When he had lunch, Shen Miaoge was in a good mood, but he hurriedly ate two bites and ran away again; Even when Red Sleeves called him, he just smiled back, but he didn't stop for half a minute.

Red Sleeves saw that he was in a good mood, so he let him go, and went to do his own things: everyone in the house celebrated his birthday, and he couldn't just thank him, and he had to prepare a return gift tomorrow: of course, the gift was not so-so, so she had to put some effort into it.

Red Sleeves's mood is not good, but it is not bad: it is not necessarily a good thing for her to bother with the birthday of a junior, Shen Fu; However, blessings and misfortunes have always depended on each other, and it is not that there are no benefits - at least, everyone up and down the Shen Mansion knows that her position as the future head mother of the Shen family is very stable.

If you look at her more and more respectful and affectionate, you can know that there are really certain benefits to celebrating her birthday.

In the afternoon, when Red Sleeves was in the room thinking about what kind of gift to give to each room, he heard that there was a guest in the house. The guests of the Shen family came here, and she was only a half-old child now, so she naturally didn't need to pay attention to it.

However, Dian Jiao and Yingshu couldn't help but run out to inquire, and when they came back, the faces of the two of them were not good-looking, and the guest who came was really related to the red sleeves.

"What did you say?" Redsleeves couldn't believe it, she thought something was wrong with her ears.

"Girl, it's true; The girl who our fifth master was engaged to came to our house with her elders. Dian Jiao's face was full of resentment.

"The girl who has been engaged to your fifth master?" Red Sleeves repeated, she was a little dazed: she was here to rejoice Shen Miaoge, and now she is his wife, why did he come up with a betrothed girl?

"Where's your fifth master?" Redsleeves wanted to ask the person concerned to see if he knew about it.

Dianjiao has already poured beans into a bamboo tube, and said the matter as it is:

It turned out that Shen Miaoge had decided to marry since he was a child, and he was the daughter of the king of Pingnan County; Later, because the old princess of Pingnan Mansion missed her homeland, their family left the capital, perhaps because of the inconvenience of communication, or because Shen Miaoge's body was getting weaker and weaker, and Pingnan Mansion had been moving less and less with the Shen family in the past two years.

Last year, Shen Miaoge's condition suddenly became serious, and when Shen Laozu wanted to rejoice for him, Shen Houye personally went to visit the king of Pingnan County: but the people rejected the request to let their daughter marry Chongxi now, and only agreed to send two concubines over to rejoice for Shen Miaoge.

Of course, Shen Laozu was angry, and sent the two concubines who followed them to the Pingnan County Mansion in Beijing: their Shen family did not accept these two concubines.

The king of Pingnan County has long been weak, although he is a prince, he does not have any real power in his hands: otherwise, he would not have married the Shen family at the beginning; Therefore, the Shen family did this without any worries and worries.

Because the Shen family knows very well that by doing this, the Pingnan Mansion has already had the intention of withdrawing from their relatives: they are unkind, and of course the Shen Mansion will be unjust.

There was no reply from the Pingnan Palace: the concubine was sent back, and she didn't say a word to the Shen Mansion; Later, the Shen Mansion married the Zheng Mansion again, and they also pretended to be deaf and dumb, and they didn't ask.

The old marquis Shen saw that the Pingnan Mansion was like this, so after Shen Miaoge and the red sleeves were booked, he sent the Geng paste of the little county lord back: Retire; And after the Pingnan Royal Mansion took back the Geng paste of its own county lord, it did not communicate with the Shen Mansion again. Both families are big families in Beijing, and the Shen family is about to get married, so of course they won't make a big deal about it, so as not to look good on their faces.

After hearing this, Red Sleeves was even more puzzled: I have already retired from the family, what are you doing in the Shen family?

Dian Jiao pouted: "Our family is originally related to their family, and an aunt and grandmother of the last two generations of our Shen family once married to their palace as a side concubine and gave birth to Princess Pingnan's father-in-law; Now that the old princess of Pingnan has gone, and the king of Pingnan has returned to the west with a crane, the princess of Pingnan and the county lord naturally want to go back to Beijing to take care of some things. ”

This has nothing to do with the Shen family, right? Even if he wants to go back to Beijing for mourning, the Pingnan Mansion will send someone to deliver a letter, and the Shen family will go to mourn.

Because Red Sleeves didn't understand, the uneasiness in his heart was expanding: Princess Pingnan and the little county lord came to the mansion today, and there was something inappropriate about how they looked at this matter.

"When did King Pingnan go west?" Redsleeves asked softly.

"Listen to them, it's been about four months, right?" Dian Jiaodao; She was a little anxious: the girl asked about these useless things, and the important thing now was not when King Pingnan died, but the little county lord who had been engaged to the fifth master.

Red Sleeves's brows furrowed a little tighter: Shouldn't the people of Pingnan Wangfu be mourning now? What did you do when you came to Shen's house? It's just that it's hard to say it directly.

Dian Jiao's words were not finished, she continued to speak quickly: "I heard the princess Niangniang say that the little princess is not in good health, and she is bedridden several times because of sadness, so Princess Pingnan wants to send her to our mansion to be raised; ”

Dian Jiao said this and quietly glanced at the red sleeves: "The princess also said that she can't leave if she wants to keep filial piety, but the palace only has a little blood from the little county lord, and she can't ignore it; It's just that the Pingnan Wangfu is weak, and there are few close friends in Beijing, so we can only ask for our family; Please look at the face of our old aunt and grandmother, and reach out to help their orphans and widows. ”

Dianjiao's later words were said in the tone of Princess Pingnan, which sounded very poignant and unbearable; But after she finished speaking, she took a hard sip.

"At the beginning, when we begged them to be happy, this princess was not like this, saying that we didn't take their palace too seriously, and said that the county lord could be happy; I don't see her for the sake of our aunt and grandmother, save our fifth master. ”

After hearing this, Red Sleeves' heart sank: Princess Pingnan didn't send the little princess here just to recuperate; Sending her daughter to Beijing for recuperation?

"How's the county lord's health?" She still has a glimmer of hope, not wanting to think too badly of people; And the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, how can a prince's mansion not come to attach to the prince's mansion, right?

"His face is a little pale, and his body is indeed a little thinner, but he is not as seriously ill as the princess said; We secretly are young and young, and she walks around and salutes and speaks like ordinary people. Yingshu's words also showed a bit of disdain: The picture of Pingnan Wangfu, she can see it by a girl.

Red Sleeves thought about it and thought that the Shen family would not agree: not for anything else, just because they had a marriage contract, it would be difficult for their Shen family to keep the county lord to live in the mansion.

"Sleeves." Shen Miaoge came in from outside, his steps were very calm, and his face was very calm: "You guys go out first." "His body has completely disappeared from the troubles of the morning, and the joy of the noon.

Dianjiao, Chaxiang and the others all retreated, but Yunxiang took Chaxiang to find the Zhao family: There are some things, maybe you have to send someone to the General's Mansion to deliver a letter - that Pingnan Wangfu is not good.

Shen Miaoge sat on the bed and looked at the things on the bed: "Are you preparing a gift in return?" A very casual tone: "It doesn't have to be too expensive, how many people here are sincere?" It is good for us to take advantage of this life; The second uncle's side is worth thinking about more. ”

Red Sleeves also gossiped with him: what he didn't mention, she didn't mention.

Shen Miaoge couldn't help it after all: the county lord came, and his sleeves didn't seem to care; He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart: "Sleeve, someone from Pingnan Wangfu is here." ”

"I've heard Jiao say it."

"Well, well, there's nothing going on." He originally wanted to comfort Red Sleeves, but he couldn't say a word, so he became even more depressed and a little unhappy.

"I heard that the county lord was originally engaged to you, didn't you?" Red Sleeves glanced at him and teased him: "Your county lord's wife is here, didn't you go to take a sneak peek?" ”

Shen Miaoge swept the sullenness in his chest when he heard this, and said the words in his stomach: In short, he had never seen the county lord at all, and he had also withdrawn from his relatives, and he had nothing to do with him; Grandfather and father would not agree to Princess Pingnan's excessive demands and so on; It's nothing more than wanting to reassure Red Sleeves.

Red Sleeves just listened with a smile and kept nodding her head: she was just confused, and there wasn't much to worry about - she was already Shen Miaoge's wife, and the three media and six certificates were complete, so what was there to fear.

Shen Miaoge sighed after "appeasing" the red sleeves: "This matter can't be said to be free of trouble in the future, there is no prince in the Pingnan Palace, and the little county lord has no heirs from the emperor's title - King Pingnan, the royal family is just waiting for the county lord to marry and Princess Pingnan to die and take back the title of King Pingnan, right?" ”

"I just went out and heard that there seems to be something to force marriage to the Pingnan Palace, and who doesn't know; Think about it, Pingnan Wangfu still has some family business, so Princess Pingnan will never sit still, their mother and daughter are really forced to be secretly forced by others, maybe they will come to our house again. ”

Red Sleeves glanced at Shen Miaoge when he heard this: I haven't worked in vain this year, of course, this kid is really a good material, so you can smell it with a little dialing; It took him so long to come back to "appease" himself, and it turned out that he went to inquire about the reason why Princess Pingnan came to Shen Mansion.

Red Sleeves is not worried: as long as the Shen family does not nod, a princess of the palace who has lost power will not be able to make the Shen family make concessions.

Shen Miaoge was still a little worried, because he knew the royal family and the imperial court better than Red Sleeves; However, it is the birthday of Red Sleeves, and he doesn't want to make Red Sleeves worry too much, and besides, grandfather, they will not agree to Princess Pingnan's request, even if there is anything in the future, they will think of ways to deal with it.

The red-sleeved couple lowered their heads to discuss the matter of returning the gift, and after a while, they talked and laughed, and left the Pingnan Mansion behind.

Just as Red Sleeves thought, the Shen family did not agree to Princess Pingnan's request, and respectfully sent their mother and daughter out of the house.

Shen Laozu didn't fall asleep most of the night, she squinted her eyes and kept thinking about things; Also not asleep were Old Marquis Shen and others. The arrival of Princess Pingnan also made some people in the Shen family very happy: the Shen Mansion was too calm; But they don't dare to make waves easily. But Princess Pingnan was sent away like this, which made them very disappointed.

Red Sleeves slept very soundly, because she was tired: at dinner, Shen Miaoge sent away all the girls, and the dishes on the table were also extremely rich, which were specially made by the Zhao family; He wants to celebrate Red Sleeves' birthday alone.