The days are getting colder and colder, the late autumn season has passed, and it is winter in a blink of an eye. This year’s General’s Mansion was extremely depressed, Shen Miao was confined in the Shen Mansion, Shen Qing was bedridden, only Shen Yue went to the Guangwen Hall by herself every day, and even for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet later, only Chen Rouqiu took Shen Yue to the front. Go, naturally Shen Yue was in the limelight again, but these matters have nothing to do with Shen Miao after all.
However, as time went on, Shen Qing's affairs could not be delayed. Ren Wanyun asked Doctor Chen to prescribe some pills, which relieved Shen Qing's morning sickness a lot. Others couldn't see the problem, but if it continued, it would be impossible to cover the fire.
"It can't go on like this," Ren Wanyun frowned and pressed her forehead, "I have to think of a way to let Qing'er go out and avoid it." She also took Shen Qing to give birth to the child and then came back, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, she said that Shen Qing was infected with a bad disease. When the limelight passes, there may be peace in the world.
"But with this girl's body now, it's hard to avoid suffering." Xiang Lan was a little worried: "Besides, it will take some time to come and go, and the girl's youth will be delayed..."
Ren Wanyun frowned, yes, Shen Qing is now sixteen years old, and in one more year, it will be seventeen, this daughter's family in Ding capital, in fact, married at the age of sixteen or seven, but Shen Qing is the daughter of an official family. , The in-laws to choose are naturally high-level. Wait another year, I am afraid that all the good sons and nobles have been picked away by everyone.
"Yuan'er will not be able to come back until the end of the year, but now Qing'er's body can't hold it back." Ren Wan Yun's brows flashed a trace of hostility.
"Madam," Cai Ju, who had not spoken yet, said, "My servant heard that Madam Wei, the servant of the Zhongshu family, recently had an argument with the third madam. She seems to want to come to our house to ask for marriage for the eldest son of the Wei family. Miss."
"Shen Miao!" Ren Wan Yun gritted her teeth, "She is lucky!" The middle-book servant was a fourth-rank official, although for a first-rank military general like Shen Xin, coming to ask for a kiss was simply over his head. However, Wei Qian, the eldest son of the Wei family, was a young man with excellent talent and appearance. He was definitely worthy of Shen Miao when he came to marry a sloppy girl in the Ding capital, at least in terms of talent. Besides, Wei Qian had already entered the official position at a young age, so he was afraid that in the future he would definitely be a young man, and coming to ask for a marriage was simply a big luck for Shen Miao.
“I heard that the Wei family intends to cling to the mansion,” Cai Ju said, “That’s why they reluctantly exchanged their son for a chance to make friends with the Shen mansion.” Cai Ju’s words meant that Shen Miao was regarded as a very low-level act. It's like a person who doesn't deserve that Young Master Wei.
"It can be considered that she is lucky." Ren Wanyun's face was a little grim. For so many years, although Shen Xin's official prestige was great, there were almost no people who came to Shen residence to propose marriage for Shen Miao, nothing else, it was because Shen Miao herself was too cowardly and stupid, with Shen Xin's fame, Shen Miao The husband-in-law he was looking for must be the same high-profile family, but among the high-class families, it was really unacceptable for such a mistress who was almost the laughing stock of Ming Qi.
Therefore, even if Shen Xin was famous and famous, Shen Miao was also ignored.
Now that the Wei family suddenly came to propose a marriage, although Cai Ju said that she wanted to cling to her, she thought about it carefully, probably because Shen Miao’s performance in the examination field that day made everyone refreshing, her original stupid appearance had changed. Only then did the Wei family couldn't help but take action.
Even in the past, Ren Wan Yun would not tolerate such a good marriage falling on Shen Miao. What's more, Shen Qing is still like this now, she can't look at Shen Miao as the instigator any better.
"Madam, don't worry," Xiang Lan said, "Old Madam will definitely not approve of this marriage."
In the general's mansion, the one who hated the big house, Mrs. Shen was the first to bear the brunt. No matter what Shen Xin could do, Old Shen Furen could secretly hold Shen Miao's marriage in her palm. In the past there was Ren Wanyun's management, Shen Miao's name was all over Ming Qi, but now Shen Miao has removed the ordinary stupid title, some people come to ask for marriage, with Old Shen Furen's scheming, they will definitely try to dispel their thoughts.
"How can she endure such a fortune with such a low life, I'm afraid she will die in the house before she gets married." Ren Wanyun's words were also vicious. She looked at the closed door of the back room, Shen Qing was resting in the room every day, unwilling to see anyone, and a trace of resentment flashed in her heart: "But the master actually wants to marry Qing'er to that class of people!"
Shen Gui still didn't know about Shen Qing's pregnancy, and Ren Wan Yun didn't plan to tell him. A cool person like Shen Gui, now Shen Qing has just lost his innocence, and it can be tolerated, but if he finds out that Shen Qing is pregnant, he will definitely forcibly abort the child regardless of Shen Qing's body.
But even so, Shen Gui was afraid that the incident would happen, so he even urged Ren Wanyun to find a marriage for Shen Qing. She only needed to marry Shen Qing early, and the other party would become better. So I picked it up and down, and I picked Huang Dexing, the youngest son of the Shaofu Supervisor.
Speaking of the Huang family, the family is actually one level higher than the Wei family, and naturally it is also countless rich and rich. But compared to the Wei family, the Huang family's master and wife are not fuel-efficient lamps, and Huang Dexing is a broken sleeve who likes men.
Because of this, the Huang family doesn't care much about picking a daughter-in-law. As long as the daughter-in-law is mild-mannered, she can turn a blind eye to Huang Dexing's lustful things, and don't care about the rest.
Shen Gui thought that since Shen Qing was already defiled, it would be better to marry into the Huang family. Since Huang Dexing was not interested in women and would not touch Shen Qing, naturally this secret would not be discovered. Shen Qing only needs to sit on the false name of a Huang family's daughter-in-law and enjoy the glory and wealth. And he, by virtue of his in-law relationship with the Huang family, can take his career to the next level.
Shen Gui was naturally a good idea, but Ren Wanyun didn't follow it. Even if Shen Qing was already defiled, in Ren Wan Yun's heart, she must find another good marriage for Shen Qing. Marrying Huang Dexing is like being a widow for the rest of her life. She will definitely not use her daughter for this marriage. For this matter, Shen Gui and Ren Wanyun had been arguing for a long time, and the already cold relationship between the husband and wife was even worse. Shen Gui hardly ever went to Caiyun Garden;
"It would be great if the fifth young lady and the eldest young lady marry another person." Cai Ju said angrily.
The speaker had no intention, but the listener had a heart. When Ren Wanyun heard the words, her eyebrows twitched and she suddenly looked at Cai Ju: "What did you say!"
Cai Ju was taken aback and stammered: "The slave said that it would be better if the fifth and second misses would marry and marry another person."
"You're right!" Ren Wanyun stood up suddenly, a look of ecstasy suddenly appeared on her face, she said, "Yes, as long as the marriage between Qing'er and the little bitch is changed..." She muttered. Said: "It should be my Qing'er, this time, let that little bitch suffer the consequences!" She said, suddenly remembered something: "Bring my cloak to Rongjingtang."
"Why did Madam go to Rongjingtang?" Both Caiju and Xianglan were confused by Ren Wanyun's sudden action. However, seeing Ren Wanyun grinningly said, "Of course I want the old lady to stay with the Wei family for a good marriage."
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In winter, the sun shines on the flowers and plants on the windowsill, and it seems to be reflected in a layer of blue. However, the sunlight was thin, as if it would be broken if not careful. Shen Miao wore a splendid double butterfly standing water skirt with a narrow shoulder lotus blue and purple embroidered shirt. The dark purple made her fair skin almost transparent, and her eyebrows and eyes seemed to be as clean as they were drawn with ink. Even when she stood still in front of the window, the extravagance lingered faintly from her body.
Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang were almost in a daze when they saw Shen Miao’s face for so many years, these girls who had been serving Shen Miao since childhood, for some unknown reason, now every time they see Shen Miao, there is something they don’t know Feel. That faint elegance appeared on this originally childish girl, so obedience turned into majesty, and childishness turned into chill.
"The girl seems to like wearing lotus green clothes very much." Bai Lu said: "Although it looks good in clothes, at an ordinary age, don't the young ladies like bright colors of pink and blue?"
The green lotus color is very solemn, but the ladies, except for the princess and the princess in the palace, seldom wear this color. On the one hand, it is easy to appear old-fashioned, and on the other hand, it is difficult to suppress this color, and if you are not careful, you will become a child who sneaks out of the clothes of adults.
But Shen Miao clearly had a tender little face, but she was stunned to convey this dress to the concubine's bearing in the palace, and the maids were puzzled.
Although Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang lowered their voices, they were still heard by Shen Miao. She smiled slightly, why she likes to wear lotus green, probably because such a color can always remind her to be calm, deep, and never be soft-hearted.
When I was in the palace in my previous life, I wore the queen's court clothes every day, and the golden color could deter those concubines in the palace who were harboring ghosts. Holding the queen's shelf, making people throw a rat, but that color is actually not suitable for her.
She married Fu Xiu Yi when she was young, and experienced many things that others at her age could not experience. Because of this, her innocent and almost stupid temperament was finally tempered into a pool of stagnant water. Later, in the harem, she competed with Mrs. Mei for favor. In order to protect Fu Sheng and Wan Yu, she wanted to keep the bright yellow imperial uniform of the queen, but in the end there was nothing left.
Evil purple takes Zhu Zhu, which means that the following commits a crime and seeks to usurp the throne. In this life, wearing purple clothes all the time means that one day, she will snatch the power that the Ming Qi royal family is thinking of, and trample those bandits and robbers under her feet.
However... Shen Miao suddenly remembered another handsome young man who was always dressed in purple.
Evil purple took Zhu Zhu, and the following chaos went up, but I don't know if the mysterious eldest son of the Xie family also had plans to usurp the throne
"Miss, it's not good!" Just as she was pondering, Jing Zhe hurried back from the outside, and she said, "Miss, Mo Qing got news from Chuntao, Zhongshu's servant, Wei's family, came to propose marriage, and Mrs. Shen will The Wei family's Geng Tie has been accepted."
Shuang Jiang frowned and asked, "In such a hurry, who did the Wei family propose?"
"Yes, it's a girl." Jing Zhe stomped his feet in a hurry: "Then what is going on in the Wei family is still unclear, how could the old lady accept Geng Tie without asking the girl's meaning. The master and the lady don't know. It’s clearly a strong buy and a strong sell.”
Jing Zhe also despised Old Shen Furen Zilai and naturally knew that Old Shen Furen would definitely make Shen Miao unable to please her. If the Wei family was really a good family, how could Old Shen Furen give Shen Miao a better life so easily.
"Girl, what can I do? Now I have to write a letter to the master quickly." Bai Lu also showed anxiety.
The maids in the house were all busy, but Shen Miao was silent. After a while, she laughed softly under the surprised eyes of the maids and said, "This is really strange, although the Zhongshu Shilang's family is a fourth-rank official, he is better than the Wei family's wealthy family, and the Wei family's first son, Wei Qian, is also a talented person. , I am flattered that such a good thing falls on my head."
"Girl?" Bai Lu was stunned: "The girl said that the Wei family is not bad?"
“It’s more than not bad,” Shen Miao said lightly, “I’m afraid that the father came back and knew that there was such a marriage, so there is no reason to reject it. Wei Qian is indeed a good person worthy of entrustment to the lady of the official family.”
"How did the girl know?" Jing Zhe wondered. Shen Miao was in the mansion all day long, even if she was outside, she was only in the Guangwen Hall. As for the family background of a certain official family, the temperament of the son-in-law, there is absolutely no reason to know, but in this way, it seems that they are very familiar, making Jing Zhe puzzled.
For Shen Miao in the boudoir, she naturally did not know which son and brother was the benefactor. But as Empress Shen, which official descendants are talented and virtuous, they know clearly. Wei Qian is indeed a good talent with a decent temperament. It was the Wei family who came to propose marriage, Shen Miao would never believe that Old Shen Furen agreed to this marriage.
At this moment, Gu Yu trotted in from outside, with a look of surprise on his face, and said, "Miss, Miss Xi'er from Rongjingtang has come to pass on the old lady's words, and I ask you to go to Rongjingtang quickly."
“The action is really fast.” Shen Miao stared and smiled, “Then let’s go and have a look.”
In the Rongjing Hall.
Shen Yuanbo was snuggling beside Old Shen Furen. Ren Wanyun was busy taking care of Shen Qing these days, so she simply left Shen Yuanbo in Rongjingtang. Old Shen Furen already loves and pitys this grandson, so naturally it is a treasure. Even with Ren Wanyun, she became a lot more friendly.
Chen Rouqiu and Shen Yue were not there. Since Ren Wanyun was taking care of Shen Qing in the mansion, Chen Rouqiu temporarily took over the control of the family. Naturally, the errand of socializing on behalf of the Shen family and the ladies also fell to her. Such a good opportunity, Naturally, Chen Rouqiu would not let it go. She took Shen Yue out for entertainment every day, and also wanted to show Shen Yue more in front of the ladies of the noble family, so that Shen Yue's marriage would be more beneficial in the future.
Ren Wanyun stood at the lower side of the hall, her eyes were heavy and she didn't know what she was thinking.
Shen Miao was brought to Rongjing Hall by Old Shen Furen's maid Xi'er and said goodbye to Old Shen Furen.
These days, she has been grounded, and every day she has to copy Buddhist scriptures in the Shen family ancestral hall and kneel on the tablet. The old lady Shen probably didn't want to see her, and she didn't let her come here to greet her. Goodbye Mrs. Shen, it's still before the ban.
"Five girls, you have been copying scriptures in the ancestral hall recently, have you ever felt peaceful?" Madam Shen asked.
Shen Miao almost laughed in her heart upon hearing the old woman Wen Huanhua's speech. If it is said that the Shen residence is disrespectful to the old, the old lady Shen is the first to bear the brunt, but at this time she said some quiet and unquiet words, she smiled slightly: "As grandma wishes."
“That’s good,” Old Shen Furen coughed with a pretense, and Fu’er hurriedly handed over the hot tea, she lifted the tea lid and took a sip before looking at Shen Miao and said, “Though what happened a few days ago was not your fault, But it was because of you, and your temper was too stubborn, so I punished you to stop copying scriptures, can you blame me in your heart?"
"Shen Miao dare not."
"I know you are sensible." The old lady Shen gave her a satisfied look: "You are so sensible, and you are a girl from my Shen family, so I will naturally love you. Seeing that you have reached the age when you should leave the cabinet, today's middle The book servant, the Wei family, came to propose a marriage to the Wei family's first son, and what he asked for was you, do you think it's good?"
If it weren't for the time now, Shen Miao would really laugh out loud. For a person like Old Shen Furen, about a lifetime of knowledge is in that dusty place. How can the elder of a family ask the granddaughter, "Do you still think it's good?"
“The words of the parents’ life matchmaker,” Shen Miao said with a smile, “The granddaughter’s marriage naturally has parents to worry about.”
"You girl!" Old Shen Furen almost got angry when she saw that she had hit a soft nail, but after hearing Ren Wanyun's soft cough reminder, she slowed down, and then changed into a calm expression, and said, "You girl, really It's too self-willed. In the past, you were in love with... . That's all. Now, after seeing you these days, you seem to be a lot more awake, and I think you know the proportions. This Zhongshu Shilang's family is right in line with us, that Wei Qian, the young master of the Wei family. He is also a dignified man with both civil and military skills. Even if your father is here, you won't say anything bad about this marriage. It's the first time someone like this has come to propose marriage, if you don't take the opportunity. , then the young master of the Wei family, he turned his head and became someone else's husband."
Although Old Shen Furen is not good as an elder, her matchmaking skills are not bad. She was probably born as a singer, and she knew that girls were all pretty, so she only said that Wei Qian was the sweetheart in everyone's heart. Although Shen Miao knew that Old Shen Furen was not lying, that Wei Qian was indeed a good person.
Despite this, Shen Miao was still unmoved and said lightly, "Young Master Wei is indeed good, but it is not what I wished, so grandmother is fine. In my marriage, my father and mother will naturally decide for me."
"You!" Being contradicted again and again, the old lady Shen was not very patient, and finally said angrily: "Are you thinking that my grandmother is interfering in your marriage, is your hand stretched too long?"
"The granddaughter didn't say that." The implication is that you said it yourself.
Old Shen Furen was about to go mad with anger, now the reckless Shen Miao was covered with thorns all over her body and she could not move, which made her suffocated and painful. Old Shen Furen hated the big room, but she was also afraid of Shen Xin, so for so many years, although she was angry in her heart, she could only hold it, not get close to Shen Miao, and act like a serious but fair grandmother. She could not hit Shen Miao because it would be discovered by Shen Xin and at most reprimanded a few words, so she kept looking at Ren Wan Yun and Chen Rou Qiu with a cold eye and threw Shen Miao up and killed them, although she talked a lot, but Really found, but very few.
In the end, not knowing what was going on, one day, Shen Miao, who had been raised and abandoned, suddenly became smart, not only smart, but her temperament also became insufferable, she angrily said, "Do you still have a method of honor and inferiority!"
Shen Miao felt that it was boring, Old Shen Furen with such patience and determination, if thrown in the harem, would definitely not survive for two days. She had seen too many powerful women in her previous life. She really didn't want to pay attention to Old Madam Shen who was so shallow and ignorant.
“I will ask you again,” Old Shen Furen still remembered the purpose of today and looked at Shen Miao and asked gloomily, “What is your intention for this marriage?”
“I disagree.” Shen Miao replied.
"Good, good, good." After saying three words "good" in a row, Fu'er and Xi'er hurriedly stepped forward and stroked Old Shen Furen's heart to prevent her from fainting. Old Shen Furen laughed in anger: "Since this is the case, it seems that you don't really regret it. From today, you will move out of your yard and live in the Shen family's ancestral hall, reciting scriptures every day, to see if your reckless temperament will not be worn away. Grind it down!"
Living in the ancestral hall, you are faced with the spiritual position of the ancestors every day, a delicate little girl, I am afraid that it will be frightened. Moreover, the ancestral hall is located in the cold and cold, and if you stay for a while, you might get sick. Old Shen Furen also spoke in a hurry, after speaking, there was a glint of pride in her eyes, looking at Shen Miao, she was probably waiting for Shen Miao to beg for mercy.
But Shen Miao did not frown and said, "Yes, granddaughter will go back to pack her things and rush over immediately."
The fluttering words almost made Old Shen Furen choked on her back.
And after Shen Miao said these words, she really said goodbye to Old Shen Furen and left immediately.
"This wicked girl! There is no king in her eyes!" The old lady Shen was in a hurry, and because she was from a lowly background and couldn't say any polite words, she even scolded: "Little bitch! It's worthy to keep that old bitch. blood!"
The "old bitch" she was talking about was naturally Shen Xin's mother and Shen Miao's grandmother.
Ren Wan Yun raised her head and looked out of the door, where Shen Miao's back was no longer there.
"Didn't you say she would agree to this matter?" Old Shen Furen pointed her finger at Ren Wanyun, "How can she agree with her like that? What should I do next?"
Not to mention that Old Madam Shen was puzzled, Ren Wanyun was also very strange in her heart. With Wei Qian’s condition, even Shen Qing might not be able to shake it, but Shen Miao would reject it without even thinking about it. She pondered: "It must be that she still cares about King Ding now. She pretends not to care, but she doesn't give up. Otherwise, she will not refuse such a family." .
"Then what should we do now?" Old Shen Furen said angrily, "She won't let go, how can she write to Shen Xin?"
In the original plan of the two, as long as they coaxed Shen Miao well, Shen Miao’s letter to Shen Xin revealed that she had a sweetheart. After that, before Shen Xin returned to Beijing, the marriage was done, the civet cat was changed to the prince, and the bride of the two-bedroom marriage changed position. Afterwards, all the mistakes will be thrown on Shen Miao alone, once a woman gets married, her temperament will be gone, Shen Miao will be afraid and will not speak out indiscriminately. Shen Xin would not even know that Shen Miao and Shen Qing had changed their marriage and thought that the one Shen Miao admired was the young master of the Huang family. Huang Dexing is so masculine, no one knows about this except those who are close to the Huang family. From the outside, Huang Dexing is still a good person.
But now Shen Miao herself showed dissatisfaction with the Wei family's marriage, not to mention writing to Shen Xin. Shen Miao herself did not agree, there were many plans in the future and it would not be able to play out, causing a lot of trouble.
"Since you don't want to eat the soft ones, let's be tough." Ren Wanyun said viciously, "Didn't mother put her in the ancestral hall, then we can say what happens outside. In short, we must make arrangements for this marriage as soon as possible, and get married as soon as possible. Change Qing'er to go." Otherwise, even if the wedding night can be coaxed, Shen Qing's stomach will not be able to coax. Now that Shen Qing can't see anything, hurry up and finish things.
Old Shen Furen glanced at Ren Wanyun, but did not speak. Although she also wanted the big house to be unlucky, but if she really insisted, once Shen Xin found out and involved her, she would not be able to eat and walk around.
Ren Wanyun knew what Old Shen Furen was thinking at a glance, she gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, mother, I will make arrangements afterward. I won't find out about my mother."
After all the words were said, Old Shen Furen didn't take it anymore, she said, "Then do what you said."
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Upstairs of Hundred Flowers, silk and bamboo are entwined, the pavilion is high, and the handsome young man dressed in purple is spread out casually, like a faint light above the nine heavens. His eyelashes are extremely long, and his peach blossom eyes are extremely beautiful, but when he looks at people, there is a faint indifference and cruelty.
"Cough", a light cough broke the silence in the pavilion. The young master Huafu put the folding fan across his chest and made a begging gesture: "I'm sorry, it's late."
"You're going to be late too, so fresh." The purple-clothed boy glanced at him.
Su Mingfeng touched his nose, what this friend hated the most was not being punctual, and thanks to him having a good relationship with him, if it was someone else, I was afraid that Xie Jing Xing would have walked away long ago, where would he have waited for a stick of incense.
"It's really Wei Qian's abnormal behavior today," Su Mingfeng smiled bitterly: "You also know the young master of the Zhongshu Shilang's family. He is also very pitiful. He already has a favorite girl, but the family brought up another young lady for him. For the marriage, the other party has even accepted his Geng Tie, I am afraid that the marriage will soon be settled. Wei Qian was upset, so he took me to drink, but," Su Mingfeng pointed to himself: "I am now 'severely ill'. , I couldn't drink, so I had to persuade me for half an hour."
“Boring.” Xie Jing Xing said with a cold face. Obviously, Su Mingfeng took so long to do such a boring thing, so it was so long, which made him very unhappy.
Su Mingfeng felt helpless in his heart, Xie Jing Xing looked cynical and always had a smile on his face, but in fact he was very vengeful and very picky. I don't know what's going wrong these days, and my expression is so light. As long as Xie Jing Xing looked at people so calmly, Su Ming Feng felt hairs all over his body.
"Actually, Wei Qian is unlucky enough. The wife the family picked for him is not good, but she is a scumbag. It is well known that Ming Qi was chasing Queen Ding before, so Wei Qian is naturally helpless to marry her." He He hurriedly searched for a conversation hoping to arouse Xie Jing Xing's interest: "You should know who she is, right? Shen Miao, Shen Xin's direct daughter, should be considered lucky to marry Wei Qian."
“You said,” Xie Jing Xing suddenly opened his mouth and asked slowly, “Shen Miao?”