The torrential rain fell for two days in a row, and the celebration banquet of Gu Hengzhou's hunting of the fire fox was postponed until after returning to the palace, and other commendations were also simplified, and they would be distributed to their respective mansions by the Internal Affairs Office after they returned.

On the third day, the rain stopped, but it was still overcast, and I didn't know when it would continue to rain.

Emperor Hengde ordered to immediately pull out the camp and return to the palace, and the accompanying Praetorian Guards neatly packed up the camp tent and prepared the carriages and horses.

Shen Ruxiu didn't leave the account for two days, and the things sent to the camp were almost untouched, and the whole person was haggard at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Zhao Che didn't tell him exactly what happened in the forest, but it rained heavily for two days, and even he himself was not sure that he would survive in the jungle.

He didn't dare to close his eyes, and when he closed his eyes, his mind was full of his deceased wife and the lively Shen Bai.

Shen Bai's appearance inherited from his wife, when he was young, he carved jade like a ceramic doll, plus his mouth was sweet, he could get pastries and snacks to eat anywhere, and he became naughty when he grew older, especially when he entered the Tai Academy, he made trouble at both ends in three days, but this child knelt in front of him, his eyes blinked and there were tears, poor and aggrieved, where was he willing to do it?

She is a daughter, and she has to hide her identity in Tai Academy, and there are many inconveniences in many places, if she accidentally catches the wind cold, headache and brain fever, she has to hold on until she goes home to collapse.

He, as a father, has never taken good care of her, and even when she first falls in love with someone, he has to stop her.

Thinking of what he had said to Shen Bai before, Shen Ru's heart was like a knife.

If there is a chance to do it all over again, if nothing else, Shen Ruxiu will at least not stop Shen Bai from liking Gu Hengzhou.

What is a misunderstood joke? As long as she can have a good time, it is more important than anything else.

Countless regrets welled up in his heart, and Shen Ruxiu called out bitterly: "Bai'er ......"

His voice was hoarse as if he had been scraped by gravel, full of bitterness and sadness.

"Master Taifu." Someone called softly outside the tent, and Shen Ruxiu immediately suppressed his emotions and agreed in a dumb voice: "What's the matter?" ”

The man said, "Your Majesty ordered that the camp be immediately pulled back to the palace, and the Lord Taifu should be asked to claim his chariot and horse." ”

Shen Ruxiu replied and asked the man to retreat first, and sat down for a while before taking a deep breath and getting up, tidying up his appearance, Shen Bai was missing, and he had to go to the palace to report the news himself.

The sky was gloomy, the temperature dropped a lot, and with the depression of early autumn, Shen Ruxiu lifted the curtain and went out to obviously feel the coolness, his face was full of coldness, and he walked straight towards Emperor Hengde's tent with his jaw strained.

The other people's tents were basically cleaned up, Emperor Hengde stood outside the tent with Concubine De and Concubine Shu, Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou stood beside him, quite similar to the scene when he came, but Shen Ruxiu felt sad in his heart, and he clenched his fist before suppressing the surging emotions and walked in front of Emperor Hengde.

The ground was full of water, Shen Ruxiu was unconscious, lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt directly in front of Emperor Hengde: "The old minister greets Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Hengde was chatting happily with Zhao Che, and when he saw this, he smiled slightly, and asked: "I am about to pull out the camp and return to the palace, and the Taifu will not go to claim the carriage and horses, and suddenly do you want to do this great gift to me?" ”

Shen Ruxiu lowered his head, his back, which had always been upright and straight, was slightly rickety, and said in a deep voice: "The old minister has no way to teach his son, and the rebel son Shen Bai quarreled with the old minister last night and came out of the camp, and he has not come back until now, please forgive your majesty!" ”

Emperor Hengde's eyebrows squeezed out wrinkles, and he looked at Shen Ruxiu suspiciously: "Shen Xiaolang didn't return all night, why did Taifu report now?" ”

Shen Ruxiu's eyes were hot, and he slammed his head on the ground: "The old minister thought that she was just playing petty for a while, and deliberately hid, not wanting to stir up the crowd, but who knew that she had disappeared until now." ”

This explanation is also in line with Shen Ruxiu's usual cautious style, Emperor Hengde frowned and thought about it, and was about to ask people to look near the camp to find it, when a palace man hurriedly ran from outside: "Your Majesty, Shen Bai, the only son of Taifu, came out of the paddock with an injury for some reason, and he has been detained by Captain Zhou." ”

As soon as these words came out, Shen Ruxiu raised his head in disbelief, and Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou, who were standing on the side, were stunned in their eyes.

Emperor Hengde glanced at Shen Ruxiu and ordered in a deep voice: "Bring him over!" ”

Emperor Hengde asked Concubine De and Concubine Shu to pack up their things first, leaving Zhao Che and Gu Hengzhou back to the camp, and Shen Ruxiu followed in, still kneeling on the ground.

A quarter of an hour later, Shen Bai was taken into the camp by Zhou Deshan.

The crow-blue riding suit on Shen Bai's body was almost dyed black by blood and grass stains, the clothes were scratched I don't know how many times, they hung on her body in tatters, the hem of the clothes was torn into strips of cloth by herself, ten fingers were wrapped, the strips of cloth were all mud, and you could vaguely see red blood gushing out.

Her hair was unkempt, she had several abrasions on her face, blood on her ears, and she was as dirty as a beggar, and she didn't know how many injuries she had on her body.

However, even so, her eyes were as bright as fire, as if no matter what happened, the light inside would not be extinguished.

She looked really bad, but after entering the account, she broke away from Zhou Deshan, moved to Shen Ruxiu's side step by step, and slowly knelt down towards Emperor Hengde.

The body shook unsteadily twice, and almost fell, Shen Bai instinctively supported it with his hands, and the sharp pain that pierced her heart immediately came from her ten fingers, and she took a low breath of cold air. Trying to straighten his body and kneel, he licked his lips and spoke: "Shen Bai to see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live, long live, meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

His voice was so hoarse that he could barely hear it, like an old man who had run out of oil and had withered his lamp.

Shen Ruxiu's heart hurt so much that cold sweat broke out in his palms, ignoring the loss of honor in front of the emperor, and yelled at Shen Bai: "Rebel, I know that I want to pull out the camp and return to the palace today, what are you running blind!?" ”

Shen Bai's mind turned quickly, and he immediately heard the meaning of Shen Ruxiu's words, and reminded lazily: "Dad, Your Majesty is still watching, you just murder me, why is it that even Your Majesty is murderous?" ”

Shen Bai said with a smile at the end, as if the injuries all over her body were nothing, she was still the little Langjun of the Shen family.

Shen Ruxiu cooperated with the show of anger, raised his hand to hit Shen Bai, Gu Hengzhou, who had been standing quietly next to him, stepped forward and grabbed his wrist.

Shen Bai's appearance, if no one stopped him, Shen Ruxiu's slap was only afraid that Shen Bai would be knocked unconscious.

Gu Hengzhou lowered his eyes and didn't look at Shen Bai, and reminded in a low voice: "Taifu, it's good that people are back!" ”

Others couldn't see it, but Gu Hengzhou found that Shen Ruxiu's hands were very cold and trembling uncontrollably.

Shen Bai didn't look at Hengzhou either, and kowtowed to Emperor Hengde with a smile: "Shen Bai quarreled with his father, and went out of the camp in anger, I wanted to go to the forest to vent it, but I accidentally fell into a cave, the cave wall was full of moss, and it was extremely slippery, I took a lot of effort to climb up, so that my father was worried and disturbed Your Majesty It is really a sin, and please Your Majesty be magnanimous, don't worry about my father." ”

The confessions of the two are compatible, and it is more important to go back to the palace first at the moment, and Emperor Hengde did not pursue it too much, and said lightly: "Xingyuan is right, it's good for people to come back, let the medical officer help Shen Xiaolang diagnose and treat first." ”

Shen Bai immediately said: "This injury is all Shen Bai's own doing, I really don't dare to delay Your Majesty's return to the palace, so I won't work with the medical officer to diagnose and treat it, and it doesn't hurt to invite the Taifu when I return to the Taifu Mansion." ”

Shen Bai had such a big picture, Emperor Hengde's eyes flashed with appreciation, and he nodded: "Then I will wronged Shen Xiaolang first." ”

Shen Bai straightened up and grinned: "Shen Bai doesn't dare." ”

Figuring out that it was an oolong, Emperor Hengde asked Shen Ruxiu and Shen Bai to retreat first, Shen Bai knelt and didn't move, turned his head to look at Shen Ruxiu, and said softly: "Dad, pull me, I can't get up." ”

When did this lawless rabbit cub ever be so soft, Shen Ruxiu almost burst into tears, and hurriedly supported his old arm to get up, but Gu Hengzhou was one step faster than him, grabbed Shen Bai's arm and picked her up.

Shen Bai tried to stand firm, struggled gently, and signaled that Gu Hengzhou could let go.

She was still smiling at Emperor Hengde, and when she turned her head, she lowered her eyes and didn't look at him, Gu Hengzhou's chest was blocked, but Emperor Hengde and Zhao Che both looked at it, and he could only let go.

Shen Ruxiu stretched out his hand to help, Shen Bai shook his head, took two deep breaths and straightened his back, and then walked steadily towards the outside of the tent.

She can come back alive, and she can get out of here without anyone's strength.

The Praetorian Guards had already pulled out all the carriages and horses, and Shen Bai took a look from afar, found his own carriage and walked over.

She didn't have many things, Li Shan put them all away and helped her put them in the car, seeing Shen Bai coming over in embarrassment, Li Shan couldn't help but be surprised, Shen Bai couldn't get into the carriage, looked up and said to Li Shan: "Don't be stupid, pull me." ”

Shen Bai's hand was wrapped like this, Li Shan didn't dare to pull her, and hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and knelt on the ground to use Shen Bai as a foot stool, at this time Shen Bai didn't bother to talk about him, and stepped on his back to climb into the carriage.

The carriage curtain was lowered, the light inside was a little dim, the space became secret, and without outsiders, Shen Bai's body was weak and fell directly.

It's so tiring.

The torrential rain kept falling, and the cave soon filled with water half a person high, the water was so cold that Shen Bai couldn't sleep, so he could only dig and chisel on the stone wall with a dagger, which was higher than the place where he couldn't touch it even if he stood on tiptoe above his head, so he could only climb up and chisel again.

It takes physical strength to climb up, and it takes strength to dig a pit, Shen Bai can't remember how many times she fell and how many times she hurt her hand, she only knew that she couldn't die there.

Since Providence let her live again, he must want to give her a chance to do something, for Gu Hengzhou, or for herself.

She can't live up to Providence, and she can't live up to herself.

"These are all things that Young Master Shen forgot in the account, please keep them on behalf of Young Master Shen, and don't throw them away next time."

Consciousness became chaotic, someone was talking outside the carriage, after a while, the light and shadow in front of him flickered, Shen Baiqiang opened his eyes, Shen Ruxiu and Li Shan got into the carriage together, Li Shan knelt in front of her with a package, opened it, and inside the package were seven or eight porcelain bottles, all of which were the medicines that Ye Wanyu had packed before leaving.

It was originally prepared for Gu Hengzhou, but it was lost when it was in the paddock, and now it was sent back by Zhao Che, and finally used by Shen Bai.

Li Shan put the medicine bottle aside, picked up Shen Bai's ugly hand, glanced at her inquiringly, and wanted to help her bandage.

The clothes were still wet, Shen Bai burned badly, a little cold, and ordered in a low voice: "Let's deal with it briefly first, and then go back to Taifu's mansion for the rest." ”

Li Shan nodded, and heard Shen Bai say again: "Light, I'm afraid of pain." ”

Shen Ruxiu kept looking at Shen Bai and saw that her miserable white lips were trembling slightly, and her slender neck was leaning up, so fragile that it seemed to be fragile.

Li Shan lowered his head, his movements were really light, and he carefully dismantled the strips of cloth in Shen Bai's hands.

The strip of cloth was also wet, full of mud and sand, and when untied, it revealed the fingers that had been blistered white and swollen, and the strip of cloth was tightly entangled, and several parts of the knuckles were strangled purple.

All the tips of the ten fingers were worn out of the skin, and several of them even faintly showed Bai Sensen's phalanges.

Ten fingers and even the heart, this injury is almost as fast as the torture of Dali Temple.

Shen Ruxiu couldn't bear to look at it again, so he didn't look to the side.

There is a lot of sand and gravel on the skin and flesh of the wound, which needs to be cleaned with wine first, and now the conditions are insufficient, Li Shan only helped Shen Bai wipe a little painkiller first, and he didn't dare to wrap his fingers after wiping it, otherwise he would be tortured again after returning home.

The medicine Ye Wanyu filled with worked very well, and her fingers didn't hurt so much, so Shen Bai began to feel sleepy in a daze, and muttered in a low voice: "Old man Shen, I'm cold." ”

Shen Ruxiu immediately took off his coat and covered Shen Bai, Zhao Che took another thin blanket, but Shen Bai still said that it was cold, Li Shan hesitated, reached out and wanted to take off Shen Bai's shoes, Shen Ruxiu raised his eyebrows: "What are you doing?" ”

Li Shan retracted his hand, pointed at Shen Bai's feet and then pointed at his stomach.

Shen Ruxiu had a cold face and ordered: "Get out!" ”

Li Shan turned around and went out, Shen Ruxiu squatted down, took off Shen Bai's shoes, and then was stunned, his eyes couldn't help but heat and sour.

Shen Bai's originally white and small feet were blistered and broken, and there were several blood blisters on the soles of the feet, and the blood blisters were already a little ulcerated after the skin was broken.

The vision became blurred, Shen Ruxiu rolled up his sleeves and wiped the corners of his eyes, took off Shen Bai's other shoe, and carefully put it on his stomach to warm it.

Feeling the warmth on his feet, Shen Bai finally stopped shouting cold, and the carriage staggered and began to walk back.

It rained heavily for two days, the road was not very easy to walk, it took three hours to return to the city than when it came, just stepped on the curfew point into the city, everyone was very tired, all the way to the palace gate, Emperor Hengde let the accompanying officials take their families back to the house, tomorrow for a day off, leaving only the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Zhou Deshan and Gu Hengzhou into the palace to resume their lives.

When Emperor Hengde entered the palace gate with the concubine and the four princes, Shen Ruxiu immediately asked the horseman to travel back to the Taifu Mansion.

Sun has been waiting at home, as soon as the carriage arrived, he immediately greeted him happily, and kept saying: "The master is back, it has been raining heavily for the past two days, and the slave family is still worried that the carriage and horses will not be able to pass, but the old man Ji people have their own natural appearance, and they will be safe." ”

When the words fell, Shen Ruxiu got out of the car with Shen Bai in his arms, Shen Bai was still wrapped in a blanket, Sun looked at it for a while before he recognized that this was Shen Bai, covered his lips and exclaimed: "Why is the young master so embarrassed?" Hurt? ”

Sun was startled when he heard that Shen Ruxiu was upset and irritable, and ordered in a deep voice: "Shut up, let people boil water and send Shuyunyuan first!" ”

Shen Ruxiu directly hugged Shen Bai back to Shuyun Garden, and Sun wanted to follow him into the house, but was blocked by Shen Ruxiu and asked Li Shan to help Shen Bai take off his wet clothes.

Sun is a little pregnant now, holding his stomach and stretching his neck to see the situation in the house, Shen Ruxiu frowned, and said coldly: "You are pregnant, it is not appropriate to see blood, go back and rest first." ”

Shen Ruxiu rarely cared about her, Sun couldn't help but bend his eyebrows, and said softly: "Master Xie cares, but what's wrong with the young master?" ”

Shen Ruxiu was impatient: "There was an accident in the paddock and I suffered from the wind chill. ”

Sun seized the opportunity to earn performance, and immediately took over the conversation: "Then I'll let the maid boil some ginger soup to ward off the cold, it just so happens that the temperature has cooled down in the past few days, and the master will drink a little." ”

Shen Ruxiu was worried about Shen Bai, so anxious that his eyebrows were about to catch fire, seeing that the Sun family had been chattering, he couldn't help but say coldly: "Don't think that you are pregnant with the child of the Shen family, you are a member of the Shen family, there will always be only one young master in the Taifu Mansion, you don't forget why you were carried into the Shen family!" ”

Sun's face turned pale all of a sudden, for so many years, although Shen Ruxiu has been lukewarm to her, but because of his gentle nature, he has never said a word to her, but today's words have torn apart the peace between the two for more than ten years.

Sun was uneasy and at a loss, he didn't dare to look directly into Shen Ruxiu's eyes, and blessed himself and said: "The slave family is wrong, the slave family should not block the master at this time, the slave family will go back to their own yard to stay, and if they don't come out to annoy the master." ”

After Sun finished speaking, he left in a hurry, Shen Ruxiu's heart became more and more depressed, and he turned around and returned to the house, Li Shan had already helped Shen Bai take off his clothes, leaving only his chest and underwear.

Shen Bai still had a lot of bruises and scratches on his body, like a broken puppet.

Shen Ruxiu said: "It's not too early, Imperial Doctor Zhang will only be on call tomorrow, can you deal with the injuries on Bai'er's body?" ”

Li Shan nodded, he was sent to Shen Bai's side just to help Shen Bai deal with these things.

Shen Ruxiu breathed a sigh of relief, Shen Bai had been having a high fever in the carriage, Imperial Doctor Zhang can't go to the clinic now, if it drags on like this for a night, I'm afraid that my brain will burn out, and it would be good to be able to diagnose and treat it first.

The subordinate quickly sent hot water, Li Shan carefully helped Shen Bai wipe his body and deal with the wound, Shen Bai was unconscious, he felt the pain and shouted that it hurt, and it was useless to shout that the pain was useless and began to scold, first scolding her father for being a stubborn, pedantic and emotionless dead old man, and then scolding Zhao Che for being a bastard who didn't know what to do.

The crime of insulting the prince is not small, Shen Ruxiu looked at Li Shan fixedly, feeling his gaze, Li Shan made a spatula motion with his neck, which meant that he would not go out to chew his tongue.

Shen Ruxiu looked away, and heard Shen Bai crying and snorting again: "...... I survived, don't ignore me. ”

The burning was so bad that Shen Bai's voice was so hoarse that he almost lost his voice, and Li Shan and Shen Ruxiu couldn't hear whose name she shouted.

Shen Bai couldn't stop crying, Shen Ruxiu rubbed her head, and comforted her gently: "Don't be afraid, Bai'er, it won't hurt soon." ”

Shen Bai cried until he was tired before falling asleep, Li Shan helped Shen Bai finish treating the wound and cover the quilt, walked to the table and wrote on the paper: Tonight, the slave needs to guard Young Master Shen, if the high fever continues, it will be very unfavorable to Young Master Shen's recovery, just now I look at Young Master Shen's pulse, she should have not eaten for four days, you need to ask the kitchen to prepare meat porridge, the meat should be chopped into minced meat, and after Young Master Shen wakes up, eat some to replenish her strength.

Shen Ruxiu knew that Li Shan was a eunuch, but he didn't expect him to write a very beautiful hand, the pen was cold and sharp, strong and powerful, seeing this handwriting, Shen Ruxiu had a good impression of Li Shan, took the piece of paper and whispered: "You just take care of Bai'er, if there is any need, I will let people do it." ”

Li Shan bowed his hand to Shen Ruxiu and thanked him.

Shen Ruxiu instructed the kitchen to help Shen Bai boil porridge and warm it, and then let people carry hot water to the main courtyard, he didn't sleep well for several days, and he was very tired physically and mentally.

At the end of the day, the Taifu Mansion finally quieted down.

Shen Bai kicked the quilt once, Li Shan helped her apply ointment on her feet again, the pain on her feet weakened, Shen Bai'an divided it, Li Shan helped her re-fold the quilt, and only after she fell asleep did she blow the light and leave the room.

As soon as he went out, Li Shan was keenly aware of a person coming in the courtyard, and subconsciously retreated to the room, turning back to the bed, the dark clouds were blown away by the wind, and the cold moonlight spilled into the room through the window.

Covered in moonlight, Gu Hengzhou stood by the window and collided with Li Shan's line of sight.

Unexpectedly, Li Shan would turn back to the house, Gu Hengzhou was a little surprised, and then his eyebrows were condensed, and his eyes became cold: "Do you know martial arts?" ”

Li Shan pursed her lips and blocked the bed.

He couldn't speak, and he wouldn't answer.

Gu Hengzhou took two steps to the side of the bed, Li Shan was tense, completely defensive posture, feeling the hostility emanating from Li Shan's body, Gu Hengzhou's eyes were cold, and he asked, "Did Taifu let you stop me?" ”

Li Shan was still silent and froze for a moment, Gu Hengzhou took out a black porcelain bottle from his arms and put it on the table: "This is the best trauma medicine." With that, he turned and left.

Li Shan stood for a while, walked over to put away the bottle of medicine, and closed the window tightly.

Early in the morning of the second day, Shen Ruxiu invited Imperial Doctor Zhang from the Taifu Hospital to Taifu Mansion, Shen Bai's injuries were well treated, but the high fever has not subsided, and the person is also confused and unconscious, Imperial Doctor Zhang prescribed two prescriptions to no avail, and on the third day, Imperial Doctor Zhang took a fierce medicine, Shen Bai sweated, and finally woke up.

This time, Shen Bai suffered a big loss, and lay on the bed for ten days, waiting for the blood blisters on her feet to scab before she could get out of bed, her ten fingers were badly injured, and she had been wrapped in gauze.

Shen Bai learned from Li Shan that the Sun family was beaten by Shen Ruxiu, so since she woke up, the Sun family had never appeared in Shuyun Garden, and Shen Bai was happy.

Because of the incident in the paddock that day, the two brothers Qian Yunshan and Qian Huaiyu sent some supplements to the Taifu Mansion, and two days later, Wu Shouxin also personally came to the Taifu Mansion to visit Shen Bai, Shen Bai felt very surprised at the time, Wu Shouxin stiffened his neck and said that the previous grievances between the two had been written off, so that Shen Bai could speak.

Teenage young people, always have the unique persistence and cuteness of this age, Shen Bai recalled that Wu Zhongyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was dismissed before the death of Emperor Hengde, and the case was handled very vaguely at that time, and the specific reason was unknown, Shen Bai and Zhao Che both knew that Wu Zhongyi was wronged, but there was nothing they could do.

Later, Zhao Che sat firmly on the throne, Shen Bai also thought about letting Wu Shouxin return to Beijing to take up his post, and sent someone to inquire but heard that he was looking for flowers and willows all day long, contracted flower willow disease, and died in the beauty country, Shen Bai was a little surprised, but he could only secretly scold that he deserved it.

Wu Shouxin actually has a bad heart, bullying Shen Bai in Tai Academy is also a stubborn person who was arrogant at home, when he was in the paddock, the situation was so critical, he still wanted to pull Shen Bai along, of course Shen Bai would not talk to him about the little things he had when he was young.

Two days after Wu Shouxin left, Zhou Jue also came to visit Shen Bai in Taifu's Mansion.

His leg had already healed, saying that he was here to visit, but he only symbolically carried a basket of pomegranates in his hand, and as soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he began to pick thorns: "What about people? Little white face, the people in your yard are so hospitable, don't you see that the master is carrying so many things in his hands? ”

Shen Bai was lying on the rattan chair and sipping melon seeds in the sun, he only glanced at Zhou Jue lazily when he heard the sound and then withdrew his gaze, Li Shan walked over and took the basket of pomegranates, Zhou Jue also grabbed one in his hand, walked in front of Shen Bai, swept it up and down, and chuckled: "Don't be lazy when you take martial arts classes earlier, now you know that it's amazing, right?" ”

Zhou Jue said and sat down next to him, splitting the pomegranate in his hand with a playful palm, and raised his eyebrows at Shen Bai proudly: "Amazing, right?" ”

Since the last injury, Zhou Deshan has strengthened his training for Zhou Jue, and after two months, the results have been very remarkable.

Shen Bai spit out the skin of melon seeds and exclaimed perfunctorily: "Well, it's amazing." ”

What a fart! If you kid were thrown into that cave, I'm afraid you would only have to cry your nose.

Zhou Jue was dissatisfied: "What kind of attitude do you have?" If you have the ability, you can also try to split one? ”

Shen Bai was speechless, she hurt her hands and feet, not her head, why did she have nothing to do to split pomegranates to play?

Shen Bai rolled his eyes, and was about to say a few words to Zhou Jue, when another person walked in at the gate of the courtyard, and raised his eyes to see that it was Xiaobei, the little eunuch who was waiting by Zhao Che's side during the autumn hunt.

Shen Bai put down the melon seeds and stood up, Zhou Jue subconsciously stood up, the little eunuch walked up to Shen Bai with a mahogany tray, and Shen Bai said with a smile: "Why did Father-in-law Xiaobei have to leave the palace today?" ”

Xiaobei respectfully saluted Shen Bai and presented the tray: "I heard that Young Master Shen is injured and has been recuperating in the mansion, even the Taifu has been haggard a lot these days, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered the servants to send some good medicine to Young Master Shen, hoping that Young Master Shen can recover soon, and Taifu can concentrate on solving problems for His Majesty." ”

In this way, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not care about her, but about Shen Ruxiu.

Shen Bai motioned to Li Shan to take the tray and took a certain amount of broken silver to Xiaobei: "Father-in-law Xiaobei has worked hard, and with Father-in-law Lao thanking His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for me and my father, I will definitely get better as soon as possible." ”

Xiaobei accepted the reward, with a smile on his face: "Young Master Shen, don't worry, the slave will definitely be delivered." ”

Shen Bai asked Li Shan to send Xiaobei out of the house, and he lay back on the rattan chair, Zhou Jue looked at Shen Bai suspiciously: "How could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince give you medicine for this little white face?" ”

Shen Bai raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhou Jue: "I'm not familiar with you, why do you have to come to see me?" ”

Zhou Jue was choked and blushed, and said with a stalk on his neck: "If my father hadn't forced me to come, the master wouldn't have wanted to come to see you." ”

I don't want you to come and see it yet.

Shen Bai slandered, turned his head and didn't want to look at Zhou Jue, Zhou Jue was a little angry when he was treated like this for the first time, and couldn't help poking Shen Bai's sore spots: "You have pestered Brother Gu for so long, and Brother Gu didn't come to see you when you were injured this time, now you know what it means to be boring to talk about yourself." ”

At the mention of Gu Hengzhou, Shen Bai's eyebrows instantly raised high, and he retorted loudly: "Last time you were smashed and your leg was broken, Brother Gu came to give me medicine through the window in the middle of the night, and asked me to go to the Guogong Mansion to recuperate, do you have it?" ”

A young man of this age is the most competitive, Zhou Jue heard that Gu Hengzhou secretly gave Shen Bai medicine and didn't give it to him, his face was full of surprise, he thought about it and said unconvinced: "What is this, today Your Majesty held a banquet in the palace to celebrate Brother Gu's autumn hunting, except for the ministers of the DPRK and China, only Brother Gu's close friends can participate, have you received Brother Gu's invitation?" ”

Shen Bai really hadn't heard of this, and looked at Zhou Jue suspiciously: "Brother Gu invited you?" ”

If Zhou Jue had a tail on his back, he would be shaking it to the sky at this time, he raised his chin proudly, took out an apricot-colored gilt invitation from his arms and threw it in front of Shen Bai: "Open your eyes and take a good look at what this is!" ”

Shen Bai picked it up and opened it, and there were a few lines of cursive writing inside, which rarely showed the young and frivolous person who wrote it, and it was indeed written by Gu Hengzhou himself, inviting Zhou Jue to attend the banquet.

After Shen Bai finished reading it, Zhou Jue took away the invitation and put it in hand, as if he had won the battle: "How is it, are you dumbfounded?" ”

Shen Bai was thinking about other things in his heart, and raised his eyebrows nonchalantly: "What's this, today's celebration banquet, the master can also go." ”

The celebration banquet was set in the evening, and Shen Bai blasted Zhou Jue away and asked his subordinates to send hot water to burn incense and bathe.

Changed into a silver-gray embroidered rich and noble pattern, with a blank jade pendant and a purple-gold sachet for decoration, and asked Li Shanzai to carefully help him tie his hair, Shen Bai dressed up like a bumblebee, rushed straight into Shen Ruxiu's study, and opened his mouth and shouted: "Dad, I heard that there is a banquet in the palace today, and I will also go to participate." ”

Not long after Shen Ruxiu came out of the palace, he saw Shen Bai's dress, his eyelids jumped, and when he heard her finish speaking, his temples suddenly jumped twice, he put down the pen and looked at Shen Bai's fingertips that were still wrapped in gauze: "Doesn't your hand hurt?" Want to jump again? ”

Shen Bai shook his head: "You don't care if I hurt or not, just say it's okay, if it doesn't work, I'll think of other ways." ”

Shen Ruxiu didn't dare to think about what the other methods in Shen Bai's mouth were, he only knew that it was much safer to tie people to him than to let her toss around, and said in a deep voice: "It's okay to take you into the palace, don't move around at will after entering, follow me." ”

Shen Bai replied casually: "There is nothing to visit in the palace, I just want to say a few words to Brother Gu." ”

At the moment, Shen Bai and Shen Ruxiu set off together in a carriage to participate in the palace banquet, and when they arrived at the gate of the palace, the carriage stopped, and the two got off.

Like last time, the two of them went through the palace gate to check, and it took a stick of incense to see the leading eunuch who had been waiting behind the palace gate for a long time.

There were not many people attending this banquet, the banquet was set up in Huachen Palace next to the Imperial Garden, and when Shen Bai and Shen Ruxiu arrived, there were already many people sitting in the banquet.

Shen Bai glanced at it, in addition to Emperor Hengde and Concubine Shu, there were also the three princes and the six Shangshu, except for the prime minister's family, there were no marriageable daughters, and the others, without exception, brought the daughters of the family.

Looking at this battle, Shen Bai raised his eyebrows slightly, and today's celebration banquet is not only to celebrate, but also to give people to the Guogong Mansion?

Shen Ruxiu took Shen Bai to salute in front of Emperor Hengde, Emperor Hengde symbolically cared about Shen Bai for two sentences, Shen Bai skillfully patted the horses, and Emperor Hengde asked them to find a place to sit down.

The palace people came over to help the two of them pour wine, this time it was the best Fen wine, Shen Bai couldn't help but swallow when he smelled the taste, but considering that the current body is not good at drinking, Shen Bai endured it and didn't drink it, only smelling the taste to satisfy his hunger.

After a while, Gu Hengzhou and Zhou Jue came together.

Zhou Jue was the first time he went to the palace alone for a banquet, and he deliberately changed into a dark color dress, the clothes were newly made, and the crane feathers with exquisite embroidery were on it, which made him much more elegant than usual, and the book was full of anger.

Gu Hengzhou's dress was similar to that of normal days, wearing a silver dress, embroidered with maple leaf-like dark lines with silver threads, low-key and luxurious, which happened to collide with Shen Bai's color, forming a sharp contrast.

After returning from the autumn hunt, Shen Bai hadn't seen Gu Hengzhou for more than half a month, and he didn't look like a big change, but the cold and arrogant energy on his body became more and more obvious, as if there was a steady stream of coldness exuding from his bones, making people dare not approach.

Zhou Jue saw Shen Bai at a glance, but he didn't dare to make a noise in front of the emperor, he only glared at Shen Bai secretly, Gu Hengzhou's gaze was very clever to avoid Shen Bai and didn't look at her, and walked straight to Emperor Hengde to salute.

Emperor Hengde praised Gu Hengzhou and Zhou Jue, let the two of them sit down, and was about to let Sun Yuehai announce the opening of the banquet, when the eunuch of the palace at the door shouted: "The queen mother has arrived!" ”

Emperor Hengde is fifty this year, the Queen Mother is almost seventy, and she lives in the Shouning Palace on weekdays, and suddenly attends today, Emperor Hengde is also a little surprised, but he quickly reacted, got up in person and went to the door, took the Queen Mother from the hands of the eunuch and held it steadily, walked to the main seat and sat down, the concubine spontaneously gave up her position, and the palace people quickly added a low table next to it.

The Queen Mother didn't come alone, and she was followed by a little girl of thirteen or fourteen.

The girl's little face was white and tender, her cheeks were still a little baby fat, her eyes were clear and smart, and although she tried to be calm, there was still a trace of nervousness and curiosity in her eyes.

She was wearing a carmine cardigan long skirt, the skirt gradually changed to white, there was no complicated embroidery on the dress, but there was a narrow circle of gold silk embroidery on the neckline and skirt, and there were fine flashes of light between walking, which was very beautiful.

After the Queen Mother was helped by Emperor Hengde to sit down, the girl stood alone in the center, she nervously tightened the handkerchief in her hand, knelt down and saluted, and said crisply: "Lu Xiu greets Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live, long live Lady Niangniang." ”

This is the girl who broke into the Lanyue Pavilion and escaped from it while the chaos was taking advantage of the chaos.

She was originally a distant relative of the Queen Mother's mother's family, because of this incident, the Queen Mother was taken to the palace from Jing Zhaoyin by mistake, she was simple in nature, sweet and pleasant, but she didn't expect the Queen Mother to like her very much, so she asked people to send a letter home and raise her in front of her.

Emperor Hengde had seen Lu Xiu a few times in Shouning Palace, and he also thought that this girl was very likable, so he asked her to sit down next to Concubine Shu, and the palace banquet officially began.

Sun Yuehai first read out the reward given to Gu Hengzhou by Emperor Hengde in public, in addition to silver and satin, there are all kinds of valuable treasures, Gu Hengzhou knelt down to thank him, Emperor Hengde mentioned the previous promise again, and said lightly: "At the end of the year, the Zhenguo Guild returned to Beijing to report on its work, Xingyuan and Guogong father and son have not seen each other for several years, this time I came back, let Zhenguo Gong stay in Beijing for one more month, so as to enhance the relationship between father and son." ”

After getting those rewards, Gu Hengzhou's expression was calm, without the slightest wave, and when he heard that he could let Zhenguo Gong return to Beijing for a month longer, Gu Hengzhou's eyes brightened a little, and he said loudly: "Thank you, Your Majesty Longen!" ”

Sun Yuehai handed over the holy decree of the reward to Gu Hengzhou, Gu Hengzhou returned to his seat and sat down, and the others sat on the seats, toasted Gu Hengzhou in the air, and used all the words of praise he could think of on Gu Hengzhou.

After three rounds of drinking, Concubine Shu put down her chopsticks, wiped the corners of her mouth reservedly, and took the lead in opening the topic: "I heard that the prince will go to Lingzhou to be a lieutenant next year, but the candidate for the princess is still in the air, but the prince already has a favorite candidate in his heart?" ”

Concubine Shu's voice was soft, and her tone was also very friendly, she was a little abrupt at the banquet, but it was not offensive, and the other people paused slightly, and then returned to normal, but their eyes fell on Gu Hengzhou.

Zhou Jue was originally pouring wine and drinking, but when he heard this, his hands trembled, the wine was poured on the table, and he hurriedly wiped it with his sleeve, pinching the sweat for Gu Hengzhou in his heart, a good celebration banquet, why did Concubine Niangniang suddenly think of being a matchmaker for Brother Gu?

Gu Hengzhou said coldly: "Xie Niangniang cares, there must be a lot of affairs in Lingzhou, Weichen just wants to serve His Majesty and the court well, and he doesn't want to think about the love of men and women for the time being." ”

Concubine Shu had long expected that Gu Hengzhou would answer like this, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs, and the prestige of the prince is far and wide, making the enemy fearful, and His Royal Highness the prince is also a hero and a young man, and has great ambitions." ”

Concubine Shu first praised Gu Hengzhou and Zhen Guogong, and then the conversation changed: However, the ancestor left a sentence called starting a family and starting a business, and the matter of starting a family was put in front. ”

There is still more than half a year to go, but it is still a little tight to complete the process of getting married.

Concubine Shu is no better than Ye Wanyu, since she opened her mouth in front of Emperor Hengde, it means that Emperor Hengde also has plans to let Gu Hengzhou get married.

Gu Hengzhou hesitated, and said apologetically: "The words of the matchmaker of the parents' orders, my father is not in Beijing, and Weichen does not dare to make an opinion, and it is not too late to wait for my father to come back at the end of the year." ”

Gu Hengzhou can't directly refuse Concubine Shu now, so he can only move out of Zhenguo Gong as a shield.

When it comes to this, most people will stop in moderation, but Concubine Shu still tried her best to persuade: "The prince of Zhenguo guards the border all the year round, and the Guogong Mansion may not have done any happy events for a long time, if he can hear the good news of the prince when he returns to Beijing, he will be very happy." ”

Shen Bai couldn't help but take the glass of wine in front of him and drank it all, his heart was crumpled by an invisible hand, in the previous life, it was clear that except for the people from the Guogong Mansion, no one cared about Gu Hengzhou's marriage anymore, why did it seem to be blatantly forcing the marriage now?

Gu Hengzhou's thin lips pursed into a straight line, Zhou Jue could see it clearly beside him, seeing that he was about to be cold, he had a flash of inspiration, and said loudly: "Next month is the birthday of the Duchess of the Kingdom, Brother Gu has no intention of considering marriage for the time being, and please forgive the concubine!" ”

Zhou Jue's words were inserted very abruptly, everyone's eyes were focused on him, he couldn't bear it a little, and the ghost made Shen Bai raise his chin: "Shen Bai also knows about this, Shen Bai, right?" ”