Shen's mansion is now in a frenzy.
It was probably because Shen Wan said that Shen Yue would marry into the Wang family in the name of a flat wife. Finally, Shen Yue panicked, but when Shen Yue could not find a way to do it, she made a bold move and escaped from Shen Yue. government. Before leaving, he also tidied up the valuable gold and silver in the room, and gave Chen Rouqiu a big pick.
Shen Wan was naturally furious and roared at Chen Rouqiu, "I told you to take good care of her, why did you run away?"
Chen Rouqiu was naturally afraid in her heart. She felt sorry for her daughter, but she did not put Shen Yue under house arrest as Shen Wan said, but she didn't want her feelings for her daughter to be used by Shen Yue. Now that Shen Yue has escaped, she didn't know what to do, so she Shen Wan said: "I have already sent someone to look for it, sir, Yue'er must not have done it on purpose, she is afraid..."
Even at this time, he still didn't know what was wrong and was still making excuses for Shen Yue, Shen Wan sneered: "She's afraid? She's afraid that she will exchange relatives with someone else? She's afraid that she will leave home by herself? I, Shen Wan, don't have such a shameless daughter!"
"How can you speak of her like that?" Chen Rouqiu widened her eyes, "That's your daughter!"
Shen Wan has always regarded himself as a civil servant, it was rare to say such a serious thing, and it was his daughter who was scolded, Chen Rou Qiu couldn't believe her eyes. And after Shen Wan said these words, looking at Chen Rou Qiu, a trace of impatience and disgust flashed in his eyes, he turned around and strode out of the room.
Chen Rouqiu sensitively sensed that Shen Wan was wrong and was almost paralyzed to the ground, she grabbed Shi Qing's arm beside her, her nails sank deeply, and Shi Qing's face turned pale in pain, but she did not dare to move.
The uproar of Qiushuiyuan's idea quickly spread to Rongjingtang. Old Shen Furen sipped her tea leisurely, but when she heard the words, she smiled indifferently and said, "Let's do it, let's do it, Chen Rouqiu can do it, really thought she was the new daughter-in-law who entered the house." After a pause, she said He asked again: "What kind of mother will teach what kind of daughter, each of them will not let me worry."
Zhang's mother slapped her shoulders carefully and said, "I wonder if the person who is looking for Miss San has found it now?"
"What does he do?" Old Shen Furen was angry, and said, "I don't know how capable she is, and she will come back in a daze soon. It's a shame for the Shen family to let the old man lose face. San Cuisine, but I don't want to worry about these trivial matters." She suddenly thought of something, frowned, and asked, "Is the third child still running to the west courtyard?"
Zhang's mother nodded: "These days, the third lady and the third master often bicker, and the third master runs to the west courtyard more frequently, and he stays for most of the day."
Old Shen Furen nodded her head, her eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and said, "Since that's the case, it's time to cross the road, give birth to a son to the third child early, and I still want to hold a grandson." She sneered, "Chen Rouqiu that one. Idiot, you should also see how much you have, Mom Zhang, if you do one thing, things are not going well in this Shen residence, so it is time to do a wedding to get rid of the bad luck."
Zhang's mother nodded yes.
That night, Shen Wan hadn't returned to the house for a long time, Chen Rou Qiu made a murmur in his heart, in the past, even if Shen Wan was socializing outside, he would always send his servant over to pass a message, but today he doesn't know where he went. Thinking that I only had a fight with Shen Wan during the day, I couldn't help but feel a little anxious. When a woman reaches her age, her color has faded, not as fresh and tender as a young woman, but on a man, it is just the right age. Now that there is a feud between Shen Wan and her, it would be bad if someone secretly accepted a new woman outside. Chen Rouqiu was different from Ren Wanyun, the previous ideas of Ren Wanyun and Shen Gui had already been polished off by Shen Gui's room-by-room collection of women. As long as she can sit firmly in the position of being the mistress of the house, the other Ren Wanyun doesn't care at all. Chen Rouqiu had occupied Shen Wan's favor for so many years, Old Shen Furen was right, Chen Rouqiu was extremely jealous, she would not allow Shen Wan to have another woman.
Thinking of this, Chen Rou Qiu felt a little restless.
Huayi walked in from the outside and said, "Madam, the old lady got a few pieces of fabric and said that you should send one to Miss Chang."
Mrs. Shen has always ignored Chang Zaiqing, and there is no such person in the government in normal times. How can she rarely think of Chang Zaiqing today? Chen Rouqiu frowned: "Old Madam just send someone to send it over, why do you want me to go?"
The painting was also a little unclear, and said: "Probably because I think you have a good personal relationship with Miss Chang."
Chen Rouqiu was in a state of restlessness, since Old Shen Furen asked her to do things, it was rare for her to distract herself. When he didn't say anything, he put on his outer clothes and walked to the west courtyard with poetry and painting.
It was already dark at this moment, but it was not yet time to rest, Chen Rou Qiu guessed that Chang Zai Qing hadn't slept yet, so he didn't know anyone.
When they arrived at the Western Courtyard, unexpectedly, the Western Courtyard turned off the lights early. Chen Rouqiu was a little surprised, but when she saw Mammy Zhao, she was stunned and seemed to be a little flustered, and said, "Why is the Third Madam here?"
"Old Madam asked me to deliver fabrics to Sister Qing." Chen Rouqiu said, and poked her head towards the boudoir and asked, "Why, Sister Qing has already fallen asleep?"
"Yes, yes." Zhao mama said: "Miss is a little tired these days, so she went to bed earlier."
Chen Rou Qiu was a little strange, she always felt that Zhao Ma's expression was very unnatural, and when she looked at the maids around, they all lowered their heads, as if they were afraid of seeing something. It happened that there was a faint movement in the room, and I couldn't hear it clearly, but when the movement came out, Zhao Ma's expression became more nervous.
Although Chen Rouqiu was curious, now she did not want to have a conflict with Chang Zaiqing. From her point of view, Chang Zaiqing might be an excellent knife, and it would be the best to use it against the big house of the Shen family. Especially today, she was having troubles one after another, and she couldn't express her anger.
Chen Rouqiu asked the maid to put down the cloth and was about to leave when her footsteps suddenly stopped.
Mammy Zhao followed Chen Rouqiu's gaze and saw a small sachet placed on the window of Chang Zai Qing's boudoir by the side of the courtyard. The sachet was embroidered with an egret in crimson, and it was very delicate. Chen Rouqiu walked over and took the sachet in his hand. When Mama Zhao wanted to stop it, it was too late.
When Shi Qing and Hua Yi saw the sachet, they couldn't help but grow their mouths and couldn't speak in surprise.
On the day Shen Yue got married, Chen Rouqiu saw Chang Zaiqing bring a very beautiful sachet. The sachet was exquisite in workmanship, and Chen Rouqiu couldn't put it down. Chang Zaiqing was also generous, so he gave the sachet to Chen Rouqiu. Later, Chen Rouqiu wanted to make Shen Wan happy because of Shen Yue's affairs, so she gave Shen Wan the exquisitely crafted sachet. The sachet embroidered with egrets does not look feminine, and the fragrance is not a powdery scent. Chen Rouqiu remembered that because the sachet contained tea leaves, it exuded the fragrance of tea leaves, but Chen Rouqiu thought the tea fragrance was too cold, so he added some dried sweet-scented osmanthus flowers that he had saved in autumn.
There are no two identical leaves in the world, it was Chang Zaiqing's ingenuity to make an identical sachet, but not every sachet was filled with sweet-scented osmanthus by Chen Rouqiu.
Chen Rouqiu picked up the sachet, her hand was trembling a little, she finally put it under her nose and took a determined sniff.
The sweet smell of sweet-scented osmanthus mixed with the fragrance of tea slowly penetrated into Chen Rouqiu's nose, and Chen Rouqiu closed his eyes abruptly.
When I opened my eyes again, my eyes made poetry and painting a little scared.
She turned to Mammy Zhao suddenly, Mammy Zhao's increasingly flustered expression fell into Chen Rouqiu's eyes before she could put it away. Chen Rou Qiu sneered and said, "Is it true that every one of them is a fool?" After speaking, she walked quickly towards Chang Zai Qing's boudoir, about to break the door.
"Madam is not allowed!" Zhao mama hurriedly came to stop her.
Chen Rouqiu asked, "Why not?"
Mama Zhao was speechless.
Chen Rou Qiu's heart sank uncontrollably, she only felt sad as if she was about to be torn apart, but the more sad and heartache, the colder her face overflowed. She said to the poetry and painting: "Smash it! Smash it hard for me! I want to see which couple is an adulterer and a woman, and they want to be shameless in a place like my Shen residence! Smash!"
Poetic and painterly, they did not dare to disobey their orders, so they immediately stepped forward and smashed the door open. Chen Rouqiu took a lamp next to her and walked in without waiting for Mammy Zhao to stop her.
The stove in the house was burning brightly, clothes and shoes were scattered on the ground, jewelry was scattered, and the two people overlapping on the bed looked beautiful.
The woman was shy and embarrassed with powdery cheeks, but the man casually pulled over his clothes to cover the two of them, turned his head and looked at it, it was Shen Wan.
There was also a smell of wine in the room, it was clear that they were drunk and sleeping together, but they could not be described as mistakes, one was affectionate and the other was intentional, Chen Rouqiu and Shen Wan have been husband and wife for so many years, if Shen Wan didn’t like it, why would they let it go? Chang Zaiqing collapsed? Besides, this was Chang Zaiqing's yard, and Shen Wan took the initiative to come here.
Chen Rouqiu closed her eyes, ruthlessly withdrew the tears that were about to overflow, and screamed, "Dog men and women!"
…
It was windy at night, and there was an inn a few hundred miles away from Dingjing. The young man in purple sat at the table in the middle, looking at the letter in his hand. After a moment, he raised his hand and threw the letter into the brazier on one side, and the letter instantly turned to ashes.
"Master, there is a letter from Da Liang." Nan Qi, the dark guard beside him, said, "Your Majesty urges you to go back quickly."
“Don’t worry about him.” Xie Jing Xing said indifferently, “I will naturally go back after the matter is done.”
"Your Majesty is afraid that you will delay things." Nan Qi said: "The people on the other end are also paying attention to Ming Qi's movements. Before, His Majesty said that he would choose a concubine for you, and it was time to come. Afraid of making mistakes."
Xie Jing Xing glanced at Nan Qi, Nan Qi immediately silenced, but his heart was unbearably miserable. Emperor Yongle was originally a stubborn character, but his master was lawless, and the servant in the middle became the most difficult one. What's more, the matter of choosing a concubine was not clear to others, these dark guards who followed Xie Jing Xing could see clearly that Xie Jing Xing clearly had something special for the Shen family girl. Not to mention what Emperor Yongle thought of this matter, the dark guard always felt that this was a very unreliable thing. Shen Miao was from Ming Qi, how could the Shen family agree that their daughter was involved with someone from Great Liang
But I never dared to say these words in front of the master. If the master was unhappy and assigned himself to guard the tower, it would not be worth the loss.
“Brother Huang has been busy all day,” Xie Jing Xing said, “If you are really busy, just tell him what Qin’s plan was, so you don’t have to worry about things that you shouldn’t worry about.”
Nan Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead. Both of them couldn't afford to offend, and they were really ashamed.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Tie Yi walked in from outside, holding a box in his hand, not knowing what it was. After entering the room, he put the box on the table and said, "The jewelry ordered by the young master has been marked, and the silver note has also been sent."
Nan Qi, who was behind him, almost choked on his own saliva. What did Tie Yi just say? Hit jewelry. Nan Qi secretly looked at the table and saw that the box on the table was incomparably exquisite. It was a small box with fine patterns engraved on it. Looking closely, it seemed like... a tiger's head
what
Xie Jing Xing opened the box and took a look, it was full of all kinds of jewelry. The cat's eye, the emerald double ring, the pearl head, the jasper hairpin... all are things with excellent water head, and it is worth a thousand dollars for such a small box. Nan Qi thought to himself, could it be that this is something for the Miss Shen family? But Miss Shen's family doesn't seem to have the temperament to adore jewelry and jade? Master, is this thing sure to send
However, it is generous enough.
Xie Jing Xing closed the box and said, “That’s right.” Suddenly he thought of something and asked, “What’s going on with Fu Xiu Yi recently?”
Tie Yi thought about it and said, "There has been no movement, but I have just walked a little closer with the prince."
Prince... Xie Jing Xing raised his eyebrows and said, "Look at him well, Fu Xiu Yi is not a simple thing."
Tie Yi said that he was about to withdraw.
“Wait,” Xie Jing Xing stopped him and said, “Shen Yue also pay attention.”
…
The Shen family didn't know what luck they had gone through these days, and they were jumping around all day. In the past, there was the matter of Shen Dongling and Shen Yue changing relatives, then there was the matter of the Wang family not accepting Shen Yue, and then Shen Yue simply carried a burden and ran away from home, and now it's even better, Chen Rouqiu caught Chang Zaiqing and Shen Wan in bed.
As a guest of the Shen residence, Chang Zaiqing, the daughter of old General Shen's old friend, should have a polite relationship with the Shen residence. Except for Old Shen Furen, everyone else would politely respond to Chang Zaiqing because the current mistress, Chen Rou Qiu, seemed to like her very much. Who would have known that Chang Zaiqing was polite and polite, and that he would actually be polite to Shen Wan's couch. And Chen Rou Qiu was not stabbed in the back by someone else, but by her "careful" younger sister.
Chen Rouqiu immediately started making trouble, and it went all the way to Rongjing Hall.
In the Rongjing Hall, Mrs. Shen sat high in the middle. Chang Zaiqing and Shen Wan stood aside, Shen Wan had no expression, Shen Gui looked like a good show, Chang Zaiqing lowered his eyes and said nothing, as if he was very ashamed. However, Chen Rou Qiu forcefully forced herself to hold back her tears and showed a stubborn attitude.
"Okay, what does it look like crying and crying?" Seeing as she was finally bored with Chen Rouqiu's style, Old Shen Furen said impatiently, "What's wrong with my husband accepting a girl, it's worth your crying."
"Mother," Chen Rouqiu shouted, "If the master took the girl in properly and carried the concubine according to the ceremony, the daughter-in-law would naturally not say much, and would even take the initiative to prepare for the husband. But the two of them did not agree. The silent ones are doing this kind of thing in front of my face in this yard. The whole yard keeps me in the dark, it is clear that they are deliberately trying to embarrass me. Mother, I am also your daughter-in-law, you She is also a woman, if my husband wants to take a concubine, how can I stop him? Why use such a humiliating method?"
"Third Madam," Chang Zaiqing couldn't help but said, "Today's affairs are all a misunderstanding, I only got up after drinking too much, and I have nothing to do with the third master, and Zaiqing is not a concubine, so I have no right to this matter. It happened, tomorrow I will pack up and leave the Shen residence, and I hope my sister will not blame the third master for this."
Compared to Chen Rouqiu's aggressiveness, Chang Zaiqing did not deny his involvement with Shen Wan, but he took all the faults on his own, making him appear more reasonable. Shen Wan's expression changed slightly, and he said, "What do you mean to leave? Naturally, I should give you an explanation for what I did myself."
Chen Rouqiu was originally a bit harsh to hear Chang Zaiqing's words, but now that she heard that Shen Wan still kept Chang Zaiqing, it became even more fueled, and immediately said, "Explain? How do you want to explain? Are you going to drive me away? Give her the position of the main wife as well?" After that, he turned to look at Chang Zaiqing, pointed at Chang Zaiqing's nose and cursed: "Well, you white-eyed wolf, you came to the Shen residence, and it was I who provided you with food and sacrifice. You wear it, who would have known that you would have such malicious intentions, even crawling on the bed of your brother-in-law, how shameless! If you can't seduce Shen Xin, you will seduce other people's husbands, no wonder you can't marry at such a young age, and you are so immoral slut | woman, whose serious son would dare to ask for it?"
Not only Shen Wan was dumbfounded by what she said, but even Old Shen Furen was a little stunned. Chen Rouqiu, a self-proclaimed scholar, also cursed like a street shrew, this scene was a bit too ugly.
Shen Wan was speechless, Chang Zaiqing bit his lip, and his expression was also very forbearing. On the other hand, Shen Gui, who was watching the play, couldn't help but say something and said, "Brother and sister, you are wrong. Your husband wants to take a concubine, so you, a wife, naturally have to help him. Originally, there was nothing else in the courtyard of the three places. It's a bit unreasonable for someone like you, so it's so easy to have a sister who can share your worries, why are you holding back." Shen Gui is a good woman, and naturally likes a beauty like Chang Zaiqing, but since Chang Zaiqing belonged to Shen Wan, and he would not touch his brother's woman. However, Chen Rouqiu's shrew style made Shen Gui very disdainful. When Ren Wanyun was there, he didn't stop him from taking a concubine.
But at the moment Chen Rouqiu was already extremely sensitive, Shen Gui's words not only did not comfort her, but made her feel like she had been stepped on, and immediately even Shen Gui scolded her indiscriminately. Said: "Second brother is still free to care about the affairs of the third room, I am afraid that the second brother has not taken care of his own affairs, and now he has lost his children and grandchildren, even if he takes ten or eight, what's the use? There is still no one. Succession!"
It was Shen Gui's pain not to be able to have any more children in this life, but who knew that Chen Rou Qiu would often poke at Shen Gui's fate. Shen Gui's face was ashen with anger, and Old Madam Shen's expression was not very good-looking.
"Ms. Chen, what are you going to do?" Madam Shen said angrily.
"I've been married to the Shen family for so many years, and I'm not an unreasonable person. If I drive Chang Zaiqing out, I can pretend that nothing happened." Chen Rouqiu said.
"Impossible." Shen Wan said angrily, "Since I touched her, I will naturally be responsible for her."
"Anyone can do it, but she can't!" Chen Rouqiu pointed at Chang Zaiqing and shouted. She couldn't bear that Chang Zaiqing betrayed her and finally climbed onto Shen Wan's bed, which made her feel ashamed and humiliated. More importantly, Chen Rouqiu knew Chang Zaiqing too well, Chang Zaiqing's talent was even better than his own, and his temperament and appearance were good, even Chen Rouqiu himself would find it hard to feel bad for Chang Zaiqing. Especially now that the incident happened, Shen Wan's intentional or unintentional maintenance of Chang Zaiqing made Chen Rouqiu feel a sense of crisis. As a woman, she understood Shen Wan's mind better than anyone else. I'm afraid that when Chang Zaiqing enters the door, it is possible not only to share the pet with her, but also to pet her alone. She couldn't find herself this big rival!
"Why can't she?" It was none other than Shen Wan who spoke. Shen Wan was also furious at the moment, probably Chen Rouqiu had been gentle and graceful in front of him for so many years, but today she was as unreasonable as a shrew, making Shen Wan look at her even more unbearable.
Chen Rouqiu said angrily, "Then you will divorce me! If you want to accept her, then divorce me first!"
It made Shen Wan angrily and turned himself on his back. However, Chen Rouqiu seemed to suddenly gain confidence and became more aggressive and said, "Once I get a letter of reconciliation, I will leave without saying a word, you can accept whoever you like, and it doesn't matter if you are right, it's all down to the bridge. On the way back, one is different and the other is wide and each is happy!" After saying that, two lines of tears streamed down his cheeks, in the end, there was a bit of pity.
Chen Rouqiu's words were originally angry words, she and Shen Wan's young husband and wife, even if there were many conflicts these days, they had been in harmony for so many years before. Chen Rou Qiu knew Shen Wan, Shen Wan still had some affection for her, but now she was just fascinated by Chang Zai Qing for a while, and it was absolutely impossible to divorce her for Chang Zai Qing's sake.
It's a pity that Chen Rouqiu calculated everything, she was sure that Shen Wan still had lingering affection for her, but she didn't consider Old Shen Furen's attitude.
Old Shen Furen sneered, looking at Chen Rou Qiu as if she was watching a clown jumping beams, and said, "He Li? You think beautifully, but you are afraid that you have miscalculated. It is impossible for the third child to give you He Li Shu, at most , that is, to give you a letter of divorce!"
Chang Zaiqing, who was about to speak, heard the words and swallowed the words in his mouth.
Not to be outdone, Chen Rouqiu asked, "Why do you have to divorce me?"
"Why?" The old lady Shen looked at her: "The third child married you and entered the door. There is no other girl in the yard, not to mention a concubine's room, and there is no common room. As a mistress, you don't want to be My husband manages, but he is jealous and immoral! The third is kind-hearted, and I don’t want to interfere in the affairs of the third’s yard, but after all these years, Chen Rouqiu, you have come to the Shen residence for nearly 20 years, and you have never given birth to the third wife. The next male and half female, let me ask you, is there anyone in the Ding capital like you, who can't have a son after marrying into her husband's family, but also won't let her husband have a son with others. Do you think my Shen family will never end?"
"You are jealous and have no children. Even if you have these two items in the Seven Outlaws, it is enough to give you a letter of divorce!"
If you say that Mrs. Shen came from the market, she has no knowledge, but when she argues with others, she will not suffer. In particular, she was quite resentful towards Chen Rouqiu, but now she is not arresting Chen Rouqiu, she is almost on the rise, making Chen Rouqiu's words irrelevant.
That's right, the Shen family was able to put all the faults on Chen Rouqiu just because of having no children. Even in the public eye, Chen Rouqiu was the one who was pointed out. Chen Rou Qiu's heart suddenly felt powerless, she always thought that she had firmly grasped Shen Wan's heart, and that she and Shen Wan could love each other forever. But now, Shen Wan's attitude of protecting Chang Zaiqing was like a slap in the face, breaking Chen Rouqiu's self-righteousness!
Shen Wan is no different from other men, he is still greedy for freshness and tenderness. I am no different from other women. Once the years pass, and the old age and color fade, I still have to make way for the young girl. But those who are old and fading still have their sons by their side, and they can sit firmly in the position of the mistress of the house. She doesn't even have a son, so this position is precarious.
Mrs. Shen looked at Chang Zaiqing and said slowly, "Thirdest, since you have touched someone, my Shen family is not unreasonable, and naturally I should be responsible. There is no one in Chang's family. If Miss Chang agrees, you still have to cross the bright road and pick a concubine. There are a lot of bad luck in this mansion, so you should be happy."
Picking up a concubine... Old Shen Furen was clearly trying to fight against Chen Rouqiu on purpose, and she was trying to make fun of Chen Rouqiu.
Chen Rou Qiu looked at Madam Shen, a smile seemed to flash across the ravines of Madam Shen's face very quickly. That smile suddenly made Chen Rou Qiu realize.
How did you find out about Chang Zaiqing and Shen Wan? It was when Mrs. Shen asked her to go to the west courtyard to deliver the cloth. She didn't go in the morning or late, but it happened at that time. Did Mrs. Shen do it on purpose? These days, she was worried about Shen Yue and didn't care about anything else. She didn't find Chang Zaiqing and Shen Wan's tricks, and Old Shen Furen might not have found out. Old Shen Furen wanted to take a concubine to Shen Wan, but she found out that Chang Zaiqing and Shen Wan were in contact, and she was afraid that she was not overjoyed.
Let Chang Zaiqing enter the manor and force her into such a situation.
Old Shen Furen... Chen Rouqiu's heart suddenly filled with infinite hatred, she gritted her teeth and said, "Such humiliation is unreasonable!"