Chapter 11
“Zhao, Zhao, Great General Zhao, I…don’t dare…,” the trusted aide turned his body and kneeled on the floor . His entire body was shaking .
“If you don’t dare, then beat it! When you go back, tell your mistress that in the future Tang Wan is my, Zhao Zhong Shi’s daughter in law . If I hear someone slander her again, then there’s no need for the Lu family to live in the capital any longer!”
“Y-Yes…,” that trusted aide was so scared that his tears even fell down . His appearance was completely different from the arrogant look just now . It made the people observing on all sides look in contempt .
“In this area of the capital, only I can block people . There has not been anyone who dared to block me . If today isn’t the day the Zhao family sends the betrothal gift to the Tang family, I will have your dog head!” Zhao Zhong Shi no longer took a look at the trusted aide and walked towards the Tang family in large strides, bringing his son with him .
When Zhao Shi Cheng saw his father looking extremely imposing, he knew that his father was intentionally making people not dare to belittle the Tang family . He couldn’t help but laugh in spite of himself .
He intentionally followed his father and stood at the door of the Tang family, taking the initiative to bow towards Tang laoye and politely said, “Uncle Tang, today my father and mother specially came here to propose a marriage towards Miss Tang for me . The matchmaker and the betrothal gift is behind us . Because time was a little pressing, I’m afraid it isn’t well prepared . Furthermore, my father was away due to royal orders and only came home the day before yesterday so it was postponed until today that we came to propose . I hope uncle will forgive me . ”
His move gave Tang laoye a lot of face . Tang laoye hurriedly middle along as he bowed and raised his hand in salute . After that, he welcomed the honored guests inside without a single look towards Lu You’s wedding procession while the Zhao family’s betrothal gifts party slowly lifted the betrothal gifts one by one pa.s.s the door .
Lu You’s wedding procession, due to Madam Tang’s demand, was forced to walk through this lane . This time, it was really embarra.s.sing . Because you can’t backtrack getting married, the members of the entire party could only stop on this lane and wait until the Zhao family’s party went through before they could continue onwards . Before saying anything about the possibility of missing the auspicious hour and time, Lu You’s complexion was even more superb, black one moment and pale the next . Because of his indecisiveness, he allowed his mother to bully and humiliate Tang Wan . Now, he saw Zhao Shi Cheng propose with his own eyes and suffered the loss of his true love . It can also be counted as meeting his retribution .
The gesticulation of the pa.s.serby on the side was needless to say even more . The people who originally sympathized with the Tang family was all filled with admiration towards the Zhao family’s imposing manner . There was even more women who was envious of Tang Wan . She actually had the chance to remarry into such a great husband’s family . As for the Lu family, they already became a laughing matter .
The Zhao family entered the Tang family’s hall . After the son and daughter of both sides greeted each other, the food and drink were quickly placed on the table . Everybody exchanged compliments happily .
Because her father warned her that she couldn’t eat anything, Tang Wan could only quietly sit there . But when it landed in Zhao Shi Cheng’s eyes, it became composed and quiet .
“As expected, the daughters of the Tang family are ,as rumors said, beautiful and talented . My son is the most fortunate to be able to marry such a wife!”
Zhao Zhong Shi laughed and praised .
“Great General Zhao is exaggerating . Wan er suffers from poor health . I’m still afraid she isn’t worthy of young master Zhao!” Although Tang laoye was proud of his daughter, but he also had to verbally modest .
“I’m really saying the truth! The Zhao family is a set of military man . If we had such a highly talented daughter-in-law like Tang Wan, our Zhao family can also have some bookish charm . ” The more Zhao Zhong Shi looked at this daughter-in-law the more satisfied he was .
The two families was there, you praise and I’m modest . But Tang Wan couldn’t sit still . The entire table was filled with food but she couldn’t eat a single bite . The kind of pain where you could only drool in your mind was simply more of an agony compared to being in h.e.l.l . She couldn’t endure any longer and pulled on her father’s sleeves, stopping his conversation . She said with a blushing face, “ Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao, father and mother, Wan er wIll withdraw first . ”
This kind of dinner party discussed her marriage . Naturally, it was unsuitable for her to be on the scene . Especially since everyone praised her, naturally she couldn’t repress her embarra.s.sment . When everyone thought of this, they all understood . Therefore, Tang furen laughed and allowed her to leave .
As for Madam Zhao, originally she still had a complaint towards Tang Wan’s ident.i.ty as a divorced woman . Now that she saw that she was indeed beautiful and had an outstanding temperament, even more importantly, she didn’t have the any arrogance of a female scholar and knew when to advance and retreat, her heart also slowly accepted this future daughter in law .
Once Tang Wan left, the two families began to speak about the matters of the wedding without restrictions .
But this time, it changed into Zhao Shi Cheng who couldn’t wait anymore . He fidgeted as he darted a look straight at the door Tang Wan left from . It wasn’t easy enduring until both sides were discussing up to one stage . He opened his mouth and said, “Uh… Uncle Tang, Aunt Tang, is it possible for me to see Tang Wan?”
When he said this, everyone all laughed . Zhao Zhong Shi even scolding jokingly, “ This son of mine, now that you have a wife, you don’t want your father and mother . What’s the rush?”
“General is overstating it . Young people are all like this . We also had a time like this . Just let him go . ” The more Tang furen sees her son-in-law, the more she was amused . She dropped a hint with good intentions . “Right now, Wan er should be at the garden with Xiao Chun accompanying her!”
In any case, the servant girl was there, so everyone let Zhao Shi Cheng go .
He happily went to the back garden, but there was not a single figure in sight . Suddenly, his sharp eyes glanced towards Xiao Chun who walked quickly out from what seemed to be the kitchen . Her lips were still muttering to herself . He supposed that Tang Wan was probably inside so he quickened his pace and went to meet her .
“Wan er, are you inside?” Zhao Shi Cheng came to the kitchen door and sure enough, he saw Tang Wan . But before he had the time to be happy, the scene that fell into his made him at loss for words . His voice was even stuck in his throat .
Inside the kitchen, Tang Wan was currently fighting bravely with a pig feet . Although her table manners weren’t bad, but she ate free from inhibitions . In front of her eyes, there was a large roasted suckling pig on the table . In addition, it was eaten until only a whole pig head was left . On the side, the bones of the pig was piled up on a mountain . There wasn’t anyone else inside the kitchen so it couldn’t have someone else who ate it .
Inside the kitchen, Tang Wan was currently fighting bravely with a pig feet . Although her table manners weren’t bad, but she ate free from inhibitions . In front of her eyes, there was a large roasted suckling pig on the table . In addition, it was eaten until only a whole pig head was left . On the side, the bones of the pig was piled up on a mountain . There wasn’t anyone else inside the kitchen so it couldn’t have someone else who ate it .
When she heard Zhao Shi Chang’s voice, Tang Wan almost choked . She lifted her head and really saw him stand at the door . His shocked expression cause her to not know how to exonerate this matter for a moment . She could only grab her pig foot and look back at him dumbly .
Zhao Shi Chung only spent a while trying to find his voice . He pointed at the bones on the table and asked with great difficulty . “Wan er, did you eat all of this?”
She couldn’t deny it . Her cheeks were still bulging! She could only nod her head blankly .
This was an entire pig! Could she really eat all that? He looked at her slender body . Where did all the meat she ate disappear to? He gulped his saliva and suddenly also remembered something . He struggled to ask, “Then, that time at YingFeng pavilion, I gave you ten chickens . Could it be that you…”
“I didn’t eat all of it!” Tang Wan rushed to swallow the meat in her mouth and help defend herself . “I gave two to Xiao Chun and the guards . ”
Two…didn’t that mean that she ate the eight chickens that were left? Zhao Shi Cheng felt like he was about to faint . The shock he felt, within only the time of these two conversations, really wasn’t small . It was as if there was a small corner that crumbled from her G.o.ddess like image and he didn’t know how to react .
She saw his taciturn and thought that he had the intentions of breaking off the engagement now that he discovered her true colors . She scolded herself angrily in her mind for being gluttonous . Her appearance became a pitiable manner . “You…could it be that you don’t want to marry me anymore because of this? I said it before, m-my appet.i.te is a little larger compared to most people . ” She didn’t know why but when she thought that he couldn’t marry her and they became estranged from now on, she actually had no appet.i.te for the first time .
A woman could eat one entire pig and eight chickens? Was this called an appet.i.te that’s a little big? This “little” is a little too big!
A woman could eat one entire pig and eight chickens? Was this called an appet.i.te that’s a little big? This “little” is a little too big!
He used every ounce of strength to just calm the shock in his heart . After he came out of his dazed state, her delicate and charming expression came into his eyes . At that moment, he felt his heart melt at her delicacy again . He suddenly thought that his current expression was inappropriate in front of her . It caused her to be so alarmed and stoop to compromise as if he disliked her . But he clearly didn’t have this sort of idea .
When he carefully recalled, she was eating with relish just now and the look of her bulging cheeks was quite cute . He never saw any women have their meals as elegantly and also to their heart’s content as her . Didn’t this mean that she was pure and innocent?
After he accepted the situation, he blamed himself while comforting her, “ Wan er, you’re overthinking it . Just now, I was only…uh, a little surprised . But this can’t scare me . It was only eating an entire pig . It’s not you like committed some heinous crime . Of course, I’ll marry you . ”
“Really?” Tang Wan smiled . Her bright and charming eyes glistened . “That’s great . Then, in the future, I don’t have to cover it up . ”
“Yes, yes, yes . You don’t have to cover it up…” Zhao Shi Cheng saw her smile and also smiled along with her . Although this truly was his sincere words, his determination to marry Tang Wan also didn’t change, but in his bones 1 his stingy nature caused him to secretly wail in his heart .
It seems that in the future he really needs to think of a method to earn more money . Supporting a woman really isn’t easy . There’s an additional money pit in the family, ah…
T/n: Merry late Christmas! Did you guys do anything special for the holidays or maybe finally get something you wanted for a really long time? I know I did . Christmas is such a nice holiday . Anyway, I wanted to post yesterday but I couldn’t finish the chapters since my charger decided to put on a disappearing act after my device died . From this experience, I’ve learned that I’m not good at keeping my schedule . Hahaha .
I just want to point out that Zhao Shi Cheng finally discovered her “little” appet.i.te . That was fun to read . I could almost picture Tang Wan frozen when Zhao Shi Cheng saw her eating an entire pig . Now, I just want to see how he reacts to her “little” strength . As I mentioned before, the 33 chapters is actually just 10 long chapters separated into 33 . In this chapter, I cut out the beginning of chapter 4 and I’ll paste that in chapter 12 .
in the bones—beneath the surface; in one’sinnermost nature; in substance “Zhao, Zhao, Great General Zhao, I…don’t dare…,” the trusted aide turned his body and kneeled on the floor . His entire body was shaking
.
“If you don’t dare, then beat it! When you go back, tell your mistress that in the future Tang Wan is my, Zhao Zhong Shi’s daughter in law . If I hear someone slander her again, then there’s no need for the Lu family to live in the capital any longer!”.
.
“Y-Yes…,” that trusted aide was so scared that his tears even fell down . His appearance was completely different from the arrogant look just now . It made the people observing on all sides look in contempt
.
“In this area of the capital, only I can block people . There has not been anyone who dared to block me . If today isn’t the day the Zhao family sends the betrothal gift to the Tang family, I will have your dog head!” Zhao Zhong Shi no longer took a look at the trusted aide and walked towards the Tang family in large strides, bringing his son with him
.
When Zhao Shi Cheng saw his father looking extremely imposing, he knew that his father was intentionally making people not dare to belittle the Tang family . He couldn’t help but laugh in spite of himself
.
He intentionally followed his father and stood at the door of the Tang family, taking the initiative to bow towards Tang laoye and politely said, “Uncle Tang, today my father and mother specially came here to propose a marriage towards Miss Tang for me . The matchmaker and the betrothal gift is behind us . Because time was a little pressing, I’m afraid it isn’t well prepared . Furthermore, my father was away due to royal orders and only came home the day before yesterday so it was postponed until today that we came to propose . I hope uncle will forgive me . ”.
.
His move gave Tang laoye a lot of face . Tang laoye hurriedly middle along as he bowed and raised his hand in salute . After that, he welcomed the honored guests inside without a single look towards Lu You’s wedding procession while the Zhao family’s betrothal gifts party slowly lifted the betrothal gifts one by one pa.s.s the door
.
Lu You’s wedding procession, due to Madam Tang’s demand, was forced to walk through this lane . This time, it was really embarra.s.sing . Because you can’t backtrack getting married, the members of the entire party could only stop on this lane and wait until the Zhao family’s party went through before they could continue onwards . Before saying anything about the possibility of missing the auspicious hour and time, Lu You’s complexion was even more superb, black one moment and pale the next . Because of his indecisiveness, he allowed his mother to bully and humiliate Tang Wan . Now, he saw Zhao Shi Cheng propose with his own eyes and suffered the loss of his true love . It can also be counted as meeting his retribution
.
The gesticulation of the pa.s.serby on the side was needless to say even more . The people who originally sympathized with the Tang family was all filled with admiration towards the Zhao family’s imposing manner . There was even more women who was envious of Tang Wan . She actually had the chance to remarry into such a great husband’s family . As for the Lu family, they already became a laughing matter
.
The Zhao family entered the Tang family’s hall . After the son and daughter of both sides greeted each other, the food and drink were quickly placed on the table . Everybody exchanged compliments happily
.
Because her father warned her that she couldn’t eat anything, Tang Wan could only quietly sit there . But when it landed in Zhao Shi Cheng’s eyes, it became composed and quiet
.
“As expected, the daughters of the Tang family are ,as rumors said, beautiful and talented . My son is the most fortunate to be able to marry such a wife!”.
.
Zhao Zhong Shi laughed and praised
.
“Great General Zhao is exaggerating . Wan er suffers from poor health . I’m still afraid she isn’t worthy of young master Zhao!” Although Tang laoye was proud of his daughter, but he also had to verbally modest
.
“I’m really saying the truth! The Zhao family is a set of military man . If we had such a highly talented daughter-in-law like Tang Wan, our Zhao family can also have some bookish charm . ” The more Zhao Zhong Shi looked at this daughter-in-law the more satisfied he was
.
The two families was there, you praise and I’m modest . But Tang Wan couldn’t sit still . The entire table was filled with food but she couldn’t eat a single bite . The kind of pain where you could only drool in your mind was simply more of an agony compared to being in h.e.l.l . She couldn’t endure any longer and pulled on her father’s sleeves, stopping his conversation . She said with a blushing face, “ Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao, father and mother, Wan er wIll withdraw first . ”.
.
This kind of dinner party discussed her marriage . Naturally, it was unsuitable for her to be on the scene . Especially since everyone praised her, naturally she couldn’t repress her embarra.s.sment . When everyone thought of this, they all understood . Therefore, Tang furen laughed and allowed her to leave
.
As for Madam Zhao, originally she still had a complaint towards Tang Wan’s ident.i.ty as a divorced woman . Now that she saw that she was indeed beautiful and had an outstanding temperament, even more importantly, she didn’t have the any arrogance of a female scholar and knew when to advance and retreat, her heart also slowly accepted this future daughter in law
.
Once Tang Wan left, the two families began to speak about the matters of the wedding without restrictions
.
But this time, it changed into Zhao Shi Cheng who couldn’t wait anymore . He fidgeted as he darted a look straight at the door Tang Wan left from . It wasn’t easy enduring until both sides were discussing up to one stage . He opened his mouth and said, “Uh… Uncle Tang, Aunt Tang, is it possible for me to see Tang Wan?”.
.
When he said this, everyone all laughed . Zhao Zhong Shi even scolding jokingly, “ This son of mine, now that you have a wife, you don’t want your father and mother . What’s the rush?”.
.
“General is overstating it . Young people are all like this . We also had a time like this . Just let him go . ” The more Tang furen sees her son-in-law, the more she was amused . She dropped a hint with good intentions . “Right now, Wan er should be at the garden with Xiao Chun accompanying her!”.
.
In any case, the servant girl was there, so everyone let Zhao Shi Cheng go
.
He happily went to the back garden, but there was not a single figure in sight . Suddenly, his sharp eyes glanced towards Xiao Chun who walked quickly out from what seemed to be the kitchen . Her lips were still muttering to herself . He supposed that Tang Wan was probably inside so he quickened his pace and went to meet her
.
“Wan er, are you inside?” Zhao Shi Cheng came to the kitchen door and sure enough, he saw Tang Wan . But before he had the time to be happy, the scene that fell into his made him at loss for words . His voice was even stuck in his throat
.
Inside the kitchen, Tang Wan was currently fighting bravely with a pig feet . Although her table manners weren’t bad, but she ate free from inhibitions . In front of her eyes, there was a large roasted suckling pig on the table . In addition, it was eaten until only a whole pig head was left . On the side, the bones of the pig was piled up on a mountain . There wasn’t anyone else inside the kitchen so it couldn’t have someone else who ate it
.
When she heard Zhao Shi Chang’s voice, Tang Wan almost choked . She lifted her head and really saw him stand at the door . His shocked expression cause her to not know how to exonerate this matter for a moment . She could only grab her pig foot and look back at him dumbly
.
Zhao Shi Chung only spent a while trying to find his voice . He pointed at the bones on the table and asked with great difficulty . “Wan er, did you eat all of this?”.
.
She couldn’t deny it . Her cheeks were still bulging! She could only nod her head blankly
.
This was an entire pig! Could she really eat all that? He looked at her slender body . Where did all the meat she ate disappear to? He gulped his saliva and suddenly also remembered something . He struggled to ask, “Then, that time at YingFeng pavilion, I gave you ten chickens . Could it be that you…”.
.
“I didn’t eat all of it!” Tang Wan rushed to swallow the meat in her mouth and help defend herself . “I gave two to Xiao Chun and the guards . ”.
.
Two…didn’t that mean that she ate the eight chickens that were left? Zhao Shi Cheng felt like he was about to faint . The shock he felt, within only the time of these two conversations, really wasn’t small . It was as if there was a small corner that crumbled from her G.o.ddess like image and he didn’t know how to react
.
She saw his taciturn and thought that he had the intentions of breaking off the engagement now that he discovered her true colors . She scolded herself angrily in her mind for being gluttonous . Her appearance became a pitiable manner . “You…could it be that you don’t want to marry me anymore because of this? I said it before, m-my appet.i.te is a little larger compared to most people . ” She didn’t know why but when she thought that he couldn’t marry her and they became estranged from now on, she actually had no appet.i.te for the first time
.
A woman could eat one entire pig and eight chickens? Was this called an appet.i.te that’s a little big? This “little” is a little too big!.
.
He used every ounce of strength to just calm the shock in his heart . After he came out of his dazed state, her delicate and charming expression came into his eyes . At that moment, he felt his heart melt at her delicacy again . He suddenly thought that his current expression was inappropriate in front of her . It caused her to be so alarmed and stoop to compromise as if he disliked her . But he clearly didn’t have this sort of idea
.
When he carefully recalled, she was eating with relish just now and the look of her bulging cheeks was quite cute . He never saw any women have their meals as elegantly and also to their heart’s content as her . Didn’t this mean that she was pure and innocent?.
.
After he accepted the situation, he blamed himself while comforting her, “ Wan er, you’re overthinking it . Just now, I was only…uh, a little surprised . But this can’t scare me . It was only eating an entire pig . It’s not you like committed some heinous crime . Of course, I’ll marry you . ”.
.
“Really?” Tang Wan smiled . Her bright and charming eyes glistened . “That’s great . Then, in the future, I don’t have to cover it up . ”.
.
“Yes, yes, yes . You don’t have to cover it up…” Zhao Shi Cheng saw her smile and also smiled along with her . Although this truly was his sincere words, his determination to marry Tang Wan also didn’t change, but in his bones 1 his stingy nature caused him to secretly wail in his heart
.
It seems that in the future he really needs to think of a method to earn more money . Supporting a woman really isn’t easy . There’s an additional money pit in the family, ah….
.
T/n: Merry late Christmas! Did you guys do anything special for the holidays or maybe finally get something you wanted for a really long time? I know I did . Christmas is such a nice holiday . Anyway, I wanted to post yesterday but I couldn’t finish the chapters since my charger decided to put on a disappearing act after my device died . From this experience, I’ve learned that I’m not good at keeping my schedule . Hahaha
I just want to point out that Zhao Shi Cheng finally discovered her “little” appet.i.te . That was fun to read . I could almost picture Tang Wan frozen when Zhao Shi Cheng saw her eating an entire pig . Now, I just want to see how he reacts to her “little” strength . As I mentioned before, the 33 chapters is actually just 10 long chapters separated into 33 . In this chapter, I cut out the beginning of chapter 4 and I’ll paste that in chapter 12 in the bones—beneath the surface; in one’sinnermost nature; in substance