Chapter 96(1/2)
Husband?
After listening to the doctor's answer, Chen Jiao looked at Li Mu again, and a hint of shyness appeared in her eyes. Her eyes were full, as if the bride had just met the groom. Just when Li Mu, Bi He and others were surprised by her innocent girl reaction, Chen Jiao suddenly frowned and asked Li Mu in confusion: "If you are really my husband, why do you call me Miss like them?"
This question is naturally explained, but it is only suitable for two people to talk about when they are alone.
Li Mu said in a soothing tone: "This matter is a long story. Please ask the lady to take the pulse first. The injury is important."
Chen Jiao was still uneasy, but she lay down obediently.
The doctor asked her some questions, such as whether she could remember who her parents were? Chen Jiao shook her head one by one. When she answered, she looked at Li Mu from time to time, as if she had regarded Li Mu as a barely trustworthy person. Bihe and Luzhu were both anxious, but Li Mu was the prefect of a county, and they didn't dare to explain anything in front of the doctor.
Chen Jiao's illness was not needed by the doctor. Anyone who was watching could guess that this petite lady had amnesia.
"Sir, are you sure to cure it?" Li Mu asked the doctor in front of Chen Jiao.
The doctor sighed and looked at Chen Jiao who was ignorant and cramped. He shook his head and said, "About this disease, I have read medical books and classics, but none of them have effective treatment. Most patients will be cured without medicine within a certain period of time and recover their memories by themselves. Some people..."
He showed regret, and the omitted words were self-evident.
Li Mu wanted to send the doctor out, but suddenly the little woman's anxious voice came from behind: "You, don't leave..."
Li Mu turned around.
Chen Jiao had already raised her upper body, but when she met his eyes, she quickly lay down again, looking very embarrassed.
The doctor said tactfully: "The adults stayed, but the wife lost her memory and was anxious and anxious, and needed to be comforted by trustworthy people."
"We will take good care of the lady, and the prefect will do it yourself." Luzhu said unceremoniously.
Li Mu looked at Chen Jiao again, and Chen Jiao bit her lip and looked at him begging.
Li Mu felt that it would be better to say it clearly, so he stayed.
Luzhu was reluctant to see him off. Li Mu and Bihe were guarding the bedside. Bihe stood, and Li Mu sat on the stool in front of the bed.
In Bihe's warning gaze, Li Mu gently introduced her identity to Chen Jiao, the daughter of the uncle of Chang'an City.
Chen Jiao listened quietly.
Speaking of their marriage, Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "I call you Miss because the lady has someone else whom I like. The lower-ranking official knows that he is humble and cannot be worthy of the lady, so he is unwilling to force the lady to treat him with courtesy everywhere and respect each other as guests. For other matters, the lady can ask the maids around him, they are all dowrying for the lady, and they are loyal to her, and the lady can trust her wholeheartedly."
He did not take the opportunity to fabricate the facts and took advantage of the lady. Bihe's face looked a little better.
Chen Jiao cried in her heart. Li Mu seemed to be a gentleman, but in fact she had no affection for her original body. She was disdainful of the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
"Please rest with peace of mind. Please write a letter to report to the uncle. When the lady recovers from the injury, the official will ask her cousin to apologize to you."
Everything that should be said was said, Li Mu stood up and said goodbye.
Chen Jiao could only watch him leave.
As soon as Li Mu left, Bihe immediately sat next to Chen Jiao and talked about a basket of beautiful memories of her original body and her own brother Chen Tingzhang.
Chen Jiao pretended to be stupid.
Chen Jiao had a swollen bag on the back of her head, and she had to keep it in the house. Li Mu would come to visit her every morning and evening, and then leave after saying a few polite words.
Three days later, Chen Jiao's trauma was almost healed, and Li Mu wrote a letter to Chang'an City, which also received a response from Chen Guojiu. In the evening, Li Mu returned from the official residence, and the Yan Manager in the front yard led a middle-aged man who looked like a manager to visit him.
Li Mu lived in Guojiu's Mansion for a young age and recognized that the middle-aged man was one of Chen Guojiu's confidant managers, with his surname being Lü.
Li Mu stood up and saluted.
Manager Lu was flattered. After returning the gift, he took out a letter and handed it to Li Mu, saying, "My uncle has the smallest life and will give it to the adults."
Li Mu took the envelope, took it apart after taking it, and after reading it, he frowned.
According to Li Mu's intention, he hoped to send Ms. Chen in the backyard back to his uncle's mansion, and with biological parents to take care of her, Ms. Chen may soon recover her memory. At that time, Mr. Chen will send her daughter back and Li Mu will continue to offer her. However, Mr. Chen has forgotten the past when she learned that her daughter had fallen, but she is much more happy than sad. Although her daughter doesn't remember him, her daughter doesn't remember her bad relationship with her brother!
Chen Guojiu sincerely hoped that his daughter and Li Mu would live a good life. Therefore, in addition to solemnly instructing Li Mu to treat his daughter well in the letter, Chen Guojiu also made a decision. He asked Manager Lu to take away the old maids around his daughter who knew the brother and sister's relationship, and all replaced them with the new servants he personally selected for his daughter. Chen Guojiu felt that without the instigation of a fool's slave, the relationship between his daughter and son-in-law would definitely go thousands of miles a day.
"What do you think?" Manager Lu asked respectfully.
Li Mu put down the letter and said seriously: "My father-in-law has worked hard, and the subordinates cannot repay him. He is only afraid that the lady will resent me after she recovers from illness."
Manager Lu lowered his head and smiled, "Mr. I'm worried too much. Uncle Guo wanted to give him a message." After that, Manager Lu stepped forward, walked to Li Mu, and said in a voice that only Li Mu could hear: "Mr. Uncle Guo said that when a woman gets married, he should take care of her husband, and he should take care of her, so there is no need to worry. Uncle Guo also said that he hopes that the adults will have a grandson for him as soon as possible."
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Li Mu's handsome face.
Manager Lu saw it and took a few steps back and asked for instructions: "If the sir, the younger one will go to pay his respects to his wife."
Li Mu stood up and gave him.
Manager Lu respectfully retreated. When he went to the backyard, four burly and powerful men were added behind him.
When he learned that Chen Guojiu had sent a manager, Chen Jiao changed her clothes and led Bihe and Biliu to the hall to meet the guests.
Manager Lu looked at his lady silently. He looked at the woman who walked out in a dress with only a regular shirt. He was still beautiful, but his familiar domineering and arrogant were replaced by dignity and gentleness. As Li Mu said in his letter, his temperament changed drastically. Manager Lu secretly comforted his uncle and respectfully bowed to Chen Jiao.
Chen Guojiu also wrote a letter to his daughter. In the letter, Chen Guojiu did not mention his son Chen Tingzhang in a word. He only praised Li Mu for his own good care of his husband and children, and did not need to rush to ask for medical treatment.
Chen Jiao saw it from the beginning and felt that although Chen Guojiu was ambitious and greedy for power, she was really a good father. If possible, she would also try her best to save her parents' lives in this life.
After she finished reading the letter, Manager Lu then gave Chen Guojiu's order.
Bihe and Biliu were fading, so they immediately knelt in front of Chen Jiao and begged Chen Jiao to keep them.
Chen Jiao was very happy. Bihe and other maids were the minions around her. Even if she pretended to be amnesia and with these maids, her plan to get along with Li Mu would be hindered everywhere. Chen Jiao has been thinking about how to dismiss these maids but not aroused Li Mu's suspicion in the past few days. Unexpectedly, Chen Guojiu helped her a lot.
He was happy, and Chen Jiao only looked at her at a loss on her face, which was easy to bully.
Bihe, Biheluo and Luzhu are even more anxious to ask for it. Chen Jiao looked at Manager Lu in embarrassment.
Manager Lu clapped his hands, and four maids in white skirts walked in from the yard.
Ignoring the four girls of Bihe, Manager Lu introduced to Chen Jiao: "Madam, this is the maid chosen by the uncle himself."
The new four girls stepped forward one after another, namely wish, good luck, peace, and beauty.
"It's noisy outside, please go to the inner room to rest first." Manager Lu said with a smile. As soon as he finished speaking, the four girls of Ruyi had rescued Chen Jiao from the siege of Bihe and others and helped him to the inner room. At the same time, four burly men also carried Bihe and others away like chickens. The eight female guards who rushed over after hearing the news were naturally taken away by Manager Lu.
Manager Lu is like a tornado, coming and going quickly.
Li Mu stood at the door of the prefect's mansion, watching Manager Lu leave with his servants, and didn't know what to think.
Before he could think about it, Chen Jiao's new maid Ruyi walked over respectfully and saluted him and said, "Sir, dinner is ready, my wife, I will order you to invite me."
Upon hearing this, Li Mu looked at Yan Guanjun beside him.
Manager Yan lowered his head, but he couldn't hide the rise of his lips. Uncle Guo really admired the adults. First, he gave his daughter who was not well-known but charming. Now that his daughter is sick, Uncle Guo didn't think about how to help his daughter recover his memory. Instead, he planned to fight and urged the adults to quickly reunite with his daughter.
Strict management is happy to see it happen. Adults have suffered a loss in their reputation. Now going to sleep with that woman is a compensation. Even if she is not innocent, many men dream of such a person.
As the dusk fell, Li Mu came to the backyard and saw the amnesia-lost lady sitting at the square table waiting. When she saw him, she immediately left the seat, her long eyelashes drooped, very cramped, but she did not have familiar resistance or contempt.
Li Mu approached and was about to speak, but she held the veil in her little hand and called shyly: "Husband, you are here."
Li Mu was slightly stunned and said "yes".
"Please sit down, husband." Chen Jiao mustered up the courage to look at him and helped him pull the chair in the main seat back.
Her second call to "husband" is much more natural than the first call.
Li Mu sat down silently.
The new maids serving in the room retreated first.
Chen Jiao held the bowl in one hand and ate in small mouthfuls, peeking at Li Mu from time to time.
She was innocent like a deer, and Li Mu was really not used to it. After using a few mouthfuls, Li Mu asked softly: "A new maid, can you use it for the lady?"
Chen Jiao quickly put down the bowl, lowered her head and replied, "It's pretty good. Bihe and the others are a little fierce. They always care about me, I'm afraid."
Li Mu paused and said, "It's good if you like it, Miss."
He continued to pick up food, and after a while he found that the little woman next to him was motionless. Li Mu looked at him in confusion, but saw two crystal tears hanging on her thick eyelashes that were about to fall.
Li Mu was secretly shocked and immediately put down his chopsticks and asked, "But the officials said the wrong thing?"
Chen Jiao shook her head, tears fell down. She turned her head and wiped it off with her back. She asked in panic: "Bihe, Bihe and the others have told me a lot about me and my elder brother, are those, true?"
Li Mu was silent.
Chen Jiao turned around, stared at him for a while, then cried and said, "It seems that it's true. You must hate me very much, right?"
Li Mu turned to her and lowered his eyes and said, "The officials dare not, they are humble. They are indeed wronged by the lady."
Chen Jiao took out the veil, covered her face and cried, "You are a hero, I am just a shameless woman, I am not worthy of you."
Li Mu sighed: "Miss is so serious. No one is perfect, not to mention that the lady was young and was just confused for a while."
Chen Jiao raised her head in surprise and looked at him with tears in her eyes: "Do you really think so?"
Li Mu nodded.
Chen Jiaofu shook again, rubbed the veil with his little hands, and then blushed for a while, "Father, my father wrote me to praise the heroes of the world, and told me to cherish my blessings and be my wife with peace of mind. I am willing to do this, but I don't know that my lord will be willing to forgive my mistakes before, and sincerely accept me."
Li Mu looked at her red face, smiled, and said, "It is Li Mu's blessing to be able to marry a lady."
Chen Jiao's head lowered, and her long eyelashes trembled.
Li Mu picked up the chopsticks again and helped her pick up food: "Miss has lost a lot recently, so use more."
Chen Jiao said sweetly, holding the bowl and said, "Thank you, my husband."
To be continued...