"Sanniang's sachet, can you lend me a look?"
Meng Zhaorong kept looking at Shen Zhen, her tone was very light, but it made Shen Zhen's back feel cold for no reason.
"It's natural."
Shen Zhen quickly took off the sachet from her waist and handed it to Meng Suxi.
Meng Suxi put the sachet under the tip of her nose and sniffed lightly.
She is good at making fragrances, and she has the ability to smell fragrances and know materials. When she lived alone in the town's public mansion, she couldn't make out the fragrance that the man smelled.
It was a very special fragrance.
She used dozens of spices to prepare it, but in the end, she only came up with one similar one. She always felt that something was wrong. Now that the three girls of the Shen family are sitting next to her, the familiar feeling after a long period of time can be said to blow...
"You made this fragrance yourself?" Meng Suxi said.
"Yes."
Meng Suxi nodded, "This skill is really good."
"Your Highness." Shen Zhen nodded in agreement and said, "If Your Highness likes it, the ministers and daughters will make the same arrangement when they return to the palace, and bring them back to His Highness."
Meng Suxi showed a very surprised expression and said with a smile, "Then it's your job."
"Thank you for the maiden's favor."
Empress Xu narrowed her eyes, held the tea lid, and took a slow sip of the tea leaves with her hands raised.
Right now, the opposite side is busy, there are those who throw pots, have Cuju, there are hammer balls, and there are those who are riding and shooting on horses...
Suddenly there was a sound of gongs and drums—
The two teams entered the field one after another.
Everyone's eyes were instantly focused on the flags fluttering in the wind, and the polo match was about to start.
Empress Xu beckoned to the palace maid and whispered, "Go get Xiao Qi to this palace."
The palace maid whispered yes.
After a while, Xu Qiniang brought Wang Rui to her side.
Wang Rui sighed in a low voice, "Sure enough, I can still see clearly in the middle."
Empress Xu rolled her eyes and smiled, "You child."
Seeing the young talents running with their horses and waving their arms not far away, the county owner of Kangning couldn't help but whispered: "The Marquis of Changping is not here, there is no suspense in this competition, and soon the third brother's team will come out on top again."
The third brother in the mouth of Kangning County Lord is Lu Yan.
Empress Xu's gaze seemed to swirl around Princess Jing'an's body. Seeing that she hadn't looked at Shen Zhen much, her slightly frowning brows could not help but slowly unfold.
Princess Fu'an sighed sincerely: "We Lu Saburo are really both civil and military. We have such a graceful appearance and a good spirit. I don't know how my sister taught him."
Princess Jing'an glanced at the sanctimonious stinky boy under the stage, and could not help but tug at the corner of her mouth secretly, and said, "Don't praise him."
Princess Fu'an teased: "Isn't it because you didn't get married? Could it be... Your mother is really annoyed?"
"Speaking of Saburo's age, it's time to discuss marriage." Empress Xu rubbed her wrists and sighed: "But this marriage also has to pay attention to the word fate, and the eldest princess should not be in a hurry."
Princess Jing'an said: "My children and grandchildren will have their own children and grandchildren, I'm not in a hurry."
At this moment, Meng Zhaorong started talking again: "I remember, the concubine, Qiniang hasn't gotten married yet."
Xu Yiqing's cheeks were slightly red, and he quickly lowered his head.
This seemingly inadvertent sentence of you and me is actually very knowledgeable. Just mentioning Lu Yan's marriage, and then mentioning Xu Yiqing's, this hint can be understood by everyone present.
After a while, Empress Xu saw that Princess Jing'an didn't answer, and said: "Qiniang is still young, although this palace also knows the reason why the female college is not a good choice, but still wants her to wait until the seventeenth to remarry."
"Niangniang, Qiniang would like to stay by Niangniang's side all the time." Xu Yiqing said immediately.
Queen Xu smiled.
Speaking of age, Princess Fu'an looked at Shen Zhen and said slowly, "If I remember correctly, Sanniang is seventeen."
"Back to the eldest princess, the minister's daughter is exactly seventeen."
"Can you talk to people?"
"Not yet."
"Look at me, how can I ask you something like that from a girl doll!" Princess Fu'an looked into the distance, raised the corners of her lips and said, "It's really the same age as a flower."
Corning pouted and muttered softly, "The flower that attracts bees and butterflies."
Princess Jing'an frowned.
Princess Fu'an pinched her face, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Auntie, what is Kang Ning saying? If it wasn't for her, how could Brother Xu..."
"Shut up!" Princess Fu'an's face froze.
That's all, the matter of Ke Xuwei was decided by the sage himself, and at the moment the case was closed, no one else could be allowed to talk about it.
Seeing that his mother was really annoyed, the county owner of Corning didn't dare to say any more, glared at Shen Zhen, and turned back to watch the polo match.
The polo match in the Jin Dynasty used a "counting-chip" method. One ball counts as one chip. Two teams of people and horses, whichever team wins 20 chips first, wins.
Horses flew by, clubs collided, and painted polo balls danced in the air.
"Come in!"
"Go in again!"
"Suiyu! Can you do it! Can you do it for me!"
After a while, Lu Yan's horse bumped into Sui Yu's horse, and with a backhand blow, won the 20th place.
For a time, the sound of drums, hooves, and cheers almost pierced people's ears.
Sui Yu fell off the horse, and when he got up, he slapped the front of his shirt and cursed angrily, "Lu Shiyan, you won't give me half of your affection!"
Lu Yan chuckled lightly, not knowing what Sui Yu said again, causing Lu Saburo to look back at the female family members.
Those bewildering peach blossom eyes dipped in a smile, without the coldness of alienation in the past, and immediately added a bit of romantic meaning.
What is true romance
Close your eyes and listen to the heartbeat of the mad wolf around you.
With a decent smile on Shen Zhen's face, she sneered at least three times in her heart.
At the end of a polo match, Queen Xu placed Shen Zhen and Xu Yiqing in the pavilion next door, and then spoke angrily with other wives.
Meng Suxi smelled the lingering fragrance on her fingertips, and after struggling for a while, she leaned over to Xu Hou and whispered.
Xu Hou's eyes were stagnant, and he glanced at the eldest princess subconsciously, and said softly: "It's a little cold, Meng Zhaorong and I go to the Zhuman Pavilion to add some clothes."
Hearing that, Princess Jing'an continued to drink tea as if nothing had happened, and after Xu Hou left, she gave the mammy beside her a look.
After walking into Zhuman Pavilion, Meng Suxi whispered again what happened last October.
Empress Xu's eyes were not angry, she said coldly, "Are you sure about this?"
"My concubine is not sure." Meng Suxi bit her lip and said, "My concubine heard that Shen's daughter still has a fragrance powder shop in the West City, and her level of perfumery is higher than that of the concubine, and it may be that the concubine is overly concerned. already."
"But there is one thing that the concubine can confirm."
"Say."
"There are no special spices in Mrs. Shen's sachet just now, but the aroma can still be vaguely smelled on her body."
"You mean, maybe it's her own scent?"
"Chen and concubine dare not be sure."
Empress Xu squeezed the tip of her left index finger with her right hand and took a deep breath.
It's impossible not to be shocked.
Lu Yan, Shen Zhen.
Because there was no relationship between the Duke of Zhenguo and the Marquis of Yunyang in the past, she really didn't think about where they were going, and even if she thought about it, it flashed across her mind.
But I have to say that if the two of them are put together and reconsidered, a lot of things will suddenly make sense.
For example, why did Lu Yan speak for Shen Wenqi early that day; for example, why did Sun Mi get slapped at Jingzhao Mansion; for example, why did Chu Xun become Shen Zhen's lawyer; for example, why did the eldest princess appear in the Baixiang Pavilion in the West City; for example, Xu Wei was attacked at night; why did the Jingzhao House not hear the matter...
Another example, in October last year, she obviously did not receive the news of the Shen family daughter leaving the city, but Shen Zhen just disappeared...
It wouldn't be surprising if he protected him.
The soldiers and horses in the hands of the Marquis of Changping are enough to make people dread, no matter how true or false this matter is, Shen Zhen and Lu Yan must not have the slightest relationship!
Today's time is just right, no need to delay.
Wang Teng's side concubine did not humiliate her.
"What happened to the incense on her body is irrelevant." Empress Xu rubbed her temple with her index finger, whispered to Meng Suxi, and then said, "If you do this today, I will The palace will never treat you badly in the future."
Another meal, "I won't treat the child in your stomach badly."
Meng Suxi's pupils trembled slightly, she bowed and said, "My concubine will always remember the care of the Empress."
"Get up, you are carrying a dragon child, you don't need to be too polite."
After Meng Suxi left, the maid beside Xu Hou said, "There is a saying, this old slave does not know whether to say it or not."
"There is nothing inappropriate between you and this palace."
"My lady, don't blame the old slave for being so talkative, this Meng Zhaorong's mother's family still has such a relationship with the Duke of Zhenguo, and the old slave is really worried about entrusting such an important matter to her."
Xu Hou chuckled, "No matter how strong the mother's family is, as long as she enters this palace, she will have a place where she can't help herself. She has children and knows how to choose." Isn't the Xu family strong? Recalling that when she was still a noble concubine, wasn't she also pressed by the first queen
"What does the mother-in-law mean to protect her?"
"If she can make it happen, how about protecting one and a half more dolls? There are fewer young princes in the palace?" Xu Hou coughed lightly, "Send someone to speak to Prince Teng."
"It's the old slave whose eyes are shallow."
"Let's go, I have to drink a few more cups of tea with Princess Jing'an."
The twilight was vast, the jungle trees around Qujiang swirled, and the singer turned her snow-white wrists on the new stage.
The drums were getting faster and faster, and when it turned a thousand times a thousand times, the fragrance powder was scattered on the singer.
Flashing white light, like fog and smoke, like a dream.
Meng Suxi walked up to Shen Zhen and said with a smile, "I have two questions about making incense that I want to ask Sanniang. Would Sanniang go for a walk with me?"
Shen Zhen got up and said, "I don't dare to ask for advice. It is an honor to be able to discuss one or two things with the empress."
Meng Suxi nodded and said to Miao Li beside her, "Just stay here."
Miao Li clenched her fists and was about to speak, when Meng Suxi interrupted her, "With my people following, you don't have to worry."
"Niangniang, the slaves are the prince's orders to protect the three girls..."
"What do you mean!" Meng Suxi moved her hand to her lower abdomen and said sternly, "Are you saying that Ben Gong wants to harm her?"
"The slaves dare not!"
County Lord Kang Ning said coldly from the side: "Tsk, actually moved out the prince's brother..."
What else does Shen Zhen understand about this posture
"Sanniang's face is a little pale, did I call an imperial physician to come and take a look at it for you?"
It is said that when circumstances change, people also change, which is true.
At this moment, Meng Suxi's eyes belonged to the sharpness of the superior, how could the Meng family daughter a year ago have it.
After their eyes met, Shen Zhen turned back and blinked at Miao Li, and said respectfully, "Thank you for your concern, the minister and daughter are fine."
Only then did Meng Suxi show a satisfied expression and took Shen Zhen's hand.
The jungle is dark and deep, and even the path has been hidden. Meng Suxi rubbed her waist and said softly, "It's too dark over there, let's go this way."
After walking for a while, Shen Zhen paused.
This side of Meng Zhaorong's mouth turned out to be the riverside
Riverside!
There was a rumbling sound in Shen Zhen's mind, and his fingertips trembled.
Does the Xu family want to do what they did to Sister A and do it again
Seeing her stop, Meng Zhaorong said slowly, "What's wrong?"
"Niangniang, it's time for the ministers to return."
"Where should I go back?" Meng Zhaorong smiled in a low voice, raised his hand and waved the servant back, "Go over there and watch."
When only the two of them were left, Meng Suxi said beside Shen Zhen's ear, "Lu Yan hurts you?"
Shen Zhen's heart sank, and she asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by Niangniang's words?"
"Stop pretending, the fragrance on your body, I have smelled it on Lu Sanlang, how he got the smell, you should know." After that, Meng Suxi nodded suddenly, "I was still curious. , How could such a proud man suddenly enter Pingkangfang, and seeing you today will solve his confusion."
"The servant girl doesn't understand."
Shen Zhenguan is like this, as long as she doesn't slap the evidence on her face, she will never admit it even if she beats her heart.
"Don't you really understand?"
Shen Zhen nodded, "The servant girl has no relationship with Lord Lu."
Meng Suxi narrowed her eyes.
It is true that she also meant to deceive her in her words just now. Seeing her clear eyes, Meng Suxi's heart couldn't help but start to beat drums.
Is it really irrelevant
but.
It doesn't matter if it's related or not...
Meng Suxi grabbed Shen Zhen's wrist and pulled her to the river. Shen Zhen raised her hand and waved her hand away.
Meng Suxi glared angrily: "You are so bold, eh?"
"Come on by yourself, hurry up."
Shen Zhen said word by word: "Forgiveness is difficult to obey."
Under the pressure of Xu Hou, the fastest trick that Meng Suxi learned was threats.
She touched her belly, "Otherwise, I'll give you two paths, you can choose by yourself."
"Mother, please speak."
Meng Suxi raised her eyes and said, "I stand here, you jump down, or, you stand here, I jump down."
As soon as the words fell, Shen Zhenmei's eyes widened.
Are these people crazy
What's in her belly is the royal heir!
"I have no grudges and no grudges with my niece, why would my niece use her life to force her?" Shen Zhen said with a serious face, "I really have nothing to do with Lu Yan."
After Shen Zhen said these words, she never thought that the person who slapped herself in the face turned out to be himself.
Lu Yan walked quickly from a distance, raised his lips and sneered: "My lady is a good way."
Meng Suxi glanced at the man who made her feel so embarrassed.
He asked Shen Zhen with a smile, "Is this what you said has nothing to do with it?"
Shen Zhen took a deep breath.
Just stop talking.
Meng Suxi retreated step by step to the river bank, and said sternly, "Someone! Somebody!"
Lu Yan snorted coldly.
He looked at King Teng, who was waiting for an opportunity in the dense forest, and then at Meng Suxi's eyes that were more and more like Empress Xu. Suddenly, he was extremely tired of these things.
Patience is exhausted.
As the sun set in the west, he whispered to Shen Zhen, "Do you know how to swim?"
Shen Zhen shook his head, "No."
"Listen to me, take a deep breath."
Shen Zhen blinked and did as he said.
In the next instant, Lu Yan grabbed her waist and jumped straight down.