Chapter 98: The White Lotus's Path of Despair

She looked at Shen Nianzhen in disbelief, but saw that her eyes were pitch black, without any warmth.

This sister-in-law really doesn't care about her life and death......

This realization made her tremble slightly, and she no longer had the strength to resist, so she was escorted out by a group of mothers-in-law with their mouths gagged.

Shen Nianci's last impression of the Great Commander's Mansion was Shen Nianzhen's slender and tall figure, as well as those indifferent eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

……

The next day, Shen Nianzhen was leisurely reading the medicine book at home, and the newly opened hibiscus outside the pavilion was very beautiful, exuding a faint fragrance.

"Well, it smells so good." She picked up a piece of exquisite lotus cake on a plate, put it under her nose and sniffed it gently, and praised Ruhua: "Your craftsmanship is getting better and better, keep up the good work." ”

"It's not that you're good at teaching, Miss."

Picturesque smiled shyly, his eyes swept over the corridor outside the pavilion, and suddenly he saw a few pretty figures, and hurriedly said to Shen Nianzhen: "Miss, look! It's the girl from the Liao family who is here. ”

Shen Nianzhen hurriedly turned his head when he heard this, and sure enough, he saw Liao Kanglan and Liao Yulan, following Mama Zhou all the way to this side.

She hadn't seen them for several days since that day.

Shen Nianzhen immediately put down the medical books and pastries, tidied up his clothes and got up to greet him.

"Sister Shen!" Liao Kanglan was the most lively, and her eyes were sharp, and after seeing Shen Nianzhen, she immediately ran over with a smile on her skirt: "I just said that I haven't seen you go to play with us in the past few days, it turns out that your family has such a good place!" ”

This pavilion in the back garden of the Shen family was built by Shen Yunlan, and it was only a few days after it was built, and the layout was very fresh and elegant.

"There's no place like your backyard." Shen Nianzhen couldn't help but smile when he heard this, held Liao Kanglan's hand, and beckoned everyone to take a seat: "Please come in." ”

Everyone immediately entered the pavilion and sat down.

After Mama Zhou brought people over, she smiled and retired.

It was also at this time that Shen Nianzhen discovered that not only the Liao Kanglan sisters were here today, but even Liao Shulan was here today, silently following the Liao family sisters.

The smile on her face immediately froze slightly.

"Sister Shen." Liao Yulan stepped forward and said with some guilt: "We already know about Wangjianglou that day, and I brought my eighth sister here today to ask her to apologize to you." ”

After speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Liao Shulan hatefully, and said coldly: "When you were at home, how did you promise your grandmother?" Not yet! ”

Liao Shulan sat there with an indifferent face, deaf to Liao Yulan's words.

Liao Yulan was angry and scolded angrily: "Have you forgotten what the second prince said that day?" Do you want to drag the entire Liao family into the water and bury you with you? ”

When Liao Shulan heard the words 'Second Prince', her indifferent expression finally had a crack.

She quickly raised her head and glanced at Shen Nianzhen, and the hatred in her eyes that could not be concealed flashed.

Immediately, the eyes slowly turned red.

Shen Nianzhen hooked the corners of his mouth, took a sip of the teacup for a long time, and said lightly: "Sister Yulan, which one is this?" Wangjiang Tower was very lively that day? Nothing happened, but you're confusing me. ”

"That's the ......" Liao Yulan opened her mouth a little unspeakably, but she was interrupted by Liao Shulan after saying a few words.

"You don't have to be complacent! My father has already set a marriage for me to marry Zhao Ziqi, the son of the military department, and I will get married next year! Liao Shulan had tears in her eyes, looked at Shen Nianzhen and shouted hatefully: "Shen Nianzhen! Are you satisfied? ”

The aggrieved look was as if she had today, and it was all caused by Shen Nianzhen.

"Zhao Ziqi, the son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, is twenty years old, handsome and chic, young and promising, the Zhao family's official authority in Shangjing is good, and the reputation is very good, you can marry such a person, it is your blessing, congratulations."

Shen Nianzhen looked at her condescendingly, hooked her lips slightly, and smiled gently and movingly.

When Liao Shulan saw it, she couldn't wait to pounce on her beautiful face! It's because of this that the second prince likes her, right?

So what is Zhao Ziqi? Brother swinger, her body has long been hollowed out, and she is also very obscene, it is because of this that she will recommend such a person to Princess Chaohua to destroy Shen Nianzhen's reputation, not to be disgusting, but to ask for the most disgusting, how can she be willing to marry Zhao Ziqi now?

It was like forcing her to eat a piece of......

Or the one that I carefully picked out to disgust others!

I just vomited to death!

Liao Shulan's face turned hideous, and she glared at Shen Nianzhen viciously: "Don't be complacent!" His Royal Highness the Second Prince is just using you! Do you really think he's going to like you as the daughter of a small Lord's Mansion? Stop dreaming! ”

"Shulan! Stop it! ”

Liao Yulan scolded loudly, stood up and said angrily: "You are talking nonsense like this again!" When I get back, I'll tell my grandmother 1510! Do you really want to live in a temple on the hill outside the city? ”

Liao Shulan listened, and really stopped, but her expression was still angry.

Shen Nian really saw it, and couldn't help but hook his lips.

Liao Shulan, the eighth lady of the Liao family, has always given her the impression that the city government is very deep and scheming, but in today's matter, she did it so impulsively because she was assigned by her family to marry Zhao Ziqi, and she lost her mind angrily?

Otherwise, she should cry and beg for forgiveness instead of laughing loudly, which will not do her any good.

"Sister Shen, I'm sorry."

Liao Yulan looked embarrassed and apologetic: "Today we are on the order of our grandmother to apologize to you for the incident in Wangjianglou that day, it was the Liao family who did not manage the eighth sister well, so she acted so recklessly, fortunately, Sister Shen was blessed with a great life and saved the day, otherwise our entire Cheng'an Bo Mansion would not be able to give you and His Royal Highness the Second Prince a crime." ”

The point is that you can't explain it to the second prince, right?

Shen Nian's heart was clear, but the expression on his face remained unchanged, he was still smiling, and when he heard this, he took Liao Yulan's hand, shook his head lightly and said: "The matter has passed, I don't take it to heart, you and Kanglan are good friends with me, but you must not hurt your feelings because of this matter." ”

"Of course not!"

Liao Yulan cried with joy when she heard this: "I thought that after this incident, Sister Shen, you would never interact with us again......

"How come, I have a clear grudge and grievance, and I will never implicate others." Shen Nianzhen said lightly when he heard this: "As for the person who calculated me, the second prince has already sought justice for me, and I don't need to forgive." ”

The last sentence was obviously for Liao Shulan.

Liao Shulan heard this, and immediately let out a sneer.

Shen Nianzhen really didn't want to see her, but today she was a guest, and she couldn't pick people up directly, so Liao Shulan didn't exist, so she only pulled Liao Yulan's two sisters to talk and laugh, during which she brought a new lotus root flour ball and a cool thirst-quenching sour plum soup, and the three of them shared it together.

Liao Yulan hated Liao Shulan too much for not cooperating, and apologized at home, but as soon as she came, she directly angered Shen Nianzhen, and deliberately ignored her, and when she ate lotus root dumplings, she didn't even look at Liao Shulan.

After eating the dim sum soup, Liao Yulan said goodbye: "Sister Shen, I'm sorry, it's very unpleasant today, I'll come to apologize to you in person another day, rest assured, there will definitely be no longer anyone who doesn't have long eyes to hinder your eyes next time." ”

Liao Shulan sneered on the side: "You just invited me to come!" I won't come either! ”

Liao Yulan's face suddenly showed a touch of embarrassment.

Shen Nianzhen directly ignored Liao Shulan, only took Liao Yulan and Liao Kanglan's arms, and sent them out of the house, and when they were about to get into the carriage, suddenly a gorgeous carriage ran on the street not far in front of them and stopped directly in front of Shen's house.

It only rained yesterday, and on the blue and blue stone street on a sunny day, this blue silk carriage was particularly eye-catching.

It attracted many people to stop and watch.

In front of the carriage, Rong Chen's little servant Nanfeng was sitting, and as soon as he saw Shen Nianzhen, he jumped out of the carriage with a smile, and then turned around and lifted the curtain.

The next moment, Rong Chen slowly got off the carriage, and his handsome face instantly attracted the attention of countless people on the street.

Rong Chen ignored everyone, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Shen Nianzhen standing in the crowd, and couldn't help but smile at her.

For a moment, the spring scene on the street was overshadowed.

Shen Nianzhen also smiled, and was about to step forward to salute, when a pretty purple figure suddenly rushed out of his side, and suddenly ran in front of Rong Chen, knelt down with a plop, raised a pear blossom and rainy Chu face, and cried to Li Jingting: "Second Highness! Please! I was wronged! Please don't let me marry Zhao Ziqi! ”

It's Liao Shulan.

Rong Chen looked down in astonishment at the woman who was kneeling in front of him crying, the two long black eyebrows that were as elegant as green mountains suddenly frowned, and a trace of impatience appeared in the deep pupils, and the thin lips opened lightly, and spit out a sentence: "Nanfeng, drag her away, if you have grievances, go to the yamen to beat the drum and sound the grievances, what's the use of kneeling in the palace?" ”

After speaking, he flicked the sleeve of his shirt with his hand and brushed away the dust that did not exist.

In his eyes, Liao Shulan is like this dust.

"Your Highness! I'm Shulan! Don't you remember? Liao Shulan never expected that Li Jingting would pretend not to know her, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she ruthlessly asked someone to drag her away, and suddenly she was a little discouraged, and shouted on the street regardless of it: "Your Royal Highness was sick that year, and I lived in Liao's house, and I took care of you for a month!" At that time, His Highness promised to marry me as a side concubine! Has Your Highness forgotten? ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the street was instantly quiet.

Shen Nianzhen looked at Liao Shulan blankly, but he didn't expect that there would be such a thing.

She secretly raised her eyes to look at Rong Chen, but saw a touch of Tranquility on his white jade-like face, and the next moment, Rong Chen said unceremoniously: "Miss Liao Ba, you are really good at talking nonsense, this palace did have lived in the Liao family for a period of time, but at that time it was the maid next to Mrs. Liao who took care of the palace, as a young lady of the Liao family, you did not appear in front of the palace from beginning to end, and the palace did not know you, what is the meaning of making such rumors in the vernacular?" ”

"It's not like that! That's not true! ”

Liao Shulan shook her head frantically, and tried to say some other evidence, Liao Yulan rushed forward with an anxious face, and while bending down to help her, she said, "Eighth sister, what nonsense are you talking about?" When His Royal Highness the Second Prince was sick the year before last, you had been recuperating in your hometown in Quanzhou, had you forgotten? ”

Saying that, taking advantage of the unpreparedness, he pinched Liao Shulan's waist hard, lowered his voice and said quickly: "If you talk nonsense again, the entire Liao family will not be able to protect you!" Do you really want to die that much? ”

Of course Liao Shulan doesn't want to!

But she doesn't want to marry Zhao Ziqi!

When she came to the Shen family today, she already had a desperate mind, so she provoked in front of Shen Nianzhen in every possible way, and even inquired about Rong Chen's news in advance, knowing that he would come to the Shen family at this hour, she was desperately acting, just hoping that Rong Chen could look at the past feelings and move her compassion, as long as he moved, then her ending would definitely change!

At that time, he can still rely on this matter to separate him and Shen Nianzhen, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

However, after thousands of calculations, she still miscalculated Rong Chen's reaction.

He outright denied that past.

This makes Xiao Shulan accept? It's better to kill her!

"Second Highness! You promised me! You said you wanted to marry me as a side concubine......" Yu Shulan's face was full of despair, she pushed away her cousin Liao Yulan with all her might, rushed over desperately, and pleaded with Rong Chen again: "I don't ask you to fulfill your promise, but I only ask you to cancel my marriage contract...... I don't want to marry Zhao Ziqi......"

This gesture is already very humbling.

From threats to pleading, Liao Shulan can be said to do everything.

However, Rong Chen faced her, and there was only one attitude from beginning to end, that is, indifference.

After listening to her long list of words, he just clenched Shen Nianzhen's hand, and replied indifferently: "I'm sorry, this palace is not in the mood to care about your affairs, if you want to cancel the marriage contract, you can go to the elders of your Liao family, or go to the military department Shangshu, instead of looking for this palace, and make trouble at the door of Shen's house!" ”

After speaking, he took Shen Nianzhen's hand, bypassed Liao Shulan, and walked towards Shen's house step by step.

Shen Nianzhen glanced sideways at Rong Chen, and saw that his lips were pursed, his eyes were dark, and his body was filled with a solemn aura that had never been seen before, and it was obvious that Liao Shulan was begging in public made him very angry.

thought that begging would get his mercy, but he didn't expect to push him further, Shen Nianzhen couldn't help but feel a trace of sympathy for Liao Shulan.

But thinking of the scene in Wangjiang Tower that day, her sympathy turned into indifference in an instant.

People who dare to calculate her, if she doesn't return the salute, it's already good, how can she still sympathize with her? She's not a of a virgin.

"Your Highness! Second Highness! Please save me! ”

Seeing that Rong Chen was about to leave, Liao Shulan knew that the only opportunity was about to be lost, so she was hoarse and shouted desperately, trying to make Rong Chen stop.

However, she didn't wait for Rong Chen's reaction, a carriage hurriedly drove on the other side of the long street, stopped in front of the Shen family, and all the people in the car were the Liao family's mothers-in-law, and they pounced on it and blocked Liao Shulan's mouth.

"Woo ......"

Liao Shulan kept struggling and screaming, but to no avail, and was soon escorted into a carriage and hurriedly taken away.

The eldest lady of the Liao family also came, and personally took the two Liao Yulan sisters into the house to apologize to the old lady Shen, in the flower hall of the Shen family, she kept wiping her tears with a handkerchief: "The old lady is already angry, and now she can't get out of bed, otherwise she would have come to apologize to the old lady in person, it is our Liao family's lack of education that made Shulan do such an ugly thing, and our Liao family can't stand Miss Shen!" ”

"What the hell is this...... What's going on? ”

Old Madam Shen asked confusedly.

She still didn't know what was going on in Wangjiang Tower that day.

Shen Nianzhen hurriedly gave Mrs. Liao a look, and explained with a smile: "Grandmother, it's nothing, it's Miss Liao, she doesn't like me very much, she said some bad things about me in Wangjiang Tower that day, the little girl is occasionally a little willful, it's nothing, Mrs. Liao, you are too fussful, I will personally visit the old lady Ming'er, I hope she takes care of her body and gets healthy as soon as possible!" ”

Who is Mrs. Liao?

People who have been dealing with the daughters of the ladies of various prefectures in Beijing all the year round, Shen Nianzhen understood it with a look, and after hearing these words, she immediately said with a smile: "The words of the eldest girl make us ashamed!" Come on, let's drink tea, don't mention this unhappy thing. ”

After speaking, he personally poured tea and handed it to Shen Nianzhen, as well as Mrs. Shen.

Old Mrs. Shen looked at her suspiciously, and then looked at Shen Nianzhen, she always felt that this matter was a little strange, but she couldn't say what was weird.

In front of people, she didn't ask much.

It was not until the evening that she sent away the Liao family and Rong Chen, and then she specially called Shen Nianzhen to Chunhui Courtyard to ask for clarification.

Shen Nianzhen had expected it, so she went without being busy, concealing half of what happened that day, and only focusing on Liao Shulan's embarrassment for her, and being found in the same room with Zhao Ziqi in the locker room.

"Oh my God! The girl looked at Svenwen, how could she do such a thing......"

Old Lady Shen was surprised when she heard this.

"Actually, there is another reason why Miss Liao is targeting me." Shen Nianzhen sighed and said, "The Liao family once selected her and promised to be married to His Royal Highness the Second Prince as a side concubine, but was later rejected by His Royal Highness the Second Prince......"

"And this kind of thing......" Old Lady Shen was shocked again.

"Yes, after this happened, the Liao family quickly married the Zhao family, and married Liao Shulan to Zhao Ziqi, in order to calm the anger of the Second Highness, but Liao Shulan was unwilling, and today she came to our house to make trouble." Shen Nianzhen said quietly: "This makes His Highness very embarrassed, it is estimated that this time, the Liao family's punishment of Liao Shulan will not be light." ”

The reason why the things in Wangjianglou did not spread in Shangjing on a large scale that day, how much did the Liao family pay behind it, and how could it be possible to repeat the mistakes of the past?

Old Lady Shen also sighed when she heard this, and then looked at her reproachfully: "Why didn't you tell me when such a big thing happened!" I remember that day when I came back from Wangjiang Tower, I asked you! ”

"At that time, the fourth sister and the second uncle were so fierce, and the granddaughter was afraid that you would be hit too hard and would fall ill."

Shen Nianzhen stuck out his tongue and said ashamedly: "Grandmother, it's the granddaughter who is wrong." ”