They had a good time, eating freshly roasted meat and drinking a light wine with a floral aroma. Shen Qiang also pestered Shen Jing to make another poem.

Zhao Lu said: "Oh, don't talk about poetry or poetry at this time, it's good to be happy." A smell of wine and meat, mixed with poetry, is it all bad? ”

Xiao Dong looked at them and didn't pay attention, he was too curious, so he dipped the tip of his chopsticks in a little wine from Zhao Lu's cup and sucked it.

It's a little spicy, a little sweet, and a little sour and sweet.

The fragrance of chrysanthemums is so strong, as if from the breath, exhaled from every pore, and then penetrated.

Everyone's faces were puffed, maybe because of the wine, maybe because of the barbecue around the stove, which was fumigated by the heat.

Shen Jing didn't look as steady as usual, her sleeves were rolled up, her hair was a little disheveled, and her eyes were extraordinarily bright—it seemed to be brighter than the stars hanging in the sky outside the pavilion.

Probably because I'm so happy. Seshi won the first prize, got the princess's hand-woven brocade belt, and now feasted happily with her relatives and friends.

said that he wanted to be happy, and he didn't toss for too late, Xiaodong's biological clock was accurate, and when he got to a little bit, he was so sleepy that he began to nap, and Hu Shi didn't call her, and directly said to Zhao Lu, and then took the person away. The remaining four people didn't play anymore, and after serving the hot soup and drinking, they dispersed.

The courtyard where Shen Fang and Shen Qiang lived was not far from Yufang Pavilion and was also very spacious. Shen Fang sat in front of the dressing table, removed her hair, and removed the hairpin ring. The bronze mirror is polished and bright, and her jade appearance is reflected in it, and the cardamom is beautiful. Shen Fang was stunned for a moment before taking the cream to remove the rouge on her lips.

Rouge is not commonly used by them at home, but only when they arrive in the capital and enter the palace. It's not like the one used at home, although it's already good, but I always feel like there's a muddy smell on it. This one is different.

Shen Qiang ran over from her house, the room was warm, she was only wearing small clothes and trousers, and she was barefoot and wearing a pair of embroidered pedals.

"Sister, look." She held a box and placed it in front of Shen Fang like a treasure: "Guess what is here?" ”

Shen Fang was angry and funny: "What do you say?" You got it, I got it, let me guess what? ”

Shen Qiang patted her head: "Yes, you must have it." ”

She opened the box, and inside was a silver cake and two strings of loose money.

"Today, the housekeeper of the palace sent it to me, saying that it was my monthly money."

The silver cake is made of five coins a piece, and when you tear the seal, you can see that the snow is bright and bright, and the color is excellent. One is twenty. Two strings of loose money, one string is five hundred, the box is not big, but it is really heavy to hold it.

Shen Qiang took out one and looked at it anyway: "It's the palace, it's ten times more than when we were at home." She pushed the box away and sat down beside Shen Fang: "That mother also said that the day after tomorrow will move half the sky to measure and cut winter clothes, four sets inside and outside." She threw the silver cake in her hand, took it, and rested her head on Shen Fang's shoulder: "Sister, the palace is so good." ”

"Hmm."

Shen Fang put the removed hairpin ring into the box, and then put the box into the drawer.

Shen Qiang whispered, "Have you seen the shoes on the county lord's feet today?" ”

Shen Fang snorted.

"The beads on the top are so beautiful, I remember that the second sister has a pair of earrings, which was given by Mrs. Wu Taishou, and she looks like eyeballs...... The beads are not as round as the ones on this shoe, nor are they as bright as this. ”

Shen Fang said: "Mrs. Wu Taishou was originally the daughter of a merchant family in Quanzhou, even if she is rich, how can she compare with the capital and the palace." ”

"Hey, if you want the second sister to see it, it will definitely make her angry."

Shen Fang packed up her things, turned her head and said, "You should also be steady, don't take what I tell you on weekdays as a deaf ear." The hair is boring, and even the maids in this house are calmer than you. ”

"Eh, when I came, my mother told me that she was going to play with the county lord. If I was stupid, she wouldn't want to play with me. Shen Qiang didn't care about Shen Fang's words, she fiddled with the silver cake in her hand and whispered: "It's really good here, we are used to living a good life, what will we do when we go back in the future." ”

Shen Fang pursed her lips and smiled: "What do you say?" ”

Shen Qiang sat up straight: "There are delicious food, there are good clothes, there is too much money to use, you don't need to learn this and that, no one will reprimand you even if you drink at night...... It's just a fairy life. ”

Shen Fang nodded at the door of her head: "You know how to eat and play." ”

"Sister, I'll sleep with you tonight."

Shen Fang lifted the corner of the quilt, and Shen Qiang grinned and got into it and lay down.

The lights were blown out, and Shen Fang also lay down.

She remembered her mother's instructions.

The Shen family in Hedong, who has been scholarly for generations, is good to say, but reputation alone is not enough. Finally, the Shen family had a princess An, but this aunt was red-faced and died after giving birth to Zhao Lu, and the relationship between the Shen family and King An was not so deep. Later, King An remarried the daughter of the Yao family in Jiangnan, and the Shen family was extremely worried for a while, for fear that this Yao concubine would give birth to a son and shake Zhao Lu's status. Fortunately, Concubine Yao gave birth to a daughter, and King An invited the emperor two years ago to set up Zhao Lu as the son, and the people of the Shen family were at ease. It's not a matter of saying anything, Zhao Lu has half of the Shen family's blood in his body.

But what about later?

The words that her mother said made Shen Fang blush when she thought about it.

Zhao Lu and she had only met once or twice before, and they hadn't spoken yet. She is several years older than Zhao Lu, how can she ......

"Back then, your aunt was three or four years older than the current Prince An." Mother said so.

She was very unimpressed, and on the way to the capital, she made up her mind that if it was not necessary, she would never say a word to this cousin, not even a second look.

But......

But she wasn't so determined now.

Everything in the capital is so different from Hedong. Everything in the palace is so different from home.

Zhao Lu is by no means the stubborn child she imagined before, with a snot and no understanding of anything.

But...... But even if he is very steady, he is very sensible, he is very like a prince, he is still a child—shorter than himself.

Shen Fang turned over and turned again, Shen Qiang had fallen asleep early, she felt that maybe the kang was hot, and she couldn't calm down.

It's not the same as at home.

The winter in Hedong is gloomy and cold, even if you live upstairs and have a brazier, the cold and swishing cold is still pervasive, and the cotton jacket and leather jacket can't resist the wet cold. The capital is different, the wind in the capital is cold and hard, but it is simply spicy, just like the people in the capital. There is a dragon in the house, and there is no smoke at all, so warm that people just want to bask in the sun and sleep under the window.

Shen Qiang is right, it's so good here.

It's so good...... She didn't want to leave either.

But they are guests in the palace, and since they are guests, they always have to leave.