Rebirth of Weak Daughter of the General’s Family

Chapter 32: design

Views:

Apart from Shen Wen, the most calm person in this mansion is Shen Zhuo. He didn't go out with Shen Yi and the others, he always went to watch and play chess every day.

After seeing the fourth prince that time, he often saw the fourth prince when he went later. The fourth prince always quietly guards a corner, watching or playing chess with others.

After Zhang Yunming was defeated by the fourth prince last time, seeing the fourth prince often took the initiative to ask him to play a game, what made him depressed was that he didn't even win once.

Seeing this, Shen Zhuo's hands were very itchy, and one day he finally couldn't hold it back, and went to play chess with the fourth prince—anyway, the fourth prince has returned to the palace now, and the bone-setting incident is over.

The two of them played for the whole afternoon, Shen Zhuo lost three games in three rounds, seeing that it was getting late, he reluctantly left. After he left, Baoguan came over to pour tea for the fourth prince, and said with a smile: "This third son Shen is very similar to me."

The fourth prince smiled and said, "Then why don't you go play chess with him?"

Baoguan said with some displeasure: "None of them are willing to play with me, but back then, even Ji Guo played against me!" He looked at the fourth prince and smiled: "Young Master Jiang, we... "

The fourth prince stood up and said, "I have to go back too."

Bao Guanren's face suddenly drooped, and he picked up the tea tray and left dejectedly.

The fourth prince walked out of the Guanyi Pavilion holding the hand of Ding Neishi, got into the carriage and returned to the palace, and was just being seen by Zhang Yunming who was walking this way.

In the past, every time Zhang Yunming saw the fourth prince, the fourth prince would sit on a chair, and Zhang Yunming didn't pay much attention to the waiter Ding who was hiding behind the fourth prince. Zhang Yunming's heart sank when he saw from a distance today that Mr. Jiang, who often played chess with him, was crippled.

He didn't go to Guanyi Pavilion anymore, turned his horse's head and walked back, and then thought carefully about the appearance of the servant next to the fourth prince, and realized that it was an eunuch! He understood: the fourth prince in the palace is a cripple, and his mother is Concubine Jiang Shu. He came out and claimed that Mr. Jiang used his mother's surname! Gritting his teeth in anger, he scolded Shen Zhuo in his heart, hurriedly rode back to the house, and told his father that he might have accidentally befriended the fourth prince.

Marquis Pingyuan was spinning two big jade balls in his hand, tilting his head slightly, after hearing Zhang Yunming's statement, he smiled and said, "How old is that little son of a bitch, Marquis Shen? How dare you fool me like this?"

Zhang Yunming gritted his teeth: "He... must have met the Fourth Prince before, and pushed me out in order to divert attention! I hate that young man with a gentle temperament and elegant demeanor. He thought he was the son of a civil servant and gave him the fan I drew …”

Ping Yuanhou said thoughtfully: "That's not a problem, what you should ask is, why did that bastard Shenhou push you out? When was that?"

Zhang Yunming frowned: "It should be the end of May."

The jade ball in Ping Yuanhou's hand paused for a moment, and then spun quickly. He whispered to himself: "May, what happened?"

Zhang Yunming said: "I heard that the fourth prince fell ill in Qin Quan's clinic and almost died. Later, he stopped taking Qin Quan's medicine and returned to the palace at the end of May."

Marquis Pingyuan frowned, and asked: "At that time, was the Fourth Prince taken back to the palace?"

Zhang Yunming shook his head, lowered his voice and said: "It should be, after that..."

Ping Yuanhou nodded slowly, "That brat wants you to play chess with the fourth prince at that time..."

Zhang Yunming gritted his teeth and said, "Others will only notice me, but not that he knows the Fourth Prince!"

Marquis Pingyuan hummed and laughed: "That bastard! He is much more thief than his father!"

He frowned and thought for a while, then withdrew his smile, and said seriously to Zhang Yunming in a low voice: "The few months that the fourth prince was outside must have something to do with the Zhenbeihou Mansion! That's why that brat pushed you out! Let you To attract attention instead of him. By doing this, others can be deceived, but once we find out, there will be no silver three hundred taels here! This is bound to be extremely dangerous, and you must not say anything to him publicly. "

Zhang Yunming clenched his fists angrily: "I have to find a chance to beat him up!"

Ping Yuanhou laughed: "That's fine, but you must pretend not to notice this matter!"

Zhang Yunming nodded, and asked again: "Then shall I still play chess with the Fourth Prince like before?"

Pingyuan Hou Sizhu nodded and said: "Let's go, it's the same as before. The fourth prince has a disability, so he shouldn't be taboo by the prince. It's just that you'd better win against him."

Zhang Yunming nodded and said: "I understand, it seems that I am not flattering him."

So, after that, Zhang Yunming still went to Guanyi Pavilion to play chess with the fourth prince from time to time, trying hard to win a game, but unfortunately he didn't win a game. Sometimes, seeing that it was about to be completed, I felt a little joy in my heart, and was beaten to the bottom by the fourth prince. He looked at the gentle and harmless eyes of the fourth prince's young man, and suspected that the fourth prince did it on purpose.

The prince knew that the children of Zhenbeihou and the third prince went hunting in a big way, and the third son of Zhenbeihou and the eldest son of Pingyuanhou often played chess with the fourth prince, and when he could only lose but not win, he gritted his teeth and said coldly: " They are all living very comfortably! The Zhenbei Hou Mansion has a close relationship with the two princes, but they are at odds with this palace! Need to say more?!"

The prince expressed his dissatisfaction so forcefully, everyone understood the prince's thoughts to some extent, and someone asked cautiously: "Then, it is easier for the fourth prince..."

The prince said unhappily: "He is a cripple! What can he do?! Don't pick sesame seeds and lose watermelon!"

To say it so clearly, the staff must have some reactions.

After being quiet for a while, an aide said in a low voice: "If they like to hunt outside, why don't they pretend to be bandits..."

Another person immediately said: "It's not right. There are as many as a hundred guards from the Zhenbei Hou Mansion accompanying them, and one of them is as many as ten! If we meet in the suburbs, thousands of people may not be able to stop them."

Another aide said: "Since you are worried about the guards, you should try to keep the guards away from them."

Everyone thought for a while, and one person lowered his voice: "Don't the third prince and the sons and daughters of the Marquis of Zhenbei like hunting? This year is too late to prepare, but why doesn't the prince ask the emperor to hold a winter hunting next year? At that time, the prince, civil and military officials , the sons of the royal relatives and relatives will all come to participate..." He looked at the prince with deep eyes.

The prince thought for a moment, and finally smiled.

One person added: "For insurance, the crown prince can hold a dinner party. No matter how arrogant the powerful family is, it is impossible to bring guards to the banquet! The guards of each government must stay outside the banquet to guard. At the banquet, there are only the master and personal servants." That's all..."

The crown prince nodded: "Such a grand event, how can we not invite noble ladies from the capital?"

Everyone exchanged glances: The prince hasn't forgotten the second lady of the Zhenbeihou Mansion, right? He is twenty years old, why would he want a child's life

They didn't know that in the prince's heart, Shen Wen was already a dead person, and they just wanted to find a chance to implement this decision.

The end of the new year is approaching, and the Hou Mansion is still as chaotic as last year.

Last year, because Mrs. Yang was bedridden, the old lady took Su Wanniang to take care of the New Year's affairs. This year, it was expected that Mrs. Liu would take over, but Mrs. Liu was pregnant and her belly was already showing, so Mrs. Yang would not let her be too tired. And Yang's youngest son is only six months old, so it is impossible for him to concentrate on his affairs. In the end, it was the old lady who brought Su Wanniang and Madam Qian to make arrangements for the New Year. Although he had some experience from last year, because of Shen Yi's marriage, there was an extra layer of relationship to be in touch with, so it wasn't much easier.

After the new year, when it came to the Lantern Festival, Yang said that during the past two Lantern Festivals, Shen Wen had troubles, one in the Marquis of Changle and one in the Lantern Market, so everyone else can go out this year, only Shen Wen can't go out!

Shen Wen expressed resentment, and begged Shen Xiang to take Su Wanniang out, saying that she had worked hard for days and should go to relax. Shen Xiang has always been friendly to Su Wanniang, so he naturally agreed.

In fact, Shen Wen wanted Su Wanniang to go to Guanyi Pavilion to see if Ji Wenzhao had come. He said that on February 2, he would solve last year's life and death disaster in Guanyi Pavilion.

Shen Wen was confined at home and had nothing to do, so he stayed in the main hall to accompany the old lady after dinner. Since she frightened the old lady to death by feigning death in the palace last time, she often went to look for the old lady to act like a baby, and tapped the acupuncture points on the heart veins with her consciousness, lest the old lady would suffer from that stimulation.

Shen Wen sat next to the old lady, and said some nice words. After listening to the old lady nagging about her youth, Mrs. Yang came with the strong Shen Qiang in her arms. Said to the old lady: "Mother, I have washed and fed, but he is tossing and staying awake, so you can help coax him." The words were quite condescending.

As soon as the old lady saw Shen Qiang, she happily took him over, hugged him in her arms, and called to Shen Qiang: "My darling, baby, I don't sleep when I don't see grandma, don't you, don't you?..." He didn't notice Yang's attitude at all.

Yang curled her lips and said to Shen Wen: "Don't stay too late, go to bed early."

Shen Wen nodded again and again: "Okay, mother, don't worry. I'll sleep when my sisters come back."

Yang frowned: "Can it be early?"

Shen Wen immediately twisted her body and acted like a baby: "Mother, I haven't even been able to leave the house..."

Yang sighed and left.

The old lady put Shen Qiang on her lap. Shen Qiang had been sitting for seven months and was sitting firmly. The old lady sang: "Go up a high mountain...go down a long slope...cross a big river...take a carriage..." For a while, it bumped back and forth, and for a while it swayed from side to side.

Shen Qiang giggled happily, drooling. The old lady stopped, wiped Shen Qiang's mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "Drooling baby, you are smart, healthy, and you can't love enough..." After wiping, facing Shen Qiang's slightly dark face, she slapped Kissed a few times. Shen Qiang giggled again, drooled again, and put his small fist in his mouth to bite.

Seeing this, the old lady asked someone to hand over a shopkeeper's drum, and flicked the handle to Shen Qiang, Shen Qiang took his fist out of his mouth to grab the shopkeeper's drum. The old lady asked him to grab it a few times before catching it, and wiped his saliva with a smile, and said, "Qiang'er is so smart! Look, I took all the drums from grandma's hand..."

The old lady seemed to have forgotten about Shen Wen and was completely immersed in the interaction with Shen Qiang. With a smile on his face, Shen Wen tried to suppress his urge to yawn—it's fun to tease a child, but only for a few minutes, okay? How could the old lady be so interested in playing with Shen Qiang for half an hour

Finally, Shen Qiang let go of the shopkeeper's drum and began to grab his ears with both hands. The old lady hugged him tightly and stood up: "Oh, oh, baby is going to sleep! Hurry up, bring the quilt, I'll wrap it up for him..." The old man The man wrapped Shen Qiang from head to toe with a small quilt, and personally carried him out of the house. Shen Wen hurriedly went to fetch the cloak and put it on the old lady, fearing that it would be difficult to walk in the dark, so she also put on her coat and supported the old lady by the side.

When they arrived at Mrs. Yang's bedroom, the old lady gently placed Shen Qiang on the bed. Shen Qiang's eyes barely opened again, but then they closed again. The old lady smiled and looked at Shen Qiang for a while, seeing that he was fast asleep. , covered him with the quilt, got up, told the nurse in the house a few words, and left.

Shen Wen helped the old lady go back to the backyard to rest. On the way, the old lady sighed: "We have finally had a child in our house. How big is Qiang'er! Much tougher than you! When you were young, you were obedient .quietly, like a cat…”

Shen Wen very much suspected that the old lady kept the child as a pet to replace the dog she gave away.

The old lady was still muttering: "Looking at Qiang'er, why do I like it so much in my heart? I'm old, I don't know how many years I can see him..."

Shen Wen felt sore, and said with a quick smile: "What did grandma say, you can definitely watch the fourth brother grow up and become a great general."

The old lady laughed: "That's a good thing..."

The fourth prince, ever since Su Wanniang's mother passed away, and the house where Su Wanniang's original mother lived had withdrawn, the fourth prince lost the opportunity to wait and see Su Wanniang on the road.

For several months, the fourth prince did not see Su Wanniang. At the Lantern Festival, the fourth prince finally had a glimmer of hope.

As soon as it got dark, the fourth prince asked Ding Neishi to drive the car to the outside of Dengshi. In the past six months, the fourth prince practiced walking quietly at night in the palace, and finally he was able to walk like an ordinary person, but he had to walk around with a limp when he went outside. As usual, the fourth prince supported Ding Neishi's arm, turned his legs and walked to a key point to enter the Lantern City, and then stood in the shadows, looking at the street full of lanterns.

Later generations call the Lantern Festival Chinese Valentine's Day, because on this day, girls who usually smile without showing their teeth, stay at home, and wear skirts can go out and walk freely on the street and laugh. What a fun night it was for us.

The Fourth Prince looked at the boys and girls with a melancholy expression. When will he be able to walk normally and walk on the street with Su Wanniang like this, the two of them look at each other, blushing in turn, go buy something for each other, guess a riddle for each other...

After waiting for a long time, he finally saw a few guards leading Shen Yi and others over. At the end of the team, Su Wanniang and Chunlu walked beside Shen Xiang, the three of them were chatting and laughing.

Shen Xiang wore a short dress as usual, but she was the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion after all, so the short dress was also very particular, with a dark red satin surface and embroidered cuffs and collars. In contrast, Su Wanniang, like Chunlu, is dressed in dark green cotton clothes, without any embroidery, and the style is simple, which does not match Su Wanniang's peerless appearance, even though Su Wanniang combed her bangs almost to the tip of her nose, her cheeks Each has a large lock of hair, and the entire face shows a chin.

The fourth prince only felt his heart twitch, and couldn't help frowning slightly. He watched them go by without blinking, and didn't move for a long time.

In the distance, the fourth prince saw Su Wanniang pointing in the direction of Guanyi Pavilion, Shen Xiang nodded, said something, and Shen Yi led everyone there. The fourth prince was overjoyed, and then he came out of the shadows and walked towards Guanyi Pavilion.

A large notice was posted outside Guanyi Pavilion, saying that on February 2, Ji Guoshou would come as scheduled to solve the "Life and Death Tribulation" chess game obtained last year. Baoguan went back and forth in the building, greeting the guests.

The team from the Hou Mansion arrived in front of the Guanyi Pavilion, Shen Zhuo was the first to go in and dragged Shen Yi and Shen Jian along, but Su Wanniang didn't want to go in.

In the past, when Su Wanniang came here to see Ji Wenzhao, she always came alone. Today, people from Tonghou's Mansion came, and Bao Guanren would see that she was from Zhenbei Hou's Mansion, and maybe Bao Guanren would greet her. In front of the guards of Hou's Mansion, it will inevitably make people suspicious. When did she meet Bao Guanren

Su Wanniang originally told Shen Xiang that she would come and buy some chess books, because Shen Wen was learning how to play chess, and the books in the house were too difficult. Now point to the bookstall next to Guanyi Pavilion and say, "The books are sold over there, so I won't go in."

Shen Xiang said: "If you buy it, come in and find us." He brought Chunlu into the Guanyi Pavilion.

Su Wanniang walked to the bookstall next to the gate of Guanyi Pavilion by herself, and began to browse through the scrolls with the lantern hanging high. Seeing this, the fourth prince thanked the emperor in his heart, and couldn't believe that his luck could be so good.

He didn't dare to walk too fast so as not to attract people's attention, but he grabbed Dean's hand with great strength.

The fourth prince walked behind Su Wanniang, but he didn't dare to say hello, for fear that someone would see that he knew Su Wanniang, and would pretend to fall beside Su Wanniang. But he remembered the kick Su Wanniang kicked him last time. He didn't dare to touch Su Wanniang, so he staggered, as if he had tripped over something, and threw himself onto the bookstall three feet away from Su Wanniang, barely standing still.

Su Wanniang was startled, and hurriedly looked sideways, the fourth prince straightened up under the support of Ding Neishi, deeply felt that he had no demeanor, blushed, saluted Su Wanniang, and whispered: "I've offended you."

Su Wanniang immediately returned the courtesy and said: "This young master is very polite." The fourth prince showed a disappointed look, and Su Wanniang playfully half-blinked one eye, showing that she understood the fourth prince's affectation.

The fourth prince only felt that the cold breeze blowing on his cheeks instantly became cool and pleasant. Under the lantern, Su Wanniang's face, which was mostly covered by her hair, was astonishingly beautiful. He didn't dare to face it directly. He hurriedly lowered his head to read the books on the bookstall, and asked in a low voice, "What book is the girl reading?"

Su Wanniang also lowered her head, and replied in a low voice, "I just want to read books about chess."

really! Her master can play chess! While the fourth prince was relieved that his guess was correct, he was vaguely worried: If her master wasn't the second lady, wouldn't it be a man

He picked up a book, let Su Wanniang see the cover, and whispered: "This book is the chess record of the previous master's game. I have read it and it is very interesting."

The two seemed to be reading books separately, Su Wanniang did not dare to talk openly, and did not turn her head and said: "I want something that is not so difficult."

The fourth prince put down the book in his hand, reached for a book not far away, and said: "This "On Game Game" is written as its name suggests, easy to understand, and it talks about basic strategies."

Su Wanniang glanced at it, and said apologetically, "It's better to have a book that teaches people how to play chess. From the beginning, whoever comes out first..."

The fourth prince was taken aback, Su Wanniang added: "I bought it for my lady." It was used as a disguise.

The fourth prince felt relieved, looked again, pointed to the far corner to Su Wanniang, and said, "The book "Children Learn Chess" should be fine."

Su Wanniang looked up, leaned forward to take it, her movements were soft and graceful, which made the Fourth Prince's heart beat again.

Su Wanniang flipped through the book in her hand, and said happily: "This should be enough." She whispered to the fourth prince: "Thank you. How do you know so much?"

The fourth prince glanced at the bookstall, and said indifferently: "I have probably read all these books."

Su Wanniang could imagine him reading these books alone in the deep palace, feeling inexplicably sad, she hurriedly lowered her head and said, "Don't always read these chess-playing books, read some about health and fitness, take good care of yourself."

She still spoke in a tone of reprimand, but the fourth prince was so happy that he couldn't help laughing, bowed his head even more, and whispered "um"—my mother taught herself that you must have a response when others speak, otherwise it will be rude!

Su Wanniang likes to manage everyone in a submissive manner, and she made Shen Wen's courtyard very clear is an example. It's a pity that the two closest people around her are the most disobedient, Shen Wen naturally can't control her, and her younger brother Su Chuanya is becoming more and more disobedient, and often has some inexplicable thoughts. But this 14-year-old boy was so docile, which gave Su Wanniang a great sense of accomplishment. Looking up, seeing that no one around was paying attention to her, Su Wanniang continued to teach the fourth prince: "You should practice stance at ordinary times. At the beginning, you don't need to be too long, and stop when your legs are sore. But gradually increase the time. If you can Standing for a quarter or two is good for your legs."

The fourth prince, as if drinking honey, sweetened his stomach from his mouth, and whispered: "Okay, I'll go back today... let's start."

Su Wanniang sighed: "It must be late for you to go back today, take a good rest, and start tomorrow, but you have to persevere, don't stop. Every day I..." She stopped talking—so you say you are not good

The fourth prince waited for a while and asked, "What's wrong with you every day?"

Su Wanniang thought, if she doesn't use herself as an example, how can she persuade the other party to persist? He said, "I want to practice martial arts every day. I used to practice martial arts with the eldest lady every day, but now I don't have time, so I have to practice yoga every day."

The fourth prince asked curiously: "What is yoga?"

Su Wanniang felt a little regretful, but she still said: "It's a kind of guiding technique, it's the technique of stretching the muscles and softening the body. Well, don't tell others..."

The fourth prince imagined Su Wanniang stretching her graceful waist in his mind... His nose felt hot, he hurriedly shifted his thoughts, and whispered: "I won't tell others..." I told others why you practice stretching and soft body? !

Su Wanniang whispered again: "I can't go in, I have to wait here for them to come out. Don't stay here for too long. It's cold, don't catch cold in your legs, go back quickly."

The fourth prince knew that Su Wanniang was caring about him, besides, he had been standing here for so long, so he should leave. So he picked up two books and handed them to Waiter Ding. When Waiter Ding asked the owner of the bookstall for money, the fourth prince said to Su Wanniang: "Look at the notice, Ji Wenzhao will be teaching chess here on the second day of February, and I will come. Should be all day..." His mouth was dry.

Su Wanniang still looked down at the book, after a while, but the fourth prince felt that it was as long as eternity.

But Su Wanniang was thinking: I really should have come that day. No matter what, I have to try to meet Ji Wenzhao again, Shen Wen has something to tell him. But how can we meet alone? ... If you come that day, it is best not to follow other people in the mansion. ... I need to pretend to be good. Even if Baoguan recognized it, he wouldn't talk too much, would he? …

Su Wanniang finally said softly, "I'll fight for it too."

The rabbit in the fourth prince's heart has turned into a deer, almost breaking his ribs. After Ding's waiter paid the money, the fourth prince helped Ding's waiter to turn around and said in a low voice: "Then I'll go first, you have a good festival."

Su Wanniang said without raising her head, "You too, go back and have a good rest." After walking outside like this, his leg has only been connected for half a year, won't it hurt

It was obviously a normal conversation, but the fourth prince felt as comfortable as if he had soaked in hot water. He walked back to the carriage with the arm of Servant Ding and turned his legs. All the way, he could only feel that people were laughing and laughing, and there were bright lanterns everywhere in the street. Seeing the third prince from a distance walking on the other side of the street with the fifth princess and a few royal guards, he didn't go over to say hello. There is so much joy in his heart now, he just wants to be alone and savor it carefully.

Seeing the fourth prince's bewitched look, Ding Neishi dared not say a word, for fear of disturbing the fourth prince's daydream.

As soon as Shen Yi and the others entered the Guanyi Pavilion, Baoguan greeted them with a smile, and saluted the young masters of the Shen family: "The third young master Shen is a regular visitor here, who are these?"

Shen Zhuo introduced: "This is my eldest brother, and this is my second brother."

Bao Guanren clasped his fists enthusiastically: "I have admired you for a long time! The two young masters look mighty, and they are really generals." The guards of the Zhenbeihou Mansion are right next to them, so they can't pretend to be confused at this time.

Shen Zhuo smiled and patted Bao Guanren: "Old Bao is really powerful, I have been here so many times and I have never seen you so attentive. My brother and the others came to say good things like that?"

Bao Guanren pretended to be wronged: "How can you say that, Mr. Shen? Your elder brother is so heroic..."

Shen Zhuo pointed at Shen Jian with a smile: "My second elder brother is always smiling."

Bao Guanren solemnly said to Shen Jian: "Second Young Master is obviously a man of foresight and foresight. He is good at the game of chess. I wonder if he can play a game of chess with me? By the way, Ji Guoshou also played a game of chess with me..."

Shen Zhuo saw Bao Guanren's intentions, and before he opened his mouth to stop him, Shen Jian said with a smile: "Bao Guanren is being polite, sometimes I must ask Bao Guanren for advice."

Baoguan immediately said: "Then how about applying for Shizheng tomorrow? I am here waiting for you."

Shen Jian nodded with a smile, Shen Zhuo shook his head and sighed—Second brother was caught by Bao Guanren!

Baoguan finally found someone who could play chess with him again, and shouted excitedly: "Hurry up, hurry up, and serve refreshments to everyone! This is a distinguished guest!"

Shen Yi hurriedly said: "We are just passing by, just drink some hot tea."

Bao Guanren said with a smile: "My lord, you are being polite. It's a nine-cold night, and you have to eat anyway."

The long-winded man ran over, asked them to sit down casually, served them refreshments, and did not forget to repeat the content of the advertisement to them: "Everyone, ladies and gentlemen, you must come to us on February 2! Ji Guoshou is coming to solve the problem. Last year, he challenged him for the 'Life and Death Tribulation'! This game is very powerful. We have been hanging here for a year, and no one has solved it! Even when Mr. Ji received this game, he was so angry that he vomited blood. But this year, Mr. Ji sent a letter Yes, I can solve it! Let me just say, Mr. Ji is a national player, how can it be difficult to stop him in a mere life and death calamity? Everyone, don't miss this exciting... "

They drank tea and ate snacks here. Outside, after the fourth prince left, Su Wanniang also paid the money. After taking the book, she wanted to walk around and come back when Shen Yi and the others came out. But after a short walk, a girl came over and saluted with a smile, and asked, "This sister is from the Zhenbeihou Mansion, right? May I ask where your master is?"

Su Wanniang hurriedly returned the gift, just as she was about to ask who it was, she saw the third prince and fifth princess in casual clothes not far behind the girl. Su Wanniang hurriedly pointed to the Guanyi Pavilion and said, "Young Master, they are in the Guanyi Pavilion." The girl thanked her, and went back to tell the third prince that they went to the Guanyi Pavilion.

Su Wanniang thought it would take some time, so she continued to look at the lights on the street.

However, Shen Xiang was looking at the door frequently, wondering why Su Wanniang didn't come in yet. Looking at it, he saw the third prince and the fifth princess walking in, Shen Xiang hurriedly lowered his eyes.

In the past six months, she often went hunting with her eldest brother and the others, and the third prince was also among them, but she never went crazy like the last time she fought with Shen Zhuo, and she was as normal as before, but Shen Xiang just felt that there was something wrong same.

She knew that the third prince often looked at her, because she also often looked at the third prince's back. But as soon as they walked across the street and bowed reservedly, the two of them definitely didn't look at each other anymore, they were extremely solemn, and their noses were raised higher than theirs.

The third prince has not returned Shen Xiang's saber so far, so Shen Xiang is naturally embarrassed to ask for it. In case the other party forgets which corner, how stingy it is to go by yourself, maybe the other party will feel that he is looking for an opportunity to attract the other party's attention!

The third prince met the elder brother and the others to salute, and when the fifth princess arrived in front of Shen Xiang, Shen Xiang raised his head. After the two people greeted each other, the fifth princess asked, "Why didn't your younger sister come?"

Shen Xiang saw that the fifth princess, who was about the same age as him, seemed to have grown up a lot in the past year. My mother gave birth to a little brother half a year ago, but her mother died before that. Shen Xiang sighed secretly, and said with a smile on the surface: "I..." Just about to say "mother", he hurriedly changed the name and said: "Grandmother asked her to play with my brother in the house..." Shen Xiang's voice dropped—it was still Wrong word.

The fifth princess really sighed: "You have a little brother? How old is he?"

Shen Xiang didn't dare not answer, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Seven months."

The fifth princess lowered her eyes, and after a while, she said with a crying voice: "I... didn't bring any gift for the child, I thought... maybe I could see your little sister... I only brought her a bead..."

Shen Xiang felt uncomfortable, so he quickly stretched out his hand and pulled the fifth princess's sleeve and said, "Then give it to me, and I'll take it back for her." It was an interruption.

The fifth princess lowered her head and took out a big pearl from her sleeve. Tears fell on her hand. She put the pearl in Shen Xiang's hand and said without raising her head, "Thank her for me..."

Shen Xiang took the beads and said in a low voice, "Why are you thanking her? She must thank you for being so kind to her. Don't feel bad, come and play in our mansion when you have a chance." The fifth princess nodded.

Baoguan, who was looking out from the door, said loudly: "Oh! Isn't this Mr. Zhang from Pingyuanhou's Mansion? Come in! Come in! The steamed cakes here are still steaming!"

Several people on the side of the road heard this and walked in.

Zhang Yunming smiled and said, "Okay, Bao Guan, can you use me to get you business?" and walked in. Looking up, I saw people from the Beihou Mansion in Manwu Town, plus the third prince, who stopped at the threshold, trying to get in or not.

Shen Yi and Shen Jian were talking to the third prince, but they didn't see Zhang Yunming, but Shen Zhuo saw Zhang Yunming, and sneered, "Master Zhang, you dare not come in after seeing me? Are you afraid of losing?"

Zhang Yunming raised his eyebrows, took out the fan at his waist and held it in the palm of his hand, stepped through the door, punched Shen Zhuo, and then bowed to Shen Xiang and the fifth princess. Seeing the fifth princess's gloomy face and reddish eyes, Zhang Yunming didn't dare to look more, and said with a smile: "My younger sisters originally said they wanted to watch the lanterns, but my mother felt a little unwell and left them all at home. Otherwise, we can see each other." It's your turn." He said in his heart, luckily he didn't bring them out.

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhuo pulled his face down. But Zhang Yunming spread out his fan and slapped it, turned to Shen Zhuo and said with a smile: "Master Shen seems to be in high spirits and fighting spirit, he will definitely come to challenge Ji Wenzhao on February 2nd, right?" His words were gentle but mocking .

Shen Zhuo squinted at Zhang Yunming: "Fan fan in winter, are you sick?"

Zhang Yunming ignored Shen Zhuo's attack, slapped it twice more, and said happily: "This is an elegant object of literati, and those who have not read poetry and books can't appreciate the charm of it. In other words, this fan is my favorite work, look! A It’s a little dog with a rather arrogant expression, how about giving it to Third Young Master Shen? It’s very suitable for you.”

Is this scolding? The fifth princess changed her grief, raised her sleeves and covered her face with a smile.

Shen Zhuo gritted his teeth and smiled, turned his face and shouted to Shen Yi: "Brother, third prince, Mr. Zhang has been waiting for a long time!" Let you hide! I have to be sorry for you!

Zhang Yunming knew he couldn't avoid it when he came in, so he hurriedly walked over to greet him with a smile.

Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Yi said goodbye. The third prince couldn't immediately chase the people from Zhenbeihou's mansion, but Zhang Yunming came in, so he had to eat some steamed cakes, but the third prince stayed behind with the fifth princess and Zhang Yunming, and together with Zhang Yunming ordered the newly released yellow rice cakes. The rice cake was eaten.

When Shen Yi and the others came out, Su Wanniang had been waiting for half a day with five or six books in her arms. Shen Xiang asked in a low voice: "Why don't you go in? It's so cold outside!"

Su Wanniang stomped her feet and said, "I'm always afraid that you will go out as soon as I go in. Why don't you just wait like this."

Shen Xiang was so angry that he pushed Su Wanniang: "You silly child!"

Su Wanniang said to Shen Wen in her heart: You have taught me badly!

When Shen Xiang returned home, he followed Su Wanniang to find Shen Wen, and handed the big pearl given by the fifth princess to Shen Wen: "Take it, this is from the fifth princess."

Shen Wen happily took it over, smiled and asked Shen Xiang, "Wow, it's really big. If you saw the fifth princess, then you must have seen the third prince..."

Shen Xiang immediately interrupted with a stern look: "Why are you mentioning him?!"

Shen Wen didn't react for a while, and asked in a blink of an eye, "Why can't you mention it?"

Shen Xiang was angry: "Don't mention it! Children, don't mention such things as princes!"

Shen Wen looked at Shen Xiang with twinkling eyes, Shen Xiang blushed a little, turned around and was about to leave, but Shen Wen threw himself on him and hugged his arms, shouting: "Sister, tell me! Otherwise, I will say that sister likes him!"

Shen Xiang's face turned red, he grabbed Shen Wen, shook him back and forth and pushed him on the bed: "What nonsense are you talking about?! What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Shen Wen yelled: "Help, I'm falling apart!" and was pushed down on the edge of the bed.

Su Wanniang hurriedly smiled and came over to pull Shen Xiang, Shen Xiang stopped, looked at Shen Wen sternly, and said in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense! Do you know?! Otherwise, I will beat you up!"

Shen Wen sat up, looked at Shen Xiang and nodded timidly, trying to squeeze out some tears - she is getting older now, tears are not as easy as before, maybe when people grow up, the lacrimal glands become smaller.

Shen Xiang sighed, and Shen Wen whispered: "Do you like him?"

Shen Xiang looked at Shen Wen angrily: "Who likes him?! I don't like him! I don't like him at all! He's so flamboyant and always puts on airs, who wants to care about him?! His martial arts are not as good as big brother... anyway, People are not good!"

Shen Wen nodded understandingly, and looked at Shen Xiang sympathetically: "But you still..."

Shen Xiang bit Shen Wen's head fiercely, pushed her back and fell on the bed, stomped his feet and said, "I can't explain to you!" and left angrily.

Su Wanniang smiled and came over to help Shen Wen, Shen Wen sighed: Shen Xiang is almost twelve years old, people at this time are mature and early, this is puppy love! She whispered to Su Wanniang: "I really screwed up!"

Seeing Shen Wen acting like a child and saying such old grandma's words, Su Wanniang smiled, and while helping Shen Wen prepare for bed, she carefully told Shen Wen about the people and things she met on the street during the Lantern Festival, and she was a little puzzled at the end Gently asked Shen Wen: "Tell me, why does the fourth prince come out so often now? Does he appear in your dreams? Will he do something?"

After Shen Wen came up with the idea to take over the fourth prince's leg, he was put aside in his mind. This person died uselessly in a claustrophobia in the previous life, and did not appear in the battle at all, so what can he do in this life? He fell in love with Su Wanniang? Su Wanniang looks so beautiful, who wouldn't like it? Does Su Wanniang like him? Su Wanniang was only twelve years old, she just had a crush on him, but her mind was full of vengeance just like her own, and she probably didn't have room to like anyone. Unlike Shen Xiang...

Shen Wen shook his head and said: "I never dreamed of him. He knew that his mother was poisoned to death, so he would definitely not help the prince. Others, I can't think of what he can do in the future."

Many years later, every time Shen Wen recalled his own words, he wanted to shoot himself to death with a stone.

And the fourth prince who was talked about by them, returned to the palace, and really stood there for a few minutes after taking a bath. Although he went to the Lantern Market and stood up again, he was already feeling very tired, but he couldn't fall asleep in bed. He recalled the conversation with Su Wanniang repeatedly, and felt that every word Su Wanniang said was full of care and love, which was simply unstoppable...

In the middle of the night, the fourth prince got out of bed, Ding Neishi heard it, and hurriedly got up and went into the room. The fourth prince motioned for him to light the lamp, and began to rummage through the boxes. He moved out all the mother's jewelry boxes that had been sealed for many years, opened them one by one, and took out the jewelry to look at them one by one.

After tossing back and forth for a long time, the fourth prince finally picked out a small jade pendant and held it in his hand. Then he didn't clean up, went to bed exhausted, yawned and fell asleep.

Waiter Ding sighed at the jewelry on the table, put the things roughly into the box, turned off the light, only to find that the window was gray and white.