by Ning er
Hearing these, Yun Qian Meng was being reminded of Xie’s smooth and slick appearance as well as the way she was able to make decision for Chu Pei, in her mind she had somewhat realized, that during the ancient times for a man to observe mourning he had to painstakingly wait for three years, from the best marriageable age of fifteen he had to wait until eighteen years old, this Xie Shu Yi was indeed a very courageous and bold person, if she didn’t risk something at stake, which young lady would make such kind of sacrifice, not to mention if the heart of the man who was being waited on would still belong to her, but the transformation within three years was too big, wasn’t she afraid that Chu Pei might fall for another woman halfway through?
Chu Fei Yang’s analysis was quite reasonable and fair, although Nan Xun Guo and Bei Qi were being separated by Xi Chu, but it will be hard to predict that there were no secret communication between those two nations, when the time came when both sides launched a converging attack, then Xi Chu will truly be in danger!
Moreover, that Qi Jing Yuan was also an extremely terrible person, not to mention being vicious and merciless, he was also very good at guessing people’s mind and deploying the armies, such kind of person would really cause a person’s headache!
But no matter how terrible a person was, it was also possible that he had a weak point, he was not quite sure whether what he had discovered was part of Qi Jing Yuan’s weak point or not!
Slightly inclined her body, Yun Qian Meng pulled down Chu Fei Yang’s head when his eyes were filled with hope, but she just whispered a few words beside his ears, after whispering she opened her pretty eyes and stared at Chu Fei Yang’s expression.
But the fact can be proven, that Chu Fei Yang also didn’t let her down, those slightly raised tip of the brows, those eyes showing approval, were all telling Yun Qian Meng that, her previous guesses were all correct.
“He is truly outrageous!” Furthermore treating someone’s life like a trifling matter, Yun Qian Meng secretly remarked slightly frowning her brows.
A hand turned Yun Qian Meng’s charming face around, feeling sorry he said “I am also being outrageous, at that time in order to see you I had intruded inside Xiang Fu, did you know how much danger I’ve faced?”
Watching a handsome face suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, Yun Qian Meng’s mind wanted to get angry and also burst out laughing, Chu Fei Yang actually had the face to say that, at that time if they had been discovered, her own reputation will be entirely ruined, Su Qing, Su Yuan and the others, will definitely not let her get away with that!
Seeing the anger concealed in Yun Qian Meng’s eyes, Chu Fei Yang lifted up the hood on the cloak, then sturdily wrapped around Yun Qian Meng’s head and face.
Afterwhich with a soft sound of ‘Jia!”, that horse which was initially walking leisurely immediately dashed out ahead…...
“Hey, you have finally come back!” Before the horse hooves stopped, the two persons on the horseback heard a miserable voice echoed in the doorway of Chu Xiang Fu.
Yun Qian Meng lifted up the brim of the hood, Chu Wang was actually sitting down beside the gates of Chu Xiang Fu, with his chin resting in his both hands as he watched the two of them.
Chu Fei Yang looked at the embarrassing state of Chu Wang, his face suddenly went gloomy, carrying Yun Qian Meng down from the horseback, he held her hand as they directly proceeded to the main gate of Chu Xiang Fu, not paying any attention to the old man who insisted on sitting beside the entrance, when he could definitely enter or exit Chu Xiang Fu without any restrictions.
“Hey! Young fellow, just stop there! What was your intention, you are actually showing your ugly face to me! Seeing your old man’s dreadful face in Chu Wang Fu everyday is already enough for me, why do you also have to give me that look? When did I ever let you down?” Seeing the main door of Chu Xiang Fu almost slammed in front of his face, Chu Wang immediately plunged inside through the main door with his nimble moves, pointing at Chu Fei Yang’s back as he roared.
Already filled with bellyful of anger, he initially planned to visit his adorable granddaughter-in-law, but unexpectedly she wasn’t inside Xiang Fu, then he just waited outside the door, but after he waited for half day, endured the cold weather for half day, yet he was greeted by that ugly frozen face, how will it not make Chu Wang stamp his feet with fury?
While Chu Fei Yang was walking along the way, Chu Wang continued roaring, yet when Chu Fei Yang reached the doorway of Meng Xin Xiao Zhu he halted his step, sneering as he turned around, he retorted back “And yet I didn’t invite you here!”
“You……” Chu Nan Shan suddenly covered his chest unable to speak…...
Yun Qian Meng lightly pulled Chu Fei Yang’s sleeve, afterwhich she smiled and spoke “Grandpa, quickly come inside and take a seat, you must have been frozen waiting for almost half day! I will cook the ginseng chicken soup tonight to supplement grandpa’s health!”
Yesterday Chu Wang had already mentioned about the ginseng chicken soup, today he impatiently rushed over here, but he arrived at an unfavorable time, yet he ran into Chu Fei Yang face to face.
After speaking, Yun Qian Meng led Mu Chun and others who came out to meet them straight ahead to the small kitchen.
Seeing Yun Qian Meng left, Chu Fei Yang changed the direction of his steps, he proceeded to his study room, seeing this Chu Nan Shan immediately followed behind, but when his eyes were looking at Chu Fei Yang’s back, they exposed the hidden bitterness from time to time.
“Did you bring Meng’er to see your mother a while ago?” Resigned as he closed the study room door for his grandson, Chu Nan Shan asked in a decent tone.
“Grandpa, you can already take charge of the rumor business, this job really suits you!” Chu Wang who always knew everything about his whereabouts, made Chu Fei Yang to tightly wrinkle up his brows, feeling a bit upset in his heart.
But Chu Wang just shrugged his shoulders, afterwhich he sat down on the chair of imperial tutor inside the study room, poured a cup of hot tea on his own, gulping down the tea inside the teacup, then he spoke again “Every year you would go uphill alone, this year you had taken Meng’er with you, obviously you’ve brought her to your mother’s graveyard! It goes without saying, even a fool will be able to guess it, you don’t have to feel upset about that!”
“Then for grandpa to come here today, is it only because of a pot of ginseng chicken soup?” His finger lightly knocking on the table, Chu Fei Yang looked at Chu Wang’s gossipy look, as he remarked in a cold tone.
Being able to see the disdainful look in his grandson’s eyes, Chu Nan Shan immediately straightened up his body, in a grave expression he said “As your grandfather, am I a gluttonous person? It’s just that I miss you both, then on my way through I came to see you! And Meng’er, that girl is quite obedient, grandpa naturally wouldn’t disappoint her respectful gesture. Seeing Wen Tai Shi had passed away, I couldn’t help but feel emotional that I am now getting old, the remaining days that I will be able to get along with you seemed to be increasingly shorter. But Wen Tai Shi had so many grandsons to observe filial piety for him, I only have two grandchildren, one who grew up in You Zhou then naturally we are not that close, then another one I had personally raised him up, yet he is quite heartless! Apparently, I am not as lucky as Wen Tai Shi, it’s not surprising that Wen Xie has become the young teacher of the Crown Prince! It may be assumed that during the morning assembly today, you’ve already met Wen Xie, right?”
Chu Fei Yang coldly took a glimpse at Chu Wang, seeing him explained these things in full details, in his last statement he had said the most important point, then he said gravely “It is the best time to employ new people to the royal court, evidently His Majesty would employ some of the important ministers in the past, or else with no one to assist him on hand, do you think Chen Wang and Hai Wang will let such good opportunity slip by? Wen family is a family with great literary reputation for many generations, Wen Tai Shi was also well-known in the whole world, he was a gre
at teacher that all the scholars admired, to involve such kind of family is absolutely necessary, and among the generation of grandchildren in Wen family, the one with great talent is the second child Wen Di, but this time His Majesty had given the position for being the young teacher of Crown Prince to Wen Xie, perhaps he wasn’t after Wen Xie’s scholarly knowledge!”
Although majority of the members of Wen family were persons with moral integrity, but inevitably there were some descendants who had yearned for officialdom.
As compared to Wen Di who had a pure heart and few desires, wholeheartedly devoted his heart on studies, Wen Xie who was smooth and slick being more suitable in the officialdom, such kind of person had ambition and greediness, he had something he desired in his own heart, and as for the emperor, such kind of person will be easier to handle.
One can be austere if he has no selfish desires. This statement cannot be more suitable for Wen Di, yet it was also the most important reason why Yu Qian Di abandoned the more famous Wen Di then had chosen Wen Xie instead.
Hearing his grandson’s analysis, Chu Nan Shan seldom nodded his head to express his approval, afterwhich he sank into deeper thoughts, then he slowly spoke “Fei Yang, do you know why your father had returned this time?”
Having heard what was said, a cold smile flash past Chu Fei Yang’s eyes, his thick lips slightly hooked up a full bloomed smile, afterwhich he spoke “Concerning my father’s affairs, as a son am I allowed to discuss them at my will? Besides, with grandpa worrying about it, when is my turn to worry about it?”
After speaking, Chu Fei Yang stood up, walking towards the direction of the small kitchen inside Meng Xin Xiao Zhu.
After he left, Chu Nan Shan couldn’t help but sighed, perhaps what Chu Fei Yang said earlier wasn’t because he was acting in a fit of pique, but because in his heart he didn’t regard Chu Pei as a father, which was why he behaved indifferently, the father and son with apparent blood relationship, yet when the other person was being mentioned, they both showed lack of regard to each other.
During this time Yun Qian Meng’s both hands were busy inside the small kitchen, the servant girls had prepared all necessary ingredients for her, then she started her cooking with the pots.
Glancing at the color of the sky outside, today Yun Qian Meng just cooked one complicated dish like the ginseng chicken soup, the other stir-fried dishes were quite simple, after putting them all inside the pan and stir them for a few times, they were already edible.
Although they were just a few simple home cooked dishes, but the fragrance that flowed out from the small kitchen really shook up Chu Nan Shan’s appetite, particularly during this few days he ate his meal in deadly earnest inside Wang Fu, had even more constrained Chu Nan Shan’s energetic personality, now that he was inside his grandson’s official residence, it had naturally regained his natural character, how comfortable it was for him to behave freely, making him almost wanted to jump around everywhere!
The two gentlemen who weren’t able to help with anything were being requested by Yun Qian Meng ‘politely’ to the side room, needles to wait for long, they saw Mu Chun and the three others carrying the trays as they walked in, then they arranged the delicious food dishes one by one on the dining table.
“The ginseng chicken soup is for grandpa!” Fearing that the grandfather and grandson would fight again while eating their food, today Yun Qian Meng had particularly placed the pot of ginseng chicken soup beside Chu Wang, causing Chu Wang to laugh heartily, Chu Fei Yang’s face turned ashen due to anger.
Having his wish fulfilled, Chu Wang was eating the ginseng chicken soup in a bowl, feeling the taste was incomparably delicious, the flavors of the ingredients were completely embodied in the bowl of soup in his hands, again Chu Fei Yang’s face turned ugly, even more produced the clicking sound using his tongue while he was drinking the soup.
“Yi, what is this?” Chu Wang was typically eating what was inside the bowl, while looking at the food inside the pot, both his rotating round and plump eyes immediately focused on the plate of red orange colored food on the table, his eyes flickered with curiosity.
“This is called the tenderloin, have a taste, grandpa!” Seeing his mouth was already filled with food, Yun Qian Meng laughed as she picked up a piece of crispy and delicious tenderloin, putting it in the small plate in front of Chu Nan Shan, for him to eat it after finishing the ginseng chicken soup.
But her action had successfully angered Chu Fei Yang, during this time his both eyes glanced at Chu Nan Shan full of murderous spirit, the coldly said “Last time among the dishes that Meng’er cooked, I only ate that ginseng chicken soup. This time around, grandpa is also only allowed to have just one! Me and Meng’er will have the rest of the dishes!”
After speaking, before Chu Nan Shan could pick up the chopsticks to eat that piece of tenderloin meat in the plate, they saw Chu Fei Yang quickly stretch out his hand, accurately picked up that piece of tenderloin meat with his chopsticks then putting it inside his own mouth, soon after using his hands he pulled the four dishes and the soup closer in front of him!
“I’m just having some dinner at your place. So what? Ever since you were small, you have already eaten so much food at my Chu Wang Fu, now you have actually started to compare these! If you have the ability, might as well spit them all out!” Chu Fei Yang’s actions had undoubtedly angered Chu Wang, as he was seen protecting the pot of ginseng chicken soup beside him, pulling his throat facing Chu Fei Yang as he roared.
“To sum up all the meals that I’ve eaten since I was small, none of the meals seemed to be dedicated! Or else why would grandpa come to my Chu Xiang Fu? Is your Wang Fu missing a cook, or lacking your docile daughter-in-law?” Carrying the rice bowl using his left hand, his right hand lifted up the chopsticks, acting elegantly he picked up a piece of tenderloin meat then put it on top of the white rice, although he scooped up a small mouthful of rice using the chopsticks, the tenderloin was sent inside his mouth, he performed each movement relatively slow, as if he was completely enjoying it, it also seemed as if he was deliberately making someone angry.
Yun Qian Meng was quietly sitting in a corner eating her dinner, based on her experience with these two persons, they seemed to be too embarrassing.
But not to know when Xie saw Chu Wang like this, will the smile on her face still appear to be impeccable?
“Meng’er, tomorrow grandpa still wants to come here, can you still cook some tenderloin meat for grandpa?” Knowing that he couldn't get what he wanted at Chu Fei Yang’s place, Chu Nan Shan shifted his focus, his face seemed to be pleading as he looked at Yun Qian Meng, in the corner of his eyes he was closed staring at the tenderloin meat which became fewer and fewer each time, unconsciously he moved his both lips, being able to see them but unable to eat them, that was truly painful!
Yun Qian Meng laid down the bowl and chopsticks, she filled up a bowl of hot soup for Chu Fei Yang, eventually she saw her own husband's face looked a bit better, then laughing as she spoke “Of course, Meng’er welcomes grandpa here!”
Seeing Yun Qian Meng relaxing her mouth, Chu Nan Shan’s face seemed happy, he was about to speak, when a cold voice echoed beside his ears “Eating my Chu Xiang Fu rice for free, there's no such good thing under the sun! Not to mention the food being wasted everyday, even if I am to allow Meng’er in the kitchen every meal, I would still reluctantly allow it! Grandpa, you are good at ordering people around, refusing to order servant girls and cooks, you have came here to order my lady around, when it comes to serving the father-in-law, apparently it is still not Meng’er’s turn to do it!”
Yun Qian Meng lifted up the bowl and chopsticks in front of her, she continued to quietly eat her food, avoiding herself to get involved in these two persons’ fight.
“Who says I’m eating the food for free? I’ve already mentioned it before, that as long as Meng’er could cook the ginseng chicken soup for me, I shall certainly give Meng’er a treasure!” Being humiliated by his own grandson, Ch
u Wang’s old face blushed, yet he was still holding the bowl of soup in his hands, although he stood up with anger rushing up to his head, but not even a drop had spilled out of the bowl which was full of ginseng chicken soup.
“Yo, don't get too excited about it! Since you have a treasure to give, then you must tell me about it, if I am not satisfied with it, then it would be better for grandpa to get back to Chu Wang Fu to have your meal, so as not to disturb us anymore!” Carrying up the bowl of soup that Yun Qian Meng filled up for him, Chu Fei Yang spoke beaming with joy, his tone of voice bearing the delightful anger.
Chu Nan Shan seriously looked at Yun Qian Meng, with a serious face he spoke “Meng’er, do you want to do it?”
‘Bang’! The chopsticks in Chu Fei Yang’s hand was instantly thrown to Chu Nan Shan, as he angrily said “I will look for another woman for you!”
With eyes filled with contempt Chu Nan Shan looked at his grandson who seemed to have lost his rationality ever since he met Yun Qian Meng, he rolled his eyes at Chu Fei Yang, looking relaxed he asked back “Do grandpa look like such kind of person? Meng’er, you think about it, what will you soon become?”
How could Chu Fei Yang not know about his own grandpa’s intention, but watching his grandpa arrogantly drinking the ginseng chicken soup that Yun Qian Meng made, in addition the itch in his hand, he just wanted to find an excuse to throw chopsticks at him!
