Shen Wanzhu sat in a sedan chair back to the palace in a low mood, and when she arrived at the head of the palace, she rested the sedan chair, and the maid helped her down the sedan chair. ωωω.? ωχ?. σяg Are you still watching today? (pro, ())"

Shen Wanzhu was overjoyed in her heart, but said that the prince was fascinated by her sister, and it seemed that she had not forgotten her, and went to the prince's bedroom with joy in her heart.

Zhao Shijiao didn't see Shen Wanzhen that day, and Shen Wanzhen went back to her parents' house, worried in her heart, and there was a slightly urgent footstep outside the hall.

"The concubine sees the prince." Shen Wanzhu came to the palace.

Zhao Shijiao hummed, put down a short knife with a beautifully carved hilt in his hand, raised his head, and said, "You have returned to your parents' house." ”

"Yes" Shen Wanzhu was secretly happy, the prince still cared about her, and even knew the little thing of her going back to her parents' house, because she had not yet established a concubine, the internal affairs of the palace were taken care of by Concubine Han, she only needed to tell Concubine Han when she returned to her parents' house, Concubine Han allowed it, the prince didn't ask, Xue Jin and Han Lan were both concubines and had equal status, but Zhao Shijiao pointed out that Concubine Han took care of the affairs of the palace, Xue Jin felt that her face couldn't go up and down, and as soon as she entered the palace, she was trampled on by Concubine Han, and complained to Shen Wanzhu a few times in private.

"Your sister has returned to her parents' house?" Zhao Shijiao asked as if he was inadvertent.

Shen Wanzhu was just annoyed, and the prince mentioned Shen Wanzhen again, his heart was uncomfortable, and he didn't dare to make a temperament with the prince, so he bowed his head and said; "I'm back to my parents' house."

"Are you used to it?" Shen Wanzhu's face froze, and Zhao Shijiao was focused on Shen Wanzhen, and he didn't pay much attention to her

"It's just a temporary stay, and it will be carried into the palace in a few days." Shen Wanzhu was angry in her heart and blurted out.

"What? You said your sister went to the palace? Zhao Shijiao was surprised, what was going on, he didn't know what to do.

Shen Wanzhu raised her head slightly, looking at him with a look of disbelief, and also puzzled, "It's not that the prince wants to take a concubine, the queen mother Zhao and my parents told me to send it to the palace, doesn't the prince still know the way?" ”

Zhao Shijiao buzzed, this was arranged by the queen mother, and he wondered if Shen Wanzhen's mother-in-law suddenly came to pick her up, there must be a reason, I don't know what Shen Wanzhen would think when she knew Lu Dao?

Zhao Shijiao hurriedly ordered to change his clothes, hurriedly walked out of the dormitory, and hung Shen Wanzhu there, blushing with embarrassment.

Zhao Shijiao entered the palace and went straight to the Empress Dowager Cining Palace, came to the palace gate, and was stopped by the eunuch guarding the door, "Lord, the Empress Dowager is resting inside." ”

Zhao Shijiao didn't care, raised his legs and walked in, the eunuch saw that the prince was breaking in, and he didn't dare to let it in, so he hurriedly stopped, "Lord, the prince can't go in, disturb the queen mother, the slaves can't afford to eat, the prince should only feel sorry for the slaves." ”

"Whoever is noisy outside, it doesn't make people sleep anymore." The Queen Mother's displeasure came from the dormitory.

"Back to the Queen Mother, it's the prince who is here." disturbed the queen mother's dream, if this was left to ordinary people, there were a few heads, the eunuch was so frightened that his face changed, and he hurriedly returned inward.

"Don't stop him, let him in."

Zhao Shijiao strode into the queen mother's bedroom, "See the queen mother." And he bowed, and he knelt down.

"You have something to say when you look for the mourners." As soon as the queen mother saw that her son's face was not good, she guessed about Shen Wanzhen.

"The son wants to marry Shen Wanzhen as a concubine, and the queen mother should not let her be her son's concubine."

When the Queen Mother heard her son's exit, she blamed herself, was displeased, and said with a cold face: "She asked you to come?" Did she pry you out and say you didn't want to be a concubine? The Queen Mother had an even worse impression of Shen Wanzhen, provoking discord between her mother and son, and provoking her son to disobey her mother.

"No, the queen mother misunderstood, her son came by herself, and she didn't even want to be her son's concubine."

"That's what she wants to do." The queen mother was funny in her heart, this woman really has a set, she fascinated her son, and she was obedient and willing to fight for her fame.

"The queen mother is not too much to save people." The Queen Mother misinterpreted Shen Wanzhen, and Zhao Shijiao was in a hurry, so she didn't choose what to say.

"What, mourning for the family?" The queen mother's eyebrows are high and angry, and her image in her son's heart is like this.

"Son should die, son said the wrong thing." Zhao Shijiao saw that he annoyed his mother again, and hurriedly asked for guilt.

"You love her so much that you don't care about anything, what's so good about her? You don't even want the name of the prince for her? The Queen Mother was furious, and would rather cut off her title and reduce it to a commoner for the sake of a woman.

Zhao Shijiao knew that his mother was a confidant for many years, so he said boldly: "It's not for her, it's for his son himself." ”

The Queen Mother was stunned, a little confused, and looked at him puzzled, "What did you say?" For yourself? Where's that? ”

Zhao Shijiao said sincerely: "If the queen mother asks her, what is good? She doesn't have the beauty of the woman chosen by the queen mother, nor the versatility of the women in the palace, but she is real, she is the only woman next to her son who does not want to be a princess. ”

Empress Dowager Guo didn't believe it, "That's her means." ”

"Doesn't the queen mother believe in her son's vision, the son has seen countless beauties in his father's palace since he was a child, but his father has the sincerity of several women, even if it is the queen mother, does he really love his father so much? Shen Wanzhen didn't want to be a princess, her son grabbed her, she just wanted to live a simple and happy life, and her son just wanted to live a simple and happy life with her. Zhao Shijiao stared at the queen mother, his eyes were pleading.

"You were born in the royal family, it is your life, what life you want to live with her, this is up to you, I have told her father, send her to the palace, be your concubine, since she loves you, you shouldn't care about the reputation." Empress Dowager Guo was touched by her son's words, and her mood became heavy, decades of harem life, came on the tip of the knife, what is involuntarily, she has the most experience, for the first emperor, if she had love, she had been consumed by decades of cruel palace fighting, and her son was tired of the royal ruthlessness, but there was no way, he was her only son, if not, she could let him go to live the life he wanted to live, and love the woman he wanted to love.

Empress Dowager Guo felt tired in vain and waved her hand, "You go down, this matter is settled, and there will be no change." ”

Zhao Shijiao knew that he couldn't move his mother, stood up silently, and quit the road.

Shen Mansion

Mrs. Yan came to the upper room, she was out of the upper room, she was familiar, and asked a little maid, "Is Miss Feng'er in there?" ”

The little maid said to Rinnunu, "Wait for Mrs. to have dinner." ”

"Mom is looking for her?"

"There are a few important words to say to her." Mrs. Yan lied.

"If my mother has something important, let's talk to her myself, otherwise I will pass on the word and save my mother from waiting." The little maid laid a mat on the red railing under the eaves of the porch and asked Mrs. Yan to sit, and Mrs. Yan sat down and went up to the room to see Feng'er come out.

Finally waited until the table was picked up, the maid went in and out, Feng'er came out, Yan Pozi hurriedly whispered to stop, Feng'er saw Yan Pozi waving at her, knowing that she must have something important, so she came to the flower wall of the west wing with her, and then whispered: "What is the matter with my mother?" ”

Mrs. Yan saw that there was no one left and right, leaned in her ear, and whispered a few words.

Feng'er looked at the people around and whispered: "I also heard what the master said, the master instructed not to tell anyone, I was trying to sneak over, and secretly told the third girl, did the third girl make up her mind to leave?" ”

"I want to go, it's decided, can you get the back door key here?"

Feng'er lowered her head and thought about it, "I went to the room all day, and it was not difficult to steal the key when I saw the opportunity, but maybe that day, I tried my best to get the key as soon as possible." ”

"Miss Feng'er is really a person who values love and righteousness, the master didn't misunderstand you, that is, if we leave, Miss Feng'er will be discovered, but how can I explain to my wife, Miss Feng'er suffers, so that the old slave will not be endured." Mrs. Yan thought that if the Wu family found out that Feng'er had stolen the key and let Shen Jiazhen go, Feng'er would be in danger. The Wu family is black-hearted and will not let Feng'er go.

"Mom, don't worry, now my wife is using me to entrap my master, saying that there are many people in my wife's room, and no one will think that I stole the key." Feng'er is clever, and Mrs. Yan is relieved of her.

The two of them decided that Mama Yan didn't dare to delay for too long, for fear that people would see it and be suspicious.

That night, Feng'er didn't believe it, and Shen Wanzhen thought that she probably didn't get it, so she had to wait for Ming'er.

The next day, Shen Wanzhen waited for a noon, and did not see Feng'er's movement, a little anxious, several times asked Xiuju to go to the gate to look at the wind, but did not see Feng'er's shadow, hastily ate lunch, Shen Wanzhen was distraught, picked up the embroidery work on the kang, embroidered the face of her shoes, poked a few times with a silver needle, and was still on the kang, and she couldn't make up her mind about anything.

At the end of the morning, Shen Wanxin came from the upper room, and as soon as she entered the hall, she saw several people staring at her, "Huh? What's wrong with you today? ”

Shen Wanzhen hurriedly walked over affectionately and took her hand, "My sister has eaten lunch?" ”

"As soon as I picked up the table, my sister came to the third girl's house," the nurse who followed her interjected with a smile.

Embroidered chrysanthemum opened the scarlet felt curtain of Xinuan Pavilion, the two went in one after the other, followed by a maid of Shen Wanxin took off her embroidered shoes, sat on the kang, embroidered chrysanthemum brought a plate of osmanthus candy, Shen Wanxin picked one up and put it in her mouth, "soft and glutinous sweet"

Shen Wanzhen smiled: "When you leave for a while, take it on the bag, I like to eat this, it's too sweet and greasy." ”

"Sister goes to the palace and there is no shortage of this." Shen Wanxin said it smoothly, only to realize that she was speechless, her round eyes slipped away, and she said in a low voice: "The people in the wife's house said that my sister was carried into the palace after her sister, and my wife ordered her not to let her go out." ”

Shen Wanzhen was taken aback, the Wu family really moved quickly, and she was worried that there was only one day left in Ming'er, and Feng'er would be able to steal the key.

Shen Wanxin said anything, Shen Wanzhen was a little absent-minded, Shen Wanxin was young, and she didn't notice it, and after sitting for a while, Shen Wanxin's nurse said: "Girl, go back, the third girl is going out, how many things are busy, don't just disturb the third girl here." ”

Shen Wanxin put on her shoes and went to the ground, "I'm coming to see my sister tomorrow." ”

Shen Wanzhen saw that she was dressed thinly, so she asked Xiuju to bring her own gown, put it on her, and said with concern: "It's late, it's cold at night, and it's uneasy to turn around and freeze." ”

Shen Wanzhen stood under the eaves of the corridor, watching Shen Wanxin go out of the courtyard, Xiuju whispered anxiously: "Master, what can I do about this, the master will enter the palace later." ”

Shen Xuanzhen looked at the thin and cool night, the shadow cast by the high wall, and her body was a little cold, so she went into the house, thinking that if Feng'er couldn't succeed, she would run on the road where the sedan chair was traveling, and she couldn't enter the palace, and carried it into the palace.

Feng'er has been staring at the key for the past two days, the back door of the Shen Mansion, only to send things or pour swill and dirt is convenient to leave, usually open once a day, it turned out that the old woman who was guarding the door held the door key, and let the wife take it back these days.

Feng'er has been waiting in the room, looking for opportunities, and for the first two days, she saw that the key was pinned to Chen Sheng's waist, and she never took it down.

On this day, when the Wu family had breakfast, he said to Chen Sheng's family: "You go and pick a few brightly colored materials to come back, the three girls' new clothes are available, and the people she called in front of them also make one each, dressed decently, tomorrow night I am afraid it will be too late to enter the palace, you take back the materials, and send them directly to the embroidery room, let."

The embroidery girls put the work in their hands first, do it tightly, and ensure that they are worn tomorrow night. ”

Chen Sheng's family had a long day of thinking, and he had time, so he said: "Mrs., don't worry, there are three or four embroidery girls in the embroidery room, and there are only four people in front of the three girls, so how can you wear it tomorrow." ”

After Chen Shengjia finished speaking, he was about to go out, walked to the door, turned around and took the key from his waist, and called Liuli to his wife's eldest maid, and Liuli picked it up.

Feng'er waited for a day, the glass key did not leave, until the next day, the sewage truck came, the mother-in-law at the back door came to get the key, the glass was untied to her, the mother-in-law opened the door, and sent the key back, but at this time the glass was instructed by the wife to send the sister's things to the little grandson.

The woman told Feng'er to put the key on the table, and Feng'er saw that there was no one in the house, and his wife was in the middle, so she grabbed it in her hand.

At dusk, Feng'er took advantage of the busy meal, secretly ran out, took out the set of keys from her arms, handed them to Shen Wanzhen, and said: "The master asked that sister to open the back door first, the lock is hung, it looks like it is locked from a distance, no one will find it, I am getting the key back, I am waiting here, hurry up." ”

Time is tight, Xiuju is safe, Shen Wanzhen hurriedly asked her to go to the back door, and it didn't take much effort, Xiuju took the key back and handed it to Feng'er, "Do it according to your idea." ”

Wanzhen waited for Feng'er in the third thanks.

Feng'er hurriedly said, "No one can ask, just say that when you go, the door is not locked, and Mrs. will suspect that the person who did the work opened it and forgot to lock the door negligently." ”

Say it, and hurriedly go back to the upper room, Feng'er returned to the upper room, and saw that there was no one in the hall, and a little maid was standing at the door, Feng'er asked, "Is Sister Liuli back?"

The little maid said, "Not yet! Why is my wife looking for her after eating? said that Sister Liuli's heart is getting more and more wild, and this idea has gone for an hour. ”

Feng'er was relieved, and secretly put the key on the table while people didn't carry it, and people didn't know it.

Soon after Feng'er left, Shen Wanzhen packed up all her things, Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Qian had already left the house, and Mrs. only let the three girls look at her, and did not let the subordinates who looked at her.

Shen Wanzhen was all ready, just waiting for it to get dark, there was something in her heart, she felt that the time was very long, and it was easy to get to the time of the lamp, Xiuju and Qiaoshan were in a hurry, each carrying a burden, and they were about to leave, Shen Wanzhen said to stop her, "Wait a while, it's just getting dark now, and the people in the house are still outside and haven't returned to the house." ”

The two put down their burdens again, and Qiao Shan said: "The slave and maid went out to look at the wind." So saying, he went out of the hall.

Xiuju nervously walked back and forth on the ground, Shen Wanzhen glanced at her and said, "Don't be dangling in front of you all the time, it makes people dizzy." Shen Wanzhen was also nervous, but calmer than the maid.

Xiuju sat down on the edge of the kang, twisting the handkerchief with both hands, and saw that his heart was not at peace.

Suddenly, Qiao Shan's voice came from the courtyard, "Mrs. is here." ”

"You girls are in the house?"

"Yes." Qiao Shan replied and shouted loudly, "Master, Mrs. sees you coming." ”

Qiao Shan's first voice, Shen Wanzhen heard it, and she and Xiuju opened the box by the kang head and stuffed the burden inside.

As soon as the Wu family entered the hall, Shen Wanzhen just lifted the curtain to welcome him out.

Squatting down and saluting, "Hello mother." ”

Let Wu sit on the hall, Shen Wanzhen stood beside Wu, at this time, Xiuju served tea, Shen Wanzhen took it, and held it to Wu with her own hands, "Mother, please use tea." ”

Wu looked at her kindly and smiled, looking like a loving mother, and said softly: "Girl Ming'er went to the room, see if the dowry I prepared is appropriate, if there is anything you want, just tell me, your father has also explained, the dowry should be rich, and everything next to it is easy to do, that is, the land and shop for escort, and there is nowhere to dig for a while." ”

Wu looked at her as he spoke, waiting for her to make a statement, but Shen Wanzhen only pretended to be confused, lowered her eyes respectfully, and did not answer.

Wu scolded in his heart, and had to say the purpose of this: "I heard that your two shops have been sold? ”

Shen Wanzhen chuckled, she was still worried about the shop that accompanied the marriage, and she suspected that she didn't have any drawings, and she didn't know the exact point, so she pretended to be as it was: "It's all sold, and the silver and house deeds are all delivered." ”

Wu actually wanted to say that since the dowry is given to you, you still want double copies for your second marriage, so he said: "That's fine, the silver money is brought to the palace, and it can be regarded as a dowry, and you will be rich in the future." ”

Shen Wanzhen wanted her mother-in-law, but she wanted to save a dowry.

Shen Wanzhen saw that the sky was darkening, anxious, and looked at the Wu family to leave quickly, so she said briskly: "Time is in a hurry, my daughter's dowry is too late to purchase, anyway, the palace is not lacking anything, there is no need to bother my mother, and there is less trouble in frugality." ”

Wu was satisfied, but he was afraid that she would open his mouth and rely on the power of the prince to press her, listen to her spit, and then get up and walk out, "Three girls, rest!" ”

Shen Xuanzhen watched Wu's back disappear at the gate of the courtyard, breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and went back to the house, Xiuju and Qiaoshan followed, Xiuju was so frightened that she wiped a cold sweat, "Fortunately, I left a little late." ”

"Master, are you leaving?" Qiao Shan was frightened and couldn't wait to leave the Shen Mansion for a while.

Shen Wanzhen said: "Wait for a while, wait for a while, it's night, there is no one in the back garden, and it's easy to move." ”

After waiting for about half an hour, there was the sound of the doors of the mansion locking, and Shen Wanzhen knew that the master of the Shen Mansion had been settled, and then he started to act.

Shen Wanzhen and Xiuju and Qiaoshan walked in the dark, through the back garden, quietly came to the back door of Shen's house, took off the big lock hanging on the corner door, Shen Wanzhen was in front, gently pushed the door open a crack, opened the aisle outside the door, there was no one in the four corners, there was a road outside is the high wall of another house, this is not the main official road, it is late, so few people go, Shen Wanzhen took the lead to come out, Xiuju and Qiaoshan came out with a burden and covered the door.

By the moonlight, several people looked down at the road under their feet, just took two steps, Shen Wanzhen's ears were sensitive, as if he heard the sound of subtle clothes rubbing, raised his head suddenly, bluffed, there was a black shadow standing in front of him, walking towards her, Xiuju and Qiao Shan were so frightened that they forgot to shout, Shen Wanzhen thought that the way of heaven was so late, three female streamers, don't meet a bad person, nervously held her breath, watching the person approach, the footsteps of the person were very familiar.

Shen Wanzhen put her mind at ease, and the man walked closer.

"Are you really leaving?" He expected her to answer no.

"Yes." But she didn't hesitate.

"Why is the prince here?" Shen Wanzhen was puzzled and looked at him fixedly.

"I waited here for two nights." Zhao Shijiao replied in a deep voice.

She suddenly understood, he must have listened to Shen Wanzhu tell the truth, expected her to escape, waiting for her here, she looked at him, her nose was sore, her heart ached, and she couldn't breathe in pain.

"I'll go with you." He said decisively, as if he had made up his mind.

She was slightly stunned, and then shook her head, "You are the prince, and the clothes and food are the days you should live." ”

He sighed, "I'm not rare, I'm tired of it. ”

Her eyes flashed, but she still shook her head, "But if you follow me, I still don't have a clean day." ”

He choked in his throat, which meant that she didn't want to go with him.

She struggled in her heart, for a moment, hardened her heart, and bowed a few times, "Thank you for your love, and you will say goodbye to Wanzhen." "Say it, and take a step forward.

Zhao Shijiao's mind was blank, knowing that this time he was going to lose her forever, and the moment she passed by, he stretched out his hand and grabbed her hand, "I can't let you go." ”

She turned her head to look at him, her heart was like a knife, she was ruthless, and said coldly: "Please let go of the prince." ”

Zhao Shijiao didn't seem to hear it, and grabbed her hand and didn't let go, he knew that this release was the end of the cape, and it would be difficult to see each other again.

The two were deadlocked, and at this time, there was a rush of footsteps, and Mama Yan's voice came, "Girl, let's go, don't delay, someone will come in a while." ”

Shen Wanzhen took the opportunity to shake off Zhao Shijiao's hand, and her steps were hurried as if she had fled in the wilderness, not daring to turn back, for fear that as soon as she turned around, she would change her mind.

Zhao Shijiao watched her disappear into the darkness, standing motionless, her eyes blurred, her heart hurt, and everything was over.