Chapter 301 Daily Life in the Backyard of Sun Mansion
After leaving Dingxianglou and returning to the mansion with a carriage full of moonlight, it was already around 10 o'clock in the evening.
Most of the lights in the mansion had been turned off, but the second butler Zhao Zhongji had not yet gone to bed.
As soon as Sun Shaozong got off the carriage, he came up eagerly and said that in the evening, Jia Yun, a young man from the Jia family's side branch, had come to the house with gifts and asked to see him. He waited in the living room for more than half an hour before saying goodbye and leaving.
The last time Jia Yun returned home for the spring festival, Sun Shaozong had said a few good words for him, and Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu had both promised to give him a lucrative job - now it seems that the promise has been fulfilled, which is why Jia Yun came to ask for a meeting with gifts in hand.
Just considering this cleverness, it's a pity for Jia Yun...
After sending Zhao Zhongji away, Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment at the fork in the road and then walked towards his own courtyard - he certainly couldn't be loyal, but he could always maintain the attitude of 'loving the new and cherishing the old'.
When I arrived at the courtyard, I saw that the lights were still on in the west wing and the main room.
Sun Shaozong first went to the west wing window and knocked gently on the window frame. When Xiangling's questioning voice came from inside, he shouted, "What time is it now? Hurry up and take a rest. It won't be too late to read your sour poems tomorrow!"
Xiangling agreed reluctantly, and immediately a maid came into the room and extinguished the lantern.
This bookworm...
When she first became pregnant, she had been relatively restrained for two months. But when she saw her belly getting bigger, she returned to her old ways and spent the whole day reading poetry and songs.
Perhaps she heard the noise in the yard, and then she saw Shi Liu coming out from the main room in her clothes.
Sun Shaozong did not say anything, but opened his arms towards her. Shi Liu immediately retracted her arms and came out with a lantern soon. She shone it all over his body, muttering something in her mouth, which was actually a nursery rhyme that exorcised ghosts.
Generally speaking, if there is a child under one year old at home, the adults should wipe off the dirt on their bodies when they come home late.
Although Sun Shaozong is an atheist, he naturally would not deliberately challenge such customary rules.
So he waited patiently until Shi Liu finished her work, and then he lifted the curtain and went in. However, he was not in a hurry to find Ruan Rong, but ran to the west room where his son was first.
After entering the room, I saw the wet nurse and the child sleeping on the couch, and a little maid on duty sleeping on the floor in the corner.
Although Sun Shaozong tiptoed to the bedside, the wet nurse was still alarmed - this is also a necessary quality for a wet nurse on night duty. Otherwise, if the child wakes up but she is still sleeping soundly, what is the use of her?
Seeing that it was Sun Shaozong who came, the wet nurse hurriedly saluted with her mouth.
Sun Shaozong waved his hand to signal her not to move, then leaned over to look at his son who was sleeping inside. He saw that the boy was sleeping soundly with his two fists raised, and the soft part on top of his head was slightly rising and falling with his even breathing.
Perhaps sensing his father's prying gaze, the little fellow suddenly closed his eyes and shook his head, his pink little mouth opening and closing with a smacking sound.
Seeing this, the nurse hurriedly lifted up her clothes, pulled out a full granary, and stuffed it into the child's mouth...
Uh~
Later, Sun Shaozong felt embarrassed to continue looking at her. After all, this wet nurse had a husband and children. She was not like those personal maids who could be enjoyed at will.
So he quietly left the west room, turned around and entered the master bedroom opposite, where he saw Ruan Rong leaning against the head of the bed with her clothes on. Beside her was a little maid about twelve or thirteen years old, who had already prepared a copper basin for hot feet.
"Xiangling has become more and more stupid these days. Isn't she afraid of damaging her eyes? Tomorrow, you should first move Shi Liu and Fu Rong over and discipline her for a few days!"
As Sun Shaozong spoke, he walked to the window, soaked his hands in the copper basin to warm them, and then wiped them clean on a towel. Then he sat on the bed, put his arms into the quilt with ease, and teased those legs that were like white jade pillars.
The little maid hurriedly took off his shoes and socks, put them in the copper basin and rubbed them gently.
Then Ruan Rong lazily said, "She is just crazy about poetry, it's not a bad thing - if the master is really distressed, why not take her out for a walk? Isn't it a good time to go outing?"
"Outing?"
Sun Shaozong glared at me in feigned anger: "I think you probably want to go out and relax, right?"
As he said this, he reached out his hand to the delicate part and twisted it mischievously.
Ruan Rong was overwhelmed and kicked him on the buttocks with a red face, scolding him: "Just wash your feet honestly, why are you being so weird?!"
After a pause, she continued, "I do want to go outside the city to relax, and it would be best if I could ride a horse and hunt some rabbits or something."
Seeing her hopeful look, Sun Shaozong also became serious. After a brief calculation, he said, "I'm afraid it won't be possible in the next two days. The Ministry of Justice wants to send someone to 'review the prison case'. As the chief officer, it's really inconvenient for me to ask for leave. Let's talk about it after we deal with this matter. I estimate that it will be almost done in another three or two days."
Hearing that Sun Shaozong agreed to go out of the city for a spring outing, Ruan Rong was in a good mood, but suddenly she remembered a trivial matter and hurriedly told Sun Shaozong about it.
It turned out that in the evening, Aunt Ni from my adopted eldest brother's room came to the door crying, saying that she wanted to ask Sun Shaozong to show mercy again and spare her brother Ni Er.
Ruan Rong didn't know the truth, so she naturally didn't dare to agree rashly. She just said a few perfunctory words to Aunt Ni and sent her away.
Upon hearing about this, Sun Shaozong said angrily, "Her brother is really a fool. I thought he was sensible, so I helped him find a job in the prison. But who knew he was so bold and reckless that he turned the women's prison into a brothel not long after taking office!"
"I only sentenced him to one year in prison, which is already a pardon for the crime!"
"If Aunt Ni dares to come again, just have her kicked out!"
Ruan Rong didn't want to get involved in this matter in the first place, so naturally she didn't object when she heard Sun Shaozong's instructions.
The couple chatted for a while. Sun Shaozong hesitated for a long time, but ultimately did not tell Ruan Rong about Baoyu and Jiang Yuhan.
After all, judging from the way Baoyu was swearing and swearing, he probably hadn't come out physically yet, at most he was just full of gay emotions...
The book does not elaborate.
Not to mention how Sun Shaozong and Ruan Rong transitioned from gossip to a fierce battle.
However, the candlelight in the main hall of the courtyard remained on until around midnight. Although Jia Yingchun did not say anything, she was sitting at the head of the bed, absent-minded. Who could not see that she was looking forward to Sun Shaozong's arrival?
Just after midnight, Siqi came in yawning from outside. Seeing Yingchun's clothes still intact, she could not help but scold her, "Xiuju, are you blind? It's already this , why don't you help Madam to rest?"
Then he turned to Yingchun and said, "Second Master has a family to support after all. No matter how much he loves you, it is impossible for him to be with you every day."
Yingchun blushed and said in a timid way, "I just wanted to talk to you about what my sister-in-law asked me to do. I don't have any other intentions."
Si Qi said, "Madam, there is no need to wait. I will find an excuse to go find the Second Master tomorrow morning and tell him about this."
At this time, Xiu Ju came in with a copper basin for washing. After hearing what Si Qi said, she became a little unhappy. She put the copper basin on the shelf and waited for Ying Chun to come forward to wash. At the same time, she said with a little hostility: "No need to trouble Sister Si Qi, I will go and talk to the Second Master, it's the same..."
"you go?"
Si Qi glanced at her with disdain and sneered, "If you were to meet the Second Master, I'm afraid it wouldn't be that mouth that would open, but those two slutty hooves, right?!"
“You, you!”
Xiu Ju stomped her feet in disgust.
"What do you mean?"
Si Qi sneered, "Don't think that you can act like a coward just because you have climbed up to the Second Master's high position. If you ruin the reputation of Madam and the Second Master because of your reckless behavior, do you think either the Old Master or the Second Master will forgive you?!"
Ever since Xiu Ju gave her body to Sun Shaozong, she has indeed wanted to compete with Si Qi.
But his thoughts were exposed by this veiled attack, and seeing Siqi puffing out her chest and arms with an arrogant look as if she was ready to fight at any time, he immediately became intimidated.
"Okay, okay, let's talk less."
Jia Yingchun was busy trying to mediate: "Siqi, you can go back to the west wing and rest. Xiuju will be here to serve you."
Siqi didn't refuse and walked out of the hall with a twist of her hips.
After she walked away, Xiu Ju stamped her feet angrily and said, "You just rely on your strength to bully others like this!"
After last night's heart-to-heart talk, Yingchun was more cheerful than usual. Hearing her complain, she couldn't help but teasing her, "Second Master is also very strong. Why didn't you complain when he 'bullied' you?"
"Mrs!"
Xiu Ju was so embarrassed that she walked up to her and started laughing and joking with her.
