On the afternoon of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Su Wanniang was dressing up for Shen Wen who was going to the Changle Hou Mansion Lantern Festival. It's not about dressing up to look good, but...
"Paint round red rouge on the two cheeks, the color should be deep red, very thick...the point between the two eyebrows should be drawn bigger, like a copper coin....Put large flowers on the hair, just like Chinese New Year that way..."
Su Wanniang sighed, looked around to see if there was no one around, and whispered: "Miss, don't make yourself so..." Stupid!
Shen Wen also whispered: "The first impression on people is very important. A successful first impression can leave an unchangeable opinion on the other party. In fact, everyone is very stubborn. If you want to change the opinion you have formed, you have to do it many times. disappointment or surprise."
Su Wanniang frowned and thought: "You mean you want to leave a bad impression of yourself on the other party, so that the other party will not easily change their opinion of you in the future, and will be able to make many mistakes?"
Shen Wen smiled: "I knew that sister Wanniang understood me best."
Su Wanniang rolled her eyes: Are you praising me or yourself
The Marquis of Changle is the queen's natal family. After discussing with the old lady, Mrs. Yang decided that it is better not to let the eldest son Shen Yi accompany her, lest she look too formal and have the intention of making friends. Shen Jian is almost fifteen years old, and a girl accompanied her. The Lantern Society at home was suspected of picking a wife for him, so he asked the 12-year-old Shen Zhuo to take the guards of the Hou Mansion with his daughters. If the girls in other mansions don't have brothers, the steward and grandma can also lead someone to send them off. Since there are three sons in Hou's mansion, one of them can go with them.
Shen Wen walked out of the yard and saw Shen Xiang walking towards this side. Ten-year-old Shen Xiang wore a dark red jacket with snow-white suede and narrow sleeves, which reached almost to the knees, with buckskin boots underneath, and a hairpin inlaid with red coral was simply inserted into his thick black hair, looking sassy. Spirit. And standing in front of her, Shen Wen, who was wearing a bright red thick padded gown and a long skirt of the same color up to the feet, looked bloated and clumsy. In addition, the face is painted in red circles, which makes people dumbfounded.
Shen Xiang glanced at Su Wanniang, Su Wanniang blushed, lowered her head and murmured: "Miss wants this dress..."
Shen Wen smiled and pulled Shen Xiang's hand and said, "Yes, sister, take a look, does it look good?" She twisted her body a few times.
Shen Xiang looked at Shen Wen's chubby body like a barrel, with a happy smile on his face, like a round baby, and suddenly felt that Shen Wen was very cute.
Shen Xiang shook Shen Wen's hand resolutely and said, "Yes, it looks great! My sister is cute, she looks good in anything she wears!"
The two went to Yang's place hand in hand to say goodbye, and when they entered the door, they saw the old lady was there. Su Wanniang was still worried about what they would say to Shen Wen's attire, but the old lady smiled and said: "Wen'er is very happy to wear it, this is what Chinese New Year looks like! It's so cute!" Immediately called Shen Wen over, He pinched his cheeks and arms and rubbed them together.
Su Wanniang let out a sigh of relief, the views of the elderly are really different.
Seeing this, Yang immediately said: "Xiang'er is also well dressed, and her eyes are bright."
Shen Xiang smiled with some reserve and said, "Thank you mother for complimenting me." She is much more graceful than Shen Wen who is still nestling in the old lady's arms and showing off her cuteness. Now that she has grown up, she does not have the same knowledge as Shen Wen.
After saying a few words, Shen Zhuo also came in to say hello. He was wearing a blue cotton robe, because he was going to ride a horse, and he also had a cloak and knee pads.
After a few words of advice, Mrs. Yang said to Shen Zhuo: "Take your younger sisters. If you leave early, go and see the lights, but don't go too far. You will be back at Haishi." Said to return home before ten o'clock in the evening.
Shen Zhuo replied: "Mother, don't worry, I have brought more than 50 people, and Lao Guan will follow me, everything will be fine."
Lao Guan is the old leader of the guards, and he is said to be Lao Guan, but in fact he is only thirty-four or five. Shen Wen knew that when the Hou Mansion was destroyed, Shen Wen fled with his elder brother's two sons, but he failed to escape from the capital and was killed together with the two children.
Yang nodded, the children saluted and said goodbye, Shen Zhuo took the lead, Shen Xiang motioned for Shen Wen to come over, took Shen Wen's hand and followed Shen Zhuo out the door.
Shen Wen listened and calculated in his heart: the sun sets early in winter, and it gets dark after five o'clock in the afternoon. It should be around four o'clock when they arrived at the Marquis of Changle, which is the evening. Ladies take advantage of the afterglow to write a few lines of poetry or something, then it's time to light up the lamps and ask people to guess the riddles. Two hours is enough to stay in the mansion, and I will leave before seven o'clock, and I will definitely be home by nine o'clock in the evening. It's just that if the eldest prince wants to see her, if he doesn't come, someone will hold them back and not let them go. But I have to go to Guanyi Pavilion, so I must not delay in Changlehou's mansion. I hope the First Prince doesn't come too late.
A group of them arrived at Changlehou Mansion. Generally speaking, most of the marquises have military merits or outstanding political achievements, but Jia Qing, the Marquis of Changle, was named marquis mainly because his sister Jia Shi is the current queen.
At the beginning, when Jia's appearance was outstanding and gorgeous, and the emperor was named the crown prince, she was the side concubine. After the concubine was pregnant, she was also pregnant, but the concubine gave birth to a daughter, and she gave birth to a son. The eldest son was not yet one year old, and the prince ascended the throne. At that time, there were rumors that this son brought good luck to the emperor, and therefore Jia was favored by the emperor. The son she gave birth to became the eldest prince, and she later gave birth to the fourth princess.
After the crown princess became a queen, she never conceived again, and her daughter died of smallpox again, and the queen also died of illness soon. After Jia's first empress died of illness, he was named Empress, and his elder brother was also named Marquis of Changle. Of course, the emperor also had Concubine Mei, Concubine Jiang, Concubine Yun, and Concubine Chen, who has been a favorite ever since. In recent years, the emperor almost no longer patronizes the empress's palace, but none of these can belittle the status of Empress Jia. The empress has strong wrists and maintains the stability of the harem. Although the queen's family is not powerful, the other concubines who have princes are not from famous families.
The emperor's offspring are not flourishing.
After the eldest princess born to the queen died of smallpox, the second and third princesses did not live past their first birthday. Only the fourth princess born to Empress Jia and the fifth princess born to Concubine Chen Guifei were all okay.
One of the five princes died, and one was still a young child. The fourth prince has lived in seclusion since his leg became disabled, rarely showing his face except for the emperor's orders. The only ones who are healthy are the eldest prince and the third prince. The emperor prefers the third prince who is handsome and sharp, but he is not indifferent to the eldest son who has brought him good luck. The eldest prince has started to get in touch with political affairs these years, and he has taken care of simple court affairs for the emperor. He does things in a stable manner without any mistakes, and the emperor often expresses his satisfaction.
Marquis Jiaqing of Changle is forty-two years old this year. He has two sons and daughters, and eight sons and daughters of common people. The eldest son is twenty-five years old and already has children. The eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wei, greeted the female relatives and children of the various prefectures in front of the mansion. Normally, Shen Zhuo was only twelve years old, so he could follow Shen Xiang and the others into the yard to watch the lanterns. But as soon as they entered the mansion, Shen Xiang and Shen Wen had just been led in by a concubine of the Marquis of Changle, and Shen Zhuo was invited by the 17-year-old son of Marquis of Changle to sit in the study for a while and drink tea, which seemed extraordinarily formal.
Shen Zhuo was defeated several times by Zhang Yunming on the chessboard, feeling resentful in his heart, these days after he has made up a lot of books on the game, he always thinks about who to try his hand with. Anyway, he was not interested in guessing riddles in the garden, so he dragged this boy who was older than himself to play chess.
The errand of this Jia family child was to separate Shen Zhuo from Shen Xiang and Shen Wen, so why not do it? Although Shen Zhuo is a beginner, he has never beaten Zhang Yunjin, but he is very smart, Chang Lehou's youngest son didn't spend much time in this area, the two of them were evenly matched, and they didn't move their seats when they sat down. time.
Seeing that Shen Zhuo was taken away by others, Shen Wen knew that his guess was right, and that Shen Xiang would also be sent away soon. She held Shen Xiang's hand, looking nervous as if she couldn't leave Shen Xiang.
The courtyard is already covered with lanterns of various colors, some with lantern riddles on them. Although there was still some afterglow of the setting sun in the sky, the hall was already lit with lights.
There are dishes, fruit and snacks on the big table, and there is another big book table with paper, inkstone, pen and ink, and strips of red paper, which means that the ladies can compose poems and lyrics as they like, and they can also write lantern riddles. In the hall, the clothes are fragrant and the shadows on the temples are full of girls' laughter.
Shen Xiang brought Shen Wen into the door, but the people inside didn't notice it at first, and there was an endless stream of female relatives who occasionally came. When the girls who accompanied them explained to others that they were the eldest lady and the second lady of the Zhenbeihou Mansion, the surrounding voices became quieter for a moment, and many women looked over, probably wanting to see how these two notorious good girl.
Shen Xiang held her head high and held her chest high, not caring who was looking at her at all. She practices martial arts and swords every day, and recently fell in love with long weapons. She thought that one day she would go to the border to help her father, and she looked down on these coy girls who talked coyly. The arrogant and rude image of the eldest daughter of Beihou Mansion. Shen Wen, on the other hand, opened his mouth halfway, opened his eyes straight, looked left and right, and was immediately matched by the rumored stupid and stupid Second Miss.
The girls in the hall began to whisper: "This is the one..." "Really..." Shen Xiang had a good hearing and was very impatient. He looked around and didn't want to write any poems, so he dragged Shen Wen away , said in his mouth: "It's really boring here, let's go for a walk in the garden."
Shen Wen pointed to the long case and said, "Wait, I'll get something to eat."
With a helpless smile on his face, Shen Xiang led Shen Wen to the long case. Shen Wen's eyes widened, and he reached out to take two fried fruits and was about to put them in his sleeves. Su Wanniang smiled and said: "Be careful to oil your clothes, hold them for me." Without any explanation, she took the fruits from Shen Wen's hand passed. Shen Xiang and Su Wanniang practice martial arts together and treat her like a sister, saying that she just loves her younger sister and doesn't feel anything. Others feel that this servant girl has no respect for her master, how can she discipline her master like this in front of everyone
Shen Wen didn't seem to notice, and said with a smile: "Then I'll take two more!" He went to take two more pastries and put them in Su Wanniang's hands.
A girl sneered and whispered, "Like a hungry ghost."
Someone sneered and said, "Is there nothing to eat in Zhenbeihou's mansion?"
After hearing this, Shen Xiang glared angrily, turned his head and looked back to see who was talking. The people in the room smiled lightly, Shen Xiang wanted to say something, but she could use her hands and feet in the martial arts field, but she was not good at speaking.
Shen Wen raised his head and asked ignorantly: "I heard someone talking about Zhenbeihou's Mansion, what are they talking about?" The child's voice was loud, and everyone in the room was quiet. He wanted to hear what Shen Xiang had to say, but Shen Xiang blushed, but No matter how you can't reprimand Shen Wen in front of everyone.
Su Wanniang said softly and softly: "Oh, Miss, I didn't hear what was said about Zhenbeihou's Mansion, but I heard that someone doesn't like the food in this mansion, and whoever eats it is a hungry ghost." Her voice Although small, the articulation is clear. For a while, misfortune was brought to the east, and the name "hungry ghost" was given to all those who ate.
It turned out that the person who said the strange words was dumbfounded: Aren't they also saying that the food in this mansion is not delicious when they ridicule people for eating
Chunlu behind Shen Xiang came to his senses and said loudly: "Ah?! What kind of white-eyed wolf is invited by Changle Hou Mansion, offering delicious food and drink, but someone stops the guests from eating?"
The girl from the Changle Hou Mansion who accompanied them also blushed. Before the person who spoke just now came out to explain, Shen Wen asked Su Wanniang curiously: "How could there be such a person?"
Su Wanniang sighed and said, "Miss, I don't know, what kind of bird is this big forest? Some people don't love their mother or mother at home, so they like to go outside to gossip and attract attention." There was no hostility, but now, the person who wanted to clarify the meaning for himself just now couldn't stand up. Who is the bird? Want to bear the name that grandma doesn't love her mother
Shen Xiang took the opportunity to pull Shen Wen and said: "Let's go, I don't want you to be bad!" After pulling Shen Wen, he walked out the door, Shen Wen was dragged out obediently, and the accompanying girl from the Changle Houfu came out together.
The few people in the room who had just spoken were so angry that they gritted their teeth, and when they saw them leave, they said "Bah", "It's really uneducated!"
"That's right, the servant girl actually answered the conversation, without any rules!"
"That's the person who came out of the brothel."
"No wonder..."
Shen Xiang and the others walked into the courtyard and met Zhang Yunjin. Zhang Yunjin came over with a smile when he saw them, saluted and asked, "Where are you going, sisters?"
Shen Xiang glanced at the hall contemptuously, and said, "It's too powdery inside, so come out and take a walk in the garden."
Zhang Yunjin raised his sleeves and covered his lips with a smile: "Sister is the husband of a middle-aged woman, so she is naturally impatient with ordinary daughters, I will go with you."
The people in Changle Hou's Mansion smiled and said: "Then let's go to the garden to look at the lights." They took a few people to the garden.
After sunset in winter, it gets dark immediately. The branches in the garden are covered with lanterns of various colors, and the servants are busy lighting up the lanterns one by one. The note under the lantern was a lantern riddle, and the girl from Changle Hou Mansion smiled and introduced, "If you can guess it, take the note down and go to the hall to match it. If you guess more, you will win a lottery."
Shen Xiang smiled and said to Zhang Yunjin: "I don't know these things very well, it's up to you."
Zhang Yunjin also said modestly: "I can't do it either, just play casually, don't take it too seriously."
Shen Wen let go of Shen Xiang's hand and said, "I want to guess by myself."
Shen Xiang smiled and said, "Okay, you guess for yourself." Asking Su Wanniang to follow Shen Wen, she and Zhang Yunjin guessed while looking at the lights, talking and laughing as they walked forward. The concubine led them along a winding path, and soon separated Shen Wen behind two corners.
Su Wanniang took Shen Wen's hand and said, "Miss, don't worry, guess slowly."
Shen Wen looked at one for a long time, shook his head, and then looked at another one, but still shook his head without knowing. Walking step by step like this, when Shen Xiang and the others were out of sight, he stopped under a big tree with more than twenty small lanterns hanging between the branches. Shen Wen was dazzled, looked up and looked left and right, finally found one, stared at it for a long time, and said in his mouth: "Four mountains are vertical and horizontal, two days... two days what?" At the same time, he squeezed Su Wanniang a few times Next, she heard footsteps coming this way. There were a few people walking vigorously. They should be grown men.
Su Wanniang smiled and said patiently, "Chou Miao."
Shen Wen frowned: "What do you mean?"
Su Wanniang said, "It should mean next to each other."
Shen Wen nodded, but he was still puzzled, and continued to read: "It's him who gets rich, and he takes the lead when he's tired." His face seemed to understand a little bit, and he said to Su Wanniang: "I think it should be..." Stretching out his hand to the lantern riddle, Just about to tear it off...
A girl's voice sounded next to my ear: "This is so easy to guess! It's a word 'Tian', I'll get it!" A hand stretched out and tore off the note that Shen Wengang was about to touch. This kind of action is very rude, and most people would be angry, but Shen Wen turned his head with a smile and said: "My sister also knows? My sister is so smart."
"Also?" Which means she's not the only one who knows, and even the half-word of a nice thing feels off: what's there to be proud of being praised by a goofy kid
The girl who stood near Shen Wen must be in her teens. She is exceptionally beautiful, with black and long eyebrows, peach blossom eyes with double eyelids, a hanging bile nose, and a small cherry mouth, except that there is a black mung bean-sized mole under one cheek. son. Just based on this mole and her attire, Shen Wen knew that this was the fourth princess born to the queen, one year older than the fifth princess. He should be two or three years older than himself, but he didn't intend to say that he knew the identity of the other party, but just sighed: No wonder Empress Jia was able to ascend to the back seat, and her daughter can tell her beauty back then.
The girl's expression was a little domineering, the fourth princess's cruelty was known outside the palace. She usually has a violent temper and whips the palace servants at will. At this time, she listened to Shen Wen's words, sneered, and said, "What are you? You deserve to praise me?!"
A puzzled expression appeared on Shen Wen's face, he frowned and thought for a while, then looked at Su Wanniang and said, "Sister Wanniang, did I say something wrong?"
The corner of Su Wanniang's mouth raised slightly: "This young lady is upset, of course you said something wrong." The implication: You shouldn't call her smart.
Shen Wen suddenly said "oh", and immediately stopped looking at the fourth princess, pulled Su Wanniang and said, "Let's go!" as if he was not going to talk to her anymore.
Seeing that they were about to leave, the fourth princess yelled: "Stop! Seeing someone from the royal family is rude, so unruly, whose family is it? Are you looking for a beating?!"
Shen Wen looked at her blankly, then at Su Wanniang, with her mouth half open. Su Wanniang lowered her eyes and whispered: "Miss, I am a maid. She is talking to you, so it is difficult for me to go up and ask questions. Miss has to ask who she is? If she is from the royal family, miss has to salute." , don't break the etiquette." What this said was that the other party didn't introduce himself at all, so how could you expect others to salute? It stands to reason that the princess's dress and headgear have characteristics, but Shen Wen is so small, it can be forgiven for not being able to see it.
Shen Wen rolled his eyes again, looked at the fourth princess and said: "I am the young daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei, may I ask who are you?" With a very polite tone, Su Wanniang whispered next to Shen Wen: "Miss is really polite, so I will treat you well." I’ve introduced myself to the other party, and I’ll wait for her to tell you.” It’s like a caring elder sister is telling the younger sister what to do, but in her words, the other party is impolite.
The fourth princess could hear it naturally, she gritted her teeth and said, "I am the fourth princess, you salute!"
Shen Wen looked at her for a moment, turned his face uncertainly, and asked Su Wanniang slowly: "She said she is the fourth princess, should I salute?" Like the fourth princess, the fourth princess blushed with anger.
Su Wanniang frowned, and said in a low voice, "I haven't seen it either."
Shen Wen looked at the ferocious face of the fourth princess, with a worried look: "Could it be that this sister is angry and came to joke with me, trying to trick me into saluting?"
Su Wanniang said in a low voice: "I'm new here, I really don't know what to do, why don't I call out and get someone from the Marquis Mansion to come over?" After finishing speaking, she raised her head and shouted loudly: "Is there anyone here? ah!"
Her clear voice spread all of a sudden, and Shen Xiang, who had gone far away, immediately turned around and hurried towards this side, and the other girls in the garden heard the movement, and also came towards this side.
Several people surrounded Shen Wen and Su Wanniang immediately, and the fourth princess said sharply: "You are so rude, give me a slap!"
Shen Wen still looked ignorant and said: "Why slap your mouth? My mother never said you want to slap my mouth."
Su Wanniang also looked anxious: "Miss, how can I do this? If she beats you, how can I explain to my wife? How can I explain to the eldest son and the others? What if I let Lord Hou know?" In a word , completely pointing out the future troubles: If the fourth princess beats Shen Wen, can the Zhenbei Hou Mansion let it go
The fourth princess looked at the people who were getting closer and said angrily: "You are not polite when you see me, shouldn't you hit me?!"
Shen Wen looked at the fourth princess with an earnest expression, and didn't speak for a long time. The people next to him were already approaching, the fourth princess shouted: "Why are you in a daze?!"
Shen Wen blinked: "I was wondering if you look like a princess." Or don't you think she is a princess
Among the people who came up, people from the Hou's Mansion shouted: "This is the fourth princess! Oh, and the eldest prince!" Everyone who heard it saluted.
Shen Wen said with surprise: "You are really a princess?" You still don't believe it
Just as the fourth princess was about to have a fit, Shen Wen said, "I saluted the elder sister of the fifth princess! Look, is that the case?" After speaking, she saluted very clumsily. Everyone looked at her and felt that she was very hardworking, but the movements looked stupid, twisted ugly, and not respectful at all. What's more, what she said seems to be repeating the salute she gave to the fifth princess, not the fourth princess.
When Shen Xiang arrived, he saluted in a hurry, took Shen Wen's hand, and looked at the fourth princess with a smile: "I am the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei, this is my younger sister, what's the matter with the fourth princess?" , tall and straight, although smaller than the fourth princess, but taller than her, in terms of momentum, she does not let the fourth princess.
The fourth princess snorted coldly: "Your younger sister should slap her when she sees me being rude!"
Shen Xiang stared at the words, and the sharp eyes made the fourth princess stunned, but Shen Wen shook Shen Xiang's hand and rushed to say: "But I didn't know she was the fourth princess. She came to snatch the lantern riddles I was watching, saying that I What is it, and then let me salute, never said she is the fourth princess! I thought she was angry because I said she was smart, and she was going to trick me into saluting her." The people listening around hurriedly bowed their heads, In order not to reveal his thoughts in the eyes of the fourth princess.
The fourth princess stared at Shen Wen and said viciously: "How dare you slander me?!"
Shen Xiang pulled Shen Wen back, but Shen Wen met the eyes of the fourth princess and said clearly: "What is slander? I said you were smart, but you said I was wrong. I didn't say anything..." Completely It's a child's word, but it's scolding the fourth princess. It's wrong to say that she is smart. The people around were afraid to speak, for fear that the fourth princess would get angry.
As expected, the fourth princess blushed with anger. Just as she was about to speak, Shen Wen suddenly took a step in front of her, widened her eyes and lowered her voice, saying: "You didn't wipe your face clean, there is a big black spot..." A good intention look.
The fourth princess hates people talking about the mole on her face the most. Usually, when someone takes a look at her, she would find fault with that person, but today Shen Wen actually said it in public. The fourth princess raised her hand violently to Shen Wen in a rage, and said in her mouth, "You are so bold!"
How could it be possible for Shen Xiang to let her meet Shen Wen, pull Shen Wen back and get out of the way. Shen Xiang held back his laughter, pulled Shen Wen behind him, and said to the fourth princess: "My little sister is young and ignorant, please don't be as knowledgeable as her, princess."
The fourth princess was trembling with anger, and wanted to do it again. But when he saw Shen Xiang casually putting one hand in front of his body, and thought that people said that the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei practiced martial arts, she didn't dare to do it herself. Manual. She was depressed, and Su Wanniang, who was behind Shen Wen, said to Shen Wen in a reproachful tone: "How can Miss casually talk about things on other people's faces?"
Shen Wen replied with a crying voice: "I thought it was a fly at first, and wanted to chase it away for her. Later, when I saw that it didn't fly away, I thought it was something dirty. Who knew it grew on the face, I have never seen anyone's face There is this thing..." Isn't this still scolding the fourth princess? This child is not afraid of death. Seeing that Shen Wen made persistent efforts, he pulled Shen Xiang and said, "Let me apologize to her, and say that I won't talk about the big black spot on her face in the future, okay?"
Still "big" black spots? ! The fourth princess yelled and was about to rush over, but was held back by the eldest prince next to her. The eldest prince emerged from the shadows and said with a smile: "Fourth sister, don't be angry, that's just a child, what does she know, it's just nonsense."
Shen Wen looked at the eldest prince surrounded by various paper lanterns, with a sincere smile on his face.
In her previous life, she had watched many innocent souls come to his side when he was dying to see how he ended his life. Although he was only in his fifties at that time, he was plagued by illnesses due to years of debauchery and had no sleep day and night. Whenever he was about to fall asleep in extreme exhaustion, his consciousness would relax, and he would be able to see the souls surrounding him, and he would wake up in shock every time.
Those souls were full of hatred for him, harassing him again and again, asking him why he did such insane things, which not only killed so many innocent people, but also ruined the great country. When he left the body, his soul broke free from the surrounding of many resentful spirits, but stayed in a space where he needed to re-experience the experience of this life, to experience the pain or happiness he brought to others. In the end, he had to repay all the debts he owed with the same pain or joy he felt.
Seeing his ending, many resentful spirits fulfilled their unfulfilled wishes and left easily, only Shen Wen stayed.
She looked at the eldest prince with a smile, and wanted to say to him in her heart: In fact, there is nothing wrong with pursuing the throne, and it is understandable for you to be afraid of your own brother's alliance with my family. Everyone has their own desires, some people want money, some people want to be famous, some people want to be emperor... These are all human nature. It's just that you shouldn't use evil methods, and you shouldn't use other people's lives and blood to pave the way for yourself so recklessly... In fact, it's okay if you did this, after all, you have to pay back everything after you die. It's just that you shouldn't ignore humble souls, because you don't know that people who appear weak and incompetent may have a stubborn and narrow soul. This soul lingered for thousands of years because she couldn't give up this world, until one day, she returned to the world—that was me.
Once I return today, all your hard work in this life will be in vain. You don't have to wait until you die to face disillusionment, you will see what happens to you in your lifetime. It is no exaggeration to say that I am your catastrophe in this life. How can this not make me happy
The eldest prince had been observing Su Wanniang long ago. This girl's bangs fell below her eyebrows, leaving only half of her face, but she still looked pretty, no wonder she was chosen by the brothel. Looking carefully at Shen Wen's red face again, he was displeased from the bottom of his heart, and had the urge to slap this face with a stupid smile flat.
Knowing that everyone around him was looking at him, the eldest prince looked down at Shen Wen who was behind Shen Xiang with a calm expression and said, "Do you know that you are wrong?" Acknowledging her mistake, even the eldest prince said she was wrong, isn't that just the following offense
Shen Xiang frowned, but Shen Wen didn't look scared at all, and asked the eldest prince with a smile: "Uncle, please tell me, where did I go wrong? I will definitely change it."
uncle? ! The eldest prince almost didn't come up in one breath. He was only eighteen years old, and he just called the fourth princess "fourth sister". If he became an uncle, wouldn't he look like a generation after the fourth princess? Moreover, let him talk about why Shen Wen was wrong, didn't this dig a hole for him? If what he said is not true, then he is favoring his sister. If it is true, the fourth princess really doesn't care. The eldest prince stared at Shen Wen, not believing that a seven-year-old child would play such a trick on him.
Shen Wen met the Eldest Prince's gaze, suddenly met eyes, and said in a surprised tone: "Uncle, I found that your nostrils are getting bigger..." The surrounding gasped in shock: This child not only scolded The fourth princess, even the eldest prince dared to say that, she was so heartless!
Shen Xiang almost laughed, quickly lowered his head, pulled Shen Wen and said: "My sister is really young, mother told us to return home as soon as possible, please allow us to leave."
The fourth princess shouted angrily: "Don't let them go!"
Shen Xiang raised his head and said, "May I ask why the princess won't let us go?"
The fourth princess said: "Your sister speaks disrespectfully!"
Shen Xiang asked: "Excuse me, how did you say something rude?"
The fourth princess jumped up and said: "She said that I have black spots on my face, and that my brother has big nostrils!" The people around couldn't help it, and burst out laughing.
Shen Xiang put on a sullen face as much as possible and said, "The princess also said these things, so what?"
The eldest prince gave the fourth princess a tug, and said to Shen Xiang: "Children really don't get in the way when they talk. You should ask a teacher to teach your sister etiquette."
Shen Xiang nodded "Yes", and Shen Wen poked his head out and said, "I have an educated grandmother, she is Qin's grandmother. She is fine and never hits me." Since then, the Qin family's reputation has been ruined.
The eldest prince finally lost his composure, looked at Shen Wen and reprimanded him: "Your words are vulgar, which shows that discipline is not enough!"
Shen Wen blinked his eyes, as long as he opened up the melancholy that had been accumulated for thousands of years, tears would immediately flow like a fountain. When Shen Xiang saw it, he quickly touched the handkerchief from his sleeve, but Shen Wen was already crying loudly.
Having seen Shen Wen's crying skills, Su Wanniang behind her, and Shen Xiang's maid Chunlu also took out their handkerchiefs, looking as if they were facing an enemy, and the people nearby looked at each other, thinking that they were making a fuss.
Shen Wen cried bitterly, and the crying was mixed with a murmur to himself: "I don't know where I went wrong... That sister came and snatched my lantern riddle, I didn't say she was impolite... She said she was Princess, I didn't say that the princess is not like this, how nice is the fifth princess sister... I didn't say that the uncle's teeth are yellow... woo... I didn't say that the uncle's eyes looked scary... woo... I didn't say that I smell Seeing that sister has a bad smell in her mouth... why do you say I... "
The faces of the eldest prince and the fourth princess became more and more gloomy, and the people who were listening did not dare to laugh, they could only turn their faces: This is called "not saying", this is called not saying less!
Shen Xiang and Su Wanniang took turns to wipe Shen Wen's tears and nose, and changed the handkerchiefs one by one, but Shen Wen's tears still couldn't stop flowing.
Shen Zhuo was in the middle of the chess game when he heard footsteps approaching in a hurry. Before he could raise his head, he heard someone say: "Miss and Miss are in the yard with the eldest prince and princess..." Shen Zhuo got up suddenly and stood up. Eyebrows: "What's going on?"
The visitor stammered and said: "It seems that the fourth princess robbed the second lady's lantern riddle, and then the two of them talked wrongly. The eldest lady passed by, and the eldest prince also stood up. I don't know what happened..."
Shen Zhuo said to the servant next to him: "Go and tell Laoguan to get the car ready, and it will be waiting for us at the gate of the house." Then he said to the youngest son of Changle Hou who was still stunned by the table: "Lead me the way!"
Shen Wen had already wet five handkerchiefs from crying, and even smeared his face with his sleeves. Shen Zhuo walked over with strides, looked at Shen Wen who was still crying bitterly, and was already angry in his heart, but calm on the surface, saluted the unfriendly eldest prince and fourth princess, and then said: "I am Shen Zhuo, the third son of Marquis of Zhenbei. , Younger sister She is only seven years old, childish and ignorant. If there is something important, please let me know. If I can't solve it, I'll go back to my house and report it to my mother. If my mother can't, I can also report it to my father. Please ask the eldest prince and The fourth princess holds up her noble hand, don't criticize a little boy with a long hair!"
That's what I said! It pointed out that the eldest prince and the fourth princess were bullying a child. Is there anything you can't tell an adult, but you want to embarrass a child like this
The eldest prince waved his hands anxiously, forced a smile and said, "It's just a kid's joke, your sister takes it too seriously." After speaking, he pulled the fourth princess and turned around to leave. Here Shen Xiang took Shen Wen's hand and led her away. Shen Zhuo led the way, and Shen Wen almost closed his eyes, crying all the way through Changle Hou Mansion.
People avoided them one after another, and no one dared to strike up a conversation with them: This young girl is simply a troublemaker, the eldest prince will definitely become a prince in the future, and she just offended people for the Zhenbeihou's mansion like this!
Shen Zhuo hastily bid farewell to the people in the Marquis of Changle, and when he arrived at the gate of the mansion, the cars of the Marquis of Zhenbei were already waiting.
Shen Wen, whose heart has been broken for a long time, arrived at the gate of the mansion, and before getting into the car, he cried to Shen Zhuo: "Third brother... I'm sorry..."
Shen Zhuo sighed: "It's nothing, next time...just ignore them."
Shen Wen shook his head and said, "That sister came to talk to me..."
Shen Zhuo frowned: The fourth princess came to make trouble, could it be that the royal family has bad intentions for Zhenbeihoufu? I have to talk to my elder brother when I go back.
Shen Xiang also said: "I should be with my sister."
Shen Wen finally stopped crying, blinked her swollen eyes and said, "My sister is with Zhang's sister, how is Zhang's sister? I didn't have time to say goodbye to her."
Shen Zhuo's ears perked up, thinking that since Zhang Yunjin is here, does Zhang Yunming come or not? He looked around and saw no one coming. Maybe it was because he was afraid of trouble and dared not come here. Shen Zhuo had long been dissatisfied with Zhang Yunming for this dishonest guy, and now he couldn't get used to it even more.
Shen Xiang looked back, and said: "I can't go back to find her now. She said that I will watch the lantern after this. Maybe we can go to the lantern market and meet her."
Shen Zhuo was happy for a moment, then hesitated: "If something like this happens, we'd better go back home immediately."
Shen Wen immediately said: "But I also want to see the lights!"
Shen Zhuo looked at Shen Wen: "You cry like this and still want to see the lamp?"
Shen Wen said: "But I have already cried, I can watch the lights."
Shen Zhuo looked at Shen Wen's red face, but his swollen eyes with a smile, and shook his head puzzled.
Shen Xiang smiled and said: "You know her, she cries when she cries. Let her be happy when it's Chinese New Year's Eve. Let's look at the lights."
Shen Zhuo nodded, and sent someone back to the mansion first to report the conflict here to his wife, and then told Mrs. Yang that they would be able to go back in an hour, and then led the horse team to escort two carriages to the lamp market in the center of the city. .