Chapter 452.1: Xuan’er First Birthday
Afterwards, all the way until the afternoon meal, when leaving the Falling Plum Blossom Residence, “Mother, later let father clip a branch of plum blossom for me and send to Jin Qinw.a.n.g Manor.” Jing Wan said seeing the plum blossoms in the courtyard.
“Alright, your father certainly will personally clip a branch for you.” Zhang-s.h.i.+ smilingly said. Zhang-s.h.i.+ right now really was satisfied with all things.
Jing Wan saw the somewhat gloomy looking Jin Qinw.a.n.g, clearly in a bad mood. And the people in the surrounding, a bunch of men, all careful and apprehensive, just fearing that the living Enma will lash out all of a sudden.
Jing Wan was just like as if not seeing, smilingly calling out w.a.n.gye.
Li Hong Yuan coldly looked to her. Solely from his gaze, one seemingly could sense the coldness, making one can’t help but wipe a cold sweat for Jing Wan, just fearing that Jin Qinw.a.n.g will vent his anger on her.
Jing Wan wasn’t scared in the slightest, but right now, it also wasn’t good to smooth his fur. With this many people, if too intimate, it certainly won’t be good.
Also, the living Enma’s snake disease generally won’t act up in front of outsiders.
During the afternoon nap after the afternoon meal, Jing Wan stayed by Luo Old Madam’s side, the grandmother and granddaughter pair having a private talk.
Not long after, Le Cheng Emperor summoned Jin Qinw.a.n.g, and Jing Wan also left along with. In any case, she will return again on the fourteenth, so there was no hurry to have everything said today.
In the first lunar month, there wasn’t anything to do to begin with, so Jing Wan naturally was even more idle, petting the little tiger cub in extreme boredom. After raising for about a month, it has for the most part already become tamed. The little tiger cub has also grown a lot bigger, but if continuing to raise like this, Jing Wan was a hundred percent certain that this tiger can only become a domestic pet and absolutely can’t be returned to the forest.
Li Hong Yuan lifted the curtains and entered the room, just seeing Jing Wan contently holding a white furball, with another one resting on her lap, while she was leisurely reading a book. His gaze instantly became a bit gloomy, going forward, picking up the little tiger cub by the nape, and tossing aside. The other one, seeing the situation, quickly jumped down and ran away on its own.
Jing Wan placed down the book, lifting her head to look at him. Originally, she wanted to say, be a bit more gentle towards the little tiger cub, but in an instant, she wisely chose to shut her mouth. Getting up, she tidied her collar, “How come you returned this quickly?”
“What, don’t want to see this prince?”
Jing Wan really wanted to shout for her innocence, “What are you saying, just felt it’s a bit strange, that’s all.”
“Heh…………” The living Enma sneered, pulling Jing Wan’s wrist, “Someone come, prepare the water, this prince will take a bath.” Slightly pulling along, he took Jing Wan into the cleaning room.
Was it really just taking a bath? It was clearly his disease acting up!
Clearly the ‘symptoms’ had already improved, so who struck his ‘sensitive’ nerve today? Jing Wan felt that she wanted to beat up that person. Before anything even happened, she just subconsciously rubbed her own waist. Indulging in debauchery in the daytime really was ‘wis.h.i.+ng to cry but have no tears’.
For the sake of letting a certain someone be able to slightly ‘take pity’ on her, Jing Wan felt that it was better for her to be a bit more perceptive and a bit more a.s.sertive.
Just, when the living Enma’s snake disease acted up, that was just being completely unreasonable, able to pick a bone out of an egg. To put it bluntly, that was just whatever you do, it was all wrong, and as the saying goes, if you’d done it correctly, then he wouldn’t have reason to cause trouble, no?
Jing Wan wanted to take off her clothes on her own; he just barbarically ripped it off. She wanted to step into the tub herself; he just had her picked up and thrown in. Obediently leaning forward, he had her thoroughly washed first, just like as if there was something dirty on her.
Jing Wan couldn’t take it anymore and snapped. If this wasn’t her man, and moreover, in the middle of his disease acting up, she all wanted to have him slapped into the skies, letting him go stand next to the sun, but unfortunately, this kind of thing, she could only think about.
Even so, the living Enma was still unmoved. This kind that was unmoved by neither force nor persuasion was the most difficult to deal with, and Jing Wan wasn’t able to really be angry with him. In the end, it was just feeling helpless, leaning against him as she lightly stroked his st.u.r.dy body, asking, “Exactly what’s wrong today? Can you just tell me directly? You being like this really is hard on me.”
Li Hong Yuan’s expression ultimately softened a little, but can he say that at the Luo Manor, never mind being bored and having no one to keep him company, he even saw Chen Zheng Min? The Chen family was Luo Old Madam’s maiden family, so for them to come to the Luo Manor, it couldn’t be more normal. Besides, Jing Wan didn’t even see Chen Zheng Min’s face, and perhaps didn’t even think of this person. Moreover, for him to mess with his wife because of this, truly was a bit not like a man. Just, recalling that his wife had stopped him from having the person killed, he just felt upset.
“Wan Wan, in the future, don’t hold those animals anymore. It’s best if you don’t touch them at all. If this husband finds out, this husband will let someone have them chopped and turned into fertilizer for your flowers. Wan Wan likes plants and flowers more than those animals, no?” That’s right, this was also one of the reasons why Li Hong Yuan’s disease acted up.
So, this was the reason why things were different from usual, not directly doing it, instead was.h.i.+ng first, and even thoroughly was.h.i.+ng? This was purely having issues!
As for this person being off since back at the Luo Manor, Jing Wan didn’t plan on looking deeper into this.
Just, those cute furry animals, if can only look at and can’t pet, what use is there raising?
Li Hong Yuan didn’t give her time to ponder over those trivial matters. After controlling his emotions, when starting to eat his wife, he wasn’t that rough, instead considerably gentle. When overly gentle, it just became exceptionally numbing, and moreover, this time, it was even unprecedentedly long. Jing Wan got thoroughly eaten from head to toe. That kind of persisting feeling practically made one fall apart.
In the very end, Jing Wan was motionless for a very long time. She suspect that she has already become a useless person.
When a certain someone’s mood eased, Jing Wan thought that he finally knew to control himself, worthy of celebration, but in reality, a certain someone has already escalated to the level of a terminal patient.
Li Hong Yuan’s negative emotions have already gone down, and although it wasn’t intense, this feeling similarly was wonderful, kissing Jing Wan’s cheek, seemingly wis.h.i.+ng to continue. But, if he continues bullying, he was afraid that he will get kicked out the door.
In the following days, Li Hong Yuan handled the follow-up problems in the northeast border town, while staying cooped up in the manor with Jing Wan, living ‘listless’ days without the slightest sense of time. Jing Wan once again felt that she was really about to become a useless person.
As for whether the entire capital was really peaceful or churning with dark undercurrents, it seemingly all didn’t have anything to do with them.
However, regardless of what, waiting until after the lantern festival on the fifteenth, when the imperial court resumes, what should erupt certainly will all erupt.
When Jing Wan said she will prepare a big present for Xuan’er, that amount definitely was ample.
For families that genuinely have wealth, that was ama.s.sing the dowry for their daughters starting from birth. Although Sun Yi Jia’s own a.s.sets were already very ample, it was still just a drop in the ocean compared to Jin Qinw.a.n.g Manor’s. Jing Wan completely didn’t mind helping her ama.s.s. In any case, regardless of how ample, in the future, there will be her uncle-in-law helping back her, and when marrying into the husband’s family, don’t even think about scheming against her in the slightest.
However, for the sake of not letting her own niece be too ostentatious, the things Jing Wan chose, aside from making it several times more generous on the surface———It couldn’t be helped. The presents Jin Qinw.a.n.g Manor previously sent were displayed there. If it suddenly were to become too thin, it would instead be abnormal. The genuinely good things were all handled privately, neither flashy nor conspicuous. Don’t look at how many things were sent to the Luo Manor before the new year. When carefully examining, there weren’t any that were genuinely eye-catching. The most fundamental sense of propriety, Jing Wan still had. Even so, she still got ‘warned’ by her own grandparents. However, carefully thinking it over, looking at the wealth she controlled in her hands now, and comparing it to her situation in the past back at the Luo family, seemingly, it was indeed a bit too extravagant.