The Sheng family has been a hairpin for generations, the house of the elders of the three dynasties, and has been married to a famous family, with both prestige and prestige, and the mansion of this family is comparable to the palace.

Because she had never sent a prayer post, the porter did not dare to let Su Yao wait outside, and while inviting her to go inside, he sent someone to pass it inside.

All the way to the carved beams and paintings, magnificent.

The eldest lady of the Sheng family personally welcomed Su Yao in, chatted a few words, and took Su Yao to Sheng Hua's courtyard, "The crown princess has not come to the courtiers for a long time, why don't you wait for you to finish talking with Hua'er and then have dinner in the courtiers' mansion?" ”

Su Yao hesitated for a moment and replied: "Aunt is kind, I shouldn't have refused, but this time I want to go out with Sister Sheng Hua, I don't know if it will be convenient?" ”

"It's convenient, Hua'er stays in the house all day long, either reading or doing embroidery, and the courtiers are afraid that she will be bored." Madame Sheng smiled and stood still in front of the door of the weeping flowers, and smiled at her: "Crown Princess, Hua'er's house is right in front of you, and the courtiers know that you want to talk to Hua'er, so they won't go in, so you won't be restrained." ”

Su Yao said: "Thank you Uncle Sheng for leading the way." ”

Madame Sheng bowed her knees and saluted: "The crown princess is polite." ”

There is a flower garden behind Shenghua's yard, at this time a bamboo mat is placed, several maids are gathered in a piece of grass, the smell of grass mixed with the smell of the sun after exposure, the gorgeously dressed girl sits on a low pier, holding an embroidery needle in her hand, and is facing the sun to study the embroidered patterns.

"Sister Sheng Hua."

Sheng Hua raised her hand for a moment, poked her head out from behind the embroidery, and when she saw Su Yao, she smiled, "Crown Princess." ”

The maids hurriedly gathered and saluted Su Yao.

Su Yao asked them to stand back for the time being, approached Sheng Hua, and asked curiously: "Sister Sheng Hua, what are you embroidering?" ”

Sheng Hua hid back as if in disguise, trying to answer.

"Nothing."

"But I look like a winged bird......"

"Ama!"

Su Jiao bent her eyes shallowly, "Sister Shenghua, isn't it a good thing that is coming, she actually embroidered a winged bird for the son of the Qin family, the most difficult to accept the grace of the beauty, and I don't know what is good about the son of Qin, let my sister Shenghua read it like this." ”

Sheng Hua said: "Are you deliberately ridiculing me today?" I told you to hold me back. ”

Su Yao couldn't help but smile and took her arm affectionately, "Why doesn't my sister answer my previous question?" Uncle and aunt are not in the way of Qin Gongzi? ”

After saying this, Sheng Hua had already put the embroidered bandage on the mat beside him.

"I thought that this marriage was decided, and I would tell you again, since you are here today, I will not hide it from you, and in a few days, the Qin family's dowry should come down."

Su Yao was slightly stunned, and unconsciously exerted force in his hands.

Sheng Hua hissed angrily, "Ah Yao, what's wrong?" ”

Su Yao turned his head to look at her, and stopped talking a little, "I went to the palace to pray for blessings that day, and I encountered some things, I don't know if I should tell you or not." ”

"What?"

She hesitated for a moment, but still said: "I met Qin Lang near Zheliu Lane that day, and he was accompanied by a young girl, both of whom were holding medicine in their hands, and they looked very familiar. ”

is not only familiar, but in her opinion, there is already some intimacy that no one else has.

Su Yao's words were euphemistic, but Sheng Hua seemed to think of something, and his eyes were blank for a moment.

"Can you see clearly, is it Folding Willow Lane?"

"Yes, but I don't know if they were passing by, or if the girl's house was there."

Sheng Hua glanced at the sun, and suddenly grabbed Su Yao's wrist, his eyes flashed slightly, "You might take me to take a look?" ”

……

The carriage parked in a low-key corner of Xuanwu Street.

There were small jars of wine from the shop next door, moss growing on the broken tiles.

Su Yao looked at Sheng Hua on the other side who didn't say a word, and realized that she might already know something.

"Sister Sheng Hua, can we wait for them here? It was just a coincidence that I bumped into them that day, and they may not appear today. ”

When Sheng Hua heard this, he replied for a long time: "Yes." ”

The tone is affirmative.

Before the words fell, Su Jiao saw a familiar back out of the corner of her eyes, she hurriedly turned sideways and beckoned to Sheng Hua, "Sister Sheng Hua, he's here!" ”

Sheng Hua sat down at Su Yao's place and looked through the curtain of the car with her.

I saw that next to the stall selling Taoyuan Sanjieyi Candy Man, Qin Lang, who was dressed in moon-white clothes, walked out with a girl in a goose-yellow dress.

Unlike that time, this time the girl wore a curtain fence on her head, and even her figure was blocked.

Qin Lang didn't make any cover-ups.

Qin Lang said a few words to the girl, who suddenly covered her mouth with her hand, turned around and walked into the alley.

Qin Lang stood for a while, chased her in and pulled her into his arms.

Su Yao glanced at Sheng Hua at this time and found that she had no expression, quiet as if the man holding other women not far away was not the Lang Jun she was about to marry.

Qin Lang hugged the girl for a while, bent down and didn't know what to say to her.

The girl took a step back, looked at him and left.

Qin Lang didn't chase after him, stood for a while, turned around and got into the carriage.

Witnessing this scene with her own eyes, Su Jiao felt uncomfortable, she waited for Sheng Hua to lower the curtain before she said, "Sister Sheng Hua, you already know?" ”

This girl, could it be the outer room that Qin Lang kept outside?

Sheng Hua sighed and said, "I know." I know what you're thinking, but she's not Qin Lang's outer room. ”

Su Yao pondered: "But Qin Lang hugged her just now. ”

"She's not Qin Lang's outer room," Sheng Hua instructed the groom to ride the horse, and said lightly: "She is Qin Lang's sweetheart." ”

Su Yao's eyes widened slightly, "Sweetheart? ”

"Actually, I've heard about this for a long time, and this piece of land in the capital is not big or small, and when he goes to meet people, he doesn't hide it, and he will always be bumped into it." Sheng Hua said: "But I used to think that it was just the daughter of his deceased, and he took care of it out of moral care, but now it seems that this is not the case." ”

The heat in the carriage was pervasive, and although the sun was mostly blocked, it also burned the hearts of the people.

Su Yao listened to her words and was silent for a while.

After a long time, he tentatively spoke: "Sister Shenghua, what about your relationship with Qin Lang?" ”

Sheng Hua said: "As usual." ”

Su Yao was a little incredulous, "However, he already has a sweetheart." ”

"It is impossible for him to marry her," she said, "and besides, he has agreed to it." ”

"But won't you be wronged if you marry?"

The shouting outside the carriage was continuous, and on the street, I don't know what kind of skill the craftsmen performed, which caused the crowd to erupt in long and sensational cheers.

Sheng Hua looked out the window for a long time.

"She is not Qin Lang's outer room, a noble family like him, reputation is more important than anything else, before marrying a wife, if he messes around, Old Marquis Qin will not sit idly by, it is not an outer room, I marry, and others can't gossip.

Qin Lang was selected by me for a long time, whether it is family background or character, it is considered good, it is already the best among the people I can choose, if I don't marry him, the next one may be worse than him. ”

"If you can't choose the right one, can't you not get married?" Su Yao asked.

Sheng Hua was stunned for a moment.

Su Yao continued: "Sister Shenghua, you have talent, family background, and a steady and proper temperament, you are in the top three in all your schoolwork in the Guozijian, when it comes to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, there are few noblewomen in Beijing who can beat you, why do women have to marry?" You can live well without getting married, and it's better to be free? ”

These words were shocking, and Su Yao and Mu Ruan didn't feel strange after staying for a long time.

It was the first time that Sheng Hua was praised by someone from such an angle, but he also felt novel, and said to her: "A woman can not marry, but I can't." ”

"Why not? is also a woman, why can't you? ”

Sheng Hua's eyes and expressions made it impossible to see what she was thinking.

"Ah Yao, I am the eldest daughter of the Sheng family, if I don't marry, it will affect the reputation of the sisters in the family, I can't be so selfish. You say, if it weren't for my family's way for me, I wouldn't have been able to enter the national prison and learn so many things, so how could I do such an unfaithful and unfilial thing as not marrying? ”

Su Yao was silent.

The carriage traveled for a while before she asked sullenly, "What if Qin Lang carries her into the door in the future?" ”

Sheng Hua said: "Then she is just a concubine." ”

She looked at the two majestic stone lions in front of the Sheng Mansion and the plaque given by the sage, and said slowly: "I will be the future mother of the Qin family." ”

……

Su Yao came back from the Sheng family for a few days, but he didn't go out to hear the news.

Maybe Sheng Hua and Qin Lang have already made a marriage.

As far as the eye could see, there were fiery clouds that occupied most of the sky, as if they were about to break through the sky and burn into the house.

As soon as he was about to eat tea, Bai Lu came in with a plate of cut melons and fruits.

She didn't have much appetite and said, "Don't eat it, you can take it down and eat it." ”

Bai Lu put the plate aside and walked inside, taking something out of her sleeve as she went, "Princess." ”

Su Yao glanced at it, and suddenly her spirit was shocked, she sat up straight, and took the things she handed over.

As she opened the note, Bai Lu whispered, "Today, the slave maid waited for Master Duan in Dongshi, and this was handed over by him to the slave maid." ”

"But you see who's following?"

Bai Lu recalled carefully, "No, there are a lot of people there, and anyone who is not paying attention can get lost, and the place where the slave maid meets Master Duan is very hidden, and Lord Duan has checked it in advance, so no one should see it." ”

There were only a few simple sentences on the note.

The road is done.

The day after tomorrow, I will leave the capital and go to Wuzhou.

Tomorrow, Feihualou will be narrated.

After reading the note, Su Yao's heart beat fast.

There seemed to be a stream of hot blood flowing through his limbs, and his body was slightly hot.

The second cousin hasn't contacted her for so long, he must be thinking of a thoughtful way, but he can't say it directly in the letter.

The road is done.