Ruanjiaobao was forced to marry by Lord Hou again

Chapter 103
The clapper at Zishi had just been knocked, and the cicada's neighing did not stop. It was approaching midsummer, and the weather was getting drier, and people couldn't sleep well. It was almost midnight, and Mrs. Shen was still reading scriptures.

Ye Lingwu cooked pear soup to moisten his lungs, and when he brought it to the main room, he happened to see Madam Xuan lighting two more candles, and the room was instantly brightly lit.

Not a bit dark.

Old Mrs. Shen was wearing a silky thin satin, sitting cross-legged on a soft couch, slowly twisting Buddhist beads.Jiang Lanshu stood silently by the side, using a big leaf fan to cool off the heat, looking at the preoccupied one.

Ye Lingwu didn't care, brought the jade cup to the table, put a bowl of pear soup in front of Old Madam Shen, and said: "Madam, it's hot today, you can drink some pear soup that nourishes your lungs so you can sleep better. "

"...I am determined." Mrs. Shen took a moment to take the pear soup, and when she was about to drink it, she stretched out a hand that was wrapped in a white cloth.

The old lady Shen was stunned for a moment, then raised her head slightly, and saw Ye Lingwu's big almond eyes smiling and said: "Old lady, let's read this scripture tomorrow, it's too late."

"I won't be able to read the scriptures tomorrow. His Royal Highness sent someone to send invitations this morning. The East Palace hosted a banquet. Many ministers and female relatives were invited to the banquet. He even asked the whole family of the North Ninghou Mansion to attend the banquet."

Ye Lingwu heard about this in school last time, she was not surprised at all, and handed over another bowl of pear soup: "If you can't see tomorrow, there will be a day after tomorrow, the days are long, old lady don't need to rush tonight."

Old lady Shen took the pear soup without saying a word, but Madam Xuan said: "This afternoon, the old lady told the old slave to let Lanshu and Lingwu girls enter the palace with you. The banquet in the East Palace is scheduled to be at Sishi. Tomorrow, you two girls, you have to dress more properly, act prudently, and don't forget your etiquette."

Hearing this, Ye Lingwu and Jiang Lanshu's hearts were in unison.

But the reasons for their surprise were different.

Jiang Lanshu was surprised that in the past, Mrs. Shen was always accompanied by Nanny Xuan when she entered the palace, how could this have changed.But Ye Lingwu was lonely, ever since she knew that Mrs. Shen misunderstood her, everything that didn't make sense made sense. The better Mrs. Shen treated her, the more panicked Ye Lingwu felt.

The only thing that can be at ease is to carefully please Mrs. Shen, and pray that one day the lie will be exposed and she can save her life.

At this moment, I saw Tanchun walking in anxiously.

"Old lady, Master Hou sent a servant to come and see that Jinghe Hall has not turned off the lights, so I thought I would come to see you later!"

Old Mrs. Shen frowned, put down the soup and said, "Didn't he enter the palace, when did he return home?"

Tanchun said: "I don't know this servant either. Master Hou has already gone back to the south courtyard to change clothes. This meeting also sent a servant to let us know in advance."

Mrs. Shen hesitated, and ordered Jiang Lanshu to make a cup of tea, and then asked Ye Lingwu to go to the kitchen to order to prepare two plates of tea and fruits.

After returning from the kitchen, Ye Lingwu and Rongxiu turned around the corridor with tea and fruit, and suddenly heard heavy footsteps in the courtyard outside, and then a man's deep voice: "Grandma, I heard that you have been feeling unwell recently, but you are better... ..."

Hearing the voice, he entered the main room, and couldn't hear the words behind him clearly.

Ye Lingwu stepped up to the main room, and the maid at the door slowly pushed the door open.

Stepping into the room, I saw Shen Zhan sitting at the side of the old lady Shen, with one hand on his knees, the bright yellow candlelight dazzled, and I felt that the aggressiveness on his body was much softer, as pure as a hot spring.

Ye Lingwu led Rongxiu to bow to Shen Zhan who was sitting on the side of the couch, and then put the tea fruit in his hand on the table between the two of them, and then left the room to wait.

On the table, the tea was still steaming with white mist.

Shen Zhan said: "Grandmother, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here to invite you. There will be a banquet in the East Palace at noon tomorrow. Your Majesty and the Queen will be there. Do you want to enter the palace with me tomorrow?"

Old Mrs. Shen replied: "I just said this. Tomorrow, girl Ling and Lan Shu will accompany me into the palace."

Shen Zhan raised his eyebrows slightly, and replied after a long time: "Grandmother seems to like this girl from Yuzhou very much. In the past, you always let Nanny Xuan accompany you when you held banquets in the palace."

"I like it very much. When I look at her, I always think of ten years ago," Mrs. Shen slowly lowered her eyes, as if seeing a certain woman again, she took up the pear soup and sighed, " Thinking about the years that have passed, it seems like the blink of an eye.”

Shen Zhan frowned, his eyes darkened.

The atmosphere was gloomy, and Mrs. Shen seemed to change the topic casually: "I was dismissed from Feng Lang's family, and the marriage I showed to Lan Shu's girl was also fruitless. Watching Lan Shu's age gradually go up," she sighed, "The Jiang family made great contributions during the war. His Royal Highness mostly praised him for choosing a good marriage for Lan Shu. First, he comforted the Jiang family, and second, it was all right, but the old lady had my wish."

Shen Zhan said: "Grandmother told mother that it is. Mother will post the post, and each family in the capital will attend the banquet."

Old Mrs. Shen said: "Eating wine and banquets is so boring, it's better to have a lively polo match. Seeing the weather heat up, if you wait, you won't be able to go out."

Shen Zhan paused while holding the tea, as if thinking of something, he gently put down the bowl and said, "Grandmother rarely wants to hold a polo match, so let me do it. I remember that Yue Yang has a pasture in the outskirts of the city. Bring a few good horses from the barracks, it will be lively."

At this moment, Yue Yang, who is training soldiers and horses in the barracks: Ah Qiu~
The full moon hangs on the treetops outside the house, Ye Lingwu, who is distracted, and Jiang Lanshu, who is absent-minded, are sitting on the porch on the left and right, with expressionless faces, and the lanterns hanging under the eaves are trembling slightly.

I don't know how long Qian sat there, only to hear Tanchun in the courtyard suddenly swearing at the little maid for being careless in her job, the two of them came back to their senses, and accidentally met their eyes.

Jiang Lanshu coughed lightly twice, turned her head to look at the courtyard, and saw Tanchun holding her posture, gesticulating at the little maid, she frowned, stood up and said, "Tanchun, this little girl just came here yesterday. The servant is not familiar with the yard, so you don't have to criticize her."

Tanchun turned around, and said in a strange way: "Miss Lanshu, you forgot, this little girl came to Jinghetang three days ago to work as an errand, and I don't know how many teacups have been broken in the past few days. It's only a few silver coins, if you fall like this, it won't be enough to sell you to someone!"

Jiang Lanshu paused.

Ye Lingwu on the side looked at her sideways, thinking that apart from secretly competing with herself, Jiang Lanshu really didn't know where to use her mind these days, no matter what she did, she was a little distracted.

At this moment, there was movement in the house.

Shen Zhan pushed open the door and walked out like crushing the moonlight.

All the female envoys in the courtyard nodded their heads in blessing.

Ye Lingwu also saluted without exception, then raised her head, and hastily stepped forward to show her courtesy: "I'll send Lord Hou out of the yard."

Shen Zhan looked at her from the side, his face sank, his eyes dark.

Ye Lingwu's smile froze, a little regretful, she couldn't help taking a step back, her mind turned quickly, when did she offend this master, why did she feel like she was going to eat her?

　Happy New Year, my dears~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)