Chapter 367: Atonement
The second lady was taken aback when she saw Shen Lian: "You, why did you come back." ”
Her eyes were full of horror.
"Mother, my sister is tired, let's talk about it later, let my sister rest first."
Shen An's voice interrupted the second lady's thoughts.
"Smack!" For the first time in her life, the second lady beat her son: "What sister, it's just a slut, she still has the ability to come back, and she didn't go to the ancestral hall to kneel and atone for her sins after doing such a shameful thing." ”
The second lady was furious, and her shot was out of weight, and Shen An fell to the ground, spitting out a tooth with blood in her mouth.
Shen Lian wanted to pull Shen An, but was stopped by the maid.
The second lady looked at her resentfully, and quickly helped Shen An up, feeling guilty in her heart: "Shen An is fine, my mother ......" Without waiting for her to finish speaking, Shen An pushed away her mother's arm and ran away, with tears on her face.
Shen Lian has been serving the queen in the palace for a few days, and now although she has the secret of the second lady, there is no evidence after all, and the thieves are dirty, and that day is just to scare the second lady in a hurry.
The maid beside the second lady looked at Shen Lian and didn't say a word, but walked calmly in the direction of the ancestral hall: "Madam, how can this slut seem to have changed, she used to be timid, timid and afraid of things, but now she ......" She didn't dare to say the latter sentence: "Now she really looks like an eldest lady." ”
The second lady now has only one goal, to get rid of Shen Lian, a thorn in the flesh, as soon as possible.
But she couldn't figure out why Shen Lian came back so easily, and there wasn't even a word in the palace.
When she hesitated, she hurriedly sent someone over to ask the master.
Shen Linhai was busy in the study, and heard someone report from him: "Back to the master, the eldest lady is back." ”
Shen Linhai put down the pen in his hand, frowned, and asked, "I don't ask for peace when I come back, what an unruly bastard, where is she now?" "Back to the master, I'm thinking about it in the ancestral hall!" Shen Linhai had something important to do, so he ordered: "Take strict care." ”
The subordinate withdrew, and the reason why the second lady did not come in person was because she had just gone to the account office to pay fifty taels of silver.
In a small alley, two strange men took the silver and handed over the sack.
After the wriggling sack was opened, Zhen'er looked at the second lady with a frightened face, she was stuffed with something in her mouth, and she couldn't say anything.
The second lady went home very satisfied, threw the sack into a small room, and then ordered Zhen'er to be chained, and she said, "Don't be in a hurry, I will soon let you master and servant meet and go on the road together." ”
She caught Zhen'er not only to blackmail Shen Lian, but also for a secret left by Shen Lian's mother.
But Zhen'er didn't want to say anything, and even bit off his tongue to show resistance.
"What kind of master there is, what kind of maid there is, they are all the same cheap bones."
The second lady really didn't have the energy to interrogate any further.
Zhen'er made a "woo woo" sound from her mouth, and she rushed forward desperately, but she didn't hurt the second lady for half a minute, but in exchange for a severe beating.
Shen Lian knelt on the futon in the ancestral hall, here are the ancestors of the Shen family, but what does it have to do with her, she doesn't need to repent, she doesn't need to pray, she just wants to have a quiet place to stay, this place is just right.
Even if there was no second lady's people guarding outside, Shen Lian would not escape, she was thinking about everything that happened to her.
The people in the palace are all seizing power, both openly and secretly, the queen doesn't seem to care about anything, but in fact, everything is in her hands, even if the queen mother is very disgusted with the queen, the queen is still stable in her position for so many years, and she has not wavered at all.
After all, Shen Lian couldn't figure out why the queen would marry her to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Thinking of the prince's expression, Shen Lian had an indescribable grievance in his heart, his indifference, his calmness, is she really the most despicable person in the quagmire, so indescribable in his eyes.
That's it, as long as the holy decree is not handed down, maybe everything will turn around, and she must find a way to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.
At dinner, Shen Linhai ordered someone to bring Shen Lian over.
Shen An was also at the dinner table, but the slap marks on his face were clearly visible, he looked at Shen Pity and stopped, and then looked at the bench.
Shen Lian knew his kindness, but her father didn't speak, so she was not qualified to sit down. Ranwen
The second lady hurriedly filled her youngest son with a bowl of chicken soup, and looked at Shen An's face and blamed herself even more, but she doubled the blame for all this on Shen Lian.
Shen Linhai's expression was cold: "What did the palace say?" Shen Lian replied: "The queen mother only asked me to go home, and did not say anything else. ”
"How to get back."
"Carriage."
"Bang dang."
The second lady's chopsticks fell to the ground, and she was not surprised because Shen Linhai, the father, was very puzzled.
If Shen Lian had a meritorious service in saving the queen, he should also be rewarded for passing on the message to return home, but why is he coming back quietly now.
But since the palace didn't say it, Shen Linhai, as a court official, naturally couldn't ask more, and when it was passed on to the palace, it would be tongue-stricken.
"Let's eat."
Shen Linhai was suddenly silent, the second lady didn't have much to say, and the unprecedented Shen Lian served the table for the first time.
Shen An quickly sandwiched a chicken leg into Shen Lian's bowl, and Shen Linhai also showed a strange expression on his face.
When she was resting at night, the second lady said: "Master, you can inquire about it tomorrow morning, what has this Shen Lian done in the palace recently, why did he ......" "It's really stupid, how can the harem land be a place where one of my courtiers can inquire at will." ”
Shen Linhai's face was slightly angry.
Several princes have different forces, and Shen Linhai finally chose the three princes in the face of the queen mother, but now his whole family saved his life because of the queen.
It is estimated that there will be some turmoil in the imperial court, and these princes are becoming more and more eyeing each other.
Shen Lian finally slept well, and in the morning, after his father's morning, the second lady didn't come to find fault.
It turned out that Liu Yuxiu came to Shangshu Mansion in a hurry, and she said with a face full of grievances: "Auntie, you have to help me this time." ”
The second lady glanced at her: "I have taken care of you since I was a child, and that incident didn't help you." ”
Liu Yuxiu pouted: "I know that my aunt loves me the most, but this time it's different, Shen Lian's cheap hooves are about to bully me." ”
The second lady didn't understand: "You are the dignified Third Imperial Concubine, she is a cheap girl who no one cares about, how can the phoenix and the sparrow be compared, how can she bully your head." ”
Then the second lady instructed the maid Bai Shao: "You take the little young master." ”
Looking at the angry Liu Yuxiu, the second lady was as loving as her daughter: "You haven't seen Shen An for a long time, he has grown a lot taller recently, and he can memorize a lot of poems." ”
Liu Yuxiu lost patience: "I don't want to listen to any poems, now my eyebrows are burning." ”
Then she attached herself to the second lady's ear: "The queen is in charge, and she will marry the slut to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" The second lady was taken aback: "The royal family didn't blame, but married her to the crown prince." ”
Liu Yuxiu sighed, her face full of grievances: "What will I do in the future?" The second lady thought about it again and again, and suddenly laughed: "What are you afraid of marrying that short-lived ghost, it is a well-known thing that the prince has a heart disease, as long as the prince dies, the end of the slut is only one way in the old death palace." ”
Liu Yuxiu is still unhappy: "That's right, but since the prince was born as a doctor, he said that his life will not be long, and he is still alive and well after more than 20 years, he will not die for a day, and the slut will be the crown princess for a day, and I am only the third princess." ”
It is the ancestral rule for the third imperial concubine to ask the crown princess for peace, but if Liu Yuxiu wants to salute Shen Lian, she can't do it.
The second lady finally understood where her niece was unhappy, and persuaded her: "You are now married to the third prince, and you should be satisfied with the exclusive favor, after all, the emperor is still in his prime, although the princes are ready to move, it is impossible to be blatant, you just wait patiently for a few more years, your husband is not a thing in the pool, and you are destined to be above ten thousand people under one person." ”
Liu Yuxiu thought about that seat, and her heart was excited.
The anger in my heart has also disappeared a lot.
At this time, Bai Shao also came back to his life.
Looking at her hurried steps alone, the second lady's face turned cold: "If you bring Shen An over, can't you do this little thing?" Bai Shao explained in a panic: "The little master is not in the study, and the little master said that the little master goes out to play by himself and no one else is allowed to follow." ”