Chapter 1 Zhihan
There are sharks in the South China Sea, crying tears into beads, and purple is especially precious.
It is rumored that its blood is blue, and drinking it can cure all kinds of diseases; Its flesh eats it, and it can keep its face ageless.
The mermaids did not offend each other, but because they had a heart to help the emperor Yan Yiyue, they offered a plan, so that an emperor ordered a large-scale hunt and killing of the mermaids.
The queen of the shark held the newborn child in her arms, looked at the current situation, reluctantly took out her own shark beads, forcibly incarnated the child, listened to her cry, couldn't help but drop a purple pearl, and then took out a piece of red shark silk wrapped the child in her arms and handed it to the people on the shore.
"Master Shu, the child will leave it to you."
"The life-saving grace of the year, there is no way to repay it in this life, you can rest assured, I will treat this child as my own, and I will never let her suffer half of the grievances." Shu Yuancun took the infant child and looked at the shark queen with a determined face.
"Give your child a name, and if you survive this battle, you may be able to recognize each other in the future."
"Shore Zhi Tinglan, there is Pu Hanlian, let's call it Zhihan."
The queen took one last look at the child, and turned to the battle with all her sadness.
In just a few days, the vast sea surface was stained with shark blood, and the South China Sea turned turquoise.
Since then, all the surviving mermen have gone into seclusion, and no one has been seen again.
Shu Yuancun was holding the child and thinking about what form to bring back to the house, so as not to be suspected.
Perhaps it was the blessing of the queen of the shark, and news came from the Taishi Mansion that the eldest lady and the third lady gave birth at the same time, and the mansion was already in chaos at the moment.
He learned that all the stable mothers and grandmothers had gone to the eldest lady's room, but the third lady's room was empty, leaving her alone lying on the bed, and the maids around her were so frightened that she burst into tears.
Shu Yuancun thought that this was an opportunity, he took the reliable stable woman from the outside, and came to the courtyard of the third lady with the child in his arms.
Soon, the good news came from the courtyard of the eldest lady.
At the same time, the third lady also came out with the good news of having twin daughters.
Shu Taishi's Mansion was happy to have three children in one night, and such news spread far and wide, and in an instant, the entire Ming Capital City was boiling.
Shu Yuancun roughly told the third lady Chen about the origin of the child, and told him that it must not be leaked.
The third lady did take good care of this child, but her birth was not noble enough, so that her status in the house was not high, and the child still received a lot of cold eyes with her.
Sixteen years later.
Over the years, Shu Yuan has done everything he can to love and spoil this child.
Until this day.
After the early dynasty, he was summoned by the emperor to the imperial study to discuss matters like Jiang Cheng.
During that period, I heard Prime Minister Jiang once again mention the capture of sharks decades ago.
"Your Majesty, the ministers have heard in the market that some sharks have recently started to haunt the market again."
As soon as he heard this, the emperor's eyes lit up with golden light, "Is this true?" ”
Prime Minister Jiang clenched his fists with both hands, "The minister doesn't dare to deceive the emperor, it is rumored that there is a female merman, and she is extremely beautiful." ”
He quietly glanced up, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, "I heard the emperor coughing a little just now, but I have been suffering from a cold recently, and the minister thinks that if I catch that female mermaid and accompany you all the time, it may be able to strengthen the body." ”
When the emperor heard this, his heart was filled with joy, as if the beautiful lady was already standing in front of him.
He glanced at Shu Yuancun, who was standing silently, and raised his hand, "Shu Aiqing, I see that you haven't said a word for a long time, but what objections do you have?" ”
Shu Yuancun immediately saluted respectfully and said, "The minister doesn't dare." ”
"It's okay, I'll leave this matter to Jiang Aiqing."
Prime Minister Jiang Cheng replied loudly with pride: "Yes, the emperor, the minister will definitely do this perfectly." ”
The emperor looked at his confident appearance, and suddenly felt good, and kept stroking his short beard.
After a while, he changed his tone again, "By the way, there is news from the border city, Luo Jinyu has made another battle exploit this time, the two Aiqing think about it for me, what kind of gifts should I give?" ”
Shu Taishi clasped his fists with both hands and bowed his waist slightly, and was intercepted by Prime Minister Jiang Cheng just before he wanted to speak, "Back to the emperor, the minister thinks that General Anyuan has reached the weak crown and guards the border all the year round, so he can point out a marriage for him, I don't know what the emperor wants?" ”
The emperor nodded slightly when he heard this, "Yes, Jiang Aiqing's idea is very good, Shu Aiqing, what do you think?" ”
"What the emperor said is very true, but I don't know which daughter the emperor means?" Shu Yuancun's eyes dodged slightly.
In the entire Ming capital, everyone knows that there are four daughters in Shufu, and their appearance is one and the other, all of whom have reached the age of marriage.
How could Prime Minister Jiang not see his dodge, all this was a trick he deliberately set up, just asking such a sentence for the emperor.
He immediately stepped forward with a smile, "Your Majesty, I heard that several daughters of Master Shu can be embarrassed by the moon and the appearance of sinking fish and geese, and now they have reached the age of marriage." ”
As he spoke, he looked at Shu Yuancun, waiting to see the next good show.
Sure enough, as he expected, the emperor clapped his hands happily when he heard it, "Yes, Shu Aiqing, what do you think?" ”
"Back to the emperor, none of the daughters of the ministers can get on the stage, I'm afraid they can't match the brave and warlike General An Yuan."
"Hey, Shu Aiqing, you are too modest, it's settled, your daughter-in-law is married to General Anyuan."
Shu Yuancun went back with a lot of worries, and he couldn't be happy all the way, thinking that the emperor had moved to find the merman again, and the marriage was extremely upset.
Inside the garden of Shu Taishi's Mansion.
Shu Zhihan sat on the stern of the boat, flipped through the newly obtained book in his hand, and looked at the plot about the killing of the merman, and felt a burst of sadness inexplicably, thinking about it but not having a clue.
She looked at the notebook, and every word in it was like a small needle, piercing her heart, and the pain was indescribable.
She couldn't help but cover her heart, and couldn't help but ask herself, why is this happening? It's as if you're experiencing it yourself.
Looking at the pool water in front of me, clear as jade, a cool breeze blows, blowing across the water, the turquoise lotus leaves on the water surface, clusters of pink-purple lotus flowers are swaying with the wind.
She looked at this scene, and felt a sense of peace in her heart.
Shu Zhihan looked at the pink lotus that was standing in the pool, stretched out her hand to touch the cool and slippery pool water, and felt a burst of softness, and her fluctuating heart seemed to be instantly calmer.
She looked at the blue color in her hand, and there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity, but at the same time, there was a trace of sadness for no reason.
"This pond is so cute, it's just that, no matter how good-looking it is, it's not as good as my sister." Xiao Heyi stood in the small pavilion and looked at Shu Zhihan on the boat.
Dressed in a bright yellow dress, sitting alone in the stern of the boat, like the stars holding the moon, it looks particularly smart.
Shu Zhihan was startled by this sudden sound, raised her head slightly, and saw a ball of red jumping out from behind the pillar, looking at the person in front of her, she couldn't help frowning, and said angrily: "You came out silently, do you want to scare me to death?" ”
"Oh, this isn't trying to tease you, but what are you reading again, you're stunned."
"I haven't seen you for many days, but you still haven't changed, and you still can't speak like that." Shu Zhihan couldn't help but glance at him, "Why did you come here suddenly, but you made a mistake again?" ”
The man standing in front of her, dressed in a red dress, flamboyant and gorgeous, his handsome face set off particularly fair-skinned, his peach blossom eyes, at a glance, he knew that he was a romantic and amorous lord, and the corners of his mouth were still smiling lightly from time to time, and he was a cynical and unruly gentleman.
"My sister, do you know how much my heart hurts when you say that about me?" Xiao Heyi clasped his hands tightly on his chest, looking heartbroken.
Shu Zhihan glanced at him indifferently, "Xiao Heyi, if I hadn't known you since you wore open crotch pants, I would have really believed your fake appearance." ”
"Okay, I surrendered, I was wrong, my good sister, don't bury me too much, and save me a little face." Xiao Heyi raised his hands and made a gesture of surrender.
"I don't dare, in this Ming capital, who dares to say that you Xiao Ershao is the most romantic in the capital, it must definitely be Xiao Ershao you."
Xiao Heyi stretched out his hand and gently tapped her forehead, and said with a doting face: "You, you are also in front of me, you are so sharp-toothed, by the way, what are you looking at, so fascinated?" ”
Shu Zhihan shook the notebook in his hand, "Oh, this is it." ”
She looked flustered and subconsciously shook her head, "I don't know what's wrong, I feel very distressed when I look at what is written in the book, especially ah, seeing this pool full of turquoise water, I have an indescribable feeling, as if my throat and eyes are stuck, as if I want to cry a little." ”
Hearing her words, Xiao Heyi couldn't help but laugh out loud, as if he had heard a big joke, "I said Sister Han, don't be funny, anyway, have you ever cried since you were a child?" ”
"Nasty, don't tell you."
Shu Zhihan immediately stood up, gently lifted the hem of her skirt and went ashore, pouted and glared at him, then turned around and left.
Not being able to cry is a dead hole for her since she was a child, it's not that she doesn't want to cry, she doesn't understand herself, she doesn't seem to have the ability to cry.
Even when the third lady Chen passed away, she felt very uncomfortable and wanted to cry, but she tried all kinds of ways but couldn't shed a single tear.
At that time, everyone may think that she was still young, so she didn't understand, but when she thought about it carefully, it seemed that no matter what happened, she never shed a single tear.
So much so that her eldest sister and second sister never looked at her squarely, and even laughed at her as a monster.