After the divorce, the queen mother was pampered by powerful ministers

Chapter 11
The complexion is very good, rosy in the white, like the crabapple flower on the branch.

Although the furnishings of Lianyan Pavilion are not as magnificent as the imperial palace, but among the children of aristocratic families, they are considered the best.

The second-class maid wrung Su Wunian's wet hair with just the right amount of strength, and sat in front of the carved bronze mirror. Su Wunian glanced at the long green hair that was as silky as silk, and then at the corners of her eyes that were as smooth as jade. Begonia's lips were as red as after the rain, rising undetectably.

The bead curtains were ringing green, Jiang Mama led a group of maidservants to file in, holding a golden lacquer carved food plate in their hands.The maids placed the food on the table in an orderly manner, and each dish was arranged from near to far according to Shen Shengge's preferences.

Zhang Zhilan came in with a high-quality snow-white fox fur cloak in her hand, walked around the screen, and put the cloak lightly on Su Wunian's shoulders, and said with a gentle smile, "Be careful of catching a cold."

At the table, Zhang Zhilan personally read the dishes for Su Wu, while carefully asking: "Last night..."

"What exactly happened?"

"Last night?" Su Wunian had already figured it out before returning to the Shen Mansion. She only needed to play the role of a frightened girl, but at this moment, an expression of recalling something bad had appeared on her face, "I woke up last night." Come, I found that I was tied up in an abandoned house, I cut the rope with a hairpin and escaped."

"Do you know who tied you up?"

Su Wunian shook her head innocently.

"Is there no guard outside the house?"

Su Wunian continued to shake her head.

"Where's Sui Qing?"

Su Wunian still shook her head, she didn't see Sui Qing at Shouyue Peak last night, and she didn't see Sui Qing when she came back, so she really didn't know Sui Qing's whereabouts.

"Ma'am, Second Young Miss is here." Mother Jiang opened the curtain and came in to announce.

Zhang Zhilan's eyes signaled, and Mother Jiang exited the room, and then a 12-year-old girl in a white brocade skirt embroidered with maple patterns came in slowly. fox.Wearing a few minimalist pearl hairpins on the Liuyue bun, it is elegant yet unique, and its eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Zhang Zhilan.

Second Miss?Shen Shengge regards her as an object of favor, she is Zhang Zhilan's biological daughter, and she is now the second daughter of the first wife of the Shen family.

After saluting, the second miss Shen Mengli said with concern in a wind-chime-like voice: "I heard that after the eldest sister returned home, she may have been frightened a lot and didn't say a word. Grandmother asked the younger sister to come and talk to the eldest sister."

"Sit down." Zhang Zhilan said indifferently, with a clear sense of intimacy.

Su Wunian wondered why Zhang Zhilan was so estranged from her biological daughter, but so generous to Shen Shengge, who was not her own, with so much maternal love?
Shen Mengli leaned back slightly, sat down gracefully, behaved decently, and raised his hands and feet, quite like a lady from a famous family.

Su Wunian searched for the memory of Shen Shengge in his mind. Shen Shengge and Shen Mengli are completely different. Everyone praises Shen Mengli as knowledgeable, gentle and quiet, with both talent and appearance.When Shen Shengge was mentioned, she curled her tongue, because she was the empress dowager's cousin, arrogant and lawless.

The object that noble ladies from the imperial capital would avoid, for fear that if they say a word to him, it will affect their reputation, and they will be scolded for being close to vermilion, red and black, and black.

But Shen Shengge was indeed extremely stupid. He was deceived by the maid who was close to him, and entered the palace with colorful makeup to express his condolences, which almost caused a catastrophe.Instigated by Sui Qing, she went out early in the morning, so everyone in the Shen residence did not notice her inappropriateness.

Who is the person behind Sui Qing?
Shen Shengge had no friends because of her notoriety in the imperial capital, her biological mother was in a coma, and she was not very close to her maternal grandfather's family.The only people who can have a conflict of interest with him are the people in the inner house of Shen's mansion.

Su Wunian was quite familiar with these methods of dirtying inside the house, and even sneered at them.They are all short-sighted backyard women who have been trapped in a square inch all their lives, and have never seen mountains and seas, and mountains and rivers.

After ten years in power, Su Wunian encouraged women to enter the officialdom and advocated equality between men and women, so the status of women in Qingyuan Kingdom was improved.But the idea that men are superior to women has been deeply rooted, and many women would rather be trapped in the back house, would rather be a bird in a golden cage, stick to their own interests, and would not throw away the shackles of a husband and a child.

Thinking that she is no longer the Empress Dowager Su who is at the pinnacle of power, she should no longer point out the country, but only Shen Shengge, the eldest daughter of the prime minister's family.After cleaning up the trash, Su Wunian just wanted to lie flat and die, and spend the rest of her life in style.

After today, she is not Su Wunian, but Shen Shengge.

"Who wants to harm you? Although the Prime Minister disagrees with others in the officialdom, he will not kidnap you and endanger your life." Zhang Zhilan analyzed seriously.

"The person who kidnapped me didn't seem to intend to harm me, that's why I escaped easily." Su Wunian finally spoke, not in a hurry, "Maybe, the other party just wanted to warn Dad with this."

The implication is that the person who kidnapped her is most likely the Prime Minister's political opponent in the officialdom.

Zhang Zhilan fell into deep thought, secretly analyzing the rationality of what Su Wunian said.

"Could it be the elder sister's actions in the Hall of Bliss yesterday that brought trouble on me?" Shen Mengli said softly with a voice as clear as a silver bell.

Zhang Zhilan turned his attention back to Su Wunian, thoughtfully.

"By the way, on the way into the palace yesterday, I always felt dizzy and fell asleep later." Su Wunian put down the silver chopsticks carved with ruyi patterns in her hand, and imitated Shen Shengge's usual way of speaking, "I didn't expect that this As soon as I fell asleep, I slept for a whole day. When I woke up, my whole body was exhausted, and my hands seemed to be dislocated."

"This is so abnormal, I can't sleep in the carriage all day."

"Eldest sister really doesn't remember what happened yesterday?" Shen Mengli asked half-believingly.

"What happened yesterday? After I fell asleep yesterday, what happened?" Su Wunian blinked her big innocent eyes, pretending not to know.

"you--"

Shen Mengli's words were interrupted by Zhang Zhilan, "Okay, your elder sister was frightened last night, after dinner, after going to grandma's place to report her safety, she needs a good rest."

"Yes." Shen Mengli lowered his head slightly, an intriguing emotion flashed in his eyes.

"Ma'am." Mother Jiang opened the curtain and came in, hesitating to speak.

"What's the matter?"

Jiang Nanny glanced at Su Wunian's direction, bowed her head and whispered something to Zhang Zhilan.

Zhang Zhilan's expression was solemn for a moment, and he took Su Wunian's little hand lovingly, "I have found Sui Qing."

"Where is she?" Su Wunian inadvertently pulled her hand away from Zhang Zhilan's.

"It's only one street away from the place where you were robbed last night. It was found in an abandoned thatch pile. When it was found, the body was already stiff." Zhang Zhilan covered his heart with his hands, "It can be seen that the other party didn't just want to warn the Prime Minister. It’s a good thing you escaped, I’m afraid now when I think about it.”

As he said that, he was about to hold Su Wunian's little hand again.Su Wunian realized this, stood up with a "chuckle", slammed his palms on the table, pretended to be angry, "Who the hell?! How dare you kill Sui Qing!"

Both Zhang Zhilan and Shen Mengli shrank their shoulders in fright at Su Wunian's sudden action.

　Su Wunian shouted in her heart: You really don't want to hold my little hand anymore, I really tied Q.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)