Chapter 101 Harboring a Dark Ghost in His Heart
Li Shuwen sat in front of the flower window with a heavy dark blue under her eyes, everything that happened had already washed away the expectations and joy brought by the marriage.
Under the corridor, there was the voice of the mother-in-law talking in a whisper, and one said: "Ouch, it's terrible, the big house was in a mess last night, this is not a matter that can be suppressed if you suppress it! I heard that the uncle is going to retire his wife, and he will bring the Lan family! Have you heard of it?"
The other one has obviously been in the mansion for many years, and he obviously inquired about it a long time ago, and then took over and said: "Why haven't you heard of it, let me tell you, the Lan family looks weak like something, and he is a goblin inside, hooking the uncle to death." In the past few years outside, I heard that she was raised by Mrs. Zhengtou, and she listened to her in everything. This Lan family's net worth is innocent, otherwise why bother if she directly sells her feet? Her son is a small county official, and she originally said that she would go back to the house and directly mention being a flat wife. Unexpectedly, this time I went directly to Mrs. Zhengtou...... The girl who came out of this small family learned all the means and calculations. Madame is such a shrewd person, the Lan family's children have grown so big, they haven't even touched a shadow. When the uncle left, Mrs. opened the face of the confidant Fuling next to her, and followed the uncle to the post, I heard that he died of illness when he came back, there must be something going on here...... This Lan clan is a means!"
"It turns out that Fuling is dead? I still remember that girl, who was honest and honest, and didn't like to talk. grew to fourteen or fifteen, and the white-skinned and tender one was called a water spirit. It's a pity that he died like that...... Perhaps, she would have died a long time ago...... Otherwise, how can you give Madame a blow, isn't it? Madame didn't ask for someone from the uncle?"
"Why didn't you ask? But the uncle said that people are sick and dead, what can Mrs. do? What about Fuling, I see that what you said is not far from ten...... Alas, maybe they have all been reincarnated...... Last night, there was a lot of trouble in the yard, and I heard that the uncle went back to write a letter of resignation, but he was stopped by Aunt Shen's grandmother when he picked up the pen......"
"Aunt Shen's grandmother lives in a simple place, hiding in the Xiangyuan for many years to eat fasting and chanting Buddha, easy not to go out, I have been in the house for a few years, just a few days ago I saw her from afar to find the master in the empty mountain pavilion, just like that, I saw that figure, raised like a twenty-year-old daughter-in-law, which seems to have given birth to such a big man as the uncle......"
"It's not as exaggerated as you say, but it's almost the same...... Aunt Shen and Grandma don't go out easily, don't talk about you, my years in the house are already long-term, and I have seen a few face-to-faces, the old people in this house have walked and changed, and there are really few people who know this Aunt Shen. β
"I'm getting more and more confused about what you said, Aunt Shen and Grandma are just a concubine, how can they live like a lady from a big family, even our old lady is not as ...... as her"
"Oh, silence! Can't you say that? This is a slap in the face of the master!" the woman lowered her voice and said, "The big house is just a concubine, isn't it the same as a concubine......?"
Yuping saw that Li Shuwen's face was getting paler and paler, and pushed the window in annoyance and said, "Die early in the morning! What kind of tongue to chew on! What should I do!"
The two mothers-in-law didn't seem to expect Li Shuwen to get up so early today, so they hurriedly bowed their heads and got up to confess, and their feet were smeared with oil quickly.
Yuping looked at Li Shuwen's face and comforted: "Girl, relax, whose husband and wife don't quarrel, the head of the bed quarrels and the end of the bed, the uncle is just angry, didn't Mrs. say, the girl only needs to focus on the marriage at hand......"
Li Shuwen's eyes were slightly red, and there was no rouge embellishment on her plain white face, with a layer of helplessness and paleness. Hearing the unfamiliar and familiar word of marriage, she looked slightly stunned, and finally had a lively look, but her tone contained extremely complex emotions: "Thinking of the mess in my home now, I actually have a feeling that I can't wait to escape." I thought that after my father returned, the family would finally be reunited, and that was the harmony and warmth I had been looking forward to for a long time. I remember when I was a child, my father was kind and gentle, but now, everything has changed. Maybe my mother would blame me if she found out, but I ...... But I still can't help but hope to stay out of it......"
Yuping sighed: "Don't think too much about the girl, compared to the eldest girl, the girl's marriage is not known how many times better, and when she marries into the royal family in the future, she can always take care of her wife, and she doesn't have to watch but can't do anything about it." β
Hearing this, Li Shuwen slowly exhaled a breath, and her eyebrows gradually relaxed: "What you said ...... Compared to my big sister, I am indeed very lucky and should be content. After a pause, there were a few looks of expectation in her eyes, and she said: "The royal marriage is complicated, and it will take half a year to choose an auspicious day and celebrate the six ceremonies...... In the spring, the second sister is also going to leave the cabinet. β
Yuping was stunned when she heard this, her girl has never been disdainful of the people in the second room, she has always called her by her name behind her back, and she has never called the second sister Li Shuran, who ranks second...... How to ...... today? She raised her eyes and looked at Li Shuwen, where the girl was sitting quietly, her eyebrows and eyes had long since lost the willfulness and flamboyance of her childhood, only quiet peace and softness, and after all kinds of changes, her girl has also grown up: "This year, the girls of our Li family are going to get married one after another." β
Li Shuwen nodded, the depression between her eyebrows finally dissipated, she said: "It was the second aunt who begged her grandmother to mediate, I heard that Tao Gongzi is my grandfather's protΓ©gΓ©, a scholarly family, although the family is poor, but there are poems and books in the belly, and he is a rare humble gentleman." What's more, there is no shortage of silver in the second aunt's house, this is indeed an excellent marriage. She sighed, "It's just big sister she...... It's really pitiful, to marry someone like that, even if it is the only biological bloodline of the Shen family, how can it ......"
Jin Liu came in from outside and whispered, "Girl, the big girl is here." β
The two of them were immediately silenced, thinking of the eldest sister's madness and festering yesterday...... Li Shuwen's face was a little unnatural, and she wanted to get up to greet her, but Li Shuqiao had already taken steps and paced into the room, saying, "Sister, ......"
The voice was gentle, and she couldn't see anything unusual, Li Shuwen breathed a sigh of relief, bent her eyebrows and smiled: "It's so early, why is the big sister here?"
Li Shuqiao pretended to be angry and said angrily: "We are sisters, but my sister asked me so...... Why, my sister can't come to see you if she's fine?"
Li Shuwen subconsciously glanced at Li Shuqiao's hair, and hurriedly withdrew her gaze and let Li Shuqiao to her seat: "How come, who else can be closer than our sisters." It's just that my sister has been unwell recently, and my sister is a little worried. β
Li Shuqiao sensitively felt Li Shuwen's eyes quickly retracted, her face stiffened for a moment, but she quickly regained her smile and said: "My sister was angry with those sluts some time ago, where is there any disease!" She raised her eyes to look at Li Shuwen and asked, "Our sisters don't have anything to say, I came today to congratulate my sister on finding a good son-in-law......
"Thank you, sister......" Li Shuwen was a little embarrassed, and she couldn't say anything about the same happiness.
Li Shuqiao was dressed in a jade-colored cotton Confucian skirt, her face looked much better, the silk silk around her waist was loosely tied, and she regained a bit of her former lazy and delicate nature, and asked in a homely manner: "Sister, have you ever seen His Royal Highness the Prince?"
"Didn't ......" Li Shuwen actually didn't want to talk about marriage, but she suddenly couldn't find anything else to say, so she had to answer: "It's just that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to the mansion that day and saw it from afar." β
"Oh, I see...... But I've seen His Royal Highness the Prince. β
Li Shuwen knew that Li Shuqiao's sweetheart was Shen Yuan, Shen Yuan was good friends with the prince, it would not be strange if she had seen it, her cheeks flew up layer by layer of redness, and she thought that the person in front of her was her own sister, so she put away her embarrassment and asked, "...... him How?"
Li Shuqiao's heart was as uncomfortable as being stabbed in the heart by an ice arrow, but his face was ordinary: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is naturally very comparable, I have only seen it once, and it is not easy to look closely, but I am deeply impressed by the Crown Princess......
Li Shuwen's hands tightened unconsciously, yes, how could she have forgotten that he already had a crown princess. And she is just his side concubine. With a lonely look, a voice slipped out of his mouth unconsciously: "Really...... Crown Princess, isn't it beautiful......"
Li Shuqiao's gaze fell on Li Shuwen's delicate cheeks, the lilac-colored brocade dress decorated with flowing cloud patterns, a pair of clear apricot eyes were slightly constricted, and what was revealed in anticipation was a woman's look in the face of her sweetheart's gains and losses: "Hmm...... The crown princess has a noble status, and her gestures are full of extravagance that is difficult for ordinary people to reach, just the maids and maids who serve by her side, and her appearance is also superior. That day, she seemed to be out of the palace with His Royal Highness the Prince, and I was with my eldest brother and Brother Yuan, and I happened to meet them. The crown princess was just wearing a silk white dress with no decoration on her body, and she suppressed the brilliance of all women in this world. That kind of beautiful color that captivates the country and the city, I am afraid that only Princess Anyang can compete. β
Li Shuqiao's voice was gentle, the words were clear, and every word flowed into Li Shuwen's ears, and her heart was inevitably gloomy, Princess Anyang's complexion can be regarded as the first person in Shangjing...... And the crown princess can be compared with her, Li Shuwen's hand touches her cheek, she is only a middle-class appearance at most, how can she be compared with the crown princess who is all over the world...... What's more, the prince actually accompanied the princess out of the palace to play, presumably because of the flounder......
Li Shuqiao saw her worries and comforted: "Sister don't worry, my sister is still young, even if she can't match the color and temperament of the crown princess, she naturally has her own naΓ―ve, romantic, delicate and charming...... Why don't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince like it?"
When Li Shuwen heard this, she felt even more ashamed of herself and her expression was gloomy.
Li Shuqiao smiled slightly, took a small box from Huan'er's hand, opened it, and pushed it in front of her: "Sister, this is a new rouge from Liulifang at the beginning of the year, and the color is actually apricot red...... His name is Yan Yan. I think you don't like to apply those rouge gouaches on weekdays, because crimson, magenta and other colors are too bright and charming, but as soon as I saw this, the color is beautiful and lively, and I think it is very suitable for you, but I was too busy some time ago to forget ......"
Li Shuwen looked at the rouge on her hand, it was really different from the previous rouge, but a light color with yellow in pink, similar to the color of Xiangfei, she couldn't help but light her eyes, "Sure enough, as my sister said, it is a very clear and refreshing color." β
Li Shuqiao looked at her gently, smiling like a flower: "Is it okay for my sister to put makeup on you personally?"