Madam, protect me!

After the dinner, Song Jiaren led Li Nuo to a room in the Song Mansion.

There is a curfew at night in Daxia, but the time is a little later, about ten o'clock in the evening. You can't wander around on the street without a valid reason.

Violating the curfew, if caught by the guards patrolling the streets, could range from a severe beating to jail time.

Although it was not yet the curfew time, some guests lived far away, and some could only stay one night in the Song Mansion because they were drunk. As a result, the guest rooms in the Song Mansion were tight, and Li Nuo and Song Jiaren had to make do with one room.

However, even if the room is not tight tonight, they can only share one room. After all, they are a serious married couple. If they sleep in two rooms, others may think that they are not getting along.

Isn’t this a misunderstanding?

Li Nuo and his wife are not at odds with each other, but they are not familiar with each other.

This room seemed to belong to Song Jiaren originally. She was very familiar with this place. She took out a new set of bedding from the cabinet and spread it on the floor in front of the bed. Li Nuo didn't say anything when he saw this, although he missed the comfort of his own room at home. It's a big, soft bed, but I used to sleep on a folding bed that was so tight that I didn't care about my head and feet. Sleeping on the floor with quilts and mattresses was already considered a luxury.

The two were a couple in name only, and Li Nuo didn't think it was a big deal.

Currently, there is only one most important thing for him, and that is to live.

As for a normal relationship between husband and wife...

I can only say it depends on fate.

Of course, Li Nuo would not reject this lady who is both beautiful and powerful. If they can fall in love for a long time in the future, it is not impossible to live together. If there is really no spark between them, they can also break up peacefully. Don't delay each other.

Of course, this is all a matter of the future. Now, he is new here, has no say at all, and can't change anything.

It was getting late, so Li Nuo took off his shoes, socks and outer robe, ready to read a book before going to bed.

He had just laid down on the bedding on the floor. Song Jiaren glanced at him, pointed to the bed and said, "Sleep on it."

Li Nuo was slightly stunned. As a grown man, he would sleep on his own bed and let a weak woman sleep...

Thinking that the word "weak" could only be used to describe himself between two people, Li Nuo did not refute and climbed into bed honestly. Although they had only known each other for two days, he knew that the decision made by the wife was generally difficult to change. .

He lay on the bed and felt himself surrounded by a faint fragrance.

It's the smell of the lady, and this is indeed her room.

He sat up cross-legged and took out a thin book from his arms.

When he went out, Li Nuo brought a book about Legalism and planned to read it before going to bed.

Time is precious to him and cannot be wasted.

However, before he had read two pages, a sound of um um ah ah came from the next room. When he came in just now, he saw Song Qian and his wife walking in. Unexpectedly, his wife's cousin seemed to behave calmly. She looks like a lady, but there is such a contrast behind her back. The content of her call made Li Nuo blush...

Fortunately, she stopped barking within three minutes, and Li Nuo's ears became quiet again.

Song Jiaren was lying on the ground, her pretty face slightly red, and her coldness added a bit of charm, but Li Nuo, who was lying on the bed, didn't see her.

In order to ease the embarrassment, Li Nuo asked: "Madam, do you and Song Qian have any conflicts..."

Song Jiaren was silent for a moment and said calmly: "She has never liked me since she was a child..."

Li Nuo thought about it for a moment and realized that they were both girls from the Song family, and they were almost a few years apart in age. One was useless, while the other had good looks and martial arts talent. The two would definitely be compared frequently. It's strange that Song Qian would like her.

After the two asked and answered questions, the room became quiet again.

But soon, a head popped out of the bed. Li Nuo pointed at a word in the book and asked, "Madam, what is this word?"

The "Shuowen" was too thick and he didn't take it with him. He really didn't know the meaning of a few words and couldn't connect them to the context. He couldn't read it anymore, so he had to ask his wife for help.

Song Jiaren glanced at him and said calmly: "I don't know him."

"What about this?"

"I don't know."

"this?"

"I don't know."

"this……"

"..."

Silence, a long silence.

Li Nuo felt that she should not know the words without telling him.

He lay beside the bed, looked at this delicate face, and said in surprise: "No way, madam, are you illiterate?"

Song Jiaren looked at him lightly.

Li Nuo returned to the bed and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you don't know how to read. We are civilized and military, and living a good life is better than anything else..."

…

Song Mansion.

When Li Nuo was reading seriously, there was a room separated by a wall from them.

Song Qian sat on the bedside and glanced dissatisfied at her husband who was slumped on the bed. There was a fire in her heart with nowhere to vent.

It is both the fire of desire and the fire of depression.

Song Jiaren's idiot husband is no longer stupid, which originally made her very depressed. In this way, she can't be better than Song Jiaren in any point. It's okay if he's not stupid. The couple even made an appearance at the old lady's birthday party. She stole the show and received two rewards from the old lady in succession. She and her husband were outcompeted by them again.

Originally, this matter was over, but her father just came to her, and in his words, he seemed to suspect that she had stolen the gift Song Jiaren had prepared for the old lady.

This made Song Qian depressed and angry. Even if she didn't like Song Jiaren, she couldn't do such a thing at the old lady's birthday party. The two sentences she whispered were just to express her resentment.

I heard from my father that it seemed that the gift prepared by Song Jiaren was replaced by a stone.

Therefore, her husband wrote two poems on the spot, which saved his face and made the old lady's birthday party a complete success.

That Li Nuo is not only not stupid, but also very smart.

Not only smart, but also good-looking!

Thinking of that handsome face, and then looking at her incompetent husband, Song Qian became even more angry!

Why is my life so bitter...

The fire in her body could not be vented, so she could only take out a jade silkworm from under her pillow.

In the next room, Li Nuo had just turned a new page, his body trembled slightly, turned his head and looked at it, and said helplessly: "It started again..."

At this time, Song Mansion.

The old lady's 60th birthday ended successfully. Tonight can be said to be a happy night for both the host and the guests, but the servants of the Song family still have to clean up the mess, which seems particularly busy.

During this period, several more maids were called by the second master and questioned for a long time, resulting in a shortage of manpower. They finished packing until midnight, dragging their tired bodies and falling asleep.

In Song Lian's room.

He sat at the table, frowning, and muttered: "Who is it?"

He asked several maids who could touch the gifts one by one. During the questioning, some servants went to their rooms to search, but found nothing. His intuition told him that this matter was not done by the maids in the mansion.

They didn't have the courage or the ability.

The room where the gifts were stored was heavily guarded. No matter how smart the thief was, it was difficult for him to sneak in. Unless he was a strong man above the realm of controlling objects, he could steal it quietly by taking objects from a distance.

But the fourth realm of martial arts would definitely not be short of silver, and in terms of value, there were too many gifts that were more valuable than the pair of jade ruyi. Why did he choose something that was not too valuable? It was obviously aimed at the beauty.

Although Qian'er was highly suspected, she was just an ordinary person, she had no time and no ability to do this.

But who could it be?

After a moment, Song Lian shook his head. Since he had no clue, he stopped thinking about it. It was just a pair of Ruyi that was lost. The most important thing was to successfully hold the old lady's birthday banquet.

Speaking of which, tonight was really thanks to Li Nuo.

He watched the beauty grow up. He had always been dissatisfied with the fact that the beauty married a fool, even though the other party's father was a powerful official in the court.

But tonight, he completely changed his impression of Li Nuo. Whether his previous stupidity was intentional or he suddenly became enlightened, it didn't matter.

The important thing was that they could be fine as a couple.

After getting rid of a worry, Song Lian turned off the lights and lay on the bed.

In order to prepare for the old lady's birthday banquet, he had spent countless energy these days, and he hadn't had a good sleep for countless days. Now everything was finally over. He lay on the bed without even taking off his clothes. As soon as his head touched the pillow, he fell asleep...

As time passed, the lights in the rooms of the Song Mansion gradually went out.

Only the lanterns hanging on the roads in the mansion were still emitting a faint light.

The birthday hall, which was still very lively two hours ago, was now empty and dark.

On the roof of the birthday hall, a figure knelt and leaned against the eaves, put away the two jade ruyis beside him, looked at the Song Mansion in the dark, pulled the corners of his mouth, raised a touching smile, and whispered: "It turns out that you are not a fool, interesting, really interesting..."