Shen Miao was slightly startled, then raised her eyes to look at Xie Jing Xing. Xie Jing Xing was like no one in Ming Qi, and he was extremely familiar. He was of course familiar with it. He had lived in Dingjing since he was a child, and he knew every part of Dingjing. With the fact that there was a store with news about the business like Fengxian Pawnshop, Xie Jingxing's eyes and ears might even be inferior to Fu Xiuyi. Raise more.
What he wants to know, he naturally knows what.
“What does this have to do with you?” Shen Miao said angrily, “His Royal Highness Prince Rui still has time to worry about other people’s housework?”
“Housework?” Xie Jing Xing raised his eyebrows and seemed to think the word was quite good, “You seem to be very afraid of women with the surname Chang.”
A trace of coldness flashed in Shen Miao's eyes, she said, "A relative who has defected, what is there to be afraid of."
“No.” Xie Jing Xing touched her chin and glanced at her, then suddenly leaned over and stared at Shen Miao’s eyes carefully, he did not feel inappropriate at all to be so close, he pondered for a while and said, “From Liuzhou Woman, you have never been to Liuzhou, why do you seem to know her well?"
Shen Miao raised her eyes suddenly, and when she raised her eyes like this, she met Xie Jing Xing's eyes. The young man's face was as captivating as ever, but the sharpest blade was hidden in Taohua's eyes. He said, "The same is true for Princess Ming An. You have never been to Qin, but you have a lot of resentment against her."
Shen Miao still did not speak, it was clearly a somewhat ambiguous gesture of closeness, but her eyes gradually became cold.
"You have lived in Dingjing since you were a child. The farthest place you have been to is Xiaochun City. You haven't set foot in Xiaochun City for two years. It's impossible to go to Liuzhou, and it's impossible to see the princess of Qin." His voice came from the night. It floats here, with the faint coolness of early winter, almost immersing in people's hearts.
“What do you want to say?” Shen Miao looked at him.
He spoke in a low voice, his voice was elegant and mellow, sultry but heart-pounding. He said, "Are you Shen Miao?"
For a moment, a layer of thin pimples appeared all over Shen Miao's body. It was as if a thin, icy wind was pouring down from the top of the head, making people cold in an instant. She has seen many people, relying on the experience of being a queen in her previous life, those people are just face after face in front of her, with white and red faces, but only this cynical-looking purple-robed youth in front of her is a living people.
Because it is not clear what kind of face is under the mask.
Shen Miao's impression of Xie Jing Xing was that in her past life she was just a handsome young man who died young, but in this life she learned that he was unfathomable, but now she feels more and more terrifying. What she did was indeed suspicious, but Xie Jing doubted whether she was Shen Miao.
She is not Shen Miao, she is Empress Shen. Xie Jing Xing dared to think, and what he thought was somewhat close to the truth. The discomfort that could almost be spied out the secret made Shen Miao panic for a moment. But she didn't do anything, just stared at Xie Jing Xing's face and finally laughed lightly.
She often smiled, with a dignified, gentle smile as if she didn't care about anything. When facing Xie Jing Xing, most of them were innuendo and sneer. Today's smile seems to be a magnolia flower that blooms at night, with a faint fragrance, and it rushes over with a completely harmless fragrance.
But that smile was only for a brief moment. Very quickly, she turned cold and said, "In the world, not everyone is like His Royal Highness Prince Rui."
Xie Jing Xing's playful smile faltered slightly.
Whether Shen Miao is Shen Miao or not, Xie Jing Xing is no longer Xie Jing Xing after all. Marquis Xie of the Marquis of Lin'an Mansion has now become Prince Rui, is he alone? Maybe others thought it was strange, after all Xie Jing Xing had nothing to do with Great Liang in the past.
“You are not willing to suffer at all.” Xie Jing Xing stood up straight, his eyes closed with deep meaning, he said with a smile but not a smile, “It should still be Shen Miao.” He seemed to be sighing to himself, and he seemed to be speaking to Shen Miao, Said: "So many secrets, it sounds really laborious."
“Why does Prince Rui hold on to me?” Shen Miao looked at him, “Whether I have a secret or not, it has nothing to do with you, Prince Rui.”
“Unfortunately, I am interested in your secrets.” Xie Jing Xing said leisurely, “Besides, I thought about it, it seems that you are the only person who can be trusted in Ming Qi.”
Shen Miao did not get angry but smiled, "Prince Rui is forgetful, isn't there Su Mingfeng and Princess Rongxin?"
Xie Jing Xing smiled, “No one told you, so don’t mention the past.”
I don't know why, under the lights, the smile on his lips was clearly still elegant, but it seemed a little lonely.
But in the blink of an eye, Xie Jing Xing looked at her and said, "How are you going to deal with Chang Zaiqing? If you beg this king, this king can help you."
Shen Miao said with an expressionless face, "I just ask Prince Rui not to interfere in this matter."
“It seems that you have already decided what to do.” Xie Jing Xing raised his eyebrows, “It’s really amazing.”
Shen Miao lowered her eyes, only to hear Xie Jing Xing say again, "Princess Qin will not give up."
“You don’t need to remind me to know.” Shen Miao glared at him fiercely, “I would like to thank Prince Rui for 'helping me out' today.”
With Princess Ming An's jealous temperament, she appeared to be quite obsessed with Xie Jing Xing, seeing that Xie Jing Xing favored Shen Miao, she would definitely vent her anger on Shen Miao.
“She is not your opponent.” Xie Jing Xing naturally reached out and rubbed Shen Miao’s head, she was thrown away by Shen Miao and looked at his fingers regretfully.
Shen Miao did not want to speak, Princess Ming An had no brains at all and she was not worried at all, the most important thing was Huangfu Hao of Qin. In fact, this time Huangfu Hao and Princess Ming An came to Qin for the purpose of forming an alliance with Ming Qi. Ming Qi was in a hurry and wanted to make friends with Qin, because there was a great Liang who was eyeing him.
No matter what, Fu Xiuyi and Huangfu Hao couldn't get mixed up. How to break the tacit alliance between the two countries naturally took effort. Shen Miao's eyes involuntarily fell on Xie Jing Xing, what kind of move did Great Liang play in this chess game of competition? she does not know.
She died too early, so she didn't know what kind of scene Xie Jing Xing was in when her previous life was at the end? Thinking about it, he didn't die in battle, but Jin Chan escaped and returned to Great Liang to be his Royal Highness Prince Rui.
Xie Jing Xing noticed her gaze, smiled and said, "What do you suspect?"
Shen Miao looked at him fixedly: "When does Prince Rui plan to return to Great Liang?"
“I can’t bear it?” Xie Jing Xing glanced at her with a smile and looked out the window: “Don’t worry, I won’t leave for the time being.” He said, “The trick between Huangfu Hao and King Ding, this king also really wants to see the end.”
Shen Miao's heart moved and Xie Jing Xing said, "Don't you also want to see it?"
“I don’t understand what Prince Rui said.” Shen Miao was duplicitous.
Xie Jing Xing bent down and picked up the black cloak on the ground, the top of the cloak was soaked in the pool water, it was wet, and it was thrown into a wad of wrinkled, his face stiffened for a moment, then he said casually, “Shen Miao , you and I are the same kind of person."
"His Royal Highness is noble and noble, and ministers and women are like dust, I dare not compare them."
"Being arrogant." The purple-robed youth curled his lips and said, "Just like this king, you are born to be a superior person."
Until there was no more figure of that person in the room, the candle flame seemed to gradually cool down, Shen Miao was still sitting at the table, the words of Xie Jing Xing before leaving made her mind unable to calm down for a long time.
Like this king, he was born to be a superior man.
Could it be that Xie Jing Xing discovered something? But it was impossible, she thought carefully about the intersection between her previous life and Xie Jing Xing, there was no intersection at all, she never said a word. Shen Miao thought and thought, and suddenly realized that too much time was wasted on this matter, thinking that Xie Jing Xing had disrupted her life inexplicably, a surge of anger arose in her heart.
But it was said that in Prince Rui's mansion at the other end, when Xie Jing Xing returned to the house, the room he slept in almost kept pace with the exquisite bedroom. He threw away the cloak in his hand, wiped his hands with a silk cloth, and threw out a mass of white things from the corner, fluttering and biting at the black cloak, shaking his head with joy.
Xie Jing Xing watched the hairball play with the cloak for a while before lifting it up from the ground.
"What virtue?" He looked disgusted.
The white tiger cub sneezed, and wrapped its paws around Xie Jing Xing's collar, Xie Jing Xing threw it into the nest beside the bed with an expressionless face.
"Tie Yi." Xie Jing Xing said.
A black figure swept in from outside: "What's the master's order?"
Xie Jing Xing pointed to the big cloak on the ground. Tie Yi twitched the corners of his mouth. It was a big cloak made of black lion hair. It is hard to find a thousand dollars. The only black lion hair cloak in the treasure house of Great Liang was so spoiled? Tie Yi wanted to shed tears of sympathy for Emperor Yong Le.
“Take it out and throw it away.” Xie Jing Xing started to undress.
Tieyimu picked up the cloak dumbly and said yes. Everyone knew that Prince Rui was the most clean and could not be touched by ordinary people, this big cloak was ravaged and turned into this look, thinking that Xie Jing Xing would not want it. And no one dared to secretly keep what Prince Rui had worn, and Tie Yi seemed to see the silver rushing away.
Fang walked to the door, but heard Xie Jing Xing say, "Wait."
Tie Yi turned his head, Xie Jing Xing hesitated for a while, then frowned, “Forget it, clean it up and put it away.”
Tie Yi was stunned for a moment, then nodded happily, holding the cloak and quickly went out the door. The face is full of relief, okay, the master finally knows not to be arrogant and extravagant, this is the best way to support the future of the entire Great Liang.
…
Ding capital ushered in the first snow of this winter.
The snow grains rustled all over the ground, and the snow-white snow-white was really cute. In the winter, the women on the street began to change into jackets and skirts embroidered with various patterns, and all kinds of fluffy cloaks and cloaks were closed, which was extremely elegant. In such a snowy day, holding an oil-paper umbrella and walking alone, if your face is like a hibiscus, you will feel more elegant.
In the west courtyard of the Shen residence, someone stood in front of the courtyard and looked at Feixue outside.
"Miss Qing also doesn't go into the house to sit, so when you are outside, carefully catch a cold. Dingjing is not as warm as Liuzhou, and the wind in winter is very cold." Ruyi Hundred Birds skirt, curling gracefully, with a bun facing Yue, if you look at it from a distance, you will think it is a 28 girl from a certain family. This person is Chen Rouqiu.
The person standing by the yard turned his head, and the simple Xueqing Bixia long dress was also elegant and moving. Chang Zaiqing smiled and said, "It rarely snows in Liuzhou, and it's rare to see it several times in a winter. The snow in Dingjing is so lovely, I just wanted to take a look."
Chen Rouqiu smiled: "appreciating the snow and discussing wine is an elegant thing, the young lady is really elegant." She said, "If the young lady always stays in Dingjing in the future, after seeing it a few times, it will not be very rare. Come on down, it's cold."
Chang Zaiqing but smiling. Both of her are weak and elegant, and they seem to be ladies from a scholarly family. Their every move is pleasing to the eye, like a pair of sisters. Chen Rouqiu took Chang Zaiqing's hand: "No matter how much Miss Qing likes this snow, she doesn't want to stay in this yard for a long time to avoid getting cold. There is a heater in the room, so let's sit in the room. "
Chang Zaiqing did not refuse, and the two entered the room hand in hand. After entering the house, the maid served the two of them with boiled hot tea.
Chen Rou Qiu took the tea and took a sip, then looked at Chang Zai Qing with a smile: "I originally thought that when our Shen family arrived here, we still have a few sisters to share with me the subtlety of the tea ceremony, but I haven't been able to find it, and now you are here. , I am very happy."
"The third lady loves you." Chang Zaiqing also smiled.
"Young girl has a lovable temperament and anyone will like it." Chen Rouqiu said, "As soon as I met you, I knew that you are a smart and elegant person. You and I said that you were so in tune with me, but I didn't know you were with me a few days ago. What did the sister-in-law say?" After a pause, Chen Rou Qiu sighed again, "My sister-in-law comes from the general door, so she doesn't understand these tea ceremonies or anything, but she is a good person with a straightforward heart, I wonder if it scare you?"
This is the meaning of some temptation. Chang Zaiqing rubbed the tea lid lightly, and answered with a low eyebrow, "The eldest lady is very nice, and she told me a lot of interesting things that I had never heard of before. Grateful."
"I knew it." Chen Rouqiu nodded, "You are so sensible and sensible, and sister-in-law is frank and straightforward, so naturally you can get along well... Miss Qing, has you ever met your elder brother?"
Chang Zaiqing shook his head: "It was too late that day, and General Shen hadn't returned to the mansion, so I came back first, thinking that it would not be too late to visit another day."
Chen Rouqiu smiled deeper: "It's better to visit another day, after all, we're all a family, and now they all live in Dingjing, they're close, and it's very convenient to do anything."
As he was talking, he saw a maid came in with a post, and when he saw Chen Rouqiu was there, he first gave Chen Rouqiu a salute, then handed the post to Chang Zaiqing and said, "Girl, this is from the concierge. post."
Chen Rou Qiu's eyes flickered and she said with a smile, "Miss Qing has only come to Dingjing, but she has already made good friends? I made a post invitation like this, I don't know which family it is?"
Chang Zaiqing opened the post and took a look at it, then smiled: "The third lady is wrong. The only people I know in the Ding capital are people from the Shen residence. How can I ever have friends. This post was written by Mrs. Shen."
"Sister-in-law?" Chen Rouqiu was taken aback for a moment, and looked at Chang Zaiqing with a little more surprise, "It seems that sis-in-law likes you very much. When sister-in-law lived in the mansion, it was very rare for her to post messages to people." After saying that, he seemed very happy for Chang Zaiqing: "It seems that you two really hit it off right away, and I feel a little jealous in my heart."
Chang Zaiqing smiled: "The third lady made fun of me again."
"The date of this post is today." Chen Rouqiu followed Chang Zaiqing's post and said in surprise, "Miss Qing, why don't you go and have a look now?"
"Right now... I'm afraid it's too early." Chang Zaiqing hesitated.
Chen Rouqiu smiled and patted her hand: "What are you doing so shy? If you know that we are all in the same family, you can just treat it as a follower. Besides, with your sister-in-law's temperament, you push and pull coy like this, but it makes her feel It’s not refreshing, and I’m not happy in my heart, so why make people misunderstood?”
Chang Zaiqing looked at the post, Chen Rouqiu continued, "Actually, I'll tell you the truth, I'm also a little selfish. I think if you get along well with your sister-in-law, it will be much easier for you to explain misunderstandings with your brother and sister-in-law in the future. ... I have to rely on you." Then he sighed.
"Third madam, please don't say that." Chang Zaiqing said hurriedly, "I am grateful to Qing for keeping the Shen family in Qing. Besides, I met Mrs. Shen a few days ago. She is an open-minded person, so it was just a misunderstanding. I will go. If I have the chance, I will help explain it. The third lady doesn't need to mention that I will do the same. "
Chen Rouqiu was very relieved to hear this: "I knew you were a reasonable person." When she spoke, she took off a bracelet from her hand and put it on Chang Zaiqing's hand. Chang Zaiqing wanted to refuse, but Chen Rouqiu held her hand , Chen Rouqiu said, "This bracelet is not worth a lot of silver, it's just better than the small workmanship, I know you are not greedy for money, and you won't accept it if you give it to the precious. If you keep this bracelet, maybe the big brother is there today. As for the mansion, it's not wrong to dress up to meet your elder brother and elder sister-in-law, and you can't make people look down on the Chang family, right? Don't think about yourself, but also think about the Chang family."
These remarks came from the bottom of my heart, and every word was for Chang Zaiqing. Chang Zaiqing didn't refuse any more, just said: "The third lady is kind to Zai Qing, and Zai Qing will remember it in her heart."
"What are you talking about, it's all a family." Chen Rou Qiu stood up and looked outside, "Miss Qing tidy up first, so I won't disturb you. Before the snow falls, I can go out early in the evening. ." She instructed the two maids who were serving Chang Zaiqing again, and then Shi Shiran went out.
After Chen Rouqiu left, Mama Zhao put away Chang Zaiqing's post and said, "Miss is really going to see that Mrs. Shen in the Shen residence?"
"See." As soon as Chen Rouqiu left, Chang Zaiqing's smile faded. Although it was still gentle and elegant, it seemed like a different person, not as sincere as before.
"That Mrs. Shen..." Mama Zhao hesitated.
"He's a good person." Chang Zaiqing sat at the table, opened a small box of rouge, and sipped it between his lips. The color of the rouge was extremely light, and such a light layer was like a light pink that came out from the lips. More and more graceful.
"Good man, this old slave can rest assured now." Mama Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yeah," Chang Zaiqing took a selfie in the mirror, but he didn't know whether he was saying to himself or to others, "I'm relieved too."
Outside, Chen Rouqiu returned to the Qiushui Garden, put the heater in her hand, but turned her head to meet Shen Yue.
"Mother," Shen Yue said, "Why do you keep running to the Changqing courtyard these days? After looking for you several times, you disappeared."
"What do you want me to do?" Chen Rouqiu stroked Shen Yue's head, Shen Yue was getting older, although she was beautiful, but her vision was so high, it would be a problem to keep it alone, and she couldn't just leave it alone to be an old girl. Chen Rou Qiu knew that her daughter was in love with King Ding, but now how could she have Shen Yue marry Fu Xiu Yi? Shen Yue must be unwilling to be a concubine. Shen Wan had been angry with Chen Rouqiu several times because of Shen Yue's marriage, Chen Rouqiu felt sorry for her daughter, and Chen Rouqiu had tried to reject the high-class disciples Shen Wan found.
"The new clothes patterns in the embroidery workshop," Shen Yue said, "I want you to see which one looks good?"
Looking at her flower-like daughter, Chen Rouqiu felt a headache in her heart, she said, "What's the use of these flower appearances, you are already very beautiful. If you have the time to manage these things, you might as well learn from the person from the Western Academy."
"Western courtyard?" Shen Yue wondered: "Mother is talking about that Chang Zaiqing? What can she learn?"
Chen Rouqiu shook her head: "There is a lot to learn. If you have three points of her ability, I will be relieved."
Who is Luo Xueyan? Although he treats people warmly, he definitely doesn't have the temperament to post to people once he's seen them. It was the first time that Chen Rouqiu and Luo Xueyan had been a concubine for so many years that they could not wait to invite each other. Chen Rouqiu knew that Chang Zaiqing was comforting and could not give rise to hostility, but the fact that she could make Luo Xueyan close in this way was beyond her expectations.
However, this was always a good thing for Chen Rou Qiu.
She nodded Shen Yue's forehead, hating that iron is not steel: "In short, you can learn more from her in the future, it will be more useful than looking at the pattern of clothes."
… .
In the Shen residence, Gu Yu brushed Shen Miao’s hair and said, “Miss, just using Madam’s name to post to that Miss Chang family, if Madam finds out, will there be an accident?”
“What does it have to do with using my mother’s name and using my name?” Shen Miao said lightly, “It’s all a family after all.”
"But why doesn't the girl use her own name?" Jing Zhe was wiping the table on the side, curious to hear that. Shen Miao stole Luo Xueyan's seal and sent a message to the Shen residence, causing all the maids in the house to drop their jaws in shock. If she pretended to be Luo Xueyan to do other things, it would be fine, pretended to be Luo Xueyan to invite a young lady who was not so close... . I always feel a little bit of a big deal.
"I have no friendship with her, and for no reason, I asked her to do something."
Jing Zhe and Gu Yu looked at each other, not knowing how to respond. Yes, there is no friendship between Shen Miao and Chang Zaiqing, is it worth stealing Luo Xueyan's seal and posting to Chang Zaiqing? When he visited Qinglai on a daily basis, he did not see how happy Shen Miao was.
Shen Miao lowered her eyes, Luo Xueyan was away today, so it would be better to post earlier, this lady of the Chang family, she would have to meet alone for a while. Luo Tan was dismissed early in the morning and there was only Shen Miao in the entire residence who could make the decision.
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a servant outside to announce that it was Miss Chang's arrival.
"So fast?" Jing Zhe was a little surprised.
Shen Miao smiled slightly, those who ask for something naturally cannot hide their ambitions no matter what. She couldn't see clearly in the past because she was in the bureau and didn't care much about everything about the Shen family. Now it's not what it used to be, but she would like to see how profound is Chang Zaiqing's Taoism
Chang Zaiqing was greeted by the servant and waited in the main hall of the Shen residence. The maid brought hot tea, and she calmly looked at the Shen residence.
The Shen mansion is different from the Shen mansion. Because the Shen mansion is the mansion of the old general, Feng Shui is quite particular, and the habits of the old lady Shen are a bit gorgeous. And the Shen residence was probably because Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan were both martial arts practitioners. Although the ornaments placed are simple, for some reason, there is a dignified and dignified feeling. When Chang Zaiqing first came here, he didn't look at it carefully, but at this moment, he felt that there was a thin layer of sweat all over his body for some reason. , It seems that when you arrive at this place, the whole person will involuntarily become upright and sit up.
The maids all cleaned up by themselves, and no one spoke to her. Chang Zaiqing had always had good manners, and there was no reason to urge her. Until the tea was cold, there was no movement from outside. Chang Zaiqing grabbed a maid and asked why Luo Xueyan hadn't come out yet, but what happened
The maid was also smiling, with a respectful and courteous attitude, and said to ask, but she disappeared when she turned her head, and she didn't know what was going on. This happened several times in a row, and Chang Zaiqing couldn't sit still. The first time she saw Luo Xueyan, she also felt the other person's temperament.
For the first time, Chang Zaiqing felt a little unsure in his heart. The servants who came and went seemed to be looking at her, but they didn't seem to be looking at her. She finally couldn't sit still and wanted to get up to say goodbye, but she heard someone laugh after herself: "Aunt Qing has been waiting for a long time, I'm really sorry, I just got wet in the room, and it took a while to re-wash."
Chang Zaiqing was stunned for a moment, then stood up quickly, but saw several servants following, Shen Miao walked in from outside the door.
The girl was wearing a cloak of emerald-patterned brocade and feather satin. She had a stove in her hand. She probably felt warm when she entered the house. She took off the cloak to reveal the long embroidered skirt of purple and plain velvet inside. It was a very gorgeous and complicated pattern. With such a heavy purple color, it is rare that she did not wear a half-old fashion, but was extravagant. The purple color made the girl's skin as white as jade, but the petite and delicate room seemed to be walking in a nine-layered palace, smiling step by step, and rich and noble gave birth to lotus.
Chang Zaiqing's brain was dizzy for a moment.
She has met many people, and she has also seen many women who say they have a great demeanor, including Shen Yue who was held by Chen Rouqiu calmly. But only this Shen Miao could give her a feeling of amazement. It was fine with Luo Xueyan that day, but today when she appeared alone, she directly grabbed all the limelight, making people feel pressured.
“Fifth Young Lady?” Chang Zaiqing glanced behind Shen Miao.
“There is no need to look for it,” Shen Miao smiled slightly, “It was the post I sent you, Aunt Qing.”