Duan Heng was already guilty and still had thoughts about Xiao He that he shouldn't have, let alone seeing Xiao He like this, so he hurriedly held her hand and said: "Xiao He, I can't sleep every day, after all, my little sister can't stand you, if I want to do anything that doesn't happen, I can't do it." ”

Xiao He hurriedly withdrew his hand, "Although Duan Shengyi sent someone to assassinate me that day, now that she is far away in the barbarians, I will never blame Duan Heng for this, you and I are friends and friends for life." ”

Duan Heng was moved in his heart, and thought a little sadly: He just treats me as a friend, but I have long been pleased with him, no matter what, the matter of breaking his sleeve is too surprising for him after all, so it is not impossible to silently protect him.

So he said loudly: "It was my villain's heart, lest you be dissatisfied, hide more, I never thought it was the opposite, and I should get along with you in the future." ”

"Life is short, bosom friends are hard to find, clouds and smoke are thousands of miles, and good stories are thousands of years. I still think about ten years, twenty years later, you and I can still drink like this" Xiao He raised his eyebrows and said heartily.

Duan Heng was stunned by Xiao He's smiling face, and hurriedly pretended to bow his head and drink tea to cover it up, and he couldn't say anything but replied, "Hmm"

Over there, Xiao He and Duan Heng had gone from eating tea to eating wine, and they were at ease. In this room, Mu Churan took advantage of the sunny day, ordered someone to put the chessboard, and asked everyone to go down and arrange the chess game alone, preparing to make a few days to see Xiao He. Drinking tea, playing chess, thinking that she Xiao He can't refuse even if she has a hundred reasons, great goodness!

Not long after, Mu Qingyun lifted the curtain and came in, "Brother Huang is so interested." She came in and saw Mu Churan with an endgame in front of her, holding a chess book in her hand and pondering. So he smiled and said, "The snow has been falling wonderfully these days, and it is just in time for a sunny day, it is best to go out of the palace to enjoy the snow and relax" and looked at Mu Churan.

Mu Churan withdrew from his deep consideration and looked at his imperial sister, "It's not impossible to get out of the palace, go to Bilin Villa, and a few more people will follow." This kind of thing was told to the queen mother, why bother to bother the imperial brother, the imperial brother is not so easy to be idle, "Mu Churan just wants to send Mu Qingyun away quickly, and the chess game is enough for a headache."

"It's just that I want to ask for someone with the imperial brother, I think Lord Shen Suhang is a good travel companion," Mu Qingyun said with a cup of tea by himself.

Mu Churan rubbed the corners of his forehead, "Lord Shen is a servant of the Ministry of Officials, there is no reason to accompany you to enjoy the snow, you can go, and then pick someone else, and it is just on the hot spring villa, the eunuchs and palace maids are enough." ”

"No one else is him, I want him, Brother Huang, you agree" Mu Qingyun wore a Suzhou embroidered cardigan gauze skirt in the azure color of the rain, combed a hairpin with an opal obliquely inserted in a cloud bun, and a slender tassel hung down, like a clear mountain shrouded in clouds and mist in the early morning, fresh and moving. She gently shook Mu Churan's hand, revealing a pleading look.

Mu Churan was already pampering the only imperial sister, and she didn't need Mu Qingyun to open her mouth to send her what suitable and good things she wanted, but now seeing Mu Qingyun's daughter's behavior, she was also relieved and said: "The imperial brother allowed you to leave the palace to be at the queen mother's place, I am the quasi-Lord Shen to discipline you etiquette, but this is to let him accompany you to enjoy the snow when he is resting, and he will never be able to open his mouth for his brother." ”

Mu Qingyun let go of Mu Churan's hand and sat down around the other end of the small table, picked up a white chess piece and said: "Brother Huang, just agree, I will go and tell Lord Shen that the queen mother is still bothering you to take care of it, and I thank you Brother Huang." ”

"What do you do to put chess pieces randomly, the layout is all messed up by you," Mu Churan picked up the white chess pieces that Mu Qingyun casually put on the chessboard, and said: "Why do you have to accompany Shen Suhang, he is good at writing poems and lyrics is also known in the Manchu Dynasty, but he is not the only one who can compose poetry, I heard that his brother-in-law has caused trouble in recent days, I'm afraid he won't be available, besides, you don't delay the lyrics and songs, just find a few sweet-mouthed people to accompany you, and the queen mother ......"

Mu Qingyun interrupted him and said: "It's okay to have the words of the imperial brother, I will go to him and say it, so I won't disturb the imperial brother to think deeply" After speaking, he got up and said: "The imperial brother is a top smart person, this chess game is not difficult for you, mèi mèi retired first" did not look at Mu Churan, said a flattering word and happily walked out of the meditation hall.

Mu Churan shook his head and took a hand.

Let's say that Mu Qingyun got the words, went back to Zixia Yanyun Pavilion and instructed the palace maid to clean up, prepare a picture of Li Qiushui's drunken bird lying in autumn as a salute, and went straight out of the palace gate and came to Shen Mansion.

The ancestor of the Shen family did not have an official position, he had been in business for generations, and he was a famous cloth merchant in Yin. Shinong industry and commerce, businessmen lived, and the generation of the Shen family produced a Shen, Suzhou, and Hangzhou official residence officials Lang Zhongzheng Wupin. At that time, as soon as Mu Qingyun arrived at the Shen Mansion, everyone was in a hurry to welcome her into the door, and served tea, Master Shen sat in the lower left seat of the main hall and asked cautiously: "I don't know what Princess Xianning needs the old man to do?" Just send someone to give an order, and you don't need the princess to come in person. ”

Mu Qingyun took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl and said to Shen Lao: "Heh, it's not a big deal, but seeing that the snow scene is getting better and better, I want to go out of the palace to have a look, and I privately asked the imperial brother to allow your eldest man to accompany him, and I don't know if Lord Shen can be free now?" ”

Master Shen secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and thought that something big had happened to his family to be questioned, so he hurriedly picked up the teacup and took a big sip and said in a deep breath: "It is already a blessing for a dog to be able to play with Her Royal Highness the Princess, but unfortunately, last night the dog went to the casino to pick up my uncompetitive concubine who was infected with the wind cold, and now he is still bedridden, otherwise he would have come to see His Highness." ”

"What, he's sick!" As soon as Mu Qingyun heard this, he subconsciously got up and said, but he jumped the old man Shen who was sitting down, and hurriedly explained: "I was supposed to pick it up, but Da Lang saw that the road was slippery and wet and uncomfortable on a snowy night, so he invited himself to go, and he didn't think that he would go back to the house because he was sick due to the cold." ”

Liu Xinyuan stood beside Mu Qingyun, and when she saw Mu Qingyun's anxious look, she opened her mouth and comforted her: "The princess doesn't have to worry too much, I want to come to Lord Shen to be healthy and healthy, and a little illness is not a big deal,"

Mu Qingyun also knew that he was out of shape, touched his hair bun and sat down and spoke again: "It's also that I'm too nervous, can I go in and see Lord Shen?" ”

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate, the child is afraid of staining His Highness's eyes." Master Shen looked embarrassed, this man and woman are not kissed, although the country of Yin is open, there is no reason why an unmarried woman can enter the man's bedroom, "Besides, the child must be in the room at the moment, and Her Royal Highness the princess can't stand it."

"So what? Lord Shen was ordered by the imperial brother to discipline my etiquette as a faction, and now the teacher is seriously ill I don't know, since I already know that I can't leave here, even the imperial doctor can't say half a word here. Mu Qingyun has already expressed his attitude.

"But ......" the old man wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Mrs. Shen, who had not spoken since she saluted on the side, "What the princess said is very true, presumably the child also expects to see the princess, and the illness can get better soon, so it is also excellent."

Mu Qingyun saw Mrs. Shen before, wearing a vermilion embroidered cloud slanted collar jacket, with very few hair ornaments on her head, and a string of Buddhist beads, she only felt that she was very kind, but she didn't expect to be so sensible, and she felt more and more that Old Madam Shen was very good. So he said to her: "Old Madam Shen is very right. ”

"In this case, the old two will not delay His Royal Highness's time, and Mama Zhao will lead the princess to find Xiao'er," the old lady pulled Mama Zhao who was standing next to her and said, "Mama is careful to serve, and it is inconvenient for the two of them to accompany them."

So Mama Zhao led Mu Qingyun to Shen Suhang's courtyard, explained to Shen Suhang's eldest maid Chunxue, and took Mu Qingyun into Shen Suhang's door.

Shen Suzhou Hangqing Heart Residence is located in the southeast corner of Shen Mansion. The layout of the entire Shen Mansion is tic-tac-toe, and Qingxinju is a quiet but not evasive position. In the Shen Mansion Jushi Hall through the two hanging flower corridors, from the rockery to the left straight forward two pillars of incense time, there is a door, the plaque inscribed with the words "Qingxinju" is the courtyard of Shen Suhang.

These three words are elegant and handsome, although the pen is not strong, but there is a proud bone, enough to get a glimpse of the inscription's way of doing things. Mu Qingran knew that this was Shen Chuhang's words, but the common ones were in books, which were different from those on the plaques, and Mu Qingwan couldn't help but take a few more looks.

After getting the letter and a group of maids-in-law, the little maids who were guarding the door in front of the door in the morning, saw that the curtain was interested, and said: "Her Royal Highness the princess, this plaque in front of us is the top test question of our lord in the middle of the year before last. ”

Mu Qingwan looked away at the person who spoke out, this person was dressed differently from the others, the body was a jacket skirt made of fine Songjiang cotton, and there was also a hairpin in his hair, a pair of thin curved willow eyebrows, round and watery eyes, white and soft hands, not who had done rough work.

"You're a girl who serves him?" Mu Qingwan's heart tightened for no reason, too, Mo said that he Shen Suhang had been an official for two years, even if an ordinary man got married at his age. It's just that she always sees that man reprimanding her with a straight face, and a woman must be upright and elegant, and she can't jump out of the invisible...... Thinking that he would smile and talk to the person in front of him, and write poems to her, Mu Qingwan could not suppress a burst of anger.

"Well, it's not, the slave is just the master's personal ring," Mingyue lowered her head and said.

I see that you look very sorry! Mu Qingwan glanced at her and didn't speak, she had already cultivated a pair of fiery eyes after serving her for many years, and stepped forward to Mingyue and said, "Even if you lead the way in, Her Royal Highness the princess can't stand the cold." ”