Shen Mansion - Tongyao Small Building

In the quiet and elegant boudoir, on the exquisitely carved high table, the gilded lotus incense burner emits a faint light smoke. A three-fold screen with shellfish flowers on the side divides the boudoir into the inner and outer sides, and a young girl is crying silently in front of the dressing table.

Her eyebrows are like willows, her skin is like condensed fat, and her bright eyes are full of moisture. Her jade-white little hand stroked the bracelet on her wrist, hesitated, and finally did not take off the gold silk inlaid gemstone bracelet.

"Yue'er, if you don't want to bring it, don't wronged yourself." It was the wife of the Shen Mansion, Yang, who spoke, she looked elegant and noble in a colorful dark flower cloud brocade, and she was distressed when she saw her daughter's eyes crying red.

The bracelet sent by the prince this time was exquisitely crafted, and the three rubies were dazzling, but they were the same as those sent by Fan Wanrong and Xuan. Although Fan Wanrong is the niece and granddaughter of the Empress Dowager Fan, she is only a concubine of Jingyanghou, and she can be pointed out to the prince as a side concubine, or the power of the Empress Dowager Fan, and this time the daughter and the prince, the prince sent the same bracelet to the future princess, isn't this a clear contempt for the daughter?

"Mother, don't worry, it was sent by the prince, so I'll bring it." Shen Xinyue gathered her sorrowful face, her voice was still nasal, and she muttered: "Then Fan Wanrong will be a concubine with a jade butterfly in the future, and the days will be long!" ”

"Or you think clearly, if your eldest sister can think like this, in the Nasu Prince's Mansion, she will not suffer from that idleness." Yang remembered the eldest daughter who married to Prince Su's mansion, frowned, and didn't know who to follow, and he had been married for two years, and his temperament had not changed at all.

"I wonder when the eldest sister will come?" Shen Xinyue got up and walked to the back of the third exhibition screen to change her clothes, and Yang said: "She may have to go with Prince Su and Princess Su, she shouldn't come very early, but your aunt will come earlier." ”

After speaking, she turned to the maid who was waiting on the side and urged: "You guys should move faster, and the guests will be here in a while." ”

"Madam, Mrs. Shizi is here." Hearing the words of the people outside the house, the Yang family said to Shen Xinyue: "Your aunt is here, I'll go back to the main hall first, you have to hurry." Seeing Shen Xinyue nodding, she hurried back to the main courtyard.

As soon as he stepped into the hall, he saw the wife of the prince of the Ningyang Hou Mansion sitting on the circle chair, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is here, I just came out of Yue'er's courtyard." As she spoke, she looked at Shao's side again, only to see Mrs. Yahuan, who was puzzled and asked, "Why don't you see Sister Yu?" She and Yue'er are the best. ”

"A few days ago, when the wind started, she ran to the lake and caught a cold, so she was allowed to rest at home." Shaw responded like this, but his heart became irritable.

Yang saw that Shaw was a little flickering, and guessed in his heart, could it be that Sister Yu had trouble with her family again over the Hundred Flowers Banquet? The Hundred Flowers Banquet was organized by the eldest princess Yongran, called Flower Appreciation Competition, but everyone knew in their hearts that this year's Hundred Flowers Banquet was prepared to choose a side concubine for King Chong.

Although the Chongwang Chu Xi is not the prince, he is the only flesh and blood of Queen Xu, in terms of appearance, it is first-class, he has been extremely knowledgeable since he was a child, and many beautiful and talented women have secretly promised Fangxin, but he has never seen him look at any young lady. Strange to say, King Chong is almost crowned, and he still refuses to marry a concubine. For this matter, Queen Xu didn't know how many hearts she had broken, so she let the eldest princess Yongran use the Hundred Flowers Banquet to let the ladies take the opportunity to show their talents, pointing to King Chong's ability to move their hearts.

And the position of the princess, Queen Xu must be left to her maiden family, the girl of the Xunguo Mansion, is to choose the side concubine or concubine room for this hundred flowers banquet! It seems that this Sister Yu is still a mind and wants to enter the Chongwang Mansion.

Shao Shi sighed, knowing that he couldn't hide it from her: "Sister Yu'er is confused, since Yue'er is the future crown princess, then how can the girl from our Hou Mansion still marry into the door of Chongwang's Mansion?" ”

King Chong has always been favored by the emperor, and he was born by the queen, and the princess of the maternal family was the primary hero of Emperor Chengzhao when he ascended the throne. Such strength is naturally in conflict with the current crown prince Chu Yao. If Emperor Chengzhao didn't point Yue'er to the crown prince, then Sister Yu'er would marry King Chong is good, but now it's a foregone conclusion, so you can't let Sister Yu'er do things according to her will!

If she is allowed to marry into the Chongwang Mansion, leaving aside her relatives, how can outsiders laugh at this nest? Regardless of whether King Chong will value Ningyang Houfu and become a different front from Shen Mansion, and my uncle has always been appreciated and supported by Prince Su, if this is the case, it will be difficult to do Ningyang Houfu, which is not a person inside and outside. Therefore, even if the crown prince is not the future emperor who is nine out of ten, they can only choose to stand on the side of the prince in Ningyang Houfu.

If Sister Yu hadn't beaten Xiao Ming and admired King Chong, when choosing the crown princess, this great thing would not have been the turn of anyone! Shaw Brothers didn't feel good in his heart, but he was helpless, so he asked instead: "Don't talk about Sister Yu, how is the extra girl in your house?" As she spoke, she pouted in that direction.

Yang knew who she was asking, and his face was full of disdain: "The master said, I will send people away in a few days." She waved her hand and motioned for all the maids in the room to step down.

"Didn't you send it once last time? How can you be so good-looking? Shaw thought for a while: "Wouldn't it be that girl who wants to stay here and deliberately makes a bitter ploy?"

Yang's face turned cold: "Who knows?" Why didn't you fall to her death? ”

"Before I came, my father-in-law asked me to remind you, but you have to deal with it quickly. In the emperor's decree on marriage, it was said that the second daughter of Shen Shilang's mansion was the crown princess. Don't not only make wedding clothes for people at that time, but if the things of the year are poked out, the faces of our Hou Mansion and Shen Mansion will ......"

"Sister-in-law, don't mention it, I'll save it! She is the crown princess? Phew, a wild seed born from a beggar also wants to become a phoenix? ”

Shao Shi looked at Yang's arrogant face, and sighed in her heart, she looked down on that girl, and she didn't want to think about it, she was also surnamed Shen, and she kept calling her a wild seed, and where did she put herself? If she hadn't insisted on going her own way back then, and her family was too spoiled, how could there be such a now? provoked the Ningyang Marquis Mansion to have a secret, this one is not good, but it is a crime of bullying.

"By the way, did you mention the matter of Brother Ze'er to my uncle?" Shaw diverted the topic and asked about her eldest son, Yang Haoze's concubine. I don't know what tricks Shen Ayao used to make Brother Ze have to accept her, causing her eldest daughter-in-law to be sick for half a month, and she hasn't gotten better.

How could the Yang family have the heart to handle these things for her recently, and they also knew the master's thoughts, although Shen Ayao was a concubine, she would not necessarily agree to be a concubine for Brother Ze, so she shirked and said: "A-Yao is still half a year old before she arrives, and I will tell the master about this matter in a few days." ”

Ze Ge'er is ready to go down next spring, and he is counting on being able to enter the top three this time, so that the family can find an errand for him in the court. Yes, in order not to mess with the child's heart, the Shao family was also able to follow it as smoothly as possible, understanding that Shen Ayao might be blocked by his uncle, but he still pulled down his face and mentioned it to his sister-in-law a few times.

At this time, the brocade curtain with beautiful branches was lifted, and Shen Xinyue and Shen Ayao walked into the hall hand in hand.

Shen Xinyue smiled with her eyebrows, that fair lady's face, together with the Shaw Brothers who was a woman, couldn't help but marvel, she really hadn't seen her for a while, and she was getting more and more beautiful.

"Auntie." Shen Xinyue affectionately held Shao's hand: "Why don't you see Sister Yu?" Are you afraid that she will mess around with me, so you deliberately didn't bring her? ”

Shaw's eyes were looking at Shen Ayao, who was polite and saluting, although she was not as eye-catching as Yue'er, but she also held the gentleness and grace of the little jasper. Shao Shi retracted his gaze, turned his head and smiled at Shen Xinyue: "Just like you, you think about your aunt like this, that Sister Yu didn't mean not to come, she really suffered from the cold." ”

Shao Shi turned his head and waved his hand to Shen Ayao again, and then said, "Uncle is not an outsider, and A-Yao will be in time for half a year, right?" It's time to settle down. As she spoke, she took off the green jade bracelet on her wrist and put it on for Shen Ayao herself.

The water head and color of this jade bracelet are excellent, and Shen Ayao panicked when she saw it. My aunt never paid much attention to her, but today she is so abnormal? She remembered that when she went back to Ningyang Hou's Mansion, Cousin Ze's eyes were shocked, but she didn't dare to come out, and pretended to be happy: "Thank you, aunt, this is a big event for the second sister, I didn't expect that A-Yao could also receive gifts." ”

Shaw Brothers saw that she was quite knowledgeable, and he was very satisfied.

"Auntie, what's mine?" Shen Xinyue said coquettishly.

"You, I can't lose you, I'll take it all for you!" Yang glanced at her, and when she saw her daughter's delicate appearance, her lips were filled with relief. Although this daughter is squeamish, she always loves to cry when she is wronged, and she will enter the palace as the princess in the future, but she is really worried that she will be bullied. I was melancholy all night last night, and no one can see it at this time, she knows how to hide her feelings like this, and if she wants to come to the palace, she can also distinguish the situation.

Someone outside the curtain came again: "Madam, the carriage of Prince Su and the eldest lady has arrived." ”

Prince Su is a noble person in the Shen Mansion, and Shen Shengxu can have today, all thanks to Prince Su's support all the way. The relationship between the two governments has always been good, not only has they become the sons and daughters, but today Prince Su is the official guest of Shen Xinyue and the ceremony. Therefore, before the Yang family went out to greet him, he also deliberately reshaped his appearance, for fear that he would lose his respect for Prince Su and Princess Su by being careless.

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It rained in the afternoon, and the guests of the Shen Mansion were stranded until the evening because of this autumn rain.

It wasn't until the beginning of night that Shen Hanyue walked out of Qionghua Garden and went to Aunt Ruan's courtyard.

The drizzle had just stopped, and the air was very fresh, with a faint earthy aroma. Qinglan carried a goose yellow silk lantern and carefully led the way in front.

Shen Hanyue was helpless, when she came out, Luo's mother saw that she couldn't stop it, so she turned around and went to the main courtyard, probably to report to the Yang family, I don't know if I can have time to ask the answer I want when I get there.

And Qinglan thinks she's a young lady who walks slowly? Alas, Shen Hanyue sighed, you can't pay attention to these things if you are in a hurry, and she couldn't help urging: "Qinglan, you should hurry up." With that, she took a big stride, crossed Qinglan, and walked straight forward.

Qinglan was in a trance and hurriedly chased after her.

Although Qinglan is already fourteen years old, she has not yet grown up, and she is as petite as an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, so it is a little difficult to keep up with the tall Shen Hanyue, so she has to trot up to catch up.

Seeing that Qinglan was about to protect the swaying silk lantern again, and reluctantly followed her, looking like an aggrieved little daughter-in-law, Shen Hanyue mischievously walked faster.

"Miss-" Qinglan was a little overwhelmed: "The road is slippery after the rain, Miss-"

How could Shen Hanyue listen to her, raised her hand to the courtyard at the winding path, and asked, "Is this it?" ”

"Well, yes." Qinglan answered the voice, hurriedly ran forward, and entered Xinyi Courtyard first.

Shen Hanyue knew that Qinglan was going to report, so she slowed down, and when she arrived at the door, Aunt Ruan had already come to the courtyard gate to greet her.