Chapter 201 Portrait
After leaving the main courtyard, I went to the second room to say hello.
Xie Yunxuan has not left home yet.
Xie Yunzheng patted Ji Mingzhu's back lightly, "You go find the second aunt, I have something to say to Yunxuan."
Ji Mingzhu was worried, "Don't bully my second brother again."
Second brother...
This title is still as harsh as ever.
Even if you want to ignore it!
Xie Yunzheng pinched Ji Mingzhu's face and said, "Try calling him that again and see if I don't drive him away!"
In public, he started to act.
Ji Mingzhu pulled his wrist and said, "Let go."
Xie Yunzheng persisted, "I promise first that I won't make the same mistake again in the future."
"Okay, I promise."
This was too perfunctory, Xie Yunzheng snorted: "Not sincere."
Ji Mingzhu was helpless, "Then I will call him...Yunxuan from now on?"
Imagining the scene of her calling Xie Yunxuan like this, the jealousy on Xie Yunzheng's face became even stronger.
Compared with the second brother, there is no big difference!
"Call him second brother from now on!" Xie Yunzheng said.
Then he let go of Ji Mingzhu's cheek.
Seeing a crimson fingerprint, he rubbed it a few times with his fingertips guiltily.
Trying to make the traces disappear.
Ji Mingzhu was too lazy to talk to him.
Since she was a child, she, like Yun Ling, has called Xie Yunxuan her second brother.
Now she suddenly called him "Second Brother", but she couldn't say it out anyway.
It's better to call someone by name.
"Go find him."
Knowing that they have something important to say, they may not be able to finish it in a short while.
Ji Mingzhu blinked, "Just stay here for a meal."
During breakfast, Xie Yunzheng said that he would make lunch for her.
I seriously suspect that Mingzhu didn't want to eat the food he cooked, so she deliberately stayed in the second room to eat and drink.
He tentatively said: "Then I will make steamed fish for you tonight."
Ji Mingzhu breathed out, "My lord, as long as you are happy."
It was difficult to say this.
It’s confirmed, Mingzhu just doesn’t want to eat the food he made...
Not seeing Xie Yunzheng, Guan asked: "Where are the Azheng people?"
"Going to find...Yunxuan."
Ji Mingzhu still felt uncomfortable calling her by her first name.
But calling him second brother again really messes up the seniority.
Mrs. Guan also felt a little awkward, and she cleared her throat, "It doesn't matter if he's not here, we can still talk a little bit."
Ji Mingzhu nodded, "Why didn't you see Yun Ling?"
"I went to study with my husband."
In order for Xie Yunling to learn more principles, Guan really hired a female teacher for her.
Mr. Xie originally thought of letting his concubine study with Yun Ling, but later he found out that Guan had used her own dowry to pay for the husband.
Had to give up.
When Ji Mingzhu was at home, her mother also hired a husband for her, knowing the benefits of studying.
Said: "Studying is wise, otherwise why would families with a little money send their children to study? Let Yunling study hard. If the husband gives her a good evaluation at the end of the year, I will give her a big gift."
Guan said angrily: "Just pamper her."
"I'm just a little sister. If I don't pamper her, who will I pamper?"
Seeing her relaxed face, Guan was a little confused, "Is A Zheng's matter okay?"
Ji Mingzhu didn't want to say anything more, "Waiting for the Lord to be punished. He had suffered a lot of injuries while fighting in the field, and later he was stabbed and poisoned. An ordinary person might not be able to survive. This time he was grounded. It’s time to take care of your body at home.”
Guan sighed, "You are young, but you are very clear-minded in your thinking. Even at my age, I can't be as open-minded as you."
For people from wealthy families, the word they hear most is their future.
Now that A Zheng has been dismissed from his post, if someone else had to experience all this, he would probably be in a state of panic.
The young couple still had time to talk and joke, this is really open-minded! Ji Mingzhu held Guan's arm, just like she did before leaving the cabinet.
"It's not that you are not open-minded, it's that you have too many people to worry about and your hands and feet are tied."
But she is different from Xie Yunzheng.
She has no blood relatives.
Xie Yunzheng...probably there are too few people who can enter his heart.
Now that you have less baggage, can you be more willing to let it go?
……
Xie Yunxuan was packing up books, calligraphy and paintings in the study room, planning to take some of them to the academy.
Find a portrait from the dark room.
It was painted the year after Mingzhu came to the Duke's Mansion.
The spring sun is shining brightly, and in the scorching peach garden, a girl is wearing a pomegranate skirt and lying on a flower branch.
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The skirt swaying in the wind is rich in color.
It was also at that time that Xie Yunxuan got a glimpse of the difference between Mingzhu and others.
The ladies from other families cannot climb trees.
Nor can he ride a horse and shoot an arrow.
She looks weak on the outside, but inside her bones is Jiangmen's character.
A big hand strokes the hair of the person in the painting that is flying in the wind.
Although there is only a side face and no detailed description of the facial features, Xie Yunxuan can describe the scene at that time with her eyes closed.
Silently recited a pearl.
The bitter taste burst out from the bottom of my heart instantly.
This was the person he had cared about since he first fell in love. They had a friendship as childhood sweethearts. Why did his mother insist that he and Mingzhu were not suitable?
If only from the beginning, my mother would have agreed to this marriage.
Now, the man standing next to Mingzhu should be him, right?
"Second Young Master, the Crown Prince is here."
The boy stood at the door of the study and announced.
Xie Yunxuan woke up suddenly and subconsciously wanted to hide the portrait.
Mingzhu is already married, so his thoughts must be hidden and not cause trouble to Mingzhu!
Xie Yunxuan hurriedly rolled the scroll, but was afraid of breaking the scroll, so he was restrained. The result was that Xie Yunzheng entered the study room, and he had not completely put the painting away.
Seeing his panic expression, Xie Yunzheng subconsciously turned his eyes to the scroll.
The upper part of the painting has been rolled up, and only the red skirt can be seen.
You don't have to think twice to know who the person on the scroll is.
The hands behind my back felt itchy for no reason.
He said in a deep voice: "Bring it."
Xie Yunxuan frowned, "This is my thing, what's your attitude?"
Although Mingzhu has married her eldest brother, she didn't know where she was when she painted this painting.
It would be too domineering for this person to take the painting away now!
After glancing at the King of Hell, Xie Yunxuan accelerated the speed of collecting the scrolls.
Just as he was about to put it back into the dark cell, his shoulders suddenly sank and his arms lost strength.
Xie Yunzheng pressed Xie Yunxuan's shoulder with one hand and picked up the scroll with the other.
"Are you a robber?"
"Just think of me."
Xie Yunzheng took the scroll, walked to the chair and sat down. When he opened it, he saw that the person on it was really a pearl.
Although it is just a side profile, her clothes are very childish.
It was something he had never seen in his two lifetimes.
Such a pearl made Xie Yunzheng feel strange.
His fingers caressed her cheeks, and his eyes softened.
Xie Yunxuan wanted to take it back, "This is mine."
Xie Yunzheng said confidently, "She is my wife. You made her portrait without my consent, so it is confiscated!"
Xie Yunxuan gritted her teeth, "You and she had never met before."
This didn't work for Xie Yunzheng.
He is not a reasonable person.
Carefully admire the appearance of Mingzhu as a girl, and ask without squinting: "Do you have any more? Take them all out."