Chapter 346: Unexpected
Shen Ning raised his head and looked at the mansion in front of him, feeling extremely familiar, but extremely unfamiliar. In the previous life, she had lived here for two years, and in this life, she had never been here.
Here, it is the Five Princes' Mansion on Shifu Street, or it should be said, this is the Mourning Palaces of Jingzhao.
The plaque at the door of the mansion is the same as in Shen Ning's memory, but now, there are strings of gold and silver paper ingots, showing that there is a mourning in the mansion. Yes, there is a funeral in the house, and the coffin of Shangguan Changzhi has been sent back to Jingzhao a few years ago.
Mourning the new funeral of the king and the return of the coffin to Beijing is something that should be treated cautiously in the royal family. It's just that because Emperor Changtai is seriously ill, he can't touch this death and mourning, and in order to prevent Emperor Changtai from having white-haired people send black-haired people to grief, the Five Princes' Mansion can't even hang white lanterns, and even white flags can't be supported.
The matter of his coffin being put into peace is also simple. Only the strings of gold and silver ingots hanging in front of the house were allowed; The one who came to deal with the burial of the coffin was opened by Lang Zhongguo, the ancestral hall under the Ministry of Rites, which was still the idea of the palace.
From the five-grade official position, in charge of the funeral of the prince of the first dynasty, it can be seen how negligent the palace is to mourn the coffin of the king...... No, it should be said that it is contempt. Thinking that back then, the ten princes who were not yet adults died early, which was more than a thousand times more prosperous than the new funeral of the mourning king now.
To be born is to be glorious, and to die is to be glorified. It turned out that it wasn't him.
Emperor Zhengzhao, who stood at the top of Dayong in the previous life, was so desolate behind him in this life. The difference between this, even Shen Ning, didn't expect it. Is this karma? Shen Ning, I don't know.
"Mrs. Ying...... My imperial concubine has ......" Just as Shen Ning was thinking about Shangguan Changzhi's death, the porter had already appeared in front of the mansion, hunched over and said, but he was puzzled in his heart.
According to the general rules, it takes at least three days to deliver a post before there can be a reply. But now, the person who delivered the post waited directly here, and the princess who received the post. He only commanded: Welcome people in.
This is not in accordance with the rules, but it is the master's order, and as a subordinate, of course he did it. Therefore, he was followed by two people who looked like stewards, and greeted Shen Ning respectfully.
Shen Ning glanced at Ying Nantu and smiled. I don't know why, at this time, with him by her side, her heart has settled down a lot. And then. Follow those two stewards. Walked in.
Shen Ning's pattern here. It is familiar, and I know that from the gate to the front yard, I will pass through several doors and bypass a few twists and turns. What buildings will be in the middle, and how many small lakes will there be, she has an impression of these.
However, at this moment, she kept her head down and followed behind the porter, not wanting to look at the surrounding scenery at all. Everything here has nothing to do with her, she's just coming here for the first time.
"Mrs. Ying, please wait a moment. The princess soon arrived. "Soon. The two stewards took Shen Ning and Ying Nantu to a hall, ordered the slaves and maids waiting for them to serve tea, and then said this.
Shen Ning nodded, then sat down on the right side with Ying Nantu, waiting for the arrival of the master of the palace. At the time of handing over the post. Shen Ning knew that he would definitely be able to enter the mansion today. I really want to see her now, I want to hear it with my own ears, why did she do it, why did she want to see herself?
Not long after Shen Ning sat down, footsteps sounded outside the hall. Listening to the sound, it was small and fragmented, unhurried, but it was getting closer step by step. Suddenly, Shen Ning felt a slight wetness in his palm, and he didn't know how he should react when he saw her.
Ask her, what is all this for?
"Sister Lao is waiting, is this my sister's ......" The sound of broken footsteps had already come to the front, Shen Ning heard the coquettish voice in her memory, she raised her head, and saw Zheng Shaoyi with a smile on her face.
Zheng Shaoyi, the princess of mourning, the youngest daughter of the former household secretary, Shen Ning's former boudoir friend, is also the enemy now.
Zheng Shaoyi's appearance is quite different from Shen Ning's impression. The original Zheng Shaoyi always smiled innocently and straightforwardly, with a whirlpool on his lips, and he looked coquettish and pleasing to him. Now, she is still smiling, the whirlpool is also there, but there is no smile in her eyes, and there are wrinkles in the corners of her eyes.
She is only a little older than herself, and she has wrinkles, is life in Zunzhou too difficult, or has she suffered great changes over the years that have made her what she is now?
Seeing that Shen Ning was looking at him, but did not answer, Zheng Shaoyi smiled again, then looked at Ying Nantu on the side, and said: "Brother-in-law is also here, I think the female relatives should not see the male guests." Now, it's a mess of the rules. Why, my brother-in-law looks so cautious, are you afraid that I will eat my sister? ”
Zheng Shaoyi sat down, glanced at Ying Nantu, and then laughed "eating", as if the three of them had always been very familiar, and she herself was the imperial concubine who greeted and greeted, and it seemed that there were no years in between, and she had not experienced those things at all.
Zheng Shaoyi, who was smiling and greeting like this, suddenly made Shen Ning feel extremely bored, and the slight wetness in his palm had already dissipated. Shen Ning's face sank, he didn't even bother to laugh, and then asked, "Why?" ”
Why? Why did you let the retreat cut off the heir, why did you kill the Li family, why did you prepare those weapons, why did you hate yourself so much, why did you ...... Why is it the way it is?
After listening to Shen Ning's question, the smile on Zheng Shaoyi's face also paused, and then hidden, and his expression became indifferent: "Why?" Shouldn't I have asked my sister why? I asked myself, why did my sister come to the door today? ”
After saying this, Zheng Shaoyi's eyes stared at Shen Ning, and the resentment in his eyes seemed to have been quenched with poison. She thought of the changes over the years, the difficulties in Zunzhou, and the appearance of Shangguan Changzhi before his death, and felt that all this was like a nightmare!
And the source of her nightmare, she even dared to ask her why?! Why? It's ridiculous!
At the winter solstice night banquet that year, she was still the fifth princess and pregnant, and she felt extremely happy in this life. The night before, she was still feasting in the Chonghua Palace, but the next day, she was imprisoned with the five princes.
Since then, her life has been declining, until the days in Zunzhou, she has reached the abyss at the bottom, and she can't climb up. But she didn't expect that suddenly, there was a glimmer of light, she survived, and returned to Jingzhao, she really wanted to see what the person who was called by his heart was what he looked like now!
But she's living a good life! has the prosperity of his mother's family, and the affection of his husband, and his face is full of ruddy joy, which is the happiness that others will feel when they see it. But how can she live so well? And what is he like?
"Can you imagine that? Such a gentle and elegant person, when he was in Zunzhou, would be so cruel and yin. This is something I never thought of before I married him......" Suddenly, Zheng Shaoyi muttered to herself, and then, she actually lifted her sleeve, revealing her entire arm.
Ying Nantu had already turned her head the moment she moved. Shen Ning looked at her movements, and was also surprised, men and women were seven years old at different tables, there was a male guest Ying Nantu, she rolled up her sleeves, what did she want to do?
But the next moment, when Shen Ning saw her exposed arm, he couldn't help but shout: "What is this?!" ”
Zheng Shaoyi's arm turned out to be a dense scar! There seem to be burns, as well as those cut by knives, those scars, accompanied by some permanent bruises, appeared on Zheng Shaoyi's handwriting, the white and delicate palm, compared with the scars on this arm, it looks shocking!
"That's all about me. Do you want to see it? Seeing Shen Ning's color change, Zheng Shaoyi seemed to be very satisfied, asked with a smile, and put his hand on the buckle.
"No......" Shen Ning shouted weakly, wanting to stop it, but he didn't know what to say, he only felt tears in his eyes. All this in front of her was too unexpected for her. Zheng Shaoyi's body, why do she have these scars, and why did she become like this?
"When I left Jingzhao, I thought that although Zunzhou was bitter, he was finally free, and I thought about taking care of him and dying of old age in Zunzhou peacefully. Jingzhao's affairs are no longer mixed. In the matter of Chunxi Palace, someone must have done tricks and feet, and his skills are not as good as others, and there is nothing to say if he is defeated...... But ......" Zheng Shaoyi continued to laugh, saying these words, I don't know if I was telling Shen Ning to know, or if I was reminiscing.
"His body is very weak, and there are no concubines who want to serve and take care of him...... He lost his temper, and I put up with it. He is so eager for that position, but he has nothing left, so he can't stand it......"
"But...... How could he have become! Do you know? Those soldering irons on the arm, it really hurts! When I cut it with a knife, it was dull and numb......"
"After doing these things, he still had to lie on top of me, caressing me with affection, and screaming stupidly: Ning'er, Ning'er......"
Then I couldn't stand the pain...... So he added half a ginseng to the tonic he drank every day. With his hollowed-out body like that, how can he stand this half of the old ginseng? ”
"He resents that I'm not you...... To the point where he takes pleasure in torturing me every day! Why is that? Why didn't you marry him? Zheng Shaoyi smiled and asked innocently.
Shen Ning looked at Zheng Shaoyi in horror, only to feel that the whirlpool on her face seemed to suck herself in. She never thought that Zheng Shaoyi, who appeared in front of her, would be like this!
Shen Ning thought that Zheng Shaoyi was in love with Guan Changzhi deeply, so he would die for his death, and came back to Jingzhao to set up these bureaus, just to take revenge.
Shen Ning even thought that Zheng Shaoyi must have known that it was the Shen family and himself who had laid out the Chunxi Palace, and Zheng Shaoyi came back this time just to take revenge!
However, what she said turned out to be these! So what is she doing when she laid down these games and almost ordered her to retire?
ps:
Two more! Dog blood?