There is a lot of snow and water this winter, and it is approaching the Lantern Festival, and it has snowed heavily.
When it snows, the Zhenbeihou Mansion is extremely lively. When it snows, the old lady won't go out of the back hall, and Mrs. Yang takes everyone to see the ceremony. After seeing the old lady, Shen Qiang took Shen Wei and Shen Yu to have a snowball fight in the old lady's yard.
The old lady likes to watch the children screaming through the window. Yang and Liu know that the old lady likes to be lively, so naturally they won't stop them, they just accompany the old lady to watch in the room.
Shen Qianghei is unbelievably strong, but when it comes to snowball fights, he doesn't take advantage at all. He takes aim at the snowball for a long time before throwing it out. Shen Wei and Shen Yu often avoid it, but he always gets hit while jumping. After a while, Shen Qiang soon covered his body and head with snow, waving his arms and shouting, the maid next to him laughed, and the old lady laughed so hard that tears almost came down.
Shen Zhuo and Shen Xiang stood watching, Shen Zhuo said: "He looks like a little bear."
Shen Xiang said loudly: "Fourth brother, third brother speaks ill of you!"
"Bang" Shen Wei threw a snowball at Shen Zhuo, and it hit Shen Zhuo's side. Shen Zhuo raised his eyebrows: "It's against you..." Bending down also caught a snowball, Shen Wei screamed and ran away. Shen Xiang glared at Shen Zhuo: "How dare you! How dare you?! How dare you bully my nephew? I'll tell my brother!"
Shen Zhuo made a throw from a distance, jumped over Shen Wei and hit the courtyard wall. He clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Who bullied you? Why don't we fight?!"
Shen Xiang wrinkled his nose: "Who cares about you?!"
Shen Zhuo snorted, "It's really boring." As soon as he turned his face away, Shen Xiang picked up the snow from the ground and beat it towards Shen Zhuo. Shen Zhuo shouted: "Are you sneak attacking?!" ball come...
Seeing that Shen Qiang and the others were all wet, the old lady smiled and said to Yang Shi: "Don't let them beat you, let the children come in and change their clothes."
Mrs. Yang was waiting for this sentence, hurriedly put on her big clothes and went out, yelling at a few people: "Don't beat me! Go change your clothes!"
Shen Zhuo patted his clothes and said, "I'm not wet, so I have to go out now."
Shen Xiang also smiled and said, "Mom, I don't need to change." He also left
A few little ones ran in noisily, and Shen Wen, who was so "quietly" guarding the old lady's side, left. Su Wanniang helped Shen Wen out and saluted Yang.
Yang looked at Shen Wen wrapped in a thick fur cloak, supported by Su Wanniang, walked away step by step, went back to the house and sighed to the old lady: "Wen'er is better, gentle and steady, like a girl .”
The old lady nodded with a smile, and Yang said, "After the wedding ceremony, quickly find her a good home."
The old lady pursed her lips secretly, and said: "No matter who it is, let me see it when the time comes."
Yang said helplessly, "Of course."
Su Wanniang helped Shen Wen back to the yard, loudly ordering someone to cook ginger soup for Shen Wen all the way, as if Shen Wen was too cold, she caught a glimpse of Xia Zi from Wang Zhi's family standing under the eaves, staring at them.
After entering the room, Shen Wenhe fell weakly on the bed, and Su Wanniang took the quilt and mattress and piled it beside Shen Wen, and whispered: "That Xia Zi has been looking at us, as if something is wrong."
Shen Wen whispered: "Then you go out and leave me here to sweat."
Su Wanniang nodded, put down the curtain on the bed, went out of the room by herself, and went to the kitchen to serve ginger soup. She thought of Shen Wen who used to say that the other party should take advantage of her age to make a move, did she hit the mark again? She mentioned ginger soup, walked back slowly with a solemn expression on her face, as a way to give Xia Zi a chance. But Xia Zi didn't come over. Under the eaves, Su Wanniang was stopped by a cleaning maid. Su Wanniang remembered this person, named Xia Cheng, who was the one she had just entered the yard when Shen Wen asked her to pick someone and gave her a bribe to stay in the yard.
Su Wanniang said in an impatient tone: "What's the matter? Miss came back and got cold, I have to send ginger soup in..."
Xia Cheng whispered: "Sister, go and see what's missing in the silver box, and come to my room to find me later."
Su Wanniang's complexion changed, showing a look of surprise, and hurried into the room. She put ginger soup in front of Shen Wen's bed, winked at Shen Wen, and took the silver box to the outhouse. After counting it carefully, looking at the small account book inside, I found that twenty taels of silver were missing. Although Shen Wen told Su Wanniang when Xia Zi made the key, Su Wanniang was still angry. She locked the silver box and rushed to find Xia Cheng in unabashed anger. As soon as he went out, he saw Xia Zi standing there again from the corner of his eye. Su Wanniang pretended not to see her, and went directly into Xia Cheng's room.
Xia Cheng was obviously nervously waiting for Su Wanniang. Su Wanniang hurried in, before she could speak, she pushed Xia Cheng down on the bed, and said in a low voice, "How dare you frame me?!" A slap slapped her, and then Cursed: "I asked you to stay, but it was wrong? You are heartless, you are an idiot!" Ever since she knew that Xia Zi was an eyeliner, she had been planning to beat her up, and today she couldn't beat Xia Zi. , beat Xia Cheng, and felt very unhappy.
Xia Cheng didn't expect Su Wanniang to strike at her, she didn't react for a while, and then hurriedly blocked Su Wanniang's hand and said, "Sister, I really don't know what to do! You recognize a thief as your father! Serving the murderer of your father and enemy, you are so dedicated!"
Su Wanniang looked stunned: "What?! My father was killed?!"
Xia Cheng nodded, and said in a low voice, "It's the Zhenbeihou Mansion!"
Su Wanniang was dumbfounded, and raised her hand to slap her again, and said, "Impossible! You don't have to separate me and Miss here! You bitch!"
Xia Cheng said hastily: "Really! Back then, the Zhenbeihou Mansion wanted to assist the third prince and put someone in the household department for him. Your father's position was in charge of gold and silver, so the people of the Zhenbeihou Mansion removed yours." Father!"
Su Wanniang looked in disbelief: "How is it possible?! How many years ago did that happen?! Is Lord Hou in the capital? Is the person who replaces my father now from the Zhenbei Hou Mansion?"
Xia Cheng said anxiously: "Where is the need for Lord Hou to come forward in this matter? Lord Hou ordered others to do it before he left! The prince saw through his plot. After your father died, he found the murderers and punished them severely. Here I am I have a copy of the confession, I can show you!" After speaking, Xia Cheng carefully went to the bed, took out a small bag from the quilt, opened it, and there were a few pieces of paper inside, and she handed it to Su Wanniang. Su Wanniang read it carefully with a frown in doubt.
On the paper was the prison guard's confession, saying that people from the Zhenbeihou Mansion came and asked them to torture Su Changting to death so that he could not keep alive. Then he described the punishment Su Changting suffered... Finally, he said that he was caught by the prince and told about his good and evil. The people at the prince's side felt that this material was enough to deal with a girl who started working as a maid in her teens and had never seen anything in the world. After all, most women are short-sighted, even if Su Wanniang has the background of an official lady, she has only studied for a few years, so what can she know
Su Wanniang knew that her father died in such a tragic way, and after reading it, she burst into tears, choked up and couldn't make a sound.
Xia Cheng thought that Su Wanniang believed it, so she was half relieved. Su Wanniang cried and said, "I'm going to... sue!" She gritted her teeth, revealing her true feelings.
Xia Cheng was scared again, and hurriedly said: "You are a maid, how can you sue Zhenbeihou's mansion? Moreover, the person who wrote this petition has been killed by the prince, it is regarded as revenge for your father, only relying on their confession, Zhenbei Beihou has a heavy army in his hands, and the government can't do anything. Let me tell you, the crown prince said that as soon as he ascends the throne, he will definitely rehabilitate your father!"
Su Wanniang shook her head: "How can I not avenge the murder of my father?! I can't let the bad guys go unpunished!" This is what she said from the bottom of her heart, and she said it very painfully.
Xia Cheng whispered: "As long as you listen to the prince, you will definitely be able to take revenge! Really, he has become the emperor, what can't he do? Avenging your father is just a matter of one sentence?"
Su Wanniang raised her head, with a somewhat tangled look: "But, Miss saved me..."
Xia Cheng lowered her voice and said: "Father's hatred is greater than the sky! Besides, it's the people from the Zhenbeihou Mansion who want to kill them all, and let the brothel people buy yours. Don't be fooled by them!"
Su Wanniang's heart moved, she gritted her teeth and said: "They are so cruel! If I had entered the brothel at that time, how could my mother and younger brother have a way to survive?!" Could it be that the people from the Prince's side passed the message to the brothel, and they Do you have to force yourself to buy yourself? !
Xia Cheng nodded again and again: "Yes! You must help the prince, so that you can avenge your father and yourself!"
Su Wanniang frowned and lowered her eyes as if thinking for a moment, then raised her head after a while, and said fiercely: "What's the matter with the missing silver in my silver box?"
Xia Cheng smiled awkwardly: "It's just... If you don't believe me, if you keep doing things for killing your father and enemies, I... I can't let you go all the way to the dark."
Su Wanniang gritted her teeth secretly, hesitated for a while, and said, "Not only do you have to replenish me with silver, but you also have to give me another five hundred taels! I'll be in trouble if I run away in the future!"
Xia Cheng deeply felt that Su Wanniang was greedy, so she took twenty taels from you, and actually blackmailed me for five hundred taels instead? ! He could only say: "Where do I have so much money, I have to tell them."
Su Wanniang looked at the paper in her hand and was about to cry again, Xia Cheng said, "Take it if you want, and remember how your father died."
Su Wanniang nodded, folded the paper, put it in her arms, and said viciously: "Of course I must remember!" She turned and left with tears in her eyes.
Xia Cheng finished this matter, let out a sigh of relief, and lay on the bed, only to feel the burning pain in her cheeks, and cursed in a low voice: "Little bitch, dare to hit me! Let's see how I will punish you in the future!"
Su Wanniang walked back into the room with her lips tightly closed, not wanting to disturb Shen Wen, and sat on a chair to read the so-called jailer's confession carefully. At that time, Ji Wenzhao explained some details when he investigated the case. Now that Su Wanniang was reading it, she felt more and more. The description of the torture was true. Thinking of her father's suffering, she began to cry again, but she didn't dare to make a sound. She just covered her face with a handkerchief and choked up silently. A towel was soaked, so he went to the bedside where he kept watch at night, took out a pile of towels, used them one by one, and cried hard for a while before he calmed down. The fourth prince was sitting in the same carriage, and the fourth prince handed it to her when he saw her crying. She never had the chance to pay him back...
She gave birth to hope in the sadness, and felt that although the past was painful, but because of Shen Wen, the future would be good.
Shen Wen heard Su Wanniang crying in a low voice, and guessed that the other party's divorce plan had happened, she opened the curtain, Su Wanniang heard the movement and walked into the back room, sat by Shen Wen's bed, sobbing and whispered what happened, saying After finishing her tears, she said with some regret: "Why didn't Xia Zi come forward? I actually want to slap her the most."
Shen Wen thought about it and said: "They didn't use Xia Zi, it seems that they still don't trust you that much, and they are probably planning that if you report on Xia Cheng, Xia Zi can continue to stay."
Su Wanniang frowned: "But they used my father's affairs, they are determined to win."
Shen Wen nodded and said: "It seems that it's really around the time of my birthday, let's wait, they will let you do things soon."
Su Wanniang was a little worried: "Will they make a big move this time?"
Shen Wen said indifferently: "It's not a big deal. The prince thinks I'm just a fool at the mercy of others, and it won't be too complicated to do it."
Su Wanniang smiled wryly, and said in a low voice, "It's only now that I see how right you were."
Shen Wen also laughed: "The more powerful a person is, the easier it is to be deceived by his own status, thinking that his status is equivalent to his wisdom, so he looks down on others."
Su Wanniang persuaded: "But don't be careless. I heard people talking about it when I came back. At that time, the prince sinned against himself and it rained. These words must have driven him crazy. Maybe he was looking for a place to vent his anger. Even if he looks down on you, he also wants to give you a good treatment. Moreover, he is now a director, and he has so many people under him, so he might do it by other people's hands."
Shen Wen said with a smile: "His heart is so narrow, he must be so angry that he must pass on the pain, but this does not mean that he wants to make it complicated. Although he is now a director, the emperor asked the third prince to supervise him." He, there are still two factions facing each other in the court. Our family is the number one military general in the court, and the third brother is now the assistant of the third prince. Ordinary officials dare not touch my house. If someone dares to touch me, let alone my father and brother. Will let it go, and the third prince who waits to marry my sister will not spare him. It is really not worth sacrificing a courtier for a stupid second lady like me. I think he must be risking the world's disgrace, and stare blankly. Give me a while, anyway, no one can do anything to him."
Su Wanniang was a little worried: "He will be unscrupulous, aren't you afraid that he will succeed?"
Shen Wen shook his head: "No, it's what I said before, I know what he is afraid of, and based on this alone, I can let him go home without a feather."
Su Wanniang looked at Shen Wen in admiration, "You are amazing!"
Shen Wen burst out laughing, and pushed Su Wanniang: "What! You listen to their orders carefully, I will be fine."
Sure enough, soon, Xia Cheng told Su Wanniang that she must let Shen Wen go to the Xinghuahui in Jianning Mansion.
Although the apricot blossoms bloom the earliest in spring and the flowering period is short, but "Xing" and "Xing" have the same pronunciation, and many people like to participate in the apricot blossom meeting for auspiciousness. The apricot blossoms in Jianning Mansion are very famous in the capital, because there are nearly a hundred apricot blossoms in Jianning Mansion, planted beside the weeping willows. The apricot flower is thick pink when it is in bud, light pink when it blooms, and pure white when it fades. When the trees and apricot blossoms are in bloom, they complement each other with the tender green willow branches, making the courtyard as beautiful as a fairyland.
Lord Jianning is the younger brother of the late emperor, he has passed away long ago, and the Jianning mansion is no longer the glory of the past, but the flower fair is still held. Perhaps, it is precisely because Lord Jianning is gone that the flower fair can be extended, because everyone will not worry about any political entanglements that will be brought about by participating in this flower. The Apricot Blossom Festival in Jianning Mansion has become a veritable festival for appreciating flowers and welcoming spring.
In recent years, people in Jianning Mansion stopped participating in the flower fair. When the date of the flower fair was fixed, they informed the capital, and then the whole family hid in the countryside. So although this Flower Fair is called Jianning Flower Fair, it is actually borrowing a place from someone else to let the famous ladies and ladies in the capital come to play, meet friends, and see the daughters of each family.
Every family would bring gift money and snacks when they came to the door, which was regarded as a disguised payment to Jianning Mansion. As long as the Jianning Mansion cleans up the place and provides tables and chairs, it can collect a lot of money, so the powerless Jianning Mansion is also happy to hold this flower show.
In this day and age, women from rich families can go out of the house only for a few festivals, such as Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, and other things like flower festivals in Beppu, or going to temples to worship Buddha and burn incense. Among these activities, the only ones that can make the prince appear naturally are festivals or flower fairs. Shen Wen didn't go out of the house during the Lantern Festival, so she messed around, so she could only encourage her to attend a flower festival. At first, I thought there would be some difficulties, but who knew that the post entered the mansion, and as soon as Mrs. Liu read it, the old lady nodded: "The meeting of apricot blossoms sounds auspicious. Wen'er is about to reach the end, so you can go to rejoice Son." Shen Wen had secretly told her that she was going to this flower festival.
After the Yang family sent Shen Qiang away after the Lantern Festival, his mind shifted to Shen Wen. While preparing a gift for Shen Wen, he thought about what kind of family he should find for Shen Wen. She also thinks that Shen Wen should go out to socialize. He has lived in the temple for so long, and now he has a very good reputation outside. People say that Second Miss Shen prayed for the people and moved God. Didn’t some people say that Second Miss Shen should be recorded in the history books? With such momentum, Shen Wen went out in a nice dress to let others see her gentle disposition, so wouldn't there be many good people who came to propose marriage? The old lady nodded like this, and Mrs. Yang hurriedly asked someone to prepare new clothes.
Shen Wen is about to reach Ji, and after that, girls will become women, they must be elegant and dignified, and they can't wear too fancy clothes, so this flower show should be Shen Wen's last public appearance in brightly colored clothes, Yang chose extremely bright colors for Shen Wen: lavender double-breasted waist-length silk, a bright pink belt, and an eighteen-piece skirt embroidered with dark green willow leaves on the lower body. It's a palette full of spring.
Yang did not dare to ask Shen Xiang if he would also go to the flower fair, for fear that Shen Xiang would feel ashamed if he felt that he was still unmarried at such an age. But Shen Wen got the letter allowing her to go to the flower fair, so she went to Shen Xiang's place, and asked Shen Xiang to accompany her: "Sister, come with me!"
Shen Xiang said impatiently: "I hate things like Huahui the most! Go and do it yourself! Don't pull me."
Shen Wen made a sad expression, and dragged his voice and said: "How can I go alone? Everyone will think that you don't like me, so you won't go out with me. Look at other houses who go out with sisters Huh? Eldest sister is going to bring younger sister, did sister forget?"
Shen Xiang looked at Shen Wen in disbelief: "You are almost old, why do you need someone to take you out?!"
Shen Wen went to pull Shen Xiang: "I don't care! My sister will follow me! Otherwise, I'll be scared!" Chun Lu and Su Wanniang on the side looked at each other with very forbearing expressions.
Shen Xiang was helplessly entangled by Shen Wen, so he had no choice but to say: "Okay, I will accompany you, but I will only stay for a while, and leave after seeing the flowers!"
Shen Wen nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "Thank you sister!"
Shen Xiang frowned: "Can you remove all those 'la' and 'ya'?"
Shen Wen looked embarrassed: "How to remove it? I don't know what to say."
Shen Xiang waved: "Go away, go away, I can't stand you!"
Shen Wen achieved his goal, so he took Su Wanniang to leave, and immediately went to Yang Shi and told her that Shen Xiang was also going to the flower fair, and told her not to forget to make new clothes for Shen Xiang.
Yang sighed to Shen Wen: "Your sister has broken my mother's heart! Wen'er, you are the closest to my mother's heart."
Shen Wen apologized to Yang Shi in his heart, knowing that if he caused trouble, it would be a hundred times worse than Shen Xiang, so he hurriedly smiled and took Yang Shi's arm and said, "Mother! Don't worry! My sister and I will be fine."
When the prince heard that Shen Wen agreed to go to the Xinghuahui, he was eager to fight. He told his staff what he thought, and many staff disagreed.
An aide said: "Your Highness, for the sake of Second Miss Shen, there is no need to go to war."
The prince was in high spirits at first, but when he was criticized, he immediately felt upset. He looked at the staff with a stern face and said, "What do you mean 'no need'? This woman was rude to me and the fourth princess at the beginning, and it was because of her, my mother. ..." He gritted his teeth: "Bengong's younger sister is disfigured!" The prince became angry: "Such a girl, I don't think I will let her get married as soon as possible and live a comfortable life in the capital, while Ben Gong’s younger sister is now far away in northern Xinjiang, and there is no news from her?!”
Another staff member said: "Your Highness, she is the second daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei after all, something really happened, Your Majesty..."
The prince recalled that many years ago the emperor had actually acquiesced in his attack on Miss Shen Er, and said, "Father doesn't care about such things now! Father is just doing guidance every day, watching Taoist Mao concocting alchemy, how can he care about me?" I have to marry the second daughter of Zhenbei Hou who shamelessly sent me to be my concubine!" The prince's gloomy face softened a little when he thought that he could insult Miss Shen in such a way.
Seeing that the crown prince couldn't be stopped, everyone could only dissuade him in another way: "Your Highness, there is no need for His Highness to come forward in person for such a trivial matter."
The prince sneered: "I didn't come forward before, you said, what did you do?! At that time, intercepted her on the street, did it work? Assassinated her, did it work? Let her go out of the house, did it work? It is because you have failed in the past that this time I will go to meet her in person, and I must include her in the East Palace!"
Everyone knows that the prince has committed a stubborn problem again. After so many years, who doesn't understand the prince's character? Several people looked at each other and felt that it was unavoidable. One of the staff flattered the prince by the way and said: "Your Highness has a very good idea. If it is included in the East Palace, she will not be able to marry with others and add more support to the Zhenbei Houfu."
The prince snorted: "How can such a stupid and fat woman help the Marquis of Zhenbei?! One look at her makes him an enemy of Marquis of Zhenbei." The prince felt that what he said was vicious, so he laughed .
It had been a long time since everyone had seen the crown prince happy, and they all echoed their smiles, and the crown prince let out a long sigh of relief: "You guys can make arrangements for such a simple matter, find some wives of our ministers to testify, and say She showed her favor to me and wanted to enter the East Palace as a concubine!"
The staff members thought about it, and felt that this arrangement should be enough to deal with such a boudoir girl: the girl who had not yet reached the age was accused by several wives of throwing herself into the prince's arms, but she flatly denied it. In the eyes of outsiders, It must be felt that it is not groundless. At that time, one of the wives will be selected to go to Beihou Mansion to protect the matchmaker. Second Miss Shen will lose her reputation, unless she dies or is carried into the East Palace, where else can she go
Speaking of which, the prince must be responsible for this strategy, if someone were to find someone to play against Second Miss Shen, with Saburo Shen there, that person probably wouldn't want to live until tomorrow.
According to the prince's instructions, the aides selected the families of courtiers who were close to the prince but not from the Lu family, and arranged for the wives of these families to go to the flower festival on the same day as Miss Shen from the Zhenbei Hou family.
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The current situation of the Crown Princess was sent to the Lu Mansion again. Mrs. Lu Fu listened to the narration expressionlessly, and the visitor said in a low voice: "... People reported that the crown prince asked his wife to be a witness at the Jianning Xinghua Festival, pointing out that Miss Chen, the Marquis of Zhenbei, voted for him. Hugs and hugs. This family has no contact with us on the surface, and it seems that the prince did not look for anyone from our side this time."
Old Madam Lu laughed: "He is so courageous! He dared to directly touch Zhenbei Hou Mansion."
The visitor whispered: "Others probably can't do it, but this Second Miss Shen has been told by her grandmother since she was a child that she is extremely talented, clumsy and useless. The Zhenbei Hou Mansion sent her to the temple for a year to pray for the drought and earn After gaining a good reputation, it is good to say that you will marry someone in person after spring and Ji."
Old Madam Lu nodded with a smile: "The crown prince doesn't like her well."
The visitor didn't say anything anymore, Old Madam Lu pondered for a moment, probably thinking of the Crown Princess, his smile faded a little, and he said slowly: "Tell the Crown Princess, if you find out that you are pregnant, you should leave the palace and return home immediately." He paused , said in a low voice: "Arrange people into the palace..."
After finishing the order, Mrs. Lu talked about the flower fair: "Let them follow the prince's orders and do it, and don't need to reveal it."
The visitor asked: "Then what if the crown prince takes Miss Shen Er into the East Palace..."
Old Madam Lu smiled: "Then why don't you make him hate him more? If that's the case, let the princess protect Second Miss Shen, and be a good person, it's also a favor..." He chuckled, and then said: " Besides, whether he accepts it or not is another matter."
The person who came said: "If we don't reveal the news here, the Second Miss Shen over there probably won't be able to escape..."
Old Madam Lu snorted: "It's not just once or twice that he failed in his plans. We don't need to worry about it, just watch from the sidelines. Without our support, what can he do?"
The Lu family also asked people to go to the flower fair, but no one would help, just to watch the fun.
------------------------ The fourth prince who is far away in the imperial mausoleum will definitely not care about any flower festivals, but he started to walk out of the courtyard after the first month. With the support of Ding Neishi, he walked slowly around the imperial mausoleum.
Originally, the prince guarding the mausoleum didn't necessarily have to stay in the same courtyard every day. The fourth prince locked himself up when he arrived. After almost two years, he suddenly left the courtyard, which made people a little uncomfortable.
For this reason, Wang Guoliang, the general guarding the mausoleum, came to pay a visit to the Fourth Prince, wanting to see how the Fourth Prince had changed.
In the living room in the front yard, Wang Guoliang looked at the fourth prince. The fourth prince is almost twenty years old, but his expression is indifferent and his temperament is calm. He looks much older than his actual age. Wang Guoliang only said that the fourth prince was guarding the mausoleum here, feeling scruples and aging prematurely, so he asked the fourth prince, "How is your Highness here? What do you need?" Why are you walking around all of a sudden? Don't get me in trouble.
The fourth prince now understands Shen Wen's problem. If he tells Wang Guoliang bluntly that this summer is flooded, and the flood has washed away half of the imperial tomb, which will hurt the country's fortune. Wang Guoliang was beheaded for a crime. The prince opened his mouth, he must report this matter to the imperial city. My own words can definitely be regarded as a curse on the country, and must be regarded as having ulterior motives. How could the emperor like it? I don't know what the punishment will be, but I probably can't continue my quiet and undisturbed life now...
The fourth prince said: "I've been reading Fengshui Yixue recently. The imperial mausoleum's Fengshui is very good. It is a good example. I usually want to take a walk outside and study the surrounding mountains and rivers."
Oh, it's learning to look at Feng Shui. Wang Guoliang nodded and said, "If Your Highness wants someone to protect you, you can send someone to follow you at the end."
The fourth prince shook his head: "I'm just walking outside, not many people know me, so I'm fine."
Wang Guoliang didn't dare to be so careless, saying that he was also a prince, and said: "The imperial mausoleum is remote, so it's better to be cautious." From then on, he ordered people to guard outside the fourth prince's courtyard, and when the fourth prince came out, there would always be one or two people Follow behind, so that he can also know the movements of the fourth prince.
Therefore, the defenders of the imperial mausoleum and the villagers living around can always see a lame young man walking slowly down the mountain or by the river with the help of a person, often stopping, looking up and down, left and right, followed by two sergeant.
People pointed at them from a distance and commented, "That's a prince."
"Yes, I heard that he is watching Feng Shui!"
"Hey! That's a science!"
"The prince is naturally learned..."
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On the morning of the apricot blossom meeting, Su Wanniang combed Shen Wen's double-snail hair bun, tied the root with a wreath of fine beads, and inserted a small hairpin carved with apricot blossoms, a pure girl's hairstyle. But while Su Wanniang was arranging Shen Wen's hair, she whispered: "Xia Cheng told me that after entering the Jianning Mansion, she will take you to Wanghualou, and you can't let the eldest lady follow, what are you going to do?"
Shen Wen whispered, "Then you can do that."
Su Wanniang was nervous: "Just in case... just in case..."
Shen Wen said: "Don't be afraid, I know how to deal with what he wants to do in private or in public. But, if he loses..." Shen Wen frowned slightly.
Su Wanniang said anxiously: "That's right, the prince is not a generous person, if you annoy him, he will kill you!"
Shen Wen said: "The last time we went to the temple, my sister gave me a dagger, do you still keep it?"
Su Wanniang hurriedly said, "Of course I keep it."
Shen Wen said: "Take it with you, in case he goes crazy."
Su Wanniang frowned: "Do I need to tell the eldest lady?"
Shen Wen pondered: "Let her be careful of villains and bring weapons."
Su Wanniang asked: "Do you want to ask Third Young Master to bring more escorts?"
Shen Wen shook his head slowly: "I don't want him to follow closely."
Su Wanniang was really worried: "Are you being too bold?"
Shen Wen said: "You and I plus my sister and Chunlu, if something happens, I can protect the four of us. The more people there are, the less I can take care of them. Moreover, if the third brother is not allowed to mobilize the crowd, let the other party I feel that we are unprepared, so we can act quickly. I am really too lazy to wait for him to make a move."
Su Wanniang could only nod her head, dressed up Shen Wen, and went to Shen Xiang's yard. Entering Shen Xiang's room, he found that Shen Xiang had finished dressing and was dressed in red again. Chunlu was talking at the side: "Miss, what does it look like without any jewelry on your head?"
It was only then that Su Wanniang realized that Shen Xiang's jet-black hair was braided and simply coiled around his head, fixed only with a hair band and a hairpin, without any jewelry at all.
Su Wanniang said with a smile: "Yes, you have to put on a red coral or something to match your clothes." At the beginning, Shen Xiang and Ji, the third prince gave a set of red coral headgear.
Shen Xiang blushed a little, and frowned at Su Wanniang: "I treat you as a sister, you can't follow those people to torment me!"
Su Wanniang said: "Who tormented you? How about wearing a pair of red coral earrings."
Chunlu said: "That's right, the lady said that she doesn't wear anything on her head, so the earrings are all right?" As she said, she went to open the jewelry box and brought over a plate of noodles. Su Wanniang swept her eyes and picked up a pair of red corals. Earrings, she pulled Shen Xiang to sit down, put them on for Shen Xiang with her own hands, and said: "I know that the reason why the eldest lady doesn't wear jewelry is because she is afraid that it will get in the way during the fight, but we are going to the flower festival, not to the martial arts field. Just go out and walk in the city, where will there be fights?"
Instead, Shen Xiang frowned and said: "You can fight in the city, Chun Lu, take my sword!"
Chunlu looked at Su Wanniang reproachfully: "What fight are you talking about! Miss didn't remember such a thing before."
Su Wanniang smiled and said, "Really? It should be fine in the city, right? The incident happened outside the city, right? Fortunately, the eldest lady left the city, and it was replaced by our second lady, don't worry about it?"
Shen Xiang became more vigilant when he heard this: "Chun Lu, you also bring a weapon, my sister's one is useless, if we meet a hooligan on the road, don't expect her to do anything."
Su Wanniang hurriedly said: "How could it be, we are from the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, who would dare to mess with it?"
Shen Xiang snorted and said: "It's not like no one has tried it before. This time, the third brother is outside and I am inside. It's best that no one has bad intentions, otherwise it's not easy to think about it!" She has really grown up now Oh, it's not the girl she used to be, she must have let go of the beating.
Su Wanniang said with a smile: "The presence of the eldest lady just reassures me! Our lady's side is also ready, I just want to say, let's meet in the main hall."
Shen Xiang nodded, Su Wanniang left, went back to the yard to help Shen Wen, and said goodbye to Mrs. Yang.
Before they entered the door, they saw Shen Zhuo standing outside the hall with a smile and waiting. Shen Wen lied to Shen Zhuo, she knew that the third elder brother was holding everything on his shoulders now, and that the prince was about to make a move, so she would probably be nervous, not to mention showing any traces. So Shen Wen smiled and said to Shen Zhuo: "Third Brother will send us there today? Actually, there is no need, it is enough for Big Sister to stay with me."
Shen Zhuo looked at Shen Wen carefully, and saw Shen Wen nodded. Of course he knew that Shen Wen had a purpose in doing this, but he thought that Shen Wen was just trying to avoid attracting people's attention to their team and reduce people's attention to her recently. Category. He thought about it and said, "I'd better take you there instead of waiting for you outside."
Shen Wen said with a smile: "That's good, we can look at the flowers inside, don't worry about the third brother waiting impatiently."
Shen Zhuo also smiled and said: "Sister, you don't have to be so polite, I won't be impatient if you wait for a long time." He stared carefully at Shen Wen's eyes again, seeing Shen Wen blinking affirmatively, he was completely relieved.
Not long after Shen Wen entered the door, Shen Xiang also arrived. The two saluted Yang. Yang looked at the two grown-up daughters. They were not ugly. ---You have to find a good family! A woman's good looks and well-bred... don't count. In the end, isn't it just to see whether she is married well? Now Yang does not dare to force Shen Xiang to marry clearly, so she makes up her mind to marry Shen Wen as soon as possible...
Mrs. Yang told them a few words in everyday language, don't cause trouble and come back early, etc., and let them go out.