Gel makeup

Chapter 267
The eldest princess Nuo Nuo said nothing, but closed her eyes without any response.The maid brought the medicine, but she refused to drink it.The empress dowager fed her with her own hands, but she just shed tears and still refused to drink.The empress dowager said a lot to her, she just didn't respond.

The maid sobbed: "The princess refuses to drink water or medicine, what should I do?"

Siqing had something to say in front of the empress dowager, so she could only sigh.

After two or three days like this, Princess Xianju's complexion became more and more unsightly, showing a sign of more air intake and less air output.The empress dowager was scared when she saw it, so she discussed with Si Qing and said that she would find Shen Jiangdong.After all, Shen Jiangdong is the source of the eldest princess' demons.

Siqing was not very willing in her heart, but she couldn't refuse the Empress Dowager's proposal, so she had to ask Yunchu to go to Jiaguo Mansion to find Shen Jiangdong.

She thought to herself whether Shen Jiangdong would come or not, she thought of a way to speak for him, who knew that after a while Shen Jiangdong really hurried in with Yunchu, and saluted the Empress Dowager and Siqing under Siqing's almost cannibalistic eyes .

Si Qing was not in a good mood, and did not reply, the Empress Dowager said: "I watched you grow up, good boy, you talk to your fourth sister, I know you are the most sensible."

Shen Jiangdong bowed and agreed, and the Empress Dowager said to Si Qing: "Queen, let's go back first."

Si Qing followed the empress dowager out, and couldn't help but give Shen Jiangdong a piercing look.

When Siqing returned to Xiyuan, she looked for Jiang Feng everywhere. Who knew that Jiang Feng was quite leisurely and elegant today, and went out to the city with Mrs. Cheng Ping for a tour.In the evening, Jiang Feng came to Xiyuan to play with the Moon Pavilion, and Siqing said: "Sister, move all your things here, separate from him, and let him go there by himself!"

Jiang Feng said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager's order is hard to disobey, and he has no choice."

"You still speak for him," Si Qing said, "Why is it difficult to disobey? I think the little empress is closer to him than to her own nephew, and he has not disobeyed the little empress before."

Jiang Feng handed the beizi to Yunchu, "The knot between him and the eldest princess must be solved by themselves."

"Do you really think so?"

"What if you don't think so?"

Siqing said: "If uncle is in Beijing, do you think he dares to do this?"

Jiang Feng sat down opposite Siqing, and said with a smile, "Uncle is in Beijing, so you can't force him with a knife."

"Do you believe him?" Si Qing asked.

"Look at his performance," Jiang Feng said, "It's too early to trust him now."

Seeing that Jiang Feng had thought about it a long time ago, Si Qing felt relieved. Just as she was about to take the teacup, she heard Jiang Feng say, "If I don't like him, I won't waste money with him."

Siqing stopped talking.

Jiang Feng pretended to be nonchalant, but Shen Jiangdong in the eldest princess's mansion was suffering from love because the current eldest princess was too attached to him.

Other people's love thread is soft around the fingers, but the eldest princess' love thread is a tight spell.The eldest princess woke up faintly, and pulled his sleeve and did not let go. Shen Jiangdong thought that since the empress dowager called him, his first task was not to let the eldest princess die, so he coaxed her to take medicine like his own sister.The eldest princess really listened to Shen Jiangdong's words, and the maid smiled and said, "That's great! The princess is willing to take the medicine!"

Shen Jiangdong saw that Princess Xianju was very weak, and it was difficult to say some things directly.In the afternoon, the eldest princess regained her strength. Just as Shen Jiangdong was about to speak, the eldest princess immediately put her finger on his lips and shook her head slightly.

Shen Jiangdong sighed, "Huanhua and the others are all gone, the princess should live a good life, she shouldn't do such a thing, how much should I hurt my little lady's heart?"

The eldest princess cried: "If it weren't for that, would you come? Brother Shen, we have been in love since we were young, and I know you will never completely forget it."

Shen Jiangdong said: "Princess, in my private heart, I have always regarded the princess and Huanhua as my younger sister."

The eldest princess changed color and said: "Is it because I married Dingfan that you dislike me?"

Shen Jiangdong shook his head and said: "As the eldest brother, I only feel sorry for the princess who has suffered for the country these years. But the princess, I have a wife, and the marriage contract between the minister and my wife was made since childhood."

"I'm a daughter of the clan, and I'm also a princess conferred by the late emperor. Could it be that I'm not as good as your reckless wife?" said the eldest princess, "And I've already said, for you, I won't beg..."

"Princess!"

"Brother Shen, I know that you are trembling like walking on thin ice, but what did your wife bring you? She has a good relationship with the queen, she has entanglements with the Jingwei, and she has disagreements with the courtiers. All of these, you have to go Make things right for her, she's been a drag on you all this time."

Shen Jiangdong blurted out: "I am willing!"

The eldest princess was stunned, Shen Jiangdong said: "The princess has a noble status, even if she remarries, she can still marry a good gentleman with comparable talents and looks."

The eldest princess was stunned and said: "When I was young, there was a loud thunder one day. The sixth sister was coaxed by the third brother, and I was the only one crying alone. At that time, you told me not to be afraid, and that you would always protect me." I believe it. I have believed it for so many years. I know that the fifth younger sister is your real sister. For your sake, I am willing to go to Jingjiang Mansion to marry Han Shouchen. Now my husband has become a traitor. I escaped death, so your words don't count? Brother Shen, what made you so cruel."

When she mentioned Huanhua's marriage, Shen Jiangdong could only remain silent for a long time, before Shen Jiangdong said, "I'm sorry."

"Only one sorry?" The eldest princess was disappointed, "Do you think one sorry can cancel everything?"

Shen Jiangdong said: "If the princess has other orders, the Jiaguo Mansion is willing to drive for the princess."

But she said, "I just want you."

Shen Jiangdong had nothing to say, and the eldest princess said again: "Your wife is an outstanding official. What she loves is just the opportunity Jiaguo Mansion brought her to show her ambitions. You know it clearly, but you always Refuse to admit it."

Shen Jiangdong shook his head, "To my wife, I don't ask for anything in return, and I don't care about the consequences. It doesn't even have anything to do with the love between a man and a woman, it has already turned into a family relationship. She is my family and my relatives."

The eldest princess stopped talking, and Shen Jiangdong left his seat to salute: "Thanks to the princess's favor, I am ashamed and dare not take it. I also hope that the princess will have a heart-to-heart and never leave her head."

"You don't want to stay in my princess mansion anymore, do you?" said the eldest princess, "accompany me to a place, and I will let you go back to Jiaguo mansion."

Although the eldest princess was weak, she still insisted on going to the market by the Guangji Canal in the east of the city with Shen Jiangdong.

As night fell, the market by the Guangji Canal was brightly lit like daytime, and among the bustling crowd were those performing various operas, and some were selling all kinds of food and playthings.Shen Jiangdong seemed to be in a world like this. The last time he was in such a scene was when he was by the West Lake in Yuhang.

When he turned his head, seeing the eldest princess wearing a lavender gown looking at him, Shen Jiangdong suddenly thought of a spring day many, many years ago, when the Empress Dowager visited the Temple of Mercy, Yan Mowei was always with Xiao Yi, No matter where he goes, he follows Xiao Yi.When it was late, he went to pick up Shen Huanhua, the younger sister who accompanied the Empress Dowager, back to the mansion. After walking out of the main hall of the Ci'en Temple, he saw the young Princess Xianju weeping secretly by the incense tripod alone.

Shen Huanhua asked: "Fourth sister, why are you crying?"

He asked: "Where are the palace servants following the princess?"

The princess asked Shen Huanhua, "Are you going back home?"

Shen Huanhua nodded, then asked where Xiao Yi and Yan Mowei had gone.The princess said that Xiao Yi took Yan Mowei to sneak out of the Ci'en Temple, and she didn't know where she went.She envied Yan Mowei and Shen Huanhua, because they all had relatives, but since they were adopted into the palace, no relatives cared about her anymore.

So the Shen Jiangdong brothers and sisters took the princess and slipped out of the Ci'en Temple and slipped to the market beside the Guangji Canal.The catkins in spring are flying like snow under the lights at the beginning of night. She is full of curiosity about everything here.She watched the puppets playing all kinds of tricks, and competed with Shen Huanhua to try the brushed honeycomb candies.She likes the copper hairpins on the street, and Shen Jiangdong bought them for her and Shen Huan to paint.It's just that the happiness was so short-lived, Shen Jiangdong brothers and sisters quietly sent her back to the Temple of Mercy.Looking back in the shadows, she saw Shen Jiangdong looking at her from afar, never leaving.

Later, when an accident happened in the Yasukuni Mansion, Yan Mowei disappeared out of thin air. The Empress Dowager said to her, "You must be sensible."

She needs to be sensible, dignified, and not show any emotions.Until one day her copper hairpin fell into the well, she cried out and no one answered.The nurse said: "Princess, it's just a worthless item. Princess has gold, silver, and jade. Don't cry."

Everyone accused her of not being sensible enough, she kept crying for a few days until she met Shen Jiangdong.Shen Jiangdong said to her: "Fourth sister, don't worry, I'll find someone to fish it out for you."

The princess Xianju always seems to live in these illusory memories when she grows up, and everything in the memory has never changed. More than 20 years have passed, and the market in Guangjiqu has not changed, but Shen Jiangdong around her seems to have changed, which scares her the most.

The eldest princess touched her bun, found out the copper hairpin locked in the bun and pulled it out, she saw Shen Jiangdong's expression changing, she only said that he still remembered.

Shen Jiangdong still remembered.

Shen Huanhua has not changed since he grew up, and Yan Mowei is like a fairy in the fairy mountains on the sea, which makes him feel that he will disappear with the phantom at any moment.Fortunately, she has Gu Heng, she is like an illusion, but when she is with Gu Heng, she is inseparable from Gu Heng, as if she is his shadow.

Princess Xianju is different, she is as cold and ruthless as ever, but there is a fire in her eyes, which is always burning.

It turns out that the weak princess who loved to cry when he was young has always been firmly in his heart, that's why he was frightened by the change of the eldest princess.

He thought that maybe he had been tempted when he was young, but reason overcame the hazy love, and he told himself that he could not love her like this.

He has too many burdens, and his selfishness will harm Shen Huanhua and Jiang Feng, who was engaged to him since childhood.

Old Jia Guogong Shen Zizhou had told him repeatedly since he was a child that he already had a marriage contract, and he was still a kinsman, so he couldn't bear it.When Shen Zizhou was seriously ill, he still told him that the marriage contract could never be broken.

He has read so many sage books, and the sage books tell others to keep their promises, otherwise they are not a gentleman.How can youthful affection be worth these truths?Maybe it's not love enough, so I don't have the courage to break through the world.

He hated his cowardice, so he stayed away from that childhood love even more, fearing it like a scourge, until now.

He could only say: "Princess, I'm sorry."

"If your guilt towards me can be turned into love, I'd be more than happy to accept it," said the eldest princess, "Unfortunately not."

Shen Jiangdong lowered his head, and the eldest princess said: "Brother Shen, I have been away from the imperial capital for so long, and I just want to revisit the old place where I loved the imperial capital when I was a child. The market here is one, the Ci'en Temple is one, and the Biyun Temple in Xishan is also the same. One place. I only have one wish, you walk with me again, and then we let each other go, okay?"

She begged him, so begged him, Shen Jiangdong seemed relieved when he heard the sentence of letting each other go, "Okay."

She asked again: "If my copper hairpin falls into the well again, you will help me fish it out, right?"

Shen Jiangdong avoided this topic, but another picture appeared in his mind.When the eldest princess of Xianju married Han Shouchen, the son of Dingfan, Xiao Xu, the eldest son of King Kang, who was still the son of King Kang at that time, but who later lost his position as a son and died in rebellion, sent her to Jingjiang for marriage.At that time, he was already the general of Shangzhi Jingwei, responsible for helping the princess drive out of the city.The eldest princess asked: "Brother Shen, on the day I leave Beijing, please see me off, okay?"

On the day she left Beijing, he sent her to the outskirts of Beijing and saluted her ceremonial driver, "I hope that the eldest princess will go smoothly and worry-free."

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In the evening, when Shen Jiangdong returned to Jiaguo Mansion, he asked, "Where is Madam?"

The attendant said: "Madam is continuing the conversation with Mrs. Cheng Guogong in the West Garden."

Shen Jiangdong felt like sitting on pins and needles, and finally waited for Mrs. Cheng Guogong to leave, and hurried to the West Garden to look for Jiang Feng. Who knew that Jiang Feng said: "Yuanxi, you don't need to say anything. This month, you decide, and I don't ask anything."

This is an unparalleled trust. Shen Jiangdong was about to show his loyalty, but Jiang Feng asked, "Are you moved? So touched that you are about to cry? From now on, you only have one month, and you can't do it any longer."

Shen Jiangdong smiled, and still told Jiang Feng: "The eldest princess has gone through all kinds of disasters, and her mind is no longer what it used to be. She said that she would go to two childhood places to appease her grievances, and I agreed, only twice."

Jiang Feng handled things as cleanly and neatly as always, never procrastinating, so he said, "Please go ahead."

After a few days, Shen Jiangdong accompanied the eldest princess to the Temple of Mercy to offer incense. He accidentally discovered that the eldest princess was praying for the deceased son-in-law Han Shouchen again.The Eldest Princess said: "My husband conspired against me, His Majesty did not blame me, and even cared for me. I know I should be grateful to Your Majesty."

Shen Jiangdong didn't speak.

The eldest princess said again: "If the son-in-law is not dead, we have children, and we are captured and returned to Beijing, will the emperor spare him and the children for my sake?"

Shen Jiangdong shook his head.

The eldest princess said: "Then if I beg the emperor, but the emperor refuses, will you help me to intercede with the emperor?"

Shen Jiangdong said: "Princess, Han Shouchen married Lou's another wife, disregarding the safety of the princess, he is not worth it."

"We all know that he is not worth it, why did you marry me to him in the first place?"

Shen Jiangdong had nothing to answer.

After a few more days, although there was a lot of gossip, even though Xiao Yi was somewhat dissatisfied with him when he entered the palace, he still accompanied the eldest princess to Biyun Temple in Xishan.

On this day, Mrs. Uncle Taiping also invited Jiang Feng to Biyun Temple, Shen Jiangdong said, "Let's go together."

Jiang Feng said, "No need."

Jiang Feng and Mrs. Cheng Ping set off first, but at the gate of Biyun Temple, they still met Shen Jiangdong and Princess Chang in casual clothes.

(End of this chapter)