My Stepmother is Soft and Charming

Chapter 5 A brief confrontation

So Du Jingyi stood up, put on his outer clothes and sat on the bed, then raised his voice and said.

"Who is making the noise outside?"

Hearing some movement in the inner room, the originally noisy place suddenly became quiet.

Then there was the sound of the door being pushed open, and then a group of people filed in.

The leaders are naturally Cherry and Li Zhu.

Both of them looked a bit unhappy, but they tolerated it.

Then followed was a sharp-faced woman wearing silk green brocade.

My name is Grandma Jiao.

She is the confidant of Mrs. Wei, the step-wife of the current Duke of Guo.

It can be said that she is the first person to be dignified in this huge Duke's mansion.

With Mrs. Wei in charge of the middle school for many years.

He has long since developed a temperament that talks about people and ghosts.

So before Cherry could come forward to speak, she took two steps forward.

Standing in front of Du Jingyi, he said respectfully.

"Young madam, it's my fault that this disturbed your dream so early in the morning. But today is the first day of the general's return to the mansion, so everyone in the family is waiting in Yunjin Courtyard. They want to see the general. It's just a big day. I came here early to disturb you, please forgive me, madam."

Du Jingyi glanced at her but didn't speak immediately.

Instead, he looked at the time outside and saw that it was already correct.

Originally, the time for greetings on weekdays should be Chenchu.

She is almost two hours late now.

It's no wonder that people from Yunjinyuan came over and "deliberately" said things that disturbed people's dreams.

It turned out that she overslept.

So it’s not easy to have an attack again.

So he put on a decent smile and said to Aunt Jiao.

"The general came back a little late yesterday and drank a lot of wine, so it took a while to help him wash up. It's my fault that he delayed paying his respects to his father-in-law and mother-in-law today."

"What did the young lady say? We, Madam Wei, are the kindest people. I didn't want to disturb the general and the young lady. It's just that there are so many people waiting in the yard in front, so I sent an old slave to ask."

Ask?

If he really asked, he wouldn't be so noisy as to wake her up.

This Aunt Jiao perfectly explained the skill of "a person's mouth has two skins".

Du Jingyi didn't want to get entangled with her too much, so he spoke.

"Mrs. Wei, just don't blame me. After the general and I wash up, we will go to Yunjin Courtyard immediately."

"Yes, then the old slave will go back and wait."

After that, he deliberately glanced at the bed before leaving.

Although there were some signs of sleeping, there was no sign of consummation.

It seems that the young lady, who has been in the palace for three years, is still in perfect condition.

There was a bit of disdain in my heart, but my face was respectful.

After exiting the gate of Xitang Courtyard, Aunt Jiao sneered and returned towards Yunjin Courtyard.

Du Jingyi's good mood for the day was gone after she made such a fuss.

"Where is the general? Are you still resting in the study?"

Du Jingyi was not stupid, these people were not the ones rushing towards her.

She made it clear that the person she wanted to see was her husband, the general.

So it doesn't matter whether she goes or not, the general must come.

Li Zhu came forward with warm water and handed it to Du Jingyi to calm down his thirst.

Then he said.

"General Maozheng got up and went to the martial arts training ground in the back, probably to do a few sets of punches to relieve the drunkenness."

Maozheng?

Looking at his drunken appearance yesterday, Du Jingyi thought he was still asleep like himself.

Unexpectedly, people are very diligent.

It seemed that she, a young lady with "nothing to do", was used to being lazy.

"In that case, then send someone to tell the general..."

Before Du Jingyi finished speaking, he heard some footsteps coming from outside.

Then I heard a low but clean voice asking.

“What are you going to send someone to tell me?”

I saw Shang Ji walking in at a leisurely pace.

He was wearing a crow-blue brocade robe with embroidered patterns, which made his figure look slim and handsome.

It seems to have been washed.

The original stubble on his lips has been smoothed, but there is only a faint hint of blue.

Those deep eyes looked at Du Jingyi, seemingly confused.

Du Jingyi had just stood up, naturally with a bare face.

But there is a clear water coming out of hibiscus, a natural and beautiful color without carvings.

But compared to last night, he seemed a little more tired from not having enough sleep.

When Du Jingyi saw Shang Ji walking in, he immediately got off the couch without taking Qiao.

"I have met the general. Aunt Jiao, who is next to Mrs. Wei, sent a message, saying that everyone in the family is waiting to see the general and asked us to go and pay our respects."

Hear this.

Shang Ji's expression didn't show much emotion, and was as calm as ever.

But Du Jingyi noticed that when he heard Mrs. Wei, the color in his eyes became a little darker.

After a moment of silence, Shang Ji said.

"Since you've come to invite me, let's go over and have a look. You should wash up first."

Then he looked around, seemingly looking for a place to sit.

I was drunk yesterday, so I naturally lay down wherever I felt comfortable.

Now that he had sobered up, he discovered a problem.

He felt a little more unfamiliar with the main house where he had lived since childhood.

Three years.

Everything here has changed dramatically.

The original azure tent was replaced by autumn-colored Yueying gauze.

The yellow pear wood table that used to sit on the Kang has been replaced with a complicated and precious style of red sandalwood inlaid with crabapple flowers.

Especially screens used as partitions.

He remembered that in the past, it was just a cloth curtain, but now it has become a Su embroidery screen.

It is also carefully embroidered with patterns of blooming begonia flowers in spring.

It’s worth a fortune just by looking at it.

She is indeed the daughter of a merchant!

It seems that the Du family has prepared a lot of good things for her.

He turned to look at Du Jingyi calmly, and then asked.

"You like Begonia flowers very much?"

Du Jingyi was slightly surprised.

He is indeed a great general who can take back thirteen cities.

Although he looks rough, he is actually as careful as his hair and observes carefully.

It wasn't long after entering the house that I could see her preference.