In Mrs. Yan's house, the personal maid Lily held the porridge, sat on the edge of the kang, took a bite of porridge, saw Mrs. Yan close her eyes, and persuaded distressedly: "Madam, you haven't eaten water and rice for two days, how can it be good if your body bones are boiled down like this?" ”

Mrs. Yan opened her eyes, her eyes were blank, and she said resentfully, "Am I stupid? ”

Lily said sadly: "No, sooner or later, the prince will know Mrs. Dao's heart." ”

Mrs. Yan shook her head and said sadly: "How could he not know my heart, but his heart was given to others, and he could no longer tolerate me." ”

Lily turned her face away sadly, walked to the table, put the porridge bowl on the table, and stood at the table with her back for a while.

After a long time, she turned around, walked to the edge of the kang, and comforted: "Madame's good, the prince will understand slowly." ”

Mrs. Yan smiled bitterly, closed her eyes, and said in her heart, he only has the woman who is the princess in his eyes now.

"Madame can't be discouraged, the slave believes that Madame's infatuation with the prince can't be compared."

Mrs. Yan didn't speak, and for a while, "Bring me the porridge to eat." ”

Lily thought she had misheard, and Mrs. Yan said again, "Bring me the porridge to eat." ”

"Help me up."

Lily said happily, "Take it now, slave." ”

Helping Mrs. Yan up, she walked quickly to the table and picked up the bowl of porridge, touched it with her hand, it was warm, and sat on the edge of the kang to feed the master, Mrs. Yan reached out and took it, "I'll come by myself." ”

Lily watched her finish a bowl of porridge and took the empty bowl.

Mrs. Yan took out the embroidered handkerchief and touched the corners of her lips, "You are right, I was born as a prince, maybe one day, the prince will think of me." ”

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the imperial court started, and since Zhao Shijiao received the errand of the national eunuch, he started to go to the court every day.

In winter, the fifth watch was not bright, the house was very dark, Zhao Shijiao got up in the dark, afraid of alarming Shen Wanzhen, as soon as he got off the ground, Shen Wanzhen stretched out his arm in a daze and muttered, "Lord, you are so bad!" ”

Zhao Shijiao thought she was awake, turned around, and saw her lying on the pillow, sleeping soundly, talking in a dream, he saw that her legs were dishonestly stretched out of the quilt again, gently put her legs back into the quilt, and saw that she was not awake, so he lightly put her feet on the kang.

When Shen Wanzhen woke up, she saw that her side was empty, Zhao Shijiao left early, Xiuju and Qiaoshan came in to serve and dress, and Xiuju said: "The side concubine and the lady will greet the princess today as usual." ”

Zhao Shijiao is not here, Shen Wanzhen is not so kind-hearted, if this item is exempted, the concubine of the palace should have established rules a long time ago.

"Mrs. Shen hasn't come up today"

"Mrs. Shen didn't come, so let the maid say that she was not feeling well."

"Didn't you say it hurt your stomach this time?" Shen Wanzhen sneered and said, "Mrs. Shen is not lightly ill, and she can't climb the kang for three or four days, so it seems that she can't be careless." ”

Xiuju listened to the meaning of the master's words, and knew that the master was going to rectify the five girls, and in the past two days, all the concubines saw that Mrs. Shen despised the princess, and the princess did not punish her, so they became more and more neglectful.

Shen Wanzhen sat at the table for breakfast, Concubine Han, Mrs. Xiao, and the Xu sisters stood aside and waited, and Mrs. Xiao took a bowl of porridge from Qiao Shan and carefully placed it in front of Shen Wanzhen.

Shen Wanzhen ate the porridge in one bite, "Concubine Xue and Mrs. Xiao Han came to greet the princess." The little maid at the door came in and replied.

Shen Wanzhen didn't say anything, she was still eating porridge unhurriedly, the maid didn't know the point, thinking that the princess didn't hear clearly, and said again, "Concubine Xue and Mrs. Xiao Han greet the princess." ”

Mrs. Yan glanced at her, "I didn't see the princess eating, she didn't say anything about her food, she didn't know how to sleep, and she didn't understand the rules at all." ”

The little girl's face changed in fright, and she hurriedly withdrew, Xue Jin and Mrs. Xiao Han were waiting outside, thinking that the princess had let her in, and just wanted to go inside, the little maid hurriedly stopped at the door, "The princess is eating, and the side concubine and Mrs. are waiting for the princess to finish eating, and the slave and maid are going in and back." ”

Xue Jin stood very reluctantly, glanced at the bright room, had to stand outside and wait, and didn't dare to go back, when Xue Jin was a girl, he had gotten up so early to ask his mother for peace, that was to meet the occasion, and only went back to the sun.

Shen Wanzhen didn't speak, and after eating the last bite, she threw the silver spoon into the sweet white glazed small bowl, and asked in a long voice, "Mrs. Shen is still well?" ”

Mama Yan said respectfully: "Back to the princess, Mrs. Shen seems to be very sick, and she hasn't come up to greet the princess for three or four days." ”

Shen Wanzhen took the handkerchief handed over by Qiao Shan, nodded the corners of her mouth, threw it to Qiao Shan, stood up and said: "Let's go, follow me to see Mrs. Shen, if you have any bad disease, move it out, there are many people in the palace, so you don't have to pass the illness to others." ”

Mama Yan followed behind and deliberately said: "If it's not good, move to the temple to live, with the blessing of the Buddha, you can probably calm it." ”

Hearing the princess's cold tone, several concubines couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines, thinking, the princess is really ruthless enough, she wants to send it to the temple, if the princess really does this, it is estimated that the prince will not be able to say anything.

"Mrs. Yan is also sick?" Shen Wanzhen asked as she walked.

Mama Yan said: "Mrs. Yan's maid, Mrs. Yan is hot and cold, probably cold. ”

"It's freezing when I'm playing the piano outside on a cold day." Concubine Han said in a gloomy manner, she was very disdainful of Mrs. Yan for competing for favor in this way, and the means of lowly people were not clever.

"Let's all step aside" Shen Wanzhen walked out, without looking at a few concubines, and said coldly.

Walking to the door, Concubine Xue and Mrs. Xiao Han stood outside for a while, and finally waited for her to come out, squatted down and saluted, "Say hello to the princess"

Shen Wanzhen didn't seem to see it, and kept walking down the steps, and the two of them had a big red face.

Shen Wanzhen took Mama Yan and other housekeepers' daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law to the courtyard where Shen Wanzhu lived, and Mama Yan said in her heart, if you want to say that the fifth girl also doesn't know the current affairs, let the princess repeatedly use her as a fighter, and she doesn't have a long memory, everyone is staring, if the master is soft-handed and sets this precedent, she will not be able to suppress it in the future.

Shen Wanzhen and a group of people had just entered the outer room, just as Fluttershy came out to pour water, and blurted out, "Princess"

"Your master is in the house?" As she spoke, Shen Wanzhen entered the inner room without pausing.

Shen Wanzhu just got up and was grooming, this cold day, she went to the room to say goodbye, she was lazy and moved, so she said that she was not happy, and stayed in the house comfortably, thinking, I don't say that my stomach hurts this time, see what else can you do to me? The prince is not at home, and she is not short of people to wait, pretending to set up rules, who likes to go to her early in the morning to see her put the princess on the shelf.

was smug, she never expected Shen Wanzhen to come in person, as soon as she heard Shen Wanzhen's voice outside, she suddenly felt panicked, at this time, Shen Wanzhen had already entered the house.

Shen Wanzhu calmed down, stood up, gave a little blessing, regarded as a salute, and whispered: "I've seen the princess"

Shen Wanzhen didn't speak, she circled around her twice, looked her up and down, looked Shen Wanzhu a little confused, and blurted out in a panic, "What are you going to do?" ”

At this time, the little maid outside came in and said, "Back to the princess, the doctor is here." ”

Shen Wanzhen ordered someone to ask for a doctor early in the morning, and the people on the gate outside knew that the master inside was sick, so they didn't dare to delay, so they hurriedly invited a Lang Zhong to come.

Shen Wanzhu looked at her suspiciously, and Mama Yan said coldly: "The doctor is here, please ask Mrs. Shen to go to the kang and let the doctor take a good look." ”

Shen Wanzhu forgot about this stubble, and wanted to say that she didn't need the doctor to see the illness, but suddenly remembered that she said that she was not feeling well, so she had to reluctantly climb onto the kang and put down the tent.

"The princess sent the doctor in."

A middle-aged doctor walked in with a medicine box and saluted the princess first, Shen Wanzhen said: "Doctor Trouble, take a good look, this Mrs. Shen has been sick for several days, and her body is so weak that she can't get out of the house, and it's difficult to even walk." "Shen Wanzhen deliberately said that it was serious, and it would be difficult for the doctor to say that there was nothing wrong with it, if he said that there was nothing wrong, people would be sick like this, and there must always be a reasonable explanation.

When the doctor heard this, he sat down and took the pulse carefully, but he changed his left and right hands and touched the pulse, and he felt strange, this lady did not have any problems with her body, she looked at her complexion, her complexion was white and powdery, and she didn't look like a person with a serious illness.

He said a few words nonsense and prescribed medicine.

Sending the doctor away, Shen Wanzhen immediately ordered someone to go to the pharmacy to grab the medicine, and personally watched the medicine, Shen Wanzhen was not in a hurry, took a book from the shelf, and read it boredly.

The unpleasant smell of herbs wafted into the room under the door curtain, and Shen Wanzhu covered her nose, her stomach was really uncomfortable.

Fluttershy, the maid, picks up the medicine pot, cleans the dregs, and enters the room with a bowl full of medicine.

Shen Wanzhen looked at Shen Wanzhu, who had sat up on the kang, smiled slightly, and ordered the maid, "Wait for your master to drink." ”

Fluttershy didn't dare to disobey, and walked forward with the bowl and said timidly, "Master, the medicine is cold." ”

"Take it, I don't drink this bitter pottion." Shen Wanzhu covered her nose with an embroidered handkerchief and turned her face.

Shen Wanzhen said in a gentle voice: "Sister, how can you do it if you are sick and don't drink medicine?" ”

Say it, and glanced at the subordinate she brought, "Wait for Mrs. Shen to drink, she can't help being willful." ”

A few daughters-in-law came up and persuaded them, "For the sake of Mrs. Princess, the doctors all said that Mrs. is not lightly ill, and she will not take medicine to see Dafa." "She said it well, but her subordinates showed no mercy, and there were two or three people who held her down.

Shen Wanzhu saw that people were hard, she couldn't move her hands, kicked her legs, struggled, and shouted at the top of her throat: "Bold dog slave, dog fights people, dare to commit the following." ”

Shen Wanzhen chuckled, "I don't think the following offenders are subordinates, it is precisely you, Madame, who will serve Mrs. Shen well." ”

Holding down her mother-in-law's subordinates added strength, Mama Yan blocked her body, pinched her cheeks, and Mrs. Qian forced the medicine to pour her down, a big bowl was not ruined at all, and let her drink it in her stomach.

Only then did everyone spread their hands, Shen Wanzhu pinched her neck, retching, the medicinal soup had already been swallowed in her stomach, Shen Wanzhen sneered, "Remember, Mrs. Shen's medicine is three times a day, and I am not allowed to drop one meal until I am cured." ”

"Yes, princess" The princess spoke, the one who dared to be disrespectful, Shen Wanzhu vomited so much that tears fell and she couldn't speak.

Shen Wanzhen glanced at her contemptuously, snorted coldly, your arms can't twist your thighs, give you three points of color, and you will open a dyeing workshop.

Out of Shen Wanzhu's yard, Shen Wanzhen said to Mama Yan: "When you go to Mrs. Yan's yard, you will say that I listened to her play the piano well, and when she was cured, she came to my yard to play, anyway, the prince is not in the house, the prince doesn't like to listen, I love to listen." ”

Mrs. Yan was instructed by her master to take two people to Mrs. Yan's room, and Mrs. Yan was actually not seriously ill, but she was sick with her heart, and she was panicked.

Lily was stunned when she saw Mrs. Yan, and hurriedly shouted to the inner room, "Mother Yan is here." ”

"Your master is in the house?"

"In the house, mom please." Lily was busy raising the cotton curtain.

Mrs. Yan held the lid of the teacup in her hand, glanced at Mrs. Yan, and said softly, "Mom is here." ”

Mrs. Yan tugged at the corners of her mouth and squatted □ slightly, "The old slave asks Mrs. for peace." ”

"Is there something wrong with Mama Yan?"

Mrs. Yan's eyes flashed, she smiled, and said, "The princess heard that Madame is sick, so let the old slave come over and take a look." ”

"It's because my body is not angry, I caught a cold at night, and I was dizzy in the morning, this will be no big problem, Princess Lao remembers." Mrs. Yan spoke softly and didn't look at Mrs. Yan.

Mrs. Yan was also ruthless, "The princess asked the old slave to tell her wife, and the princess said that she didn't understand the music, but she could listen to her wife play the piano well, the prince didn't like to listen to it, the princess loved to listen, and the lady had to go to the room to play it for the princess, anyway, the princess was not at home." ”

After Mrs. Yan finished speaking, she glanced at Mrs. Yan with her eyes, and saw that her hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and her face turned red.

At this time, a little maid bumped in, and before ......she finished speaking, Mrs. Yan said sharply: "I don't care about my own identity, I want to earn up, but the master can't tolerate an unruly slave like you." ”

Mrs. Yan pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, but Mrs. Yan was so angry that she trembled all over, and she couldn't say half a sentence.

Mrs. Yan looked at her lips and turned white with anger, and said in a long voice: "Madame, take care, the old slave retires and goes back to pay for the errand." ”

Say, take the man and go.

One of her daughters-in-law said, "Mom didn't see Mrs. Yan's face, and even my slaves and maids felt panicked when they heard it." ”

Zhao Shijiao returned to the house, went to the upper room, entered the hall, Qiao Shan squatted down and whispered: "The prince is back." Gently pushing open the door of the west room, Zhao Shijiao entered.

In the blue yarn cupboard, Shen Wanzhen was wearing a water red and gold gauze dress, looking naïve and sleeping soundly.

Zhao Shijiao walked over lightly, and just wanted to lean □ and kiss her, but Shen Wanzhen opened her eyes and said in a lazy voice: "Are you back?" ”

Squinting slightly, he lazily ordered: "Pick up the princess." ”

Zhao Shijiao looked at her with love in his eyes, bent down and smiled: "The slave obeys." ”

sat on the edge of the kang and sat her up, Shen Wanzhen was lazy, soft as boneless, and lay on him.

He stroked her messy hair caressingly, "Dinner will be opened early, and I will take you out of the house, so as to save you from being bored at home all day." ”

Shen Wanzhen sat up straight from his arms and widened her eyes, "Where to go?" ”

He looked at her with a smile, "Look at the lanterns"

Shangyuan Festival, is the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, ten days before and after the Shangyuan Festival to enjoy the lanterns, Zhao Shizhen and Shen Wanzhen had dinner, and went out of the house in a sedan chair to the southeast lamp market in Beijing.

Get off the sedan chair, Shen Wanzhen raised her eyes and looked at it, the east and west streets, stretching for two miles, several streets are all lamp markets, both sides are full of color buildings, north and south are facing each other, Zhumen embroidered households, painting carved beams, tall lamp wheels, lamp towers and lamp trees, the lights are brilliant, the lamps burn the land and sea.

The colorful buildings on both sides are all lit up, businessmen gather, the street is full of people, laughter is full, the street is full of lights, guess the lantern riddles, set off fireworks, firecrackers.

Zhao Shijiao grabbed her hand tightly, afraid that the tourists would disperse, so the guards wore civilian clothes and separated the crowd on both sides, for fear of squeezing the prince and the princess.

Shen Wanzhen watched the shop set up a high mat shed, hung lights, set up cases, set up baskets, and made a big Lantern Festival business.

Bowls of floating balls are now boiling out of the pot, steaming, dripping and round, Shen Wanzhen looked at her and swallowed her saliva, Zhao Shijiao saw her standing and watching the diners eat, and said with a smile: "I'll accompany you to eat a bowl." ”

Shen Wanzhen immediately pulled him and found a place to sit down, Zhao Shijiao beckoned to the runner, "Work, come to two bowls." ”

The job was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, and the loud response, after a while, two bowls of floating balls were served, and the two of them ate it, Shen Wanzhen had a few floating balls in her stomach, and looked at Zhao Shijiao, Zhao Shijiao ate with her head bored, Shen Wanzhen suddenly felt very happy, if there were just two people, living an ordinary life, without a group of concubines in the palace, how good the life would be.

As soon as they put down the dishes and chopsticks, a small servant who seemed to be from a big family walked towards them, Zhao Shijiao's guards hurriedly stopped, but the little guy shouted: "The little one is looking for this son, and it was my seventh master who asked the little one to come." ”

Zhao Shijiao stopped him, "Don't stop him, let him come over." ”

The little guy came over and saluted, "Third master, my seventh master asked the little one to find the third master." ”

The little guy whispered, "My seventh master is the king, and he is waiting for the prince in the Cailou not far from here, saying that there is something important." ”

The little guy pointed to a tall colorful building not far from the guide, "It's on that floor." ”

Zhao Shijiao looked at Shen Xuanzhen, "There are many people on this street, you wait for me here, I'll go back when I go." ”

Shen Wanzhen nodded and said, "You go!" ”

Zhao Shijiao instructed the guards a few more words to protect the princess, and hurriedly followed him.

Shen Wanzhen was idle, stood up, and went to look at the lights nearby, she was standing under a lamp tree, she was fascinated, and a voice sounded in her ears, "Princess An is so interested!" ”

Shen Wanzhen turned around in shock, and under the light of Yan Shan, a long and jade man stood a few steps behind her.

Shen Wanzhen took a breath, and it took a long time to feel relieved, "Miss Wu, no, Miss Shen, scared?" ”

Shen Wanzhen said with a cold face: "You asked people to call him away?" ”

"What a smart Shen girl." King Ping took two steps forward, a smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"What do you want to do?" Shen Wanzhen was angry in her voice.

King Ping smiled and said, "Leave him." ”

"What, what did you say?"

"Leave Him"

At this time, Shen Xuanzhen's eyes widened in surprise and opened her mouth, she suddenly saw Zhao Shijiao standing behind King Ping, his hand stretched out to the inside of the crane, and the open placket revealed the hilt of the sword, and Zhao Shijiao held the hilt of the sword with his hand.

The moment King Ping turned around, King An's hand left the hilt of his sword.

"The younger brother meets the third brother." King Ping saluted as if nothing had happened.

Zhao Shijiao didn't speak, and King Ping smiled: "The younger brother came out to enjoy the lanterns, and happened to meet the third sister-in-law, it turned out that the third brother also came, so the younger brother didn't bother and said goodbye." ”

Zhao Shijiao watched King Ping disappear into the sea of people.

Shen Wanzhen looked at him worriedly and said, "You just left and came back?" ”

"If you want to break me up, you two will have a private meeting." Zhao Shijiao's tone was cold.

"You misunderstood, didn't you ......" Before Shen Wanzhen finished speaking, Zhao Shijiao turned around and strode away.