Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 516 - 484: Do Not Bully the Honest Pei Shenyan (1)
During the day, Li Yuwen refused to let Pei Shenyan find a doctor, nor did she allow anyone to see her injury.
She was afraid people would misunderstand and think the injury occurred during their bedroom activities; she couldn’t explain it away even if she jumped into the Yellow River.
At night, when there were only the two of them in the room, Pei Shenyan handed her a box of medicinal oil from the bed, "Now that you’re undressed, and there’s no one else here, why not apply some medicine? It’ll keep hurting if you don’t."
Li Yuwen had bumped her waist and lay there all afternoon.
While bathing in the evening, she discovered a bruise.
Li Yuwen glared at him, "What do you mean by no one here, aren’t you someone?"
Pei Shenyan, "..." He coughed lightly, "I’ll step outside the curtain; I’ll come back when you’ve finished applying the medicine."
Li Yuwen, annoyed, scowled, "You’ve taken off your outer clothes and are just going to step outside the curtain? If you catch a cold, you’ll blame it on me."
During the wedding period, if the groom caught a cold, she’d worry about people thinking the wrong thing.
This pretend marriage was so frustrating, they had to constantly spin lies to cover up the truth.
Any loophole and everything would come crashing down.
Pei Shenyan looked at her in surprise, was she worried about him catching cold?
Li Yuwen, guessing he was overthinking it, said with a stern face, "Just stay on that footboard and turn your back. I can’t be reassured if you’re standing behind the curtain, who knows if you’re peeking?"
Pei Shenyan wasn’t annoyed by her temper and smiled slightly, "Alright."
He rolled over with the blanket in his arms, turning his back towards Li Yuwen.
Li Yuwen glanced at him, quickly opened the cap of the medicinal oil, lifted her clothing, and applied the medicine.
After applying the medicine, she capped the bottle and tossed it onto Pei Shenyan’s pillow, "Done."
Pei Shenyan took the medicine, rolled over, and asked her, "Does it still hurt?"
Li Yuwen felt uncomfortable under his gaze, "It doesn’t hurt anymore, let’s sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow."
She wrapped herself in the blanket, turned over, and fell asleep.
Pei Shenyan chuckled, put the box of medicinal oil back on the table, blew out the lamp, and went to sleep too.
As usual, after Li Yuwen fell asleep in the middle of the night, she became restless and rolled all over the bed.
Pei Shenyan worried she might catch cold and inevitably covered her with the quilt.
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Early the next morning, after they finished breakfast, Pei Shenyan called Pei Ji to check the gifts according to the list.
After the gifts were packed into the carriage, Li Yuwen with her maid Cui Xi and Pei Shenyan rode in the carriage, Pei Fusheng drove, and Li Xingmao rode Li Lixing’s horse, and everyone headed to the Li family in Taohua Village.
The sky was cloudy again today.
Li Yuwen, wearing a thick water mink fur cloak and holding a hand warmer, still felt cold.
However, the expression on her face was one of excitement because she was heading home.
Her happiness made Pei Shenyan happy too.
Once they arrived at the gate of the Li family’s house, their carriage stopped, and Uncle Gui, who stood at the courtyard gate, immediately came over and smiled, "The master and madam have instructed me to greet you at the gate, and we have been eagerly expecting you."
Li Xingmao laughed, "Are Third Sister and Yuanxiu back?"
"They live nearby and even had breakfast at home," Uncle Gui laughed.
"Come on now, they eat every meal at home, even though they’re married, they still come back for meals, how outrageous!" Li Xing’an, who arrived later, gave a cold laugh, "They couldn’t make it back, so each meal they ask me to come home to get the food."
Uncle Gui said, "Hey, Third Brother, two more people’s meals don’t make much difference, Nanny Jiang said it’s just like before."
"They’re spoiled," Li Xing’an snorted coldly.
Pei Shenyan had already gotten off the carriage and cupped his hands to Li Xing’an, "Third Brother."
Li Xing’an had a decent impression of Pei Shenyan and nodded, "Ah, Brother-in-law, come inside and sit, it’s cold outside."
"Let’s wait for Yuwen too," Pei Shenyan didn’t enter the house right away; he came over and lifted the carriage curtain, waiting for Li Yuwen to get off the carriage.
Cui Xi got off first and reached out to help Li Yuwen down.
"Third Brother." Li Yuwen nodded with a smile to Li Yu An.
"Oh, you’re back." Li Xing’an also smiled slightly.
This little girl, surely she’s lucky, even has a little maid serving her.
She’s dressed well too, that water mink cloak she’s wearing—that wasn’t seen before, must be newly bought by Pei Shenyan.
Uncle Gui, along with Fusheng, started moving the gifts, and Li Xingmao and Li Xing’an, along with Pei Shenyan and Li Yuwen, went to the North Courtyard Main House.
In the room, there sat Prince Luling and his wife, along with Li Yuzhu and Mu Yuanxiu.
Li Yuzhu had her hair styled into a married woman’s bun, which looked rather humorous for her youthful age.
Li Yuwen watched with mixed feelings.
She walked over, tugged at Li Yuzhu’s hair, and sneered, "Ugly to death."
Li Yuzhu touched her hair, "What’s ugly? I just asked our sister-in-law to help style it, and Mother said it looks nice."
"Nice, my foot!" Li Yuwen rolled her eyes.
A maiden should wear a maiden’s bun; why wear a married woman’s bun? All because of that scoundrel Li Can.
Thinking of her cautious days at Pei Shenyan’s house, Li Yuwen cursed Little Emperor Li Can in her heart, both on behalf of Li Yuzhu and herself.
Princess Consort Luling beckoned Li Yuwen over, "It’s the situation we can’t help, don’t blame your third sister."
"I know, I’m just saying it." Li Yuwen sighed.
Prince Luling said, "The third day after marriage, everyone should enjoy a lively meal together, why is everyone sighing?"
Speaking of meals, Pei Shenyan smiled, "Father, I’ve brought some freshly brewed Osmanthus Brew and some venison. How about having roasted meat for lunch?"
Prince Luling laughed and slapped his knee, "Yuanxiu brought a roe deer, and you brought a deer, today I’m in for a treat."
Li Xing’an stood up, "I’ll go to the kitchen and tell Nanny Jiang we’re having roast meat for lunch, fewer dishes."
Prince Luling said happily, "Great, great, go ahead."
After Li Xing’an left, Uncle Gui came in with Fusheng, carrying gifts.
They piled a square table full.
"There’s also twenty pounds of wine and venison in the kitchen, I brought these small items." Uncle Gui smiled.
"Excellent, ha ha ha, Yuanxiu brought fifty pounds of wine, Shen Yan brought twenty, we won’t need to buy wine for New Year’s." Prince Luling said joyfully.
Princess Consort Luling took her two daughters’ hands and apologized, then headed into the bedroom, with the little maid Cui Xi following.
Princess Consort Luling looked at the little maid, seeing this youngster was clever and neatly dressed, took a liking to her immediately.
She gave her a handful of reward money, "No need to serve here, go admire the plum blossoms in the courtyard."
"Yes, ma’am." The money was about ten coins, Cui Xi happily accepted and ran out to play.
In the bedroom, only Princess Consort Luling and her daughters were present.
Princess Consort Luling held Li Yuwen’s hand and asked quietly, "Yuzhu came early, I’ve asked about her, Yuanxiu is very earnest and proper. What about you and Pei Shenyan?"
"The same." Li Yuwen hummed lightly, "Mother, don’t worry about me, who can take advantage of me?"
Princess Consort Luling solemnly tapped Li Yuwen’s forehead, "I’m well aware of your character! I’m not worried about you, I mean, are you bullying Pei Shenyan!"
Li Yuzhu couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
Li Yuwen’s status at home dropped instantly after marriage.
Li Yuwen’s face turned stern, "Mother, I’m your daughter, why worry about outsiders?"
"Because that outsider is our benefactor and a frail person, of course I worry about him. Besides, you’ve never been afraid of anyone, huh? Like when you took little Yuzhu to steal Little Emperor’s inkstone—no other noble daughter in the entire capital could pull that off.
Also, hitting a daughter from Duke An’s Mansion saying she tried to frame you while calling my eldest daughter a vixen.
Not that there were many decent folks in the Xue family from Duke An’s Mansion either.
But as the dignified eldest legitimate daughter of Prince Luling’s Mansion, if you want to punish someone let the maid do it, why get physical and fight yourself?
When she came home, Li Yuwen kept shouting her palm was red, her toes hurt, asking the nanny for ice cubes to rub, Princess Consort Luling was furious until she saw black.
She feared her eldest daughter might get upset and beat Pei Shenyan too.
With Pei Shenyan’s health, how could he endure her punches and kicks?
"Alright, alright, benefactor, I won’t hit him." Li Yuwen walked to the large copper mirror to admire her new cloak.
Li Yuwen was quite pleased with the cloak.
There’s something to be said, Pei Shenyan, though a man, had a good eye for beauty; last time he gave her a purple fox fur cape, this time it’s mink.
The purplish-gray matched well with the vermillion coat and skirt underneath.
Seeing her distracted while listening, Princess Consort Luling pressed her to sit properly on the chair.
"Listen, you must treat Pei Shenyan respectfully. You may not like him, but don’t bully him." Princess Consort Luling said sternly.
Li Yuwen hummed lightly, "Mother, am I really your daughter?"
Princess Consort Luling looked at her sternly, "Even as my daughter, you shouldn’t be reckless. You must treat Pei Shenyan well, if he has any grievances, I won’t forgive you."
