Embroidered color and fragrance
Chapter 55 Contrast
Chapter 55 Contrast
"Let go." Su Wanru withdrew her finger and wiped Du Fu vigorously in disgust, "Why are you so annoying?"
The man asked with a cold face, "You hate me, sir?"
Holding the quilt, she poked her head out and lit it desperately.
The man gritted his teeth, making a grinding noise, and said viciously, "Say it again?"
"I'll tell you what you want me to say." Su Wanru rolled her eyes and hummed, "Who do you think you are."
The man also snorted and sat still and didn't speak.
"Ouch!" Su Wanru hiccupped, then turned over suddenly and lay down on the head of the bed as if about to vomit, "Then, get me a basin quickly, I'm going to vomit."
The man didn't move, just sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her bitterly.
"I don't have long ears." Su Wanru said angrily, "I'll send you to the laundry bureau tomorrow."
The man went to get the basin slowly, Su Wanru got out of bed with bare feet, crouched in the corner with the basin in her arms, and vomited in the dark.
She vomited cleanly, but her head seemed about to explode. She squatted in the corner with her head in her arms and shouted, "Water...I want to drink water."
A glass of water was handed over, she drank it in one gulp, stuffed the glass into the man's hand, leaned on the wall and stood up unsteadily, the man seemed to hum twice, stood aside and looked at her, she was very unhappy, He frowned and shouted: "I have some eyesight, come and help me."
The man didn't speak, but walked over with the wind, and hugged her up. She exclaimed and grabbed the hem of the man's clothes, because her eyes were still watery after vomited, shining with fear, like Like a kitten, "You... what are you doing."
The man gently put her on the bed, grabbed her cheeks, and said in a resentful tone, "If the master sees you drinking, you hang yourself on the beam."
"It hurts, it hurts!" Su Wanru clapped his hands, pouted, "Speak well, don't move."
The man let go of her, and Su Wanru turned over and hugged the quilt, staring at his face and squinting her eyes, "Shen..." Before she could finish her sentence, he slapped her on the bottom, "Drunk!" Just pretend to be crazy and foolish for Grandpa!"
Shen Zhan had a headache.
"Shen Chenchen..." Su Wanru moved back on the bed, and said with frowned eyebrows: "Why don't you have a name... Anyway, you are also a marquis, so lose your identity."
Shen Zhan rubbed his forehead and exhaled, looked at her with a gentle tone, "I don't have one, you can get one for me."
When he was young, he was in the market, and when he was a little older, he joined the army. In the army, he was a vulgar person. Whoever has nothing to do is like those literati.
"No. This is a gift from an elder, a friend. Our relationship is not suitable." She waved her hands, "You can ask a friend to give it to you!"
Shen Zhan teased her, "It doesn't matter, it's the same for the daughter-in-law."
"Who is your daughter-in-law, shameless!" Su Wanru muttered, as if she would not sleep, "If you want me to get it for you, what would you get... A dog?"
Shen Zhan's face darkened.
"Haha." Su Wanru laughed sullenly, took his hand and patted it like an elder, "A dog, a dog!"
After finishing speaking, she wrapped herself in a quilt, and before Shen Zhan could get angry, she held his hand and fell asleep.
Breathing lightly, his small face was powdery, and his pouting mouth looked like an enamel doll. No matter how he looked at it, his heart softened, and he wished he could die immediately, so that he would not have to think about it in the future.
But she couldn't bear to die, she hadn't become her daughter-in-law yet.
"You wait for me, I will take care of you when you get married." He snorted and wanted to leave, but his hand was pulled, and he heard her yell, "Mother, don't go..."
If she couldn't take the steps she was going to take, he reached out and rubbed the top of her hair, and said, "Don't go."
Su Wanru laughed.
I don't know how long it took, but she felt dry and hot all over, and her mouth was very dry, and then she woke up humming, rubbed her temples and said regretfully, "I won't drink alcohol next time."
She hasn't had a drink for so long that she has forgotten how bad her drinking capacity is.
"Huh." She froze for a moment, then felt a hand on her waist, and a hand under her neck. Her head was not resting on the pillow, but something hard.
She opened her eyes, looked up, and saw a man's chin with blue stubble.
man, arm, jaw.
Su Wanru was fully awake, her eyes widened, and she suddenly pushed the man away and sat up. The man had already woken up, or hadn't slept at all, and just stared at her with red eyes.
Like a wolf, he has endured starvation for decades, and finally saw living meat.
"Shen...Shen Zhan." Su Wanru checked her clothes, her body was intact and there was nothing unusual, she breathed a sigh of relief, and pointed at him, "Why are you here?"
She vaguely remembered that someone was guarding her bed last night, she thought it was Du Zhou or a female officer in her palace...
I didn't expect it to be Shen Zhan.
She is so stupid, Hou Song has long been gone, why is she so weak in defense, she didn't think much about it.
Shen Zhan raised his eyebrows, and there were a few big characters that were not satisfied with his desires written on his face.
Su Wanru flinched, intending to run away from the foot of the bed, but his legs were too long, not only did his legs completely block the bed, but the extra legs were placed on the shelf at the end of the bed, stacked and tilted...
He rested his arms on the pillow and just looked at her like that.
"You...you..." Su Wanru patted his leg, "Let's go, it's almost dawn, you go."
Shen Zhan pursed his lips, and said gloomyly: "Little white-eyed wolf, do you want to chase someone away after you run out?"
What is used up?Su Wanru's face turned red, she knew what she looked like when she was drunk, she might not be sure that she would really drag him to complain last night and not let him go, thinking of this, her heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Shen Zhan warily, "I'm not talking nonsense when I'm drunk, am I?"
"There's no gibberish after drinking, but there's something else going on." He took time off, showing a distressed expression, and then lifted the quilt, revealing his scarred but strong chest. Su Wanru couldn't stand the stimulation, and turned her head away with a groan , Shen Zhan continued to lift the quilt down, Su Wanru couldn't bear it and quickly pressed his hand.
"Don't!" She was afraid of seeing something she couldn't see.
"I'm thinking about something." He pushed back the quilt and got up and stepped on the ground barefoot. Although his upper body was naked, he was wearing pants.
Su Wanru breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked sideways at her, squinted, pointed at his shoulder, and didn't speak.
Following the direction of his fingertips, Su Wanru saw...
A row of tooth marks.
She couldn't bear to look any longer, and immediately grabbed the clothes at the foot of the bed and wrapped them up for him. She was very considerate: "Hou...Master Hou, it's cold, put on your clothes quickly, lest you catch a cold."
What the hell did she do last night, the wine was too bad.
"Are you going to drive me away in the next sentence?" Shen Zhan looked at her, his teeth grinding, "Little white-eyed wolf, if you dare to say a word, I'll get you done right away!"
Su Wanru was very guilty, she ran to pour tea with her head down and handed it over.
Shen Zhan squinted at her, and refused to take it with a sullen face, saying, "I know I'm wrong?"
Su Wanru nodded without thinking about it.
Make sure to close the door behind her next drink.
"What's wrong?" He asked in a deep voice.
Su Wanru replied: "I don't drink alcohol."
"What else?" Shen Zhan asked.
Su Wanru shook her head in shock, she had summed up something else in her heart, and she couldn't tell him.
"If it wasn't for me last night, you would have done the same for someone else?" Shen Zhan squinted his eyes, his face was full of murderous looks, as if she could wrench her neck off if she just nodded.
Su Wanru is baffled, others will come here to take advantage of me just like you, besides, she still has the ability to distinguish subconsciously even when she is drunk, she muttered something, and she replied with a smile: "Of course not, I would definitely kick it out if it was someone else go out."
Shen Zhan didn't believe it, but his face obviously improved a little. He took a sip from the teacup and looked at her with a frown, "Just because Si Sanbao rewarded you with 50 taels of silver, are you so happy?"
"That's not true." Su Wanru was very happy that he changed the subject, and immediately replied, "It's because I've been too busy and tired these days, and it's rare that things are settled, so I'm happy." As she spoke, she remembered Shen Zhan's 1 taels of silver. He quickly put the teacup over and pushed him, "Give me a moment, I'm looking for something."
Pushed up by her, Shen Zhan watched her feel it in the pillow, then took out a bank note and handed it to him, "You gave it to me last time, now I give it back to you."
"I'll keep it if I give it to you." Shen Zhan glanced at the bank note, "Don't make any wrong decisions in the future, I have plenty of bank notes for you to use."
Is he showing off his wealth?Su Wanru rolled her eyes, and returned the banknote to him, "I don't need so much money."
She can use it, but this banknote belongs to Shen Zhan, no matter where she takes it in the future, Shen Zhan will know immediately... Didn't she give away her whereabouts.
You can't leave troubles for yourself for this little money.
Shen Zhan's face darkened, and he shouted, "Just keep it if I give it to you, so much nonsense."
"I don't want it!" She tucked it into his clothes, and said coldly, "I don't usually need money, and it would be a disaster if I kept it on me."
Shen Zhan froze for a moment, thought for a while and nodded, "What you said makes sense." Then he put away the bank note, "Do you have a private seal?"
"Yes, what are you going to do?" Su Wanru's private seal was newly engraved by Du Zhou, but it was Su Jin's name, she was not afraid that Shen Zhan would know it.
Shen Zhan put on his clothes, and as soon as she turned around, she saw a new wound on his back. She froze for a moment, and blurted out, "Are you injured?"
"Small injury." He glanced at her, put on his clothes, and continued to say what he said just now, "Give me your private seal for your use, and someone will send it to you tomorrow."
Su Wanru looked at him suspiciously, "How could your injury be a minor one? How long has it been? Who did it?"
"There's a lot of nonsense." He knocked on her head, "Here's your private seal."
He avoided talking about Su Wanru and didn't bother to ask, and said, "You won't take my private seal to borrow interest money, will you? Let me tell you, my money is lifeless and worthless, and you won't be able to rob it if you rob me." silver."
"I really want to pry open your brain to see if there is a diagram of five elements and eight trigrams inside." Shen Zhan showed helplessness, and reached out to her, "Give me your private seal."
Su Wanru obediently gave it to him, and Shen Zhan put it in his arms.
The sky was getting brighter, Su Wanru pointed outside, "I'm going to fetch water..." Then she said, "Aren't you going back?"
Shen Zhan glanced at her, "Sit here." He patted the seat beside him, "What have you been up to these days. Why didn't you go to the mansion to look for Qing Liu."
Su Wanru thought for a while, then sat down across from him, frowned and said, "It's still because of the selection of the Fair Embroidery Workshop, it's settled, and I will follow Liu Sanniang to embroider next year's Empress's Birthday Embroidery. It will be sent to the capital together with the dragon robes worn by the Holy One to offer sacrifices to the heavens."
It was March, Shen Zhan frowned, "Are you sure?" She wanted to enter the palace to assassinate Zhao Zhiang?
She is quite courageous, but with him here, she can do as she pleases.
"Yes." Su Wanru replied, "Everyone is fighting over their heads."
Shen Zhan showed a smiling face, rubbed her hair, and looked proud: "You just came here and you can squeeze in. You have to use a lot of tricks."
"Will you talk?" She couldn't help laughing, and gave him a reproachful look, "Anyway, I just have a clear conscience."
Seeing that she was cute, Shen Zhan smiled with pity and said, "It's okay to be ashamed. With Master here, you can be as guilty as you want."
I'm only afraid because of you.
"However, if you send embroidery for the empress's birthday, I have a reminder." Shen Zhan frowned, thought for a while, and said: "The empress gave birth to the prince in the early years, and since then she doesn't like red very much."
There is such a thing, Su Wanru doesn't know how Liu Sanniang's screen was finalized.
"Thank you for the reminder, Lord Hou." Su Wanru said with a smile: "The manager said that if we please the Empress, we will enter the palace to thank you."
He patted her head and said nothing.
Su Wanru also planned to change the subject, but she said that she felt guilty, "Qingliu said you are very busy, what are you busy with? Is it because of the matter in Fengyang, the central capital?"
"I went to Xuzhou first, and then took a detour to Fengyang. The ancestral mausoleum has been fixed there, but it's in the lower reaches of the Huai River, so it's not good!" He shook his head, pointing his finger at the table, "Something will happen in the future."
He has robbed tombs and dug holes for many years, and he still has a lot of settings for the tomb passages of the tombs.
"Then did you write a memorial to report this matter?" Su Wanru looked at him with her chin resting on her cheek. It was the first time she saw that Shen Zhan was so wise and not confused when talking about political affairs, "This is a great event and a great achievement."
Shen Zhan looked at her, patted her head, and smiled, "There is a more suitable person to play this matter."
"Are you going to sell favors?" Su Wanru's eyes lit up, pointing at him and laughing, "You are so cunning!"
He was stunned for a moment, then laughed, pinched her cheek, and said, "You are so young, why are you so old!"
Su Wanru patted his hand, but she felt a little admiration in her heart. He is not a reckless, brave, and brainless person... Now that he has made great achievements in the military, he has already been named a Marquis, so it is useless for him to make great achievements. At most, the Holy Majesty would give him the title of Sangong.
What does he want to do with this false name? He is not a civil servant who writes and writes down history. As long as he fights well, as long as he does not rebel or create chaos, and does not stand in the wrong team, he can live to old age in peace and leave a shadow for future generations. Yep.
Therefore, since he doesn't need the credit, he might as well use it as a favor.
For example, the little emperor's grandson, such as... King Ning?
In short, now he is not going to show his face on the holy board, but to win over his own people and open up relationships from all walks of life.
"Fortunately, it's the woman my master likes." Shen Zhan was not surprised by Su Wanru's intelligence, "I have a good heart."
Su Wanru was speechless, she waved her hands with disgust on her face, "Ministers don't dare to climb high, let alone say that they have a heart-to-heart with you, Lord Hou."
"The teeth are sharp and the mouth is sharp." Shen Zhan flicked her forehead, the words on the lips stopped suddenly, looked at her and smiled: "Come here, let the master hold you for a while."
Su Wanru looked at him warily and shook her head.
Shen Zhan frowned, crossed his legs to take time off.
Su Wanru's puzzlement and vigilance were interrupted by the sound of footsteps in the yard, and Cai Xuan shouted, "A Jin, are you awake? My head hurts."
The pace is getting tighter and tighter.
"You're too bad." Su Wanru stood up abruptly, threw herself into Shen Zhan's arms reluctantly, and gave her a perfunctory hug, "Hurry up, hurry up."
Shen Zhan narrowed his eyes, showing the appearance of taking advantage of others' danger.
"Shameless." Su Wanru had no choice but to bend over and hug him, and said softly, "Master Hou is the best!" Go, go.
Shen Zhan didn't move.
Su Wanru let go of him, looked at his face, coughed and leaned over in embarrassment, and quickly kissed him on the face, "Okay... okay."
Shen Zhan laughed, and suddenly stood up and brought her over, pressing his lips down...
Cai Xuan knocked on the door, "A Jin, are you awake?"
Su Wanru blushed anxiously, before Shen Zhan let go of her, touched her face, and whispered in her ear: "My Lord will come to see you at night." He nodded his chin towards the door, "Go and open the door."
"You..." Su Wanru looked at him suspiciously, and slowly went to open the door. Cai Xuan stood at the door with her head in her arms, "A Jin, my head hurts so much. Is there any medicine to cure the hangover?"
Have a headache?She's okay, she didn't have a headache, "Why don't I go to the doctor and ask?"
"Forget it. You let me go in for a cup of tea." Cai Xuan pushed Su Wanru who was blocking the door to come in, threw herself on the bed, and muttered, "A Jin, I will never drink again."
Su Wanru's heart was pounding, and she walked around the room, but Shen Zhan was no longer there. She was full of surprises, when she looked up and saw someone lying on the beam drinking tea... She immediately nodded Big, pulled Cai Xuan and left, "Don't sleep, I'm so hungry, I'm going to have breakfast."
"Let me lie down for a while." Cai Xuan hugged the quilt and refused to leave, "Just for a while."
Su Wanru dragged Cai Xuan out, Shen Zhan laughed, and after a while came out of the room and went to the street, Lu Cheng followed silently, and asked in a low voice: "Master, is the girl alright?"
"It's okay." Shen Zhan took Su Wanru's private seal and came out, "Take her seal to open an account at Tongtian Ticket Office, and ask Mr. Zhou to deposit [-]% of all the money we get in the future."
500%?I just got a salt well now, and I started to make money when I got it. In the next year, there will be no more than 100 million taels, but there will be more than [-] million taels. It's a big deal to give the girl [-]%, and I came back from Xuzhou a few days ago On the way, they came across a large tomb. They were stubborn and got a lot.
"Yes." Lu Cheng responded without asking any more questions. He took his private seal to Tongtian Ticket Office to open an account, and told Zhou Feng about the matter again. Zhou Feng was so surprised that he took his private seal and turned it over and over again. He looked at him intently, "This... is the woman that the Lord misses?"
"Yes!" Lu Cheng knew that he couldn't hide it from Zhou Feng, "You just need to know about this, and don't try to persuade the Lord."
Persuasion is useless.
"I understand." Zhou Feng, who is as shrewd as he is, of course knows that Shen Zhan has reached this level, and he is afraid that even eight horses will not be able to pull him back. Save this much money for her."
She said, went to the inner courtyard to find Shen Zhan, and persuaded her sincerely: "She is a woman, even if she buys a dowry, she doesn't need so much money. What's more, since she will be a wife in the future, isn't the master's money also her money?" .”
"Women have money and strong backs." Shen Zhan ate steamed buns and meatloaf, "Besides, if something happens to me one day, she has money on her, so she doesn't have to be timid or afraid." The most important thing is not to marry for a living other people.
The corner of Zhou Feng's mouth twitched, realizing that he had just said some nonsense, and silently released his private seal, "Then the 8 taels were collected in various places in Fengyang, can they be divided?"
"Split it. If it's money, give her some." Shen Zhan grabbed another steamed bun, and Qingliu came in with the medicine, "Master Hou, it's time to drink the medicine."
Shen Zhan didn't talk nonsense. He grabbed the medicine bowl and breathed a sigh of relief. He wiped his mouth and chewed on the steamed buns before talking, "8 taels? Who gave it?"
"You have a look." Zhou Feng handed over the list, and Shen Zhan bit the steamed bun to read the list, casually scanned and clicked on a person on it, "Is this Lao Wu the supervisor?" He wanted to take over the business of the imperial tomb, so he bribed Shen Zhan More than 1 taels.
Zhou Fengying said, "His brother-in-law is a local village head, and he is a local snake."
"That's less money." Shen Zhan frowned, tapped the table, and said a few words to Zhou Feng. Zhou Feng's eyes lit up, and he nodded immediately, "Success, the humble job implies that they will send another 3 taels." , Yizhun will let them do the building of the imperial mausoleum."
This kind of local snake can't accomplish great things, and it does all sorts of evil.It is a good candidate to be a scapegoat, and it can also give the little emperor a chance to establish his prestige.
Shen Zhan nodded in satisfaction, got up, grabbed his clothes and put them on, thought for a while and put Su Wanru's private seal in his arms, "Go and call Du Yanqiu, let him follow me to Songjiang tomorrow, back and forth for four days, remember Take your wraps."
"Master, are you looking for that blacksmith?" After Zhou Feng followed, Shen Zhan nodded, and said, "The blacksmith's knife is very useful, so please go and see for yourself."
Zhou Fengying said again: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, I received a lot of posts, take a look..."
"No." Shen Zhan was very happy, "Let the kitchen cook the table dishes, and someone will come tonight."
It must be that girl, Zhou Feng looked at Shen Zhan's back, sighed and said with emotion: "Since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by the beauty pass, these words are not deceiving."
Shen Zhan didn't hear it, hummed a little tune, and left.
After breakfast, Su Wanru went to attend to Liu Sanniang. There were seven people on the eight screens, Liu Sanniang embroidered two pairs in the middle, and the rest of them had one pair...
"Su Jin." Liu Sanniang and the people in her group introduced Su Wanru, "Although she is new here, she is very skilled. For the next six months or so, we will work together and be more humble and friendly to each other. Do everything well, don't lose face of Yingtian Jinxiufang."
"Yes!" Su Wanru answered with everyone. Liu Sanniang looked at the crowd and smiled, pointing to the embroiderers and Su Wanru to introduce, "This is Sister Shao. She has been in Jinxiufang for 20 years, and she is older than us." , the craftsmanship is not to say, she is the best in our group of random stitch embroidery."
Sister Shao's name is Shao Juan, from Changzhou, she looks about 31 and [-] in appearance, a little fat, and squints her eyes when looking at people, Su Wanru reckons her eyesight is not very good.
It's not surprising that as an embroiderer, after ten or twenty years, her eyes will no longer be sharp.
"This is Jiang Zhi, sister Jiang Ye. They are twins, but they don't look much alike." Liu Sanniang said with a smile. Take care of the three sisters."
Shao Juan and the other three smiled and nodded at her, saying they dare not take it.
"These two are Ma Qian and Nie Juan." After Liu Sanniang's introduction, she took out eight sets of drafts, "This time the focus is on mountains and rivers, this one is the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, this one is the Central Plains, and this one is the scenery in the northern part of the Great Wall..." She introduced them one by one, and after distributing them, what Su Wanru got was Yanjing after the snow.
"Copy the draft, and we'll have a meeting to discuss it when it's finished. If it's not good, we'll redraw it. I'd rather waste a little time on every step than deal with it carelessly, and finally rework it all over again." Liu Sanniang was very serious in her work, telling each drawing one by one. After the essentials, let everyone disperse.
Su Wanru went downstairs with the manuscript, Cai Xuan greeted her, and looked at it curiously, "Is this Yanjing? It's not easy to embroider, it's just a snow-covered roof, it's a bit difficult for humans and animals to float on it."
"Yeah." Su Wanru also found it a bit difficult, and it was a double-sided embroidery method. Although the two sides are the same, it took too much work for such a large picture. It’s going to go by leaps and bounds.”
Cai Xuan covered her face with a smile and nodded, "Yes, it will definitely improve by leaps and bounds."
"Congratulations, Ajin." Ruan Siying brought tea over and handed it to her, with a really happy smile in her eyes, "There are five of us, sister Hu went to the Jinxiu Pavilion, you took the birthday embroidery, you guys Those two are really good."
Cai Xuan and You Rongyan smiled, "Sister Hu doesn't dare to say, but in the future when Ah Jin is well, she will definitely help us." Saying that, she looked at Su Wanru, "Right, right."
"Yes!" Su Wanru covered her face and smiled, "No matter who gets better, we should help and take care of each other."
Ruan Siying smiled, glanced at Dou Rao, flinched and said with a smile: "Then you talk, I'll go on to work."
went away.
The time is actually very tight. Since Su Wanru took over the job, she didn't intend to be perfunctory. She sat down carefully to trace the picture. There were footsteps on the stairs, and Zhou Huaijuan yelled loudly, "Auntie said let everyone rest for a long time today. There are extra meals in the church, if the sisters want to go out to play, they can go out together, but they must come back before the hour."
"I can really go out." Cai Xuan jumped up, clapped her hands and said, "I heard that there are lanterns in the Confucius Temple tonight. Ah Jin, let's go and see the lanterns."
Su Wanru looked at the things in her hands, remembered something, and asked Zhou Huaijuan, "Is everyone going?"
Zhou Huaijuan shook her head and said, "Auntie and the others probably won't go."
Then she won't go anymore, she looked at Cai Xuan and said, "Go by yourself, I won't go."
"Go." Cai Xuan pulled her up, "Just wear the dress I wore to the banquet last time... This time I will pay for you to have snacks."
Zhou Huaijuan leaned over, "And me. Every time Ajin pays, this time Xuan'er and I pay."
As they said that, the two of them dragged Su Wan down the stairs.
In the afternoon, the three of them changed their clothes in the room. Cai Xuan also specially combed the single snail, and donned a silver-gilt copper hairpin that Su Wanru gave her. It was lively and elegant, "I look good, don't I?"
Cai Xuan was wearing a newly made skirt, twirling back and forth, Su Wanru laughed, and nodded: "It's pretty. It's just a little thin. I think you will definitely be cold at night."
"No." She patted her chest, "I have never been afraid of the cold since I was a child."
Both Su Wanru and Zhou Huaijuan laughed.
The three of them didn't eat dinner, so they bounced to the Confucius Temple. The distance was not too short, and it took more than half an hour to walk there. Su Wanru was wearing a half-worn hibiscus-colored jacket, and her lower body was a blue skirt with thread, Follow behind Cai Xuan who is like a bird out of the cage.
Eating snacks all the way to the Confucius Temple, it was dark, the merchants lit up their lights one after another, and the guises with various slogans fluttered in the wind. Take an ox cart, or a donkey cart and a horse-drawn cart, and get off at the intersection outside.
Cai Xuan hadn't finished eating a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus and taro seedlings, but there were crowds of people everywhere.
"It's so lively. This is the Confucius Temple Lantern Festival that everyone praises." Cai Xuan saw it for the first time, and pulled Zhou Huaijuan to ask this and that, "Is there still a dragon lantern dance?"
Zhou Huaijuan gave her a blank look, "It's the Lantern Festival, there has never been a Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Oh." Cai Xuan nodded, pulled Zhou Huaijuan and piled up towards the crowd, "Ajin, sister Juan, come here, there are dumplings stuffed with glutinous rice, just like my mother's."
Some people in Huizhou do not eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but eat glutinous rice dumplings, which are sweet and glutinous, wrapped with sesame seeds or bean paste.Cai Xuan's mother is from Huizhou. She has eaten this since she was a child until the Mid-Autumn Festival, so she was very happy to see it.
Su Wanru let out an oh, and reluctantly followed, but then she was rushed by the crowd, and walked passively for about ten steps in a blink of an eye.
She stroked her forehead, turned aside, and stopped in front of a small vendor selling sugar. The vendor was a man in his forties who was very good at doing business. One for money, two for ten patterns, you can pick whatever you want, if you don’t tell the old man, I’ll make a ready-made one for you now.”
"No... no need." She stared at the plump Concubine Yang Gui, who was stuck on top of her head, and couldn't help laughing. The boss was looking at her, and he was surprised when he saw her smile, "Young lady wants this Concubine Yang, if you like it , I’ll give you three grains of money to take away.”
Su Wanru was hit by someone, she took a step forward, pointed at her purse embarrassingly, blushed and said, "I... I didn't bring out my money." Cai Xuan said that she was the host today, so she must Let her take the money, it's better now, it's embarrassing to stand in front of other people's stalls.
The boss felt that such a delicate girl could not be the child of a poor man, so he smiled and said warmly, "But I got separated from my family, or if you come to my place, there will be few people inside who will be bumped into. Your family will definitely see you when they pass by later."
Su Wanru looked at the bamboo chair behind the boss, and was about to agree, when she realized that there were seven or eight more teenagers in front of the boss's booth after she stood there for a while. They were not considered frivolous, but they were all looking at her face... She couldn't laugh or cry , this boss is really shrewd, she waved her hand with a smile, and said, "Forget it, I'll just wait in front."
"Don't you want the sugar man?" The boss pulled out Concubine Yang, Su Wanru shook her head, squeezed forward with difficulty, and stood under an old banyan tree that looked like a canopy. There were fewer people here, so she breathed a long sigh of relief , I regret that I came out to join in the fun today.
"Sugar Man." Suddenly, a voice seemed to come through the crowd far away, faint and continuous, with an irresistible mellowness, like a huqin tinkling in her ears, she followed the sound Look……
The man looked about twenty, wearing a sky-blue Taoist robe and a pure white fox fur cloak. In this cold early autumn, he was like a pear blossom covered with falling snow, with a faint silver light all over his body. , standing in the crowd.
Su Wanru frowned slightly, her eyes fell on the sugar figurine that the man handed over, it was Yang Guifei who she wanted but had no money to buy just now, she twitched the corners of her mouth and asked, "What do you mean, sir?"
"I just passed by and saw that the girl wanted this candy figurine." The man curled his lips, his lips and complexion were also very pale, revealing a kind of sickly and weak beauty, "I just bought it and gave it to the girl."
Su Wanru didn't answer, with a strange look on her face, "I don't like this sugar man." She took a few steps back, "Also, your way of striking up a conversation is a bit old-fashioned."
After she finished speaking, she turned to leave.
"Girl." The man followed her with a smile, and whispered by her side: "Let's make a bet. If the girl wins, I will leave immediately. If I win, I will ask the girl to accept the candy." people."
It's not a big gamble, and it seems that she didn't suffer a loss, Su Wanru tilted her head to look at him, "Why should I gamble."
No matter how beautiful she is, she is still a disciple, and she is not the same person as Shen Zhan.
No, men are all the same.
"Because this gambling girl will also be interested." The man chuckled lightly. The snow on the wintersweet branch in his smile was so dignified and elegant that it made people feel that it would be profane to say harsh words to him. "Let's bet, your friend Where are you now?"
She frowned, and replied: "Okay, I lost, give me the sugar man." She said, reaching out to the other party.
The man was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and shook his head, and handed the sugar figurine to her, "Girl is so interesting."
"It's your son, you're interesting." Su Wanru glanced at Concubine Yang's sugar man, turned around and continued walking, the man smiled and walked slowly beside her, she suddenly turned back and glared at him angrily, "What do you want to do?"
The man raised his eyebrows and laughed, "I will also leave from here."
Su Wanru didn't speak, but her expression was not polite.
"Actually, it's just a whim." The man smiled lightly, his face reflecting the silver moon in the sky, causing the passing girls to stop shyly and look timidly. He seemed not aware of it, and said softly, "Where is the girl coming from?" Such anger."
"Are you accusing me of repaying hatred with kindness?" Su Wanru thought about it, it was true, but they were strangers, why did she insist on accepting a favor from a stranger, "Then count me as repaying hatred with kindness, son, please go first!"
The man looked at Su Wanru, and suddenly handed over a name card. The name card made of bamboo strips was elegant and fragrant, with a row of names engraved on it. She looked at him strangely without looking carefully.
"It's really a bit reckless to come to Yingtian at the beginning of the Xia Dynasty. If there is any offense, I hope the girl will be Haihan." The man said, and put his hands over.
She stretched out her hand not to hit the smiling person, and besides, she didn't want to be aggressive when the other party said that. She took it and smiled at the other party, "Hai Han won't do it. When the young master gets excited again, just be quiet for a moment."
The man raised his eyebrows, laughed immediately, covered his lips with a veil and coughed after laughing, and after a while he seemed unbearable and was on the verge of falling.
Su Wanru didn't look at the man. Out of the corner of her eye, she found that there were several people hidden in the crowd, looking anxious and worried about coming over.
"Girl is very careful." The man took a pill and he felt a little better. Because of the cough, his face was slightly flushed, adding a touch of human smoke to his refined appearance, "They are all The servant of my family. I have been in poor health in recent years, and whenever I go out, there will be people around me."
You are also very careful, I just took a glance, and you noticed what I was thinking, Su Wanru smiled perfunctorily, "Since you are uncomfortable, you should go back and rest early, I am leaving."
"Where does the girl live?" The man looked at her with sincere eyes, "I will stay here for a while, the carriage can be lent to the girl."
This person spoke softly, making people feel comfortable, without any sense of oppression or aggression, which reminded her of Shen Zhan... That person, passing by you, can make you breathless.
"No need." She smiled, and her attitude softened a little, "I'm not far away, just walk."
As soon as her words fell, the sky began to drizzle continuously. The man smiled lightly and said, "Then let me lend you an umbrella." Then, someone brought an oiled paper umbrella, and he handed it to Su Wanru. "The road is dark at night, girl, walk slowly."
Su Wanru hesitated for a moment, but still took it over, blessed him, and said, "Thank you." She was going to ask him why he returned the umbrella, but she had to meet again to return the umbrella. She really didn't want to know any dignitaries, so she just I simply don't mention this against my conscience.
"If the girl intends to return the umbrella, then send it to Wanqinglou in three days. At noon, I will wait for the girl there." He said with a slight smile, his robe was unfurled and he supported his servant, and he left leisurely.
In the crowd, he was particularly conspicuous both from his back and his demeanor, making it difficult for people not to notice.
"I didn't say it back." Su Wanru held the umbrella, thought about opening it, and slowly walked in another direction, feeling that her attitude was a bit petty.
She looked down at the sugar figurine, smiled and stuck it on a tree branch by the side of the road, "Well... just continue to be a rude villain."
She put aside this trouble, turned around and copied into the alley, then came out from the alley and stood at the gate of the Confucius Temple. After waiting for a long time, Cai Xuan did not come out. She lost her patience and walked to Jinxiufang by herself.
It's still early, and the road is very lively. You can hear the sound of firecrackers and the smell of someone steaming mooncakes... Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, she also made mooncakes, and created a bitter gourd filling with Du Zhou. Su Ji vomited.
She stopped and looked up at the moon.
The moon is still the same moon, but her life has undergone earth-shaking changes.
She sighed, and went back to Jinxiufang from the corner gate. Everyone went out to play. The Jinxiufang was extremely quiet. She walked along the road and came across Aunt Qiu and her mother-in-law talking. She saluted, Aunt Qiu He asked, "Why did you come back so early?"
"We separated with Xuan'er and came back when we were a bit tired." Su Wanru smiled and said, "Have you eaten, aunt?"
Aunt Qiu raised her eyebrows, then smiled and said, "Your nose is still bright, but you smell the aroma of the food I just cooked?"
"I didn't eat either." Su Wan held Aunt Qiu's arm like a child, "Gungu give me some food."
Aunt Qiu nodded her head, and the two of them turned into Aunt Qiu's yard. The mother-in-law was just setting up the table, and seeing Su Wanru hurriedly saluted with a smile, Aunt Qiu said, "Okay, you all go back and have a reunion." , Su Jin can accompany me to eat."
The women should be, packed up and went back.
Su Wanru and Aunt Qiu sat opposite each other, and there was wine on the table. Su Wanru poured wine to Aunt Qiu, "Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, I respect Auntie, I hope you are in good health and everything goes well."
"You too." Aunt Qiu drank the wine and pointed to the dishes, "Drink less, I heard Zhenying said that you can't drink well."
Su Wanru blushed, thinking of what she did when she got drunk last night... I don't know what Shen Zhan was doing tonight, whether he was pulling the beauties in his yard to have a reunion dinner.
Whatever, it has nothing to do with her anyway.
"I won't get drunk if I drink a little." Su Wanru laughed, and sat face to face with Aunt Qiu, drinking slowly, "...Will the manager and aunt pick you up at the pier tomorrow?"
Aunt Qiu nodded, and said, "Leave early in the morning and come back the day after tomorrow." She sighed, "I'm afraid Jinxiufang will not be peaceful."
Is it because of the people from Jingxiufang in the capital, or because of King Ning?
"There is a promise from the company, you don't have to worry too much." Su Wanru said in a low voice, "No matter what happens, just ask him to make the decision."
Aunt Qiu smiled and shook her head, "You girl, you're full of thoughts." She paused, and said, "But what you said is not wrong..."
"Sister Sanniang and Sister Qinghong going?" Su Wanru really wanted to go, but unexpectedly, Auntie Qiu said, "The company said that the pomp should not be too big, just keep a low profile and just show courtesy."
Su Wanru said in disappointment.
The two chatted without saying a word, and ate a lot of moon cakes. It was not until everyone came back around Haishi that she said goodbye and went back to her yard. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Shen Zhan leaning on her chair and heard footsteps He opened his eyes and looked at her, "drinking with your aunt?"
"Well." She sat down opposite him, "When did you come? Have you eaten yet?" She thought he was celebrating the holiday at home tonight.
She forgot that he said in the morning that he would come in the evening!Shen Zhan frowned, with a gloomy face, "I've been here for a while." As he spoke, he got up and glanced at her, and said, "There are mooncakes left for you on the table, you can save them for tomorrow." After saying that, he walked away with a flick of his sleeves.
Huh?He walked so quickly, she couldn't help being stunned for a moment, looked at his back in surprise, and didn't react until he disappeared.
Is this... angry?
She then went to the door to see where Shen Zhan's shadow was.
"I don't know why." Su Wanru muttered, and when she returned to the table, she found her private seal and a food box on top of which were neatly stacked a lot of mooncakes. She smiled, stretched out her hand and took one out to eat, then vomited Come out, "What, you actually make meat stuffing."
She never eats minced meat, so if she eats lotus seed paste, it's not bad.
After thinking about it, she found a different one, this time it turned out to be lotus paste, so she sat alone at the table, holding a plate of mooncakes and eating slowly.
When he regained consciousness, his face was already full of tears.
She laughed, wiped her tears, fetched water to wash, closed the door and fell asleep.
I thought I wouldn't be able to fall asleep, but when I opened my eyes, it was already daylight. The new woman was sweeping the yard, saw her open the door, and said with a smile, "Miss, you must be tired from playing yesterday, it's almost noon."
"It's so late." Su Wanru rubbed her head, hurriedly washed and went to the restaurant. Jiao Zhenying saw her and said with a smile, "Tired from playing last night? Auntie and the others are almost at the pier."
She took out the base material with a smile, and cut a piece of cloth, "I had dinner with my aunt last night, and she was worried that it would not be peaceful after people came to Jinxiufang in Beijing."
"I just said why you weren't here last night." Jiao Zhenying said with a smile: "Auntie is right to be worried. Because you don't know how fierce the internal fighting is in the capital, it's almost bloody."
The greater the interests, the more intense the struggle will be. Su Wanru is not surprised, "Just let us all see and see."
Jiao Zhenying rolled her eyes and said, "I want to live a few more years."
Su Wanru laughed, and went out to talk with Cai Xuan with the materials. At night, Shen Zhan didn't show up. She felt more and more strange, and hesitated to ask Lu Cheng, but when she thought of Shen Zhan, she gave up the idea , honestly sewed out his jacket in the room.
I didn't talk all night, and at noon the next day, I heard everyone talking about the arrival of the embroiderer in Jinxiufang. Zhou Huaijuan said: "You didn't see that, that aunt is wearing leather silk...it must not be her own example." It was bought with money, otherwise she would not be able to buy this dress for three years."
"And the embroiderer she brought, the uppers are also made of leather." The little girl on the side also answered, "The ones from the capital are different."
Compared with them, they are like pheasants.
"Listen to me." Cai Xuan said anxiously, "Didn't you see Prince Ning sitting in the carriage?"
Zhou Huaijuan shook her head and asked curiously: "You saw it, it looks good?
"That's not a human being." Cai Xuan shook her head, "That's a god, I've never seen such a good-looking person."
Zhou Huaijuan didn't believe it, she frowned and said, "You look good with the Marquis of Zhennan?"
"This...is different." Cai Xuan struggled for a while, "Marquis Zhennan is an iron-blooded general, which makes people afraid, but Prince Ning looks very gentle."
Su Wanru stopped her needlework, looked up at Cai Xuan, and said nothing.
"I knew I would go out with you." Zhou Huaijuan was very regretful, "One is the prince, the other is the marquis... We are so lively in Yingtian."
The crowd began to discuss in a hurry.
"Embroiderer." A woman came up downstairs and stood at the stairs talking to Jiao Zhenying, "Aunt Qiu asked you to bring the six sisters who embroidered the screen this time to the yard in charge."
Jiao Zhenying was taken aback, and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"It looks like that Aunt Feng wants to meet and give everyone some advice."
Really took himself seriously, and even used airs to lecture, Jiao Zhenying snorted, and greeted the upstairs and downstairs, mockingly said: "... Come down, see the distinguished guests."
Su Wanru and Shao Juan followed Liu Sanniang to Duan's courtyard. Qinghong was also there, and together with the other two embroiderers who were going to embroider tributes this time, they looked very lively.
"This is Qinghong." A woman in her early fifties, who was wearing a light purple leather silk flower trousers, stood in the crowd and looked at Qinghong, "I heard that you have good craftsmanship. You have to teach them more."
The girls she was talking about were the embroiderers she had brought with her.
"Didn't you say you brought two embroiderers?" Jiao Zhenying lowered her head and asked Liu Sanniang, "Why are there six here?"
Liu Sanniang lowered her eyebrows and said in a low voice: "It's hard to go out, and if there is a way, I will naturally want to come out and see."
Jiao Zhenying didn't speak.
"That's it." The aunt from the capital said: "On the way here, the company said that he will be the host of the group tonight and welcome us with a banquet at the Wanqing Building. .In the next six months, everyone will work together, and it will be easier to do things if you are familiar with them.”
Aunt Qiu frowned, and Director Duan was very eloquent in responding, "Just listen to Aunt Feng, and we will go to Wanqing Building together tonight."
Everyone should be, so they withdrew.
It was dark and early after late autumn, and the mother-in-law came to call them before work was over. Su Wanru tidied up her embroidery, and went downstairs with Liu Sanniang. When she went out, she saw Lu Siqiu coming out wearing a brand new scarlet jacket. With a red face, he brushed past them.
"She's going too?" Liu Sanniang frowned, even Jiao Zhenying didn't invite her, so why would Lu Siqiu go.
Su Wanru also felt it was strange, she didn't last long, when she saw Lu Siqiu had already greeted her at the door, Aunt Feng from the capital saw her and said with a smile: "Siqiu's clothes look good, it's just a celebration."
"Aunt Feng." Lu Siqiu bowed, "You sent this material to my mother, and my mother made it for me herself."
Aunt Feng smiled and nodded with a satisfied face.
It turned out that they knew each other, Su Wanru smiled, Lu Siqiu was really lucky, after many twists and turns, he met his savior again.
There were not so many carriages, so Su Wanru and the others had to walk to Wanqing Building. Fortunately, they were not far away. They followed the carriages of a few aunts and the stewards. They arrived in less than half an hour. Qing Hong looked at the carriage in front of her and said: "You've heard that Aunt Feng made a request, saying that she wants Lu Siqiu to be her deputy, and let everyone work together, so as to avoid overlapping the color scheme and the base map, which will make the empress unhappy."
"What's the reason?" Liu Sanniang also frowned, she seldom showed any emotion, "Each library has its own allocation and scheduling, put them together, use the base material and needlework, who is to blame."
Qing Hong snorted coldly, "Who knows. The person in charge has no objection to this matter, probably because he is afraid that one more thing would be better than one less thing. The company doesn't care about it, and thinks it's a small matter."
Liu Sanniang didn't say anything, some things were said to be pretentious, but she didn't say anything but she felt nervous.
However, the manager has no objection, and she has no reason to object even if she is a young embroiderer.
As we talked, we arrived at Wanqing Building, and as soon as we reached the door, we saw a carriage stopped opposite, Su Wanru saw Aunt Feng, Director Duan and several aunts greeted them, and then Si Sanbao and Han Jiangyi also came Welcome out from the sunny building...
After a while of saluting and prostrating, the curtain of the car was lifted, and a man wearing a fox fur cloak and a bamboo blue gown came out of the car. His gait was elegant, and his demeanor was dignified...
"It's King Ning." Qing Hong exclaimed, "It looks so weak."
Liu Sanniang explained: "I heard that I was seriously injured, and I lost my vitality."
Qing Hong said oh, she still likes a tough guy like Shen Zhan.
Su Wanru stared blankly for a moment, this person was clearly the man who gave her the sugar figurine and umbrella at the Confucius Temple during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Is it King Ning?
Didn't you just arrive in Yingtian today? Why did you show up at the Confucius Temple the night before?
She was secretly surprised, and her eyes met King Ning's without any precautions. His eyebrows were raised in surprise, and then he smiled.
Thinking of the name card he gave, she quickly lowered her head and found it in her purse. It was engraved with his name, Zhao Zhongyuan.
Zhongyuan is the name of King Ning.Why didn't I think of it at the time.
(End of this chapter)
"Let go." Su Wanru withdrew her finger and wiped Du Fu vigorously in disgust, "Why are you so annoying?"
The man asked with a cold face, "You hate me, sir?"
Holding the quilt, she poked her head out and lit it desperately.
The man gritted his teeth, making a grinding noise, and said viciously, "Say it again?"
"I'll tell you what you want me to say." Su Wanru rolled her eyes and hummed, "Who do you think you are."
The man also snorted and sat still and didn't speak.
"Ouch!" Su Wanru hiccupped, then turned over suddenly and lay down on the head of the bed as if about to vomit, "Then, get me a basin quickly, I'm going to vomit."
The man didn't move, just sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her bitterly.
"I don't have long ears." Su Wanru said angrily, "I'll send you to the laundry bureau tomorrow."
The man went to get the basin slowly, Su Wanru got out of bed with bare feet, crouched in the corner with the basin in her arms, and vomited in the dark.
She vomited cleanly, but her head seemed about to explode. She squatted in the corner with her head in her arms and shouted, "Water...I want to drink water."
A glass of water was handed over, she drank it in one gulp, stuffed the glass into the man's hand, leaned on the wall and stood up unsteadily, the man seemed to hum twice, stood aside and looked at her, she was very unhappy, He frowned and shouted: "I have some eyesight, come and help me."
The man didn't speak, but walked over with the wind, and hugged her up. She exclaimed and grabbed the hem of the man's clothes, because her eyes were still watery after vomited, shining with fear, like Like a kitten, "You... what are you doing."
The man gently put her on the bed, grabbed her cheeks, and said in a resentful tone, "If the master sees you drinking, you hang yourself on the beam."
"It hurts, it hurts!" Su Wanru clapped his hands, pouted, "Speak well, don't move."
The man let go of her, and Su Wanru turned over and hugged the quilt, staring at his face and squinting her eyes, "Shen..." Before she could finish her sentence, he slapped her on the bottom, "Drunk!" Just pretend to be crazy and foolish for Grandpa!"
Shen Zhan had a headache.
"Shen Chenchen..." Su Wanru moved back on the bed, and said with frowned eyebrows: "Why don't you have a name... Anyway, you are also a marquis, so lose your identity."
Shen Zhan rubbed his forehead and exhaled, looked at her with a gentle tone, "I don't have one, you can get one for me."
When he was young, he was in the market, and when he was a little older, he joined the army. In the army, he was a vulgar person. Whoever has nothing to do is like those literati.
"No. This is a gift from an elder, a friend. Our relationship is not suitable." She waved her hands, "You can ask a friend to give it to you!"
Shen Zhan teased her, "It doesn't matter, it's the same for the daughter-in-law."
"Who is your daughter-in-law, shameless!" Su Wanru muttered, as if she would not sleep, "If you want me to get it for you, what would you get... A dog?"
Shen Zhan's face darkened.
"Haha." Su Wanru laughed sullenly, took his hand and patted it like an elder, "A dog, a dog!"
After finishing speaking, she wrapped herself in a quilt, and before Shen Zhan could get angry, she held his hand and fell asleep.
Breathing lightly, his small face was powdery, and his pouting mouth looked like an enamel doll. No matter how he looked at it, his heart softened, and he wished he could die immediately, so that he would not have to think about it in the future.
But she couldn't bear to die, she hadn't become her daughter-in-law yet.
"You wait for me, I will take care of you when you get married." He snorted and wanted to leave, but his hand was pulled, and he heard her yell, "Mother, don't go..."
If she couldn't take the steps she was going to take, he reached out and rubbed the top of her hair, and said, "Don't go."
Su Wanru laughed.
I don't know how long it took, but she felt dry and hot all over, and her mouth was very dry, and then she woke up humming, rubbed her temples and said regretfully, "I won't drink alcohol next time."
She hasn't had a drink for so long that she has forgotten how bad her drinking capacity is.
"Huh." She froze for a moment, then felt a hand on her waist, and a hand under her neck. Her head was not resting on the pillow, but something hard.
She opened her eyes, looked up, and saw a man's chin with blue stubble.
man, arm, jaw.
Su Wanru was fully awake, her eyes widened, and she suddenly pushed the man away and sat up. The man had already woken up, or hadn't slept at all, and just stared at her with red eyes.
Like a wolf, he has endured starvation for decades, and finally saw living meat.
"Shen...Shen Zhan." Su Wanru checked her clothes, her body was intact and there was nothing unusual, she breathed a sigh of relief, and pointed at him, "Why are you here?"
She vaguely remembered that someone was guarding her bed last night, she thought it was Du Zhou or a female officer in her palace...
I didn't expect it to be Shen Zhan.
She is so stupid, Hou Song has long been gone, why is she so weak in defense, she didn't think much about it.
Shen Zhan raised his eyebrows, and there were a few big characters that were not satisfied with his desires written on his face.
Su Wanru flinched, intending to run away from the foot of the bed, but his legs were too long, not only did his legs completely block the bed, but the extra legs were placed on the shelf at the end of the bed, stacked and tilted...
He rested his arms on the pillow and just looked at her like that.
"You...you..." Su Wanru patted his leg, "Let's go, it's almost dawn, you go."
Shen Zhan pursed his lips, and said gloomyly: "Little white-eyed wolf, do you want to chase someone away after you run out?"
What is used up?Su Wanru's face turned red, she knew what she looked like when she was drunk, she might not be sure that she would really drag him to complain last night and not let him go, thinking of this, her heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Shen Zhan warily, "I'm not talking nonsense when I'm drunk, am I?"
"There's no gibberish after drinking, but there's something else going on." He took time off, showing a distressed expression, and then lifted the quilt, revealing his scarred but strong chest. Su Wanru couldn't stand the stimulation, and turned her head away with a groan , Shen Zhan continued to lift the quilt down, Su Wanru couldn't bear it and quickly pressed his hand.
"Don't!" She was afraid of seeing something she couldn't see.
"I'm thinking about something." He pushed back the quilt and got up and stepped on the ground barefoot. Although his upper body was naked, he was wearing pants.
Su Wanru breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked sideways at her, squinted, pointed at his shoulder, and didn't speak.
Following the direction of his fingertips, Su Wanru saw...
A row of tooth marks.
She couldn't bear to look any longer, and immediately grabbed the clothes at the foot of the bed and wrapped them up for him. She was very considerate: "Hou...Master Hou, it's cold, put on your clothes quickly, lest you catch a cold."
What the hell did she do last night, the wine was too bad.
"Are you going to drive me away in the next sentence?" Shen Zhan looked at her, his teeth grinding, "Little white-eyed wolf, if you dare to say a word, I'll get you done right away!"
Su Wanru was very guilty, she ran to pour tea with her head down and handed it over.
Shen Zhan squinted at her, and refused to take it with a sullen face, saying, "I know I'm wrong?"
Su Wanru nodded without thinking about it.
Make sure to close the door behind her next drink.
"What's wrong?" He asked in a deep voice.
Su Wanru replied: "I don't drink alcohol."
"What else?" Shen Zhan asked.
Su Wanru shook her head in shock, she had summed up something else in her heart, and she couldn't tell him.
"If it wasn't for me last night, you would have done the same for someone else?" Shen Zhan squinted his eyes, his face was full of murderous looks, as if she could wrench her neck off if she just nodded.
Su Wanru is baffled, others will come here to take advantage of me just like you, besides, she still has the ability to distinguish subconsciously even when she is drunk, she muttered something, and she replied with a smile: "Of course not, I would definitely kick it out if it was someone else go out."
Shen Zhan didn't believe it, but his face obviously improved a little. He took a sip from the teacup and looked at her with a frown, "Just because Si Sanbao rewarded you with 50 taels of silver, are you so happy?"
"That's not true." Su Wanru was very happy that he changed the subject, and immediately replied, "It's because I've been too busy and tired these days, and it's rare that things are settled, so I'm happy." As she spoke, she remembered Shen Zhan's 1 taels of silver. He quickly put the teacup over and pushed him, "Give me a moment, I'm looking for something."
Pushed up by her, Shen Zhan watched her feel it in the pillow, then took out a bank note and handed it to him, "You gave it to me last time, now I give it back to you."
"I'll keep it if I give it to you." Shen Zhan glanced at the bank note, "Don't make any wrong decisions in the future, I have plenty of bank notes for you to use."
Is he showing off his wealth?Su Wanru rolled her eyes, and returned the banknote to him, "I don't need so much money."
She can use it, but this banknote belongs to Shen Zhan, no matter where she takes it in the future, Shen Zhan will know immediately... Didn't she give away her whereabouts.
You can't leave troubles for yourself for this little money.
Shen Zhan's face darkened, and he shouted, "Just keep it if I give it to you, so much nonsense."
"I don't want it!" She tucked it into his clothes, and said coldly, "I don't usually need money, and it would be a disaster if I kept it on me."
Shen Zhan froze for a moment, thought for a while and nodded, "What you said makes sense." Then he put away the bank note, "Do you have a private seal?"
"Yes, what are you going to do?" Su Wanru's private seal was newly engraved by Du Zhou, but it was Su Jin's name, she was not afraid that Shen Zhan would know it.
Shen Zhan put on his clothes, and as soon as she turned around, she saw a new wound on his back. She froze for a moment, and blurted out, "Are you injured?"
"Small injury." He glanced at her, put on his clothes, and continued to say what he said just now, "Give me your private seal for your use, and someone will send it to you tomorrow."
Su Wanru looked at him suspiciously, "How could your injury be a minor one? How long has it been? Who did it?"
"There's a lot of nonsense." He knocked on her head, "Here's your private seal."
He avoided talking about Su Wanru and didn't bother to ask, and said, "You won't take my private seal to borrow interest money, will you? Let me tell you, my money is lifeless and worthless, and you won't be able to rob it if you rob me." silver."
"I really want to pry open your brain to see if there is a diagram of five elements and eight trigrams inside." Shen Zhan showed helplessness, and reached out to her, "Give me your private seal."
Su Wanru obediently gave it to him, and Shen Zhan put it in his arms.
The sky was getting brighter, Su Wanru pointed outside, "I'm going to fetch water..." Then she said, "Aren't you going back?"
Shen Zhan glanced at her, "Sit here." He patted the seat beside him, "What have you been up to these days. Why didn't you go to the mansion to look for Qing Liu."
Su Wanru thought for a while, then sat down across from him, frowned and said, "It's still because of the selection of the Fair Embroidery Workshop, it's settled, and I will follow Liu Sanniang to embroider next year's Empress's Birthday Embroidery. It will be sent to the capital together with the dragon robes worn by the Holy One to offer sacrifices to the heavens."
It was March, Shen Zhan frowned, "Are you sure?" She wanted to enter the palace to assassinate Zhao Zhiang?
She is quite courageous, but with him here, she can do as she pleases.
"Yes." Su Wanru replied, "Everyone is fighting over their heads."
Shen Zhan showed a smiling face, rubbed her hair, and looked proud: "You just came here and you can squeeze in. You have to use a lot of tricks."
"Will you talk?" She couldn't help laughing, and gave him a reproachful look, "Anyway, I just have a clear conscience."
Seeing that she was cute, Shen Zhan smiled with pity and said, "It's okay to be ashamed. With Master here, you can be as guilty as you want."
I'm only afraid because of you.
"However, if you send embroidery for the empress's birthday, I have a reminder." Shen Zhan frowned, thought for a while, and said: "The empress gave birth to the prince in the early years, and since then she doesn't like red very much."
There is such a thing, Su Wanru doesn't know how Liu Sanniang's screen was finalized.
"Thank you for the reminder, Lord Hou." Su Wanru said with a smile: "The manager said that if we please the Empress, we will enter the palace to thank you."
He patted her head and said nothing.
Su Wanru also planned to change the subject, but she said that she felt guilty, "Qingliu said you are very busy, what are you busy with? Is it because of the matter in Fengyang, the central capital?"
"I went to Xuzhou first, and then took a detour to Fengyang. The ancestral mausoleum has been fixed there, but it's in the lower reaches of the Huai River, so it's not good!" He shook his head, pointing his finger at the table, "Something will happen in the future."
He has robbed tombs and dug holes for many years, and he still has a lot of settings for the tomb passages of the tombs.
"Then did you write a memorial to report this matter?" Su Wanru looked at him with her chin resting on her cheek. It was the first time she saw that Shen Zhan was so wise and not confused when talking about political affairs, "This is a great event and a great achievement."
Shen Zhan looked at her, patted her head, and smiled, "There is a more suitable person to play this matter."
"Are you going to sell favors?" Su Wanru's eyes lit up, pointing at him and laughing, "You are so cunning!"
He was stunned for a moment, then laughed, pinched her cheek, and said, "You are so young, why are you so old!"
Su Wanru patted his hand, but she felt a little admiration in her heart. He is not a reckless, brave, and brainless person... Now that he has made great achievements in the military, he has already been named a Marquis, so it is useless for him to make great achievements. At most, the Holy Majesty would give him the title of Sangong.
What does he want to do with this false name? He is not a civil servant who writes and writes down history. As long as he fights well, as long as he does not rebel or create chaos, and does not stand in the wrong team, he can live to old age in peace and leave a shadow for future generations. Yep.
Therefore, since he doesn't need the credit, he might as well use it as a favor.
For example, the little emperor's grandson, such as... King Ning?
In short, now he is not going to show his face on the holy board, but to win over his own people and open up relationships from all walks of life.
"Fortunately, it's the woman my master likes." Shen Zhan was not surprised by Su Wanru's intelligence, "I have a good heart."
Su Wanru was speechless, she waved her hands with disgust on her face, "Ministers don't dare to climb high, let alone say that they have a heart-to-heart with you, Lord Hou."
"The teeth are sharp and the mouth is sharp." Shen Zhan flicked her forehead, the words on the lips stopped suddenly, looked at her and smiled: "Come here, let the master hold you for a while."
Su Wanru looked at him warily and shook her head.
Shen Zhan frowned, crossed his legs to take time off.
Su Wanru's puzzlement and vigilance were interrupted by the sound of footsteps in the yard, and Cai Xuan shouted, "A Jin, are you awake? My head hurts."
The pace is getting tighter and tighter.
"You're too bad." Su Wanru stood up abruptly, threw herself into Shen Zhan's arms reluctantly, and gave her a perfunctory hug, "Hurry up, hurry up."
Shen Zhan narrowed his eyes, showing the appearance of taking advantage of others' danger.
"Shameless." Su Wanru had no choice but to bend over and hug him, and said softly, "Master Hou is the best!" Go, go.
Shen Zhan didn't move.
Su Wanru let go of him, looked at his face, coughed and leaned over in embarrassment, and quickly kissed him on the face, "Okay... okay."
Shen Zhan laughed, and suddenly stood up and brought her over, pressing his lips down...
Cai Xuan knocked on the door, "A Jin, are you awake?"
Su Wanru blushed anxiously, before Shen Zhan let go of her, touched her face, and whispered in her ear: "My Lord will come to see you at night." He nodded his chin towards the door, "Go and open the door."
"You..." Su Wanru looked at him suspiciously, and slowly went to open the door. Cai Xuan stood at the door with her head in her arms, "A Jin, my head hurts so much. Is there any medicine to cure the hangover?"
Have a headache?She's okay, she didn't have a headache, "Why don't I go to the doctor and ask?"
"Forget it. You let me go in for a cup of tea." Cai Xuan pushed Su Wanru who was blocking the door to come in, threw herself on the bed, and muttered, "A Jin, I will never drink again."
Su Wanru's heart was pounding, and she walked around the room, but Shen Zhan was no longer there. She was full of surprises, when she looked up and saw someone lying on the beam drinking tea... She immediately nodded Big, pulled Cai Xuan and left, "Don't sleep, I'm so hungry, I'm going to have breakfast."
"Let me lie down for a while." Cai Xuan hugged the quilt and refused to leave, "Just for a while."
Su Wanru dragged Cai Xuan out, Shen Zhan laughed, and after a while came out of the room and went to the street, Lu Cheng followed silently, and asked in a low voice: "Master, is the girl alright?"
"It's okay." Shen Zhan took Su Wanru's private seal and came out, "Take her seal to open an account at Tongtian Ticket Office, and ask Mr. Zhou to deposit [-]% of all the money we get in the future."
500%?I just got a salt well now, and I started to make money when I got it. In the next year, there will be no more than 100 million taels, but there will be more than [-] million taels. It's a big deal to give the girl [-]%, and I came back from Xuzhou a few days ago On the way, they came across a large tomb. They were stubborn and got a lot.
"Yes." Lu Cheng responded without asking any more questions. He took his private seal to Tongtian Ticket Office to open an account, and told Zhou Feng about the matter again. Zhou Feng was so surprised that he took his private seal and turned it over and over again. He looked at him intently, "This... is the woman that the Lord misses?"
"Yes!" Lu Cheng knew that he couldn't hide it from Zhou Feng, "You just need to know about this, and don't try to persuade the Lord."
Persuasion is useless.
"I understand." Zhou Feng, who is as shrewd as he is, of course knows that Shen Zhan has reached this level, and he is afraid that even eight horses will not be able to pull him back. Save this much money for her."
She said, went to the inner courtyard to find Shen Zhan, and persuaded her sincerely: "She is a woman, even if she buys a dowry, she doesn't need so much money. What's more, since she will be a wife in the future, isn't the master's money also her money?" .”
"Women have money and strong backs." Shen Zhan ate steamed buns and meatloaf, "Besides, if something happens to me one day, she has money on her, so she doesn't have to be timid or afraid." The most important thing is not to marry for a living other people.
The corner of Zhou Feng's mouth twitched, realizing that he had just said some nonsense, and silently released his private seal, "Then the 8 taels were collected in various places in Fengyang, can they be divided?"
"Split it. If it's money, give her some." Shen Zhan grabbed another steamed bun, and Qingliu came in with the medicine, "Master Hou, it's time to drink the medicine."
Shen Zhan didn't talk nonsense. He grabbed the medicine bowl and breathed a sigh of relief. He wiped his mouth and chewed on the steamed buns before talking, "8 taels? Who gave it?"
"You have a look." Zhou Feng handed over the list, and Shen Zhan bit the steamed bun to read the list, casually scanned and clicked on a person on it, "Is this Lao Wu the supervisor?" He wanted to take over the business of the imperial tomb, so he bribed Shen Zhan More than 1 taels.
Zhou Fengying said, "His brother-in-law is a local village head, and he is a local snake."
"That's less money." Shen Zhan frowned, tapped the table, and said a few words to Zhou Feng. Zhou Feng's eyes lit up, and he nodded immediately, "Success, the humble job implies that they will send another 3 taels." , Yizhun will let them do the building of the imperial mausoleum."
This kind of local snake can't accomplish great things, and it does all sorts of evil.It is a good candidate to be a scapegoat, and it can also give the little emperor a chance to establish his prestige.
Shen Zhan nodded in satisfaction, got up, grabbed his clothes and put them on, thought for a while and put Su Wanru's private seal in his arms, "Go and call Du Yanqiu, let him follow me to Songjiang tomorrow, back and forth for four days, remember Take your wraps."
"Master, are you looking for that blacksmith?" After Zhou Feng followed, Shen Zhan nodded, and said, "The blacksmith's knife is very useful, so please go and see for yourself."
Zhou Fengying said again: "Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, I received a lot of posts, take a look..."
"No." Shen Zhan was very happy, "Let the kitchen cook the table dishes, and someone will come tonight."
It must be that girl, Zhou Feng looked at Shen Zhan's back, sighed and said with emotion: "Since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by the beauty pass, these words are not deceiving."
Shen Zhan didn't hear it, hummed a little tune, and left.
After breakfast, Su Wanru went to attend to Liu Sanniang. There were seven people on the eight screens, Liu Sanniang embroidered two pairs in the middle, and the rest of them had one pair...
"Su Jin." Liu Sanniang and the people in her group introduced Su Wanru, "Although she is new here, she is very skilled. For the next six months or so, we will work together and be more humble and friendly to each other. Do everything well, don't lose face of Yingtian Jinxiufang."
"Yes!" Su Wanru answered with everyone. Liu Sanniang looked at the crowd and smiled, pointing to the embroiderers and Su Wanru to introduce, "This is Sister Shao. She has been in Jinxiufang for 20 years, and she is older than us." , the craftsmanship is not to say, she is the best in our group of random stitch embroidery."
Sister Shao's name is Shao Juan, from Changzhou, she looks about 31 and [-] in appearance, a little fat, and squints her eyes when looking at people, Su Wanru reckons her eyesight is not very good.
It's not surprising that as an embroiderer, after ten or twenty years, her eyes will no longer be sharp.
"This is Jiang Zhi, sister Jiang Ye. They are twins, but they don't look much alike." Liu Sanniang said with a smile. Take care of the three sisters."
Shao Juan and the other three smiled and nodded at her, saying they dare not take it.
"These two are Ma Qian and Nie Juan." After Liu Sanniang's introduction, she took out eight sets of drafts, "This time the focus is on mountains and rivers, this one is the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, this one is the Central Plains, and this one is the scenery in the northern part of the Great Wall..." She introduced them one by one, and after distributing them, what Su Wanru got was Yanjing after the snow.
"Copy the draft, and we'll have a meeting to discuss it when it's finished. If it's not good, we'll redraw it. I'd rather waste a little time on every step than deal with it carelessly, and finally rework it all over again." Liu Sanniang was very serious in her work, telling each drawing one by one. After the essentials, let everyone disperse.
Su Wanru went downstairs with the manuscript, Cai Xuan greeted her, and looked at it curiously, "Is this Yanjing? It's not easy to embroider, it's just a snow-covered roof, it's a bit difficult for humans and animals to float on it."
"Yeah." Su Wanru also found it a bit difficult, and it was a double-sided embroidery method. Although the two sides are the same, it took too much work for such a large picture. It’s going to go by leaps and bounds.”
Cai Xuan covered her face with a smile and nodded, "Yes, it will definitely improve by leaps and bounds."
"Congratulations, Ajin." Ruan Siying brought tea over and handed it to her, with a really happy smile in her eyes, "There are five of us, sister Hu went to the Jinxiu Pavilion, you took the birthday embroidery, you guys Those two are really good."
Cai Xuan and You Rongyan smiled, "Sister Hu doesn't dare to say, but in the future when Ah Jin is well, she will definitely help us." Saying that, she looked at Su Wanru, "Right, right."
"Yes!" Su Wanru covered her face and smiled, "No matter who gets better, we should help and take care of each other."
Ruan Siying smiled, glanced at Dou Rao, flinched and said with a smile: "Then you talk, I'll go on to work."
went away.
The time is actually very tight. Since Su Wanru took over the job, she didn't intend to be perfunctory. She sat down carefully to trace the picture. There were footsteps on the stairs, and Zhou Huaijuan yelled loudly, "Auntie said let everyone rest for a long time today. There are extra meals in the church, if the sisters want to go out to play, they can go out together, but they must come back before the hour."
"I can really go out." Cai Xuan jumped up, clapped her hands and said, "I heard that there are lanterns in the Confucius Temple tonight. Ah Jin, let's go and see the lanterns."
Su Wanru looked at the things in her hands, remembered something, and asked Zhou Huaijuan, "Is everyone going?"
Zhou Huaijuan shook her head and said, "Auntie and the others probably won't go."
Then she won't go anymore, she looked at Cai Xuan and said, "Go by yourself, I won't go."
"Go." Cai Xuan pulled her up, "Just wear the dress I wore to the banquet last time... This time I will pay for you to have snacks."
Zhou Huaijuan leaned over, "And me. Every time Ajin pays, this time Xuan'er and I pay."
As they said that, the two of them dragged Su Wan down the stairs.
In the afternoon, the three of them changed their clothes in the room. Cai Xuan also specially combed the single snail, and donned a silver-gilt copper hairpin that Su Wanru gave her. It was lively and elegant, "I look good, don't I?"
Cai Xuan was wearing a newly made skirt, twirling back and forth, Su Wanru laughed, and nodded: "It's pretty. It's just a little thin. I think you will definitely be cold at night."
"No." She patted her chest, "I have never been afraid of the cold since I was a child."
Both Su Wanru and Zhou Huaijuan laughed.
The three of them didn't eat dinner, so they bounced to the Confucius Temple. The distance was not too short, and it took more than half an hour to walk there. Su Wanru was wearing a half-worn hibiscus-colored jacket, and her lower body was a blue skirt with thread, Follow behind Cai Xuan who is like a bird out of the cage.
Eating snacks all the way to the Confucius Temple, it was dark, the merchants lit up their lights one after another, and the guises with various slogans fluttered in the wind. Take an ox cart, or a donkey cart and a horse-drawn cart, and get off at the intersection outside.
Cai Xuan hadn't finished eating a bowl of sweet-scented osmanthus and taro seedlings, but there were crowds of people everywhere.
"It's so lively. This is the Confucius Temple Lantern Festival that everyone praises." Cai Xuan saw it for the first time, and pulled Zhou Huaijuan to ask this and that, "Is there still a dragon lantern dance?"
Zhou Huaijuan gave her a blank look, "It's the Lantern Festival, there has never been a Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Oh." Cai Xuan nodded, pulled Zhou Huaijuan and piled up towards the crowd, "Ajin, sister Juan, come here, there are dumplings stuffed with glutinous rice, just like my mother's."
Some people in Huizhou do not eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but eat glutinous rice dumplings, which are sweet and glutinous, wrapped with sesame seeds or bean paste.Cai Xuan's mother is from Huizhou. She has eaten this since she was a child until the Mid-Autumn Festival, so she was very happy to see it.
Su Wanru let out an oh, and reluctantly followed, but then she was rushed by the crowd, and walked passively for about ten steps in a blink of an eye.
She stroked her forehead, turned aside, and stopped in front of a small vendor selling sugar. The vendor was a man in his forties who was very good at doing business. One for money, two for ten patterns, you can pick whatever you want, if you don’t tell the old man, I’ll make a ready-made one for you now.”
"No... no need." She stared at the plump Concubine Yang Gui, who was stuck on top of her head, and couldn't help laughing. The boss was looking at her, and he was surprised when he saw her smile, "Young lady wants this Concubine Yang, if you like it , I’ll give you three grains of money to take away.”
Su Wanru was hit by someone, she took a step forward, pointed at her purse embarrassingly, blushed and said, "I... I didn't bring out my money." Cai Xuan said that she was the host today, so she must Let her take the money, it's better now, it's embarrassing to stand in front of other people's stalls.
The boss felt that such a delicate girl could not be the child of a poor man, so he smiled and said warmly, "But I got separated from my family, or if you come to my place, there will be few people inside who will be bumped into. Your family will definitely see you when they pass by later."
Su Wanru looked at the bamboo chair behind the boss, and was about to agree, when she realized that there were seven or eight more teenagers in front of the boss's booth after she stood there for a while. They were not considered frivolous, but they were all looking at her face... She couldn't laugh or cry , this boss is really shrewd, she waved her hand with a smile, and said, "Forget it, I'll just wait in front."
"Don't you want the sugar man?" The boss pulled out Concubine Yang, Su Wanru shook her head, squeezed forward with difficulty, and stood under an old banyan tree that looked like a canopy. There were fewer people here, so she breathed a long sigh of relief , I regret that I came out to join in the fun today.
"Sugar Man." Suddenly, a voice seemed to come through the crowd far away, faint and continuous, with an irresistible mellowness, like a huqin tinkling in her ears, she followed the sound Look……
The man looked about twenty, wearing a sky-blue Taoist robe and a pure white fox fur cloak. In this cold early autumn, he was like a pear blossom covered with falling snow, with a faint silver light all over his body. , standing in the crowd.
Su Wanru frowned slightly, her eyes fell on the sugar figurine that the man handed over, it was Yang Guifei who she wanted but had no money to buy just now, she twitched the corners of her mouth and asked, "What do you mean, sir?"
"I just passed by and saw that the girl wanted this candy figurine." The man curled his lips, his lips and complexion were also very pale, revealing a kind of sickly and weak beauty, "I just bought it and gave it to the girl."
Su Wanru didn't answer, with a strange look on her face, "I don't like this sugar man." She took a few steps back, "Also, your way of striking up a conversation is a bit old-fashioned."
After she finished speaking, she turned to leave.
"Girl." The man followed her with a smile, and whispered by her side: "Let's make a bet. If the girl wins, I will leave immediately. If I win, I will ask the girl to accept the candy." people."
It's not a big gamble, and it seems that she didn't suffer a loss, Su Wanru tilted her head to look at him, "Why should I gamble."
No matter how beautiful she is, she is still a disciple, and she is not the same person as Shen Zhan.
No, men are all the same.
"Because this gambling girl will also be interested." The man chuckled lightly. The snow on the wintersweet branch in his smile was so dignified and elegant that it made people feel that it would be profane to say harsh words to him. "Let's bet, your friend Where are you now?"
She frowned, and replied: "Okay, I lost, give me the sugar man." She said, reaching out to the other party.
The man was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and shook his head, and handed the sugar figurine to her, "Girl is so interesting."
"It's your son, you're interesting." Su Wanru glanced at Concubine Yang's sugar man, turned around and continued walking, the man smiled and walked slowly beside her, she suddenly turned back and glared at him angrily, "What do you want to do?"
The man raised his eyebrows and laughed, "I will also leave from here."
Su Wanru didn't speak, but her expression was not polite.
"Actually, it's just a whim." The man smiled lightly, his face reflecting the silver moon in the sky, causing the passing girls to stop shyly and look timidly. He seemed not aware of it, and said softly, "Where is the girl coming from?" Such anger."
"Are you accusing me of repaying hatred with kindness?" Su Wanru thought about it, it was true, but they were strangers, why did she insist on accepting a favor from a stranger, "Then count me as repaying hatred with kindness, son, please go first!"
The man looked at Su Wanru, and suddenly handed over a name card. The name card made of bamboo strips was elegant and fragrant, with a row of names engraved on it. She looked at him strangely without looking carefully.
"It's really a bit reckless to come to Yingtian at the beginning of the Xia Dynasty. If there is any offense, I hope the girl will be Haihan." The man said, and put his hands over.
She stretched out her hand not to hit the smiling person, and besides, she didn't want to be aggressive when the other party said that. She took it and smiled at the other party, "Hai Han won't do it. When the young master gets excited again, just be quiet for a moment."
The man raised his eyebrows, laughed immediately, covered his lips with a veil and coughed after laughing, and after a while he seemed unbearable and was on the verge of falling.
Su Wanru didn't look at the man. Out of the corner of her eye, she found that there were several people hidden in the crowd, looking anxious and worried about coming over.
"Girl is very careful." The man took a pill and he felt a little better. Because of the cough, his face was slightly flushed, adding a touch of human smoke to his refined appearance, "They are all The servant of my family. I have been in poor health in recent years, and whenever I go out, there will be people around me."
You are also very careful, I just took a glance, and you noticed what I was thinking, Su Wanru smiled perfunctorily, "Since you are uncomfortable, you should go back and rest early, I am leaving."
"Where does the girl live?" The man looked at her with sincere eyes, "I will stay here for a while, the carriage can be lent to the girl."
This person spoke softly, making people feel comfortable, without any sense of oppression or aggression, which reminded her of Shen Zhan... That person, passing by you, can make you breathless.
"No need." She smiled, and her attitude softened a little, "I'm not far away, just walk."
As soon as her words fell, the sky began to drizzle continuously. The man smiled lightly and said, "Then let me lend you an umbrella." Then, someone brought an oiled paper umbrella, and he handed it to Su Wanru. "The road is dark at night, girl, walk slowly."
Su Wanru hesitated for a moment, but still took it over, blessed him, and said, "Thank you." She was going to ask him why he returned the umbrella, but she had to meet again to return the umbrella. She really didn't want to know any dignitaries, so she just I simply don't mention this against my conscience.
"If the girl intends to return the umbrella, then send it to Wanqinglou in three days. At noon, I will wait for the girl there." He said with a slight smile, his robe was unfurled and he supported his servant, and he left leisurely.
In the crowd, he was particularly conspicuous both from his back and his demeanor, making it difficult for people not to notice.
"I didn't say it back." Su Wanru held the umbrella, thought about opening it, and slowly walked in another direction, feeling that her attitude was a bit petty.
She looked down at the sugar figurine, smiled and stuck it on a tree branch by the side of the road, "Well... just continue to be a rude villain."
She put aside this trouble, turned around and copied into the alley, then came out from the alley and stood at the gate of the Confucius Temple. After waiting for a long time, Cai Xuan did not come out. She lost her patience and walked to Jinxiufang by herself.
It's still early, and the road is very lively. You can hear the sound of firecrackers and the smell of someone steaming mooncakes... Last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, she also made mooncakes, and created a bitter gourd filling with Du Zhou. Su Ji vomited.
She stopped and looked up at the moon.
The moon is still the same moon, but her life has undergone earth-shaking changes.
She sighed, and went back to Jinxiufang from the corner gate. Everyone went out to play. The Jinxiufang was extremely quiet. She walked along the road and came across Aunt Qiu and her mother-in-law talking. She saluted, Aunt Qiu He asked, "Why did you come back so early?"
"We separated with Xuan'er and came back when we were a bit tired." Su Wanru smiled and said, "Have you eaten, aunt?"
Aunt Qiu raised her eyebrows, then smiled and said, "Your nose is still bright, but you smell the aroma of the food I just cooked?"
"I didn't eat either." Su Wan held Aunt Qiu's arm like a child, "Gungu give me some food."
Aunt Qiu nodded her head, and the two of them turned into Aunt Qiu's yard. The mother-in-law was just setting up the table, and seeing Su Wanru hurriedly saluted with a smile, Aunt Qiu said, "Okay, you all go back and have a reunion." , Su Jin can accompany me to eat."
The women should be, packed up and went back.
Su Wanru and Aunt Qiu sat opposite each other, and there was wine on the table. Su Wanru poured wine to Aunt Qiu, "Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, I respect Auntie, I hope you are in good health and everything goes well."
"You too." Aunt Qiu drank the wine and pointed to the dishes, "Drink less, I heard Zhenying said that you can't drink well."
Su Wanru blushed, thinking of what she did when she got drunk last night... I don't know what Shen Zhan was doing tonight, whether he was pulling the beauties in his yard to have a reunion dinner.
Whatever, it has nothing to do with her anyway.
"I won't get drunk if I drink a little." Su Wanru laughed, and sat face to face with Aunt Qiu, drinking slowly, "...Will the manager and aunt pick you up at the pier tomorrow?"
Aunt Qiu nodded, and said, "Leave early in the morning and come back the day after tomorrow." She sighed, "I'm afraid Jinxiufang will not be peaceful."
Is it because of the people from Jingxiufang in the capital, or because of King Ning?
"There is a promise from the company, you don't have to worry too much." Su Wanru said in a low voice, "No matter what happens, just ask him to make the decision."
Aunt Qiu smiled and shook her head, "You girl, you're full of thoughts." She paused, and said, "But what you said is not wrong..."
"Sister Sanniang and Sister Qinghong going?" Su Wanru really wanted to go, but unexpectedly, Auntie Qiu said, "The company said that the pomp should not be too big, just keep a low profile and just show courtesy."
Su Wanru said in disappointment.
The two chatted without saying a word, and ate a lot of moon cakes. It was not until everyone came back around Haishi that she said goodbye and went back to her yard. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Shen Zhan leaning on her chair and heard footsteps He opened his eyes and looked at her, "drinking with your aunt?"
"Well." She sat down opposite him, "When did you come? Have you eaten yet?" She thought he was celebrating the holiday at home tonight.
She forgot that he said in the morning that he would come in the evening!Shen Zhan frowned, with a gloomy face, "I've been here for a while." As he spoke, he got up and glanced at her, and said, "There are mooncakes left for you on the table, you can save them for tomorrow." After saying that, he walked away with a flick of his sleeves.
Huh?He walked so quickly, she couldn't help being stunned for a moment, looked at his back in surprise, and didn't react until he disappeared.
Is this... angry?
She then went to the door to see where Shen Zhan's shadow was.
"I don't know why." Su Wanru muttered, and when she returned to the table, she found her private seal and a food box on top of which were neatly stacked a lot of mooncakes. She smiled, stretched out her hand and took one out to eat, then vomited Come out, "What, you actually make meat stuffing."
She never eats minced meat, so if she eats lotus seed paste, it's not bad.
After thinking about it, she found a different one, this time it turned out to be lotus paste, so she sat alone at the table, holding a plate of mooncakes and eating slowly.
When he regained consciousness, his face was already full of tears.
She laughed, wiped her tears, fetched water to wash, closed the door and fell asleep.
I thought I wouldn't be able to fall asleep, but when I opened my eyes, it was already daylight. The new woman was sweeping the yard, saw her open the door, and said with a smile, "Miss, you must be tired from playing yesterday, it's almost noon."
"It's so late." Su Wanru rubbed her head, hurriedly washed and went to the restaurant. Jiao Zhenying saw her and said with a smile, "Tired from playing last night? Auntie and the others are almost at the pier."
She took out the base material with a smile, and cut a piece of cloth, "I had dinner with my aunt last night, and she was worried that it would not be peaceful after people came to Jinxiufang in Beijing."
"I just said why you weren't here last night." Jiao Zhenying said with a smile: "Auntie is right to be worried. Because you don't know how fierce the internal fighting is in the capital, it's almost bloody."
The greater the interests, the more intense the struggle will be. Su Wanru is not surprised, "Just let us all see and see."
Jiao Zhenying rolled her eyes and said, "I want to live a few more years."
Su Wanru laughed, and went out to talk with Cai Xuan with the materials. At night, Shen Zhan didn't show up. She felt more and more strange, and hesitated to ask Lu Cheng, but when she thought of Shen Zhan, she gave up the idea , honestly sewed out his jacket in the room.
I didn't talk all night, and at noon the next day, I heard everyone talking about the arrival of the embroiderer in Jinxiufang. Zhou Huaijuan said: "You didn't see that, that aunt is wearing leather silk...it must not be her own example." It was bought with money, otherwise she would not be able to buy this dress for three years."
"And the embroiderer she brought, the uppers are also made of leather." The little girl on the side also answered, "The ones from the capital are different."
Compared with them, they are like pheasants.
"Listen to me." Cai Xuan said anxiously, "Didn't you see Prince Ning sitting in the carriage?"
Zhou Huaijuan shook her head and asked curiously: "You saw it, it looks good?
"That's not a human being." Cai Xuan shook her head, "That's a god, I've never seen such a good-looking person."
Zhou Huaijuan didn't believe it, she frowned and said, "You look good with the Marquis of Zhennan?"
"This...is different." Cai Xuan struggled for a while, "Marquis Zhennan is an iron-blooded general, which makes people afraid, but Prince Ning looks very gentle."
Su Wanru stopped her needlework, looked up at Cai Xuan, and said nothing.
"I knew I would go out with you." Zhou Huaijuan was very regretful, "One is the prince, the other is the marquis... We are so lively in Yingtian."
The crowd began to discuss in a hurry.
"Embroiderer." A woman came up downstairs and stood at the stairs talking to Jiao Zhenying, "Aunt Qiu asked you to bring the six sisters who embroidered the screen this time to the yard in charge."
Jiao Zhenying was taken aback, and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"It looks like that Aunt Feng wants to meet and give everyone some advice."
Really took himself seriously, and even used airs to lecture, Jiao Zhenying snorted, and greeted the upstairs and downstairs, mockingly said: "... Come down, see the distinguished guests."
Su Wanru and Shao Juan followed Liu Sanniang to Duan's courtyard. Qinghong was also there, and together with the other two embroiderers who were going to embroider tributes this time, they looked very lively.
"This is Qinghong." A woman in her early fifties, who was wearing a light purple leather silk flower trousers, stood in the crowd and looked at Qinghong, "I heard that you have good craftsmanship. You have to teach them more."
The girls she was talking about were the embroiderers she had brought with her.
"Didn't you say you brought two embroiderers?" Jiao Zhenying lowered her head and asked Liu Sanniang, "Why are there six here?"
Liu Sanniang lowered her eyebrows and said in a low voice: "It's hard to go out, and if there is a way, I will naturally want to come out and see."
Jiao Zhenying didn't speak.
"That's it." The aunt from the capital said: "On the way here, the company said that he will be the host of the group tonight and welcome us with a banquet at the Wanqing Building. .In the next six months, everyone will work together, and it will be easier to do things if you are familiar with them.”
Aunt Qiu frowned, and Director Duan was very eloquent in responding, "Just listen to Aunt Feng, and we will go to Wanqing Building together tonight."
Everyone should be, so they withdrew.
It was dark and early after late autumn, and the mother-in-law came to call them before work was over. Su Wanru tidied up her embroidery, and went downstairs with Liu Sanniang. When she went out, she saw Lu Siqiu coming out wearing a brand new scarlet jacket. With a red face, he brushed past them.
"She's going too?" Liu Sanniang frowned, even Jiao Zhenying didn't invite her, so why would Lu Siqiu go.
Su Wanru also felt it was strange, she didn't last long, when she saw Lu Siqiu had already greeted her at the door, Aunt Feng from the capital saw her and said with a smile: "Siqiu's clothes look good, it's just a celebration."
"Aunt Feng." Lu Siqiu bowed, "You sent this material to my mother, and my mother made it for me herself."
Aunt Feng smiled and nodded with a satisfied face.
It turned out that they knew each other, Su Wanru smiled, Lu Siqiu was really lucky, after many twists and turns, he met his savior again.
There were not so many carriages, so Su Wanru and the others had to walk to Wanqing Building. Fortunately, they were not far away. They followed the carriages of a few aunts and the stewards. They arrived in less than half an hour. Qing Hong looked at the carriage in front of her and said: "You've heard that Aunt Feng made a request, saying that she wants Lu Siqiu to be her deputy, and let everyone work together, so as to avoid overlapping the color scheme and the base map, which will make the empress unhappy."
"What's the reason?" Liu Sanniang also frowned, she seldom showed any emotion, "Each library has its own allocation and scheduling, put them together, use the base material and needlework, who is to blame."
Qing Hong snorted coldly, "Who knows. The person in charge has no objection to this matter, probably because he is afraid that one more thing would be better than one less thing. The company doesn't care about it, and thinks it's a small matter."
Liu Sanniang didn't say anything, some things were said to be pretentious, but she didn't say anything but she felt nervous.
However, the manager has no objection, and she has no reason to object even if she is a young embroiderer.
As we talked, we arrived at Wanqing Building, and as soon as we reached the door, we saw a carriage stopped opposite, Su Wanru saw Aunt Feng, Director Duan and several aunts greeted them, and then Si Sanbao and Han Jiangyi also came Welcome out from the sunny building...
After a while of saluting and prostrating, the curtain of the car was lifted, and a man wearing a fox fur cloak and a bamboo blue gown came out of the car. His gait was elegant, and his demeanor was dignified...
"It's King Ning." Qing Hong exclaimed, "It looks so weak."
Liu Sanniang explained: "I heard that I was seriously injured, and I lost my vitality."
Qing Hong said oh, she still likes a tough guy like Shen Zhan.
Su Wanru stared blankly for a moment, this person was clearly the man who gave her the sugar figurine and umbrella at the Confucius Temple during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Is it King Ning?
Didn't you just arrive in Yingtian today? Why did you show up at the Confucius Temple the night before?
She was secretly surprised, and her eyes met King Ning's without any precautions. His eyebrows were raised in surprise, and then he smiled.
Thinking of the name card he gave, she quickly lowered her head and found it in her purse. It was engraved with his name, Zhao Zhongyuan.
Zhongyuan is the name of King Ning.Why didn't I think of it at the time.
(End of this chapter)
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