The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 53 Do you still need to be polite with me?

Jingshu returned to the small courtyard in her boudoir. This place was naturally incomparable to the Qingfeng Garden with its carved galleries and painted buildings and Biyu Pavilion in the Duke's Mansion where she and Li Ling lived.

Although the yard is small, it has been tidied up by Mrs. Wang just as her father said. In the small flower bed to the west, the wintersweet she planted before leaving the pavilion already has flower buds. There is a thin layer of frost and snow in the yard, and the green brick paving

The existing corridor has been carefully cleaned.

She pushed open the door of the boudoir, and all the furnishings inside were still as they were in her boudoir. The furniture and furnishings had also been carefully taken care of, and were clean without a trace of dust.

The charcoal fire in the bifurnace was burning brightly, making the room warm. She lay on her back on her bed.

When you go back to your own home, you don't have to deal with anyone.

very nice!

The fatigue from last night still remained in her limbs. She closed her eyes gently and fell asleep on her bed.

She was sleeping deeply, and she felt someone blowing warm air on her ear. She opened her eyes, and Li Ling was lying next to her, blowing into her ear with malicious intent. When she saw her wake up,

He smiled and teased: "You haven't been home for half a year, are you thinking of coming back to sleep?"

Jingshu stood up, holding her loose hair, looking at Li Ling and asked: "You came back to the emperor so soon?"

Li Ling pursed his lips toward Geng Le: "It's already been half an hour."

She actually slept for half the day.

Jingshu quickly got out of bed and called to Li Ling: "Quickly go to the front for the birthday banquet. My parents will have to wait impatiently later."

Li Ling lay on her back on her bed and said lazily: "No wonder you sleep so soundly. Your little bed is really comfortable."

Jingshu patted him and urged: "Let's go now."

Li Ling turned over, faced down and put her head on the pillow she had just been lying on. The faint fragrance of her hair still remained on it. She muffled the pillow and said, "I want to lie down for a while."

Seeing that she couldn't call him, Jing Shu didn't have the patience to waste any more words with him, so she stepped forward and grabbed his ears fiercely: "Hurry up!"

Li Ling grimaced in pain, covered his ears and glared at her: "Why is it neither serious nor serious? Do you want to murder your husband?"

Jingshu stopped talking to him, left him and went out of the house. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Aunt Zhou next to Wang coming over: "Miss, my wife has asked me to come over and invite you and my uncle to come forward."

Let’s have dinner in the living room.”

Jingshu nodded and turned around to see Li Ling also coming out of the back room.

His posture was upright, his face was serious, and he had returned to his upright and serious look, and there was no trace of laughter at all.

Aunt Zhou nodded to say hello to her new uncle. Li Ling nodded to her gently and followed Jing Shu out of the house.

Aunt Zhou walked in front with a wink, while Jing Shu led Li Ling forward and kept talking to him.

"Look at that big pear tree. The pears it produces are so sweet. When I was a kid, I used to carry adults on my back and climb up there to pick pears to eat."

This little wife was very different when she returned to her parents' home. She took off the shackles of the princess and mistress of Zhenguo and regained her lively appearance as a young girl of her age.

Li Ling lowered his eyes and looked at her with a smile: "I didn't expect that you were also a naughty boy when you were young."

Jing Shu asked back: "Weren't you naughty when you were a child? Are you born to be so serious?"

Li Ling raised his eyebrows and replied: "I was naturally naughty when I was a child. I also climbed trees and fell from trees."

Jingshu blurted out: "You fell from the tree, will you tell me?"

Li Ling looked at her and couldn't help but burst out laughing. Only then did Jing Shu realize that he was tricking her again. She was so angry that she pinched him secretly and said sideways to him: "Tell you, even though I was a child, He's also naughty, but he's never fallen out of a tree."

Li Ling suppressed his laughter and replied: "Then you are indeed better than me. I often fall."

The two of them were talking nonsense here, when suddenly a snowball flew out from behind the rockery and hit Li Ling impartially.

The two of them stood still and looked towards the rockery together.

After a moment, Shen Jinglan, dressed in red, walked out from behind the rockery and said to the two of them: "Father and mother are waiting for you two. It's better for you to still talk about love here leisurely."

As she said that, she looked at Li Ling and said, "I've heard that my brother-in-law is very good at kung fu, but now why can't he even avoid my little snowball?"

Li Ling smiled politely at her, looked down at Jing Shu and said, "Is this your sister?"

Jing Shu nodded and said angrily to Shen Jinglan: "The older you get, the more unruly you become. Why don't you apologize to your brother-in-law?"

Shen Jinglan walked up to the two of them with a smile and said to Li Ling: "Brother-in-law has a lot of people, so he shouldn't blame me for being reckless."

Li Ling smiled slightly and did not say anything. He looked at Jing Shu and said, "Let's go quickly. Don't keep your mother-in-law waiting."

It was a birthday banquet rather a family reunion banquet. No outsiders were invited to the banquet, only the Shen family's parents, the Shen family's siblings and Li Lingjingshu.

Li Ling had dined at Shen's house when he came back from the three dynasties, and he was not unfamiliar with Shen's father. Although he was not good at talking, fortunately, Shen's father was a civil servant, so he was naturally eloquent.

When the Duke of Zhenguo came to propose marriage, although Shen De'an agreed to the marriage due to the damage to his daughter's reputation, his heart was still hanging on his chest, fearing that his daughter would be wronged by marrying into such a high-ranking family. However, he did not want her to enter. She took charge of the family within three months, and saw her son-in-law treating her affectionately, which naturally made her feel happy.

Because he was happy, he talked more. Father Shen kept talking, and Li Ling listened respectfully and patiently. Father Shen saw that although his son-in-law was dignified, he was a humble and polite young man, so he wanted to talk more enthusiastically. One person talked and the other listened, and before he knew it, he drank a jar of wine.

When Jing Shu saw that her father was drunk, she was worried that he would be too old to drink. Finally, she and Li Ling helped him back with persuasion.

The two settled down with their father, said goodbye to Wang and his younger siblings, and then boarded the carriage to return home.

Li Ling asked: "Is your brother Xing'er learning to read at home?"

His father was only a fourth-rank official, and their family had no other branches, so how could they afford to run a family school: "My father had some friendship with Mr. Zhang from Yushitai, and Xing'er studied in his family's family school."

Li Ling said: "I saw that he loves reading at a young age."

Jing Shu asked: "Xing'er is indeed making progress, but you've only been here for half a day, how did you see that?"

Li Ling looked at her and said: "I chatted with my father-in-law and Xing'er for a long time when I came over at noon. Xing'er told me about his study. He has learned all four books at such a young age. It is rare for him to be so young. After reading, I actually gained my own unique insights.”

Jingshu was sleeping in the boudoir at that time and didn't know about his conversation with her father and brother. She smiled and said, "I thought you were looking for me when you came."

Li Ling glanced at her sideways: "You are so sentimental."

Seeing that his young wife's almond-shaped eyes were slightly angry, he said with a sneer: "What's wrong with me, a grown man, always clinging to women? Besides, I'm still in your natal family, what will my father-in-law think of me?"

Jing Shu then calmed down and replied: "I see that my father likes you quite a lot."

Li Ling showed a slightly proud look and said to him: "I just asked you about Xing'er's studies because I wanted to discuss it with you. I want to send him to a government school to study. The teachers there are more qualified and will be more conducive to his progress.

"

Jing Shu was surprised and said: "Is it possible? Our family"

It was a place where the children of the royal family, princes, generals, and ministers could study. With a family like theirs, how could their children get into official schools?

Li Ling said: "Cai Lun, who is offering wine at the Imperial Academy, is my classmate. I will go to see him tomorrow and ask him to accommodate me."

Jingshu's eyes sparkled with little stars, she looked at Li Ling and said with a smile: "So, I really want to thank you."

Li Ling hugged him and her: "Follow me, you still need to be polite."

(End of chapter)