Chapter Twenty-Three: I Do
Back in the side courtyard, Shen Qiange asked Mama Ge, "Which dish do you like the most?"
Mama Ge said without hesitation: "Braised pork! The old slave has eaten two more bowls of rice today!"
The braised pork is soft but not greasy, with the fresh fragrance of pork, fat and thick, bite into the mouth, the fat is soft and glutinous, the lean meat is delicious, it is really a good dish for rice, especially the meat marinade, take out a spoonful and pour it on the white rice, mix it, even if you don't eat other dishes, the rice can be eaten in three or two bites.
Hearing Mama Ge say braised pork, Liangchen also kept nodding beside her.
Mama Ge left a small bowl for her, and after eating the meat, she also specially served half a bowl of rice, and ate the rest of the meat stew, but she felt that she had never eaten so much since she was so old!
After listening to Mama Ge and Liangchen's words, Shen Qiange already had a plan in his heart.
There is no soy sauce and vinegar yet, if there are these two seasonings, the braised pork made is amazing, with vinegar, you can also make sweet braised pork sweet and sour pork, regardless of the taste of the north and south.
After a busy day today, Shen Qiange asked Mama Ge and Liangchen to sleep, and when she was the only one left in the inner room, she walked to the old dressing table and sat down, took off the veil, and checked the scars on her cheeks.
Seeing it this way, she was happy in her heart, the originally red scar on the left side of her face was no longer red and swollen, not only that, but also scabbed, and the faint pain and burning sensation also disappeared, which was much more useful than her drinking medicine and applying medicine.
Shen Qiange reached out and gently stroked the wound on his left cheek, and there was a rough numbness of a scab from his fingertips.
I didn't expect the luck on King Yan's body to be so useful to her.
According to today's rhythm to rub her luck, Shen Qiange believes that in less than half a month, her cheeks will be almost fine.
He didn't apply ointment to the scars, Shen Qiange only carefully wiped the wounds with water.
She stared at the pot that only she could see.
I saw that the originally empty flower pot, a small bud popped up, when I was in the study before, the little bud was still slightly yellow, and now there are two small leaves slightly stretched out, turning emerald green, the little bud saw her look at it, suddenly shook slightly, as if greeting Shen Qiange.
Shen Qiange's eyes widened, he was close to King Yan, especially having physical contact with King Yan was really useful for flower pots!
She just touched King Yan twice, once to take the opportunity to hug him, and once to touch his hand, and the small buds sprouted and grew two small lovely leaves.
This is only the effect of contacting a small half a day, if she is with Yan Wang all day, is it not that the plants in the pot will grow faster!
Thinking of this, Shen Qiange's eyes lit up, and he looked forward to the contact with King Yan more and more!
She thought of what she had heard in the study before, about King Yan being punished by Liu Xuejian for copying books.
It was not the first time that King Yan was punished for copying books, he didn't copy it, and the next day, Superintendent Liu would double his punishment for him, and he was not allowed to eat.
Yan Wang was punished for copying the book "The Mean" ten times, and the full text of this book is more than 3,000 words, which is not much.
Shen Qiange, who was originally going to rest, put on a big hat, walked to the desk, took out books and rice paper, and began to copy books for King Yan.
It was the first time that Shen Qiange had copied a book so vigorously, and when he looked up again, when he was about to change the wick, a thick stack of copied paper had been placed next to the desk, and when he heard the sound of the change outside, it was already the second half of the night.
Footsteps sounded outside, and after a while, Mama Ge came in and saw Shen Qiange still sitting at the desk, and her eyes widened in surprise, "Second Miss, why haven't you slept so late?"
Shen Qiange quickly finished writing the remaining words, glanced at the paper next to him, and copied it almost five times.
If King Yan copied some more by himself, and added her, it should be enough.
Mama Ge hurriedly took Shen Qiange to sleep, afraid that she would be disobedient and burn her body, so she sat on the edge of her bed and waited until she fell asleep Mama Ge did not leave.
Since Shen Qiange agreed to marry King Yan, the Shen family quickly delivered the news to Concubine Jiang in the palace.
Concubine Jiang was surprised for a moment when she got the news, she glanced at the female official beside her, "Are the Shen family sure that they want to marry the second young lady to Qian'er?"
The female official bowed her head, "Niangniang, this letter was taught to the slave by the grandmother beside Mrs. Shen, and there will definitely be no fake." ”
King Yan was raised by Jiang Guifei, he was not her own son after all, so he was negligent in discipline, and when he found out, he was like this now.
The original emperor also gave marriage, and after retiring, no high-ranking family in Beijing dared to marry the daughter of the family to King Yan.
The Shen family is also upper-class in the capital, but Lord Shen is always one step behind in officialdom, so she can make a deal with the Shen family. Originally, she took a fancy to the eldest lady of the Shen family, but she secretly looked at the child, and she was satisfied with her appearance, and she heard that she was very popular in the upper study. The most important thing is that the eldest lady of the Shen family is actually the adopted daughter of the Shen family, and the husband and wife of Shen have raised her for so many years, and using her to exchange her for official luck can be regarded as giving Miss Shen a chance to repay the kindness of the Shen family.
King Yan's personality is really not good, after Miss Shen marries into the palace, it is difficult for Concubine Jiang Guifei to guarantee that she will be safe and healthy, even if King Yan "goes crazy" and hurts Miss Shen at that time, it is just the loss of an adopted daughter, and it has no impact on the Shen family at all.
But she didn't expect the letter to reach her, and Lord Shen and his wife chose to be their own daughter! This made Jiang Guifei very surprised.
Where would normal parents push their own flesh and blood into the fire pit!
Lord Shen and his wife only have this one biological daughter!
"Then how can it be the second miss?"
"The slave maid didn't know, the grandmother explained to the slave maid when she left, and this marriage was agreed to by the second lady of their family herself. ”
Jiang Guifei's slender brows furrowed, it is impossible that there is no woman in the capital who does not know Qian'er's temperament and rumors, how can the second lady still agree to the marriage in person? What is going on with the Shen family?
Jiang Guifei threw Mrs. Shen's letter into the brazier next to her, and in an instant, the letter paper was ignited and turned into ashes.
Seeing Jiang Guifei's unhappy expression, the female official asked in a low voice, "Niangniang, then do we still agree to this marriage?"
Jiang Guifei originally saw that King Yan was old, and it was really impossible to get through if he didn't get married, so she gave him Zhang Luo.
After all, he is a prince, and the princess can't be born too badly, but King Yan is that temperament, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty wants to marry his daughter to him, so he took this path, and he is not ready to ask what King Yan means, anyway, he will marry the princess first, as for what will happen to the princess when she arrives at the palace, it depends on the ability and luck of the new princess.
But now that Concubine Jiang Guifei's favorite candidate has changed, this is the only concubine of the Shen family, although she doesn't know what is going on with the Shen family, but she can't act here as if nothing happened.
She turned her head and instructed the female official: "Quickly Xuan Qian'er enters the palace, just say that the palace is unwell." ”
In less than an hour, King Yan arrived at Jiang Guifei's bedroom.
He hurriedly entered the inner hall, and saw Jiang Guifei's personal female officer standing at the door, and hurriedly asked, "Niangniang's health is not good, but can you ask the imperial doctor?"
The female official respectfully blessed King Yan, "His Royal Highness King Yan, the imperial doctor just left, saying that Niangniang is worried about illness, you hurry up and go in to see Niangniang." ”
After the female official finished speaking, King Yan had already walked quickly to the inner hall, and the female official retreated left and right, only guarding the door of the inner hall by herself.
As soon as King Yan entered, he saw Jiang Guifei comfortably leaning on the rose chair drinking tea, looking a little sick.
At this moment, King Yan also knew that Jiang Guifei was looking for something for him, so he deliberately used the excuse of being sick, his face suddenly turned cold, and he stood about two meters away from Jiang Guifei without moving.
Jiang Guifei knew that he was angry when she saw King Yan's expression, "You kid, if I don't use the excuse of being sick to let you come, will you come?" Okay, I'm serious about looking for you." ”
After speaking, Jiang Guifei paused, and saw that King Yan had a solemn face and didn't want to speak, so she had to continue: "Qian'er, your marriage can't be delayed any longer, this palace originally selected the eldest lady of Lord Shen's family for you, who knew that the letter handed by Mrs. Shen promised the second miss." The second young lady is Miss Shen Jiayan, and she is the only daughter, she is willing to marry you?"
King Yan didn't expect that Jiang Guifei specially deceived him to talk about this matter, as soon as Jiang Guifei said this, he guessed Jiang Guifei's previous plan, if the Shen family did not agree to the second miss, I am afraid that Jiang Guifei would not have to come to explain this to himself.
Originally, he didn't want to marry anyone, he was naturally repulsive to women, if his father wanted him to marry, he would also agree, but when this woman arrived at his house, he was okay, and if he didn't feel good, he would blame him for destroying flowers.
So about marriage, he is completely dispensable.
But as soon as Jiang Guifei asked, the things that happened in the study today instantly filled his mind, the gentle hug, the box of snacks, the momentary fingertip touch, and the jade pendant that was still in his arms......
King Yan, who has always been cold-hearted and cold-faced, is very decisive and decisive in doing things on weekdays, but at this moment, he hesitated, and Jiang Guifei noticed the difference between King Yan.
She raised her eyebrows, and just as she was about to speak, the female officer coughed twice outside, and then entered the inner hall and said a few words in Jiang Guifei's ear.
Originally, Jiang Guifei's good face disappeared in an instant, and she looked at the female official, "Can it be verified?"
The female officer nodded solemnly.
Jiang Guifei waved her hand at the female officer, and the female official quickly retreated.
After the female official left, Jiang Guifei spoke again, "Qian'er, someone just came to report that Miss Shen Er was disfigured, how can the dignified princess be a shameless girl, it's just that, the palace will choose a suitable high gate for you, and this marriage will be over......"
No wonder Mrs. Shen would use Second Miss Shen to agree to this marriage, her own daughter was disfigured, it was not so easy to get married, and if she didn't do it, she would be smashed in her hands for the rest of her life, so it was better to leave her adopted daughter and marry a good marriage.
As soon as Jiang Guifei said this, King Yan couldn't help but take a step forward, and then Jiang Guifei only heard three words: "I do!"
Jiang Guifei: ......
I really suspect that she is hallucinating.