Chapter 195: To Each His Own Mind
Old Mrs. Su was stunned when she heard this, and was about to answer, Su Yunmu hurriedly said: "Miss Siyu, you see it well, my grandmother is indeed not feeling well. This is all because of my wanton recklessness that day, and today I am still dragging my sick body to run for me, as a junior, I feel very guilty in my heart. β
His apologetic expression was very sincere.
Everyone saw it in their eyes and nodded one after another: "It's good that you know you're wrong, but you must not live up to your grandmother's high hopes for you." β
"Juniors understand." Su Yunmu replied seriously.
At this time, the Duchess of Qi gathered next to the ear of Mrs. Qi, and whispered about the fact that Su Yunmu took care of Mrs. Su very much on the way into the house.
Old Taijun Qi nodded again and again when she heard this: "Young people nowadays are impetuous, and they rarely respect their elders, but Second Prince Su is commendable." β
In fact, which of the eldest sons and grandsons of the family is not polite and outstanding? Su Yunmu is not conspicuous in it, on the contrary, his reputation as a gentleman is resounding in Kyoto, and the old lady Qi said this, but he valued Su Yunmu and put gold on his face.
When Mrs. Su heard this, she immediately smiled from ear to ear: "How can this kid tell the truth, I, I was indeed very angry that day, and my body was a little uncomfortable afterwards, but it is not as serious as he said, I am fine, you don't have to worry about me." β
As he spoke, he raised his eyes and glanced at Qi Siyu with a smile, pulled her to his side, and took off a milky white and crystal clear jade bracelet from his wrist with a smile, and was about to put it on her: "It's hard for you, you are so careful, what a good girl." β
Qi Siyu was a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at his grandmother.
Old Mrs. Qi smiled and nodded gently.
Qi Siyu did not refuse Mrs. Su, and let her wear the bracelet that symbolized the meaning of engagement on her hand.
Mrs. Su's heart completely fell back into her stomach.
The two grandparents stayed in the Qi family until dinner, accompanied by the Duchess of Qi, and went home.
The Duchess of Qi sent the two of them outside the mansion all the time, and watched them get into the carriage before returning to the mansion.
The moment the carriage started, Su Yunmu suddenly had a feeling in his heart, he always felt that someone was staring at him from behind, he suddenly lifted the carriage curtain and looked out, but as a result, he didn't see anything.
The long street was full of people, all of whom were poor people, and there were no suspicious characters.
Mrs. Su asked in the carriage, "What are you looking at?" β
"Nothing." Su Yunmu said, immediately lowered the curtain, and sat back next to Mrs. Su.
Old Mrs. Su looked at such a well-behaved grandson, her face was full of smiles, and she said with great relief: "Yun Mu, you are doing well today, grandmother hopes that you will make persistent efforts and marry Miss Qi back!" So that you will have a future......"
That strange feeling is here again!
Su Yunmu suddenly lifted the curtain of the car again, and quickly looked towards the street behind him, this time, he was lucky to see a gray corner of his clothes flashing in the corner of the wall, and then disappeared.
"What are you looking at? What's there to see? Seeing that he was not paying attention to what he was saying, Mrs. Su immediately became a little angry.
"Grandmother, someone is following us." Su Yunmu replied: "I saw it just now, but that person flashed quickly and was run away by him." β
"Someone stalking us? Who would that be? Old Mrs. Su was surprised when she heard this.
Su Yunmu shook his head and said, "I don't know. β
But in my heart, I remembered the little guy I met in the Mansion of Qi and looked very similar to Shen Nianzhu. Who could he be? Why don't you give your name?
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Shen Nianzhen counted the silver she had earned in the room for more than a month, one hundred taels, five hundred taels, one thousand taels, and in the end, even she herself was surprised, there were as many as eight thousand taels!
You must know that Shen Chong, the great leader of the first product in the court, has more than 20,000 taels for a whole year......
It seems that it is still a woman's silver that is easy to earn!
Shen Nianzhen held the silver ticket and thought happily that if she married into the Second Prince's Mansion in the future, Rong Chen would treat her badly, so she would save a lot of silver, and then pack up her things and leave, unilaterally break with him, and find a beautiful place to live in seclusion.
Or, follow the master and travel the world? Not bad either.
Just thinking about being happy, Mama Zhou came.
"Miss, the old lady called you." Mama Zhou looked at the flower-like girl in her house with a smile, and smiled very kindly: "In three days, it will be the big day for the girl of the Liao family to marry in, the old lady said, there are some considerate things to say to the young lady." β
"Okay, I'll go." Shen Nianzhen hurriedly packed up the silver ticket in his hand, and then got up and left with Mama Zhou.
Mama Zhou glanced at the brocade box where Shen Nianzhen stored the silver ticket with some confusion, and was a little surprised that she was a little girl who had so much private money!
However, Mrs. Shen's favorite thing at present is this granddaughter, and it is also possible to give more on weekdays, thinking like this, Mama Zhou was relieved.
The two of them arrived in Chunhui Courtyard one after the other, and Mama Zhou stopped at the door and said with a smile: "The old lady only invites the eldest lady to go in alone." β
"Okay." Shen Nianzhen nodded, and after the maid opened the curtain, she went into the house.
The room was cool and cool, Mrs. Shen was sitting at the table drinking a bowl of lotus leaf porridge, the coffee table in the corner of the room was lit with incense burners, emitting wisps of green smoke, she saw Shen Nianzhen coming, and hurriedly filled her with a bowl, and added some crushed ice, and said, "You like to eat this the most, eat it quickly." β
"Yes, grandmother."
Shen Nianzhen had been busy all morning, and he was really hungry at this point, so he didn't shirk when he heard the words, he sat down next to Mrs. Shen, and the grandparents drank porridge together.
When he was a child, Shen Nianzhen also stayed by the old lady's side to eat like this, the difference was that there was Shen Yunlan at that time.
Such times are always warm, which makes Shen Nianzhen miss them very much.
In the future, after Liao Fangru got married, there were more people in this house who ate every day.
"It's true." Old Lady Shen finished drinking the porridge, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, looked at her and said, "How is the second prince's condition now?" β
"It's a lot better."
Shen Nianzhen replied: "The wound has healed, and in another half a year, he can try to practice standing up and walking." β
"That's good." Old Mrs. Shen nodded again and again when she heard this: "As long as you can walk, it's a blessing, your marriage contract with him has been set for more than half a year, and next year will be another year, and after you are married, you will get married......"
When Shen Nianzhen heard this, his heart suddenly tightened, and he couldn't help but speak: "Grandmother, I don't want to get married so early, I still want to accompany you for a few more years......"
"Nonsense!" When Mrs. Shen heard this, she immediately straightened her face and frowned: "How can a woman not get married?" How long do you want to procrastinate? I naturally want you to stay for a few more years, but His Royal Highness the Second Prince must not wait, the marriage of the heavenly family, everything depends on the meaning of the royal family, we can't give opinions......"
Shen Nianzhen listened silently and did not refute.
She knew that what her grandmother said was the truth, the fate of women in this era was so tragic, she married the second prince to marry a high marriage, of course, there was no room for questioning, everything could only be listened to by the royal family, and the meaning of the second prince.
In this way, she is really like a doll, at the mercy of others.
Thinking of this, her mood couldn't help but drop, and she couldn't even be happy when she thought of Rong Chen.
Seeing her like this, Old Lady Shen couldn't help but sigh and said, "Isn't that what a woman is like in this life?" Getting along with someone like the second prince for a lifetime is not something that ordinary people can do, Nian Zhen, you ask your own heart, are you willing to live with him for the rest of your life? Even if he marries a new man in the future, he will leave you behind and never remember again? β
Shen Nianzhen was a little upset when she heard this, she subconsciously didn't want to think about Old Lady Shen's words, but retorted: "Grandmother, now is not the time to think about that, His Royal Highness the Second Prince is now injured in both legs, or because of me, at this juncture, our Shen family can't abandon him no matter what, otherwise it will be no different from falling into a well." β
Old Lady Shen looked at her evasive gaze and couldn't help but sigh again.
"Nian Zhen, you have to think about these things clearly, think clearly before you get married, it's better than regretting it after you get married, by that time, everything will be late......"
When Shen Nianzhen heard this, his mood couldn't help but feel a little heavy.
She nodded and said to Old Lady Shen, "Grandmother, don't worry, I will think it through." β
"That'll be fine." Old Madam Shen nodded with satisfaction when she heard this.
No, shouldn't you talk about the stepmother coming through the door three days later? Why did you talk about the second prince again? Shen Nianzhen smiled and asked, "Grandmother, in three days, the new sister-in-law will enter the school, so you don't have to work so hard, just think about it." οΌβ
"Yes, there will be new people in this mansion after all." Mrs. Shen said with emotion: "How many years have my wife been waiting......
"Grandmother, you're not old at all!" Shen Nianzhen said with a smile.
After the words fell, Mrs. Shen handed her a list and said, "While the new master mother has not passed the door, I have already sorted out the dowry prepared for you, and put it alone in the warehouse in my backyard, you keep the list, and the key will be given to you. β
"Grandmother! It doesn't take so much! Shen Nianzhen only glanced down at the dowry list, and was startled, Mrs. Shen almost left all the good things she had accumulated all her life to her as a dowry!
"You don't have a mother, and I only have a son, these things outside the body are given to you, and they can be of some use." Old Lady Shen smiled when she heard this, and said, "Don't shirk, don't feel guilty, grandmother is very happy to be able to prepare a dowry for you." β
When Shen Nianzhen heard this, he couldn't help but have red eyes.
In this world, the person who loves her the most is Mrs. Shen! It's like digging out her heart and lungs, and taking out everything to fulfill her, I'm afraid that she will marry in the future and be wronged in the second prince's mansion......
"Then, grandmother, you gave me everything, Aunt Fangru......"
"She's going to get married, it's time for you to change your mouth." Old Mrs. Shen smiled when she heard this: "When I got engaged, I gave a dowry and gave a very generous gift, so you don't have to worry about this." β
Can Shen Nian really not be worried? Why did Mrs. Shen rush to prepare the dowry given to her before her father Shen got married? Isn't it just that the new lady will covet those things after she enters the door......
So she divided it in advance and made a list, presumably for her father to see.
Shen Nianzhen didn't know what to say.
"Take it, it's all for you." Old Mrs. Shen said leisurely: "Nian Zhen, that's all your grandmother can give you, don't dislike Shao ......"
Before she finished speaking, Shen Nianzhen suddenly stretched out her hand and hugged her suddenly.
"Grandmother, how could I dislike less! Even if you don't come out with anything, I don't have the slightest complaint! As long as you live, it is the greatest comfort to your granddaughter! Shen Nianzhen cried.
Old Mrs. Shen smiled and patted her on the shoulder, and said, "Of course I will live well, I still want to see you get married, watch you give birth to children, give birth to one, two ......"
Shen Nianzhen burst out laughing, and her grandmother had thought about it for too long.
However, when I think about that scene, I feel so happy.
In the past two days, the Liao family began to pay dowries.
Ten miles of red makeup, lined up all the way, almost blocking the entire road to Beijing, the dowry team has already entered the courtyard of the Shen family, and the Liao family is still carrying the dowry outside!
On this day, the two families were particularly lively, and there were many people on the street.
Shen Nianzhen replaced Mrs. Shen, helped the steward count the dowries one by one, and then entered the warehouse, which was the warehouse in the Songtao Courtyard where Shen Chong lived, after tomorrow, there will be a new hostess in this mansion, and Shen Nianzhen is about to have a new mother.
However, Shen Nianzhen still felt a little awkward, for example, when Mrs. Shen asked her to change her words, she still subconsciously called Aunt Liao Fangru.
The mother couldn't shout anything.
Also troubled by this is Shen Yunlan, he can't call out this mother, the bride that my father newly married, compared to himself, is only ten years older, Liao Fangru looks like a twenty-eight-year-old girl because of proper maintenance, even if she has been married, she has nothing to do with the young woman.
It's too hard.
Shen Nian was really more open than he thought, only confused for a while, then he held his brocade box full of silver coins and went out to find Doctor Ge.
She wants to pay back the money to the master.
At the beginning, it was said that it was 30,000 taels of silver, but only 4,000 taels were repaid before, plus today's 8,000 taels, a total of 18,000 taels.
There is still a long way to go! Shen Nianzhen raised his eyes to look at the sky and sighed slightly.
However, before she left the house, Shen Nianzhu suddenly came to her.
Seeing that the Shen family was so lively, Shen Nianzhu was very unaccustomed to it, so she directly pulled Shen Nianzhen and took her to a hidden corner, and then said with a split face: "Sister, I have something I want you to help me." β
"What's the matter?" Shen Nianzhen asked curiously.
This was the first time Shen Nianzhu took the initiative to ask her for help, and she was really a little surprised.
"That's ......" Shen Nianzhu said angrily, but when the words came to her mouth, looking at Shen Nianzhen's expectant look, she suddenly couldn't speak again, turned around angrily and slapped the tree trunk on the side.
Shen Nianzhen guessed it at once, and said leisurely: "You are so angry because of Second Master Su, right?" β
Shen Nianzhu nodded with a straight face, and then said expressionlessly: "Eldest sister, I want you to lend me seven or eight subordinates, and I want to beat Su Yunmu up fiercely!" Only then can I solve the hatred in my heart! β
"Why?" Shen Nianzhen asked with a look of surprise when he heard this: "Although your marriage is not yet eyebrow-raising, the second son of Su is already working hard!" I heard that he was served by the family law a while ago in order to confront the elders in the family......"
"You're too far behind in what you've heard." Shen Nianzhu gritted her teeth and said: "Now Su Yunmu is already planning to marry the eldest lady of the Qi State Mansion, and the two families are about to exchange Geng posts and get engaged!" β
"So fast?" Shen Nianzhen was taken aback again.
She looked at her sister's angry face, and couldn't help but ask, "Rosary...... Didn't you say that you don't like Su Yunmu at all? How can I ...... now?"
There was a hint of narrowness on his face.
If it was an ordinary woman, hearing her joke like this, maybe she would be embarrassed on the spot, but Shen Nianzhu's thick lines and reflex arc are different from others, hearing Shen Nianzhen's words, she actually nodded her head very seriously: "That's right, I thought I didn't like him before, but now I find that I really want to lose him, and I don't feel good at all in my heart." β
Thinking of the flower stand in the Qi State Mansion that day, watching the picture of Su Yunmu and Qi Siyu talking and laughing from a distance, she felt a tingling in her heart.
That is to like Su Yunmu? Shen Nianzhen immediately raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
She looked at Shen Nianzhu with a smile and asked seriously, "Is the news you got confirmed?" Su Yunmu really wants to marry the eldest lady of the Qi State Mansion? Are you not mistaken? β
"I saw it with my own eyes! How can there be anything wrong! Shen Nianzhu was anxious when she heard this.
"You saw it with your own eyes? This kind of thing is talked about behind closed doors, and you actually saw it with your own eyes......" Shen Nianzhen looked at her with an unbelievable gaze, and his expression was even more surprised.
When Shen Nianzhu heard this, her face couldn't help showing a hint of shame, and she turned her head and said, "That day, when Mrs. Su took Su Yunmu to the Mansion of the Kingdom of Qi, I pretended to be a maid and infiltrated the Mansion of the Kingdom of Qi. β
This sentence alone explains it all.
I see!
Shen Nianzhen suddenly realized.
She looked at Shen Nianzhu with great interest, she never thought that her fourth sister, who was a thousand-year-old elm pimple, would also have an enlightened day! I can actually think of pretending to be a maid and sneaking into the Mansion of Qi to find out the news of my fiancΓ©! Dare to ask who else in this world can do this?
"Then it seems to be true." Shen Nianzhen nodded.
"But! Su Yunmu, that bastard, he didn't recognize me! Shen Nianzhu suddenly said hatefully.