The wind was blowing at night, and it was surprisingly cold. In Prince Rui's mansion, Gao Yang was reading with interest a letter that was delivered.
Shen Miao lived in the Shen residence, although the Shen family had many soldiers and guards and not weak, but due to various reasons, they were still in danger and did not dare to relax. Xie Jing Xing transferred a secret guard from Mo Yu's army to follow Shen Miao quietly to avoid any accident.
This dark guard named Cong Yang used to be a spy in the Mo Yu Army. He was first-rate in his skills and first-rate in inquiring about news. Every day, Xie Jing Xing had to report to Xie Jing Xing what Shen Miao had done, this letter was about who Shen Miao met today and what she said. Basically, except for going to the thatched hut and taking a bath, everything else is almost the same.
Gao Yang thought this was abnormal, but He Congyang was such a cautious person. When they saw that Shen Miao and his party met Su Mingfeng on the street in the noon, their expressions changed again.
Although I don't know what Su Mingfeng discovered, but Su Mingfeng and Xie Jingxing have been in friendship for so many years, this strange behavior is abnormal, I'm afraid it's not good.
Just as he was thinking about it, Ji Yushu passed by with an apple in his mouth, and when he saw Gao Yang pulling a piece of paper in a daze, he glanced at it, but the focus was off, and he said, "Ah, it turns out that the young lady from the Shen family likes it. Su Mingfeng."
Gao Yang was so frightened by Gao Yang that he almost fell off the stone bench. When he came back to his senses, he said angrily: "What are you doing when you are shocked?"
"You're too timid." Ji Yushu patted him on the shoulder: "Don't fan your fan all the time, it's the right way to practice martial arts." After that, he went back to what he said before and said: " Miss Luo and Young Master Su are quite compatible, and the third brother has friendship with both sides, so why not be a matchmaker another day."
Gao Yang frowned: "Which eye do you see that they are compatible? Besides, who said Luo Tan likes Su Mingfeng?"
"I can see that they are compatible with both eyes." Ji Yu said, pointing to a line of words on the letter to Gao Yang, "Look, Miss Luo said to Su Mingfeng, 'As expected of two brothers, they are both equally beautiful.' You talk about it, Su Minglang will not talk about it, Miss Luo is showing her favor to Su Mingfeng in a different way. Otherwise, she will praise a person's 'good-looking' after eating enough."
Fortunately, Congyang was a chatterer, the above paragraph not only wrote what Shen Miao said, but also included Luo Tan’s words. Ji Yushu is also considered a talent, such a full page, I saw this sentence at a glance.
Gao Yang suppressed the slight displeasure in his heart and said, "Boring."
"You don't understand this." Ji Yushu grabbed the fan in Gao Yang's hand, shook it, imitating Gao Yang's inscrutable appearance, and said in the smartest way of mine: "Only this young master has read this over and over again. Only the veterans of Hua Cong can see the true heart of the Fangling woman. What do you know, if you want to please me, I can consider teaching you... Ahe!" In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Ji Yushu sneezed while fanning the wind.
Gao Yang grabbed the fan back, ignoring him.
Just as he was talking, Xie Jing Xing came back from outside, with Tie Yi and Nan Qi behind him, he didn't know where he came back, and he looked like he was in trouble.
“Third brother!” Ji Yushu greeted him warmly, Xie Jing Xing didn’t even look at him, he walked into the room with a cold face, Nan Qi and Tie Yi also showed awe. Ji Yushu didn't realize that Xie Jing Xing was in a bad mood at all and continued, "Third brother, something happened to fifth Miss Shen."
Xie Jing Xing paused and looked at him with a frown.
Gao Yang also looked at Ji Yushu.
Ji Yushu cleared his throat and said sternly: "I just read the news from Yang Yang for you. Today, Fifth Miss Shen met Deng Tuzi when she went out, and Deng Tuzi touched Shen Fifth Miss's little hand."
Gao Yang rested his forehead, only to hear Ji Yushu ask again, "Third brother, do you know who this daring disciple is?"
Naturally, no one picked him up, which made Nan Qi and Tie Yi nervous. Fifth Miss Shen is the person that her master likes. Who has eaten the guts of an ambitious leopard and even touched Fifth Shen's hand
Ji Yushu said in a heart-wrenching manner, "It's Su Mingfeng! It's the third brother's brother Su Mingfeng! Both brothers and sisters, he actually digs the corner of the third brother, and he is shameless and dishonest!"
Nan Qi and Tie Yi were stunned, Xie Jing Xing's eyes were cold, Gao Yang simply covered his face with a fan, he didn't want to see Ji Yu's virtuous behavior when he was too many.
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With a lamp like a bean, Shen Miao was bored reading a book under the lamp. From time to time, she looked up at the window, the cold sky window was wide open, Shen Miao guessed that there was someone Xie Jing Xing placed in the Shen residence, but she did not care. Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan were not working in the mansion on weekdays, not to mention Shen Qiu. There were no secrets in the Shen residence, it wouldn't matter if Xie Jing Xing's people came, and there was one more person to watch the door, so Quan should have hired a guard who didn't want money.
Since Xie Jing Xing's people were paying attention to his every move and opening the window, they should also tell his master that he was waiting for Xie Jing Xing for something.
Shen Miao thought about it and felt that it was not a good thing to meet Su Mingfeng on the street today. Su Mingfeng and Xie Jingxing had a very good relationship, to know that Su Mingfeng died in the previous life, only Xie Jingxing dared to collect the body for him, and he was not afraid of the wrath of the Ming Qi royal family, he knew that these two were indeed close friends. Since they are close friends, they always know each other. Today Su Mingfeng noticed her bracelet, and when he said "tiger head ring", he definitely didn't say it casually, it must have something to do with Xie Jing Xing.
Shen Miao did not know how many people in Ming Qi knew about Xie Jing Xing's identity. But looking at Su Mingfeng's performance today, Su Mingfeng doesn't know. If Su Mingfeng knows that Xie Jing Xing is not dead... I don't know if there will be trouble in the future.
Thinking like this, he heard a noise from the window, and when he looked up, the young man in purple robe had already come in with ease, and he closed the window to save the wind.
Xie Jing Xing approached with great strides and sat down at the table, the tea on the table was still hot but not cold, Xie Jing Xing poured himself a cup of tea and it was cooked like it was in his own house. Shen Miao ignored the strange feeling in her heart and took a sip of tea and said, "I came to you today for one thing."
“What’s the matter?” Xie Jing Xing asked with hooked lips.
After hesitating for a while, Shen Miao said, "Su Mingfeng may have noticed that you are still alive."
Xie Jing Xing was silent.
Shen Miao stretched out her wrist, the jade bracelet on her wrist was lustrous and translucent, making her wrist more slender and fair, she said, "Today Su Mingfeng saw this bracelet on my hand on the street, what did you say 'tiger head ring', asked me if I saw it? Having seen you, I think there should be some origin. Maybe he also guessed that you are still alive."
Xie Jing Xing frowned slightly, he was born well originally, but his normal smile was fascinated, but when he didn't speak at this moment, he felt a sense of coldness rushing towards his face.
Shen Miao thought that Xie Jing Xing was from Great Liang now, but he had to wear a silver mask despite his identity as Prince Rui, in order to prevent others from discovering his true identity. Who knows that his negligence may be noticed by Su Mingfeng, even if Su Mingfeng is Xie Jingxing's friend, it is inevitable that he will not be used by others. If he causes trouble for Xie Jingxing... Xie Jingxing has helped her so much, the moment she gets started, it will cause trouble for Xie Jingxing, Shen Miao Feeling a little guilty in his heart.
She thought about it and said, "How about... think of a way to remedy it."
“Impossible.” Xie Jing Xing categorically rejected her proposal and said, “Su Mingfeng and I have known each other for many years. They are cunning and clever, so they can’t hide it.”
Shen Miao had a headache, but she felt some resentment against Xie Jing Xing, since this tiger head ring still has such an origin, why don't you give it away at will? But she was wearing that tiger headband today, so she happened to be bumped into by Su Mingfeng.
“Then what should be done?” Rao was Shen Miao smart and did not know what to do. She specializes in surgery, and she doesn't understand about concealing her identity.
Xie Jing Xing shook his head, “If you find it, you will find it, don’t bother.”
“This will not bring you trouble?” Shen Miao frowned and asked, “The Su family is also the official family of Ming Qi, you are from Great Liang, maybe he will think that you are a spy sent by the enemy country… There will be endless troubles.” Shen Miao thought badly of people, but it was just like that, for the sake of a little benefit, the compatriots and sisters in the harem could kill each other, not to mention that it was related to the interests of the two countries.
The friendship between friends is the most precious, and therefore the most intolerant and vulnerable.
Xie Jing Xing glanced at her leisurely, and suddenly the corner of his lips raised, "Are you worried about me?"
Shen Miao was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I am concerned about myself." After a while, she added, "I am now a grasshopper on the same boat with you, if you are discovered, it is hard to guarantee that you will not lead me out, and will also If the Shen family pulls into the water, the gains outweigh the losses."
Xie Jing Xing was somewhat amused: "Don't worry, being an ally with this king will not be a loss."
Shen Miao was accustomed to his arrogance and did not take his words to heart, but suddenly thought of something and said, "Speaking of which, you really do not intend to stop Su Mingfeng?"
“How long do you think I will have to wear my mask?” Xie Jing Xing suddenly asked.
Shen Miao did not understand what he meant and did not speak.
“My identity will be known sooner or later.” Xie Jing Xing said lightly, “It’s not Su Mingfeng, it will be someone else.”
Shen Miao was startled and puzzled, and asked, "Then you have not thought about it, if your identity is known, what will your... relatives think? The Marquis of Lin'an, Princess Rongxin, Su Mingfeng and others..." Even if other people knew about it, others would be surprised at most. But what would Xie Jing Xing's close relatives and friends think, Xie Jing Xing was facing doubts from the closest person, even Shen Miao could not imagine.
Even if she was betrayed and hurt in her previous life, she and the Shen family would still be on one side. But as Xie Jing Xing's identity was revealed, he was Prince Rui of Great Liang, and the situation became more complicated.
Xie Jing Xing smiled casually, "So what if you know?" He said, "It doesn't matter if people in the world hate me." He looked at Shen Miao and smiled slightly evil for a moment, "I'm not afraid."
But for some unknown reason, Shen Miao felt a little sad because of his smile. I always felt that this handsome and beautiful young man was not as ruthless as he seemed.
Shen Miao thought to herself, and she was unexpectedly touched by Xie Jing Xing, and he said, "Don't take off the bracelet, since it was given to you, you are not afraid of being recognized."
Shen Miao actually did not like someone touching her head, what it would be like for a dignified queen of a country to be touched by someone and spread the word. Even if Shen Qiu touched her head, Shen Miao would be displeased, but today she allowed Xie Jing Xing to move for the first time.
She sighed in her heart, don't care so much today.
Xie Jing Xing stood up: "I thought you came here in a hurry, I will go first if I have nothing to do." He said, "If there is any problem in the future, just call Cong Yang. He is your secret guard now, you don't need to open the window to wait for me. I'll wake you up when I arrive."
He said it naturally and Shen Miao did not feel anything wrong, only after Xie Jing walked, did Shen Miao feel that what she said was too ambiguous.
Thinking of Xie Jing Xing's words, she tried to call out "Cong Yang" softly, and in the blink of an eye, there was a young man who looked like a bodyguard in black.
Shen Miao had a headache, did Xie Jing Xing put someone in her boudoir? Are you being watched while you sleep? She asked, "You stay in the house all day?"
Cong Yang said: "The subordinate lives on the tree by the door. The young lady calls the subordinate's name. The subordinate is a martial arts practitioner, and you can hear it even if you whisper."
Shen Miao looked at her in surprise: "What did you call me?"
Congyang bowed to her: "Young madam."
Shen Miao: "Don't call me Young Madam."
"Yes, young lady."
Shen Miao: "..." After a long while, she waved her hand and said helplessly, "Forget it, let me ask you, what is Xie Jing Xing doing?" Xie Jing Xing hurried away, it seemed that he had something important to do. Shen Miao always felt restless because of the day's affairs, thinking that Xie Jing Xing went to find Su Ming Feng to kill someone.
Congyang said: "I don't know."
Shen Miao took a deep breath, and when she asked three questions, Xie Jing Xing either sent a secret guard or sent someone to monitor her. She looked at the man named Congyang, and saw that he was young and strong, and asked him to chop wood with the kitchen staff tomorrow!
Xie Jing Xing left the Shen residence and instructed Tie Yi, who was beside him, "Let Ji Yushu stay away from Congyang's letter in the future."
Ji Yushu is a person who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, because he thinks that his life is too leisurely. I really want to kick him back to Great Liang by making trouble for him at this juncture.
Tie Yi said yes, but suddenly thought of something and said, "Master, the wandering master Guanzhen has arrived at Putuo Temple. Your Majesty asked you to take a look. This time it happens to be in Ming Qi. When are you going to leave?"
Xie Jing Xing thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow."
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On the second day, the weather was excellent.
Luo Tan recently became obsessed with cutting window decorations, thinking that it was the end of the year, she could cut some festive patterns and stick them on the windows to look good, she brought a large stack of red paper and scissors and wanted to cut window decorations together with Shen Miao.
Shen Miao was cutting and cutting, and then she remembered something.
When she was in Qin State in her previous life, those princesses and princes deliberately made fun of her, and asked her to cut window grilles to make needles and thread, cutting and embroidering day and night, which not only hurt her eyes, but also made her see things blurry at night. There was also a thick layer of cocoons, very rough.
Later, when she returned to the palace, even if Shuang Jiang took a frosted stone to grind it for her, she would not be able to remove the cocoon. Coinciding with Fu Xiuyi's birthday at that time, all the beauties in the harem would send birthday gifts to make the emperor happy. Mei Furen strummed a Konghou for three days around Liangliang, and the appearance of her slender jade fingers flying over also stunned everyone.
When it was her turn, Shen Miao gave a pair of embroidery pictures of mountains and rivers, she was the queen, singing and dancing would be immodest. The picture of mountains and rivers is very atmospheric, Fu Xiuyi obviously likes it very much, and the ministers also praise it. However, Madam Mei was unrelenting and insisted that Shen Miao also play a konghou.
Shen Miao was reluctant, she looked at Fu Xiuyi with some pleading, but Fu Xiuyi wrote lightly, "Since Mei'er is interested, the Empress will play a piece for me. I may not have heard you play the piano for many years."
Shen Miao was forced to have no choice but to play.
Shen Miao knew how to play the Konghou and she actually learned a lot for Fu Xiuyi, although the sound of the piano was not as impressive as Madam Mei's, she could still hear it. But it still caused criticism from the ministers, concubines laughed, and everyone pointed at him.
why? It's really because those hands that plucked the Konghou are really ugly. The joints are thick due to the work done all year round, thick scissors can be seen between the fingers, the whole hand is heavy and rough, not like the hand of the mother of a country, but like the hand of a peasant woman in the countryside.
It is in stark contrast to the pair of delicate, fair-skinned, graceful and slender jade hands before.
She was very afraid, not because she was making a fool of herself, but because she was afraid that Wan Yu and Fu Ming would also be pointed at by others. When she was playing the Konghou, she looked at Madam Mei and looked at her with a charming smile, and when she saw Fu Xiuyi's cold and stern expression, she felt sad and wanted to cry. It was just that Shen Miao could not cry, for the sake of Wan Yu and Fu Ming, she also wanted to be a dignified queen who would not be humiliated.
She pretended that she didn't care about anything, but when she returned to Kunning Palace, she asked Shuang Jiang to take double the amount of sanding stone, so that a layer of the skin on her hand was rubbed off.
Seeing what Shen Miao was thinking, Luo Tan asked aloud, "Little cousin?"
Shen Miao regained her senses and saw that on her hand, the pattern of magpies in spring had been cut out. Couldn't help but smile.
In the next life, her hands are still delicate and innocent, but it seems that those cocoons still exist, reminding those embarrassed pasts all the time.
Shen Miao threw the scissors and said, "No more."
Luo Tan gave an "ah" and asked, "Why?"
Shen Miao said casually, "It will produce cocoons."
Luo Tan, who has always admired Shen Miao, couldn't help but look weird and said, "It's not like cutting day and night, there will be calluses." He added, "No wonder your small character is called 'Jiaojiao'. ."
Shen Miaofang picked up the tea and took a sip, and saw Gu Yu walking in from outside and said, "Miss, Madam wants you to go to the main hall."
Luo Xueyan didn't have an official today, she was in the mansion. Shen Miao asked, "Mother is there anything you want to call me?"
Gu Yu hesitated for a moment, then said, "I don't know about slaves either, but the wife of the Su family has come to our mansion, and she is currently talking to her in the main hall."
“Su Family?” Shen Miao moved her hand for a while, put down the teacup, and said, “Ping Nan Bo Su Family.”
"Exactly."
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In the main hall, Luo Xueyan was talking to Madam Su.
Mrs. Su didn't come empty-handed today. She said that her master got two Xue Que'er, but this Xue Que'er is only found in the northern land. Mrs. Su was afraid that she would be spoiled. Knowing that Luo Xueyan was from the Northwest, she came to ask Xue Que'er how she could support her.
Luo Xueyan thought that Madam Su was here to laugh at her, but seeing Madam Su's sincere demeanor, she had no intention of making fun of her. He also mentioned two baskets of fresh melons and fruits sent from the villages in the countryside, which are better than fresh.
Previously, the mighty General's Mansion and the Marquis of Lin'an Mansion were rivals, and the Su family was friendly with the Marquis of Lin'an Mansion. Naturally, the Shen family and the Su family were also strangers and could not care for each other. Two years ago, when the Shen family made a fuss about resisting the imperial decree, the Su family also participated in the Shen family book. Although it was self-defeating in the end and made Emperor Wen Hui relax his vigilance, Luo Xueyan remembered this in his heart.
It's just that today people came here with enthusiasm, and they all said that they would not reach out and slap the smiling person, and Luo Xueyan was not good at showing a cold face. She was just a little puzzled, this Madam Su was here to ask how to raise Xue Queer. After talking for a long time, she didn't mention Xue Queer at all. She only pestered Luo Xueyan to tell some new things about Xiaochuncheng, and praised Luo Xueyan again and again. He taught his son well and gave birth to a pair of good sons and daughters. Luo Xue Yan blushed a little after praising it.
After boasting for so long, Luo Xue Yan thought that Shen Miao should also come out to see the guests, so she had Shen Miao called. However, he was suspicious. Could it be that the Marquis of Lin'an's mansion is now collapsed, and the Su family wants to find a backer for themselves, so they want to curry favor with the Shen family
If this is the case, then the Su family can't really communicate. Thinking like this, Luo Xueyan felt that her decision to call Shen Miao was a little impulsive. Especially seeing Mrs. Su looking at the door expectantly, she felt even more depressed. It's just the water that was poured out of the words he said, and it's not easy to refute anything at this moment.
Until the maid outside came to report that it was the young lady. Madam Su immediately sat up straight and looked at the door with some excitement.
Then I saw a tall girl in a bright yellow jacket and skirt walking outside. She was born handsome, with a heroic look between her eyebrows and wheat-colored skin. When walking, he also jumped, wearing a deer bun, with only two pearl earrings around his body, and a red dagger around his waist.
Mrs. Su: "..." I didn't expect that Su Mingfeng actually liked such a woman. At first glance... she was very lively and unruly.
When the girl saw Luo Xueyan, she smiled and said, "Little aunt."
Aunt? Madam Su was stunned for a moment, and then she saw clearly that there was a girl behind this girl. This one was wearing a lilac-colored pleated skirt with begonia piping, a small moon-white jacket, and a snow-white cape over the hood. Her complexion is as fair as a shelled egg, her eyes are round and bright, her nose and mouth are small, and her eyebrows are beautiful. She has a lovable appearance. But she was completely suppressed by a strange gesture. She walked dignifiedly and steadily, looking like someone who came out of the palace. When Mrs. Su first married Su Yu, she met with the bride. When the queen mother was a queen, she had seen the queen, and she felt that the petite and lovely girl in front of her was exactly the same as the queen, even more airy than the queen. In a trance, the lady who walked over was a proud and cold-hearted lady, every move All of them are the nobility of Chongzi Wangjue.
The girl called out to Luo Xueyan, mother, and looked at Madam Su again.
Luo Xueyan said quickly, "This is the wife of the Pingnan Bosu family. This is my daughter and niece Tan'er."
Shen Miao and Luo Tan bowed to Madam Su.
Madam Su had never been to the previous palace banquet and only heard Shen Miao's thoughts on confrontation with Princess Ming An at the palace banquet, when she thought that Shen Miao was not meek, so when she heard Su Minglang say that Su Mingfeng liked Shen Miao , and some concerns. But after all, I wanted to take a look, so I simply posted a shameless post, after all, it was a lifelong event for my son. Thinking that Shen Miao must be a rebellious heroine in women's middle school, she subconsciously regarded Luo Tan as Shen Miao, never thought that she had met the real person now, and felt that it was completely different from the truth.
She smiled and took out two purses from her sleeves and stuffed them into the hands of Shen Miao and Luo Tan, and said with a smile, "Mrs. Shen really knows how to support people, this niece and niece are also good looking. I'm still wondering, where is this fairy daughter, Mrs. Shen is really lucky."
Both Luo Tan and Shen Miao looked at the purse in their hands at a loss, this was not a big New Year's Eve, what kind of purse was given. It would be fine if they were familiar with each other, Shen Miao knew very well that the Su family and the Shen family were not related, could it be that the incident on Su Mingfeng’s side was exposed yesterday? But even if it is exposed, what does this have to do with Madam Su coming to the Shen residence
Luo Xueyan also saw that the purse was a little stiff, so she was about to say no, not wanting to be held down by Madam Su, and said, "If you refuse, I will be angry. I see these two girls are beautiful and polite, and I like them in my heart. It's just a little greeting, everyone said that Mrs. Shen is so forthright, so why be so stingy." She sighed again, "If only I had two daughters."
Luo Xueyan was really confused by Madam Su today, so she could only follow her words: "Where, Madam has two sons, and they are also very good."
"It's excellent wherever it is." Mrs. Su shook her head: "Ming Lang is very stubborn. If you don't think about making progress every day, you know that with his father's nonsense, I can't control it. I heard that your brother Qiu was very sensible when he was a child. I am very envious.”
"Isn't there Mingfeng?" Luo Xueyan smiled and said, "The eldest young master in the house is a young talent."
Madam Su was overjoyed, looked at Shen Miao and Luo Tan, and said, “The two girls’ family, we are chatting about boring things, you guys are also annoying to listen to, just play by yourself. I told Madam. Speak your heart's content."
This is a tactful way to let them go. Shen Miao became more and more vigilant in her heart, as soon as she mentioned Su Mingfeng, Madam Su gave herself up. Could it be that she guessed wrong, Madam Su really came here for what happened yesterday
Luo Tan and Shen Miao walked outside, Shen Miao used her back to turn her body and whispered, "Congyang, go to the main hall and listen to what they said."
She knew that no matter how young she was, she could hear it in Congyang. Seeing this, Luo Tan asked, "Little cousin, what are you muttering about yourself?"
In the main hall, Madam Su clutched her heart and looked at Luo Xueyan with a melancholy look, "Don't lie to Madam, Ming Feng is really good. For so many years, my father and I have never bothered about the size. He entered the official position at a young age, and he was filial and respectful. In Ding capital, even with lanterns, there was no other person to be found."
Luo Xueyan smiled on her face, but she muttered in her heart. She said that Shen Qiu was good just now, but now she said that her son, Dingjing, was number one. No one can boast like that.
Just thinking about it, I heard Mrs. Su sigh exaggeratedly and said, "It's just not good at all, my son is so determined, he likes one thing and doesn't look down on others. So far, there is no such thing as Getting married is a crime!"