Xiao Shiji remembered that at the autumn banquet at Muhou's house in Luoyang last year, Mu Yelai competed with Du Hengshuang in the Hu Xuan dance. He couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his nose, and said with a smile: "Do you still remember her? - She is you.

His men were defeated."

Whether it was dancing the Hu Xuan Dance or competing in archery, Mu Yelai was no match for Du Hengshuang.

Du Hengshuang supported her chin with both hands and put her arms on the low table in front of her. She glanced at Xiao Shiji with a smile, "She is a noble daughter of a noble family, and I am the daughter of a small businessman. How can I dare to win against her?"

It was an accident, just an accident."

Last time, she didn't want to be looked down upon in front of Xiao Shiji, so she used all her skills.

Now that she is married to Xiao Shiji, there is no need to lower her status and make mischievous bets with unrelated people outside.

Xiao Shiji knew that if there was another competition, Du Hengshuang would definitely shy away and even deliberately lose to Mu Yelai.

"Shuang'er, I'm sorry for you. If I were in a high position, you wouldn't have to compromise and cater to people you don't like." Xiao Shiji was moved and grabbed Du Hengshuang's little hand.

Du Hengshuang let him hold his hand and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, in life, you respect me and I respect you. It's not so serious as to compromise. How can anyone do whatever he wants? Even Yi

Emperors and nobles like the prince sometimes have to compromise, let alone you and me? - Don't worry, I won't fight for unnecessary leisure. If you are an official outside, I will never make it difficult for you."

These words were like ice wine on a June day, making Xiao Shiji's anger and anxiety disappear without a trace.

Xiao Shiji squinted his eyes and looked at Du Hengshuang. His hands became more and more hot. He leaned over the table and whispered in Du Hengshuang's ear: "Are you feeling better?"

In the past two months, Du Hengshuang has always used various reasons to avoid sleeping with Xiao Shiji at night.

Xiao Shiji knew that Du Hengshuang had been frightened by his recklessness on their wedding night, so he was not in a hurry. He always followed her temper and never touched her. At most, he hugged her at night. When she was asleep, he kissed her on the cheek.

Just a moment.

Du Hengshuang was in a very good mood today, and Ou Yangniang had asked her many times in the past few days to stop avoiding Xiao Shiji. Two months after entering the house, her younger brother and sister Guan was already pregnant.

This sister-in-law cannot be too left behind.

"...You come back early in the evening. I'll wait for you." Du Hengshuang said shyly, lowering his head.

Xiao Shiji was overjoyed and pushed Du Hengshuang away with one hand, and with a little force with the other hand, he took Du Hengshuang into his arms.

He held her slender waist with his right hand and held her neck with his left hand. He lowered his head and kissed her deeply on the lips.

After thinking about it for so long, he finally kissed her lips again.

It was softer and more fragrant than he remembered, with a slightly sweet taste, like the milkvetch honey he had eaten as a child. It was fragrant and sweet. After one bite, he wanted to take another bite. He never got tired of it.

His tongue stuck out and pried open the closed teeth. He sucked in her sweet fragrance with a big mouthful.

"My dear, why are you so sweet? Did you put honey on your lips?" Xiao Shiji murmured to Du Hengshuang's lips, his deep voice mixed with a strong manly scent, which made Du Hengshuang feel drunk.

The limp body lay in Xiao Shiji's arms, and the delicate waist seemed to be broken at a moment's notice.

Xiao Shiji's big hand seemed to be able to reach it with one hand.

With such a thin waist, Xiao Shiji felt distressed again.

She is still young, should he wait two years before she can bear children for him?

Du Hengshuang grunted, and finally pushed Xiao Shiji away with all her strength, and said angrily: "I have to go to pay my respects to my mother later, can't you just wait for a while?"

Xiao Shiji smiled, leaned over and rubbed the tip of Du Hengshuang's nose with his nose, "It's not mine, I'm staying with my wife."

Du Hengshuang smiled and said: "Isn't there any use in just being with you? You have to remember. - I'm going to punish you."

Xiao Shiji got on the snake-killing stick, came up to him and said with a smile: "Yes, I accept the punishment. It's better to punish me to do more work at night..."

Du Hengshuang suddenly pinched Xiao Shiji's mouth and warned him: "If you gossip again, I will make you sleep on the pedal."

Xiao Shiji took Du Hengshuang's hand, kissed it on the mouth, and said with a smile: "Why sleep on the pedal? Why not sleep in the study?"

"You are so beautiful. You can do whatever you want while sleeping in the study. Do you think I don't know?" Du Hengshuang spat at Xiao Shiji, put on her shoes and got off the Arhat bed, and sat in front of the dressing table to put on her makeup.

Seeing the gray bronze mirror, Du Hengshuang remembered something, turned around and shouted to the outer room: "Zhihua, bring in the things I... brought back in the box."

Although her father is back alive, she cannot call him father for the time being.

Du Hengshuang stared blankly at the mirror on the dressing table, wondering when she would be able to call Du Xiancheng "Dad" again openly.

Xiao Shiji turned his head and looked at Du Hengshuang. Knowing that she was thinking of Du Xiancheng again, he changed the subject and said, "What treasures do you have in that box?"

Du Hengshuang smiled and said, "There are so many treasures."

Zhihua asked two women to carry the box in and put it on the ground in the center of the inner room.

"Open the box." Du Hengshuang ordered, "Take out the dowry box for me."

Zhihua personally took the key and opened the wooden box.

It is full of a box full of dazzling things, all of which you have never seen before.

Even the two women who helped carry the box kept looking at the box with their eyes closed.

Zhihua took out a shiny black dowry box with jade passion flowers on it. It was elegant and interesting, not like something from China.

Xiao Shiji first took it and took a look, "It's incredible, this box is actually carved from a whole piece of obsidian. It may not be expensive, but the workmanship is really rare. We don't have such a craftsman in Daqi who can carve a whole piece of obsidian.

Carve it like this."

The French craftsmen must have used unusual tools.

Du Hengshuang was not interested in these things. She only liked the mirror inlaid on the dowry box. The reflection was extremely clear, just like a real person.

In the whole box, this gift is the most valuable.

When Xiao Shiji saw this mirror, he was also amazed and said: "Prince Yijun once gave Miss Murong a palm-sized small mirror. It was made of this kind of material. It is said that it cost nearly a thousand taels of silver to turn it into a foreign goods business."

I bought it from a merchant. Your mirror is many times bigger than hers. Doesn’t it cost tens of thousands of taels of silver?”

A mirror worth tens of thousands of taels of silver...

The two women's eyes turned green when they heard this.

Du Hengshuang hurriedly closed the dowry box and said with a smile: "How can it be so expensive? Prince Yi must be scaring you. - Okay, you can go out. Zhihua. You can carry this box to the warehouse and put it in storage. Remember to register it first."

Make a record." The last sentence was addressed to the two women and Zhihua.

Xiao Shiji waited until everyone in the room was gone before he smiled and said, "You are too cautious."

Du Hengshuang didn't answer. She put her makeup on the new makeup box her father brought back for her, and then went with Xiao Shiji to pay her respects to the old lady Long Xiangye.

When they went there, it was already time to light the lamps.

Long Xiangye had already had dinner, bathed and dressed, and was lying on the Arhat bed in the Nuan Pavilion, chatting and joking with Guan and Chen Yuejiao.

Du Hengshuang came in with Xiao Shiji.

Xiao Shiji first saluted, said a few words of greeting, and then said he had something to go to the outer courtyard and left in advance.

Du Hengshuang then said hello, stood aside and said with a smile: "Mother, the Muhou Mansion has sent a message to invite us to Muhou Mansion for an autumn banquet. I wonder if mother is free tomorrow?"

Longxiangye got tired of staying in the back garden and wanted to go out for a walk.

Besides, the third young lady of the Mu Hou family used to be very kind to her. Although she didn't know why, she still felt very grateful.

Hearing this, he immediately said: "I don't have anything to do tomorrow, so I'll just take a walk." After saying that, he looked at Guan and Chen Yuejiao in front of him, raised his head and asked Du Hengshuang: "Did the Muhou family's post say who to invite?

?”

Du Hengshuang smiled and said: "That's not true. We are just invited to a banquet as a family."

Long Xiangye nodded vigorously, "That's good. Then take your second younger brother and sister and Yue Jiao with us. You are both young girls. It's just a good time to have a good kiss, so you don't have to spend all day with me, an old woman, to relieve your boredom."

Chen Yuejiao hurriedly said: "What the old lady said is true, you are not old at all. Standing with the eldest mistress, you are just like sisters, how can you say you are old?"

Du Hengshuang smiled and did not comment on Long Xiangye's words. He turned around and ordered someone to bring a gift to him and said: "Mom, my father had a friend who just came back from France and brought me some gifts.

These are my filial piety to my mother. You can see if you like them. If you like them, I will have them brought back to you later."

There are actually foreign products?

Long Xiangye suddenly became interested, sat up straight and asked, "Bring it up and show me."

Du Hengshuang took it from the servant and held it up personally.

Long Xiangye looked at the strange and familiar things on the tray, sighed secretly in her heart, reached out to pick up the perfume bottle, and deliberately asked: "What is this? It smells really good."

Du Hengshuang hurriedly said: "I heard it's called a perfume bottle. Sprinkle a little on your elbow every day, and it will be extremely fragrant. It's more fragrant than any other sachet or pancake, and it's not afraid of spoiling."

Long Xiangye thought that she knew these things better than Du Hengshuang, and smiled reservedly: "It's better that you are filial and think of me if you have any good things. - Someone, put them away for me."

Du Hengshuang already had some understanding of Long Xiangye's temperament, so she smiled and said nothing, bowed her knees and wanted to leave.

Seeing that Du Hengshuang didn't say whether he wanted to take them with him tomorrow, Chen Yuejiao was a little anxious and said deliberately: "Cousin, I will go to the Muhou Mansion for a banquet tomorrow, which outfit do you want to wear?"

Guan was a little frightened and said with a twinkle: "The Muhou Mansion is a wealthy family, so I'd better not go there?"

Long Xiangye hated that iron could not become steel, and said to Guan: "What are you afraid of? Let me tell you, the more aristocratic the family is, the more polite the governor is. Unlike the nouveau riche, who all have a heart for wealth.

Two decent eyes, looking down on people. - The third young lady of the Muhou family is the most compatible with me. If you go with me, just stay by my side, don't be afraid."

Chen Yuejiao clapped her hands and said with a smile: "I will follow the old lady tomorrow too!"

Du Hengshuang coughed and said calmly: "The post from Muhou Mansion invited people from the Xiao family." He hinted that Chen Yuejiao was not from the Xiao family and it was impossible to take her with him.

...(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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