At this time, Qinglian was sitting in the room, still thinking about the news that Chuntao reported to her just now:
"The girl from the Shen family came to look for the prince. Didn't she say something to the prince? After she left for a long time, the prince was still looking at her back in a daze..."
Qinglian smiled wryly: The prince is not just looking at her back in a daze
I am still fascinated by the location of Butler Zheng's private house every day!
The soul has been hooked away!
Every time she sees him like this, she can hear her heartbroken voice, as if the most important thing in her life is about to be taken away, making her anxious, afraid, annoyed, and hated!
I don't know what kind of ability that woman surnamed Shen has that can make him fall in love like this.
She once secretly made an appointment to see her, and she was not some overpowering beauty, but just a beautiful and charming little family jade, and her behavior was not at all like a lady, and she was even a bit rough.
But it was such an unremarkable person who broke into her life unexpectedly and stole the heart of the man she loved most without her knowing it!
Qinglian's heart ached, she closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and was about to let out a long sigh, when suddenly a woman's voice sounded outside.
"Miss Qinglian, report from outside. The woman who rents at Steward Zheng's house wants to see you!"
Qinglian opened her eyes suddenly and asked, "Why is she here?"
The old woman cautiously said, "I don't know, can the girl see her? If not, I will send her away."
"Wait a minute!" Qinglian narrowed her eyes, "Since she's here, let her come in."
It just so happens that she also wants to meet her, she wants to take a good look at what kind of person she is and what abilities she has? How could he capture the prince's heart!
Shen Ruolan was standing outside the gate of the palace, wandering around, the gate opened with a 'squeak', and a nanny in her forties came out with a smile, and said to Shen Ruolan: "The girl is lucky, just Qinglian Miss is free now, please come with me, Miss Qinglian is not easy to meet people!"
Shen Ruolan had known for a long time that this girl Qinglian had an unusual status, and it was not surprising that she had such a great presence. She thanked the nanny, and followed her into the mansion with a food box.
Prince Zhan's Mansion is the mansion of the prince. It is magnificently built and beautiful. The majestic palace is constantly undulating, with rockeries and strange stones all over the place. The green tiles and red walls enclose this rich and noble atmosphere in the palace. The two walked out of the pavilion. In the garden where the buildings and pavilions mirrored each other, there was a cobblestone pathway leading directly out of the gate. The woman led Shen Ruolan to turn westward, turn around an east-west hallway, and enter the three-story Yimen.
I saw a small courtyard with three big characters 'Lianxinyuan' under the eaves of the courtyard entrance, it was Qinglian's courtyard.
After entering, I saw a few maidservants in red and green waiting on the mountain corridors of the wing rooms on both sides of the courtyard.
Shen Ruolan sighed secretly, it turned out that the concubine's room in the palace had such a big ostentation, this is a long experience!
"Miss Qinglian, Miss Shen is here!"
The nanny who led Shen Ruolan in announced at the door that a little girl had already opened the curtain and invited them into the house.
When Shen Ruolan entered the room, she saw Miss Qinglian sitting on a chair drinking tea in a leisurely manner. Shen Ruolan bowed and said politely, "Hello, Miss Qinglian."
Qinglian put down the teacup, looked up at Shen Ruolan, and said deliberately: "I don't know what to call this girl?"
Shen Ruolan said, "My name is Shen Ruolan, Miss Qinglian can call me Miss Shen."
She felt that this Qinglian must have forgotten her, otherwise she wouldn't look like a stranger. However, it's normal to forget her. With Qinglian's status, she definitely doesn't bother to remember her as a little mountain girl.
Qinglian said again: "I don't know why Miss Shen is asking to see me?"
Hearing this, Shen Ruolan said with a little embarrassment, "Actually, it's not my business. I want to ask to see the prince because of some other people's affairs. I also know that the prince has a lot of things to do every day. I'm afraid that he won't have time to see me, so I want to ask Miss Qinglian Tell me and see if you can arrange some time for the prince to see me once!"
Qinglian looked at Shen Ruolan's embarrassed look, and a sneer appeared on her lips.
In Qinglian's eyes, her blushing look was shy, artificial and guilty. She must have wanted to seduce the prince, and she deliberately made such an excuse to get close to the prince. She is really a lowly thing.
She hated it to death, but thinking about the position of this little slut in the prince's heart, she didn't dare to do anything, so she could only continue to deal with her with a smirk, "Miss Shen, can you tell me why you saw the prince? If there is something important, I can help you arrange the arrangement, if it is not important, we can only deal with it elsewhere."
In other words, if you don't tell me your purpose of seeing the prince, I will not let you see the prince. Even if I let you see the prince, there must be a good reason, otherwise it will be in vain.
Shen Ruolan immediately told Qinglian what she said to 'Master Qi' in the morning, and finally said, "I also know that my request is a bit too much, but the situation of those girls is really pitiful now, if the prince If you can help them, those girls will be very grateful to the prince. It is understandable if the prince does not help them. After all, it is a family affair, and it is understandable that the prince does not want to get involved. However, if the prince does not want to intervene, can you Can I ask Miss Qinglian to help me ask the lord, if you can give me the list of people he saved at that time, if I have a chance, I can try to help them."
After listening to Shen Ruolan's statement, Qinglian showed a look of disbelief in surprise, "Are you going to help those whores?"
In her eyes, prostitutes are despicable things, they are not even human beings, and the daughters of decent people will never have anything to do with them, lest they hurt their reputation, but she, a woman, actually Taking the initiative to go up and mess with them, this behavior is simply a fool, a lunatic, overthinking one's abilities, meddling in one's own business...
She couldn't even understand her with the thinking of a normal person.
Shouldn't a serious daughter's family stay at home to be a female celebrity and learn the rules? But she wanted to go crazy and meddle in the affairs of a bunch of lowly prostitutes. Those lowly women, the daughters of decent families, were afraid to avoid them, but she actually took the initiative to join in, it was simply... . Unreasonable!
Isn't she afraid that the prince will hate her and despise her
Or... Do you want to use this to attract the prince's attention to her
Thinking of this, her face darkened a little.
If she really relied on these prostitutes to win the attention of the prince, it would be too despicable, almost no different from the prostitutes she wanted to help.
However, it is a good way to be lowly and lowly: think of her as a little weak woman, with justice in her heart, and her righteousness is beyond the sky, and she wants to help those women who are persecuted with her own meager strength. I am grateful for her kindness and righteousness, and maybe I will be more interested in her.
Thinking about it this way, this woman is really not an ordinary person, she really has a good trick, no wonder the prince is fascinated by her!
Shen Ruolan didn't know what she was thinking, but she was very upset when she heard that she used the word 'prostitute' to describe those rescued women.
She didn't like to hear her say that about those girls, even though they had been prostitutes, but the prostitutes of this era are different from modern prostitutes, ninety-nine out of a hundred are forced, and they don't want to in their hearts.
Today's prostitutes are garbage people who are lazy and lazy, and sell their bodies shamelessly if they want to get something for nothing. Therefore, she does not despise the prostitutes of this era, and even sympathizes with them, and wants to help them as much as possible.
"Miss Qinglian, they are no longer prostitutes, they are already doing good." Shen Ruolan emphasized.
Qinglian smiled lightly, "Yes, they are already in good faith, I was negligent for a while."
Of course, Shen Ruolan would not pursue Miss Qinglian's slip of the tongue, and pointed to someone who recommended her to meet Prince Zhan, so she said sincerely and seriously, "That's how things are, these girls are still struggling in the sea of suffering, Please take care of Miss Qinglian!"
Qinglian said lightly: "I know, I will tell the prince when he comes back tonight, as for whether the prince will meet you and give you the list of those people, I dare not promise you? Miss Shen might as well leave your address, if the prince agrees, I will send someone to tell you, if not, the girl doesn't have to come again, let's make another plan."
In other words, don't come here again.
Shen Ruolan understood, but she was not angry at her rudeness. She immediately left her address and said politely, "Then Miss Lao Qinglian will worry about it."
After finishing speaking, I handed over the food box in my hand, "Miss Qinglian, this is a little snack I made for the prince. Although it is not as delicate and delicious as the snacks in the palace, it is still acceptable to eat. Please invite Qinglian Miss Lian will pass it on for you, Lan Er is very grateful."
Qinglian took the food box, feeling a chill in her heart again, the smile on her face could hardly be maintained any longer.
This little bitch first pretended to be kind, and pretended to save people, so that the prince would appreciate her kindness and fall in love with her; then he would send exquisite and delicious snacks to please his stomach. I heard that she is very good at cooking, prince. I like to eat what she makes the most.
The prince's heart and stomach were captured by her, so people naturally turned towards her!
Hehe, this village girl is very capable at such a young age, no wonder she can capture the heart of the prince!
After Shen Ruolan left, Qinglian opened the food box and took out an egg tart, but saw that there was a package of yellow and tender things in the small golden and crispy bowl. , soft and glutinous, even better than the dim sum made by the best chef in the house!
Qinglian's face darkened, this little slut has such superb cooking skills, and such clever methods, he really should not be underestimated!
Chunmei walked in with a teacup, and seeing Qinglian's gloomy expression, she asked cautiously, "Sister Qinglian, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Qinglian glanced at her and said, "Go and tell Qiu Ju about the girl from the Shen family."
Chunmei didn't ask any further questions, she put down her teacup and said in a low voice, "Yes!"
Just about to leave, Qinglian said again: "Be careful, don't be found out, be careful of the prince's disobedience."
Chunmei said: "Sister Qinglian, don't worry, my sister knows what she knows, and she won't miss her business!"
Qiu Ju is the cook given to the prince by the queen mother. She is good at cooking vegetarian food. She has always kept a low profile in the mansion, and her presence is also very low, but everyone knows that she is an eyeliner placed by the queen mother next to the prince. She is responsible for seeing the prince's every move for the queen mother moving.
Because the prince and the queen mother are in a mother-child relationship, and the queen mother's surveillance of the prince is nothing more than caring about his life and has no malicious intentions, so King Zhan just turned a blind eye and kept living in the palace with this eyeliner. It never occurred to me to remove her.
Qiu Ju also knew that her status was embarrassing, and she didn't go to crowded places on weekdays, either in the kitchen or in her own room, and didn't socialize much.
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After leaving the palace, Shen Ruolan went to the hotpot restaurant first, and then painted in the store for a while. At noon, she went to the street to eat, and she was going to eat something simple. After eating, she went to Shen Youjia's place and took his finished manuscript Come back and tell him another story by the way.
In the noodle shop, I unexpectedly met Zhang Eryong again.
Zhang Eryong came to the noodle shop to deliver peanuts. When he saw his fiancée coming to eat, he hurriedly sat down and wanted to eat with her.
Zhang Eryong had greeted Xiao Er and asked for the menu, took the menu and handed it to Shen Ruolan, and said generously, "Lan'er, just order whatever you want, don't save me money, I have enough money."
He was very happy to be able to eat alone with Lan'er. Even though he was usually frugal and was reluctant to spend a single penny, he was happy to spend money for her.
Shen Ruolan couldn't bear to make him spend more money, so she looked at the menu and said, "Just order some shredded pork noodles."
Zhang Eryong said: "What about the food? Let's order two more dishes, otherwise it won't taste good just eating noodles!" He has seen the quality of Lan Er's food, and he doesn't want her to be wronged.
Shen Ruolan shook her head, and put the menu on the table: "I ate breakfast late, and I'm not hungry at all. I don't know if I can finish this bowl of shredded pork noodles!"
Zhang Eryong also picked up the menu and looked at it, and said, "Then I'll also have a bowl of shredded pork noodles, another dish of stewed cabbage with pork, and a bowl of bacon and fried soybeans."
Xiaoer agreed to go.
Shen Ruolan saw that he was ordering with the menu in a serious manner, and said in surprise: "Brother Eryong, do you know how to read?"
Zhang Eryong smiled naively and said: "Yes, before the fire at home, my father also let me go to school for a few years, but I am stupid and not as good at learning as Sanyong. Later, I caught up with my family. After the big fire, my mother said I was stupid, and it was all-purpose if I read it, so she didn't let me read it."
It turns out that Zhang Eryong can read! This really surprised Shen Ruolan, and asked again: "How many years have you studied?"
Zhang Eryong said a little embarrassedly: "I started my studies at the age of five and continued to study until I was fifteen, but I didn't get any merits."
It turns out that I have read it for ten years
Shen Ruolan was surprised again. It turned out that Zhang Eryong was not only an illiterate white man, but also a highly educated man who had studied for ten years. I really didn't see it!
It's just that it's a pity that after studying hard for ten years, I finally came out to do coolies!
Shen Ruolan said, "Brother Eryong, have you ever thought about continuing to read? If you miss it, I can help you."
"No, I can study by myself." Zhang Eryong smiled at him, expressed his gratitude for her kindness, took out a crumpled book from his skirt, and said, "I bought the book myself, and I will review it when I have time." For a while, neither work nor study will be delayed!"
Shen Ruolan smiled, "I didn't expect you to be studious. I didn't know you had such a side before."
Zhang Eryong stuffed the crumpled book into his arms again, and said honestly: "It's not that I am eager to learn, in fact, I am not willing to study at all, but Laner, you are too good, I have to improve myself, otherwise I am now You don't need others to tell you, I know I'm not good enough for you."
He said it seriously.
Ever since he saw her absoluteness at Baiweiren's last time, he had developed a feeling of inferiority, and felt that he was not worthy of Lan'er. Although he knew that he was not worthy, but he was reluctant to give up, so he resolutely decided Make yourself better too.
He bought a few books and some pens, inks, papers and inkstones with his own money, and picked up the knowledge he had learned before.
He didn't ask himself to be the number one pick, but he didn't want to be left too far behind by her, at least he could understand what she said, and the two of them could talk together in the future.
Of course, it would be even better if he could get some fame in the exam. If he can get a scholar, Lan Er can be called a lady of a scholar. In the future, it will be an honor to go to the altar to pay homage to the general and enshrine his wife and son
As a man, how many of them hope that their daughter-in-law is better than themselves, and rely on their daughter-in-law to live? How many of you don't want yourself to be able to worship yourself for your daughter-in-law, regard yourself as her sky, and protect her from the wind and rain
As he is now, he definitely can't be Lan'er's sky, and he can't protect her from the wind and rain, let alone expect her to worship him, and he can make her live a rich life!
That's why he made up his mind to change himself and become a man worthy of her!
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