The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 42: An intense war between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law

There was a slight sulkiness in Ning Yuxuan's heart, but he couldn't show this feeling.

Hearing these words, Mu Shuiqing quietly laughed and said, "My lord, if you're missing Madam this much, why did you still come to Qing-er's place?"

Marquis Moyu lightly smiled, "Is Qing-er jealous?"

"Qing-er wouldn't dare." Mu Shuiqing's face had a warm, motherly radiance. With her hands covering a belly that hadn't protruded out yet, she said, "Qing-er has accepted the unpleasant truth. The marquis's heart only has Madam. As long as my lord is willing to occasionally come see Qing-er, Qing-er will be very happy."

Ning Yuxuan's smile slightly dimmed. He lowered his eyes and started to reflect upon his past actions. Had he been spoiling Wen Wan too much? The entire household knew his heart was with her. This must be why she was increasingly behaving without the slightest scruple.

To be honest, Wen Wan wasn't a woman that could peacefully stay at home. But, he had fallen in love with her. No matter how badly she acted, he was still willing to show tolerance and forgive her.

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Two days later, Ji Man finally completely recovered from her cold. Qian Lianxue and Qi Siling had sent over mushrooms and ocean delicacies as a token effort, along with a message that she should properly take care of her health.

Old madame also summoned her to her place and asked with a beaming smile, "Have you been enjoying the past two days of living with Xuan-er?"

Ji Man smiled and said, "This servant fondly remembers in her heart the care that the marquis had shown towards this servant."

Old madame repeatedly nodded. "Your current humble and patient temperament is very good. As time goes on, Xuan-er will naturally understand who's the best."

Ji Man nodded in agreement. She kept old madame company as they ate quite a bit of pastries. Worried that old madame would feel indigestion from overeating, she suggested that they go to the garden to stroll around. She supported her as they walked there.

In the original novel, the garden was worthy of being called the place where most incidents happened. Ji Man and old madame hadn't even taken two steps into the garden when they met Ning Yuxuan. After Ning Yuxuan paid his respects to old madame, he accompanied them around the garden with a heavy load on his mind.

Old madame asked him questions related to the Six Ministries and he answered each question one by one, but his eyes continued to blankly stare at the ground.

Ji Man's intuition told her that he was preoccupied with his feelings. Recently, he and Wen Wan were in a cold war. He was definitely at the tipping point where he couldn't bear it anymore and was about to surrender.

After they passed through a covered corridor, the pavilion was straight ahead. There were two people siting in the pavilion with two servants standing nearby.

"Who are those two people? What are they doing?" Old madame asked after seeing those people from a distance.

Shouwu briskly walked forward to see, then she came back and said, "The marquis's cousin is playing Chinese chess with Madam."

Ning Yuxuan's expression sunk. Old Madame's frown was even more severe than his. She angrily shouted, "Preposterous! Is there no sense of propriety?!"

Ji Man was startled by old madame's sudden anger. The two people in the pavilion had also clearly heard her voice and hurriedly came over here to greet her.

"Old Madame." Wen Wan saluted with an innocent face, but old madame only coldly harrumphed and didn't look at her.

Instead, old madame looked at Ning Mingjie and asked, "Mingjie, why do you have the free time to play Chinese chess here?"