Zhao Chen went to the front yard to toast, and the wedding lady in the room also led the women who came to make a fuss in the new house and retreated.

Aji breathed a sigh of relief.

Madam Jiang smiled and took off the phoenix crown that was about to break her neck for her, "Grandma, wash it first, remove the makeup on her face, and change her clothes in a while will be lighter."

Aji nodded, looking at the green clouds holding towels and other things over there, while the jade was putting water on the bracket, and they all looked at her with a smile on their faces.

Until now, Aji has a dreaming feeling. She is like her aunt, and she is also served by her nanny and maids.

There were too many hair accessories on her head. When Madam Jiang helped her take it off, Aju looked at the room silently.

The new house is actually Zhao Chen's room, which is where he lives every day. On the south side is a spacious kang, with windows open at this time, and the sun shines brightly on the room, making the empty and slightly solemn room more warm. The kang is stacked with the joyful quilt she brought over, and the red embroidered dragon and phoenix auspicious quilt. Aji didn't dare to look at it anymore, and his eyes turned elsewhere.

Orchid calligraphy and paintings were hung on the wall, newly bloomed orchid bonsai were placed on the round stools of the coffee table, and even the screen was embroidered with orchid patterns.

Madam Jiang kept paying attention to her. Seeing Aji being stunted at the orchids, she smiled and said, "The new house was arranged by the young master himself. I know that my grandma likes orchids, but she is really good at coaxing people."

Aji lowered her head and said nothing. After packing up, she got up to wash up. Then she dressed up for a simple dress, but this time it was Lu Yun who helped her.

"Luyun is skillful, so she will put on her grandmother's hair and make up in the future?" Madam Jiang stood aside and explained. Both maids were trained by her. Luyun is calm and steady and suitable for serving her master in the house. Cuiyu is born with a cute smile and is also clever and flexible. In the future, she will go outside to inquire about the news.

Aji was not familiar with the two maids, but she believed in Madam Jiang’s arrangement and smiled at Luyun.

She was gentle and beautiful. Lu Yun was less nervous when facing her new master. While combing her hair, she said to the girl in the mirror: "What kind of thing do grandma want to comb?" Then she introduced several women's buns for Aji to choose, so that Aji might not understand the buns and felt embarrassed.

Aji could feel her carefulness and thought for a while, "Just make a simple comb and insert a hairpin, it doesn't have to be too complicated."

Aji thought carefully these nights that when she married a wealthy family like the Zhao family, she must have corresponding rules for dressing and acting. When she had to go out to meet guests, she would dress up in line with the identity of the young grandmother of the Zhao family. However, she usually stayed in the house like before, at most, the material on her head had better texture. Aji had no difference from her ordinary farm daughters, and even if she had to pretend, she could not pretend to be a natural lady. Aji didn't want to live so tiring. She was such a person. Zhao Chen insisted on marrying her. If he despised her petty aura in the end, she would have no choice. In short, she would not become another person for him.

Lu Yun smiled and praised, "Grandma is well-bred, and she looks good no matter how she dresses up." Her hands were nimble, and soon helped Aji tie up a slanted bun and used a white jade hairpin to get off.

Aji liked it very much. When she wanted to get up, Madam Jiang smiled and wore a red orchid in her ear. "No matter how beautiful the girl is, she has to dress up carefully. First, it is to add icing on the cake. Second, the girl is to please herself. When the young master came in, he saw her. When he saw her grandmother, he felt soft and he felt nothing. Grandma said, "Little Liu specially reminded her that the eldest girl was a little resistant to Zhao Chen, but she got married, so she should live a good life. The Zhao family is like this. The young master may have been very good to the eldest girl in the first two years. After a long time, he got tired of seeing her. The eldest girl looked uneasy. Wouldn't she push people out with her own hands?

Aji looked at the mirror and instinctively wanted to take down the orchid. She had no intention of trying to please Zhao Chen at all. She rejected him several times before, but now she was dressed up in a colorful manner just after she got married. Isn’t the previous rejection a verbal thing and want to welcome him? He said this to her in the study that day.

But she was just halfway through her hand and was pulled by Madam Jiang, looking at her lovingly: "Miss, Madam, Madam is all for your own good."

She used her old name, and Aji felt soft and finally she bit her teeth and agreed.

Madam Jiang held her little hand and smiled, invited the person to sit on the outside couch, and said to Cuiyu: "Go and call Jinshu and Jinmo over, let them pay homage to the young grandma."

Aji looked confused, and Madam Jiang's smile remained unchanged: "Jinshu and Jinmo are the maids who serve the young master's daily life. When the young master was fourteen years old, he was considered an old man in the mansion. Grandma remembers to give them rewards later." They came here in advance and had already found out the situation in the young master's courtyard. Except for the little maids, only Jinshu and Jinmo could serve the young master in close proximity. Jinshu looked honest and Jinmo, who was punished by the young master, must have made some mistakes but would not be driven out of the mansion. What happened to the two of them? She continued to watch, and life would be long in the future. Who dared to have bad thoughts? There was no need for the big girl to do anything.

Personal maid?

Aji's nervous heart suddenly calmed down because of the man's whisper before leaving.

So what if he is handsome and makes people feel furious? After all, he is a young master, and he has been served by maids since he was a child to wash and change clothes. Why does Aju not want to marry a rich young man because she doesn't want her husband to be served by other women. If she likes someone, how could she be willing to accept the closeness of others? Of course, it is natural for him to call a maid, so Aju always wants to marry a farmer who has no money to raise a maid.

Unfortunately, she still married the young master.

Let's make do with it. After all, he doesn't have a maid, so he's much better than the ordinary young master.

The curtain was lifted open, and Aji looked over there.

On the day of the joy, the four maids were dressed in the same dress, all of which were red shirts and green skirts, but the embroidery patterns were different for distinction. After entering the door, Jinshu did not raise his eyes and walked directly to Aji to kneel down and kowtow. Jinmo quickly glanced at Aji, and after a little stunned, he knelt down in a regular manner and reported his name.

Aji is a little uncomfortable.

Lu Yun Cuiyu was given to her by her aunt. Even if she had never seen her, she did not have the same kind of strangers as strangers for the first time. These two people saw each other for the first time and knelt down as soon as they came. She looked at Madam Jiang, Madam Jiang looked at her encouragement. Aji had to suppress the awkward feeling of being a mistress in her heart, and praised them with a smile, and made Lu Yun send a ban on her, "You are used to serving the young master, so you should continue to serve the young master in the future." She didn't care much about his maid.

Jin Mo's lips curled up slightly, while Jin Shu thanked softly: "I will follow my grandma's arrangement."

Aji Duo glanced at Jinmo and asked them to wait in the main hall. Cuiyu followed with a smile, leaving only Luyun waiting for the call outside. Aji and Madam Jiang went to the inner room.

He was shaking all the way with hunger. Aji felt a little uncomfortable. He didn't feel too tired because of his nervousness before, but now he is no longer nervous. His physical feeling is coming up. He plans to lie down for a while, but Zhao Chen is not back after all.

Madam Jiang misunderstood. After Aji leaned on the kang, she sat in front of the edge of the kang and whispered: "Don't be angry, big girls, the young masters of wealthy families are like this. Our young masters only let Jinshu serve and dress, and they don't have to go in to serve them in the shower. It's rare to be so self-disciplined. Besides, Jinshu and Jinmo look, the young master usually doesn't look at them in front of them..." Alas, different backgrounds are so sad. If any lady married, she would have been happy to see that there were only two inconspicuous maids in the public room.

There were familiar elders around me who were concerned about me and asked me about it. Aji felt warm in her heart and said with a smile: "Madam, don't worry, I'm really not because of them, I just want to sleep for a while when I'm tired." Zhao Chen had a maid, she had known for a long time that she was a little out of control because she had forgotten it and was reminded by someone.

Madam Jiang pinned a strand of hair on her cheek behind her ears and said softly: "That's good, go to bed quickly. When it gets dark, you can't sleep well."

This sentence had a different meaning. Aji's face turned hot and she quickly turned over.

Madam Jiang smiled and went outside, urged Cuiyu and others not to disturb the young grandma until she went to bed.

As Aji listened to the movement outside, her surroundings gradually became quieter and her eyelids became heavier and heavier, and finally closed.

When I was awakened by Madam Jiang, it was already dark outside the window. In early winter, it was dark early.

Aji was sleeping soundly, her face was flushed and her sleepy eyes were charming. Madam Jiang looked for a while before handing over the wet towel with warm water, and replied: "Grandma wipes her face and go down to the floor to eat. The young master should be over. By the way, the young master came back shortly after she went to bed. She saw that her grandma was asleep and left without saying anything."

Aji didn't listen to the words afterwards, and focused all his attention on Zhao Chen's coming back, and his sleepiness disappeared. Zhao Chen came back and was about to go to bed. Thinking of what his aunt said last night, Aji hurriedly took the towel and wiped her face to cover up her nervousness. Madam Jiang looked at her with a smile and asked Cuiyu to instruct the kitchen to bring the young grandma's supper.

A bowl of steaming hot egg shredded noodles with two meats and two vegetables and four dishes.

Aji was indeed hungry. She ate a bowl of noodles cleanly and drank a lot of noodles soup. She didn't move much, so she gave it to Madam Jiang and others.

After washing up, Aji couldn't sleep this time. He knew it would be useless to hope that Zhao Chen would not come. He just hoped that he would be drunk and couldn't wake up after coming back.

In the silence, a noise suddenly came from the gate of the courtyard. Madam Jiang was happy and quickly winked at Aji and signaled her to go out to greet her.

Aji twisted her cuffs uneasily, and finally took down the orchid that Madam Jiang had worn her again, for fear that Madam Jiang would catch her, so she quickly left the house. Madam Jiang shook her head helplessly, "That's it, the big girl is still young, and she will become sensible in a few months."

Outside, Chen Ping sent Zhao Chen to the gate of the yard and left. He had his own Jinshu and Jinmo carrying lanterns to guide him.

Two big red lanterns hung at the door of the main hall, and Zhao Chen didn't need them to illuminate them: "Everything goes down." He couldn't see his face clearly in the dark, but the voice was cold and indifferent, no different from usual.

The two maids did not follow.

Luyun Cuiyu stood at the door to greet him. Zhao Chen glanced at him and knew it was her maid, and said, "You can stay one to watch over the night, and the other to go down first." As he said, he raised his legs and stepped in.

Aji and Madam Jiang happened to walk out of the outside and run into him head-on. Zhao Chen paused, his eyes fell on Aji's face and could not move away.

Under the light, the man's face turned slightly red and his eyes were clear. No matter how he looked, he didn't look drunk. Aji immediately lowered his head and was at a loss.

Without Zhao Chen's instructions, Madam Jiang said a few pleasant words and then tactfully left. She went back to the lower room with Cuiyu and left Luyun to watch the night.

"Go into the house." Zhao Chen stepped forward and held Aji's hand, ordered Luyun to bring a basin of hot water, and then led Aji in.

It was already very cold in October, but his palms were warmer and warmer than hers. Aji lowered her eyes and her eyes fell on the hands they were shaking. She was his wife. He was his husband's right to do whatever he did to him, and she never had any excuses to refuse.

As soon as he entered the inner room, Zhao Chen sat on the kang and pulled Aji into his arms. Aji didn't expect him to be so anxious, and he had already pounced on him when he came back to his senses. The man sat, and she stood between his legs and faced his chest. Aji was very nervous and tried to stand up straight. Zhao Chen did not stop her, but just held her hands in the palm of his hand and lowered her head to ask her: "Why are your hands so cold? The room is not warm, so are you wearing less clothes?"

Intimate tone, like Aju used to treat his younger brother like this.

Aji was not very accustomed to his familiarity and turned his head and said, "I'm not cold, but my hands are not as hot as you, so I'm cold. You, I heard that you have drunk a lot of wine in front, why don't I go and ask you a bowl of sobering soup?"

Zhao Chen kept looking at her, looking at her simple bun, looking at her blushing face, looking at the red clothes on her body, then returning to her lips, and laughing, "Do you think I'm drunk?"

Aji shook her head gently, thinking of the two drunken times at home, I don’t know if it was pretending or the wine that the Zhao family prepared for him today was mixed with water.

"You didn't even look at me, how did you know I was not drunk?" Zhao Chen let go of one hand and went to raise her chin. Aji couldn't dodge it. He held his chin and faced him with his eyebrows and phoenix eyes. Aji's heartbeat was faster. The faint smell of alcohol on his body made her feel a little weak. Zhao Chen saw from her trembling eyelashes that she was about to hide, and asked softly, "Look at me again, see if I'm drunk?"

He was so focused and serious about teasing, but he didn't know if he wasn't drunk, what was it like to force her to see if he was teasing?

Aji didn't open her eyes, "No..."

As soon as he said a word, Zhao Chen's eyes moved down and he gently and quickly sipped in her slightly opened lips.

Aji's face was so blushed that she couldn't be red anymore, so she pulled her hand back hard.

Zhao Chen smiled and let go of her, took off his boots and put his long legs on the edge of the kang, leaned against the wall of the kang, stroked his forehead with one hand, and closed his eyes and said, "I still drank too much, I have a headache. Hot water comes later. Aju, please help me wipe my hands and face. I'll take a break."

Aji responded randomly and ran to the outside room.

The room was quiet, and her mind was filled with a light kiss just now, like a dragonfly skimming the water. In fact, this was the third time he had been kissed by him. The first two times were forced. Aji had no feelings except for hatred and disgust. But just now, he looked at her gently and suddenly kissed her, and then looked at her with pride and satisfied, and with a bit of joking, she couldn't feel any anger at all with that look.

Perhaps, it was because the two became husband and wife? She had no reason to be angry.

The footsteps sounded, and the green clouds came back with the basin of water.

Aji quickly put away his random thoughts, put on wet wipes outside, hesitated for a moment, and returned to the inner room.

The man leaned against the back of his head, his head was facing outward, his chin was slightly raised, his phoenix eyes were closed, and his handsome face was as gentle as jade in the candlelight, and his breathing was long.

Are you asleep?

Aji didn't believe it, but she always wanted to help him. Whether he really slept or pretended to be asleep, she would be a little more comfortable with her eyes closed like this.

The towel was a little hot, Aji walked to the edge of the kang, looked at the man's quiet sleeping face, and slowly came over. He frowned and stretched out in a flash, quietly accommodating her to continue. Aji took care of her younger brother and sister, and was very skilled in doing this kind of work. She quickly wiped her face with gentle movements. At first, she was inevitably nervous, but later she thought that he must have been used to this kind of service, so she calmed down.

When he wiped his hands, the man vaguely shouted water.

Aji quickly wiped his last two fingers and turned to pour him tea. When he came back, he found that Zhao Chen had opened his eyes and was looking at her softly. Aji lowered his eyes and handed the teacup over. Zhao Chen did not answer and stared at her and said, "From I can remember, only my mother has taken care of me like you just now. Aji, it's great to marry you." Gentle and meticulous, warming him from the bottom of his heart.

Aji's first thought was that she didn't believe it, but she didn't say much, but just whispered: "Drink it, it'll be cold in a while."

Zhao Chen was originally a smart person. He experienced great changes when he was young. When he was young, he observed his words and expressions in the business world and had to look at the situation in the court from afar. His eyes were trained to see through people's hearts. How could he not see the suspicion and a hint of irony in his wife's eyes? He rarely coaxed people, and he dared to say sweet words after thinking about it. She was not moved but suspicious. Of course, he was upset. However, the person who was thinking day and night stood in front of him and was about to sleep in a quilt. He decided to forget the little bit of unhappiness. After all, she had known him for too short and was forced to marry him. It was understandable that she didn't believe it.

But he couldn't say anything about him, he was not that thick-skinned and made an exception in front of her.

After taking the teacup, he leaned over and turned over. Zhao Chen returned the teacup to her, but when Aji turned around, he grabbed her wrist and whispered: "Put it back and turn off the excess lights. It's getting late, and you and I should go to bed." As he said that, he didn't seem to notice that the girl's sudden trembling hands slowly began to untidy her clothes.

Aji turned around quickly, but when she walked towards the table, her steps were slow, her legs seemed to be filled with lead, and she seemed to have no strength.

But she didn't hesitate for too long. As early as the day of the engagement, she knew that there would be today, right?

Put down the teacup, close the door, Aji blew the lights one by one, and finally only the two candles of dragon and phoenix were left, barely illuminating the surroundings. Because there was a screen in the middle, the edge of the kang could only barely see the facial features, hazy.

Zhao Chen had already entered the quilt, and he threw his wedding robe to the other end of the kang. He was either folded up or thrown in front of him. He threw it so far, what was he thinking when he threw it?

Aji moved over with her heart. When she took off her shoes and went to the kang, she wished that the dragon and phoenix candles would be extinguished now. She couldn't see clearly, so she could endure it and then pass it.
To be continued...