Zhao Shijiao returned to the palace from the government office at noon, walked to the upper room, and the maid in the upper room had just picked up the table, Shen Wanzhen saw him and said strangely: "Don't you have to go to the next day?" ”

Zhao Shijiao smiled and nodded, "There's nothing you don't have to go." ”

Shen Wanzhen ordered the maid to fetch water, twisted a handkerchief, Zhao Shijiao took it, wiped his face, Shen Wanzhen ordered the maid to pick up a few snacks and prepare to give him food, for fear that he would not be full of food.

Zhao Shijiao sat on the kang and said to Shen Wanzhen: "I will go to Henan in the future, Fuzhou County to study, the official school undertaken by the government cultivates useful talents for the imperial court, and the imperial court has made money, and it can't just be a show." ”

Shen Wanzhen brought a cup of tea, "How many days are you going?" ”

"Half a month at a time, a month at most."

Shen Wanzhen didn't feel good in her heart, the two hadn't been separated for so long after getting married, this Leng Ding said that she wanted to separate, and she would leave immediately, she was reluctant, so she took off her embroidered shoes and went to the pit, sat next to him, stuck to him, and said coquettishly: "You can't come back early, it's a month to leave, what can people do if they want you?" ”

Zhao Shijiao put down the teacup, held her face, and kissed her, "I can't bear you either, just wait for me to come back." ”

Shen Wanzhen lay in his arms and coquettishly, Zhao Shijiao was rubbed in her arms, his heart was itching, and flames broke out under him, both of them were unable to control themselves, closed the door, and made love.

Zhao Shijiao stroked her delicate and moist cheeks, "I haven't left yet, why do I miss you." ”

Shen Wanzhen instructed sourly: "You can't be tempted by the beauties sent by the state and county officials. ”

Zhao Shicheng teased her and said, "If I bring one back, what will you do when you arrive?" ”

Shen Wanzhen turned over and ignored her, without thinking about it, and pouted: "Fulfill you, I'll leave." ”

Zhao Shijiao suddenly crossed her body, faced her, glared and pretended to be angry, "Have you ever thought about leaving?" ”

Shen Xuanzhen saw that he was serious, smiled charmingly, and said very seriously: "I won't pester you, you will be tired of it one day, just tell me that you know the way." ”

Zhao Shijiao looked at her fixedly for a while, then suddenly jumped up and pressed her under him, and said in a muffled voice: "Dare to say that you leave me, see how I fix your ,......."

He ruffled her loose hair with his big hand and bit her cheek, "I want ......, hungry ......"

As soon as he hit her, he always wanted to ravage her, her skin was tender, he touched it, he left traces, after getting married, he added a layer of hobbies, that is, he liked to bite her, he was ruthless, and he bit down gently, making her all covered in blue and red marks, he reached out and tore open the silk yarn tent, the couch was sprinkled with dazzling sunlight, and her coquettish body was in the eyes, her skin was like a white snow ball, clear without a trace of flaws, his lower abdomen tightened, and the wheezing sound was aggravated,

He entered her body at once, she was passive at first, and slowly became active, she hugged his neck tightly, her slender legs wrapped around his waist, her red lips were slightly open, and she was panting.

He lifted her strands, lifted the slippery round round hand high, and in a fierce battle, rolled the sheets twice in a row.

Until he was exhausted, the two of them lay flat and did not move, he squeezed two handfuls of dough on her chest sideways, and laughed: "I can't pay for you alone, can I still have the spirit to ask for another woman?" ”

She remembered the situation just now, her face was red with shame, and she glanced at him hatefully, "You are teasing others, and you say that people are ......" It was really in the way of the exit, she covered her face and hid in the quilt and snickered.

He tore off the quilt covering her face with his big hand, shamed her with his fingers, and said with a smile: "Is it okay for this king to wait for the princess to bathe?" ”

She hurriedly dodged and hurriedly shook her hand, "No, let's wash it in another place, and you'll ...... later."

"What am I talking about?" He deliberately teased her, he liked her shy appearance, which was very cute.

"I won't tell you." She put on her clothes and went to the blue gauze cupboard to wash.

The next day, Shen Wanzhen took Xiuju and Qiaoshan to take care of his outfit personally, and the clothes he brought with him, she carefully folded them one by one, put them in the box, he sat aside and watched, and said, "You don't need to bring too many clothes, but I'll be back in a month." ”

She put in a thick material of Hechang, "When the prince returns to Beijing, it will be cold, go south, it's still summer, and you have to bring two pieces of clothes for both seasons." ”

He looked at her and smiled warmly, at this moment, they were like ordinary couples, husbands sent away by wives from afar, food, clothing, housing and transportation, and earnestly instructed, no matter how big or small.

Zhao Shijiao got off the ground, walked over to the cabinet, took out the red and gem-encrusted lotus box from the drawer, opened it and carefully stroked the cute statue of the two people, and played with it in his hand.

At this time, the second housekeeper Jiang Huaide came in, "Go back to the prince, the carriages and horses that will go out tomorrow are ready." ”

Zhao Shijiao closed the box and handed it to Shen Wanzhen to put in the box, "Take this with you, and take it out when you have time." ”

He turned his head and said to Jiang Huaide, "Go on the road early tomorrow morning and tell the breakfast to be opened." ”

"Yes, Lord Wang" Jiang Huaide glanced at the boxes of things on the ground, thinking that the things going out should be loaded into two large cars, or preparing one more car, which is not enough for the time being, the prince is in a hurry and blames.

Several boxes contain medicines alone, and daily trivial items occupy a box.

The next day, the palace breakfast opened early, Shen Wanzhen ordered people to make a lot of food, and loaded with dried and fresh fruits, and took them to eat on the road, Zhao Shijiao saw her busy work, smiled and watched, and did not stop it, and felt warm in his heart, this is the warmth of the home he has longed for for a long time, although the queen mother loves him, but the queen mother is not an ordinary woman, her love is different from what Shen Wanzhen gave, Shen Wanzhen's love is what he really wants, he has always thought about it, every bit of ordinary trivial things, he was inexplicably moved, his heart was lonely for a long time, It's a bit unreal all of a sudden.

Shen Wanzhen has been sending him out of the city gate, ten miles of long pavilion, reluctant, she watched his convoy facing the morning glow, slowly disappearing on the horizon, her eyes suddenly welled up with tears, she bowed her head, wiped her tears, stunned, for a moment as if her heart was empty, there was no landing, she kept standing, looking at the empty official road in front of her, reluctant to leave.

"Master, the prince is far away" Xiuju looked at her and whispered.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mrs. Shen is ready to go back to her hometown in Shandong.

The old lady's things have been loaded into the car, several big cars, the old lady and the fourth wife's children are sitting in the front, and the back is sitting Aunt Zhang and the fifth girl Shen Wanzhu.

Bao'er saw that Wu was present, but she didn't dare to step forward and make love to his aunt, Aunt Zhang was about to leave, and told her son for a few days, Bao'er was older, moved out of the outer courtyard, and read with Mr.

Aunt Zhang was very reluctant, pinching the brocade to wipe her tears, this time, I didn't know that Ma Yue could see her son in the Year of the Monkey, Aunt Zhang was sad, Shen Wanzhu sat in the car, and didn't look out, Shen Wanzhen saw her off, and said to her, "Sister take care" Shen Wanzhu twisted her head, unwilling to take care of her.

Wu finally went to Aunt Zhang's heart disease, Bao'er was also raised by her, across the mountains and rivers, Aunt Zhang left, if she wanted to come back, it was more difficult than climbing to the sky, Wu thanked the old lady for helping her, and honored the old lady with a lot of rare things, coaxing the old lady to be happy, full of two big cars, as well as gifts to the big house and the third room, the fourth wife did not come in vain, Wu gritted his teeth and generously gave her a hairpin ring on her head and face, and even the two children of the four rooms were rewarded, and she was full of face.

Everyone in the mansion was sent to the gate, the gate of the Shen Mansion was open, several cars went out of the mansion, and Master Shen personally took people and Shen Wanyun's husband, Aunt Li, to the waterway wharf.

Old Mrs. Shen's car went away, Shen Wanzhen followed the Wu family to the inner house, and saw Shen Wanyun next to the Wu family at a glance as if her face was not as rosy as a few days ago, and said: "I heard that my sister-in-law Qiu Yan was lifted, congratulations to my sister." ”

"Your sister-in-law has been taking the exam for a few years, and her hard work has not been in vain."

Shen Wanyun was a little proud, she had been taking the public examination for a few years, and finally raised filial piety, and she could be an official in the future, although she wanted to fill the vacancy, but her father promised that this matter was planned for her son-in-law, and she didn't worry about it.

"My sister is happy, why doesn't she look very good, are you tired?"

Shen Wanzhen looked at her as if she was lacking in energy, and her face was slightly yellow, as if she was very haggard.

Wu replied happily for his daughter; "Your fourth sister is pregnant, and she can't eat, she vomits whatever she eats, she can't see the meat, and she can't smell it." He said to Shen Wanyun distressedly: "I'll let someone serve you a bowl of porridge later, how can you get up early on an empty stomach and eat nothing?" ”

Both mother and daughter are happy, Shen Wanzhen looked envious, she didn't experience maternal love in both lives, and thought of Zhao Shijiao, who had been gone for more than ten days, pinched her fingers and calculated, how could she come back in another ten days, as long as she thought about Zhao Shijiao, she was relieved, people can't be anything good is yours, don't be too greedy, God gave her a good husband, she should be content, thinking of this, she smiled, raised her face, and bathed in the sun, she likes the autumn sun, not blazing, gentle, and comfortable.

Wu and a few concubines, the daughter chatted in the upper room, Shen Wanyu also made an exception to send Shen Wanzhu today, the sisters said goodbye, I don't know when they met, she seemed to be much more plain, and her face was not as pale as when she first returned to her parents' house, a little colored, Shen Wanzhen asked with concern: "The sixth sister has a good complexion?" ”

Shen Wanyun said with a smile: "However, I didn't see the sixth sister and almost forgot, your brother-in-law has a classmate, he is a showman, his parents are dead, he is alone, he looks good, and he is also decent, I secretly met, it looks very good, his family is poor, there is no matchmaker to come to the door, your brother-in-law tried him to marry a wife, and mentioned a few words about the sixth sister, he seems to be full of willingness, if my sister has a heart, I will be a matchmaker with your brother-in-law, and my sister will see if she is willing?" ”

Shen Wanyun is a happy event one after another, the husband is now so trained that she says that she doesn't dare to go west, if she says to beat the dog, she doesn't dare to scold the chicken, since she is pregnant, her mother-in-law saw her, was careful, looked down on her, and concurrently held the son's official position to ask her father-in-law Zhang Luo, and rushed to stammer, lest she snub her.

Shen Wanyun is in a good mood, her life is comfortable, she is not as cold as before, she is close to her sister and cares about her sister's marriage.

Shen Wanyu bowed her head gloomily, in a daze, not knowing what to think, Shen Wanyun said again: "I mentioned this matter to my father, and my father said that you are not a girl who has not left the pavilion now, and you have your own ideas." ”

In fact, Master Shen heard that he was a poor talent, and he didn't take it to heart, so he asked her what she meant.

Wu said on the side: "I think it's very good, after all, a scholar, knowing the way of progress, if like your fourth brother-in-law in the future to get fame and fame, to be an official and a half-job, isn't it good, but you can't get the test, you are a young couple, and you don't have an in-laws, life is smooth, like a wealthy family to make people small." ”

Wu's words are transparent and reasonable, very much with Shen Wanzhen's thoughts, poor and comfortable, the key is that her husband knows cold and hot, if Shen Wanyu marries someone with in-laws, she is soft, and she has no scheming, and she is not angry.

Originally, everyone thought that the family affairs were good, but Aunt Ding was resentful, although her daughter Hua Rongyue was married, she couldn't marry a poor boy and suffer for a lifetime, and she saw that Shen Wanzhen and Shen Wanyun were all glamorous, and she felt uncomfortable, the third girl was not widowed and remarried, so she married the prince, why was the sixth girl not worse than her, so she married Bai Ding and suffered.

Shen Wanyu lowered her head, fiddled with the handkerchief in her hand, and didn't speak, Wu and Shen Wanyun and Shen Wanzhen knew that she couldn't let go of Wu Jinglan.

Looking at Aunt Ding's face again, her heart is high and thin, and it is perfect to press on her.

Her mother is unwilling, it is useless for others to be willing, the Wu family didn't want to care, she was not her own child, and she hated Aunt Ding, so she let her go.

Shen Wanzhen sat in the sedan chair, looking out the window, the street at dusk, bustling, worker, and official sedan chair all rushed home, and it was dinner time.

Zhao Shijiao was not in the palace, it was a lot of deserted in vain, the sun had just set, and before the lamp was held, someone came to report, "Princess Qiqi, someone outside the palace asked to see the princess, saying that the prince had something to bring back." ”

Shen Wanzhen was overjoyed in her heart, could it be that Zhao Shijiao was worried about her family, and she couldn't wait to come back, so she ordered someone to send the souvenirs back to the palace first, so she hurriedly said: "Order someone to come in." ”

It didn't take much effort, someone came to the hall, Shen Wanzhen looked at it, it was a middle-aged and strong man about forty years old, walking sonorously and powerfully, like a person who has been practicing martial arts all year round, the strong man hugged his fist, "See the princess below." ”

Shen Wanzhen looked up and down a little, pointed to the next chair happily, and said, "Strong man, please sit."

The strong man's voice was like a bell, and he hugged his fist again, "Under the Dragon and Tiger Dart Bureau, I was ordered by Prince An to escort two boxes of things, and the things have been delivered, please check it." ”

"May I ask the strong man, what is it that was specially transported from afar?"

"Princess, I am in charge of walking darts, and if the employer can say it, I will tell the things that are seized, but I can't say it, and I don't ask if I am below, the employer only tells me that there are two boxes of books and account books, please forgive the princess."

In fact, the dart bureau is generally to see the price of the goods, but this employer paid several times the price, and they promised not to open the package.

"What credentials did the employer give you?" Shen Wanzhen can't be cautious, whether the thing was sent back by Zhao Shijiao, this has to be clarified, or it was sent to the wrong place, or it was sent to the wrong person.

The man took something out of his bosom, "The employer said the princess knew it at a glance." ”

Mrs. Yan took it on the side and presented it, Shen Wanzhen opened a layer of silk cloth, which was the jade carving he gave him on his birthday, Shen Wanzhen took a closer look, it was the jade carving, she could recognize it at a glance, it was she spent a few days to draw it, every movement of the character, her eyes were carefully pondered, and the score was exactly the same.

The man took out another letter and presented it, and Shen Wanzhen unfolded it, with a few strokes, to the effect that things should be kept properly and very important, and they would be dealt with when he came back.

Chen Fu was on the side, Shen Wanzhen raised his hand to signal him to look, Chen Fu stepped forward, respectfully took the letterhead, looked at it for a long time, and nodded, "It's the handwriting of the prince." ”

The letterhead said that the address of the issue was Anyang County, Zhangde Prefecture, which coincided with the place where Zhao Shijiao went.

Shen Wanzhen was relieved and ordered to bring things in.

The people of the dart bureau couldn't enter the palace, the palace guards carried things into the hall, Shen Wanzhen walked down the hall to take a closer look, there were two mahogany boxes, each box had two oblique seals, Shen Wanzhen looked around the box twice, and didn't see any flaws.

After sending away the people of the dart bureau, Shen Wanzhen asked Jiang Er, the second manager, to carry the box to the side hall, which locked the door with a big lock and carried the key by herself.

The next day, at the beginning of the morning, the housekeepers and daughters-in-law in the house came to the room one after another, making autumn clothes for a season, and receiving moon silver, all of which were trivial and trivial.

The second manager Jiang Huaide said back and forth, Zhuangzi sent game, Shen Wanzhen ordered half of the filial piety to the queen mother in the palace, the queen mother is in the palace, pampered, better than this, I am afraid that I am tired of eating, but she is the daughter-in-law's mother-in-law, proving that she has in her heart, and she is also filial piety for her husband, and she is busy until lunchtime, and then they are all dispersed. ”

Shen Wanzhen shook her head, "Maybe it's because of the dry fire in autumn."

Instructed Xiuju to take the key, open the side hall, and see the two boxes lying quietly on the ground, she stepped forward and touched it with her hand, as if she wanted to feel the body temperature left on it by Zhao Shijiao.

As soon as the door of the side hall was locked, the next person came to report that the Shen Mansion had sent a subordinate, saying that Mrs. Wu had called her back to her parents' house to discuss some family matters, and Shen Wanzhen didn't know what else the Wu family could discuss with her, so she didn't delay and immediately got on a sedan chair to go to her mother's house.

Shen Wanzhen rushed to the Shen Mansion, and as soon as she got off the sedan chair, a little maid stepped forward and said, "Third aunt and grandmother, the master is waiting for you in the study." ”

Shen Xuanzhen paused, speculating about what her father was looking for her? Speed up your pace.

Master Shen heard the sound of light footsteps at the door, and knew that his daughter was coming, so he stopped pacing back and forth.

When Shen Wanzhen entered the outer study, she saw the back of her father in the inner room, walking around constantly, as if she had something on her mind, she turned around and said to Xiuju, "Look at people at the door, don't let people in." ”

Xiuju withdrew and gently closed the door of the outer study, and there were two small servants standing at the door, greeting warmly, "Sister Xiuju is good!" ”

Xiuju talked to the two of them while paying attention to the movement in the house, the room was quiet, and I didn't know what important things the old man and the girl said.

Master Shen sat behind the bookcase, pointed to an official chair in front of him, Shen Wanzhen saluted and sat down, seeing his father's solemn expression and a little nervous.

Shen Quande's voice was very low, so low that the two of them could hear it clearly, "I got the news for my father, and there is a saying that the official is the king of An, and this news is accurate." ”

Shen Wanzhen was surprised, Zhao Shijiao was cautious, and almost didn't participate in any court affairs, "What are you doing with him?" She had a premonition of the seriousness of the matter, if it was a trivial matter, her father would not have come to her on purpose, and in the name of her mother-in-law, it was obviously a concealment.

Master Shen said in an almost whispered voice: "Rebellion"

"What?" Shen Wanzhen's tone was a little anxious, she couldn't believe that the imperial power was supreme, and there was no shortage of battles for imperial power out of nothing, but Zhao Shijiao never coveted the throne, and he was transcendent from the world, how could he be associated with rebellion.

"What kind of ginseng?" Shen Wanzhen wanted to know the Dao, so as to judge who had sinister intentions.

"The imperial historian, and a foreign minister, the specific father is not very clear, but there is something to do, the emperor pressed down and did not make a sound, what the emperor thinks, I don't know."

Shen Wanzhen was speechless for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Is this before the prince leaves, or after he leaves?" ”

"It seems to be a matter of the future, someone must have taken advantage of the prince's absence in the court to do this, it seems that the wind and rain are coming, and the father called you to come, so you must be careful."

Shen Wanzhen pondered for a long time, suddenly got up, her face changed suddenly, and she hurriedly said: "Father, my daughter is very suspicious when she remembers something, I want to go back to the palace immediately, and talk to my father in detail in the future." ”

When Master Shen said this, she somehow suddenly remembered the two boxes, maybe it was the sensitivity of the woman's family, she didn't know why she was not down-to-earth, she didn't care about talking to Master Shen, she hurriedly got on the sedan chair, and told the sedan chair man to go quickly, and the sedan chair man got the princess's order, spread his feet, and ran like flying.

Shen Wanzhen sat in the sedan chair, anxious, looking straight to both sides of the road, the sunset was sprinkled everywhere, the tiled roofs of the houses on both sides of the street were plated with golden light, and the sedan chair walked for a while, and the surrounding street shops were shrouded in gray and dark shadows.