The Precious Lady – Chapter 396

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第396章 姑爷你好
一辆马车将播州城内整个犯事的女眷们全都带走,温婉的马车一直跟到城郊,直到马车在黛青山峦之间变成了黑点。

温婉心中发沉,胸中无力,连带觉得自己的前途也是晦暗不明。

一回头,在城墙处看到了打马前来送行的程允章。

两个人于人潮中相见,四目相对,无声错开。

仿佛从未相知相熟。

风起,缘尽。

一回到家中,就看见魏峥正抱着昭昭逗弄。

昭昭性格开朗,喜欢笑,喜欢动,从没有安分的时候,眼下她趴在魏峥肩上,挥舞小胖手去够头顶上的树叶子。

而珲哥儿则坐在脚边的学步车里,怀里搂着魏峥随身的长剑。他握不住,只能抱着长剑剑柄,抓着朱红色编穗放嘴里啃,表情满足犹如饮国窖。

这一幕,让温婉那颗破破烂烂的心…仿佛短暂被人缝补好。

她笑着入内,先是抱起地上的珲哥儿,擦干他嘴边晶莹的哈喇子,又顺手将那片叶子扯下来递给昭昭,两个孩子见了妈,胖短身躯兴奋扭动,嘴里“阿拉唔哦”的说了一大堆婴语。

魏峥知她刚去送别孙兰芝回来,小娘子眼睛红肿着,面上却看不出伤痛之色,她只是蹭着珲哥儿的额头,仿佛要从小孩子身上汲取继续活下去的养料。

魏峥抱着昭昭坐下,姿势熟练的从昭昭妹妹嘴里抠出那片绿叶子,这两小只虽然乖巧可爱,但是…就是什么都往嘴里送。

两小娃已经啃过他一左一右两根手指头,昭昭甚至还试图啃他手上的大扳指!

魏峥第一次觉得,温婉生的这两小孩儿像狗。

认气味、看表情、听语气,纯粹用五感来探知世界。

“你对面那家酒楼,我查了一下,地契上的名字是个姓王的小娘子。但是…这王小娘子和元家有着千丝万缕的联系。”

一说起生意上的事情,温婉脸色好转,“所以…这一次还是贾氏?”

“可以这么说。她选的酒楼位置这般明显,分明就是冲着你来的。师妹可有应对良策?”

温婉摇头,珲哥儿一直在她怀里扭动,试图去抓地上摆着的那把剑,温婉没有办法,只能将珲哥儿放下,任他自己在地上爬。

臭小孩!一点都不可爱!
老母亲还比不上一把剑是吧?!
“眼下还不知道他们做什么生意,不好妄动。”

“总不能坐以待毙。”手办语气毋庸置疑,“我抓几个人来问问,看看贾氏这葫芦里卖什么药。”

温婉一听这大哥又要抓人,立刻表示婉拒,“不用了,生意场上的事情我尚能应对。”

这些日子魏峥到处抓人,播州官场震动,连带着红楼生意都一落千丈,甚至有些小娘子因她和魏峥走得近而成了仇人。

温婉思来想去,魏峥这虎皮好用,可荣辱一体,播州城内的大人物斗法,极有可能牵连她这无辜鱼虾。

她又伸手来抱昭昭,不动声色的下逐客令,“侯爷,吃午饭的时候到了,昭昭和珲哥儿也得午睡,您……”

魏峥竟然一撩衣摆在石椅坐下,“行吧,既然你开口,那我就在这里用餐吧,告诉陈妈简便些就好,不用大动干戈。”

温婉:……

好气哦。

温婉咬牙切齿的走到厨房,嘱咐陈妈加两道小菜,“要素一些的,别弄太荤腥。”

陈妈努努嘴,示意窗外庭院的魏峥,“早准备上侯爷的饭菜了。”

温婉想起义母说的那些话,心中再度泛起一丝心疼,又重复道:“素一些!他不喜欢吃肉!”

陈妈不耐烦,心想养姑爷这么久,姑爷什么口味,她陈妈能不清楚?
不过嘴上还是应承着,“知道了,知道了。我把小鸡炖蘑菇里的鸡肉都给姑爷扒拉开。”

说完又捂嘴,小心翼翼的看温婉。

温婉唬着脸做噤声的手势,两人巴在窗台,探出半个脑袋,鬼鬼祟祟看向外边。

好在魏峥跟两小只玩得不亦乐乎,丝毫不察这边的对话。

温婉敲打陈妈,“再说漏嘴扣工钱!”

陈妈连连应了,只差没拍着胸脯保证,“放心吧,我还没老糊涂呢!我若是再叫错,我就做猪做狗!”

老人家很努力的给自己洗脑,一边将铲子锅子舞出火花,一边自我催眠“侯爷侯爷侯爷侯爷”。

老天保佑,可不能再叫错!
万一纸包不住火,小姐可得去给魏峥做妾,两个孩子也变成庶出,这可都是她的罪过!
饭菜上桌的时候,陈妈招呼大家伙用饭,于是很丝滑的对魏峥喊了一句:“姑爷,都是家常便饭,您别嫌弃。”

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一时之间,整个温宅清风雅静,仿佛掉根针的声音都能听见。

温维明率先发难,将筷子重重一放,作势就骂陈妈:“你真是老糊涂!什么姑爷!你睁大眼睛看清楚,这是魏大人!”

“哎哟!”陈妈很配合的扇自己两下嘴巴子,“前几天忙着姑爷忌辰的事儿,一时脑子转不过弯来,侯爷莫怪!”

柳依依也连忙打圆场,“你这老东西,我就说了一嘴找新姑爷的事儿,你倒是记住了!快下去吧,别让侯爷笑话!”

魏峥调整面部肌肉,尽量让自己看起来和蔼可亲,谁知那句“无碍”还没出口,陈妈就风骚走位的离开案发现场。

一桌温家人脸上不约而同出现一抹如释重负的神色。

一桌人你看我,我看你,任凭饭菜散发香气,却无一人动筷,全都盯着魏峥的脸。

魏峥笑笑,视线投向一侧瑟瑟发抖的柳依依,语气漫不经心,“找新姑爷?”

他又暼向一侧默不作声的温婉,语气愈发诡异的柔和,“怎么,师妹好事将近了?”

柳依依喉头一滚,恨不得也扇自己几个嘴巴子。

这死嘴!
瞎胡说什么!
都怪温维明昨夜说起陈小淳忠义可靠,若非中途出现个魏峥,说不准温婉和这陈小淳也能过到一块去!柳依依便顺口说起反正对外来说温家姑爷已经死了一年,索性再招一个上门入赘。

可两人又不敢在魏峥眼皮子底下说温婉的婚事,一面是觉得对魏峥有愧,一面是对魏峥有惧。

这几天魏峥带人到处抓人,杀人犹如杀猪宰羊,一轮下去几十颗人头落地。

前几天还和温维明一起喝酒的老友,今儿个就被牵连下狱,这让两人对于温婉重提婚事只敢想不敢动。

魏峥脸上笑着,语气仿佛在谈论今日天气,可不知怎的,柳依依后背汗毛一根根的在皮肤上手舞足蹈,她瑟缩着头犹如鹌鹑,险些竹筷都拿不稳。

温婉不动声色接过话头,“玩笑之语罢了。”

The Precious Lady

The Precious Lady

万金娘子
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The text is as follows: "【The Merchant Lady vs. The Cunning Power Lord】 It is said that the Wen family in Ping County has a fortune made of gold and jewels, even the bowls for eating are made of gold. Unfortunately, Old Master Wen has difficulty producing heirs, with only two daughters. With Old Master Wen gravely ill, the Wen family is about to be stripped bare by relatives. The newly arrived Wen Wan is quite anxious. She desperately needs a well-behaved and docile son-in-law—just as Wei Zheng, the Marquis of Huai'an, who was sent to Jiangnan to investigate a case, is ambushed and left in critical condition, he is knocked unconscious and urgently delivered to Wen Wan’s bed. The amnesiac Wei Zheng becomes the Wen family's son-in-law Zhao Heng. His hand that once wielded a sword turns into one that cooks soup. Finally, Wen Wan diagnoses a pregnancy and without hesitation throws the drugged Wei Zheng into the snow-capped mountains five hundred miles away, leaving him to fend for himself. Meanwhile, she dons a white flower on her head and black gauze on her arm, throwing a banquet to bid farewell to her "suddenly deceased" husband. When the citizens of Ping County mention the merchant lady, they all sigh: This young woman is suffering! Her man is dead, leaving her to live with her old father and two children. Don’t let her wealth fool you; she must be in immense pain. Wen Wan wipes her tears with a handkerchief, repeatedly agreeing, fearing others might see her secretly delighted heart. Later, as the Wen family's fortunes attract envy, Wen Wan is thrown into prison. The one handling the case is none other than the renowned Marquis of Huai'an. The Wen family exhausts all their wealth in efforts, but the case makes no progress. In the prison, a cold-eyed man in a blue shirt asks her, “Merchant Wen, I’ve heard that you once vowed to remain faithful to your deceased husband for life?” Wen Wan trembles: Brother, I was being honest, please let me go."

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