The prince has no interest in the fourth prince at all now. He wanders around playing chess with him and no longer cares about his whereabouts. He still kept a close eye on the third prince, and every time he reported back, most of the news was that the third prince was traveling with the Shen brothers again, which made him angry. During the long days of monitoring Miss Zhenbei Hou, nothing was found. In a year, this young lady went out to watch chess only once, but the mansion's eyeliner didn't go with her. It is said that she was brought by Shen Jian. The news about her said that usually in the mansion, this young lady is lazy and incompetent. But the crown prince didn't buy it: even if you were really stupid, your past deeds already predestined your death, and it would never change because of your later inaction.
The old Taoist priests in the mountains began to teach children about the identification of stars, and the seven or eight-year-old children did not want to learn at all. In the mountains in early spring, the sound of birds is crisp, it's time for fun, but he has to watch the old Taoist's mouth open and close, and slowly, he closes his eyes...
With a "snap", Buddha dust hit the head, and the child woke up. The old Taoist said sadly, "Why don't you listen well?! I want you to see the sky at night! Recently, there have been many visions: the emperor star originally It was dim, but it was full of brilliance. Many stars were born out of the sky, Wenqu Wenchang appeared at the same time, evil stars... "
The child finally understood one of the names: "Killing Star? Is it the Killing Star?"
The old Taoist saw that he finally had some interest, so it was not easy to hit him, so he had to patiently explain: "The evil star is a fierce evil. The evil is that if you commit one of them, you will pay back ten times the evil. Bloody Unscrupulous, unscrupulous."
The child wowed: "Then is this star the most powerful?"
The old Taoist shook his head and said: "Accordingly, the way of heaven is based on righteousness, and kindness and love should be able to dissolve all evil spirits and make them not harmful."
The child said in disbelief, "How can anyone like evil stars?"
The old Taoist also nodded: "Indeed, evil stars must be different from ordinary people. If they kill their parents, they will naturally not be loved by their parents. In addition, they are quick-tempered by nature, so few people treat them sincerely and kindly. Naturally, they become evil."
The child yawned and said, "Then he is still the best?"
The old Taoist sighed: "That's why I want you to learn astrology and see what's going on! This evil star has not seen blood. But if it didn't take people's lives, how could it be an evil star? Even if it is not a lucky star, it can It cannot be regarded as a disaster star. But it is indeed a evil star! The evil spirit is soaring, the position and time are correct, and it will be entangled with countless bloody people. But why... "
The child immediately said: "Then I don't know!" He turned his head and looked out the window: "Look, that bird has a red belly!"
The old Taoist gave up: "Go, go! How can you be considered a psychic?!"
The child stood up and ran out, saying: "Someone must have lied to you, go find him!"
The old Taoist figured it out for a long time before he said: "No, this child is destined to be a person who knows the ancient and modern spiritual world! What's the matter? Why can't it match up at all?"
In March, it is the day of the ceremony where the emperor plows the empress and the silkworms. This time, the Zhenbeihou Mansion did not receive any name-calling posts. It is not uncommon for unmarried noble girls not to visit the shrine, so they only need to report the names of the old lady and Mrs. Yang. The old lady and Mrs. Yang didn't care about any influence this time, they both fell ill and sent a post of apology.
In the late night palace, the Queen's clothing store.
The window opened silently, and a black figure came, mixed with the shadows of the clothes hanging on the wall. There is no one in the pavilion, and the palace servants in the class have to wait for the queen to go to bed, and no one guards the locked room where the clothes are kept.
The next day's ceremony, several sets of clothes for the empress were spread out on the long table. The black figure came to the case, took out a small bottle from his sleeve, opened it, took out a small brush, carefully dipped some powder in the small bottle, and lightly dusted some of the powder on the collars and sleeves of those clothes. place. Then he put away the bottle, floated out of the window, and disappeared among the layers of palaces in the dark night.
The queen was upset and prepared for the silkworm kissing ceremony. When she thought of the big joke she made in front of hundreds of women and ladies in the capital last year, she felt a dull pain in her stomach. Suddenly, her head went numb, she turned her head sharply, and saw the palace lady who had just changed her hair a few days ago hiding a small handful of long hair in her sleeve with a frightened expression on her face.
The queen pushed the maid to the ground at once, and shouted: "Push it out, Zhangbai!" She cherishes her hair the most!
The court lady burst into tears: "I really didn't try hard, the queen's hair has already fallen out..."
The queen said angrily: "Do it! Hurry up!" Several eunuchs came up and gagged the crying maid and dragged her out.
The queen turned her head and looked at her hideous face in the bronze mirror, panting with anger. Her originally black hair was indeed gradually thinning out. The imperial doctor came to see her and said that it was because of over-thinking and her liver qi was not feeling well, so she asked the queen to rest well. They also carefully checked the Queen's various diets, and there was nothing suspicious-all diets were presented on silverware, and some people tried them one by one, and there was no problem at all. But this year, how old hair loss? Moreover, the previously fair skin also has a yellowish feeling.
The crying outside the yard gradually decreased, and finally only the sound of boards remained.
No one in the room stepped forward, the queen turned her face and shouted: "What are you waiting for?! If you miss the time, you will all be killed!"
A few court ladies pushed each other, and finally a person came over tremblingly and combed the queen's hair very gently. The queen frowned, and sometimes felt her scalp tighten. Thinking that she couldn't blame another person immediately, she could only sternly say: "Be careful!"
The maid at the back said with a trembling voice: "Yes, Queen, I will be very careful..." hurriedly hid a lock of hair.
After the queen combed her hair, several palace people held up the dresses to be worn for the ceremony and dressed the queen. A palace official noticed some white dust embedded in the embroidery thread on the collar, and wanted to brush it off for the queen. But the clothes are already on the queen, do you want to hit the queen? And if the dust is whisked, the queen must blame the person in charge of the clothes for not fulfilling his duty. Thinking that the empress had just ordered someone to walk with a stick, that person was almost dead, and the palace servant didn't make a sound.
Wearing a luxurious gown, the queen gracefully walked out of the palace door and sat in the soft sedan chair. Of course, she did not notice that during her actions, the dust floated up slightly, and some of them were inhaled by her. Suddenly, her nose got a little sick, she raised her hand to cover her nose with her sleeve, sneezed, and inhaled the dust from her sleeve again. Naturally, she didn't know that this kind of dust was attached to her various clothes, and she had inhaled it for more than a year...
The same celebration also needs to accept the worship of hundreds of ladies and noble ladies, but the queen feels that the atmosphere this year is completely different from last year. She didn't realize the pride that the world is in my hands, the pride of being above everyone that surged in her heart last year. On the contrary, she only felt that every woman who saluted her might be thinking about her last year. Every one who smiles at her is a mockery of her...
The queen looked down at the crowd dressed in mulberry forest, and she thought to herself: these people are chatting with many people behind her back, saying, "Do you still remember the big banquet where the queen kissed the silkworm last year? The queen went down in public." He wanted to poison Zhenbeihou’s young daughter to death. Zhenbeihou’s mother wanted to commit suicide on the spot. How could the mother of a country do such a stupid thing?…”
The queen only felt an evil fire burning in her confidant, and looked at the women without a good face, and left without saying a word after the silkworm kissing ceremony.
Everyone could see that the queen was in a bad mood, and when it was time for the dinner, many wives asked for leave and refused to come.
At the dinner, after the queen entered the table, the women in the table were all quiet, without any enthusiasm. Even the silk and bamboo orchestra next to it could not conceal the tension and vigilance of the whole hall.
Seeing this situation, the queen felt even more depressed, unable to swallow the food on the table.
When everyone saw that she didn't eat anything, they didn't dare to eat it. In this way, the conjecture in the queen's heart was confirmed: everyone remembered the poisoning incident last year, and this year's banquet was also full of dishes, and many foods had not been touched.
The queen sneered and said, "You don't like the food in the palace, right? Why do you leave so much for the palace?"
All the women apologized one after another, and many people picked up chopsticks, picked up food and put it to their mouths. But the queen watched, most people only took a tiny bite, and then put down their chopsticks. Some even covered their mouths with their sleeves, as if they had vomited food into their sleeves.
Do you all believe that the girl fell to the ground because of the poison in this palace? She didn't eat at all! It's my palace that has been poisoned, who are you? Still think that this palace will poison you casually? ! You are too proud of yourself!
The queen was trembling with anger, but she couldn't attack again. Can you force these women to eat with a knife? All they have to say is that they have no appetite and they can stop eating. These are all the wives and noble daughters of the royal family, and they cannot commit crimes without reason.
A banquet ended hastily, the queen left the banquet sullenly, and the other concubines snickered.
Back in the palace, the empress sent someone to recruit the prince.
The prince who accompanied the emperor in the front hall was not in a good mood either. It has been almost a year and a half since he became the crown prince. In the past year and a half, many of his suggestions on political affairs were criticized by the emperor as "not thoughtful enough", "difficult to implement", "superficial", etc. There is nothing good to say anyway! It made him try not to say anything as much as possible, and only do everything according to the emperor's wishes. Although the emperor sometimes said some clichés that he should act positively, he himself knew that he did not get the emperor's favor and acceptance.
None of these can be discussed in depth with the queen mother, who knows to let him work hard to please the emperor. The queen mother doesn't understand that many things, if you do it wrong, it's better not to do it!
The prince entered the queen's bedroom, put on a smiling face as much as possible, and saluted the queen.
The queen didn't smile much, and after dismissing the palace people, she asked lightly: "That idiot of Marquis Zhenbei, what are you going to do?" Her tone was dissatisfied and cold, as if she was blaming the crown prince for her incompetence.
The prince said in a low voice: "Father has already adopted the boy's suggestion, and this year the winter hunting will be held. At that time, not only the princes of the rich and powerful mansions, but also the ladies will be invited to go."
The queen let out a sigh of relief: "I'm going to Dongshou, isn't there a chance before this?"
The crown prince shook his head and said: "That idiot usually doesn't go out of the mansion, and even when he does, he always goes with his elder brother. If the sons and daughters of the Marquis of Zhenbei are injured in the capital for no reason, I'm afraid people will comment that it is not good for the father, and it will also arouse the suspicion of the father."
The queen frowned and said, "So what about winter hunting?"
The prince lowered his voice even more: "Haier has asked the Ministry of Rites to clearly state in the regulations on preparations for winter hunting that each mansion should not bring more guards to avoid confusion. Zhenbeihou's mansion will not bring a few people. In addition to hunting, Haier will hold a dinner party , at that time, there will be assassins who will come to assassinate the child... "
The queen finally smiled, and whispered, "There are not many guards in the Zhenbeihou Mansion..."
Seeing the Queen's smile, the crown prince was delighted, and said: "My child will never let the guards of the Zhenbeihou Mansion be in front of me. I will transfer that stupid girl to my seat..."
The queen nodded: "So, it's a coincidence that she was killed, she was unlucky..." She paused, frowned and said: "What if they don't come from their house? Or what if that idiot doesn't come?"
The prince said eloquently: "The residence of the Marquis of Zhenbei is the first of the military generals. The sons of the Marquis of Zhenbei will definitely not stop coming, lest people be accused of cowardice and lose face for the Marquis of Zhenbei. As for that idiot, as long as her If my elder brother comes, I will have someone persuade her in the Hou Mansion, or the Yang family to let her come. If there is really no one in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion..." The prince smiled: "I will let people spread rumors , referring to the fact that the assassin is related to the Marquis of Zhenbei. No one from their mansion came, so the suspicion is confirmed? We can take this opportunity to investigate the Marquis' mansion."
The queen said happily: "My son is really smart! This kills two birds with one stone, except for the scourge left by that bitch, and for that idiot!"
The prince bowed his head and saluted: "The queen mother praised me!"
The queen sighed again: "Killing her with one sword is really cheap for her! She deserves to die a miserable death."
The prince immediately replied: "I will try my best to arrange it so that the queen mother can fulfill her wish."
The queen smiled comfortably: "You are really a caring child of this palace. Come on, I will use it later with my mother. I didn't eat anything just now..."
Although he was not hungry, the prince still bowed and said, "Thank you, Empress."
The two hated Shen Wen in their hearts, so they called each other "idiot" and "stupid girl", and they didn't want to take each other seriously, thinking that would lose their status and think highly of Shen Wen.
Soon, the emperor really issued an imperial decree, saying that the court does not conduct winter hunting all year round. Now that the prince has a heart, he will conduct a winter hunting on behalf of the emperor to show that the young people of our dynasty are good at bowing and horses, and can settle the country far away, and so on. The imperial decree invited civil and military officials and powerful young people to participate or watch, and urged the women and ladies in the capital not to miss this grand ceremony.
In addition, the rites of the Ministry of Rites that came with the imperial decree mentioned that the Prince's East Palace Guards and part of the Emperor's Royal Forest Army will undertake the guard duties, and the government does not need to bring more guards.
Anyone who understands doesn't know, when the prince or emperor is present during the winter hunting, who dares to bring more guards? Isn't this looking for suspicion for yourself? It's a little strange that the Ministry of Rites wrote it so clearly.
On the day the Hou Mansion received the imperial edict, the old lady and Mrs. Yang called all the children. Shen Wen looked at it coldly, neither the old lady nor Mrs. Yang showed any worry on their faces.
In fact, Shen Wen also let go of the original heart - after playing around, the prince still chose the method of the previous life. But after thinking about it, it should be, except for Ji Wenzhao, the people around the prince have not changed, and the idea is naturally to follow the development of the previous life: for the prince, this is a new strategy, but for Shen Wen, it has already happened past.
The old lady said: "The emperor wants to perform the winter hunting ceremony. Our Shen family is the first among the generals. The Shen family must not lose face during the winter hunting."
Shen Yi saluted and said: "Don't worry, grandma, I will definitely lead my younger brothers to fight hard."
Shen Jian also smiled and said: "Grandmother, elder brother's archery skills are the best in the capital, even if he doesn't compete for the top spot in this hunting, the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion will not fall behind."
Shen Wen also smiled proudly and nodded repeatedly, but she knew that Shen Yi would be recruited to the border before that and would not participate in this winter hunting.
Mrs. Yang nodded and said, "Okay. I read the imperial decree saying that women and ladies should also go to watch the ceremony, so I won't go. Xiang'er will go with you. You should take care of her."
Shen Zhuo whispered, "Does she still need us to take care of her?"
Shen Xiang poked Shen Zhuo with his elbow, but his face was not without pride.
The old lady nodded and said: "That's good, Wen'er don't go, stay with me, the old lady, in the mansion."
Shen Wen said happily, "Grandma, how old are you? I don't want to go! It's cold and freezing, how warm the house is!"
Everyone laughed and dispersed.
Shen Wen and Su Wanniang walked back together, Shen Wen said to Su Wanniang in a low voice: "You wait, someone will bribe you to persuade me to go winter hunting, you just take the money, you are welcome."
Su Wanniang smiled: "Miss said 'I don't want to go' because the purpose is to get them to bribe?"
Shen Wen leaned into Su Wanniang's ear and said: "If you don't say that, how can you mobilize their people in the mansion? You don't always be in the yard tomorrow, you have to leave some time for Xia Zi. You go to Shi Langzhong and put Duan Zeng came, and I had to ask him for help. Oh, you still have to inquire to see who went to my mother and grandmother to talk to me and let me participate in the winter hunting."
Su Wanniang nodded, and then asked in a low voice, "Miss, do you really want to go?"
Shen Wen said: "Of course, if I don't go, I'm really worried about my brothers and sisters."
Su Wanniang said: "With the eldest son here, there should be nothing wrong."
Shen Wen shook his head: "My elder brother is going to the border soon. But this is good, it will make them feel more at ease."
Su Wanniang frowned: "The eldest son is not here?! Will it really be all right?"
Shen Wen looked up at the sky: "Sister Wanniang, you don't believe me anymore."
Su Wanniang supported Shen Wen's arm, and said in a low voice: "I believe you, but in my heart, sometimes I panic..."
Shen Wen hugged Su Wanniang's arm with his backhand and said with a smile: "I knew that sister Wanniang loved me, did I say I earned it? Come, give me a kiss..." It can be regarded as an enlightenment for you.
Su Wanniang pushed Shen Wen: "You are not ashamed..." The two laughed and walked back to the yard.
The next day, Su Wanniang told the people in the yard that she was going to see her younger brother, and that she would not be in the yard for most of the day, and asked everyone to keep their own guard and not be lazy.
After Su Wanniang left, Xia Zi brought tea to Shen Wen's door and said, "Miss, I brought you tea."
Shen Wen has long been ready for battle: he was writing in front of the desk, and said with a busy smile: "Blind sister, please come in."
Xia Zi came in and put the tea on the table, but Shen Wen didn't handle it, and continued to write, saying, "Thank you, go get busy."
Xia Zi hesitated for a moment, then said with a smile: "Miss, did you hear what everyone was talking about yesterday?"
Shen Wen looked up ignorantly: "What are you talking about?"
Xia Zi said vividly: "I'm talking about winter hunting. Everyone said that we haven't hunted for a long time. This time hunting, young and powerful people in the capital will definitely go. By then, how many handsome men will there be..."
Shen Wen covered his face and said: "Oh! What are you talking about! You are so ashamed! Who cares what handsome men he has!"
Xia Zi hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I just don't want to see those men, the mountains and rivers in the wild are so much fun, the lady doesn't leave the house all the year round, here is such an opportunity..."
Shen Wen interrupted again: "Who wants to see those! It's winter, the wind is cold, and my hands will be frozen! I'm impatient to go out."
Xia Zi persuaded: "Wouldn't it be enough to bring a hand stove? Dress warmly. If Sister Wanniang thinks it's hard, I can go with Miss."
Shen Wen waved his hand and said: "I'm too lazy to go. If you have that time, it's better to sleep at home for a while! What fun is there in the wild? Hunting?! Bloody, disgusting..." How can I listen to you? Su Wanniang still had to use this to collect money.
Xia Zi didn't persuade, and left resentfully. Shen Wen spilled the cup of tea.
In the evening, Su Wanniang came back with a dazed expression. When no one was there, Su Wanniang whispered to Shen Wen: "You can't think of who asked me to persuade you to go."
Shen Wen was also curious: "Who is it?"
Su Wanniang said in a low voice, "It's Madam Qian."
Shen Wen was also shocked: Yang's companion? !
Su Wanniang asked in a low voice: "She said she felt pity for me to raise my younger brother alone, and gave me some money. Then let me persuade you to go to Dongshou, saying that there are many young talents there, which will help you choose a husband in the future."
Shen Wen smiled: "Just now the blind man came over and made such a call. I am not yet ten years old. What are they thinking?"
Su Wanniang shook her head in doubt: "How could it be Madam Qian? Can you think of what she is for?"
Shen Wen frowned and thought for a long time before he said uncertainly: "Anyway, it's nothing more than money, power and family affection. In terms of money, she has been the person who has received the highest monthly silver by my mother's side for so many years. Moreover, my mother's Sometimes the money is in her hands. Right... "
Su Wanniang said: "Do you still remember that year when your mother was confinement to support the baby, the old lady asked me to take care of things? Could it be caused by that incident?"
The old lady took over. At that time, people from the Yang family were useless, perhaps because the old lady was always picking on the housekeepers of the Yang family and made troubles when she was a child. In the previous life, the old lady asked Shen Wen to help, and in the future life, she just ordered Su Wanniang. This may have hurt Madam Qian's self-esteem. After all, she was an assistant when Yang's housekeeper was in charge, but Su Wanniang took the lead.
Shen Wen said in a low voice: "No wonder you didn't finish your business when it came to Daxia that year."
Su Wanniang nodded and said, "At that time, I thought she wasn't helpful, so I didn't think much about it."
Shen Wen squinted his eyes and said: "Family love is even better. She has a big family. If the seller can save the family, it is reasonable for her to do so."
Su Wanniang frowned deeply: "She has been with Madam for so long, watching Madam grow up, get married and have children, how can she be so cruel?"
Shen Wen also felt uncomfortable, and said in a low voice: "There must be a reason for her. If someone threatens you with a little dumb, what should you do?"
Su Wanniang said sternly: "How can you conspire with such a despicable villain? If the master is as strong as you, you must be honest with the master and be of one mind to the outside world. If the master is weak, you can run away, and you can't get involved! Otherwise, in the future It didn’t end well either, and I had to bear the notoriety of betraying the Lord and seeking glory.”
Shen Wen nodded and said: "She must think that 'the master is weak', the Hou Mansion has no chance of winning, after all, the prince is over there."
Su Wanniang looked at Shen Wen: "To be honest, I don't know how many chances we have of winning, but I will definitely go to the end with you, and it's okay to die." She paused, and said: "The little mute will do it too!"
Shen Wen put his hands on his chest, and looked at Su Wanniang affectionately: "Sister Wanniang, you are so kind to me!"
Su Wanniang smiled and pushed Shen Wen: "Fuck you!"
At the same time, Yang looked at the old lady who was teasing her youngest son and said: "Mother, the royal family has not held a hunting for many years. After all, all the young children in the capital will go. Zhuo is only fourteen or five years old, and some people have even younger ones. Wen'er had a bad reputation in the past, so I dressed her up well this time, and showing her face in front of people might make a good impression on good people. It's also easy to say dear."
The little baby was holding onto the old lady's fingers and stood up. The old lady looked at the little grandson in front of her who was screaming "ah", with a smile all over her face, and leaned forward to kiss the baby's little cheek. Hearing Yang's words, he didn't recall it for a while. After thinking for a while, he said, "Wen'er will only be ten years old this summer, right? There's no rush."
Yang sighed: "It's too early to say ten years old, but don't you have to look at the marriage when you're twelve or thirty? You can get engaged when you reach the fifteenth day. Girls are not like boys. You can't start looking for someone after fifteenth." , we need to prepare early. By the way, we have to show Xiang'er, Wen'er is only two years away? In these two years, where will there be such a hunting again? After this village, there will be no such thing You know Wen'er's temperament, which is the softest. She doesn't speak and behave like Xiang'er. People will like it when they see it with their own eyes. Wouldn't her reputation be enough?"
The old lady frowned and said, "Do you still remember what happened when you brought Wen'er into the palace last year?"
Yang was pregnant at the time, and everyone kept it from her. She didn't know the whole story until Shen Wen fully recovered after the incident, and she didn't know the tragic situation at the scene. At this time, she said: "Isn't that the queen's business? It scared Wen'er to faint at the time. The queen will definitely not go this time." of."
The old lady said: "But the prince will go."
Yang said: "What can the prince do? Does he not have the law? He can't kill Wen'er with a sword, right? Besides, with Dalang and the others, Xiang'er will be with Wen'er, so it should be fine."
The old lady didn't want to say more. The relationship between the two was almost aborted from Yang's, and the old lady got better after she came out to take care of things. Especially when Yang Shi gave birth to a son, the old lady often had to play with the child, so naturally there were less quarrels with Yang Shi and more discussions. The old lady didn't think that she gave in to Yang because she wanted to see her grandson, but that she was older and more open-minded than before, so she didn't want to quarrel.
The little baby sat down on his buttocks, his eyes widened from the shock. The old lady nodded and said while pulling the baby's thick arms, "You are the mother, so you can make the decision. If Wen'er wants to go, Just let her go. Oops, my grandson... my baby, I fell down, look, I didn't cry at all, it's really a baby..." Pulled the little baby up, hugged it in my arms and kept patting it Shocked by his back, he kissed the baby's delicate cheek for a long time, as if he was going to eat him.
At dinner that night, Yang said to Shen Wen: "Wen'er, Dongshou, you should go with your brothers and sisters."
Shen Wen twisted on the chair: "Mother, it's too cold, I don't want to go."
Yang frowned and said: "Look at you, you are so big, you are still twisting around! Go, see the world, and have fun. Tomorrow, I will have someone prepare clothes for you, and make a few more big-haired fevers." .Since Wen'er doesn't hunt, she should make it look better. Xiang'er makes short clothes... "
Shen Xiang said: "I want the red one!"
Yang frowned at Shen Xiang immediately, and nodded with a smile: "I know, I will make bright red ones for you."
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Xiao Shen Qiang, who was sitting on the side, yelled "Ah", and the old lady next to him smiled and said, "You can't go, stay at home!" The spoon "slapped" on the table, and my face flushed.
Yang sighed: "This little ancestor! Why is he so fond of tossing around! Look at Yi'er's child, he is called obedient, and he is silent every day."
The old lady smiled: "That child is only confinement, of course he looks like a cat. Qiang'er is an older child, so he naturally has a temper, doesn't he?" He stretched out his hand to lift up his bib to wipe Shen Qiang's drool, and touched Shen Qiang. Touched his big head.
Shen Qiang bounced his body up and down on the chair, and yelled "Ah" again, which made people's ears echo.
Yang frowned again: "Why are you making such a fuss?!"
The old lady hurriedly said: "Oh! The child is eating! You can't blame him! The baby is happy, isn't it? Eat more?"
Shen Xiang glanced at Shen Qiang and said: "Still eating? He almost eats more than my little sister! Will he not be fatter than her in the future?"
Shen Wen looked at Shen Xiang sadly: "Am I fat? Just a little fat, okay?"
The old lady smiled and said: "Very good! I like it! Where is the fat? Come on, Qiang Er, take another bite..."
That night, when Shen Wen was undressing, Su Wanniang said to her, "I told my younger brother to tell Duan Zeng that Duan Zeng will personally send him over next time, so you can meet."
Shen Wen nodded, looked at his round waist, and sighed deeply.
Su Wanniang smiled and said, "Why are you sighing? You've started to get twitches. This year, you've grown at least three inches, and your face has become much thinner."
Shen Wen turned his face to see Su Wanniang's slender waist and graceful chest, which were so slender that they could be grasped with one hand, and said melancholy: "I like your figure!"
Su Wanniang bent over laughingly: "This can't be changed!"
Shen Wen twisted and twisted in front of the long bronze mirror, shaking his head and said: "No wonder my mother scolded me and said, 'I'm so old, I'm still twisting and twisting', I don't look childish at all, and I don't have the professional sense I used to have at all. ! My fears have finally come true!"
Su Wanniang kept laughing: "What are you afraid of?"
Shen Wen sighed deeply, and said in a low voice: "I originally wanted to be a younger sister Lin, oh, I just cry against the wind and feel sad for the moon. I often have to cry and wet a few handkerchiefs, and I have nothing to do to bury the flowers."
Su Wanniang stopped laughing, and whispered, "Haven't you always been like this? Everyone is already familiar with this look."
Shen Wen shook his head dejectedly: "But it was ruined by my figure! Ruined! Wanniang! My hard work for so many years has been wasted!"
Su Wanniang started laughing again, but Shen Wen didn't smile, and said seriously to Su Wanniang: "Now I only have the 'stupid' side of the arrow, we must protect this well, we must not lose this layer of cover."
Su Wanniang suppressed her smile and nodded, Shen Wen looked back and forth again at her body that seemed to be growing but was obviously of Xue Baochai's and the like, deeply hated that she couldn't control her mouth, which caused the current irreversible situation.
A few days later, Duan Zeng came with Su Chuanya.
At the gate of Shen Wen's courtyard, Su Chuanya rushed over enthusiastically when she saw Shen Wen, shaking a stack of papers in her hand: "Miss, help me to see..."
Su Wanniang grabbed him, "Don't bother Miss!" and dragged him aside.
Su Chuanya looked at Su Wanniang unhappily: "Why? Because I ate her dim sum last time?"
Su Wanniang sighed: "Are you eight years old too? Miss is almost ten years old, so we can't stay together all the time."
Su Chuanya jumped: "I am not yet eight years old, and Miss is not yet ten years old, so I have August..."
Su Wanniang asked warily: "How do you know Miss's birthday?!" In these days, a woman's horoscope cannot be disclosed.
Su Chuanya said indifferently: "I asked, and she told me to buy some snacks for her from outside when the time comes."
Su Wanniang sighed: Miss is a smart and thorough person, how could she make such a mistake? ! She lifted Su Chuanya's ear and said in a low voice, "This is not something to talk about!"
Su Chuanya's ears were pulled, she couldn't nod, she could only keep saying: "I know, I don't want others to know her birthday..."
Su Wanniang didn't feel right just now, Su Chuanya continued: "...otherwise others will buy her snacks, so what if she won't eat what I bought?"
Su Wanniang shook her head and said, "Anyway, you can't pester Miss anymore!"
Maybe Su Wanniang was pulling her ears too hard, Su Chuanya was about to burst into tears: "I'm only seven years old! No! I think I'm only six years old! Sometimes, maybe only five years old. Actually, in my heart It's still the same as when I first met Miss. How old was I then? Four years old... "
Su Wanniang ruthlessly tugged at the ear in her hands: "It's not you! It's the lady's boudoir! Do you know? You're considered an outsider!"
Su Chuanya said in a tearful tone: "I often stay with the old lady, so I'm not considered a mistress?"
Su Wanniang said decisively: "It doesn't count! Let's go see the old lady now, you go and say hello."
Su Chuanya said loudly: "Where is that brother Duan?! Why doesn't he go?"
Su Wanniang said: "Let's go together, Miss and him go ahead, we will follow."
Su Chuanya was angry: "He is also a foreigner! How can he go with Miss?"
Su Wanniang said: "He is still a Langzhong! He is the Langzhong who saved his wife and the fourth son. He has different identities, so he can let the young lady accompany him." Su Chuanya was so angry that she jumped, but Su Wanniang just kept on holding on to him. He watched Shen Wen come out with a smile, saluted Duan Zeng, and then told Duan Zeng that he would go together to say hello to Mistress Yang and the old lady, and the two left.
Su Wanniang firmly dragged Su Chuanya to follow Shen Wen and the others, preventing Su Chuanya from rushing forward to walk with Shen Wen.
On the way, Shen Wen whispered to Duan Zeng, "I want to ask you to help me."
Duan Zeng looked at Shen Wen unhappily: "Another fairy dance?"
Shen Wen clicked his tongue: "Don't say it so ugly! It's a life-saving thing."
Duan Zeng pouted: "Liar!"
Shen Wen stared at Duan Zeng with wide eyes, and said anxiously: "Really! It's about people's lives! How many people's lives are at stake!" She usually speaks coquettishly, with a kind of sweetness in her tone.
Duan Zeng frowned and glanced at Shen Wen, and said angrily, "Why do you always take care of this for me?"
Shen Wen smiled and flattered: "Because you are a genius doctor! You are a practicing immortal who came down from the sky! Who can see through the skin like you? You are the only one in the world! You are the one who saves the suffering..."
Duan Zeng interrupted and said: "Enough is enough, tell me, what do you want from me?" After all, it is not easy to have someone who knows his uniqueness. Moreover, if my younger sister is alive, maybe she will grow up to be a soft girl like Shen Wen, who is full of admiration for her brother, and will ask herself to help when things happen...
Only then did Shen Wen whisper his request with a smile, and Duan Zeng agreed coolly.
Several people came to the main hall and said hello to the old lady and Mrs. Yang. Su Chuanya immediately went to the old lady's side and smiled and flattered her. She probably wanted to change her identity into a wife. Shen Wen said: "Since Mr. Duan came to say hello, let's give mother and grandmother a safe pulse!"
Duan Zeng said: "I can't be called a doctor yet..." But he went up to get the pulse without hesitation.
He was just a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, and no one cared about him. Duan Zeng numbered Yang's pulse, and only told Yang to rest more, as his blood had not yet recovered. He took the old lady's pulse again, and asked the old lady, "Is the old lady not sleeping well?"
The old lady nodded hurriedly and said: "That's right, it takes a long time to fall asleep every night, sometimes I wake up at night and can't fall asleep, but when it dawns, I'm sleepy again."
Duan Zeng said: "When people get old, their yang energy is getting weaker and they can't sleep peacefully. I asked the master to make some benzoin cakes. Smelling them or burning them before going to bed can help you sleep."
The old lady hurriedly said: "Then I will trouble your master." Duan Zeng hurriedly said no when he was about to ask for the consultation fee, and everyone said a few more words before leaving. Seeing that she could no longer be alone with Shen Wen, Su Chuanya was very frustrated, she only sat with Su Wanniang for a while, and then left with Duan Zeng.
Before Liu's child had reached the hundredth day, a letter from the Marquis of Zhenbei arrived at the border. It can be seen that Zhenbeihou wrote the letter soon after he got the good news. Regarding the matter of asking him to name Liu's child, he said that it is best to ask Liu's grandfather, he is a great literati, so he should give him a good name. It also means respecting the elders. At the end of the letter, it was said that Shen Yi was married and had a son, and it was time to come to the border for training.
Although she knew it would be like this, Yang couldn't help crying when she received the letter - no matter how old her son was, he was still a child.
Liu Shi was on the side, also weeping silently, they had only been married for a year, and they were about to part ways.
Shen Wen can no longer procrastinate, and must have a showdown with Shen Yi.
When Shen Wen thought that if Shen Yi didn't believe her or laughed at her, he was frightened into a cold sweat. Now she understood Su Wanniang's nervousness, and she began to have trouble sleeping. Only then did she realize how much she longed for the unconditional acceptance and approval of her loved ones, and her worries about this made her feel uneasy like a child even though she was a thousand years old.
Su Wanniang went to see Shen Yi three times before she set up an afternoon for Shen Wen while he was busy cleaning up. Su Wanniang told Shen Yi that Shen Wen wanted to come to Shen Yi to practice for him, and asked Shen Yi to find the sachet Shen Wen gave him when he was six years old and wait for her.
Shen Yi felt that Shen Wen was a child's family joining in the fun, but thinking of the obedient and cowardly appearance of this younger sister, he was afraid of hurting her heart, so he found out the sachet and went to meet him at the gate of the courtyard where he lived at the set time. Shen Wen and Su Wanniang came.