Chapter 301: 301: The Son-in-law Visits His Mother-in-law

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Chapter 301: Chapter 301: The Son-in-law Visits His Mother-in-law Bai Chen was actually embarrassed for the first time by the untainted gaze of a woman. Before the woman shifted her gaze away, he looked elsewhere first. “Liu Xi, what are you looking at?” Xiao Tao’s voice came. Liu Xi turned to Xiao Tao and said, “Nothing.” She had only seen a dandy young master with handsome features; his affectionate eyes made her feel uncomfortable all over. “Xiao Tao, let’s go back!” Having said that, Liu Xi, pulling Xiao Tao along and reluctantly leading Little Black, left the garden. It took a while for Bai Chen to realize he had been standing there, stunned. He knocked on his head with a fan and said, “Mu Yan’s mouth is poisonous!” Impossible, absolutely impossible. How could he fall into a woman’s hands like Mu Yan did? But who is that woman? Why is she in Mu Yan’s courtyard? Bai Chen withdrew his gazes, shook his head helplessly, thinking maybe he saw too many coquettish and affectionate women that he found that woman pleasing to the eye! He shook his fan and left Mu Yan’s mansion. ... Zhan Lan savored the food made by her mother, squinting her eyes contently, and kept praising, “Mom, your cooking is so delicious!” Qin Shuang looked at her daughter who was not at all pretentious, even eating the coriander that added aroma to the bowl, and felt a bittersweet ache in her heart. If she had always been with her Lan’er, how could she have let her endure so much suffering. “By the way, Rou’er, you haven’t drunk your sobering soup yet!” Zhan Lan instantly felt a sense of loss when she heard this address, even Qin Shuang did not realize what she had just called Zhan Lan, Rou’er. Qin Shuang stood up intending to fetch the sobering soup, but Zhan Lan grabbed her hand and said, “Mom, I drank peach blossom brew, which is not very strong. See, I’m fine, right?” Qin Shuang had raised the daughter for eighteen years after all. She definitely still had feelings for Zhan Xuerou, but she was provoked by the Li family, and to make amends to her, fearful of hurting her again, she agreed to let Zhan Xuerou leave. Qin Shuang didn’t notice what she had called Zhan Lan, and taking her hand, she said, “I heard from your father that you have been conferred the title of Prince Zhenbei?” Zhan Lan nodded, “The imperial edict will be announced in the next few days, and then I will visit my fief to take a look.” “Where is your fief?” Qin Shuang asked, curious. Zhan Lan wrapped her arm around Qin Shuang’s and said, “Mom, my fief comprises several impoverished places, just outside Ding’an City in Xiaohe Village.” Qin Shuang patted Zhan Lan’s hand and said, “You are a kind child. Others wish for the most fertile and prosperous lands for their fief, yet you chose the impoverished places.” Zhan Lan said with a smile, “I won’t be living there, but the people there are suffering too much. If I can change their lives, it would be a good deed.” Qin Shuang touched Zhan Lan’s cheek and said, “Good child, I’m proud of you. Your father feels regret and dares not come to see you. Your grandfather knows about this and is in high spirits, he even drank some Nu’er Hong.” Zhan Lan smiled, “Having a family is wonderful!” She was leaning on Qin Shuang’s shoulder, acting spoiled, when Liu Xi knocked on the door and nodded, “Miss, the Prince is here.” Zhan Lan’s lips twitched – had Mu Yan gone mad? She had asked him to leave through the window just before, and now he’s back again. Qin Shuang was startled, then looked at Zhan Lan, who awkwardly said, “Mom, I’ll go and see if he needs anything!” With that, she hurried to the door and saw Mu Yan, looking like a different person: dressed in an elegant light blue scholar’s robe, his black hair held with a jade crown, smiling with bright eyes, the very picture of a charming gentleman standing at the door. Zhan Lan signaled with her eyes to speak at the doorway, but Mu Yan seemed not to understand and looked straight into the room. He smiled lightly and said, “Is my mother-in-law here?” Qin Shuang had a good impression of Mu Yan already. Seeing him look her way, she wiped her hands with a handkerchief, stood up, and asked, “Prince, have you come to see Lan’er?” Mu Yan said earnestly, “Your son-in-law has come to see his mother-in-law.” Having said that, Vermilion Bird took out two brocade boxes from behind and Mu Yan took them and brought them into the room. Qin Shuang was delighted and surprised, and looking at her son-in-law, she said: “Prince, you are thoughtful.” “Mother-in-law, please don’t be so formal, your son-in-law is motherless, and becoming married to Lan’er makes me your half-son. A son visiting his mother is only right. Mother-in-law can just call me Mu Yan.” Mu Yan lifted the hem of his garment, sat down opposite Qin Shuang and opened the brocade boxes. Zhan Lan’s lips twitched. Was she still asleep today, or was she dreaming? She had never seen Mu Yan behaving like this before? The big bad wolf was actually putting on an act, if it weren’t for the fact that she was bullied by Mu Yan yesterday, she would really believe that Mu Yan was a gentleman of grace and propriety. Zhan Lan curled her lips, they weren’t even married yet and here he was, calling her mother-in-law already, and her mother wasn’t even stopping him. Qin Shuang looked at her son-in-law, who was as handsome as a banished immortal, with growing fondness, enjoying the way he spoke as if experiencing the spring breeze. Mu Yan opened the brocade boxes, which contained all kinds of exquisite jewelry. He said loudly: “Mother-in-law, these pieces of jewelry are simple in design and very suitable for your dignified and elegant temperament.” Qin Shuang looked at the jewelry in the brocade boxes. They were crafted by skilled craftsmen, adorned with top-tier gems and pearls, not at all vulgar in design. Qin Shuang looked up and smiled: “Mu Yan, you do have good taste indeed, but it’s a pity I can’t use so much; I appreciate your kind thought...” Mu Yan smiled slightly and turned to Zhan Lan: “Your son-in-law indeed has good taste...” He withdrew his gaze and continued: “If mother-in-law doesn’t like them, your son-in-law will choose some others.” Qin Shuang suddenly felt embarrassed, “That would be much trouble, Regent King, you are so busy every day. With that said, I will accept them.” Mu Yan nodded: “Then your son-in-law will visit again another day.” Qin Shuang quickly got up, “No trouble at all, it’s not easy for you to make the trip.” Zhan Lan felt so awkward she wanted to leave. Her mother didn’t know Mu Yan was living right next to their house; he was even more familiar with every corner of their yard than she was. Against all expectations, Mu Yan responded with ease and shamelessly said: “It should be, it’s no trouble. Your son-in-law will take his leave.” After speaking, he left. When Mu Yan and Zhan Lan brushed past each other, he even gave Zhan Lan a cunning smile. Zhan Lan barely controlled herself from kicking him. This man, too good at pretending, he had even fooled her mother. Looking at Mu Yan’s retreating figure, Qin Shuang’s eyes smiled warmly; truly, a mother-in-law grows fonder of her son-in-law the more she sees him. She never expected that what was just a whimsical thought would actually make Mu Yan her son-in-law. Qin Shuang took Zhan Lan’s hand and said: “You can’t tell Mu Yan is nine years older than you, he looks like a young man, even younger than your elder brother.” Zhan Lan’s lips twitched, Mu Yan’s age was all in his cunning mind and sly heart. He was a total big bad wolf. She wanted to tell her mother not to be deceived by his appearance, then Zhan Lan thought about it, it seemed she had already been deceived by Mu Yan. He took advantage of the Emperor’s marriage decree, asking her if she wanted to marry him and even mentioned some deal. Mu Yan was a big swindler, when it came to cunning, she was no match for him. ... Within Prince Wei Mansion, Si Jun lay on the bed, the blood from the whipping on his back cleaned off, his eyes full of grim determination as he clenched his teeth, letting the maidservant apply medicine. Zhan Xuerou entered and upon seeing Si Jun injured, cried out, “Your Highness, who beat you?” Si Jun looked at Zhan Xuerou with disgust; whoever beat him, Zhan Xuerou was of no help! Zhan Xuerou gazed at him with eyes full of pity, and Si Jun felt a twinge of reluctance. Seeing her devastated, Si Jun thought: How should he tell Zhan Xuerou that she could no longer be his official wife? Zhan Xuerou was still useful to him; he could not hurt her too deeply. After all, he had heard that Zhan Beicang’s people were continuously looking for Zhan Xuerou in Ding’an City. It seemed, if Zhan Lan had not been so adamantly aggressive, Zhan Beicang and his wife would not have driven Zhan Xuerou out.

Chapter 301: 301: The Son-in-law Visits His Mother-in-law

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