Chapter 71: Qixi Palace Banquet (1)
Coming out of the Qinzheng Palace, the group was speechless.
Meng Yuanheng kept holding Shen Qianmo's hand, his face tightened, and he was silent all the way.
Shen Qianmo understood the uneasiness in his heart, but she knew that he could understand, but she couldn't accept it for a while. She was used to his awkward temper, in front of herself, this guy was like a child who didn't grow up, and his IQ instantly dropped.
Walking out of Donghua Gate, Shen Qianmo said goodbye to Lu Ziqing.
Just now in the Qinzheng Palace, Emperor Mingde had already ordered that Lu Ziqing be promoted to the secretary of the Criminal Department because of his meritorious work in solving the case, and now the Ministry of Officials must have been drafting the appointment documents. So she politely said hello to Lu Ziqing.
"Congratulations to Lord Lu on his ascension."
Lu Ziqing glanced at Shen Qianmo deeply, "Actually, it is all thanks to you Qianmo that you can solve the case so smoothly this time." ”
Hearing this "thousand foams", Meng Yuanheng instantly turned his face. His eyes were cold, and his tone was like ice.
"Has Lord Lu forgotten his identity, and the title of Qianmo is also called by you?"
Lu Ziqing saluted Meng Yuanheng without changing his face, and replied respectfully: "Qianmo and King Xuan are not married, and the lower officials feel that it seems inappropriate to call her Princess Xuan, so they are called so, Qianmo, don't you mind?" ”
He stared at Shen Qianmo with burning eyes, but the expression on his face was still as calm as ever.
Shen Qianmo naturally wouldn't mind. To her ears, calling her by her name is far more pleasant than calling her Princess Xuan. She smiled at Lu Ziqing who didn't care much and said, "Of course not, Lord Lu, please." ”
turned around and handed the angry Meng Yuanheng a roll of his eyes. You have an opinion on how people call their names. She remembered the last time she was in the Suzhou Courtyard, Yun Fei called herself a thousand foams, and this guy also had an expression of wanting to kill.
Alas, I really convinced him.
When Lu Ziqing saw Shen Qianmo's answer, he was overjoyed, and couldn't help but smile back at Shen Qianmo.
In Shen Qianmo's memory, Lu Ziqing had never been seen smiling. Now that I see it, I guess he usually doesn't smile and his facial features are stiff, and this smile seems a little unnatural, and he is secretly funny in his heart, and the smile on his face can't help but be deeper.
Seeing the two smiling at each other, Meng Yuanheng was obviously more appreciative. He snorted coldly, grabbed Shen Qianmo's slender waist like a demonstration, and said unhurriedly: "This king heard that Lord Lu is going to marry a wife in a few days, it is really a double happiness, it is indeed worth congratulating." ”
Lu Ziqing is getting married? Shen Qianmo had never heard of it, and when she heard this, she sincerely congratulated him again: "In this way, Lord Lu can be said to be a big and small Dengke, it is really a double happiness, and it is gratifying." ”
Lu Ziqing's face seemed to be a little unnatural, "Thank you." It's just to obey the family's arrangement and take a concubine, not to marry a wife. ”
In fact, Lu Ziqing is right, in the Dasheng Dynasty, marrying a wife and taking a concubine are of course different. He didn't know why he was in a hurry to explain this, but he just subconsciously wanted to tell Shen Qianmo that he didn't marry a wife.
Meng Yuanheng secretly sneered in his heart. Only he knows that if you Lu Ziqing takes a concubine, no matter how you explain or behave, his Mo'er, you will never have a chance to develop.
Because, what Mo'er asks for is "a couple for a lifetime". Hmph, even if I tell you Lu Ziqing, you may not be able to do it.
When he went back, Meng Yuanheng naturally wouldn't let go of the warm time when he could stay alone with Shen Qianmo in the carriage and chat, so he insisted on sending Shen Qianmo home. However, because the carriage of the Xuan Wangfu was too high-profile, Shen Qianmo asked the carriage to stop at a street corner not far from the Guogong Mansion.
She didn't want to happen again like last time, when the whole Guogong Mansion went out to greet her, she wasn't a person who liked to show off.
When parting, Meng Yuanheng was reluctant, hugged Shen Qianmo tightly and refused to let go. Shen Qianmo knew in his heart that his refusal to consummate the marriage just now made him feel uneasy. Over the years, the pain and loneliness have made Meng Yuanheng's character very insecure. But for the sake of his physical recovery, she had to be ruthless.
Shen Qianmo patted him on the back and said softly: "Ah Heng, every ten days, on the day when I want to take the blood of the little girl, I will go to Xuanwangfu to see you, and I will continue to ask He Qing to send food to Xuanwangfu every day, you remember to eat on time, you know?" ”
"Hmm." Meng Yuanheng knew that everything Mo'er did was for his good, but he just couldn't let go of her. He felt that what he was in now was not cold poison, but a poison called "Shen Qianmo", once he had her beauty, he could never forget it and couldn't stop.
The only thing he could do was to kiss her forehead, her eyes, her face, and her lips over and over again, as if he wanted to use this way to dispel the faint uneasiness in his heart.
When Shen Qianmo finally finished coaxing Meng Yuanheng, an insecure child who refused to let go of her, when she returned to the Guogong Mansion, it was already time to hold the lamp.
As soon as she walked into the door of the Wind Lotus Courtyard, the little white figure flew into Shen Qianmo's arms like an arrow, raised her head, and looked at her with two big eyes glowing with bright blue light, and made a "woo" cry in her mouth, as if she missed her.
In the past few days, she has been busy investigating the case and conducting an autopsy, and she is busy taking care of Meng Yuanheng, so she has indeed neglected it a little. Stroking a shallow scar on its leg, the wound from which blood was last taken. And such wounds, there will be more than a dozen more wounds on its body in the future. Thinking of this, Shen Qianmo smoothed the white hair on its back, and said with some distress: "Little girl, thank you for your hard work." ”
There is no way, for the sake of Meng Yuanheng's health, he can only let the little girl suffer a little.
The little girl whined a few times, put her face together, and kissed her mouth for a while, which made Shen Qianmo numb and itchy, and laughed out loud.
Lu Zhu and Qingluo heard the movement, came out of the back room, saw Shen Qianmo, and greeted them with a smile.
"Miss, you're back!" Lu Zhu shouted happily, pulling Shen Qianmo's sleeve, with a happy face: "Miss, the emperor has rewarded you with a lot of silk and jewelry, and there are several boxes, so that the slave's eyes are dazzled, you come in and take a look." ”
Qingluo was also happy on the side, and nodded again and again.
"You girl is just making a fuss, Miss must be hungry after a tired day, why don't you help set up the meal, let Miss sit down to eat first." Mama Xu poked her head out of it in disgust, and she was also happy.
Looking at the several large boxes piled up in the room, Shen Qianmo raised her eyebrows. This old emperor is really generous, and I don't know if he really rewarded himself, or if he was making up for the guilt of Meng Yuanheng in disguise. But since the rewards have been rewarded, she will not be polite. The old emperor even rewarded himself with a unique death-free gold medal in the entire Dasheng Dynasty, and these pieces of cloth jewelry were just a small meaning to him.
She picked some and gave them to Mama Xu, Luzhu Qingluo and others, and gave a few pieces of silver to a few rough envoys who cleaned the courtyard, and selected a few suitable ones to stay, and she let Luzhu take them to Luoyufang to sell. She rarely wears gold and silver, with beads and rings, and no amount of jewelry is as real as a scalpel for her.
However, some things with obvious royal characteristics are not easy to sell in the store, so they have to be collected.
After eating, it was still early, Shen Qianmo let Qingluo make a pot of tea as usual, and sat in front of the window to study the medical book left by Old Man Duan. Under Situ Gong's guidance, she has mastered the content of the book a little, so now it seems that it is not as difficult as before.
Turning his head, he saw the girl Luzhu standing next to her, with a look of wanting to speak and stopping, so she asked, "Luzhu, what's wrong with you, is there something?" ”
Lu Zhu snorted and told Shen Qianmo the news he had heard from Ru Huan.
Ru Hui is the girl next to Cui's side, and she has always been good friends with Luzhu. According to what she said, Shen Qianxue just came to the house a few days ago to cry to Cui's family, as if to say that Meng Yunce had mildew.
Green Bamboo's face turned red as he spoke. In fact, she didn't understand this disease very well when she heard it at first, but later she understood it under Mama Xu's explanation, it turned out to be such a disease, and she was naturally a little ashamed to say it.
Mildew? Shen Qianmo was stunned for a moment, as if she had seen it in Old Man Duan's medical book. She flipped through it, and sure enough, there was a record in the medical book.
The mildew mentioned here, from Shen Qianmo's modern point of view, is actually a typical venereal disease, which is commonly known as flower willow disease. often walks by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet, presumably it is caused by this Meng Yunce's perennial lingering in the flowers and not paying much attention to his private life. This is what happens to promiscuity.
However, Meng Yunce has been lingering among the flowers for so many years, and it stands to reason that he should be experienced, how could he accidentally get a venereal disease so unexpectedly? She suddenly remembered that he was rude to her last time, could it be that Meng Yuanheng was secretly doing it again.
In fact, in modern times, as long as penicillin is used, it is expected to be cured, but here, penicillin is definitely not available, and he is not a professional researcher of pharmacology, so he can't match penicillin for the time being. However, in the old man's medical book, there is a detailed record of the treatment prescription, among which there is a prescription prepared by the Tiangan Hua Poison Pill, which is said to be a good medicine for the treatment of mildew.
It's just that this disease is contagious, and if Meng Yunce suffers from this disease, then Shen Qianxue and the rest of his concubines may all suffer from this disease.
At this time, Shen Qianxue should indeed sit and cry.
However, she didn't have a good impression of Meng Yunce, so she naturally wouldn't take the initiative to send him to the door for treatment.
And she didn't have time to pay attention to this matter, because the annual Qixi Festival was coming soon.
Every Qixi Festival, a large-scale palace banquet will be held in the palace, and all members of the royal family such as the emperor and queen, harem concubines, princes and princesses will be present, and the families and children of high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing will be invited to participate together.
At the Qixi feast, unmarried women must perform their talents, and the unmarried men present will choose the best talent show, and the winner has the right to ask the emperor for a wish.
Therefore, this Qixi Palace Banquet is a big event for the unmarried men and women in the royal family and the families of high-ranking officials and nobles.