IBTSOME Chapter 61 Part 2

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 61 Part 2: New Year

 

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It was impossible for the Emperor to come over from afar just to exchange pointer with Gu Cheng Yao. What he wanted was Yan Wang's attitude. Now there were many members of imperial court, and First Assistant Zhang’s disciples were everywhere. Yan Wang was a ruler of the vassal state, and he held a large army of 100,000. Which side he was on? Here was the meaning of "the same family" that the Emperor said.

 

After Lin Wei Xi picked up the subtle meaning of these two sentences, several more rounds of dialogue between Gu Hui Yan and the Emperor had passed. Lin Wei Xi couldn't help sighing from the bottom of her heart, no wonder they said that becoming the close minister for the Son of Heaven was not good. This was the most powerful and also the most dangerous place. If it changed with her, she might still in the middle of understanding the Emperor's deep meaning, and the conversation on the other side would have ended. How could she be able to answer so smoothly like Gu Hui Yan, handled matters with ease, and the exchanges were all hidden words.

 

The Emperor got a satisfactory answer, and his expression was obviously flying. Lin Wei Xi looked at the timing and took the opportunity to ask: "Your Majesty, the mansion’s annual banquet is ready, may this subject wife be so bold to ask if Your Majesty is willing to attend?"

 

"This is natural. For a long time have heard Yan Wangfei’s orchid heart and vanilla quality. The Empress Dowager in the deep palace has heard about it. Didn't expect today Zhen able to see it." The Emperor stood up as he said, and others accompanied him to stand up, but the Emperor instead of rushing to leave, he said to Lin Wei Xi, "Although Mother Empress is at ease in the palace, but without people to talk to will inevitably be lonely. If Yan Wangfei has time, there’s no harm going to the palace more."

 

Lin Wei Xi responded with a smile, "Yes."

 

The Holy One will also be seated, and the mansion’s New Year’s Eve dinner immediately increased three levels. Fortunately, Lin Wei Xi's management of the inner house was very regulated. Now that she had enough status, she didn’t have to worry about the people below, and there was no Bu Mama who used ordered people around. Lin Wei Xi's arrangements had become more and more clear, strict and self-contained. The servants all had their own department, and Lin Wei Xi's instructions were sufficiently clear, so in the extraordinary circumstances like the Holy One’s sudden visit, there was no mistake.

 

When the Emperor arrived suddenly, many arrangements in the kitchen had to be redone. This way, the time was rushed and the pressure was high, and it was most likely to cause trouble. Gao Ran had secretly raised her heart, but when she saw the annual banquet served meticulously, and there was not even a little disagreement, the feeling in Gao Ran's heart became more complicated.

 

Gao Ran glanced at Gu Cheng Yao and found that he was also obviously relieved, and a trace of admiration appeared between his brows. Gao Ran pursed the corner of her mouth and retracted her gaze. After this incident, afraid Lin Wei Xi's position in the mansion would become more detached. Even the big banquet with the Emperor could be arranged in a moment, and who else dares not accepted it, a mistress who had been managing the household for 20 or 30 years probably would not dare to speak such big words.

 

The Emperor said that he was going to have the New Year's Eve dinner with Yan Wang Mansion’s family, but in fact he only sat down for a few rounds of wine with Gu Hui Yan, soon he got up and left the mansion. Now the news that the Emperor's going out of the palace must be known to every household, even if the Emperor was not happy, he still need to visit First Assistant Zhang's house.

 

After the Emperor left, everyone silently breathe a sigh of relief.

 

Gu Hui Yan's expression was still calm, but Lin Wei Xi spent day and night with him, and immediately saw that although he looked calm, there were still many subtleties, he should have a load on his mind and only the little Emperor who had just left was worthy of Gu Hui Yan's thoughtful expression.

 

"Wangye." Lin Wei Xi called out softly. Gu Hui Yan regained his senses, glanced at Lin Wei Xi, and took her hand from under the table: "It's okay. Your Majesty should go to Zhang Mansion. We don't need to worry about entering the palace. Let’s continue with the meal."

 

Lin Wei Xi nodded in response, and Gu Cheng Yao and Gao Ran also took their seats. However, after this episode, they ate without tasting the food, no one could focus on the meal.

 

Seeing many people just dropped their chopsticks, seemed not intend to continue, Lin Wei Xi waved her hand to let the maids take down the New Year's Eve banquet. The maids moved the dishes quietly, while the masters had already moved and took their seats in the other room.

 

This was the first New Year since Lin Wei Xi has been married in her two lives. There was a huge gap from an unmarried daughter to a daughter-in-law. She usually found a quiet place to talk to her sisters and maids, but now she absolutely couldn’t. Fortunately, Lin Wei Xi did not have a mother-in-law, and the only one in the mansion who was older than her was Yan Wang. However, accompanying her husband and accompanying her mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law to welcome the New Year were obviously two different things. Lin Wei Xi was by Gu Hui Yan's side, and she didn't feel that it’s unbearable.

 

However, in the same situation, Gao Ran's mood was completely different, as Gao Ran still had to stay by Lin Wei Xi's side. Lin Wei Xi sat behind and felt sleepy. Her eyes were too heavy, but she thought that she was an elder, and she must be dignified in front of the junior, so she forced her eyelids up. After a while, her eyes were full of water mist, stared blankly ahead.

 

The sleepy Lin Wei Xi reacted much slower. Compared with her usual glib-tongued, with her wet eyes, she looked harmless and innocent. For people who was often ravaged by her words, she was undoubtedly many times cuter now.

 

That's what Gu Cheng Yao thought. Of course he knew that it was wrong to think like this. It was his stepmother, and it reasonable for him to avoid suspicion. This was not only disrespectful to the young stepmother, but also disrespectful to his father. But even if he retracted his eyes, he still couldn't control to replay the scene he had just seen in his mind. It turned out that Lin Wei Xi was like this when she was sleepy, her reaction was slow, and the whole person was tender and delicate.

 

Gu Hui Yan sat upright for a while, in the end couldn't help it. He sighed, reached out his hand to support Lin Wei Xi who was swaying back and forth, and said, "Since you are sleepy, go back and rest for a while."

 

Lin Wei Xi’s brain was not too clear. Sleepy people were just like a drunk people. The most taboo thing was for others to says that she was sleepy. Lin Wei Xi slapped Gu Hui Yan's hand away: "I'm not sleepy."

 

The whole room was silent, Wangfei actually slapped Yan Wang's hand? Wan Xing was about to be suffocated. She wanted to step forward and shake Lin Wei Xi awake to remind her one or two, only to find that Yan Wang just sighed, supporting Lin Wei Xi's shoulder and laying her flat on his lap.

 

Lin Wei Xi followed the momentum and lay down, and after a while, she fell asleep in confusion. Gu Hui Yan sorted out the falling hair on the back of Lin Wei Xi's neck, and immediately continued to do his own things without the slightest offensive displeasure. Wan Xing was dumbfounded watching this scene, until someone pulled her sleeves, she silently retreated, just like the many gasping people in the room, pretending to not see anything.

 

Lin Wei Xi didn't know what happened, she just felt that she slept warmly and comfortably. It was unknown how long before she was gently shaken to wake up: "Wake up first, it’s new year."

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