingnan got up early.
Seeing the bride coming, she quickly turned back into the house and shook Huan Wen awake:
"Don't sleep, don't sleep. The new wife is here to bow. Get up and wash up quickly. I'll go out and deal with it first."
Huan Wen was really sleepy and thought to himself: Since we know that early today, the bride will come to offer tea and say good-bye, why couldn't I have rested earlier last night?
Of course, Huan Wen only dared to express this kind of complaint in his heart.
Sima Xingnan took Huan Xi and his wife to the main hall. After waiting for a long time, Huan Wen appeared yawning after washing.
In fact, there is nothing special about serving tea to the bride. Sima Xingnan and Huan Wen drank the daughter-in-law tea offered by Xie Daoyun, which was regarded as accepting the daughter-in-law.
Soon, Sima Xingnan summoned his children and introduced him to Xie Daoyun. The two families lived together in Jiangling for a while and actually met each other.
Huan Wen went back to catch up on his sleep, but Huan Ji was still missing among the crowd.
Sima Xingnan asked his third son Huan Xin:
"Xin'er, where has your second brother gone?"
Huan Xin replied:
"The second brother left the city to see off the princess (Sima Daofu) early in the morning. The princess had something to do at home, so she hurried back to Jiankang. She said she had said goodbye to her mother last night."
Only then did Sima Xingnan remember this matter. Sima Daofu had lived in Jiangling for more than a month, and it was time to go back and take a look.
She said helplessly:
"Xi'er, look at your second brother, even his soul has been taken away. It seems that he needs to get married quickly."
Huan Wen and Huan Xi had reminded her not to mention in front of others that Huan Ji would be sent to Chang'an after their marriage, so Sima Xingnan naturally kept it in mind.
She just has no political acumen, but she is not really stupid, otherwise why would Huan Wen be willing to love her for so many years.
Huan Xi smiled and said:
"Then let's get it done early and send someone to Jiankang to discuss with King Kuaiji for a time."
As he spoke, he regretted:
"It's just that the child is destined to miss my second brother's wedding. I will have to go back to Guanzhong when Ling Jiang comes back."
Huan Xi's foundation was in the north. Although Wang Meng was in charge of Chang'an for him, he still could not stay in Jiangling for too long.
He only had two goals when he went south. Now that he has accomplished both of them, he should go back earlier.
After all, time is tight for development. At the same time, the population must be taken away as soon as possible and resettled before winter arrives to prevent people from starving to death or freezing to death.
When Sima Xingnan heard that he was about to leave, how could she still feel the joy of having just drank the bride's tea? She lamented and said:
"Yes, Xi'eryou is going to do something big. I just promised my mother that the next time we meet, I won't make my mother wait for another two years."
Huan Xi also felt sad about this. He forced a smile and said:
"If a mother misses her child, she can go to Chang'an to stay for a while at any time."
Sima Xingnan nodded and thought to himself: I want to watch the old slave, how can I get away.
But then I thought about it and looked at the state of the old slave during this period. Before I left, I tortured him even more. Even if the old slave had the heart to flirt with others, I'm afraid he wouldn't have the strength to do so.
Thinking of this, a smile bloomed on Sima Xingnan's face again. Of course, according to the law of smile transfer, these smiles will be lost by Huan Wen by then.
Huan Xi and Xie Daoyun returned to the bedroom. The newlyweds naturally wanted to be together all the time, and there was endless affection in it.
Just as Huan Xi was enjoying the joy of his wedding, far away in Guanzhong, a long-planned operation was about to begin. Many people were in danger, but they didn't know it, and they were still intoxicated in the extravagance.
Chang'an, the residence of the General Zhengdong.
Quan Yi and Wang Meng sat opposite each other, and he asked solemnly:
"The military advisor has really made up his mind and cannot change it?"
Wang Meng looked calm and relaxed. He bought himself and Quan Yi a bowl of tea each and said:
"Now that my lord is not in Guanzhong, this opportunity must not be missed. There will be no chance like this in the future."
