Chapter 036: Tea Dispute

There was nothing to say all night, and at dawn, Wen Mingyun picked up the white handkerchief that had been thrown on the ground, took out a dagger, and gestured twice in his hand, but he was not willing to use the knife after all.

This must be very painful, she is reluctant to use her own blood.

Normally, she took a pill, but now Cheng Tingyu is sitting in front of her and staring at her. If the person who took the medicine vomits a few mouthfuls of blood, it will be all revealed.

For this reason, she handed over both the dagger and the white handkerchief, stuffed them directly into the man's hand, and took out the gift money that was distributed last night, and asked solemnly, "How much do you want?"

Obviously to give money to buy his blood.

The man was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously took it.

"I don't have much blood, and I don't even vomit enough." He opened his eyes and said nonsense, and he was well versed in the way of bargaining.

Wen Mingyun raised her eyelids to look at him, without saying much, she knew that the old tea man had started again.

"So do you want to throw up now?"

"No." The man shook his head decisively.

Wen Mingyun immediately raised his hand, patted him on the back with a little more force, and asked softly: "Is this going to throw up? Hurry up and don't waste it."

As she spoke, she raised her other hand and pressed the white handkerchief to his lips, as if she couldn't spit it out and would never stop.

Cheng Tingyu was speechless, he could spit out a fart without taking medicine.

It has to be said that Wen Sanniang's vicious person can't be defeated. On the first day of the wedding, her husband will be beaten to vomit blood. There have been few such wives throughout the ages.

"Cough, cough, ma'am, I really can't spit it out." He pretended to cough twice, his face turned red, but there was no trace of blood.

Wen Mingyun let out a long sigh and pretended to be sick all the year round. Although she was in good health, she knew the patients very well. Sometimes the blood would vomit as soon as she said it, but sometimes she couldn't vomit it out because she held herself back.

God is often like this, and it is not satisfactory.

"Then ask your guards to find some more pig blood and chicken blood." Wen Mingyun gave up directly.

"No, there are quite a few people who have seen blood in the house. They are not as easy to deceive as Cheng Yan, and they don't need human blood to tell. Besides, the second room must be watching closely. If something goes wrong here, I'm afraid they won'tGood ending." Cheng Tingyu advised her.

Wen Mingyun nodded, "This statement is very reasonable, so who do you ask for blood?"

"Let me do it, you can give me the money." Cheng Tingyu pulled out the dagger on the spot, raised his sleeves, and gestured the cold blade to his arm.

The man was very white, revealing a fragile whiteness.

It's just that when he held the dagger hard, Wen Mingyun saw the distinct muscle lines on his forearm, instantly dispelling the feeling of weakness brought by the cold white skin, revealing a strong and thin strength.

She blinked, and instantly recalled in her mind the scene when he easily hugged her last night, so stable and full of strength.

"Do it." Wen Mingyun watched him gesturing for a long time, but there was still no movement, so he couldn't help reminding him.

The man looked up at her with a bit of grievance in his expression.

"Ma'am, I haven't told you all this time. Actually, I'm afraid of pain." He said it seriously, and even raised his hand to rub his eyes.

The eye sockets are red, and I don't know if it was rubbed by him, or the emotions are brewing in place, and now I am ready to cry.

Wen Mingyun: "..."

She was really afraid of this man, the smell of tea could float from Wangjing City to the battlefield in northern Xinjiang.

Wen Mingyun took out ten taels of silver from the gift bag and stuffed it into his palm.

Fortunately, she is not a miser, otherwise the ten taels of silver would be enough to buy two maids to come back to serve her, and she would lose blood because of the few mouthfuls of blood from the sick young man in front of her.

"Is that enough?" she asked.

Without saying a word, Cheng Tingyu immediately picked up the dagger and slashed at his arm. Bright red blood flowed down from the slender opening. He didn't waste a single drop, it was all stained on the white handkerchief.

I didn't take it back until saw it almost.

"I'm going to get medicine for golden sores." Wen Mingyun put on his shoes, found the medicine box in the drawer, and took out a bottle of medicine.

It's good to be a master of a genius doctor. She has all kinds of medicines, such as medicine for golden sores, which is naturally very effective. After spraying it, it will stop the bleeding immediately.

After seeing her take out the medicine, Cheng Tingyu raised his brows, this medicine powder looks familiar, it seems to be the same one he used before.

But his golden sore medicine should be an exclusive secret recipe, maybe all the golden sore medicines in the world look similar?

The blood soon stopped, Wen Mingyun was about to stop, but was suddenly held by the man.

Cheng Tingyu took out five taels of silver from under the pillow and stuffed it into her hand.

"Although this bloodstain is what you need to deceive people, it is also my responsibility. The money is half of the money, and those who see it will have a share."

Wen Mingyun blinked, although she spent the five taels of silver, but it still made her feel happy to be able to get it out of Cheng Tingyu's hands.

Sure enough, he is a trustworthy man, and the pure money transaction relationship between them has become more stable.

"That's right, I'll find you next time I have work." She nodded and agreed casually.

"It's easy to say." When the man heard this, his eyes lit up instantly, and he took the golden sore medicine from her hand, got out of bed and put it back in its original place.

"I'll send this back."

When he turned around and came back, he already had Wen Mingyun's purse in his hand, which was quite cute.

Wen Mingyun was amused by him, and took out two copper coins from it: "There are two errand fees in total, take it."

"Thanks for your patronage." The man blew on the copper coin, and suddenly heard a dull "buzz", he couldn't help squinting his eyes.

Hey, it's the first time think the sound of copper coins is so nice.

After the two of them finished their gag, they let people come in to wait for them to freshen up.

The bed was made again, and as for the white handkerchief, the nuns in Mrs. Cheng Guogong's courtyard also came to pick it up.

Today's Mrs. Cheng Guogong is the stepwife, the second wife Cheng Shizi was born to her, and the deceased general Cheng was born to the first wife, so the differences between the two families will only get deeper and deeper, and there will be no day of reconciliation at all.

In fact, this white handkerchief should be handed over to General Cheng's wife, who is Wen Mingyun's mother-in-law, but General Cheng's wife, Shao Shi, has been out of business for a long time. Since General Cheng passed away, she has directly moved out of the Duke's Mansion and went to a nunnery.Practice with hair.

After the couple packed up, they went to the front hall hand in hand.

Cheng Guogong's mansion is a big family, and today the bride is offering tea, so naturally the whole family gathered together, not only the second wife, but even Cheng Tingyu's aunt's family came.

Before Wen Mingyun entered the door, he frowned slightly when he heard the relatively lively conversation inside, feeling a little impatient in his heart.

Whether in modern times or in ancient times, she hated this situation the most.

She is not socially phobic, on the contrary, she is very good at socializing. Those who get along with each other will play together, and those who don't get along will be kept at a respectful distance.

But she was very afraid that many unfamiliar relatives would get together, which was many times more troublesome than socializing. These people obviously couldn't meet several times a year, and even had some personal grievances, but they could meet on the rare few occasions.In the middle, relying on my status as an elder, I will keep annoying you.

Besides, everyone in Beijing knows how chaotic Cheng Guogong's mansion is.

Just seeing that Cheng Yan, the devil king of the world, can be taught, one can tell that the atmosphere of this family is not good.

Cheng Tingyu saw that she was unhappy, and immediately leaned into her ear and said: "Before you got married, I promised my father-in-law that you will be what you were in your mother's house, and you will be what you are when you get married. This sentence will never change. So waitGo in for a while, don't laugh if you don't want to laugh, and lose your temper if you want to see who doesn't like it."

Wen Mingyun pursed his lips, and said in disapproval: "You sound nice, but this is not my house after all. I lose my temper and make trouble for no reason in Wen's residence. My parents will take the initiative to let the servants silence me, and I will not spread any bad reputation about me."But if I'm at your house, you don't have to get angry, just shake your face, and after an hour or so, Quan Wang Jing will have to spread the word that I'm a poisonous woman who doesn't know how to behave."

Although she has always pursued her own happiness, she is not without brains.

"It doesn't matter, you can put the blame on Cheng Yan's head." Cheng Tingyu waved his hand, offering an idea solemnly.

Wen Mingyun was startled, and looked at him in shock, with disbelief in his expression.

"I'm serious, I've done this before. Nizi eats mine, drinks mine, uses mine, and makes troubles. I'm afraid I'll be pissed off before he's filial to me, so I specially give himShow opportunity. If you are unhappy, as long as you mention Cheng Yan, those people will not dare, after all, they have to face, they are afraid of being bitten by Cheng Yan's mad dog, and they will try everything." The man said clearly, in order to convince her,There are even examples.

Wen Mingyun gave him a thumbs up and praised him, "As expected of you!"

Cheng Tingyu pursed his lips and smiled at her, hiding his achievements and fame.

It was the first time for her to taste the old tea man's tea, and the fragrance of the tea was overflowing.

If you have money, you can share it equally, but if you have difficulty, you can take care of it.

It is really a good partner that is hard to find even with a lantern. hope their money relationship will last forever.

"Grandfather, please drink tea." Wen Mingyun knelt on the futon, took the poured tea and presented it.

Cheng Guogong's hair is already gray, but his eyes are very clear, and he is in good spirits.

"Okay." He took the tea and drank it down, and rewarded a wooden box, which contained his gift for the newcomer.

There were two cups of tea on the table, besides Mrs. Duke sitting next to her, there was also a tablet on the table, which was Mrs. Mrs. Xian.

According to the etiquette, Wen Mingyun's second cup of tea was offered to the memorial tablet.

Mrs. Cheng Guogong drooped her face, but glanced coldly, seeing this frail new daughter-in-law, she groaned coldly in her heart.

Just wait, you are respectfully serving tea now, wait for your turn to serve tea to your husband's deceased wife, and see what you do.

After the second cup of tea was toasted, Cheng Guogong handed out another wooden box.

Mrs. Xian Guogong couldn't give the congratulatory gift, so naturally the Duke would do it for her.

"Grandma, please drink tea." Finally it was the third cup of tea.

Mrs. Guo directly took off the gold inlaid jade bracelet from her wrist and put it on her hand.

"Good." Her voice sounded quite kind.

As for the remaining uncles and aunts, the newlyweds do not need to serve tea, but only present the prepared gifts, and the elders will naturally return the gifts.

The gifts that Wen Mingyun gave were all small things like embroidered purses, which were naturally made by the maids, but in exchange for a bunch of jewelry pearls, or tonics, compared with what she gave,Everything is a category of generous gifts.

From the moment she came in, Mrs. Cheng Shizi's eyes were fixed on her. Seeing her unceremoniously giving a bunch of useless gadgets, she was immediately unhappy.

"Nephew and daughter-in-law are indeed from the Qingliu family, so the books given out here must be orphans, right?" She took the book that her grandson received and shook it deliberately, her tone sounded yin and yang.

Anyone with long eyes can tell that it is an ordinary three-character scripture, where is it a single copy.

"Ah, doesn't auntie know how to read? Even the Three-Character Classic—" Wen Mingyun almost blurted out with a look of astonishment.

After speaking halfway, he realized that he couldn't say such words directly, so as not to stab other people's sad past, so he immediately covered his mouth with an embroidered handkerchief, and looked at Mrs. Shizi with sympathy.

Those big innocent and sincere eyes flickered like they could speak.

Oh my god, she is so miserable. No matter how you say it, the wife of the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion must come from a famous family, but she doesn't even know a single word.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Although I'm not a daughter of a Qingliu family, my ancestors have been out of the court anyway. My brother is now a senior member of the second rank, which is several ranks higher than your father. How can I be illiterate?" Mrs. Cheng ShiziAlmost jumped out of the chair.

"If you are literate, why can't you recognize the words on it? It is clearly written in the "Three Character Classic". Where did it come from? If not, you are blind and can't see? Then you should quickly ask the doctor to take a look, You can’t even see such a big character, you’re totally blind, there’s no room for it.”

Wen Mingyun tilted his head and frowned lightly, showing innocence, but also worried about the elder's body.

"Are you cursing me?" Mrs. Cheng Shizi burst into anger.

She imagined countless ways for the bride to fight her back, but she never thought of this one.

Is this still human?When they came up, they called her illiterate and blind, a state of choosing between the two.

"I'm cursing you, I'm just worried that you won't see it. Auntie, don't scare the younger generation, I'm coughing—" She shrank back on the spot and started coughing non-stop, her face full of fear, didn't even dare to look up at each other.

It seems that Mrs. Cheng Shizi is a scourge.

"Second Aunt, what are you doing? You know that Mingyun is not in good health. Besides, your grandfather also said that on the day when the newlyweds serve tea, you will never make trouble. What are you doing now? She is kind and caringYour body, but you want to scold her and curse you, you have to drive our husband and wife to death to be happy, right?" Cheng Tingyu took half a step forward, protecting her behind her, and looked over with glaring eyes.

The combination of two teas makes the fragrance of tea overflowing.

Although Mrs. Cheng Shizi didn't know what tea king was, she was still suffocated by the smell.

Her original intention was to ridicule the new daughter-in-law for giving gifts, even if she gave some worthless ones, and she didn't even have a single copy, so she was ashamed to accept such expensive gifts from the elders.

In the end, she had just made a start, and she failed to bring out the main contradiction, so she fell into the sand, and was even pointed at her nose and scolded.

In the end, the victim became them, and she, who was scolded as blind and illiterate, became the perpetrator.

She was so angry that she couldn't speak clearly all over her mouth.

"That's enough. Your second aunt is just worried that you are young. If you don't know how to send out the orphan copy, the family will not be able to bear it. Why did you get so illiterate and say that she is blind? Don't talk about her.Even I felt uncomfortable when I heard it. Don’t be so hasty next time, and you should know what to say and what not to say, and you must know what to say.” The wife of the Duke said quietly, and the words were obviously protecting the two.daughter-in-law.

When Madam Cheng Shizi heard this, she felt a lot more relieved, her chin raised, and she curled her lips dissatisfiedly: "That's right, you are already married as a wife, you are not a girl at home, and you have to live everything in your heart."Several times, only say what you can say, and hold back what you can't say."

"I've thought about it. It was Cheng Yan who said you were blind and uneducated. You were a wild pheasant crawling out of the gutter, but you thought you were a phoenix. In fact, you could hear you squawking from far away., and it doesn’t make any sense. It’s all because of your aunt, an old bastard, spitting and talking nonsense, so she can barely stand. Wearing dog’s tail grass, pretending to be a big-tailed wolf—”

Wen Mingyun was so aggrieved that he even stomped his feet and hurriedly explained his reasons clearly.

When she spoke the second sentence, everyone in the room gasped.

Even Cheng Guogong was startled, completely forgot about etiquette, and stared straight at this new granddaughter-in-law.

What a sharp mouth!

"Presumptuous! Is this how your Wen family teaches girls?"

This time there is no need for Mrs. Shizi to come forward, Mrs. Guogong can't stand it anymore.

She and Mrs. Shizi are indeed aunts and nephews. Just because she married Cheng Guogong and gave birth to a second son, and she wanted to get closer to her natal family, she married her niece as her daughter-in-law.

"Grandmother, if you scold me, just scold me. What are you talking about about my mother's family? I didn't say that, it was Cheng Yan. Cheng Yan was neither born nor raised by me. It has nothing to do with our Wen family. You have to ask."I have to ask how your Cheng family taught their grandson? Besides, he didn't scold you, why are you so excited?"

Wen Mingyun quit, and immediately squeezed out from behind Cheng Tingyu, retorting quite displeasedly.

Apparently the Wen family was her backlash, anyone who dared to scold her would scold them back.

Cheng Tingyu tugged at her sleeve pretending to be panicked, coughed lightly, and explained embarrassingly: "Grandmother is the aunt of Second Aunt."

Wen Mingyun frowned: "I just married into your family, so I don't understand anything. Is the second aunt's aunt the only grandmother? Cheng Yan scolded the aunt who helped the second aunt to tell lies. Is he right?"

Cheng Tingyu was silent, and Wen Mingyun didn't speak, just looked up at him.

The young couple held hands and looked at each other, and the silence spread in the room, almost suffocating others.

"My lord, Cheng Yan is fourteen years old, and he still insults the elders like this, no matter what, it's unjustifiable. If it gets out, I'm afraid they will question our tutors in the Duke's residence." Mrs. Cheng Guogong gave Wen Mingyun a bitter look,In the end, he decided to attack Cheng Yan.

After all, Wen Mingyun kept saying that it was relaying Cheng Yan's words, and had nothing to do with her. It would be untenable to teach her a lesson.

But Cheng Yan must not be let go, no matter whether Cheng Yan said such a thing in front of Wen Mingyun, in short, if he beat him severely, then this stepson will definitely remember his stepmother and resent her for biting him.

"Where's Cheng Yan?" Cheng Guogong asked.

"When I returned to my father-in-law, just now, Young Master Yan's servant came back and said that Young Master Yan suffered from the wind and cold last night, and today he has a fever and can't get out of bed, so he can't come here." A servant came in to reply.

Mrs. Cheng Shizi was so angry that she immediately answered, "Impossible, how could it be such a coincidence? He just happened to settle accounts with him and he fell ill. I think it's a faux pas. Maybe it's better to get through with some people in advance to pretend to be good."So timely."

"It's just that, it can't prove my innocence. I think he just told me on purpose, but he didn't come to verify it, and let some people attack me, thinking that my new daughter-in-law is not good, and blamed me for cursing her, and even talk about the Wen family. Some people are really good or bad, I am so young, I can only be bullied if I can count on her!"

Wen Mingyun immediately took over the conversation, angry and anxious, his face was pale, and his lips were bloodless.

"Who are you talking about!" Mrs. Cheng Shizi became more and more disturbed the more she heard.

Good guy, she thought Yin and Yang blamed Wen Mingyun, but in the end this woman beat him up.

Damn, even the dogs on the side of the road know that it's impossible for the people in their second room to join forces with Cheng Yan, okay?

How can this woman speak!

"Hmph, whoever says me, I will say whoever says it, Second Aunt, don't take it to heart!" Wen Mingyun emphasized the word "tens of millions", which made Mrs. Cheng Shizi's head twitch.

"Nephew and daughter-in-law, let me make my point clear. No one in Wangjing knows that the eldest and second householders of our Duke's Mansion have always been at odds. Cheng Yan even beat me up last time. Do you think he can join hands with me?" Mrs. Cheng Shizi said the same.I was forced to say such things in front of the Duke.

"Second aunt, do you think Cheng Yan will join forces with my stepmother?" Wen Mingyun asked back without fear.

Mrs. Cheng Shizi couldn't hold back a word, but Cheng Yan didn't change his nature to practice Buddhism, so it would be nice if he didn't bother his stepmother to death.

"That's enough, both of you stop talking!"

Cheng Guogong, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke. If the quarrel continued, the family's ugliness would be completely bald.

Although the people sitting here are all from their own family members, the elderly always hope to maintain superficial peace, even if they know it is false prosperity.

"Go and ask Young Master Yan, did he really say that? Let him tell the truth, and for the sake of his illness, don't punish him today." Cheng Guogong appointed a maid to ask questions.

Wen Mingyun sat on the chair next to him, but kept coughing and panting, and shed a few tears from time to time, obviously he was completely wronged.

Mrs. Cheng Guogong was very angry and wanted to question her, today is a good day for the bride to serve tea, who are you crying here for?

However, in the current situation, it is not possible to directly attack, otherwise the granddaughter-in-law will probably have to find trouble again, so she can only find another way.

"I guess this question will take a while, let's get down to business first. Go get Qin's memorial tablet!" Mrs. Cheng Guogong waved her hand.

Wen Mingyun didn't react at all when he heard these words, he was still crying intently.

Immediately, the little maid was asked to hold out the memorial tablet, which was obviously prepared long ago.

"Wen Shi, this is the wife in front of you, Cheng Yan's mother. According to the etiquette, you should offer tea to her when you marry Cheng Cheng's family. You must remember your identity, the stepmother will always be the stepmother."

When Mrs. Cheng Guogong said these words, she tried her best not to gnash her teeth.

After all, she is the stepmother, and she has suffered countless stepmothers over the years.

Obviously she is also married to the Ming Dynasty, but every time she worships the memorial tablets during festivals, she feels that she is more like a concubine in front of Mrs. Xian.

Now that she can challenge Wen Mingyun, who is of the same status, she just feels extremely happy, wishing to let her taste all the hardships she has suffered in these years.

Wen Mingyun gritted her teeth, she felt depressed in her heart, this old lady is really unpleasant, she doesn't know how to behave at all.

"Grandmother, no need." Cheng Tingyu spoke first.