In the evening, the Shen Xin couple finally returned home. Accompanying them back to the palace, there was also a carriage full of rewards from the palace. If it was in the past, these rewards must have been charged to the public, but today, Luo Xueyan asked the servants to directly carry those boxes into the west courtyard. .
The rewards in the palace are either rich or expensive. The servants of the East Court are eagerly watching the boxes pass by in their courtyard. From time to time, the sound of broken objects can be heard in the Rongjing Hall. Obviously, the old man Shen who took advantage of them People were furious because of this, and they were shaking their faces for others to see.
However, the people who came out of the army probably don't like to slap their face the most. The box is still copied correctly, and it is extremely efficient, and it is quickly finished.
Shen Miao was sitting at the table reading a book, all she read were Ming Qi’s political economy and decrees, the poems and songs that Gu Yu and the others had found for her were simply thrown aside without even looking at it.
Only a hearty laughter could be heard from outside the door: "Jiaojiao!"
Shen Miao turned her head, Shen Xin strode out from the door, followed by Luo Xueyan. They probably rushed over when they returned to the mansion without changing their clothes. Shen Qiu walked at the end and made a face at her, winking at her.
Shen Miao stood up and bowed to them, "Father, mother, eldest brother."
Her gentle appearance made Shen Xin and his wife stunned for a while, Shen Miao and they were never close, and when they came back, they would leave after a few words and were extremely impatient, such a kind appearance had not been seen for a long time. . However, in that gentleness, there seemed to be a slight alienation. This alienation was very slight, but as parents, Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan were sensitively aware of it.
Shen Miao sighed slightly in her heart. She couldn't act like a real fourteen-year-old girl with Shen Xin, and she couldn't pretend that nothing had happened. She was the one who dragged down the Shen family in her previous life. When facing Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan, she only had a strong heart in her heart. Guilt, kinship, cowardice, that's what it says.
Luo Xueyan just paused in her heart, her concern for her daughter soon overshadowed her doubts, she took a few steps forward, grabbed Shen Miao's hand and asked eagerly, "How is Jiaojiao's body? Do you feel something is wrong? ?"
“It’s okay.” Shen Miao replied with a smile.
"Jiaojiao, Dad got a few big boxes of treasures from the palace today. When you feel better, go pick the ones you like early in the morning. Those jewelry hairpins and so on, I heard that the Ding capital is the first one." Shen Xin The words are a little flattering. Such a five-year-old man is cautiously courting his daughter's favor, which makes people feel a little funny.
Shen Miao smiled slightly: "Thank you dad, but it is not in a hurry, we will lock those treasures in the warehouse in our yard. It will last for a long time. When I think of it, I will be interested. I will pick them up."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of several people in the room changed.
At this time in the past, Shen Xin carried the box back and naturally let Shen Miao choose first and then sent the rest to the public middle. He has always been so partial to his daughter, and no one refuted his words, because after all, these rewards were all brought back by Shen Xin himself. But if it was in the past, Shen Miao would definitely not choose first, she would let Shen Yue and Shen Qing finish the selection first, and then she would start to choose after finishing the selection of the second room and the third room. Naturally, she did this because she was close to the second room and the third room.
But today, Shen Miao not only did not refuse, she also proposed to lock the box in the warehouse in her yard. Although Shen Xin did not intend to confiscate the reward this time, Shen Miao was clear about the change in the attitude of the rest of the Shen family. Chu fell into the eyes of everyone.
Even if they did not understand the matter of the back house, they could see that something was wrong with Shen Miao. Shen Qiu opened his mouth, Luo Xueyan held Shen Miao's hand and said softly, "Jiaojiao, what happened, tell your mother that both father and mother are back, no one will dare to bully you in the future."
“No one dares to bully me.” Shen Miao smiled, “I have nothing.”
"What happened to the fire in the ancestral hall that day?" Shen Xin asked in a deep voice, "Why did you stay in the ancestral hall by yourself again?" The couple entered the palace early this morning to face the Holy Spirit. It's too late to investigate the mystery in detail.
"I made a mistake and was locked up in the ancestral hall. Who knew that the ancestral hall suddenly burst into flames..." She wondered.
Seeing this, Shen Qiu who was behind him hesitated to speak, he knew what was going on, but Shen Miao repeatedly urged him not to tell the matter to Shen Xin and his wife. Although he really wanted to tell his parents the truth, what Shen Miao said if Shen Qiu did not keep secrets and would ignore Shen Qiu's words again made him dispel the thought.
Shen Xin really asked Shen Miao, "What mistake did you make? Even if it was a big mistake, shouldn't you be imprisoned in the ancestral hall alone?"
“Oh,” Shen Miao wrote lightly, “I contradicted the second uncle in front of my grandmother and others.”
"What?" Luo Xueyan's eyebrows were raised upside down, but she did not reprimand Shen Miao, but said, "The second child is really going back the more he lives, a big man and a little girl are arguing, should you be ashamed!"
Gu Yu and Jing Zhe who were serving in the room twitched the corners of their mouths, the most important thing in the Shen family’s house was not nonsense, even if Shen Miao hit Shen Gui, I was afraid that Shen Xin and his wife would still blame Shen Gui for making Shen Miao feel sore.
"Sister, why are you contradicting Second Uncle?" Shen Qiu couldn't help asking.
“Probably… I don’t want to marry.” Shen Miao said.
“Marriage?” Luo Xueyan and Shen Xin exclaimed together, Luo Xueyan looked at Shen Miao and asked eagerly, “Who to marry? Why don’t your father and I know?”
Shen Miao lowered her head, "The Wei family, the waiter of the middle book, proposed marriage for his heir Wei Qian, and the Geng Tie was exchanged, but I do not want to get married, so I contradicted in public."
"Wei Qian..." Shen Xin pondered for a while: "The Wei family is a big family, and the Wei family's first son seems to be a handsome young man. If you talk about it, he is still with Jiaojiao..." He actually looked at this marriage seriously, Shen Xin has been an official for so many years. Although he is not in the Ding capital, he knows a lot about his colleagues in the officialdom. If the Wei family was a prodigal, he would naturally be able to see it at a glance, but Wei Qian was a rare good son-in-law, and Shen Xin thought of going somewhere else for a while.
"What are you thinking!" Luo Xueyan roared, "He is the king of heaven, even if he is the emperor, Jiaojiao doesn't want to do it!"
Luo Xueyan spoke astonishingly, she was a fierce woman born from a family of military generals in the northwest, and she fought for this marriage with Shen Xin by herself. Therefore, Luo Xue Yan was not used to the words of the matchmaker arranged by her parents and she said, "Besides, neither of you nor I know about this matter, who knows what kind of heart they have!" Ever since she saw Shen Miao trapped in the sea of fire In the middle, Ren Wanyun and the others seemed to be calm and composed, and Luo Xueyan was full of disgust towards the rest of the Shen family, and her previous goodwill was swept away.
Shen Xin also frowned, it is reasonable to say that if the Wei family had such a good marriage, if it was arranged for Shen Miao, to be honest, it would not be a loss, after all, it was very rare in the Ding capital to choose such a good young man. . But since it was such a good marriage, why did the Shen family hide it from their husband and wife
Shen Qiu curled the corners of his mouth, he knew what was going on, and he also complained a little about why Shen Miao didn't tell the rest of the Shen family about the idea of changing their relatives. However, he could only remain silent, for some unknown reason, every time Shen Miao glanced at him, it seemed to have a deterrent force, and Shen Qiu himself was unwilling to believe that he, who was invincible on the battlefield, would even be afraid of his own sister. .
"However, Jiaojiao," Shen Xin said softly, "The Wei family is not bad, you resisted so much, is it because you already have the man you like, you..." He hesitated, the letter from the Shen family sent home. , there were frequent news that Shen Miao was waiting for the decision and Wang was infatuated. In this world, if Shen Miao likes any man, neither he nor Luo Xueyan will stop him, but the Tian family is different. Now it is the time when the prince is taking the heir, if the Shen family is involved, they will be dragged into the quagmire together in the end.
But a little girl like Shen Miao would not understand these things. On the way back, Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan also discussed numerous times how to persuade Shen Miao to dispel this idea, but in the end they were all helpless. Shen Miao had a stubborn temperament in her bones and she could not pull back what she had decided, even if she told a little girl that she should give up her sweetheart and be someone else, I was afraid that she would not accept it.
Shen Miao knew at a glance what Shen Xin wanted to say, she said lightly, "I don't have a sweetheart in my heart, the reason why I don't want to marry is just because I have heard that the young master of the Wei family already has a sweetheart. No matter how nice he is. , I already have moonlight in my heart, why should I be a man who beats mandarin ducks with a stick, and no one will live forever?"
Her words made Shen Xin and his wife a little dizzy. Why did Shen Miao say such mature words, she was like a woman who had read all the sails. Second, what did she say she didn't have a sweetheart
Shen Miao only gradually understood Wei Qian when she became a queen in her previous life. It was said that the Wei family did not come up to propose marriage in the last life. Wei Qian also married his own cousin. As a rare young talent in the Ding capital, Wei Qian was very fond of his wife, and there was a good story at that time. From this, Wei Qian and his cousin must be childhood sweethearts. I was afraid that the Wei family would come to propose marriage, and the Wei family son was unwilling in his heart.
"Jiaojiao, don't you like... Do you like His Royal Highness Prince Ding?" Luo Xueyan gritted her teeth and asked.
“Prince Ding?” Shen Miao heard the words and said lightly, “His Royal Highness Prince Ding is a noble man, how could I be able to climb high? At first, I didn’t know how high the sky is, but now that I calm down, I realize that I am out of line. Now I don’t dare to bring it up."
Luo Xueyan was stunned for a second. Shen Xin and Shen Qiu were men after all, so it was fine if they didn't understand. Although she had a carefree temperament, she was a woman after all. A woman understands the feeling in a woman’s heart the most, she thought Shen Miao was just saying that, but after looking at Shen Miao’s expression carefully, she found that when talking about King Ding, Shen Miao was not moved at all, as if she mentioned it It's like a stranger.
Without waiting for Luo Xueyan to speak, Shen Xin called out first: "Jiaojiao, Dad doesn't agree with what you said. No matter who our Shen family is compatible with, you can climb high. This Ming Qi's son, whoever dares to despise you, even if..."
“Cough.” Luo Xueyan coughed lightly and glared at Shen Xin, it was okay for Shen Xin to praise her daughter, it was easy for Shen Miao to dispel her thoughts towards King Ding, Shen Xin was not creating trouble for herself.
Shen Xin also knew that he had said the wrong thing, and looked away hurriedly.
Luo Xue Yan looked at Shen Miao again, and seeing her calm expression, she was relieved and smiled, "Jiaojiao is still young now, so she is not in a hurry to get married. There are so many good men in Ming Qi, let's take care of themselves. He's excellent, but you're still afraid that you won't be able to find a good husband? Don't worry, our charming husband will definitely be a hero in the sky."
Shen Miao lowered her eyes and smiled without saying anything. The fantasies about the person next to the pillow have long been wiped out in the despair of the previous life and the harem. In this life, she no longer intends to get married, but these words cannot be known by Shen Xin and his wife.
It is normal for a daughter’s family to be a bit shy when they hear about their marriage, and in the eyes of the husband and wife, Shen Miao is not a cold-hearted person, but after Luo Xueyan’s words, she did not see Shen Miao What the reaction, the two couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. Although Shen Miao was not close to them in the past, she still understood Shen Miao’s temperament after all, this time it was good, Shen Miao became more and more unfamiliar, she grew older overnight, so that Shen Xin and his wife did not know how to take it How do you treat your daughter. If they were persuading and coaxing as before, facing Shen Miao's calm gaze, they would appear to be fools.
Seeing the embarrassment of his parents, Shen Qiu burst out laughing. Shen Xin and his wife were frightening in the battlefield, but they were at a loss when facing their sister. But... Shen Qiu's eyes gradually sank. Human temperament will not change so much overnight, so that a little arrogant little girl has become the calm and calm appearance now, something must have happened.
“Father,” Shen Miao said suddenly, “In a few days, the palace will hold a banquet for returning to the imperial court.”
The banquet of returning to the dynasty was a night banquet held by the emperor for the reward of the Shen family's defeat of the enemy army. Civil and military officials have to bring their relatives to participate, and it can be regarded as a banquet where the royal family is relatively close to the courtiers. At the return banquet, the emperor will reward the heroes according to their merits.
In the previous life, at the return banquet a few days later, the emperor originally wanted to promote Shen Qiu to the official position, but because of Shen Miao’s affairs, Shen Xin put in all his merits and made the emperor agree to give the marriage the title of Shen Miao’s concubine. .
It is an extraordinary thing for a woman to ask a man for a kiss. Shen Xin dominated the battlefield all his life, and it was coming to an end, but he did not hesitate to ask for merit for his daughter, and he almost ended up being ridiculed by the civil and military of the court. At that time, Shen Miao was only happy to become Princess Ding but did not see Shen Xin's wry smile.
From the moment she married into Prince Ding's mansion, it meant that the Shen family was bound to Prince Ding's boat, and Fu Xiuyi had a fair reason to squeeze the last value of the Shen family's army.
"Yeah," Shen Xin asked with a smile, "Does Jiaojiao want something? Dad can help you ask for it from His Majesty."
This kind of pet is almost the jewel in the palm of your hand. Shen Miao's mouth was dry, why did she not realize her father's intentions for her in her previous life. The downfall of the Shen family was driven by the enemy, but it wasn't because of her stubbornness and blindness.
“I don’t want anything.” Shen Miao smiled slightly, “However, if His Majesty wants to reward Dad…” She paused for a while, and when she raised her head again, her eyes were clear and she said, “Dad will give Your Majesty asks for it, stay in the capital for half a year and accompany me. How about it?"
As soon as these words came out, Luo Xueyan, Shen Xin and Shen Qiu were all startled.
Shen Miao would never keep their couple because they were not by their side when they were young and their relationship was not close, so naturally it was not reluctant to give up. Every year after the end of the year, Shen Xin and his wife had to leave the capital and stick to the northwest. Even if there were no enemy troops, they had to guard the territory to prevent foreign enemies from invading. In fact, this is not necessary, but the emperor still appoints it every year, and the old general also had this habit when he was alive, so he never refuted it.
But just now Shen Miao's intention was clearly to retain. She was keeping the Shen Xin couple and letting them set off half a year later, which was actually a bit outrageous, but hearing the Shen Xin couple was ecstatic, at least it meant that Shen Miao did not treat them without emotion.
"Naturally no problem!" Delighted with the change in his daughter's attitude, Shen Xin agreed without even thinking about the problem. Luo Xueyan was also a little excited, while Shen Qiu curled his lips. He didn't want to stay in the Ding capital. For him, the Ding capital was really nothing interesting. Those children of the noble family had no energy, so he might as well be put in the northwest desert. Happy to fight. But looking at Shen Miao's face, his heart softened again, at least he was by his side and it was good that no one dared to bully Shen Miao in this capital.
After some more words, the Shen Xin couple and Shen Qiu left. After they left, Shen Miao covered the scroll on the table and walked to the window.
"Girl..." Gu Yu whispered, "I have already said hello to Chuntao. The eldest lady is feeling well. I heard that the second lady and the second master are arguing about the eldest lady's marriage."
Shen Miao smiled coldly, Sister Ren Wanyun's good plan for easy marriage had already been undone with Shen Xin's return to the manor, if she wanted Shen Qing to marry Huang Dexing, Ren Wanyun would naturally refuse. But Geng's post has been changed, and the two have already agreed. It is not easy to go back and regret at this time.
Shooting a stone at yourself in the foot is the truth. Of course, Ren Wanyun's idea failed, and it wouldn't make her feel better. The poisonous snake wanted to counterattack, but at the evening banquet a few days later, she also wanted to grab Ren Wanyun's seven inches and hit Prince Yu in front of everyone. One was caught off guard.
Outside the door, Luo Xueyan and Shen Xin's faces sank, Luo Xueyan angrily said, "What's the matter with the old lady and your younger brothers? It's inexplicable that Jiaojiao's marriage is going to be arranged. It's the first time I've heard of this when I'm so old. a rationale."
"Madam don't need to be angry." Shen Xindao said, "I will immediately go to the old lady to ask clearly, and once there is this matter, I will make it clear to the Wei family immediately. If you hide it like this, I'm afraid there will be something strange."
"I guess Jiaojiao has suffered a lot this year." Luo Xueyan said angrily, "I'll call Jiaojiao and a few girls over to find out what happened, and Gui Momo is gone. She said, "I think what Jiaojiao said is right, staying in Dingjing for half a year, these bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods are not cleaned up, my daughter is afraid of her life. It's gone!" After speaking, he glared at Shen Xin again.
Shen Xin touched his nose, and naturally knew that Luo Xueyan was dissatisfied with his two brothers. Not to mention Luo Xueyan, he himself was full of anger. Then he instructed the two guards around him: "Take care of Miss these few days. If there is anything wrong, let me know immediately. If Miss has any mistakes, you will serve you with military law!" Boy, what are you dazed about?"
Shen Qiu came back to his senses after being yelled at by Shen Xin, he said vaguely, "Oh, just now I lost my mind about things." He kept thinking about Shen Miao's affairs. The people who were sent to Wolong Temple today have already replied to the news, and they have not found anything wrong. No one has found out what happened that day. Shen Qiu was not a fool, he naturally knew that this was because all the insiders had been sent away, so there was no trace, it seemed that it was not the work of the Shen family, and the truth that was concealed from Shen Miao also made Shen Qiu even more suspicious.
My little sister, unknowingly, became more and more invisible.
"What time is it." Shen Xin poured his anger from his wife directly onto his unfortunate son: "You go to check what's going on in the manor, and I'll ask you tomorrow."
"Ah." Shen Qiu responded with a bitter face. He knew that the situation was true, but his sister wouldn't let him talk about it.
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In Caiyun Garden, it is a mess at the moment.
Shen Guifang left, and before leaving, he had a big fight with Ren Wanyun. Ever since Shen Xin came back from Old Shen Furen's birthday banquet, Shen Gui had a conflict with Ren Wanyun because of this. In fact, Shen Gui also knew that Shen Miao was imprisoned, but as far as he was concerned, once an accident happened, all the faults would naturally be blamed on Ren Wanyun.
The reason why he and Shen Wan got to where they are now is because of the connections left by Shen Xin. Although they now have a certain status in the court, if Shen Xin wants to treat them badly, Shen Gui and Shen Wan's careers will definitely be messed up. This is a world where martial arts are respected. Although the civil officials ridiculed the military generals for being rude, whoever has the military power is more important in the Ming Qi forces. Civil officials and military generals, the emperor wants to protect, naturally military generals.
In the past, the two brothers were impeccable in front of Shen Xin, and Shen Xin was willing to take care of them, but this time Shen Xin saw Shen Miao caught in a sea of fire with his own eyes, Shen Xin thought Shen Miao as his life, and Shen Gui would do something when he was angry. Feeling flustered. Therefore, since Shen Xin came back, Shen Gui has been extremely irritable, and Ren Wanyun proposed to regret the marriage at this time, which almost added fuel to the fire, and all the dissatisfaction with Ren Wanyun has erupted in the past few days.
It was the same today, arguing with Ren Wanyun in a rage, saying that Shen Qing must marry the Huang family, Shen Gui walked away, leaving only Ren Wanyun who was almost fainting in anger.
"Beast! Beast!" Ren Wanyun stroked her heart, her lips trembling.
Shen Gui disregarded the happiness of his own daughter, and single-mindedly wanted to climb up to the Huang family to add bricks and bricks to his career, and let Ren Wan's arrogant people turn their backs. Now that Shen Xin was back, Luo Xueyan was not a good friend. If it weren't for the fact that this matter was extremely confidential, the Shen Xin couple knew that she was fighting the idea of sisters getting married, and they would even have the heart to kill her. Even if the Shen Xin couple could not find out this time, the incident of the fire in the ancestral hall that day would also leave a gap in Dafang's heart and it would be difficult to attack Shen Miao in the future.
Ren Wan Yun wished that Shen Miao would be slashed with a thousand knives, it was Shen Miao who plotted against Shen Qing at first, if not for Shen Miao, why would Shen Qing end up having to marry a broken sleeve. Now that Shen Miao was protected by Shen Xin, it would not be easy to think about doing things in marriage.
"Madam calm down," Xiang Lan said while giving Ren Wanyun her anger, "Don't get mad at you, it will be a banquet in a few days, if you get mad, you won't be able to go out."
Ren Wanyun's eyes moved, and a hideous smile appeared on her face: "You're right, I can't be mad at me, going back to the court banquet... Back to the court banquet, I want that little bitch to live rather than die!" She turned to look at Cai Ju: "Has the letter to Prince Yu's Mansion arrived?"
"It has been delivered." Cai Ju said carefully.
"Since my Qing'er can't fall, don't try to escape that little bitch!" Ren Wanyun showed a sneer on her face, "I can't help her, with Shen Xin protecting her, if you have the ability, they will be with Prince Yu's Mansion. Right," she looked like a vicious snake, spitting out snake letters gloomily: "Someone has always cleaned her up!"
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Prince Yu's Mansion.
In the splendid main hall, there are beautiful Persian dancers dancing in thin clothes at the moment, their snow-white bare feet are stepping on the soft carpet, and the thin ankles are tied with colorful bells, which emit sweet sounds as they dance. Ding-dong sound. The water snake-like waist danced nimbly.
The middle-aged man on the high seat had an ugly and ferocious face, and the one with his left leg empty was none other than Prince Yu. At this moment, there is a petite girl kneeling under him. The girl is about eleven or twelve years old, and she is still very young. She has beautiful eyebrows, but her eyes are full of fear. legs.
This young girl's snow-white body was covered with purple and cyan bruises, and upon closer inspection, there were red welts. It was obvious that she had experienced a very human-like torment.
Prince Yu looked at the letter in his hand, suddenly smiled, and slapped the lion's head on the seat. When he made such a move, the girl screamed in fright and fell to the ground, her whole body shivering uncontrollably.
“Shen Xin…” Prince Yu chewed a few words slowly, “Shen Miao… dare to fool this prince.”
After what happened that night, because he found other interesting things, he left it behind. To Prince Yu, these girls were just funny things, just like the cats and dogs they kept. As for what happened next, he didn't care at all. In addition, Shen Gui was hiding it, and he didn't find anything wrong.
Knowing that this letter came, he finally recalled that that day seemed a little wrong. That Shen Miao had such a good trick, while she was against Ren Wan Yun, she also toyed with him.
Prince Yu was in Ming Qi, even if he was a royal child, except for the emperor, he had to be courteous three points when he saw him. Shen Miao, a little girl, dared to step on his dignity. If there was only some interest in Shen Miao that he wanted to play with, this time, Prince Yu was really angry and had murderous intentions.
It's just that Shen Xin is still guarding the Ding capital now, how can he make a move? Or, even Shen Xin solved it together
Prince Yu touched his chin, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.