Chapter 45 Cao's advice
This soft tea cake is something he has never eaten before. The pastry is soft and warm, sweet and not greasy with a hint of bitterness of the tea cake, and it tastes very refreshing. The tea cake he used to think was just a must-have sweet soft cake when drinking tea. Unexpectedly, there are people in this world who use tea to make such pastries.
Jiang Chengjia saw the curiosity on Ning Nanyou's face and couldn't help laughing, "Junhou must have never eaten ice cream cheese and tea soft cakes. If my mother hadn't told you their names, I'm afraid Junhou wouldn't know what these were?"
Ning Nanyou smiled, "Yes, I have never eaten this sweet water pastry. Can these be caused by this?"
Jiang Chengjia smiled, with a little pride in the corner of her eyes, "I'm afraid no one in this world can make ice cream cheese and tea cakes. When my parents were still alive at home, my aunt and uncle often came to visit. These were all done by my uncle."
"Uncle?" Ning Nanyou was surprised, "Where is the lord in the kitchen at the wife's house?"
"Because my aunt is not good at cooking and has a very tricky taste, she only eats soup made by her uncle." Jiang Chengjia smiled sweetly, and when she remembered the days before, the light in her eyes flashed with stars.
"Then, Aluo's aunt must be very loving." He smiled slightly.
Jiang Chengjia looked at Ning Nanyou and his eyes gradually became confused. Fu Yang also said this sentence before. But she could no longer remember what it was when he said it.
"Indeed, Aluo always envied the way her aunt and uncle get along when she was a child." Jiang Chengjia recalled the time she had in Namyundu's past and unconsciously revealed a hint of thought.
"Mother, Junhou, Aluo has something to talk to you." Jiang Chengjia changed the topic and accepted the memories of the past, saying that his sister-in-law had sent a letter a few days ago, saying that she had not seen Aluo for many months, and she missed her so much that she hoped to visit her mother, you and Junhou, who had already arrived from Luoyang, and was afraid that she would arrive in a few days. I hope that my mother and Junhou Yu Linyuan would stay for a few more days, waiting for her sister-in-law's pace."
"Mr. Jiang already has a wife?" Mrs. Cao was a little surprised, and Ning Nanyou also frowned slightly.
"Yes, my brother got married two years ago. A few months ago, he joined the army. My sister-in-law was waiting for his news in Chang'an. It was not until two months ago that my brother settled down in Luoyang and sent someone to pick up my sister-in-law. My sister-in-law and sister-in-law grew up childhood sweethearts and had a deep relationship. She had made a marriage when she was a child. If it weren't for the death of my father and my mother's depression, my brother and I had to leave my hometown. My sister-in-law would have married into the Jiang Mansion after my brother was honored. It was really not easy for them." Jiang Chengjia explained a few words and explained the whole story clearly.
"It turns out that it is a good marriage, but it is indeed a good marriage." Mrs. Cao smiled and praised, "When you and your wife got married, I secretly went to the palace. With the help of old friends, I took a look at your brother, who is handsome and handsome. I believe that the person who can match him must be good. Since our two families are in-laws, my sister-in-law wants to come over, I naturally have to prepare well. Unfortunately, now that the whole mansion is full of family and cannot be entertained with kindness, is it too cold in this inn?"
Jiang Chengjia quickly shook his head and said, "It's a family, my mother doesn't have to prepare much, but she just wants to make a mistake. She stays in this inn for a few days and waits for her sister-in-law's itinerary."
"Okay, something big happened yesterday, and everyone in the mansion was frightened, so naturally they had to make some adjustments. Besides, there is still some time before Zhao'er took office, so she is not in a hurry to leave." Mrs. Cao responded.
Jiang Chengjia nodded, stood up and said with a happier look, "Thank you, mother."
Cao Xiu turned his head and looked at Ning Nanyou, who had been silent and silent. Because Jiang Chengjia was here, he wanted to say something in his heart.
Biyun, who was beside her, saw the expression of her master and knew that she had something to say to her lord, so she hurriedly said to Jiang Chengjia, "Mrs. Young Madam, I stewed medicine in the kitchen. It was the one that my wife wanted to use. The medicine tasted bitter. The lady ate the candied fruit you made in the morning before she was willing to drink the medicine. The candied fruit in the early days, and the lady has finished eating it. Why don't the young lady make some more? I tried to make it, but the candied fruit tasted worse than what you made."
Jiang Chengjia's sharp-eyed eyes naturally saw Cao's expression, so he nodded tactfully, "I'll go with my aunt. Mother and daughter-in-law will take their leave first."
She stood up and bowed again, and followed Biyun's footsteps.
Cao waited for Biyun to bring the door. After the two of them gradually moved away and gradually could not hear the footsteps, she sighed slightly, turned her head to look at Ning Nanyou, and said warmly, "Are you injured when you fight yesterday?"
Ning Nanyou looked at her flatteredly, looked silently for a while before reacting, "I worry my mother, I have nothing to do, and I can't hurt my son."
"It's good if you're not injured." Cao nodded and blamed him again, "I heard from Biyun that you guarded me all night last night. Such a big thing happened in the sun. You have not been well cultivated, so why bother with your body?"
"Mother, I don't feel embarrassed. As long as my mother is healthy, I will feel at ease." Ning Nanyou's cold face finally had a hint of warmth, and he smiled stiffly.
"Are you going to deal with yesterday's affairs this morning?" Cao asked tentatively, "Can you find out who the person who assassinated yesterday... is it?"
Ning Nanyou was a little uncomfortable. His mother never asked about these things before. When she suddenly asked, she made him feel at a loss.
But he also forgot that every time he was assassinated outside, he would have been hiding from Cao's family and not giving her a trace of news to know. If Cao hadn't been with him this time, she would have probably never really felt how dangerous Ning Nanyou's situation was?
Ning Nan covered the past with vague worries, "It's just a thief in the mountains, and there is no one behind the scenes. Mother, don't worry."
Cao was always a little uneasy, and there was something in his past years hidden in his heart, which was difficult to calm down. Finally, he decided to tell Ning Nanyou, "Zhaoer, be careful of Zuo Fengyi and Dou."
Cao's words were like a stone joining the calm lake surface, waving layer after layer of waves. Ning Nanyou showed some astonishment in his eyes, and he looked at Cao in confusion, "Why did my mother say this? Why did she make me be careful of Zuo Fengyi and Dou? Didn't my mother always have a good relationship with his old lady, Dou Taijun?"
"Do not believe anything except Dou Yueshan and the old lady of the Dou family, don't ask any more questions, Zhao'er, listen to your mother's advice." Cao did not tell the reason, but just preached to him solemnly, and every word made Ning Nan feel frightened.
"What did my mother know?" Ning Nanyou looked at her with a strange look, as if she was unbelievable.
Seeing him like this, the uneasiness in her heart gradually spread. She had a guess that yesterday's assassination would probably be unrelated to the Dou family.
"Zhao'er, tell your mother honestly, is the person who instructed the assassination behind the scenes yesterday a member of the Dou family?" A hint of excitement appeared on Cao's slightly pale face.
Cao Xiu was in a state of unstable condition and could not be stimulated. Ning Nan was worried that her disease would recur, so he concealed it, "No, the person who assassinated behind the scenes was the Cheng family of Linyuan, Wuling, and had nothing to do with Dou family."
But Cao seemed to have heard some important information, and his face suddenly changed, "Wuling Cheng Cheng?"
Ning Nanyou suddenly frowned and said, "How could my mother know Cheng Yue of Wuling?"
Before he heard the name Cheng Yue from Zhao Fu yesterday, he didn't even know that the Wuling Cheng family was at the last place among the hundreds of families. How could the mother, who had been living far away in Luoyang, know about this famous family head? Could it be that his mother and Cheng Yue were old friends?
Cao's eyes scattered. He didn't know if he was thinking of something terrifying, but his whole body trembled. She suddenly grabbed Ning Nanyou's hand, and her pale, slender and slender hands were as cold as ice and snow. She held Ning Nanyou's hand tightly, and her voice trembled, "Who is it? Who is Cheng Yue instructed?"
"Mother..." Ning Nanyou looked at Cao's a little angry, and comforted him, "It's just Cheng Yue."
"Who is it? Who was instructed?" Cao Xiu was as if he couldn't listen to Ning Nanyou's comfort at this time, and he asked frantically, and gradually began to lose control.
"Mom, don't be excited. I'll tell you, Mom, relax." Cao's whole body twitched. Ning Nanyou hurriedly sat over, took Cao's arms into his arms, and coaxed him gently.
Cao Xiu kept murmuring. Ning Nanyou had no choice. He was afraid that she would suffer from illness again as he did yesterday. He whispered, "It's Zi, it's Dou Yueshan. Mother, don't worry, it's just that Zi Yu designed it to lead me out to meet, and there was nothing else."
When Cao heard Dou Yueshan's name, his eyes suddenly shook, "Has he said anything to you?"
Ning Nanyou gently patted Cao Xiu's back and said, "Mother, don't think too much. Your mother said that it will only lead me to meet you after not seeing me for many days."
Cao Xiu grabbed him and insisted on asking the bottom line, "What did Dou Yueshan say to you?"
"Why did my mother ask? What happened to the Dou family?" Ning Nanyou was really puzzled, and finally couldn't help but ask in his heart, and asked back.
Cao Xiu suddenly remained silent, turned cold, struggled to sit up from his arms, gently pushed him away and said, "Forget it, I won't ask anymore. If you don't want to tell me, go down, I'm tired."
Ning Nanyou never figured out what was going on from beginning to end. He looked at Cao Xiu blankly with his eyes, leaning on the side of the desk half-kneel.
Cao Xiu's face turned pale and vicissitudes. The good complexion in the morning disappeared again. She stood up tiredly, walked upwards, covered herself with a quilt, turned around and turned to sleep.
Ning Nan felt bitterness again. He didn't understand why Cao's attitude changed so quickly. He sighed, slowly got up, saluted Cao, who had fallen asleep, and said honorably, "Mother has a good rest, and my son will leave."
Chapter completed!