Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 168 Bitter Water

"General, are you looking for me?" Not long after Ying Si and Mei Lin left, Mei Zhu's voice came from outside the door, she knocked on the door, and poked a head in.Seeing Shen Cha, he showed a bright smile. "After a fight at the temple fair, did you feel particularly happy? Did you feel particularly energetic? Otherwise, why didn't you even take a nap?"

"It's very cheerful and energetic." Shen Cha smiled and waved at her, "It's cold outside, hurry up and sit down!"

"Okay!" Mei Zhu took off her cloak, threw it on the floor, and sat cross-legged opposite Shen Cha.She lifted the lid of the teapot next to her to check the water level, stood up and ran out again, and came back with a new pot of tea.While pouring water for Shen Cha, Mei Zhu asked curiously, "Just now my sister said that the general wanted to talk to me, and I was taken aback. I thought I made some mistake. Seeing you like this, I feel relieved. "Mei Zhu drank a cup of tea and asked with a smile, "What are you planning to talk to me about?"

"Just chatting casually." Shen Cha raised his eyebrows, "There have been a lot of headaches recently, and we haven't chatted for a long time. It just so happens that today I have time. Your sister and the others went out to the temple fair. Grandpa is going to listen to the play, so I will be free."

"Then let's talk." She squeezed her eyes and smiled narrowly, "Why don't you talk about you and the Duke? I'm still very interested in this topic, and there's nothing else worthy of our attention Yes, isn't it? I observed carefully, since you were injured and the Duke fell ill, the way you two get along seems to be different. "

"Really?" Shen Cha rubbed his chin, put a few plates of snacks in front of Mei Zhu, and grabbed a large handful of candies from Song Jue and put them in front of her.Her attitude towards Mei Lin and Mei Zhu is completely different. In her heart, Mei Lin is a trustworthy and cultivated subordinate, but Mei Zhu is different. She is a sister who can talk about everything and share some little secrets.She looked at Mei Zhu and raised her eyebrows, "What's the difference?"

"Feeling." Mei Zhu picked out a piece of green candy from the pile of candies, "It used to be like real brother and sister, but now it's different, the Duke is becoming more and more gentle and pampering you more and more, No principle, no bottom line, hey, I am so envious and jealous. Bah, bah, bah!" Mei Zhu poured a big mouthful of tea, "Where did the sugar come from? It's like eating grass, more astringent than tea!"

"Really?" Shen Cha took a candy that was the same as plum bamboo and stuffed it into his mouth, "It's okay, it suits my taste."

"Forget it, the general's taste has always been different from that of ordinary people." Mei Zhu poured two bowls of tea to cover the astringent taste in her mouth. "To be honest, the progress of the two of you is too slow. You see, the fourth brother and my sister are so far apart, and the two of us are about to blossom and bear fruit." She held her cheeks and asked seriously, "You two You get tired of being together every day, how come you haven't made any progress? Why?"

"Where are there so many reasons?" Shen Cha reached out to tap Mei Zhu's head, "Both of us are not impatient, and we are not in a hurry for any results. Isn't it good now?"

"So it's boiling frogs in warm water!" Mei Zhu nodded knowingly, "This is a very effective method for the Duke of the country. Love after a long time is more reliable than love at first sight. Maybe... the Duke of the country also plans to use it. This trick is against you!"

"It's a good idea, isn't it good?" She looked at Mei Zhu and sighed softly, "I didn't ask you to come here to discuss this, but to talk to you about your sister. The atmosphere between the two of you recently It's not quite right, although there is communication, but... it seems unnatural, what's wrong with you two? Is it because you are dissatisfied with her, or is she angry with you?"

"It's not that I'm dissatisfied, but I just feel very awkward." Mei Zhu looked at Shen Cha, lowered her head and thought for a while, but didn't know how to express it.

"I don't know how to say it? Then let me ask another way. Do you think that your sister controls you too tightly and interferes too much in some of your things, which makes you very unhappy? Makes you feel very unhappy." Repressed?"

"General, what you said really touched my heart. I feel that if this goes on like this, I'm going to go crazy." Mei Zhu lay on the table and mentioned her sister, looking very depressed and distressed. She sighed and said, "Tell me, I'm not too young anymore, I'm not a child anymore, I can decide everything, I don't need to worry about my sister. But my sister doesn't think so, she thinks I'm just Her responsibility, she is my savior, she exists to save me."

"Why do you have such an idea?" Shen Cha frowned, "Your sister cares about you, she just wants you to avoid detours."

"The two of us were born and grew up in the Duke's mansion, following the Duke and the general, what detours can we take? General, you don't know that in the eyes of my sister, she is my savior , I am nothing without her, she exists to save me." Mei Zhu flattened her mouth aggrieved, "If my words are spread, those who don't know the truth will definitely think they are supercilious Wolf, I have let down my sister's kindness. But if they switch with me, I guarantee that they will not be able to survive the day."

"Has it reached such a serious point?"

"It's very serious, even more serious than the general imagined. My sister's restraint has reached an outrageous level. I even worry about what style and color of clothes I wear every day. How many meals do I eat every day? How many grains of rice and how many pieces of meat there are in the dishes are stipulated. Then, how many hours to sleep every day, and when to sleep is also up to her to decide, slightly exceeding the length of time required by her, whether I wake up or not, she You're going to drag me out of the bed." Mei Zhu scratched the table with her fingers, "Really, no matter how much I go on, I'm going to suffocate."

"Did you not talk to her when you were so distressed?"

"Talk?" Mei Zhu smiled wryly, "Is my sister the kind of person who can listen to what others have to say? As soon as I talked to her about this matter, she interrupted, and she couldn't get around it, so she just got anxious with me. Crying and wiping away tears, saying I'm sorry to my parents, I didn't teach my sister well. I saw her like this, what else can I say? I can only bear it. I am quite envious of you, Xiaojiu, and the military advisor And Sister Miao Miao, from the bottom of my heart, sincere envy."

"What do you envy us for?" Shen Cha was puzzled, "What makes us different?"

"It's not different, but the feeling of getting along is different from my sister and me. Let me say, she has reached the point of madness."

"Don't be so pessimistic, your sister can still be saved!" Shen Cha looked at Mei Zhu's appearance and thought it was funny, "Your sister should have realized this, she will change, give her a little time. If she doesn't If you change it... Xiao Si will very likely give up on her."

"Really?" Mei Zhu sat up straight with a whoosh, "That's not okay, I'm going to talk to Fourth Brother, my sister has problems of one kind or another, but she is very sincere to him, I believe that if my sister becomes his wife, she will be a very considerate and virtuous wife."

"Don't worry, it's just a possibility. You and Xiaosi have no control over whether their marriage will come true. The most important thing is to see if Merlin can really let you go and let the three of you get out of this difficult situation." If you want to do this, you are not allowed, you and Xiaosi should give her time, take your time, don't worry."

"Well, it's really not easy to change her character. We are all kind people, so we must be tolerant and tolerant of her." Mei Zhu grabbed a handful of candies from the table and stuffed them into her cuffs. me."

"Don't you like it? What to do with it?"

"Tricking people, you're absolutely right!" Mei Zhu smirked, "Does the general have anything else to say? If not, I'll leave first. No matter how excited you are, you still have to take a nap, otherwise, wait When the Duke comes back, he will be angry if he knows that you don't have a good rest."

"Understood, it's so long-winded, if you continue like this, you will become your sister!"

Shen Cha waved at Mei Zhu, watched her run away with a smirk on her face, and sighed involuntarily, Mei Lin is really stupid for not knowing how to cherish such a good sister.

After simply tidying up the table and case, Shen Cha rubbed the ink, took a piece of paper, and went through the news collected today from beginning to end.

Halfway through the writing, she suddenly had a discovery that the late emperor's conviction of Aunt Xue's guilt did not seem to be a wrong judgment. From the late emperor's standpoint, the evidence was conclusive.

(End of this chapter)