Chapter 85: The Secret Passage
"It's good if you have an idea, you also know my father's temperament, it's not good for me to take care of the family's affairs now that I'm married, but if something happens to the Shen Mansion, I'm afraid it will make your career hopeless."
Although Jing'an said that the people's customs are open, there are some constraints in the end, and the official family above his head has suffered a lot from the indistinguishable concubine, so he naturally attaches the most importance to these, otherwise how could the official family interfere in the affairs of the Shen Mansion's back house, but they just thought of themselves.
Shen Mingzhu touched her stomach, fortunately, although she was a concubine, she was married to the eldest son of the Hou Mansion, and there was no dispute between the concubines.
"Eldest sister, don't worry, the Shen family will be fine." Shen Mingze didn't know what to say, as a son, he naturally didn't care about the affairs in Master Shen's room, but Shen Minghan was indeed a problem.
"Okay, let's not talk about it, the fourth brother is hungry, let's eat."
Shen Mingzhu stood up with his stomach, now Shen Mingze is only thirteen years old, even if there are men and women, it is not so serious, but no one can pick her gift for dinner.
The two siblings haven't had such a harmonious dinner for many years.
"The eldest sister has changed a lot." When Song Chenyu sent someone to look for Shen Mingze, he was still chattering in his mouth.
"Naturally, it has changed a lot, but I don't know if it has really changed or pretended." Song Chenyu frowned, obviously a little unconvinced.
In his previous life, although he didn't have much contact with Shen Mingzhu, he found out a lot of contradictions between Shen Mingzhu and Shen Mingzhen, and the most feared thing was the honey sword.
"The general seems to have a problem with my eldest sister." Shen Mingze thought, could it be that Shen Mingzhu had offended Song Chenyu before?
"I'm your second sister's fiancé, why do you think I have an opinion about your eldest sister."
Shen Mingze was stunned for a moment, this is really what the eldest sister did before, but it was just the noise of her daughter's family, but I don't know why General Song Xiao has such a big opinion on the eldest sister.
One is a general who is on a journey, and the other is a woman who married into the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion, is it possible that there are still some old grudges?
"Let's go." Song Chenyu moved the vase in the study to a different position, and the bookshelves that were originally tightly arranged together opened a secret passage from the middle.
Shen Mingze looked at the black hole in front of him blankly, there was a secret passage in the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion, since it was a secret passage, but Song Chenyu was calmly exposed in front of him, could he really have no fear?
"Let's go, I won't hurt you."
Song Chenyu was the first to walk into the secret passage, holding a candlestick in his hand.
Shen Mingze looked at the surrounding environment, this secret passage has obviously been dug for less than five years, and it has not yet been perfected, Song Chenyu has been fighting outside for the past five years, who dug this secret passage, and where can it lead.
All this is unknown to Shen Mingze.
Early in the morning, Shen Mingzhen let Ziyu groom her while thinking about what the Qiu family had in mind this time.
Concubine Qiu is a harem concubine, even if it is a birthday banquet, it is just to ask some ladies and ladies to accompany her to relieve her boredom, but in the past, the birthday banquet of concubines has always been a gathering in the harem, after all, she is not the master of the harem, but she didn't expect the official family to be able to do such a thing to Concubine Qiu.
Now the official family is walking on thin ice in the palace, and the treasury is empty, even his birthday is mostly just a meal with the queen mother, but now Concubine Qiu is allowed to spend a lot of time to hold a banquet in the imperial garden.
In the previous life, this Qiu Concubine Niangniang was also a good person, the official family was poisoned and died, the Ouyang family supported the new emperor, but she went to the operation of the Qiu family, and the royal temple said that the ancient Buddha of the green lantern for a lifetime still saved her life.
Speaking of the Qiu family, Shen Mingzhen is also admired, not to say how benevolent the Qiu family is, but that the Qiu family can devote everything they have to protect their own blood and bones, the Ouyang family once gained power and naturally wanted to erase all traces of the official family, but the Qiu family has many protégés, not to mention the big and small officials supported by Qiu Shangshu, just Qiu Shangshu has been a military secretary for so many years.
Although it will not bring down the Ouyang family, it can hit the Ouyang family hard, and Qiu Shangshu has a desperate plan for his sister, which makes the Ouyang family frightened.
"Miss, it's alright."
Ziyu's voice pulled Shen Mingzhen out of her thoughts, the clear bronze mirror reflected Shen Mingzhen's white and tender face, the willow eyebrows were bent, and the lips were dotted with some lipstick, which became more and more delicate, Shen Mingzhen was extremely beautiful, but in the past, it was pure like a white plum in the mountains without powder, and now it is even more amazing with makeup, just like a red plum blooming in the cold winter, with aggressive beauty.
"Sister Ziyu's craftsmanship is really good." Poria cocos, who was holding the clothes on the side, couldn't help but praise that the young lady who didn't wear makeup was easy to approach, but now the young lady who wore makeup made people feel that this woman should be like this.
"That's our young lady's natural beauty, today is not an ordinary birthday banquet, it's in the palace, there must be many ladies and misses, if the young lady doesn't stand out, it won't be bullied."
Ziyu is naturally satisfied with her craftsmanship, and she has also learned a little from Mama Lan, so she naturally knows what kind of makeup her young lady is suitable for.
Shen Mingzhen touched her face thoughtfully, if she overwhelmed Qunfang today, she would definitely be hated, and she might even put herself in danger, but even if she was mediocre, she wouldn't be able to hide, it would be better to be beautiful, and it would be a big deal to see the move.
"Miss, the carriage is already waiting outside the house." Bai Zhi knocked on the door and said respectfully.
Shen Mingzhen waved her hand and changed her clothes, although she is now the daughter of the Shen Mansion, she is also the fiancée of General Song Xiao, the future third wife of the Marquis of Wu'an, naturally she can't make a mistake, she is extremely unhappy with this feeling, and it is also the reason why she does not want to marry into the high gate, she is too tired.
Lilac cardigan, dark purple dress, wisteria hairpin on her head, she has studied medicine for many years, and naturally has some faint medicinal fragrance on her body, even if it is smoked with incense, she can't stop it, Shen Mingzhen is not willing to block it, and the medicinal fragrance on her body can sometimes make her calmer.
"Let's go."
Shen Mingzhen's footsteps moved slightly, the corners of her skirt flew but it was not messy, she only brought Ziyu with her when she entered the palace this time, not that Poria was not good, but the rules in the palace were heavy, and if she collided with others, she was afraid that she would lose her life in vain.
"Miss, what do you think this palace looks like?" Ziyu was a little excited in the carriage, she was able to enter the palace and see the legendary Niangniang in her lifetime.
Shen Mingzhen pursed her lips, the imperial palace, naturally, it is magnificent, even if it has not been repaired for a long time, the palace is still prosperous, and now only the palace in the entire Kyoto Prefecture still has a grand scene of a hundred flowers blooming.