In the following period, the Su Mansion became lively. The fourth house was busy preparing the dowry for Su Hualan to bring into the palace. Although the palace had rules on quantity, the fourth house strived not to be sloppy in terms of quality, especially the dignified prince's house. To the house of the Minister of Rites.
Sanfang was busy exchanging Geng Tie, asking for names, and Najib with the Zhenguo government. The Zhenguo government had the intention of getting married before Sanfang returned to Beijing. Although the Su family directly asked the queen to issue an order without consulting them. I was a little dissatisfied, but at least my goal was achieved, and I was very happy because I was going to be my in-laws soon.
Su Ningxin, on the other hand, has been staying in the courtyard and has never even gone out in disguise. The Hou Mansion is heavily guarded and her courtyard is close to the middle, so there is really no advantage for her to run out.
Secondly, there are quite a few people who know her in the capital. Especially two years before the emperor ascended the throne, she often brought gifts to win over the ministers. Now most of the courtiers can talk to her.
What's more, as a domineering concubine, she still has a strong sense of presence in the circle of ladies and ladies in the capital. In fact, even the eldest lady in the mansion has met her several times before, but she is older. Wearing a veil part of the time.
Even if the eldest lady occasionally saw Su Ningxin's appearance, she didn't think about it. Su Ningxin didn't wear heavy makeup, and her expression was completely different from before, so the eldest lady didn't recognize her.
Su Ningxin's original intention was not to cause more trouble. Although she was holding back the pain, she could still accept the thought of suffering this momentary grievance in exchange for a lifetime of freedom and carelessness.
But just because she doesn't cause trouble doesn't mean that there won't be any misfortunes. That day, Su Ningxin turned off the lights and was about to go to bed when there was a noise outside. It didn't take long for Su Ningxin to be quarreled. A servant came to report that her ancestor was gone. .
Su Ningxin didn't feel much about the death of her ancestor. After all, she wasn't familiar with him, and he wasn't her real great-granddaughter. Naturally, she wouldn't be sad. Moreover, seeing her ancestor paralyzed in bed after a stroke, Su Ningxin Instead, she felt that death might be a relief for her.
After being called out, Su Ningxin put on white mourning clothes and took her two maids to kneel in the main hall. She felt a bit resentful in her heart. She felt that if she had to kneel like this all night, she would definitely have more dark circles than the queen. serious.
The next day, Anjun Prince’s Mansion.
Chu Jihan got up early in the morning to box. After taking a shower and having breakfast, he changed into the clothes of a playboy and planned to wait for his friends to come and play with him. The project for a few days should be a cockfighting competition.
But Chu Jihan waited for a long time and no one came. He couldn't help but ask Lian Sheng, who had taken off his disguise, "Lian Sheng, why no one comes to see me? They won't forget me, right?"
"Probably not." Lian Sheng answered honestly.
Chu Jihan gritted his teeth and said harsh words, "If they dare to leave me behind and run to fight cocks, I will skin them off."
It didn't take long for Chu Jihan to find out the reason why they didn't come. It turned out that the ancestors of the Xuanning Hou Mansion had passed away. They all wanted to go to mourn with their families, so they could only send a servant to inform him.
Anjun Prince's Mansion did not receive any news. It is probably because no one from Anjun Prince's Mansion has been in the capital. Not long after he came here, many people did not know that he came to the capital. It is estimated that Xuanning Hou's Mansion was also in chaos at this time. Group, they forgot about Anjun Prince’s Mansion.
"Let's also go to the Hou Mansion to have a look." After saying that, Chu Jihan got up and walked out, but stopped after taking a few steps and said to himself, "The eldest girl of the Su family will definitely not recognize me in my current state. , there’s not even a post, I guess I can’t even get into the Hou Mansion.”
Lian Sheng also nodded, "There must be many people going to the Hou Mansion to pay their respects now. No one will be allowed in the Hou Mansion without a post."
Chu Jihan's face was a little frustrated, and he turned around and sat back on the stool. In fact, he also knew that as a county prince, there was no reason to block people from the Houfu even if there was no post about it, but what could he do if he went to the Houfu? Woolen cloth
Wanting to reminisce about the past, Su Ningxin didn't know him at all, and he didn't know how to face Su Ningxin. Shen Qing died to save him, and he felt guilty after all.
Chu Jihan felt upset and couldn't take in the news coming from all over the study, so he danced with the sword in the yard again. Just dancing with the sword couldn't calm his mind. For a while, he was discussing with Shen Qing at the Chamber of Commerce. The scene was Su Ningxin's hair-raising ceremony.
The moves in his hand became more and more fierce. Suddenly, Chu Jihan suddenly put away his sword. He seemed to have thought of something and stood in the yard blankly.
Then Chu Jihan threw the sword forward and inserted the sword into the scabbard. Chu Jihan strode back to the room and started rummaging in the closet.
Lian Sheng, who was following, couldn't help but ask, "Master, what are you looking for?"
Chu Jihan stopped what he was doing and glanced at Liansheng. He remembered that Liansheng kept his things. He should know, "Do you remember there are two handkerchiefs? One was brought back when I first arrived at Xingyuan Mansion. Yes, one of them belongs to Shen Qing, I borrowed it and forgot to return it, where did you put it?"
Lian Sheng thought for a while and said, "I saw him packing his luggage when he came back. It seemed like he had just put it in the bag."
As Lian Sheng said that, he went past Chu Jihan to look for the baggage in the closet. He found it soon, took out two square handkerchiefs and handed them to Chu Jihan. When he handed them over, he couldn't help but said, "These two The fabrics of square handkerchiefs are of excellent quality, even the satin weaved in the south of the Yangtze River cannot compare with it."
Chu Jihan took the two handkerchiefs and couldn't wait to compare them together. The colors of the two handkerchiefs were different, but as Lian Sheng said, the materials were obviously the same, and looking at the embroidery stitches on the handkerchiefs, It was clearly written by one person.
Chu Jihan remained silent and held the handkerchief tightly in his hand. Although things like handkerchiefs would not ruin your reputation if someone took them away, usually a girl's family would take them very seriously. Will give it away easily.
He got this handkerchief because the situation was urgent and Su Ningxin had no time to take care of it. Isn't it the same reason why Shen Qing had Su Ningxin's handkerchief? That's too much of a coincidence.
If it wasn't a coincidence, then Miss Su herself gave the veil to Shen Qing. Thinking of Shen Qing's protection of Su Ningxin, it is not difficult to guess that they may have been in love for a long time. At that time, during the wedding ceremony The person that the concubine of the Su family wanted to identify was probably Shen Qing, but by some strange combination of circumstances, she found the wrong person and turned into herself.
Although he had already made such a guess, he was suddenly convinced that Chu Jihan still felt mixed feelings in his heart. Although he tried his best to avoid it and did not want to face it, he could not deceive himself. He had a good impression of Su Ningxin.
If Su Ning had a lover, he would just keep this feeling in his heart, but her lover still passed away;
Su Ningxin has no lover now. It is a good thing for him to give him a chance, but the lover who passed away was his good friend and his savior. Now Chu Jihan doesn't know what to do with himself. alright.
(End of chapter)