After Gao married the prince, the sick and weak concubine lost her horse

Figure 288 Chapter 288

Sure enough, the Sun Mansion was hosting a banquet.

The carriages going to the banquet almost blocked the entire street.

Even if it's just a merchant's family, the ostentation is not inferior to the aristocratic family in Beijing.

With Sun Zhili leading the way, the carriages on the street gave way one after another. In the end, they directly crossed the long queue and entered Sun's mansion first.

Along the way, all I heard were compliments to the Sun family.

Shen Qingci supported Sheng Tingye before he got out of the carriage, and instantly received the scrutinizing and inquiring gazes of many guests around him.

After all, they are people in the same circle, not to mention how familiar they are, at least they have met face to face, a fresh face like Sheng Tingye who has an outstanding temperament, and was invited back to the house by the second son of Sun himself, naturally attracted Many people's attention.

Seeing the grandeur of the Sun Mansion from outside the door has already surprised Shen Qingci. After entering the Sun Mansion, he saw the carved pavilions and pavilions inside, the quiet and beautiful pools, pavilions and water corridors, passing through the screen wall, everything he saw was everything Sophisticated and luxurious.

Even compared to the Yong'anbo Mansion that was rebuilt with money, it is not much worse.

Shen Qingci couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this Sun family is really rich.

Sun Zhijing in the front hall is entertaining guests.

He was wearing a narrow black padded jacket with beautiful cloud patterns, and a deep sable fur cloak over it. He had sword eyebrows and star eyes, and was extremely handsome.

Compared with the pretending Sun Zhili, Sun Zhijingzhou has a calm and introverted aura all over his body, like a sword in its scabbard.

With a sharp edge, it is not scorching, but gives people a sense of affinity that is both right and wrong.

Even without being reminded by others, just because of his demeanor, people can recognize him at a glance in the crowd.

However, his appearance and demeanor are more than enough compared to those noble sons in the capital. He is not like a businessman who does not seek profit only.

Seeing Sun Zhili bringing people over from a distance, he exchanged a few words with the people around him, and then took the initiative to greet him.

"Second brother, these two are the distinguished guests you mentioned?"

Sun Zhijing clasped his fists, with a modest and polite smile on his face, his eyes seemed to be able to read people's hearts.

Sun Zhili smiled and nodded: "Brother, this is the one I mentioned to you yesterday."

Sun Zhijing looked at Sheng Tingye: "It turned out to be Mr. Lin, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Several people exchanged pleasantries, and Sun Zhijing invited Sheng Tingye to drink tea in the front hall.

There were already many guests there, and before Shen Qingci resigned, he had vaguely heard someone mentioning Lord Zhou, the governor.

This is a very good opportunity to see clearly the doorway between these people, of course we can't just miss it.

Sheng Tingye and Shen Qingci quickly exchanged glances, and Sheng Tingye followed Sun Zhili and Sun Zhijing to the front hall.

And Shen Qingci, as a female family member, has her own servant girl to lead her to the place where the female family members stay.

After passing through the long corridor and crossing the arched door with hanging flowers, we arrived at a garden in the Sun Mansion.

Before he got close, he could already hear the laughter of the female guests.

The maid who led the way brought Shen Qingci to Sun Zhiyue.

Sun Huai'an, the patriarch of the Sun family, was ill, and almost all the family business was handed over to Sun Zhijing.

Even today's banquet did not participate.

Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Wang, was originally one of the four major families in central Beijing. The Wang family was born in a side branch of Miaochuan that was separated by an unknown number of houses. She died of illness a few years ago. Sun Zhijing and Sun Zhili have not yet married. The one who contributed was Sun Huai'an's house-filling Yu family.

She was originally just an aunt, and she also gave birth to a son for Sun Huai'an. After the main house, Mrs. Sun, was taken to fill the house.

Even though she is a stepmother, she gets along well with these children left by Mrs. Sun.

At least, the arrogant and domineering Sun Zhiyue that Shen Qingci saw in front of her was still talking and laughing with her.

"Who is this?"

Even though she had never met Shen Qingci, Yu's gaze was gentle and did not make people feel uncomfortable at all.

Sun Zhiyue dropped the melons and fruits casually, glanced at Shen Qingci, and said indifferently: "The person brought by the second brother."

Hearing this, Mrs. Yu laughed and said, "So it's Zhili's friend, please sit down."

Shen Qingci stepped forward to say hello, but Sun Zhiyue at the side didn't look at her, but turned around and winked at the maid who was guiding her.

He asked casually, "Where's your husband?"

Shen Qingci took the tea handed over by Mrs. Yu, lowered his eyes and said, "He was invited by Mr. Sun to drink tea in the front hall."

And the maid who led the way for Shen Qingci also nodded at her, which proved Shen Qingci's words.

Sun Zhiyue was stunned, she suddenly moved closer to Shen Qingci, and asked curiously: "What's wrong with your husband?"

Shen Qingci showed a look of embarrassment.

Yu Shi who was at the side frowned slightly, and helped her out and said, "Yue'er, you are a little offended by this."

Sun Zhiyue was not annoyed either, she pouted and said, "I'm just curious, yesterday I saw that man's appearance and demeanor was very good, even his complexion was too bad, like... just like my mother... ..."

Just like how my mother looked when she was about to die.

She didn't say the last half of the sentence, perhaps because she was concerned about Yu Shi's face.

But the meaning of these words could not be more obvious.

Yu Shi hastily coughed dryly, and said with annoyance in his tone: "You child, you are becoming more and more outrageous."

As she said that, she turned her head to look at Shen Qingci: "Yue'er is spoiled by me, she is outspoken, she has never had any city, and her words are easy to hurt people, girl, don't take it to heart."

Shen Qingci put down the teacup, waved his hands and said, "Why, Miss Sun is right."

Both Yushi and Sun Zhiyue turned to look at her.

Shen Qingci bit his lips, showing his embarrassment, but finally he gritted his teeth and said: "To tell the truth, when my husband and I passed through Yunzhou a few days ago, we met bandits, my husband lost to the bandits and was seriously injured. "

"Those people wanted to kidnap me, and my husband chased me all the way to this point before saving me."

If you have to deal with these people for a long time, it will be difficult for Sheng Tingye to hide his injuries.

Moreover, since they want him to be useful based on Sheng Tingye's appearance, at least his life will not be hurt for now.

Therefore, taking the initiative to expose his serious injury will not only make them relax their vigilance, but also make them more considerate, for fear of being "killed" by accident.

Furthermore, being reminded by the fact that Wang Baoqin was brought down, Shen Qingci would never have guessed that at least half of the pier was owned by the Sun family.

Therefore, the fact that Sheng Tingye led someone to rescue her from Gu Qiuli that day must not be concealed.

Even though the hidden guards cleared the scene at that time, the onlookers were driven out far away and could not hear what they said at that time, but they knew what was going on and recognized Sheng Tingye and Shen Qingci.

Therefore, rather than being caught by them, it is better to bring it out of Shen Qingci's mouth. These are all things she has discussed with Sheng Tingye before.

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, Sun Zhiyue said in surprise: "It turns out that you were the ones who made such a big commotion on the pier that day."

Yu Shi smiled, "What's going on?"

Sun Zhiyue shook her head: "I don't know very well, I just heard from my second brother that a group of people suddenly came to the pier, and they started fighting for some reason. When Mr. Zhou brought people over, the venue would have left long ago. There is no blood left, and the eldest brother is still investigating this matter these days."

Shen Qingci was a little lucky, thanks to her taking the initiative to say it, if the Sun family were to find out, it would be easy to suspect that they had ulterior motives.

As for his identity, Lin Yu is an offshoot of the Lin family in Qingyang. Although he is not a direct descendant, he has a close relationship with Beijing.

She and Sheng Tingye were accompanied by guards, and there was the scene on the pier first, so they couldn't use their identities as ordinary people, and it was just right to use Lin Yu's identity.

If the Sun family really wanted to do something, they would be more or less afraid.

Moreover, Sheng Tingye had already arranged this identity when he was in Yunzhou, and he was not afraid of people going all the way to check.

Yu Shi patted his chest, looked at Shen Qingci, and said sadly: "It turns out that's the case, thanks to your being okay, those bandits are too rampant."

"I've heard of bandits running rampant in Yunzhou a long time ago. I didn't expect that they would rob people so blatantly."

Judging from her tone, she obviously didn't know anything about the Zhang family in Yunzhou.

But thinking about it, for the Zhang family, how dare they publicize such secrets, not to mention, this Miaochuan is considered to be the territory of the Wang family's collateral branch.

With lingering fear in his heart, Shen Qingci said: "Yes, fortunately, we are blessed with great fortune."

"It's just that my husband's injury is not serious, and it's not suitable for the time to be exhausted. He needs to spend some time in Miaochuan."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yu quickly said: "That's natural, health is important, our family doesn't say anything else, there is no shortage of places to live, if the girl doesn't dislike it, she might as well live here with peace of mind."

Before Shen Qingci could speak, Sun Zhiyue waved her hand at the maid behind her and said, "That's it, I'll ask someone to go down and clean it up."

Shen Qingci wanted to refuse on purpose, but at this moment, a female family member came to talk to Mrs. Yu, and Sun Zhiyue didn't care whether Shen Qingci liked it or not, so she stepped forward and grabbed Shen Qingci's arm, and took her out.

"Let's go, I'll take you to have a look."

Yu Shi warned from behind: "Crazy girl, don't frighten people by pretending."

Sun Zhiyue responded, but when she led Shen Qingci out of the garden and rounded the corner, her expression changed.

She glared at Shen Qingci, and pointed at a maid casually: "Cuixi, you just go with her, I still have something to talk to my second brother."

To Shen Qingci, she didn't have the slightest politeness in front of Mrs Yu just now.

After finishing speaking, she turned and left without even looking at Shen Qingci.

Shen Qingci had seen her pampered and rude side at the riverside before, so it was not surprising.

"Girl, please."

Shen Qingci followed the maid named Cuixi and continued to walk forward, passed through a courtyard wall, and when passing by a rockery, vaguely heard two strange voices coming from inside.

A man and a woman.

The voices of the two people seemed to be in pain, like joy/pleasure...

Even though she was still an innocent girl, Shen Qingci immediately realized what was going on behind the rockery.

These two are bold!

Shen Qingci was surprised in his heart, but he didn't stop walking. Seeing Cuixi who was leading the way was obviously also very surprised and he hadn't recovered yet, so Shen Qingci grabbed her.

I just want her to take herself out of here quickly.

After all, she had just arrived at the Sun's house, and she hadn't found out what she wanted to check, so she couldn't be involved in such dirty things in the back house of the Sun's house.

Cuixi, who came back to her senses, reacted quickly, she hurriedly lowered her head and quickened her pace, leading Shen Qingci along the corridor eaves.

Although the two moved quickly, they tacitly slowed down their steps, trying not to make any noise to avoid being noticed by the people behind the rockery.

Seeing that the crescent arch is in front, but the lustful voice stopped abruptly.

Following a woman's exclamation, footsteps suddenly sounded behind the rockery.

Shen Qingci and Cuixi, who had already walked a long way, exchanged glances subconsciously, and were about to bite the bullet and walk quickly through the crescent arch.

At this time, I heard a low and hoarse scolding: "Stop!"

(End of this chapter)