"It's my post for you, Aunt Qing."
Chang Zaiqing was startled, and asked with a puzzled smile, "Miss Fifth, this is..."
"Last time, Aunt Qing came and went in a hurry, but I didn't have a good chat with Aunt Qing. Aunt Qing said that she would come another day. I waited for a long time, but I didn't see anything from Aunt Qing, so I had to leave first. I used my mother's seal because I was afraid that my seal would not be appropriate. Aunt Qing won't blame me, right?"
Chang Zaiqing looked at the girl in front of her, she smiled at Yan Yan, and she was generous, but there was no embarrassment at all. If the entanglement continued, it would seem that he was always fussing over each other. Chang Zaiqing immediately laughed and said, "How could it be, the Fifth Young Lady's invitation is due to Zai Qing's luck." While speaking, he calmly looked at Shen Miao again. When she came back to the Shen residence last time, although Shen Miao was not indifferent to her, she was definitely not warm and there were even several disrespectful places. Inexplicably suddenly invited, Chang Zaiqing secretly felt vigilant in his heart.
“It is cold in the main hall, Aunt Qing should go to my room and sit.” Shen Miao stood up with a smile, “It is not far from here, I really can’t stand the cold wind.”
Chang Zaiqing complied obediently, and when he arrived at Shen Miao's room, Shen Miao let the maid serve tea and cakes, the stove was burning vigorously, opened the window a small crack, and then closed the door. The room was warm, but not suffocating.
Shen Miao pushed the tea cup in front of Chang Zaiqing, Chang Zaiqing smiled and took a sip, her expression suddenly became a little weird.
“This is Zhu Dan tea, the taste is very bitter, astringent and has no aroma, Aunt Qing probably is not used to drinking it.” Shen Miao explained with a smile.
Chang Zaiqing's face froze slightly, she was confused by Shen Miao's actions. The way to entertain guests is to bring out the best tea leaves, so why entertain guests with such poor tea is to humiliate her? But Shen Miao's expression did not seem to be like this.
"Although this tea is bitter, it is very good for the body. If you drink it in winter, it can ward off the cold and keep warm. My father and brothers are both martial arts practitioners. Drink this kind of tea." Shen Miao looked at Chang Zaiqing, "Aunt Qing comes from a family of poetry and books, so she probably doesn't like drinking this kind of tea, but in the family of our generals, we don't pay much attention to it."
Chang Zaiqing waved his hand and said with a smile: "The fifth young lady is joking, the Chang family is just an ordinary family. Although this Zhu Dan tea is bitter, it is very good to people. After drinking it for a long time, it will not feel astringent."
Shen Miao shook her head, "It is easy to force it for a while, but it is difficult to force it for a lifetime."
Chang Zaiqing was stunned for a moment and only felt that there was something in Shen Miao's words and looked at Shen Miao involuntarily.
Shen Miao smiled, "Speaking of which, I heard that Aunt Qing is now living in the Shen residence, are the people in the Shen residence okay with Aunt Qing?"
"It's all good." Chang Zaiqing smiled and said, "They all take care of me."
“You and Aunt San have the same interests and you should think that they are very compatible.” Shen Miao smiled, “Aunt San has always liked to dance and play with words and it was because of this that Third Uncle respected her very much. Thinking about it, you have seen it too, Third Uncle is right How good is the third aunt, there is only the third aunt who is the mistress of the house in the entire three rooms." Then he sighed again: "It's a pity, the third aunt has no direct son, if there is a direct son, then there is no need to worry so much."
Chang Zaiqing had stayed in the Shen residence for so long, so he naturally knew that due to the fact that there were no children in the third room, Chen Rouqiu and Old Shen Furen were arguing almost every day. It was just that she did not expect that Shen Miao would talk to her like this, Shen Miao was a girl who had not left the court after all, and she always felt a little embarrassed to talk to her about things in the courtyard of the third room. However, Shen Miao had a natural expression when she spoke, as if she did not think it was something worth talking about, but Chang Zaiqing could not tell whether Shen Miao was precocious or naive.
“The third lady is so kind, there will be many descendants in the future.” Chang Zaiqing followed Shen Miao’s words.
“Since then I like to compare our big room with the third room,” Shen Miao picked up the teacup, blew the tea leaves on her face, and said with a smile, “One is civil and one is martial. There is only one mistress in the courtyard, but we The house is not bad, at least there is my eldest brother. My eldest brother is about to get married. After a while, I will choose a good marriage for him in Dingjing. With my sister-in-law and my nephew, in this house It can be considered to be lively and lively.” Shen Miao seemed to be a little proud, “But in the third room, there is not as lively as our big room.”
Chang Zaiqing first felt that Shen Miao was probably childish and this was to be angry with the third room, but when he was about to hear the full sentence, he suddenly seemed to have thought of something and his expression changed.
That's right, in Shen Xin's house, Luo Xueyan is stupid and direct, and doesn't know how to pay attention. The backyard is already clean, so it's not difficult to clean up. But she almost forgot that there was another Shen Qiu. Shen Qiu was Luo Xue Yan's eldest son. She was young and promising. If she married a powerful wife, even if she didn't fight or rob herself, she was invisibly depressed by three points.
Shen Miao saw the change in Chang Zaiqing's face and her eyes turned slightly cold.
In the previous life, Chang Zaiqing finally lived in Shen Xin’s backyard. At that time, Shen Qiu was no longer alive, Shen Miao was married to Prince Ding’s mansion, and there was almost nothing in the entire backyard that could be a threat to Chang Zaiqing. Don't take good chances.
But now it was different. Shen Qiu was good-natured. With a healthy and living eldest son here, the possibility of Chang Zaiqing becoming a wife was always empty.
What kind of path will this woman who cares about and weighs the pros and cons soberly choose
She picked up the cakes on the table and said with a smile, "What a pity for the third uncle. When the original grandfather was still there, he seemed to have said that the third uncle was the most intelligent in the Shen family. My son can be as smart as him. It's a pity that there is only a second sister and a woman in the third room. Now the second sister is about to leave the pavilion. Man, it's so lonely."
Chang Zaiqing was originally listening absent-mindedly, but when he heard the words, his heart moved.
Speaking of which, the situation in the backyard of Shen Xin and Shen Wan is almost similar. There is only one woman, and they are all so-called love species. Just speaking, Shen Yue was two years older than Shen Miao, Shen Yue was about to get married and had no children, which was even more rare.
“Aunt Qing and Aunt San are similar in temperament but somewhat similar in demeanor. They are both gentle and understand a lot of elegant things. If they don’t know, they think you are a pair of sisters.” Shen Miao greeted Chang Zai Qing with a little bit With a tentative gaze, he spoke unhurriedly: "But in my opinion, Aunt Qing is better than Aunt Third, because... Aunt Qing is younger."
Chang Zaiqing's mouth raised unconsciously. She also knew that the people in the Shen residence compared her with Chen Rouqiu. Like Chen Rou Qiu, they were both weak and delicate and talented women, but Shen Miao was right, no matter how beautiful a woman gets older, even if she has great talent, her color will wither. In comparison, Chang Zaiqing is even more moving. Besides, Chen Rouqiu considers herself to be the daughter of a noble family, and she acts a bit lofty, but Chang Zaiqing grew up in a commoner’s family and knows how to make compromises. When it’s time to bow her head, look at people’s faces, so that everyone will praise her. .
Chang Zaiqing thought with deep eyes that she was stronger than Chen Rouqiu.
Shen Miao picked up the tea and drank it, the tea in her mouth tasted astringent, but she drank it like honey with an ironic smile.
Chang Zaiqing is already twenty-six years old, and most women of this age in Dingjing City want to be a stepmother, and they have to raise a child who is not crawling out of their womb, making it difficult for a stepmother. Moreover, the Chang family is a small family, even relying on the name of the Shen family, it is difficult to marry a high family.
This Chang Zaiqing abandoned his husband and his son just to seek a better life, how could he be so easily satisfied. Originally it was just that Shen Wan was not discovered, since what Chang Zaiqing was best at was weighing the pros and cons, Shen Miao gave her the opportunity that Chang Zaiqing in the third room could take advantage of, and let Chang Zaiqing take advantage of it. Choose for yourself.
Chang Zaiqing's expression changed a little, and his heart was a mess. Shen Miao's suggestion aroused another thought in her mind, and some undiscovered things came to her mind.
That's right, since what Shen Wan likes is Chen Rou Qiu's temperament, she is stronger than Chen Rou Qiu in every way, how can she not please Shen Wan? Compared to a warrior like Shen Xin, Shen Wanqian, a gentleman, still has a graceful appearance, which made her feel more expressive in her heart.
But how could today’s events suddenly turn into this, she originally wanted to listen to Chen Rouqiu’s words to test Shen Xin, and she also had a crush on Shen Xin… But in the end, why did she turn her head to deal with Chen Rou Qiu? It was because Shen Miao always distracted her by talking about insignificant things, was it Shen Miao… Shen Miao
Chang Zaiqing suddenly looked at Shen Miao.
The girl in purple was sitting in front of the window, the little snow outside had stopped at some point, and the sun came out and shone on her half-year-old jade-white face. She had a slender neck, holding a tea cup in her hand, sipping slowly in small sips.
But there is a kind of majesty that does not reveal traces.
Chang Zaiqing shuddered. It seemed to be only now that she was shocked to realize that from the beginning to the present, she was the one who was led by Shen Miao's nose. Shen Miao used a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, seemingly casually talking, but a few words directly led to Chen Rouqiu. Every word of Shen Miao made Chang Zaiqing think about the third room.
This girl is by no means stupid and innocent, but rather like a monster.
Chang Zaiqing thought of the times when Shen Miao was disrespectful when she first came to the Shen residence, her heart skipped a beat, could it be that Shen Miao already knew what she was planning at that time, so the disrespectful things were all Is it intentional? Is this why you invited her here today
Shen Miao looked at her and smiled: "Why is Aunt Qing sweating, but it feels hot in the room?"
Chang Zaiqing suddenly returned to his senses and looked at Shen Miao with 120,000 points of energy, and said with a smile, "Probably."
Shen Miao said indifferently, "If you close the window too tightly, the room will feel uncomfortable like a cocoon. It is better to open the window and it will be much cooler to go outside." She instructed Jing Zhe to open the window and then looked at Chang Zaiqing, "Aunt Qing, Am I right?"
“Fifth Young Lady is right.” Chang Zaiqing reluctantly smiled, but looking at Shen Miao’s smile, she was a little horrified. Her thoughts were hidden so deeply, but Shen Miao understood what she was thinking just by seeing her. Such people are monsters and graceful. Chang Zaiqing was glad that he had discovered it early. If he really entered Shen Xin's backyard and dealt with such monsters, Chang Zaiqing would have no confidence.
Shen Miao smiled indifferently.
That's how she told Chang Zaiqing so clearly, if you want to enter my father's yard, you must first see if you can deal with me? If it doesn't work, it's considered dead here, and I'm afraid that the way back will be blocked.
Chang Zaiqing will not take risks, she always finds the most beneficial and safe way.
Sure enough, after speaking with Chang Zaiqing not long after, Chang Zaiqing said that he was leaving. Shen Miao naturally would not keep her, and after Chang Zaiqing left, Gu Yu asked curiously, "Then why is the Chang family lady so strange, like she was hiding something, who scared her?"
Shen Miao said, "Instruct the servants not to mention today's matter to anyone, Chang Zaiqing has never been to the Shen residence, remember it."
The two maids responded and went out, although they did not understand why Shen Miao cared so much about a person like Chang Zaiqing, but Shen Miao had her own intentions in doing things and the maids would not talk too much.
After everyone left, Shen Miao sat down at the table and looked at the bronze mirror a little lost.
Let Chang Zaiqing go to harm Chen Rouqiu because Chen Rouqiu is really hateful and he has been bouncing around for too long. The marriage letter between Chang Zaiqing and Shen Xin in the previous life was discovered by Chen Rouqiu "accidentally". It was Chen Rouqiu who kept saying that Chang Zaiqing could not be wronged, and wanted to make an excuse for Chang Zaiqing. Shen Miao thought, I was afraid that Chang Zaiqing in the previous life finally turned his attention to Shen Xin, not necessarily without the help of Chen Rou Qiu.
Since they are twin sisters, and they are both good sisters, they might as well put them in one place. Seeing who Shen Wan likes, Shen Miao's eyes are slightly cold, leaving Chen Rou Qiu to Chang Zai Qing to clean up will naturally make her feel relaxed. But Chang Zaiqing would not let it go easily.
It’s just… Shen Miao frowned, what exactly did Chang Zaiqing do in the previous life that Luo Xueyan finally died, and up to now, she is still a mystery.
Because of Chang Zaiqing’s matter, Shen Miao was worried about this day, and the whole family thought about it during dinner in the evening. When everyone saw that she was very worried, Shen Miao said that she was a little tired and Luo Xueyan asked for Shen Miao to help her. Miao made some sweet milk soup and fed her, and let her rest early.
Lying on the bed, Jing Zhe and Gu Yu tucked the quilt for her, blew out the light and put down the gauze curtain on the bed, Shen Miao closed her eyes.
The sky darkened, her breathing gradually became steady, the dark night enveloped the entire Ding capital, Shen Miao's body was light and fluttering.
The sun suddenly brightened outside, she opened her eyes, only to feel a little dazzling, the air seemed to be a little hot, and it seemed like summer.
This is the early winter season, and how does it come to summer. Shen Miao sat up and felt a sudden headache, looked down and found herself sitting on the soft couch in the room. From the back room came the voice of a woman talking. An extremely bitter medicinal smell spread out from the inside.
The scent of medicine was somewhat familiar.
Shen Miao stood up, there was not a single maid in the room, but the voice of the woman there became clearer. After thinking about it, she went to the house to have a look.
I saw that in the spacious back room, the windows were closed, the weather was already very hot, and it was almost breathless when it was so tightly closed. Coupled with the irritating taste of bitter medicine, it was as if something was stuck in the chest, which was surprisingly stuffy.
Shen Miao walked a few steps and wanted to close the window, but heard someone say, "Go and open the window, I am so bored."
Shen Miao was stunned for a moment, the woman lying on the bed had a haggard face and was wearing a dark apricot-colored thin cotton gown, it was probably too hot, her hair was soaked with sweat, and the clothes on her chest were also soaked with sweat. most of them. Her face was extremely gray, her eyes showed a dead look again, Shen Miao widened her eyes, that was Luo Xueyan!
How could Luo Xueyan ever look so haggard
"Sister is still lying down." The woman sitting beside the bed comforted: "It would be bad if you catch a cold in such weather."
Shen Miao turned her head to look at the woman, the light blue clothes were simple but the material was precious. The refreshing and elegant dress is exactly the right age, and it is almost a stark contrast to the lifeless Luo Xueyan. Who is this person if not Chang Zaiqing? At this moment, Chang Zaiqing was holding the woman's hair in a bun and holding Luo Xueyan's hand in one hand, while saying, "Elder sister has to get better."
"I can't do it anymore." Luo Xueyan sighed in anger, but there was no more vitality in her eyes: "My child is gone, so there is no hope for me. What if the life is peaceful, and these medicinal materials are wasted in vain."
"Sister, don't say that." Chang Zaiqing said, "If Fifth Young Lady knew that you thought this way, she would not know how sad she would be."
“Jiaojiao….” Luo Xue Yan’s eyes hurt, Shen Miao stepped forward and wanted to hold Luo Xue Yan’s hand, but passed through Luo Xue Yan’s hand.
As if she didn't exist.
"Jiaojiao hates me," Luo Xueyan closed her eyes: "But what can I do, the Shen family can't be tied to King Ding, King Ding can hide it from me, but Jiaojiao can't hide it from me. Xin hated her, and she didn't even want to see me. King Ding is acting like this now, what will Jiaojiao do in the future? There is no way to go, I..." The more she spoke, the more distressed she became. Covering his mouth with a handkerchief, he coughed violently a few times, and when he spread the handkerchief again, there was a burst of red blood on the top.
"Sister, don't think about it." Chang Zaiqing supported her and comforted her: "The fifth young lady is just thinking about it for a while now, maybe His Royal Highness Ding Wang really treats her well. Besides, there is no overnight feud between parents and children, Fifth Young Lady will understand in the future, this hatred is only temporary."
Shen Miao glared at Chang Zaiqing, Chang Zaiqing's words seemed to be a relief, but in fact it added fuel to the fire, and it was the fact that Shen Miao hated Luo Xueyan. In her previous life, she married Fu Xiu Yi. Although she also wanted the Shen family to help her, but Shen Xin refused to do so, she was quite resentful because of this, but she couldn't blame her. Right now Luo Xueyan was on the verge of dying, how could she not feel sad when she heard that Shen Miao hated her
Shen Miao spent a moment before seeing Chang Zaiqing opposite, the woman wearing the golden rims of autumn fragrance and locks sitting on the chair with a somewhat impatient expression. The woman was also young, with beautiful features, but with extremely heavy makeup, she was a little more eccentric. Shen Miao opened her mouth, who is this if she is not
Chang Zaiqing smiled and said, "Miss Fifth, don't bother Madam. It's just that the matter of military strength is very important. The general and elder sister probably have their own thoughts, that's how it is."
"It's all a family. Since I'm married to Prince Ding's mansion, the prince is also half of Shen's family. Why do my father and mother treat him like an outsider? I know that my father and mother didn't like me since childhood, so they left me there. Dingjing doesn't care, and even His Highness is also affected."
Chang Zaiqing laughed again: "What did the fifth miss say? Although the general and elder sister are not as close to the young lady as the eldest young master, blood is thicker than water."
"I don't care," the young Shen Miao said arrogantly, "It is said that Aunt Qing is the smartest, can you think of a way for me? Let parents agree to lend troops to His Highness?"
Chang Zaiqing seemed to be very embarrassed. After a while, he said: "Since Fifth Young Lady is Madam's biological daughter, Madam will definitely feel sorry for Fifth Young Lady. I will not say anything else. Agree to Fifth Young Lady's conditions. It's not possible, just like that young child, it's okay to make a scene." She smiled: "But this is all my nonsense, Fifth Young Lady still considers it carefully."
Shen Miao who was watching from the side had an angry face, Chang Zaiqing was trying to persuade him to fight, he was clearly provoking!
Shen Miao remembered that in her previous life, Luo Xueyan did not tell others that she was pregnant until she had a miscarriage. She originally thought that she would wait for the fetus to settle before spreading it out, but who would have known that something went wrong in the middle. It happened that King Ding wanted to borrow troops from Shen Xin, but Shen Xin naturally refused. Shen Miao approached Chang Zaiqing to complain, and Chang Zaiqing led her to speak, making her angry with Luo Xueyan.
Shen Miao did not know that Luo Xue Yan had a baby at that time and went away, maybe it was just some ordinary words in Shen Miao's opinion at that time, but when Luo Xue Yan was most vulnerable, it was no different from Luo Xue Yan's vitality. From Luo Xue Yan's point of view, Shen Miao said that hating her represented what, no mother wanted her children to hate her. While Shen Miao stabbed Luo Xue Yan, she also said some ambiguous words that King Ding treated her badly, which made Luo Xue Yan worry.
Overthinking, Shen Xin is not in Dingjing, Luo Xueyan is going to be sad and worried, losing children one after another, no matter how hard-hearted people are, they will not be able to withstand this blow.
Shen Miao could not wait to rush up to catch Hua Chang Zai Qing's hypocritical smile.
The scenery flickered, and he came to a yard again. The yard was renovated very elegantly, Chang Zaiqing was wearing a long emerald skirt, and the maid beside her was fanning her slowly. The summer wind is hot, but the fan is soaked in ice, so the wind is very cool.
"I heard that Madam is dying." The maid next to Chang Zaiqing said, "The doctor said that it is about the time of these few days."
"It's better to have people serve you." Chang Zaiqing said, "Don't fall for the truth."
Mammy said yes, and said again: "Auntie has finally made it through."
"Yeah." Chang Zaiqing picked up the purple grapes in the jar and ate: "After so many years, I've finally made it through."
"It's just that I don't know where the master is..."
"The general loves my sister deeply, so it's naturally sad." Chang Zaiqing smiled slightly: "But what does this have to do with me? I just need to sit in the seat of the only hostess in the big room. The general doesn't recognize me, come down. It's good that people recognize me."
Mammy also nodded and said, "What Auntie said is that I thought Madam could last a little longer, but I never thought it would happen so soon..."
"My heart is broken, and I've been worried all day long. By now, she has a very long life." Chang Zaiqing said lightly, "Luo Xueyan has a good life in her own life, and she married such a good family, and there is nothing in the yard. For other women, it is a pity that having a daughter like Shen Miao ruined her good luck.”
Shen Miao was stunned, only to hear Chang Zaiqing say again, "You can believe whatever you say, His Highness Prince Ding's means are also very high, making Shen Miao give up on him. Even parents don't want it, but if it wasn't for Shen Miao How stupid, how can I fulfill my good luck?"
Shen Miao stood opposite Chang Zai Qing, but in the scorching summer, her heart was like falling into an ice cellar.
"Shen Miao asked people to eat food from the New Year's gift from Prince Ding's mansion, all of them were manipulated and she didn't know that she was stupid, but Luo Xueyan loved her so much, she ate all those medicinal meals. But she didn't know what her daughter brought But it is poison. You saw that day, Shen Miao fed Luo Xueyan the medicine, and the spoonfuls were all poisonous, but Luo Xueyan was still full of joy.”
Shen Miao's body trembled and she almost fell over.
At that time, in order to help Fu Xiu Yi convince Shen Xin and want to please Luo Xue Yan, she ordered people to buy medicinal herbs and learn to make a medicated meal, and returned to Shen's house to make it for Luo Xue Yan to eat. Luo Xue Yan felt that Shen Miao treated her coldly, but suddenly she was very happy with enthusiasm and ate it all without a spoonful. So... those things were manipulated
Luo Xue Yan would not suspect that her daughter would harm others, but Shen Miao did not expect that the people around her would have the opportunity to take advantage of it at that time. She suddenly felt so cold, so cold, and her mind was cluttered and uncomfortable.
From the perspective of bystanders, she was so vicious and stupid at that time that she was not even qualified to be forgiven. It was she who pushed her mother into Huangquan Road with her own hands, she was the most unfilial person!
“Luo Xueyan has been strong all her life, but it was broken in her daughter’s hands. Speaking of which, I would like to thank Shen Miao.” Chang Zaiqing smiled comfortably, “She handed over her mother’s life to me. Since then, the Shen family has I have the final say on the backyard. Luo Xueyan has not lost any money in her life, if she said that the worst thing she did was to give birth to Shen Miao, Shen Miao is indeed a harming spirit.”
Suddenly, a maid came hurriedly in the distance, and the shadow grew long under the summer sun, and the voice was slow and dripping with sweat. they said.
"Chang Auntie, Madam just died."
"Madam is gone! Madam is gone!"
A thunderous sound of "Boom" spread out from between the heavens and the earth, illuminating the Dingjing in the night. The sound of rain and thunder and lightning completely covered up the cries of the people in the house.
Shen Miao’s face was covered with tears and she screamed, “Mother, mother, it was my fault! I was wrong! I shouldn’t like Fu Xiu Yi, I don’t like him anymore! I was wrong, I was wrong! Mother!”
On the edge of the bed, the thunder of the winter shone on her pale face, mournful and desperate like a ghost. The purple-robed youth stood beside the couch with a complicated expression staring at Shen Miao struggling in the nightmare.
After a while, the visitor finally sighed slightly and reached out to probe it.