Autumn is gone and winter is coming, and the wind is bitter.
Since the empress was deposed, the prince has become very disciplined. In the court hall, he was submissive to the emperor, never argued about important matters, and only listened to the emperor's will. Occasionally expressing some of my own thoughts on small matters, I also voted for the emperor's preferences.
Because of the good harvest, the court's tax revenue was abundant, and the affairs of the court were peaceful. The emperor was in a good mood, and became kind to the prince. The prince did not change his respect and obedience at all, without any appearance of arrogance, which made the emperor very satisfied.
In fact, the prince is not as easy as it appears on the surface.
During the autumn harvest, the aides reported: "The news came from the border. Mr. Shen selected people himself, formed a guard, and directly followed his command. The Marquis of Zhenbei was unwilling at first, but later Mr. Shen insisted on doing so. Marquis of Zhenbei I gave in. In summer and autumn, the Marquis of Zhenbei went all out to buy grain..."
The prince slapped the case bitterly: "This is the third prince's suggestion! They are really connected!"
An aide said: "Not only the Zhenbeihou, but also the Jiang family, the Ye family, the Ping Yuanhou's Zhang family, and their relatives and friends have also purchased a large amount of grain."
The prince gritted his teeth and said: "Remember them, remember them all! They listened to what the third prince said! They didn't believe me!"
Another staff member said: "I heard that many people in the south of the Yangtze River also buy grain."
One of the staff said cautiously: "Maybe, we should also buy some grain..."
The prince crossed his eyes and said: "Why?! It seems that this palace listened to the advice of the third prince?!"
The staff is submissive. The prince said viciously: "Just to fight against them - let's sell some grain! Maybe the grain will be even cheaper next year!"
An aide hurriedly said, "No!"
The other said: "It's okay, you don't need to sell so much, just make a show in the market and show that you are against the third prince and the others."
The prince nodded and said: "Let's do it like this. We can't make them feel that I agree with the third prince's opinion!" Everyone had to agree.
Soon, there was a rumor in the capital that the prince believed that the price of grain would fall next year. In order to show his position, the prince's staff even sold some grain. Many families close to the prince also sold grain on the market to show their support. And another rumor spread: the third prince thought that there would be a bad year after a good year, and suggested that everyone stock up on food. These two kinds of rumors are comparable in the capital, and everyone argues with each other after tea and dinner, which intensifies, and finally the officials in the government and the opposition do not know about it, and even the common people in the whole country have learned about the different political views of the two princes on food. .
The prince thought that this incident clearly showed the camp between himself and the third prince: whoever prepared the food, it was the people on the side of the third prince. And whoever sells the grain belongs to him.
People in the capital have gradually realized that the affiliation of buying and selling grain is different. Unless they don't buy or sell, many people have to weigh how to express who they listen to. However, people are naturally more afraid of negative news, so it is easier to believe it. Gradually, the third prince's "theory of storing grain to prepare for famine" dominated the market. Worries about the famine overcame the choice of the political situation, and more and more people bought grain. In order not to offend the prince, they did it secretly at best.
Shen Wen originally just wanted to use the third prince's advice to dig a hole for the prince in the future, but he didn't know a simple sentence, which eventually turned into a big contest in the market: once the prince sells grain, the grain supply will increase greatly, and the price of grain will drop. People who believed that the famine year was approaching tried their best to buy it, as if they got a big deal, so the price of grain rose again. The prince was very angry that people could confront him like this, and unconsciously sold a lot of grain in a grudge. But even so, there was no victory. How can a few people stop the direction of the market tide? When winter came, Prince Fang had already retreated completely: buying more than selling, supply was short of demand, and grain prices in many places had already started to go up. It turned out that the people who sold the grain in the summer and autumn began to regret it, and had some complaints about the prince. They naturally don't know, and they will regret it even more in the future.
The prince regarded this confrontation as the third prince's first public challenge to him, and the third prince even won! The prince was very angry. He didn't know that he was actually against people's habitual psychology of risks and the unknown, and there was no reason to win. He only thought that this marked the third prince's action to pull him down, and suspected that the third prince was planning day and night.
In fact, what the third prince was doing day and night in the palace was to copy the drafts of the proposals given to him by the fourth prince, and he also had to memorize the titles and pages of some quoted books, so as not to be caught by Mrs. Jian. Going to class every three or four days has become a huge burden for him, so that even if he goes out of the palace to ride a horse, he can't be as carefree as before. For this reason, he hated Mr. Ye very much, and ignored Mr. Ye for three months. Shen Jian and Shen Zhuo didn't have much interest in business affairs, so the third prince didn't know that a large-scale grain trade was carried out in the market in his name. team fight.
Another thing that worried the prince was that Concubine Jia Jing's health was getting worse and worse. She was tired after walking a few steps every day, and she often lay down and refused to move. The imperial doctors came many times and said that Concubine Jia Jing didn't eat much, didn't sleep well, and was naturally tired. In addition, the weather turned cold, people were too lazy to move, and it was okay to lie down more.
After coming down to court, the prince summoned up his courage for a long time and decided to see Concubine Jia Jing. He went to see his mother about every ten days, but each time they broke up.
The prince cautiously went to the door of the cold palace, asked the palace attendant about Concubine Jia Jing's situation in a low voice, and then walked into the door of Concubine Jia Jing's bedroom.
In the shadows, Concubine Jia Jing was lying on her side, and the crown prince called out in a low voice, "Mother..."
Concubine Jia Jing hummed, but did not move.
The prince whispered again: "How is mother feeling?"
Concubine Jia Jing said angrily, "How can I be okay like this? Don't just talk nonsense here!" After her illness, her temper became more and more irritable, and the daily struggle with the illness consumed all her patience.
The prince took out a few fragrant cakes and said, "This is the sleeping fragrant cake made by the imperial doctor's room, and people in the palace now use it frequently."
Concubine Jia Jing really couldn't sleep well. Hearing these words, she took a breath and said, "Let's put it down."
The prince stammered: "If there is anything to do, please just tell mother."
Concubine Jia Jing shook her head again and asked, "How is your sister's marriage going?"
The prince did not dare to say that he still wanted to give the fourth princess to Marquis Pingyuan, so he didn't really look for it. He could only say: "The child is looking for..."
Concubine Jia Jing was in a hurry again, turned over with difficulty and faced the crown prince, her face was sallow, and she was spitting stars and shouted: "You have no eyes?! Can't you see that I am dying? You can't hurry up and make an appointment with your sister's marriage." , so that I can die with peace of mind?!"
The prince hurriedly knelt down and said, "How can mother say that..."
Concubine Jia Jing interrupted: "Get lost! Useless stuff! How many times have you said it? If I say it once, you have to do it right away. Don't force me to say it a second time or a third time! I don't have the energy I'm going to die, and you won't make me feel better!"
The prince hurriedly said: "The child will do it, just do it!"
Concubine Jia Jing was suddenly very tired, she closed her eyes, frowned, and waved to the prince.
The prince said: "Mother, take care."
Concubine Jia Jing did not answer.
The prince got up and retreated slowly, feeling very uncomfortable. He specially asked Yuxiangfang to give him some of those sweet sleeping cakes made for the emperor. Are they for ordinary concubines and palace people? His mother never noticed his kindness to his mother, and he couldn't tell his mother the grievances he suffered after he failed in the battle with the third prince. He could imagine that his mother would never comfort him, let alone cheer him up, except for scolding. …
He walked out of the cold palace with his eyebrows tightly locked. The fourth princess was sitting on the palace and rushed towards him. The prince wanted to turn his head and walk away, but the fourth princess called out from a distance: "Brother prince!" The prince had to stop and wait for her.
The fourth princess came down from the top. She had been wearing a veil since her face was scratched, and she did not take it off when she saw the prince. She bowed to the prince, and the two left the crowd and talked to one side.
The fourth princess asked: "How is mother?"
The prince shook his head: "It looks very tiring."
The fourth princess said angrily: "Those useless imperial doctors! No matter how you treat them, they can't be cured! You have to cut them all down!"
Perhaps after being scolded just now, the prince suddenly felt that his mother was "useless", and it would be fine if he died of illness, but with this thought, he immediately felt guilty in his heart. In order to make up for this guilty feeling, he thought he would follow his mother's advice and find someone new for the fourth princess.
The prince said in an apologetic tone: "Sister, my mother doesn't like Mr. Zhang, Ping Yuanhou, she asked me to find you a generous family in the capital or choose someone from Changle Hou Jia's mansion..."
The fourth princess lost her voice: "No!" Ever since the crown prince said that the eldest son of Marquis Pingyuan had been "fixed" for her, she had been thinking wholeheartedly about the beauty of dominating the famous, wealthy and luxurious Marquis' mansion in the future. The future, now I suddenly heard that it was about to change, and I couldn't make a turn in my mind.
The prince sighed: "Father doesn't like marrying you to Marquis Pingyuan..."
The fourth princess screamed: "Why is this so?! I heard that the fifth emperor sister became good friends with the lady in that mansion. It must be the third emperor brother who wants to marry her over! Brother prince, you are a prince! How can you not compare?" Brother Three? Or is the father eccentric? I'm going to talk to the father..." After saying that, I'm going to leave. How dare the prince let her make trouble? Wouldn't that break the father's heart? He hurriedly grabbed her sleeve.
The fourth princess burst into tears: "It's because I'm disfigured! They bully me like this! They will also take away the man appointed by the elder brother of the prince! Everyone in the capital knows that Mr. Zhang belongs to me. If he marries Fifth Emperor Sister, what have I become? Their stepping stone?! Now that their mother is abolished, they are even more rampant. I can’t live anymore! If the Prince’s brother won’t help me, I might as well ask the Third Emperor for mercy... "
The prince said with a gloomy face, "Speak less!"
The fourth princess's veil was wet, and she stomped her feet and said resolutely: "Brother Prince knows how to be cruel to me! There is nothing you can do to others! I have lost my appearance, have you avenged me? You should at least send someone Scratched the face of that Second Miss Shen too! What can you do if your mother is deposed?! No wonder your mother always says you are useless... "
The prince raised his hand to slap her, but the fourth princess didn't seem to notice, and cried even louder: "Leave me alone now! Let me die..."
The prince clenched his fist in the air, put down his hand, turned and walked away, leaving the fourth princess there crying for a while, looking up and seeing that the prince had gone far, he had no choice but to walk back to his palace. As soon as she looked up, she saw the eunuchs looking at her, there seemed to be mockery in their eyes, and suddenly kicked the eunuchs like crazy: "A bunch of useless things! I hate you just looking at you!..." The eunuchs No one dared to let go of the palace, they had to stand and be beaten. The fourth princess sat on the palace again and said, "Go back!"
None of the eunuchs and maids dared to say a word, and immediately carried her back to where she lived. Concubine Jia Jing watched them walk away, and sent a report saying that the fourth princess had come and gone. Concubine Jia Jing said helplessly: "It's not easy!"
The prince was in a bad mood when he was bumped by the four princesses, and trembled with anger on the way back to the East Palace. He hurriedly walked outside his study room and asked people to call his confidants to discuss matters. Just as he was about to enter the door, a little eunuch next to him timidly said: "Prince Princess..."
The prince kicked the eunuch hard, kicked the eunuch to the ground, and cursed: "How much did she pay you? Let you talk to her? Pull him out and beat him, and don't let me see him again!" This month, there are two more babies in the backyard! The princess still has the face to see him? What an audacity!
The little eunuch was dragged out crying. The princess who was waiting at the corner of the wall came out, bowed to the prince, and said with a straight face: "The prince is the master of the Eastern Palace..."
The prince interrupted: "You still call me the master of the East Palace? Lord?! You probably regard me as your slave? You have to listen to everything, and you can see me whenever you want? What have you done? It’s a good thing, I’m in a hurry to tell Ben Gong? Are you pregnant? Has anyone in the backyard got pregnant? Your grandfather kept my mother from being deposed?” Ever since the empress was deposed, the prince felt that the Lu family hadn’t tried their best to help him At the beginning, it was the empress who chose the Lu family, and the empress owes the Lu family a favor! But they didn't help the queen keep her position, these gangsters who crossed the river and demolished the bridge! That being the case, why should he be polite to the princess
Although the princess was prepared for the prince to be in a bad mood - she had looked for opportunities to meet him many times, and every time she knew he was in a bad mood, but she couldn't help being scolded and humiliated in front of so many eunuchs and palace people She shed tears—the prince said this as if she couldn’t conceive, but the prince hasn’t been in her room for more than a year, and he doesn’t even have the basic respect for his wife on the 15th day of the lunar new year. How could she be pregnant? Also, she did ask someone to bring a message to her grandfather about the abolition of the empress. The grandfather said that he did his best, but the empress herself did not want to be restored, so why is she now blaming herself
The Crown Princess choked up and said, "How could Your Highness say that? The concubine has always been respectful and courteous to His Highness, never daring to disobey..."
The prince looked at the princess's small and exquisite face and sneered: "You were born in a scholarly family, you should be familiar with the word 'Yang Feng Yin Yin'? How many years have I been married? There are at least 20 people in the backyard? How come there are no children yet? How dare you say you are 'polite' to Ben Gong?! Don't disgust Ben Gong!"
The Crown Princess cried hard: "Your Highness! The world bears witness! The concubine really..."
The prince waved his hands irritably: "A queen can be deposed, let alone a princess? Don't act recklessly just because of your title. You know how long you have left!"
The princess was so shocked that she stopped crying, and looked up at the prince in disbelief, her teardrop face instantly turned pale.
Seeing this, the prince felt relieved from the bottom of his heart—this is the power of authority! Life and death can make people cry and make people fear! This is how the emperor exercised power to himself and his mother to maintain his dignity, and he was finally able to use it himself. It turns out that this feeling of trampling on people is so good!
The prince snorted with his nose, lifted the skirt of his robe, and stepped into the threshold of the study.
The princess stopped crying, and was supported by the maid, her legs were weak, and she could only rely on the maid's arm to slowly move back, but the ring was still silent, and the skirt could not be lifted. If Shen Wen from the previous life saw it, he would definitely admire her elegant demeanor.
Finally, the Crown Princess returned to her room, sat down trembling, and a servant girl immediately served her tea, and she drank it from a cup with shaking hands, staring blankly at the ground.
The maid beside her winked, and the other maid went to the door and looked outside. The servant girl next to the princess said in a low voice: "Please don't be so sad, the prince has recently..."
The princess raised her hand slightly, but the servant girl stopped talking. After a long time, the Crown Princess asked in a low voice: "Concubine Liu, have you done it yet?"
The servant girl nodded, and said in a low voice: "It's already gone, it should only be these two days. Also, a Liangdi in the courtyard of the west wing missed the little days, I don't know if it is."
The princess said: "Whether it's true or not, give me medicine!"
The servant girl hesitated and said, "Didn't His Royal Highness say..."
A sneer appeared on the princess's porcelain-like face at last: "He wants to divorce me and help a bitch who gave birth to a child? The bastard is just uneducated! He still has the face to scold me? I was born by a little mother, so I think about it every day." Wanting to have a baby girl? He’s dreaming! I’ve been married for so many years, and I’ve endured all the filth, what have I gained? As long as I’m in this position for a day, he won’t be able to have children with anyone else! Have one, be one I can't let him get what he wants!"
The maid said worriedly: "But His Royal Highness said something cruel."
The princess said contemptuously: "He has accomplished nothing in the court, don't think I don't know! Isn't it obvious that the recent buying and selling of grain is not obvious? The number of people who support him is far less than that of the third prince! If it weren't for my grandfather who brought people to support him Look at him, how long does he think he can be the prince? I heard that the emperor once said that he would not dare to abolish the queen for the prince. The queen is abolished. How stable do you think he can be as the prince? How dare he divorce me?! No With the support of the Lu family, how many people in the court really support him? How many people want to sit on the sidelines and wait for him to fight to the death with others before choosing the one to win."
The maid said in a low voice: "But now, apart from the prince, no one else participates in politics."
The princess said: "Who doesn't want to grab that seat? The reason why the third prince is so foolish is because the timing is not right. The reason why the emperor is angry with the third prince is because he also has a love for the third prince, which is not for the prince."
The servant girl was puzzled and said: "But, if the prince is abolished, then you, the princess..."
The princess gritted her teeth and said, "I'll be very happy! Look at how he looks like a villain! When he becomes a prince, he lifts up people one by one. Every day, only those coquettish bastards make him happy. He is simply a It's a beast!"
The servant girl looked at the door in fright, and the guard servant girl also turned her head and shook her head at her.
The Crown Princess squeezed her sleeves tightly, her small knuckles turned white, and her palm-sized face had an almost ferocious expression: "The time is mourning, I will die with you!"
The servant girl did not read as many books as the princess, so she naturally didn't know that this was a sentence in "Shang Shu Tang Oath", which said: If you don't let me live, I just don't want to live. When the time comes, we will die together! This hopeless resentment is the oath before the battle. But the use of the crown princess is not far-fetched, and it expresses the feelings of loving and killing each other aptly.
The prince didn't know that he had been cursed with extreme hatred. Facing his confidantes, he was anxious about his mother's illness, annoyed at the crying of the fourth princess, and he had just severely insulted the queen concubine. The pleasure he felt made him eager to do something to relieve the depression in his heart.
The aides witnessed the prince's attack just now, and wanted to say something to make the prince happy. One of them reported: "We have received news from the northern Xinjiang. Arrive in the capital in March and April."
The prince nodded: "Arrange them well, send people to pick them up outside the city, teach them how to speak, don't say wrong things to the emperor!"
Someone hurriedly said: "Okay, don't worry, Your Highness, we will definitely meet with them before they meet the emperor."
Thinking of why the Beirong people came here, I thought of the Marquis of Zhenbei and the third prince who was attached to him that I had to deal with, and also remembered that the battle with the third prince in the market ended in a disastrous defeat, and the prince fell into a deep valley just now , he smiled sinisterly, and said: "Tell them at that time, if the two parties reconcile, they can ask the father to marry the princess, and this palace will match them for them!"
Everyone understood what the prince meant, but felt chills running down their backs: The prince is going to push the third prince's younger sister, the fifth princess, out for a reconciliation. At that time, Bei Rong will turn his face, will the fifth princess survive? But no one dared to show any objection, even saying yes.
The prince still felt that it was not enough, and asked: "How many eyeliners in the Zhenbeihou's mansion are still available?" The last time he attempted to murder Shen Qiang, most of the prince's people in the Zhenbeihou's mansion were lost.
One person said: "The eyeliner sent to Second Miss Shen was caught on the spot by Second Miss Shen for seducing the servant next to Second Young Master Shen, and Second Miss Shen begged Yang to let them get married. In addition, the people around Yang People are still there, there is a woman next to the old lady Gu. The others are rough envoys and are not of much use."
The prince said: "Tell our people, whoever can kill Zhenbeihou's child will be reused, gold and silver treasures, promotion and wealth, whatever you promise." Realized, to be silenced.
The staff said cautiously: "Since... that incident, the Zhenbeihou's mansion has been very strict with children. The youngest son of Zhenbeihou is accompanied by his brothers and sisters every day, and the two children of Mr. Shen are completely brought by the Liu family. The people watching it are useless to the people of the Zhenbeihou Mansion..."
The prince waved his hands indiscriminately: "I don't care about this! Not only children, as long as they are the descendants of Zhenbeihou, anyone!" He himself has no children, and he is very jealous of Zhenbeihou's many sons and grandchildren. The prince said angrily: "Put down what I said, whoever kills someone will ascend to the sky in one step! With a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. No one can guard against it sooner or later. There will always be someone If you take a risk, you may succeed." The prince didn't realize that he had used the queen's logic, but he also felt that he had designed it carefully.
Everyone agreed again, took their leave and left, and the prince felt less depressed, but it didn't mean that he didn't need to seek physical and mental comfort from a few flirtatious women.
It was the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye, the weather was calm, and the Zhenbeihou Mansion could not feel the Crown Prince's hatred for the people in this mansion. The old lady and the Yang family somewhat healed their scars and forgot the pain.
Shen Qiang in Fuzhong is two and a half years old, and with enough energy, he can exhaust several adults with backaches every day. As for Liu's two children, one is more than one year old and the other is less than one year old, the crying of children can be heard from time to time in the courtyard. The old lady felt that this was prosperity, and the Yang family also began to revert to her old ways, talking loudly, and pointing people around with her hands on her hips.
Su Wanniang trained the two maids Xia Qing and Xia Lan given by the Liu family to be one in charge of reception and one in charge of food and clothes. Apart from ordering others, she just accompanied Shen Wen to talk and chat. "Wang Zhi's family" Xia Zi looked at Su Wanniang He hardly works, and earns the big maid's money easily. After he gets married, the money is less, and he will never have the opportunity to become a big maid in the future, which is even more depressing.
Shen Wen was going to start a series of pen writing work, but one day, just after laying out the paper, he picked up the pen and wrote a few words, his eyes accidentally glanced at the money box that Su Wanniang put on the table next to him, and there was a trace of moisture in the keyhole. reflective. Shen Wen was brewing vocabulary, and his eyes were involuntarily fixed on the keyhole. When he came up with the words, Shen Wen stopped writing them, and even cut out the words he had already written, and tore them carefully.
Su Wanniang came in, saw Shen Wen sitting at the table, looking a little angry, looked back, the yard was empty, then came over and said: "There is no one now, you can write, I will show you at the door. "
Shen Wen shook his head: "I wrote it, I'm afraid there is no place to put it."
Su Wanniang asked: "I can lock it in the money box for you. What's the matter?"
Shen Wen said, "Did you bring the key to the money box?"
Su Wanniang nodded, took it out from her waist and handed it to Shen Wen, Shen Wen took it, gently touched the surface with her fingers, closed her eyes and used her consciousness to see the substances of different frequencies on the surface, then pressed her lips tightly and handed the key to Shen Wen. Return it to Su Wanniang.
Su Wanniang took the key, touched it, and went to the window, looked carefully under the sunlight, and cursed in a low voice: "That crazy person! You really want to die!" On the surface of the key, there was residual oil. wax.
Shen Wen asked: "It should be a recent event."
Su Wanniang said: "It was about three or four days ago. I was taking a bath. Xia Zi went in and said to add water to me. I said no. After a while, she went again and said something for the sake of the past." If I could help her more... She must have touched the key of my outer clothes at that time, and it was printed on the wax!" The oil wax on the key left some in the keyhole when it was inserted into the keyhole. Let Shen Wen see it.
Su Wanniang blushed with anger, and said in a trembling voice: "If she made the key to open the money box..." She almost cried: It's not about the money, she took the money from the money box, and she found that there was less money , how to explain to the lady? I really couldn't wash myself off by jumping into the Yellow River!
Shen Wen knew what she was worried about, and said comfortingly: "Sister Wanniang, I'm not worried about money, and I can't doubt you. I really lack money. If you tell me, I will know right away that someone is framing you. You should trust me."
Su Wanniang was moved and sighed, "But I can't stand it."
Shen Wen said: "I understand you, and I am also afraid of being wronged."
Su Wanniang asked, "Is that why you don't want to write?"
Shen Wen nodded: "She even dared to touch the money box, what else is there to keep still? What I want to write and draw are all things related to the lives of tens of millions of people. If she sees it, it will be over."
Su Wanniang frowned: "We always have to say hello, when we are not in the house. If Xia Lan and Xia Qing look at this house day and night, it will make her feel even more itchy."
Shen Wen pushed the table, "Then I won't write, I'll talk about it later, let's rest for a while." Anyway, Zhang Yunming has already bought the yard, and when it's repaired, he can just go there every night. Thinking about it this way, I really hope that Zhang Yunming and the others will come back soon... No! Not including that bastard Zhang Yunzheng.
While Shen Wen was in a daze, Su Wanniang said, "I'm sure I can't change the box?"
Shen Wen said: "Of course not, you just wait for the day when she takes the money and threatens you."
Su Wanniang asked angrily: "Can I slap her face when the time comes?"
Shen Wen smiled: "Let's fight, after the fight is over, then you listen to her."
Su Wanniang burst out laughing: "You are really bad!"
Shen Wen pulled Su Wanniang's sleeve, and said sweetly: "Now that you know, do you still like me?"
Su Wanniang pushed her: "Don't flatter me like that, I can't stand it."
Shen Wen let go and pouted and said: "Sister Wanniang used to be able to do this, but now that she has someone in her heart, it's different..."
Su Wanniang gritted her teeth and twisted Shen Wen's face: "I really have to teach you a lesson! Is this what a girl said?"
Shen Wen giggled and hid, the two of them chased and fought for a while, they had enough trouble, and sat on the bed, Shen Wen asked in a low voice: "You prepare my night clothes and make another one. I will probably have to wear them often in the future." Get out." Go to draw a picture in the yard.
Su Wanniang frowned: She was afraid that Shen Wen would go out at night! She always had to wait in the dark.
Shen Wen said: "You will sleep on my bed from now on, don't wait for me all the time."
Su Wanniang sighed: "I have to sleep too!"
Shen Wen comforted: "You can continue to practice yoga, some people say it is better than sleeping."
Su Wanniang said: "Don't give me any advice! When the time comes, it's better not to come back full of greasy food!"
Shen Wen looked at Su Wanniang apologetically: "I really can't bring the wontons back..."
Su Wanniang glanced at Shen Wen: "You have the nerve to say it! You don't need to bring me anything, just come back early! Don't make me wait!"
Shen Wen threw himself on Su Wanniang: "I know, sister Wanniang likes me the most..."
Su Wanniang pushed Shen Wen hard: "Don't do this again!"
Shen Wen made a cry: "Could it be that sister Wanniang's favorite...isn't me?" Looking at Su Wanniang, she blinked vigorously.
Su Wanniang blushed, stood up and said, "I'm an adult, I don't want to be serious with children." The corners of her mouth couldn't help but she walked out quickly amidst Shen Wen's low smile.
It's the time of the Chinese New Year again, and everyone in the house is making new clothes and shoes. In this day and age, coarse cloth would be torn after a few washes, not to mention that some guards and servants had to practice martial arts, and their clothes would rot faster. How can the people of Zhenbeihou Mansion wear patched clothes when they go out? Had to make new ones. During the holidays, everyone will get a set of winter clothes and two sets of single clothes, which is a great joy. At the end of the year, everyone puts on new clothes again. How many times has it been this year? The welfare is really good, and the whole house is full of joy.
At the same time, the Pingyuanhou Mansion is also very lively, Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng are back.
As soon as the convoy entered the city, someone first ran to Fuchu to report. The elders couldn't welcome them out, so Marquis Pingyuan and Mrs. Li sat in the hall and waited, and Mrs. Li started crying again. Ping Yuanhou said with a smile: "Look at you, they cry when they leave, and cry when they come back. What should I do?"
Li sobbed and said, "Those two heartless people! It's made me worry for so long."
Ping Yuanhou said: "Isn't it coming back well? Stop crying, what should I do if my eyes are swollen?"
Mrs. Li hurriedly wiped her face with a handkerchief, and asked vigilantly, "Is it swollen now? Is it ugly? I need to touch up my makeup..."
Ping Yuanhou immediately said: "No need! It's okay if it's swollen. Goldfish are beautiful, otherwise why would there be so many people raising them?"
Mrs. Li laughed, took the handkerchief and shook Ping Yuanhou: "Master Hou is making fun of me again!"
Marquis Pingyuan leaned over and said in a low voice: "I just can't see my wife weeping for those two boys, I feel a little jealous for my husband..."
Mrs. Li was a little embarrassed, and threw Ping Yuanhou again: "What! Isn't that your son?"
Marquis Pingyuan snorted: "Those two boys!" He couldn't tell whether it was pride or dissatisfaction.
People outside reported that Mr. Zhang had arrived at the front door, and Marquis Ping Yuan immediately sat upright, pretending to be the head of the family.