Chapter 944 Preference and Exceptions
No matter what the whole family was thinking, they still had to sit down and have a good meal together in front of Cheng Yuan and Cheng's mother.
No matter how noble Princess Jing's status was before, she was now a concubine and was not even qualified to sit at the table. She was directly arranged to go to the adjacent room.
After finishing the meal, Cheng Yuan left first.
When everyone was leaving, Cheng Yu still called out to Shi Li.
"Second sister-in-law, please take good care of Princess Jing, and don't let outsiders say that you are not virtuous."
Despite hearing such hurtful words, Shi Li's smile remained unchanged as she turned around and glanced at Cheng Yu.
"Don't always care about what happens in our courtyard, Third Brother. Otherwise, if it gets out, it will be seen as a younger brother spying on his elder brother's inner courtyard, which will not be good for your reputation."
Cheng Yu was suddenly nailed to the spot.
Shi Li has always been quiet in front of outsiders, and he just thought she was an easy target. He didn't expect that she would speak up today and directly bring him to the bottom.
Walking out of their parents' yard, the servants followed far behind, while Cheng Xi and Shi Li walked side by side.
Cheng Xi calmly pulled Shi Li's sleeve and asked slowly, "Did you see your brother last night?"
Shi Li raised her head and saw the obvious worry on his face, and couldn't help but chuckle.
"What are you afraid of? Even if I didn't see my brother, would I still be angry with you without knowing the truth?"
The original owner's half-brother Gongsun Rong secretly came to Cheng Mansion to meet Shi Li yesterday.
As a famous wise minister in later generations, Gongsun Rong had followed Cheng Xi very early, but very few people knew about this.
After Cheng Xi met Princess Jing, in order to prevent Shi Li from having any wild thoughts, he specially wrote a handwritten letter and gave it to Changsun Rong, asking him to meet Shi Li before the group returned and hand the letter to her personally.
[Does the anchor trust Cheng Xi so much? ]
[Can Cheng Xi really be trusted? ]
【Are you a little bit in love? 】
Faced with a screen full of doubts, Shi Li just sighed.
"What do you want me to question? Ah Xi kept my brother by his side, asked him to send me a letter, and explained everything clearly. What else can I ask of him?"
These words silenced most of the comments, but there were still a very small number of people who kept on commenting "love brain".
Shi Li would not pay attention to such people.
Seeing that Shi Li was really not unhappy at all, Cheng Xi's tension instantly relaxed. He let go of Shi Li's sleeve and held her finger instead.
The two continued walking towards their yard.
The gentle breeze blew in a few snowflakes, which lightly fell on the hair, as if they had grown from black hair to white hair throughout their lifetime.
Although they were very close to returning home, Cheng Xi hurriedly took off his cloak and put it on Shi Li's shoulders without saying a word.
When they returned to the yard, Cheng Xi held Shi Li's shoulders and asked her to sit on a chair near the fireplace, then took out an exquisite porcelain vase from his arms.
When handing it to Shi Li, he said to her seriously: "This is the pill that Doctor Xu prescribed for you. Take one every morning. Don't forget."
The pills in the porcelain bottle are naturally good things that can delay heart disease and prolong life.
Shi Li took the porcelain bottle, traced the pattern on the bottle with his fingers, and had some guesses and thoughts in his mind.
After all, the original owner's mother died very early, and she had read many historical materials and speculations. Now that Cheng Xi gave her a bottle of pills, it is easy to imagine how her health is.
"Don't worry, I will keep myself healthy and won't let you worry."
Some things don't need to be explained. Shi Li carefully put away the medicine bottle, raised her head and smiled brightly at Cheng Xi.
The next day was the Spring Festival, and all the female family members gathered in Cheng's mother's yard. The servants made preparations first, and then several hostesses made some dumplings themselves to bring good luck to the Spring Festival.
Shi Li made the dumplings very smoothly, but Xu was a complete novice and the dumplings she made were... well... hard to evaluate.
But she liked to act like a demon. While she was making dumplings, she said softly, "Why didn't my sister-in-law let Princess Jing come over to make dumplings with us? After all, she..."
"Brother Jue's wife is right."
Before Shi Li could speak, Cheng's mother unexpectedly expressed her agreement.