A life of ups and downs is pure joy

The birthday party was still going on, and Lin Qinghuan and Lin Mo sneaked back to Suheju.

"Huan'er, tell your sister honestly, how does Xiao Yi treat you?" Lin Mo felt even more uneasy when he saw that Lin Qinghuan didn't mention Xiao Yu at all, so he held her hand and asked.

"He...he has basically nothing to do with me. I live in Luoyi Pavilion and he lives in Qingbo Courtyard. On weekdays, he may be served by his concubine or maid. I don't know. I went to Qingbo Courtyard for the first time yesterday." Lin Qinghuan said.

"He...you...does he..." Lin Mo hesitated, not knowing how to start.

"Sister Mo, we are just husband and wife in name only." Lin Qinghuan said softly.

"You have been married for a year, and he has never touched you?" Lin Mo asked in disbelief. After all, Lin Qinghuan in front of her was recognized as the most beautiful woman in Kyoto.

"Look." Lin Qinghuan lifted the sleeve of her right arm, and the pink toad blood was very conspicuous on her fair arm.

"Ah?" Lin Mo quickly let down the sleeves of this silly sister.

"Then the Xiao family won't say anything?" Lin Mo knew that there was a white handkerchief during the wedding consummation ceremony.

Lin Qinghuan leaned close to Lin Mo's ear and told her about Xiao Yi's fraud.

"He is a considerate person, maybe it's because..." Lin Mo looked at Lin Qinghuan hesitantly.

"He knew that I only had Xiao Yu in my heart. He had seen me and him in love before, so even though he was forced to marry me, he still treated me well for his sake." Lin Qinghuan said frankly with a forced smile.

"Huan'er, you are still...still thinking about your senior brother, right?" Lin Mo said to Lin Qinghuan with a distressed look.

"Sister Mo, do you think Brother Yu will come back? Does he still remember Huan'er?" Lin Qinghuan's eyes were filled with tears when she raised her head again.

"Of course he remembers you. Senior brother loves you so much, how could he forget you!" Lin Mo gently wiped Lin Qinghuan's tears with a handkerchief and said with heartache.

"But he doesn't want me anymore. His carriage is moving so fast. No matter how hard I try to chase it or how hard I try to shout, it won't stop." Lin Qinghuan said disappointedly, "Sister Mo, has Brother Yu fallen in love with someone else?"

"No, that's not the case. Senior brother must have his own difficulties."

"Sister Mo, now I am married to another man, and I am his brother. If Brother Riyu comes back, he will have to call me sister-in-law." Lin Qinghuan smiled bitterly, but tears slid down her cheeks. She felt so desperate in her heart.

"Okay, Huan'er, let's not talk about him anymore. You have to live a good life no matter what. You have finally saved your life. Think about it, you still have your father, your grandmother, and your relatives like us. In a few years, when you grow up, you will forget it, you will." Lin Mo hugged Lin Qinghuan with a distressed look and patted her back.

After a bustling day, the Lin Mansion sent away the last batch of guests. Lin Mudang drank a lot of wine and let He Su coax him into the room and fall asleep.

"If you don't want to go back home tonight, you can come back tomorrow." Xiao Yi said, standing behind Lin Qinghuan.

"Are you serious?" Lin Qinghuan turned around and looked at Xiao Yi in surprise, then pretended to be calm and put away her smile.

"Ah."

"Then...is it me or you too..." Lin Qinghuan didn't know how to ask the question.

"I'll go back home with you tomorrow." Xiao Yi said.

"Yeah." Lin Qinghuan's mind was full of how to accommodate Xiao Yi. There were indeed many rooms in Suheju, but everyone in the room was watching, so it didn't seem reasonable for the two of them to live in two separate rooms.

The maids in Suheju all looked at their daughter and the new son-in-law with curiosity.

"My uncle is much taller than my daughter!"

"A talented man and a beautiful woman..."

"Of course, he's the eldest son of the Xiao family after all..."

“So handsome…”

Mother Huang looked at the group of new maids gathered together and lively discussed Lin Qinghuan and Xiao Yi who had just entered the room. She smiled helplessly and shook her head, then let them go.

"You brought back this white jade flute?" The two of them sat upstairs in Suheju and didn't know what to say. Xiao Yi raised his eyes and saw the flute that Lin Qinghuan had played particularly badly before, and spoke.

"Well, I thought it looked pretty, so I brought it back as a decoration..." Lin Qinghuan said, looking back.

The two sat facing each other in silence for a while.

"Go to sleep." Xiao Yi said

"... "

"You..." Lin Qinghuan was stunned when she saw Xiao Yi lying on her favorite rocking couch. She thought he was going to...

"Go to bed early." Xiao Yi said with his eyes closed. He drank a lot of wine today and tried his best to fall asleep quickly and stop looking at Lin Qinghuan. But strangely, his mind was full of the scene of Lin Qinghuan and Ning Junze laughing and talking. This feeling made him very uncomfortable.

Lin Qinghuan glanced at Xiao Yi on the rocking couch, then lowered the curtains, closed her eyes, and lay down on her bed peacefully. She fell asleep in a short while.

Xiao Yi glanced at the curtain, then adjusted his inner breath, trying to stop his thoughts and calm down.

It was almost noon on the second day when Xiao Yi returned to the Xiao Mansion. He sent Lin Qinghuan to the gate of the mansion and then went to the East Palace.

"Young Madam, you're back." When Li Jiaxin saw Lin Qinghuan, she stepped forward and saluted.

"Sister Li, Xiao... the eldest master didn't enter the mansion. He seemed to be heading towards the East Palace." Lin Qinghuan thought she was waiting for Xiao Yi and spoke.

"Well, my husband goes to the East Palace every day. I'm waiting for you here." Li Jiaxin said.

"Wait for me, Sister Li, what's the matter?" Lin Qinghuan looked at her strangely and asked.

"I heard that you have loved eating yam cakes and fruits since you were a child. It just so happens that I am best at making these snacks, so I made some for you to try." Li Jiaxin walked up to Lin Qinghuan and said.

"Really? Then I'm in for a treat today." Lin Qinghuan said happily after taking a look at the big food box in Ruyi's hand.

"If the young lady likes me, you are showing me favor." Li Jiaxin said gently.

After returning to Luoyi Pavilion, the two of them set up the chessboard and sat on the chess couch, playing chess and chatting. The maids and servants also began to busy themselves preparing lunch for the two ladies.

"I've heard that Lord Lin's children are all very good at martial arts, but I never thought that his wife would be such a delicate beauty." Li Jiaxin said to Lin Qinghuan, and the black piece in her hand fell.

"Where did you hear that, sister? In my mother's family, only the fourth sister knows martial arts moves. The eldest, second, and third sisters are all young women." Lin Qinghuan said with a chuckle.

"Really? I...I made a fool of myself." Michelle Reis said embarrassedly.

"Your cooking skills are very good. These pastries are not only delicious but also look very good." Lin Qinghuan praised while eating.

"I just make some of this to please my husband. He looks cold, but he has loved eating these cakes since he was a child." Michelle Reis rarely spoke with joy.

"Sister Li, have you known him since you were a child?" Lin Qinghuan asked curiously.

"Well, I grew up with him. Dad was very strict with him. At that time, I often secretly went to the study to ask Dayuan to bring these cakes to him." Li Jiaxin smiled when she thought of her childhood.

"Childhood sweethearts." Lin Qinghuan ate another piece of cake while talking. This Madam Li's cooking skills were indeed good. "Tsk tsk tsk tsk... This Brother Xiao is a lucky guy."

"Young Madam, that's not what I meant... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to show off in front of you..." Michelle Reis mistakenly thought that Lin Qinghuan was being sarcastic, so she quickly got off the bed and knelt down to apologize.

"Sister Li, what are you doing?" Lin Qinghuan looked at her in surprise, with half a piece of cake stuffed in her mouth.

"Young Madam, I didn't... I just remembered things from our childhood... I'm sorry, Young Madam..." Michelle Reis knelt down and apologized.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yi arrived at the door of Luoyi Pavilion at some point, but saw Li Jiaxin kneeling under the couch, and Lin Qinghuan eating snacks looking very comfortable. He walked in and asked curiously.

Yun Xiang was about to report but was stunned by the scene in front of him.

"I was too stupid. I shouldn't have mentioned the past in front of the young lady." Michelle Reis quickly took the initiative to say.

"What happened before?" Xiao Yi asked, sitting where Li Jiaxin had just sat. Lin Qinghuan looked at them both strangely and continued to chew the remaining half of the cake.

"In the past, I...I gave cakes to my husband." Michelle Reis said with an embarrassed expression.

"It's just about this matter, why did you ask her to kneel down." Xiao Yi turned to look at Lin Qinghuan who was watching the fun, but saw her leisurely eating pastries as if it had nothing to do with her.

"No, no, no... It wasn't the Young Madam who asked me to kneel down. It was me. I realized that I said the wrong thing. I was afraid that the Young Madam would be angry and think too much." Michelle Reis quickly explained.

"Sister Li, please get up." Lin Qinghuan gestured to Yun Xiang to go forward and help the poor woman up.

"You're overthinking it. She doesn't seem angry at all." Xiao Yi glanced at Lin Qinghuan and said coldly.

"It's...it's my fault. I thought the young lady was a little stingy." Michelle Reis stood aside, at a loss.

"It's not that she is stingy, it's that she doesn't care at all." Xiao Yi looked at Li Jiaxin and said word by word, "Send Madam Li back to the courtyard." Li Jiaxin looked at Xiao Yi's cold eyes and suddenly felt a chill.

"Why, Sister Li, did you want to stay for lunch? It's all...ready..." Lin Qinghuan said curiously, but then she saw Xiao Yi with a dark face, and she spoke involuntarily in a lower voice.

Yun Xiang and Ruyi stepped forward to support the frightened Madam Li and escorted her out of Luoyi Pavilion.

Lin Qinghuan, who was confused, and Xiao Yi, who had a gloomy face for some reason, were left sitting silently on the chess couch.

"This...this pastry is delicious. Do you...do you want to try it..." Seeing that Xiao Yi was just looking at her without saying anything, Lin Qinghuan awkwardly found a topic to talk about.

"If you like, ask her to do it for you every day." Xiao Yi's expression was cold.

"Ah, no, no." Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi's expression and guessed that he was angry that she asked his beloved woman to kneel down, but she was his wife after all, and she could not scold him openly.

"I wanted to ask Madam Li to get up, but you came and I didn't have time. I didn't mean to make things difficult for her." Lin Qinghuan glanced at Xiao Yi and continued to explain.

"Yeah." Xiao Yi simply responded.

"If you really feel that you have wronged her, I will go to her yard to comfort her." After saying this, Lin Qinghuan also felt that she was innocent. After all, it was Madam Li who scared herself, and she did nothing.

"You are the young lady, she is just a concubine, there is no need."

"Oh…"

The two of them sat facing each other in silence again. Yun Xiang and Lu Hua didn't dare to go up and invite them to eat.

"Don't worry. Although I've been spoiled by my family, I still have the proper manners and bearing. I won't make things difficult for your concubines. I will certainly get along well with them if they treat me with courtesy. You don't have to try to intimidate me like Xiao Qiannan did. Although I'm not very courageous, I won't fall for your tricks." Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi, who had a sullen face, and thought to himself that he was a descendant of a military family after all. Why should he be intimidated by these people every day? It's useless to try to please them anyway, so he might as well be tough. He had to live his life. At the very least, he had to protect Chu Xia and Li Xue in the Xiao Mansion. At the very least, he could get a divorce letter and go back to live off his father's money.

"What are you talking about?" Xiao Yi raised the corner of his mouth. He had underestimated this girl. She actually dared to speak to him so harshly.

"I won't say nice things a second time. If you heard it, you heard it. If you didn't, forget it." After saying this, Lin Qinghuan thought about escaping quickly. He didn't have the same momentum the second time.

Xiao Yi glanced at Yun Xiang and Lu Hua, and the two girls exchanged glances and quickly slipped out, dragging away Chu Xia who was about to serve the fruit, and even considerately closed the door before leaving.

Lin Qinghuan glanced at the closed door, then turned around in panic to look at Xiao Yi who stood up from the chess couch.

"What are you doing? I... I didn't do anything wrong today. Your darling aunt... she... she knelt down in front of me for no apparent reason. Don't... don't bully me. I still have people in my family." Lin Qinghuan walked towards the round table nervously, stammering as he spoke, completely losing his previous momentum.

"My sweetheart?" Xiao Yi murmured, then sneered and walked towards Lin Qinghuan.

"Don't come over... After all, I am a respectable lady. So what if she kneels down to me a few times? The worst that can happen is that I won't eat those fruits and cakes in the future, so as not to trouble your beauty." Lin Qinghuan retreated in panic, thinking that maybe she was going to be abused in this Dasheng Dynasty. She should have stopped being greedy.

Chuxia heard Lin Qinghuan's uneasy voice occasionally outside, and wanted to go forward several times anxiously.

Yun wanted to hold her back, "Chu Xia, if you want the young lady to no longer live a lonely life, just stay here today, don't think about anything, don't listen to anything. The eldest master is a good man, just trust me."

Li Xue was also looking anxiously at Lu Hua who was pulling her.

Xiao Yi glanced at the panicked poor man, sat down alone at the dining table, picked up his chopsticks and started to eat lunch. Lin Qinghuan hid behind the bead curtain and watched him secretly, not daring to speak or approach.

"Tomorrow you will come with me to the palace to pay homage to the Empress. She has been talking about Princess Changping for quite some time." Xiao Yi finished his lunch without trying to scare the little white rabbit behind the curtain. After eating, he put down his bowl and chopsticks and left Luoyi Pavilion.

Yun Xiang, Chu Xia and four other girls rushed in, pushing each other in a hurry. They couldn't find Lin Qinghuan for a long time. It was Li Xue who saw Lin Qinghuan still behind the bead curtain with her sharp eyes.

"Miss, what are you hiding there for?" Li Xue asked curiously. She didn't hear the two people arguing, and the eldest master didn't have a gloomy face when he went out.

"Who said I was hiding? I just thought this bead curtain was pretty. Come here... come and admire it." Lin Qinghuan said stubbornly, trying to save face.