Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

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 where she and Li Ling lived in the Zhenguo Palace, with its carved galleries and painted buildings and Biyu Pavilion.

Although the yard is small, it has been tidied up by Mrs. Wang just as her father said. In the small flower bed on 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 corridor has been carefully cleaned.

She pushed open the door of the boudoir. The furnishings inside were still the same as they were in her boudoir. The furniture had also been carefully taken care of and was 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 boudoir bed.

 When you go back to your own home, you don’t have to deliberately 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 towards 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 be waiting impatiently later."

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

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

Li Ling turned over and put her head down on the pillow she had just laid 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. 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, the master and his wife asked me to come over and invite you and my uncle to come forward." Dinner in the living room.”

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

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

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

Mammy 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 climb up there with adults on my back to pick pears to eat.”

This little wife is very different when she returns to her parents' home. After taking off the shackles of the princess and mistress of the town, she regains her lively appearance as a young girl of her age.

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

Jingshu 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: "Of course I was 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, Also naughty, but never fell out of a tree.”

Li Ling suppressed 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 would be 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. Why can't he even avoid this little snowball like me?"

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

Jingshu nodded and said 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, 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 is better to say it is a birthday banquet than 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 the Shen family when he returned home from the third dynasty, 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 beloved daughter's reputation, he was still worried, fearing that his daughter would be wronged by marrying into such a high-ranking family. But she didn't expect that she would take charge of the house within three months of entering the house. She was naturally relieved to see her son-in-law treating her affectionately.

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.

Jingshu saw that her father was drunk and worried that he was 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 brothers and sisters, 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."

Jingshu asked: "Xing'er is indeed making progress, but you've only been here half a day, how can you tell?"

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 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 his young wife's almond-shaped eyes slightly angry, he sneered and said, "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?"

Jingshu calmed down and replied, "I see that my father likes you quite a lot."

Li Ling looked a little proud 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. "

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

That is a place where the royal family members, princes, generals and ministers’ children study. With a family like theirs, how could their children get into official schools?

Li Ling said: "Cai Lun, who is offering the wine at the Imperial College, 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 took her in his arms and said, "Follow me, you still need to be polite."

 (End of this chapter)