The New Year's Festival is coming in a blink of an eye, and Miao Zhi entered the palace early to greet the emperor and queen, and returned to the bachelor's mansion with many rewards. When I took off the palace dress headdress that seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, I couldn't help but gasp for a while.

Shen Yuqian was dressed in a brand-new blue fabric jacket, a pair of satin boots were embellished with a few sapphires, and with a smile on her face, she invited her to come over to greet Shen Fengyi.

After changing into a set of usual home clothes, the two went side by side to the courtyard where Shen Fengyi was, since the courtyard where Ling Shuirong had stayed was in ruins after the fire, Shen Fengyi moved to his study.

The ancient acacia in the courtyard stretched out the dry branches wantonly, and several black crows rested on the branches, making a "quacking" sound from time to time, which formed a sharp contrast with the lively scene outside.

The two didn't dare to set foot in the courtyard, but only called Brother Jun at the door of the study in front of the arch and asked him to go in and report it.

In the end, the study did not go in, but Shen Fengyi came out calmly. Subsequently, the three of them had a boring "New Year's dinner" in the dining room in the front yard. ”

During the banquet, Zhen Yuqian has been eagerly serving vegetables for her and Shen Fengyi, and she has maintained a faint smile on her face from beginning to end. Although Miao Zhi cooperated, her heart was a little sad.

Even if the eldest brother knew that Shen Fengyi was not his real father, he still respected him as always, thinking because of the deep desire for that father's love in his heart!

On the other hand, he is much more indifferent, he has been dependent on his mother since he was a child, and the only concept of his father is that he will only beat his mother when he comes back drunk, and after losing that man, although their mother and daughter live an embarrassing life, they are very happy.

A meal was eaten in an extremely awkward situation, and when Ju Fengyi left, he specially settled the two of them, and he didn't eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, if their brothers and sisters wanted to keep vigil, he would also allow it.

Looking at Shen Yuqian's somewhat dim eyes, Miao Zhi couldn't help but complain about this father in her heart. Is it really so important in person? Can the feelings between people be so indifferent in an instant?

Miao Zhi didn't understand, and she couldn't say anything, so she could only hold Shen Yuqian's hand and comfort him silently.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was eaten with relish, Xiangyan ordered some clear-smelling sandalwood, Ning'er, a clever Nizi, also decorated the room inside and out with various strips of cloth, the windows were pasted with various cut window flowers, and even the wall at the head of the bed was pasted with a happy painting of the God of Wealth.

In addition to the chicken, duck and fish sent from the kitchen, Miao Zhi specially asked Xiang Yan to move the stove in the small kitchen, put a pot of fragrant mutton soup on the shelf, and then wash some dishes, and a meal of mutton shabu was so rough.

There is no distinction between master and servant, and a few people sit around the warm fire, eating steaming mutton shabu, and this year has also been beautiful.

The black-like sky is adorned with starlight, the white moon hangs in the sky, and from time to time firecrackers rush up to the sky and explode instantly, rendering a single night with brilliant sparks of different colors.

Outside the courtyard wall, there was a faint sound of firecrackers, and people's joy mixed with the sound of excitement also came over the wall, and the smell of the New Year was very strong.

This is the first year that Miao Zhi came here, and I don't want to spend it so boring, after eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and asking everyone, they all agreed to keep the New Year, so they took melons and fruits snacks and began to play poker to kill time.

The study where Shen Fengyi lives is located in the southernmost part of the Bachelor's Mansion, over several courtyard walls, close to the huge appreciation garden, surrounded by rockery and trees, is the most quiet and quiet place in the whole house.

The people in the mansion who can go home have already rolled up their wives and children to warm their heads, and those who have signed the deed of sale have also gathered in a room to eat Chinese New Year's Eve, and the mansion is even more silent, and occasionally a few birdsongs can be heard.

There was a faint candlelight in the study, and Shen Fengyi sat at the table, with a few dishes and a pot of wine on the table. With an unpredictable expression on her face, she held an ivory comb in her hand, and only looked coldly at the woman in black standing with her head hanging on the other end of the desk.

A narrow scar on the woman's face, lying on her face like a centipede, was the interpreter girl who had been monitoring Ling Shuirong's movements.

The woman moved her nose lightly and sniffed lightly, and she could smell the slightest wisp of wine wafting from the man on the throne, who had obviously drunk a lot of wine. She lowered her mind, the corners of her lips pursed, and reported the events of the past few days to Shen Fengyi.

"Madame's mother Jiang went out by boat two days ago, and her subordinates went down to investigate, and it was a merchant ship bound for the southern border. On the night when Jiang's mother left, there were two other big men who went to the courtyard where Mrs. lived now, and it was the first concubine and Princess Zhaohua who came back from the palace that day. This morning, someone sent them some silver clothes, and after the subordinates followed, they found that the person finally entered the palace, and it is estimated that he was also the person next to the first concubine. ”

Shen Fengyi hooked the corners of his lips, the neatly trimmed beard under his nose twitched slightly, maintaining his usual calm and self-control, and when all the explanations were finished, he didn't know if it was the effect of wine or something else, his expression became a little playful.

The first concubine led Zhaohua to meet Ling Shuirong impatiently on the night of the return of the palace? Didn't the first concubine know that Ling Shuirong faked her death and escaped? Could it be that the two of them have any agreement? Or did she reach some kind of agreement, so that the first concubine tried so hard to help her?

Xian Fengyi was a little confused, the more he thought about it, the more confused he became, the alcohol seemed to control his brain a little, so he simply didn't want to, in short, the implementation of the plan was imminent, and after decades of planning and arrangement, Ling Shuirong couldn't let Ling Shuirong break the rules alone. He got up and ordered Xie Yu to prepare the car, no matter what, Ling Shuirong must be arrested and imprisoned today, this woman is too good at causing trouble for him, even if he can't be arrested, except for the toilet.

That Xiang Feng Yi and a small team of people were ready to go out, here Ling Shuirong's mother and daughter were sitting around the small round table on the kang to eat, the clothes on the two of them were obviously not new, although they were good materials, but after all, the color was not gorgeous, and the cuffs and corners of the clothes were white.

A pot of hot water was boiling on the stove next to the kang, and the rough woman Tian Cui was half-squatting, adding a bundle of dry firewood into the stove one after another.

Yi Concubine sat cross-legged, and as soon as she turned around, she reached out and poked Tian Cui's sideburns with her chopsticks, "You, you can't hurry, are you going to starve us to death?" ”

She spoke harshly, and the strength of her hands only increased.

If it had been left in the past, Tian Cui was afraid that she would have retorted a few words, but now, she didn't even dare to raise her head, endured the pain, and accelerated the movements in her hands.

Where does she dare to resist, as long as she can save her life, it is a blessing. Yesterday, she went to deliver food to the sick girl in the West Wing, and she was almost scared away.

The girl's hair was messy, her body was stiff, her mouth was foaming at the mouth, and her eyes rolled as if they were about to pop out of their sockets, and she looked in great pain. She cautiously stepped forward to check, and the girl was already out of breath and out of breath. When she came out to sue the two ladies, the answer she received was to leave the girl to fend for herself.

Tian Cui is not a fool, the girl has improved after taking medicine a few times, and she can still get up on her own, and she will become such a half-dead appearance in two days, someone must have done something to deliberately not let her live. (To be continued.) )