Eighty-second
April 28
Shen Mansion is festive, Shen Mansion and the four girls Shen Wanyun out of the pavilion, early in the morning, a street in front of the house has been sprinkled and cleaned, spread red felt, look at the lively neighborhoods, bustling on both sides of the road, competing to see the newcomers.
In front of the Shen Mansion, the Shen family marries a daughter, the pomp is not ordinary, the happy period deliberately chose the imperial court to rest the day, the court came to congratulate many officials, Lord Shen and Mrs. Shen are busy receiving guests, Lord Shen receives male guests, are colleagues, relatives, Wu receives female guests, colleagues' wives, relatives and daughters.
The little guy outside the door ran quickly inside, shouting all the way: "King Anyang has arrived." β
Master Shen was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he was overjoyed, the king of Anyang came, his face was bright, and he was so excited that he hurriedly took his son and nephew to welcome him.
As soon as I walked outside the gate, I saw that King Anyang had come out of the car, and the fifth girl Shen Wanzhu was closely followed by him.
After walking a few steps, he stepped forward and knelt down: "Weichen see the prince." β
"Shen Shilang, please get up." King Anyang has a modest attitude and is very polite to Shen Quande, no matter what, he is Shen Wanzhen's father.
"The daughter has seen her father." Shen Wanzhu stepped forward and saluted.
"Greetings, ma'am." Shen Quande knew that his daughter was now more than at the beginning, and she was already a favored concubine in front of King An, so she looked at it very highly.
Master Shen personally welcomed King Anyang and his daughter into the mansion.
There were many people in the hall, and Master Shen let the king of Anyang go to the side hall to serve tea, and Shen Wanzhu was surrounded by a group of female relatives to go to the back house.
Master Shen took the tea cup from the maid and held the tea himself, "The prince invites, it is the honor of the lower officials to come to the cold house." β
Before King Anyang could speak, a small servant flew in, "Master, the sedan chair to welcome the relatives has arrived at the door." β
The newcomer met the elders, and Shen Quande had to leave temporarily to go to the hall to take a seat and receive a salute.
Shen Quande had no son, and knew that Wu Jingfang had a close relationship with the King of Anyang, so he sent someone to find Wu Jingfang to wait for the prince, and he would come when he went.
Zhao Shijiao, the king of Anyang, listened to the excitement of the hall, thinking that everyone was vying to see a couple of newcomers, and he didn't see Shen Wanzhen a little lost when he entered the door.
Wu Jingfang wanted to go out to see the excitement, but it was inconvenient for the king of Anyang to go out here, so he opened the door along the side hall and looked out, "Lord Wang, the groom is here." β
Zhao Shijiao sat bored, then got up and walked to the door, and said to Wu Jingfang: "I'm going out for a walk, you don't have to follow me, watch your liveliness." β
Zhao Shijiao is afraid that the Shen family is restrained, today wearing civilian clothes, just take a walk in the Shen Mansion at will, the houses of the Shen Mansion are all gray and blue brick walls, green glazed tile roofs, the courtyard walls are newly painted pink and white, quite bright, the courtyard is full of precious flowers and trees, the whole layout, exquisite and elegant, good taste.
Zhao Shijiao walked casually, and he didn't know that the woman was in that house at the moment, he just felt the happiness of breathing at close range under the same sky as her, and he felt kind when he looked at the scenery in front of him, I don't know if it was because this was the woman's home.
The people in the house stopped their work, and they all rushed over to see the newcomers, but the house seemed quiet, except for the front hall of people, laughter and noise.
In other words, Shen Wanzhen and Zhan Shaoting have already come, although the husband and wife are not harmonious, they can pretend to be in front of outsiders, not to mention that today is Shen Wanyun's happy period.
Master Shen asked his son-in-law to help entertain the guests, and Zhan Shaoting was busy dealing with the guests at the door of the hall, when he heard someone talking on the side, "Brother Xian, has you always been good?" "It's like two officials from the DPRK and China, although they don't wear court clothes, but they don't look like ordinary people.
Zhan Shaoting followed the sound and saw two people standing not far away, one of them was a suave young man, well-dressed and chic.
"Brother Nian is good." Fang Xianyi clenched his fists, didn't look at Zhan Shaoting, and didn't notice that Zhan Shaoting was staring at him with a few people across the way.
Fang Xianzhi, the emperor's imperial history, Zhan Shaoting has already heard of it, thinking that this is the young talent in Shen's mouth, it seems that Shen's is not exaggerating, this man is proud of his talent, and his expression is arrogant, clear and high,
Zhan Shaoting felt awkward, and at this time, Fang Xianzhi walked in with the official.
It turned out that Fang Xianzhi and Master Shen were officials in the same dynasty, and they had been Weng's son-in-law, and they were fellow villagers, so they also came to cheer.
Zhan Shaoting saw that there were many people today, and the door was not very strict, and the woman would inevitably show her face, if Fang Xianzhi and Shen Wanzhen met, and took advantage of the chaos to do something bad, her face and the face of the Bofu would be completely lost.
So, he waved his hand and called a girl and ordered: "Find your third aunt and grandmother to come out." β
Shen Wanzhen is busy working inside, there are many guests today, there will be a banquet, there are many female dependents, Wu asked her to take care of it, saying that Shen Wanyu's body is inconvenient, the other girls are still young, and they have not come out of the cabinet, and the aunt is inconvenient to come out, so she has to be annoyed to take care of her, Shen Wanzhen is not easy to shirk, and the sister is out of the cabinet, and it is natural to make some efforts.
The little girl came to her, "The third aunt and grandmother are here, so that the slave and maid can be easily found, and the aunt is waiting for the girl outside to have something to say." β
Shen Wanzhen frowned, this guy didn't succeed at all, he was so busy today, and he came to find trouble, he didn't bother to pay attention to him, but when he thought about Zhan Shaoting's stubborn temperament, if she didn't go out, she would definitely not be willing to rest, and she would send someone to look for her.
Seeing that her cousin-in-law Zhen was chatting with a few noble ladies, she was busy and whispered to her to take care of her first, saying that she would go back when she went.
Zhen agreed, and Shen Wanzhen was relieved to go.
Shen Wanzhen guessed all the way that Zhan Shaoting was looking for her in a hurry for something, walked to the middle gate, and saw the bustle of the outer house, all of which were congratulatory male guests, looking around to find Zhan Shaoting.
As soon as Shen Wanzhen came out, Zhan Shaoting saw her, came out of the courtyard wall on the left, didn't say a word, pulled her, went out of the middle gate, and left the lively place, Shen Wanzhen was pulled by him, and wanted to break free several times, but Zhan Shaoting was so strong that he didn't let go, and came to a secluded place covered by trees, Zhan Shaoting let go and said, "Go back with me." β
Shen Wanzhen was pulled here by him, Zhan Shaoting just said this, and asked her to go back, Shen Wanzhen didn't want to be like him, so she said patiently: "There is something to do in the inner house, and it is inconvenient for me to go back." "I thought to myself, what kind of wind is this guy smoking, there are many guests today, and it is inconvenient to quarrel.
After speaking, Shen Wanzhen turned around and was about to leave, when Zhan Shaoting stepped forward and stopped in front of him, "Go back with me." Shen Wanzhen ignored him, wanting to bypass him, and just walked to his side, Zhan Shaoting suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed her wrist, and said forcefully: "Go back with me immediately!" β
Shen Wanzhen's wrist was clenched by him, and he said angrily: "I said, it's inconvenient to go away." I wanted to shake off his hand and leave.
Zhan Shaoting couldn't say anything, and pulled her, and Shen Wanzhen was almost knocked down by him.
Stood firm and said angrily: "Do you want me not to save face for you in front of people?" β
Zhan Shaoting was really annoyed when he saw her, and thought to himself, if the two of them got into trouble, the Shen family would ignore it, and it was his Zhan family who was embarrassed, so he let go of his hand hatefully, "Slut, do you want to go to the adulterer?" β
Shen Wanzhen was humiliated by him for no reason, her face turned red instantly, she trembled with anger, and asked, "Where is the adulterer?" β
Zhan Shaoting sneered, "What, still pretending to be innocent, didn't Gongzi Fang come here today?" You don't go to see it. β
Shen Wanzhen and Zhan Shaoting had a quarrel, but when Fang Xianzhi was talked, he guessed that this guy must have seen Fang Xianzhi and lost his heart, so he came to look for her bad luck, and said angrily: "You and I are going to reconcile and leave in a few days, so don't worry about it." β
Zhan Shaoting leaned close to her ear and said viciously: "Adultererβ‘ I don't get along, you are born as my person, and death is my ghost, so you will die of this heart." β
Say it, flick the sleeves of his robe, turn around angrily and leave.
When the two were arguing, behind an ancient tree not far from here, stood Zhao Shijiao, the king of Anyang, because the two of them were not loud, they couldn't hear what they were saying, but he saw that Zhan Shaoting's attitude towards Shen Wanzhen was arrogant and rude.
I don't know why Shen Wanzhen angered him, he turned around and left, leaving Shen Wanzhen in place, rubbing the wrist that was pinched and hurt with the other hand, bowing his head and walking towards him, walking a few steps away from him, Zhao Shijiao saw a red mark on her snow-white thin wrist, and he was distressed, if that person was not her husband, he would have shot a long time ago.
Shen Wanzhen lowered her head and thought about her thoughts, but she didn't see anyone behind the tree, the two were getting closer and closer, Zhao Shizhen was short of breath, and her heart was beating wildly, but Shen Wanzhen suddenly stopped her steps, turned back, and went in the opposite direction, Zhao Shizhen wanted to call her, but when she saw someone coming, she gave up, and kept looking at her and walked away, and she couldn't see it, so she walked out from behind the tree.
Shen Wanzhu was surrounded by a group of people to the back house, Aunt Zhang grabbed her, pulled her into her room, and asked happily, "Waiting for the prince?" β
Shen Wanzhu held the handkerchief in her hand, blushed, and whispered, "No." β
"Then how could the prince go back to his parents' house with you, what is the identity of the prince, how can a concubine work for the prince." Aunt Zhang's tone sounded more anxious than her daughter.
"I didn't expect the prince to follow, I just asked the housekeeper to take leave with the prince." Shen Wanzhu whispered proudly, wishful thinking that King Anyang liked her, and in order to give her a long face and support her in her mother's house, she deigned to descend to the Shen Mansion.
"You must seize the opportunity, originally your father was in the face of you, and promised me to record your brother in the name of your grandmother, your grandmother promised on the surface, and kept dragging it out, and gave your father a room girl, the master's heart has been fascinated by this little vixen, Bao'er's name, the master didn't mention it, and now the aunt is counting on you in the house." Aunt Zhang was worried that her lord's heart had been taken away by Xinnatong in the past few days, and she gave birth to a daughter who gave herself a long face, full of joy.
"That girl in the house?" Shen Wanzhu said strangely.
"It's not from our house, it's the girl of the third girl, called Feng'er, and the wife is coming to wait for your father." Aunt Zhang was dissatisfied with the authentic and secretly hated Shen Wanzhen's demolition.
"What does the third sister mean? Seeing that my mother and daughter were not pleasing to the eye, I actually got a girl and couldn't get along with my mother and daughter. Shen Wanzhu said angrily, and suddenly thought about it, Shen Wanzhen can't be offended, King Anyang values Bofu, and repeatedly mentions that with this relative of Bofu, he looks better on his face, so he said: "Is the third sister here?" I'm going to meet her. β
"I'm here early, I'm here with her husband, I'm entertaining guests in the flower hall, don't quarrel with her in front of people when you go, let the prince know that it's not good." Aunt Zhang said uneasily.
"Don't worry, auntie, I'll be closer to her than ever." Shen Wanzhu said, and went to the flower hall with her aunt.
Entering the flower hall, the clothes were fragrant and the temples were shining, and the crowds were crowded, Shen Wanzhu watched it for a long time, but she didn't see Shen Wanzhen, and asked a girl, saying that the third aunt asked her aunt to find out Lu.
Shen Wanzhu had a casual chat with a familiar concubine, and finally saw Shen Xuanzhen's figure appear at the door of the flower hall, hurriedly left the concubine, greeted the past, and squatted forward, "Hello sister!" β
"Hello sister!" Shen Wanzhen saw Pingli, and her attitude was neither cold nor close.
Shen Wanzhu didn't care what her attitude was, she took her hand affectionately, and said enthusiastically: "You and my sister are married now, my sister has to go to the palace to play, and my sister has time to go to Bofu to find my sister, my sister won't ignore my sister, right?" β
Shen Wanzhen was held by her, it was inconvenient to pull it out, the two were not so close, but they just made an intimate appearance, she felt awkward in her heart, and said with a smile: "How can the palace be a place where everyone goes." β
These words, which sounded like a compliment, Shen Wanzhu was happy in her heart, and she was about to say something considerate.
A girl came in, saw her at a glance, and hurried over, "Fifth aunt, the prince is going back to the palace, ask the girl if she will stay at her mother's house for a few more days?" β
When Shen Wanzhu heard this, she immediately let go of Shen Wanzhen's hand, and before she could say hello, she hurried with the maid.
Shen Wanzhen looked at her back and shook her head and smiled.
King Anyang raised his leg and got into the carriage at the moment when he raised his leg and got into the carriage under the almost humble and flattering gaze of everyone in the Shen Mansion, and there was no figure he wanted to see, and Shen Wanzhu then got into the carriage.
Zhao Shijiao was silent, through the half-rolled curtain of the car door, his eyes looked outward at the twilight of the capital.
Shen Wanzhu was still excited, and the prince accompanied her back to her parents' house, her face was a lot brighter, and even her aunt had enough confidence to speak in the Shen Mansion.
Shen Wanzhu peeked at Zhao Shijiao, the two were very close, she wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity, she slowly moved over and got close to him, but Zhao Shijiao didn't pay attention, Shen Wanzhu gently leaned her head on Zhao Shijiao's shoulder, and called out softly and shyly, "Lord Wang, what do you want?" β
Zhao Shijiao realized this time, looked sideways at her head on his shoulder, and frowned unconsciously, Shen Wanzhu saw that he didn't move, and leaned against him again, her eyes were like silk, "The prince condescended to the concubine, the concubine was grateful, and the concubine was able to serve the prince, which is a great blessing." β
Zhao Shijiao's body flashed to the side, and he said in a cold tone: "Your grandfather is an old minister of the first dynasty, and this king should go to Daoxi." β
He didn't want Shen Wanzhu to misunderstand, thinking that he was going to Shen Mansion for her.
Shen Wanzhu saw that the prince moved to the side, and he didn't seem to be very happy when he heard the voice, so he straightened his body, not daring to bother Zhao Shijiao.
At a glance, seeing the charcoal brazier in the car in front of Zhao Shijiao's feet, Shen Wanzhu pretended to play with the charcoal fire and bent over to lean over, approaching Zhao Shijiao, and deliberately rubbing him back and forth.
Zhao Shijiao said: "It's too hot in the car, move the brazier aside." β
This sentence had obvious intentions, and it was cold and boring, Shen Wanzhu made a big red face and moved the brazier aside.
Zhao Shijiao wanted to ask Shen Wanzhen how she was doing in Bofu, and intuitively felt that she was not doing very well, but looking at Shen Wanzhu's appearance, it seemed that the sisters were not close, and I was afraid that I didn't know how much Lu Dao was, so I couldn't help but ask.
Aunt Ying nested on the kang every day, quickly emaciated, her hair was not combed, her face was not washed, Chunxiao was worried, and went to invite Zhan Shaoting, but Zhan Shaoting spoke coldly but couldn't come.
Aunt Ying recuperated for nearly half a month, her body recovered, this day, lying on the kang greasy, thinking about Chunxiao's little hooves, these days are always not in the house, it seems that she is not willing to go to the farm with herself, Aunt Ying wants to go to the farm and is annoyed, if she leaves this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to come back.
I have died in the countryside all my life, I am still young, I am in my youth, I feel terrible when I think about it, I think about it, I get up and dress up, my body has recovered after giving birth, I want to stay late, and go to the outer study to find Zhan Shaoting.
It's easy to look forward to it until it gets dark, and Chunxiao doesn't even have a shadow, so Aunt Ying quietly hides from people and goes to the outer study to find Zhan Shaoting.
I didn't meet anyone all the way, I went to the door of the outer study, saw that the lights were on inside, and hurriedly pushed the door gently to enter, and saw Qiushuang sweeping the floor. β
"I didn't come back, I said I won't be back tonight." Aunt Ying was a little disappointed, and said helplessly: "If the second master comes back, my sister will tell me that I came to find the second master." Now that Aunt Ying has lost power, even the second master is tired of her, and Qiushuang disdains her.
Qiushuang perfunctorily agreed, and Aunt Ying left.
As soon as she left, Zhan Shaoting came back, and as soon as the door rang, Qiushuang thought that Aunt Ying was back again, and she didn't raise her head, and said, "Didn't you say that the master won't come back?" β
"Who are you talking to?" Zhan Shaoting asked.
As soon as Qiushuang heard the movement, she looked up and saw Zhan Shaoting coming back, and put down the broom in her hand, "It's Miss Ying who came to find the master, didn't the master order not to see her." β
Zhan Shaoting said in disgust: "If you come again, you will say that I am not there." Zhan Shaoting remembered the little trick she played, and he felt deceived.
The next day, Aunt Ying went out to stand at the door for a while, remembering that she would go to the farm in a few days, and all thoughts were lost.
The road is narrow, just in time for the red note to come in from outside the courtyard, the red note since he knew that Aunt Ying's fetus had fallen, so he dared to come out, he lived in a courtyard before, and he was hiding from Aunt Ying, afraid that she would make it bad.
As soon as Hongjian entered the courtyard, he saw Aunt Ying, and remembered that she framed herself with the fetus in her womb, and she was angry.
The red note walked to the middle of the courtyard, and said loudly in the direction where Aunt Ying was standing: "Yu'er, you see the birds flying high, and the blind sparrow falls down as soon as it flutters, just like some people who are not interested, fluttering and fluttering, but in the end it is still empty." β
Aunt Ying was uncomfortable in her heart, and when she heard her scolding Huai, she answered: "The blind sparrow is better than the old eagle who sees the sky and screams blindly." β
As soon as she heard the red note, Aunt Ying scolded her for being an old eagle, and new hatred and old hatred came up together, crossing her waist, "Who are you scolding?" β
"I didn't scold you, you have a weak heart." Aunt Ying is not happy, and she also broke the jar.
The red note snorted to the ground, and said gloatingly: "I don't want to be welcomed, and I haven't been sent to the countryside Zhuangzi." β
When Aunt Ying heard this, she was even more heartbroken, and scolded in a low voice; "Don't be ashamed, take advantage of the fact that I can't wait for the master, pull the master to the house, the second master will not be your turn to be a slut if he leaves, and he will send it to the door in a hurry, and the master is too lazy to pay attention." You have to turn around and go into the house.
When the red note heard it, it poked her in the sore spot, and as soon as Aunt Ying turned around, the red note rushed up at once, grabbing Aunt Ying's hair bun from behind, "Slut, let you scold." β
Then she kicked and beaten, Aunt Ying turned around, and also struggled to grab the red note, and the two fought in the court.
Yu'er behind the red note saw that the master was fighting, and couldn't persuade her, Chunxiao ran out, saw Aunt Ying and the red note fighting, and hurriedly ran outside to call people.
ran out of the side courtyard and went to the upper room, just when Zhan Shaoting and Shen Wanzhen came back from outside, Zhan Shaoting and Shen Wanzhen did not speculate, and walked to Chunxiao.
Chunxiao ran over and said breathlessly: "Quick, master, my master and the red girl are fighting." β
"Where?" Zhan Shaoting asked.
"In the West Side." Zhan Shaoting was even more bored, and his wife and concubine didn't stop, and even blocked him.
Aunt Ying made a faceless mess a while ago, and caused trouble again, she couldn't help frowning, Chunxiao told him that he couldn't help but take a look, so he went to the west courtyard, Chunxiao followed behind, trotted all the way into the courtyard.
At this moment, Aunt Ying and the red note have been pulled apart by the maid's mother-in-law, Zhan Shaoting saw Aunt Ying's hair scattered, a while ago in Shen Wanzhen's upper room fell and her head was broken, and now she still has a scar, her face grabbed the ground, the skin was broken, just scabbed, scratched by the long nails of the red note, and the bright red flesh was exposed, her face was full of blood, seeing Aunt Ying's embarrassed appearance, Zhan Shaoting frowned, turned his head in disgust, saw the red note hair in a messy bun, standing and panting, he was angry, and shouted angrily: "It's the opposite." β
Aunt Ying pointed to the red note, "She scolded me first." β
Aunt Ying's wicked person sued first, and the red note did not show weakness, "It was she who said that I seduced the master." β
Zhan Shaoting saw that Aunt Ying was beaten by the red note, and scolded the red note: "If you make trouble, find a tooth woman to pull out the hair and sell it." β
The red note couldn't help but be aggrieved, and pointed loudly at Aunt Ying and said: "She lied to the master in the countryside Zhuangzi that it was fake that she was pregnant, and she took Langzhong Hu San's medicine, but she didn't expect that she was really pregnant with a child, and she took the medicine she shouldn't have taken to make trouble, and she wanted to rely on me and the young lady, and the master didn't believe it and asked Shangxiang." Shen Wanzhen released Shang Xiang and let her family take her back, and her brother and sister-in-law matched her with a small servant in the house.
Zhan Shaoting listened, and looked at Aunt Ying's eyes that were wrong, and Aunt Ying's affairs were so far, she also let go of it, desperate, pointed to the red note and said viciously: "Second master, the little hooves of the red note fornicate with foreign men, I don't believe you ask her maid." β
Yu'er's face changed in fright, and her red mouth stiffened, "You are talking nonsense, you are framing me." β
"A month ago, you went to the east corner gate of the back garden, and bought the old Xia woman to leave the door for you, and you and this girl went out, took a bag of things, and gave it to a man."
Zhan Shaoting said with a heavy face: "Is there such a thing?" "Compared to Aunt Ying's fake pregnancy, it is clear that adultery is more intolerable.
The red note was so frightened that her face was like earth, and in a panic, she didn't know how to explain it, so she had to deny it, "Don't listen to her nonsense." β
"If I talk nonsense, the sky is thundering, and the old Xia Pozi will know that Chunxiao and I will see it with our own eyes behind her master and servant."
Zhan Shaoting glanced at Chunxiao, and Chunxiao nodded.
Zhan Shaoting's face turned black when he looked at the red note, the red note was so frightened that he trembled, Zhan Shaoting saw that Yu'er had already collapsed to the ground in fright, and this matter could not be wrong.
Zhan Shaoting was furious, Shen Wanzhen thought in her heart, thinking about the adulterer, the little slut of Hongjian, under his nose, actually did such a dirty thing, which was even more unbearable than Shen Wanzhen.
Anger came up, caught up, and suddenly kicked over, the red note was not guarded, this kick was kicked in the stomach, 'ah' the red note screamed, the person flew backwards, and fell heavily to the ground.
Everyone was stunned, and for a while, "blood, blood" Chunxiao trembled and pointed to the red note, bright red blood flowed out along the red note's trouser legs, and in an instant, there was a big mess on the ground, looking at the red note's pale face, holding his lower abdomen, and curling up.