When Shen Zhen woke up, the sky was already bright, the winter sun shone through the windows, and the beams of the house became golden.
There was no one in front of her bed.
Shen Zhen raised his hand and rubbed his temples, suddenly remembering what the man said to him last night. Immediately turned over and went to the ground, not even bothering to wear a cloak, pushed open the door, and ran outside.
Tangyue saw Shen Zhen running out in her middle clothes, and immediately threw down the bamboo broom in her hand, "Girl, you haven't recovered from your illness, but you can't come out wearing these. If you get hot again, it will be more serious."
Shen Zhen's eyes were red, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Where's Master Lu?"
Tangyue looked at her nervous appearance, and thought that Shen Zhen was deeply rooted in love, and she was unwilling to leave the prince for a moment, so she smiled and said, "Sir, it's early in the morning, the servant will wait for the girl to wash up first."
Shen Zhen said again: "What did your lord say?"
Tang Yue was stunned, "How did the girl know? Seeing that you were sleeping soundly, Grandpa Shi ordered the servants not to disturb you." In Tang Yue's eyes, this was undoubtedly the most considerate thing that Grandpa Shi had done.
"Anything else?" Shen Zhen clenched his fists.
Tangyue clapped her hands and said, "Master Shizi also left a paper for you in the study, saying that when you finish writing, he will come back later to pick it up."
As soon as these words fell, Shen Zhen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he still remembers.
Back in the house, Tangyue opened the makeup box, took out a comb made of huanghuali wood, and gave Shen Zhenwan her hair. As she combed it, she recalled yesterday.
Thinking of this, Tangyue couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty treats the girl very well."
Shen Zhen looked at Tang Yue who was smiling in the bronze mirror, and was stunned, "Why do you suddenly say this?"
Tangyue whispered: "The girl is seriously ill, and she must not remember. Last night, Lord Shizi wiped the girl's body in person."
After finishing speaking, Tangyue said: "The eldest son is so good to the girl, I think he will definitely bring the girl into the mansion after the eldest son gets married."
After hearing this, Shen Zhen was stunned at first, and then smiled again.
Although she couldn't claim to know him well, she also knew that the son of the Prince of Zhenguo, the son of Princess Jing'an, would not take a concubine easily.
He took himself as the outer room, it should be just his whim. When he gets married, when he gets tired of himself, this unknown thing will sooner or later become a stone thrown into the sea, and no trace will be found again.
She counted the days. There was more than a year left until her father's release from prison. She only hoped that at that time, he would let her go because of this dewy marriage.
As for the 8,000, she will pay back as much as she has in her life.
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In the past two days, the backyard of Jingzhao Mansion was being renovated, and several soldiers who joined the army were working on the case in one room.
When Sun Xu stepped into the door, Lu Yan was flipping through the papers.
He tapped Lu Yan's desk case with his index finger and said, "Did Master Lu just listen to the case in the hall today?"
Lu Yan looked up at him, "What's wrong?"
Hearing this, Sun Xu showed an expression of "as I expected".
After he was seated, he said in a calm tone: "Master Zheng is not trying to judge the people of Chang'an today, but Wenyuan, the minister of punishment, and the minister of Wen."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yan closed the case in his hand.
Since he was also a fourth-rank official, he had met Wen Yuan several times when he went to court. Although he had no personal acquaintances, he also talked.
Lu Yan leaned back, picked up the tea cup with the blue and white seawater dragon pattern on the side, took a sip and said, "What is he doing?"
"Wen Shilang and his eldest wife want to reconcile."
Lu Yan raised his eyebrows and said puzzledly: "Fourth rank officer Heli, why do you come to Jingzhao Mansion if you don't go to the Ministry of Punishment?"
Others followed suit.
The Jin Dynasty was open to the people, and the people who left and remarryed were getting more and more every year. It's not surprising that something like this happened. It's just that this family business has no reason to come to Jingzhao Mansion.
Seeing that Guan Zi was almost sold, Sun Xu said in a low voice, "It was originally just Heli, but now it's a murder case. Don't look at the lofty attitude of this servant, this time the reason is that he raised a man outside. Outer room.
As soon as the words fell, Lu Yan didn't swallow a sip of tea, choked it out, and coughed again and again.
Sun Xu really didn't expect Lu Yan to have such a big reaction, so he was so busy: "Master Lu, are you alright?"
Lu Yan cleared his throat and said, "It's okay, you continue."
Sun Xu sighed, "I was pregnant in the outer room, and Shi Lang loved him so much that he slept outside for several nights in a row. Who would have thought that the eldest lady of the Wen family, Mrs. Zou, would find out. Shi Lang said that the outer room was forced to death by the Zou family."
Gong Cao joined the army and said: "I remember the eldest lady of the Wen family, she seems to be from Bianzhou..."
Sun Xu said: "Yes, Zou's mother's family is the largest wealthy businessman in Bianzhou. Over the years, the Wen Shilang has been able to rise so quickly, and the Zou family has also contributed a lot."
This person, Wen Yuan, was originally just an observation and push official in the Bianzhou screen, that is, the secretary of Zhengjiu Pin, the provincial school secretary. After marrying a girl from the Zou family, he was promoted to the coordinator of Taichang Temple in the next year, and then the magistrate of Yangshan County of the fifth rank. Now seven years have passed, and he has climbed to the position of the minister of punishment.
Although there are opportunities for promotion and transfer every year in the official career, but in the local and the capital, it is a world of difference.
Wen Shilang can have the status he has now, if there is no Zou family, I am afraid it will not be possible.
Seeing that Lu Yan's cup was empty, Ya Nei poured him a cup with a wink.
Lu Yan weighed the tea cover, and said, "Then what?"
"When Mr. Zou learned about such a thing, he was naturally angry, so he personally went to the door and humiliated the outer room. He heard that he even touched the outer room. The outer room could not be stimulated. At that time, the outer chamber had already hanged himself."
Sun Xu sighed again, "I heard that the outer room has been with Shi Lang for more than three years. After her death, Shi Lang's head turned white, and life and death are different from the Zou family."
When Sihu joined the army, he couldn't help but put down his pen. He scratched his eyebrows and said, "Sir, I have something I don't understand."
Sun Xu said, "You say it."
"Since Shi Lang likes the outer room so much, why didn't he take her as a concubine?"
This is true. No matter how open the folk customs of the Jin Dynasty are, the law is still there. As long as it is a serious concubine, the eldest lady in the family has to drink tea, and she must not be jealous in the future, otherwise it will be a sin of seven sins. .
Sun Xu curled his lips and said, "I heard that Shi Lang's outer chamber used to be a lady from an official family, but it was only because his family was in a downturn that he became Shi Lang's outer chamber. Although the outer chamber has no name or distinction, it can be done again. In any case, there is no mistress above, but it can be called pure and free. I guess, Shi Lang is also afraid that she will be scolded by Zou, so she keeps people outside. "
Gong Cao joined the army and shook his head and said, "But the Servant Wen and Mrs. Zou have been in a relationship for many years, how can they not be compared to an outside room? This matter is a big deal, and he, the Servant of the Ministry of Punishment, has done it."
Hearing this, Sun Xu was slightly touched and sighed, "Yeah, it's not worth it."
Sihu joined the army and said, "I also don't think it's worth it. Death is like a lamp, and Shi Lang might as well suppress this matter, because the Zou family's affection for him is all."
After a while, Sun Xu said again: "Maybe Shi Lang didn't know there would be today. After all, this affair has always been the worst ending."
As the saying goes, people are not plants and trees, and who can be ruthless. Sleeping on the same couch every night, doing such intimate things, giving birth to affection, reluctance, and attachment, is always unavoidable.
Sun Xu suddenly said to Lu Yan, "Lord Lu, what do you think?"
Lu Yan didn't say a word, but there was a sudden block in his throat.
Can't come up, can't go down.
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When the night's scattered value was poured out, he returned to Chengyuan as scheduled.