Chapter Twenty-Six: Departure
“…… The general bought so much firewood that the concubine couldn't burn it in a year. He served a bowl of white porridge to Shen Zhongchi, handed over the chopsticks, and Zhen Shiniang sat down opposite him and thanked him with a smile.
She found that she was very unproductive, this man had just finished bullying her, but when she saw him buy firewood and come back, she took the initiative to add another scrambled egg with shiitake mushrooms.
It's better to burn it than to let some messy men help her collect firewood!
Remembering that the man said in the morning that he was going to fetch firewood for her for a few days, Shen Zhongqi had a gloomy face and was speechless, picked up chopsticks and took a pie and ate it in a big gulp.
had long been accustomed to his cold silence, Zhen Shi Niang didn't say anything more, and lowered her head to drink porridge.
The room was eerily quiet.
Shen Zhongqi quietly glanced over, saw the bruise on her chin, and couldn't help but blame himself for a while, he really didn't mean it in the morning, and he didn't feel too hard, who knew that this woman was so unscrupulous, and she couldn't touch it if she was squeamish.
Lowered her head and ate a few bites, and secretly raised her head, Zhen Siniang was still drinking porridge in small sips, her expression was quiet and elegant, and she suddenly looked like a quiet ancient painting, only the obvious bruise on her chin destroyed the charm of the ancient painting, and she felt a sense of weakness again, her lips moved a few times, and she wanted to ask her if it hurt, but she didn't open her mouth, and when she saw Zhen Siniang looking up, she handed her the empty bowl, "Another bowl." ”
Zhen Shi Niang hurriedly served him another bowl of white porridge.
A gust of wind swept through the clouds, Zhen Shi Niang looked at the only remaining plate of fried roe deer meat on the table, and said secretly, "...... It's no wonder that the oil star is not as fragrant as he can eat, it turns out that he doesn't eat meat. ”
Since it was put on the table, he has not touched the plate of roe deer meat.
After eating, Shen Zhongqi ordered Rongsheng to set a car, seeing that he did not continue to stay, Zhen Shi Niang breathed a sigh of relief, personally sent it outside the courtyard gate, and looked at her delicate body, Shen Zhongzhen touched the sleeve cage with his hand, wanting to leave some silver for her to buy supplements, and after a change of thought, he said secretly, "Give the silver, once she tastes the sweetness, it is troublesome to refuse to agree and leave after she recovers from her illness." He withdrew his hand again.
Seeing Shen Zhongchi's carriage leave, Zhen Shi Niang turned around, and the magpie and Qiu Ju were looking at her with a smile.
No need to ask, Zhen Shi Niang knows what they think.
She closed the door and walked straight inside, "...... You don't have to be happy, he came this time to deal with me. As she spoke, Zhen Siniang tightened her brows, she remembered what Shen Zhongqi said, they were married by the decree of the first emperor, and he couldn't divorce her.
So, if he wants to marry a new love, what will he do with her?
"How so?" Qiu Ju first shouted, "The general is so good to Miss!" She had broken into the house in ignorance, and when she saw him holding her young lady, her eyes were full of tenderness, and there was no evil in her body at all.
"Miss......" the magpie cried uneasily, and the man was dumbfounded.
Zhen Shi Niangwu entered the house without looking back.
It took a long time for the two of them to remember to raise their feet and chase in, "What did the general say to you in the morning?" As soon as he entered the house, the magpie couldn't wait to ask.
Finally, he was a few years older, and he knew that Shen Zhongqi had a deep hatred for Zhen Shi Niang, and the magpie was not as optimistic as Qiu Ju, and he would be bought by a few bundles of firewood, so he decided that he was a good person who was cold on the outside and hot on the inside.
"He didn't say anything." Zhen Shi Niang looked at the magpie, "Think about it, I scared him away as soon as he entered the door last time, if it's okay, will he come again?" Shaking his head, "I'm standing in his way." There was a faint sigh in his tone.
"He wants to marry a new love?!" The magpie immediately remembered the rumors outside, and even the six princesses in the palace fell in love with Shen Zhongchi, and many ministers and nobles even wanted to marry their daughters to him as a house-filler, and the magpie's voice trembled slightly, "Miss is right, seven years ago he still disdained to marry you, and now his identity is not as good as before, and he has no scruples, of course, ......" The more he thought about it, the more right it became, the magpie's face turned slightly pale, and her voice stopped abruptly, and she didn't dare to say any more.
Zhen Shi Niang was noncommittal.
After a long silence, she raised her head and asked the magpie, "He said that we were married by the first emperor, and he couldn't divorce me, is it true?" ”
"Of course it's true." Magpie nodded, "The marriage between Miss and him was the marriage that the lord asked for the first emperor's marriage, and the wedding was personally presided over by the very favored Zhenguo Gong back then, which once caused a sensation in the entire Shangjing City." A hint of gloom flashed in her eyes, and her young lady didn't even remember this.
Zhen Shi Niang's expression darkened, and she said to herself, "If you can't divorce me, what will he do with me?" Suddenly, a boundless fear arose in her heart, "He's going to kill me!" ”
He's a murderous general who doesn't blink.
"Heli!" At the same time, the magpie exclaimed, "Is he here to talk to you about peace?" Then he was puzzled, "Why didn't he mention it?" ”
"And leave?" Zhen Shi Niang muttered and repeated, and suddenly raised her head, "This era...... Are you saying we can reconcile? There was a rare hint of excitement in his voice.
The history is not good, in her memory, the ancient wives have no right to speak, the fate is all in the hands of the husband, disgusted, a letter of resignation has to be cleared out of the house, she is still the first time to hear the word and divorce, "about the meaning of divorce in the previous life, right?" She thought excitedly.
Either way, it's best if she doesn't have to die!
"Yes......" The magpie looked at Zhen Shi Niang in astonishment, "Miss doesn't even know this?" ”
"So, can I ask him for some compensation?" Zhen Shi Niang humbly asked for advice.
“…… No! Magpie shook his head, "Even if you leave, Miss is just a decent person in front of her mother's family, and you can't take anything with you except the dowry." ”
It's just that her mother's family is dead, what does her young lady want to do with all that decency?
Thinking that once they reconciled, their mother and son didn't even have a place to stay, the magpie's face was as white as paper, and he only tried to sleep hard to prevent sadness from appearing on his face.
"What if I don't agree to sign the deed?" Zhen Shi Niang remembered those divorce cases in her previous life.
Reluctant to sign can sometimes claim more property.
As she spoke, even she didn't believe that this road worked, but the magpie's eyes lit up, "If the general wants to climb another level of wealth, he will definitely be impatient, so the young lady took the opportunity to ask him if he wants to go down this ancestral house!" "At least there's a place to live.
"Well, I thought so too." Zhen Siniang smiled and nodded, but there was a bitterness in her heart, "This is not a previous life, everyone is equal, he is a high-ranking general, I am just the daughter of a lonely and helpless criminal minister, how can I have the capital to negotiate terms with him, if I really don't agree, I'm afraid that he will kill me and won't even blink my eyes, right?" ”
With a wry smile in her heart, Zhen Shi Niang saw that the magpie's face was pale, so she took her hand, "You also saw it, we have lived well without him for so many years." He smiled lightly, "...... Actually, I was looking forward to leaving him. Putting aside the fear of the wandering life that she is about to face, this can be regarded as Zhen Shi Niang's heart.
She is not afraid of wandering and can fall on the streets, but Jian Wen Jian Wu is still too young.
How can being abandoned outside the house be compared to being abandoned in the ancestral house!
Seeing Zhen Siniang smiling easily, the magpie felt sad for a while, but she also knew that they had no choice in this matter, she gritted her teeth and reluctantly smiled, "...... What Miss said is that at least we won't have to sell medicine secretly in the future. Blinked vigorously, forcing back a layer of mist under her eyes, "The slave maid Ming'er asked Changhe to go out and find out if there were any houses with cheap rents nearby." ”
"It doesn't have to be too good, as long as you can live in someone." Zhen Shi Niang nodded, "It's best to ......"
As he spoke, there was a commotion outside the courtyard, followed by a banging knock on the door.
The faces of the three changed drastically, and they stopped speaking instantly.