Chapter 2 The Emperor's Marriage

Shen Zhifeng put away his smile and asked, "I just want to ask, what are you doing with my life?" I'm afraid I won't be able to do what you want. ”

Li glanced at her, the old man's actions in the past few years have become more and more incomprehensible, although his daughter married King Yu made her happy, but Shen Qingfeng is his biological daughter in the end, and he is at the mercy of him like this. Li Shi shuddered in his heart, but after thinking about it, he had been suppressed by He Min for many years, and now he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and it was very comfortable.

"Master's thoughts, how can I know. For Zhen'er's sake, I only advise you, take care of your body yourself, and the master will make his own arrangements later. Don't mess around, you know my temper. ”

Shen Qingfeng felt a little funny, before her mother's death. This aunt is used to competing for favor and making trouble, and now she even came to persuade her kindly. But if you are really kind, how could your mother die at her hands? Knowing that he couldn't ask anything, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Seeing that she didn't pay attention to it anymore, Li stood up, sorted out his clothes and prepared to go out, and asked, "Who is taking care of the fourth lady in the yard?" ”

Mama An replied while helping her out, and Shen Qingfeng didn't listen carefully, only knowing that the Li family had replaced the people in her yard.

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Shen Qingfeng suddenly woke up from his dream, only to feel sweaty all over his body, panting, and frightened. Seeing that he was still in the dilapidated little yard, he felt more relieved.

Shen Qingfeng called someone to come, and the little girl came over and poured her a glass of water.

Shen Qingfeng took a sip of water and asked, "What's your name?" How long have you been here? ”

"Back to Miss, the slave's name is Lianxin, she is fourteen years old this year, and she only entered the house last month to serve."

Shen Qingfeng smiled again and asked, "Who else is in the family?" ”

Lian Xin said crisply: "The slave has no parents at home, is an orphan, and was a miscellaneous worker in the Li Ji shop in Changxing Hutong in the capital earlier, and then the shopkeeper got into a lawsuit and ran away with the silver, and the yamen sold us to make money." ”

"It's also pitiful, and I have resentment in my heart?" She herself is not as good as a fatherless and motherless subordinate.

The slave and maid also complained earlier, but later I heard a sentence in the play: If you don't have a thought, all fate will be destroyed. It made sense, and he let it go. Lianxin said.

Shen Qingfeng whispered, the little girl can also have some Buddhist Zen Taoism. Just thinking like this, I was suddenly stunned. I only felt that the hairs stood on end, and the hairs were terrifying.

The little girl didn't know why, so she looked back and was startled.

I don't know what person was standing at the door of the house, but it was her father Shen Nanshan. Wearing a stone blue bamboo brocade robe, his face is clear, and his tall hooked nose is very calm. has been up and down in officialdom for a few years, with some prestige on his body, and his eyes are full of interests and scheming.

Shen Qingfeng came back to his senses for a moment, only to feel some night sweats on his body. I wanted to speak, but my teeth chattered slightly.

Shen Nanshan took off the hat on his body and handed it to Steward Lai, who followed behind. Steward Lai glanced at the little girl, and the two went out and closed the door again.

Shen Nanshan smiled: "Why don't you know your father?" ”

How could he still talk and laugh like this? How can you pretend that nothing happened?

Shen Qingfeng used both hands, climbed down, and said with tears in her eyes: "My daughter has seen her father." Greetings to my father. Shen Qingfeng knew that this was her only chance.

Shen Nanshan picked up this daughter with one hand, although she was still sick, but she had a white face and red lips, a graceful figure, and a spring water in her eyes, looking forward to Shenfei, smart and clever. and his main wife He Min, the same standard lady. He used to love this daughter very much.

asked very gently: "No need to be polite, Feng'er is very good?" ”

Shen Qingfeng smiled and said, "With Lao's father's concern, my daughter is now very well." However, in the past few days, I heard that my grandmother has returned from Cloud City, and I have not seen her, so I feel unfilial. I feel guilty. As he spoke, his eyes were full of tears, and his eyes were full of spring water. It's not pitiful.

Shen Nanshan was stunned for a moment, turned around, and saw a plane tree outside the window, swaying its limbs in the stormy night. sighed and did not answer. only said: "Today, my father heard in the palace that the emperor wants to marry you to His Royal Highness King Qin, I don't know what you think?" For the Father, I want to ask you what you mean. ”

Shen Qingfeng closed his eyes and smiled on his face. He looks like a loving father, and there are no outsiders here, so who can he do it? I don't know if I thought I was really here to discuss marriage with her?

Shen Nanshan didn't get an answer for a long time, so he wanted to turn around and leave with some disappointment.

Shen Qingfeng said: "When the man is married, the woman should be married, and the daughter's marriage is naturally decided by the father." She and the red-mouthed and white-toothed boy never crossed paths again. There was another pain in my heart.

Shen Nanshan turned his head and nodded with satisfaction, if Shen Qingfeng didn't marry King Qin, he would also have a way to resolve it. But it is still easier for this daughter Li Dai Taozhuang to marry the King of Qin, and it is not to offend anyone.

Looking around, the dilapidated yard was getting heavier and heavier, and the rain was left along the wall, wetting a piece, leaving yellow water stains on the collapsed wall. It's ugly.

said: "Your third sister is already married, and you can serve your grandmother well when you have time to fulfill your filial piety." ”

A light primrose-colored lotus mattress collapsed, and it looked a little damp. Shen Nanshan frowned again, and there was an indescribable emotion at work.

Out of the door of the house, he instructed the housekeeper: "Take the fourth lady back to the original courtyard and serve it well." So he let the maid put a hat on him, and left in the rain.

Shen Qingfeng just muttered, "My daughter sends my father to her." ”

Shen Qingfeng remembered that on the day he was arrested in the Qingguo Mansion, he and his mother knelt in front of his father's study all night. It's just that her ruthless father didn't pay attention to it, and the next day just changed his clothes as usual. Then my mother couldn't bear it anymore and fell ill. Then he died of illness, and before he died, he ate the bird's nest porridge sent by Lee.

Shen Qingfeng thought about revenge on the He family and her mother after her mother's death, she remembered that every time she went to He's house, her cousin He Zijin would take her to a small shop at the entrance of the house to buy lotus leaf chicken to eat, fresh and sweet, with the fragrance of lotus flowers.

Shen Qingfeng begged his father and went to the Putian Temple outside the city to find Master Yuanfa. However, Master Yuanfa is also hard-hearted and ignores her hatred. Who knew that she was intercepted and killed on the way back from Putian Temple, Shen Qingfeng only knew that before she closed her eyes, she looked at his father patting her face and asked: Where is the tortoiseshell painting fan?

The revenge of the He family and her mother has not been avenged, how can she die? Fortunately, God was merciful and gave him another chance.

There was a thunder outside the window, and the lightning was thrown in front of Shen Qingfeng's window like a silver snake, and the rain poured down in an instant. It rustled against the black tiles of the house. The wind blows the window paper.

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The rain became heavier and heavier, hitting the banana leaves in the garden, crackling, and some rain stayed along the cracks in the hat, wetting half of Shen Nanshan's face. He didn't think so.

Shen Nanshan left in the rain, but did not go back to his yard, but went to Mrs. Shen's Songhe Courtyard.

Mrs. Shen was lying lightly in her clothes, and she really couldn't sleep on such a rainy day, disturbing people's hearts. Shen Nanshan came in and took off the hat and handed it to Mama Cai. Mama Cai took it with one hand and said, "Old lady Shen hasn't slept yet, please be inside." ”

Shen Nanshan nodded, entered the inner room, bowed his hand first, and said, "My son has asked his mother to say goodbye." ”

When Mrs. Shen saw that his clothes were half wet, she asked Mama Cai to bring a charcoal stove and roast him, so she asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Shen Nanshan took off his shoes and socks together, put them on the edge of the stove and roasted them, and said, "I don't know where the tortoiseshell painting fan is, but Feng'er agreed to marry His Royal Highness the King of Qin." ”

Old Lady Shen sighed, "Since the fan is not with her, take her to Putian Temple again, and you can naturally find it." The successive deaths in the house are unlucky, so let her stay married with peace of mind. lest the king of Qin and the emperor become suspicious. Are you soft-hearted? ”

The face roasted by the charcoal fire in the stove was warm, and Shen Nanshan sneered and said: "What is so soft-hearted, mother rest assured, my son knows that the glory and wealth of the Shen family are all on me, so I naturally think about it, and I dare not have a trace of neglect." Feng'er was originally excellent, but it's a pity that she is the granddaughter of the Qingguo Mansion. Destiny is heavenly. ”

"That's it, you've been tired for a day, go back and rest early," Old Lady Shen closed her eyes after speaking.

Shen Nanshan quietly retreated.

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The rain fell all night, and it was already sunny early the next morning, and Lai Butler came early in the morning to ask for peace, standing at the door of the house and saying: "The master instructed the fourth lady to go back to the embroidery building today, and everything will be as usual." The other called for spring water to serve closely. Miss Four, please. ”

Shen Qingfeng struggled to get up, changed his clothes, and then Lianxin and Chunshui went back to the embroidery building with the help of Lian Xin and Chunshui. Everything in the embroidery building is as usual, but things are not people, and the vicissitudes of life have changed, but in half a year, it has changed a lot. Shen Qingfeng's mood is also different from before, she will not be extravagant with her father and grandmother.

After she freshened up and bathed, breakfast was already on the table, and Chunshui scooped a bowl of japonica rice porridge, some fried dumplings with oil, a few plates of hors d'oeuvres, and burritos.

Shen Qingfeng took a bite, it was a dumpling stuffed with shepherd's cabbage and meat. To her taste. She still has to find a chance to go to Putian Temple again, otherwise she won't be reconciled.

Qiu Ju can be proud of frost, and the wind and frost are evil. This performance is cold-resistant, what can it do with wind and frost? The chrysanthemums that were originally blooming in her yard were also crippled by last night's wind and rain. It's just that he is very lonely and refuses to bow his head.

After breakfast, Shen Qingfeng walked slowly around the courtyard. I've been lying down for a month, and my body still hurts. When he was better, he took Lianxin and Chunshui to see Mrs. Shen.

Mrs. Shen lives in Songhe Courtyard, and after the moon cave, you can see the pines and cypresses planted in it, although in late autumn, they are still verdant. Further inside, there are two Bodhi trees, one on the left and one on the right. In the past, the Shen family was a poor commoner, relying on Shen Nanshan's entrance examination to enter the court as an official, Mrs. Shen was poor all her life, although now the family is prosperous and rich, but she still prefers tall and tough trees, and does not like delicate flowers and plants.