MTL - My Beloved Concubine Only Wants to Eat Melons-Chapter 46

Hearing what the system said, Yan Shu immediately glanced at her daughter-in-law, Yue Shi, who was sitting beside Mrs. Qin Angong with a docile face.

【You mean, this Yue family is messing around with the servants in the mansion? 】

System, [Mrs. Qin Angong gave birth to a son and a daughter. The son is Qiao Yongkang, the eldest son of Qin Angong. Qiao Yongkang married a wife like the Yue family. Who is it? 】

Yan Shu asked again, 【That, that, her husband is the eldest son after all, and there is nothing wrong with her body, why is she messing around with the servants? 】

—Tsk, I think that the Yang family who picked up the ashes with his father-in-law, Minister of Rites, got together with his father-in-law because of his poor health and in order to seek benefits for himself.

But the starting point is already so high, why bother fooling around with the servants?

But I heard the system say, [The son of Duke An of Qin was controlled too strictly by his mother since he was a child, but he was raised with no ambitions. Knocking, he is as dull as a piece of wood, has no interest, and is round and fat. Not to mention disgusting in his heart, there happens to be a coachman in the mansion who is quite tall and good at teasing people. Unable to bear the loneliness, I went out of the wall. 】

It turned out to be the coachman.

Yan Shu suddenly realized.

After thinking about it, he asked again, 【But how did she get out of the wall? The Duke Qin An's mansion is full of people, and there is such a powerful mother-in-law as Mrs. Qin An Gong, how can she still have a chance to get out? 】

The system snorted, [As the saying goes, nothing is difficult in this world, as long as there is a heart. This Yue family is very good at pleasing her mother-in-law, and her husband is the only son-in-law of her mother-in-law, so he is naturally valued. Mrs. Qin Angong entrusted her with many things in the mansion. , or to participate in some kind of entertainment, don't you have to take a carriage? 】

carriage?

Yan Shu couldn't help but click tut, what a carriage!

These two people even have a ready-made place, which is really convenient.

After tsk tsk, she asked again, 【Then how did her husband know that she was fooling around with the coachman? 】

System, [The son of Duke An of Qin, Qiao Yongkang, doesn't he likes to make wood. Over the years, he has finished making up the beds, wardrobes, tables and chairs at home, and began to repair them in various ways. Once he heard that his wife's carriage broke down, so Take the tools in person to check it out. I don't know if I don't look at it, but I found out that the axle was broken. 】

[You know, the axles in Qin Angong's mansion are all made of high-quality elm wood, which is extremely hard, so how could it break casually? It must be broken after years of heavy shocks from above. 】

What?

Big hit all year round!

Yan Shu's eyes lit up again.

【Tsk tsk tsk, it looks like the coachman has good physical strength, no wonder this Yue family is going to cheat... and then? 】

System, [Qiao Yongkang is just obsessed with carpentry, he is not stupid, and he is also an expert, so he will naturally find out that something is wrong, and next time his wife goes out, he will ask someone to follow him quietly, won't he be discovered? 】

Yan Shu silently hissed, and then asked, 【Then what? 】

System, [nothing then. If so, could Mrs. Qin An still drag her daughter-in-law to show off in front of the Queen Mother today? 】

Tsk, that's right, judging from today's situation, you can tell that Mrs. Qin Anong doesn't know about it yet.

Just at this time, the queen mother who was poked back into her heart by her cousin smiled faintly and said, 【The palace is still the same as before, the Ai family is not as lucky as you. 】

Mrs. Qin Angong said again, "I don't dare, because the fate of the empress dowager has not yet arrived. Besides, how can I be blessed? That boy Yongkang is lucky and married a good wife."

After finishing speaking, she glanced at Mrs. Yue, and introduced to the Queen Mother, "Last year, Yongkang's daughter-in-law was very heavy, and my wife didn't dare to make her bump on the road, so she stayed at home and didn't come to celebrate her birthday in person. Now the child When she was born, I brought her with me."

Then he ordered Yue Shi, "Why don't you hurry up and salute the empress dowager?"

—

Hearing this, Yan Shu pondered again in her heart—

【... So Yue didn't come last year? Good guy, no one cares about the house, isn't it crazy? 】

System, 【Not really, she was pregnant at that time. 】

Yan Shu, 【That's true...】

and many more!

She suddenly realized a problem—

When did the Yue family get involved with the coachman?

Mrs. Qin Angong personally introduced it just now. Among this group of children, the seven-year-old boy Qiao Wanheng, the five-year-old girl Qiao Nianrou, and the youngest baby are her grandsons.

In other words, all three of them were born to the Yue family.

So... How many of them belong to the prince of Qin An?

The system said, 【Although Yue Shi is messing around, he is not stupid. He uses sheep casings every time, so these three children are still the son of Qiao Yongkang. 】

What?

Yan Shu once again grasped the point accurately, 【Sheep casings? And something like this? 】

Tsk tsk tsk, this is really an eye-opener!

System, [sheep casings are fine, many people use them these days, but they are not very hygienic, and there is a possibility of contracting some kind of disease. 】

Yanshu, "..."

Forget it then...

At this moment, after hearing what her mother-in-law said, Mrs. Yue got up again and went to the Empress Dowager to salute.

"Last year I didn't come in time to congratulate the empress on her birthday in person, and I hope that the empress will forgive her sins. My wife respectfully wishes my empress to be as blessed as the East Sea and live longer than Nanshan."

The queen mother smiled and nodded, "Good boy, you are really dignified and virtuous, just like your mother-in-law."

Hearing this, Yue shi hurriedly bowed his head to express his thanks, and said, "Thanks to the great love of my mother-in-law all these years, I treat my ministers and wives as if they were my own. My mother-in-law's teachings are always in my heart."

Yanshu, "..."

Tsk tsk tsk, the queen mother's words are actually satirizing her cousin, but this lady of the world is really good at climbing!

No wonder it can coax the mother-in-law to value it.

But then again...

She always felt that Mrs. Qin An's praise of her daughter-in-law today was not just to show off to the Queen Mother.

Could it be something else?

Just as she was thinking about it, she saw the youngest baby in the Qiao family suddenly crying, rubbing her eyes and kicking her legs, looking very irritable.

The queen mother said, "Is this baby tired? It's not easy to come all the way to the capital with the adults, so let's go here first today and tell the little one to go back and rest."

Everyone should be like this, they all stood up, saluted and said goodbye, and finally parted ways.

~~

Back to Ganlu Hall, it was almost noon.

Yan Shu changed her clothes, ate lunch, and didn't even have time to sleep in the afternoon, so she hurriedly sat down at the table and wrote a script—

It's rare to get such an interesting material today, if I don't write it out, wouldn't it be a waste?

She was so devoted and serious that she even had dinner in a hurry.

When night fell and Yu Wenlan stepped into the palace, she was still writing.

Yu Wenlan asked curiously, "What story did you write today? You're so engrossed?"

Did something happen that he didn't know about?

Yan Shu also wanted to share with him, when she heard the words, she immediately said, "The concubine's writing today is called "The Merry Wife Loses Her Rich Son-in-law."

Um?

Yu Wenlan raised her eyebrows and said, "'Merry wife' refers to a flirtatious woman?"

Yan Shu nodded, "That's right."

But he nodded his head, "This kind of subject matter seems to be very novel, what are you talking about?"

Yan Shu cleared her throat and said, "This is a story about the hero's counterattack."

Having said this, Yu Wenlan has another problem.

The word "male protagonist", he can probably guess, refers to the main man in the story

But what is a "counterattack"?

So I asked her, "What is the meaning of counterattack?"

Yan Shu then explained, "Counterattack refers to a person who was originally in adversity or disadvantage, struggling all the way up, breaking free from the shackles, and finally surpassing others and becoming a winner."

Yu Wenlan nodded, "This statement is quite novel."

After speaking, he didn't ask any more questions, just waiting for her to continue.

Yan Shu continued, "It is said that there is a young master who came from a wealthy family, but he was indifferent and easy-going, but his family placed high expectations on him and forced him to do things he didn't like. The young master was full of depression since he was a child, but he didn't dare to disobey his parents. I had no choice but to do some handicrafts to express my depression.”

"Seeing the marriageable age, the parents made a lot of choices and chose a dignified and virtuous woman for him. This son is pure in nature. After marriage, he treats his wife with respect and kindness, but the wife is actually for the power of his family. I just married him, and I don't really like him."

Yu Wenlan hummed, "It's also common for men to covet women's beauty, and women to covet men's power."

But Yan Shu said again, "Not long after the marriage, his wife gave birth to a son and a daughter. The son was very happy to hear that he was a father for the first time, and he made many gadgets for the children to have fun. It's just a loving father. But his wife thought he had no ambitions, and gradually, he hooked up with the family servants."

Yu Wenlan, "???"

Is this the direction?

He thought that this woman would be like the former Mrs. Marquis Wu, making friends with all kinds of rich and powerful men, how could she be a servant?

He couldn't help asking, "What is it about this servant that attracts this woman? That she wants to betray her husband?"

Yan Shu said, "This man is eloquent, and he is very good at handling women's minds. The most important thing is that he is in good health and can meet the needs of women."

Yu Wenlan didn't understand at first, so she frowned and said, "Good health...can be considered a reason? Is your husband not in good health?"

But Yan Shu nodded very positively, "Of course good health is very important. That servant has broad shoulders, thin waist, and eight-pack abs. In contrast, that young man has been round and fat since he was a child, and he does some physical work. Just gasp..."

Yu Wenlan, "..."

What a "manual job".

Only then did he realize that women care so much about this...

At the same time, he became curious—who is this writing about?

Just as she was thinking this way, she heard her tsk tsk in her heart, 【I don't know what the coachman of Duke Qin's mansion looks like? The man who drove the carriage all day probably wasn't fair-skinned, but a dark and muscular handsome man. 】

Yu Wenlan, "???"

Duke Qin's Mansion?

...well, he probably knows who it is.

—On this morning, Qin Angong Qiao Beiwang brought his son and son-in-law to visit him. Isn't his son Qiao Yongkang just round and fat?

It turned out to be them.

Tsk, this house is also so messy?

However, Qin Angong's family has just arrived in the capital, so she knows such a secret?

He continued, "And then? Does the husband know that his wife has cheated?"

But she nodded, "I know, I know, but because of her cowardly nature, she didn't dare to reveal it when she knew it. She just covered her head and pretended not to know and continued to live."

Yu Wenlan, "???"

It's also a talent, can this be tolerated?

"what's next?"

Yan Shu continued, "At first, this son let those two hang around in the mansion, and imagined that one day his wife would turn her back on her, but who knew that the two were not satisfied with the status quo and wanted to stay together forever, so they planned to poison Murder the whole family."

"Until this time, this young master knew that forbearance is not enough, and finally he fought back, killed his adulterer, divorced his wife, and dealt with all the servants who helped these two people to hide the truth. Afterwards, he changed his mind and put his mind on On the right path, I learned my skills from others, and took time to exercise, lost a lot of fat, and regained my handsome appearance."

"When the ex-wife saw that her husband had changed his appearance into a handsome man, she immediately regretted it, and thought it would be good to get back with her. However, the son no longer wants her anymore, so she can only live on the streets without a fixed place. miserable."

This is the end of the story.

Yu Wenlan nodded, "The ending is always happy. It's your style."

But before the words fell, he realized another problem——

He remembered that the son of Duke An of Qin had two sons and a daughter?

He then tried, "Whose child is it?"

Yan Shu coughed, "Let's just treat it as his. Besides, after raising him for so many years, I still have feelings, so it's better not to affect the children."

Tsk tsk, this still needs to be realistic.

After all, the storybook will be sent out in the future, and one day the truth will come to light, and it will be bad for the Qiao family to blame the innocent children for this.

After Yu Wenlan listened silently, it seemed to her heart that the child really belonged to Qiao Yongkang.

Tsk, it's still too messy!

After thinking about it for a while, he was a little scared.

—Fortunately, I am not round and fat, I have to always remember to maintain my strength in the future, cough.

After thinking about it for a while, Yan Shu yawned in front of him, and mist welled up in Xing's eyes.

Yu Wenlan said, "Let's write it tomorrow."

He coughed and coughed again, and said with dark eyes, "It's getting late, it's time to sleep."

Yan Shu was taken aback.

...Sleep as long as you sleep, why are you talking so ambiguously?

Tsk, he must be... Thinking again, right?

Yu Wenlan, who was listening quietly, coughed and said in a low voice, "I'm going to take a bath first."

After saying this, he held back his ears that were about to turn red, and turned around to enter the bathroom.

Yanshu, "..."

He could only silently look at the pair of tender hands, and sighed helplessly.

Tsk, I wouldn't let him know about this method if I knew it earlier.

There are more than ten days left, so long!

~~

After all, Duke Qin'an's mansion is the royal relatives who came all the way, and they were the first guests to come to the capital to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday. Therefore, on the second day, the palace held a reception banquet for this big family.

This family is regarded as foreign relatives, and there are men and women, so they cannot sit in the same hall.

But before the banquet, they entered the palace and had to salute the queen mother and imperial concubine first.

Everyone saw that apart from the old couple Qin An who came to pay their respects yesterday, their sons-in-law, daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, there was a new face today.

It was a young woman, about seventeen or eighteen years old, and her appearance was somewhat similar to that of Qin Angong's wife, Yue Shi.

After everyone saluted, they saw that Mrs. Qin Angong led the girl out, and said to the emperor and the queen mother, "This is the younger sister of Yongkang's daughter-in-law. I know that it is not easy for my sister to bring three children when she comes to Beijing, so she took the initiative to follow her." Help. When I first entered the palace yesterday, my wife was afraid that she would be unfamiliar, so I didn't dare to bring her here, so I dared to bring her here today to ask her to meet the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty and all the ladies."

As he said that, he ordered the young girl, "Quickly see the nobles."

The daughter-in-law immediately stepped forward to salute. "Ministers see His Majesty, Queen Mother, and ladies."

The voice was delicate, like a thrush in a book.

Besides, looking at his appearance, he is indeed quite pretty.

Seeing this scene, everyone was having fun in their hearts.

The daughter-in-law's natal sister? This relationship is not close.

Besides, could it be that Duke Qin'an's mansion couldn't even afford to hire a nanny, and asked such a little girl who hadn't left the court to help take care of the child?

Yan Shu clicked her tongue—

No wonder Mrs. Qin Angong kept praising her daughter-in-law yesterday, so it turned out that she wanted to stuff people into the palace.

—Praise the elder sister, because they are all from the same family, so the younger sister will attract attention?

But in this case, she still offends the queen mother, which is also a wonderful flower.

Presumably the queen mother would not like this daughter-in-law for her sake.

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager nodded her head, but said with a smile, "This girl who has not yet left the cabinet, helping others to take care of their children, is really hard for you."

The daughter of the Yue family paused slightly, and could only say, "It's what a little girl should do to share her sister's worries."

But he said in his heart, "Huh, if I don't come, how can I see His Majesty?" Oh, your majesty is even more beautiful than the rumors outside! 】

[However, the three concubines behind him... It's okay, I heard that the Zhou concubine is no longer welcome, and that Wang Zhaoyi's night shift has become a joke in the palace, and the remaining one should be the concubine Yi. 】

Thinking of this, she glanced at Yan Shu quietly from the corner of her eye, thinking, 【It doesn't look like much, I heard that the family background is not as good as our Yue's family, so they will definitely not be my opponents in the future. 】

Yu Wenlan who was listening silently, "???"

will come?

Where does this confidence come from?

Immediately afterwards, Mrs. Qin An said, "There is no one around Zhou Ruolan. If she is smart, she should take this girl into the palace and train her well. At least she is related to the Zhou family. She is better than that concubine Yi." . 】

Yu Wenlan just wanted to hehe.

The Empress Dowager said that she was a nuisance.

He tried to find out about the Queen Mother again, but he heard that the Queen Mother was sneering to herself.

【What kind of dream is Zhou Shulan having? Throw people under my nose, think I'm stupid? Ha ha. 】

Yu Wenlan was relieved a little, fortunately, the Queen Mother didn't think that way.

~~

After seeing the ceremony, the men and women entered their respective banquets.

As the Northwest Duke, Duke An of Qin has an extraordinary status. Apart from the emperor personally entertaining him, he was also accompanied by several ministers from the court.

Probably because of their relatives, the ministers soon discovered that the king was very warm to Qin Angong's family tonight.

He couldn't help but take the initiative to invite Qin Angong to drink, expressing condolences to them for their hard work in stationing in the northwest, and caring for Qin Angong's son Qiao Yongkang.

For example, at this time, after drinking two rounds of wine, the king took the initiative to ask the other party, "What has Cousin Yongkang been up to these few years?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

—Your Majesty actually called the other party a cousin?

Of course, Qiao Yongkang himself was even more flattered, and hurriedly got up and said, "I am not talented, I have not accomplished anything these years, I am really ashamed of showing concern for Your Majesty."

After the words fell, Qin Angong also hurriedly said, "He has never had great ambitions, and His Majesty has made a joke."

This is the truth. Hearing this, several ministers shook their heads in their hearts—

Back then, the first marquis of Qin An was a well-known military general. He was named a marquis because of his numerous military exploits, and guarded the northwest for the court. Later, his son was lucky enough to marry the queen mother's cousin, and he was promoted to the duke cheaply. In Qiao Yongkang's generation, There is nothing anymore.

I heard that he doesn't hear anything outside the window, and only likes to do carpentry, he is really a wonderful flower among the sons of the aristocratic family.

However, at this moment, the king said, "Don't underestimate yourself. I heard that your craftsmanship is very good. This is also a delicate work that requires effort. If you don't have enough patience, it will not work."

After the words fell, Qiao Yongkang was taken aback for a moment, and then almost burst into tears.

——Everyone in this world looked down on him, his mother scolded him when he was young, his father favored his younger brother, and even his daughter-in-law did things that made him feel sorry for him openly...

But His Majesty understands him so well! !

What Your Majesty said is so reasonable, carpentry is a meticulous job, who can do it for a careless person?

Your Majesty understands him, everything is worth it!

He picked up the wine glass excitedly, and drank one after another. It was the first time in his life that he was so happy!

…

~~

But while the emperor's courtiers in the Xiangyun Palace were having a drink, the atmosphere with Yan Shu's female guests was rather delicate.

—Probably because she wanted to impress the Empress Dowager as a virtuous and capable person. No matter which dish the Empress Dowager praised was delicious, the daughter-in-law would take the initiative to talk about the recipe of the dish, from the selection of ingredients to the knife workmanship to the heat, and she said it clearly and logically.

After talking about five or six dishes in a row, the queen mother couldn't help but said, "You are so proficient in cooking at such a young age, it's really true."

As soon as the words fell, Yue Shi, the wife of Duke An of Qin, thanked her younger sister immediately, and took the initiative to explain, "My younger sister has been very sensible since she was a child. She often helped mother with housework, learned cooking early, and served parents at home."

The Queen Mother nodded appreciatively again, "What a filial and good boy."

The daughter-in-law of the Yue family immediately thanked her and said, "My daughter, thank you Queen Mother for your compliment."

Seeing this scene, Mrs. Qin Angong showed a satisfied smile, but Concubine Zhou's eyes were about to burst into flames.

It was only because of the empress dowager that she did not dare to attack rashly.

Only Yan Shu concentrated on eating without her own business, and couldn't help admiring in her heart——

Well, these dishes are really good tonight!

This crystal chicken is delicious and crispy, the cherry meat is rich and full of flavor, and the snowflake chicken is soft and tender without losing the slight springy feeling. It seems to be more delicious than before.

Of course, the best thing is the hanging furnace duck.

No loss, it is the number one dish in the capital, and it is really delicious every time!

Take a piece of scorched golden duck meat, hang some sweet noodle sauce, roll it in a thin pancake with fresh onion and cucumber strips, and eat it in one bite.

However, just as she was indulging in the delicious food, she saw a young **** rushing to the palace and said to Mrs. Qin Angong and his daughter-in-law, "Your Majesty drank too much during the banquet in the Xiangyun Palace. Your Majesty, please move over and have a look." Look."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was taken aback.

What, Prince Qin An drank too much?

And at the palace banquet where the king is still there?

Mrs. Qin An was also taken aback. After she was taken aback, she hurriedly found a step for herself, and said with a smile, "This kid doesn't like to drink normally, why did he drink too much tonight?"

The Empress Dowager also said to the little **** who reported the letter, "It's just a little drink, so why don't you ask someone to help you to rest for a while?"

But the little **** shook his head in embarrassment, "Your Majesty doesn't know, the son is crying in front of the imperial court, no one can stop him, and he keeps shouting that he wants to divorce his wife..."

What?

Divorce?

Everyone's eyes widened immediately.

-what's going on?