Another person in the palace who passed the new year in a gloomy mood was the fourth prince.
He hadn't seen Su Wanniang for a long, long time. Shen Jian had been away for half a year, and he only learned from the gossip that when the third prince sent Shen Jian out of the city, Miss Shen was actually in the team! The fourth prince is strongly envious!
When the two of them went to see the husband together a year ago, the fourth prince inquired about the process of the third prince's trip by beating around the bush, and found that the third prince had never been close to Shen Xiang who was going to see him off.
The fourth prince privately thought that the third prince was too dull! If he can go out on horseback himself, the person he likes is in the team, and no matter what, he has to get together to give something or something, even if he is rejected, it can be regarded as a conversation.
No wonder the third prince was absent-minded for a period of time half a year ago, and was often reprimanded by his husband. At that time, the fourth prince was still worried that it was because the policy he wrote for the third prince was not good enough, which made him lose his temper. So the fourth prince tried his best to read the books and study the classics, in order to write a visionary policy theory, so as to alleviate the blame of the third prince. Now that I understand what's going on, the fourth prince doesn't sympathize with him at all. It's a pity for my painstaking efforts at that time.
Looking forward to the stars and the moon, I finally waited until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. In the past, the fourth prince always saw Su Wanniang on Lantern Festival Lantern Street, and this year, he is also looking forward to the same.
Coming up in the morning of the Lantern Festival, the fourth prince picked out the clothes for the evening from dozens of clothes—very elegant and noble! Before it was dark, the Fourth Prince got into the carriage and went to Dengshi Street to wait.
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Shen Wen felt really tired after running back and forth at night for several months. It's finally the Chinese New Year, and I don't have to do anything, just be lazy at home every day.
But in a blink of an eye, the year passed, and the day came to the Lantern Festival. Shen Wen doesn't want to go out, but wants Su Wanniang to go out with Shen Xiang and the others, how many times can Su Wanniang usually go out? It's a distraction.
So early in the morning, when Su Wanniang was dressing Shen Wen, Shen Wen said, "Follow my sisters and the others to look at the lights, I'll just be at home by myself."
Su Wanniang also thought of the fourth prince in her heart, she looked forward to meeting him on Lantern Street, bit her lower lip with a smile, and said with some hesitation: "Miss... also... let's go together..."
Shen Wen closed his eyes and felt the surroundings. There was no one, so he said in a low voice: "I don't want to move. You go, maybe you can see our brother-in-law? People say that the Lantern Festival is a festival for lovers to meet..."
Su Wanniang pulled Shen Wen's hair violently, and whispered, "You're talking nonsense again!"
Shen Wen called out in a low voice: "What is nonsense, originally..."
Su Wanniang hurriedly interrupted: "What kind of person do you want to find in the future?"
Shen Wen smiled and said: "Of course he is elegant, considerate, and knows the cold and the hot..." At this point, Shen Wen stopped suddenly and sat up straight from the chair in shock, because Su Wanniang was combing her hair and was caught I pulled it back and felt no pain.
Su Wanniang laughed softly: "Do you know how to be ashamed..."
But Shen Wen didn't hear it, her heart was beating wildly, and she broke out in a cold sweat—isn't this what she wanted in her previous life? ! At that time, she worked out the appearance of her husband in her heart, and then followed the picture to find out, and chose Zheng Qian who most matched her aspirations! For more than a year of false and peaceful life, I still feel very satisfied! Before he was finally strangled to death, he didn't understand what was wrong.
At that time, my heart was full of various rules and regulations, and I felt superior, chattering on and on about summarizing and criticizing everything around me: the old lady, dull and confused; Shen Xiang, reckless and rude, is not worthy of the title of the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion; the eldest sister-in-law is boring and mediocre, without the majesty of the head of the house; the second sister-in-law, a lustful daughter, does not have the style of a boudoir...
All people, in their own eyes, do not conform to a certain dogma. I am the most knowledgeable, elegant and intelligent person! The Hou Mansion is so chaotic! She couldn't even hear her mother's loud voice, and couldn't see Shen Xiang's contemptuous expression towards her! I can't stand the happy laughter and scolding among my brothers! She felt that the minds of the people next to her were inferior to hers! What do they know? Your own thoughts are right! Other people's, no matter how you look at it, it's not right! …
In the end, she could only ignore the words and deeds of the relatives around her and ignore them! He hides in his yard depressedly every day, weaving the beauty of his future life: an elegant and gentle, knowledgeable and affectionate husband, who obeys his words and is considerate to every detail. A quiet and orderly mansion, obedient and filial children... everyone must be polite, otherwise they will be rude! Life should be performed according to the script you wrote, otherwise it will be messy and boring! If someone challenges her point of view, then she thinks that person is ignorant and stupid...
At that moment of life and death, the rigid and useless dogma in her mind only made her feel confused and at a loss as to what to do. She wept again and again in the "quiet and orderly" compound she had been given, unable to understand what was wrong.
Years of remorse after her death allowed her to see clearly how superficial and ridiculous her self-righteous thoughts were, and how biased and naive her judgments were when she was constrained by limited knowledge...
After a thousand years, is she going to make the same mistake again? !
Shen Wen murmured: "No, I don't want to find anyone..."
Su Wanniang inserted the last hairpin into Shen Wen's bun, and said with a smile: "What are you talking about? Miss will marry sooner or later."
Shen Wen shook her head slowly, Su Wanniang looked at Shen Wen's expression, sat beside her, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong with you?"
Shen Wen looked at Su Wanniang, and said seriously: "This time, I don't want anything!"
Su Wanniang laughed all of a sudden, "What does this mean?"
Shen Wen thought carefully, and said: "Sister Wanniang, let me tell you, in this world, if you want something out of selfishness, first, you will definitely not get it; second, even if you get it, you will have to pay the price." It’s extremely painful. Therefore, people can’t ask for anything or anyone for their own selfishness. Those who come together to ask for each other’s money, tenderness, companionship, loyalty, etc., will definitely not get it in the end.”
Su Wanniang was taken aback: "These are all good things, why can't I have them?"
Shen Wen frowned and explained: "If you want, you want to ask for it. It means to ask. Anyway, you can't use these as the purpose..."
Su Wanniang patted her chest, "I now understand what you mean! These are like other people's things, you can't be with someone just because they have these good things... But it's not right, if the other party has money, and Tenderness and loyalty...isn't it good?"
Shen Wen said: "It's not bad, it's just that from the very beginning, you can't use these as your goals. For example, just now I said that I want to find someone who is elegant and good to me. I found someone according to this idea. In the end, I definitely If you can't get the so-called 'good for me', if you don't do it well, it's still a 'bad for me'." Shen Wen said here with a heavy tone.
Su Wanniang nodded and said, "Oh, you mean, someone wants to find someone rich, and if they marry because they're 'rich', they won't actually get money in the end? But there are people everywhere who marry rich people for money?"
Shen Wen said: "Even if she got it, the price she paid was extremely painful, and she will regret it in the future."
Su Wanniang also agreed: "It should be so, I also heard from my mother that if you marry into a wealthy family for money, few people will be happy."
Shen Wen said: "So, I don't want it, I don't want anything!"
Su Wanniang frowned slightly: "Don't you want to 'seldom be a couple and always be a companion'?"
Shen Wen replied: "I will not aim at those things. Sister Wanniang, suppose, just assume, you live to be a hundred years old, and suddenly one day, you return to your childhood and can live again. How would you live? After finishing speaking, Shen Wen looked at Su Wanniang nervously, observing Su Wanniang's reaction.
Su Wanniang just thought for a moment, and then replied: "I heard that when people get old, they will be particularly afraid of death. If I am old and old, but I can live again, then I must be very happy, and I will definitely feel that it is a gift from God. Gave me another life. I must cherish all the people and experience all the things that happened. I understand everything I didn’t understand before, and I can’t live in vain.”
Shen Wen nodded and said: "Yes, this should be the original heart: cherish all people, appreciate all things, and be a sensible person. Sister Wanniang, this time, I just want to open my eyes and see through people and things. Look beyond the surface and discover the truth inside. Open your mind to all chaos and change!"
Su Wanniang finally realized suddenly, she looked at Shen Wen in shock: "Me this time"? Could it be that Shen Wen was reborn after being a hundred years old? Or, reborn after death? She stammered a little: "but... but... aren't you married yet?"
Shen Wen said: "I have a path I want to take. Now I want to keep my family from being destroyed, and I have to arrange my family's whereabouts in the future. On this path, there may be people who will walk with me. However, I don't ask for it. Companionship, I don't ask for tenderness, I don't ask for 'getting', I don't want anything!"
Su Wanniang suddenly said: "I understand what my mother said: You can't expect others to treat you well, you have to treat others well. That's what she meant. If people want to find someone who is good to themselves from the beginning, they must I can't get it!" She immediately reflected on her relationship with the Fourth Prince, didn't she have any utilitarian demands? If it's the main wife or something, it's also a secondary consideration: I definitely didn't marry the fourth prince just to become the main wife and concubine. At first, it should be sympathy, right? No selfish desires... She was secretly relieved.
Shen Wen said melancholy: "If you have to fly with each other, you don't envy mandarin ducks or immortals. People regard 'wings' so important, but in fact, the moment they pursue it, they are far away from it."
Su Wanniang nodded slowly and said: "I kind of understand what you mean. If you go to someone just to get a 'wing match', it will be very difficult to get what you want. Just like sand, the tighter you hold it, the harder it is to keep it."
Shen Wen cleared his mind, smiled and said to Su Wanniang: "Don't worry, my brother-in-law has already made a decision."
Su Wanniang hit Shen Wen hard, and reprimanded: "You are talking nonsense, let people hear... I will go get you breakfast." She blushed, got up and went out. In fact, she didn't think too much about those words about wing-to-wing comparisons, but she thought carefully about Shen Wen's sentence "I am this time", and felt that only rebirth could really explain Shen Wen's foresight. She has been with Shen Wen for a long time, and she doesn't feel terrible. Since Shen Wen didn't say it clearly, she didn't ask in detail, just let Shen Wen feel at ease.
Shen Wen thought that Su Wanniang was going to the Lantern Market with Shen Xiang and the others, so it should be fine, so after the Lantern Festival dinner, Su Wanniang was given a holiday, and she stayed in front of Mrs. Yang and the old lady to play with Shen Qiang and other children. In front of the elders, he was obedient and flattering, and left a soft impression on everyone. He didn't expect anything to happen in the lantern market.
After dinner, Shen Xiang bid farewell to Mrs. Yang, and took Chun Lu back to his courtyard to get ready for the Lantern Market. Su Wanniang followed them to Shen Xiang's yard. Shen Xiang was still wearing a red military uniform, and her maid, Chun Lu, probably wore green to set off her. Su Wanniang was originally wearing the dark maid outfit of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, and her hair covered most of her face. Shen Xiang felt that his sister didn't understand anything, thanks to Su Wanniang's help for so many years, she spent a lot of time. Now Su Wanniang went out to play with them, even her own maid didn't wear the daily clothes of the maids in the house, how could Su Wanniang wear the maid's attire? Let Su Wanniang dress up. Su Wanniang also secretly hoped to see the Fourth Prince, the woman's appearance is for her own pleasure, although she doesn't want to attract too much attention, but it doesn't matter if she dresses nicely, right? So after listening to Shen Xiang's words, she dressed up a bit, but in fact, she just combed out the bangs and temple hair that usually covered most of her face, and exposed her face. Because Shen Xiang was about the same height as Su Wanniang, she had to let Su Wanniang wear a dark purple jacket and skirt that she had never worn before, which brought out Su Wanniang's delicate white jade complexion.
Su Wanniang looked at the new clothes on her body, felt a little inappropriate and said, "This way, it's not good..."
Shen Xiang said: "It looks so good! My mother made it for me. I don't like the color. You are wearing it just right. Stop mumbling."
Chunlu also said: "You look so beautiful in it! You know that our young lady doesn't wear anything but red, and Madam made several other colors for her, and put them all on there."
Su Wanniang said: "Then I'll give it to you." Chunlu is Shen Xiang's personal servant girl.
Chunlu said with a smile: "Miss wants to give it to me, but how can I be as tall as you? When I grow so tall, I have to wait ten or eight years?"
The three girls smiled and went out, it was already completely dark. When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, people said that the third young master had been waiting outside the gate with his guards for a long time, the three of them quickly got into the carriage, the carriage left the inner courtyard, and Shen Zhuo led a group of people to the Lantern Market.
Shen Xiang and Su Wanniang had practiced martial arts, so he already knew what she looked like, and seeing her showing her face, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Chunlu knew that Su Wanniang was beautiful, but after so many years of meeting each other, she didn't feel any surprise. They all underestimated other people's reactions.
When they got near the Lantern City, the three girls got out of the car and walked towards the Lantern City surrounded by the guards.
Although the year is not good, the impact on the capital is not that great, and people want to pray for a good year by hanging lanterns and festoons, so the lantern market is still brilliant. At first, it was just the guards of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion who couldn't help but kept looking at the three girls, and then everyone on the road turned their heads and stopped. When they arrived at Dengshi, Shen Zhuo, who led the team, found that many people had gathered around him. He was surprised, turned around inadvertently, and gasped when he saw Shen Xiang and the other three.
The three girls are all 14 or 15 years old, and they were originally the beautiful years in Du Mu's poems, "the beauty is more than thirteen, the cardamom is on the tip of early February", and Su Wanniang's appearance is particularly outstanding. Under the light, Su Wanniang's eyebrows are like blue daisy, her eyes are like autumn water, her complexion is jade-like, her lips are like vermilion, she is so beautiful that she is not like a woman in the world. Shen Zhuo just didn't know that Su Wanniang could make the capital fall under the skirts of the capital in her previous life, and now she also understands that Su Wanniang's beauty is a national treasure.
The three of Shen Xiang talked and laughed with each other as they walked, but they didn't realize it yet. Shen Zhuo wanted to remind Shen Xiang, but found that it was already a bit late. They had only walked a hundred steps on the Lantern Market, and the people had already gathered into a wall, blocking their way forward and back. At first, it was just pointing, and then some people moved forward, and some called out to others. In ancient times, there was a "watching and killing Wei Jie", and the crowd at this time tended to reappear that kind of crowding.
Shen Zhuo didn't have his brothers to accompany him this year, and he and Lao Guan were responsible for the guards. For insurance, he brought a few more people than in previous years. Seeing this situation now, I knew it was not good, so I hurriedly turned around and walked to Shen Xiang's side and said, "Let's go back quickly!"
Shen Xiang was talking to Su Wanniang. When he looked up, he saw people all around him. Some people still had the look of being punched, so he immediately nodded in agreement and turned to look at Su Wanniang. Su Wanniang also noticed something unusual. , lower your head quickly. She was very annoyed at her carelessness, why did she press her hair up? How good it is to cover your face. Although she knew that she was good-looking, she never felt that she was top-notch beauty. After all, looking at a face tens of thousands of times will cause aesthetic fatigue, not to mention, girls are rarely satisfied with their looks.
They walked back, and the people were even more reluctant. Someone shouted: "Come and see! The beauty is leaving!" The crowd immediately grew larger like a snowball, and people in the streets and alleys in the distance heard the word of mouth. Coming here from all directions, it finally became a spectacular scene empty for thousands of people.
More than 20 guards and servants of the Hou Mansion formed a circle, Shen Zhuo led the way, Shen Xiang and Chun Lu sandwiched Su Wanniang, squeezed out of the crowd, and turned back to the carriage parked by the Hou Mansion. These guards also saw Su Wanniang's beauty just now, and now they are working extra hard to protect her. Some guards yelled: "We are the Zhenbeihou Mansion! Get out of the way! This is the Zhenbeihou Mansion, are you dying?!"
But in the face of beauty, people really forget their lives. No matter how the guards yelled, threatened, or punched and kicked, people just surrounded them tightly. In a short distance, the guards shouted with all their might before rushing out of the encirclement, sending Shen Xiang, Su Wanniang, Chunlu, into the carriage . As soon as they got into the carriage, people couldn't see their faces, so they vented their spirits somewhat. Shen Zhuo led the people and shouted again to push away the people blocking the way, and finally left the Lantern City.
The Fourth Prince had been guarding near the entrance of Lantern Street for a long time. When the group of Zhenbeihou's Mansion walked this way, he saw it. But before he could find any excuse to approach them, he saw people hurrying past him, saying, "Go and see! Go and see! Beauty!"
The fourth prince's heart tightened, and he limped and walked a few steps there, but he couldn't squeeze any more. He immediately turned around, held the hand of the waiter Ding, looked left and right, found a teahouse on the street, went up to the second floor, squeezed into a large group of tea drinkers watching from the window, and watched the turbulent waves in the street. The crowd passed by from a distance, mixed with people from the Zhenbeihou Mansion, where could one see Su Wanniang's face among the heads of Cong Cong? I only heard people saying: "Have you seen the girl in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion? She is so beautiful!"
"real?!"
"Really! Like a fairy!"
"Who is that?"
"have no idea… "
"Hey, do you still remember? A few years ago, the Zhenbeihou Mansion bought a brothel girl?"
"Hey! Don't tell me! Since it belongs to a brothel, it must be beautiful!"
"Is it more beautiful now?"
"What a beauty, it's stunning!"
"No wonder! It was bought by some sons at that time, right?"
"No, it's that stupid Second Miss Shen!"
"You are a real person!"
"Why not?! Because of this matter, you forgot? The eldest prince, the crown prince, even found a brothel woman to expose the fault of Second Miss Shen in the street!"
"What's wrong with it? Could it be that he has taken a fancy to it himself, and is jealous that the Zhenbeihou Mansion bought him?"
"Don't talk about it, this woman looks like she should definitely enter the palace!"
"That's right, she's so beautiful, she can't be a queen, she can definitely be a concubine or something like that!"
"Maybe it's the imperial concubine!"
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The fourth prince retreated from the crowd, sweating coldly, and walked slowly back to the carriage. Ding Neishi supported him, not knowing how to persuade him. Seeing the fourth prince frowning in a rare way, Ding Neishi understood what is wrong with a beauty: it is really not a good thing to be too beautiful!
In front of the carriage, the fourth prince stopped, and suddenly said: "I still want to look at the lamp." Ding Neishi had no choice but to help him turn around and go back to the lamp market. The fourth prince limped and hurried on the street of Dengshi, watching people back and forth.
After walking for half an hour, Ding Neishi felt a tightness in his arm. He raised his head and saw a group of servants walking around several young masters and ladies. Zhang Yunming, the eldest son of Marquis Pingyuan, was walking in front. The young man who beat Huo Luo violently Followed listlessly behind him.
The fourth prince walked over to meet them. Zhang Yunming saw them, saluted him, and hurriedly led his siblings, relatives, and cousins to meet them. It's a distant relative, the last one to salute the fourth prince. He looked disinterested, but the fourth prince paid special attention to him and said with a smile, "I haven't played chess with you for a long time."
Zhang Yunzheng and Zhang Yunming, who was on the side hearing this, were slightly taken aback.
During this time, Zhang Yunzheng felt very bored.
He used to look forward to living an upright life, reuniting with his family during the Chinese New Year, having a New Year's Eve dinner with the family, and setting off firecrackers. This year is indeed the case. At first, he still felt it was new, but gradually, he got annoyed. As a distant nephew of Marquis Pingyuan, when he met people from Marquis Pingyuan's family who came to pay New Year's greetings, he had to answer those inquiries about his life experience repeatedly. The girls saw him one by one, and looked him up and down without concealment. Maybe because he is only a distant relative on the surface, even though Zhang Yunming is with him every day, many people look at him with contempt, and regard him as a poor boy who came to Pingyuanhou to flatter Qiu Feng.
Going around Lantern Street with Zhang Yunming was also his longing. In the past, when he watched Zhang Yunming wandering the streets with his family or talking with friends from a distance, he always went there to make trouble. Zhang Yunming told him that during the two collisions, people from the Zhenbeihou Mansion were nearby, and there was that chubby little female ghost inside. Unfortunately, he was too busy getting angry at the time, so he didn't remember what she looked like at all. Now that Zhang Yunzheng has really walked to Lantern Street, he feels dull and empty in his heart. After looking back and forth for a long time, I didn't see anyone from the Zhenbeihou Mansion. It seemed that the little ghost couldn't come out. Little liar! He must be hiding at home and pretending...
Hearing the fourth prince's words, Zhang Yunzheng raised his eyes to look at the fourth prince, and seeing a hint in his gaze, he immediately thought that this was the prince who borrowed clothes from Shen Wen, and knew that he probably had something to say, because his mood became better when he had nothing to do, and he was busy. He replied: "I will go to Guanyi Pavilion the day after tomorrow, and then we will play another game."
The fourth prince immediately nodded with a smile, and then bid farewell to Zhang Yunming and the others: "Look at the lights." He limped away by himself. After walking on the street for a while, the fourth prince met with several other chess friends he knew before walking back and taking a car back to the palace.
Back in Pingyuanhou's Mansion, Zhang Yunming whispered to Zhang Yunzheng: "Why does the fourth prince want to see you? Shouldn't he want to see me? After all, I am the 'big' son of Pingyuanhou's Mansion."
Zhang Yunzheng never let Zhang Yunming live a good life and said: "Maybe you are too bad at chess. What's so great about 'big'? There are also big fools and big fools!"
Zhang Yunming imitated Zhang Yunzheng's tone and said: "You want to fight?!"
Zhang Yunzheng said, "Just hit!"
They had to fight once in a few days, and they started fighting immediately. Over there, Mrs. Li heard the report, frowned and said to Ping Yuanhou beside him: "You don't want people to tell them? Let them do it after today? Or, wait another hour or two? It's the New Year's Eve Yes, doesn't that mean there will be fights this year?"
Marquis Pingyuan smiled and said, "Let's fight! Isn't there going to be a fight this year? If we don't fight, it doesn't look like we are too incompetent? If we make progress, we will ride on our necks in the future."
Mrs. Li sighed when she thought that the fourth princess was going to marry Ji this year, that the fourth princess did not give up on Zhang Yunming, and that the marriage would probably be brought up again.
Marquis Pingyuan smiled and said, "Madam can't sigh, doesn't it seem that Madam will be full of melancholy this year?"
Mrs. Li laughed hurriedly, and said: "As long as my husband is here, how can I be sad? I'm just angry with those two rebellious sons."
Marquis Pingyuan pulled Li Shi's hand: "It's good to be a rebel, otherwise you have to worry about them. It's good now, those two little brats, you don't have to worry about them being disadvantaged wherever you put them. Madam just need to take care of her husband. "
Mrs. Li looked down at Marquis Pingyuan's hand, and said with a smile: "My husband said..."
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Different from the liveliness and happiness in Pingyuanhou's mansion, this night, the fourth prince couldn't sleep in anxiety.
What would happen if news of Su Wanniang's beauty spread to the palace? Since the emperor abolished the queen, he has no restrictions, as long as he is young and beautiful, regardless of his background, he will be included in the palace. The same is true for the prince. I heard that one or two newcomers will be added every month. It seems to be compared with the emperor to see who wants more women. If any of these two people had any thoughts about Su Wanniang, what would he do
If he said that he wanted to marry Su Wanniang now, he would be giving the prince a target. Moreover, the other party is a servant girl of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, how could the emperor allow himself to marry the other party as his wife? The dignity of the Tian family is there, and Su Wanniang will be a concubine if she dies. Not to mention that I don't want to wrong Su Wanniang so much and let her marry me as a concubine, even if I retreat to this step, the crown prince will not let me do what I want. If the crown prince starts to compete with himself for a concubine room, anyone with a discerning eye can see who will win first...
The fourth prince has long respected the emperor at a distance, and now, there is a layer of resentment in his heart: if it weren't for the father, the emperor, who took care of his children and raised him, allowed the empress to grow up, killed his mother, and allowed the prince to be above other brothers , how could I fall to the point where I can't even protect the girl I like? ! …
Then, he was terrified, how could he have such rebellious feelings? Isn't it true that people who are unfilial to their parents are not as good as animals? ! Since ancient times, filial piety has always been the first priority. No matter what happens, your father is always your own father! Without my father, I would not be alive! A disobedient person can be rode to death by his father even if he is in a commoner's house. How can I resent my father? ! How can you resent his arrangement? ! Is this what people mean when they say "the heavenly family has no father, son or brother"? Has he also become a person who ignores the relationship between father and son
Now he fully understands the meaning of his mother's cruelty to him. At a certain moment, he even wanted to destroy Su Wanniang's beauty! When he met Su Wanniang back then, what touched his heart was not Su Wanniang's face, but her tears. He sincerely hoped that she would be safe and sound, even if her appearance was ruined, he would never despise her. He knew that she would be in great pain, but he would be in more pain than her, and would cherish her even more... At this time, the fourth prince really realized his mother's pain back then, and forgave his mother for the first time.
In the days and nights that followed, the fourth prince was restless. Finally, when it was time to go to Guanyi Pavilion, the fourth prince arrived in Guanyi Pavilion early to wait. A few people came to play chess with him, but he was not in the mood and kept pushing away. The last person didn't leave no matter what, the fourth prince couldn't hide his killing intent, and defeated the opponent in the shortest time. When the other party said that his chess skills had improved and he started to look like a general, the fourth prince was annoyed and couldn't hold back.
When Zhang Yunzheng arrived, the fourth prince had already sat for two hours, and the anxiety in his heart almost burst out when he saw Zhang Yunzheng.
Zhang Yunzheng didn't have Zhang Yunming's tact and politeness, when he saw the fourth prince, he immediately went to him, grabbed the chess pieces in suspense, and said, "Let's play chess."
The fourth prince liked Zhang Yunzheng's temper in his heart, and after he started walking, he hurriedly whispered: "On the Lantern Festival night, Su Wanniang's beauty spreads all over the capital, I'm afraid someone will pass the news to the palace!"
Zhang Yunzheng frowned: Su Wanniang is Shen Wen's maid, and even the night clothes on Shen Wen's body were made by Su Wanniang. With Shen Wen's kind of heart, he would never allow himself to lose his arm, so he whispered: "I will tell her."
The fourth prince was startled: he originally thought that Zhang Yunzheng was the same as himself, and only indirectly knew the person behind the scenes in Zhenbeihou's mansion, but now listening, he actually knows who the other party is! He asked, "What is his... what kind of temper?"
As soon as Zhang Yunzheng heard it, he understood that the fourth prince didn't know about Shen Wen, so he twitched the corner of his mouth and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, that cheapskate will not let his own people fall into the hands of others."
The fourth prince's heart relaxed, and the heaviness of the past two days and nights disappeared. He blurted out: "If he needs me, I will try my best to help."
Hearing the solemn tone of the fourth prince, Zhang Yunzheng blinked, reminding himself again that the fourth prince didn't know that Shen Wen was behind the scenes, nodded and said, "I will tell you."
Then he lowered his head and played chess. Since the fourth prince had already told Zhang Yunzheng his worries, he wished Zhang Yunzheng would immediately tell the person in charge of the overall situation in the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, so he wanted to immediately lose Zhang Yunzheng like he did to the previous person. But the more anxious he was, the more Zhang Yunzheng fought. After playing for an hour and a half, the chess game ended with Zhang Yunzheng completely defeated, but the fourth prince felt that he was also defeated: he never wanted to play chess with Zhang Yunzheng again!