Shen Jin nodded after thinking for a while, and asked Nanny Zhao to bring Guanshi Zhao, Manager Wang and that cousin to the living room, and after she took care of Dongdong herself, she asked Anping to serve her and change her clothes. Shen Jin's current clothes They were all newly made after giving birth. When the baby was just given birth, because the confinement was done so well, it was inevitable that I gained some weight. Because of the care of Mrs. Zhao, it recovered quickly, but the waist changed. She is slender, but her chest is much plumper, and the chest position of her original clothes was too tight.
What An Ning prepared for Shen Jin was a cloud brocade dress, with some folds at the waist, making her slim waist and long legs, because Shen Jin was with Dongdong, so she only used a hair band for her hair, except Apart from the wooden bracelet that Chu Xiuming made for her back then, she didn't even wear any earrings.
At this time, it is inappropriate to meet outsiders, no matter how simple it is, but there is no need to be too grand, after all, that cousin is not the guest they invited.
When Shen Jin arrived at the living room, she saw a woman in a moon-white dress sitting on a chair by the door. She turned her head when she heard footsteps. Shen Jin thought her second sister, Shen Zi, was already a rare beauty. , but compared with the woman in front of her, her second sister is too young.
The slender willow-leaf eyebrows are slightly frowned, with a hint of melancholy and resentment, the color of her lips is a little pale, and her figure is slim, and when she is sitting sideways, she has a hint of weakness, wanting to People embraced in their arms and took good care of them.
But those eyes were affectionate and charming, which added a bit of coquettish charm to her.
Everyone has a love of beauty, Shen Jin admired the beauty, if this beauty didn't come to cause trouble for them, Shen Jin thought she could appreciate it for a while, sat on the main seat, Shen Jin said, "Change Clothes are fast."
The corner of the beauty's eyes twitched. Shen Jin didn't say this for no reason, because this cousin just arrived in the border town today, and she was on the road for a long time. When she arrived, she was stopped again, and she was almost taken to prison by Manager Zhao and the others for interrogation. , How could it be possible that the clothes are as neat as they are now, even the hair is not messed up, and the shoes are not even the slightest dust.
Manager Wang showed a little smile on his face, the beauty bit her lips, and said aggrieved and helplessly, "I want to see my cousin." "Oh, he doesn't want to see you." Shen Jin said.
The beauty's eyes were red, and she looked at Shen Jin with sorrow, "I don't believe it, is it because you don't let my cousin see me? Otherwise, my cousin would never treat me like this." "Well, yes." Shen Jin Jin admitted without hesitation, "I don't want my husband to see you."
The beauty stared at Shen Jin dumbfounded. How could she be so shameless when she met such a woman for the first time
Shen Jin suddenly thought, "By the way, what is the name of this cousin?" "Who is your cousin?" The woman was obviously in a panic, but she spoke like this, as if she was coquettish, with a hint of hoarseness at the end The taste is extraordinarily tempting.
Shen Jin looked at the woman helplessly, as if she were looking at an ignorant child, "Mother Zhao, what's her name?" "This woman's surname is Xue Dan and her name is Qiao." said Mother Zhao respectfully.
Shen Jin nodded and said, "Xue Qiao, if you have something to say, you can say it now." "I want to see my cousin." Xue Qiao looked at Shen Jin and demanded.
Shen Jin took a sip of Pu'er tea, and then said, "Oh, my husband is not here, so it's the same if you have something to say to me." My Xue Qiao stared at Shen Jin and said reluctantly, "I don't believe it, you lied to me, you just I don’t want my cousin to see me." "I am." Shen Jin said naturally, "Think about it for yourself, whether you want to tell me what you have to do." "Impossible." Xue Qiao did not compromise, she You must meet Chu Xiuming, then the cards in your hand will be useful.
Shen Jin glanced at her, and stopped caring about her, but looked at Guanshi Zhao and said, "What letter did Prince Ying write?" "It's for cousin." Xue Qiao said.
Manager Zhao and Shen Jin pretended not to hear her and handed the letter directly to Shen Jin. As soon as Xue Qiao wanted to get up, the maid behind her pinned her shoulders and couldn't move anymore.
Shen Jin opened it and looked at it, frowning, and then put the letter in Zhao Nanny's hand.
After Zhao Mama lowered her head and said a few words in Shen Jin's ear, she took the letter and walked to the backyard. Xue Qiao's eyes flashed, and she was sure that Chu Xiuming was in the General's Mansion, but it was Shen Jin I don't want to let her see it.
After reading the letter, Shen Jin asked, "Have you thought about it? Are you going to tell me?"
Xue Qiao snorted softly, but did not speak. Shen Jin looked at her helplessly and said, "Boss Wang, lock her in..." Shen Jin thought for a while, "I remember there is a small Buddhist hall in the General's Mansion? Lock her up somewhere and let her be guarded, and don't disturb her except to deliver food." "Yes." Manager Wang, who had been sitting next to her, stood up and responded respectfully.
Xue Qiao's expression changed drastically at this time and he said, "I want to see my cousin, don't you want to know about that child?" "Not really." Shen Jin said honestly, "It's not my husband's." "Are you going to let Chu Xiuyao cut off the incense?" Xue Qiao asked sharply.
Shen Jin and Xue Qiao looked at each other calmly and said, "Anyway, there is only Chu Xiuyao's tomb here, and before you came, he had lost his incense for a long time."
Xue Qiao couldn't believe that Shen Jin would say such a thing, wasn't she afraid that Chu Xiuming would be angry if he found out? Could it be that there is something she doesn't know
Shen Jin took a look at Manager Wang, and Manager Wang went to call Yue Wenlai, and then repeated what Shen Jin had said. Shen Jin added, "Give her some quilts, after all, it's a bit cold over there, so don't freeze."
Yue Wengong said, "Yes."
Then he directly grabbed Xue Qiao and took her down without any preferential treatment because of Xue Qiao's beauty, and the people who accompanied Xue Qiao had already been locked up separately, and the interrogation had already begun.
After everyone left, Shen Jin said, "Mother Zhao, come out."
Just now, Mammy Zhao was asked to go in with the letter, but it was used as a cover-up. In fact, Mammy Zhao didn't go far at all, and now she came in again with the letter.
Shen Jin signaled Nanny Zhao to give the letter to Manager Zhao and Manager Wang, and then sent someone to invite Zhao Duanlai.
In this letter, there are mainly two things written, one is to go through Minzhong, and the other is to ask Chu Xiuming to meet in Yucheng, and the revenge of these two things is Chu Xiuyao's son.
Besides, it wasn't these two things that made Shen Jin frown, but what was written at the end of the letter was that the child had a half-moon birthmark on the left lower back. "The third brother also has such a birthmark?" Shen Jin asked.
If not, how could it be possible to specifically point out this point, but Chu Xiuming does not have this birthmark on his body. The position on the left back waist is very hidden. If it is not for someone close to him, he may not know it at all, but Chu Xiuming He didn't tell Shen Jin about it either.
Zhao Momo's complexion changed, and she said, "The third young master does have such a birthmark on his body, the old master also had it, and the second young master and the third young master also had it."
Shen Jin pursed his lips. It was the first time that Manager Zhao and Manager Wang knew about this. Manager Zhao asked, "Does anyone else know about this?"
After all, they didn't believe that Chu Xiuyao's character would do such a thing.
Zhao Momo said, "The Chu family all know, and I also heard it from the old lady, so now I'm not sure whether Xue Qiao heard about it or..."
But under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for Chu Xiuyao's mother to tell a girl about the hidden birthmark on her son's body.
Zhao Guanshi said, "The third young master will never be such a person."
Director Wang also nodded and said, "I also don't think it's the third young master. Now it's just because the third young master is gone, that's why she is so unscrupulous."
Shen Jin responded, "What about that child?"
As soon as the words came out, everyone fell silent. If you said you didn't want to see this child, and if you were sure that this child was really Chu Xiuyao, and let this child recognize his ancestors, that would be a pure lie. But Chu Xiuming and Dongdong, especially this child may be the only blood of Chu Xiuyao. "This matter, let's write a letter to the general." Manager Wang said.
Manager Zhao nodded, and Nanny Zhao even agreed, because it is really hard for Shen Jin to make a decision now, not because she doesn't trust Shen Jin, but no matter how Shen Jin chooses, even if it is correct, she will inevitably be blamed in the future. It will not be good if it drags down the relationship between the husband and wife.
Shen Jin nodded. In fact, she also decided that way. Although it is not good to push such a difficult problem to her husband and embarrass him, Shen Jin really doesn't know what to do.
Zhao Duan also came over, Manager Wang showed the letter to Zhao Duan, Zhao Duan's complexion changed, Shen Jin said, "That child may belong to the third brother." "This..." Zhao Duan sighed and said, "Is this still Really, so is the Prince of England, what are you doing with other people's children?"
Zhao Guanshi said, "We are going to write a letter to a general and let him decide." "It should be so." Zhao Duan thought for a while and said, "If the child is real, then it is acceptable to let him know."
Everyone didn't speak, and several people moved to the meeting hall, where there were paper and pens prepared. After rewriting the letter from Prince Ying's son with the code that had been agreed long ago, Manager Zhao also reported the current situation in the border town. write it down.
Zhao Duan asked, "Who are you going to send this letter to?" "Thinking about letting Shen Xi and Zhao Jun take this trip." Director Wang said.
Zhao Duan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and talk to Jun'er."
The choice of Shen Xi and Zhao Jun is because of Shen Xi's identity, and because the last time the news of the general arrived in Chuyuan, they didn't know whether the general was at Zhao's house in Chuyuan or had already left and went to the border city. After leaving, Zhao Jun is from the Zhao family after all, so he is more familiar with the path in that area, and it is easier to get some information, so that it is convenient to find Chu Xiuming and the others. If they really can't find them, just come back.
After everyone settled down, their faces became a little heavy.
It is precisely because of this child, no matter whether the child is true or not, what they plan to do, but the initiative is in the hands of the Prince of England. If he releases the news, Emperor Cheng will definitely doubt it, and Chu Xiuming will do it for the child. What deal will be made with the Prince of England, so what will Emperor Cheng do
Manager Zhao and Manager Wang looked at Shen Jin, and saw that Shen Jin was also frowning, and they both knew that according to Emperor Cheng's temperament, they would rather kill by mistake, especially since he didn't trust Chu Xiuming at all.
Thinking about the matter of King Rui, could it be that the son of Prince Ying was inspired by the matter of King Rui? If it goes on like this, I am afraid that Emperor Cheng will be in a mess because of the conspiracy and suspicion of the King's son before the King's son leads troops into the capital.
Didn't Emperor Cheng know that Prince Ying's son did it on purpose? No, he may also have doubts, thinking it is a trap, for example, the matter of King Rui, Emperor Cheng is not ignorant of King Rui's character, but he still doubts it, because he can't afford to bet on this eventuality, and would rather put all his money on it. The possible danger of beheading is in the seeds.
The most important thing is that the way he became the emperor was to take advantage of the prince's trust in his brothers. After he betrayed him, he would inevitably feel that others would betray him in the same way.
So even if Emperor Cheng knew that it was a conspiracy trap set up by the Prince of England, he would jump into it.
And Prince Ying's son will probably find this out soon, the matter of King Rui is just a test for the next thing.
So after Emperor Cheng knew that Chu Xiuyao's only blood was in the hands of Prince Ying's son, what he would do was to start dealing with Chu Xiuming, and even feel that Chu Xiuming was more dangerous than Prince Ying's son.
According to Chu Xiuming and his side's thinking, they want to hide for a while longer, and they don't want Chu Xiuyuan to push it out so quickly. After all, a real grandson of the prince will make Emperor Cheng and the prince of England even more taboo. Both decided to deal with the border town first, then it would be difficult.
It's not that Emperor Cheng and Prince Ying joined hands, but when the two sides have the same goal, there will inevitably be more cooperation, and there are barbarians watching, which means that although Chu Xiuming's troops are stronger than any of them There are many people, but not all of them can be used, because most of the people have to guard the frontier.
In fact, the best situation is to wait for the relationship between Emperor Cheng and the King of England to consume a little more, and they will also kill those barbarians until they are unable to invade the frontier of Tianqi within a few years, and then cooperate with those people in the capital to take down Cheng in one fell swoop. Emperor, in Chu Xiuyuan's capacity, it is easy to be accepted by others. After all, Chu Xiuyuan is more legitimate than Emperor Cheng.
Especially those things that Emperor Cheng did at the beginning, the Prince of England actually helped a lot. He has stirred up everyone's doubts about Yongjia for thirty-seven years, and if Chu Xiuyuan came out to confirm it, then Emperor Cheng...
The most important point is that the Jade Seal of the Chuanguo used by Emperor Cheng is a fake, and the real Jade Seal of the Chuanguo was hidden at the beginning, but where it is hidden is a mystery, but I only know that there is a crown prince among them. The means are inside.
The problem now is that they don't know where the real Chuanguo Yuxi is, they can only be sure that it is in the palace, and they don't know if the general went there this trip or found it.
And in the current situation, they are in a dilemma. Although the two moves made by the Prince of England are disgusting, they are very useful. "Actually, if it is true, it would be good to agree to the Prince of England." Shen Jin's expression relaxed a lot, opened the mouth.
In fact, they also thought of this, but no one said it.
Because no matter whether it is true or not, no matter what Chu Xiuming decides, Emperor Cheng will start to doubt it.
Everyone in the conference hall seems to have eaten a fly now, and now it is hard to tell whether they hope that the child is real or fake.
Shen Jin said, "Wait for the news from your husband, the Prince of England thinks it's impossible for him to believe a letter, right?"
Zhao Guanshi and the others nodded and said nothing more. In fact, they had no other choice, and now they were just playing tricks on the rat.
When Shen Jin and Zhao Momo went to the backyard, they asked, "What kind of person is the third brother?"
Mother Zhao also expected that Shen Jin would ask, and said, "A person who is completely different from the general, in fact, the general is more like an old lady, and the third young master is more like a master."
Shen Jin looked at Zhao Nanny with some doubts, and Zhao Nanny nodded and said, "According to what the master said at the beginning, if the general is a Confucian general, then the third young master is a tiger general."
Zhao Nanny explained, "There is more than enough bravery, but not enough resourcefulness."
Shen Jin understands, in the end Chu Xiuyao is suitable for charging, and Chu Xiuming is suitable for commanding, so although Zhao Mama and the others trust Chu Xiuyao's character, they don't believe him... If Chu Xiuyao is really It is also possible if people calculate. "Then how did he die?" Shen Jin asked.
Mother Zhao was silent for a moment before saying, "It's for the general."
Shen Jin listened to Zhao Nanny talking about it. In fact, Chu Xiuming should have gone that time. At that time, there were only two brothers left in the Chu family. If Chu Xiuming went, there would be another If Chu Xiuyao went, he would not even have that point, but even if Chu Xiuyao tricked Chu Xiuming once in his life, and he succeeded, the price would be to die on the battlefield with no bones left.
That day Chu Xiuyao laughed and led the soldiers away. It didn't look like he was going to die at all, but more like the pride after a successful prank. "Then does he look like your husband?" Shen Jin asked.
Zhao Nanny nodded and said, "It's very similar, and because of the similar age, especially when they were young, when they stood together and didn't talk, many people couldn't tell the difference, but when they grow up, the two people's temperament is getting better and better. It’s different, but it’s rarely mistaken.”
Shen Jin moved her lips and said, "Is there a possibility that the person Xue Qiao wanted to plot against was her husband? It's just that the third brother knows that he has been plotted against?"
Mother Zhao frowned when she heard the words, thought for a while and said, "If it was dark, it might not be possible to tell the difference, but why? Although it was not clearly determined at that time, the old lady did indeed mention letting you go. The general married Xue Qiao, but it was not settled because of the discovery of something."
Shen Jin frowned and didn't say anything, Zhao Nanny heard the words and said, "Ma'am, the general and Xue Qiao were not close at the beginning." "Actually, I don't care about these." Shen Jin said honestly, "After all, the husband is mine now. , the future is also mine, so the previous things have already passed, I just can't figure out why Xue Qiao betrayed her husband and the others, by the way, did Xue Qiao disappear before or after the third brother?" "It is after "Mother Zhao said in a deep voice, "It was because of Xue Qiao that what happened that time was so dangerous that killed the third young master."
Shen Jin thought for a while but didn't understand, and said, "I can only wait for my husband to come back."
Zhao Nanny responded, and Shen Jin reminded, "Let people watch, don't let Xue Qiao commit suicide." "The old slave understands." Zhao Nanny said respectfully.
Shen Jin nodded and said nothing. "Brother Yuan will be back soon, right?" Shen Jin said, counting the days.
Zhao mama thought for a while and nodded, "If everything goes well, I should be back early next month."
Shen Jin responded and said after thinking for a long time, "I think the third brother must be a good brother who loves the younger brother."
Zhao Nanny didn't know why Shen Jin brought up this matter suddenly, and Shen Jin walked to Dongdong's room, "If that child is really the third brother's child, then he must be a good brother who loves my younger brother."
For some reason, when she heard this sentence, Zhao Mama's eyes turned red. Although she was a person close to the princess, how could she not be loyal to Chu Xiuming after being in the Chu family for so many years
At this time, Chu Xiuming, who was missed by Shen Jin, was escorting Concubine Chen and others back to the border city, and King Rui and Princess Rui had already returned to Beijing a few days ago. Those antique calligraphy, paintings, gold, silver and jewelry have all been brought out, but he returned to Beijing this time with a light pack and kept all those things. Cheng Chenjin and the two concubines each got 10%, and the last 10% was left to the granddaughter.
Besides, except for Shen Jin, before the three children reached adulthood, everything was handed over to Concubine Chen for safekeeping, and a lot of money was left to Concubine Chen for raising the children.
Although King Rui didn't say it, he was indeed dividing the family property, as if planning for the funeral, before leaving, he went to find Zhao Ru and Zhao Qi, and asked Zhao Qi to promise that if Princess Rui returned to her mother's house in the future, she would take good care of her. Treat her kindly, which makes people feel sad and feel a little dumbfounded when they hear it.
Although Concubine Chen knew that it would be hard work to bring three children, she felt much happier when she thought that she would be able to live with her daughter soon. Shen Hao sat in the carriage silently, while Shen Qing and Bao Zhu, who were named by Shen Qi Concubine Chen looked at Shen Hao and asked softly, "Brother Hao, do you want to use something?"
Since King Rui and Princess Rui left, Brother Hao didn't eat well. They used the dry food in the field at noon, but Brother Hao only ate a little and stopped using it.
Shen Hao shook his head and remained silent for a long time. He felt abandoned by everyone, first his mother, then his father and sister.
Concubine Chen didn't know how to persuade her, she just said, "Brother Hao, do you want to play with Brother Qing and Baozhu?"