Flowers and trees, rockery ponds, nine-curved corridors, pavilions and attics, a mansion, everything inside.

There are political and metallurgical storms, wind and moon gossip, and oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

The whole mansion because of the reception of the prince and his party, all of a sudden began to make noise, the Shen family rarely entertained guests from all walks of life, today is still because of the flow of the banquet in the morning opened a camellia banquet, by the Shen family lady entertained the female guests, but after getting the news that the prince is coming, the noon family banquet suddenly became particularly grand.

The Shen Mansion has not been so lively for too long.

From time to time, there were people coming and going, and when they saw the prince and his party, they stopped to the side to salute, and all looked at the guests in amazement.

"Why are you stunned, go and tell Madame, just say that the person has arrived!" The steward who led the way cleared the way and commanded his subordinates.

Mrs. Shen, the current housekeeper of the Shen family, is Dean Shen's original wife, and she is also the best friend of King Cong's biological mother before her death.

Mrs. Shen's status in the Shen family is self-evident, but the Shen family is now in decline, and there is only one Shen He in Beijing, who is the only son of the Shen family's fourth room, followed by Shen Yanhe, the daughter of the Shen family's sixth room.

The family banquet was held in the Ruyi Hall, and a total of four members of the Shen family attended, as well as the prince and Shen Tingnian, and Shen Yanhe failed to come out because he was drunk.

They are all familiar faces, except for Shen He's wife Mo, Shen Tingnian took a look at it twice.

More of her mind fell on the flower garden outside the hall, which used to be a place where she could not set foot, and there were many people and children here...... The scenery is still the same, but the children have grown up.

Pu Yangxu has a little respect for Dean Shen, not only because of the "uncle and grandfather" in terms of seniority, but also because Dean Shen also has a half-teacher relationship with him.

What is very different from them is that Mrs. Shen is reserved and silent, Shen Tingnian finally lifted her veil and drank the soup silently, even if Mo wanted to speak, he didn't dare to say more.

After drinking a bowl of soup, Shen Tingnian turned his head and whispered softly to the maid standing beside him: "Go get the wine." ”

After a short time, the maid came with a wine cup, and when the lid was lifted, the whole hall was covered with a faint smell of wine.

Everyone at the table stopped to look at her.

"This is the Shen family's best wine, can you taste it?" Shen Tingnian picked up the cup and sniffed it carefully.

Before Pu Yangxu could say no, her hand had already reached over, although she was resisting in her heart, but her act of feeding the wine made him open his mouth unconsciously.

The entrance is extremely cool, but the aftertaste has become spicy, Pu Yangxu's handsome face has turned from white to red, his cheeks seem to be dyed red, and he has a pair of watery eyes, which is really good-looking.

Everyone was stunned.

Shen Tingnian lowered his eyes unnaturally, and he was still holding a cup infected with the fragrance of wine, a flawless cup of white jade.

Although she didn't taste it, it seemed to taste in her mouth.

"Tea." Pu Yangxu came over suddenly, the whole person seemed to soften, and his tone was also silly...... Shen Tingnian held his arm, and with his amount of wine, it was not surprising to drink this century-old Tibetan wine-Yuanzheng wine.

The maid of Bucai handed over a cup of new tea, Shen Tingnian raised his hand to take it, and skillfully and naturally fed Pu Yangxu a full cup.

The green color of the rain before the Longjing, smelling the fragrance, drinking bitter, but the aftertaste is sweet, the aroma seems to linger on the tip of the tongue, spreading down.

Pu Yangxu's last realization is that the taste of tea is so sweet.

Shen Tingnian leaned the person in his arms, raised his hand and stopped Shu Tai and the others who were waiting outside and wanted to come in, "Your Highness, just rest for a while, you can stay outside." ”

Shu Tai witnessed the whole process, and the prince himself opened his mouth to drink the wine, which should not be blamed on them, so he hesitated and retreated to the door of the hall.

"I'm coming back today for two things."

Shen Tingnian said in a cold voice, she didn't even want to look at them more, she lowered her eyes and looked at the person in her arms, she didn't want him to see her current appearance, she would rather he wake up and annoy herself.

"Shen Qingyan betrayed me, I want to remove her from the Shen family's genealogy, and he will not be able to implicate me if the Ye family's family is declining and will not be affected by the world."

"If it's for Shen Bin, there is still ...... in this matter"

"The second piece." Shen Tingnian didn't give Dean Shen a chance to finish his words, and said categorically, "No other girl from the Shen family is allowed to approach the crown prince." ”

This time, even Mrs. Shen, who had not moved from beginning to end, showed a look of surprise.

"I don't care how many people you still have in the back mountains, how beautiful and talented you are, from now on," Shen Tingnian held Pu Yangxu's face in his hand and announced word by word, "I can only be by his side." ”

"You've got to have that first." Mrs. Shen regained her calm expression, cold and indifferent, as if the person talking to her was a stranger, "Shen Qingyan's affairs can be up to you, but the Ye family is not so easy to deal with." ”

"I've got my hands on it." After Shen Tingnian finished speaking, he turned his head to look outside the hall, and Shu Tai, who was always paying attention to this side, immediately came in.

"Send Your Highness to my room."

"This, if you don't be there yourself...... Niangniang" Shu Tai expressed embarrassment, you have to bear what you do yourself.

"I'll come later."

She's going to see someone first.

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The lights flickered, and no one spoke in the quiet room.

Dean Shen looked at the mural for a long time and pondered, while Mrs. Shen was silent beside him, but she looked at another person standing and looking at the mural, dressed in a blue single coat, loose and loose, not because he was not neatly dressed, but because he was thinner than his clothes.

Lin Mo was a little fascinated, the woman on the mural was extremely beautiful, her eyebrows were a little familiar, but she couldn't remember who she looked like.

Light Luo small fan white orchid, slender waist jade belt dancing veil. It is suspected that the fairy came down to earth, and looked back and smiled at Xinghua.

This woman should be the inscription on the wall.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone else was too silent and the atmosphere was too depressing, Lin Mo might have recited what was in his heart.

"Lin Mo, did you come back to see her?"

Dean Shen turned around and sat back beside Mrs. Shen, and his heavy voice seemed to have thousands of thoughts in his chest.

"You kid, you just don't make people feel easy, and you don't care about others for your own sake!"

Mrs. Shen was shocked at first, then angry.

The always gentle face was covered with frost.

Lin Moyin covered half of his face with a mask, no one could know what his expression was, he turned his head to look at Dean Shen and Mrs. Shen, his eyes flickered slightly: "This time I came back, not only because the situation is grim, my existence has been exposed, King An's side is also secretly looking for me, and it is necessary to return to Beijing." ”

"No, it's too dangerous...... I can't let you ruin the Shen family alone! ”

Mrs. Shen objected very simply, and she was about to get angry when she stood up.

The door to the ashram opened at this time, from the outside.

Dean Shen and his wife were startled, and their faces changed suddenly.

Lin Mo was also shocked, and turned his eyes to look at the door with some stiffness.

Shen Tingnian held the key to the quiet room in her hand, and with a shake of her fingertips, she raised her steps and entered the room, different from the calm and gentle during the day, her eyes were frosty.

"Didn't you go to see Shen Bin...... Dean Shen stood up immediately, and when he saw the bunch of keys in her hand, he was dumbfounded.

"What, surprised?" Shen Tingnian stood still and swept the faces of the three of them one by one, "I thought that when you saw me today, you should have guessed the truth." ”

Seeing Lin Mo, who she hadn't seen for many years, her gaze didn't stay long, and finally settled on the mural, the corners of her mouth slightly hooked up a smile, "Five years ago, the last person Old Madam Shen saw on her deathbed was me." She gave me this set of keys, and I could go anywhere in the Shen family. ”

This key is equivalent to giving her the right to control the Shen Mansion, which she didn't want before.

"That's what I've come back to give you this time."

Mrs. Shen, who once occupied the main position and would always speak coldly to Shen Tingnian, only looked ugly for a short moment before regaining her calm. So it turned out that the maid in the mansion who could easily summon it took the most precious wine of the Shen family with a casual word, and dared to remove Shen Qingyan without shame, and asked any girl from the Shen family not to approach the prince...... One by one, she didn't plan to cover it up when she came back this time.

"Old Madam Shen gave me a choice, I can choose to let Shen Qingyan pretend to be the owner of this key." Shen Tingnian laughed as he spoke, "After all, I've been used to being impersonated by her for so many years since I was a child, haven't I?" ”

"No wonder, I have always wondered why she betrayed the Shen family and betrayed you this time when she never dared to provoke you." Mrs. Shen kept her calm and quickly figured out the whole thing, "It's you who didn't leave her alive." ”

"She has stepped on me for so many years and lived, the scenery is infinite, how have I ever touched her? It's just that greed is not enough to swallow the elephant and bring about its own destruction. Shen Tingnian glanced at her, frowned, and his cold face suddenly became cold: "No matter what happened before, after today, I hope that there will be no more traitors in the Shen family." ”

She turned the key in her hand in front of them, "After all, the Shen family, which has been in decline for a hundred years, has no way out. ”

When Dean Shen left, he let out a long sigh.

Shen Tingnian was in this sigh, and really realized that the person who thought she was extremely powerful back then was also old, and she couldn't break free from the cage, so she became the most powerful person in the cage.

She needed to feel it, this feeling.

Who stipulates that the weak cannot turn over? Must you be as humble as an ant? Life is allowed to be brutally trampled on, again and again? She has always longed, tried everything to try, just a warm embrace, by her side, hugging her, carefully accepting, gently soothing.

In exchange for an emotional test...... A copy of the fake easily deceived her sincerity, taught her what 'love' is, and then ruthlessly tore the illusion, completely shattering her hopes, Shen Tingnian can never forget to fall into the icy lake in order to escape, the water on all sides flooded into her mouth and nose, as if there were a pair of invisible hands, dragging her to sink, sink......

How many midnight dreams came back, frightened and grabbed her limbs, she couldn't move, she didn't make a sound, let the nightmare be like a ghost, baring her teeth and sneering in the dark night. Every time she woke up from a nightmare, the cold grinded into her bone marrow, and she would give birth to an overwhelming hatred and despair.

Happy Double Day to all!