"I'm not reconciled! I hate it!" Chen Rouqiu's words contained deep hatred, and now her face was haggard, and when she said such words, her expression was hideous, and even Shen Yue was taken aback.
Shen Yue said, "Mother, what did you say?"
"You have also seen this." Chen Rouqiu gritted her teeth and said, "It turns out that your father and I are in love, and I haven't seen anything for so many years. I treat him with all my heart, and I never thought he would be able to live by me alone. You can't find someone to humiliate me like this. Even if you drive me out and go to court with the Chen family, the Chen family's luck is bad, and the Chen family sees me as all kinds of ridicule. It's your father and Chang Zaiqing who forced me to In such a desperate situation, what is my reputation in the Ding capital? A hen that can't lay eggs? Jealous woman? This is what your father repaid me!" Chen Rouqiu said with a sneer and said, "And that old immortal. Yes, after I married into the Chen family, I always picked on me, because she herself was a low-class singer, so she couldn't see others well? This time Chang Zaiqing and your father are also behind her. Push, those people in the Shen family don't have a good thing!"
Shen Yue couldn't help frowning, she felt that Chen Rouqiu's words were a bit of a shrew, but when it came to the Shen family, up to now Shen Yue didn't feel much.
Sure enough, then, Chen Rouqiu glanced at her and said again, "Back then when your father asked you to marry the Wang family, I thought there was someone else you liked, but your father coaxed me that only the Wang family can protect you. , I have no choice but to answer. Who knows who the Wang family is? Actually, because of Shen Dongling, they will not recognize you. Now you don't even have your own identity. It's really deceiving! If you think about it, you will also stand up for you, but look at what your father did? He even asked you to apologize to the Wang family and to be on an equal footing with Shen Dongling? Why would your dignified young lady from the Shen family want to be with a concubine? To be on an equal footing is simply ridiculous! Does he actually consider you his own daughter!" Chen Rouqiu's words were all provocative, at the moment Chen Rouqiu had nothing, no one stood by her side, she managed to find it with great difficulty After having a daughter, for fear that Shen Yue would be coaxed back by Shen Wan with a few words, then she would really be alone. If Shen Yue was still with her, Chen Rou Qiu would have some thoughts.
Shen Yue's expression sank when she heard the words. Speaking of which, she and Shen Wan did not have no father-daughter relationship, but what resented the Shen family the most was that they used their marriage as a raft, and in the end they made it difficult for them to return home. Said it was for her own good, but Shen Yue has only suffered so far. Although Huangfu Hao treated her well, she was a concubine after all, a concubine... Even if it was the prince's concubine, she was always the lowest class concubine, and could be thrown away at will like a gadget. In addition, Chen Rouqiu mentioned that "there is another person in my heart", thinking that there is no possibility that Fu Xiuyi and Fu Xiuyi are at all, so she sighed sadly: "Mother, don't say that there is no such thing, I and His Royal Highness Prince Ding are the same. Impossible, I haven't thought about him in this life, maybe I have nothing to do with him." Then he smiled bitterly: "Besides, His Royal Highness is very kind to me, and I like him very much."
Chen Rouqiu knew her daughter best, but how could she not see the loss in Shen Yue's heart. It was anger and distress, and even Fu Xiuyi hated it together. With such a good daughter, why can't she get the love in her heart. She took a deep breath and said: "The Shen family has harmed our mother and daughter so far, it must not be so simple, don't worry, mother will definitely vent for our mother and daughter, and none of the Shen family want to run away. Now that I have Being taken back to her mother's house, it has nothing to do with the Shen family. Even if something happens to the Shen family, they will definitely not be able to find me. You are no longer Shen Yue, and you must be safe. "
"Mother, what do you want to do?" Shen Yue asked worriedly after hearing that Chen Rou Qiu's words were wrong.
Chen Rou Qiu sneered and replied, "Just wait and see, I'm just here to tell you. Seeing that you're fine, mother will feel at ease."
Shen Yue couldn't ask Chen Rouqiu what, so she had no choice but to give up, but ignored the cruelty that flashed in Chen Rouqiu's eyes.
…
A few days later, the Ding capital seemed to be calmer. Nothing new happened, but it was almost the end of the year, and the people who bought the New Year's goods on the streets were gradually getting busy.
The up and down of the Shen residence naturally also started to buy New Year's goods, Luo Tan was still very happy, but since the last incident, Shen Xin made Shen Miao and Luo Tan unable to go out easily, if they wanted to go out, they would definitely bring a There are a lot of guards, this is a bit boring, and Feng Anning is also very guilty because of what happened last time. After coming to the door to apologize, he doesn't know if he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the rope, but he didn't ask the two of them to go out anymore. . Luo Tan was also bored in the mansion, and then she became very bored, so she followed Luo Ling and Shen Qiu to the training ground to watch the soldiers practice. She dressed up as a man, and with Shen Xin and Luo Ling by her side, don't be afraid.
Shen Miao stayed in the house quietly, she didn't like the liveliness, nor did she like to go shopping in the street, staying alone was the most reassuring one.
On this day, Mo Qing came back and said that Chang Zaiqing's husband and son had been taken to the Ding capital. Because he wanted to hide his eyes and ears, he didn't dare to take him into the deep house at will, but he was placed in a private house in the east of the city.
Shen Miao said, “You are doing very well.” She remembered that Chang Zaiqing’s husband in the previous life was a gambler and a rogue. He was a bit rude due to drinking alcohol all the year round. If such a person was infected with the Shen residence, he would have other problems in the future. The mind is like candy, it will take a lot of work to clean it up properly, and who knows if the people in the Shen residence are monitoring the Shen residence every day, if they see this father and son, I am afraid that there will be more troubles.
Mo Qing repeatedly said that he did not dare and asked Shen Miao, "When is the young lady going to see their father and son?"
It must be useful for Shen Miao to bring the father and son to Dingjing. Before that, I will meet and talk with each other.
Shen Miao was about to answer when she suddenly thought of something and stopped.
In Pei Lang's letter, Fu Xiuyi gave Shen Wan a difficult problem, that is, to marry the King of Zhou. What method does Shen Wanneng use? Although Shen Miao did not know very well, she could guess something more or less, it was nothing more than some pickling method. Therefore, stepping out of the door of the Shen residence, there may be dangers everywhere outside the door. These days are calm, maybe it is because she has never gone out at all. If she goes out, maybe the other party will not give up this opportunity.
She wasn't big enough to jump into a fire pit even though she knew it was a fire pit. Besides, she couldn't get out of it with just a few words.
Shen Miao asked, "How many masters like you are there in the manor?"
Mo Qing was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "There should be some under the eldest young master, and some under the master, and there should be less than thirty people in total."
Mo Qing is indeed already considered a top expert, and there are very few people like him. Thirty people guarding... Probably no one dared to make up their minds, but it would be too conspicuous to walk on the street like this, and it would be strange not to be noticed. And suddenly so many bodyguards were required to follow along, so Shen Qiu and Shen Xin were not fools. Shen Miao shook her head and said, "Understood."
“Miss is worried about the safety on the road?” Mo Qing asked, “Jie Shi can send some more people.” Mo Qing also felt a little weird, Shen Miao was never a timid person. It's a little unusual today.
“No need, I know how to do it, you go down first.” Shen Miao said.
Mo Qing stopped talking and stepped back in silence. Shen Miao looked around, her eyes fell on the half-opened window in the room, and her heart suddenly moved.
She instructed Gu Yu: "Open the window more full."
Gu Yu was surprised, “Girl, it’s still blowing outside, open it carefully and it caught a cold.” She was really surprised, Shen Miao was very afraid of the cold when she was a child, for some unknown reason, these days she seems to like to open it at night very much. Sleep by the window. But now it's still bright and sunny, so why do you have to open the window
“I am not cold,” Shen Miao said calmly, “Go and open it.”
Gu Yu glanced at Shen Miao's thick outer clothes, but did not dare to refute, and opened the window in confusion.
Shen Miao stayed in the house for a whole day, she glanced at the window from time to time, causing Jing Zhe and Gu Yu to look at the other side of the window as well, thinking that some flowers could bloom there, but there was clearly nothing on the window sill. . Shen Miao read the book for a while, then walked to the window sill and stood for a while, not knowing what she was reading.
Before I knew it, it got dark. After dinner and grooming, Jing Zhe and Gu Yu retreated. Shen Miao cut and cut the oil lamp, but she did not know how many times she cut it, but she felt that the outside was very quiet, as if the entire Ding Jingjing fell into a deep sleep, and the window was still empty.
A hint of disappointment flashed in Shen Miao's eyes, she took the chess piece on the table and knocked on the oil lamp, Xiao Duo Xiao Duo's lamp flower fell on the table and quickly disappeared. Shen Miao gradually became sleepy and she also closed her eyes and lay on the table to doze off.
When Xie Jingxing entered the room, what he saw was the scene of Shen Miao lying on the table sleeping soundly, the window was not closed, the door was reserved for him, the light was shaking slightly due to the cold wind coming from outside, Shen Miao put her hands on her head, Buried in his arms and slept peacefully.
He walked to Shen Miao's side, looked down at Shen Miao, paused for a while, then took off his cloak and gently covered Shen Miao.
Shen Miao was also a vigilant person after all, being moved by him like this, her body was slightly sideways, she raised her head but did not open her eyes, she said in a daze, "Little Lizi, rub Ben Gong's shoulders."
Xie Jing Xing: “…”
He simply leaned halfway on the cabinet next to him, looked at Shen Miao, and said amusingly, "Hey, did you dream of being a queen again?"
These abrupt words made Shen Miao wake up suddenly, just as there was a cold wind blowing outside, she sneezed and she lost sleep in an instant.
Xie Jing walked to the window and closed it, and the room suddenly became much warmer. He folded his chest against the window and asked, "Why do you sleep here?"
Shen Miao looked at the purple clothed youth, rubbed her eyes, and asked, "Why are you here now?" There was a tone of reproach in her words, and she herself had just woken up from her sleep, her mind was not clear and she did not know what to do. I realized that there was something wrong with what I said.
Xie Jing Xing noticed it.
The room fell silent for a moment, he walked forward step by step until he reached the table where Shen Miao was sitting, put his hands on the table, leaned over and asked, “Are you waiting for me?”
Shen Miao suddenly returned to her senses and quickly replied, "No."
The corners of Xie Jing Xing's lips twitched, and his tone was somewhat regretful: "Oh, I heard that you waited for me by the window for a day today, but it turned out not to be true, since it's all right, then I'll leave."
“Wait!” Shen Miao stopped him.
Xie Jingxing said, "What?"
“Do you know what to ask me for?” Shen Miao gritted her teeth. Facing Xie Jing Xing, he couldn't be calm and generous because this person was surprisingly vicious. Thinking of what she did outside the window today was really too deliberate, Xie Jing Xing estimated that there was someone in the Shen residence, it was not unusual to see her turn around and inform Xie Jing Xing like this. It's just that Xie Jing Xing knew clearly that it was too bad to ask him deliberately.
"I'm waiting for you, I need your help with something." She took a breath and said.
“Speak.” Xie Jing Xing pulled out the chair and sat down opposite Shen Miao. He seemed to be in a very good mood, and even with those beautiful peach eyes, he was more charming than before.
“You should have many capable people and different scholars, and there should be many masters, like my bodyguard Mo Qing, there should be many?” Shen Miao asked tentatively.
“That kind of expert is also considered an expert?” Xie Jing Xing sneered, “How about I give you a few real masters?”
“Lend me a few people to use.” Shen Miao said, “I will pay the money.”
Xie Jing Xing glanced at her, frowned slightly, and asked, "What are you doing?"
Shen Miao thought that Xie Jing Xing already knew about Chang Zaiqing's husband and son anyway, and there was no need to hide it from him, so she said, "Chang Zaiqing's husband and son in Liuzhou have been sent to Dingjing and arranged to be in the city. In a place in the east, there are not enough people around me."
"You want to use my people?"
Shen Miao said, "I will pay the money."
Xie Jing Xing asked, “I seem to be short of money?”
Shen Miao was silent. Indeed, Xie Jing Xing didn't seem to be short of money, it was as if the money was too much to be used up, and he could almost help the world at the same time. Even the richest man in Ming Qi may not be as generous as he is. She simply asked: "How do you want to agree?"
Xie Jing Xing narrowed his eyes, “You are asking for help with this attitude?”
Shen Miao finally got annoyed and said, "Forget it, when I didn't say anything about this, it was too late, please, Prince Rui." When she got angry, she called Xie Jingxing "Your Highness Prince Rui". Sure enough, Xie Jing Xing frowned and looked unhappy.
“I didn’t say that I wouldn’t use it for you.” Xie Jing Xing stopped her, “What’s the hurry.”
Shen Miao sat back again, Xie Jing Xing stared at her with beautiful eyes, his eyes flickered slightly, but he said, "It is really stupid to say that you are stupid, why should you choose distance?"
"What's the meaning?"
“This king is in a good mood today,” Xie Jing Xing said unhurriedly, “I will accompany you in person.”
…
In the middle of the night, the moon disappeared, and only a few desolate stars hung sparsely in the night sky. Because it was winter, the weather was surprisingly cold, and there was a thin layer of snow on the ground, but when I stepped on it, there was also the sound of "rustling" of ice balls. However, because of the New Year's Day, every household is covered with red lanterns under the eaves. The lanterns are red and white, which is also a good picture that is not interesting.
There are two people standing under the roof at this moment.
The tall young man was bending over slightly, tying a face towel for the other person beside him. The two of them are very close. If they get closer, they can hear the short girl complaining: "Why should I wear this?"
"Shh." The young man whispered in her ear: "You should be afraid that your peerless face will be seen and cause trouble, don't ask more."
Shen Miao sneered, "Peerless face? Then you should block yourself first."
"I don't have to." The young man's face was handsome and he didn't seem to notice the irony in the other party's words: "I am powerful, and no one dares to trouble me."
Shen Miao: "..." Shen Miao never thought that she told Xie Jing Xing about the Liuzhou father and son, Xie Jing Xing said to accompany her personally, and it was now. In the middle of the night, I was afraid that the father and son had also fallen asleep, Xie Jing Xing actually wanted to be at this time. But Xie Jing Xing's reason was: there were few people at night, even if someone was with you during the day, what if no one found out.
What he said was too reasonable and Shen Miao could not find anything to refute, but she did not expect that what Xie Jing Xing said was that the two of them were walking on the street.
Although it seems that there is no one on the street right now, it is inevitable to feel uneasy.
“What are you afraid of, all my people will follow, if there is anything wrong, I will remind you.” Xie Jing Xing said.
Shen Miao was distracted, Xie Jing Xing had already tied the face towel on her face with only one pair of eyes showing. Her eyes are round and watery, and the black and white are very clear, and the dim light of the lantern is more and more lovable. Xie Jing Xing helped her put on the hat, raised his eyebrows and said, "Not bad."
It was too unforeseen, so Shen Miao finally found a set of little servant’s clothes to put on, the hat was a little inappropriate and often covered her eyes. It was just that he forgot to bring his cape when he came out, Xie Jing Xing looked at her and put his cape over Shen Miao and said, “Let’s go.”
“Just walked over like this?” Shen Miao was extremely surprised.
“The east of the city is not far.” Xie Jing Xing disagreed, “It’s good to take a walk, you haven’t seen Dingjing at night, right.”
Shen Miao was silent.
Most of the nights she had seen were inside the square palace walls of Ming Qi. Sometimes I sat in the huge Kunning Palace, thinking about the troublesome things in the harem, sitting all night long.
As the head of the six palaces, it seems that her nights are like one night for ten years, lonely, unfree, deserted, and unnoticed.
She also regretted it and envied the carefree life outside the palace.
Xie Jing Xing said, "No one here sees you, knows you, just do whatever you want."
Shen Miao looked at the other party's handsome eyebrows and suddenly felt some envy in her heart.
Speaking of which, Xie Jing Xing has lived to this day, he is the Young Marquis of Lin'an Marquis Mansion and also Prince Rui, the younger brother of Emperor Yongle of Great Liang, everyone can only see the superficial scenery, but in fact the burden is definitely not less than Shen Miao. However, the proud and arrogant temperament in his bones never seemed to change. Nothing outside can change his strength, as if the sun and the moon are changing, and the stars are changing, he still stands here with an unshakable attitude. Teach people to only dare to look up.
Shen Miao envied people with a strong heart. She felt that she was not as strong as Xie Jing Xing, because she occasionally thought about Wan Yu and Fu Ming, and when she thought about all kinds of previous lives, she would feel tired.
Xie Jing Xing's eyes were sharp, he pinched her chin and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Shen Miao broke away from his hand and turned her head, "It's nothing." She didn't want to be noticed by others, she turned around and walked quickly, but she was not used to the men's boots and the ground was slippery because of the ice. Very, she almost fell down, thankfully Xie Jing Xing grabbed her arm and frowned and said, “Be careful.” The hand in the sleeve slipped down and grabbed Shen Miao’s hand.
His hands were slender and cold, but it just happened to wrap Shen Miao's hands in the palm of his hand. Shen Miao's heart moved and she was about to break away subconsciously, but she did not expect that Xie Jing Xing's hand was so tight that she did not break free.
Xie Jing Xing said lightly, “I will hold you to prevent you from slipping.”
“I will be careful not to slip.” Shen Miao said.
"Then I'm afraid I will slip, you hold me." He continued without frowning.
Shen Miao: “…”
The heavy snow covered the entire street, as if the street was silver and white, and the rain and snow reflected by the lanterns were lovely. Shen Miao raised her head to look at the sky from time to time, the sky was very good, very spacious and more beautiful than the square and angular sky. The street is very quiet, no one will find her, and some unfulfilled wishes of the previous life are fulfilled at this moment. The hand held by the young man beside her was slightly damp, but she gradually gave birth to some smiles.
The night was really nice, Shen Miao felt.
But she didn't see that in the eyes of the handsome young man, a smile flashed across, but it was more moving than fireworks.
…
In a private house in the east of the city, a loud snoring sound was coming from a house at this moment. The whole room was full of strong alcohol smell that was pungent. There were several wine jars lying on the ground, and the man on the bed was sleeping soundly.
In the next room, there was a child of eight or nine years old lying on the bed. This room was obviously much narrower than the room next to it. He lay down for a while, but sat up. Seemingly disturbed by the snoring next door, he stood up and walked into the small yard surrounded by bamboo fences under the quilt.
The child was going to the thatched hut, and was about to return to the house after going to the hut, when he glanced at two people standing in the yard. He was so shocked that he was about to shout out, but he saw a stone in the hand of the taller man bouncing at him. When he came over, the child was frozen in place in an instant, unable to speak.
The two then approached him.
Under the dim light of the lantern outside, the faces of the two were gradually seen clearly. He was petite in stature, wearing clothes only worn by servants, but he could still tell that it was a woman, wearing a cloak that was so wide that it didn't fit, and wearing a two-face scarf on his face, except for the eyes, the part below the nose was completely covered. covered. However, the eyes became more and more clear, and people couldn't help but think that if she took off the face towel, she would be a beauty.
As for the person next to this petite figure... The boy was almost stunned. This person was extremely tall and straight, wearing a splendid robe with purple embroidered gold cloud patterns. This robe was a bit wide and the belt was black. His clothes were fluttering more and more, and his appearance was even more handsome and beautiful. A pair of peach blossom eyes looked over in the night, and it felt as if the snow in winter was also blooming in layers of spring flowers. Could it be the immortals who came down from the sky, otherwise why is every move so elegant and beautiful that people can't take their eyes off of them, and they are so extravagant
The petite white-robed man glanced at him, and then asked softly, "What's your name?"
The child felt his throat loosen, coughed twice, and suddenly found himself able to speak again. The voice of that man was that of a woman, very gentle, and the child's mood gradually became less fearful. He said nervously, "I, my name is Huaisheng."
"Huaisheng," the woman asked, "is your mother's name Chang Zaiqing?"
Huaisheng was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes turned red. He looked at the woman cautiously and asked, "Do you know my mother? Do you know where my mother is... I haven't seen my mother for a long time, and they said that my mother will not come back. Someone brought us here. Come, I said that I can see my mother, but there is no mother here."
Shen Miao sighed in her heart. This child was about the same age as Su Minglang two years ago, but at that time Su Minglang was a naive, almost idiot-like glutinous rice ball, but this child was much more pitiful. Chang Zaiqing abandoned her husband and children, of course, because her husband was drinking and gambling all day long, and he couldn't live any longer. But before she left, she never imagined how hard it would be for her young son to follow such an irresponsible father? Therefore, Chang Zaiqing is neither worthy of sympathy nor forgiveness, because such a cruel mother is no longer worthy of being called a "mother".
“Don’t be afraid.” Shen Miao took out the veil and wiped the tears for the child. Huai Sheng was a little flattered. The woman's eyes were very beautiful, and her appearance was not bad. Although she was wearing the clothes of a servant, her hands were fair and tender. Huaisheng knew that this kind of hand was different from their hands full of calluses doing rough work. At first glance, it was from a wealthy family. This woman is also very rich, but such a noble person wipes tears for a pariah like himself... Even his mother has never treated him so tenderly, and Huai Sheng looks a little crazy.
A light cough sounded, but it was the man in purple robe standing beside Shen Miao who made a noise. He glanced at Huai Sheng and said coldly, "Go in."
Huai Sheng was cold all over by that glance. For some reason, this extremely beautiful man didn't do anything, and just looking at him lightly would make people feel terrible. He was agitated, but when he saw the woman in front of him retracting the handkerchief, his eyes were quite gentle.
Shen Miao just thought of her Fu Ming and Wan Yu. Fu Ming and Wan Yu have a father like Fu Xiuyi, why is it not hard work? And although she didn't run away, she was powerless to save the fate of her children, not much better than Chang Zaiqing.
Suppressing the complicated emotions in her heart, she said, "Huaisheng, show us your father."