Chapter 18

Li Yueshu finally met the women of Renhoutang.

The woman who was making matcha under the corridor, sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a pink dress, a goose egg face, and carefully painted rouge, she was more delicate than flowers. But when she makes matcha, her expression is reluctant.

A few steps away from her, a chaise longue, a girl in white was lying lazily, covering her face with a fan, and several maids beside her were fanning and beating their legs.

These maids are all very faceless, except for the piano.

Li Yueshu guessed that these maids were all the brides of the Shen family, but the bride was a fake bride the month before, so there was no need to come to the Wang family, and now that the real bride is back, these brides have also followed.

Hearing the cries of the "young lady" in the courtyard, Shen Changping's fan was taken off his face, and the person sat up from the chaise longue.

She saw a young woman with Nana Ting Ting walking in, with a light blue vibrating waist support skirt, a soft cigarette luo, slightly shaved shoulders, muscles like condensation, air like a quiet orchid, and her eyes filled with spring water, she was an out-and-out beauty embryo.

Shen Changping looked at the young woman who came over, and the young woman was also looking at her.

That gaze was like a scale, putting Shen Changping's beauty on the scale and weighing it carefully.

Fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls, although they have become a bride, they are not married to a wife at all, they are still refreshing and innocent.

The girl was wearing clothes made of fine clothes from head to toe, the jewelry she wore on her body, and the oath she wore on her head were all full of gold, and the purple jade, tassels and the girl's bright smile on the hair shook together so that Li Yueshu couldn't open her eyes.

He wears a white jasmine smoke veil.

As she got up, the white smoke cage plum blossom skirt mopped the floor, so standing has been clear waves, if a blooming white plum, fragrant and delicate, red lips slightly smiled, it has moved people's souls.

Beautiful, rich, and looking at that chaise longue, it is by no means a rare thing that the Wang family can have, it must be the marriage of the Shen family.

Sikong, who is in charge of errands such as the construction of Qidu, is really a fat poor.

The girl's beauty and the girl's wealth all made Li Yueshu's heart sour, but she smiled lightly on her face, took out the eldest sister-in-law's mother-in-law's pie, went up the steps, and reached out to hold the girl's hand, which was a pair of soft and delicate hands, and it couldn't help but make people feel excited when they held it in their hands.

Li Yueshu felt a tingling in her heart when she thought of Wang Xiaojian's feeling when she held these hands.

"No wonder the uncle hid his younger siblings tightly, it turned out to be such a first-class beauty, and it is indeed strange and distressing for people to take a look at such a beauty." Li Yue soothed the honey-bellied sword, although the smile was extremely friendly, the gaze in her eyes was full of hostility.

Shen Changping was embarrassed to be coquettish when she heard this, she said: "Oh, this is my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law is not only good-looking, but also has such a sweet mouth, I saw my sister-in-law and liked my sister-in-law at a glance, I really envy Ah Jian and I can live under the same roof with my sister-in-law in three years, such a sister-in-law is really lovely." ”

The fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl smiled and looked bright, but Li Yueshu felt that she had something to say, and couldn't help but nervously glance at the people in the courtyard with her spare eyes, who snickered? Whose expression betrayed her? Could it be that some damn subordinate said something wrong, otherwise how could this bride say such strange things, how could she and Wang Xiaojian say it together.

Li Yueshu didn't have an answer in her heart, so she heard Shen Changping grin again: "Sister-in-law, it's not that Ah Jian hid me from my sister-in-law, but the person who stayed in Renhoutang this month is not me at allβ€”β€”"

Li Yueshu was startled, and even Xia Liyun, who was immersed in making matcha, sprinkled the ground tea powder in her hand.

Li Yueshu looked at Shen Changping incredulously, this girl wouldn't be stupid enough to put the matter of substitute marriage on the table, right?

She has never been in contact with Shen Changping, and she doesn't know anything about her character, and Li Yueshu is not sure what Shen Changping's person is.

At this moment, he hurriedly drove out all the maids and wives in the yard, only to find that he had overstepped the rules, and actually drove Shen Changping's girls away, and was looking at Shen Changping apologetically, but Shen Changping had already pulled her to sit down on the chaise longue.

The couch is covered with soft cushions, which is very comfortable to sit on, and I don't know what kind of incense powder is sprinkled on the cushion, and the smell is intoxicating.

If you lie down on this couch, it is indeed relaxing.

But at this moment, Li Yueshu couldn't relax, and looked at Shen Changping nervously: "What did my brother and sister mean by what they said just now?" Isn't the person who married before a brother or sister? ”

"Yes, sister-in-law, I ran away from marriage, so it was Cousin Yun who married instead." Shen Changping beckoned to Xia Liyun as he spoke, "Cousin, is the matcha ready?" Take a bowl and give it to my sister-in-law to taste. ”

Xia Liyun came over with a bowl of ready-made matcha, and when the dark green matcha was held in front of Li Yueshu's eyes, it looked very good.

Shen Changping enthusiastically introduced: "Sister-in-law, Cousin Yun makes a good matcha, and this matcha skill is still learned from my mother." My mother's matcha skills are not passed on to her own daughter, but to Cousin Yun, so that my sister-in-law can know how Cousin Yun is valued in our Shen family. ”

Shen Changping personally took the matcha in Xia Liyun's hand and held it to Li Yueshu, Li Yueshu took it and took a sip, it was sweet but not greasy, very refreshing.

"Sister-in-law likes to drink, let Cousin Yun make it for my sister-in-law every day in the future, anyway, Cousin Yun has already given me tea, it is a member of the Wang family, and my sister-in-law can send it casually."

Li Yueshu put down the tea bowl and looked at Xia Liyun.

The sixteen or seventeen-year-old woman is not as sunny as Shen Changping, gloomy and melancholy, which is a bit similar to the smell of matcha.

Li Yueshu glanced at the bowl of matcha she had just drunk on the flower table.

"Cousin Yun, I've seen my sister-in-law soon. By the way, you are the concubine of the father-in-law, so you still call your sister-in-law 'Young Lady' to not lose your etiquette. ”

Xia Liyun looked submissive, and called Li Yueshu: "Young lady." ”

Li Yueshu is really confused at the moment, and there are many mysteries that need to be solved.

She asked Shen Changping again: "Brother and sister, what the hell is going on?" At this moment, there are no idlers in the yard, only the three of us, so you should tell the truth to your sister-in-law. ”

Shen Changping naturally wanted to say it.

She took Li Yueshu's hand, frowned and said: "Sister-in-law, in fact, I don't want to marry into the Wang family, I have someone I like, but the marriage between the two families was agreed upon by my father-in-law before his death, and for the sake of my mother-in-law, my father is a person who values love and righteousness, and he must not regret his marriage, I don't want to marry, so I can only run away from marriage, and I blame my cousinβ€”β€”"

Shen Changping looked at Xia Liyun with a sad look in his eyes: "If it weren't for my cousin's insistence on marrying instead, I wouldn't have to come to the Wang family even if I didn't succeed in escaping the marriage, my cousin stayed alone in the Wang family, I don't worry, this is my marriage after all, let my cousin suffer for me for a lifetime, I can't bear it, who knows that my cousin is willing to be a concubine for Ah Jian, it can be seen that my cousin is really in love with Ah Jian, and now I am caught in the middle, but a good wife is like stepping in." ”

Xia Liyun's eyes were already as big as a copper bell, what the hell was Shen Changping talking nonsense.

And Li Yueshu listened to Shen Changping's words, and was shocked: In this way, she is simply doing this too much, this eldest lady of the Shen family doesn't want to marry the Wang family at all, and she doesn't have to do it at all, she has already run away from the marriage, but Xia Liyun let her plan fall through.

Li Yueshu looked at Xia Liyun, and the unkindness in her eyes couldn't be hidden.

Xia Liyun wanted to say something, but she felt that it was meaningless to say anything, obviously, after listening to Shen Changping's words, the eldest young lady of the Wang family had already regarded her as a shameless woman.

"Cousin, don't let me out of my embarrassment in front of the eldest young lady, I was also married to understand my uncle's urgent need, and now I put down my identity as a lady from the official family and don't come to the Wang family to be a concubine, it's not because I and the second son have ...... Our woman's name is too important, and I can't help it. ”

Xia Liyun said, wiping her tears with a handkerchief, aggrieved and pitiful.

Li Yueshu's voice was cold, and her face was stiff: "Aunt Yun means that you have been married for a month, and Uncle He has already ......."

Shen Changping hurriedly interrupted Li Yueshu and said, "Sister-in-law, you have misunderstood Xianggong, Xianggong swore to me that he never touched a finger of Cousin Yun...... Oh, sister-in-law, look at what I said, I'm sorry, sister-in-law, help me take a look, is my face red? ”

Shen Changping brought that indescribably beautiful face in front of Li Yueshu.

Li Yue soothed her expression: "Brother and sister are you saying that you and your uncle don't have a round house yet?" ”

"Sister-in-law, I'm only fourteen years old, if it weren't for the joy of my mother-in-law, how could my parents be willing to let me marry so early? Xianggong is also considerate of me, and said that he will wait for me to grow up in two years, and then have a round room with me, but Xianggong is a man after all, fortunately, there is Cousin Yun to replace me. ”

Shen Changping smiled and pulled Xia Liyun over, and said to Li Yueshu: "Before, my cousin was a substitute for marriage, and Xianggong naturally couldn't overstep the rules, but now it's different, Cousin Yun is already Xianggong's concubine, and she is Xianggong's person, and she can do her duty as a wife instead of me." is wronged by my cousin to be a concubine, but once a woman becomes infatuated, she will not care about her reputation, sister-in-law, you see, in order to make my father agree to her to come to the Wang family as a concubine, Cousin Yun did not hesitate to use a hairpin to paint her faceβ€”β€”"

With Shen Changping's guidance, Li Yueshu saw a scar on Xia Liyun's face, but because it was covered with thick powder, he couldn't see it if he didn't look carefully.

Looking at Shen Changping, who was like a smiling tiger with a clever tongue, Xia Liyun was surprised for a while.

In the past, Changping's cousin was stupid no matter how domineering she was, but now Changping doesn't blink no matter how she moves right and wrong on the surface, and the lie comes from her mouth as if it were true.

And Shen Changping pulled Li Yueshu to her side room again, and said as he walked: "Sister-in-law, I specially cleaned up a side room for Cousin Yun, although the identity of the concubine should not live in the same side room as the main wife, but since she wants to serve Xianggong well instead of me, she has to clean up this house comfortably, and can't let Xianggong live uncomfortable, besides, Cousin Yun is a young lady of the official family after all, if it weren't for her poor background, how could she come to the Wang family to be a concubine?" Cousin Yun is a poor personβ€”"

"What happened to Liyun's background?"

Xia Liyun couldn't help but clench her fists nervously when she heard Li Yueshu's question, but fortunately, Shen Changping didn't say anything but shook his head and sighed: "It's okay not to mention it." ”

Xia Liyun's fist was released at this time.

"Mother-in-law's health has been much better recently, and my mother-in-law told me that she ate the secret recipe that my brother and sister brought from the Shen family?"

"I knew that our Shen family's secret recipe could cure my mother-in-law's illness, and it would be good to send it as soon as possible, I don't have to marry, and I have been separated from my sweetheart since then, sister-in-law, you say, I have no love for my father-in-law, wouldn't I want to be a couple of resentful couples for a lifetime?"

Seeing that the figures of Shen Changping and Li Yueshu had already entered her room, she frowned and looked angry: Where did the Shen family get any secret recipe? Also, where did Shen Changping get any sweetheart?

At this moment, Nian Youcai on the roof sneered, flew over several eaves, and left.