Chapter 200: Fears of the Past
After Shen Nianzhen went back, she told Mrs. Shen what Shen Nianzhu said, and said with a smile: "Grandmother, don't worry, the fourth sister is even more jealous and hateful than me, Su Yunmu and the Su family want to play tricks in front of her, that is laughing and generous." β
"If that's the case, that's great." Old Madam Shen let out a long sigh of relief when she heard this.
The grandparents and grandchildren put aside this matter and began to be busy with other things, because the Shen family will have a great event tomorrow.
The death of his wife, who has been single for decades, finally married his second wife when he was forty years old, because it is a rare happy event for many years, so the Shen family is ready to hold a big event, ten days before the wedding banquet, it has been sent to the famous families in Beijing, and the wedding banquet is solemnly prepared.
Everyone is also envious of the bride Liao Fangru, because the Shen family values her.
Shen Nianzhen is more worried than Mrs. Shen, she has always been worried that Liao Fangru's scar on her forehead will be exposed when she gets married, which is also something that the Liao family has always been worried about, in order to be on the safe side, Shen Nianzhen reported to Mrs. Shen, saying that she would live in Liao's house one night in advance and live with Liao Fangru, and her bridal makeup would be her next day.
"This ...... Not quite right? Hearing this, Mrs. Shen hesitated and said: "The people of the Liao family must have already searched for the old man Fushou who combed his hair for Liao Fangru, as well as the bride who combed his face, after all, you are the girl of our family, but you went to the Liao family to do these things, and you lost your identity!" β
"Grandmother, you can't say that." Shen Nianzhen replied with a straight face when he heard this: "The scar on Aunt Fangru's face was injured to protect you, and it was because of her kindness that she desperately wanted to save at the beginning, and I will also help her this time!" When the bride gets married, who doesn't want to be beautiful and have no regrets? Grandmother, do you say? β
"Do you really have a way to make the scars on her face not visible at all?" Old Mrs. Shen's expression was relieved when she heard this, probably because she thought of Liao Fangru's kindness to save her before.
"Yes!" Shen Nianzhen said confidently: "Grandmother, don't worry!" I'll leave this to me! β
Mrs. Shen looked at her confident appearance, sighed, nodded and said: "If you want to go, go away, after Fangru marries, she will be a member of our Shen family, on a happy day, you can't let outsiders laugh at it, after you go to the Liao family, you must help Fangru well, don't make any extraneous branches, you know?" β
Look, this is Mrs. Shen, once you recognize you as your own family, it is quite a short protection.
"Got it, grandmother, don't worry." Shen Nianzhen replied seriously when he heard this.
Old Lady Shen nodded and let her go.
Shen Nianzhen went back to his yard, asked Ruhua to pack up two changes of clothes, and then took a carriage to Cheng'anbo's mansion.
"Miss, you live in Liao's house like this, do you want to talk to His Royal Highness the Second Prince?" Inside the carriage, Ruhua looked at Shen Nianzhen and said: "He is a vinegar jar, if he knows about this from other people's mouths, he will definitely be furious." β
Shen Nianzhen knew Rong Chen's temper better than her, and knew that if he didn't tell Rong Chen about this matter, he would definitely make trouble at Liao's house, so he immediately stretched out his hand to open the curtain and told the coachman to turn around and go to the Second Prince's Mansion first.
When she arrived, it was past noon, and it was almost dusk.
The second prince has finished his medicinal bath today, and he is bored and let people push his wheelchair to wander around the back garden of the house, looking at the desolate scenery that has begun to appear in early autumn, he only feels that he is lacking in interest, and suddenly heard the guard say that Shen Nianzhen is here, and he was overjoyed, and immediately asked the guard to invite her in.
"It's coming! Little without conscience! Rong Chen scolded with a smile in his mouth.
However, the mouth never closed.
Dongchen and Beiyang looked at their own master, who suddenly became excited from decadence, glanced at each other, and silently thought in their hearts: It is another day to look forward to Miss Shen's early marriage......
Shen Nianzhen was led by the gatekeeper all the way into the palace, she was already very familiar with this place, so she immediately sent the gatehouse away and led the picturesque inside.
After a while, he met Dongchen who came to greet him, Dongchen smiled and invited him to the master's courtyard, chattering along the way: "Why is the eldest lady so late today?" Do you know that if you don't come again, our prince will tear down the backyard of this palace. β
"Does Rong Chen have that much strength?" When Shen Nianzhen heard this, he immediately laughed.
Besides, Rong Chen's legs are not good yet.
"You'll know when you see him." Dongchen pretended to be a deep way.
"Oh? Really? That's to see. Shen Nianzhen saw him like this, and his heart became curious.
When I arrived at the Qiuwu Courtyard where Rong Chen lived, as soon as I entered, I saw a figure in the courtyard with his back to this side, sitting in a wheelchair, his hands raised, pulling his bow and sword, and he was facing a person standing on the edge of the east wall who wanted to shoot.
The man was dressed as an undergarment, with an apple on his head and two bricks under his feet, and he was trembling with fear.
Rong Chen found it very interesting, and kept changing his posture, squinting his eyes slightly and preparing to shoot......
"Stop!"
When Shen Nianzhen saw this scene, his face changed greatly, and he immediately stepped forward in great strides, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he unceremoniously snatched the bow and arrow from Rong Chen's hand, and scolded angrily: "Just now Dongchen said that the prince is majestic in the mansion, I thought you were doing something, but it turned out that you were using a big living person as an arrow target here!" Does Your Highness like to play other people's lives as a fun game? β
She trembled with anger, and her face turned pale.
Dongchen and Beiyang on the side were stunned, none of them could have imagined that Shen Nianzhen would react like this, looking at the soft and weak girl, once she got angry, it was so terrible when she broke out.
Even Rong Chen seemed to be frightened by Shen Nianzhen's appearance.
It took him a while before he spoke: This palace is not using a living person as a target, you can see clearly, it is the apple on his head! Besides, this palace will hit every shot, so as not to miss. β
"Yes, you don't have to worry if you don't miss it, because it's not you who died." This explanation obviously couldn't eliminate the anger in Shen Nian's heart, she still looked at Rong Chen with a blue face and said: "After so many things, I thought that the prince had changed, but I didn't expect that the smuggling in your bones, as well as unruliness, and selfishness and indifference, can never change!" There was extreme disappointment in his tone.
"Princess, it's not what you think it is......" Seeing this, Dongchen and Beiyang stepped forward to dissuade them.
But Shen Nianzhen didn't look at them, just stared at Rong Chen.
The scene just now evoked the scene when she met Rong Chen for the first time, at that time, Rong Chen also used such a bow and arrow at Shen Nianzhen, and he had tried to kill her several times, Rong Chen was a person who didn't care about the life and death of others in his bones, he was a real person who survived the battle in the palace, although Shen Nianzhen understood him, he was always unwilling to accept it.
Today's incident awakened the fear in her heart.
Deep fear.
It can be seen how much shadow Rong Chen's arrows brought to her at that time.
"I'm sorry." Rong Chen suddenly threw down the bow and arrow in his hand, looked at her with a guilty face, and said: "I think of bad things, Nian Zhen, those are all in the past, this palace apologizes to you for your reckless behavior at the beginning, at that time, this palace didn't know you, and I didn't know that you were such an amazing woman, so I did a lot of wrong things." β
"Is it really over?" Shen Nianzhen looked at him coldly.
"Come, take this bow and shoot at me." Rong Chen picked up the bow and arrow from the ground, then picked it up, and handed it to Shen Nianzhen: "This palace shot you with an arrow, you dodged it, today, you shoot an arrow from this palace, this palace will definitely not dodge, hit, it is the palace whose life is not good, and will pay you back that you owe, if you don't hit, this matter will be considered in the past, don't mention it again in the future, this palace swears that this life will never pick up a bow and arrow in front of you, let alone use anyone as an arrow target again, okay?" β
"Lord ......"
Dongchen and Beiyang were dumbfounded, it's common for people to be amused? Why are they talking about it so badly?
Shen Nianzhen heard this, but he didn't reach out to take the bow and arrow.
"Lord, I won't use a bow and arrows, and I won't shoot at you." She said lightly: "Since you have realized your mistake, then I will not pursue this matter anymore." β
Her face had softened, and she wasn't as angry as she had been.
It was because of Rong Chen's attitude that she finally vented the fear that she had buried in her heart for a long time, and her heart was much more relaxed.
"That's good." Rong Chen said, immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then handed the bow and arrow in his hand to Dongchen and told him to take it and retreat.
When Dongchen was leaving, he also dragged away the subordinate who was standing stupidly and motionless with the apple on his head.
When the man learned that he had escaped, he immediately relaxed, and then sat down on the ground uncontrollably, and after he got up with a grunt, he slammed his head at Shen Nianzhen three times, and kept shouting: "Thank you, Miss!" Thank you, Miss! β
"Let's go." Dongchen reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said.
The man immediately got up from the ground and respectfully followed him away.
Here, Rong Chen had already turned his wheelchair in front of Shen Nianzhen, and looked at her with his head tilted slightly: "You came today, you have something to tell this palace, right?" Tell me, what the hell is going on. β
Sure enough, she was smart, and she guessed that she had something to do with it at a glance.
"Okay." Shen Nianzhen nodded when he heard this, and he didn't beat around the bush, and said straightforwardly: "Tomorrow, my father will get married, and I will be responsible for Aunt Fangru's bridal makeup, in order not to delay her tomorrow in the sedan chair, I plan to live in Cheng'anbo Mansion tonight and live with Aunt Fangru, the Liao family has agreed, I'm afraid that you will know the blame, so I'll tell you in advance." β
Rong Chen listened to her quietly.
At the end, he asked lightly: "Except for you, no one else can dress up for Liao Fangru?" This kind of thing will be done by the Liao family, right? Why do you need to do anything more? β
"No, it's not." When Shen Nianzhen heard this, he told Liao Fangru about the injury on her forehead in order to save Mrs. Shen, and said: "All in all, she has a scar on her forehead, if it weren't for me, ordinary people wouldn't be able to cover it, even if she smeared too much fat powder, and the wedding is the best day in a woman's life, I don't want Aunt Fangru to leave regrets, let alone come to our Shen family with regrets, this is not a good start, andββ"
Speaking of this, she paused, and then continued: "According to the character of those people in the second and third rooms of the Liao family, there may be a moth tomorrow, so I have to go." β
After listening to so much, Rong Chen actually understood in her heart that she respected and loved her grandmother very much, and she had to do everything related to her grandmother, which was something engraved in her bones, and it was not something that he could change if he stopped it.
In that case, why don't he be generous and let her go?
However, that's the Liao family! There are not only the kind and amiable old lady Liao in Cheng'anbo's Mansion, as well as a few lovely girls in the Liao family's big house, but also Liao Zhongwen in the second room of the Liao family! This person has other thoughts about Shen Nianzhen, and he must not give him a chance to get close to Shen Nianzhen!
Rong Chen tightened his face for a while, and then reluctantly said: "Originally, this palace did not agree, but for the sake of you taking the initiative to report this time, this palace agreed......"
"Really? That's great! Shen Nianzhen suddenly became happy when he heard this.
Rong Chen looked at her like a flower smile, and suddenly felt that he had a little villain heart, Shen Nianzhen is clearly a person who cares about family and friendship very much, not to mention that Liao Fangru is about to marry a woman who is about to marry Shenzhong, the future housewife of the Shen family, and she will inevitably have to deal with it in the future, and now Shen Nianzhen has a good relationship with the other party in advance, and there is nothing bad about it.
"After you go, be honest, don't see people you shouldn't see, you know what this palace says, right?" Rong Chen deliberately kept a straight face and looked at her with a serious expression.
"Got it, got it! I'll take your word to heart. Shen Nianzhen said angrily when he heard this: "I won't deliberately go to see others, but if I do, I can't do it, the prince shouldn't embarrass me, right?" β
As he spoke, he winked at him.
Rong Chen looked at her cute appearance and couldn't help but smile.
What I thought in my heart was: Hongu will not give you the opportunity to meet others at all.
"It's not too early, this palace sent Dongchen to personally send you to Cheng'anbo Mansion." Rong Chen looked at her and said slowly: "Your safety, this palace is not at ease, in the future, every time you go out, this palace will send someone to follow." β
"You don't need it, do you?" Shen Nianzhen frowned when she heard this, although she didn't hate Dongchen and Beiyang, but in this way, she would not be free, and she always had a feeling of being watched.
"It's not up to you." Rong Chen snorted and shouted, "Dongchen." β
"Lord Wang! Subordinates are here! The next moment, Dongchen walked in from outside, Rong Chen waved his hand, and asked him to send Shen Nianzhen to Cheng'anbo Mansion.
"Miss Shen, please." Dongchen said immediately.
Shen Nianzhen had no choice but to stomp his foot hatefully, then turned around and left.
Dongchen hurriedly followed.
Rong Chen smiled at Shen Nianzhen's back, watched her walk out, and soon, the smile on his face disappeared, and he immediately commanded Beiyang who walked in: "I want you to think of a way, no matter what tricks, you must ask Liao Zhongwen not to appear in Cheng'anbo's Mansion for the next two days." β
Yes? What is this task?
It won't be for the princess again, right?
Beiyang raised his eyebrows, and had a lot of questions in his heart, but he didn't ask anything, only responded respectfully.
Rong Chen waved his hand to tell him to stand down, and when he left, he commanded: "Remember, you don't have to show up, you just need to lure him not to return to Cheng'anbo's Mansion, and you must not hurt him, this person is not a bad person." β
"Lord Wang, since he is not a bad person, why do you want to target him?" Beiyang, who had been silent for ten thousand years, finally couldn't help but ask.
This......
How could Rong Chen say that he was afraid that Liao Zhongwen would take advantage of his absence to secretly seduce Shen Nianzhen, who was his fiancΓ©e! In this life, both the body and the mind belong to him! You should never like any other man!
Although Liao Zhongwen is nothing, but Shen Nianzhen is used to seeing a handsome and incomparable person like himself, but he likes such a handsome scholar? I have to guard against it!
"Tell you to go, and you go! Where is so much nonsense! When Rong Chen heard this, he said angrily.
"Okay, Lord Wang." Beiyang shrugged, then turned and stepped back.
As the sun sets, his shadow is pulled by the elder.
Rong Chen himself was bathed in the orange sunset, his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.
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Here, after Shen Nianzhen arrived at Cheng'anbo Mansion, he was immediately warmly received by the Liao family.
Because Liao Fangru is going to get married tomorrow, many relatives and friends of the Liao family have come in advance, and everyone is curious to gather in Mrs. Liao's house, looking at Shen Nianzhen with strange eyes, which is very rare.
I have long heard that after Liao Fangru set up the Shen family, she got along well with her stepchildren, especially this stepdaughter had a good relationship like a friend, they didn't believe it at first, and the children left by the stepmother and the previous wife naturally had contradictions, and it was impossible to get along like relatives.
However, when they saw Shen Nianzhen and Liao Fangru, they couldn't help but believe it one by one.
"County Lord, can't you wait to come to recognize your mother?" One of the relatives had a lady who joked with a smile.
This remark caused laughter in the audience.
When Mrs. Liao heard this, her face changed, and she was about to play a round with a smile, when she heard Shen Nianzhen say with a smile: "Yes, Aunt Fangru is about to be my father's wife, and I will learn to call her mother, but this lady, you, came to Liao's house today, are you also here to give my aunt an additional outfit?" I just saw that everyone sent it, but you didn't. β
With that, she blinked at the woman with a pair of big innocent eyes.