Aunt Zhang brought Qiuyue in, and Shen Wanzhu kicked everyone out of the house and covered the door.

Qiuyue didn't know what was going on, seeing that she had kicked everyone out, the door was closed, thinking that something was wrong, her face changed in fright, and she said vigorously, "Auntie, five girls, slaves and maids abide by the rules of the house, never cheat and play tricks in things, but they haven't done anything wrong." ”

Shen Wanzhu was frightened enough to see her, took off a gold silk bracelet in her hand, stuffed it into her, and said, "I ask you a few words, you just tell the truth." ”

Qiu Yue weighed the bracelet in her hand and pressed her hand, it was very valuable, and she was reluctant to return it, so she accepted it half-pushed and half-pushed, and asked, "What does the girl want to ask, the slave and maid will tell the girl." ”

Shen Wanzhu glanced at the window, Aunt Zhang understood, walked over and lowered the support and closing window, so that the outside could not hear the conversation in the house, Qiu Yue became more and more nervous, and her hand touched the gold bracelet in her sleeve, and she settled down a little.

Shen Wanzhu said in a low voice: "You used to be the maid of the third girl?" ”

Qiu Yue nodded blankly, "Yes, it has been several years, the third girl was sick at the time, and she was still in her hometown in Shandong, and then the slave maid got married." ”

Qiu Yue said strangely: "What are the five girls asking for?" ”

"Do you know about the third girl and the divorced Fang Gongzi?" Shen Wanzhu said.

Qiu Yue was stunned for a moment, bit her lip, nodded, and lowered her head.

Shen Wanzhu saw that there was a door, and hurriedly asked: "Have you also passed letters to them?" , they also met privately. ”

Qiu Yue raised her head, her expression a little panicked, "What do you want to do when the girl asks this?" She finally became vigilant, and it was rumored in the house that the third girl and the fifth girl had an awkward quarrel, which seemed to be true, otherwise why would the fifth girl suddenly remember to ask about this Chen Kang's rotten grain.

Shen Wanzhu didn't go around in circles, "I won't hide it from you, the third girl has let her hide her previous affairs, I don't want the prince to be deceived by her, if you agree to testify in front of the prince and reveal her details, I will give you fifty taels of silver." ”

Qiu Yue heard it, she was really frightened, harming people or harming the original master, such a bad thing, she didn't want to do it, and then I heard that she was given fifty taels of silver, a little heartbroken, her man's leg was smashed, and it cost a lot of money to ask a doctor for medicine, and now she still owes Yinzi money, her man can't move, the family relies on her alone, and her livelihood is gone, so she has to go back to Shen Mansion to ask the old master and continue to do the original errand.

Shen Wanzhu saw her hesitation, gritted her teeth, took off a pair of bead earrings from her ears, and stuffed them into her hand, "Take it, as long as you come with me to the prince to testify, I will add fifty taels of silver to you after the matter is completed, what do you think?" ”

Qiu Yue looked at the pair of earrings in her hand, and said a few words after thinking about it, not to mention that to tell the truth, it would not harm the original master, so she nodded and agreed.

Shen Wanzhu saw her agree, and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, just now she was afraid that she would be loyal to the old master and would not agree, so she instructed: "Don't leak the news first, I will send someone to call you to the palace, and you will just tell the truth according to Fang Cai's words." ”

Qiuyue was working in the Shen Mansion, and she didn't dare to delay it for too long, so she hurried back.

As soon as she left, Aunt Zhang said; "The third girl is really not innocent with Fang Gongzi, I thought it was a rumor, I only knew that Fang Gongzi was in the old man's phase, but it turned out that there was a hidden secret inside, it turned out that the two of them knew each other first, and they had feelings for each other, so Fang Gongzi asked the matchmaker to come to the door to propose marriage."

Shen Wanzhu said curiously: "I heard that the third girl looks like her aunt, could it be that her aunt is also good at hooking men." ”

Aunt Zhang pouted, "Her aunt is the master at the temple fair, she looked at it, and when she inquired, it turned out to be a distant relative of the wife, and the wife did not give birth for a few years at that time, so she promised Namu to be small, the third girl is different from her aunt, the Mu family has a soft temperament, I see that the third girl is not easy to bully, this girl must be careful." ”

After lunch, the family chatted around the old lady about her hometown in Shandong, and the maid walked back and forth: "Third aunt and grandmother, the prince is here, and the old man is leading him to the inner courtyard, saying that he is coming to say goodbye to the old lady." ”

When Mrs. Shen heard this, she was so frightened that she hurriedly said: "How can this make the prince a nobleman, how can he ask the old man to say goodbye, the second daughter-in-law and the fourth daughter-in-law, quickly help the old man to go out to meet the prince." ”

Everyone helped the old lady out of the hall, Zhao Shijiao was accompanied by Master Shen into the back house, and walked to the hall, Mrs. Shen was not confused, she saw that the prince had passed through the hall, and she was about to kneel down and salute, "The old body greets the prince"

Zhao Shijiao hurriedly said: "The princess quickly supports the old man, the old lady is an elder, and the juniors should say hello to the old lady." ”

Shen Wanzhen hugged the old lady, "The younger generation asks the old lady to say goodbye?" Zhao Shijiao flickered.

Old Madam Shen hurriedly returned the salute, "The prince came to the house in person and killed the old man." ”

Master Shen bowed down and said, "Lord Wang, please sit in the room." ”

The old lady Shen has seen the world, and she understands all the etiquette, so she respectfully invites the prince to take a seat, but the old lady and Zhao Shijiao sat in the east and west.

Zhao Shijiao asked the old lady about her fatigue all the way, and said a few words of homely things, Zhao Shijiao looked at Shen Wanzhen, Shen Wanzhen understood, and said: "Old lady, I will go back to the house with the prince first, and wait for Ming'er to come over to accompany the old lady."

"Congratulations to the princess and princess" Mrs. Shen got up to send her off, and everyone followed to the door of the mansion.

Watching Shen Wanzhen get on the sedan chair, Shen Wanzhu then took a small sedan chair and returned to the palace together.

The old lady looked at the palace and his entourage disappearing, and said to Master Shen with a smile: "It seems that the prince values our three girls very much in his heart, and he deigned to come to the mansion to pick up the three girls back, and you will also rely on your career in the future, but I didn't expect that my Shen family will also climb the dragon and the phoenix, and the current queen mother has become a family of children, the ancestors bless, your future career will be smooth, and I will rest assured." ”

"Mother, the son must live up to his mother's high expectations." Master Shen is full of spirit and confidence.

Shen Wanzhu returned to the palace and went directly to Xue Jin's room, Xue Jin saw that she came back from the Shen Mansion, and she didn't even change her clothes, so she ran to find herself, knowing that there was something important, she hurriedly sent Lian'er and Mei'er out of Lu to watch people.

Shen Wanzhu didn't know whether it was hot or excited, her face was ruddy, Xue Jin handed her a palace fan, "Sister, what's so urgent?" ”

Shen Wanzhu fanned a few times, Xue Jin handed her another cup of herbal tea, Shen Wanzhu took a few mouthfuls of her stomach, the sweat on her body dissipated, and she gradually felt cool, so she approached Xue Jin and whispered: "My sister's former maid is back." ”

Xue Jin was stunned, immediately reacted, and said happily: "Did you ask?" Anyway, is there something wrong with your sister? ”

Shen Wanzhu nodded proudly, "I gave the maid benefits, and I said it all, saying that my sister had a private correspondence with Fang Gongzi, a private meeting, and a private meeting, and the rear Gongzi went to my house to propose marriage, these things were all concealed, and she knew about it." ”

Xue Jin sneered, "If the prince knows that the princess of the Dao Dao is misbehaving in the boudoir, how will my sister guess how she will react?" ”

Shen Wanzhu raised the fan a few times, and said proudly: "The prince doesn't say it, but he responds in his heart, if this matter is so noisy that the palace knows the way, the queen mother in the palace will also know the way, the princess slapped her face, the queen mother will definitely be angry, the queen mother and the prince don't look down on her, see how she stays in the palace in the future." ”

Speaking in the room, Xue Jin's eldest maid Mei'er was sticking to the root of the window and could hear it clearly.

Mei'er waited until Xiaolian'er came up to change shifts, and hurriedly went to find Xue Jin's companion Yu's mother, Yu's mother was also Mrs. Xue's person, Mei'er told what had happened, Xue Jin wanted to kill Shen Wanzhen, and the two of them combined, when Yu's mother told her to go home, she went straight to Xue's mansion to see Mrs. Xue.

In the past few days, Mrs. Xue's ears have been cleaned, and Xue Yanling also heard that her daughter was reprimanded by the Queen Mother and grounded in the palace, so frightened that she didn't dare to mention the property allocated to the concubine to Mrs. Yan when she heard the news, she immediately wilted, and Mrs. Xue was more honest and disciplined.

Mrs. Xue listened to Mrs. Yu's teachings, and she was overjoyed, and happened to divide the moon silver in each room, took out two taels of silver, and rewarded Mrs. Yu, and gave two taels to let her take them back, to Xue Jin's maid Mei'er, and told Mrs. Yu to tell Mei'er to keep an eye on it, and if there is a change, go back and forth immediately.

Mrs. Yu agreed, and left happily with the silver.

After Mrs. Yu left, Mrs. Xue pondered for a while, and said to Feng Baosheng's family: "What do you think will happen to the three girls of the Shen family who know the Dao?" ”

Feng Baosheng's family said affirmatively: "Then it goes without saying, I will definitely not let go of the eldest girl of our family and the fifth girl of the Shen family." ”

"Then lend her hand and get rid of that little hoof." Mrs. Xue said fiercely, Aunt Yan has not known the height of the sky since her daughter became a side concubine, and she has raised her identity and wants to compete with her.

After coming over for a while, Mrs. Xue said to Feng Baosheng's family: "You quietly go to the palace, secretly see the Shen family, and tell her about this matter." ”

When Feng Baosheng's family got out of the upper room, he went directly to the gate, sat in a sedan chair and went to the palace of King An, and when he arrived at the gate of King An's mansion, he lied to the guards that he was the princess's family and that he was looking for the princess if he had something to do.

A small maid in the outer courtyard ran to the inner house, and a mother-in-law went to the upper room to return to the princess, this mother-in-law walked halfway, and happened to see Mama Yan, so she said that someone in the Shen Mansion was looking for the princess.

Mrs. Yan was surprised, the princess came back from her mother's house, what was the matter, at this time, the prince was also in the upper room, thinking about what was difficult to talk about if it was the Shen family, and said in front of the prince, it was inconvenient, Mrs. Yan came to the gate with this mother-in-law.

Feng Baosheng's family knew Mama Yan, saw Mama Yan, hurriedly came from the door, didn't speak, first glanced at her, Mama Yan was shrewd and old-fashioned, when she saw her coming, she was suspicious, and saw her sneaky, knowing that she must have something to do with her back, so he pulled her around the courtyard wall outside, and the two of them stood at the root of the east wall, and there was nowhere to talk.

Feng Baosheng's family told the ins and outs, and Mama Yan was startled, and hurriedly thanked her, "Thanks to my mother for telling me, otherwise the princess will be in big trouble." ”

Feng Baosheng's family didn't hide it in front of her, and said: "My wife is not all the three girls of your family, but also for herself, our eldest girl is vicious, and the third girl still thinks of a proper way to prevent future troubles." ”

As soon as the Feng family left, Mama Yan returned to the upper room, entered the hall, saw Xiuju in the house, gestured down and asked the princess, Xiuju looked at the west Nunu mouth, signaling that the prince was in the house.

Mrs. Yan was in a hurry, going in and out several times, and it was easy to wait for the prince to come out, Mrs. Yan saw the prince out of the courtyard of the upper room along the half-rolled bamboo curtain of the hall, and hurriedly walked to the west, Shen Wanzhen sat with her back to her back, and said, "Wait for the prince to come back and pass dinner later." ”

Mrs. Yan closed the door casually, Shen Wanzhen didn't hear her promise, turned around, and looked at her face in surprise.

Shen Wanzhen didn't speak, just saw that she grabbed a homely gauze skirt on the kang in her hand, and pulled out the pleats.

After a while, he slowly let go of his hand and said calmly, "I have my own ideas." ”

That night, Shen Wanzhen remained silent and did not show any signs in front of Zhao Shijiao.

The next day, as if nothing had happened, Shen Wanzhen ordered someone to tell Shen Wanzhu to go back to her parents' house together and accompany the old lady to walk around the capital.

Shen Wanzhen sat in the sedan chair, took advantage of the time, and thought about the matter again and again, if she disposed of that maid now, wouldn't it just mean that she was weak-hearted, and she confirmed the matter, and let Xue Jin and Shen Wanzhu grab the handle.

Shen Wanzhen doesn't know what she experienced before, but her personal maid dares to say that there must be evidence, not to mention that Fang Gongzi is also in the capital now, the three heads are facing each other, and there is a slight difference, so if she doesn't pick up her behavior before marriage, it will definitely become a pretext for her misconduct, the ancients paid attention to the orders of their parents, the words of matchmakers, and unmarried fornication, which will be criticized by others, which constitutes a big stain that she herself cannot wash away, not to mention that she is now a noble, and the royal family pays attention to face, such a daughter-in-law, princess, will be disgraced to the royal family.

Xue Jin and Shen Wanzhu can't succeed in this matter anyway, she shouldn't come forward in person, if she is a little careless, it will be self-defeating, but she will be caught by someone and make something out of nothing, it seems that there is only one way, that is, to ask for the help of her father Master Shen, she and the Shen family are closely related, one is lost, and one is prosperous, but unfortunately Shen Wanzhu is blinded by jealousy, bewitched by Xue Jin, I don't know the relationship between the Shen family, it is related to the reputation of the Shen family, the family education is not strict, and the queen mother will be angry with the Shen family.

Shen Wanzhen ordered the sedan chair to go quickly, and without waiting for Shen Wanzhu, she had to go to Shen's mansion to find her father first to discuss the matter.

Master Shen's mother came to Beijing, according to the regulations of the imperial court, she was allowed to accompany her relatives, and when Shen Wanzhen went, she happened to block Master Shen in the study.

Master Shen saw that his daughter went directly to the study to find him, thinking that he was an official, there was no need to ask more, and the father and daughter went to the inner study to talk.

Shen Wanzhen told Shen Wanzhu and Xue Jin about the conspiracy, of course, in front of her father, she couldn't admit that the facts were true, and in order to show her innocence, she had repeatedly framed her since she married into the palace.

After hearing this, Master Shen was furious, and hammered his fist on the bookcase, "This evil animal, confused things, this is to trap my Shen family in an embarrassing situation, spread the word, my Shen family education is not strict, where is the face?" ”

Up to now, Master Shen doesn't want to investigate whether his daughter has anything to do, it is meaningless to investigate and understand, but it is even more embarrassing.

Master Shen is worthy of being a veteran of officialdom for many years, so he quickly calmed down and asked, "Zhen'er, what are you going to do?" Is it for the Father to stand up and set things right for you? ”

Shen Wanzhen said secretly, it seems that he is really not wrong about this father, he is calm, clear-minded, calm and resourceful.

Shen Wanzhen said at the moment; "That's what it means that a daughter is in a hurry to find her father."

Old Man Shen said with a heavy face; "For my father, it seems that your sister's status as a concubine of the prince has been achieved."

Shen Wanzhen is not surprised that her father is ruthless, she absolutely believes that the interests of the Shen family are at stake, her father will never have a love for children, father and daughter have the same heart, Shen Wanzhen does not stop doing it, since the matter has come to this, Shen Wanzhu no longer regards her as a sister, don't blame her for not being a sister.

Shen Wanzhen had to remind her father, "That maid will be disposed of later." ”

"For the father to understand" Master Shen looked at the third daughter, and thought secretly, it seemed that he didn't know much about his daughter, so he rushed to her to come to him for help today, which is enough to show that she has a brain, is calm in case of trouble, and is not chaotic, and is worthy of being a big person.

After a pause, Master Shen said: "Don't startle the snake, you hurry back to the inner house, don't worry, you won't be in trouble, my father wants to help you gain a firm foothold in the palace, it concerns the entire Shen family, I won't be merciful." ”

With Master Shen's words, Shen Wanzhen put her heart in her stomach.

Shen Wanzhu walked to the middle gate of the palace, how could there be the shadow of the princess, Shen Wanzhu didn't want to go with her, but it happened that she left first and got into the sedan chair to go back to her parents' house.

When Shen Wanzhu went to Shen's mansion, she didn't ask where Shen Wanzhen went, guessing that she must have gone to the room, thinking about the maid Qiuyue, so she didn't go to the room and went directly to Aunt Zhang's house.

told Aunt Zhang about the plot with Xue Jin, and Aunt Zhang saw that she was so determined, and she couldn't stop it, so she went with her.

The next day, Shen Wanzhu asked Aunt Zhang to quietly go to Qiuyue's maid, and Aunt Zhang searched around before finding her in the garden and taking her to the room.

Shen Wanzhu discussed with her to let her go back to the palace with her to testify, Qiu Yue was a little hesitant and timid, Shen Wanzhu later paid her two pieces of silver taels, and promised her two pieces of jewelry before she agreed.

Shen Wanzhu ordered the maid to go to the upper room to return to Shen Wanzhen and said that she had a stomachache, so she went back to the house first, so she let Qiu Yue change into the clothes of the palace servant woman she brought and took her back to the palace.