Chapter 280: Retreat
This 10,000 taels was originally from Song Zhi's own industry, and not a single cent was drawn from the income of the palace.
Over the years, she has been picking people slowly, running the industry in her dowry, and taking the extra income every year to buy Zhuangzi shops and fertile fields in the south, but the industry in the capital has slowly changed. The south has always been merchant-oriented, the people are rich, the territory is wide, and the oil and water are more than the capital.
This matter, except for the meteor by the moon, is only known to a few stewards who handle it.
Although Song Tian also has a few Zhuangzi shops in her hands, she can't get enough money, and she has been subsidized by the Lin family, and there has never been a shortage of money in her hand, so she is not keen on making money.
She herself is like this, so she thinks that this Song Zhi is the same, she has always relied on her mother's dowry and her husband's inheritance.
Tonight is the emperor's wedding, and since it is not the turn of others to get a piece of the pie, Song Tian withdrew his makeup and hair, and only moisturized his skin with rose cream.
There was a sudden sound outside the door, saying that the emperor had sent something to the concubine, and Yingchun came in and covered it with a red handkerchief, but I don't know what it was.
Xia Zhi pulled off the veil, revealing a mandarin duck concentric link, Yingchun smiled slightly, and said: "Concubine Niangniang, Gonggong Lin outside said that the emperor also has one of this line." ”
This rope is simply woven with red rope, without gold and jade, it can be done by ordinary people, it is really not precious, but the loneliness in Song Tian's eyes suddenly disappeared without a trace, full of sweet smiles.
If Song Zhi sees this situation, he will definitely sigh, such a stupid girl, and the former Huizhi Lanxin doesn't know where to go.
Song Zhi stood all day, remembering Song Tian in the carriage, and it was difficult to take a break. Before a thunderstorm came, he returned to the house, fed himself a whole bowl of tranquilizer month by month, and then slept on the bed softly, breathing as gently as a kitten.
Shen Baiyan stood by the bed and looked at her for a while, then turned around and went out, Meteor met him by the door, hurriedly blessed him, and said, "Lord Wang, I've been tired all day, and now it's dark, are you going out?" ”
The maids beside Song Zhi had a bit of face in front of Shen Baiyan, Shen Baiyan glanced at the meteor, said 'um', and said, "I'll be back immediately." You look at Madame. ”
"Yes, the slave knows." Seeing that Shen Baiyan's figure disappeared into the thick night, and the meteors sounded one after another and covered the door with thunder, thinking that it must be a rainstorm, he lit a furnace of incense to dispel dampness.
She took a nap on the incense burner, not knowing that the time in this world was gradually flowing, until she called her name month by month, and then suddenly woke up.
"Why did you fall asleep?" Zhuyue's voice still sounded a little vague, Meteor came back to his senses, and saw that the inner room was still quiet, thinking that Song Zhi had not woken up yet, so he said to Zhuyue: "Standing with Mrs. today, I am indeed tired." ”
Moon by month was ripening the fragrance, and the meteor looked past her to look out of the glass window, and said, "Is the prince back?" ”
Cover the incense box month by month and say, "No." ”
"Really? But the prince said that he would go back if he went. Shen Baiyan often came back late, and Meteor said casually, but he didn't care, and went into the inner room to see Song Zhi.
The timing of the meteor entering the house coincided, and Song Zhi sighed lightly, thinking that he had woken up from his sleep.
Meteor took a closer look, saw Song Zhi's eyelashes trembling slightly, looked at Meteor and smiled softly, although her hair was loose, she had a lazy state.
"Madame, you're awake." Meteor said with a grin.
"Where's the prince?" When Song Zhi saw the candlelight filling the room, he knew that it was not too early.
"The prince may have gone out on errands and hasn't come back yet." I didn't know much about Meteor, so I told the truth.
Song Zhi showed a little puzzled look, and asked, "I saw that he was also tired today, why did he go out." ”
Meteor wrapped a thin cloak for Song Zhi and said, "Madam, the prince is very measured, don't worry." I heard that the small kitchen has made wontons today, why don't you cook a bowl? ”
Song Zhi sat at the round table and nodded, seeing that the meteor went out to spread the word, she got up and opened the window, leaking a little rain and coolness into the house.
Tonight's heavy rain is the easiest night to sleep on, and the raindrops fall from the eaves, as if there is no rest, like the sad tears of the woman.
The rain was pouring down, and I didn't know where Shen Baiyan went.
Song Zhi looked out the window in a daze, and when he heard the sound of someone coming in, he closed the window.
No matter who the person who came in, seeing that she was wet with the window open, she always had to say something, and Song Zhi pretended to sit at the table all the time in order to avoid this nagging.
"Madame, I've made you a bowl of shredded chicken wontons." Meteor walked in with wontons, and the light smell of chicken soup would not disturb the incense that was already burning in the house.
The food in the small kitchen has always been satisfactory to Song Zhi, after all, she has been trained a little bit since she was a boudoir, and she is strictly in line with her preferences, that is, Song Ling and Ru'er often read the food in the small kitchen, and they have to send some over every three or five times.
The stove in the kitchenette has never been extinguished since dawn.
When Song Zhi was eating the second wonton, she suddenly heard some faint and unusual voices, she motioned for the meteor to take a look, and as soon as the meteor went out, she ran back in some panic.
Song Zhi hurriedly got up, and saw Shen Baiyan standing under the corridor drenched, Shen Baiyan was dressed in a dark color, but at first glance he couldn't see anything, but he was ......
Song Zhi's gaze fell at Shen Baiyan's feet, and he saw that the rain fell from the hem of his clothes, converging into a faint pool of blood on the ground.
"Kyukyu!" Song Zhi looked at the pool of blood, and hurriedly ran to Shen Baiyan's side, wanting to reach out and touch where he was injured, but he was afraid that he would rashly touch the sore spot on his body.
"Don't be afraid, it's not my blood." Shen Baiyan didn't want to enter the house with blood, so he stood outside the door and took off his coat, the stone blue underwear inside was only a little wet, and there were no strong blood marks.
Song Zhi was relieved at this time, but he was still confused and couldn't feel at ease.
Cha Zhi hurriedly took Shen Baiyan's coat and went down to dispose of it, Meteor was busy asking Shen Baiyan for hot water, Song Zhi led Shen Baiyan into the house, and asked anxiously: "It's not your blood, whose blood is it?" What did you do to go. ”
Shen Baiyan took off his underwear and took the dry handkerchief handed over by Song Zhi to wipe the rain from his body's hair.
"Sang Qi and Hu Cong came back to report to me, and we set the time and place to meet early in the morning, but I waited for a long time but didn't see them, so I was naturally suspicious. So I let the goldfinch insects go to find them, and the heavy rain obscured the smell, and it took me some effort to find them. ”
Shen Baiyan threw the dirty handkerchief on the ground, left it for the maids to clean up, and continued to say to Song Zhi: "Unexpectedly, these two people were ambushed, and a handful of tails have been sticking to it since the two of them entered Beijing. ”
"The two of them should be doing a good job, right?" All the secret guards that Song Zhi has ever seen are either dexterous and sharp, or fierce and invincible, no matter what the style, martial arts are always powerful.
But Shen Baiyan shook his head and said, "Sang Qi is fine, but if he loses his arm, he is not as good as before." Hu Cong is good at business strategy, but his martial arts are not enough, if I hadn't found them, I was afraid that I would have died. ”
"And where is the healing now?" Song Zhi said busily.
"Since I am in Dr. Wu's hospital, the bleeding has stopped, and there is no major problem." Shen Baiyan brought the two of them back like little chickens, the rainy night was dim, and Dr. Wu's old eyes were dizzy, so he thought he was carrying something in his hand!
"Lord, princess, the water is good." Meteors are in the outer door.
Song Zhi asked them to bring water in, and while serving Shen Baiyan to bathe, he continued to ask, "Why did they go back to Beijing this time?" Why is it being targeted? ”
Shen Baiyan had killed a few people just now, he had always loved cleanliness, and the blood mixed with the rain splashed on his face, making him sick.
He closed his eyes for a while, and said to Song Zhi: "Hu Cong returned to Beijing only for our business with the impostor. Sang Qi was originally an orphan in Snowy City, and she had Northern blood on her body, and it was convenient for me to send her to do something. This is not a big deal for me, I just didn't expect that on the day of the wedding, he would be so concerned with me, which is really touching. ”
Shen Baiyan's last few words of ridicule also pointed out the people behind the scenes.
Song Zhi was also very stunned and said, "Is it really necessary to guard against you like this?" I saw a letter from the shopkeeper in the south, saying that it had rained continuously since the beginning of spring in the south, and I was afraid that this year's harvest would suffer! He doesn't bother with such a major matter related to the livelihood of the people, what do you do with a pair of eyes always on you? ”
"It's really not a good thing." Shen Baiyan shook his head, as if there was still a little sadness left, and his eyes were immediately stained with coldness, and said, "Only those old courtiers are supported." ”
Song Zhi pressed his head for Shen Baiyan and asked, "He is so jealous, how can we be good?" ”
Shen Baiyan saw Song Zhi's sad face, so he held her cheek and kissed her gently, and said, "Then we can only retreat, retreat far away." ”
Although retreat is not a good move, it is good to be able to keep the family safe, Song Zhi was about to nod, but saw Shen Baiyan bloom a strange smile, light but very weighty in Song Zhi's ear and said: "We are far away, so that he can't reach us, and I am afraid that we will jump up and take a bite at any time, so that he is helpless, so that he can't sleep at night, and he can't eat." ”
Song Zhi looked at Shen Baiyan in a daze, and thought about his words, for Shen Ze's temperament, this stalemate situation is indeed the most tormenting.
"Then we have to have a reason." Song Zhi sat on the wide edge of the bathtub and said thoughtfully.
"We can't find this reason, we have to give it to him, so that he feels that he is very smart, and others are at his mercy."
Seeing that Shen Baiyan had his own plan in his heart, he was very sure, Song Zhi no longer bothered to think about this matter, Shen Baiyan could solve this matter by himself, he had raised a delicate and tender body with such difficulty, so he should take good care of it.