Chapter 41: Affection

Rao Tu vaguely remembers that someone came to her when she was unconscious and fed her a spicy pill, and gradually her body was less painful.

When I woke up in the middle of the night, the room was empty, leaving only a faint green air of grass and trees. She sniffed it lightly, feeling something familiar, but nothing to recall.

On the second day, Shen Zhu came back and brought the mountain ghost, Yang Qian, and the old lady doctor in the palace.

Rao Di heard the movement, but she didn't open her eyes, and she didn't wake up until noon, so Shen Zhu held her in her arms and fed the medicine.

Rao said: "Didn't the heavy snow seal the mountain? How did Shen Lang get out? ”

Shen Zhu blew a spoonful of medicinal soup to her mouth, and said softly, "Just step by step." ”

"In case Shen Lang encounters a snow collapse, the concubine will die."

"Tell me to feast on ice."

"Yan Bing?"

"Don't you remember what you said yesterday when you were unconscious?"

Rao's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she asked with a smile: "Concubine...... What was said? ”

"Child, take a break from the book, feast on ice." While feeding her medicine, he looked at her lowered eyes, "There will always be children, it's okay to ask me to feast on Bing, just take a break from the book, and you won't think about it." ”

Rao Tu looked up at him and saw that his eyebrows were slightly twisted, and his expression was indescribably tired. "Yan Bing, it's an adult's word. Back then, the concubine liked the words of "Red Luo", but she knew that it was written by a man named Shen Yanbing, and later learned that Shen Yanbing was Shen Zhu. ”

Shen Zhu said "um", "Shen Yanbing is indeed Shen Zhu." ”

"When are you going to leave?"

"Let's go? Did I say I was leaving? He raised an eyebrow.

Rao Tu lowered her head and rubbed the corners of her forehead, "The concubine is weak and can't serve adults." Besides, the adults have been away from Beijing for a few days, and if you don't go back, I'm afraid that the emperor will choose a feng shui treasure place for you to place your clothes and mounds. ”

He was silent and asked, "Do you still call me Lord?" ”

"The concubine doesn't dare to call your words."

"It doesn't hurt if I say it."

"The concubine doesn't dare."

When he saw her with two pairs of eyes open, a pitiful and innocent appearance, he suddenly became angry in his heart and sneered: "Don't you dare or don't want to?" ”

Hearing this, Rao Tu turned his face away and didn't drink the medicine in his spoon, and said angrily: "The concubine's body is just right, and the adults are arguing with the concubine over these trivial matters!" If you don't dare, you don't dare, the concubine serves the adults, and she is lonely, can't she even be the master? ”

Shen Zhu looked at her overly light white neck, and said after a while: "You really don't know what to do, I don't know what else you don't dare, if you don't call it, you won't call it!" Am I rare? ”

Rao Di struggled from his arms for a moment, and was held down by him, "You give me honest medicine!" ”

Hearing this, Rao Tu snatched the bowl in his hand, drank it cleanly, and stared at Shen Zhu after drinking, his eyes rushed to his heart like a knife.

Shen Zhu was very uncomfortable by her eyes, and slapped one hand on the bed and said angrily: "You woman, I really think I can't control you!" ”

When he spoke, his voice was so loud that even the mountain ghosts guarding outside were shocked.

Rao was stunned, and then cried "wow", crying and shouting: "Why are you so loud? Does Lord Shen still want to hit someone? You fight! Anyway, my body will not be better if you toss it around, you beat me to death! ”

Shen Zhu, who said this, completely darkened his face, and shouted in a deep voice: "What are you yelling about? Want everyone to hear it? ”

In fact, Rao's voice was much larger than Shen Zhu's, and her voice was so crisp that even Yang Qian and the old lady who were standing by the stream could hear it clearly.

The two of them looked at each other, both a little embarrassed, and then the words that made them even more embarrassed came over, "Shen Zhu, you are a Sven scum, well-dressed beasts, and even the prostitutes are not more anxious than you Lord Shen......"

Shen Zhu held down Sapo's Rao Tu and blocked her mouth in a hurry, "Rao Tu, you can tell me another try!" ”

Rao Di was gagged by him, naturally she couldn't speak, she mumped for a long time, her face was red, and her eyes were red, and her pearl-sized tears rolled down.

Seeing her like this, Shen Zhu slowly let go of his hand, he was really angry, and the old wound on his chest was driven, he got up and brushed his sleeves away, and didn't talk to her again.

Yang Qian saw his family come out of the hut in a menacing manner, and was wondering whether to stay away a few steps to avoid the limelight, so he heard him break off and say: "Yang Qian, what are you still doing in a daze!" Prepare your horse to return to the city! ”

Yang Qian sighed in his heart and reminded: "My lord, the horse is at the crossing of the gorge outside the valley. ”

Shen Zhutou didn't go back to the direction of the gorge, Yang Qian hurriedly followed, until Shen Zhu turned over and got on his horse outside the gorge, and there was no instruction.

Yang Qian pointed to more than a dozen government soldiers and hesitated: "My lord, do these people want to withdraw?" ”

Shen Zhu said angrily: "Withdraw what? Stay here for me, and keep an eye on that woman who doesn't keep an eye on women! ”

Yang Qian swallowed his saliva, this was the first time he had seen Lord Shen so angry, he had been with Shen Zhu for six years, and he had never seen him get so angry.

Shen Zhu rode his horse away, and after walking for a few miles, he suddenly stopped his horse urgently. Yang Qian looked at his face and softened a little, and asked cautiously, "My lord, I have brought something missing, do you want to go back and get it?" ”

Shen Zhu glanced at him, "There's no need to beat around the bush, I have nothing to say to that woman." ”

"Yes." Yang Qian sighed secretly, thinking, duplicity is not exactly a woman.

Shen Zhu instructed: "Later, when I return to the city, I will go to the palace first, and you go back to pick up a few of the woman's maids, and add a few stable grandmothers." Let her ...... It will be raised there for a while. ”

"Yes, if Mrs. Pei asks, how will she explain?"

"It's what I mean by being outspoken."

When twilight fell, Rao Di half-leaned on the bed, holding a hand stove, looking at the distant mountains through the half-open window sash, and her mind was far away, not knowing where to go.

The mountain ghost came over and tried her hand stove, frowned, and said, "What does the girl want?" The stove is still icy! ”

Rao Tu came back to her senses, looked down at the hand stove, and asked, "What kind of incense is this?" ”

"It's called Harunobu Yukinaka." The mountain ghost lowered his voice, "It was given by the master, and it has a calming effect on the poison on the girl's body." ”

Rao Tu narrowed her peach blossom eyes, "Spring letter in the snow, it's really a good name, no wonder the cold fragrance is mixed with the breath of the spring sun." She looked at the mountain ghost, "Yesterday, your master came?" ”

The mountain ghost nodded and said in a low voice, "The master came to see the girl and fed her a blood toad pill." ”

Rao Di stopped talking and continued to look out the window, and the mountain ghost re-lit the incense in the incense burner, and pushed her, "Girl, why are you always sullen?" You gave Shen Da popularity and left, do you regret it? ”

Rao Tu glanced at her, "You didn't assign me these days, are you uncomfortable?" ”

The mountain ghost smiled: "The girl is always bored, and she is not sick but also sick, I don't want to make you laugh!" ”

"I can't laugh, don't bother in vain."

The mountain ghost looked at Rao's serious face, "Oh", nodded and said, "Sure enough, I can't bear Lord Shen." ”

The angry Rao Tu poked the little girl's head hard, "Who would think about that thin lover?" ”

The little girl tilted her head and asked, "When the girl said the three words Bo Qinglang, what was in her mind was Lord Shen Zhu Shen, or the scholar named Shen Yanbing?" ”

Rao Di frowned slightly, the mountain ghost seemed to be unintentional, but it caused an uproar in her heart, who was she thinking?

The mountain ghost said thoughtfully: "The fifth prince is as handsome as an immortal, Nangong Gongzi is a young man, and everyone is better than that angry and stingy Lord Shen!" ”

"Don't be poor! Can you tell me how the capital has been in the past few days? ”

"Girl, don't you know, in the past few days since you and Lord Shen disappeared, there has been a lot of trouble in the city, and the emperor's royal forest army is eager to turn over all the floor tiles."

"Oh?"

"Let's talk about Nangong Gongzi first, first of all, he is the most unlucky, he was reprimanded by the old man of Nangong Rumu for three hours, the old man didn't say that he was interested in the girl, and he was bumped into by Lord Shen when he did something wrong, and then he didn't do anything to kill Shen Zhu."

A smile appeared on Rao's face, "Old Man Nangong doesn't believe in his only grandson like this? ”

The mountain ghost sighed, "Young Master Nangong has done too much to sleep in the willows, and his trust value is low. Later, the old man threatened to go to the family law, and said that he would be tied to the saint to apologize for his sins, Nangong Yiwu was in a hurry, and lied that he knew where Lord Shen was, so he escaped and looked for it outside. But it just so happened that he found you first. ”

"Later, he informed Yang Qian and you?"

"Yes, but Nangong Gongzi is an idle person, it doesn't matter to him, he didn't even tell the old man, it is estimated that Jinling City is still a mess. Earlier, Princess Xunyang had a quarrel with Pei's family, and the princess thought that Pei's family had robbed the girl, and wanted to put Pei's family in prison for interrogation, but Pei's only pretended to be sick and ignored it, and secretly didn't know how many people were sent to find Shen Zhu. ”

Rao nodded, "It's messy enough, and it's aggrieved enough." ”

"When it comes to grievances, the five princes have to be the first to be promoted. Because of the turmoil in front of the Five Kings' Mansion on a snowy night, it was rumored in the capital that the Five Kings and Shen Zhu had formed a relationship, and this time Shen Zhu's disappearance was the hands and feet of the Five Kings. Prince Yu revealed this rumor of the market to the emperor, which caused Long Yan to be furious, and the five kings were summoned to the palace and were really scolded and grounded for three months. The emperor also said that if it was really found out that this matter was related to the five kings, he would remove the yellow book of the five kings. ”

When Rao Di heard this, she suddenly looked at the little girl with a smile, and looked at the mountain ghost in her heart, "Girl, I didn't lie to you. ”

"You know a lot of news, it's just outside the imperial city, it's just what happened in the palace, you also said it as if you had experienced it yourself, why is this?"

The mountain ghost blinked, and said weakly: "I heard what the people on the Tao said, girl, you also know, I used to be a ...... in the rivers and lakes."

"Nonsense! How do the rivers and lakes know about the affairs of the temple cabinet? Rao's expression became stern, "Mountain ghost, I remember you once said that you are my man first, and then your master's dead man. ”

The mountain ghost lowered his head, and had to explain honestly: "It's all from other dead soldiers in the department......"

"Look up at me."

"Oh......" The mountain ghost raised his head and looked into Rao's eyes.

Rao Di frowned and said, "What are your two little eyeballs turning?" ”

"No, no...... The girl is so good-looking...... I'm afraid that my eyes won't be flexible if I stare at it for a long time. The mountain ghost looked bitter and almost cried: "I really didn't lie to the girl. ”

Rao Di was silent for a moment, couldn't help laughing, and scolded with a smile, "Dead Nizi, your master raised you for a loss-making business." ”

Seeing her smile, the mountain ghost relieved himself, "Girl, you scared me just now." ”

Rao Tu snorted coldly in her nose, "The dead soldiers in the ministry can actually lurk in the palace cabinet, where is your master sacred, I'm really a little curious." ”

The mountain ghost hurriedly said: "The master said that if a person lives too clearly, he must bear heavier pain than ordinary people. ”

Rao Di said lightly: "It seems that your master is not happy. ”

"Let's not talk about these things, what are the girls going to do next?"

"Wait and see, you don't have to do anything next, someone will naturally come to the door."

"Is it Pei's?"

"What do you say?"

The mountain ghost nodded, and praised sincerely: "Girl, you are really amazing, I see that Shen Zhu is a little delirious when he is fascinated by you." ”

Rao Tu frowned, "If you can't speak, shut up." ”

"Girl, you're too gentle......"

When it was completely dark, Yang Qian sent a few people - Spring and Summer, Autumn and Winter, Liu Xing and a few old and steady grandmothers.

Several girls were quite happy to see Rao Tu, Rao Tu was half lying on the bed, and said to Chunxia, Qiudong: "I have been missing for a few days, Princess Lao is worried. ”

Chunxia said with a smile: "It's okay if the girl is fine, we are servants, and it is not easy to meet such a gentle master as the girl, and we are all suspenseful for you!" ”

Qiudong took out a sandalwood box and said to Rao: "The princess knows that the girl is here to stay, so she gave a box of good spices, which has the effect of concentrating and sleeping peacefully." ”

Rao Tu nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I'll put it away and order it again tomorrow." ”

That night, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter slept in the outer room, and the mountain ghost and Liu Xing stayed in the inner room, Rao Di noticed that Liu Xing's expression was abnormal, so she ordered the mountain ghost to take Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter away, and took Liu Xing's hand and asked what was going on.

Liu Xing leaned down in Rao's ear and said, "The slave's father used to be a partner in a crude medicine shop, so the slave and maid can smell and distinguish herbs since childhood. The spices rewarded by the princess include Shengchuan Wu and Shigeshu, both of which are slippery pills to avoid children. Although the smell was mostly muffled by the other ingredients, I could smell it. ”

Rao Tu looked at the sandalwood box, smiled slightly, and nodded, "I know, don't bother with it." Liu Xing'er, do you guess that Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter know about this? ”

Liu Xing shook her head, "The slave doesn't dare to say anything." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Presumably...... Yes, yes. ”

Rao Tu nodded, "Your mountain ghost sister has already noticed that there is something wrong with that spice, she is my confidant, and she will tell me everything." But I was glad to hear it from you, and you know why? ”

Liu Xing looked at Rao Di with a pair of watery eyes.

Rao Tu said softly: "I am very happy that there is one more person to communicate with." From now on, I will treat you like a mountain ghost. ”

Liu Xing's eyes were slightly red, "Thank you...... Thank you, girl. ”

Rao Di nodded, "You go out and call the mountain ghosts and Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter to come back, and go to sleep." ”

She looked at the back of Liu Xing going out, and secretly thought in her heart, among several girls, the mountain ghost knew everything about her past, and she was the first trustworthy one. It's just that the mountain ghosts have other ties, and there will definitely be a lot of unavoidable things in the future. Liu Xing is innocent and clean, and it is easier to hand over some things to Liu Xing.

In the middle of the night, Rao's hands and feet were cold, and she tossed and turned on the kang for a long time and just felt a little sleepy, and a black shadow flashed into the house.

The mountain ghost was cautious, suddenly turned over from the quilt and stood up, and whispered, "Who is it?" ”

The fire fold was lit up, and a slender figure landed on the wall.

The mountain ghost was startled, and hurriedly put down the bench that he picked up casually, and said in surprise: "Lord Shen, why are you back again?" ”

Shen Zhu looked at Rao Tu who was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, three thousand green silks were like waterfalls, hanging down from the pillow and almost falling to the ground, he waved his hand at the mountain ghost, and then blew out the fire fold in his hand.

The mountain ghost hurriedly woke up Liu Xing'er and withdrew from the inner room, Shen Zhu sat in the dark for a while, and waited for the coldness on his body to dissipate, then took off his clothes and put on the kang, and tightened Rao Tu in his arms a little bit.

Rao Di didn't say a word, but her shoulders were trembling slightly, Shen Zhu felt the tears in the corners of her eyes, and said coldly: "What are you crying for?" Why don't you continue to pretend, and sleep until dawn. ”

"The concubine is not a ruthless person, she can't pretend!"

"You're not, I am?"

"Yes, you are! You are! Lord Shen left in a rage, what are you doing when you come back now? ”

"If I can really be ruthless, I won't come back." Shen Zhu listened to her words like a little woman's anger, and his tone was soft, he turned her over and kissed her on the long dewy eyelashes.

Rao Tu pushed him and said, "Don't touch me! ”

"You're not well, can you not be so excited?"

Rao Tu sneered, "Do you remember that I was not in good health?" Since you are so attentive, don't bother in the middle of the night. ”

"You're sleeping alone and it's cold, I'm worried."

"I'm cold, don't I know? I want you to be nosy. ”

Shen Zhu scooped her legs from the cup, and then held her cold feet, "You really don't know, when you fell asleep one night, didn't you curl up in my arms like a kitten?" ”

"Adult self-respect."

"Self-respect in bed, where does the boudoir fun?"

One sentence was speechless, stunned for a while, and Fang said: "My lord, your face must be as thick as the walls of Jinling City, right?" ”

Shen Zhu rubbed the chin of the green stubble against her smooth cheeks, and commanded in a deep voice, "Sleep." Say one more word, and take off your clothes. ”

Rao Tu bit her lip tightly, rubbed her cold hands and feet against the hot places on his body, and fell asleep with her eyes closed.

Shen Zhu felt that the cold feet were getting hotter a little, and a faint smile bloomed at the corner of his mouth.

On the second day, when Rao Di woke up, Shen Zhu was already dressed in clothes, with a high crown and a wide belt, and he was well-dressed, and he looked like he was going out on business.

She asked, "Where are you going?" ”

"There was a great drought in Suzhou, and the emperor ordered me to inspect the disaster."

Rao Tu said "oh", "My lord, please poop, when I get to Suzhou, you can go to Zuiyue Tower for a walk, and when I get to the name of Rao Tu, I still have a few familiar sisters there, and I will be able to serve the adults comfortably." ”

Shen Zhu was in a bad mood, but when he heard this, it was like accidentally stepping on a piece of shit on the road, bad heart!

He was displeased, stepped forward and grabbed her hair hanging down on the pillow, and sneered: "I went to visit the kiln, and I have to mention my friendship with you?" ”

Rao Di was dragged to the wrong head, and she said loudly: "If you don't mention it, don't mention it, I don't want to save you some money!" ”

Shen Zhu hated itchy, pinched her chin and said, "Rao, hello, it's so good...... You wait! Wait until you're completely well, see if I don't clean you up until your legs are weak! ”

Rao said hatefully: "The concubine is waiting!" When the concubine was seriously ill, the adult was still so rude, pulling her hair and pinching her face, if it was better, wouldn't the adult want to cut me directly with a knife! ”

Yang Qian outside the door couldn't listen anymore, is this their adult? …… They have always hated the style of Wei Jin and Qing talks, and have always disdained to argue with others, when did it become like this? If you don't say three serious words with a woman, you have to quarrel with a red face?

Shen Zhu in the house nodded and said, "Wait for you?" I can't wait to do it for you now! ”

Rao was in a hurry, took out a rune dagger from under the pillow and slapped it on the bed, crying: "The cheap concubine is filthy for a lifetime, and if you want to die cleanly, can't you?" ”

Shen Zhu snatched the rune with his hand, "Can't!" ”

After that, he turned around and stepped out of the house, and said to a few girls in the outer room: "You guys show me, if there is anything wrong with the lady, you don't have to live!" ”

After Shen Zhu left angrily, Rao Di heard another version from the mouth of the mountain ghost, saying that Lord Shen went to the palace yesterday to apologize, and the emperor punished him to go to Suzhou to be a supervisor for three months, but in fact, he was troubled by his affairs, and found a gimmick to degrade him to go out of Beijing and clean for a few months and then come back.

Rao Tu frowned: "Three months? Isn't it early spring to return? ”

The mountain ghost sighed: "Girl, you really can't bear Lord Shen, right?" ”

Rao Tu glared at her, "Naturally not, I was just thinking...... He is a cold person, and after three months, maybe he will find a new love long ago, and his affection for me is cold, and the entanglement of these months will not be in vain? ”

The mountain ghost said sneeringly: "I don't think so, the way Lord Shen looked when he left, it didn't look like he would be cold to the girl if he didn't see him for three months, maybe he would come back after three months...... Come back ......."

"What?"

The mountain ghost whispered: "It's possible to come back and ask the girl to not get out of bed for a month." ”

Rao Di furrowed her eyebrows deeply, well, it's really possible, doesn't she know Shen Zhu yet? That's a well-dressed beast!

After that, Rao Di was stuffy in the house for a few days, and was forced to drink medicine by several girls in turn all day long, and there was a smell of medicine in the house. Here in the spring, summer, autumn and winter, he persuaded the medicine most diligently, and Xu was frightened by Lord Shen's words before leaving.

No matter how relieved Rao Tu is, she can't listen to it in spring, summer, autumn and winter. It's no wonder that the two girls came out of the princess's mansion, and they all know the princess's temper, and she is a master who kills people if she doesn't agree.

The princess likes Lord Shen, things gather people in groups, Lord Shen is definitely not a good temper, and the way she looks when she leaves doesn't look like it's just talking.

Rao Tu had no choice, she finished drinking the medicine that day and proposed to go out for a walk.

Chun Xia said: "It's cold outside, and the girl is cold carefully." ”

Qiu Dong said: "Exactly! What the girl wants to eat and play, we will do it for you, what are you going to do when you go out on a cold day? ”

Rao Tu sighed and gave the mountain ghost a look for help. The mountain ghost stepped forward and touched Rao's forehead, pulled his wrist and probed the pulse in a good manner, and said: "The girl has been stuffy in the house for several days, and she has to go out for a walk, otherwise she will accumulate food in her stomach and will be damaged over time." ”

said that she was stunned in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and Liu Xing smiled and helped Rao Tu out.

Unfortunately, as soon as I went out, I saw several figures swaying from the stream in the distance, headed by a woman, wearing a silver silk bun, surrounded by a golden silk hairpin comb, wearing a short silk jacket, and a verdant silk skirt.

Rao Tu smiled playfully, turned his head to Liu Xing next to him and said, "Do you guess how old Mrs. Pei is?" ”

Liu Xing and Pei had a grudge against killing their mother, and the little girl stared at Pei Shi deadly, snorted, and scolded: "An old woman in her thirties! ”

Rao Di shook her head and smiled: "No, Sister Pei is only twenty-seven this year, but this rich and noble person seems to have grown many years old." ”

As he was talking, Pei Shi approached gracefully, and it seemed that he had lost a lot, his yellow face was not powdered, and his two eyes were red and swollen like peaches, which was a little pitiful.

She came to stand still in front of Rao Di, and smiled gently, "Sister, what kind of joke is this?" The smile was so touching that even I couldn't help but be intoxicated. ”

Rao Tu smiled: "It's all vulgar jokes, say it, I'm afraid of staining Madame's ears." ”

Pei Qingwei suddenly gave a salute to Rao, "I was offended a lot before, and I was so angry that I did those things to my sister because I was worried about the adult's body, please don't take it to heart." ”

Rao Tu hurriedly turned her body to the side to avoid her worship, and said in fear: "Madame, what are you doing?" How can he be a gift, how can he accept the great gift of his wife? ”

Pei Qingwei looked sad and pitiful, and wept: "My sister is like this, she refuses to forgive me." ”

Rao Tu groaned slightly, and then smiled gently: "Madame is serious, the concubine doesn't have the courage to blame Madame, and the concubine has to be grateful to Madame's subordinates for showing mercy and not stabbing the concubine to death with a sword." Mrs. Ben and Lord Shen Qin Se and Ming, it was the concubine who intervened sideways, which inevitably aroused Mrs. resentment. ”

Pei Qingwei stepped forward and held Rao's hand, "Now I also want to open it, adults like you, even if I stop it, it won't help." Now that my sister has entered the door, how can I live in such a barren place for a long time, but I ask my sister to follow me into the house, so that you and my sisters will be harmonious in the future, so as not to hang the hearts of adults. ”

Rao Tu smiled and shook her head: "Madame's kindness, Rao Tu has it." It's just that I'm living here very well, so I don't have to toss. ”

"This place is desolate, but everyone in the capital says that my Pei family is a jealous woman, and I can't allow people to force my sister here. Please have mercy on my sister and go home with me. ”

"I'm seriously ill, I'm afraid I'll pass the illness to my sister." Rao Tu restrained her smile and said lightly.

"It's my sister who is seriously ill, and she should go back to her home to have a good life."

The mountain ghost frowned on the side, "Mrs. Hui, Lord Shen has specially instructed us to ...... here."

Rao Di interrupted the mountain ghost and reprimanded: "You girl! I don't understand the rules more and more, who allows you to talk to your lady like this! ”

The mountain ghost was silent, secretly thinking that if it wasn't for the girl, you would have cut her neck, this slut has long hated me to the core, what etiquette rules do you care?

Pei Qingwei smiled reluctantly, and blessed Rao again, "Please sister clean up, and I'll go back to the house with me." Yan Bing is running an errand outside, and he can only come back in the spring, there is a huge mansion, and I am the only woman, I am really lonely, and I ask my sister not to shirk it again. ”

Rao Tu looked at her with a cold smile that was not friendly, "Since Madam is so gracious, how can Rao Tu brush off the good intentions." Please stay for a little lunch, and then the concubine will enter the house with her wife, too...... Fulfill the good name of the virtuous lady. ”

She turned her head to Chunxia, Qiudong and said, "Go and tell Mama to prepare lunch, Madame's face is not very good, so she has to eat some tonics." Stew the big fish I caught in that mountain stream yesterday. ”

As he spoke, he welcomed Pei into the house, and said, "The house is ugly, and Mrs. Don't laugh." ”

Pei's eyes look around, a thatched house, two inside and outside, although dilapidated but extremely warm, the medicinal smell and a cold fragrance are intertwined, elegant and light.

Pei Shi smiled slightly, "My sister's house is very plain. ”

"This is the concubine and a few girls who have just cleaned it up these days, Mrs. doesn't know, the concubine and the adult were in trouble here before, what is this like? The house is full of musty smells, the bedding is almost ruined by the rain, how can it live in people, it is a pig's nest! ”

Pei Shi said gently: "The girl and Yan Bing live and die together, and this love is precious. ”

Speaking of which, adults have also suffered hardships, otherwise how could he live in such a house. The concubine remembers that on the first night of coming here, she was disgraced by burning a kang, and there was only a little residual warmth, if it weren't for the adults holding the concubine and snuggling up to sleep, the concubine was afraid that she would have frozen to death, how could she still stand in front of the lady and talk? ”

Pei's face was a little ugly when he said this, but he still had to smile, and the mountain ghost saw Pei's expression on the side, and rolled his eyes one after another.

From time to time, when the meal was served, Rao Di gave up her seat and personally scooped a bowl of thick white fish soup for Pei Qingwei. Pei Qingwei took the spoon and was about to drink, Rao Di hurriedly took the spoon from her hand, poured a small spoonful of fish soup in her hand into her bowl, and said with a smile: "Madame doesn't know, this fish was fished out of the mountain stream by the guards outside, I don't know if it is poisonous or not, the concubine will taste it for you first, so as not to accidentally hurt Madame." It's just that the concubine is dead, if the lady has any mistakes, wouldn't it make the adult's liver and intestines broken? ”

Pei Qingwei smiled embarrassedly: "Sister doesn't need to be so cautious. ”

"The protection of the lady is thorough, and the concubine will not give up when she dies." Rao Di said, drank the fish soup in the bowl, tasted it carefully, and said: "The taste is okay, there is no problem with the concubine, Madame can rest assured." ”

For a meal, Pei's food was not very refreshing, but the mountain ghost and Liu Xing watched it from the sidelines, but it was very refreshing. Spring, summer, autumn and winter are a bit staggering, and it is rumored that Pei's Hui has a blue heart, which is deeply respected by Lord Shen. Why does it seem that now that they are not the slightest bit smart and flexible, but they are inferior in every word in front of their girls?

Is it because their girls are too powerful, or are the rumors untrue?

After eating, Rao Di smiled and said, "Madam, please wait a moment, the concubine is still a little soft to be tidied up." ”

Pei Shi said enthusiastically: "If my sister doesn't dislike it, I'll help my sister with it." ”

Rao said: "There is nothing important, just a few clothes for adults and concubines." As she spoke, she pulled out a few old clothes from the box on the kang, and Pei Shi caught a glimpse of a few of them, which she had sewn for Shen Zhu with her own hands.

Seeing her eyes glued to her underwear, Rao Tu picked up one of them and pointed to the crooked sewing stitches on it and smiled: "Madame smiled, Rao Tu's female worker is really unsightly, this is the time few days ago when the adult was injured and gave him random sewing to keep out the cold." It's long overdue to lose it now, but adults prefer to wear it, and they always like to touch the rough stitches on it, so they have kept it and haven't lost it. ”

Pei Qingwei tugged at the corners of her mouth, but she didn't laugh.

Rao Di packed up her clothes, and then took the girl and her party out of the valley back to the city, Pei Shi sat on a big chariot when he came, the curtains hung around him, and the two of them could sit side by side, and when they returned, they happened to ride with Rao Di.

When he walked to the city gate, it was quite eye-catching. Rao Di lifted the curtain, her eyes drifted from the crowd of people who stopped to watch on both sides of the street, and she said thoughtfully: "Madame's gorgeous roof is so magnificent, and the concubine is a little uncomfortable sitting here." ”

Pei Qingwei said with a smile: "The reins are stable, and it is naturally best for my sister to sit." ”

Rao Di put down the curtain and turned around: "Madame specially prepared it for the concubine?" It seems that the lady is bound to get the concubine when she comes out this time. ”

Pei Qingwei said: "My sister has a gentle temperament, so I dare to have this plan." ”

"Mild-tempered?" Rao Di played with the taste: "That's not as good as my sister, I'm afraid that tomorrow, the streets and alleys in the city will go wild, talking about Shen Huangmen's lady's magnanimity, and personally go out of the city to welcome the foxy woman into the house." ”

Pei Qingwei said: "It is common for a man to have three wives and four concubines, since I am the wife of an adult, I naturally have to be tolerant, what is there to talk about, besides, my sister is a fox woman, too much heart." ”

Rao Tu smiled: "The adult scolded me for being a fox a few days ago, fortunately, Mrs. didn't think about it, and when the adult came back, I asked Mrs. to excuse Rao Tu in front of the adult." ”

Walking through the downtown area, walking on a white brick paved road, along both sides of the road are white walls and blue bricks, pine branches and cypress trees, elegant and abnormal. This is the place where the dignitaries and dignitaries of the capital gathered, and the residences of many imperial relatives and temple ministers are located here.

After passing a vermilion gate, Rao Di opened the curtain and saw the plaque on the door, with three big characters "Five Princes' Mansion" drawn in iron hook and silver, and a faint vocal music floated out of the house.

Rao called out, "Stop." ”

Pei Qingwei asked, "Is there something wrong with my sister?" ”

"Please also ask the lady to take the first step and allow the concubine to visit the fifth prince."

Pei Qingwei's face changed slightly, she knew that Rao Tu was from the Qinglou, but she didn't know that she was so dissolute and rude, "My sister has now married into the Shen Mansion, and everything should be restrained." ”

Rao Tu nodded and said, "Thank you for your teachings, and the concubine will remember it in my heart." It's just that the five kings are in a situation now, all because of the concubines, if the concubines pass through the house and do not enter, they will be uneasy. ”

Pei Qingwei stared at her for a moment, and the corners of her mouth sneered, "In this case, sister, go and go back quickly, I'll wait for you here for a while." ”

Rao Di got down and said to the mountain ghost and Liu Xing: "You go with me." ”

knocked on the door of the mansion at the moment, and the housekeeper went in to report, and came back in a hurry after a while, and said with a smile: "Miss Rao, our prince is invited." ”

Rao Tu entered the house, walked through the corridor and alley, and arrived at a hall, where musicians played the sheng with drums and sheng, dancers fluttered and moved, Xiao Yanning sat lazily in the hall, wearing a blue and gray gauze shirt, the placket was loose, and there were two disheveled beauties serving wine and food next to him.

Rao Di only looked at the red faces of the two beauties, and knew what Xiao Yanning was doing just now. The mountain ghost has seen the world, and his face is as usual; Liu Xing is an innocent little girl, listening to the coquettish panting of the two beauties that have not yet been calmed down, the little girl's face turned red.

Rao Di turned her head and glanced at Liu Xing, as if she wanted to tease her, and ordered: "Liu Xing'er, help me to the fifth prince." ”

Liu Xing'er helped Rao Tu to the front of the fifth prince, and the fifth prince leaned back on the back of the chair with a smile, "Since Miss Rao Tu has appeared, Lord Shen will definitely be safe and sound." This king feels that my father has punished me with a three-month grounding, which is really wronged. ”

Rao Tu bowed his head and said: "The concubine has affected the prince, and I am here to apologize." ”

Xiao Yanning waved his hand and said: "This king is here, and there is also Qingle Yanfu, the world of flowers, it is the same everywhere." The girl doesn't have to feel guilty. ”

"The prince is so open-minded, and the concubine will be at ease."

Xiao Yanning smiled: "Do you want the girl to sit down and have a glass of wine?" ”

"No need, the concubine still has something, and the prince seems to have something to do, so don't bother, let the concubine leave first."

Xiao Yanning hugged the waist of the beauty on the left, took another sip of the wine poured by the beauty on the right, and said lazily: "That's the case, the girl walks slowly." ”

Rao Di helped Liu Xing out of the palace, and on the way, Rao Di said lightly: "Liu Xing, your nose spirit, you were close just now, what did you smell on the five kings?" ”

Liu Xing blushed and said, "I smell the smell of fat powder on a woman's body." ”

"That's not right."

"Hmm...... There is also a taste of **. ”

"What else?"

"And ...... No......"

Rao Tu said softly, "How can I smell a faint smell of Aoki......"

Liu Xing recalled, a little uncertain: "It seems to be ...... There is indeed a ...... The smell of wild angelica. ”

The mountain ghost was puzzled: "Wild angelica, a medicinal herb? ”

"Hmm...... Not so sure. The rouge was too heavy for me to recognize. ”

Rao Di looked at the expression of the mountain ghost, and when she didn't see any waves, she stopped talking, but there were doubts in her heart. After a few words of such a command in the ear of the mountain ghost, after the mountain ghost left the house, he felt into the alley and disappeared.

Rao Di sat back on Pei's chariot and said apologetically: "I told my sister to wait for a long time." ”

Pei's smile was faint: "It's okay, my sister has made a lot of friends." ”

Rao Di ignored the sarcasm in her words, and her heart was like a mirror, knowing that Pei Shi would not care about which man she hooked up with, but hoped that her reputation would be as bad as possible.

She smiled slightly: "Rao Tu comes from the wind and dust, and she has always been born involuntarily, and she can't compare to Mrs. Innocent." ”

Pei Qingwei's eyes trembled, and she said lightly: "Okay, there is no need to mention the past, even if you are from the wind and dust, as long as you keep your duty and abide by women's morals in the future, there is nothing to say." ”

Rao Di hurriedly said: "Madame's words are wrong, Rao Tu has been away from the wind and dust all these years, and to outsiders, it is just a little wind and frost." It's just that Rao Di knows in her heart that any woman, no matter how good his conduct and appearance are, if he stumbles and gets an obscene word, no matter how good the others are, it doesn't count. ”

Pei Qingwei's face was a little ugly when she heard this, few people in the capital knew about it, and she Pei Qingwei was also from a dusty background.

But he listened to Rao Di and continued: "For example, a concubine, now she can only be liked by adults because of her appearance, how can it be good if people are old and decrepit in a few years?" If you can get a son and a half daughter, you will have a place in the future, but it is difficult for concubines to be heirs. Only think about where he can help the adult, or sacrifice his life to do something for him, so that he can remember that he owes a little to the concubine, and even if he is disgusted with the concubine's appearance in the future, he can't bear to give up his past feelings. ”

Pei Qingwei's face turned out to be more and more ugly, and her heart became more and more unpleasant. She remembered the little affection she had with Yan Bing all the way, but now she heard people say it, but it was so cold.

Walking to the main gate of the Shen Mansion, Rao Tu got off the sedan chair, and the mountain ghost who was waiting at the door stepped forward and said a few words in her ear, her expression changed slightly, and then she was as peaceful as a mirror.