When Qiu Baoniang returned to Xuanming Palace, Sun Mo hurriedly greeted her: "Why did my aunt come back just now? Your Majesty is awake and wants to see you."
"Is the empress feeling better?" The psychological pressure of regicide is too great, especially the news of Wen Yaozi's death has to be concealed. Under such circumstances, for someone who already had a love-hate relationship with Wen Yaozi, but this time he did it himself For Queen Qiu, she almost collapsed.
Especially when Shan Guifei and other concubines had fiercely requested to see Yaozi, if she hadn't borrowed the background of the Liu family's suspicious discussions, the queen might have exposed her secret!
In order to avoid the tragedy of failing to achieve the goal of Queen Qiu going mad before the eldest prince came back, Qiu Baoniang asked the Taiyuan Hospital who was under house arrest in Xuanming Palace to prescribe tranquilizing medicine and let the Queen take a dose from time to time.
Now hearing Sun Mo say that the Queen woke up and wanted to look for her again, Qiu Baoniang couldn't help but frown slightly and thought to herself: "The Queen... Sigh, I hope she can get better after the eldest prince comes back." She is counting on this for the rest of her life. The Queen Mother! If the queen mother-to-be couldn't stand the pressure, she would follow Wen Yaozi within a few years. Qiu Baoniang would really cry.
She had gotten her revenge, but she didn't plan to die like that!
Even though she doesn't have a good impression of the Liu family and wishes her parents' family to be as unlucky as possible - it's not like she doesn't have anyone she cares about in this world!
Why did the Shen family decide to send Shen Shuming to participate in welcoming Wen Zhiqi back? Isn't it because Qiu Baoniang cared about her cousin Liu Ruoyi's affection and specially paved the way for her nephew? Otherwise, according to Shen Zangfeng's original considerations, Shen Shuming should be replaced by Shen Liankun.
It's not that Shen Zangfeng doesn't give his nephew a chance, but that cultivating the young clan leader Shen Shuguang is definitely more important than cultivating Shen Shuming or any other legitimate son of the sect. This is the same even if Shen Zangli is still alive. Therefore, if there is a chance to show his face in front of the new king, Shen Shuguang must take the first place.
As an elder, Shen Liankun also had military experience, so it was more honorable for Shen Shuyan to see her off; bringing Wen Zhiqi with her when she came back also reassured Shen Zangfeng.
"Auntie, do you know?" A moment later, in the side hall of Xuanming Palace, the haggard Queen Qiu dismissed everyone, leaving only Qiu Baoniang to speak, "When I asked him why he treated me and Zhiqi like that, he said, I was born In the countryside, how could he possibly be able to defeat Shan and others? But he couldn't guard me every day, so he could only ignore me to prevent them from attacking me. As for Zhiqi, he stayed in Ruiyu Hall. It’s safer than being in the palace—who said I’m useless as a mother? I can’t even look down on my own children.”
Qiu Baoniang's face changed when she heard this: Does the Queen regret killing the king
She asked bluntly: "So, do you believe it, my queen?"
"I believe it." Queen Qiu's words made Qiu Baoniang's heart sink. Fortunately, the Queen followed up and said, "I don't believe it either!" She murmured, "Auntie, tell me, should I believe it?"
"My servant just wants to ask the empress." Qiu Baoniang said in a deep voice, "Is it your majesty who is in charge of the house, so you can rest assured about the future of the eldest prince and Princess Xian'an, or is it you who is in charge of the house, and can you rest assured of the future of the two highnesses?!"
Queen Qiu was startled. After a long time, she smiled bitterly and said: "I know what you mean. You are right - no matter what, the person is gone - I originally wanted to protect my children. As long as this goal is achieved, other It doesn't matter...why should I dwell on the past? Either he is sorry for me or I am sorry for him... Let's pay it back in the next life, what else can we do?"
After saying this, the queen was able to ask more serious questions: "How is it up there? How is it outside?"
"It's similar to what we expected. The Liu family didn't believe that Your Majesty was ill at all. They only thought that His Majesty was faking illness to help the Zheng family escape." Qiu Baoniang felt relieved and reported, "There are many people outside who have the same idea as the Liu family. This can be concealed for a while, but after the eldest prince is brought back, Duke Jingguo will be able to return to the capital, and he will definitely go to the palace to complain - then everyone will know that His Majesty is really in trouble. "
The queen took a breath: "Shen Zangfeng? Where is he?"
"He suspected that His Majesty was pretending to be ill and tricking him into entering the palace, so he kept refusing to enter the palace. However, he also promised that if His Majesty is really difficult to handle, when the eldest prince will supervise the country, he is willing to invite Zhang Pingxu and others to go to court. Assist the eldest prince." Qiu Baoniang said thoughtfully, "Also, Shen Zangfeng suggests not to be too lenient to General Zheng, so as not to force the Liu family to rebel."
Queen Qiu said: "Then have you told Liu Rong?"
"General Liu said that if he suddenly became harsh to General Zheng without an edict, I'm afraid outsiders would be suspicious."
The queen frowned and said: "Then you give him an edict." The queen felt very tormented now, "When are the marriages of the younger members of the Shen family? When will I be able to see Zhiqi?!"
In fact, the queen feels that days are like years here, but in the eyes of others, days pass in the blink of an eye.
In early autumn, before the heat of the day had completely subsided, Liu Bing'er officially became the daughter-in-law of Shen's parents.
Affected by the deaths of their two cousins, Liu Zhang and Liu Tong, although the Liu family of Donghu tried their best to organize the wedding banquet, the atmosphere was always not lively.
On the Shen family side, the scene is very prosperous.
Because she is the eldest daughter-in-law of her nephew's generation, although she is not his own daughter-in-law, the four elders of the third and sixth bedrooms all gave very generous greeting gifts when serving tea. Even the second and fifth bedrooms who were not in the imperial capital also prepared them on their behalf. .
When the new daughter-in-law returned to the room with some things, she couldn't help but smile like a flower - it was not just that the things were valuable, but: "It seems that the Shen parents really didn't hate me because of Shen Shuyan. Look at these things, they are all very good. It looks like it was carefully prepared.”
"Young madam, you have entered the Shen family, and you will become the Shen family from now on. Miss Shen, the fourth lady, is going to get married. How can her status in the Shen family be compared to yours?" The confidants who were doing the dowry were relieved when they saw this. , all flattered.
"Don't say this nonsense. Shen Shuyan is always the daughter of the Shen family. After she got married, she nominally belonged to another family, but did her mother's family really not care about it? She was also a aunt when she came back!" Before Liu Bing'er left the cabinet, she was killed by her mother and The aunt and other elders have strongly urged her, and now she is much more stable than when she was troublesome with Shen Shuyan. When she heard this, she made a silent gesture and whispered, "Look at the third aunt - how many years has it been since she left the cabinet? I heard that when I returned to Fengzhou last year, Mrs. Song of the Wei family treated her as a darling, and even compared her to the masters of the Wei family. "
While they were talking, Shen Shuming walked in, listened, and said, "Are you talking about Third Aunt? What are your orders from Third Aunt?"
"I'm talking about the good things given by Third Aunt." Liu Bing'er quickly winked at the servant and asked shyly, "Didn't you say you want to go to the study to study?"
Shen Shuming touched his nose and said, "I went, but my third uncle said that I am newly married and should spend more time with you - so he told me not to go these days."
"Third uncle is so kind to third aunt! Will he teach his husband to be like him?" Liu Bing'er was overjoyed.
But a few days after her wedding, the young couple were chatting with each other - the Wei family's wedding team arrived!
The date arrived earlier than promised, but it was not the Shen family that revealed the news: Because of the opportunity to get close to the new king, Shen Zangfeng and his wife had long ago decided to give it to Shen Shuming and Shen Shuguang.
Even Shen Shuxie, the legitimate second son of Jiaotong, was worried that he would not be helpful because of the seriousness of the matter, so he did not arrange to go in, let alone the others
So Wei Shanshi came early because of the Wei family. After receiving the news, Wei Changying rushed to the front hall without changing her clothes and asked if it was because her cousin Xiao Liu was not well and was worried. Once something happened, Wei Shanshi, as the eldest grandson, had to keep his filial piety, so he was sent to pick up the bride early - he also brought Wei Changxu's handwritten letter to discuss with the Shen family whether the wedding date could be brought forward.
"It seems like the pillow came to me just as I was dozing off." After Wei Shanshi and his party were settled, Wei Changying lay on her husband's shoulders and read the letter with him, wondering, "What a coincidence, isn't it?"
Shen Zangfeng said with a smile: "My cousin is worried."
"Huh?" Wei Changying was confused.
"His Majesty was still in the capital, and then the news of his illness spread, and then the palace sent people to our house several times to urge me to enter the palace, although I resigned... The news spread to Fengzhou, and my cousin and sister-in-law felt very sad. "Drumming." Shen Zangfeng muttered, "Because the marriage has been decided, even if something happens to one of our families temporarily, it is difficult to regret the marriage, so they can only marry Yan'er in advance to avoid any trouble in our family. After all, Wei Shanshi’s wedding banquet will be embarrassing—what if no one in our family can handle it?”
Chief Wei spat: "Our family is fine! It will always be fine in the future! What nonsense are you talking about!"
Shen Zangfeng smiled accommodatingly: "Yes, yes, our family is fine."
Then he said, "Anyway, this is a good thing for our family."
"It seems that God is also helping us." Wei Changying narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "But if you don't show off, it would be bad for Yan'er, right?"
Shen Zangfeng smiled and said: "I must take the shelf. I will give him an answer in the future."
"It just so happens that I will take Yan'er over to see Shanshi tomorrow. Before, it was just a thousand miles away. Now that someone else is here, I'm afraid Yan'er will also be curious." Wei Changying thought for a while and said.
Shen Zangfeng gave a weird smile and said: "There are no outsiders here. Do we need to turn around when talking? Besides, I'm not someone who can't pretend to be confused. It's not a shame for a girl to be curious about her fiancé. Well, you didn't climb up the locust tree and look at me back then?"
"Fuck you! I wanted to eat sophora flower cakes, who wants to look at you!" Wei Changying blushed.
Shen Zangfeng said with a bad smile: "Okay, that time on the locust tree doesn't count, but when I left Ruiyu Hall, do you dare to say that you didn't climb up the stairs in the backyard and watch me leave? Don't think that you were across the treetops I can’t see clearly, but I can’t feel anyone looking at me upstairs! Do you dare to say it’s not you?”
Wei Changying was stunned for a long time before he remembered that this was indeed the case - because he was grateful for his fiancé's protection and satisfied with Shen Zangfeng's appearance, after the two met in the corridor for the first time, Wei Changying was also very fond of his fiancé at that time. Curious and excited, Mr. He and Ms. Huang, who had just arrived, saw the girl's thoughts and came up with an idea that when Shen Zangfeng left, he could take another look from the green willow building covered by century-old weeping poplars.
I remember that time she was so happy that she wanted to choose clothes, but because Huang reminded her that it was impossible to see clearly when people were blocked by willow trees, she had to give up -
Wei Changying became a little angry when his youthful feelings when he was not out of the cabinet were aroused. Without saying a word, he gave Shen Zangfeng a pink punch, beating him until he begged for mercy, and then he stopped bitterly: "Yan Zangfeng My son seems to be curious and kind, but..."
Her face changed when she said this, "Yes, during the years she was in Xiliang, she was led wild by her lover. Even if she couldn't bear to think about it, she would definitely encourage her to go and see -"
"When I came back just now, I saw her changing into the maid's clothes with her lover, and tiptoeing towards the yard where Wei Shanshi was placed." Shen Zangfeng sighed, "I thought you already knew or even acquiesced."
After hearing this, Wei Changying beat him again: "I know I can still let them go by themselves?! How did you become an uncle? You saw your niece running to spy on your fiancé, but you didn't care! Think about it, Yan'er is my cousin How perfect the family is, if the child named Shanshi finds out, shouldn't they suspect that Yan'er has no rules?"
Shen Zangfeng smiled and said: "Who hasn't done a few illegal things when they were young? Look, what happened on the locust tree back then, doesn't it still sound sweet to us when we think about it? Give it to these two children. What’s wrong with the last few interesting memories? Yan’er is not a stupid person, could she do anything she shouldn’t?”
"What the hell! You scared me for a long time!" Wei Changying agreed in his heart, but denied it in his mouth, "I haven't settled this account with you yet!"
Shen Zangfeng looked at her sideways and said with a half-smile, "How do you want to settle the score? It's a pity that I left everything to you, and now I'm penniless. What do you think about repaying it with your own body?"
"You're still so immoral at such an old age!" Wei Changying saw that he was acting dishonestly, and he stretched out his hand to stop him, laughing, and said, "I haven't finished talking about the serious things yet - I have to go see how Yan'er and the others are doing, so as not to If something really happens, no one will deal with the aftermath..."
"She caused the trouble on her own and asked her to deal with the aftermath!" Shen Zangfeng murmured, "Besides, it's been so long, and if something happened, it would have happened long ago..."
The lights suddenly go out, and the room is full of spring. (To be continued)