Chapter 36: The Eight Princes
The night rain had been pouring down for several hours, and now it had gradually stopped, and the excess rain on the eaves was falling down one by one, smashing into the puddle, and the sound of 'ding ding dong' was endless. Today is Ruoquan's duty, and as usual, she holds a quilt and keeps vigil by the inner and outer doors.
The Jiang family does not treat people harshly, Ruoquan is the big girl next to Jiang Changwan, so he naturally treats them more preferentially. Two freshly made quilts, a brass stove, and a late-night snack from the kitchenette. The weather is getting warmer these days, and I can't even use the hand stove. Although it was a bunk, it was still warm, and Ruoquan was a little drowsy.
But the sound of the rain tinkling was particularly clear in this quiet night, like a bell shaking in Ruoquan's ears. She woke up, the candlelight was a little dim, Ruoquan got out of the quilt, picked up a pair of scissors to cut the excessively long wick short, and picked it again, and the room suddenly lit up.
When Ruoquan got back into the bed, she heard the sound of small chatters and laughter still coming from the inner room, she wanted to remind the young lady and let her rest earlier, but after thinking about it, Jiang Changwan rarely had such a happy time, so she pretended not to hear it, and continued to hold the handstove and pretend to sleep.
"I'm going to enter the palace tomorrow to see Concubine Qi, won't my sister rest earlier?" While Song Zhi spoke, his eyes were already foggy, obviously a little sleepy.
"Child, do you know? My mother wants me to behave well. Jiang Changwan looked at the splendid auspicious clouds carved on the top of the bed, and there was a loneliness in her voice, "The dishes in the small kitchen these days have not even been oily." Jiang Rou was grounded for half a year, and her aunt was assigned to Zhuangzi. ”
Song Zhi straightened up and stared at Jiang Changwan's face seriously: "Sister don't worry, there is still a lot of meat on her face." ”
Her expression was very serious, Jiang Changwan didn't know if she was joking and teasing herself, and she couldn't cry or laugh for a while. "Did Concubine Qi also announce her sister?"
"I didn't want to go, but if I didn't go, Song Yan couldn't go, how could she stop?" Song Zhi rubbed his forehead, looking like he had a headache.
"Song Yan still wants to go? If I were her, and I had lost such a great ugly, I would have shut myself up in the house, and I would not go out of the door, so as not to make people laugh at it. Jiang Changwan showed a look of disgust, and quickly covered it up.
It's no wonder that Jiang Changwan thinks like this, no matter who hears Song Yan's matter, they will feel very disgusting. If she doesn't have a capable father and brother, she wants to find a good family? There's only one way to dream.
"People don't think so, the second son of the Dingyuan Hou family, she still can't look down on it." When Song Zhi talked about it, she also felt funny, and she still thought about messing up the marriage. didn't expect that before she could do it, Song Yan herself would do it first, saving Song Zhi a lot of effort.
Jiang Changwan raised her eyebrows, revealing an incredulous look, "What the hell does she think?" Do you really think of yourself as a Shih Tzu Roselle? ”
"What's more, I probably think that I still have the ability to overwhelm the country and the city." Song Zhi yawned slightly, and his eyes shone with a little water.
"She's going to regret it." Jiang Changwan said.
"Why?" Song Zhi didn't understand this.
"I heard that the second son of the Marquis of Dingyuan family is very good-looking." Speaking of an unknown foreign man, Jiang Changwan was still a little embarrassed, and whispered in Song Zhi's ear.
"Song Yan attaches more importance to power." As soon as Song Zhi finished saying this, he suddenly remembered Song Yan's tiptoe peeking at Shen Baiyan that day.
"But it's not as good-looking as your prince." Jiang Changwan said slyly.
Song Zhi's face turned red all of a sudden, her palms were sweating, she twisted Jiang Changwan's ears lightly and said, "When did my sister become so bad-mouthed?" How many times have you joked about this? Not enough? ”
"I can't say enough about this, I have to talk about my sister's marriage." Jiang Changwan has always been a quiet and dignified personality in front of others, and only when she came to Song Zhi did she show a little liveliness.
Song Zhi had to stretch out his hand to squeak her in order to make her say less, "Hahaha, haha, my sister will spare me, my sister just don't say it." Jiang Changwan is afraid of itching, and she is most afraid that Song Zhi will use this trick, her whole person is paralyzed with laughter, and she waved her hand again and again to ask for mercy.
"Seriously, in a few years, if the prince can live in the court, your family affairs will be very worry-free, there are no in-laws above, and the prince is an only son, you two live in a separate courtyard, and there will be no one else to disturb." Jiang Changwan said farther and farther, and Song Zhi hurriedly covered her mouth.
Jiang Changwan said these are the truth, Shen Baiyan is indeed good, but in his previous life, he was dominant in the southwest in the end, and the name of General Flame was even louder than that of the emperor, and even entering Beijing to reclaim his post was a formality, and the army and horses were pressed outside the gate of the capital, although the eighth prince had ascended the throne, he couldn't help him, Shen Baiyan returned to Beijing alone, and retreated with his whole body.
I'm afraid that I won't even leave this scene in the future, Song Zhi thought to himself, since he went to the southwest, wouldn't he have to go with him? Does the Song family still have a good life in the capital? If the Song family wants to have a good life, these eight princes must not be the emperor, if he becomes the emperor, he will definitely not be able to tolerate Shen Baiyan like in his previous life.
Shen Baiyan was forced to the southwest by him. No one thought that such a barren place, where the Wu clan was rampant, was simply a hard bone to chew, and it actually made Shen Baiyan gnaw it hard.
I don't know if Shen Baiyan will listen to his words and go to the southwest to find medicine first, if he doesn't take his words to heart, Emperor Shun'an will still die early, how can this be good?
"Sister? Younger sister! Jiang Changwan saw that Song Zhi was silent for a long time, and nudged her.
Song Zhi came back to his senses and replied casually, "My sister has said everything about me, what about you?" Have you ever thought about what kind of man you want to marry in the future? As soon as Song Zhi said this, the smile on Jiang Changwan's face faded.
Song Zhi originally just wanted to tease Jiang Changwan, but he didn't expect to go too far, but he would make the beauty cry. "Sister, what's wrong?"
Song Zhi quickly reacted and asked again: "You, haven't you let him go yet?" ”
Jiang Changwan looked at Song Zhi's eyes, and there were a little tears in his eyes, "He has joined the guard army the month before last, and he is the youngest guard commander, and he asked me to wait for him a little longer." ”
"Wait? How long to wait? Waiting for him to make a name for himself, right? Song Zhi leaned over towards Jiang Changwan, the girl's soft body gave each other a soft and warm touch, she knew that Jiang Changwan was a character who did not hit the south wall and did not look back, but she did not pour cold water, but just asked: "How did you get in touch?" ”
"He domesticated a pigeon, which only landed when he saw me, and only made me trust, and my sister could rest assured that if the others did not get close, the pigeon would fly away." When Jiang Changwan talked about this, even her tone was a little lively.
"It's a rare skill." Although there are more people who domesticate pigeons, it is unheard of to be able to domesticate pigeons.
"Well, sister, do you remember that squirrel? After being raised by him for a few days, he put it on the mountain and ran back by himself. He seems to have the power to communicate with animals, and all the little animals like him. Jiang Changwan said with great interest, and when she turned her head and saw Song Zhi's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, she stopped talking again.
Song Zhi knew that Jiang Changwan was trapped, but Zhou decided this person, Song Zhi's impression of him in his previous life was really indifferent, which showed that he couldn't get ahead. This is also the fact that if you want to fight out of the declining powerful family, it is not much easier than a person from a poor family.
But Zhou Jue, hearing Jiang Changwan say this, can be regarded as a talent.
'Huh? A flash of spiritual light flashed, and Song Zhi suddenly remembered some vague past events, "Zhou Decision! Zhou Jue knows it! In his previous life, Zhou Jue followed Shen Baiyan to the southwest, and he was the most powerful cadre by Shen Baiyan's side! This thing! How could I have forgotten it! ’
Song Zhizheng was secretly annoyed, and thought of the reason, it turned out that in his previous life, Zhou Du was afraid of affecting the Bourne Mansion, so he used a pseudonym, and later Rui Xi inadvertently mentioned that General Zou next to Shen Baiyan was Zhou Du! Although the surname Zhou is turned into Zou, it is still known, but there is no real evidence, so the eighth prince can't do anything with the Bourne Mansion! It's just that there is no more time to emerge!
In that life, will Zhou Jue's way out also lie in Shen Baiyan?
"Eh, sister, you say......
When Song Zhi just wanted to say something, he found that Jiang Changwan didn't know when he had fallen asleep. Song Zhi helped Jiang Changwan stuff the exposed jade arm into the quilt, and lay down herself, she thought that she would have trouble sleeping, but she quietly fell asleep after a while.
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Although Concubine Qi is the head of the first palace, she does not have the right to hold a large banquet in her name, so she can only use the name of the Empress Dowager Zhou to facilitate her own actions.
This banquet is set in a palace on the edge of the West Mountain, the forest of the West Mountain is very luxuriant, as if with a brush staggered, layer upon layer of a lot of green, when the twilight is four, the forest is a thick and magnificent dark green.
Perhaps in order to blend into this scenery, even the brocade on the table is embroidered green with gold thread, and the unicorn lines are hidden in the middle, looming in the hazy candlelight. Song Zhi lowered her eyes for a while, and looked away, there was a lot of green, but it was also dizzy, not to mention that there was a piercing gaze that always fell on Song Zhi's face, she tilted her head, trying to avoid the uncomfortable gaze.
"Sister, what's wrong?" Song Yan asked suspiciously.
She had a smile on her face, but she wanted to stab Song Zhi with a knife in her heart. After Emperor Shun'an announced the holy decree, the holy decree only said that the Song family and the Dingbei Wangfu were married, and did not say which daughter, she asked Song Jian with a tentative mind, but was scolded for being bloody! She was jealous of Song Zhi in her heart, but she couldn't show half of it on her face.
"It's fine." Song Zhi said coldly, she leaned back, and used her body to block herself.