Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 158 Mei Niang’s instigation

After dinner, Li Xian took his brother and sister back to Bitangju. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Xu Wanning returning from martial arts practice in the back garden wearing a smart outfit and carrying a sword.

Li Xian's handsome face couldn't help but darken when he saw his wife looking like this. He handed the children to the wet nurse and followed his wife into the house.

After entering the room, Xu Wanning handed the sword in her hand to the little girls. She sat down on the chair, poured herself a cup of tea, raised her head and drank it all. Then she looked at Li Xian and asked, "What are you doing?" You come back with a cold face, who are you showing it to?"

Li Xian sincerely despised Xu Wanning's rude style. According to his aesthetics, a woman should be dignified, elegant, gentle and virtuous, and smile without showing her teeth.

He walked up to his wife and said with a stern face: "You are now the wife of an important cabinet minister. Can you stop wielding swords and swords all day long? What will it look like if word gets out?"

Xu Wanning snorted coldly and replied: "In the past, Emperor Wu had a concubine who could also wield a sword. Emperor Wu even praised the concubine for her unique style. He even took her to the battlefield when he went on an expedition. I am just a minister's wife, so I can't do it. The sword? What’s the point?”

Li Xian interrupted his wife impatiently and said, "Stop arguing with me."

 He rolled his eyes at Xu Wanning again, and then said, "Let me ask you, my mother invited you over for dinner today, why didn't you go?"

Xu Wanning snorted coldly: "If your mother sincerely wanted me to come over to have dinner, why didn't you send someone to call me earlier? I've put the food on the table here, and you've also put it on the table over there. Then let someone come and let me know." ,What does it mean?"

Li Xian scolded with a cold face: "She is the mother and you are the daughter-in-law. Even if she does something imprudent, you should take care of it. The old man invites you to dinner. If you don't go, it will be rude. Do you understand?"

Seeing his wife's disapproval, Li Xian stood up angrily, paced back and forth on the ground, pointed at Xu Wanning and scolded: "Tell you, Mrs. Xu, I am now a minister in the cabinet, and how many pairs of eyes are staring at me? You are my wife, and you must be careful at all times to avoid being caught by others, do you understand?"

Xu Wanning snorted: "Why don't you tell your mother to be more cautious? Since you entered the cabinet, the most high-profile person in this family is your mother. She yells and drinks all day long, and she is even worse than the other two. This or that, if it weren't for the pressure from the second younger brother and sister, Song Le Hall would have passed An Xi Hall."

She rolled her eyes at Li Xian: "Aren't you afraid of being caught?"

Li Xian swung his sleeves impatiently and said with a face: "She is my mother, and filial piety comes first. Even if she has done it to excess, who can say anything?"

“It’s you, please be careful with me and don’t cause any trouble for me.”

Xu Wanning was too lazy to talk to him anymore. She got up and went to the inner room: "I'm tired and going to sleep. You should leave quickly."

Li Xian glanced at his wife's neither salty nor bland appearance, flicked his sleeves in annoyance, and said: "It's really rotten wood that cannot be carved!" Then he left Bi Tangju angrily.

He stood at the door for a while, originally thinking of taking a shortcut to settle with the two aunts across the courtyard, but when he thought that the two aunts were always following Xu Wanning's lead and being submissive in front of him, he didn't like it, so he gave up the idea. .

 He thought for a moment, then raised his legs and headed towards Chenxi Pavilion again.

While passing by Guo Cuiyan's Lixiang Courtyard, his cousin's lovely appearance when he was drinking at Songletang today suddenly appeared in his mind. Li Xian shook his head slightly and moved into Chenxi Pavilion.

Meiniang didn’t expect that Li Xian would come over tonight. Since Li Xian joined the cabinet, he didn’t come to her often.

Meiniang hurriedly greeted him, ordered people to make tea and helped Li Xian change his clothes. She served him very attentively and thoughtfully. Li Xian sat down on the chair and raised his eyes to see that Mei Niang was wearing a white undershirt today. He remembered that Guo Cuiyan was also wearing white at his mother's place today, but Guo Cuiyan's temperament was like orchid, so white looked good on her. Adding to her elegance, Mei Niang has a charming and enchanting temperament, and wearing white is naturally not as good as Guo Cuiyan.

He stretched out his hand to pull her into his arms and said calmly: "This white doesn't suit you very well. You are more suitable for pink."

Meiniang is the best at understanding a man's thoughts. How could she not know that Guo Cuiyan likes to wear white dresses the most. Hearing what Li Xian said, Meiniang smiled and said, "Today I went to talk to my cousin."

He raised his eyebrows and said, "Did you go to her place? What did you talk about?"

Mei Niang replied: "We didn't talk about anything, but every time I mention your husband, my cousin always praises me."

Li Xian said "Oh?" and motioned for Mei Niang to continue.

Meiniang said sweetly: "My cousin praised me for being gentle and capable. He joined the cabinet at a young age and his future is limitless."

She put her arms around Li Xian's neck and continued: "My cousin has a good life, a gentle temperament, and knows everything about music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is really a rare and good woman."

Li Xian smiled and said, "It's rare to hear you praise others."

Meiniang replied: "I don't like to praise others because I didn't meet a good person at that time. I really admire a good person like my cousin."

As she spoke, she sighed leisurely: "Hey! I don't know who can be so lucky to marry such a good person."

Li Xian cleared his throat and said calmly: "My cousin is not in a hurry to get married."

Mei Niang pretended to be confused and asked: "Why is this? Could it be that my wife likes my cousin and doesn't plan to marry her off so early?"

Li Xian said perfunctorily: "That's it."

Mei Niang's eyes lit up, she looked at Li Xian and said, "Since my wife likes my cousin so much, and my cousin is so nice, why don't I get the best of both worlds by keeping her by my side? In this way, if my wife's feelings are met, my wife will I always have conflicts with my wife. With my cousin by my side, my wife can also have a good time, which will naturally make you worry less. Secondly, my cousin Linxia Feng also has the same interests as my husband. It also saves the husband from always regretting that there is no beauty around him who can add beauty to his beautiful sleeves."

Li Xian hugged Mei Niang and said with a hahaha smile: "You have become so generous. When did you become so virtuous and wanted to help me with my name?"

Mei Niang said coquettishly: "Of course I don't want my husband to have another woman by his side. It's just that my cousin is such a good person. It's a pity to marry someone else in vain. Rather than giving someone else an advantage, it's better to leave her to my husband for his pleasure." "

Li Xian stretched out his long arms and carried his beloved concubine onto the bed.

This night, Li Xian was in a very good mood, and he treated Mei Niang as if he was back to the time when he first met her.

Although Mei Niang's mind was as clear as a mirror, this man's body wanted her, but her heart was thinking about someone else. She protected her slightly swollen belly and still cooperated in every possible way, serving Li Xian very obediently.

 (End of this chapter)