Chapter 34: This Heavenly Wealth
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"Why don't we try?"
"Try it, I'm willing."
"Then don't be nervous, I'll slow down."
"Okay, Your Highness, be careful, I'm afraid it hurts."
"Don't worry, I have experience."
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What kind of tiger and wolf words are these, May immediately stopped thinking, what to do, what are they doing? Shall I break in and stop it? No, no, no, my father-in-law said that you can't be impulsive, listen to it again.
May put her ear to the crack of the door this time and listened carefully.
"Is that okay, Your Highness?"
"It's much better, you relax, your chest is straight, your legs are spread apart, and it's a little bigger."
"I seem to be a little out of it."
"Hold on, and you'll be fine."
"It's my inexperience that makes His Highness hard."
"It's not hard, I'm willing to see you like this."
"Then I'll try a little harder and try not to disappoint you."
"Very good, you did a good job, we are very compatible."
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May:...... I understood, but I couldn't go in. Hmph, stinky man, I didn't think my master was a beast, so angry!
The wind was bitter and the window frames shivered.
The candles in the house were extinguished, and only the burning charcoal fire faintly shone faintly.
After the New Year, it is about to enter spring, and the annual spring hunt has become the most important activity for Emperor Xiaochun and the family to contact their feelings.
Li Luansong is Daye's God of War general, and he can't make a fool of himself in the spring hunt, so the two of them discussed, anyway, they can't sleep at this time, so it's better to teach Shen Cheng a few tricks to deal with the kung fu, and it won't be too embarrassing at that time.
As soon as he thought of the performance at the last lotus banquet, Shen did feel embarrassed.
Although she has been practicing very seriously according to the villain picture drawn by Li Luansong for her for more than half a year, after all, she is not as good as face-to-face guidance to make faster progress.
Fortunately, the charcoal in the house was full of fire, and it was extremely warm, and both of them sweated lightly after a while.
"What do you think?" Li Luansong asked.
Shen Qu nodded, "I've written it down, and I'll step up my practice when I go back." ”
"Next time we meet, we'll talk again."
Shen Cheng said embarrassedly: "Your Highness, you have worked so hard for me." ”
Li Luansong waved his hand: "It's not hard, I'm happy to accompany you." ”
I couldn't see each other's faces clearly in the dark, but they still looked at each other and laughed together.
Very calm, very upright, no distractions, pure and transparent.
May was so angry that she rolled her eyes, and she had to learn next time, and she scolded in her heart if she couldn't scold: It's really stinky and shameless, I will never do such a thing in my life, hum.
"Your Highness has a lot of old wounds on his body, tell me about it."
Those are the badges of heroes, and when it comes to this, Li Luansong is even more energetic.
In which battle each scar was left behind, and how dangerous it was at the time, it was almost a thread...... He spoke brilliantly, much better than the storyteller on the side of the road, which was made with real guns and knives.
Shen Cheng listened, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, no wonder he didn't want to worry more about his brothers, compared to life and death and the survival of the country, these were really nothing.
May tucked her sleeves at the door and scolded: Cut, what is there to show off, as if no one has it.
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The snow was mixed with the whimper of the wind, but I slept surprisingly well that night.
The next morning, the snow stopped and the sun shone warmly on the earth.
After sending Shen Qu away, Li Luansong returned home unhurriedly.
After two busy days, it is Chinese New Year's Eve.
The New Year in the palace is always splendid, dazzling and gorgeous, and the banquets of people come and go like flowing water, as if they are endless.
At night, Shen was tired and just wanted to find a quiet place to stay and watch the moon.
The silent night sky suddenly sounded, and the brilliant fireworks were dazzling, as if making a ghostly splash of ink on the dark curtain, colorful and swaying.
Everyone came out of the hall to watch the fireworks, and Shen did take the opportunity to move his steps to the back of the crowd.
Father-in-law Shi has been by her side, and when he saw a little meaning, he asked, "Your Highness, where are you going?" ”
Shen said: "I want to go out of the palace for a walk." ”
"Oh hey, it's the Chinese New Year's Eve today, and it's lively outside the palace." My father-in-law was itchy.
Shen Qu was puzzled and looked at him suspiciously: "You won't stop me?" ”
Father-in-law Shi looked like I understand you, and said: "This year, Your Majesty is particularly gracious, and has invited officials and family members above the fifth grade, and other officials have also given food, if Your Highness does not leave, they will be bombarded in turn for a while, and those old foxes can still let you go, it is better to be happy, anyway, Your Majesty is not willing to blame you for not being there." ”
The so-called dish is given by the emperor at the beginning, the queen, the concubine, and the princes for the five grades below the seven grades can not enter the palace to the banquet of the officials to reward a dish on the palace banquet, is a condolence, but also shows the emperor's love for the courtiers, for the courtiers, this is a privilege.
Shen did remember that in previous years, Zhang's mansion also had it, because of Zhang Chengru, every year the family would get the dishes rewarded by the palace, and the mother-in-law Gu never allowed anyone to touch the dish, and worshiped it well, until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year welcomed the God of Wealth, and then he could move the chopsticks.
In fact, it is just a dish, and it has been put aside for so many days, not to mention how it tastes, I am afraid that it will not be able to be eaten for a long time, but Shen has never cared about this.
However, the treatment that is available every year is definitely not there this year, I don't know how the people of the Zhang family are doing this year.
Shi Gonggong said: "The old slave knows His Royal Highness the most, and he doesn't like this kind of occasion, fortunately, the New Year's Eve is as happy as you like, and the old slave doesn't stop it, just the same, you have to take the old slave, otherwise I don't worry." ”
Shen did lose his smile: "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, let's go, let's call May." ”
Father-in-law Shi smiled and patted his ass: "Listen, listen, His Highness is now all the same, it's really good." ”
So, I took May, and instructed my father-in-law to pack a lot of food, drink, gifts, and the reward he had asked for from the queen in the afternoon, and filled a large cart.
In the thick black night, a canopy carriage drove out of the imperial city under the escort of the Imperial Forest Army.
Where is she going?
Naturally, it is a revisit to the old place and go to Zhang's house to visit the "big lady".
Out of the imperial city, it was from an orderly, virtual and lively into the real hustle and bustle of the world's fireworks, really relaxed, Shen did lean on the soft pillow in the car, lifted the curtain to look out, a burst of aroma wafted into the car, that is different from the delicacies of the mountains and seas, more natural and more simple atmosphere.
Father-in-law Shi was extremely excited, counting the snacks on the street, and muttering: "His Royal Highness loves to eat this family's wontons, and the old slave often sneaks out to bring you back; There is also the family's donkey rolling, His Royal Highness can't eat enough, for this, the old slave has been punished by the queen's mother. ”
Shen did laugh, it turned out that he was so gluttonous when he was a child.
Shi Gong said fairly: "Your Highness ran out like this, but it was even more vacated for the Second Highness and the Third Highness, you see, above the main hall, those two can be described as exquisite, left and right, but, if you want the old slave to say, or our Highness is the smartest, let them pinch it, right." ”
So, this old eunuch is actually the most bright-eyed and bright-hearted, and I don't know how many times stronger than May.
As he spoke, the carriage stopped at the main entrance of Zhang's mansion.
Father-in-law Shi was stunned: "Your Highness, what are we doing here?" ”
Shen Qu said: "It's time for you to appear, don't we have to thank the little lady who was injured for me last time." Go ahead and give the queen a reward. ”
It was dark in Zhang's house, and on this day when every house was full of lights and smiles, the whole mansion fell into a silence like no one, except for two red lanterns covered with snow swaying in the wind.
Not to mention the food, this year even the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is very simple, chicken, duck and fish meat are almost invisible, a table of soup and vegetables, children clamoring for meat, adults sigh and frown.
"If A-Niang can admit her mistake to her sister-in-law, apologize, and ask for forgiveness, we can also get the gluttonous meal of the sister-in-law like the fourth room."
It was Zhang Guanhua who took the lead in speaking, broke the deadlock, and also said what was in everyone's hearts, "We only know that A-Niang has done something wrong all these years." ”
"Shut up." Gu Shi was impatient to listen to this.
"Auntie." The third child also spoke, "Don't be hard-mouthed, what is going on in the family is now clear at a glance, we have been deceived by our mother for so long, I really regret it, look at my sister-in-law, now I eat and drink spicy food." ”
"Yes, our house doesn't even have food in the palace this year, what a glory it is." Wang Peilan also sighed.
The two of them just drank the soup with their heads bored, and Song Qingyue has been like a mute since the imperial examination fraud case, with no eyes in her eyes and no words in her mouth.
Zhang Chengru ate silently absentmindedly and never participated in the discussion of his family, because now Gu's most annoying thing is him, everything is wrong, and he simply does not speak.
"What to mention Shen is true, what to mention to give food." Gu Shi chattered: "For the New Year, you are determined to block me, don't you, hurry up and go back to your room after eating." ”
Zhang Guanhua snorted angrily and poked the rice with chopsticks, having no appetite; The few people in the second room didn't dare to speak, bowed their heads and kept silent; Wang Peilan winked at the third master, the third master understood, the lady was hiding private goods again, eat less, go back and eat delicious food behind closed doors.
At this moment, someone outside the door came to report: "Old lady, the holy decree has arrived, hurry up and accept it." ”
The whole family furniture was stunned, how could there be a holy decree.
But I didn't have time to think about it, and I didn't change my clothes, and the family went out together.
Yo, it's amazing, or the eldest prince came to issue the decree in person, is this a blessing or a curse, the whole family is terrified, the New Year's Eve will not be here to pick the head, Mom, I already knew that I was full, so I would be a full ghost......
When everyone was anxious, Father-in-law Shi said in a loud voice:
"Empress Niang Yizhi: Shen is in danger, regardless of his own safety, to save His Royal Highness the King of Jin from difficulties, his loyalty can be learned, and his spirit is commendable, and he will be specially given a table of palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve, two boxes of gold and silver, ten silk cloth drapes, and another box of rings and jewelry, as a token of gratitude to the palace."
After the father-in-law read it out, everyone in Zhangfu was sore again, it was really icing on the cake, red and nourishing, look at this reward, the Guanggong banquet is a whole table, but it is much more decent than the dish that was served to rot by the old lady in previous years.
and gold, silver, cloth, and jewels...... Tsk, jealousy, envy, regret.
If I knew today, I shouldn't have ...... in the first place
The people of Zhang's Mansion knelt together, and they all regretted that their bowels were green and they didn't dare to accept this holy decree.
Father-in-law Shi turned his head and said, "Your Highness, the eldest lady is not here, you see our ......"
Looking at the familiar faces of the past, now they have become decadent and depressed, and they no longer have the spirit of bullying her in the past, Shen did only feel a burst of sadness, once, under the scorching sun, in the cold pool water, she was the only one who was punished and scolded.
Look at her husband Zhang Chengru kneeling on the ground, where is there still the slightest shadow of the beautiful son, the whole person looks ten years old, his eye sockets are deep, and his eye circles are dark, think about him shirking his responsibility in front of His Majesty, think about him humiliating her from Zhou Xueying, and then think about how he trampled on and humiliated her dignity......
Shen Qu's gaze looked past these people to the Lemon Xiang Pavilion, and said with a sigh: "It's okay, let's go in and send the reward to her in person." ”
So, in the envious eyes of everyone in Zhangfu, the mighty Jin King's honor guard went straight to the Lemon Xiang Pavilion, what a flamboyant and glorious ......