Adhere to the gentleman's principles

The next day, Zhao Junning went to the store early in the morning. By noon, she was almost done with the work and the accounts were settled. At this time, Li Ziyan was reading a book in the study in Guangping Marquis's mansion, but he was absent-minded. "What do I want her to do?"

As he spoke, he was thinking more. "The more I read this book, the more irritated I am. I won't read it anymore." He threw the book down and walked out of the study. Mo Yu looked at Li Ziyan with an unhappy face and asked, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"

Li Ziyan said, "I'm fine. I just want to go out for a walk because I'm tired of memorizing books. You two don't have to follow me." Mo Yu and Fei Zhou nodded. Li Ziyan turned around again and said, "Don't follow me!" Fei Zhou and Mo Yu said in unison, "Okay."

Li Ziyan walked to the lobby and saw the man who had returned to the mansion holding the account book but Zhao Junning was not behind him, so he walked up and asked, "Fuling, where is Zhao Junning?"

Fuling said, "The young lady went to the Lin residence." Li Ziyan raised his voice after hearing this: "She really went there!" Fuling nodded: "Yes, the young lady and Mr. Lin have known each other since childhood. It's a good thing to go and reminisce when a good friend comes back!"

Seeing Li Ziyan's melancholy face, he said, "Son-in-law, you are not jealous, are you? Why don't you go to see the young lady and bring her back?" Li Ziyan said, "How can I be jealous? I don't like her, so why should I be jealous? If you want to take you back, I won't go."

Fuling shrugged: "Oh, is there anything else, son-in-law? If not, I will withdraw." Li Ziyan said: "You can withdraw!"

Then he said, "Wait a minute, when did Zhao Junning go there?" Fuling said, "Half an hour ago, the Lin Mansion in the west of the city is some distance away, and he should have just arrived by now."

Li Ziyan said, "Half an hour ago? Why didn't you go with me?" Fuling said lazily, "The young lady told me to come back and put the account book away. She and Master Lin have known each other for so many years and told me that nothing will happen. Besides, the groom also knows Kung Fu." Fuling asked again, "Do you have any other questions, Master?"

After hearing this, Li Ziyan said, "Oh, it's nothing!" Fuling bowed and walked away. Li Ziyan looked to the west and said, "You are so generous. Can the horseman's kung fu protect people?"

Zhao Junning came to the Lin residence. Lin Muchen saw Zhao Junning and walked up to her and said, "I haven't seen you for two years and you're married." Zhao Junning smiled and said, "Brother Muchen, that's not true. Two years is enough to change a person."

Lin Muchen said, "Sit down and let's talk." After the two sat down, Zhao Junning looked at the mansion and asked, "How long do you plan to stay with Uncle Lin this time?" Lin Muchen looked at him and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, we won't leave."

Zhao Junning was puzzled: "You will be nineteen next year, and you can enter the government after taking the provincial examination. Why don't you leave?"

Lin Muchen said, "Because I feel it is not enough. Before I came back, I saw Zhuo Yuan. He was different from before. He had more ideas. Zhuo Yuan was better at getting along with others than I was. By comparison, I felt that I was far behind. I could only study but not get along with others. Moreover, he was the same age as me and he had already become the prince's tutor."

Zhao Junning said, "How could that be? Your strength is getting along with others. You just don't want to make friends with those who want to make friends with you because you look down on them. Because they are not good enough." Lin Muchen smiled and said, "Maybe, but there is no rush to enter the officialdom. My grandfather asked me to wait at home, saying that now is not a good time."

Zhao Junning heard this and said, "Is that so? Then it's always right to listen to your grandfather." At this time, Li Ziyan was sitting in a carriage outside the mansion, waiting for Zhao Junning. After waiting for a long time and not seeing him coming out, he got off the carriage, jumped up to the roof and looked at the two of them, muttering, "You look quite happy."

Zhao Junning said, "Brother Zhuoyuan, I saw my mother on her birthday this time. She has changed a lot." Lin Muchen sighed and said, "Yes, she has become calmer and has learned a lot of martial arts."

Zhao Junning heard this and asked, "Really?" Li Ziyan stared at the two of them, "What did you say? You look so serious." After a while, Zhao Junning stood up and said, "Brother Mu Chen, it's getting late and I should go back."

Li Ziyan perked up when he saw Zhao Junning saying she wanted to go home, muttering, "You still remember to go home." Then he jumped off the roof and stood beside the carriage outside the mansion. Zhao Junning came out of the mansion and saw Li Ziyan. Li Ziyan walked up to her and said, "My lady, I'm here to take you home."

Lin Muchen saw Li Ziyan saying to Zhao Junning: "Junning, since someone from your family is here to pick you up, I don't have to worry." Zhao Junning said: "Yes, yes." Lin Muchen bowed to Li Ziyan: "Young Marquis, long time no see." Li Ziyan said: "Brother Lin, long time no see."

Li Ziyan walked up to Zhao Junning, holding her hand and said affectionately, "My dear, your hands are so cold, let's go home." Zhao Junning nodded and said, "Okay." Seeing the sweetness between the two, Lin Muchen felt that it was a bit redundant. Zhao Junning said, "Brother Muchen, we are leaving first. We will meet again another day."

Lin Muchen smiled and nodded: "Okay." Li Ziyan helped Zhao Junning get on the carriage and nodded to Lin Muchen and got into the carriage. The servant beside Lin Muchen said: "Sir, why does this young marquis' smile sound like he is scolding people!" Lin Muchen said: "I feel the same way and I feel a chill on my back."

In the carriage, Li Ziyan said calmly, "Give me your hand." Zhao Junning obediently extended both hands to Li Ziyan. Li Ziyan held Zhao Junning's hands in his own to warm them, but asked calmly, "Aren't you cold? Wearing such a thin cloak."

After that, he put his fur cloak on Zhao Junning, and then hugged Zhao Junning's hands to warm them up. Zhao Junning said, "My cloak is quite thick." Li Ziyan said, "I don't think it's thick. You look so thin. It's better for women with thin bodies to wear thicker clothes."

Zhao Junning smiled and asked, "Did you come here to pick me up?" Li Ziyan said, "No." When Zhao Junning was about to retract his hand, Li Ziyan said, "Yes, I came here to pick you up, but don't think too much. I was just thinking that you asked Fuling to come back, and I was worried about you and the groom going home. After all, it is my responsibility to protect you since I married you."

Zhao Junning said, "Oh, it's just responsibility? Then thank you, husband." Li Ziyan smiled and said, "You're welcome, but why do you call that Lin Muchen so intimately, Brother Muchen? Someone who doesn't know would think you two are a couple!"

Zhao Junning teased deliberately: "Are you jealous?" Li Ziyan stuttered a little: "You think too much, anyway, you are not allowed to call him Brother Mu Chen from now on." Zhao Junning nodded: "Oh."

When they arrived at Guangping Marquis's residence, the two got off the carriage. Mo Yu and Fei Zhou saw Li Ziyan and Zhao Junning coming back together: "Sir, didn't you say you were going out for a walk? Why did you bring the young lady back?" Li Ziyan said: "What do you mean by bringing her back? I'm picking her up."

Fuling said, "You clearly said you wouldn't pick me up when you left." Li Ziyan said awkwardly, "I just felt that the roads were slippery in the winter, so the groom and Jun Ning were unsafe so they picked me up along the way."

"Don't stand here. Fuling, go and boil some hot water for your young lady to take a hot bath to drive away the cold, and boil some medicine for the cold." After hearing this, Fuling said: "Okay, cold medicine? Did the young lady catch a cold?"

Zhao Junning said, "No." Li Ziyan said, "It's cold, drink some cold medicine to prevent it." After entering the house, Fuling asked Mo Yu to bring the hot water and poured it into the bathtub. She then put the cold medicine on the table and left the room. Li Ziyan tested the water temperature and said, "It's time to take a bath."

Zhao Junning walked into the inner room, Li Ziyan walked out of the inner room and blocked the inner room with a screen. Zhao Junning took off her clothes one by one and put them on the screen. Li Ziyan brought a charcoal brazier, and the fire in it was so strong that the room was very warm. After Zhao Junning finished washing, she put on her inner clothes, walked out of the inner room with wet hair, and put on her outer clothes. Li Ziyan saw that Zhao Junning had finished washing. Looking at Zhao Junning who had just come out of the shower with wet hair like a little deer, he saw the different charms and said, "Come over and sit down. I'll add more charcoal."