peach smile

Ugh, it feels like I missed something important. .

No.: Chess pieces (2)

Until the bruises under the corners of Shen Quji's eyes faded, until Wei Changan's reputation as a "shrew" and Shen Quji's "fear of internal affairs" spread far and wide, the Chu family still never stopped testing her, for example, they speculated about Wei Changan's natal family.

Hu Shi, the eldest wife of the Chu family, although her attitude towards Wei Changan has improved a bit, she still feels unjust. Since Wei Changan's identity is unknown, she has no choice but to always be on the verge of testing.

It doesn't have to be that way at all.

Shen Quji was not as tight-lipped about Wei Changan's natal family as the Chu family thought. If the Chu family asked, Shen Quji would give a straightforward answer, but if the Chu family didn't ask, Shen Quji The sap in the corner of the door will naturally not take the initiative to show off to others, saying-"Hey, my wife is the daughter of Wei Rong, a salt and tea merchant in Hezhou, and the younger sister of Wei Jingting, a loyal general."

What makes Hu feel insensitive is that she wants to know Wei Changan's identity, but she is unwilling to surrender her identity to ask, and even disdains sending someone to Hezhou to inquire about it. She thinks that would be too shameful. It didn't fit her dignified status as the eldest wife of the Chu family and the future mistress of the Chu family, so she kept making small movements there.

Shen Quji looked down on Auntie Hu's scheming and tricks, but he still had to be on guard all the time.

"When I come back at night, if I'm drunk, you must not let me in, remember?" Shen Quji held Wei Changan's face, pinching and rubbing: "Just let me sleep in the corridor under the door, if you My heart hurts, you can throw me a quilt."

Wei Changan slapped the man's paw away with two palms, her fair cheeks turned red from being pinched, she pretended to be angry, and extended a purse to Shen Quji, saying: "Don't come back when you're drunk, where do you fall in love? where to go."

"I can't do it anywhere else, I just love to come to you." Shen Quji took the money from his wife, his eyes filled with smiles.

Seeing that Wei Changan was silent, but squinting at himself, Shen Quji stretched out his hand and pulled him over, touching his forehead: "You deal with their entire inner courtyard by yourself, so be careful, in case something bad happens to you , you can ask the third aunt for help, I can still afford the favor of the third aunt, huh?"

"When there are foreign guests, please pay attention to all the food, tea and water that can be imported. When you go out, let the third aunt know where you are, and bring no fewer than two servants..." Wei Changan closed his eyes, and casually explained Shen Quji's words countless times , flipped it out fluently: "...You too, don't get really drunk when you drink with others, and someone will find out your identity that will cost you your life, little second master."

Recently, Wei Changan was influenced by the people around him, and he no longer opened his mouth to say "Shen", but "Little Second Master". As long as she called this title, Shen Quji's feet would definitely go limp.

"...Grandma, it's useless to just remember, you have to be careful!" As he said that, Shen Quji narrowed his eyes, and smacked Wei Changan's mouth with a daring smack: "I'm going out..."

Before Wei Changan could react, the man had already run away with his purse in his hands.

"...Bah, pervert!" Wei Changan raised his hand and touched his lips, with an uncontrollable smile on his face—it is said that men are different before and after marriage, and this surnamed Shen is not left behind. Before and after, isn't it the same thing?

As Shen Quji expected, as soon as she left, her cousin, the only daughter of the Hu family, Chu Yiren, came to ask Wei Changan to go out with her.

Chu Yiren said that she had a quarrel with her mother, Mrs. Hu, last night, and she was not feeling well at home today, and wanted to go out to relax, so she called Wei Changan to come with her.

The cousin, Chu Yiren, who is five years younger than Shen Quji, is the only daughter of the Hu family and the only granddaughter of the Chu family, and she is such a charming girl who wants the wind and the rain, the stars and the moon. She is pretty, but Wei Changan felt a little sympathy for no reason, but he didn't know where it came from.

Wei Changan followed Chu Yiren out of the east gate of the Chu Mansion in a soft sedan, and then turned into a carriage with an ID plate engraved with the word "Chu".

The coachman swung his whip to urge the horse, and the tall horse stomped forward. Wei Changan thought that Chu Yiren was going to the places where the noble ladies often go, but he didn't expect that after leaving the Chu Mansion, the carriage turned and went Came to a secluded alley.

Chu Yi sent the driver away, bent down and took out two sets of men's clothing and accessories from behind the wooden board under the seat, and said excitedly, "Second sister-in-law, put these on."

Chu Yiren's eyes are very big, and there seems to be water vapor in the pupils, full of water, very moving, people can't help but feel pity.

Wei Changan was still on guard in his heart, but his face was puzzled as usual: "Aren't you going out to relax? What are you doing wearing this?"

Chu Yiren tilted her head and raised her eyebrows, her eyes flicked back and forth between the clothes in her hand and Wei Chang'an: "I'm already tired of going to the places where young women and young women often go...Second sister-in-law, I can actually see it." Come out, you are different from the elder sister-in-law, the third sister-in-law and the gang of Yingying and Yanyan in the inner courtyard. I think I am a bit like you - don't regard men as heaven, have your own life, go to his home, marry your father and follow your husband "So, you will come with me?"

Seeing that Wei Changan was still unmoved, Chu Yiren lowered her eyes and curled her lips slightly: "...well, it's also because I haven't been to the West City, and my parents said that there are some untouchables there and won't let me go, but I I heard from the servants in the mansion that..."

"Okay, let's go together!" Wei Changan took the clothes from Chu Yiren, and readily agreed, hey, women are emotional after all.

As for the words Shen Quji explained, Wei Changan naturally also kept them in mind.

……

After changing their clothes and carriage, the two of them brought a few servants to the Xicheng market in a swaggering manner.

Wei Chang'an, but he only came to West Market once with Shen Quji, and it was the last time he came to see her third brother Wei Jingting. Coming out this time and dressing up like this is another novelty.

Chu Yiren asked people to prepare two sets of slim-fitting men's robes. She wore both of them on her body, tied up with leather belts, protruding and curling, with exquisite curves.

So Wei Chang'an found two cloaks and put them on the two of them respectively. In this way, as long as the two of them are silent, anyone who looks at them will only regard them as young men who are not yet weak.

Dispersing the following servants and letting them guard secretly, Wei Chang'an and Chu Yiren led their personal maids and a servant, and started to play in the west market of the capital.

Stepping on the West City Long Street, people in rich clothes are rare in the crowd. Instead, most of the people coming and going are men in bunts and women in coarse sarongs. The ground under their feet is also paved with bricks and stones. Fairly neat.

Chu Yiren pulled Wei Changan and whispered: "This place is much better than I imagined, and it's quite clean!"

Wei Changan smiled and said nothing, the imperial court has strict laws and regulations for pedestrians and shops in the capital city, even if they spit anywhere on the street, they will be dragged to Jingzhao Yamen to receive fifty lashes. How dare these Qianshou, who are struggling to live like ants, not abide by what the rich and right people in Dongcheng are afraid of?

"There, there's a goods store over there, Er...Chang'an, let's go and have a look!" Chu Yiren pulled Wei Changan and ran into a thriving goods store.

The goods store is a large shop with three fronts. The customers inside come and go, the shop assistants are busy, and no one pays special attention to these two young men in cloth cloaks.

……

As soon as she came out of the goods store, she entered another Shanhuo shop. Everything here was so new to Chu Yiren.

It was almost time for lunch, and the curious baby Chu Yiren finally felt tired. Dang even decided to withdraw his troops and go back to the east city. The west of the city is good, but Miss Chu, who was born noble, didn't have the courage to try the food sold here.

From the west city of the capital to the east city, the coachman drove the car and took Lukuan Street Avenue. It took only half an hour, and the two of them returned to the east city, which Chu Yi was very familiar with.

Perhaps it was because the experience of sneaking away to the West Market this time was not bad. Wei Changan felt that Chu Yiren was two points closer to him, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

After changing the clothes and the carriage back, after arriving in Dongcheng, the carriage stopped outside the famous restaurant in the capital [Not Immortal].

Since Xiao Er came forward to attract guests, Chu Yiren put on a veiled cap on her head to cover her face, got off the carriage with Wei Chang'an, who had a high bun, and entered the restaurant together.

"This is the nobleman Chu!" A nimble waiter was sent over by the shopkeeper, and he led Chu Yi upstairs with familiarity: "You two, please come to the private room upstairs. Be careful with your feet." , with stair steps..."

The playbook tells about those rich daughters who went to the streets to play, and were unfortunately bullied by bullies and hooligans. Seeing that the bullies and hooligans were about to succeed, a handsome young man in fluttering white clothes suddenly appeared on the way to help, and then the rich daughter made a good relationship with her body. The story of the story-such a fragment of the hero saving the beauty, uh...that is completely absent.

The lunch was smooth and unremarkable, but this [Not Immortal] restaurant is a famous restaurant in the capital after all, and all the food is delicious.

After the meal, he sat down and drank two more cups of tea. After resting enough, Wei Changan and Chu Yiren left the restaurant together.

After going out, Chu Yiren's personal maid wanted to raise her hand to beckon the Chu family's carriage, but Chu Yiren stopped her with her hand.

"The weather is nice today around you, and the autumn air is crisp. Why don't you take a walk with me, so that you can get rid of the things you ate at noon, how about it?" Chu Yiren held Wei Chang'an's arm, her eyes were clear purely.

Wei Changan took a look at the endless Fugui Street in front of him, nodded and agreed.

Walking on the long street in the east of the city, Chu Yi was like a host, introducing to Wei Changan the things and shops they saw from time to time.

They passed by a majestic building with carved beams and colorful paintings. Chu Yiren said that this is the largest gambling house in the capital [one game gambling house].

One round of the gambling house... Entering the gambling house, only come to one round?Wei Changan felt that this name was chosen unusually, uh, as the person surnamed Shen said, the capital is really an unusual place!

After walking around, he went shopping again, Wei Changan thought to himself, this is good, being with Chu Yi alone is easier than dealing with the Hu family and the gang of inner courtyards.

The Chu family doesn’t lack for anything, and the people of Chu Yi don’t lack for anything. Rich people go shopping, but they just go shopping for something new. For example, which shop has a new pattern of brocade silk and satin, and whose store has launched the latest cosmetics. It's cosmetics, and there's some fashionable jewelry coming out of the jewelry court over there, buy it back, get an exclusive share, and just show off your coquettishness.

Wei Changan also likes these new things very much, not to mention, women are the ones who please themselves, and it's not like she doesn't have people who want to please, so she bought a box of face powder and some of the latest cosmetics from a famous cosmetic powder shop in the capital. lip paper.

When trying on the color of the lip paper, Chu Yiren laughed and teased her and said: "This color is pretty, it makes the second sister-in-law very charming and charming, if I show it to the second brother, he will be hooked!"

Wei Changan's cheeks inevitably turned pink, and the color of the lip paper is very nice, she likes it very much, if the person surnamed Shen also likes to look at it, that would be even better...

In the end, after the two of them came out of a clothing store, the sun had already passed unknowingly. On the long street, red lanterns were also hung in front of the shops for illumination.

This meant that it was time to go back. While standing by the side of the street waiting for someone to pass the carriage, Chu Yiren saw a person not far or near.

Wei Changan looked in the direction Chu Yiren pointed, and saw a person, together with a group of richly dressed young masters, hugging a few Yingyingyanyans on the left and right, walking towards a flower building with a bright smile.

The man was wearing a sea-blue dark pattern narrow-sleeved brocade robe and a white jade belt around his waist, which highlighted his slender stature and good shape. The jade pendant under the white jade ring made the man even more Warm and romantic.

Wei Changan's hand hanging by his side endured for a while, and finally clenched into a fist - that robe was put on by her own hands this morning, and the man's white jade ring and jade pendant were also chosen by her this morning ——Shen Quji, you big pig's trotter!

Chu Yiren saw that her second sister-in-law's lips were tightly pursed, and her eyes were smeared with star anger.

"...Second sister-in-law?" Chu Yiren pulled Wei Chang'an's sleeve carefully, as if she had done something wrong, and said timidly, "You, don't be angry... How normal is it for a man to visit flower houses, you, You don't know, in the capital, it's strange that someone with the status of the second brother doesn't go to flower houses, let alone, let alone..."

While talking, Chu Yiren fell silent, Wei Changan took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and asked, "What's more?"

Chu Yiren raised her head, looked at Wei Chang'an pitifully with big watery eyes, and seemed to be forced to speak: "Besides, after the second brother came back, those rich and official young masters who had contacts all laughed at the second brother. Fear, internal fear, the second brother is a man, he wants to save face..."

After finishing speaking, Chu Yiren lowered her head deeply with a cute look of "I've said everything I know" and guilt.

Wei Chang'an couldn't see the gleam in Chu Yiren's eyes, but he was clever enough to understand what was going on just now.

So she turned around and took the newly bought face powder and lip paper from Ji Xiang, walked a few steps forward, and angrily threw the things into the water collection tank on the side of the road.

The Chu family's carriage just happened to come over, Wei Changan gritted his teeth and turned around to call Jixiang: "Go! Go back!"

The author has something to say: Those who can jump on the bright side are all chess pieces

Shen Quji (squinting eyes): Chang Wenzhong, you dare to mess with me...

The author has nothing to say, the author is running for his life

No.: Vortex (1)

Before entering Beijing, Shen Quji entrusted the business of the Shen family to his second younger brother Shen Qubing and third younger brother Shen Jie, as well as the shopkeeper Zhu of Linlang Pavilion and the shopkeeper Bai of Huaibilou respectively. See what the big shopkeeper should have seen.

This is not a long-term solution. She has just become the head of the family not long ago. Firstly, she is afraid that the business will change after a long time.

The most important issue is that the reason why she took the risk to come to the capital in person is simply to clean up the business matters left by her parents in the capital, so that there will be no more entanglements with the capital.

It just happened to be a coincidence that the Chu family actually made a sideways move here, and there was an extra problem.

Therefore, on the whole, she cannot spend long time with the Chu family.

Bai Yuncanggou has been in Beijing for more than half a month, but the Chu family doesn't know what they are afraid of, they always try to try and dare not make a move, Shen Quji has no choice but to do something first.

After thinking about it, she found that, as expected, everything still had to start with the Chu family's cousin, the Feng family.

And these initial clues were figured out by Shen Quji from his younger sister Yu Nian.

After my younger sister Yu Nian left Chao State and went to Jin State, judging from the reaction of her uncle Chu Boding, Shen Quji finally knew the reason why her younger sister Yu Nian was obsessed before, and she wanted to marry into the Feng family all day long. —Yu Nian is trying to cover up his self-protection.

Shen Quji knew that, as a woman, although her younger sister did not have to shoulder any burdens for the family's future, she was undoubtedly a good pawn in terms of interests. Yu Nian knew that she was being targeted by someone from the Chu family. To get married, she didn't hesitate to ruin her reputation, and then lied that she yearned for Feng Bancheng to check and balance all parties.

But Feng Bancheng was restrained by the Chu family, so he didn't dare to really think about Yu Nian, but later, the Chu family's restraint on Feng Bancheng disappeared for some reason, Feng Bancheng was overjoyed and wanted to marry the Shen family.

Shen Quji saw through Feng Bancheng's careful thinking at a glance - he wanted to use the in-law relationship to bind the Feng family and the Shen family, so as to benefit from the Chu family.

Feng Bancheng and Shen Quji of the Chu family have always been clear about these methods, so she accompanied her younger sister to perform such an absurd play of beating mandarin ducks, but her younger sister's brain is better than hers, so she seized the opportunity, from this Struggled out of the quagmire.

Shen Quji rotted all these things about his sister in his stomach.

But Yu Nian lived alone in the Chu family for four years. What she experienced and what decisions she made during this period is unknown to her. But the only thing she can be sure of is that Yu Nian's scheming is no worse than her own.

The little girl is very capable of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, and she won't suffer a loss when she is alone.

……

Ever since Wei Chang'an's third elder brother and loyal general Wei Jingting approached him, Shen Quji also paid attention to Shen Li's current situation in the capital—it was nothing to worry about for himself.

"Let's go down and have a rest first, and be careful not to let anyone find out." In the middle of the night, after Shen Qujiu listened to his subordinate's report, he gently waved his hand to let people go down.

The night outside was thick, and a candle in the study was dimly lit. Shen Quji sat behind the desk, his head aching from being drunk—tonight, after she came back from drinking too much, Taohua saw her , without saying a word, chased her and started fighting.

At first, Shen Quji thought that his wife had become addicted to drama, so he acted with her, and was chased around the yard for a few laps symbolically, but when he found out that Wei Changan was serious, Shen Quji also I had no choice but to follow the plan and take a few hits first, anyway, Taohua's fists don't hurt.

Soon, the news that "the second master came back from eating flower wine and was chased and beaten by his wife all over the yard" spread in the Chu family one after another.

Later, Wei Changan got tired of chasing her, and Shen Quji was finally able to hide in the study to rest. She asked Shen Pan to ask Jixiang to ask, and only then did she know who Wei Changan was following—Hu Shi is ruthless enough to take advantage of her only biological daughter.

Fortunately, Shen Quji is not helpless here.

During the daytime, a cousin of the Chu family was the host and invited many children from rich families out for a drink, Shen Quji and Feng Bancheng were naturally included among these people.

Feng Bancheng is the current head of the Feng family. It is difficult for ordinary sons and sisters to invite him to a party. This time, everyone present knows what happened——

The second master of the Chu family and his cousin Feng Bancheng had an unhappy fight before, but now that the second master of Chu bowed his head first, everyone was willing to pave the way for Feng Bancheng together.

It is not suitable for men to meet up, except to ride horses and prey in the suburbs, that is to eat, drink, whore and gamble in the city, to meet friends with poems and to show their talents, so it is not suitable. Get together and go to the No. [-] flower building in the capital [Hua Man Lou].

Shen Quji sighed, the moment when Taohua met him, he was really sure of it - the matter was in the critical few days, there must be no mistakes, otherwise it would really be a failure, hey, I might, but I have to go against it again. My heart makes Taohua angry...

In the bedroom not far from the study:

Wei Changan lay sprawled on the big bed, the expression on his face was indeed full of anger - she not only understood Chu Yiren's strategy, but also was really angry, as for her chasing after the surname Shen's beating was naturally three points for show and seven points for anger.

The moment she saw Shen Quji outside Huamanlou, her mind was in a daze, and the blood in her whole body froze for a moment - that was the astonishment of being deceived.

She couldn't tell what kind of feeling it was, but that feeling was far greater than the shock when she first knew Shen Quji's true identity.

Wei Changan sighed, turned over and wrapped the quilt around herself—she knew and also understood that, as the head of the Shen family and the second master of the Chu family, it was inevitable for Shen Quji to go to those places. Or something else, the one with the surname Shen has to cautiously agree with those people with their own minds to pretend to be false and obedient, it's hard work and heartbreaking.

Wei Chang'an forced himself to understand, to think about Shen Quji, she really could not care about these things with Shen Quji, but for some reason, she still felt like a ball of cotton was stuck in her heart, she couldn't get angry no matter what. Shun...

However, what Wei Changan did not expect was that after that night, Shen Quji never appeared in front of her again.

In the first few days, Wei Changan didn't pay much attention to it. She thought, probably the person surnamed Shen still had a conscience, knowing that she had done something wrong to her, and she had no face to come to see her, but five days later, when Shen Quji left early every day, Returning home late at night, Wei Changan finally noticed something - the surname Shen was avoiding her.

……

That evening, after dinner with the women in the inner house of the Chu family, on the way back to his residence, Ji Xiang, who always knew how to measure, followed behind Wei Changan, suddenly let out a soft "Huh".

Wei Changan looked around, and among the group of people in splendid clothes and brocade robes that hurried past not far away, was there someone he knew well? ah.

The September weather in the imperial capital of the capital was dry and dry. Wei Changan stepped on the shattered sunset under his feet, dressed in a soft orange red, and walked forward without looking sideways.

Shen Quji, I'm waiting for your explanation, I will believe everything you say, but I've been waiting for so long, but you still don't come...

Shen Quji came here together with his cousin Chu Henian, cousin Chu Suinian, cousin Feng Bancheng, and a group of Chu children. This time, everyone is going to see Chu Boding, the uncle of the Chu family. If it happens, Shen Quji Ji can get rid of those people's schemes in advance, and return to Hezhou with peach blossoms as soon as possible.

When he was walking towards his uncle's study, Shen Quji caught a glimpse of Wei Changan over there. She was leading Jixiang and walking at a leisurely pace, looking very preoccupied.

After walking quickly by, Shen Quji couldn't help but bend the corners of his eyes, but he hadn't seen her in ten days, how did that silly girl lose weight...

/ / /

It's only been about a year or two months since we got married, Wei Changan and Shen Quji have been together for a short time, but it's "not long" that makes this mere ten days without seeing each other, It became Wei Changan's great discomfort.

The one surnamed Shen was not there, Wei Changan was in a foreign land, he couldn't sleep all night, and there wasn't even anyone to talk about himself.

These are trivial things that are not worth mentioning. With the absence of the surname Shen, I am left alone to rack my brains and deal with the Hu family carefully all day long. Embarrassing", she... she was a little tired, a little... tired.

Mrs. Hu made trouble at the dinner table again today - Mrs. Hu asked her, she has been married to Shen for so long, why is there still no movement in her stomach?Is it because the surname Shen can't do it, or is the problem with her?

In front of many female family members of the Chu family, Mrs. Hu said openly and secretly that if the problem was with Wei Changan, then Shen Quji would have to take a concubine and marry a young child. If Shen can't do it, then he has to quickly find a good one among his close relatives, so that he can adopt Shen Quji's knees in the future, and among Shen Quji's close relatives, those with good background and close blood relationship must be Shen Quji's Cousin, the only son of the Hu family - Chu Henian, the young master of the Chu family.

But these are not important, because after dinner, before Wei Changan left from Mrs. Hu, Mrs. Hu revealed a piece of news to her seemingly unintentionally—Shen Quji had a new love.

A person surnamed Shen won't have any new lovers, her status is so special, she might lose her head if someone finds out, but Wei Changan is still lying on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

In her mind, for a while, there were the words that Mrs. Hu said to persuade her to take a concubine for Shen Quji, and for a while, it was the back of Shen Quji who she had seen in the evening.

very messy……

The sound of the clapper, the dream beam formed by the Santu River, Wei Changan fell into a deep sleep, Shen Quji carefully avoided the watchers, and quietly walked in through the window.

In the room, a candle was flickering beside the bed, and everything in the room was shrouded in a hazy blur.

She lightly opened the hanging bed curtain, came to the bed and sat down, the curtain blocked most of the dim candlelight outside, Shen Quji saw that the person she thought about day and night was frowning slightly Sleeping alone.

Taohua, are you having a nightmare?Why are you still frowning even in sleep?Shen Quji sighed, and stretched out his hand involuntarily, wanting to smooth the worried wrinkles between the delicate brows.

"Don't touch me." The person who was in a light sleep suddenly looked away, his voice was hoarse, with an imperceptible tremor.

In a word, Shen Quji was so frightened that he hastily withdrew his hand.

"...You, you're awake. I, I heard from Jixiang that you haven't slept well at night recently. I'll come over and have a look." It's just the usual excuse, and Shen Qu shrank his hand restlessly on his thigh. Rubbing, as if trying to wipe his hands clean.

Yes, in front of Wei Changan, she has always known how dirty she is.

"Auntie said, you just made friends with a gentle and virtuous girl who knows how to read and respect." Wei Changan turned his back to Shen Quji, and said in a very low voice, "Congratulations."

When the word "Congratulations" came out, Wei Changan still didn't expect such a pain in his heart, as if a piece of flesh had been torn off by someone alive—yes, after arriving in the capital, among the people around Shen Quji, there was an enthusiastic foreigner There are women, there are beauties who are dead fish and wild goose, there are talented women, and there are noble women with noble backgrounds. Under all kinds of comparisons, Wei Chang'an inevitably feels inferior.

"I went to Huamanlou that day because I had something to do." Shen Quji said.

Wei Changan nodded: "I know."

"I, I don't have any new love, that person is just me... that person can only help me, don't think too much about it, and don't take to heart what my aunt told you this evening superior."

"Yeah." I know, and I believe you too, but I just can't convince myself.

"Peach Blossom, I choose not to tell you some things, I just don't want you to worry, I want to believe me, I..."

"It's late at night, I'm going to rest." Wei Changan interrupted Shen Quji, pretending to be impatient, and pulled up the quilt to cover his head.

"Go to sleep, I'll leave when you fall asleep." Shen Quji pulled the quilt by his side, and covered Wei Changan's exposed calf, very gently and carefully.

Wei Changan didn't speak any more, and he didn't move at all. After a long time, he seemed to have really fallen asleep.

After the candle outside the curtain had burned down a bit, Shen Quji put one leg half-bent on the side of the bed, leaned over, and gently pulled the quilt covering Wei Changan's head.

With trembling hands, she tucked Wei Changan's quilt up little by little. It's cold in the autumn night, so don't catch a cold...

After a rustling sound, the window was closed from the outside, and the room became quiet again. Wei Changan slowly opened his eyes, turned over and moved around with blurred vision.

The pillow that she was resting on just now, after she moved it away, revealed a large area of ​​wetness.

/ / /

In the middle of the day, Mrs. Hu was taking a group of women from the inner house to admire the chrysanthemums in the back garden of the Chu Mansion, when the housekeeper came to report in a panic, saying that Princess Yongjia was coming.

In order to welcome the grand master of Yongjia Princess, Hu led the people in a panic for a while.

Wei Chang'an's status in the Chu family was already awkward. She didn't know what the Chu family had to do with the princes and nobles, so she followed the Hu family in the crowd, not far or near, and came to pick up the princess.

When they came to the front hall of the Chu Mansion, all the masters and servants, big and small, knelt down on the ground. Wei Changan caught a glimpse that even the Hu family, who usually had his nostrils upturned, knelt on the ground like a grandson almost prostrating himself to Princess Yongjia. hello.

"What a show." Wei Changan thought to himself, and couldn't help but want to raise his head to take a peek at the Princess Yongjia, but she was held down by Chu Henian's wife beside her.

"Princess Yongjia is the only daughter of the eldest princess." Chu Henian's wife lowered her voice and whispered into Wei Chang'an's ear, "Let's not offend you."

Wei Changan nodded, and like everyone else, he fell on the ground knowingly and kowtowed to Princess Yongjia.

"Madam, please get up quickly." Wei Changan heard a gentle voice, which was very nice: "It's Yongjia who took the liberty to bother you today, please forgive me, Madam."

"Where is the princess talking, it's really a villain!" Mrs. Hu was lifted up by the Yongjia princess vainly, and smiled and invited him in: "Princess please come to the room quickly..."

A group of people moved to the front hall, those with insufficient status and servants would naturally not be able to come in. As the wife of the second master of the Chu family, Wei Changan couldn't hide even if he wanted to, so he had to follow Chu Henian's wife together. Come in.

"Dare to ask the princess, what is the order of the eldest princess when you come here this time?" Mrs. Hu accompanied the smiling face, and personally served tea to the princess Yongjia who was sitting in the upper seat.

Princess Yongjia took the teacup, touched her mouth symbolically, opened her red lips lightly, and spoke softly, like feather eyelashes licking one's heart: "Ma'am, my mother didn't know that Yongjia was here to disturb you, it was Yongjia who wanted to come. Ask for a cup of fragrant tea from Da Furen's house."

"The Princess is joking," Hu's smiling face flashed very quickly. She rubbed her hands, seemingly hesitating, and even glanced at Wei Chang'an inadvertently: "Chu's family!" Tea, if the princess wants it, the Chu family will deliver it to the princess."

What kind of brain is Wei Changan?Immediately, she understood Hu's gesture - this Princess Yongjia was probably the "new love" that Hu said about Shen Quji, hehe, it was really extraordinary.

"It's true," Yongjia raised his eyes, glanced around the room, and said with a smile: "Yongjia dare not lie to Auntie Chu, Yongjia really wants to ask for something when he comes here."

Hearing Princess Yongjia address herself as "Aunt Chu", Hu's heart was overjoyed, and immediately said: "The princess just said that my aunt will do her best to serve the princess."

"Chu Auntie has a heart, and Yongjia is very grateful." Princess Yongjia gently lifted the catkin, and pointed at the female family members in the hall: "Yongjia is here to find the wife of the second brother Chu. I wonder if Yongjia will be lucky. , can I see this one?"

Wei Changan's heart skipped a beat, and then he heard Mrs. Hu say, "Chang'an, why are you so dazed? Why don't you come out and pay respects to Princess Yongjia!"

The author has something to say: When two people are together, how can there be no conflicts? Let alone who is right and who is wrong and who is making trouble unreasonably. Not yet.

No.: Vortex (2)

As smart as Wei Chang'an, when Princess Yongjia said that she wanted to see "Second Brother Chu's wife", she understood the truth behind it.

So, after Mrs. Hu called her out to meet the salute, she folded her hands in front of her body, with her shoulders slightly drooping, and came out respectfully to salute the Princess Yongjia: "Changan, the lady of Wei, has met the Princess Yongjia, and the princess is blessed and healthy." .”

"Please hurry up, you are the second sister-in-law of Chu," Princess Yongjia helped Wei Changan up with her own hands, and then lightly squeezed Wei Changan's wrist with unclear meaning: "I heard that the second brother Chu said that the second sister-in-law Gentle and virtuous, it is really not surprising when I see her now."

"Princess Yongjia is absurdly praised, and she is ashamed to be a woman." Wei Changan bowed his knees and saluted, his humble and respectful appearance really resembled those docile women who stay at home and are virtuous without talent.

Having stayed by Shen Quji's side for a long time, his style of acting is somewhat similar to hers - I don't know what Princess Yongjia intends to do, so Wei Chang'an has no choice but to play tricks and answer the words of Princess Yongjia carefully.

It wasn't until Princess Yongjia smiled slightly and said euphemistically that she wanted to see the embroidery workers of the Huang family in Hezhou that Wei Changan's heart really hung up.

Wei Chang'an's mother's surname is Huang, and her maternal grandfather's family, Huang's family, once occupied one or two of the top embroidery workers in Hezhou, but how did Princess Yongjia find out this time?

Seeing the hesitation on Wei Changan's face, Princess Yongjia's brows raised slightly, her tone was still dignified, but inexplicably apologetic: "At that time, it was just a gossip from Second Brother Chu, could it be that Second Sister-in-law Chu of Yongjia was abrupt? "

Wei Changan hurriedly apologized, his panic and uneasiness was just right: "Women don't dare, the princess is too serious. It is a lucky woman to embroider brocade for the princess, but I don't know, how many days will the women have to do it?" dominate?"

Princess Yongjia looked directly at Wei Changan, and for a moment, a moderate smile appeared on her handsome and kind face: "Then there will be Mrs. Lao Chu, good things can only be accomplished in three days, Yongjia is not in a hurry."

In such a trance, Wei Changan actually felt that the smile of Princess Yongjia was somewhat familiar to her—tsk, where did you see it?No way, where have I seen any royal relatives!

……

When Shen Pan told Shen Quji about the Princess Yongjia's request for embroidery from Wei Chang'an, Shen Quji was in a private house in the south of the city and had an appointment with a farmer who was over forty years old.

Shen Quji knew very well that his whereabouts in the capital were limited everywhere, and this time he was able to escape to do some private affairs thanks to his cousin Chu Suinian, so after hearing what Shen Pan reported, Shen Quji After pondering for a while, he decided to figure out the matter at hand first.

Because he came out with his cousin Chu Suinian, that kid was on a business trip, and when he finished his job and returned to Chu's house with Shen Quji, it was almost curfew.

It was cold in the middle of the night, and when Shen Quji returned to the study, he accidentally caught a glimpse of the faintly lit candle in the master bedroom, a dim yellow fire, which made the servant who returned at night feel inexplicably at ease.

Do you want to go and see her?Shen Quji thought so in his heart, but he had already arrived at the door of the master bedroom by some mysterious error.

There were no stars and no moon in the night, and there was a cold wind blowing all around from time to time. Shen Quji stood outside the door, raising and lowering his hand to knock on the door. When he raised it again, the door creaked and was opened from the inside.

"Uncle, you're back." Ji Xiang was taken aback for a moment, and then he bowed his knees to Shen Quji, with a flat, calm voice.

Shen Quji put his hands up, bit his mouth uncomfortably, hummed in a low voice, and then didn't continue.

Jixiang had tactfully made way for Shen Quji, but her uncle was still standing outside the door, showing no intention of coming in.

"My lord, slaves are servants, so you can't talk too much in front of your masters, but today, can you allow your slaves to talk more?" Ji Xiang, who has always been reticent, stood inside the threshold, folded his hands in front of him, He lowered his head and said softly.

Shen Quji nodded, Shen Run's voice was a little distant in the autumn wind: "But it's okay..."

……

The architectural style of the imperial capital in Beijing is quite different from that in Hezhou. In the capital, in a courtyard, the master bedroom of the sleeping person is not separated from the main room by a screen or the like, but is located on the side of the main room, forming a separate room. room.

When Wei Changan vaguely heard someone talking at the door, she tentatively called out "Auspicious" several times, but after she called a few times, there was no sound outside, not only did she not hear that "Auspicious" was the same as usual " Hey" replied, and also heard the sound of the door closing.

At the end, when Shen Quji walked in through the curtain, a palm-sized dagger was coldly pressed against her neck.

"it's me!"

Shen Quji quickly grabbed the hand holding the dagger, his eyes were cold, and cold sweat broke out from his forehead in an instant.

"Your dignified second master of the Chu family, are you still afraid of this?" Wei Changan's face was as usual, even teasing, but he was secretly relieved.

These days, she has lived too cautiously, the string in her heart has been tense for too long, and she is even a little jittery.

She broke away from Shen Quji, trembling slightly, put the dagger into the scabbard around her waist, turned around and sat down at the round table.

Calmly pouring a cup of hot water for Shen Quji, Wei Changan looked up at her, and asked straightly: "Is it because of Princess Yongjia's business that you came to see me so late?"

"The relationship between the people behind the scenes and Feng Bancheng is actually mostly a relationship of use and counter-use." Shen Quji took the water that Wei Changan poured for himself from Wei Changan's hand, and then sat down opposite her, with a peaceful expression. Indifferently: "The eldest uncle is fearful, the third uncle is mediocre, the cousins ​​are all officials in the court, and they are not allowed to interfere in business affairs according to the law, Weng Weng is stupid, Feng Bancheng wants to swallow the big Chu family, except to win me over, he has nothing to do. There is no other choice."

Wei Changan tilted his head slightly, and blinked at Shen Quji puzzledly - he probably guessed what she said, but he didn't know why this person suddenly said it to him.

Shen Quji lowered her eyes halfway, and the aura around her was warm and peaceful under the dim candles all over the room. She looked at the dagger on Wei Changan's waist, with mixed feelings in her heart—it was because she was not capable enough to protect it completely. Peach Blossom is Anwen, and even wants to use her to take risks with her!

Just now he said auspiciously to himself: "Do you know that Miss is in this unfamiliar capital city, and she has no one but you? Miss sleeps every night without letting all the lights in the house be turned off. Miss always carries it with her." The dagger you gave her is always at hand when she takes a bath..."

Thinking of this, Shen Quji felt sore in his heart, but in the end he didn't dare to express anything.

She calmed down and said softly to Wei Chang'an: "When Weng Weng was in charge, the family was an imperial merchant. After the emperor captured Cao Ke five years ago, the eldest uncle turned to seek refuge under the wing of the current eldest princess son-in-law—Han Consort. Now that the Chu family is in decline, Consort Han intends to support Feng Bancheng to annex the Chu family, but the Hu family still sees me as an enemy. I use Feng Bancheng to get close to Princess Yongjia, the daughter of Concubine Han, just to get rid of this mess as soon as possible. Nausea, go back to Hezhou with you earlier...Taohua, you have to trust me."

The only candle that was lit in the room suddenly flickered. Wei Changan got up and went over, took the lamp scissors beside him, and carefully cut off the lantern flower: "It's better to say goodbye... Shen Quji, between you and me , it’s better not to trust casually, lest you get a head and add to the misunderstanding.”

Shen Quji frowned, the sound of putting the water glass in her hand on the table was a bit heavy, she said in a hoarse voice: "Taohua, I took the risk to see you not to argue with you, but look what you said .”

"What? Of course it's the truth." Wei Changan turned around and looked at Shen Quji, with crooked eyebrows and a smile on his lips: "I saw you enter Huamanlou with my own eyes that day, I can understand You can't help yourself, but I just want to hear you explain it yourself, even if it's to prevaricate me, as long as you tell me something, I will believe it, but you refuse to come to see me anyway, Shen Quji, one of you Just an explanation, let me wait so hard."

Just because of this?Shen Quji couldn't believe it, she got up and walked over, slowly reached out to grab Wei Changan's hand, Wei Changan struggled subconsciously, Shen Quji's hand felt as if it had touched a flame and was burned, very quickly Shrunk back.

She stood in front of Wei Changan with her head down, speechless for a while.

After a long time, Shen Quji heard Wei Changan let out a long sigh, and immediately, his arms warmed up, and it was Wei Changan who came over and buried his face in her neck.

She said: "Shen Quji, I'm really going to be mad at you, you stupid bastard! Is it that difficult for you to coax me?"

"??" Shen Quji stuck in place like a log, not knowing what to say.

But because of Shen Quji's hesitation, Wei Changan's thoughts were completely confirmed.

"Okay, it's late at night, you should go back and have a rest." Wei Changan took a step back and left Shen Quji's warm embrace. I also believe in you, just do what you want to do wholeheartedly, don't worry about me, don't take care of me, as long as you remember to take me away when you return to Hezhou after finishing your work."

As she spoke, she pushed Shen Quji, all the way towards the door, her tone brisk: "After tonight, let's not meet easily again, Shen Quji, next time I see you, I hope you bring me the Time for good news."

The Chu family tried every means to force Shen Quji to bring him to the capital, wasn't it just to hold her in his hands so that Shen Quji would be obedient, then she just "perfected" the Chu family.

Shen Qujiu was finally pushed out of the house.

Behind him, the hasty closing of the door, the eager latching of the door, and the frantic footsteps knocked into Shen Quji's ears, and hit Shen Quji's heart, how could it be so painful Ann!

Shen Quji sighed heavily—she understood Wei Changan's meaning, but, was she really willing to leave her in Hu's tiger's mouth?

Obviously reluctant.

/ / /

When Shen Quji received a letter from his second brother Shen Qubing, saying that he hoped that she could go back to preside over the overall situation earlier, Master Chu suddenly fell ill.

The illness came like a mountain, and the old man who always had a rosy face, although he would occasionally be stupid, seemed to have become the skinny and sickly appearance overnight.

As a matter of course, Shen Quji waited on Master Chu's bedside with his eldest uncle and third uncle.

The doctor said that Master Chu's illness was the inevitable result of suffering from stupidity.

Shen Quji personally sent the doctor out of the courtyard where Master Chu lived. She just had a few words with the doctor outside, and when she came back, she saw her aunt Hu was sitting in the main room majestically.

Chu Boding and Chu Shuding sat at the lower head of Hu's respectively, both of them were sullen and bowed their heads in silence.

"Auntie." Shen Quji respectfully bowed to Mrs. Hu, then walked straight to his grandfather's bedroom.

"Jinnian, wait." But Hu suddenly stopped him.

Shen Quji turned around, bowed his hands respectfully again: "What orders does Auntie have?"

Mrs. Hu rolled her eyes, and asked eccentrically: "You Weng Weng have been ill for many days, why don't you see the guy in your room come over to take care of you? She can't do it just because she wants to embroider the princess of Yongjia." Be filial! If this story gets out, you will damage the reputation of Princess Yongjia! The Chu family will not share this crime for you..."

Shen Quji turned his head to look at his uncle, only to see Chu Boding lowered his head, as if he didn't intend to interrupt at all.

"But Auntie, Princess Yongjia is not to be messed with, Consort Han is not to be messed with, and the Princess's Mansion is even more not to be messed with." Shen Quji was submissive, looking terrified.

Hu couldn't help but sneered—she thought how powerful the person Chu Zhongding put in his heart was at the beginning, but it turned out that the child who came out of sex was not even as good as a finger of her son Hu Shuyun.

Involuntarily, Mrs. Hu cast a contemptuous glance at her husband at the side, her appearance extremely haughty: "Chu Boding, you are a dignified master of the Chu family, there are so many things waiting for you to take care of outside, why are you still talking to a woman?" As if nesting here and not moving? Hurry up and go out and do some work!"

Such righteous words are so stern, I really don't know if they are trying to put on a show for someone to see.Shen Quji sneered in his heart, with a resigned expression on his face, as if Hu's power had frightened her.

Sure enough, Chu Boding, who was really submissive, left here obediently, and went out to work. Shen Quji took a peek at his third uncle Chu Shuding, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

After taking full advantage of the airs of the mother of the family in front of Chu Shuding and Shen Quji, Hu, like a wild dog showing off his territory, led the servants away with his head held high...

After taking the medicine, my grandfather lay down on the bed and went to sleep. Aunt Jin was waiting beside the bed. Shen Qu hurriedly waved away the servants in the house, and came to the feet of the third uncle Chu Shuding without saying a word. Holding Chu Shuding's legs, he squatted down slowly.

"Third Uncle..." It was nothing more than an ordinary address, but Shen Quji's nose was sour, and his eyes were reddened uncontrollably.

A big warm and generous hand gently stroked Shen Quji's head, and Chu Shuding spoke, his voice choked up: "After more than ten years, my little Jinnian grew up and married a girl from that Such a bright and clear daughter-in-law... your father's spirit in heaven, it's time to rest in peace..."

As he spoke, Chu Shuding raised his head and sighed, his voice was still low: "Second brother, the two people you were most worried about before death have grown up now, you should really rest in peace, second brother... ..."

A line of muddy tears slipped silently from the corner of Chu Shuding's eyes, Shen Quji, who was squatting at his feet, never noticed it.

Shen Quji squatted on the ground, leaning on the third uncle's legs with all his heart, like a child under Cheng Huan's father's lap.

With a hoarse voice, she asked, "Third Uncle, is there really no way out?"

Chu Shu Ding restrained his expression, and completely lost the mediocre appearance of drinking and enjoying himself in the past.

He clenched his molars and loosened them, and finally two words came out from between his teeth - "No!"

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No.: Vortex (3)

Too many things have happened during this period, Feng Bancheng returned to the mansion, he couldn't figure out what Shen Quji was thinking, so he specially found his younger sister Feng Qingcheng here.

The weather is fine today, the autumn sun is covered by thin clouds, intermittent sunlight casts flickering light on the ground, and the air is cool and breezy. In Feng Qingcheng's yard, there is a yellow rosewood noble concubine Next to the couch, there are strands of incense spit out from the mouth of the auspicious animal decoration lying on the lacquered gold incense burner, and there are birds singing on the branches beside the couch, which is really a sense of comfort and leisure.

When Feng Bancheng came in, he saw his younger sister Feng Qingcheng was half leaning on the imperial concubine's couch reading a book.

"What have you been up to lately? The steward said that you are always running to the eldest princess's mansion, and even sent people to Hezhou." Feng Bancheng sat down on the round stool next to the imperial concubine's couch with a golden sword, with engraved eyebrows and eyes in the autumn. Under the sun, he became more serious: "Didn't I tell you not to let you meddle in the Shen family's affairs? Why are you so disobedient? Do you know that this time, I have gone to great lengths to get you back from Hezhou... ..."

"It has nothing to do with the Shen family." Feng Bancheng raised his eyes from the book, and raised his chin proudly at Feng Bancheng: "Even after you told me what Brother Quji did, I decided not to pester him anymore, brother, There is a female prisoner named Bixie in the Hezhou State Prison. She bullied me, and I want to take revenge with my own hands, but she committed a capital crime. The dirty and vile female prisoner came to me."

After finishing speaking, Feng Qingcheng's eyes were half drooped, she didn't have much expression on her face, but her heart was already sour, huh, stop pestering Brother Qu Ji?If a person's emotions can be said to let go, then he should probably be a person who has become the most holy person.

If you say forget it, you forget it, but you are deceiving yourself and others.

Feng Bancheng frowned high, his face darkened, and asked: "Have you been bullied? Then why don't you tell me directly, instead of asking others?"

"The whole Feng family depends on elder brother. I don't want to bother you with these trivial matters." Feng Qingcheng lowered her head and kept picking at the corner of the book with her fingers.

Feng Bancheng saw all of Feng Qingcheng's petty actions. He didn't expose anything, but asked kindly: "What did Princess Yongjia say?"

Feng Qingcheng: "The princess said that after the punishment of beheading in autumn is uniform, she will send the prisoner I want to me."

The incense burner next to the imperial concubine's bed was burning high-quality aloes, Feng Bancheng closed his eyes and didn't speak, he felt a little dizzy, probably because he was too tired from fighting with Shen Quji recently.

"Brother, what's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable?" Feng Qingcheng slid down from the imperial concubine's couch, and was concerned: "You look a bit unwell, do you want to ask the doctor to take a look?"

Feng Bancheng put one hand on his temple, and waved his other hand towards his sister, signaling her to give up: "I'm fine, it's just that after autumn, the family business is a bit busy, you sit down, brother has something to ask you..."

Feng Qingcheng answered his brother's question knowingly, and Feng Bancheng's mind was also chaotic.

In the few rounds of fighting between him and Shen Quji, it seemed that Feng Bancheng had the upper hand every time, but he was always worried in his heart—Shen Quji was too cunning, this kid came to the capital In the end, everything he did was a hammer here and a club there, making people have no way to find out, and it was even more unclear what he wanted to do.

So Feng Bancheng took the initiative to introduce Shen Quji to Princess Yongjia, hoping to use the hands of Princess Yongjia to figure out what Shen Quji, a fox cub, really wanted to do, but he didn't expect that he would throw away the fat of Princess Yongjia After giving it to Shen Fox, everything was still as if covered with a layer of black veil, still hazy and unclear.

This feeling not only made Feng Bancheng feel a little scared, but he even sniffed out a hint of danger from it.

It seems that something that can destroy everything is quietly approaching him, approaching the Feng family, approaching the most solid backer behind the Feng family...

After returning from his sister, Feng Bancheng sent people to Shen's house on Hezhou East Street, while secretly ordering his servants to search for Shen Dongren's eldest son in the capital, the old lame Shen Lili.

That kid Shen Quji first offended the Feng family fearlessly, and then apologized to himself as shamelessly as a grandson. Because of face, he, Feng Bancheng, had to personally say to forgive Shen Quji in front of the children of many aristocratic families, But Feng Bancheng always felt that he had fallen into Shen Quji's trap, but he still couldn't grasp what went wrong.

Later, that boy Shen Quji was told by people from the Chu family that he was afraid of himself—oh, that fox bastard Shen Quji, who was not afraid of anything, his eyes were blackened by his fists, and he was fine in a blink of an eye. Like my son, I went to Hualou to eat wine with everyone.

He, Feng Bancheng, put up an eyeliner in the Chu family, and reported that the second young master of Chu was terrified, but he didn’t remember to eat and beat. He just eats flower wine, visits brothels when he should, and even puts on a bruised face, shamelessly embarrassing people everywhere, he is a prodigal, extremely dandy prodigal.

Heh, these false appearances are okay for the Chu family who don't know. Feng Bancheng won't be fooled.

It's just that now, he can't catch the blind at will, he has to speed up the process, and can't let Shen Quji take advantage of it.

Hmph, you little fox, wait until I set your lair on fire, I'll see if you can still have fun outside like this!

/ / /

During the past few days of Master Chu's illness, although Shen Quji had been attending to the sickness in a well-mannered manner, the people under her were never idle for a moment.

When Shen Pan came into the kitchen calmly with the latest news from the people below, Shen Quji was squatting in front of the small stove with a cattail fan in his hand, boiling medicine for Master Chu.

"Eldest Young Master." Shen Pan called generously, then walked over openly, and knelt down beside Shen Quji.

He stretched out his hand to take the cattail leaf fan in Shen Qujiu's hand, and a roll of thin silk with three toothpicks together was silently stuffed into Shen Qujiu's hand.

Shen Pan caught fire, glanced around, and found that there were only a few women and cooks in the kitchen who were busy with their own work, so he deliberately raised his voice: "There is a Patriarch who is so dedicated to serving the sick in front of the bed, I believe that the second master is here Heaven is alive, and will surely keep Master Chu safe and sound!"

Shen Quji glanced at Shen Pan, and while the other people in the room were buried in their heads by Shen Pan's words, she quickly read the message written on the thin silk, then gently raised her hand, and the thin silk was thrown into the fire, The tongue of flame rolled up, and ashes flew into smoke.

——Feng Bancheng, you finally dare to do it.

……

A bowl of decoction was ready on time, and when Shen Quji came to his grandfather's house with the bowl of medicine, his third aunt Wei Shi happened to be there.

"Third Aunt, you're here." Shen Quji handed the medicine bowl to Nanny Jin who was next to him, and then bowed respectfully to Wei Shi.

"Well, it's a coincidence that the guy in your room came here with me. She just left, and you came in." Wei came to Master Chu's bedside, and bent down to help Nanny Jin feed the medicine to Master Chu. .

Today's Master Chu is like a two or three-year-old child, twisting around and unwilling to take medicine.

Master Chu made a fuss about a small bowl of bitter and thick soup. He ate half of it and spilled half of it.

After feeding the medicine, Nanny Jin called the maids to come in and help Master Chu change the clothes that were soiled by the soup, and the third wife, Wei Shi, came to the outside room together with Shen Quji.

Mrs. Wei is a person who never takes advantage of others, but will never suffer a loss and keeps silent. The eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Hu, has been doing whatever she wants in the Chu family by relying on her status as the head of the household. Just bear it as long as you can, and don't bother with her.

But in recent years, the head of the family, Mr. Chu, has become more and more stupid. There are only three grandchildren of the Chu family, two of whom are officials in the court, and one is not surnamed Chu.Seeing Hu's becoming more and more domineering and bullying too much, Wei finally couldn't bear it anymore.

She wanted to stand on the side of her second nephew, Shen Quji. Although this boy's surname is Shen, he is the second grandson of the Chu family's direct relatives. The things of the Chu family can only fall into the hands of people surnamed Chu, otherwise, it will be bad for everyone. .

After Wei Shi sat down in the chair and motioned for Shen Quji to sit down, she cleared her throat with a look of hesitation on her face: "...Well, Jinnian, I asked you on the way here just now. My daughter-in-law has a question, but she said she wants me to ask you."

ask questions?Shen Quji raised his brows lightly, and the corners of his eyes slightly bent, and smiled slightly at Wei Shi: "I don't know what question Third Aunt asked, Jinnian must know everything."

Wei Shi smiled comfortably: "Oh, it's not a big deal, but I just want to ask, when are you going to have a child?... You see, you are 23 years old, and you are not too young, so you are only two years younger than you. She's a grandmother now."

Shen Quji felt that her face was inexplicably hot, she licked her mouth, her throat was a little dry, and she began to speak hesitantly: "Third, Third Aunt, this can't be rushed, this one has to follow the fate, let the fate..."

Hey, I am a woman, even if I really want a child, I can't have it.

Wei Shi was about to say something, but the big maid next to Hu Shi suddenly walked in.

——The news came from the Gao Mansion in the back street, saying that Master Gao was going to sink his second daughter in the river.

According to the unwritten rules, the Gao family sent news to some high-ranking families in the capital, asking each family to send someone who is of the same generation as the second young lady of the Gao family to testify that an hour later, by the Yongding River in the north of the city, Mr. Shen He.

The tiger's poison does not eat children, why did Master Gao sink his unmarried second daughter into the river?Weishi blinked, unable to understand what was going on for a while.

Shen Quji's heart sank suddenly - the laws of the Dachao Kingdom were strict, and there were hundreds of crimes and punishments, but only one crime was punished by Shen He.

That is same-sex dating!

In order to demonstrate the greatness of the emperor's grace, the law says: two people love each other, if one chooses to die, the other must live.

This is the most ruthless punishment that people think - don't you two love each other?Then let you separate life and death, enter the cycle of reincarnation, and never see each other again.

"...Also, do you know who is the other person who was saved?" Following Wei Shi's example, Shen Quji was stunned for a moment, and then asked softly as if suddenly.

The eldest servant girl bowed her knees: "Go back to the second master, the servant girl has not found out yet."

"If you want to invite people of the same generation, then you can take Chang'an with you. At this time, He Nian and Sui Nian are still on duty at the government office." After realizing it, Wei proposed casually.

Shen Quji nodded: "Yes, Third Aunt."

Wei Chang'an said that he didn't want to see him again for the time being, and Shen Quji subconsciously avoided Wei Chang'an, so, by the Yongding River, people from the Chu family came one after the other.

There is a difference between men and women, the sons of the wealthy noble families and the female relatives of various families standing by the Yongding River are divided into two groups.

Soon, everyone gathered, and the over fifty-year-old Mr. Gao offered incense on the incense table by the river and worshiped the God of Yongding River. Then he waved his sleeves, and Wei Chang'an, who was at the front of the crowd, saw that the servant of the Gao family Bamboo cages carried by people.

The bamboo cage was very narrow, and a petite girl was imprisoned in it. Not only was she placed in the bamboo cage, but she was also tied up with thick ropes.

The bamboo cage was placed five steps away from him, and Wei Changan could easily see the tears and various emotions in Miss Gao Er's eyes clearly.

People's hearts are churning like waves.

"Everyone, my neighbors, prove that the second daughter of Mr. Gao has reversed yin and yang, violated the rules and regulations, and the laws of heaven will not tolerate it! Today, I will sacrifice food and drink it, sink it into the river, maintain my human relationship, and protect my heaven!"

The autumn wind blowing by the river blew Master Gao's words into pieces.

Those intermittent words came by the wind and poured into Wei Changan's ears word by word.

……

That night, Wei Changan had a nightmare——

By the Yongding River, Shen Quji, a slender figure, was tied up and locked in a long bamboo cage. She was wearing a rough brown coat, but the corners of her eyes curled up into a slight smile after seeing Wei Changan.

I was blocked by Jixiang, and I couldn't get out of it no matter how hard I struggled. I could only watch helplessly as the man was carried into the boat and sent to the center of Yongding River step by step.

On the banks of the Yongding River in autumn, the cool wind was blowing through the bones, and it was desolate and lonely. Wei Changan's tears were dried up, his face was sore from the strong wind, and it was difficult to breathe.

The boat carrying Shen Quji swayed farther and farther, getting closer to the middle of the river, and gradually, Wei Changan stopped struggling.

She began to look at Shen Quji quietly, as calm and indifferent as she had watched him go out to do business every morning in the past hundred or ten days.

The boat rolled to the middle of the river, several boatmen shot together and easily threw the bamboo cage containing the people into the river.

There was a muffled "plop" on the surface of the river, but there was not much splashing, and the sinking movement was the same as that person's personality - restrained and reserved.

Wei Changan clearly felt that the thing in his left chest was slowly stopping beating——

She was thinking, the one surnamed Shen doesn't like to be restrained, but he is still tied with a rope, the one surnamed Shen is taller than the average person, and the bamboo cage is a bit small, so the one surnamed Shen must feel aggrieved.

If that silly big man felt aggrieved, he would definitely frown slightly, pretending to be angry, and come over to pretend to be angry with himself softly.

She would nod her nose and say, "You little idiot who hides and hides, you didn't tell me to loosen the rope when you saw that I was tied up. Why, are you afraid that if I break free, I will bully you instead?"

If that person said a few words, Wei Chang'an would only droop his eyelids and put on an aggrieved look, and the person surnamed Shen would bend the corners of his eyes, with endless tenderness hidden in his eyes, and say, "Don't worry, don't worry. I won't bully you..."

"I knew that you wouldn't bully me..." Wei Changan stood up slowly like a puppet that had lost its control string, his mouth whispered almost to a whisper, just like those inadvertently close time.

She said: "The surname is Shen, Huangquan is far away, you wait for me."

Ji Xiang, who had blocked her so desperately before, disappeared, Wei Changan stepped on the soft riverside with bare feet, and walked towards the river at a leisurely pace.

The water in the Yongding River is not very cold. As she walked forward step by step, the river gradually overflowed her ankles...reached her knees...below her neck...and poured into her mouth and nose...

……

Wei Changan, who had trouble breathing, woke up from his dream with his hands holding his neckline and gasping for breath.

There was only one candle lamp lit in the room, she stared at the hazy top of the bed and calmed down for a while, she felt that her whole body was wet and cold, as if she had really soaked in the river, she raised her hand to touch her forehead, and the palm of her hand cold sweat.

In the quiet room, the sound of her heart beating violently in her chest intermingled with the sound of her rapid breathing, which made people deeply disturbed.

"It's a dream, it's just a dream, it's okay, it's okay..." Wei Changan muttered to himself, comforting himself back and forth like a cart wheel.

The one surnamed Shen will be fine, the one surnamed Shen is sleeping in the study right now...

The author has something to say: It is impossible for Wei Changan not to be afraid of seeing a second-year high school girl who is like himself being sunk in the river.

Who is the "preserved person" that Shen Quji mentioned~

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After these few chapters, there is a bright light behind, and it is tired and crooked, ouch~

Words were swallowed again, reissue 2.0

No.: Life experience (1)

Unlike what Wei Changan thought "Shen Quji was sleeping in the study", not only was Shen Quji not sleeping, she was not even in the study, not in the Chu family.

Suddenly this afternoon, the second lady of the Gao family was sunk in the river. The strange thing happened, and Shen Quji always felt that who was actually warning him about this incident——ah, someone who can use his life to warn others. , except for the person who is under one person and above ten thousand people, who else can there be?

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"Bold boy from the Shen family, hurry up and kneel down to pay respects to His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess!"

In the largest brothel in Beijing [Hua Man Lou], Shen Quji, who was in room No. [-] in Tianzi, was scolded by a nanny.

Shen Quji, a commoner, was not frightened at all by the nanny who came out of the palace. Instead, he stood with his back straight, tilted his head slightly, and looked at the eldest princess carefully——a beautiful face, without makeup, dignified She was beautiful, sitting on a stool with a rug on her lap, although she was over forty years old, she still had an elegant demeanor.

But when the common people see the royal family, they still have to kowtow.

"Caomin Hezhou Shen Quji, pay homage to His Royal Highness Princess Qiansui." The kind-hearted Shen Quji knelt down on the ground in an orderly manner, like a panicked and ignorant head of Guizhou, devoutly bowing down to the eldest princess of Dachao Kingdom.

"... Flat body." In the brightly lit room, the eldest princess's black eyes faintly flickered with a few crystals.

"His Royal Highness, Princess Xie." Shen Quji stood up, his eyes were half down, and he subconsciously straightened his sleeves.

Her expression and demeanor are very similar to the person in the memory of the eldest princess.

"...Shen, Shen Quji, sit down." The eldest princess lowered her voice as much as possible to cover up the involuntary trembling in her words.

Shen Quji bowed his hands and saluted, obviously respectful, but it gave people an undeniable alienation and indifference: "His Royal Highness, the grassroots are terrified, and they dare not be rude in front of Your Highness."

"Do you know why I asked you?" The eldest princess did not change her expression, she picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea. Only her slightly trembling hands revealed her indescribable heart at the moment.

Shen Quji tried his best to ignore the familiarity brought by the person in front of her, and replied respectfully and rigidly: "In the afternoon of the day, the grass people received the warning from His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."

The eldest princess raised her eyebrows: "Oh?"

Shen Quji, who lowered her head, also raised her eyebrows, and chose to remain silent—she didn't understand the real intention of the eldest princess for a moment, so she didn't want to say a word.

After the two sides were silent for a while, the eldest princess was the first to lose the battle. She smiled slowly, and there was a faint reminiscence of the past in her laughter: "Your temper really grew up with her, Shen Quji, you... ..."

"His Royal Highness!" Shen Quji, who had been pretending to be respectful, suddenly raised her head. She lowered her voice and stared directly at the eldest princess. Dare to ask, what is the relationship between Your Highness and Jiaci?"

Regarding Shen Quji's question, the eldest princess did not answer immediately, she turned her bright eyes slightly, with an inch of gleam, she felt that the pearl of Qiandhu was not much.

Shen Quji, who looked directly at the eldest princess, couldn't help being dazed - he had seen such bright eyes before, and they were exactly the same as Yu Nian and when he was happy!

"Who the hell are you!" Shen Quji, who had always been calm and introverted, finally couldn't control himself, and asked in a deep voice.

With Shen Quji's deep questioning, the door of the room was knocked open from the outside very quickly - the guards guarding the door rushed in with knives after hearing the voice in the room.

"It's safe here, please leave quickly." The nun next to the eldest princess waved away the guards, then she bowed slightly to the eldest princess, and went out with the guards.

In the room with simple furnishings, only the eldest princess sitting on the stool and Shen Quji standing in front of her were left.

"It's really what they said," the eldest princess slowly raised her head, and smiled lightly at Shen Qu, like the sun rising to the morning glow: "Of the two of you and Yu Nian, you are the smarter."

The princess's words were obviously very ordinary, but Shen Quji backed away in fear.

She pressed her forehead with one hand, her eyes were slightly red, and she kept shaking her head: "No, no, no, you, tell me, who are you? No, no, you are the emperor's sister, you , tell me, you and my mother, in the end... No, it shouldn’t be like this, you, you, tell me, what is the relationship between you and my father, you and Chu Zhongding? I, I don’t Smart, I'm not smart at all, tell me, tell me!"

The last sentence is the voice that has always been gentle and peaceful