Shen Yue made a lot of trouble in Qiushui Garden for a while, but unfortunately this time Chen Ruoqiu seemed to be iron-hearted, indifferent to her begging, and even got angry and wanted to put her under house arrest if she made trouble again, Shen Yue was really panicked in her heart, but Chen Ruoqiu no longer paid attention to her, and when she came out of Qiushui Garden, she was a little angry and anxious.

But when she saw a few people walking out of Caiyun Garden, the blue-clothed girl led by her saw her, she was stunned at first, and then stepped forward and said, "Second sister." ”

Shen Yue glanced at the woman and said "um", but her attitude was a little cold.

This woman is none other than Shen Dongling, the concubine in the second room. Shen Dongling was crushed to death by Ren Wanyun before, and she didn't leave the yard all year round, and there were even people in the Shen Mansion who didn't recognize her. Since Ren Wanyun's death, Shen Gui was diagnosed and could no longer have children, and Shen Dongling became the only bloodline in the second room. But even so, Shen Yue treated her gently on the surface, but in fact, he looked down on Shen Dongling's background. Even if it is bloodline, it can't change the fact that Shen Dongling is a concubine. If Shen Yue was jealous and resentful of Shen Miao, he despised Shen Dongling without hesitation.

Shen Dongling didn't seem to have seen her cold eyes, and still said with a smile: "I plan to spin a few pieces of silk to make silk cloth, and a few days ago I saw my aunt talk about the patterns that are emerging today." happened to depict a few tricks, the second sister can ask for some" but there was some flattering meaning in the words.

"No need. Shen Yue said.

Being snubbed like this, Shen Dongling still said good-naturedly: "That's it, I originally wanted to make a few for the second sister." ”

Shen Yue was a little impatient, now she was worried about Chen Ruoqiu's choice of a son-in-law for her, and where could she take care of so much. saw Shen Dongling lowering his head, revealing a white neck, and his heart was slightly stunned. She withdrew her hand and looked at Shen Dongling carefully.

The age difference between Shen Dongling and Shen Yue is only half a year old, if among the original daughters of the Shen family, Shen Qing is generous, Shen Yue is elegant, Shen Miao is beautiful, and the three of them still have some unique temperaments of concubines, then Shen Dongling has a kind of unique coquettishness of concubines. Aunt Wan was originally a singer in the opera troupe, she was Hua Dan, she always had a bit of a look, Shen Dongling didn't look like Shen Gui, but she and the young Aunt Wan were almost the same slap in the face. With big eyes and a pointed chin, she looks like an aunt who stands out. However, compared with those high-flying and domineering aunts, Shen Dongling lowered her eyebrows all day long, and she didn't fight or make trouble, but she pressed her aunt a little bit.

But once I look at it carefully, I am also a pretty woman who has grown up as a girl in my family.

Shen Yue's heart suddenly moved, she took the initiative to take Shen Dongling's hand, and said with a smile: "I won't let you do it for me, it's just that I'm afraid of tiring you." You are a serious lady in the house, and you are not an embroiderer in the embroidery workshop, what is the matter with doing all this needlework all day long. ”

Shen Dongling was stunned for a moment, as if she was surprised that Shen Yue was suddenly so intimate, her face flushed slightly, and she was a little flattered and said: "Second sister is serious, I don't have anything else to do on weekdays, my aunt asked me to do needlework, so I did some." Out of the way. "Aunt Wan seems to have been suppressed by Ren Wanyun for too long and accepted her temperament, but now she has turned over, and her favorite thing to do is to do embroidery work in the yard. Shen Dongling followed her temperament.

Seeing that Shen Dongling was so well-behaved, the smile in Shen Yue's eyes was even stronger: "You should change your temperament, you should be honest, it's a good thing to love embroidery, but how can there be a young lady who does embroidery all day long." I'm going to pick out some jewelry in the jewelry store tomorrow, you go with me, there are some new styles this year, maybe there are ones you like, what you like, I'll give you. ”

"This. Shen Dongling waved his hand a little flustered: "No." ”

"You are still polite to me" Shen Yue feigned anger: "You and I are always the closest sisters, if even you have to be like this, what is the point of this sister doing it?"

Shen Dongling was a little at a loss, but he didn't know how to answer Shen Yue's words. Seeing this, Shen Yue smiled slightly, patted her shoulder gently, and said, "The third sister is still so timid, but she is a distressing character. It is finished, I still have some things, so I won't talk to you. Tomorrow, let the maid go to Caiyun Garden to find you, and go to the jewelry shop with me. But the tone of the words was unquestionable.

Shen Dongling nodded and accepted.

After Shen Yue and his party gradually walked away, the maid Wumei beside Shen Dongling said: "What does this second lady mean, it's cold for a while and hot for a while, so decent, why did you suddenly remember to invite the girl to the jewelry shop?"

Shen Yue is naturally indifferent to Shen Dongling, and his enthusiasm at this moment is indeed suspicious.

"She's trying to please me. Shen Dongling looked at Shen Yue's back that she couldn't see anymore, and said with a smile: "I probably think I'm very easy to buy, and I want to rely on her and trust her, and if you want me to help her in the future, it's much simpler." ”

Wu Mei was shocked when she heard this: "Then what can I do, these two young ladies are obviously ill-intentioned, and want to take advantage of Miss, what if Miss is on the way?"

"It's okay," Shen Dongling smiled a little happily: "I'm also willing to help with this favor, just like she gave me jewelry." If you want to give away good things to others, I am not a saint, so there is no reason not to want it. She said, "It's just that she's just a little bit of a mouse." ”

Shen Yue, who was walking towards Qiushui Garden, had heavy eyes, and his mind was full of the weak and obedient appearance of Shen Dongling. is also a fair lady, the same age of Fanghua, and the same daughter of the Shen Mansion for no reason, Shen Yue has an intuition that enveloping Shen Dongling may have a great effect on herself in the future.

At the same time that Shen Yue was making a fuss, on the other side, at the gate of the courtyard of the west courtyard of the Shen Mansion, someone was moving flowers outside. The bustling sound seemed a little lively, Shen Wan passed by the gate of the West Courtyard, and happened to hear a mother-in-law exclaiming: "Miss be careful"

Shen Wan followed the sound and looked over, only to see a young woman moving a pot of extremely heavy flowers and plants to the position on the stage, probably because the flower pot in her hand was too heavy and almost hit her foot. The grandmother next to her sighed, and the woman turned around and smiled at the grandmother, smiling like a flower.

Shen Wan's footsteps paused.

The woman wore a blue and blue placket feather gauze dress, a jade flower skirt, a lily bun, and an agate hairpin on her head, which had a thunderstorm last night, and the sun came out this morning.

Everyone has a love for beauty, although Shen Wan is not a woman, it does not mean that he will be indifferent to beauty. There is only one woman in his backyard, Chen Ruoqiu, although he loves it, but for a long time, he will always feel a little boring. Now I see that between this beauty and heaven and earth, there is a living color, and I naturally can't help but stop.

It's like appreciating a favorite painting or a poem, but Shen Wan at this moment has no other emotions. He was not very enthusiastic about men and women. The woman also seemed to notice that someone was looking at her, turned her head, and saw Shen Wan, who was stunned for a moment, and then walked over.

She walked in front of Shen Wan, without embarrassment or shyness, and saluted generously: "Third master." ”

Shen Wan glanced at her, suddenly realized her identity, and said, "Miss Chang." ”

Chang Zaiqing only saw Shen Wan once, that was when she first came to Shen Mansion, and Chen Ruoqiu took her to Rongjing Hall to salute Old Madam Shen in the evening. The lights were dim at night, and everyone was thinking about the daytime, and Shen Wan didn't pay attention to Chang Zaiqing. I didn't expect to look closer, but she was a rare beauty with a very temperament, thinking that Chen Ruoqiu and Chang Zaiqing seemed to be very good friends, and her attitude became more cordial.

"What is Miss Chang doing," Shen Wan asked with a smile.

Chang Zaiqing glanced back at the flower stand at the gate of the courtyard, and said with a smile: "It rained last night, and many flower branches were wet by the rain and damaged by the wind, so I am bandaging them." ”

"Bandaging" Shen Wan was a little curious, and asked: "How to bandage the flowers"

Chang Zaiqing smiled slightly: "The third master just looks." ”

Shen Wan walked to the flower platform to look, and really saw those scattered flower branches, some wrapped in strips of cloth, and some coated with potion-like things, but they were carefully fiddling very neatly. There were some shears and strips of cloth around, and one flower was about half-broken, and it was picked up again.

"You have a heart. Shen Wan sighed: "It's rare to be willing to work hard." "Last night's thunderstorm, flowers and plants must be damaged, it is a person like Chen Ruoqiu who loves flowers, but unfortunately after a while, he also took out those flowers and plants and threw them away. The destroyed flowers and plants are no longer as beautiful as before, and it is annoying to raise them. I never thought that I would often treat these flowers and plants in Qingqing, but I was willing to work hard, not only did not throw them away, but also gave birth to "bandaging".

"Flowers and plants are also alive. Chang Zaiqing said with a smile: "Since you say that you are a person who loves flowers, you can't forget your original intention when you encounter such a thing." All things have spirits, and you can't be people with different hearts. keeps saying that he loves flowers and plants, but he can't even do this. Chang Zaiqing said heartily: "Besides, it's just a hands-on thing, please others and yourself, why not do it"

"What a pleasing oneself. Shen Wan looked at Chang Zaiqing's eyes full of appreciation: "Miss Chang is the real elegant person, I am vulgar." ”

"The third old man praised falsely. Chang Zaiqing quipped: "Everyone is a layman, I am also selfish, if I raise flowers and plants well, I will feel much more at ease living in the house in the future." There's always something you can do. ”

Shen Wan smiled heartily: "Miss Chang is worried, that is, Miss Chang will not plant anything, and no one in the Shen Mansion will want to drive you away." ”

Chang Zaiqing also laughed: "Then thank you to the third master." She suddenly remembered something and looked at Shen Wan: "Speaking of which, I inadvertently set up a game of chess yesterday, but I can't solve it." I wanted to ask the third lady to help me take a look, but the third lady seems to be a little busy today, I heard that the third lady is also a chess master, can you give me some pointers for Zaiqing"

Thinking of something again, he smiled and said, "I can make tea for the third master, and the third lady may have told you that my tea is very delicious." ”

Her attitude was down-to-earth and generous, and if she refused, it would be rude to Shen Wan. In the end, tea is used as a condition, so that it shows a little playful. Shen Wan thought about it for a while, and then smiled: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate"

The two of them went to the stone table in the garden and began to play against each other, and while they were playing, they also chatted casually. Shen Wan was surprised to find that Chang Zaiqing was not only outstanding in chess, but also dabbled in astronomy and the surface when talking to him. Besides, if you have a long-term vision, it is a matter of the DPRK and China, and you can even interject a sentence or two. Shen Wan has always admired talented people, and he doesn't pay so much attention to women's beauty, and he favors Chen Ruoqiu in the backyard, but because Chen Ruoqiu is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is an out-and-out talented woman. But Chen Ruoqiu has a bad point, that is, because he was born in a scholarly family, he occasionally holds a shelf, and he looks a little pretentious. If it is once or twice, it is also fun, and people who live in one place every day will inevitably feel that Chen Ruoqiu is occasionally too petty and careful.

Chang Zaiqing is very different, she is also a very talented woman, but Chang Zaiqing does not have the arrogance and loftiness of big families, but is quite hearty. It's hearty and delicate.,Very empathetic.。 When talking to her, it seems to be full of fun, and it makes people's hearts ironed very much. Unconsciously, Shen Wan looked at Chang Zaiqing's gaze more and more appreciatively, and the time he lingered on the other party became longer and longer.

Mama Zhao watched from a distance, with a hint of joy in her eyes. But he quietly instructed the maid to take care of the courtyard gate, and not to let the people next to him come in.

This is like this, and the palace of Mingqi is also very lively today.

In order to entertain the two guests of Qin Guo and Da Lianglai, the prince specially set up a banquet to entertain them. The crown prince and princess of Qin were present, and King Da Liangrui also received the post, accompanied by the nine princes of Ming Qi.

The prince's condition is getting worse and worse now, which is an out-and-out fact. Because of this, even the King of Chu and King Xuan, who followed the crown prince, were a little swaying. In the past two years, the power of the crown prince is gradually being replaced by the power of other princes. Almost everyone acquiesced to the fact that the crown prince's position would not sit for too long. The prince himself probably realized that in the past two years, he has probably participated very little in the affairs of the court, not because he doesn't want to participate, but there are too few people with him.

On the other hand, the two brothers of King Jing of Zhou and the faction of King Li are becoming more and more prominent. The reason why he left the king is because the smiling tiger has many followers. The brothers of King Zhou relied on their mother Concubine Xu Xian. These two factions are now fighting incompatible, and they look like they are trying to see each other.

The most stable is Dingwang Fu Xiuyi. King Ding has also participated in court affairs in the past two years, but most of the court affairs he participated in were very flattering, and it seemed that he was deliberately trying to show that he had no ambitions. It's all trivial things, but despite this, Emperor Wen Hui is very satisfied with him, and because of the neutrality and peace he shows, whether it is the crown prince, the king of Zhou, or the king of Li, he has not deliberately suppressed him.

On the contrary, the king is the safest one.

In the hall, the prince smiled and raised his glass to invite: "You have come from afar, you should really celebrate." ”

Huangfu Hao sat down with the prince in his hand, raised his glass and touched the prince, and said with a smile: "Thank you for the prince's hospitality." ”

Princess Ming'an sat next to Huangfu Hao, and after being grounded by Huangfu Hao for a few days, Princess Ming'an was finally put down. Today, she was also dressed up, looking at the purple-robed young man sitting opposite her with affection.

It's a pity that Luohua is deliberately ruthless, and King Rui covers his face with half a mask, but his eyes don't glance at her at all. But he didn't look at the prince, but stared at the wine cup, not knowing what he was thinking.

The prince smiled and asked, "How can King Rui not drink alcohol, but the wine is not to his taste?"

King Rui hooked his lips and said, "I am not feeling well, so I should not drink." ”

It's almost an undisguised slap in the face. Although this Rui King has been mysterious since he came to Mingqi, and his attitude can't tell what kind of clue Mingqi is, the etiquette is complete. Today, everyone present couldn't help but have an idea in their hearts, and the cool Rui King seemed to be in a little unhappy.

is so decent, who provoked him again

The prince's face was a little embarrassed, and Fu Xiuyi said: "Since this is the case, His Royal Highness King Rui will replace the bar with tea." Come on, serve tea to King Rui. ”

Fu Xiuyi opened his mouth and took the prince's words, the prince's face looked better, and he was a little grateful to Fu Xiuyi. The rest of the princes all agreed with Fu Xiuyi's words, although King Rui was not small, but no one was willing to bow down in front of other countries, Fu Xiuyi's words were so hard and not rude, all of them had a clear face.

Huangfu Hao looked at King Rui inquiringly, but Princess Ming'an looked at King Rui with some concern, and said: "His Royal Highness King Rui is fine, but if you are uncomfortable, do you want to call the imperial doctor to come and take a look?"

When Huangfu Hao heard this, he immediately lowered his face and glanced at Princess Ming'an fiercely. Princess Ming'an is just arrogant and indulgent on weekdays, but now she shows her obsession with King Rui in front of so many princes of Mingqi, not to show jokes to others, and Huangfu Hao himself is also a man, men know men's minds best, King Rui looked at Princess Ming'an's eyes, and he was obviously a little impatient. If this King Rui is a generous person, if King Rui has a bad temper and is really tired of Princess Ming'an, he doesn't have a good impression of Qin Guo with the entire Da Liang, and he will only suffer the loss.

King Rui didn't pay attention to her words, but looked at the last person in the seat opposite, and everyone noticed his gaze, and looked at it, but it was King Fu Xiuyi.

Fu Xiuyi has always been the most self-conscious among the nine princes, but at this moment, King Rui is looking at him alone, and the eyes of several princes looking at Fu Xiuyi have changed a little. Fu Xiuyi was also calm, and did not appear flustered by King Rui's gaze, he looked at King Rui.

King Rui suddenly smiled and said, "Before I came to Mingqi, I heard that the Nine Emperors were young and talented, and now I see that the name is worthy of it, and I don't know if there is a marriage match."

Everyone didn't expect King Rui to suddenly say this, and his expression suddenly became strange. Fu Xiuyi was also stunned for a moment, and replied, "Not yet." ”

King Zhou laughed, he sat next to Fu Xiuyi, patted Fu Xiuyi's shoulder, and said: "Our Lao Jiu is the only one among the brothers who has never married a concubine, what's the matter, King Rui is also interested in Lao Jiu's family affairs."

King Rui's lips under the mask hooked, and said leisurely: "There are also many princesses of school age in the Daliang Palace, and when this king saw the Nine Emperors, he felt that he was very close to him, and he wanted to marry Qin and Jin." ”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone present suddenly changed greatly.

The meaning of King Rui's words turned out to be that he wanted to be in-laws with Fu Xiuyi. If it is really as King Rui said, marrying a princess of Da Liang, the meaning behind it is not only one more concubine, but also more help from Da Liang. If the previous mildness towards Fu Xiuyi was because Fu Xiuyi had never expressed interest in the throne, then King Rui's words at this moment made everyone unable to look at Fu Xiuyi with the same eyes as before. Because once Fu Xiuyi marries Princess Da Liang, he will become the most powerful contender for the throne

Fu Xiuyi's hand holding the wine cup also tightened suddenly, and he looked at King Rui quietly.

Is it really just as it was said on the surface, do you want to marry Princess Da Liang to herself Fu Xiuyi doesn't think.

King Rui is not helping him, but harming him

Fu Xiuyi has always adhered to the view that Taoguang is obscure, and until the last moment, he must not show his hole cards. Although King Rui's conditions are heartwarming, if he really has such good intentions, Fu Xiuyi is definitely unwilling to bring up this matter in front of all the princes now. It was just a sentence, and the princes' eyes looking at him were already full of vigilance, almost pushing him to the forefront.

No matter how tempted he is, it is impossible to agree. Fu Xiuyi clenched his teeth, he didn't know why, he actually felt that this Rui King, who had not crossed paths, seemed to be hostile to him, otherwise he would not have put him in such a difficult situation with an understatement.

In his heart, he was wary of King Rui, but he said with a smile on his face: "Thank you for your love, Your Royal Highness King Rui, but I don't have the idea of marrying a wife now." ”

"Oh" King Rui hooked the corners of his lips: "But the Nine Emperors already have a favorite woman, so I don't want this king to never do anything like beating mandarin ducks, if so, I won't be reluctant." ”

His Highness laughed. Fu Xiuyi arched his hand: "It's just that I really haven't had this idea yet." ”

Seeing that Fu Xiuyi simply rejected King Rui's proposal, the faces of the princes looked a little better. But after what happened, Fu Xiuyi was no longer at ease. Today Fu Xiuyi refused, who can guarantee that he will change his mind again in the coming day The matter of the throne is a great temptation, and the nine of them still want to fight for it, why do they think that there will be a saint with a pure heart and few desires in the royal family

"It's weird. King Rui seemed to be very interested in Fu Xiuyi, and did not let Fu Xiuyi go because he rejected the proposal. He smiled and said, "The Nine Emperor Princes have not married a wife, and they have no favorite person, why don't they want to think about it." This king sees that the Nine Emperors are also merry and handsome, so there is no girl who loves you on weekdays."

As soon as these words came out, King Cheng, who has always been a little rough-wilted, laughed and said: "His Royal Highness King Rui doesn't know, originally in our Mingqi, but there is a girl who admires our Lao Jiu, and everyone knows about it." ”

"Is it Shen Miao" Before King Cheng finished speaking, Princess Ming'an interrupted him urgently. Princess Ming'an had heard Shen Miao's rumors, and she laughed at them at first.

"It turns out that the princess also knows" King Cheng was a little surprised.

"Shen Miao's infatuation with His Royal Highness King Ding is known to the Qin Kingdom, which is not unusual. Princess Ming'an gloated. As long as she can make Shen Miao embarrassed, she is always willing to plug in a lever.

"Not bad. King Cheng smiled and said: "His Royal Highness King Rui may not know something, this Shen Miao is the daughter of the mighty general, and you have also seen the one who competed with Her Royal Highness the Princess at the tribute banquet that day." He sighed: "I thought that Shen Miao was still young, so he thought about looking for Lao Jiu all day long, so he was not ashamed, and directly told Lao Jiu about his admiration." He also made needlework, made pastries, learned to play the piano, and learned to write poems. Tsk, that's a lot to do. Although King Cheng said this, there was a malicious insult in his words, as if he was watching a joke.

At the tributary banquet that day, she was very stylish. "It was Huang Fuhao who spoke. It's not the same thing to say it from the outside and hear it from someone who knows it. Huangfu Hao was inevitably a little surprised, in the Qin State Mansion and at the tributary banquet, Shen Miao did not show such a compromise. Make needlework, make pastries. Huangfu Hao thought that when Shen Miao was cold to Princess Ming'an, he only felt very strange. He joked: "The Nine Emperor Princes are really hard-hearted. ”

"At the beginning, Miss Shen was young. King Cheng continued: "Who knew that two years later, it would be so beautiful. And he was stupid and cowardly, but now he can't see the shadow of the past at all. Among the young ladies in the capital of Ming Qiding, there don't seem to be many who are better than her. King Cheng smiled: "I knew this was the case, why was Lao Jiu so ruthless in the first place, he failed the beauty in vain, you must know that it is too late to regret it now." ”

Princess Ming'an sneered: "This Miss Shen is also a wonderful person, as a girl's family, she is not ashamed at all, she is so directly chasing after her." It's really hard for her, doing needlework, making pastries, and following her every day. It's so thoughtful. ”

knew that Princess Ming'an was dealt with by Shen Miao at the tribute banquet, so she was not happy with Shen Miao. The princes just smiled and didn't speak.

Fu Xiuyi shook his head slightly, and he said: "Miss Shen is a good person, you should not joke about her, no one can afford the sin of ruining her reputation." ”

"Lao Jiu, you're just too serious. The king of Chu smiled: "You don't want others, it's hard not to allow others to want it." If it weren't for the fact that we had already set up a concubine and wanted me to marry Miss Shen, I would have been willing."

"Not bad," the princes chimed in.

"That's true," Huang Fu Hao said with a smile, "If I were the Nine Emperor Princes, I would definitely marry her." ”

Princess Ming'an was very displeased. She looked at King Rui and found that King Rui did not follow the jokes of everyone, but his eyes were quiet, and she was happy in her heart, and asked, "Does King Rui think the same way?"

King Rui was stunned.

All eyes were on him.

The young man with the mask picked up the wine cup and played with it, and said lightly: "Make needlework for men, make pastries, learn to play the piano, and learn to write poems."

Princess Ming'an said: "Yes, it's just immoral, smiling and generous"

"Such a good girl," King Rui said with a smile: "Unfortunately, this king also wants it." ”

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Brother Xie and Fu scumbag tore for the first time.

Brother Xie was heartbroken: You didn't watch the snow and the moon with me, from poetry and poetry to life philosophy, but you wrote poetry with him, learned to play the piano, from making pastries to making needlework