When it came time to meet Zhang Yunming, Shen Zhuo went to Guanyi Pavilion, wandered around each table, and then stopped next to Zhang Yunming who was playing chess with others. He looked at it for a while, then fingered the chess randomly, and Zhang Yunming was quickly defeated. Zhang Yunming looked at Shen Zhuo with a sullen face: "What's the matter? I'm going out for a walk again."
Shen Zhuo raised his nose: "Let's go! I just want to go for a walk with you!"
The two of them left Guanyi Pavilion, rode horses all the way out of the city, and arrived at a certain place. They started to fight, covered their bodies with dust, and then lay their heads close to each other.
Shen Zhuo sighed: "You found me a good job! It made me sick all night."
Zhang Yunming laughed: "So bad? There really aren't many good ones in that mansion."
Shen Zhuo sat up and said to Zhang Yunming: "Looks like you already knew it! I found that Mr. Jia. You're really lucky! He has a reputation of restraining his wife, and he hasn't married yet. He's lewd and obscene. , with Tong Fang, he looked down on women at all, and his father still wanted to covet the dowry of the fourth princess... ""
Zhang Yunming also sat up, shook his head emotionally and said, "It's so perfect!"
Shen Zhuo said: "Exactly! This kind of person will act according to circumstances for the sake of profit, without any moral principles. Give me a beauty, attract him, let him talk to me, and we can talk about it later."
Zhang Yunming continued to laugh: "I don't have a woman to seduce him, all the maids in our mansion have to marry well, I only have a man."
Shen Zhuo suddenly pointed at the air with his finger: "That... that... your cousin's servant... the pretty one..."
Zhang Yunming said in a manly voice: "His name is Du Juan..."
Shen Zhuo shivered, and hurriedly said: "Don't talk like that, I didn't mean that!" What if his sister misunderstood him
Zhang Yunming curled his lips in disdain: Just be so careful at this time, stupid! He also thought that Shen Zhuo's younger sister, Little Plump Duck, was smarter than himself, and that stupid brother of his actually ordered clothes for the other party and helped her out... It stands to reason that the other party covets his sister, but his younger brother covets the other party's sister , this can be regarded as a tie, but Zhang Yunming always feels a loss in his heart! Can't help but sighed.
Seeing Zhang Yunming sighing, Shen Zhuo thought he was worrying about the fourth princess, so he said, "Don't worry, I will help you!"
Zhang Yunming stood up, and while dusting the dirt, he despised Shen Zhuo: "How old are you? Just come to sympathize with me?!"
Shen Zhuo also got up, slapped likewise, and said with a smile, "How do you know you're not gloating?"
Zhang Yunming narrowed his eyes: "Don't be too complacent!"
Shen Zhuo immediately acted very reasonable: "Master Zhang, I have to deal with Mr. Jia for you."
Zhang Yunming had no choice but to close his eyes, forget it, he can't help himself if he doesn't like him, now he has to work together.
A few days later, Mr. Jia from the Marquis of Changle was walking on the street when he suddenly saw a beautiful woman coming out of a powder shop twisting her waist. This woman was gorgeously dressed, with long thrush eyebrows, pink blush, and heavy makeup. At first glance, she was not a woman from a good family, but she had a gorgeous complexion and a very cold expression. She walked on a fragrant car domineeringly.
Mr. Jia was moved immediately, and hurried forward, ready to say something, when in a hurry, he bumped a person who was walking on the road to the side, and the person shouted: "Oh!" Mr. Jia hurriedly saluted: "Yes! Can't stop!" But his eyes were still looking ahead.
The woman only glanced this way when she heard the sound, then reached out to lift the curtain and got into the carriage. The carriage rumbled away, and the person who was hit by Mr. Jia also looked in that direction, and said disdainfully, "Who do you think you are, so arrogant."
When Mr. Jia heard this, he turned around and asked that person, "Do you know where that woman came from?"
The young man looked very familiar, Mr. Jia was wondering, the young man blinked vigorously: "We must have met..." Seeing that Mr. Jia hadn't remembered it, he had to remind him again: "Um, I remember we... played chess... Bar… "
Mr. Jia finally remembered: "Mr. Shen!"
Shen Zhuo also quickly "remembered": "Changle Hou Mansion... Mr. Jia!" Both sides saluted. The Crown Prince is at odds with the Zhenbeihou Mansion, who doesn't know? But Chang Lehou seldom talked about these things at home, so Mr. Jia didn't care that much. Empress Jia is no longer in the seat, and the Marquis of Changle is obviously not as powerful as the Marquis of Zhenbei. Young Master Jia doesn't want to disgrace Third Young Master Shen, let alone Third Young Master Shen knows the background of that woman.
Shen Zhuo looked melancholy: "Have we not seen each other for a long time?"
Mr. Jia smiled: "That's right, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
Shen Zhuo also smiled: "It's a pleasure to meet you."
Mr. Jia pointed in the direction of the carriage with his chin: "Mr. Shen, do you know where that girl just now is?"
Shen Zhuo said: "I saw the words 'Dechunlou' on the carriage, and I think it's from a brothel." The red cards there are very expensive, and you don't have any money anyway.
Mr. Jia was patronizing to see the beauties just now, where did he see the carriage? As soon as I heard the name, I knew that I couldn't bear it, and my face showed regret.
Shen Zhuo said "righteously indignantly" in time: "These women know to ask for money! They even look down on people!"
Young Master Jia felt that Third Young Master Shen was ridiculously naive, and said in a persuasive tone, "Little brother, you don't know! Why does that woman look down on you? It's just a means."
Shen Zhuo's expression was stunned: "Is that the case?!"
Mr. Jia touched Shen Zhuo's arm with his hand: "Of course! She looks down on you and just waits for you to abuse her. Girls like to play with these narrow-mindedness, but in fact they are all in need..." He couldn't get it, and said Just have to say something bad.
Shen Zhuo thought about what this hand touched, and he endured it for a long time before he could move his arm. He forced a smile and said, "I'm really ignorant. How about I invite Mr. Jia to have a drink and ask for advice?"
Mr. Jia laughed: "Let's go, let me tell you some ways to deal with women. The saints have said it, but women and villains are hard to raise..."
Grain is expensive, so the wine brewed with grain is naturally more expensive. Mr. Jia hasn't had a drink for a long time, and when he heard that Shen Zhuo wanted to buy wine, he was very excited. Shen Zhuo endured the pain in his stomach, and took Mr. Jia into a restaurant, ordered some food and wine, and persuaded Mr. Jia to drink. After Mr. Jia drank sweet wine, the chatterbox opened up, and he told Shen Zhuo many secrets in the backyard and how to treat women, so that after sending Mr. Jia away, Shen Zhuo leaned on the wall and vomited a lot, and returned to the mansion for a day. abdomen. Yang was so frightened that he thought he had eaten too much outside, so he called the doctor to show him.
But this time the dinner and drink greatly narrowed the distance between the two of them, so that after drinking, Mr. Jia generously invited Shen Zhuo to come to the lotus party in his mansion again and again, and Shen Zhuo "had no choice but to" agree.
When seeing Zhang Yunming again, Shen Zhuo said viciously: "You owe me, remember, you owe me a lot! I'm disgusted!"
Zhang Yunming was puzzled: "My younger brother's servant dressed as a woman shouldn't look so ugly, why is it disgusting?"
Shen Zhuo pointed to his stomach: "It's here! It's uncomfortable here! Whenever I hear that Mr. Jia talk, I feel sick to my stomach."
Zhang Yunming didn't believe it: "How could it be? Probably because you didn't eat carefully."
Shen Zhuo was angry: "Next time you go to Changle Hou Mansion, you will know after listening!"
Zhang Yunming said: "Naturally, they have already posted a post about the May Lotus Festival. Please guide me, and I will go to Changle Mansion in advance."
Shen Zhuo waved his hands and said, "I don't want to go! What if I get sick there?"
Zhang Yunming sighed slightly: "My younger sister also got a post from the Lotus Club, I actually don't want her to go."
Shen Zhuo frowned and said nothing.
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The ceremony of the four princesses and Ji is very simple. The Ministry of Rites didn't even intervene, it was the concubine of a palace director who arranged for the fourth princess.
It is reasonable to say that both parents should attend the ceremony, but the mother of the fourth princess is Concubine Jia Jing, who is in the cold palace, so she can't come even if she wants to: she can't even get out of bed now, so naturally she can't come to insert hairpins for the fourth princess. However, because of the severe spring drought and busy political affairs, the emperor didn't want to spend an hour or two attending the ceremony, so he only came and sat for a while at the beginning, bestowed a word on the fourth princess, and left after receiving the salute from the fourth princess. There is only one aunt left among the elders of the fourth princess, Mrs. Changle Hou, but the crown prince is afraid that people from Changle Hou's mansion will go to see Concubine Jia Jing, and it will be said that the fourth princess must marry into Changle Hou's mansion, so he deliberately refuses to let Changle When people from the Hou's mansion entered the palace, they only told the fourth princess that Mrs. Changle Hou was ill and could not come.
The fourth princess didn't want to marry into the Marquis of Changle, so she had no regrets if her aunt didn't come. It's just that, after the emperor left, there would be no elders at the Jiji ceremony, and the rest of the ceremony would seem meaningless. Those who stayed to watch the whole ceremony, apart from the crown prince who was worried about the court, were the concubines in the palace. The fourth princess could clearly see that these concubines did not come here wholeheartedly to congratulate her. The emperor was here, and they all looked at the emperor with bright eyes. As soon as the emperor left, they became absent-minded.
The fourth princess used to look down on those noble ladies in the capital, and didn't have any girlfriends outside the palace. As a result, at her graduation ceremony, she didn't even have a single admirer of her age.
In view of the restlessness of the audience, the concubine who was in charge of the ceremony simplified the cumbersome etiquette again and again, and soon came the hairpin insertion ceremony. For the Jiji ceremony in the palace, the queen should put the hairpin in, but now the back seat is vacant, and the person who stepped forward to put the hairpin in for the fourth princess was a young concubine whom the fourth princess didn't know, and it was Xue Guifei who was introduced. The fourth princess had also heard rumors that she was the emperor's favorite and had just been promoted to a noble concubine.
Concubine Xue Gui is only four or five years older than the fourth princess, and she actually got the role of the most honored hairpin inserter at Jiji Ceremony. Inserting the hairpin symbolizes that the fourth princess cannot get the blessing of the elders, and the fourth princess has more or less seen ridicule in the eyes of everyone.
She was very resentful in her heart, and could only tell herself over and over again that one day, she would come back and laugh at these bitches who had been locked up here all their lives!
The fourth princess now feels that she has experienced the warmth and coldness of human relations: those eunuchs and palace people always look at her with disrespect in their eyes! No matter how much she beat and scolded, she couldn't erase the sarcasm on those people's faces. They are laughing at her! Her mother used to be a queen, but now she is seriously ill in the cold palace! What a shame! This is a failure! She needs to succeed! As a woman, the most successful thing is to have a good marriage! Marry a decent husband! The husband's family is rich and dignified! She must stand up, must wash away the stain of her mother being deposed, and make everyone envious of her!
Countless times, she recalled Zhang Yunming's unrestrained smile, unrestrained posture, and luxurious clothes... She must get him! No matter what method is used, no matter what sacrifice is required, she will marry him! That was her hope, her guarantee! As long as she can get him, then she can stand up again! She will have a new life, full of confidence and happiness again, let those who look down on her see that she is better than them all!
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Zhang Yunzheng and Master Song returned to the capital one day after the fourth princess and Ji ceremony. They told Pingyuan Hou about the process, and everyone laughed. That night, Zhang Yunzheng took Zhang Yunming to the courtyard.
Shen Wen was delighted to find that he started to twitch: his body, which was as thick as the top and bottom, stretched out, his waist showed a clear curve, his chest began to hurt, and there was a small hill. Shen Wen pushed the clothes behind her, pinched her waist, and twisted at Su Wanniang: "Do you think I'm thin?"
Su Wanniang nodded and said, "I've really lost weight and grown taller."
Shen Wen said: "If someone dares to call me a pig again, I will be anxious with him!"
Su Wanniang remembered that Shen Xiang always called Shen Wen a pig, and said with a smile: "Miss likes you and calls you like someone close to me. How can anyone call someone a pig casually? If an outsider calls someone a pig, then Are you okay? They don’t work hard? Only people in the family call him that, silly pig, little pig, stupid pig, etc. are all pet names. In the past, Xiaoya did stupid things, and I always called him a pig.”
Shen Wen's heart was beating wildly, and he whispered, "I don't think he is using nicknames."
Su Wanniang thought that Shen Wen was talking about Shen Xiang, and said with a smile: "Why not? Although I don't move around much, if something happens, the eldest lady must help. The eldest lady is righteous and will definitely protect her sisters, don't you Didn't you see it?"
Shen Wen thought that Zhang Yunzheng is not a righteous person, he has done so many things for himself, how much help should he be counted as? Turning away for a while, he didn't dare to face Su Wanniang, for fear that she would see his embarrassment. Su Wanniang didn't notice, she whispered: "The material of the blue swift is really good, I've finished it, you can wear it tonight."
Shen Wen remembered that this material was also given by Zhang Yunzheng, and whispered: "How good can the material be?"
Su Wanniang clicked her tongue and said, "You don't know. The thread doesn't come loose when you cut it, but it doesn't feel heavy at all. The swallow flickered in the light, as if it could fly. It's a pity to make a night clothes It’s gone.” Without waiting for Shen Wen’s answer, Su Wanniang sighed again: “If you don’t make night clothes, you can’t do anything else. You said that this black material should be given to the elderly, right? But swifts are flying, how can the elderly wear it? Men can’t use this pattern for night clothes, it’s too light, so I have to give it to women. How many women can walk at night? You can do light work, which matches the meaning of swallows, and this material seems to be specially made for you.”
Shen Wen was terrified when he heard it, and he didn't dare to think about it any more, he just faltered and said: "How could it be? It must be a coincidence."
That night, Shen Wen put on new night clothes and went to the courtyard. All the way, he thought that Zhang Yunzheng would be coming back soon, but when he got to the courtyard, he saw the lights on in the house, his chest was jumping wildly, and he didn't dare to call the door right away. After brewing in the yard for a while, I threw the sand on the window paper.
The door opened immediately, Zhang Yunming put his hands on the door panel and said with a smile: "Long time no see, little fat duck, you look very happy."
Shen Wen pursed his lower lips, and said with a smile, "That's because you have done a good job."
Zhang Yunming raised his eyebrows: "How do you know that things are done well?"
Zhang Yunzheng said in the room: "Why didn't it work out?!"
Zhang Yunming made way for Shen Wen to enter the door, Zhang Yunming whispered next to her: "He is as proud as a little rooster now, you have to hit him!"
Zhang Yunzheng said loudly: "What are you talking about?! Are you jealous?"
Shen Wen saw Zhang Yunzheng standing beside the table with half-lidded eyes and upturned mouth, with an expression of arrogance and complacency, but she didn't want to hit him at all, so she just smiled sweetly and said, "Then tell me what's going on!" Something happened."
Hearing Shen Wen's tone, Zhang Yunzheng immediately frowned, and said to Zhang Yunming: "I'm too lazy to repeat it, you can tell her!"
Zhang Yunming told the story of the food robbery. Shen Wen was very satisfied and nodded repeatedly.
Zhang Yunzheng glanced at her and twitched the corner of his mouth.
Zhang Yunming finished talking about the robbery, and asked: "Our mansion has received an invitation from the Changle Marquis Mansion's Lotus Festival, does your mansion have a post?"
Shen Wen shook his head and said, "No, the Marquis of Changle will not invite the Marquis of Zhenbei."
Zhang Yunzheng said, "It's better not to go."
Zhang Yunming smiled and said: "It's okay, your third brother was verbally invited by Young Master Jia.
Shen Wen smiled and said to Zhang Yunming: "Looks like they should have done it in the Lotus Society, right? The Marquis of Changle is the prince's uncle's house, and they want to come and catch a turtle."
Zhang Yunzheng said to Zhang Yunming: "Brother, he called you a turtle."
Zhang Yunming squinted his eyes at Shen Wen as if aiming, Shen Wen hurriedly said: "Actually, you are much more cunning than turtles!"
Zhang Yunzheng actually laughed, and Zhang Yunming poked him: "Which side are you on?!"
Shen Wen looked at Zhang Yunming with a smile: "They are really blind, why are they arresting you? You will be bitten then."
Zhang Yunming slowly shook his head at Shen Wen: "Are you taking revenge on me? Because I called you Little Fat Duck?"
Shen Wen replied with a puzzled face: "How come? It's just because they designed you that way."
Zhang Yunzheng didn't like Shen Wen who only talked to Zhang Yunming when he came in, so he grabbed a small paper bag from the table and handed it to Shen Wen, saying: "Here you are!"
Zhang Yunming frowned, and looked at Zhang Yunzheng, but Zhang Yunzheng didn't look at him.
Shen Wen picked it up and opened it, inside was a pack of red dried fruit, Zhang Yunzheng actually brought something for himself? Shen Wen decided to cherish this kind of goodwill, so she picked up a piece, put it between the two rows of teeth, and chewed carefully, her eyebrows wrinkled involuntarily: It's so sour! After being sour, there is a slight sweetness. Like other dried fruits, it is the taste that girls like.
Zhang Yunzheng raised an eyebrow: "Do you like it?"
Shen Wen looked at Zhang Yunzheng's bright eyes staring at him, and nodded involuntarily. Zhang Yunzheng immediately snorted contemptuously: "I guess so! The local people feed this to pigs, saying that piglets grow fat after eating it..."
Zhang Yunming laughed loudly, Shen Wen suddenly blushed when he thought of Su Wanniang's words, stared at Zhang Yunzheng with round eyes, opened his mouth and said: "You bastard..." Ball? No, that sounds vulgar! Egg? Not to mention, how can a lady talk like that? She wants to be modest...
Seeing Shen Wen's tongue-tied look, Zhang Yunming "kindly" reminded: "Human! Stupid! Is this appropriate?"
Shen Wen turned to Zhang Yunming and said, "You don't need to come up with words for me!" At the same time, Zhang Yunzheng also said to him: "Don't make trouble here!"
Zhang Yunming said in surprise: "Why am I not a human anymore?"
Zhang Yunzheng said: "Of course, didn't you just say that? You are the one who will be caught!"
Zhang Yunming said angrily: "Didn't you just smear your face with mud and beat someone with a hoe? What's the big deal? You were still wiping tears in the mansion while I was loading garlic outside..."
Zhang Yunzheng punched him: "Who wiped away the tears?"
Zhang Yunming dodges: "It's you! Don't deny it! Cry and let me carry you back and forth, let me take you out to play..."
Zhang Yunzheng blushed and continued to punch: "You are talking nonsense!"
Zhang Yunming stood up and jumped back and forth, saying, "I'm not talking nonsense! You're so young and you have a bad memory?"
Shen Wen said loudly: "Stop fighting! We have work to do!"
Zhang Yunzheng stopped, his face was still a little red, Shen Wen saw that he was also ashamed, so he stopped pursuing him, went to open the door of the secret room, and said: "I have drawn a lot of pictures." She went to take out her I drew the picture for a while and put it on the case. Zhang Yunzheng frowned while flipping through the pages: "What are these?! They look like weeds!"
Shen Wen sighed: "Alright, alright, hurry up and draw clearly, it's time to start making weapons."
So Zhang Yunzheng started asking questions from the first picture. After Shen Wen decided to come back, he carefully studied the weapons of this era, and memorized the improvement of bows and crossbows and other weapons by future generations. But she is not a physicist herself, and she doesn't know any principles of mechanics, she just memorized book knowledge by rote. Asked why this is so, or if it doesn't work, how can it be replaced, she doesn't know. Zhang Yunzheng had no choice but to write down the details and questions one by one, preparing to think about it slowly or ask the craftsman in the future.
Zhang Yunming was disturbed by the upcoming Lotus Meeting, and couldn't concentrate on the detailed study of various weapons, so he just sat on the side, watching Zhang Yunzheng check the sketches with Shen Wen and take notes. The more he looked at those hideous weapons, the more he feared Shen Wen. A woman who can design so many murderous weapons, if she marries her younger brother, will she have to worry about it for the rest of her life? But now Shen Wen's design obviously needs Zhang Yunzheng to perfect it, he can't separate the two, he can only sigh.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Shen Wen put down the picture, and Zhang Yunzheng yawned big. Shen Wen knew that he had only come back not long ago, and he hadn't recovered from the fatigue of the journey, so he said: "I have explained almost all these pictures, you don't have to come here every day."
Zhang Yunzheng nodded: "Ten days, I'll come back after I finish the painting, and you talk about other things."
Zhang Yunming thought that the lotus meeting would be within ten days, so he said, "Let's meet before the lotus meeting."
Shen Wen said: "Okay, that's the penultimate night. You just need to remember that if the fourth princess goes to the Lotus Fair, the fifth princess must also go. Otherwise, don't go."
Zhang Yunming nodded, but said with some helplessness: "But what should I do..."
Shen Wen said: "I can tell you by looking at the terrain. I have been to that mansion and have an impression, but I don't know the details. I can go and have a look..."
Zhang Yunming remembered what Shen Zhuo said, and hurriedly said: "You better not go, your third brother said that the people there are dirty."
Zhang Yunzheng glanced fiercely at Shen Wen: "Why are you running around? Just stay at home!"
Zhang Yunming said: "I'll draw a topographic map, you can just point it out."
Shen Wen smiled and said: "Well, you don't have to be too nervous, it's a happy event to be lucky, hee hee." He opened the door and left.
Before Zhang Yunming could fight back, Zhang Yunzheng looked at the closed door and said, "It's not good to say goodbye!"
Zhang Yunming felt very contradictory towards Shen Wen: he didn't like such a scheming woman, but something happened, and he had to rely on others for advice, sighed: "How old is she? Do you think she is like a younger sister? She is very polite? "
Zhang Yunzheng asked: "Is my sister polite?"
Zhang Yunming recalled that Zhang Yunzheng had never been with Zhang Yunjin before, and said: "I was disciplined by my mother."
Zhang Yunzheng curled his lips: "Someday I will see and see." After speaking, he went to the next bedroom, fell on the bed, and fell asleep.
Zhang Yunming covered Zhang Yunzheng with a quilt, originally wanted to go back to the house, but seeing that Zhang Yunzheng was a sound sleeper, he decided to spend the night here as well. Before going to bed, he went to Zhang Yunzheng's bedside and whispered: "You have to be tough on that little chubby duck! Do you understand? Don't be tempted by her!" After speaking, he went to sleep on the recliner next door.
Shen Wen returned to his room, immediately stuffed the paper bag to Su Wanniang, and whispered: "Sister Wanniang, try it, this is delicious!"
Su Wanniang said eagerly: "You haven't eaten, have you? Do you have to clean your mouth again?"
While taking off his clothes, Shen Wen said, "Eh... it doesn't matter once in a while."
Su Wanniang sighed, and asked helplessly, "Did Mr. Zhang give it to you again? You are not young now, and you can't just accept other people's things."
Shen Wen answered vaguely, lying on the bed without falling asleep for a long time. She thought over and over again what Zhang Yunzheng said to her, his appearance, and couldn't figure out what he was thinking. Said he likes himself? But in his words, he always speaks ill of himself, quarrels with himself, and looks at him fiercely... Say he doesn't like himself, but he always gives him things and helps him draw pictures... Shen Wen thinks, if a person is moved, why? It also has to be affectionate and warm words, etc. Zhang Yunzheng is not right... At this time, she understood what is said in the poem, "The sun rises in the east and rains in the west, and there is no sunshine (love) but there is sunshine (love) in the Tao." What does it mean, she really doesn't want to be affectionate, she really doesn't want to ask for it... But if she can be loved... Shen Wen blushes and her heart beats, and she shakes her sweaty hands...
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In order to draw a picture of Changlehou's Mansion, Zhang Yunming asked Shen Zhuo to meet outside Changlehou's Mansion.
After meeting, Shen Zhuo said to Zhang Yunming: "Follow me, I walked there last time, I know the place well, let's go through the main hall."
Zhang Yunming agreed, and the two of them entered the Changle Marquis Mansion where there were busy crowds everywhere: in a few days it will be the Lotus Flower Festival, and there are still preparations to be made.
Shen Zhuo took Zhang Yunming to the hall of Marquis of Changle soon, and found that there was not only Marquis of Changle Jia Qing, but also a woman, who should be the wife of Marquis of Changle, the official Jia he had seen last time, and Mr. Jia who made himself sick.
Mr. Jia complained: "...she is disfigured, so ugly, and has a bad temper, Dad, I don't want to marry her!" It turned out that Mr. Jia was about to flee, and Shen Zhuo hurriedly stopped to listen.
Mrs. Changle Hou interjected: "I don't like it either! When has she ever been here without losing her temper? Treating our family members is just like treating servants, with indifferent eyebrows..."
Mr. Jia said: "I heard that the fifth princess is good-looking and has a good temper. It's better..."
Shen Zhuo felt that Zhang Yunming's body beside him suddenly froze.
Jia Qing waved his hand and said, "The fifth princess's mother, Chen Guifei, lives far to the south. She has never heard of anyone coming to the capital. She is a small family, how much money can she have? Chen Guifei is dead, can she give the fifth princess How much dowry was saved? The palace only gave out a few thousand taels of silver. But do you know how much the fourth princess’ dowry was? When my sister was the queen, I went to see her in the palace once, just in time for someone to come in and offer tribute The headdress made of turquoise from overseas, as green as a green mountain, dazzles the eye, and the edge of the headdress is full of gemstones. My sister smiled and said that she has a phoenix crown, which can’t be worn anymore, so she kept it for the fourth princess as a dowry... "
Mrs. Jia said pleasantly: "Really? Your sister has been the queen for so many years, so how many good things do you have to save!"
Jia Qing nodded and said: "A hairpin in the royal family is the food of the common people for a lifetime. There should be many treasures in her dowry." He sighed to Mr. Jia: "I know I have wronged you, but last year, the Zhuangzi confiscated it. Bring a few grains of grain. Famine is raging everywhere now, and grain is so expensive. In our house, there are a large family, old and young, with hundreds of people. Just buying grain has already used up all of our money. Are you married? She, our house can still take a breath."
Mr. Jia still looked very depressed, and the official Jia advised: "It's just a woman. When you get married, you can stay with her for a few days if you like it. If you don't like it, just put her aside and ignore her! You can get a large dowry. You can still be called a son-in-law, maybe there will be a name in the history books in the future, what's wrong?"
Mr. Jia finally got a little happy: "Is it still famous in the history?"
Jia Qing said: "Of course! After you marry her, the name of the princess in the palace must be named after you!"
Jia Daguan said: "Everyone has to salute when they see you!"
Mr. Jia smiled slightly, and Chang Lehou lowered his voice: "That day, you looked at the opportunity, pretended to be drunk, and hugged her for a while, you'd better tear off her clothes! The more people you see, the better."
Mr. Jia was a little nervous: "Prince, will you..."
Jia Qing smiled: "What will happen? Don't let his sister marry? Who else can the fourth princess marry? I'm wondering, what is he wondering about? He thinks that the fourth princess is a sweet pastry, who wants it? Let's The government wanted to marry her, but it did him a great favor!"
Mr. Jia was still hesitant, Jia Qing said: "Take a few more people with you, and when the time comes, get rid of the people next to the fourth princess. When you look for a scapegoat in the future, you will say that the servants pushed you. You didn't mean it." .”
Mr. Jia finally nodded, Shen Zhuo pulled Zhang Yunming, and the two of them left quickly, passing by Mr. Jia's yard, they heard a woman say: "You have been crying to Mr. for several days, do you think Mr. can push the fourth princess away? "It should be, the young master promised me..."
Shen Zhuo didn't want to listen anymore, and led Zhang Yunming to the small lake in Changlehou's mansion.
The capital draws water from two rivers across the city, and the Marquis of Changle dug a hole on a branch of a small river to form a lake, and then built a mansion around the lake. At the beginning, Empress Jia was very favored by the emperor, so the emperor gave this beautiful mansion to her elder brother Changlehou.
Shen Zhuo and Zhang Yunming walked around the small lake. Although it was the dry season, the small river flowing through the capital was not dry, so the small lake in Changle Hou Mansion was still full of water. The lotus in the lake has closed its petals, but the fragrance is far away. Shen Zhuo sighed softly: "It's really ruining such a good place."
Zhang Yunming said in a low voice: "I also think those people are really disgusting."
Shen Zhuo whispered: "It's not that the family still doesn't enter the family. If the fourth princess marries into that mansion, they are quite a good match."
Zhang Yunming was silent for a moment, as if suppressing his anger, he said: "That day you will be with Mr. Jia."
Shen Zhuo said: "Don't worry, I will definitely help you block the fourth princess."
The two left Changlehou's mansion together, and after saying goodbye, Shen Zhuo returned to the mansion.
The next day, Zhang Yunming and Zhang Yunzheng arrived at the courtyard.
When I got there, the windows were lit. As soon as Zhang Yunming touched the door, it opened. Shen Wen sat at the table inside, resting his chin in his hands, as lazy as a cat, looking as if he was in deep thought.
Zhang Yunzheng frowned: "Why didn't you lock the door? What if it wasn't us who came?"
Shen Wen said weakly: "I heard the footsteps of you two a minute ago." Now she didn't know how to face Zhang Yunzheng, so she could only keep a low profile.
Zhang Yunming said: "You can actually hear..."
Zhang Yunzheng interrupted Zhang Yunming: "Take out the picture! I want to go to bed early!"
Zhang Yunming rolled his eyes at Zhang Yunzheng, took out the map of Changle Hou Mansion from his sleeve, and spread it on the table. Then he recounted what he heard in Changle Hou's mansion at night.
Shen Wen looked at the picture and nodded: "What are you going to do that day?"
Zhang Yunming said: "It's what you said about misfortune. Ask your third brother to lead Mr. Jia to the vicinity of the fourth princess. Don't let her approach me."
Shen Wen raised his eyes and asked, "Are you sure about the fifth princess?"
Zhang Yunming nodded and said, "I asked my sister to write a post for her, and she said she would go."
Shen Wen smirked: "Then why don't you use the stiff Li Daitao I mentioned?"
Zhang Yunming was a little embarrassed: "How to use it? I can't do things like Mr. Jia."
Shen Wen stared at him: "I'll give you a chance to see if she cares about you, what are you doing?"
Zhang Yunming looked away and looked at the picture on the table.
Zhang Yunzheng pushed Zhang Yunming impatiently: "Why are you so sticky?" He lifted his chin to Shen Wen and ordered: "Speak out!"
Shen Wen didn't argue, and said: "Since it's the Lotus Club, everyone must go to the water's edge. Tell me where the water comes from and where it flows."
Zhang Yunming pointed to the direction of flow, and Shen Wen pointed to a place: "This is a bridge?" Zhang Yunming nodded, and said, "It's a wooden bridge." Shen Wen nodded, and pointed to another place: "What's here? A stone to sit on? Boothes?"
Zhang Yunming thought about it, "There is a water pavilion."
Shen Wen smiled: "Great, tomorrow, you will be like this..."
Shen Wen whispered his opinion, Zhang Yunming listened without comment, but in the end, the scholar's fair skin finally turned red, Zhang Yunzheng also laughed, Zhang Yunming said: "You are not allowed to go!" He reads jokes.
Zhang Yunzheng snorted: "Who wants to go to that kind of place? I'm very busy!"
Shen Wen knew that Zhang Yunming was probably fully prepared to deal with the Lotus Club now, and when he saw Zhang Yunzheng, he felt a little hot, and he was embarrassed to stay longer, so he said a few more words and left.
On the night before the flower festival, the crown prince was also giving his final instructions to his staff: "Are all the arrangements for tomorrow?"
One of the aides said: "It is arranged. Our people will surround Mr. Zhang to see the lotus. This is the lotus meeting. Why can't he say that he can't go to the water's edge? Once he reaches the water's edge, he will walk with the fourth princess." On the opposite side, there are more than 50 people from us on both sides, squeezing him, not allowing him to turn around and run away. Then they will push him in front of the fourth princess, no matter whether he touches the fourth princess or not, they will say that he is indecent The fourth princess. It’s fine if he admits it. If he denies it, we will call people from other prefectures to judge. There will be a handkerchief of the fourth princess by his side, indicating that he is interested in the fourth princess. If he still refuses to admit it in every possible way, everyone will Surrounded him out of the mansion, went to Pingyuanhou's mansion, and told the people in the capital along the street that the eldest son of Pingyuanhou had a lust for the fourth princess and did it in public..."
The prince frowned and said, "It must be foolproof?"
The aide said: "It was just that there was a mistake at the time. He didn't move forward anyway, so the fourth princess jumped into the water: the water on the shore is shallow, and it will only wet his calves. If he doesn't save him, our people will push him down. He was in the water with the fourth princess, let everyone come and see, and said that he saved the fourth princess, and everyone will know what happened."
The crown prince nodded slowly, and the staff said again: "Fourth princess, the palace servants and grandmothers have also reached an agreement."
The prince said coldly: "Don't make any mistakes this time, otherwise..."
Several staff members nodded cautiously. After leaving the East Palace, they carefully thought of several remedial methods to ensure that Mr. Zhang could be captured tomorrow!
The fourth princess didn't rest much that night. When she thought that tomorrow she could get the young man whom she had been thinking about these days, she felt bursts of joy. When the Changle Hou Mansion was completed, he immediately went to the hall to cry, but he should not be too wronged, lest his father behead him in a fit of anger. You have to be both indignant and willing to forgive, and hope that the emperor will be merciful and allow you to form a happy relationship with Mr. Zhang... Thinking of this, the fourth princess couldn't help laughing on the bed, and laughed a few times.