Chapter 34: The Annexes Fall into the Water
Early the next morning, Shen Jiyue took Yiming and Mingxin and went out of the city.
This outing, in fact, is some good things in Chang'an City, the bureau of the order of the wife, every spring and autumn are held from time to time, it is nothing more than to make an appointment with the female dependents of high-ranking officials in Beijing, go to the suburbs to enjoy the scenery together, and there are some elegant things such as worshipping Buddha, tasting tea, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and reciting poems.
Shen Jiyue didn't really want to participate in this kind of social activity, and felt tired, but thinking that Sima Xunian was an official in the court after all, and his status was not low, as his wife, if he was too estranged from a group of officials, it would affect his prestige, or even hinder his errands, so he was invited to participate.
The site of the tour is in the southern suburbs of Chang'an, is a large royal garden, called "Chaolan Villa", the current queen is also very supportive of such a gathering of female dependents, so the permission to open this place, so that the female relatives can avoid foreign men and enjoy themselves.
Shen Jiyue's carriage soon arrived at Chaolan Villa, Yiming couldn't enter because he was a man, so he waited outside the garden, Mingxin helped Shen Jiyue, and walked into the garden suddenly.
As soon as you enter the garden gate, you will be greeted by the grand scenery of the front garden.
But seeing that the garden has a wide field of vision, the morning mist is ethereal, the pavilions and pavilions are looming, the flowers and green leaves are overlapping, and there are occasional insects and birds, and the eyes are full of the grand scene of the revival of all things in late spring.
Being in it, Shen Jiyue also felt pleasing to the eye and relaxed.
Shen Jiyue's master and servant were walking on the corridor, and suddenly a young girl came to her, Shen Jiyue didn't know who it was, so she could only nod slightly, and then turn sideways to give way. Unexpectedly, the woman stopped in front of her, saluted, and greeted with a smile, "Sister Jiyue is well." ”
Shen Jiyue was a little confused for a while, she had the impression that she had no contact with other officials' relatives except for a few Sima You's concubines, I don't know why this person knew her, and greeted her familiarly, so she turned her head and signaled to Mingxin, and Mingxin also shook her head.
Although I don't know who it is, out of etiquette, she still routinely returns the salute, looking at the woman's dressing, it should be in the boudoir, so she replied, "My sister is fine." She had no intention of befriending the powerful, so she didn't want to know who the other party was, so she wanted to leave after returning the salute, but the woman had no intention of giving way.
"Why is my sister in such a hurry to leave, the host of this party is the princess of Qinghe County, this meeting has not yet arrived, my sister is not busy."
Shen Jiyue didn't know how to talk, she was not good at greetings, "Oh, thank you, sister, I was negligent and didn't pay attention to the itinerary of the host's family, so let's go back to the main gate of the villa and wait." ”
"Sister, you and Master Sima's newlywed Yan'er must be very affectionate, and teach my sister to be envious."
Shen Jiyue unexpectedly mentioned her and Sima Xunian's newlywed marriage, and couldn't help blushing slightly, "Let my sister smile, in fact, it is no different from an ordinary couple, and the adults are busy with the affairs of the court and China, Jiyue doesn't dare to disturb more." ”
"Oh, then Lord Sima doesn't like Madame very much...... Not long ago, Master Sima also visited our house twice to chat with the old man and the young lady. The woman's maid hurriedly said.
"Little Peach, don't be rude."
When Mingxin heard this, he cleverly thought of who this person was, and whispered in Ji Yue's ear, "Madam, it seems that she should be the daughter of Lord Qin of Shang Shuling, and her name is 'Qin Shuying'." ”
Shen Jiyue suddenly realized, nodded, and said with a slight smile, "It turned out to be Qin Shuying, Miss Qin, I don't know about it, please bear with me." ”
"My sister knows my name, could it be that Lord Sima mentioned it?" Qin Shuying was slightly surprised.
"Well......" Shen Jiyue was a little short of words, and she didn't know how to answer, so she could only respond casually. In fact, Sima Xunian never mentioned this person to her.
In the midst of embarrassment, I suddenly heard that the maid came to report, and the sedan chair of Princess Qinghe was already faintly visible, and the ladies of the decree needed to go to the garden gate to greet them. Shen Jiyue breathed a long sigh of relief, then said "farewell", and pulled Mingxin towards the garden gate.
Seeing that Qin Shuying didn't catch up, Mingxin approached Shen Jiyue and told her how Sima Xunian and Qin Shuying met and why they visited Qin's mansion.
"Madam, don't listen to her nonsense, the adult doesn't have the slightest thought about him, Yiming follows the adult all the time, and what he says will not be bad."
After listening to this, Shen Jiyue nodded, but she knew in her heart that Miss Qin was afraid that she had fallen in love with Sima Xunian, and she, who had always been calm, actually panicked a little in her heart.
After greeting Princess Qinghe, everyone symbolically greeted each other in the front garden, and then they went to play. After Shen Jiyue saw Qin Shuying, she was a little bored and didn't care about anything else, just wandering around casually and expressing her feelings.
Unconsciously, the two of them came to the lake in the back garden, there was a delicate boat on the lake, and there was a boat lady waiting on the boat.
When Shen Jiyue saw it, she wanted to come out of the lake to blow the wind, otherwise she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. Unexpectedly, he got on the boat, but Qin Shuying followed closely and also got on the boat. Shen Jiyue regretted it a little, but she couldn't leave, so she had to travel with her.
The boat lady rowed lightly and rowed towards the center of the lake.
Qin Shuying started first, "Sister Jiyue...... I don't know what Lord Sima is doing at home? Wen is a hero in the field, and Shuying is very curious about what kind of person he is in private. ”
"It's no different from ordinary people, when the DPRK and China are too busy with affairs, they will also handle some official business at home, and at other times, just read books and taste tea, nothing special." Shen Jiyue didn't know how to answer, Sima Xunian would actually do a lot of things at home, such as fishing with her in the back lake in the house, playing games in the lake pavilion, admiring the moon by the water pavilion, sorting out flowers and plants in the courtyard, and even making snacks together in the kitchen, etc., and even playing the piano and dancing with her in the backyard all day long, she can also enjoy herself...... But these seem to be inconvenient to talk to outsiders.
"Oh, I didn't expect the adult to be very serious at home, but when he visited the Qin Mansion, he had a good conversation with me and my father, and he didn't look like a reserved person."
"Hmm...... Maybe adults, Ling Zun, and Miss He, all have common topics. ”
"My lord? Why doesn't my sister call Master Sima 'husband'? Qin Shuying seemed to be very surprised.
"Hmm......", Shen Jiyue was out of words again, she really rarely called Sima Xunian like this, and called him "Xunian" when she talked to him directly at home or mentioned him to her father and brother; When referring to others as an "adult", he is generally referred to as an "adult......
On the question of the address, Sima Xunian had no other requirements than to ask her to call him by his name, so she could not answer why he was rarely called "husband......
"It seems that Lord Sima and his sister are not as close as ordinary newlyweds."
Intimacy...... When Shen Jiyue heard this word, she suddenly remembered all the things that happened last night, and immediately blushed, embarrassed to look at people, so she avoided Qin Shuying's eyes.
Qin Shuying saw her evasion, thinking that when he talked about her sore spots, a trace of surprise actually flashed in his heart, but soon, he regained his composure.
Although the lake was wide, it was not possible to approach the royal forbidden land behind it, so it did not take much time to swim around, and in a short time the boat returned to the shore.
Qin Shuying got on the boat later, so at the front of the boat, she could have gone ashore first when she went ashore, but after she stood up, she had to let Shen Jiyue go ashore first, Shen Jiyue was not good at refusing, so she was respectful and better than obeying.
The boat was already narrow, and when Shen Jiyue passed by Qin Shuying's side sideways, the boat rippled slightly, and she was careless, and suddenly fell to the side! Seeing this, Qin Shuying immediately reached out to pull it, but it was half a beat slower, and before she could catch up, Shen Jiyue fell into the water!
Seeing this, Mingxin exclaimed "Madam", and immediately jumped into the water to save her, and the boat lady was also frightened. Qin Shuying and Xiao Tao shouted for help in a panic.
Mingxin grew up with Sima Xunian and Yiming since she was a child, and she still has some basic survival skills, such as her water nature is very good, not to mention that the boat has docked, the water is not deep, Mingxin and the boat girl quickly hugged Shen Jiyue and swam back to the shore.
Ming Xin was about to cry anxiously, and kept asking Shen Jiyue about her physical condition, Shen Jiyue just choked a few mouthfuls of water, was conscious, and even said that it was okay, but comforted Ming Xin.
Hearing Qin Shuying's call for help, many people came to hula for a while, as well as the guards in charge of guarding the garden, Mingxin saw that there were many people, and hurriedly blocked Shen Jiyue with his body.
Yi Ming heard a call for help outside the garden, and he was afraid that Shen Jiyue and Ming were sick, so he hurriedly rushed in. When he arrived, he opened the crowd and saw that it was indeed their master and servant, and Mingxin was about to take off his coat to cover Shen Jiyue, when Yiming saw this, he immediately took off his coat and draped it on Shen Jiyue.
Not long after, the master's princess Qinghe also rushed over, and when she saw that it was Sima Xunian's wife who fell into the water, she immediately panicked, and hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Shen Jiyue's hand, and said, "Madame is frightened, I can't take care of it!" Then he turned around and asked, "Who doesn't have long eyes, how can the waiter serve into the water, and quickly drag the boatlady who doesn't know the severity out to beat the stick!" ”
Shen Jiyue hurriedly stopped Princess Qinghe, "Princess Niangniang, the boat has already docked, it was Jiyue who was careless when she went ashore, and it is not about the boat girl, you don't have to be angry." ”
Qin Shuying saw that Shen Jiyue was so generous, and hurriedly stepped forward, "Princess Niangniang, is it Shuying, my sister accidentally fell and didn't have time to hold it."
Princess Qinghe saw the two pleading, so she said, "That's it, that's it, Mrs. Sima, it's the old body that can't take care of it, you should go back to the house first, be careful of catching a cold and suffering from the cold." ”
Shen Jiyue nodded, confessed to the princess, and walked out of the other garden with Mingxin's help.
Yiming didn't dare to wait for a moment, and hurriedly drove home. Back in the house, Mingxin helped her back to her room to change her clothes, and Yiming rushed to ask Dr. Chen from Jishengtang to diagnose the pulse, and then sent a small servant to the palace gate to wait for Sima Xunian to go down to the court and report the matter.
Sima Xunian returned to the mansion almost at the same time as Chen Jisheng, and after seeing Doctor Chen, he welcomed him into the mansion, and while rushing to the backyard, he told the doctor about Shen Jiyue's miscarriage not long ago, so that the doctor knew first.
Back in the bedroom, Sima Xunian saw Shen Jiyue lying on the bed, her eyes closed, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold her hand with one hand, and stroked her forehead with the other, calling her name lightly.
Shen Jiyue heard him call, and slowly opened her eyes, "Why did you come back?" I'm fine......"
When Sima Xunian saw her wake up, he hurriedly comforted her and said, "Yue'er, don't be afraid, let Dr. Chen check your pulse now." After speaking, he gave up his position and asked Dr. Chen to step forward.
Chen Jisheng bent down and saluted slightly, then walked to the side of the bed, and sat on the foot of the bed to check Shen Jiyue's pulse.
Unexpectedly, Chen Jisheng didn't react for a long time, Sima Xunian was worried that something was wrong, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Doctor Chen, is there something wrong?" ”
Chen Jisheng came back to his senses a little and replied, "Madame's falling into the water this time is just a cold invasion, it's okay, just drive the cold a little, it's just ......"
Sima Xunian suddenly became nervous, "Just what?" ”