Chapter 34: The White Maiden Arrives
Dinner was served in the main hall of Yuqiongxuan.
Shen Run and Chenguang sat side by side, and there was no eye contact or communication throughout the whole process.
Shen Qingran didn't have much appetite and didn't talk much.
Shen Qingyi talked the most, and asked Chenguang a lot about the customs of Feng Yingguo, because it was too easy to get emotional, and was said by Shen Run several times, and every time Shen Qingyi stuck out her tongue and pretended not to hear.
Halfway through the meal, Fu Li suddenly came in, leaned over, and whispered to Shen Run:
"Your Highness, the white girl is here, you must see Your Highness."
He wanted to be quiet, but the table was so big that even if he was quiet, the people next to him could hear it clearly.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
Shen Run inexplicably felt a weak heart, glanced at Chenguang with his spare eyes, and saw that she stopped her chopsticks and hung her head slightly, and that feeling of weakness was even stronger. While thinking about why should I be weak-hearted, not to mention that she didn't know who Bai Wanning was, even if she knew, what could she do, and said lightly:
"You eat first, I'll go out for a while."
After saying that, he went out.
Shen Qingran and Shen Qingyi both knew about Shen Run and Bai Wanning, and they didn't know what to say for a while, Shen Qingyi looked at the smile that had dimmed in the morning light, and hurriedly explained:
"Second Imperial Sister-in-law, Miss Bai and Second Imperial Brother have grown up together since childhood, very good, this time I should have something important to discuss with Second Imperial Brother, Second Imperial Sister-in-law, don't take it to heart."
Shen Qingran glanced at her, isn't this a place without three hundred taels of silver?
"I know the white girl, that's the girl Your Highness likes, right?" Chenguang said with a light smile, smiling sadly.
She actually knew that Shen Qingyi was stunned.
"The matter of harmony is decided by the two countries, Your Highness can't help himself, and I am the one who hinders them, so it's okay." Chenguang half-lowered his eyes and whispered.
When Shen Qingyi heard this, she felt more and more pitiful, held her hand and said: "Second Emperor Sister-in-law, you can't think like that, they are just childhood sweethearts, and there is no marriage contract, you and the Second Emperor Brother have a marriage contract, everyone in the world knows that Feng Yingguo and Long Xiguo are married, this is a fact that cannot be relied on." ”
Chenguang became more and more grateful, and clenched her hand, and his tone was sincere:
"Thank you, Fourth Princess."
"It's good for the second emperor's sister-in-law to call me 'Qingyi'." Shen Qingyi said with a smile.
Chenguang smiled softly: "Qingyi." ”
After the meal, Chenguang gave Shen Qingran and each of them a golden bell engraved with charms.
"What is this?" Shen Qingyi was stunned.
"Exorcist bell, hang on the head of the bed when you get back." Chenguang replied with a warm smile.
Shen Qingran and Shen Qingyi stared at the golden bell in their hands, and they were skeptical, but they thought that this topic was originally brought up by them, and it was also a kindness for Chenguang to give them the exorcism bell, so they thanked them and accepted it.
……
Shen Run came to Muhuayuan.
Bai Wanning is still dressed in dazzling red, the fox fur is like fire, the red skirt is like blood, the demeanor is graceful, delicate and moving.
She turned her back to him, she always chose this posture, Shen Run knew, she was using this posture to hide her uneasiness and show her self-esteem. She stood quietly in front of a plum tree, pretending to be admiring the flowers, but he knew, she knew he was coming, for her spine trembled inadvertently.
She wouldn't look back.
She is a woman who thinks she is smart, but in fact she is full of flaws.
As usual, Shen Run was willing to cooperate with her intelligence, but today, he was far away.
He stared at her blood-red back.
Usually he would like to see her in red, and he loves to see women in a cold red. But today, at first glance, for some reason, he suddenly felt that the red on her body was a little deliberate, a little contrived, and very unnatural. I haven't seen him for a long time, and at this moment, he suddenly has a strong feeling that she is not suitable for wearing red, she can't control the extreme and cold beauty of red, and the red dress that can't be stimulated to be truly beautiful is just a vulgar thing.
She is not suitable, so who is suitable?
Thinking like this, a smiling face unexpectedly appeared in my mind......
No! Impossible! She was as accustomed to wearing white as he was, and she was soft and weak, how could she be extreme and cold?
…… Where the hell is she fit?!
He felt inexplicable.
Bai Wanning pretended to appreciate the plum, waited for a long time, but didn't see Shen Run come over and call her gently, she became more and more anxious, standing in the snow for too long, she was about to freeze, but he still refused to come, she finally couldn't help it, gritted her teeth, turned around, her eyes seemed to be watery, and called in a weak voice:
"Brother Run......"
She was about to burst into tears.
Shen Run calmed down, stepped forward, and asked softly, "Wanning, why did you come suddenly?" ”
Bai Wanning naturally couldn't say that she was depressed and waited for him at home for a month, and he didn't come to her to explain, she didn't hold back and came to the door by herself, she couldn't let herself be cheap in front of him, no man would want a cheap woman.
So Bai Wanning simply ignored his question, lowered her head, bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, and asked softly with some coquettishness:
"Brother Run, you ...... Are you okay with Princess Chenguang? ”
But she couldn't show that she didn't care, first she had to make him understand that she cared, and he should pay attention to her feelings; Secondly, it was not a disguise, she really cared about it, and she wanted his explanation and commitment.
He never gave her a clear promise.
"Wanning, what do you mean by that?" He didn't have any explanation, and he asked her rhetorically, in a tone that seemed to be a smile rather than a smile.
The aura on his body suddenly turned cold, and Bai Wanning was shocked, and her heart trembled.
He was laughing, but the smile didn't reach the bottom of his eyes, Bai Wanning hadn't seen such an expression for many years, and the eyes that fascinated her were cold that pierced the bone marrow.
She was a little scared, and looked at him with slightly confused eyes.
"You don't believe me?" He asked with a light smile.
Bai Wanning shook her head in a hurry, swallowed back all the jealousy, anxiety and dissatisfaction, and said with a gentle smile:
"How could I not believe it, I know, Brother Run's heart is only me."
Shen Run smiled, and smiled, like a moon.
Bai Wanning's heart was beating wildly, and her cheeks were red.
"By the way, I went to Feng Ying Kingdom this time, and brought some interesting specialties to you, it is not appropriate to send someone directly to Baifu, it just so happens that you are here, bring it back with you." Shen Run said.
It turned out that he was thinking about her when he was in the Phoenix Underworld Kingdom.
Bai Wanning finally reassured, smiled sweetly, and nodded in response.
Bai Wanning sat next to the smoke cage in Muhuayuan for a while before going back, she was almost frozen when she was waiting for him in the courtyard just now, and she regretted it a little when she was roasting, in fact, it was nothing to wait for him in the house.
Shen Run sent her out of the gate, watched her go back, and suddenly felt bored, originally wanted Yu Qiongxuan to go to see his sister again, but Fu Li told him that the princesses had returned to the palace.
Shen Run was a little regretful, thought about it, and asked:
"What did they say together?"
"I didn't say anything, but the fourth princess said that in the past month, the Allure Palace seems to be haunted again, and even the fourth princess's bedroom can hear the woman's cry, the fourth princess was scared, and asked Princess Chenguang if she would exorcise ghosts, Princess Chenguang gave the third princess and the fourth princess a bell each, saying that it was a soul exorcism bell."
Allure?
Shen Run frowned.
Also, Chenguang is doing these ghost and god things again, Long Xiguo is not unbelievable, if he doesn't believe in his father, he won't send him to get Chenguang from Feng Yingguo, Long Xiguo believes in ghosts and gods very much, and is extremely taboo.
Chenguang always has something to do with ghosts and gods, and Shen Run thinks it's not a good thing.
On the third day when Shen Qingyi took away the soul exorcism bell, the palace suddenly sent someone to King Rong's mansion, and the person said that Concubine Jing of Chunzao Palace invited Princess Chenguang to the palace as a guest.