Xianggong, Please Divorce Me!

Ch. 23: The Brides First Visit Home is a Boring Matter

[1] 一朵鲜花插在牛粪上; a fresh flower planted on cow dung. The saying refers to a relationship where the woman is considered to have great qualities whereas the man is considered to be significantly inferior, especially in regards to appearance.

[2] 一拳打在棉花上; a fist punching cotton. The idea is that the attack was useless.

Ch 23 – The Bride's First Visit Home is a Boring Matter

The next day was precisely the day for the bride to return to her parental home. Su Tang tossed and turned for a long time the prior night before finally falling asleep. Therefore, she felt somewhat giddy being awoken early in the morning. Song Shi An also (finally) fell asleep in the middle of the night, and nevertheless was still reckoned as having the ideal countenance with a relaxed mind.

Lao taitai had long ago prepared the brides' presents for her parents. On the left was one chest and on the right a basket of very sumptuous food. Su Tang secretly stuck out her tongue and thought to herself that this must be lao taitai spending excessive money again.

Because of xiao wang ye's assassination (attempt) the previous time, Song Shi An added an excessive number of guards. He entered the carriage prepared with all sorts of contingencies. Su Tang originally planned to catch up on her sleep in the carriage, (but) seeing Song Shi An also make his way in, she promptly sat upright and at the same time stared daggers at him with a stern face....she still bore a grudge for yesterdays' matter about a small cold noodles!

When the carriage abruptly launched, Su Tang suddenly recalled something and urgently said, "Wait a moment!" Looking at Song Shi An, she asked, "Can we take Xuan Zi along?"

She had told Xuan Zi, afterwards when going out, she'd take him with.

Song Shi An wrinkled his brows in a frown, and looked at Su Tang with concentrated attention. He didn't know why she raised this proposal.

Su Tang started saying, "You, I don't feel like speaking with you. Xuan Zi is still a small child and at an age where he loves to go everywhere to play. What do you mean by confining him to the manor? You see, because he stays cooped up in the manor for so long, he yesterday wanted to run out and play!" ....uh, this counts as she being the villain who defends by attacking the critic?

Regarding Xuan Zi's mishap, Song Shi An all along felt he handled things very poorly and had a small feeling of not knowing where to start. Owing to hearing Su Tang say this, he truly felt there was some grains of logic (in it). Soon afterwards he said to the maid servant who was outside, "Go get shao xiao ye."

Upon hearing this Su Tang, hurriedly got off the carriage saying, "I'll do it. I'll do it!"

This way is a good opportunity to win over Xuan Zi. How could she allow it to slip away for nothing!

Xuan Zi was sleepy and in a daze. When he heard Su Tang say that she wanted to bring him with to return to her parents residence, his small eyes promptly became round. But he still didn't dare to believe and asked, "Can I go?"

Su Tang poked his small head. Smiling she said, "How could you not! I remember a certain person intimately preferring to my mother. Then isn't my parents your grandparents!

Hearing these words, Xuan Zi smiled, 2 small dimples arose on his cheeks. Su Tang seeing this was extremely happy. Her arms embraced him, and brought him over to her. She suppressed a kiss. Xuan Zi kept blinking, silently lowered his head and didn't let her see his smile. His lips quickly drew back, arriving at the back of his head.

In getting Xuan Zi clothing (to wear), he again wanted to take dark clothing. Upon seeing that, Su Tang immediately stopped him and drew out apricot colored clothing from the wardrobe closet. Motioning, she gave no explanation and simply put the clothing on him. Contentedly she said, "This color isn't bad, particularly sets off your skin (tone), very adorable."