Yu Jiaojiao nodded, looking at him expectantly, “I know that my husband is currently… not very convenient, but you and I are already husband and wife.”
The strange feeling in Jiang Xingyan’s heart grew stronger, but he didn’t show it on his face. Even the coldness in his voice seemed to fade away, “Very well, let’s sleep.”
She didn’t expect that he not only didn’t have the violent temper that was rumored, but he was also so good-tempered even when his sore spot was touched.
Yu Jiaojiao felt at ease and relaxed, and drowsiness washed over her like a tide. Jiang Xingyan turned his head in the darkness to look at her sleeping face, and suddenly reached out and gently tapped the tip of her nose.
The night passed without a dream.
The next morning, when Yu Jiaojiao woke up, Jiang Xingyan was already up. She also hurriedly washed and dressed, and went with him to Jingya Hall to offer tea.
Yu Jingjing had arrived early and was sitting in the last seat. However, the seat beside her was empty, and there were dark circles under her eyes.
Yu Jiaojiao’s gaze only paused briefly on her before passing over her. She bowed gracefully to the old Wang family’s matriarch and offered the teacup, “Mother, please have tea.”
The old Wang family’s matriarch took the teacup, took a sip, and looked at Yu Jiaojiao, who was kneeling below, with satisfaction. She smiled and said, “Quickly help the Wangfei up. The weather is still cool, don’t let her body get frostbitten. I have a set of kingfisher feather ornaments that the Empress personally bestowed. You are young and have a good complexion, you will definitely look radiant wearing them. Be sure to keep them safe.”
The maid next to her had been waiting for a long time, and upon hearing this, she immediately presented the ornaments. These ornaments were imperial gifts, exquisitely crafted and extremely luxurious.
Yu Jiaojiao was only slightly surprised, and then accepted them gracefully, “Thank you, Mother.”
Yu Jingjing stared at the ornaments, then looked at the jade bracelet of ordinary quality on her wrist, pursed her lips, and a surge of jealousy welled up in her eyes.
Such good imperial gifts should have been hers.
“Old Ancestor may not know,” Yu Jingjing said, covering her lips with a handkerchief and smiling, “When we were in the boudoir, Elder Sister had the most lively personality. In the past, she, like her husband, was used to playing around in tea houses and poetry gatherings all over the capital. She must have been overjoyed yesterday on her wedding day, and was a little too lively, which is why she fell before getting on the sedan chair, causing a mix-up with the wrong sedan chair. Fortunately, it didn’t lead to a big mistake.”
These words were almost blatantly saying that Yu Jiaojiao was in love with Jiang Peilang, and usually loved to follow him around the capital. On the wedding day, she deliberately designed the exchange of brides.
Yu Jiaojiao took her seat, the warmth in her eyes fading, “What elder sister and younger sister? Now that you and I have married, wouldn’t you be messing up the seniority by calling me that? You should call me Aunt.”
The smile on Yu Jingjing’s face froze for a moment. This bitch really takes an inch and wants a mile, “In the past, in the Marquis’s mansion, Father repeatedly told us sisters to rely on each other in the Wang residence. I didn’t expect Elder Sister to have forgotten that now.”
Yu Jiaojiao felt disgusted by her pitiful appearance, “Outside, you and I are first and foremost members of our husband’s family, and only then are we sisters. Etiquette comes first, then relatives. You are distorting Father’s meaning, wouldn’t that be unfilial?”
The handkerchief in Yu Jingjing’s hand was twisted out of shape, and she said aggrievedly, “Is Elder Sister so disgusted with me because I snatched your…?”
She paused in the middle of her sentence, not saying it out loud, deliberately leading people to imagine.
Believing that she had created enough suspense, she relaxed her posture a little, and the corners of her lips under the handkerchief slightly raised, waiting to see Yu Jiaojiao embarrass herself.
“Impudent!”
The old Wang family’s matriarch’s angry shout came, and before the arc of Yu Jingjing’s lips could widen, she saw a teacup smash at her feet.
The old Wang family’s matriarch stared at her with a deep gaze, her face full of anger, “Jiaojiao is the Wangfei of this Jing Wang residence, and even more so your aunt. You keep calling her elder sister and younger sister, do you have any sense of propriety!”
Yu Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows in disbelief. Just now, she had already prepared herself for the old Wang family’s matriarch to question her.
But the old Wang family’s matriarch was actually protecting her.
Yu Jingjing’s face turned pale, and she hurriedly knelt down, not even caring that the ground under her knees was soaked with tea, “Old Ancestor, please forgive me, Granddaughter-in-law didn’t mean to, it’s just that I used to be close to Elder Sis… no, Aunt, in the mansion, and I can’t change my way of speaking for a while.”
Jiang Xingyan tapped his knee rhythmically with his fingertips, a hint of coldness appearing in his aloof and indifferent eyes, “Wangfei pointed it out to you in the first sentence, but you are eloquent and disrespectful to your elders. Eldest Sister-in-law, you will have to worry about it in the future.”
The face of Fang Shi, the wife of the eldest son who was named, turned ugly as she stood up to plead guilty, “It’s this daughter-in-law’s fault for not being able to discipline her well. Please forgive me, Mother. Yu Shi, have you learned all your manners into the dog’s belly? Hurry up and apologize to your aunt!”
Yu Jingjing was full of grievances and hatred, her fingernails tearing a hole in the handkerchief in her hand.
If she offended the old lady and Fang Shi together now, how could she, a concubine’s daughter-in-law, have any good days in the future? Thinking of this, she reluctantly lowered her head and knelt in front of Yu Jiaojiao, “Aunt, please forgive me, it was wrong of me to offend you with my words. It’s all my fault.”
This bitch, she had suffered such great humiliation on her first day in the mansion, she would never let her go!
Yu Jiaojiao looked down at the top of her head, glancing at Jiang Xingyan out of the corner of her eye, “Get up, just remember it in the future.”
Fortunately, she married the right person in this life. No matter what, Jiang Xingyan was willing to stand by her side.
She had to find a way to heal his legs as soon as possible. Jiang Peilang was like a rat in the gutter, who might jump out and bite her at any time.
Yu Jiaojiao thought in her heart, and went back to her room to write a prescription and go out to buy medicine.
On the way back, when she passed through the garden in the mansion, a shadow suddenly fell in front of her. She looked up and saw Jiang Peilang standing in front of her.
After not seeing him for a day, his face was slightly haggard, with stubble on his chin, and his gloomy eyes were filled with false hurt and anxiety.
“Jiaojiao, you’ve been hiding from me all day, and you deliberately treated me like that yesterday. Did I do something wrong to make you angry? That’s why you went back on your word?”
Yu Jiaojiao took a few steps back, creating distance between them, and said coldly, “Jiang Peilang, watch your address. Now you should call me Aunt.”
Jiang Peilang suppressed the gloom in his eyes, covered his heart, and put on a hurt look.
“Jiaojiao, I know you’re still angry with me. I just like you too much, I wanted to get you too much, I was just impatient for a moment. No matter what, it’s all my fault. Can you give me another chance?”
“Jiang Peilang, know your place, don’t say those words to defile my ears.” Yu Jiaojiao looked disgusted and walked around him.
Jiang Peilang was unwilling in his heart, and shamelessly wanted to grab Yu Jiaojiao’s hand, “Jiaojiao, don’t be like this, do you know how I feel in my heart…”
Before he could finish speaking, Yu Jiaojiao raised her hand and slapped him hard on the face, her face full of frost, “Get out!”
“You dare to pester me like this in broad daylight, do you not even have me, your aunt, in your eyes!”
The pain on his face caused Jiang Peilang’s false mask to crack instantly. His face was twitching, full of anger, and he suddenly reached out to try to pull Yu Jiaojiao’s belt.
Knowing that this bitch was so unappreciative, why did he waste so much words? He should have just forced the issue!
“Jiang Peilang, what are you doing?”
A clear voice rang out, and Jiang Xingyan pushed his wheelchair over, expressionless, his emotions indiscernible.