The next day, the Lu family and the Shen family came to the stage of "requesting an appointment". Shen Wenqi said that it was June, but the Duke of Zhenguo obviously didn't want to wait. The last two compromises were decided to be March.
March 17, it is appropriate to get married.
After this, the six ceremonies are considered to have passed the five ceremonies, and it is only until the day when the bride is received.
As soon as this news came out, I don't know how many families in Beijing wanted to have another daughter. Even Emperor Cheng Yuan couldn't help but patted Meng Suxi's belly and said, "It's not bad to give birth to a princess."
For a time, the limelight of the Shen family was not inferior to the heyday of the Yunyang Marquis Mansion. Most of the communication in Beijing is hypocritical and sincere. As long as you have the right to have the favor of the emperor, you will have a cold face and someone will post it.
Not to mention Shen Zhen, even Shen Hao, who has long since faded out of the Chang'an Ming women's circle, has received piles of invitations, including elegant gatherings, flower viewing, fragrance tasting, music and dance, and everything.
"These people are just..." Qingli looked at the invitation card in her hand and said with a long sigh, "My servant, please put these away for you."
"Just leave it there." Shen Hao chuckled, "Aye returns to the court, Zhen'er is going to marry into the Lu family, and some are welcomed and sent to her, which can't be pushed away no matter what."
Qingli bowed her head and said, "It's still the girl's thoughtful thinking."
Shen Hao packed the herbs in her hand and asked in a low voice, "Is the horse ready?"
Qingli said, "I'm waiting outside."
The wheels were swaying, the curtain was shaking, Shen Yan's carriage and horses stopped in front of the huge mansion, and four big characters were written on the high plaque - the Marquis of Changping.
Shen Hao got off the carriage, walked slowly to the front of the mansion, and said in a low voice, "I am the wife of Li Di, the servant of the Ministry of Works. If I have something to see your Lord, please let me know."
The little servant at the door nodded and said, "Madam, wait a moment."
After a while, Su Heng came from a distance with a smile on his face. Even though the lines on his face were getting tougher, in Shen Hao's opinion, at this moment, he was still the young man who guarded Shen Zhen's back all day.
"How did you come?"
Shen Jiao lifted the pineapple wood box in her hand and said softly, "I'll give you some medicinal herbs, some are for treating bone injuries, and some are for removing scars."
In a word, express your intention.
She is here to visit.
The accident in Yudong left Su Heng's entire back smashed into a bloody mess. Without him, Shen Wenqi would not have only lost his left arm.
Such kindness is inconvenient for Shen Zhen to come, but Shen Yan can't pretend to be stupid.
Hearing this, Su Heng's expression turned cold, and he said directly, "So, Madam Li came to thank you today?"
Mrs. Li, this is a fire in my heart.
Shen Yan smiled at him, "Thanks? Who wants to be polite to you? General Su has been in the army for half his life, but he was hit by a few stones. What a big deal?"
Su Heng heard the teasing in his words, and couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth, "Come in and talk."
Shen Hao followed him slowly, and said faintly, "Master Marquis has such a big temper now. If what I said just now wasn't what you wanted, would you still keep me out of the door?"
Su Heng immediately begged for mercy: "If you lend me ten courage, I will dare."
The two sat down in the pavilion in the main courtyard, Su Heng poured a cup of hot tea for Shen Yan, "Drink it while it's hot."
Shen Yan took it with a smile.
After a while, she looked at the cats in the courtyard and sighed, "Zhen'er told me that the cats you raised for her have all given birth to the fifth generation of children?"
When Shen Zhen was mentioned, Su Heng's eyes suddenly froze.
Couldn't say anything for a long time.
There were many things he could never say in his life.
The girl he liked when he was young is about to get married now, and he has suppressed his emotions for a few days. It seems that he is on the verge of disintegrating when he mentions it like this.
He shook his right hand, took a sip of tea, cleared his throat and said, "I heard that her marriage with Lu Yan is scheduled for tomorrow spring, she is eighteen, just right."
Seeing him like this, how could Shen Ji be unmoved in her heart? In other words, what kind of person Su Heng was, she couldn't be more clear.
In the year of Shen Zhen and his wife, the sage ordered the Su family to guard the border gate. In fact, with the relationship between the Shen and Su families, he could have come to the door to settle the marriage and get married as soon as possible.
But what did Su Heng say at that time
She's still young, and the frontier isn't for her.
She should stay in Chang'an.
Su Heng's cautious appearance was something Shen Hao would never forget for many years. She always thought that Su Heng would be her third brother-in-law.
In fact, Su Heng was also often in a trance. If he had gone to the Shen family to propose marriage and brought Shen Zhen away from Chang'an, would her life be better than now.
But life is like this, if the word "if" is exported, it is already missed.
Su Heng said softly, "You said, will Duke Zhenguo's mansion give her any grievances in the future?"
"She has to bear the grievances herself!"
Su Heng was taken aback.
"The road is chosen by herself, no one forces her to choose the wrong one, that is, the wrong one." Shen Hao looked at Su Heng, "Don't wait for her like the men in the book, waiting for her. You didn't see her when she was annoying."
A hint of helplessness flashed in Su Heng's eyes, and he said with a smile, "Who wants to wait for her?"
Shen Yan nodded, "It should be like this."
Su Heng looked at her and said, "Shen Yan."
Shen Yan replied, "What are you doing?"
Su Heng said with a serious face: "You are not at peace, but you have difficulties? If so, tell me, I will not make Li Di feel better."
Shen Yan's hand hidden under the table clenched instantly, but her eyes were only bent, "Where is the difficulty?"
Su Heng said: "Did he threaten you? I..."
Shen Hao interrupted him directly: "Su Heng, this is the capital. Chang'an is not like a frontier. If I want to reconcile, I will only follow Chang'an's rules."
The implication is that none of you should interfere.
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In the evening, the autumn wind rustled the bare branches.
Shen Hao nodded and got off the carriage, and happened to meet Li Di, who had returned from the scattered value.
Li Di got a bit of alcohol on his body. When he saw his beautiful lady, he immediately took a step forward and held her hand, "It's a coincidence."
Shen Yan threw it away, her face changed, and said, "Master Li, you haven't entered the mansion yet."
Li Di hooked his lips and forced her to step into the door. Then he deliberately picked her up by the waist and walked into the inner courtyard. During this time, Shen Yan didn't say a word, and didn't even mean to struggle.
Entering the room, Li Di put her on the couch and looked at her: "Recently, are you happy?"
Shen Yan lowered her eyebrows and said, "What's the point of Mr. Li?"
Li Di kissed her cheek, and Shen Yan stood up immediately.
"Shen Yan, you rejected me back and forth. I know what you were thinking about and what He Li was thinking. Have you never let go?"
Shen Jiao secretly squeezed the palm of her hand, and kept saying to herself: Shen Jiao, it's just a few days, it's just a few days away from the day Zhou Shuan said.
Li Di said with a smile, "Father-in-law returned to the court, and I was run by my colleagues. Do you think I deserve it?"
Shen Yan looked at her and said, "I told my husband earlier that there is more than one way for you."
With the sound of a husband, Li Di couldn't help but be in a trance.
She stretched out her hand to hold Shen Hao's chin, and said with a serious face, "Are you Shen family daughters all reincarnations of fox spirits?"
Shen Hao suppressed the anger in her heart and looked at him, "I don't know if what husband said is a praise or a derogation?"
Shen Yan secretly touched the sachet on her waist.
Li Di wrapped her arms around her waist, "Hey, I still say that, give me a son, everything will be the same as before."
The unconcealed reluctance in Shen Yan's eyes made Li Di's eyes hurt.
Li Di sneered suddenly, "Hey, don't push me, you really push me to a dead end, and the Shen family has no good fruit to eat. If my life cannot go on, what will happen to the Shen family in the sixteenth year of Yuanqing's reign? Everything has to be done all over again.”
As soon as the voice fell, the heart in Shen Yan's chest jumped up, and the voice was so loud that both of them could hear it.
"The three generations of the Shen family are not allowed to take the imperial examination." Li Di whispered in her ear: "Your sister, Shen Zhen, can she still be married to the Duke's Mansion? Could Princess An Chang let her, the daughter of a criminal minister, be the clan wife of the Lu family?"
Every word, every word is in the heart.
What she fears most is undoubtedly these.
Li Di, to Shen Yan, was like a sword hanging over her head every night, and she didn't know when it would fall, making her panic all day long.
Shen Yan leaned on his shoulder.
Li Di patted her back and said, "Huh, I didn't want to tell you this, I swear, I really don't want to, but you are too stubborn, you know, you are too stubborn."
"I only want a son-in-law, you give it to me, and I will never mention it to you again."
Firstborn, firstborn.
Every time Shen Yan heard him talk about the child, her heart couldn't stop trembling, it was really trembling, as if she was about to suffocate.
Shen Yan raised her head and touched Li Di's face, his brow bone, the bridge of his nose, and the middle with the fingertips that had just touched the sachet.
"Okay." Shen Yan looked at him and said softly, "You have to keep your word."
Li Di nodded, "Hey, I even have the child's name, Li Rong, how about it?"
Shen Yan smiled, "What if it's a girl?"
"You say so."
After that, Li Di started to turn off the lights.
Shen Hao took his hand and whispered, "I'm afraid it won't work today, I'm still there when I was young."
Li Di frowned, "Really?"
Shen Yan nodded and said softly, "Four days left."
Four days.
There's nothing to wait for.
Li Di said yes, just four days.
Soon he fell asleep.
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On the other side, Dali Temple Minister Zhou Shu held a meeting with Yao Bin, the head of the punishment department.
Yao Bin gave Zhou Shuan a glass of wine, "Mr. Zhou has done a big favor for the Criminal Department this time, and Yao has written it down."
Zhou Shu'an said: "Yao Daren and I have been officials of the same dynasty for many years, and we can help each other, so there is no need to be so polite."
Mutual, this is the mystery in the words.
The black gauze on whoever's head was not blown by the wind, Yao Bin naturally understood the voice over.
"I take Lord Zhou as my confidant. If Lord Zhou has something to do, just say so."
Zhou Shuan's bottomless pupils suddenly saw a smile and said directly, "There is a case."
Yao Bin raised his eyebrows slightly, "Oh? I don't know which case is worth so much trouble for Lord Zhou."
"It's a case in three days."
Yao Bin sat up and wondered, "Three days later?"
"Yes." Zhou Shuan said word by word: "The case of Li Di and Li, the minister of the Ministry of Industry."
According to the law, officials of the Jin Dynasty of the seventh grade and above, Heli, must send the Heli book to the Ministry of Punishment for the record. If there are other disputes, they will also be dealt with in the Ministry of Punishment.
Yao Bin stared at him in astonishment and frowned, "Is this true?"
Zhou Shuan said: "Naturally take it seriously."
Yao Bin said, "What does Master Zhou want me to do?"
Zhou Shuan picked up the wine glass and took a sip, "I hope Master Yao can judge and leave in court."
Yao Bin belonged to the crown prince, Li Di belonged to the sixth prince, and the Shen family was obviously on the crown prince's side. If a reconciliation could be settled, Yao Bin would naturally be willing to do so, but Yao Bin knew it in his heart. , this matter will never be so easy.
To be honest, in this current form, how could Li Di have no success
Yao Bin said solemnly, "If you are sentenced to reconciliation, has Master Zhou thought about other things involved?"
Zhou Shuan said: "The rest, Master Yao can hand over to Dali Temple."