Pei'er's face turned red with embarrassment, but gradually her eyes became lonely. In her opinion, a woman who had lost her innocence had no right to marry.
Xie Wanyu saw what she was thinking and said hurriedly, "Don't think about the things that are there and not. In my heart, you are the best."
"Thank you, madam." Pei'er said gratefully.
She steadily served Xie Wanyu to take the medicine, and then withdrew, but her back looked lonely, which made people feel very distressed.
It kept snowing for the next few days, so Xie Wanyu didn't go out.
Mrs. Xiao also exempted her from taking morning and dusk exams, saying she was worried about her body getting cold.
Xie Wanyu didn't want to pretend to be virtuous, so she simply agreed. She lay in bed every day and read books besides eating. She lived a comfortable life.
"Madam, the cook has made some new snacks, and I brought them here to honor you." Zhu Fang came over with a plate of snacks.
Xie Wanyu nestled in the quilt, took a piece, and then said, "You all share it."
At this time, Grandma He and Pei'er were also in the room, sitting on the embroidery pier making embroidered shoes and purses for Xie Wanyu.
Zhufang immediately brought the snacks in front of them, and everyone took a piece and ate it.
Xie Wanyu was eating and reading a book, "These travel notes are so well written. If I have a chance, I will definitely read these great mountains and rivers."
As women, there are only so many places they can go. After being reborn, Xie Wanyu always felt that she should not live like this. If she could, she would travel to the ends of the world and taste all the delicacies of mountains and seas. Such a life would be happy.
"Madam, if you want to go out for a visit, why don't you take us all with you?" Zhu Fang said with a smile.
Pei'er also agreed, "Yes, we also want to see these beautiful mountains and rivers."
But Aunt He shook her head, "You all go, you all go, I'll look after your house. I can't afford it with my old bones." After saying that, she took a bite of snacks, "Well, let's have snacks at home. How nice."
Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.
I don’t know since when, Grandma He, who was always rigid and strict, started to smile.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
Zhufang opened the curtain and went out.
After a while, he said, "Madam, it's Mrs. He who is here."
"Mrs. He? Lin Yanran? Let her in quickly." Xie Wanyu said.
Generally, when meeting foreign guests, they will go to the main hall in the courtyard to meet. If they are a little more intimate, they will meet in the outer room of the bedroom.
But Xie Wanyu and Lin Yanran grew up together, which was not a good relationship. Coupled with the cold weather, Xie Wanyu didn't have that much etiquette and simply let her go directly into the inner room.
After a while, Lin Yanran came in.
Zhu Fang thoughtfully took off her cloak and hung it next to the charcoal stove to help bake the snow on it.
"Wanyu." Lin Yanran walked over aggrievedly, and then saw Xie Wanyu lying on the bed, her eyes widened, "Are you sick?"
"It's just that there are four or five soup ladies under my quilt. It's very hot. Do you want to come in?" Xie Wanyu said with a smile.
"Yes, yes." Lin Yanran immediately took off her shoes, sat face to face with Xie Wanyu, and tucked her feet into the quilt, "It's so warm."
Xie Wanyu looked at her red and swollen eyes and couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"
Lin Yanran hesitated for a moment, then pulled down the curtain on the bed, and the two of them sat inside and whispered.
"My mother-in-law said that I am now double and cannot serve Mr. He, so I have to take a concubine for him." Lin Yanran choked up when she said this.
Xie Wanyu sighed, this is a problem that women must face.
Not even she could do anything about it.
Fortunately, she only hates Xiao Jing, so she doesn't care whether he takes a concubine or not. Lin Yanran and He Jun do love each other very much. If she sees He Jun with another woman, she will probably be sad to death.
"What did your husband say?" Thinking of this, Xie Wanyu asked.
Lin Yanran's expression softened a little when she mentioned He Jun, "He is not one of those who is generous, so he naturally refused." She sighed quietly, "I had nothing to do before, so my mother-in-law came up with this idea, but she was rejected. He refused, but this time my mother-in-law approached the elders of the clan."
She sobbed a few times.
It is estimated that He Jun has no choice but to listen to the pressure from the elders of the clan, and I am afraid that Lin Yanran is also powerless.
Xie Wanyu picked up her handkerchief and wiped her tears, "You are the most clear-minded person. Now that something has happened to you, why can't you just cry?"
"I always thought that I could be with He Jun for the rest of my life. It turns out that this kind of thing was just what was said in the drawing book. It was all false and deceptive." Lin Yanran said.
Xie Wanyu really sympathizes with her and understands it. After all, she lived in the pain of not being loved by her husband in her previous life.
"I wish I were like you." Lin Yanran said enviously.
"Me? It's not like you don't know that Xiao Jing usually ignores me." Xie Wanyu smiled self-deprecatingly.
Lin Yanran wiped her face and said, "No, it's been said outside that you are a crazy woman and that you are a husband and elder. You can say whatever you want and scold you if you want. It's not about how powerful you are, but that you are more willing to take risks than anyone else. .”
Xie Wanyu was astonished. It’s true that good deeds never go out and bad deeds travel thousands of miles away.
"If I didn't have this child in my belly, I would really want to go crazy like you." Lin Yanran said.
Xie Wanyu looked at her good sister and thought of a plan, "Since you can't go crazy now, why not treat others in their own way?"
"What do you say?" Lin Yanran asked.
Xie Wanyu rubbed her chin, "Didn't your mother-in-law find concubines for you? Then you can find concubines for your father-in-law. Find a few more, the kind that are young and beautiful, and that all men like."
Lin Yanran's eyes widened, and then she laughed softly, "How are you doing?"
"What does this mean? When the time comes, your mother-in-law will only care about fighting with concubines, so she will naturally have no time to care about your affairs." Xie Wanyu said treacherously.
Lin Yanran suddenly became more cheerful, "Back then, you started learning to be a housekeeper when you were a child. My mother said that your mother was cruel. Now I know that you should learn how to be a housekeeper from an early age, otherwise you will not be able to be the mistress of the house."
"You played like crazy every day when you were a kid. Do you know how envious I was?" Xie Wanyu said with a smile.
The two of them began to reminisce about their childhood in the warm quilt. Occasionally they mentioned embarrassing things and couldn't help but laugh together.
Unknowingly, it was noon, and Xie Wanyu left Lin Yanran to have dinner together.
Although Lin Yanran is three months old, she does not suffer from morning sickness. Instead, she can eat and drink and has a good appetite.
After finishing the meal, Lin Yanran decided to leave.
Now she couldn't wait to give her father-in-law a concubine immediately.
Seeing that he couldn't keep her, Xie Wanyu changed her clothes and sent her out.
The two walked slowly in the corridor of the Hou Mansion, chatting from time to time. However, after walking a few steps, they saw Xue Xuening walking over like a peacock.
Lin Yanran couldn't help but curl her lips in disgust, "Wanyu, let's not walk in the corridor, let's go to the courtyard."
