Volume 1 Chapter 117: Rules (Part 1)

  Her soft and boneless body, her delicate and warm skin, made him love her so much that he couldn't bear to let go... He felt his heart fluttering wildly, his blood boiling over... But in the end, he still gave up halfway.

  He has his own pride.

  Eleventh Girl gazed at him, her eyes like a Jiangnan March, hazy with smoke and rain.

  "I don't know how it ended up like this either..." she said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.

  Xu Lingyi held up the lantern to look at her.

  The eleven-year-old girl's face turned bright red like a plum blossom and she wrapped herself tightly: "I, I'm fine..."

  Xu Lingyi looked at her delicate eyebrows and eyes, her previously unremarkable body now tense and robust, even more majestic than before.

  From the perspective of Eleven Girl, it's crystal clear.

  A flicker of fear flashed across her eyes.

  Xu Lingyi let out a sigh in her heart, turned around and wrapped her arms around her waist, gently rubbing her head: "I'll call Yatou to come in!"

  The eleventh girl wanted to speak but stopped: "I..." Actually, I don't know what I want to say either.

  Xu Lingyi smiled softly: "Nothing, nothing." Then she went to call the night-shift maid and went to the toilet herself.

  The lights in the house are shining brightly.

  Amber lowered her eyebrows and served Eleventh Princess as she bathed.

  "Amber." Eleventh Sister lay in the large cedar bathtub, watching as petals floated on the water's surface, dyeing the clear liquid red. "When is my little day?"

  Amber's spirit lifted: "Although it's not very accurate, more than half of them are at the end of the month."

  The eleventh girl murmured "uh-huh" and closed her eyes, feeling the comfort of warm water enveloping her body.

  "Madam," Amber hesitated, "are you suspecting... should we call a doctor..."

  After all, she is still an unmarried young girl.

  Eleventh girl smiled slightly: "No need. I just asked."

  Amber didn't understand either, but Shiyi was concerned and that's always a good thing.

  She smiled and helped the eleventh daughter dress, then tidied up and left the dressing room.

  The curtains were half open, and her eyes inadvertently drifted past... watching Master Hou holding Shiyi Niang in his arms... one hand caressing her temples, the other slipping into Shiyi Niang's clothes... the apricot-yellow parallel lotus patterned bellyband came undone, revealing a glimpse of snow-white breasts... extremely alluring, extremely beautiful.

  Amber's face turned red with blood, she quickly walked out of the door, her heart still racing wildly.

  No wonder Dong Qing didn't want to work the night shift.

  Who would have thought I'd encounter this too...

  Old Lady Tao is right, madam should give Master Hou a concubine, and then they won't need them to serve in such matters again.

  Also thought of what Shiyi Niang asked herself on the eve of her wedding: "Are you willing to follow me?"

  Stay there for a while.

  His means are extraordinary, Eleventh Girl had heard of them in her past life but never experienced them. When it was her turn, she felt extremely embarrassed amidst her helplessness.

  She couldn't help but clasp Xu Lingyi's hand hidden in her own body: "Hou Ye, I beg of you..." Her voice was low and husky, on the verge of tears.

  He gazed at her pale face and finally gave up.

  Covered her clothes for her, held her down and lay down: "Go to sleep early! Tomorrow is still an early dynasty."

  Eleventh girl leaned into Xu Lingyi's arms, separated by a thin layer of clothing, and could clearly feel his excitement. She didn't dare move at all, closing her eyes and only hoping that the ugly time would come soon.

  Not only is his body stiff, but he's also slightly trembling.

  Xu Lingyi never forced women. Women in front of him were always willing to tremble for him...

  He tightly wrapped Shíyīniáng in his own quilt and then got into her cold bed: "Go to sleep!"

  His hand gently brushed a strand of black hair hanging down her cheek behind her ear, and saw her expression obviously relax.

  His hand hesitated for a moment, then resolutely turned over and blew out the lamp.

  The sound of the watchman's drum reached his ears, beat by beat, urging him to get up at the fourth watch. Then he silently got out of bed, dressed, washed and had breakfast.

  Pushing open the door, outside was a vast expanse of white, with goose-down-like soft snowflakes still falling from the sky.

  "Lord Hou, it's snowing." Lin Bo draped a black otter fur cloak over Xu Lingyi.

  He stared absent-mindedly at the cloak on his body, which was shimmering with a dark, thorny light under the big red lantern. He thought of the raven-black hair that cascaded down his back in the lamplight... Suddenly he said: "Go burn some hand warmers!"

  Dumbfounded by the surging waves.

  Miaojiang is so hot that the lord's collar isn't even loosened, while Xibei is so cold that not a single brazier is used... how did he return to Yanjing and still need to burn a hand warmer?

  Years of strict training made him immediately lower his head and respectfully answer "yes", then quietly instruct the young servant beside him to light the hand warmer.

  Xu Lingyi took advantage of the waiting opportunity to enter the inner chamber.

  He lifted the curtain and saw Shi-yi still sleeping.

  Her slender eyebrows were slightly furrowed, either thinking of something in her dreams or feeling the discomfort of the lamp light shining into the curtains, she gently turned over, her brow slightly relaxed, but her red lips pouted slightly, like a sulky child, with a special kind of innocence.

  Xu Lingyi lost her smile and gently put down the curtain, striding out in big steps.

  Listening to the footsteps fading away, Shíyīniáng let out a long sigh and opened her eyes.

  She didn't want to see Xu Lingyi... after that night, everything felt awkward.

  Lying quietly, the quilt seemed to still retain Xu Lingyi's scent, mellow and warm.

  She likes it and feels at ease.

  But didn't think of going further...

  There were gradually the soft footsteps of maidservants walking quietly.

  "Madam, madam!" Amber called out softly to her.

  The eleventh girl took a deep breath.

  Still have to go and pay respects to the old lady!

  She slowly got up, revealing a warm and gentle smile: "Come in! I'm already awake."

  Amber hung the curtains, green clouds brought a pair of jade and Fragrance Creek served her to get up.

  Nan Yong's wife came in and greeted her, then quickly and skillfully combed her hair.

  Eleventh Girl ordered Amber: "Go and call Mom Tao over!"

  Amber left at the sound of her name being called.

  Before long, Nanyang's wife had finished braiding the pigtails.

  The eleventh girl looked left and right, sizing up the person in the mirror.

  His expression remains calm and composed, his smile as warm and friendly as ever.

  She nodded in satisfaction.

  Nan Yong's wife opened the carved red lacquer box, and the glittering hairpins shone brightly, like the dense stars at the edge of the sky.

  She pulled out randomly.

  "The kitchen made some milk pastry today, remember to bring two back for Niu'er to eat later."

  Eleventh Girl smiled and picked up a hairpin made of blue glass with filigree enamel.

  Nanyong's wife took it with both hands and helped Shier Niang put it on, her movements slightly stiff: "Every day taking food from your place to bring back... Nanyong knew he had to say something about me."

  "It's not something good. Rarely does Niu'er like it." Eleventh Lady smiled as she gazed at Nan Yong's wife, watching her open the carved red lacquer box containing earrings and rings. "Niu'er will be delighted when she wakes up to see you've returned home with things for her to eat."

  Nan Yong's wife nodded repeatedly, her shyness turning into joy: "The silly girl only knows how to eat. Seeing me go out and come back every day with delicious snacks, she says she must listen and lie in bed, not kick the quilt, don't want Zhao Auntie to coax, and wait quietly for me to come back."

  Children's demands on their parents are sometimes very low...

  The 11th girl's eyebrows flashed with a hint of sadness, and she smiled: "Then don't listen to Nan Yong. He's an uncouth person, what does he understand? I'm eating alone, and I won't be able to finish it anyway, so I'll just pour it away."

  Nan Yong's wife smiled with pursed lips, looking very embarrassed.

  The little maid reported: "Tao's mother has arrived."

  Eleventh daughter let South Yong's wife retreat, looked at Tao Mama and smiled: "My little days are mostly at the end of the month, you see when it is better to arrange the concubines' nights?"

  "Of course it's arranged at the beginning of the month or at the end of the month."

  Nanyong's wife took a step forward and stopped in front of the curtain.

  Eleventh Girl was attracted by Tao's mother's words and didn't notice Nanyong's wife, but her mind was racing quickly.

  If so, then one's own days are in the middle of the month, it is easy to get pregnant!

  Could it be that I guessed wrong...

  She smiled and picked out a pair of bright red cloisonné carnations from the small box in front of her.

  "If you arrange your own days at the beginning or end of the month, you will definitely encounter small days." Taomama smiled and helped Shiyimao wear earrings: "I'm afraid that by then, we'll have to arrange a conjugal visit." As she spoke, she looked at Shiyimao with a smile that was not quite a smile, "Nowadays, Houye is not unwilling to favor his wife, why should the madam give up this opportunity for nothing? Arrange the concubines at the beginning or end of the month, and you arrange yourself in the middle, it's the most suitable."

  The eleventh girl smiled and said "I know", then focused on dressing up.

  As I was about to leave the door, I saw Nanyong's wife standing under the eaves with an oil-paper package in her arms, lowering her head and gently rubbing the ground with her left foot.

  "What's wrong?" asked Shiyi Nang with a smile, "Is there something you want to tell me?"

  Nan Yong's wife looked up at Shier Niang with a gaze that was somewhat terrified, like a small rabbit.

  The eleventh girl tried her best to make her smile approachable and waited quietly for her to speak up.

  Nan Yong's wife gazed at the warm and gentle smile of Shiyi Niang, feeling the pastries in her arms burning hot. She pursed her lips, but finally spoke up: "I... I have something to tell you, madam..."

  Eleventh Young Master and Nanyong's wife entered the hall together.

  "Nanny hastily said: 'Madam, you can't schedule your own days in the middle of the month. The days before and after are the easiest to get pregnant.' Her voice was urgent and rapid, as if something was chasing her from behind."

  The eleventh girl was shocked.

  "I didn't mean to." Nanyong's wife's face turned somewhat pale.

  The eleventh girl suddenly understood.

  It seems that I read it in a book, people used to think that the days before and after ovulation were the easiest to get pregnant, so they often arranged high-ranking concubines to wait for the emperor's bed around this time, but as a result, it was actually not easy to get pregnant.

  Sometimes it's just a kind smile.

  She smiled and took Nan Yong's wife's hand: "Thank you for reminding me." As she spoke, her tone was somewhat melancholic, "My aunt is far away in Yuhang, no one has ever told me these things."

  Nan Yong's wife let out a sigh of relief, pulled her hand out of the 11th daughter's grasp, and hurriedly curtsied: "Madam, it was I who overstepped."

  Eleventh girl shook her head: "This matter, don't tell others. I also have my difficulties. After all, Aunt Tao is the person left by my elder sister, and sometimes I don't dare to disobey her meaning... And the legitimate mother of our maternal home, it's not easy to deal with..."

  The southern daughter-in-law looked at her with sympathetic eyes and nodded repeatedly: "Don't worry, madam, I won't tell anyone!"

  The eleventh girl smiled and patted her hand, turned around and walked out of the hall.

  The mood is finally getting better.

  Tao's mother didn't want her to get pregnant, so she told her to put her own days in the middle of the month. Also, with the arrival of the small day, Xu Lingyi was arranged to persuade her... and it was exactly as she had guessed. However, at that time, it was actually the easiest to get pregnant.

  Shi'niang had always been ninety percent true and ten percent false in front of Xu Lingyi, because she knew that someone as astute as him would be hard to deceive with her little tricks. Rather than pretending to be something she's not and risking being found out, it was better to be more honest and gain his trust that way.

  Since everyone has this understanding, let's just let this misunderstanding go on forever!

  She smiled faintly.

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