"This is the bird I've been raising for three years!" Liao Kanglan said triumphantly: "Unlike you, those who are released are all bought back by their subordinates!" ”

"Really?" Liao Yulan smiled and said, "Then who cried all afternoon yesterday at home holding the bird cage?" Look, these eyes are still red! ”

When the words fell, everyone burst into laughter.

Liao Kanglan blushed and couldn't help glaring at her sister.

Liao Yulan took Shen Nianzhen's arm and said with a smile: "Sister Shen, let's go faster." ”

There was also a sister of Zhu Xiuyan in the group, Zhu Wanyan, the second lady of Yongchang Bofu, Shen Nian was really afraid of snubbing her, so he greeted her a lot along the way.

After a few words, everyone really got acquainted with each other.

At this time, the health pool arrived.

Standing on the edge of the pond with his back to them was a young offspring, dressed in a half-old blue silk strip, with a slender back, and a small rabbit cage in his hand, the door of which was open, and a gray rabbit in it flew out, and disappeared into the dense forest behind the pool.

When Shen Nianzhen and the others came over, the latter had just turned around.

It was an extremely elegant and delicate man, with bright eyes and snow-white skin, standing there like a green bamboo standing in the wind.

When Zhu Wanyan saw a strange man for the first time, she stared at it with wide eyes in surprise, and when she reacted, her face suddenly turned red, and she hurriedly lowered her head.

But I still can't help but look at it.

In contrast, Shen Nianzhen and the sisters of the Liao family seemed much calmer, because the young descendant was Liao Zhongwen, the third son of the Liao family.

"Third brother, why are you here!" Liao Kanglan stepped forward and asked with a smile.

"It's a sunny spring day, so I'm going to go shopping with a few friends." Liao Zhongwen spoke slowly, his gaze crossed her, and looked at Shen Nianzhen.

However, Shen Nian really lowered his head to talk to Liao Yulan and didn't look at this side.

I don't know what funny things I said, but she suddenly smiled.

Liao Zhongwen only felt that the verdant and purple red of the mountain were eclipsed.

He glanced at it stupidly, immediately retracted his gaze, nodded at the girls, and said politely: "You play slowly, I'll leave first." ”

After speaking, he turned around and slowly left.

Zhu Wanyan stared at his back blankly for a long time, until she couldn't see it anymore, then she turned her head and saw that the Liao sisters had released the animals they brought, so she quickly took the birdcage held in the maid's hand and opened it, and released the two finches inside.

Shen Nianzhen also took the cage in Ruhua's hand, and when she smiled and lowered her head and was about to open it, she suddenly saw the bird in the cage lying upright, as if it was dead.

She was startled, hurriedly opened the cage, and was about to reach out to touch it, when Liao Yulan hurriedly said, "Sister Shen!" Don't touch it! ”

Shen Nianzhen involuntarily stopped the movements in his hands.

Liao Yulan stretched out her hand to take the birdcage and glanced at it, and said in a deep voice: "It's already dead." ”

Shen Nianzhen immediately looked at Ruhua, after all, this cage had always been held by her.

Ruhua was also shocked, she had just patronized and listened to a few girls talking, and she didn't notice the birdcage much: "Miss, when the slave maid took it out of the chamber, it was still fine!" The slave doesn't know ...... either."

"If the animal to be released dies, I am afraid that it will be very unlucky." Zhu Wanyan sighed, and said in a gentle voice: "Miss Shen, do you have any other animals that have been released?" ”

Shen Nianzhen shook his head, who would prepare more of this kind of thing?

The birds brought by Shen Nianzhu have also been released, and they are standing aside in a hurry but there is no way.

But at this moment, a group of people came over there, and the person at the head was Princess Zhaohua, full of pearls and emeralds, ringing and ringing, accompanied by Su Muwan, who was about to marry the second prince.

"See the princess!"

Shen Nianzhen and the others hurriedly stepped forward to say goodbye.

Princess Chaohua looked at Shen Nianzhen condescendingly, and said sarcastically: "Some people are unlucky, so even an animal would rather die in shame than be released by her!" How can such a person have the face to live in this world! ”

After speaking, he proudly took a bird cage made of golden gold from the maid's hand, opened it, and released a few canaries.

The maid behind her opened the cage in her hand at the same time, and in an instant, hundreds of canaries rose into the sky.

It was a spectacular sight.

There were exclamations all around: "It's so beautiful......"

Shen Nianzhen raised his head slowly, looked at the canaries with a calm face, and didn't say a word.

Everyone else looked at the birds, but Su Muwan stared at Shen Nianzhen and smiled at her: "Miss Shen, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"yes, long time no see." Shen Nianzhen replied with an elegant smile.

Su Muwan's eyes fell on the hairpin made of huge pink pearls on Shen Nianzhen's sideburns, her eyes flashed, and she said with a smile: "Miss Shen, I have brought some more living creatures here, and I am willing to give you one, I don't know ......."

Before she finished speaking, suddenly a clear man's voice sounded behind the crowd: "Miss Shen! The prince asked his subordinates to bring you a red-browed parrot! ”

All the women got out of the way, and Nanfeng walked in quickly from outside with a big bird cage and handed the bird cage to Shen Nianzhen with his own hands.

When Princess Zhaohua saw the birdcage, her face suddenly changed: "This is a parrot that has been raised in the yard of the second brother for eight years!" ”

Just gave it to Shen Nianzhen? It's too wasteful, right?

God knows how much she wants such a well-behaved and clever parrot, but she has never been able to find it!

Everyone's eyes fell on Shen Nianzhen, envy and jealousy of her. Princess Zhaohua was resentful.

Su Muwan looked at the parrot, she still remembered that it was called Xiaoqu, it was Li Jingting's beloved thing, but she didn't expect that in order to support Shen Nianzhen, he actually took it out.

It can be seen that he really values Shen Nian.

Su Muwan's heart was as uncomfortable as a pinprick in her heart.

"Sister Shen, let it go." Liao Yulan gently tugged at Shen Nianzhen's sleeve and whispered in her ear: "So many people are watching!" Since His Royal Highness the Seventh is supporting you in the scene, you have to grasp it! ”

"I understand." Shen Nianzhen smiled at her, and then lowered his head without hesitation and opened the birdcage in his hand.

The red-browed parrot was originally combing its feathers with its head down, and when it saw the cage door open, it immediately spread its wings and flew up, flying over everyone's heads gorgeously, and disappeared into the dense forest ahead.

Everyone looked at it stupidly, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

Princess Zhaohua has been preparing for a long time, just to show off in front of Shen Nianzhen, but she was completely suppressed.

She glared at Shen Nianzhen hatefully, and snorted coldly: "Let's go!" ”

After saying that, he turned around and left with a large group of people.

Su Muwan hesitated, but still raised her heels.

When these people left, Shen Nianzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and looked down at the dead bird in her cage, her gaze instantly became dark.

When such a thing happened, everyone didn't have the heart to stay any longer, and after the release of the animals, they returned to the wing room together.

As soon as he returned, Shen Nianzhen immediately went to investigate the cause of the bird's death.

As Shen Nianzhen's personal maid, Ruhua personally carried the bird cage all the way, it stands to reason that she is the most suspicious, but after Shen Nianzhen's investigation, she found that the bird should have been fed medicine on the way up the mountain.

Since it happened on the road, then the picturesque can be ruled out, because she has always been by her side.

Shen Nianzhen showed the old lady, and soon Mama Zhou arrested those who had approached the bird cage on the way up the mountain and were responsible for feeding the birds with water and food, and began to interrogate.

Mama Zhou is an old man next to the old lady, interrogating this kind of person is simply overkill, Shen Nianzhen is just sitting and drinking a cup of tea, and the real culprit has been investigated.

It was a person from the outer courtyard who had a good relationship with the bird feeder, and this time he followed the guard up the mountain, and after being bribed, he took the opportunity to go up the mountain and secretly drugged the bird.

"What is his purpose? Who was the one who bought him? Shen Nianzhen asked in a deep voice.

When Mama Zhou heard this, she immediately stretched out her foot and kicked the little guy kneeling on the ground in the wing: "Speak!" ”

The little guy had already been beaten severely, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he knelt there with his head down for a long time and didn't speak.

Mama Zhou immediately sneered: "Zhou Cai, I think you want to go to the official mansion!" Do you know that His Royal Highness the Second Prince is investigating this matter? ”

The little guy named Zhou Cai obviously showed a trace of fear on his face when he heard this.

He quickly raised his eyes and glanced at Shen Nianzhen, who was sitting at the top, lowered his head, and said in a hoarse voice: "Yes, it was a mother-in-law who gave me silver money and asked me to drug the bird, and the slave thought that it was just a flat-haired beast, and it was not very important, so he agreed......"

"Who's that woman?" Shen Nianzhen asked coldly.

"The minions don't know." Zhou Cai replied: "She didn't tell me, but she was wearing a satin shirt and a gold hairpin on her head, and she looked like a more decent grandmother in a mansion." ”

"Magnificent and decent mamma?" Shen Nianzhen frowned when he heard this.

Mama Zhou snorted coldly: "There is something special about her!" Think again! There are so many distinguished guests in Shangqing Temple today, and I don't know how many decent grandmothers there are! There are dozens of them around Princess Zhaohua alone! How do you let us investigate! If you can't find the instigator behind the scenes, I'll hand you over to His Royal Highness the Second Prince to deal with! ”

"The minion thinks! Minions, think about it carefully! ”

The look on Zhou Cai's face became more and more frightened, and he hurriedly racked his brains to recall it.

"That's right! The minion remembered! Zhou Cai didn't know what to think, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "I remember that the mother-in-law had a faint scent of orchids, and the silver bun she gave to the slave was wrapped in such a handkerchief!" ”

As he spoke, he took out a neatly folded handkerchief from his bosom, but it was a very ordinary satin handkerchief, and there was not even a special embroidery or mark on it.

Shen Nianzhen looked at the handkerchief, a little disappointed, and forced Zhou Cai to ask a few words, seeing that he really couldn't ask anything, he ordered him to be escorted down.

"Miss! The minion really thinks that the death of the bird is nothing, so he did this, he really didn't mean to harm you! Zhou Cai kept shouting, but he was still dragged away.

"Miss, what should we do now?" Mama Zhou said worriedly: "The only clue is broken again, I'm afraid that the person behind the curtain won't be able to find out......"

"Not necessarily." Shen Nianzhen smiled slightly when he heard this, and said: "Since that person hurt me once, there will be a second time, especially in the case of the first failure, you take Zhou Cai out for a walk in the past few days, and see if he can meet the person who secretly bought him, I believe she must be in this Shangqing Temple!" ”

"Oh......" Mama Zhou nodded, and said approvingly: "Miss, your trick to lure the snake out of the hole is really clever!" ”

"If I were really smart, I wouldn't be calculated."

Shen Nianzhen smiled bitterly, thinking that she lifted the cloth on the birdcage, and the moment she opened the cage, the dead bird that was dying in the cage had too much impact on her.

Far greater than Princess Zhaohua's cynicism.

When Mama Zhou heard this, she began to worry again.

Shen Nianzhen comforted her in turn: "Mama, don't worry too much, isn't there still His Royal Highness the Second Prince?" Things won't be so embarrassing. You also persuade your grandmother more to make her feel more at ease, by the way, how is the eldest brother's look? ”

At the mention of Shen Yunlan, Mama Zhou suddenly showed a kind smile on her face, nodded and said: "It is very successful, according to Mrs. Liao, Mrs. Zhu of Yongchang Bofu is very satisfied with the eldest young master, and she has already revealed the intention of getting married, now it depends on what the eldest young master thinks." ”

"The eldest young master seems to have returned, and he is in the old lady's room." Ruhua suddenly interjected.

Shen Nianzhen's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and his heart suddenly became curious, and he immediately took the picturesque hand and quietly slipped to the door of the old lady's room next door, lying on the door and listening to the sound inside.

Mama Zhou looked at the naughty appearance of the two of them, and she couldn't cry or laugh.

Thinking that Shen Nianzhen also cared about her brother, so she pretended not to see it, and turned around to go to work on something else.

Shen Nianzhen leaned on the door, trying hard to hear the voice inside.

"Lan'er, what is your impression of Miss Zhu?" This is the voice of Old Lady Shen.

After a long time, Shen Yunlan's voice came out: "That Miss Zhu has a gentle personality, is generous and decent, she is a good girl, worthy of her grandson, but her grandson is a little unworthy of her." ”

"That's what I said!" Old Lady Shen immediately frowned when she heard this: "You are the eldest son and grandson of our Shen family, and you have such a character and talent, so you are more confident!" Don't say it's a girl from the Zhu family, even if it's a princess, you can marry it! Didn't Princess Zhaohua just want to marry you? ”

"Grandmother."

When Shen Yunlan heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh a little: "Can we stop mentioning Princess Zhaohua?" ”

"Okay, grandmother doesn't mention her, you can talk well." Old Mrs. Shen said with a straight face: "Anyway, Miss Zhu, my wife is very satisfied and is willing to let her be the eldest granddaughter-in-law of our family, do you have any opinions?" ”

"Grandchildren don't dare." Shen Yunlan said with a wry smile.

The helplessness in that tone was too obvious, even Shen Nianzhen, who was hiding at the door and eavesdropping, heard it, she couldn't help but laugh secretly in her heart, big brother, big brother, don't look down on Zhu Xiuyan now, after getting married, don't be too swollen in your face!

"What, you're still not satisfied?" Old Madam Shen suddenly snorted coldly.

"No, no." Shen Yunlan hurriedly opened his mouth to explain, stretched out his hand and touched his head and said, "Grandson is ...... I can't adapt to it for a while, and I always feel that getting married is a matter of a few years, and now it's too fast......"

"Where's the fast? Your sister is married! Old Mrs. Shen hated iron and steel, and looked at her most proud grandson and said, "Could it be that you have to wait until Zhen'er marries into the prince's mansion and gives birth to a little nephew before you are willing to marry?" ”

"That's fine!" Shen Yunlan blinked his eyes.

The teacup in Mrs. Shen's hand immediately smashed over.

Shen Yunlan turned his head, then dodged it, and apologized with a smile: "Grandmother, my grandson is wrong!" ”

Old Lady Shen sighed, reached out and stroked his forehead, and said in a low voice: "Originally, grandmother didn't plan to marry you so soon, you have such a good character and appearance, you should have looked at a few more families, and you must pick out the best girl to marry!" ”

"However, there is something about Princess Zhaohua, although no one said anything about the royal family, but presumably the queen mother has hated our family, you have no intention of Zhaohua, and you have decided to marry early, but also cut off her thoughts, the royal family sees us like this, and I guess I will not give you small shoes to wear in the future."

Shen Yunlan listened silently, then nodded and said, "Grandson listens to you." ”

He was so well-behaved, and when Mrs. Shen looked at it, her heart became more and more uncomfortable.

This is her most proud grandson, who could have deserved better.

"Grandmother, the girl from the Zhu family is very good." Shen Yunlan said slowly: "Grandson sees that she is very respectful to you today, it is very good to serve tea and water and reply or something, she should be a girl who often serves her elders on weekdays, and her grandson is willing to marry her." ”

"Really? I didn't expect you to observe so carefully. Old Lady Shen immediately laughed when she heard this.

Shen Nianzhen listened to the conversation between his grandparents and grandchildren at the door, and couldn't help but smile.

She turned around and led the picturesque back to her room.

This back and forth tossing and turning soon came to the afternoon.

Shen Nianzhen reached out and touched the sleeve, and suddenly found that the handkerchief hidden in the sleeve was missing, and immediately turned his head to look at the picture: "Are you keeping my handkerchief?" ”

"No?" Ruhua shook her head and said, "Miss, you have carried it with you all day today, and you have not handed it over to the slave maid." ”

"That's weird, why is it gone." Shen Nianzhen lowered his head and searched carefully on his body, but he still couldn't find it.

Seeing the picture, I couldn't help but worry: "Don't drop it somewhere, it's terrible if someone picks it up!" ”

A woman's handkerchief is a personal thing, and it cannot be easily given to her, if it falls into the hands of a man and he comes to the door, it is not clear.

Shen Nianzhen thought about it carefully, she remembered that when she followed the Liao sisters to visit Mrs. Zhu today, the veil was still there, and after that...... After leaving the wing room and going to the release pool, I don't remember.