Chunguang Brocade

Chapter 94: About People and Opponents (Planning 6000 words)
Shen Chuxia decided not to see Ji Chong again in this life, it was so embarrassing and embarrassing.

It was a June day, the weather was very hot, she came out without a penny on her body, and she couldn't even hire a carriage. She was walking in the heat, but she didn't expect to see Yuan Shao'an at the corner of the street.

"Why are you here?"

Yuan Shao'an waved his hands at her, pretending not to know her.

Mother, she has been in a daze for more than a month, so she nodded quickly and avoided it.

Looking around carefully while walking, it seems that someone brought Shao'an to the Prince Regent's Mansion to do business, but it's not like going to the Palace, but this road is within the scope of the Palace, what are they doing here?

Doubtful while walking.

"Little lady...Little lady..."

Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice, turned around to look, and it turned out to be the two maids serving her: Asarum and Fennel.

Are you going to take her back again?Thinking of this possibility, Shen Chuxia felt bad for an instant. Just as she raised her feet and was about to run away, she suddenly thought, that's impossible. If Ji Chong wanted to catch her back, it would be impossible for only two girls to chase her out.

That's... she stood still.

The two little girls quickly ran up to her, "Little lady, we will go back with you..."

"Why?" Spying on her?Shen Chuxia looked up at the Prince Regent's Mansion in the distance, Ji Chong still thought that the treasure map was on her body?
Xi Xin blessed Fushen, and explained with a smile: "Little lady, this servant is a girl just bought by the Regent, who is dedicated to serving you. Now that you are gone, who will this servant serve?"

real or fake?For some reason, Shen Chuxia believed her words, and suddenly blushed because of the malicious speculation about Ji Chong before.

"That... I don't have any wages to pay you." Shen Chuxia turned around and left, two girls at once, she didn't have so much money.

Xi Xin smiled and said, "Don't worry, little lady, our wages will be paid by the stewards of the palace."

"..." Shen Chuxia thought in his heart just now that he had secretly made up his mind to never see Ji Chong again, if they did this, could they never meet again?

I'm going to die!
With two little girls, a carriage will come soon, don't ask, this carriage also belongs to the Prince Regent's Mansion.

Is this the same treatment given to all the followers of the Prince Regent's Mansion?Shen Chuxia pretended to have it, and got into the carriage with complicated emotions, while enjoying the coolness in the carriage, while being entangled... There were all kinds of emotions.

Until the coachman asked, "Where is the little lady going?"

"Oh!" She woke up suddenly, what the hell, said hastily, "Go to the North Moat."

At the corner of the street, someone turned around and disappeared into the crowd.

Gao Chen received the news very quickly, but he didn't expect that Shen Chuxia really came out from the Prince Regent's Mansion, "Master, His Highness even assigned two maids, a carriage, and hidden guards for the little lady, how many are there? Unable to find out."

The small mosquito repellent incense burner in his hand was beautifully coated by Gao Chen, his eyes were dark and gloomy, so it would take a lot of effort to kill Shen Chuxia?

Suddenly he hooked his lips into a smile, "Did she go to the north moat?"

"Yes, sir."

He got up, "Let's go, I'll go see the fun too."

Seeing the opening of new shops, Boss Yu was wondering whether he should open first. When he saw Brother Shen coming, people in their 50s were so happy that they almost jumped up.

"Brother Shen, is your leg finally healed?"

Shen Chuxia was taken aback, and immediately smiled guiltyly: "Uh, yes." Quickly changed the topic, "I see that all the shops are open."

"Yes, little brother Shen, I'm just waiting for you."

"Then let's go too."

Boss Yu hurriedly called Mr. Feng Shui over and asked if it was an auspicious time. Mr. Feng Shui counted his fingers: "It's really auspicious. There is no better auspicious day than this time."

Boss Yu grinned from ear to ear, and hurriedly asked people to take out the prepared tributes, firecrackers, etc., and immediately opened for business.

Shen Jiacheng and Yuan Bingtang finally saw their niece (niece), but because they were too busy with the opening ceremony, they didn't say much, they just walked up to her and joined her in the opening ceremony.

By the moat, Shen Chuxia's shop is an inn and warehouse, and there is a small front shop with only two or three tables in it. This is the wharf, manpower and freight are definitely indispensable. She plans to set up a special cargo handling company.

I was busy until three or four in the afternoon, and the opening ceremony was completely over.

Shen Chuxia and the others went to the special office and checked with Boss Yu about the things that needed to be implemented.

Boss Yu said, "Don't worry, I've been recruiting people when I was building the shop, and basically all of them are in place, and I'm just waiting for the opening."

"That's good." Shen Chuxia said, "From now on, I will depend on you, Boss Yu."

Boss Yu waved his hand modestly, "Where... If there is no brother Shen to support me, I can't do well."

The "behind" he said, for some reason, Shen Chuxia felt guilty for no reason. In fact, in addition to her making suggestions, there was someone's fake power behind this.

Then you can decide to never see someone again?
It seems impossible!

"Brother Shen?"

"..."

"Is there anything else wrong?" Boss Yu was shocked when he saw the sudden change of brother Shen's face, and quickly asked, "If there is anything wrong, I will change it right away."

Shen Chuxia smiled embarrassedly, "No, no, I just thought that the scientific examination will start soon, and there is still one important thing to do."

"What's the big deal?" Not only Boss Yu felt strange, but Uncle Shen and Uncle Yuan who were sitting here also felt strange.

Shen Chuxia got up, "Then you guys are busy, I'll go first."

Uncle Shen immediately asked, "Shall Xia'er go back?"

"No, I still have something to do, and I may have to go back later."

Uncle Shen glanced at Uncle Yuan, this eldest niece is a person who does great things, and what they said seemed inappropriate, "Then... go back early, Grandpa is waiting."

"Well, I see."

At dusk and night, it was hot all day, and people all came out to cool off and play. Nancheng Washe was very lively. A woman mixed with the crowd with lowered eyebrows and downcast eyes. When she was approaching the Daxiangshe, she looked left and right, saw no one was paying attention, and entered through the side door. I joined Daxiangsha.

After a while, the woman came to the second floor, "The servant has seen the master!"

"How is it, have you found it?"

The woman shook her head.

Wan Lishan looked anxious, "If we can't find out, the master will eat me."

Seeing that he was in a hurry, the young man asked the woman, "Is there any clue?"

The woman thought for a while and said, "Since the servant girl left, I saw her at home for a few days. She hasn't gone back for more than a month. They kept their mouths tight, and the servant girl didn't find out where the little lady went."

Wan Lishan sat down slumped, "She went to the Prince Regent's Mansion."

"Could it be that the treasure map..."

Wan Lishan waved his hand, "If the regent got it, it would be impossible to be in the current situation."

For a while, the three of them fell silent.

The treasure disappeared like the wind.

After a long time, the old woman said humanely, "Does the slave girl want to go back and continue to be a cook?"

Wan Lishan thought for a moment, "Go, the little lady surnamed Shen has an unusual relationship with the regent, and she will definitely be useful in the future."

"Yes, the servant girl will go back first." The old woman was about to leave, but she suddenly seemed to remember something, turned her head and said, "I heard from the Shen family that the little lady named Shen once had a little girl who disappeared. Gone."

"Could it be that this little girl took it away?"

The old woman shook her head, "I don't know about that."

"Any other clues?" The young man asked hastily.

The old woman raised her eyebrows, "The little lady's room is watched and cannot be entered, except..."

"Except what?"

"There is a little bully in their family, only he is not stopped wherever he wants to go." The woman said, "And he also has a remarried concubine, who often brings things here."

What did Wan Lishan think it was? He had inquired about it a long time ago, "Shen Jinlin's concubine, as soon as he went to prison, this woman remarried, and she was scolded very much by the neighbors around."

The old woman nodded, this behavior is really bad, "The servant girl is leaving first." After speaking, she went downstairs and disappeared in front of the two of them.

"Boss, what should I do?"

"What can I do?" Wan Lishan had a headache, "Keep looking."

"Looking for that girl?"

"Ah."

Su Juesong was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, Mu Tong came in and wrote him a letter, "Who's there, I don't see you."

Datong laughed and said, "Return to your lord, it's a letter from Mrs. Su."

"..." Su Juesong subconsciously looked at the master.

Ji Chong's eyes were like torches.

The hand that was about to reach out unknowingly retracted, "I don't see it either."

The little lady stayed in the palace for more than a month. In the first few days, Su Juesong knew how often the master went there. After that, the master didn't go there once in the past month. What's more, the two must have had conflicts again.

Mu Tong kept saying that Miss Shen couldn't coax people, she was a woman in vain.

Su Juesong didn't find it strange at all when he heard what he said. People are divided into three or six grades, and men are even worse. Men of low level flatter women, men of middle level are as good as women, and men of high level... like the regent Ji Chong Yes, it must be a woman trying to curry favor with him, what else should I say.

It's a pity that Miss Shen is a little woman who doesn't know how to dress in men's clothing all day long. It seems impossible for her to coax a man.

Ji Chong lowered his eyes and continued to review the official documents.

Mu Tong asked with his eyes, Master Su, do you really want to see it?

Su Juesong glanced at His Highness again. He seemed to have nothing to say, so he acquiesced, reached out to take it, and opened the letter. There was only one line: See you in Guji Teahouse.

Mu Tong saw it, raised his eyes, how about going?

Su Juesong thought for a while, reached out and took the paper and pen on the host's desk, and wrote a reply letter, which was also a single line. After writing, he dried it and folded it, "Send it to her."

Mu Tong saw what he wrote, "Little lady will agree?"

"If you disagree."

"Oh." Before Mu Tong exited, he quietly sized up his master, for some reason, he felt his silence and pity.

Pitiful?God, what was he thinking, Mu Tong ran away in a flash.

Master Su didn't make an appointment, but was stopped by Gao Chen.

"Long time no see, Miss Shen."

Shen Chuxia smiled but said, "Long time no see, Uncle Guo is still so handsome and unrestrained."

"Haha..." Gao Chen raised his head and laughed.

Shen Chuxia slandered inwardly, smiled, laughed ass, with a faint smile on her face.She remembers what Tu Lei said, the enemy is cunning and elegant, she can't lose!

After waiting for Gao Chen to laugh enough, she said, "Uncle Guo, please raise your feet and make way for me, the girl is going home."

"It just happened to be on the way." Gao Chen had a smile on his face, even his voice was peachy, and every trace of breath exuding from his body was clearly written with 'I just don't know the intention', a bit of a coquettish air.

Hearing this, Shen Chuxia's elegance broke a bit. She understood what he meant by "just on the way" in seconds, and she really wanted to curse, "Shu Ran is a good girl, can't you let her go?" '

But she knew that the more she said this, the more rebellious this man was, and the more he felt that he had grasped her weakness.

"Really." Shen Chuxia raised his chin slightly, "Uncle Guo, please—"

He has a high status, let him go first, civilized people are all polite.

Gao Chen raised his eyebrows, "The shop on the north moat has been built, what plans does Miss Shen have?"

"..." Shen Chuxia was alert. At this time, shouldn't he be tripping up Ji Chong with his father to sabotage him, and come to her when he has time?

Gao Chen seemed to understand her expression, "Miss Shen seems to be better at it than me!"

Shen Chuxia frowned, and then she said, "I don't know what Uncle Guo said." She wasn't doing sabotage, she was doing peace building.

"Haha..." Gao Chen laughed again.

Shen Chuxia stared at the sky speechlessly.

It was late, and she was really going home.

In the end, Gao Chen did go to Zhang Shuran, but Shen Chuxia rejected his invitation. What he wanted to do was his business, and she wanted to go home.

Standing in the night, under the dim light, he was dressed in a robe inlaid with gold and embroidered with silver, shining brightly, blinding people's eyes.

The light from his slender and long red phoenix eyes is like a wolf, leopard and tiger dormant in the dark night, making people feel cold all over.

"What do you think of me treating her as an opponent?" Uncle Daguo asked the people around him coquettishly.

Zhang Shuran was blown drunk by the wind in the corridor, immersed in the man's prosperous face, and seemed to hear him say, "Ah..." She looked at him in a daze.

Gao Chen's eyes were slightly smoked, and he stared down at her.

In the summer night, the wind blows softly, making people intoxicated.

Under the dim light, Uncle Guo's figure is thin, his facial features are soft, his skin is pale, his lips are bright red, like the most alluring charm in the dark.

"Guo... Guo uncle..."

Gao Chen leaned forward.

Outside the corridor, in the city, there are fireflies, they fly around the eaves of the corridor, like a dream.

On the second day, Shen Chuxia received a reply from Mr. Su, changing the address of her appointment: the first private room on the third floor of Anfeng Building.

An Feng Lou is the property of Prince Regent Ji Chong. Shen Chuxia has eaten there two or three times. She put down the letter paper with a slap, and Xi Xin jumped in fright, "What's the matter, little lady..."

"It's nothing, you are busy with your work."

Xi Xin patted her heart, took the clothes that the little lady changed last night, and went to the well to wash them. Fennel had already cleaned the yard, and she wanted to come to help, so she waved her hand, "Hurry up and prepare breakfast for the little lady, she will go out later .”

"Okay." Fennel usually seldom talks and has a low sense of presence, so she put down the broom and went to the kitchen.

On the way, Shen Xiaoqiu met her, "Sister Fenix, are you here to ask if breakfast is ready?"

She nodded.

Shen Xiaoqiu said, "Okay, let my sister come over, my younger brother is already waiting for her."

"Okay." Fennel turned her head.

This is where Mr. Su made an appointment, it's clearly where Ji Chong made an appointment. He can see her, but she doesn't know how to see him. Thinking of the embarrassment she made, Shen Chuxia felt like reinventing herself.

So embarrassing, so embarrassing.

Is she shameless?

Shen Chuxia broke the appointment.She didn't go.Stay with Shen Mingxi at home.

In Anfenglou, Mr. Su waited until the end of the meal but did not see Miss Shen. Alas, he heaved a long sigh. May I ask who in this world can be happy with the appointment of the most popular person, and it must be Miss Shen.

"My lord..." The boy gloated a little.

Su Juesong glared at him, "I'm here to test the attitude of a little lady for Your Highness."

The child covered his mouth.

"Don't laugh."

The little boy said, "I'm not laughing at your lord, I'm laughing at Miss Shen. She ran out all the way that day, so she definitely didn't know that the place she was staying in was the Prince Regent's Mansion."

Master Su was stunned, "What did you say?"

The little boy wondered, "Am I wrong? Who would dare to run around in the Prince Regent's Mansion? Miss Shen went out to look at the door plaque. It is the Prince Regent's Mansion. She must want to die."

"You mean His Highness didn't tell the little lady that she was in the palace?"

The little boy pouted, "Miss Shen has never left the room, so she probably doesn't know, I guess."

Needless to say, bystanders are often the clearest.Ji Chong didn't want to say it, the two little girls were raised since they were young, and they never said a word that they couldn't say.

Poor Shen Chuxia always wanted to know where she was, but she couldn't find it all the time. When she went out, she saw the Prince Regent's Mansion, which was beyond reach. She really wanted to die.

Master Su blinked, "So..." He stood up resignedly, "Change place, quickly post a post to Shen's house for me."

"Yes, my lord."

I haven't seen each other for more than a month, Shen Mingxi is still a little overlord, no matter where he sits or what to eat, he comes first, and Mr. Shen doesn't care.

"Grandpa, you'll spoil him."

The second son didn't mind, but Mr. Shen gave up a long time ago, and said with a smile, "It's all right, don't think Xi'er is young, she knows it well, and won't do bad things."

"Grandpa..." Shen Chuxia was really defeated by him.

"Eating and eating, it's rare for the whole family to have lunch together."

That's right, it's rare for a family to be together, so Shen Chuxia didn't care about it, and let Shen Mingxi who was in the chair sit.

The boy shook his eyebrows at her frightenedly, really childish.

No, he was only seven years old, so he should be a childish age.

After eating, the family chatted. Apart from reducing unnecessary outings, the life of the Shen and Yuan families seemed to be back to normal.

Shen Chuxia was dragged by the old man to play a game of chess. The grandpa and grandson were sitting in the corridor, blowing the summer wind, listening to the noise of the children, all of a sudden, the years were so peaceful.

Only Shen Chuxia knew that there was an undercurrent in the capital, and it was definitely not as calm as it appeared on the surface.

She still went to the appointment and met Su Juesong.

"Miss Shen—"

Although he and she were both in the Prince Regent's Mansion, they had no chance to meet each other. Calculated in this way, they hadn't seen each other for more than a month.

"Master Su—" Shen Chuxia took a sip of tea from his teacup, "I said that the treasure map is not with me, do you believe me?"

Su Juesong smiled and said, "I believe it."

Shen Chuxia sighed, "That day, when Your Highness arrested that person, I just invited the jailer of Dali Temple, and I was going to meet my father through his doorway, but I didn't expect to meet the regent, and then I was bumped into by someone in the crowded corridor. After a while, I found a man's handkerchief in the skirt. I thought it was accidentally dropped by someone in the chaos, and I didn't care, so I took it back. Later, my girl Hibiscus thought it was given to me by His Highness...so when the baby let go Well, it ended up being turned over.”

She explained it in enough detail.

"I believe it, and I believe His Highness also believes it." Su Juesong asked with a smile, "Miss Shen didn't invite me here to explain that there is no treasure map."

Shen Chuxia nodded, "I have some ideas about the scientific examination."

Su Juesong guessed it, "I would like to hear the details."

Shen Chuxia said, "I believe that this time, His Highness must be cautious about the scientific examination. A lot of work has been done, and even many details are beyond my understanding."

"Miss Shen is so modest, the next official didn't know what to ask."

Shen Chuxia said: "This is the truth."

"..." Then what do you want to say?

"but……"

Su Juesong was shocked, he was waiting for this turning point.

Shen Chuxia laughed suddenly, "Does Mr. Su know about Mr. Huang's spirits?"

"You mean, use the scientific research to spread His Highness's virtuous name?"

"No, no..." Shen Chuxia almost spit out a sip of tea.

"Then you mean..."

Shen Chuxia raised her eyebrows, "Have you brought the money?"

"..." Su Juexia's expression froze.

"It doesn't matter, you can use other offsets."

"what?"

Shen Chuxia smiled and said, "Two girls, and medicine fees, etc..."

Su Juesong pursed his lips, wanted to say something, but finally swallowed it down, forced a smile and said, "Please tell me your idea, Miss Shen."

Shen Chuxia nodded, and took another sip of tea, "Recently, my big brother has been in the library, he..."

Coming out of the teahouse, Su Juesong didn't know what mood he was in. It stands to reason that Miss Shen's idea is very good. Under the circumstances of their careful arrangement, adding such an idea, if it works, would be icing on the cake, but Miss Shen is right. Your Highness...

All accounts are calculated so clearly... Then does she have feelings for His Highness?

Does Your Highness know?Thinking of Shen Jinlin in Dali Temple Prison, Su Juesong seemed to understand that Miss Shen was so sober, so he shook his head.

Back in the mansion, Zhishi and Hopu are reporting their every move about the scientific examination.

"The people of Feng Shizi have already controlled all the inns in the capital, and the safety of all the candidates will be guaranteed. Wen Shaoqing's manpower has also been mobilized. Whenever there is a disturbance in the capital, they will never stop."

Ji Chong looked indifferent.

Su Juesong said, "I have already used all my connections towards the Chinese officials, and I have reached the point of involving Mr. Gao's party."

Ji Chong said, "Kill a few if necessary, and make sure that this time we can select talents other than the Gao Party."

"Yes, Your Highness."

On June [-]th, the re-examination of imperial examinations in the Great Wei Dynasty officially began, and the entire capital was strictly prohibited.

Shen Dezhi returned home, "Didn't Yuan Shao come back?"

"Not yet." Shen Chuxia said, "Let's go see Grandpa."

Mr. Shen didn't expect that his granddaughter would bring up the idea of ​​leaving the capital, "Now?"

"We will move out of the capital after the scientific examination is over."

"Where are you going?" Shen Dezhi asked anxiously.

Shen Chuxia said, "The suburbs of Beijing."

Mr. Shen thought it was his hometown Pengcheng, "Why is it the suburbs of Beijing?"

(End of this chapter)