Daily Life of a Powerful Official Supporting His Wife

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

At the Shen family, the drunk Shen Yun drank a bowl of sobering soup outside the bridal chamber, letting the cool breeze blow away the smell of alcohol on his body before pushing the door open and going in.

Li Jiao didn't dare to wash up in advance. When she saw Shen Yun coming, she went to welcome him to bed like a good wife and mother.

Seeing his lovely wife beside him, Shen Yun felt a little embarrassed and said, "I could have returned to my room earlier, but Brother Xie wanted to take his wife back, so I was delayed for a while. By the way, his wife, I remember, is about the same age as you. We could make friends in the future."

When Li Jiao heard Xie Junling was also attending the wedding banquet, she felt a surge of sadness, a sense of bitterness welling up in her heart. She was supposed to be Xie Junling's wife, wasn't she? If...it had been Xie Junling who had come that day, then from now on, she would have been the one to hang around him, reciting poems and writing couplets with him, and enjoying his company.

Li Jiao regained consciousness and suddenly thought of Shen Yun talking about Lu Baoer. Her heart trembled, and she said with some dissatisfaction, "But I heard that his wife is from the countryside?"

A country girl, getting acquainted with the eldest daughter of the Li family, is she worthy?!
Shen Yun was a little surprised when he heard this. Men were naturally more carefree than women and didn't care too much about social status. He was a scholar, so he valued character and knowledge more. How could he judge a person's status based on his official rank?

In fact, this is also what Shen Yun usually says to comfort himself. Although he is only a seventh-rank Hanlin official, he has great ambitions and will surely rise to a high position in the future.

Seeing Li Jiao's low standards, he frowned again and pointed at his wife: "So what if it's from the countryside? Brother Xie is also from the countryside, and he has also written a brilliant article."

Li Jiao didn't want to argue with Shen Yun on her wedding day, so she stopped arguing. She gave in and nodded, saying, "Yes, my husband is right."

Shen Yun's mood calmed down, and he now carefully surveyed his beautiful wife, his mind swirling with emotion. He extinguished the lamp and joined Li Jiao on the bed. Flowers bloomed and fell, orioles wept and swallows chirped, and in the blink of an eye, morning arrived. Shen Yun had two days off for his wedding, and in the mornings, he even drew Li Jiao's eyebrows and painted her hairpins, imitating the poem.

It is natural for a newlywed couple to be in love with each other.

He took Li Jiao to see his mother, Cui, who gave Li Jiao a red envelope, and Li Jiao offered tea to Shen's father. After recognizing her parents-in-law, it was the mother-in-law who asked Li Jiao to stay and talk to her.

Cui was naturally delighted that her son had married such a noble lady. However, she had recently heard some rumors that Li Jiao was being undisciplined and had plotted against her son, and she became dissatisfied with her.

It was this morning that the nanny in Li Jiao's room told Cui that her chastity was still there and there was blood on the couch. Only then did Cui breathe a sigh of relief.

She was afraid that those wealthy families were not clean and would send any evil spirits into the homes of innocent people!
Cui smiled and said, "Ah Jiao, I also started out as a daughter-in-law and eventually became a mother-in-law. I naturally know that daughters-in-law have their own difficulties, and elders have their own difficulties. Now that you have married into my Shen family, you are a daughter-in-law of the Shen family. The etiquette of your mother's family is no longer valid. You must respect your husband. Do you understand?"

What this sentence means is that no matter how prominent Li Jiao was before, now that she is a member of the Shen family, it is not her turn to act arrogantly. She just needs to respect her elders.

Li Jiao bit her lower lip and replied stiffly: "Yes, daughter-in-law understands what mother means."

Li Jiao had never imagined that on the first day of her marriage, Cui Shi couldn't help but want to show her power. How would she manage the servants in the house in the future? She couldn't help but think of Xie Junling's parents being orphaned. If she married into a family like that, would there be no way to get along with the mother-in-law?
This was the first time Li Jiao felt envious of Lu Baoer.

(End of this chapter)