Stimulated by He Chen, Shen Ziqiao didn't slack off when she read the account books, she read them all with a serious attitude never before, and when she encountered something she didn't understand, she humbly asked Mrs. Pan and uncle for advice. Lady Meng almost didn't burn incense to Mrs. Pan, thinking that Mrs. Pan had appeared.
Later I heard that it was because he met He Chen in Tianbaohang that he had the desire to work hard.
Lady Meng withdrew her gratitude, and instead advised Shen Ziqiao to pay attention to rest and stop looking at account books all day long.
Soon, March 3rd will arrive. Pan's family has a courtyard by the river, where this year's Linshui Banquet will be held. Shen Ziqiao was called up early in the morning by her aunt, who cleaned her up from beginning to end. Turn it over, dress up the girl who was just cute and naive and cute into a pretty woman who is bright and charming.
"Auntie, is the makeup on my face a bit too heavy?" Shen Ziqiao stared at the person with eye makeup in the bronze mirror, feeling that her face was like a monkey's butt.
"Spring makeup is all about beauty. If your dresses are thicker, then your makeup should be lighter. If you're wearing plain clothes today, your makeup should naturally be more gorgeous." The aunt said, feeling that Shen Ziqiao didn't know how to dress herself up.
"Heavy make-up and plain clothes, that's how plain and colorful clothes come from." The eldest aunt said with a smile.
Shen Ziqiao is wearing a white-bottomed water-red bamboo-leaf plum-blossom shirt today, and a thin white skirt. She has a fairy-looking bun, a white jade phoenix hairpin, and a bunch of cherries, big coral, and red hair in her mouth. , drawing a pair of oblique moon eyebrows, wearing a emerald flower silk neckkerchief around her collar, and against the peach blossom makeup, the whole person looks delicate and pretty, like a rose flower that is about to bloom.
"Miss San looks really good today." Hongyu couldn't help sighing when she saw Shen Ziqiao like this for the first time.
"Aren't I usually good-looking? I'm naturally beautiful, and I'm good-looking no matter what." Shen Ziqiao looked at the mirror, which was about the same height as her, and felt that she actually looks pretty good as a supporting actress, but she doesn't usually like to be on her face. Apply rouge, and don't like to wear too complicated clothes. That's why it's a little more simplistic.
People really depend on clothes.
Lady Meng laughed, "Yes, yes, no one can compare to our third young lady."
Shen Ziqiao tugged at her skirt, "Auntie, everyone is busy greeting guests today, it's inconvenient for me to move around dressed like this."
The eldest aunt said, "It's convenient, why is it inconvenient, let's go, let's show the old lady."
Mrs. Pan saw that Shen Ziqiao was so bright and beautiful. He was so happy that he closed his eyes with a smile, and said in particular, "You stay by my side today. Don't run around."
Shen Ziqiao didn't quite understand what this meant. When the guests arrived, Mrs. Pan took her around and introduced her to everyone she saw. She wished that everyone in Dongyue knew that the Pan family had an obedient and lovely granddaughter.
A lady on the left took her hand and praised her for being fair and delicate. A young lady on the right pinched her waist and said that her buttocks were round and good-looking, and then she talked about which young master was so promising and handsome, how many girls seemed to be married, but people looked down on her and so on.
This is no spring feast, this is obviously a blind date meeting.
Shen Ziqiao finally understood what Old Madam Pan and her aunt were planning, and she was planning to find a husband for her.
She remembered what Qi Zheng said before leaving the capital.
Who else could marry if he didn't marry him.
all day. Shen Ziqiao was dizzy, she had been introduced to many people, but she actually remembered not many of them.
Finally the banquet is over. She was thinking that she could finally go back to take off her make-up and go to sleep, but old lady Pan dragged her to the main room to talk again, "Jiaojiao, do you like Dongyue?"
"I like it." You can eat and drink, and you don't have to face Sheng Peiyin and Mrs. Shen. She thinks this is heaven.
"Then are you willing to stay in Dongyue forever?" Mrs. Pan asked with a smile.
Shen Ziqiao asked cautiously, "Grandma, can I stay with you?"
"What's the good of being with me as an old woman." Mrs. Pan smiled, "That's it, don't go back to the capital in the future, I will let someone talk to your father."
Before Shen Ziqiao could ask any more questions, Mrs. Pan sent her back to rest.
Walking to the door, she heard the old lady's voice from inside, "I see that kid from the He family is not bad, what's his name? He Chen, you're right with Jiaojiao..."
Shen Ziqiao almost tripped over her own feet.
He Chen? Don't scare her that much.
She never thought about getting married in Dongyue, let alone marrying He Chen...
Back in the house, Shen Ziqiao immediately washed off the rouge on her face, changed into a set of home clothes, lay lazily on the long couch, held Lady Meng's hand and yelled, "Miss Meng, I don't want So soon to get married, what do you think should I do? How should I tell the old lady. "
Lady Meng also didn't want Shen Ziqiao to marry He Chen, she thought Qi Zheng was fine.
"Tell the old man, you are still young, and you are not in a hurry to get married." Mrs. Meng said.
Shen Ziqiao sat up straight, "That's right, you're right, how old am I, why are you in such a hurry to get married, I won't be married until next year, I have to carry forward my mother's Tianbao practice."
After finding the reason, Shen Ziqiao went to find Mrs. Pan the next day.
"Grandfather, in order to inherit my mother's behest, I must let Tianbaoxing carry forward. Besides, don't marry my father early like my mother. It is my father who delayed my mother's future. I don't want to follow my mother. Follow in the footsteps, and also, a person who always thinks of prying my corner is definitely not a good match."
Shen Ziqiao spoke to Mrs. Pan very seriously.
Old Master Pan laughed loudly, "You are right, but it is always better for a girl's family to have a husband and a child."
Shen Ziqiao immediately said, "It is necessary to look after your husband and teach your children, but I am still young, so I will teach you again in the future."
"Okay, I'll tell your grandmother." Old Master Pan said.
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I don't know what the old lady Pan told the old lady, anyway, Shen Ziqiao felt that it would be good if the old lady and the eldest aunt didn't continue to pull her to say which son is good and which young master is handsome.
Time soon came to May, and Shen Ziqiao was already familiar with the operation of Tianbaohang. Although she was not as good as Pan's, she was no longer as lazy as before.
In June, Shen Ziqiao received a letter from Shen Zikai from the Northwest Military Camp.
In addition to caring about Shen Ziqiao's life in Dongyue, she told Shen Ziqiao everything that happened in the northwest.
"The young master said that there is no need to worry about the war in the northwest. Miss San, you can finally rest assured." Mrs. Meng said with a smile. Since the young master went to the northwest, the third miss has often worried about the war situation there.
"En." Shen Ziqiao breathed a sigh of relief, the thing she was most worried about never happened, and there was no news from the capital that there was any conflict between Shen Xiao and Sheng Peiyin's father.
Maybe some things have changed unconsciously.
I don't know what Sheng Peiyin is doing now, has he managed to get close to the prince? Thinking of this, Shen Ziqiao felt very irritable.
She couldn't understand Sheng Peiyin's weird idea. Isn't it good that everyone is in peace now? Always trying to find a way to deal with the Shen family, isn't this forcing the Shen family to fight against their Sheng family
What worried her the most was the little emperor's grandson.
That cute little guy must not be killed by Sheng Peiyin.
Shen Ziqiao wrote back a letter to Shen Zikai, telling him what happened in Dongyue, and finally joked that Mrs. Pan wanted to keep her in Dongyue and secretly asked her to find her son-in-law.
And so on for another month.
News came from the Shen family that the Chen family could not wait for the Shen family to propose a marriage for a long time, and after hinting many times, they got that Mrs. Shen disliked that Chen Xueling's divorced marriage must be of poor character, so she didn't want to propose a marriage.
Later, I heard from nowhere that the Liu family gave Liu Yunmeng a dowry of at least 100,000 taels, so Mrs. Shen immediately invited a matchmaker to the Liu family to propose marriage.
How could the Chen family swallow this breath, and went to the Shen family to make a fuss without saying a word.
In the end, the old lady of the Chen family broke the head of old lady Shen angrily, and now everyone in the capital knows that the old lady of the Shen family is a despicable person who does not keep her word.
After the Liu family knew what Mrs. Shen was like, they didn't dare to marry the Shen family anymore, so they married Liu Yunmeng to the Chongguang Wang family not far from the capital.
"Whoever became the daughter-in-law of this old woman really did something wrong in her previous life." Shen Ziqiao shook her head emotionally after listening to Mrs. Meng's words, "My mother is jealous of her beauty, so she is allowed to climb up to such a mother-in-law."
Lady Meng covered her mouth and chuckled, "It's all over now, then Chen Xueling doesn't have to marry into the Shen family."
This is a happy event worth celebrating.
"Actually, we should let her in and let her deal with that superb old woman." Shen Ziqiao said with a smile.
In a blink of an eye, half of the scorching summer had passed, and Shen Xiao had already started sending a message to Shen Ziqiao to let her go home early.
Shen Ziqiao only said that she wanted to spend more time with her grandmother, but refused to return to the capital.
The Mid-Autumn Festival will soon be here, and Shen Ziqiao happily helps Mrs. Pan prepare for the festival. I heard that there will be a lantern festival in Dongyue during the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, all the streets outside will be hung with lanterns. The grand occasion is like a fairyland, and Shen Ziqiao is looking forward to it.
At this moment, news came from the capital again.
The concubine was seriously ill, and the little grandson was sent to be raised by the queen, and some unmarried girls in the capital were already wrestling secretly.
Shen Ziqiao's mood became depressed. The Crown Princess is a very hearty and kind person. Unexpectedly, she escaped the pain of losing her little grandson, but she still couldn't escape the serious illness.
I really hope she recovers.
"By the way, where is Sheng Peiyin? Is she still in the East Palace?" Shen Ziqiao suddenly exclaimed.
Scared Hongyu who was doing needlework.
"Miss Meng, let someone go back to the capital to find out if Sheng Peiyin is still in the East Palace." Shen Ziqiao's depressed mood instantly became excited.
Sheng Peiyin cannot be allowed to stay in the palace! If she was in the palace, the princess' illness would definitely not recover.
I am even more afraid that she will take advantage of the danger to approach the prince!
Lady Meng thought that Shen Ziqiao paid special attention to Sheng Peiyin because of what happened last time, "I'll send someone to investigate immediately."