Chapter Twenty-Six: The Rich Lady's Courtship
The day before yesterday, I received a letter from Yao Xinrou, the last time Yao Xinrou came to the house, the reception was too hurried, Shen Jiahe has always had some regrets in his heart, this time he received the news, and he was busy early in the morning, so he knew from Bai Ying that Pei Shu was taking leave for Qin Xiaoshuang, and Shen Jiahe just nodded and ignored it.
Later, when I got busy, I also heard Gonggong Lu complaining that a prince loves the concubine so much, and it is really inappropriate to abandon official duties, presumably hoping that Shen Jiahe can come forward to say a few words, but with such an embarrassing identity, what position and identity can she use to accuse Pei Shu, and she may be ridiculed by Qin Xiaoshuang when she looks back.
Shen Jiahe also refused with a haha, and it happened that the porter outside came to reply, saying that the Yao family's carriage had arrived, and Father-in-law Lu was not good at talking, so Shen Jiahe was able to take the maids out to greet the guests.
All the way to the gate of the house, I saw that Yao Xinrou had already gotten off the carriage, and was standing in front of a cluster of spring flowers and saying something to the maid with a smile, wearing a pink brocade skirt, covered with a moon-white twig-twig lotus pattern, looking very cute and cute.
The pink pearl collar she wore on her front was the finishing touch, and Shen Jiahe knew that this was made of the pink beads she gave out last time.
The maid Chunhe pulled Yao Xinrou's sleeve, Yao Xinrou turned her head and saw Shen Jiahe approaching, hurriedly took a few steps forward, and bent down to bless Shen Jiahe's body.
"It's still so much courtesy," Shen Jiahe smiled and helped her up, raised his hand to brush a little pollen off the hem of her clothes, and then continued to smile, "The two of us are about the same age, if we had met in the boudoir earlier, it would have been a good handkerchief, but I didn't like to go out before, and I lost the opportunity." ”
Shen Jiahe never put the princess on the shelf in front of Yao Xinrou, and she claimed to be a flat name, Yao Xinrou already liked her very much, so she heard Shen Jiahe say this, and hurriedly replied: "It's not too late now, as long as the princess doesn't think I'm noisy." ”
When she was at home, although her mother approved of her communicating with Shen Jiahe, she was always worried that she would annoy Shen Jiahe, and every time she went out, she was told thousands of times.
After she finished speaking, she remembered something, and showed Shen Jiahe the Yingluo collar in front of her as if offering a treasure: "The princess looks at my collar, it is made of the box beads you gave me before, my mother and grandmothers all say that it looks good, and my cousins envy me." ”
The things sent out can be loved by people, and the person who gives the gift is naturally in a very good mood, Shen Jiahe is happy from the bottom of his heart: "I'm still worried that you won't like it, and I'm still thinking about it after sending it out, how can there be such a thing to give away, it must be made into a finished product before it can be given away." ”
After chatting a few words, Yao Xinrou remembered that she still had something to say to Shen Jiahe, and the two went to Shen Jiahe's yard together.
After Bai Wei brought refreshments and hot tea to the two, she withdrew from the crowd and left the two of them to talk in the room.
"This world is really small, who would have thought that I would just go to the princess's mansion for a trip and meet Cheng Yiming's sister." Yao Xinrou sighed while holding the teacup.
After listening to the ins and outs, Shen Jiahe also felt that it was a coincidence: "It is also Cheng Feifei's blessing, and the time can make you see her here, otherwise you will waste years in this mansion." ”
Yao Xinrou put the teacup and snorted: "Qin Xiaoshuang, this woman, is also a side concubine, I didn't expect that even eating the vinegar of a maid would be such a poisonous hand." ”
Regarding Cheng Feifei's situation, Shen Jiahe, as a princess, naturally wouldn't say anything, but it was Bai Ying who sent Cheng Feifei out of the mansion that day, Chunhe intended to ask her about Cheng Feifei's previous situation in the mansion, with such an opportunity to give Qin Xiaoxiao a reputation for defeat, Bai Ying would definitely not let it go.
Afterwards, Shen Jiahe learned that thinking that Cheng Feifei should also take the initiative to say this, so he didn't blame Bai Ying too much, and only told her to be cautious in her words and deeds in the future.
Shen Jiahe heard Yao Xinrou say this at this time, thinking that Pei Shu had taken leave in the court for Qin Xiaoshuang, and had other thoughts in his heart: "I think it is Cheng Feifei's creation, if she doesn't meet you in her life, forget it, now that she has met you, she has been taken out, and she has a promising younger brother, although he is not very rich, but after a few years, he can still find a good family to marry." ”
If there is no Qin Xiaoshuang to stop her, let Pei Shu pamper her, even if she finds her younger brother now, but her younger brother has no power and power, she can only continue to stay in this mansion and be lonely in front of the four corners of the sky.
Shen Jiahe's unspoken words, Yao Xinrou was also somewhat clear in her heart, thinking that Pei Shu had already accepted Qin Xiaoshuang to enter the door before marrying Shen Jiahe, although the outside world was rumored how King Kang doted on Princess Kang, but every day in front of a woman who competed with him for favor, his heart was also in his heart.
The anger suddenly stiffened, and Shen Jiahe hurriedly opened the topic: "Don't talk about this, but after you sent Cheng Feifei over, I guess that Cheng Yiming is very grateful to you." ”
"Yes," Yao Xinrou blushed and nodded, "He didn't expect to see his sister in his lifetime, and his eyes were red at that time." ”
Shen Jiahe looked at Yao Xinrou's face flushed, and only smiled and said nothing, if it weren't for the fact that he remembered that person in his heart, he wouldn't have worked so hard for so long after seeing a similar maid.
The two had lunch in the palace, and when they left, Yao Xinrou remembered something, so she mentioned it to Shen Jiahe: "A new theater has opened in the south of the city, I heard that all the people invited are famous actors, the princess is free, let's go over tomorrow to have a look." ”
Shen Jiahe didn't go out for a long time, so she immediately agreed to Yao Xinrou's invitation, and before going to bed at night, she remembered to watch a play with Yao Xinrou, and specially instructed the maids in Xianwang's Mansion to wake her up earlier.
She got up to freshen up at dawn, and when she was about to go back to King Kang's mansion, the maid told her that King Xian had been waiting outside the door for a long time.
Shen Jiahe opened the door and saw Pei Yuan standing in the courtyard, followed by a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.
The two didn't see each other again until that night, King Xian's study and bedroom were in the front yard, and Shen Jiahe's courtyard was in the back, so it was easy not to meet.
Shen Jiahe was still writing in his heart, and Pei Yuan had already pointed to the young man beside him and introduced to her: "This is Liuyu, I will follow you in the future and serve you closely." ”
Shen Jiahe was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled: "I have a maid by my side, so I don't need to be with a little guy anymore." ”
Pei Yuan only raised his chin to signal Liuyu to go over, and then said: "He has good kung fu, feel at ease when you go out with him." ”
Shen Jiahe thought that Yao Xinrou didn't have kung fu to keep her body around, if there was really something, it would be best for her to be a princess without doing anything, so she let Liuyu follow.
When she arrived in the private room of the theater, Yao Xinrou glanced at Liuyu behind her and asked in a low voice, "Why haven't you seen it in your mansion twice before?" ”
Shen Jiahe only replied: "King Kang was worried that it would be unsafe for our two female dependents to be outside, so he drained the stream to protect me. ”
"King Kang is really good to the princess." Yao Xinrou said sincerely
Shen Jiahe tugged at the corners of his mouth, and then automatically brought Pei Yuan's name in, so that it didn't sound so awkward.
After listening to a scene, Shen Jiahe had to sigh that this kind of love story from ancient times to the present came out of a mold, but even if this kind of rich lady falls in love with a poor scholar, her parents disagree, and she disassembles the cliché plot of a happy couple, it can still earn a lot of tears from the audience.
She glanced at Yao Xinrou beside her and saw that she was also a little rabbit, and asked helplessly: "Is this empathy?" ”
Yao Xinrou looked at Shen Jiahe in the haze of tears: "The princess knows?" It's definitely spring and mouthy again. ”
Shen Jiahe shook his head and said: "You, the eldest lady of the Yao family, have been busy for so many days for one of your father's protégés, if you are not interested in that protégé, it is really unreasonable." ”
Yao Xinrou sighed twice and wiped her tears before speaking: "Princess, we are both young ladies of the family, you should know that my marriage is not up to me at all." ”
She has reached the age of marriage, and her mother is also looking at a suitable partner for her, she is not the right son, even if Cheng Yiming is appreciated by her father, her mother will never agree to marry into a poor family.
Shen Jiahe stared at the drama on the stage, they changed their costumes and costumes, and they had already sung the next play, but the audience was still immersed in the middle of the previous show and couldn't get out, just like Yao Xinrou, a handkerchief was almost soaked at this time.
Shen Jiahe sighed helplessly and encouraged: "It's better for you to talk to your father." ”
Yao Xinrou felt scared just thinking about it, so she could only shake her head and say, "Father, he won't agree." ”
Shen Jiahe stretched out his hand and attached it to the back of Yao Xinrou's hand, and whispered his thoughts: "But you have tried and worked hard, no matter what the result is, you will never regret it, otherwise when you become the housewife of someone else's house in a few years, will you regret not telling your parents this day." ”
The two women in the box of the theater were warm and affectionate, but the entire Qiwu Palace was silent, the queen was furious, and she couldn't wait to send someone out of the palace to tie up King Kang at this time, and open his brain to see what was inside.
"It's extremely stupid, he actually took leave with the emperor for a concubine, what do you let the emperor think of him, and what do the officials think of him."
Seeing the green tendons on the queen's hands, Mama Lian knew that she was very angry, so she could only step forward and help the queen to calm down, and at the same time persuade: "The queen mother is angry!" ”
The queen leaned back on the chair weakly, and ordered tiredly: "Send someone to King Kang's mansion for a trip, and say that the palace wants to see Qin Xiaoshuang and Shen Jiahe." ”
After the father-in-law who delivered the message arrived at King Kang's mansion, Pei Shu was a little surprised, the queen didn't like Qin Xiaoshuang, and took the initiative to ask to see her only a handful of times, and now she was suddenly summoned, and she didn't know what would happen.
After the messenger left, Pei Shu sent someone to inform Shen Jiahe, Shen Jiahe hadn't come back from outside yet, Bai Wei thought about it and had to go and deliver the letter to King Xian's mansion.
After Yao Xinrou and Shen Jiahe were separated, she had been nervous in her heart, she thought about Shen Jiahe's words repeatedly, and her heart was extremely tormented.
I thought that if she hadn't said it in the near future, I'm afraid her mother would have set up a marriage for her, and if she waited until then, it would be even more late.
Yao Xianhe was originally in the study to deal with official business, and he was still very surprised to see his daughter coming, and the study has always been clearly forbidden to enter at will, thinking that maybe there was something important, Yao Xianhe temporarily put down the affairs in his hand.
But when this daughter, who has always been well-behaved and sensible, said such a thing, Yao Xianhe only felt that the position of his temples jumped suddenly, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Yao Xinrou, and asked in disbelief: "Cheng Yiming, do you know what kind of family Cheng Yiming is?" ”
He saw his daughter nodding, and then bit his lip and looked at him expectantly, and felt that his chest was clogged: "How can my Yao family have a daughter like you, do you know your identity?" I, the daughter of Jing Zhaoyin, is going to marry a family who sells her daughter to make a living, where do you let your father's face go? ”
"Doesn't my father like Cheng Yiming the most? Isn't he your favorite protégé? Yao Xinrou didn't expect Yao's father to react so much.
"Yes, as long as he has been my protégé honestly, I will naturally appreciate and promote him, but he thinks about my daughter, and as a father, he has to consider his going and staying."
"From this day on, you will keep me at home and don't go until you forget that kid."