Gel makeup

Chapter 18
Shen Jiangdong was about to speak, when Lao Xia came in from outside and said, "Ye Xiang came to pay respects."

Shen Jiangdong said: "When did the grounds of the Imperial Capital say that Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived?"

"Ye Xiang is Cao Cao. What is Your Majesty? What is an imperial concubine? What are you?" Jiang Feng reminded.

Shen Jiangdong smiled back: "You are too cautious."

The two welcomed Ye Xiufeng in, and Ye Xiufeng smiled and said, "There have been a lot of messes these days. I thought about going to the house early in the morning, and when I got busy, I forgot about it."

Shen Jiangdong smiled and said, "Ye Xiang is polite."

Jiang Feng served tea and wanted to leave, but was secretly pulled by Shen Jiangdong, and Jiang Feng sat down beside Shen Jiangdong.

Ye Xiufeng opened his mouth and said, "The former household secretary Wu Tiande is dead, does the family know?"

Shen Jiangdong was startled: "Dead? Died so soon? I just came back from a business trip in the suburbs of Beijing, so I didn't know."

"I heard that my uncle and wife used to be in the Ministry of Household Cleaning Department..." Ye Xiufeng looked at Jiang Feng.

"Ye Xiang," Jiang Feng interrupted, "When I was in the Qing Dynasty, my official rank was low. How could I get the Minister of the Ministry? I really don't know anything about Wu Tiande."

Ye Xiufeng asked eagerly: "Mr. Jia and his wife have heard that there have been rumors recently that the old man was framed, saying that Wu Tiande was killed by the old man?"

Jiang Feng blurted out, "What grudge do you have with Wu Tiande? What reason do you have to kill Wu Tiande?"

Ye Xiufeng stood up suddenly and bowed: "I am very grateful for what uncle and madam said. The accuser said that I killed Wu Tiande to silence the Fuzhou incident. They said that the disaster in Fuzhou was not only due to the corruption of local officials, but also to the government of the household department. The food and salary were originally insufficient, but Wu Tiande, the former Minister of the Household Department, was constrained by the old man, which led to the catastrophe."

Jiang Feng returned the courtesy and said: "Isn't He Xiang's incoherent statement contradicting himself? Then Wu Tiande was single-handedly promoted by He Xiang, and everyone knows it. How can you restrain him? If you can restrain Wu Tiande, you still need food and money After arriving in Fuzhou, start from the Fuzhou local officials?"

Ye Xiufeng was at a loss by Jiang Feng's words. He sat down and took a sip of tea, collected his thoughts and said, "Then Wu Tiande has an old problem. I knew about it a long time ago, but because it involved internal funds, I didn't say anything about it. Now that it happened, He Xiang said that the old man had already grasped Wu Tiande's handle on this reason, so he threatened Wu Tiande to do things for the old man. Wu Tiande did not dare to refuse, but he had some concerns, so he allocated part of the food and salary to Fuzhou. But the old man was not greedy enough, and Ask for it from Fuzhou.”

Hearing these words, Jiang Feng slowly stood up: "Ye Xiang, you don't have to test it out. I really don't have the legacy of Fuzhou guard. Because of this legacy, someone sent people to assassinate me several times. I doubt Ye I think you - is it leading someone to test whether the thing is in my hands?"

Ye Xiufeng got up quickly and said, "Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! The Duke and Madam must not misunderstand, must not misunderstand, this matter is clearly..."

Shen Jiangdong finally interjected: "Ye Xiang, since Wu Tiande is dead, why should you pursue the matter of Fuzhou, let's stop here."

These words were exactly the same as Si Qing's letter, Ye Xiufeng sighed and said, "I'm afraid that it will leave a source of trouble."

Jiang Feng said lightly: "What's the 'bad cause' of you? Some people suspect that the legacy of the Fuzhou guard is in my hands all day long. If you have to be afraid, I should be afraid." There is nothing to talk about now, Ye Xiufeng Embarrassed, he left in a hurry.

Shen Jiangdong said: "If you die, it's all over."

Jiang Feng said: "I choked on Ye Xiang today, I never dared to dream about it before. Jiaguo Mansion is really a big tree that can enjoy the shade."

Shen Jiangdong said: "Why do these words sound so awkward?"

Jiang Feng said: "He tried many ways. I will give you a beauty today and a treasure tomorrow. It is probably basically confirmed that the relics of Fuzhou guards are not in Ye Xiufeng's hands. I doubt that they are still in my hands. Think about it." Jia Guo Mansion's position has always been He Xiang's heart disease."

Shen Jiangdong said: "I have no position. The matter of Fuzhou ends here, don't think about it anymore. As for that beauty..." Jiang Feng looked at Shen Jiangdong, and Shen Jiangdong asked, "Is it beautiful?"

"It's beautiful."

"It's really beautiful?"

"You just have to see for yourself? It's no worse than Sanhualou's top brand, Haitangchun."

Shen Jiangdong thought for a while: "The top card of Sanhualou...how did you see it?"

"That's Yang Dasikou's darling, his name is Tanghui, of course I've met him."

"So you visit the brothel?"

Jiang Feng said angrily: "The group of people in the ministry used to be called Tanghui, and I'm not good at being independent, so why can't I go shopping in brothels?"

Shen Jiangdong prided himself on Liu Xiahui, and he couldn't help but be overwhelmed after hearing Jiang Feng's words: "Officials of the country and court are not allowed to have sex with prostitutes!"

"Who is dating a prostitute?" Jiang Feng said speechlessly.

Shen Jiangdong quickly changed the topic: "Since it's beautiful, I just gave it to the Nine Kings. The Nine Kings will definitely like it." King Xiao Jing is lustful, and everyone knows it.

"Don't you feel bad?"

"It's He Shizhi's spy in the mansion, of course I don't feel bad." Shen Jiangdong laughed.

Jiang Feng still had doubts: "If you do this, you will embarrass He Xiang."

"If I accept He Shizhi's beauty, what will His Majesty think?"

Shen Huanhua didn't know that Duke Jia's mansion was making such a fuss.Shen Huanhua knew that she had been living in her natal family's Ye Mansion, and she talked a lot. During the dinner, she said a few words to her third brother, so after the wedding ceremony, she left her personal maid Xia Ying and Jiang Feng to hand over the affairs of the house. So I went back to Ye Mansion with the third wife.

Shen Huanhua was thinking about the separation of the family mentioned by Siqing this time, so as soon as he returned to Ye Mansion, he said that he would not return to Ye Lancheng's side in the south, but would live in Ye Mansion in Beijing for a while, and explain the family affairs to her sister-in-law .

The third wife wants to point to Shen Huanhua to tell Ye Lanzhi of the third room a good marriage - if Shen Huanhua goes south, her natal sister-in-law Jiang Feng and Ye's house will be separated by another floor, after all, it is not as good as Shen Huanhua, so The third wife was very happy for Shen Huanhua to stay in Beijing.The fourth wife had some grievances with the eldest room, and she said a few more words, but Shen Huanhua just pretended not to hear or understand, and the fourth wife had no choice.

Shen Huanhua's brother and sister's parents died young, and their elder brother depended on each other for life. The elder brother is like a father, and Shen Jiangdong became a relative.

Shen Huanhua didn't know about the assassin on the wedding night. After returning to Ye's mansion, there was a third wife butler in the mansion. She was happy and leisurely, meeting tea with the group of girls in her childhood every day.

In the evening of that day, Xia Ying, Shen Huanhua's personal maid who stayed in the Jiaguo Duke's mansion, and Jiang Feng, Xin Jiaguo's wife, delivered the affairs of the Jiaguo Duke's mansion, and came back to Shen Huanhua in the Ye mansion.Shen Huanhua was talking to Xia Ying, when the fourth wife walked in and smiled: "I think it's quiet here, grandma, and I think grandma hasn't returned home."

"Fourth wife, let's sit down." Shen Huanhua stepped aside, "Today I went to Prince Duan's mansion to greet the princess. The son is ill, and the princess is very busy, so I will come back first."

"The fate of Prince Duan's sons and daughters is so weak! There are no children and half daughters in these years. Adopting one will be full of disasters!" Although the second concubine of Duan Wang is of the same family as Ye Xiufeng, Duan Wang and Ye Xiufeng are at odds. Well, everyone knows that the fourth wife is a little gloating inside and outside of her words.

"The prince is just suffering from the cold, so it doesn't matter." Shen Huan painted, "The fourth wife drinks tea and eats snacks."

The fourth wife and Shen Huanhua chatted for a long time, and when the fourth wife left, Xia Ying sneered: "What is she doing! She is so attentive all of a sudden, she must have no good intentions!"

Shen Huanhua sat down slowly: "Siqing—the imperial concubine wants to separate. She may have heard the wind and wants to test it out. Just ignore her. This candy is thrown away."

"Speaking of probing, this servant just wanted to say," Xia Ying thought for a moment, "Oh yes, this servant tried to test the matter of Fuzhou yesterday, the new lady in our house is really watertight."

"Water-tight is good. The tree in our house attracts the wind. What we need is a mistress who doesn't leak."

"I listen to the girl. I don't know who is smarter, my aunt or our new wife."

"What do you want to do with this?" Shen Huanhua reprimanded lightly, "What's the comparison?"

"My dear girl, you don't even know that on the night when the father-in-law got married, the mansion went in... If the aunt and the new wife of our mansion were not shrewd, our mansion would have been in that night!" Xiaying said Shen Huanhua was shocked by the assassination of Siqing and Jiang Feng.The master and the servant completely forgot about the abnormality of the fourth wife.

The fourth wife went back to the room and saw Lan Xuan and Lan Rui sitting opposite each other, still chatting.Seeing the fourth wife come in, Lan Rui quickly got up and gave up her seat.It is rare for the fourth wife to say kindly to Lan Rui: "You can sit down too." Looking at her strokes, "You are so skillful, you beat so delicately."

Lan Xuan snorted coldly.

Lan Rui quickly apologized: "The fourth younger sister is better than me."

After hearing this, the fourth wife looked at Lan Xuan and saw that the two purses given by Shen Huanhua were still hanging on her skirt. She snatched a flat gold one and tore Lan Xuan's skirt loosely, saying: : "Your sister-in-law gave you two coins, and you took them all. Let your sister-in-law see later, what do you say?"

Lan Xuan put the net on the table with a clang: "So what, my sister-in-law is afraid of her! No matter how powerful she is, she can surpass my eldest sister? The family is not counting on my eldest sister!"

"You give up as soon as possible! Your eldest sister? When did the eldest aunt allow you to call her 'big sister' before she left the house? When the eldest aunt became a concubine, when did she meet you and reward you? Your marriage, Naturally, it depends on your sister-in-law. Look at Lan Zhi from the third bedroom, how good she is at talking. Look at you again, it will only add to the chaos!" The fourth wife said, and gave the flat gold purse that had been untied from Lan Xuan's skirt to her. Lanrui put it on.

Lan Rui looked at Lan Xuan anxiously, and she saw Lan Xuan staring at her. Lan Xuan raised her eyebrows lightly: "Big sister, why can't it work?"

The fourth wife came back to her senses, and said, "Go ahead and dream! Since the eldest aunt entered the palace, there has never been a newcomer in the palace. Do you expect the eldest aunt to get a clan sister to enter the palace as a concubine like the previous queen? Are you really sure?" After entering the palace, the eldest aunt will move her fingers and see how many days you can live!"

Lan Xuan swept all the things on the table to the ground, threw her hands away in a fit of anger.Lan Rui bowed to the fourth wife, and followed Lan Xuan cautiously.Lan Rui put the flat gold purse given to her by the fourth wife on Lan Xuan again, and said, "Fourth sister, don't be angry, the wife is doing it for your own good..."

Lan Xuan clutched the two purses together in her hands, and said bitterly, "We'll see, who can say what will happen in the future!"

Her youngest sister, Lan Mo, watched tremblingly, but did not dare to speak.

If you go against the pole, you will become a monster. The behavior of the fourth wife even feels wrong to the third wife. The third wife said to Shen Huan: "There is something wrong with the fourth wife, be careful."

However, Shen Huanhua knew about the assassins in the house, so he didn't sleep well that day. He planned to go to the palace to see Siqing, and nodded with the third wife indiscriminately, but didn't care.

The next day, Shen Huanhua went back to her mother's house first, but Shen Jiangdong and Jiang Feng went out to visit guests. She didn't dare to inquire with the servants rashly, so she changed clothes at her mother's house and went to the palace again. As a result, Siqing accompanied Concubine Ding'an to the temple After offering incense, Shen Huanhua had to go back home.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she returned to the mansion, a tearful man in disheveled clothes rushed towards her, almost throwing Shen Huanhua, who was full of worries, to the ground.

Xiaying said angrily: "Don't you have eyes? You're so unruly!"

"I have no rules, but I have a pair of eyes!" The tearful person turned out to be the fourth wife, "My poor Lanrui! Grandma, if you don't give me an explanation, you risked your life and caused trouble in Jingzhao Government, I want to seek justice!"

Before Shen Huanhua could recover, the fourth master chased him back and said, "Bastard! If you dare to make a fuss outside, I'll break your leg first!"

On this day, Shen Jiangdong and his wife received the news that Wu Zhenying had returned to Beijing, so Shen Jiangdong and Jiang Feng went to Wu Zhai in the south of the city to worship Wu Zhenying, who had added makeup to Jiang Feng.

Both Shen Jiangdong and Jiang Feng felt that with Wu Zhenying's identity and temperament, they might not be willing to have anything to do with Duke Jia's mansion, so they came here quietly.Jiang Feng stepped forward to knock on the door, and it took a long time for someone to open the door.

"Uncle Lu." Jiang Feng called with a smile.

"It's a girl! Please come in quickly!" Uncle Lu pushed the door wide open, "This is—is it the new uncle?"

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "You have good eyesight."

Shen Jiangdong was very modest and polite, and also called: "Uncle Lu."

Uncle Lu hurriedly said: "I'm pissed off! Please come in quickly! Please come in quickly! The master has gone out, and I'm afraid he won't be back until noon, please sit down first."

The couple followed Wu Zhenying's old servant into the room and sat down.

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Uncle Lu, you are busy with your work, so don't worry about it."

Wu Zhenying hadn't come back at noon, Shen Jiangdong was on duty in the afternoon, and he was quite anxious.Jiang Feng saw him and said, "Go on duty, I'll just wait for uncle to come back. I'll go and see sister Huanhua later. Speaking of which, I haven't been to Huanhua's place yet."

Shen Jiangdong thought about it again and again, so he resigned first, and went back to the house to change clothes and go on duty.

After Shen Jiangdong left, Uncle Lu said with a smile: "Young master is very kind. In the past, the master thought that the Shen family was a big family, and he was afraid that the girl would be wronged. According to me, with our girl's ability, who can give the girl wronged."

Jiang Feng was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "I'm fine."

As he was talking, he heard someone walking in from the outside.Uncle Lu smiled and said, "Master is back."

When Jiang Feng's father died, he entrusted his daughter to Wu Zhenying, and Jiang Feng also regarded Wu Zhenying as his father.The two haven't seen each other for several years and talked about many old things.Jiang Feng thought over and over again, but didn't say anything about Chen Nanfei, only about the Fuzhou case.Although the two talked about the Fuzhou case, Jiang Feng did not tell Wu Zhenying that he and Siqing were assassinated on the night of their marriage.

Seeing that Jiang Feng was still carrying the dagger he gave him, Wu Zhenying took it over and said, "You still have it?"

Jiang Feng suddenly remembered something, and said softly: "You gave me this dagger back then. You said there was a pair of these swords, but the other..."

"Have you heard of Fu Linchuan's name before?"

Jiang Feng thought for a while, "But that senior with profound medical knowledge?"

Wu Zhenying nodded.

"I've heard you mention it before."

"This short sword is light and thin, and it is most suitable for daughters. Except for Gu Liangfen from the Xie family in Xiangyang who followed Brother Fu, Brother Fu adopted a girl after the flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and I gave the other dagger to Brother Fu's adopted daughter. Speaking of this girl Son, I’ve been missing it for a few years. Brother Fu has been looking for it everywhere. Her elder brother Liang Fen has been following me in Beijing for nearly a year or two because he has been selling goods in the Imperial Capital. Wouldn't hold such a sword!"

Jiang Feng shook his head quickly after hearing this and said, "That's not true, it's another matter. I just remembered it and asked casually. I'm very suspicious..." She thought for a while and said, "When I figure it out, I will tell you."

Wu Zhenying saw that she had something difficult to say, so he nodded casually, instead of asking at this time, he just asked: "Is the Shen family used to it?"

Jiang Feng lowered his head and only replied, "I'm fine."

The marriage between her and Shen Jiangdong had been negotiated when she was young, and since she was a child, she often heard that her family members had a lot of doubts about this marriage.The lintels of the two parties were very different, and her mother had always disagreed with the marriage, complaining that her father had made a hasty agreement to entrap Jiang Feng.Shen Jiangdong has never divorced. He inherited the title of Duke of Jia, so he was not worried that he would not be able to marry his wife, but he was afraid that the divorce would affect Jiang Feng's reputation.

The marriage has been delayed until now, and Jiang Feng made up his mind to call off the engagement after his mother died.Who would think that people are not as good as heaven, and she was involved in the Fuzhou case again.And marrying Duke Jia is undoubtedly the best way to protect oneself.But Jiang Feng also knew that once she married Shen Jiangdong, the Jiaguo Mansion would inevitably be involved in disputes, so she still insisted on retiring the engagement.

Originally, there was no Fuzhou case, and she could successfully divorce the engagement at her own expense. Unexpectedly, when the Fuzhou case occurred, Shen Jiangdong firmly opposed the divorce, saying that he had sworn to Lao Jia Guogong that he would take good care of Jiang Feng.Based on Jiang Feng's understanding of Jiaguo Mansion, if there was no Fuzhou case, even if the two got married, they would definitely not have made much fanfare.But now Shen Jiangdong insists on marrying her, and he does not hesitate to come out and tell her that there is no hope of retiring the engagement.

Jiang Feng sighed secretly, and then made a one-year agreement with Shen Jiangdong, but it was inconvenient for her to tell Wu Zhenying about this at the moment.

Uncle Lu suddenly interjected: "Young master came here just now, and I just went back because I had something urgent at noon. My young master is very kind."

Wu Zhenying never had any friendship with relatives, and he didn't care about Shen Jiangdong's early departure. He nodded and smiled: "Your marriage has been delayed for many years, and now it's finally settled. It's great. You don't need to make such fuss. It's a pity that your father didn't I can see it with my own eyes."

Jiang Feng only reluctantly said: "I... just take a step and watch."

The two talked about Xuxu's trivial matters over the years for more than half an hour.Because Wu Zhenying still had something to do, Jiang Feng resigned first, and Wu Zhenying stood there watching her leave, then suddenly turned around and asked Uncle Lu, "It's a bit strange for Xuan Bin to ask like this. You said——Brother Fu's girl has been lost for several years, Will she be in Beijing?"

(End of this chapter)