Chapter 22: The Dowry
"Master Shen, it's hard to come out to play, why do you still have a serious face? You, and you, go over and serve the cold-faced adult, and you will be rewarded for your good service. ”
Shen Xiao and the three princes finally arrived in Jincheng, and since they were the officials of Jincheng, the two of them naturally wanted to stay in the post house.
Originally, there was a Shen Xiao, which had already surprised the officials of Jincheng, but now there are three more princes, and the officials of Jincheng are naturally waiting carefully.
Men, after all, have bad roots, even if there are groups of wives and concubines at home, they still inevitably have to go outside to steal fish.
The officials of Jincheng want to go out to eat, drink and have fun, so they naturally have to drag the three princes and Shen Xiao together, after all, if they go by themselves, they will inevitably cause dissatisfaction.
Because Jincheng is not far from the border pass, most of the women here are foreigners, which has a unique style.
Looking at the two women who were close to him, Shen Xiao couldn't help frowning, he glanced at the three princes, but saw that the three princes didn't react much, hugging left and right, but quite comfortable.
"Master, let the slave family toast you for a drink?" One of the two women who approached Shen Xiao poured a glass of wine and pasted it towards Shen Xiao.
flashed to the side, and the woman who came over immediately pounced, and the wine in the wine glass overflowed and spilled on Shen Xiao's clothes.
"Master, it's the slave family who is not good, and the slave family will wipe it for you." Putting down the wine glass, the woman stuck it again without giving up.
"Third prince, Weichen retreated first." Before the woman could reach his side, Shen Xiao arched his hand at the third prince, turned around and walked out of the house.
Seeing Shen Xiao leave, the officials of Jincheng couldn't help but look at each other, and then looked at the three princes.
"Marquis Shen doesn't like it, don't force it." Drinking all the wine in the cup, the third prince smiled lightly and spoke.
The three princes all said so, and those officials naturally didn't say anything more, and they all accompanied the smiling faces to enliven the atmosphere again.
The third prince drank wine, enjoying the beauty in his arms, thinking of Shen Xiao's reaction and expression just now, his eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of depth.
What the third prince thought, Shen Xiao didn't care, and after leaving the house, Xiao He followed.
"Master, my subordinates have already checked, there are indeed a lot of foreigners in Jincheng recently, especially the people of the Qing clan and the Snow clan, the two clans are close, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not join forces."
"Go back to the post station first, I want to take a shower first." Thinking of the woman who was about to lean over just now, disgust flashed in Shen Xiao's eyes.
Hearing Shen Xiao say this, Xiao He responded and didn't continue to speak, after following Shen Xiao for so long, he naturally knew some of his master's habits.
returned to the post station, and after Shen Xiao took a shower and changed his clothes, he let Xiao He continue to report.
"Although the Qing Clan and the Snow Clan are the closest, I heard that the two clans seem to have some grievances?" What Xiao He said just now, Shen Xiao still heard it, he looked at Xiao He and asked.
"Back to the master, my subordinates know about this, but recently my subordinates heard that the Qing clan and the snow clan are going to marry."
In terms of exploration, Xiao He said that he was the second, but few people dared to say that he was the first, so the news he heard was absolutely no problem.
"Marriage? Aren't there feuds between the two tribes? Shen Xiao frowned, they all said that things are abnormal, they are demons, and the two clans with old grudges want to marry, if there is no problem, it is impossible.
"There is indeed a feud, but the marriage is also true." nodded, Xiao He has only found out about the marriage so far, but because of the marriage, Xiao He has not found out yet.
"Keep looking." Since Xiao He didn't say it, it must have been found out, Shen Xiao opened his mouth and commanded, Xiao He answered, and then retreated.
The room was quiet again, Shen Xiao sat down at the table, reached out and poured himself a glass of water, and after taking a sip, his eyes narrowed slightly.
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It was late at night, Yan Su was lying on the bed, but she couldn't sleep, she sat up from the bed, reached out and touched her stomach.
Although she had eaten enough in the evening, she still felt a little hungry.
got up and got dressed, Yan Su quietly walked out of the room, the courtyard door was locked, and the people were all asleep, Yan Su thought about it, and finally climbed out of the dog hole.
Familiar with the road, Yan Su came to the yard where he had been eating pastries.
In the last few days, she didn't come, but she suddenly wanted to come today, so she came.
The courtyard was still dark, as usual, and she walked to the door, leaning in the doorway and listening to the sounds inside.
At this time, even if there were people in the house, they were already asleep, Yan Su hesitated, and finally reached out and pushed the door open.
Entering the house, Yan Su tiptoed towards the inner room, and when she reached the entrance of the inner room, she looked inside, but found that there was no one in the inner room.
With a light breath, Yan Su returned to the table, where there was a plate of pastries, as usual.
"It's a waste that no one still has pastries on the table." Muttering quietly, Yan Su took a small bite of the pastry.
Come to think of it, I was really bold enough, knowing that there were people living in this courtyard, but I still dared to come here in the middle of the night, just to eat a few pastries.
After only eating a few pieces, Yan Su stopped eating, after all, there are not many pastries on this plate, and if he eats too much, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be discovered.
After drinking a glass of water, Yan Su put the cup away, quietly left the house, and walked towards the courtyard.
Following the way she came, Yan Su returned to her courtyard, and it was strange to say that after she lay down again, that is, after a short while, she fell asleep.
For the next few days, she would get up every night, sneak out into the yard, eat a few pastries, and then slip back to her yard.
Maybe it's because Yan Su is still very cautious, so the people in the mansion and the people in Yan Su's courtyard didn't even find out.
Others didn't find it, but it didn't mean that Qin Feng wouldn't find it, after all, the pastries in the room were put by him.
Seeing that the pastries were decreasing every day, Qin Feng felt very surprised, after all, now that Shen Xiao was not there, even if he was there, no one would touch this pastry.
But now the number of pastries has decreased, which means that someone is stealing this plate of pastries, to be exact, someone has secretly entered the green garden.
With this discovery, Qin Feng deliberately searched for a night, he didn't rest, just hid on the beam in the room, waiting for the thief who stole the pastries to arrive.
I've been here several times, but there is no one in the house, only a plate of pastries, so when Yan Su came again, she was much more comfortable, she didn't know that on the beams of this room, someone was staring at her.
Qin Feng never thought that the person who appeared in the room turned out to be the new lady, and seeing the new lady eating pastries leisurely, Qin Feng couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
Thinking that when his master left, he specially ordered himself to put a plate of pastries on the table every day, Qin Feng's eyes couldn't help but widen.
It seems that his master did it on purpose, and he already knew that someone had come to his room to eat pastries.
Since it was the new lady who came to eat the pastries, Qin Feng naturally didn't care, and the current situation was obviously acquiesced by his master.
After Yan Su left, Qin Feng jumped down from the beam, looked at the passive pastry, and shrugged helplessly.
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Eat well and sleep well every day, Yan Su's mental condition is getting better and better, coupled with deliberate exercise, although people are still thin, but their temperament is getting better and better.
"Madame's complexion has been very good lately, and the whole person feels different." When she has nothing to do, Lian Wanrou will come to see Yan Su, and she is the most touched by Yan Su's changes.
"Really? I don't think so. Looking at herself every day, Yan Su naturally couldn't feel that in the past few days, she actually had some worries on her mind, so she didn't sleep well.
"Madame seems to have something on her mind?" I have to say that Lian Wanrou's observation ability is very strong, and before Yan Su could say anything, she had already found out.
"Sort of." nodded, Yan Su didn't hide it, "Since I am married to the Hou Mansion by Ming Media, I should have a dowry, but you also know that this Jingyuan is like this now, thanks to you, I am very strange, where did my dowry go." ”
Regarding this point, Yan Qing has not been pondering for a day or two, although he has the memory of the original owner in his mind, but about the dowry, the original owner does not have much impression.
There must be dowries, but not much, but where did those dowries go, and what they are, Yan Su really doesn't know.
"Madame's dowry?" Hearing Yan Su talk about her dowry, Lian Wanrou's face suddenly became a little strange, "Madame doesn't know?" ”
"I don't know, I was sick before, so I don't have any impression, does Aunt Lian know?"
Looking at Lian Wanrou's face, Yan Su felt that it was impossible for her not to know, so she stared at Lian Wanrou's eyes and asked her.
"The concubine knows a little, speaking of which, the lady's dowry is not valuable, when you were driven to Jingyuan, because there was nothing valuable in the dowry, so ...... So your dowry was burned by the Xiao family. ”
"What do you say? Burned? Hearing Lian Wanrou's words, Yan Su's eyes widened in surprise, "Even if it's not valuable, my dowry won't be the turn of the Xiao family!" ”
Although I heard Lian Wanrou say that it was worthless, Yan Su felt that in the end, even if it was not worth anything, it was impossible to be worthless, maybe there were still valuable things in the dowry.
"It was indeed burned, and the concubine also told Forsythia at that time that it was too much for the Xiao family to do this." Nodding, Lian Wanrou looked at Yan Su's face, knowing that she must be unhappy.
In fact, she still knows a little about Yan Su's dowry, because when the Xiao family ordered someone to burn it, she also sent someone to investigate, and there was really nothing of value.
It's no wonder that the conditions of the new lady's mother family are not very good, and it is already very good to be able to take out the dowry, but it is impossible to want a valuable dowry......