Gel makeup

Chapter 3

Shen Jiangdong was silent when he heard this, and said for a while: "Your father-in-law is really good at being an official."

Ye Xiufeng's daughter had been lost for more than ten years, and he had never looked for her.Once Empress He passed away, Ye Xiufeng was in a hurry to find his daughter back to Beijing as a bargaining chip.

Shen Huanhua put down his things, walked into the pavilion, and personally added tea to Shen Jiangdong. Shen Jiangdong took out the velvet flower Siqing dropped, "I picked it up on the threshold outside, did you drop it?"

"This is something from my sister," Shen Huanhua said, "waiting for me to give it to her."

Shen Jiangdong nodded, and asked again: "Where's Lan Cheng?"

"I'm going to learn poetry." Shen Huanhua hesitated for a moment, "My father-in-law wants Lan Cheng to enter the Hanlin Academy and find a good scholar. But I discussed it with Lan Cheng. We listen to you and let him go outside. .”

Shen Jiangdong nodded again and again: "That's it. It's serious to leave this mess of relatives in the house as soon as possible." He suddenly remembered something, and asked softly: "You went to Xishan on the fifth day of the lunar new year to pay homage to the late Empress Dowager Renkang? "

Shen Huanhua hurriedly made a "shh" gesture, "You know it, just don't tell it."

Shen Jiangdong said: "Besides you, sister-in-law, who else will accompany you?"

Shen Huanhua said: "Lancheng was going to visit his teacher that day, and there was no one else around." She added in a low voice, "Besides, I didn't tell Lan Cheng the reason for the death of Empress Dowager Renkang."

"Then I'll go with you." Shen Jiangdong said.

Shen Huanhua doubted: "You don't need to follow the third brother?"

Shen Huanhua was the adopted daughter of the former emperor's concubine, and was originally titled Princess Anyang, but was resigned from the title by the Jiaguo Mansion.Because of this reason, the "third brother" in her mouth is the son of the late Empress Dowager Renkang and the current emperor.

The Empress Dowager Renkang was always under the control of the Empress Dowager during her lifetime. In the early years of Xining, the elder brother of the Empress Dowager Jing Guo conspired against the Empress Dowager Renkang, and the Empress Dowager Renkang died quietly in hiding in Xishan. Secretly went to pay homage to this former adoptive mother.

"The one who won't let me follow..."

Just as he was talking, Ye Xiufeng's attentive laughter came: "My in-laws are here, why don't you tell me."

Shen Jiangdong hurried to deal with Ye Xiufeng.

On the fourth day of the lunar new year, Shen Huanhua told the third wife that he was going to offer incense at Biyun Temple outside the city, and wanted Siqing to accompany him.The third wife was puzzled when she heard this: "Master originally said that the eldest girl will not be asked to leave the mansion recently."

Shen Huanhua smiled and said: "Third aunt just tell my father-in-law that it happens that my natal brother is fine and will go with us. Sister Siqing has been back for so long, so it's not good to be bored in the house all the time."

The third wife agreed, and told Shen Huanhua at night: "The master heard that the eldest girl was going out, so he asked the eldest grandma to take care of the eldest girl, and also asked you to bring more servants."

Shen Huanhua agreed, but wondered why Ye Xiufeng was so wary of his daughter, was he afraid that his daughter would run away?

The next day, Shen Jiangdong went over to pick up his younger sister. Both Shen Huanhua and Siqing's sister-in-law wore scarlet round-neck shirts and autumn-scented green skirts. Siqing was afraid of the cold and added a jade-colored cape. Xiaying and Lingzhen, the dowry maids, resigned from the third wife, put on their veiled hats and drove to Biyun Temple.

Except for the coachman, Ye Xiufeng really asked twelve other servants of his family to follow, Shen Jiangdong, who didn't bring a single companion, frowned, thinking that Shen Huanhua couldn't be so flamboyant when he went to Xishan at this time.Seeing Shen Huanhua winking at him, he sent four servants back to Ye Mansion with an excuse when he left the city.

After leaving the city, just as Shen Jiangdong was about to ask a question, Siqing preemptively said: "It has nothing to do with my sister-in-law, this is all... the old man sent me to watch over me."

Shen Jiangdong still wanted to ask, but Shen Huanhua said first: "Brother, let's talk about it later."

Even though Shen Jiangdong was full of doubts, he couldn't ask too many questions in front of Ye Fu's servants, so he had to swallow his words first.

When he arrived at the temple, Shen Huanhua went to worship by himself, and Siqing stood behind Shen Jiangdong wearing a veiled hat, and Shen Jiangdong wondered: "Why don't you go to worship?" Believers in Buddhism.

Siqing smiled, but said nothing.But she was wearing a veiled hat, so Shen Jiangdong couldn't see her expression, so he thought she didn't hear, so he asked again: "Miss Ye, won't you go in to worship? There are many female relatives in the house, so it's not convenient for me to go in, so I'll wait for you here."

Only then did Siqing realize that she was wearing a veiled hat, and just now she smiled in response to Shen Jiangdong's question, but he couldn't see it, so she pulled off the veiled hat and said with a smile: "I didn't believe that."

Shen Jiangdong was frightened by her actions and took half a step back, Ling Zhen, who was accompanying him, was also startled, and just about to stop her, Si Qing quickly put the hood back on her head, saying: "Uncle, I'm not a monster, I can't eat your sister, why are you so surprised."

Ling Zhen reminded softly: "Girl, please stop talking."

After hearing this, Siqing said, "It's too noisy here, I'll sit in the ear room at the back."

Shen Jiangdong asked Ling Zhen to accompany her.

Siqing Lingzhen, master and servant, sat in the ear room, and a young novice served tea.Siqing felt cold, so she asked Lingzhen: "Did you bring the shirt with the big sleeves?"

Ling Zhen said: "I brought it, it's in the car. Miss, don't wander around, I'll get it."

Siqing agreed, and Lingzhen went to get the clothes by herself.Siqing was bored, and saw that there was another suite in the annex, so she went in to have a look.This room seems to lead to the courtyard over there, separated by a veil in the middle, and there are figures of female relatives on the other side of the veil.

Siqing didn't pay attention, but there was a voice from the other side of the veil, "What's your name?" The voice seemed to come from someone with a cold, and it was extremely hoarse.

Siqing replied casually, "My surname is Ye."

"Ye Xiangxin's daughter?" The people behind the veil were surprised, and their voices became more and more like broken gongs.

Si Qing asked back, "Who is your Excellency?"

"The people who come here are nothing more than trustworthy men and good women." The other party replied, "Why did the girl go back to the capital? What's so good about the imperial capital? If you can go south, why not leave the imperial capital?"

Siqing frowned, "Who are you?"

But no one answered behind the veil, and the figure of that trace gradually faded away.

At that time, Shen Huanhua had finished paying homage, and Lingzhen came back with her clothes.Siqing thought for a while, but didn't tell Shen Huanhua and Lingzhen about the strange things that happened just now.

The two aunts and sisters-in-law met several family members of officials and eunuchs, greeted each other hastily and dispersed, leaving behind the Shen brothers and sisters and Siqing to eat vegetarian food in the inner room.

Both Shen Huanhua and Siqing took off their hats, Shen Huanhua's tears were still there, and Siqing didn't ask any more questions. Shen Huanhua quietly breathed a sigh of relief, wiped away his tears, and talked to his brother about some gossip about his natal relatives.

Siqing had been eating with her head down, and Shen Huanhua suddenly smiled and said, "My good sister, why are you so quiet today? I'm not used to it. Isn't it because you are sitting out of order in the car?"

Siqing shook her head, raised her head to meet Shen Jiangdong's gaze, and quickly looked away and said, "I'm not uncomfortable. It's just that I've been bored in the mansion for a long time, and I'm not used to going out." But it slid down the wrist to the elbow, revealing the hilt of the dagger.

Siqing hurriedly put down the bowl and cleaned up her sleeves, Shen Huanhua didn't pay attention, but Shen Jiangdong frowned slightly, and was about to speak, but Siqing said: "The sleeves are not cut well, and the wrist is not enough."

Shen Huanhua looked at the jade-colored long-sleeved cloak on her body and said, "Don't wear the clothes given by the Fourth Wife, maybe Sister Lan Xuan picked the rest."

Shen Jiangdong thought for a while and said nothing, everyone left the temple and went down the mountain after finishing their fast, and it was dusk when they reached the bottom of the mountain.This afternoon, it turned from sunny to cloudy, and the sky was gloomy, and the young boy of the Ye family who was driving the car was breathless.Siqing was rubbing her temples when she heard the sound of fighting outside the car, so she quickly opened the curtain and looked out.

"What are you looking at!" Shen Huanhua quickly pressed Siqing's hand, and shouted outside, "Hurry up and go."

Shen Jiangdong, who only listened to follow on horseback, said in a panic: "Wait a minute!"

(End of this chapter)