The queen mother's palace was covered with red felt, lacquer-colored chairs, phoenix color screens, nine-colored lanterns were lit, nine-color tents were hung, and the palace people also changed into festive palace clothes, and everyone was invited to sit down with a smile, and tea and snacks and snacks outside the palace were all kinds of snacks in and out of the palace.

Empress Yin helped the Queen Mother and the Imperial Concubine to sit down.

Everyone saluted first, and only after a golden bell and jade admiration was heard, did they sit down.

Among the palace concubines, there are only a few of the four ladies and nine concubines, among which Concubine Qi Shu took care of her son in King Jing's Mansion and did not return to the palace, and the younger generations only lacked Yuan Yu and Jiang Baiyi.

"What about the Emperor?" Empress Dowager Yin asked someone to take the cards, but found that there were few people.

Empress Yin said: "Leave a few adults to speak, come later." ”

"Forget it, leave him alone, we'll speak for ourselves. During the New Year's Festival, don't be restrained, it's lively. ”

Empress Dowager Yin spoke, and everyone below also started talking one by one.

Concubine Yue De first opened her mouth and said with a smile: "Didn't the nephew of Concubine Xian's family, Ruan Xiaolangjun, return to Beijing to take up his post, I heard that there are great talents, among the more than 1,000 counties in this dynasty, Yunzhong County, which is the only one under his leadership, has outstanding political achievements and stands at the top of the list." ”

Shen Yun Xiyue Defei mentioned her boss Ruan He Shi, her brows moved, her movements of eating snacks were a little slower, and she pricked up her ears.

Wei Shao turned his head to look.

And Concubine Ruan Xian's eyelids jumped when she heard this, and she heard Concubine Yue De continue to laugh and say: "Ruan Xiaolangjun is married, the age is not too young." said that he had to go out to the center for a few years of training, and you, who are aunts, don't take advantage of the time to help settle down. I have a niece in my family who is about his age. ”

Shen Yunxi suddenly said, oh, this is to be a matchmaker for her boss.

She blinked, but it didn't seem to work, she was the boss, she couldn't marry a girl, right?

Concubine Ruan Xian hurriedly said, "Where is it good to delay your niece and daughter." My sister doesn't know, my nephew is a stupid woodman, saying that he starts a business first and then starts a family, and refuses to say that he is alive or dead. Our Ruan family is the only seedling of my nephew, and he has an opinion, we are not good at being his master, lest there be trouble in the family, which will not be good-looking. ”

Concubine Yue De had no choice but to give up.

Wei Shao lowered his eyelashes and used tea, and gossip in the inner hall again. Shen Yunxi stretched out his hand and shook it beside him, before he put down the teacup, turned his head and saw that it was Emperor Qingming who had arrived.

When Emperor Qingming came in from the outer hall, he was only wearing a dragon robe, and he did not wear a weaving feather cloak to block the wind and snow.

He habitually squinted, and he didn't know what was entangled in his mind, immersed in his thoughts, walked straight up, wrapped in a cool air of wind and snow, and sat down on the big chair with colorful embroidered cloud dragons beside Empress Dowager Yin.

The old man of the Empress Dowager Yin was the most uncomfortable, and under the influence of Emperor Qingming, she immediately put her hand on the stove.

When Empress Yin saw it, she slanted her eyes, and asked Tian Lin: "You are just waiting like this, it is cold and snowy, and the emperor will wear this body, and you can afford to freeze Your Majesty's dragon body?" ”

Mainly, it is a trivial matter to freeze the old dog of Emperor Qingming, so that her aunt is unwell from the wind, what should I do.

The great eunuch Tian Lin was busy accusing one after another.

Emperor Qingming waved it back: "Today is the year of the year, it is a happy day, but it is a little thing, where can I make a big mistake." ”

Empress Yin turned her head and was silent.

After Emperor Qingming came, he leaned on the big chair, pressed his hand on the armrest, and did not say a word.

The concubines and children also quieted down, only the Empress Dowager Yin and the imperial concubine didn't take care of him, you and I spoke word by word.

The tail of the year quietly left in such an atmosphere.

After the time, they all went out of the hall to enjoy the fireworks, and it was another toss before they said goodbye and dispersed.

Shen Yunxi couldn't open his eyes, he pulled Wei Shao's arm with both hands, his eyes were half-closed, and he led the way, walking on the waterside corridor in the palace, but unexpectedly, a weaving feather cloak floated in her vague vision not far away, and she thought it was Emperor Qingming, so she immediately stood up straight.

After a closer look, the person on the other side had gone, and she slackened her shoulders again.

Wei Shao looked at her dizziness, stopped his steps, picked her up, and said with a smile: "It's all confused." ”

Shen Yunxi's long eyelashes blinked quickly, tilted his head and smiled slowly at him.

The moon disappeared into the thick clouds, and only the light of the hexagonal lanterns illuminated the road below.

The festival was unusual, until a mourning message came to the palace.

Shen Yunxi did not expect that at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the glance in the palace was the last time she saw Qin Lanyue.

Qin Lanyue's funeral message came on the sixteenth day of the first month, which was the day when the eldest princess of Fuchang, Na Zhuangsheng, passed the door.

Because he was going to witness the birth of the first side horse of this dynasty that day, Shen Yunxi got up before dawn, and it was particularly rare to have breakfast with Wei Shao, who was going to be on duty.

Wei Shao hadn't left long before Hezhu hurriedly ran into the house.

Her hurried and frightened appearance made something happen at first glance. Sure enough, Hezhu stood by the door frame, panting and said, "Miss, the second lady sent someone to come, saying that Mrs. Qin died last night!" ”

Shen Yunxi withdrew his gaze from the elegant white plum blossoms in the green jade flowers on the dressing table, and opened his eyes slightly.

“……？”

Qin Lanyue is dead?

Gone? It was too sudden.

Shen Yunxi thought of the figure he saw in the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve and asked, "Is it an illness?" ”

Hezhu shook his head and talked about the real cause of death: "No. It was last night that there was water in the west courtyard of the Hou Mansion! Because it was Shangyuan Festival, Mrs. Qin pardoned the girls in the courtyard and told them to play their own games, so they didn't have to stay and wait, but there was an accident, the fire burned down half of the house, and no one was rescued! ”

Although Hezhu didn't like the Qin family very much, and he didn't like the Qin family sisters horizontally and vertically, but everyone died, and it was the New Year's Day, and his tongue was a little lighter, and he sighed: "The messenger said that together with the green core, people are burned to charcoal, and they can't even distinguish their appearance, which is very scary." ”

When Zhu Zhen heard this, she couldn't help but stop the jade comb in her hand, and chanted Amitabha Buddha twice with her palms together: "Funeral at the beginning of the year is not a good sign." ”

Shen Yunxi looked at the half-combed bun in the makeup mirror, thought for a moment, and asked, "What happened to Wei Zhichun and Qin Fuyu?" She remembered that they all lived together in the west courtyard.

Hezhu hurriedly replied: "The old marquis and Aunt Qin are lucky, they escaped the catastrophe, and there are no major injuries. It's just that the old marquis seems to be almost unwilling to live because of Mrs. Qin's death, and his spirit is not quite right, he cries and laughs at night, and he goes crazy with something in his mouth, or the old lady screams a stick and knocks him out, so he stops. ”

Zhu Zhen sneered: "I didn't expect the old marquis to be very sincere to Mrs. Qin, it's funny to say." ”

Hezhu said: "I don't believe it either, but that's what the messenger said, of course I also went back and forth like this, and I didn't change a word." ”

Shen Yunxi nodded, without delving into it, Qin Lanyue's matter had nothing to do with her. After a moment of surprise, she lowered her head and concentrated on fiddling with the nine rings at hand, allowing Zhuzhen to continue to curl her hair.

Her overly flat reaction made both Zhuzhen and Hezhu look at each other twice, and for a moment they actually reflected on whether they were making too much fuss.

There is a funeral in Anhou's mansion, and a wedding is held in the eldest princess's mansion.

The eldest princess took the side of the horse, which was naturally different from the general marriage process, and it was all according to Yuan Fuchang's preferences, as a general banquet to set up a case, and to eat wine and rice.

There are few outsiders today, and the people who are posted by Yuan Fuchang are all county lords and princesses who are close to the royal family, and they are all female dependents.

It's still the familiar ice drinking hall.

There are desks on both sides. Yuan Fuchang sat in the host's seat, and Zhuang Sheng sat beside her.

Zhuang Sheng's attitude today is beyond everyone's expectations.

Shen Yunxi raised his eyes, only to see that he had returned to a cold and upright posture, and he seemed to be completely indifferent to all kinds of jokes, and in the face of Yuan Fuchang, he also lost his resistance and disobedience from the previous year, he served tea and poured wine, picked vegetables and set chopsticks, and showed a bit of strange warmth and obedience in his indifference.

Yuan Fuchang was obviously very satisfied, and kept smiling, ignoring the faces of the people in the hall who were playing the qin, playing the flute and dancing the sword, and his eyes went straight to Zhuang Sheng's face.

At this sudden glance, they really got out the meaning of Lang Qing and concubine.

Shen Yunxi was close to Princess Ming and Lord Yuhe, and only after she finished observing the eldest princess and the side horse, she heard Princess Ming say enviously: "This life of the eldest princess of Fuchang is very happy. ”

Shen Yunxi tilted his body slightly in the direction of Princess Ming, and said slowly: "If grandmother likes it, she can also follow suit." The Ming Wang's mansion is quite empty, and it can accommodate people. ”

Princess Ming covered her heart in shock, and waved her hand busily: "I'm old, I'm afraid I can't stand this stimulation." ”

Shen Yunxi disagreed, and said seriously: "Ambition is not in old age. ”

Princess Ming was overjoyed: "Ouch, my good granddaughter, I'm not going to do it, it's almost the same for your mother to pick." ”

Lord Yuhe blushed: "Mother, you and Chao Chao are talking about this!" Don't make fun of me. ”

Shen Yunxi looked straight at her, and said with a straight face: "Mother, there is nothing to be ashamed of, don't be afraid to say it outside, the important thing is that you are happy and happy." Look at the eldest princess of Fuchang, she is much more comfortable now than before. ”

The county lord of Yuhe was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Yuan Fuchang.

After all, my heart still jumped slightly.

This banquet of the eldest princess with a horse on the side was talked about by the people in Beijing.

The "Old Lady Qin" Qin Lanyue of Anhou Mansion's incense and jade shattered did not cause any discussion, and at most she sighed a few times unlucky.

A mourning hall was set up in Anhou's mansion for mourning. Shen Yunxi has never been there, she is concentrating on writing a notebook at home.

This time, she didn't write anything else in the book, she wrote the lingering love story of Zhuang Sheng and Fang Yin'er. It's so moving, of course, it has to be widely circulated.

While writing the book, she did not forget to continue to eat Zhuang Sheng and the eldest princess's melons.

That day, Zhuang Sheng was scolded by Song Xiuwen so that everyone was numb, and after returning home, he was physically and mentally exhausted, he was actually not sick, he simply felt that his future was hopeless.

Mrs. Hou wept like rain: "My son, you just admit it." That eldest princess of Fuchang is not a delicate girl, she has strength and means. The tougher you are, the less she will let you go. ”

Mrs. Hou cried and taught her son the experience of house fighting, "My son, if you want to open some, just marry a tigress, you coax her, follow her, make her happy, and that's it." Although she is fierce, but in the end she is the eldest princess, although you are a side colt, but you may not be able to sit in the position of a colt one day. ”

"After all, you are a man, where can you suffer, just endure it."

Mrs. Hou said a lot, and really made Zhuang Sheng understand, so that he had an idea, and suddenly sat up.

Yuan Fuchang took great pains to ask him to come over, which shows that he was indeed interested in him.

Although the reputation of the side colt is not good, isn't her Yuan Fuchang's reputation just as bad?

What's the use of having a good reputation, what if you have a bad reputation, whether it's a man or a woman, you don't have the power to use anything!

She was unkind, and she blamed him for being unjust.

Yes, he is a man, no matter how powerful Yuan Fuchang is, he is also a woman, and women always have children, and it is even more dangerous when giving birth.

Go to the mother and keep the child, even if he is admitted to the side room by the woman, he is still capable!

When the time comes, the child will be his, and everything in the eldest princess's mansion will also be his!

He had to do this, or he would have to be subservient for the rest of his life, and he would never be able to be with Yin'er in the open and honest for the rest of his life.

He can't always sneak around to find Yin'er, and he can't let Yin'er be an outer room for the rest of his life!

And the premise of these plans is that he has to gain Yuan Fuchang's trust and deceive her feelings.

Of course, he knew that this kind of method was bad and unacceptable, but it was all forced by Yuan Fuchang!

If she dared to persecute and humiliate him so far, she should have known that there would be such a day after all! This is all the retribution she deserves.

Zhuang Sheng's face was dark, and his air was cold.

From this day on, he changed his attitude.

Yuan Fuchang really likes him very much, the gentleness in the indifference is especially her heart, and the good things are sent to Zhuang Sheng's room without money, and he was spoiled for a while after marriage.

The two of them also traveled to the lake every other day, stepping on the snow and appreciating the plum blossoms, regardless of sincerity, only looking at the appearance, really like a pair of beautiful people.

It wasn't until Shen Yunxi's words were finally written that the book was put on sale.