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Chapter 188: Progress
Chapter 188: Progress
After a month in the palace, Meng Qianqian was exhausted, having barely slept a good night's rest.
So, this night, she slept particularly deeply.
She was quite confident about her sleeping posture, after all, Tan'er had slept with her for so many nights, and had never once mentioned her poor sleeping habits.
Lu Yuan lay motionlessly beside Meng Qianqian, staring straight at the canopy above with his eyes wide open, and for the sixth time, he removed the hand that was wrapped around his waist.
As the time for Meng Qianqian to wake up every morning approached, she was still too tired to fully awaken.
In a state between sleep and wakefulness, she heard Bao Shu's small voice: "Knock, knock, knock! Open, open it."
Bao Shu had come to find her.
The little one had woken up so early today, and was probably standing by the door, asking Nurse Wan and the others to open it for her.
Meng Qianqian couldn't bring herself to wake up, so she mumbled with her eyes closed, "Ban Xia, bring Bao Shu in."
She heard Ban Xia's response and carried Bao Shu, with her golden braids, onto the bed.
Bao Shu crawled all over her.
Meng Qianqian smiled lazily, hugged the little one into her embrace, touched her chubby cheeks, and gave her a tight squeeze.
"Be a good baby and sleep with me for a while longer."
"Knock!"
Bao Shu's voice sounded again from outside, as she knocked on the door with her little hand.
"Oh, Miss Bao Shu! Let's go play something else!"
It was Nurse Wan's voice.
Meng Qianqian suddenly jolted awake, her eyes snapping open, and what met her gaze was Lu Yuan's breathtakingly handsome face, with icy eyes and flushed cheeks and ears.
Meng Qianqian's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately released Lu Yuan, whom she had been holding tightly in her embrace. She knelt, facing Lu Yuan, like a frightened little quail.
It turned out that the instruction she had given to Ban Xia earlier was something she had only said in her dream, thinking it was real.
The one she had been holding and cuddling in her embrace was not Bao Shu, but the Grand Marshal.
Her face turned deathly pale: "Grand Marshal... let me explain..."
Lu Yuan looked at her coldly: "You sleep very honestly? Never touching me?"
Meng Qianqian was speechless.
Wasn't it because she was used to sleeping alone, and she really hadn't realized he was by her side?
The only ones who appeared on her marital bed were Bao Shu and Tan'er, both of whom she would hold.
Lu Yuan threw off the thin blanket and got out of bed.
The misunderstanding couldn't be allowed to deepen; she had to clarify it!
"Grand Marshal!"
Meng Qianqian turned to grab him.
Originally, she wanted to grab his upper garment, but as she reached forward, she grabbed his pants instead.
And because he was tall, when she leaned over the edge of the bed, she suddenly fell onto him.
Seeing what suddenly appeared before her...
Don't look at what you shouldn't!
Meng Qianqian quickly closed her eyes tightly and turned her head away.
Lu Yuan had his back to her, so she couldn't see his expression, but she guessed that he was probably not far from wanting to kill her.
"I, I didn't mean to!"
Meng Qianqian hurriedly pulled up his pants.
But as her hands lifted them—
Hmm? Why won't it go up?
So.
"Meng, Xiao, Jiu—"
Lu Yuan's furious roar echoed through the room, causing the entire courtyard to tremble three times, and even the birds in the trees took flight in fright.
Lu Yuan left for court.
Meng Qianqian sat alone on the bed, staring blankly at her burning left hand, feeling like crying but unable to shed tears.
Lu Yuan's angry roar was so powerful that even Bao Zhu's plump body shook three times.
The only two unaffected were Tan'er, who slept like a log, and Liu Qingyun.
When Liu Qingyun woke up, it was already noon. After taking her time with her morning routine, she went to see Bao Shu first.
She brought a box of gifts for Bao Shu, including small trinkets from Miaojiang and clothing for Miaojiang babies.
After Bao Shu changed, she took a look in the mirror and dramatically fainted from her own beauty.
Liu Qingyun was surprised, "What's wrong with her?"
Qing Shuang calmly said, "She's fainted from her own beauty again."
Liu Qingyun held Bao Shu and asked, "Do you like your grandmother?"
Bao Shu replied, "I love her."
Liu Qingyun smiled, "What do you like about your grandmother?"
Bao Shu, in a babyish tone, said, "Grandmother, you're beautiful."
Liu Qingyun asked again, "Is it your grandmother who's beautiful, or your mother?"
Bao Shu waved her little hand sincerely, "Grandmother is beautiful, Mother is not!"
Liu Qingyun smiled in satisfaction, "You have good taste."
After appeasing Liu Qingyun, Bao Shu sighed like a little adult and continued her next round of 'business' with a serious face.
She wobbled her way to Meng Qianqian's room, asked for a hug, and praised with shining eyes, "Mother is the most beautiful, the very best!"
"I heard that in your Central Plains, the mothers-in-law set rules for their daughters-in-law. During meals, the daughter-in-law can't sit down to eat. She has to set the tableware and arrange the dishes for her mother-in-law, and only after the mother-in-law is done can she start eating."
At the dinner table, Liu Qingyun sipped her tea nonchalantly.
Meng Qianqian stood respectfully beside her, smiling and saying, "Yes, Mother."
Liu Qingyun gave Meng Qianqian a look, signaling her to set the tableware.
Meng Qianqian did it with graceful ease.
With just a glance, Meng Qianqian accurately picked the dishes Liu Qingyun wanted to eat.
Throughout the meal, Meng Qianqian not only had good eyesight but also displayed great patience.
But was she really patient? Which good mother-in-law would call her daughter-in-law to set rules in the afternoon? She had already eaten at the grandmother's place.
As expected, Liu Qingyun started to nitpick and emphasize again that Meng Qianqian was unsatisfactory in various ways, just like yesterday.
Meng Qianqian smiled, "The daughter-in-law will work hard."
Just after finishing the meal, a messenger from the Princess Mansion delivered an invitation. Wanping Princess was hosting a poetry gathering at the mansion and invited Liu Qingyun and Meng Qianqian to attend.
Liu Qingyun had arrived in the capital just yesterday, and she had left the palace yesterday as well. News traveled fast.
There was a bet between Liu Qingyun and Wanping Princess, but due to the plague in the palace, more than a month had passed since the agreed-upon date.
Could it be that Wanping Princess wanted to settle the bet today and make Liu Qingyun lose in front of everyone, causing Lu Yuan to lose face?
Thinking of Lu Yuan, uncontrollable, indescribable images flashed through her mind.
Her palms grew hot again.
She stared at her hands in dismay and muttered to herself, "Why do you keep touching things unnecessarily?"
Meng Qianqian thought it over and decided to go.
She wanted to see Chenlong, and if necessary, she would postpone the bet again.
Liu Qingyun had no interest in the poetry gathering.
Meng Qianqian's eyes darted, and she quietly placed Bao Shu behind Liu Qingyun.
Bao Shu was very cooperative. She held Liu Qingyun's hand and pulled her out of the mansion, saying, "Grandmother, let's go play!"
An hour later, Liu Qingyun got off the carriage, holding Bao Shu.
She looked up at the grand and dignified plaque and asked nonchalantly, "Is this the Princess Mansion? It's not that impressive."
As soon as she entered the mansion, she wore a disdainful expression.
Looking at the colorful and exotic flowers and plants, she pouted and said, "A princess, huh? Her taste is worse than yours! Planting these in the summer, is she trying to attract more snakes, rats, and insects?"
What Meng Qianqian heard was: "My mother-in-law praises me for having better taste than Princess Wanping and choosing flowers and plants well."
The Grand Marshal was so happy that he floated to court today.
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