The crown prince ordered Qin Quan's medical center to be guarded day and night, but Shi Helin or others never went there, but the imperial doctors in the palace stayed for several hours every day, and some stayed overnight.
The fourth prince had a rash all over his face, he was weak and lethargic every day. Although the imperial doctors did not diagnose smallpox, they also diagnosed that the fourth prince was really injured. The reports of returning to the palace time and time again were that the fourth prince was indeed seriously ill, and no one would have guessed that it was caused by his leg being broken again.
Ding Neishi cried several times to the point of dying, and spent a lot of money to get Qin Quan and the imperial doctor to treat him well. The medicines Qin Quan prescribed were all medicines for tigers and wolves, and the four princes only got worse after taking them. But the imperial doctors didn't point it out. They didn't know that the medicine that actually reached the fourth prince's mouth was different from the prescription.
Shi Helin went around scolding Qin Quan as a quack doctor who almost cured a patient who was not smallpox to death. If you let him treat it, the medicine will definitely cure the disease. The more he said that, the more the palace would not allow the fourth prince to change the doctor.
At night, the fourth prince finally woke up from his lethargy, and Ding Neishi, who was serving him, fed him soup and food in the dark. After eating and cleaning up, the night was long, and the fourth prince could only lie dry, looking at the window and waiting for the dawn. At dawn, he will take medicine again and then go to sleep.
While doing nothing, the fourth prince could only think about Ji Wenzhao's chess game, his moves and chess style over and over again in his mind. After several nights of thinking, finally, for a moment, the fourth prince understood why he felt weird about Ji Wenzhao's behavior after being challenged that day.
Ji Wenzhao's chess style he has experienced is extremely flexible yet magnificent, natural and smooth, without any hindrance, with both a sharp and unstoppable edge and an indomitable tenacity. The "life and death calamity" of the chess game is that one side is extremely weak, but they want to turn defeat into victory. Isn't it extremely difficult than ordinary chess games? Ji Wenzhao solved the "Life and Death Tribulation", he could survive in a desperate situation, fight out in blood, and win in the end! How can a new chess game be so impulsive if it cannot be solved? It should be head-on, full of pride! Where is the need to leave angrily? It is said that he vomited blood...
Reminiscent of his own situation and the twists and turns in it, the fourth prince suddenly understood that Ji Wenzhao was also playing chess! False shot, false true and false. The fourth prince has long heard that the prince is in the network of talents, so he asked Ji Wenzhao many times. Ji Wenzhao did this just to get out of his shell!
It's a pity that no one in the prince's camp really loves chess, and has figured out the connection between Ji Wenzhao's chess style and his temperament and habits. No one was forced to pass the time in the silence by poring over chess records, studying players' intentions and styles, as I was. There is no one like myself who was trapped on the bed immediately after Ji Wenzhao solved the game. He could only rely on reviewing Ji Wenzhao's chess game to survive. Therefore, he was able to understand what kind of person he was through Ji Wenzhao's game. No matter what kind of generosity he has, he can see through his disguise.
After thinking about this, the Fourth Prince laughed at night. If he wasn't afraid that someone outside would hear him, he would probably have laughed out loud. Since Su Wanniang came up with the idea to arrange his affairs on the day of Ji Wenzhao's chess game, it can be said that Su Wanniang understood Ji Wenzhao's actions. Su Wanniang is a maid, if she has nothing to do with it, why would she pay attention to Ji Wenzhao's chess game? It is very likely that he was instigated by someone, and this person is in the Zhenbeihou Mansion.
He speculated who was playing this ambiguous game of chess: it was definitely not Su Wanniang, she was just a ten-year-old maid. It must not be Zhenbeihou, he is not here. It must not be Shen Yi, he made friends with the third prince, this chess player would not do such obvious things. Both Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo are still too young. This chess player should be an experienced chess player who can make Ji Wenzhao listen to him... so who could it be? The fourth prince hopes to meet this person one day.
When the news of Concubine Chen Guifei's death reached the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, the manor was very busy with the eldest son's wedding in early March and the return of Lord Hou at the end of February.
Although Hou Ye only lived at home for ten days, Yang Shi has already cheered up very much. The old lady was far-sighted: Seeing Yang's beaming every day, she knew how sad she would be when Lord Hou left. So Yang's spirit recovered, and the old lady didn't let her take care of things. Just let her have a baby with peace of mind.
But the closer it was to the day when Master Hou returned to the mansion, the more Yang could not feel at ease. He often sat in the hall where the old lady was in charge, and gave some pointers from time to time, especially like the way the old lady picked on her back then.
The people who asked for the matter lined up in the yard and took turns entering the hall to answer, and a servant hurried into the hall. When the old lady looked over, she went up and whispered: "Chen Guifei in the palace disappeared last night."
The old lady was stunned for a moment, sighed, and asked Madam Qian to come to her side, and she dictated the funeral to be prepared by the Hou Mansion.
Shen Wen, who was writing with Su Chuanya in the inner room, felt very uncomfortable when she heard this. She regarded this incident as her own failure.
She thought that with thousands of years of experience, she should be able to deal with all the problems, but when it came to reality, she realized that her power was very limited.
She decided to visit the palace tonight, even if she was saying goodbye to Concubine Chen, although Concubine Chen may have been sent away, but this would make her feel more comfortable.
Thinking of this, Shen Wen took a long nap. After waking up, he remembered that the last time he sent a letter to the third prince, he was chased by the eunuch. Shen Wen asked Su Wanniang to ask Shen Xiang about the third prince, including whether the eunuchs serving him were all masters of martial arts.
As soon as Su Wanniang left, Xia Zi strolled near the door of Shen Wen's room.
There is only one Su Wanniang beside Shen Wen, and the other six little maids are all assigned by Su Wanniang, so they don't need to go forward at ordinary times. Nurse He Shi has become less and less talkative recently. She heard that her son is about to get married, and she wants to go home. In this way, no one will stop Xia Zi.
Shen Wen saw Xia Zi approaching through the window, so he couldn't reprimand her, so he could only act like a child, sitting in front of the table, picking up a pen and writing boringly.
Xia Zi arrived at the door and smiled at Shen Wen. Shen Wen didn't look up, frowning, writing stroke by stroke.
Xia Zi coughed, and Shen Wen looked over with puzzled eyes, pretending not to know her.
Xia Zi smiled and asked, "Second Miss, is there anything you want me to do?"
Shen Wen blinked four times before asking: "Who are you?"
Xia Zi was stunned for a moment, didn't Shen Wen ask to come by himself? She smiled again and said, "Miss, you forgot? At that time, Lord Hou brought me back, and you said you wanted me to come to you."
Shen Wen looked stunned, and said with a smile: "Sister, what's your name?"
Xia Zi said with some embarrassment: "Sister Xia Wan named me 'Xia Zi'."
Shen Wen nodded and asked: "Blind sister, do you like this place?"
Xia Zi twisted and said, "I like it very much."
Shen Wen stared at her childishly and asked again: "What do you like here? You have to work, you can't go out to play..."
Xia Zi made up words: "I'm at home... I have to work, and I can't... go out to play."
Shen Wen asked again: "What are you doing at home?"
Xia Zi tried hard to think about what she had told Lord Hou and his wife about her family back then, and she should have a stepmother who abused her, so she said cautiously: "Well, I have to do some sewing, clean the house and so on of."
Shen Wen asked innocently: "Do you miss your parents?"
What do you want them for? They sold me long ago. Xia Zi shook her head and said, "I don't want to."
Shen Wen tilted his head: "Why don't you want to? Because they treat you badly?"
Xia Zi quickly shook her head: "Oh, it's because... they are all dead..." I almost forgot what I said at the beginning: my mother died, my father died, and my stepmother kicked me out...
Shen Wen opened his eyes wide: "Dead? That's why you miss it, don't you? Because I can't see you..."
Curse my parents to die? Xia Zi hurriedly said: "I think so, I'm just... sorry to say it..."
Shen Wen still didn't understand: "Don't be embarrassed, don't you want people to think that you are filial to your parents?"
Xia Zi hurriedly said: "I am a maid here, I have to work hard for the young lady, and I can't always worry about my parents..."
Shen Wen said kindly: "What does it matter if you miss it? There's nothing wrong with being nice to your parents. You see, sister Wanniang always comes home and takes me with her. I'll go out of the house to have fun... Someday you will take me too Want to see your parents?"
Xia Zi blurted out: "Miss is too polite, how can... uh... they have passed away..."
Shen Wen sighed: "It's really uncomfortable to say that your parents have passed away?"
Xia Zi frowned, the words sounded vague, as if she knew her parents were not dead, but she had to say that. She looked at Shen Wen nervously, Shen Wen put down the pen, put his jaw on both hands, and said like a little adult: "I actually really want to go out to play, otherwise, someday you just say take me to see your parents and take me out of the house to play." Let's play!"
Xia Zi's heart jumped again: "This, miss, my parents... have passed away..." How many times do you want me to say it!
Shen Wen blinked and said: "I'm talking about going to see their tombs, so I can go out and play! You can also burn incense and kowtow to them, don't you miss them very much?"
Xia Zi was a little flustered: "Well, my home is far away...their tomb is also far away, otherwise, I wouldn't have traveled so far to visit relatives."
Shen Wen hit the snake and said: "It's better to be far away! We can go all the way to play! My brothers and sisters can ride horses, and I want to learn too! Besides, you have walked over here, and we should ride horses very quickly. La! What's the name of your hometown? I'll show my brother how long it takes to ride a horse?"
In fact, Xia Zi had never been to the place that Xia Zi told Lord Hou that she came from. In the past few months after entering the Hou's mansion, no one has ever asked about it, so she almost forgot the place. When I mentioned it suddenly, I couldn't remember the name for a while, and said hesitantly: "It's called...Yuncheng...Qing...Liu...Yangzhen...Liujing Township..."
Shen Wen frowned and nodded, "It's so hard to remember!"
Xia Zi breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Small place, you don't have to remember it."
Shen Wen smiled again: "Then tell me about your hometown! I've never been out, so I really want to know what's going on outside." Shen Wen knew that Xia Zi was from the capital, and her parents sold her into the eldest prince's house. government. Later, she married as a concubine, and the place where she saw her off was in the city.
Edited by Xia Zihu: "My house... has a mountain..."
Shen Wen immediately asked: "What's your name?"
Xia Zi blinked: "It's called Nanshan."
Shen Wen nodded seriously: "Oh, Nanshan, I remember, what else?"
Do you still remember? ! What should I do if I tell my wife to investigate in the future? Xia Zi became nervous and stammered: "There is still a river..."
Shen Wen asked enthusiastically: "What is it called?" She believed that Xia Zi had not received systematic training, and it was impossible to weave the entire background in every detail.
Xia Zi's armpit was sweating, and she reluctantly said: "Call... call Xiaohe... Baihe..."
Shen Wen happily went to get a pen: "Wow! Liujing Township, Nanshan, Baihe, I want to write it down and give it to my brother, let him find out where this place is, and we can go to your hometown to play in the future..."
Xia Zi was really panicked. When she came here, she knew that there was a girl who was kicked out by her stepmother in Liujing Township. Own. But I have never lived there, and I will definitely give away when I talk about the scenery there.
She hurried over to help Shen Wen tidy up her pen and ink and said with a smile: "Miss, don't worry about my family affairs. I don't go out very often at home. I just listen to others talking about everything. I really don't know what it looks like. Miss should tell What do I usually like to do?"
Shen Wen looked at Xia Zi sympathetically: Is it tiring to tell a lot of lies? She said in her heart as a confidant. It takes ten thousand lies to make up for one lie, which is hard work.
Shen Wen and Xia Zi came to place pens, ink and paper on the table, and said childishly: "I told you, I like to go out and play! Everything outside is better than Fuchu! Going to sister Wanniang's house is fun!"
Just as she was talking, Su Wanniang came in from the outside, and when she saw Xia Zi beside Shen Wen, her face immediately became gloomy, expressing her jealousy.
Xia Zi laughed and said, "Sister Xia Wan, I just came in to help."
Su Wanniang said in a cold tone: "Since you have time to help, I will tell the grandmother in the embroidery room to give you more work. The eldest son's wedding is within a month, and everyone in the house is going crazy. Although the bride The son brought her own embroidery, but we have to return the gift or something, and there are still a few people's sachets and purses that the young lady wants to bring to the young lady."
Xia Zi bowed her head in response, and walked out, Shen Wen said enthusiastically: "Blind sister, come talk later!"
Xia Zi hurriedly turned her head and smiled: "Thank you, miss!" Pretending not to see Su Wanniang's stern eyes, she walked out of the room.
Su Wanniang slammed the door behind Xia Zi, and heard Xia Zi walk away from the door, and then she came to Shen Wen's side, and said in a low voice, "Are you getting close?"
Shen Wen smiled coldly: "She needs to know my background and preferences, introduce me to people, coax me out of the house, and hide things with me. All of these need to talk to me first."
Su Wanniang laughed: "It's enough for her to work."
Shen Wen asked: "It's not easy to ask my sister about the eunuchs next to the third prince? I'm still worried for you, how to bring up this question."
Su Wanniang smiled: "I thought it was difficult at first, and I prepared a lot of twists and turns, but the eldest lady seems to want to talk about the third prince. I just mentioned that Concubine Chen Gui in the palace died. Is that the third prince?" The eldest lady chatted about the life experience of the third prince, and couldn't stop. Speaking of the third prince being raised by Concubine Chen, he and Concubine Chen have a deep love for their mother and son, so it must be very uncomfortable now. The queen inside is ruthless. If the emperor had not sent his own eunuch, Eunuch Gu, to follow Concubine Chen for so many years, Concubine Chen and her children would not have survived to this day, and would have died of the same illness as the second prince and mother. Oh, so did the mother of the fourth prince. Died of illness." Su Wanniang sighed deeply sympathetically.
Shen Wen keenly grasped the point: "The emperor sent his own eunuch? No wonder, the master of the palace must be the one who chased me that night."
Su Wanniang said: "Miss said that the third prince's martial arts were all taught by Mr. Gu. They used to go out on horseback and hunt, and Mr. Gu followed the third prince. She said that now the third prince no longer has Mr. Gu, and she I didn’t see it on the Lantern Festival night, and the third prince went to my house without him, it seems that the emperor withdrew his own eunuchs, and Concubine Chen Guifei died.”
Shen Wen frowned, and said to himself: "This Eunuch Gu, why does it sound familiar to me..."
Su Wanniang shook her head and said, "I've never heard of it. I even asked the eldest lady why I didn't see Eunuch Gu in the mansion on her birthday last time. The eldest lady said that Eunuch Gu never entered the Hou's mansion, and said Afraid of breaking the etiquette, I just waited outside."
Shen Wen's heart moved: It seems that Eunuch Gu understands the emperor's temperament very well, he knows that he doesn't like the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, and he doesn't even come in. She carefully searched the memories of her previous life, and finally found the reason for the name: next winter, the emperor will hold a rare winter hunting, and let the prince perform the winter hunting ceremony instead of her. Eunuch Gu's name is associated with this winter hunt.
The ancient emperors also liked to exercise more and had the habit of hunting, namely spring hunting, summer seedling hunting, autumn hunting and winter hunting. Spring search is because most animals are in estrus in spring to continue the reproduction of species. Therefore, in spring, we must follow the law of the growth of all things on the earth, and do not hunt but "search". Autumn and winter are the harvest season. The crops are ripe and the beasts are well-fed. It is a good season for hunting. In the past, hunting was even one of the five rituals of the country, and the emperor had to abide by it.
Many poets have written about the spectacular scenery of hunting, the most famous of which is Wang Wei's "Watching Hunting": The wind is strong and the bow is sounding, and the general hunts Weicheng. The grass is dry and the eagle's eyes are sick, and the snow is as light as the horse's hoof. Suddenly passed Xinfeng City, returned to Xiliuying. Looking back at the place where the eagle is shot, the clouds are flat for thousands of miles.
But in this dynasty, culture was more important than martial arts, and the emperor seldom went hunting. The crown prince thought he was prudent, and he had no interest in it. He only went there once when he was young. Therefore, the official hunting held by the court only happens once in many years, so Shen Wen remembered the only winter hunting that happened in her life. After her death, she also specially read many historical materials about this winter hunting.
During that winter hunt, more than 20 assassins assassinated the crown prince, causing harm to the third prince next to him. The assassins killed a bodyguard of the prince, an eunuch next to the third prince, and an official of the Eastern Palace who happened to be talking to the prince.
In the fierce battle, the assassins were all killed in the end.
Some people still doubt whether these people are related to Zhenbei Hou, but at that time Shen Jian took Shen Zhuo to the accident site, protected the prince with his body, grabbed the knife with his bare hands, and killed an assassin who had already rushed in front of the prince. Rumors die on their own.
The eunuch who was killed was Eunuch Gu.
According to historical records, many people suspected that the prince had arranged this assassination to get rid of the third prince, but he only killed Eunuch Gu.
Shen Wen knew that he had messed up the sequence of events: In the previous life, the emperor did not remove Eunuch Gu, and Concubine Chen Guifei died only after Eunuch Gu died. In this life, Eunuch Gu has been transferred away. Concubine Chen Gui is dead, but Eunuch Gu is still alive.
If the prince had done it in the first place, it was partly because Chen Guifei was alive and had influence on the emperor, so the third prince had to be removed. So now that Concubine Chen Gui is dead, Eunuch Gu has been transferred away from the third prince, and the third prince obviously has a lot less to rely on. Will the prince still send assassins
Shen Wen began to worry that important events in the future would happen out of order and at the original time, and he completely lost the initiative.
She told Su Wanniang that she was going to visit the palace, and she couldn't help showing worry in her words. Su Wanniang became even more worried when she saw it, and whispered: "Can you wait until you grow up? What are you doing there now?" She wanted Shen Wen to change her mind.
Shen Wen said: "I'm just going to have a look, and I don't do anything."
Su Wanniang said in a low voice: "Where is the high wall of Zhangba! This is no joke!"
Shen Wen didn't tell her about the Forbidden City of later generations. A farmer actually jumped over several ten-meter-high palace walls, stole things like cosmetic boxes and handbags that were on display, and left. People laughed at him for stealing something wrong, but they didn't say he was bad at it. What made the security even more depressing was that this farmer was not a master, but just a little man doing nothing.
Shen Wen said in a low voice: "The height of the wall doesn't matter, the key is to avoid those secret whistle and people who know martial arts. I won't go inside, just run if I see something wrong, don't worry."
The First Prince moved into the Eastern Palace, so the courtyard where he discusses affairs is no longer as small and easy to guard as before? so that it is easier to approach? Shen Wen was not ready to speak out about these issues, so he decided to play by ear, go and have a look, express his apologies to Concubine Chen, and then come back.
After dark, Shen Wen finished dressing up, and tied two dry wooden planks one foot long and one half foot wide for crossing the river behind his back. He was dressed in black and wore a black scarf on his head. In order to conceal her figure, she wore a thin jacket that looked like a barrel, making her look short and fat.
Su Wanniang said worriedly: "Don't let anyone know that you came from the Marquis Mansion—in the Quanhou Mansion, you are the only one who is this tall."
Shen Wen said with a smile: "You mean to say that you are so short? If I am found out, I will definitely not run back here. I will definitely run to Changlehou's mansion and let them go there to look for it."
Su Wanniang hurriedly said: "I said the wrong thing! How can you be found out?! You must be fine!"
In the middle of the night, Shen Wen was squatting in a dark corner of the palace, thinking of Su Wanniang's words, she began to wonder if there was really such a taboo of "don't say good things casually before acting", she knew she had been discovered.
At first, it was a feeling. Shen Wen's consciousness cannot be extended too far, he can only rely on intuition. But now she used her consciousness to clearly explore a hot body a foot away from her.
She heard that the emperor went out of the east gate after death, so she thought that the dead should stop in the east of the palace, so she chose to approach the palace from the east.
Three rows of white marble stone bridges are juxtaposed across the moat. The torches on the bridges are brightly lit, reflecting the dark water under the bridges. Someone from the turret on the top of the city watched the bridge from a distance, but the river without the stone bridge was shrouded in darkness.
Shen Wen's lightness kungfu is not yet strong enough to walk quickly on the water without sinking, so she can only lightly place a wooden board on the water, squat on it, use another wooden board to gently paddle the river water, and quickly cross the river. When she reached the embankment, she jumped ashore, hooked her body with her feet, turned around and picked up the plank from the river, tied it behind her back with the one in her hand, and finally arrived at a city in the shadow of the embankment. In the silence of the patrol, he went to the city on both hands and feet.
After crossing the moat and the outer wall, Shen Wen breathed a sigh of relief. Feeling that he had passed the biggest obstacle, he began to run briskly on the city wall and eaves, inspecting the houses below, trying to find the speaker and listen to what they were talking about.
This part of the palace is quiet and cold, few people live there, and there are no hidden hills. Shen Wen went deep into several floors of the pavilion, only seeing a few court ladies and eunuchs, but did not hear any substantive words.
Shen Wen felt that he was doing something useless, so he chose a wall and sat silently for a while. She said "sorry" to the dead Chen Guifei in her heart: If you hadn't been reborn, you might not have died early. If you were really poisoned to death, when I deal with the prince and the emperor in the future, I will also count you a share...
In fact, she also knew that she came here not only for Concubine Chen Gui, but also to balance her psychology: she encountered the first setback after her rebirth, and wanted to make up for it with a challenge. In the deep courtyard of the palace, very few people can come. She needs to come once, to overcome this obstacle, to have a sense of accomplishment, and to cheer herself up.
It was around this time that Shen Ji felt that someone had discovered him.
Shen Wen immediately got up and ran towards the outer wall. She memorized the way, and jumped over the intricate buildings without hesitation, and when she was about to reach the outer wall, Shen Wen stopped, and she needed to wait for the patrol on the wall to break through the gaps. At this time, she used her consciousness to accurately sense the position of the person who was chasing her.
Shen Wen didn't dare to move anymore, and slowed down his breathing, entering the tortoise's breath. She knew that few people could use consciousness like her. People still needed to rely on hearing and vision to find people. As long as she didn't move, her breathing was extremely weak, and it was not easy to find her exact location.
Sure enough, the opponent lost his target and did not move. The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time.
Suddenly, the other party said hoarsely: "Come with me..."
Shen Wen was taken aback: Is this an enemy or a friend
Then the other party turned around and left, Shen Wen hesitated: If the other party is an enemy, follow him like this, if it's a trap, he can explain it to himself. If the other party is a friend, I have missed an opportunity...
But thinking that she was not an ordinary child, she suddenly felt passionate: I have died once, so why should I be afraid? Besides, my lightness kung fu is unmatched in the world, how many people can't do anything to me when it comes to running away, so what's wrong with just going to see it
Shen Wen followed the black shadow in front and ran, and the order of the two chasing the other was completely out of order.
The black shadow led Shen Wen around the underground palace seven times and eight times, sometimes stopping to wait for the watchmen to pass by. Gradually, the lights in front of the eyes gradually brightened, and the palace became tall and spacious, and one room was even more brightly lit. The black shadow arrived near the palace and stopped on a roof.
Shen Wen stopped three feet away from the shadow, seeing that the shadow was not moving towards the palace, he also looked intently. There were guards coming and going outside the palace, but it was much more relaxed than the small courtyard in the eldest prince's mansion. In the vague conversation, Shen Wen heard titles such as "His Royal Highness" and "Prince", and Shen Wen understood that this is where the Prince's East Palace is located.
It is easy to break through the iron shoes. Shen Wen smiled, but now she dare not enter the East Palace under the watchful eye of this person. What if the other person yells? She turned around and ran outside, she had to see if she still knew the way. Fortunately, after a while, she successfully returned to the outer wall.
Just now, Shen Wen stopped at the place where he and the shadow were standing at the same time. Sure enough, the shadow also came after her and stopped more than ten feet away. At this time, Shen Wen was basically sure that this was Eunuch Gu who chased him last time.
Shen Wen didn't understand how Eunuch Gu, who was next to the emperor, would point him to the location of the East Palace. Was it because he warned the third prince last time, did the other party think that he must be the prince's enemy? Or under the emperor's suggestion, follow the vines and find the person who gave the third prince a warning in advance and opposed the queen by himself
The most important thing now is not to reveal his identity, Shen Wen clasped his fists to the other party and bowed, but the other party did not respond. Shen Wen didn't wait any longer. Hearing the sound of footsteps in the city fading away, he stepped up to the wall with vigilance, and then floated down again. The black shadow did not chase Shen Wen out of the palace, but Shen Wen felt that when he flew away from the moat again on a wooden plank, someone on the dark top of the city was watching him all the time.
To be on the safe side, Shen Wen really went through Changlehou's mansion before returning to Zhenbeihou's mansion. At this time, it was almost dawn, and Su Wanniang was sitting on Shen Wen's bed, eager to see through.
As soon as Shen Wen jumped into the window that Su Wanniang had specially opened for her, Su Wanniang rushed over, hugged Shen Wen, and said in a low voice: "Scared me to death, scared me to death! During this period of time, I I feel very bad…”
Shen Wen thought that he had taken a risk tonight, and immediately felt tired, so he hugged Su Wanniang and said, "I'm exhausted too, please help me to ask my mother and grandmother for leave, so that I can have a good sleep."
Su Wanniang agreed, and hurriedly helped Shen Wen take off his clothes and hide the board. Shen Wen fell asleep, except for two brief rises in the middle, and slept for a whole day and night before really waking up. Su Wanniang sternly forbade the girls in the courtyard to make noise, and went to tell the old lady and his wife that Shen Wen felt the spring cold and was afraid of the cold and drowsy.
Shen Wen's health has always been good, so the old lady told her to sleep well first, and if it was not good, she would let the doctor take a look. As a result, Shen Wen woke up the next morning, went to pay his respects, and had breakfast with the old lady. He ate eight small buns and three bowls of porridge in one go, which frightened the old lady, and finally stopped her from eating any more. , Said that he was afraid that Shen Wen would spoil his stomach. He didn't even mention asking the doctor to see her.
Soon, the wet nurse He resigned from her job in the Hou Mansion and went home to prepare to hold her grandson. Everyone said that she was squeezed away by Su Wanniang, and Su Wanniang's dominance in Shen Wen's courtyard was once again confirmed.
On the day Hou Ye arrived at the mansion, the queen's post was also delivered to the mansion.
The moon of Jichun follows the ancient rules: "The law of the first king, the son of heaven plows the land, the concubine the concubine the silkworms, and the world worries about clothing and food" (quoted from "Hanshiwaizhuan"), that is, the emperor went to pretend to plow the land twice. , Empresses and concubines kiss silkworms—picking a piece of silkworm leaves, spinning two threads on the loom, expressing concern and concern for the harvest and clothes in the world, and doing it by themselves, although they must be the last to starve to death and freeze to death on this land people.
The emperor personally cultivated the southern suburbs, and the empress kissed the silkworms in the northern suburbs. The emperor brought all the civil and military officials with him, and the empress naturally asked the women in the capital to accompany her according to her order. This year, after the pro-mulberry ceremony, the queen will hold a banquet in the palace as usual to celebrate with all the wives and ladies.
In the post to Zhenbeihou, it was specifically stated that the old lady of Zhenbeihou and his wife should bring Zhenbeihou's two daughters to the banquet.
The old lady frowned as she looked at the post, her heart beating. But Yang's mood was high because her husband came home, so she didn't think it was a big deal.