Ruanjiaobao was forced to marry by Lord Hou again

Chapter 39
The day of listening to school has come again.

Early in the morning, Shen Pan'er came to Jinghetang as usual to find someone to think about, but was told by Mother Xuan that Ye Lingwu was too sick to get up, so she had no choice but to go to Rong's private school alone.

As soon as she left the mansion, Shen Pan'er saw that Shen Ci's carriage was still parked outside the mansion. She ran over excitedly and said, "Second brother, why are you still here? Are you still waiting for Pan'er?"

Shen Ci heard the sound outside, his eyes lit up, he opened the curtain and looked down, to see that Shen Pan'er was alone today, blurted out: "Where's Ye Lingwu?"

Shen Pan'er said: "Nurse Xuan said that sister Lingwu is ill and cannot go to school today."

Shen Ci glanced at the open mansion door, and when he recovered, Shen Pan'er had already got into the carriage by himself, even came over, and said casually: "Second brother, you seem to be very concerned about Ling Ling recently. Sister Wu’s.”

Shen Ci's face changed suddenly, and he said unnaturally: "Are you blind?"

Shen Pan'er rolled her eyes: "If it's not, then it's not, it's so fierce."

Two days later, Ye Lingwu was finally able to get out of the house. Previously, Nanny Xuan always let her lie down, and she almost became decadent. Although she was indeed decadent, she still needed to bask in the sun.

The afternoon sun was just right, Ye Lingwu was sitting on the corridor, staring down at her toes in a daze, while Rongxiu was quietly waiting aside.

Suddenly, Mrs. Zhao's voice came from the small courtyard over there.

"Shen Ci! Have you forgotten all the etiquette I taught you in the past? You are so old and know as much as a girl. Don't you feel ashamed?"

Ye Lingwu was startled.Unexpectedly, a gentle woman like Zhao Shi would lose her temper.

"I was just telling the truth, so why is it my fault? If you want others to know, you have to do nothing. Didn't your mother teach you this?" Shen Ci's voice was still lazy.

Ye Lingwu sighed, why do you always like to passively happen to her when you hear things like corners?

Unable to provoke or hide, she raised her head and exchanged a look with Rongxiu, and said softly: "Sister Rongxiu, let's go back to Jinghetang."

As soon as the words were finished, she saw Mrs. Zhao approaching angrily. When she saw Ye Lingwu sitting on the other side, Mrs. Zhao's expression softened a little.

Ye Lingwu got up quickly, and Fu turned to him: "Second Aunt, please be well."

Mrs. Zhao smiled kindly: "I heard that Ling'er caught a cold a few days ago and fell ill. I specially asked my envoy to bring you loquat paste. Are you feeling better?"

Ye Lingwu nodded her head, and responded obediently: "It's all over now, thank you, Second Aunt, for your concern."

At this time, Shen Ci also came out of the small courtyard. I hadn't seen him for a few days, and the meeting was a little more embarrassing.

Mrs. Zhao glanced sideways at Shen Ci slightly, and said, "Didn't I tell you to think about it there? Now you don't even listen to your mother's words?"

"I'm going back to my courtyard to think about my mistakes." Although Shen Ci's words were addressed to Mrs. Zhao, his gaze was always on Ye Lingwu.

"It's just that you still face the wall and think about it. If I make you think about it in the same place, you will shirk it. What do you think I expect from you? When will your child grow up..."

Zhao's chattering, but in Ye Lingwu's eyes, it was a rare kind of warmth, she felt a sense of loss in her heart, but in the blink of an eye, she saw Shen Ci was looking at her with his arms folded.

Ye Lingwu looked away without a trace, and said lightly: "Sister Rongxiu, let's go back to the yard."

From Xichun Courtyard to Jinghe Hall, you have to pass through the Plum Garden. As soon as Ye Lingwu and Rongxiu stepped onto the corridor, they saw Mrs. Song Shen and Shen Zhan sitting in the Plum Garden Pavilion talking from a long distance away.

This season, the plum garden is lush and green.

The big Buddha of the Hou Mansion appeared in the back house, and I didn't see such diligent female envoys on weekdays. They all ran around to sweep the floor, cut the grass, and trim the flowers and branches.

Ye Lingwu originally wanted to leave directly, but Shen Zhan's eyes met her at the wrong time, no matter how much she wanted to turn a blind eye, it was impossible.

The scenes of that night flooded into my mind, and Ye Lingwu's temples began to hurt again. Now she didn't break the jar, but hit her foot instead.

Old lady Shen followed Shen Zhan's gaze and saw Ye Lingwu standing on the corridor.

The little girl's body is thin, and she doesn't look thick in winter. This thin shirt looks airy after spring, without any flesh, and it makes people feel that it will fall down when the wind blows.

Ye Lingwu stepped forward gracefully, and said to the two of them, "I've seen the old lady, I've seen Lord Hou."

Old Mrs. Shen nodded, looked up and saw that her face was sickly, and her spirit was also a little listless, she frowned and said, "Are you alright?"

Ye Lingwu replied: "I drank all the medicine prescribed by the doctor, and I'm fine when I wake up this morning."

Mrs. Shen took a sip of her tea and said casually: "It's fine as long as there is no problem. There will be a banquet at Haitang Zhai tomorrow. You should go early to help the eldest princess and your second aunt. Find something to do so that you can be energetic."

Ye Lingwu replied yes.

Jiang Lanshu's expression darkened. If it was at this time in the past, this sentence would be inferior to what Old Madam Shen said to her.

Since that day, Mrs. Shen began to alienate her intentionally or unintentionally. Compared with directly exposing her, this kind of slow cooking is more difficult.

"Is Cousin really all right? Why does she look like a withered flower?" Shen Zhan's voice was deep and mellow, and at the end he glanced at her from the corner of his eye.

"..." You are the dead flower.

Ye Lingwu couldn't answer the words, and she was dizzy in front of Shen Zhan that night, and she didn't think about what she said, so that she became nervous when she saw Shen Zhan like this.

The old lady Shen cast a sideways glance at Shen Zhan, and changed the subject, "I heard that you have recently gotten close to some of your colleagues who made Yue Shengshang? I also asked Princess Jiayi to invite them to the banquet tomorrow."

Shen Zhan didn't answer, but asked: "Grandma doesn't like to be lively, why did she suddenly think of hosting a banquet?"

Old Mrs. Shen picked up the teacup, looked at her and stood there blankly. Jiang Lanshu's face was not looking good, and she slightly hooked the corners of her mouth: "This person has been quiet for a long time, and he always wants to be lively for a while. I just look at the weather in the past few days. Very good, it just fulfilled this idea.”

"Old lady, why don't I go with sister Lingwu to help tomorrow, sister Lingwu is just too weak to bear." Jiang Lanshu said weakly.

Old Mrs. Shen laughed lightly and said, "You are worried about your sister Lingwu at this time. I see that you haven't visited her these few days?"

Jiang Lanshu was stunned with her mouth open, she looked down at Shen Zhan, and saw that he was sipping tea indifferently, as if he had nothing to do with herself, and the grievance in her heart turned into disappointment.

After holding back for a long while, she finally said: "Yes, it's my elder sister who was negligent. I was only busy with the affairs in the courtyard, and I haven't had time to visit Sister Lingwu yet."

Mrs. Shen picked up the teacup, blew on the tea leaves floating on her face slowly, and said, "Girl Ling has grown up too, and you should learn to take care of things in the yard. You will go to talk to Xuan more often after school in the future." Don't look at her idleness now, Mammy, she was the caretaker of the inner house of the Hou Mansion before, and she knows a lot of things."

Ye Lingwu was dazed for a moment before she understood what Old Madam Shen meant, and said with a little joy in her heart: "It's the old lady, I will definitely ask Mother Xuan for advice in the future."

Jiang Lanshu couldn't calm down at all when she heard the words, but because everyone couldn't lose her sense of proportion, her fingernails under her sleeves tightly clasped her palms to hold back her tears.

When Jiang Lanshu went back, she realized that her palms were bleeding.

"Biao girl, let's sit down, it's inconvenient to stand after recovering from a serious illness." Shen Zhan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke out.

Ye Lingwu was stunned for a moment, thinking of politely refusing, but she heard old lady Shen say: "Yes, don't stand when you are recovering from a serious illness, sit down."

"...Yes." Ye Lingwu sat down in response.

Shen Zhan said: "Grandmother just said that finding something to do is a great spirit. At the end of the month, grandma brings the younger generation of the Shen family back to Yuecheng to worship their ancestors. You can go with them."

"Returning to Yuecheng?" Ye Lingwu finally raised his chin and looked at Shen Zhan. He vaguely recalled that he mentioned the difference in Yuecheng during his conversation with others that night, and wondered whether there was a connection between the two.

The old lady Shen didn't immediately agree, she turned her head to look at Shen Zhan, stopped twisting the hand holding the Buddhist beads, and said, "It's rare to see you go back to the mansion once, you. You don't go to the eldest princess to stay, but you know that you love your cousin If you don’t talk to your younger siblings at home, you’re going to be divided, right?”

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Ye Lingwu always feels that Mrs. Shen's words are somewhat targeted, and she feels sorry for her cousin?She didn't want Shen Zhan to be distressed at all, it's better to stay away.

Shen Zhan replied indifferently: "Grandmother is very right, but I have to go to the palace later, I'm afraid I won't have time to say hello to my mother, and I won't be able to catch up with my younger siblings."

Old lady Shen frowned and said: "Then you still have time to have tea with my old lady today."

Shen Zhan said: "Didn't this also discuss with the grandmother about returning to the moon to worship the ancestors?"

Old lady Shen choked.

It's okay not to mention this matter, but once it is mentioned, it feels superfluous, the ancestors of the Shen family have their own ancestral hall in the Hou's mansion, so there is no need to go back to the moon, and find something to do when there is nothing to do.

"Thinking about it, I haven't been back for decades, so I should go back and have a look," said Mrs. Shen reluctantly, "Since all the younger generations of the Shen family are going, then girl Ling will follow."

After a moment of silence, Mrs. Shen felt that something was wrong, and asked, "By the way, what about you?" Could it be that they just made them tired.

Shen Zhan said: "I still have important matters in the court. If I have time to deal with them, I will hurry up and catch up."

"..."

The thin clouds parted, and the sun became hotter and hotter. Jiang Lanshu helped old lady Shen to leave. Ye Lingwu was about to follow, but she heard Shen Zhan say, "Can Miss Cousin accompany me for a walk?"

Ye Lingwu paused when she heard the words, turned around and nodded to him.

The two walked towards the depths of the plum garden one after the other.

"I'm curious. I wonder if Miss Biao can explain it?" Shen Zhan suddenly said.

Ye Lingwu raised her head and looked at the back of the tall Xuanyi walking in front, knowing that she couldn't hide, she replied, "I don't know why Lord Hou is so curious?"

Shen Zhan said unhurriedly: "This situation and this scene inevitably remind me of the conversation between you and grandma that I overheard in Meiyuan that day, and I wonder why Biao girl thinks that the powerful people don't care about the family. "

Ye Lingwu was dumbfounded!

Didn't she say that to Mrs. Shen in the plum garden that day, when he was in the plum garden?
After a while, she regained her composure, and said in a stuttering voice: "Master Hou, as a general, you should keep yourself clean and impartial..." How could she overhear the conversation between girls.

"Biao girl is usually gentle, humble and polite, so why is she so prejudiced against me?" Shen Zhan had no expression on his face, and his words were extremely sharp, and every word was sonorous.

"..."

Seeing her deflated, Shen Zhan raised the corners of his mouth with a half-smile: "You are studying in Rong's private school. Is this how Master Wei taught you to use 'keep yourselves clean'?"

Ye Lingwu frowned and said: "It has nothing to do with Mrs. Wei, the little girl has no ink, if I use the wrong words, I hope Lord Hou will forgive me."

"... Cousin girl, let's clear up the confusion. I'm really curious why in your heart, high-ranking people don't care about family?"

With a mess in her head, Ye Lingwu bowed straightly and said, "Please forgive me, Lord Hou. I didn't know that Lord Hou was also in the plum garden that day. I privately speculated that you should be wrong, but I also... have no malicious."

"What if I say no forgiveness?"

Ye Lingwu was dumbfounded, why is this person unreasonable.

"After talking so much, the cousin girl still didn't answer."

"If I answer, can Lord Hou not pursue it?"

Shen Zhan turned his head to look at Ye Lingwu quietly for a while, and said, "Yes."

Ye Lingwu took a deep breath and replied: "This sentence may be my one-sided words. I have little knowledge, but as the saying goes, there are gains and losses. Lord Hou has been marching and fighting for many years. Life is either the military camp or the court. Things, you are not at home all year round, and you rarely stay with your family. How can a person like you care about what kind of person your future wife will be, even if she gets older and cannot bear the pressure of the family in the future? That's why I say people in positions of power don't care about family."

Ye Lingwu thought that what she said was sincere and sincere, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Shen Zhan looked indifferent, staring at her with a pair of black eyes like a deep pool, before whispering a word after a while: "Well, it's really shallow."

Ye Lingwu looked up at him upon hearing the words: "?"

At this moment, Yue Yang's figure appeared at the intersection not far away. Shen Zhan saw him in a hurry, and made a waiting gesture to him. Yue Yang understood, put his hands back, and stood obediently at the intersection.

Ye Lingwu seemed to see a rescuer, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty still has something important to do? Then I'll..."

"That night you said that you regretted coming to the capital, and felt that you were swallowing your breath here. You said that your humility and politeness are all fake. I remember all these words."

Ye Lingwu's hands and feet were cold, she didn't understand what he meant by repeating these words, and wanted to observe from his face, but no emotion could be seen on his face.

Dealing with this kind of person is the most exhausting.

Ye Lingwu opened her mouth and sighed in a low voice: "Those words are just words after being out of breath, don't take them seriously."

"But the words that are anxious are the truth."

Ye Lingwu wanted to quibble, but Shen Zhan rushed to talk: "If a person really wants to live freely, it is better to be tough on himself. People's hearts are sinister, bullying and afraid of toughness. Let others know that you are not easy to mess with. Even if the sky is pierced, the people behind you There is also Ningbei Hou Mansion."

(End of this chapter)