Shen Xin and his wife finally returned home in the evening. Accompanying them back to the house, there was also a carriage full of rewards sent by the palace, if in the past, these rewards would have been confiscated into the public school, but today, Luo Xueyan asked his subordinates to carry those boxes directly into the west courtyard.

The rewards in the palace are either rich or expensive, and the people in the east courtyard are all watching the boxes passing by their courtyard, and the sound of broken utensils is heard in the Rongjing Hall from time to time, obviously, the old lady Shen who took advantage of it was furious because of this matter, and she was throwing her face to show others.

However, the people who came out of the army probably didn't eat the face-shaking set. The boxes were still copied and very efficient, and they were moved quickly.

Shen Miao was sitting at the table reading a book, she was reading all the political and economic and legal decrees of Ming Qi, and the poems and songs that Gu Yu and they found for her before were just thrown aside, without looking at them.

I could only hear a hearty laugh coming from outside the door: "Jiaojiao!"

Shen Miao turned her head, and Shen Xin strode from outside the door, followed by Luo Xueyan. They probably rushed over directly when they returned home, and they didn't change their clothes, and Shen Qiu walked at the end and made a grimace at her.

Shen Miao stood up and saluted them: "Dad, mother, big brother." ”

Her gentle appearance made Shen Xin and his wife couldn't help but be stunned, Shen Miao and they were not close, and they had to leave when they came back in the past, they were extremely impatient, and they had not seen such a kind appearance for a long time. However, in that gentleness, there seems to be a faint alienation, this alienation is very slight, but Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan, who are parents, are still sensitive to it.

Shen Miao sighed slightly in her heart. She can't be coquettish with Shen Xin like a real fourteen-year-old girl, let alone pretend that nothing has happened, in her previous life, she dragged down the Shen family, and when facing Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan, she only had a strong sense of guilt in her heart, and her close relatives were timid, and this is what she said.

Luo Xueyan just paused in her heart, her concern for her daughter quickly overshadowed that doubt, she took a few steps forward, grabbed Shen Miao's hand, and asked eagerly: "How is Jiaojiao's body?"

"It's fine. Shen Miao replied with a smile.

"Jiaojiao, Dad got a few big boxes of treasures from the palace today, when you are better, you will pick your favorite one early tomorrow morning. Those jewelry hairpins or something, I heard that they are the first in Dingjing City. Shen Xin's words were a little flattering, such a big and three rough man carefully pleased his daughter, and it made people feel a little funny when they looked at it.

Shen Miao smiled slightly: "Thank you, Dad, but this is not in a hurry, just lock those treasures in the warehouse in our yard, for a long time, when I think of it and am interested, I will pick it." ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of several people in the room changed.

At this time in the past, Shen Xin came back with the box, so naturally he asked Shen Miao to pick it first, and the others were sent to the public middle school. He has always been so partial to his daughter, and no one refutes his words, because after all, these rewards are all brought back by Shen Xin himself. But if it was in the past, Shen Miao would definitely not pick it first, she would let Shen Yue and Shen Qing pick it first, and then start picking it after picking the second and third rooms, naturally because she was close to the second and third rooms, so she would do this.

But today, Shen Miao not only did not excuse himself, but also proposed to lock the box in the warehouse in his yard, although Shen Xin did not plan to confiscate the reward this time, but Shen Miao's change in attitude towards the rest of the Shen family clearly fell in the eyes of everyone.

No matter how much they don't understand the affairs of the back house, they can see that something is wrong with Shen Miao. Shen Qiu opened his mouth, Luo Xueyan held Shen Miao's hand, and said softly: "Jiaojiao, what happened, you tell your mother that your father and mother are back, and no one will dare to bully you in the future." ”

"No one dares to bully me. Shen Miao smiled: "I don't have anything." ”

"What happened when the ancestral hall caught fire that day?" Shen Xin asked in a deep voice: "Why did you stay in the ancestral hall alone?" The two of them entered the palace early this morning to face the saint, leaving only someone to investigate secretly, but they didn't have time to investigate the mystery in detail.

"I made a mistake and was imprisoned in the ancestral hall, but the ancestral hall suddenly caught fire...... "She was embarrassed.

Seeing this, Shen Qiu behind him wanted to stop talking, he knew what was going on, but Shen Miao repeatedly told him not to tell Shen Xin and his wife about it. Although he really wanted to tell his father and mother the truth, Shen Miao's sentence that if Shen Qiu didn't keep a secret, he would ignore Shen Qiu anymore still made him dispel this idea.

Shen Xin really asked Shen Miao: "What mistake did you make? No matter how big the mistake is, you shouldn't be locked up in the ancestral hall alone?"

"Oh," Shen Miao said lightly, "I confronted my second uncle in front of my grandmother and others. ”

"What?" Luo Xueyan raised her eyebrows, but instead of reprimanding Shen Miao, she said: "The second child is really going back more and more, a big man and a little girl are arguing, do you want to be cheeky!"

Gu Yu and Shock, who were waiting in the house, twitched the corners of their mouths, the Shen family's big house is the most protective and short, and it is not nonsense, even if Shen Miao beats Shen Gui, I am afraid that Shen Xin and his wife will blame Shen Gui for making Shen Miao's hands sore.

"Sister, why are you contradicting the second uncle?" Shen Qiu couldn't help but ask.

"About...... I don't want to get married. Shen Miao said.

"Marry?" Luo Xueyan and Shen Xin exclaimed in unison, Luo Xueyan looked at Shen Miao and asked eagerly, "Who are you marrying?"

Shen Miao lowered her head: "The Zhongshu Shilang Wei family proposed marriage for his sister-in-law Wei Qian, and Geng posts were exchanged, but I didn't want to marry, so I confronted him in public." ”

"Wei Qian......" Shen Xin pondered for a while: "The Wei family is a big family, and the Wei family's sister-in-law seems to be a young man, if you talk about it, it is still ...... Jiaojiao" He actually looked at this marriage seriously, Shen Xin has been an official for so many years, although he is not in Dingjing, he knows a lot about his colleagues in the officialdom. If the Wei family was a loser, he could naturally see it at a glance, but Wei Qian was a rare good son-in-law, and Shen Xin thought of going somewhere else for a while.

"What do you want!" Luo Xueyan roared angrily: "He is the king of heaven, even if he is the emperor, Jiaojiao doesn't want to do that!"

Luo Xueyan spoke amazingly, she was a fierce woman born from a family of military generals in the northwest, and this marriage with Shen Xin was also fought for by herself. Therefore, Luo Xueyan couldn't get used to all the arranged parents' orders and matchmakers' words, she said: "Besides, you and I don't know about this matter, who knows what kind of heart they have!" Since seeing Shen Miao trapped in the sea of fire, Ren Wanyun and the others were at ease, Luo Xueyan was full of disgust for the rest of the Shen family, and her previous good feelings were swept away.

Shen Xin also frowned, it stands to reason that the Wei family has such a good family business, if it is arranged for Shen Miao, to be honest, it is not a loss, after all, it is really rare in Dingjing City to want to pick out such a good young handsome. But since it is such a good family affair, why does the Shen family hide it from their husband and wife?

Shen Qiu pursed the corners of his lips, he knew what was going on, and he also complained a little about why Shen Miao didn't tell the idea of changing relatives from the rest of the Shen family. However, he could only remain silent, I don't know why, every time Shen Miao swept his gaze, it seemed to have a kind of deterrent effect, Shen Qiu himself didn't want to believe that he, who was invincible on the battlefield, would be afraid of his own sister-in-law.

"But Jiaojiao," Shen Xin said softly: "The Wei family is good, you are so resistant, is it because you already have a favorite man, you ......" He wanted to speak but stopped, and in the letters sent by the Shen family, there was frequent news that Shen Miao was waiting for the king to be determined. In this world, if Shen Miaoruo likes any man, he and Luo Xueyan will not stop him, but the Tian family is different, and now it is the time for the prince to seize the heir, if the Shen family is involved, I am afraid that they will be pulled into the quagmire together in the end.

But these things, a little girl like Shen Miao will not understand. On the way back, Shen Xin and Luo Xueyan also discussed countless times how to persuade Shen Miao to dispel this idea, but in the end, they were helpless. Shen Miao has a stubborn temperament in her bones, and she can't pull back the nine cows that she has identified, and she tells a little girl that she wants her to give up her sweetheart and become someone else, but she is afraid that she can't accept it.

Shen Miao knew what Shen Xin wanted to say at a glance, and she said lightly: "I don't have a sweetheart in my heart, and the reason why I don't want to marry is just because I have heard that the young master of the Wei family already has a sweetheart." No matter how good he is, there is already moonlight in his heart, why should I be a person who beats mandarin ducks, and no one has a life?"

Her words made Shen Xin and his wife a little dizzy. Why did Shen Miao say such old-fashioned words, it was like a woman who had read all the sails. Second, what did she say that she didn't have a sweetheart?

Shen Miao only gradually understood Wei Qian when she became a queen in her previous life. In his previous life, there was no such thing as the Wei family coming up to propose marriage, Wei Qian also married his cousin, as a rare young talent in Dingjing, Wei Qian was extremely fond of his wife, and there was a good story at that time. From this, Wei Qian and his cousin must be childhood sweethearts, but they are afraid that the Wei family will come to propose marriage, and the son of the Wei family is also unwilling in his heart.

"Jiaojiao, don't you like ...... Do you like His Royal Highness King Ding?" Luo Xueyan gritted her teeth and asked.

"King Ding?" Shen Miao said lightly when he heard this: "His Royal Highness King Ding is a noble man in the sky, how can I climb high? I don't dare to talk about it anymore now. ”

Luo Xueyan was stunned again, Shen Xin and Shen Qiu are men after all, just don't understand, although she has a big temperament, she is a woman after all. The woman knows the love in the woman's heart best, she thought that Shen Miao was just saying this in her mouth, but after carefully looking at Shen Miao's expression, she found that when she talked about Dingwang, Shen Miao was not moved at all, as if she was mentioning a stranger.

Without waiting for Luo Xueyan to speak, Shen Xin shouted first: "Jiaojiao, my father doesn't agree with what you say, no matter who our Shen family is worthy, you will climb high." This son of Mingqi, who dares to dislike you, even if it is ......"

"Ahem. Luo Xueyan coughed lightly and glared at Shen Xin fiercely, Shen Xin praised his daughter for not worrying, it was easy for Shen Miao to dispel the idea of King Ding, Shen Xin was not making trouble for himself.

Shen Xin also knew that he had said the wrong thing, and looked away as if nothing had happened.

Luo Xueyan looked at Shen Miao again, and when she saw that her expression was calm, she put her mind at ease and said with a smile: "Jiaojiao is still young now, so she is not in a hurry to get married." There are so many good men in Mingqi, we are delicate and excellent, and we are afraid that we will not be able to find a good husband? Don't worry, our delicate husband must be a big hero who stands up to the sky. ”

Shen Miao lowered her eyes and smiled, but did not say anything. The fantasy of the pillow man has long been wiped out in the frustration of the harem in the previous life. In this life, she no longer plans to get married, but this cannot be known by Shen Xin and his wife.

Ordinary daughters are always a little shy when they hear about their own family affairs, and in the eyes of the husband and wife, Shen Miao is not a person with a cold temperament, but after Luo Xueyan finished speaking, she didn't see any reaction from Shen Miao, and the two couldn't help but be a little frustrated. Although Shen Miao was not close to them in the past, she still understood Shen Miao's temperament after all, but it was good to come back this time, Shen Miao became more and more strange, and she grew a lot old overnight, so that Shen Xin and his wife didn't know what attitude to treat their daughter. If they were persuaded and coaxed as before, in the face of Shen Miao's calm gaze, they would look like fools.

Shen Qiu saw his father's embarrassment, and laughed out loud. Shen Xin and his wife are frightening on the battlefield, but they are at a loss when facing their sister. But...... Shen Qiu's gaze gradually sank, people's temperament would not change so much overnight, making a little girl who was a little arrogant become calm and calm now, something must have happened.

"Dad," Shen Miao suddenly said, "In a few days, there will be a banquet in the palace." ”

The banquet for returning to the dynasty was a night banquet held for the Shen family's army to defeat the enemy army this time, and the emperor was rewarded for meritorious deeds. All civil and military officials have to bring their families to participate, which can be regarded as a banquet for the royal courtiers. At the banquet of returning to the court, the emperor will reward the meritorious heroes according to their merits.

In the previous life, at the banquet of the return to the court a few days later, the emperor wanted to promote Shen Qiu's official position, but because of Shen Miao's affairs, Shen Xin fought all over his merits, so that the emperor agreed to give him marriage, and won the title of Shen Miao's princess.

It is an outrageous thing for a woman to ask a man for a marriage. Shen Xin dominated his life on the battlefield, and when he came to an end, he did not hesitate to ask for meritorious service for his daughter, and almost ended up with a mocking end of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs. And Shen Miao at that time was only happy to become the princess of Ding, but she didn't see Shen Xin's wry smile.

From the moment she married into the Dingwang Mansion, it meant that the Shen family was tied to the boat of Dingwang, and Fu Xiuyi had a fair and honest reason to squeeze out the last bit of value of the Shen family's army.

"Yes," Shen Xin asked with a smile, "Does Jiaojiao have anything you want, Dad can help you ask His Majesty for it." ”

This kind of favor is almost the pearl of the palm. Shen Miao's mouth was a little dry, why didn't she discover her father's heart for her in her previous life. The fall of the Shen family was certainly promoted by the enemy, but it was not because of her stubbornness and blindness.

"I don't have anything I want. Shen Miao smiled slightly: "However, if Your Majesty wants to reward your father......" She paused, and when she raised her head again, her eyes were already clear, and she said: "Father will ask Your Majesty for it, stay in the capital for half a year, and accompany me." How?"

As soon as these words came out, Luo Xueyan, Shen Xin and Shen Qiu were all stunned.

Shen Miao never kept their couple, because they were not by their side when they were children, and their feelings were not close, so they naturally couldn't talk about reluctance. Every year, as soon as the New Year passes, Shen Xin and his wife have to leave the capital to stick to the northwest, even if there is no enemy army, they must guard the territory to prevent foreign invasion. In fact, this is not necessary, but the emperor is still hand-picked every year, and the old general also has this habit when he is alive, so he has never refuted it.

But the meaning of Fang Cai Shen Miao is clearly to retain. She was keeping Shen Xin and his wife and letting them leave half a year late, which was actually a bit out of line, but in the ears of Shen Xin and his wife, they were ecstatic, at least this meant that Shen Miao was not completely emotionless towards them.

"Naturally, no problem!" was pleased with the change in his daughter's attitude, and Shen Xin agreed without even thinking about the problem. Luo Xueyan was also a little excited, Shen Qiu on the side pouted, he didn't want to stay in Dingjing City, for him, Dingjing City was really nothing interesting, those noble children were boring, it was better to let him fight in the Northwest Desert. But looking at Shen Miao's face, his heart softened again, at least he was by his side, it was good that no one in the capital dared to bully Shen Miao.

After saying a few more words, Shen Xin and his wife and Shen Qiu left. After they left, Shen Miao covered the book on the table and walked to the window.

"Girl......" Gu Yu whispered: "I have already said hello to Chun Tao, the eldest lady has a good stomach, I heard that the second lady and the second master are arguing over the eldest lady's family affairs." ”

Shen Miao smiled coldly, Ren Wanyun's sister's good plan to marry easily had been wasted with Shen Xin's return home, if she wanted Shen Qing to marry Huang Dexing, Ren Wanyun naturally refused. But the Geng post has been changed, and both families have already said that it is not easy to regret it at this time.

Lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot, that's what you say. Of course, Ren Wanyun's idea fell through, and it would not make her feel better, the poisonous snake wanted to fight back, but a few days later, at the night banquet of the Hui Dynasty, it just so happened that she also wanted to grab Ren Wanyun's seven inches in front of everyone and catch Prince Yu off guard.

Outside the door, Luo Xueyan and Shen Xin's faces sank, and Luo Xueyan said angrily: "What's the matter with the old lady and your younger brothers? ”

"Madame need not be angry. Shen Xin said: "I will immediately go to the old lady to ask for clarification, and once there is such a matter, immediately explain it to the Wei family." I am afraid that there will be something strange in this concealment. ”

"I guess Jiaojiao has suffered a lot this year. Luo Xueyan said angrily: "Later, I will call Jiaojiao and a few girls over to ask what happened, and Mama Gui is gone." In the end, people who have been on the battlefield will have a certain sensitivity to these things, she said: "I think what Jiaojiao said is right, stay in Dingjing for half a year, these cows, ghosts, snakes and gods don't clean up clearly, and my daughter is afraid that her life will be gone!"

Shen Xin touched his nose, naturally knowing that Luo Xueyan was dissatisfied with his two brothers. Don't say it's Luo Xueyan, he himself is also angry. Then he instructed the two guards around him: "Guard the young lady well these days, and if there is anything wrong, tell me immediately." Miss, what's wrong, you military law is serving!" After saying that, he looked at Shen Qiu again, frowning: "Stinky boy, what are you doing in a daze?"

Shen Qiu came back to his senses after Shen Xin's roar, and he said vaguely: "Oh, I just thought about things and got distracted." He had been thinking about Shen Miao. The person sent to Wolong Temple today has already replied to the news, and has not found anything wrong, and no one has found out about the events of that day. Shen Qiu is not a fool, he naturally knows that this is because the insiders have been sent away, and it seems that this kind of absence is not the handiwork of the Shen family, and the truth hidden from Shen Miao also makes Shen Qiu even more suspicious.

My sister, unconsciously, is becoming more and more incomprehensible.

"When is it? Shen Xin sprinkled his anger directly on his unlucky son: "You go to check the affairs of the mansion, and I will ask you tomorrow." ”

"Ahh Shen Qiu responded with a bitter face, he knew the ins and outs of the matter, but his sister wouldn't let him say it.

......

In Caiyun Garden, it was a mess at the moment.

Shen Guifang left, and when he left, he had a big quarrel with Ren Wanyun, since Shen Xin came back from the birthday banquet of Old Lady Shen, Shen Gui had a conflict with Ren Wanyun because of this matter. In fact, Shen Miao was grounded in Shen Gui and also knew, but for him, once something happened, all the fault would naturally be put on Ren Wanyun.

The reason why he and Shen Wan have come to this point is because of the connections left by Shen Xin. Although they now have a certain status in the court, if Shen Xin has the intention to make them bad, Shen Gui and Shen Wanshitu will inevitably be in a mess. This is a world that respects martial arts, although the civil officials ridiculed the military generals for being rude, but whoever has the military power is more important in the Ming Qi forces. Civil officials and military generals, the emperor wants to protect, naturally military generals.

In the past, the two brothers did not leak a drop of water in front of Shen Xin, and Shen Xin was also willing to take care of them, who knew that this time Shen Xin saw Shen Miao in the sea of fire with his own eyes, Shen Xin privately regarded Shen Miao as his life, and what would he do when he was angry, Shen Gui also felt flustered. It was because Shen Gui had been extremely irritable since Shen Xin came back, and Ren Wanyun proposed to repent of her marriage at this time, which almost added fuel to the fire, and all her dissatisfaction with Ren Wanyun broke out in the past few days.

It's the same today, he quarreled with Ren Wanyun angrily, leaving Shen Qing to marry into the Huang family, Shen Gui brushed his sleeves away, leaving only Ren Wanyun, who was almost fainting.

"Brute! brute!" Ren Wanyun stroked her heart, her lips trembling.

Shen Gui disregarded the happiness of his own daughter, and wanted to climb to the Huang family to contribute to his career, so that Ren Wanyun's people could turn on their backs. Now that Shen Xin is back, Luo Xueyan is not a good person, if it weren't for the fact that this matter is extremely confidential, Shen Xin and his wife knew that she was fighting the idea of sisters easy to marry, but they were afraid that they would even have the heart to kill her. Even if Shen Xin and his wife can't find out this time, the fire in the ancestral hall that day will leave a gap in Dafang's heart, and it will be difficult to attack Shen Miao in the future.

Ren Wanyun hated Shen Miao with a thousand knives, it was Shen Miao who calculated Shen Qing at the beginning, if it wasn't for Shen Miao, why would Shen Qing have to marry a broken sleeve. Now that Shen Miao is protected by Shen Xin, I am afraid that it will not be easy to do anything about family affairs.

"Madame dissipates her anger," Xianglan said while giving Ren Wanyun a smooth breath: "Don't be angry, it's a return banquet every few days, if you are angry, you can't go out." ”

Ren Wanyun's eyes moved, and a hideous smile appeared on her face: "You're right, I can't be angry and go back to the court for a banquet...... Back to the court banquet, I want that little slut to die rather than die!" she turned her head to look at Cai Ju: "Has the letter sent to Prince Yu's Mansion arrived?"

"It's been delivered. Caiju said carefully.

"Since my Qing'er can't fall well, don't even think about escaping from that little slut!" Ren Wanyun showed a sneer on her face: "I can't help her, there is Shen Xin to protect her, but if she has the ability, they will face Prince Yu's mansion," She looked like a vicious snake, spitting snake letters gloomily: "Someone has always cleaned her up!"

......

Prince Yu's Mansion.

In the palatial main hall, beautiful Persian dancers are dancing in thin clothes, their snow-white bare feet stepping on the soft carpet, and their thin ankles are tied with colorful bells, and they dance with a pleasant tinkling sound. The waist like a water snake dances smartly.

The middle-aged man on the high seat had an ugly and hideous face, and the one with his left leg empty was none other than Prince Yu. At this moment, there was a petite girl kneeling under him, the girl was about eleven or twelve years old, and she was still very young, her eyebrows were delicate, but her eyes were full of fear, and she was not at the moment, and she was gently beating her legs for Prince Yu.

The young girl's snow-white body was covered with purple and cyan bruises, and if you looked closely, there were red whip marks, and it was clear that she had experienced very human suffering.

Prince Yu looked at the letter in his hand, suddenly smiled, and slapped the lion's head on the seat. When he made such a move, the girl screamed in fright, and her body fell to the ground, and her whole body couldn't help but tremble.

"Shen Xin......" Prince Yu slowly chewed a few words in his mouth: "Shen Miao...... How dare you fool this king. ”

After the events of that night, because he found something else, he put it behind him, for Prince Yu, these girls were just funny things, just like those cats and dogs, and he didn't care what would happen after that. In addition, Shen Gui hid it, but he didn't find anything wrong.

Knowing that this letter had come, it seemed wrong for him to finally recall that day. That Shen Miao was such a good method, and at the same time he played with Ren Wanyun, he also played with him.

Prince Yu is in Mingqi, even if he is a royal child, except for the emperor, he has to give three points of courtesy when he sees him. Shen Miao, a little woman, dared to trample his dignity under her feet. If in the past, he was just interested in Shen Miaosheng who wanted to play with him, but this time, Prince Yu was really angry and murderous.

It's just that now Shen Xin is still protecting the capital of Dingjing, how can he do it? Or is it solved even with Shen Xin?

Prince Yu touched his chin, and a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes