The sun sets in the west.
The clouds have cleared and the rain has stopped.
Liu Mingzhi tied the jade belt around his waist and walked slowly towards the main hall.
He casually put the towel in his hand on the chair, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of herbal tea.
"Jie'er."
"Hey, what's wrong?"
After hearing Chen Jie's response, Young Master Liu nodded, took a sip of tea, and turned to look at the beautiful lady who was sitting in front of the dressing table dressing up after taking a bath.
"Jie'er, my husband is going to Shu this time, and we haven't seen each other for a long time.
My husband just came back from Shu today. It’s time for our family to get together and have a good reunion dinner.
Before my husband came to your place, I had asked Yun'er to arrange a family dinner.
Judging from the time, the family dinner should be almost ready by now.
After you put on your makeup later, let's go back together?"
Chen Jie took off the lip paper from her red lips, looked back at Young Master Liu and nodded with a smile.
"Okay, I listen to you, we will go back after I finish putting on my makeup."
"Okay, then it's settled, Lian Niang's husband will send someone to inform her."
Chen Jie withdrew her gaze, reached out and picked up the hairpin on the table, and inserted it into her hair in front of the mirror.
"Husband."
"Um?"
"Go to the closet and get me my green smoke silk coat. I'll put it on later."
"Okay, my husband knows.
By the way, in addition to outer clothes, would you also like to change your underwear, undergarments and other underwear?"
"No need, I just took a bath and put on clean underwear."
"I understand, husband, I will go get your coat right now."
Young Master Liu responded to the beauty, drank the herbal tea in the cup in one gulp, and walked to the wardrobe next to the bed.
"Jie'er, are you talking about this light blue jade smoke dress?"
"Yes, that's the one."
Young Master Liu closed the wardrobe and walked to the dressing table with the green smoke dress Chen Jie mentioned.
Looking down at the beauty who was gently applying rouge and gouache on her charming and bright face, Mr. Liu happily crossed his arms in front of him.
Chen Jie seemed to feel Young Master Liu's gaze on her pretty face. She put down the powder box in her hand, looked up at Young Master Liu, and rolled her eyes in anger.
"Silly, why are you staring at me all the time?"
"Jie'er, what you said is that, husband, I've been staring at you, what else could I be looking at?
Of course I am looking at you, this stunning beauty."
When Chen Jie heard Liu Dashao's unstinting words of praise, she was filled with joy and sigh.
What makes me happy is naturally the words of praise from my sweetheart.
Now that I have reached the age of old age and beauty, my husband can still pamper me as before.
As a woman, I can get such pampering.
For myself, this life is enough.
And the things that make me sigh are also because of my age.
Now, I am so many years older than the pillow person standing next to me who is looking at me tenderly.
At my own age, if I continue, how many more years can I stay with him?
Chen Jie looked at Mr. Liu with tender eyes, and gently beat the back of his hand with an angry look.
"Virtue means knowing how to say nice things to make me happy."
"Jie'er, as my husband, I didn't mean to say nice things to make you happy. What I said was all true."
Chen Jie raised her slender hand and took the green smoke dress from Young Master Liu's hand, and put it on her plump and graceful body in an elegant manner.
She tied the ribbon around Liu's waist and reached out to hold Liu's hands.
"Husband."
"Hey, what's wrong?"
Chen Jie stared at Young Master Liu intently, with a trace of sadness in her beautiful eyes. She pursed her red lips and was silent for a moment, then sighed with her mouth slightly open.
"Alas~"
"No, Jie'er, why do you sigh when everything is fine?"
"Husband, I only sigh because I know in my heart that I am old.
In a few years, I won’t be able to accompany you anymore.
The most regrettable thing in life.
There is nothing better than a hero growing old and a beauty turning gray.
Sometimes I just think..."
Before Chen Jie could finish her words, Young Master Liu covered her red lips.
Young Master Liu slowly released his palms, put his hands around the beautiful lady's waist, and gently embraced her into his arms.
"Okay Jie'er, let's not talk about these unhappy topics.
We still have a long time ahead, and we will take whatever step we take."
Chen Jie listened to Mr. Liu's solemn words, closed her eyes slightly, leaned on his shoulder, and nodded her head vigorously a few times.
"Well, I listen to you."
"Jie'er, it's getting late, we should go back to that home."
"Okay, go back, go back now."
Chen Jie left Young Master Liu's arms and quickly sorted out the rouge and gouache on the dressing table.
After a while, the beauty adjusted her clothes and looked at Young Master Liu with a smile like a flower.
"Husband, let's go back."
Young Master Liu smiled lightly, took out the folding fan from his waist, held Chen Jie's wrist and walked straight out of the room.
"Jie'er, before we go back, we have to go to Shu'er's place.
During our family dinner, we can’t forget Shu’er, Haoran and his wife.”
"Husband, sister Shu'er is not necessarily in the princess mansion where Jingyao used to live."
"Huh? It doesn't have to be in the princess's mansion? Then where can she go?"
"Husband, during the time when you left the capital for Shu, Sister Shu'er would take Haoran to the East Palace to take care of Jingyao from time to time.
Husband, you also know that Jingyao is about to give birth.
Sister Shu'er, as the mother of Jingyao girl, how could she not be worried about her health?
Therefore, during these days, sister Shu'er seldom came to my concubine's place as a guest, and spent most of her time in the East Palace.
I don’t know whether she is in the princess’s mansion or taking care of Jingyao in the East Palace.”
When Young Master Liu heard Chen Jie's explanation, he nodded with a clear expression.
"My husband knows, let's go to Shu'er's place first.
If she is not at home, it means that she has most likely gone to the East Palace to take care of this girl Jingyao.
In this case, we will go home directly.
To be continued...