Don't disturb me, I won't be a concubine

Jiang Ting looked at Cui Qiyan across from him who was trapped in love. He was not used to it, and at the same time he couldn't bear it, but he still had to say what needed to be said.

"I'm married, so I should be qualified to talk to you about my relationship. This matter is indeed your fault. If you like someone, you won't want her to suffer the slightest injustice."

Jiang Ting asked: "Have you ever thought that if you force her to be your concubine, she will have a miserable face and be depressed all day long. Is this what you want to see?"

"Of course I don't want to," Cui Qiyan said without hesitation, "but I will do my best to be nice to her and make her happy."

Jiang Ting shook his head helplessly, thinking that God was still fair. His best friend was excellent in everything, but he was a little clueless when it came to matters between men and women.

He thought about how to explain his words, "Do you still remember the kingfisher I caught when I was eight years old? I liked it very much, so I took it back to my house and spent dozens of taels of silver to buy an exquisite The cage. Every day I would stay with it for a while and feed it the finest grains. But as you know the result, it died in less than a month."

Cui Qiyan had an impression of this. After Jiang Ting got the kingfisher, he showed it off in front of him. After the kingfisher died, Jiang Ting was sad for a long time. Since then, he has not raised any living animals.

Seeing that he was thoughtful, Jiang Ting continued: "I was still young at the time. It took me a few years to understand that I thought I gave it the best, but it was not what it wanted. It didn't want to be locked up, so As a result, I ate less and less day by day, and finally reached a dead end.”

"You mean I treat Yunling like you treat that bird?" Cui Qiyan pinched the tea cup, his throat tight.

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"Obviously, your current behavior is essentially no different from what I did back then."

Jiang Ting drank the tea at hand and refilled the teacups of the two of them. "Normally, I wouldn't need to explain these principles to you. It's just that your obsession is too deep and you deliberately avoid it."

Cui Qiyan raised his head and asked, "If you were me, would you have any solution to both problems?"

"If she doesn't become a concubine, you can't marry her as your wife. There's no solution." Jiang Ting said bluntly, "After all, you are destined to be together."

Such straightforward words made Cui Qiyan's heart sting. Is there really no possibility between him and Yunling?

Jiang Ting saw that he had listened, and then mentioned another level, "You are not married yet, and you don't know the rules. Getting along with a husband and wife is not as easy as if you won the election. If you accept Yunling and marry your first wife, you have to How can we balance the relationship between the three of you?"

As soon as Cui Qiyan opened his lips, Jiang Ting raised his hand and said, "Don't expect your wives and concubines to be harmonious. Unless they don't have you in their hearts, there will be trouble. Don't look at some men who can hug each other. That's because they don't look like you." You also value someone so seriously. If Yunling and your wife have a conflict in the future, can you do it without wronging Yunling and without making your wife lose face?"

Jiang Ting's words gave Cui Qiyan a blow. He was too selfish and only wanted to keep Yunling by his side instead of thinking about the future for her.

It was also because he was too conceited and thought of the problem too simply. There was only a concubine in the second room of the house. He didn't know much about it, so he thought he could control everything.

Jiang Ting stopped talking and gave him time to think clearly.

After a while, the tea was

After feeling cold, Jiang Ting spoke up: "Ask yourself carefully. If you can only choose one, who would you choose, Yunling or your wife?"

After Jiang Ting left, Cui Qiyan sat in the teahouse looking out the window and was lost in thought for a long time.

This question was about choosing more than just a person. If it were, he would choose Yunling without hesitation. This is a choice between the one he loves, the entire Dingguo Palace, and even his future.

The lights were lit in the teahouse, and Ji Bai, who was downstairs, couldn't help but come over.

"Your Majesty, it's getting late."

Cui Qiyan came to his senses and realized that it was already dark outside. He immediately got up from his seat and said, "Go home."

Two days later, a grand enthronement ceremony was held in the palace, and the new emperor officially took charge of the government.

After the enthronement ceremony, Cui Qiyan left a message and a memorial for leave, and took Ji Bai out of the capital.

He already had the answer to the question Jiang Ting asked him.

"Your Majesty, where should we look first?" Ji Bai asked as he rode behind after leaving the city gate.

"Go to Yingzhou."

Cui Qiyan rode quickly. Yingzhou was Yunling's hometown, and he wanted to go there first.

At this time, Dong Jiafu's yard in Yangzhou was filled with laughter and laughter.

She tidied up the yard and invited Sister-in-law Tian's family next door today. Sister-in-law Tian brought her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and a pair of children.

Sister-in-law Tian’s son Ping An and her three-year-old daughter Qiaoer each held a piece of thousand-feuille cake in their hands and were playing happily in the yard.

Sister-in-law Tian looked away from her children and said to Dong Jiafu with a smile: "Miss Dong spent a lot of money and bought so many snacks, tea and fruits to entertain us, but those two little things were very happy."

There were four kinds of snacks and melons placed on the table where three people were sitting around.

Seeds and candied fruits, as well as some fresh fruits, are hard to come by in this season.

"Sister-in-law Tian, ​​you don't have to be polite. I should have invited you to dinner, but I don't know how to cook, so I bought these things from outside. I was afraid of neglecting you."

"You can't cook? How did you get here all these years?" Sister-in-law Tian's mother-in-law asked in surprise.

"I used to work as a maid in someone else's house." Dong Jiafu wrote lightly.

Sister-in-law Tian nodded clearly, "No wonder Miss Dong is so knowledgeable and sensible, unlike rough people like us. Judging from your slender fingers, you must have never done any rough work."

Aunt Tian looked at Dong Jiafu and saw that her big almond eyes were bright and lively, and her skin was like a broken egg. Just sitting there made people want to take another look.

"Was your previous owner an official or a wealthy businessman?"

"It's an official's family." Dong Jiafu replied.

Tian Xiaojuan, Sister-in-law Tian's sister-in-law, was peeling melon seeds and asked curiously: "What kind of high-ranking official is he? Is he as big as our county magistrate?"

In their eyes, the county magistrate is already a very important official.

Dong Jiafu couldn't say anything else, "Absolutely."

"It's great to be a maid in the county magistrate's house. I don't have to worry about food or clothing. Why did you come out?" Tian Xiaojuan took a small handful of peeled melon seeds into her mouth at once.

Dong Jiafu saw her mouth full of delicious food and said with a smile: "You will be a servant there after all, it's not as comfortable as you are now."

"Miss Dong is right, no one is willing to be a servant at the mercy of others unless they have to." Sister-in-law Tian sympathized with Dong Jiafu's life experience, "Cooking is simple, I will teach you from now on and make sure you can eat it every day Serve hot meals.”

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Thank you so much, Sister-in-law Tian. "Dong Jiafu was very happy.

During the few days she came to Yangzhou, she either ate at stalls outside or came back to cook some noodles. Thanks to Lu Siheng's teachings, she became more and more skilled at making fire. If I could learn to cook again, my life would be better in the future.

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