After Shen Bai left, the hall was instantly quiet, the eldest lady sat back on the chair angrily, and Aunt Xu slowly got up with the support of Yahuan. This matter can be regarded as the end of it, but Aunt Xu has never understood who wants to slander herself like this, although the old man does not say it, but he is also suspicious of himself in his heart.

This hard-won favor was lost in vain by this slut. Aunt Xu gritted her teeth with hatred in her heart, but now she had no way or evidence to prove her innocence, so she could only endure it temporarily.

Shen Nianchu was a little distracted when he looked at this good show, and originally planned to come up with evidence to prove Aunt Xu's guilt, but Mother Feng chose this way, and now the old lady has spoken, even if she wants to make a fuss about this matter in the future, I am afraid that she can't. But fortunately, I explained my mother's affairs clearly, and I had a much better life in the future.

"Hatsu'er, you should go see your father later." The one who knows her son best is her mother, and when the old lady saw the back of Shen Bai leaving, she knew that this sad thing that was mentioned would probably make Shen Bai uncomfortable for several days. Let Shen Nianchu accompany Shen Bai and talk about his heart.

"Yes, grandmother." Shen Nianchu promised that although he didn't have a good impression of this father, seeing that he was so sad and sad for his mother, it was okay to accompany him.

"Aunt Xu, don't go out if you don't have anything to do these days, read the Buddhist scriptures in the courtyard and change your temperament." The old lady changed her words and looked at Aunt Xu.

"Yes, old lady." Aunt Xu wanted to explain again, but she also knew that now everyone already suspected that she did it, no matter how much she explained, it was useless, the old lady's punishment was for Shen Bai to see, for the sake of her daughter, she had to agree. It's just that she has never figured out who would frame her like this.

"If it's okay, let's all disperse. In the future, all hospitals should be vigilant, don't do what you shouldn't do, don't say what you shouldn't say, otherwise Feng's mother's fate is an example. The old lady said this indifferently, there is no peace in this mansion, if you don't wake up, I am afraid that there will be more and more such bullying of the master in the future.

Everyone stood up and saluted and dispersed, and Shen Nianchu took Cui'er and walked towards Shen Bai's study. On weekdays, Shen Bai stays in the study at home, except for dinner, when he goes to the eldest lady or a few aunts, he eats alone at other times.

den

Shen Bai sat alone at the table, he was happy today, but as soon as Zhang's matter came out, he couldn't be happy, and he remembered the phenomenon of seeing Zhang's for the first time, Zhang's was originally a rich lady, and because of the decline of her family, she had to make a living by selling Xiujuan, and she fell in love with her at first sight.

In the eyes of outsiders, Shen Bai is a strict and difficult person to communicate, and in her eyes, Shen Bai looks tall and mighty on the outside, but in fact, he has a gentle heart and always thinks of ways to take care of her. The two have been together ever since.

Soon after, Zhang's became pregnant, and Shen Bai wanted not to give Zhang's a name. After begging his mother for a long time, he agreed to let Zhang enter the door, but after entering the door, Zhang was always a little uneasy and often had insomnia. In the end, the child was not saved.

The child is gone, and they can still regenerate, but Zhang's miscarriage also hurt his body, and he recuperated for a long time. Later, they had a daughter, and the name of Nian Chu was taken by Zhang, the meaning of which is to miss the beauty of the beginning. Shen Bai was happy for a long time and wanted Zhang's wife to be his wife.

It's just that the eldest lady has a noble status and has the support of the clansmen behind her, and her mother doesn't agree, so in the end the matter was put on hold. Shen Bai felt guilty about Zhang's family, and stayed in Zhang's house for several days in a month, Zhang's considerate and gentle, which always made people feel that they couldn't return.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai felt a little regretful, if he had asked people to verify it back then, maybe the Zhang family would not have died, and the child in her womb would not have died, but it was too late after all.

Shen Nianchu looked at Shen Bai with an ugly face outside the door, if "Shen Nianchu" was still there, she would be happy to see today's scene, this is the person she is looking forward to. This kindness is over, and even if you leave in the future, you won't regret your choice today.

Shen Nianchu knocked lightly on the door: "Father, can I come in?" ”

Shen Bai raised his head and glanced at the door, collected his emotions, stood up and walked to the middle of the hall, letting Shen Nianchu in.

"Father, are you alright?"

"Chu'er, don't take these things to heart in the future, it's all over." Shen Bai was worried that Shen Nianchu still had a pimple in his heart, and he wanted to comfort her regardless of his sadness.

Shen Nianchu felt a little warm in his heart, compared to this father, he still loved himself, but after so many years, he didn't know how to face himself.

"Father, today's events are over, and the days to come are still long. You have to look forward. Shen Nianchu didn't know how to comfort her father, after all, this was the first time she had experienced this kind of thing.

"yes, it's all gone." Shen Bai sighed a little melancholy: "Before, you suffered a lot of grievances because of your mother's affairs, and I won't let you suffer any more grievances in the future." ”

"Got it, father." With Shen Bai's words, Shen Nianchu's heart was sour, she knew that someone would protect her, and she didn't ask how rich she would be in the future, as long as she could save her life

is content.

"But Chu'er, you don't have as much to learn as your eldest sister, but I'm afraid that in the beauty election, you're afraid that you will suffer a loss. But don't worry, your father will help you take a good look at it, and if you have the right bureaucratic children, it will naturally be good. For this matter, Shen Bai felt a little indebted to Shen Nianchu, if it wasn't for her mother's avoidance back then.

Shen Nianchu will definitely be like Shen Yue, going to the best school and learning more musical instruments. I'm afraid that now it is also the object of everyone's pursuit.

Shen Nianchu doesn't care about these things, crossing this kind of thing is like buying a lottery ticket, the probability is so small that you can be hit, she doesn't want to live this life hastily, marry someone who doesn't know whether it's good or bad, and live a husband and children.

She has thought about it for the past few days, and when the matter is over, she will take advantage of her father's debt to herself, ask him to allocate more money to herself, and then take the two maids to buy a Zhuangzi outside the city, and raise a puppy or something. Isn't it good to live a fairy-like life? If the two girls want to get married, give them a dowry and let them marry well.

Then find two more maids to accompany you, and when you have nothing to do, go out for a walk, enjoy a flower or something, isn't this much better than staying in someone else's house? If you get married and you can go back, you will definitely be reluctant to have children, so it's best not to marry.

If Shen Bai, who was still guilty, knew that Shen Nianchu was thinking like this, he was afraid that he would also be angry.

"Father, don't worry too much, Chu'er didn't think about it so much, I just hope to be able to do a good job of filial piety by my father's side." Shen Nianchu felt that he seemed to have too much drama, but there was no way, if he didn't say so, I was afraid that Shen Bai would blame himself.

"That's good, it's late at night, you can go back. Good life rest. Shen Bai waved his hand and asked Shen Nianchu to retreat first, he was afraid that he would not be able to help but want to cry when he looked at this daughter who looked like the Zhang family.

Shen Nianchu said goodbye and left. As soon as she returned to her courtyard, she saw Gui's mother standing in the courtyard waiting for her, and she hurriedly greeted her: "Gui's mother, why are you here?" But what did Grandmother command? ”

Mother Gui said with a smile: "Second Miss is good, it's not anything else, the old lady asked the slave maid to come over and inform you that Concubine Ling set up a banquet in the palace and said that the three girls in the family were invited to come and sit." "Ling Fei is the most favored concubine of the Holy Heaven today, and her father Ling Qing is His Majesty's most trusted minister.

This time, the ladies and hostesses of each family will go, one is to see if there is a match for their eyes, and the other is to test the water to see what they have learned. It is said that the woman who receives the color head will give priority to the painter's portrait and present it to the saint and the prince to see.

This is a rare opportunity, and the ladies of all the provinces are waiting for this party. Shen Nianchu frowned: "Mother Gui, can I not participate?" You also know, I happened to be seriously ill, and I didn't learn much on weekdays, so I'm afraid I won't be able to do it, in case I lose the face of our general's mansion, that's good. ”

"Second Miss, this is a must for all young ladies, the old lady said, someone will tell you in advance that you can't participate in the talent show, and it is said that there are also a lot of delicious pastries at this camellia party, don't you want to try it?" Gui's mother knew that the second lady liked food, so she deliberately reminded her that there was something delicious.

"Gourmet, then I'm going." Shen Nianchu has been here for so long, she is greedy for the food here, and she is ready to learn the craft from the chef here, and make it for herself in the future.

Seeing that Shen Nianchu had already agreed, Gui's mother bowed and left after a few words. Shen Nianchu thought that there would be delicious food the day after tomorrow, so he hurriedly told Cui'er to prepare the clothes for the day after tomorrow, and then went back to sleep happily.

Camellia party

Early in the morning, Shen Nianchu was called up by Zhilan to wash up and change clothes, and she said a little unhappily: "Do you have to eat so early?" If I had known, I wouldn't have agreed. ”

Zhilan covered her mouth and smiled, the appearance of the second lady lying in bed is really cute, but Gui's mother came early in the morning to instruct the second lady to get up as soon as possible to wash and dress up, saying that the carriage would wait at the gate in two hours.

"Where's Cui'er? Why didn't you see her? Shen Nianchu saw that only Zhilan was serving him, and asked curiously.

"Sister Cui'er just said that she had diarrhea, and she went to the toilet and hasn't come back yet. Let Zhilan wait for the second lady to wash up and dress up first. Zhilan also felt curious, she and Cui'er ate the same thing yesterday, why was she fine, but Sister Cui'er was fine?

"Forget it, you can help me change my clothes and make a bun, can you make a bun?" Shen Nianchu didn't think too much about it.

"Slaves and maids can only do simple hair accessories, I'm afraid they won't be able to do well." Zhilan was a little frightened.

"It's okay, you can come as you please. For clothes, choose a plain color for me, I don't like colors that are too high-key. Shen Nianchu felt that the ancient people were really troublesome, and they needed to prepare a few hours in advance for changing clothes and dressing up. And I'm afraid that today's limelight won't be my turn, just dress up casually.

Zhilan took a light blue dress from the closet, and Shen Nianchu looked at it and thought it was okay, so he changed it on. Shen Nianchu didn't know much about rouge gouache or anything, so he asked Zhilan to paint herself a light makeup and comb a simple hair accessory.

Shen Nianchu, who had cleaned up, walked into the courtyard, planning to wait for Mother Gui's summons in the courtyard, and the people in the courtyard felt their eyes light up when they saw Shen Nianchu who had cleaned up. In the past, Shen Nianchu's face was pale and pale, and during this period of recuperation, his face was a lot more ruddy.

In addition, I dressed up today, although it is not as gentle and considerate as the eldest lady, but it is also a small jasper, and it looks unique. Shen Nian saw that everyone's eyes were a little strange, and he turned his head and asked Zhilan, "Is my face very strange?" ”

Zhilan shook her head: "It's not strange, it's just that everyone rarely sees the second miss dressed like this, but they feel a little curious and unaccustomed." ”

"Well, okay then. Why hasn't Cui'er come back yet? Shen Nianchu suddenly remembered that Cui'er hadn't come back until now, so something might have happened.

The mother on the side saw Shen Nianchu mention Cui'er, and hurriedly came over to report: "Second Miss, just now Cui'er asked someone to bring a message, saying that her stomach hurts uncomfortably, and I implore Second Miss to let her take leave to see the doctor." ”

Shen Nianchu frowned: "What's the matter?" I guess I didn't eat something that I couldn't eat. You tell her to rest well, and then find a doctor to show her. ”

Mother took the order and hurriedly went to ask the doctor, Shen Nianchu didn't think much about it, just said that Cui'er had a bad stomach, but now that Cui'er is sick, who will accompany her.

"Zhilan, you can go with me."

"But, Second Miss, Zhilan's status is low, how dare she accompany Second Miss to such a big feast?" Zhilan said what she said from her heart, she felt that although she was the second miss's maid, but that kind of place, it should also be Sister Cui'er accompanying the young lady, she was so shabby, wouldn't she be a shame for the second miss.

"So what, don't care so much. Now Cui'er is also sick, if you don't accompany me, then I'll be the only one who goes. Shen Nianchu pretended to be aggrieved and looked at Zhilan, in fact, she liked Zhilan a child, but Zhilan always felt that she was not worthy of serving by her side. always thinks too low of himself, so that Shen Nianchu doesn't know how to teach.

"Yes, Second Miss. The slave will change her clothes and accompany you. Zhilan saluted and went into the back room to change into a clean dress. Then accompanied Shen Nianchu to wait on the side.

After a while, Gui's mother came over with a few mothers, saying that the old lady asked everyone to go to the door, and the carriage was already at the door. The General's Mansion has a large population, and naturally there are more carriages than others. The old lady asked Shen Nianchu to sit in a carriage with herself, the eldest lady and the eldest lady in a carriage, and Aunt Xu and the third lady in a carriage.

Aunt Liu was pregnant and could not walk easily, so she stayed at home. With the sound of the groom: "Get up", a group of people walked in the direction of the palace.