Coming out of the Tea Yun Pavilion, Shen Bai was not in a hurry to go home, and first went to the ready-to-wear shop to revise and make a few sets of new clothes for Shen Ru for next year.

In the previous life, Shen Bai patronized and quarreled with this old man, and he didn't say a few heart-wrenching words to him when he died.

Reliving a lifetime, she chased after Gu Hengzhou's ass all day long, making Old Man Shen angry, and now that she thinks about it, she has not fulfilled her obligations as a daughter in her upper and lower lives.

After returning from Nanxiang, Shen Bai couldn't see his future clearly, and he always had the illusion that he couldn't tell when he would become a lonely ghost and leave this world.

finally lived a new life, and she couldn't sit on the charge of this unfilial daughter.

In addition to clothes, Shen Bai, the four treasures of the study, also bought a lot, and the old man Shen has been literary all his life, and it is estimated that he will not be able to change the habit of writing and painting until he dies.

After shopping, Shen Bai took the car home, and when he arrived at the door, he happened to see Shen Ruxiu getting off the carriage.

Since the death of Emperor Hengde, he has been busy in the palace, and in just a few days, he has aged a lot, his face is full of tiredness, and Shen Bai quickly stepped forward to support him.

Shen Ruxiu was hiding something in his heart, he didn't notice Shen Bai, he was suddenly startled by being supported, and when he saw her face, he instantly relaxed, and asked gently, "Where did you go to play today?" ”

This tone seemed like Shen Bai was still studying in Tai Academy, and he skipped class and secretly ran out to play.

"Didn't play, went buy something." Shen Bai said lightly, helped Shen Ruxiu to walk in, saw him with a sad face, and asked casually, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince scolded you, why does your face stink like this?" ”

Shen Ruxiu raised his eyebrows and scolded in a low voice: "Presumptuous, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also what you can arrange behind your back?" ”

Yes, yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a respected status, and no one should speak ill of him behind his back.

Shen Bai secretly rolled his eyes, and gave a soft advice on his lips: "Mrs. Shen, you are not too young, don't work so hard in the court in the future, forget if you don't take care of your body, don't forget that you still have an old man waiting to be fed, if something happens to you, no one will care about him." ”

Shen Ruxiu's face sank violently, and he knew that Shen Bai couldn't say anything good in his mouth.

"Look at you, I kindly advised you that you are still angry." Shen Bai glanced at Shen Ruxiu, and said before Shen Ruxiu could speak, "Dad, you have already paid most of your life for Zhaoling, and the future of Zhaoling is not up to you alone, you should also think more about yourself." ”

Shen Bai's tone softened, not much the same as usual, Shen Ruxiu turned his head to look at her, frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Shen Ruxiu was much more stubborn than those old masters in Tai Academy, Shen Bai licked his lips and said softly: "I have had a nightmare in the past few days, I dreamed that the iron hooves of Yuexi entered Zhaoling, Zhenguo Gong and Gu Hengzhou were both killed in battle, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to send the surrender letter, and I was shot by the enemy of Yuexi under the horse, and there was no corpse to die." ”

These words cursed the death of Zhenguo Gong in battle, and also cursed Zhaoling to die in the country, Shen Ruxiu should have severely reprimanded Shen Bai, but seeing Shen Bai's eyes red, his eyes were full of grief, and he couldn't say a word of those reprimands.

Shen Bai continued: "Dad, this world can't be changed by one or two people, you have paid enough for Zhaoling, and finally have an old man, even if you don't think about yourself, think about it for Shen Po, if you are tired, you can protect Shen Po with your temperament." ”

Shen Ruxiu stiffened his face and stopped talking, as soon as Emperor Hengde left, Shen Bai suddenly said this kind of thing in front of him, to be honest, he didn't like to listen to it, and although Shen Bai was not close to him over the years, he was quite responsible, if something happened to him, Shen Bai, the eldest sister, would definitely not see Shen Po left unattended.

Shen Ruxiu wanted to refute, but Shen Bai took a deep breath and sighed softly: "Dad, I have enough things on my body, don't always think that one day you will be gone, and I will support the Shen family, I can't hold it." ”

She is not a man in the first place, and she still owes love debts in the upper and lower lives, and she may not even be able to pay off the debts, let alone take care of the Shen family to take care of Shen Po.

After saying that, Shen Bai let go of Shen Ruxiu, took a step back and bowed respectfully to Shen Ruxiu.

Shen Bai's movements were very slow, and after bowing, he bent over and stopped for a moment, and said to Shen Ruxiu seriously: "I won't stay in Hanjing for long, at the latest next year, in the late spring, I will leave Beijing, and I don't know when I will be able to come back this time, please think carefully about what I just said." ”

Shen Ruxiu didn't hear anything from Zhao Che about the will to dispatch Shen Bai, and asked in surprise, "Where are you going?" ”

Shen Bai replied calmly: "The head of the Dongfang family of the first family of Nanxiang Kingdom sent me a shipload of priceless timber, and asked me to do something for the Dongfang family, and it is inconvenient to tell my father what it is now." ”

Shen Ruxiu frowned, Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao went to Nanxiang to reopen trade with Nanxiang for Zhaoling, and Shen Bai had a deal with the Dongfang family in private, so it was not good for this matter to get out.

Shen Ru was about to ask, Shen Bai preemptively said: "This is an agreement I made privately with the head of the Dongfang family, and it does not involve anything else, if my father is afraid that others will misunderstand, I can sell those wood materials for money, and then donate the money to Yunshan Temple to make sesame oil money, but Chabai and Lujian are loyal to me, and my father can't treat the two of them badly, as well as Mama Ye and Mama Li in the palace, the two of them are also careful to teach me, and my father needs to ask someone to bring some silver money to them to show gratitude." ”

The more Shen Bai said this, the more it seemed that he was explaining the aftermath, Shen Ruxiu was secretly frightened, Shen Bai continued: "Although Zhou Jue always quarrels with me, he and I have a fateful friendship, when he got married, there was Lao Dad to give him a generous gift for me, and Wu Shouxin, the son of the Wu family, he had helped me several times, and he also had to prepare a generous gift when he got married, and Gu Hengzhou ......"

"Gu Hengzhou?"

Shen Ruxiu interrupted Shen Bai with a calm face, repeating the name in disbelief, Shen Bai stopped, looked at him calmly, Shen Ruxiu realized that Shen Bai was not joking, and asked keenly: "Didn't you go back to Hanjing from Lingzhou on the same road, but what happened on the way?" ”

"Nope."

Most men in the world have the common problem of messing with flowers and grass, although Shen Ruxiu believes in Gu Hengzhou's character very much, he still speculates from Shen Bai's perspective at this time: "The kid surnamed Gu is empathetic and don't fall in love?" ”

"It's not." Shen Bai shook his head, looked at Shen Ruxiu's eyes and said, "It's that I don't like him anymore." ”

Shen Bai said that she didn't like Gu Hengzhou anymore.

This is harder to believe than her accusation that Gu Hengzhou has a new love.

Kneeling in the ancestral hall of the Shen family, when kneeling in front of the ancestors and ancestors, she said that she liked Gu Hengzhou; When she came back from the autumn hunting paddock, she almost lost half of her life, but in front of Shen Ruxiu, she said extremely firmly that she wanted to go to a position where she could stand side by side with Gu Hengzhou.

She went to Mozhou alone, solved the urgent need of Yuanfeng County with Gu Hengzhou, and after returning to Beijing, she knelt on top of the court and admitted that she was actually a daughter.

In less than two years, everything she did was for Gu Hengzhou.

finally looked forward to the two communicating with each other and confirming the marriage contract, at this time she said that she didn't like Gu Hengzhou anymore, who would believe it?

Shen Ruxiu pulled Shen Bai into his room with a calm face, and said in a serious tone: "Marriage is not a child's play, you tell me honestly, what happened between you and the kid surnamed Gu." ”

Shen Bai looked down at the upper of his shoes and said indifferently: "Nothing, it's just that I don't like him anymore." ”

Shen Ruxiu slapped the table angrily and said angrily: "Bastard! That's the prince of Zhenguo, do you think that's the person you say you don't like if you don't like it? ”

Shen Bai pursed her lips and did not refute, this look is very similar to her when she made a mistake when she was a child and was caught, but the dead duck refused to admit her mistake.

Shen Ruxiu was very angry, he suppressed his temper and did not continue to yell at Shen Bai, and reasoned with her as gently as possible: "There are many people in the world who are obsessed with pain and love for love, no one is perfect, no one is perfect, there is no gold and no feet, when I was with your mother and I also had a quarrel, you can't gamble on a momentary anger and make a hasty decision." ”

As soon as Shen Ruxiu finished speaking, Shen Bai immediately said, "I have already thought very clearly. ”

Shen Ruxiu choked, glanced at Shen Bai, and said in a deep voice: "In the past ten years, you have been pretending to be a man and doing many deviant things, and now although you have restored your daughter, your reputation has also been damaged, and the rumors in the city have not been stopped, but the kid of the Gu family went to the first emperor to ask for a reward from the county lord for you, from the father's point of view, this kid of the Gu family loves you enough and is a person who can be trusted."

Before you went to Nanxiang, you made a big fuss about the birthday banquet of the second lady Gu, and the Gu family kid was not angry with you, but secretly set up a house to stand on his own, so as not to let you suffer the slightest grievance, in all fairness, there is no second person in this world who can do this. ”

Shen Ruxiu listed what Gu Hengzhou had done for Shen Bai, sighed heavily and said: "Bai'er, from childhood to adulthood, my father has taught you to be benevolent and righteous, Zhenguo Gong has been fighting on the battlefield for decades, worthy of the family and the country, the Gu family is a boy who is both rigid and soft, and he is also benevolent and righteous to you, he is the only prince of Zhenguo Mansion, and his father will never allow you to treat your feelings as child's play, so play with him!" ”

Speaking of this, Shen Ruxiu's tone became stern, Taifu's demeanor was full of authority, he looked at Shen Bai with burning eyes, and said word by word: "Today, you must give your father a reasonable reason, otherwise, your father will not be able to spare you first!" ”

Yes, a person like Gu Hengzhou, it is already a groundbreaking miracle that he can be tempted by someone, if someone dares to abandon him from the beginning, everyone in Hanjing can drown that person with a mouthful of spit.

Shen Bai didn't defend himself, picked up his skirt, knelt down in front of Shen Ruxiu, and said softly: "This matter is that my daughter is sorry for Gu Hengzhou, Gu Hengzhou will get married in the future, please ask my father to send him a generous gift for my daughter, and if there is any need in the Guogong Mansion in the future, please also ask my father to find a way to help him more." ”

Shen Bai never mentioned the reason, Shen Ruxiu was so angry that his chest hurt, his body shook, and he glared at Shen Bai and asked, "You really don't want to marry Gu Hengzhou?" ”

"Yes."

Shen Bai replied firmly, Shen Ruxiu's burning gaze was nailed to her back, and after a long time, he said helplessly: "Get out!" ”

Shen Bai got up to leave, and for the next two days, Shen Ruxiu was recuperating at home, did not go to the court, and Shen Bai did not go out, staying at home and using the leftover kite spirit tree leftovers before to make sachets.

She didn't learn to be a female red, but she still embroidered according to what she learned in her dreams.

She couldn't embroider anything else, so she embroidered a boat character crookedly, and then asked Cha Bai to sew a sachet bought from the market outside.

Now she has no reason to give Gu Hengzhou a sachet, even if she is cheeky, Gu Hengzhou should not accept it, fortunately, she has a lot of ideas, and it is not difficult to let this sachet appear in front of Gu Hengzhou unconsciously.

Early in the morning of the third day, someone from the Chayun Pavilion came to send the list prepared by Wei Li to Shen Bai, Shen Bai carefully copied it, and prepared to enter the palace on the second day to report to Zhao Che.

Shen Bai changed into an apricot winter skirt and wrapped a thick cloak to go out, and as soon as he arrived at the gate, he saw Gu Hengzhou wearing a bamboo blue brocade coat and sitting on horseback with a tall posture.

Su Xiaoqiu's carriage was next to him, and Gu Hengzhou was obviously here to protect Su Xiaoqiu.

I haven't seen him for a few days, Shen Bai glanced at Gu Hengzhou from a distance, Gu Hengzhou's eyes were cold, it was even more freezing than this winter, the sense of alienation between the two suddenly came out, Shen Bai hurriedly looked away, and walked straight to the carriage, the coachman took the footstool, Shen Bai got into the car, opened the curtain, Su Xiaoqiu sat in the car wrapped in a black cloak and hugged the stove, Su Xiaoqiu's expression was a little tired, and there was a faint blue and black under his eyes, it should have been a few days in a row.

Seeing Shen Bai, the corners of Su Xiaoqiu's lips rose, and he tried to pull out a smile, and said: "Before, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me and Sister Bai to draw up a list of commodities for trade with Nanxiang, but today I am free, and I have worked hard for Sister Bai to run with me." ”

"It's not troublesome, it's all what I should do." Shen Bai said and sat down in front of Su Xiaoqiu, his eyes unconsciously swept twice more on the black cloak, Su Xiaoqiu noticed it, and explained softly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince summoned me this morning, I just came out of the palace and forgot to bring the cloak, His Royal Highness the Prince lent me the cloak to use, Sister Bai'er don't be careful." ”

"You're weak, as you should be." Shen Bai said lightly, didn't look at the cloak again, looked at Su Xiaoqiu and asked, "Your face is so bad, do you want to rest for a while?" ”

Su Xiaoqiu shook his head and said, "It's okay. After speaking, he asked Shen Bai, "It's cold, does Sister Bai want to use a stove?" ”

After saying two words, Su Xiaoqiu's breathing was a little panting, and he looked more and more haggard and weak, Shen Bai wrapped his cloak tightly, shook his head and said, "No need, your body is weaker, use it yourself." After speaking, he leaned against the wall of the carriage and stopped talking.

Su Xiaoqiu didn't know much about other commodities, so he only took Shen Bai to the city Chinese medicine hall and asked for the names of some medicinal materials that were unique to Nanxiang and scarce in Zhaoling, and Shen Bai wrote them down one by one, preparing to add them to the list later.

There are a lot of Chinese medicine halls in the city, and they can't finish walking for a while, and at noon, the three of them have lunch in the Crane Tower.

Su Xiaoqiu and Gu Hengzhou didn't order, taking care of their bodies, Shen Bai ordered a table of light and stomach-nourishing dishes, and the meal was served quickly, Shen Bai didn't talk nonsense, and ate silently with a bowl.

Su Xiaoqiu couldn't stay idle, looked at Shen Bai and then Gu Hengzhou suspiciously, and asked, "Your Royal Highness, have you quarreled?" ”

"Nope."

Gu Hengzhou replied coldly with a stiff face, and Shen Bai directly changed the topic and said, "Actually, these scarce medicinal materials, the Tai Hospital's doctors know more, and Miss Su doesn't need to go there herself." ”

Su Xiaoqiu said: "The imperial doctors of the imperial hospital are indeed well-informed, but the medicinal materials in the palace are almost complete, and the imperial doctors do not know what is lacking in the army, and even if they do, they may not know what the market price of these medicinal herbs is, or it is more convenient to go directly to the medical hall to ask." ”

This also makes sense, Shen Bai nodded, and praised from the bottom of his heart: "Miss Su is really thoughtful. ”

After saying that, there was no more to say, the room fell silent again, Shen Bai lowered his head to eat, and Shen Qi, who had been holding on Shen Bai's arm, suddenly got out of his cloak and shouted in the air: "Oh no, it's not good, it's not good!" ”

Shen Bai's eyelids jumped, and he was picked up from Dongfang Ying, Shen Qi had been very calm these days, and suddenly heard him shouting like this, Shen Bai was a little uneasy, but it was not easy to show it on his face.

Shen Qi spun in the air, flew to Shen Bai's shoulder, and shouted into Shen Bai's ear: "Mother, it's not good, something happened to Daddy!" ”

Daddy? Is it Brother Gu?!

Shen Bai immediately put down his chopsticks and stood up suddenly, Su Xiaoqiu was startled, and Gu Hengzhou also lifted his eyes to look at her.

Shen Bai wasn't sure if Gu Hengzhou could still see Shen Qi now, and she didn't have time to judge anything from Gu Hengzhou's expression, she looked at Su Xiaoqiu and said eagerly: "I suddenly remembered that there was still a little urgent matter to do, and I couldn't accompany Miss Su to continue shopping in the afternoon." After speaking, Shen Bai took out the copied list from his arms and put it in front of Gu Hengzhou, and said, "This is the list of goods I drew up before, and after Miss Su adds the medicinal materials, His Royal Highness Lao Shizi will present it to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The words fell, no matter what Su Xiaoqiu and Gu Hengzhou's reaction was, Shen Bai rushed out of the room directly, out of the inn, Shen Bai directly grabbed a horse, let Shen Qi lead the way in front, and galloped towards the outside of the city.

The streets of the city were full of people, Shen Bai's speed was limited, and he hurried out of the city, and half an hour later, Shen Bai rode into a valley.

It's already winter, there is no greenery in the valley, the mountains are covered with snow, the sound of horses' hooves is swallowed by snow, Shen Bai is unaware, and drives directly into the depths of the valley, and when he comes back to his senses, there is no trace of Shen Qi in front of him, and the horseshoe prints behind him are also covered by snowflakes that fall again at an unknown time.

"Brother Gu!"

Shen Bai shouted, and only her echo could be heard from the valley.

Shen Bai frowned, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and walked into the depths of the valley, and kept saying: "Brother Gu, I am Shen Bai, if you can hear me, promise me." ”

The further you go inside, the deeper the snow gets, the cooler the temperature, and the clothes on your body can't stop the cold at all.

Shen Bai didn't dare to go inside, looking at the white expanse, he was also aggrieved in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Brother Gu, don't avoid me, I have already given up on Gu Hengzhou, he is so good to me, even my father blames me for not knowing what to do, if Brother Gu ignores me, I will really have nothing." ”