carved heart

Chapter 55 Entering Nuclear Science (3)
Shen Changtang called someone to bring in a basin of water.

He twisted the soft towel himself, washed it and said: "This house is for you. The place where your servants live is not safe. Let them live here in the future. I will let Fan Haohe run the house. Remember it to you It’s under my name. The location here is good, and my hidden stake is located opposite the house, so it’s convenient to take care of me.”

After a pause, he said again: "When you came in, did you see the carriage parked outside?"

Ah Yin asked: "The carriage leaning against the south wall?"

Shen Changtang said with a smile: "Well, I gave it to you. Didn't you want it before? I asked someone to inquire about it. I asked a craftsman in Qingzhou to re-build one. It looks plain and simple on the outside, but the inside is made of high-quality materials. , there is also a hidden compartment inside."

"Qingzhou?"

Shen Changtang said: "I just came back from Qingzhou today, and I followed the order of my sage." As if remembering something, he frowned again and said: "What happened last time has already begun."

Ah Yin asked: "Is...that Eunuch Deng from Yongping?"

Shen Changtang was slightly taken aback.

Ah Yin said again: "When I was on Lantau Island that day, Senior Sister Lin left after being provoked by Lu Lan. Later, when I was looking for someone, Lu Lan was unmoved, so I guessed that the person behind Lu Lan should be Eunuch Deng. It's all just speculation and there's no solid evidence."

Shen Changtang hooked her palm, and said: "You are so smart, I really can't put it down. Chen Dou's murder is also inseparable from him. You don't move for now, don't startle the snake."

A Yin hesitated for a while, and asked, "Isn't Eunuch Deng someone close to the emperor? Why did you kill Chen Dou?"

She knew that Shen Changtang's feelings for the emperor were unusual, so she didn't dare to speak out.However, to Shen Changtang's ears, it was no different from speaking directly.He squeezed her palm, and said: "At the beginning of the Holy Majesty's enthronement, the regime was unstable, and there were too few people who could be trusted. If I can try one or two things this time, it would be worthwhile. It was my negligence earlier that made people I've been following you. Now you stay at Shangguan's house, but it's safer."

Ah Yin recalled what he had said before, and also what Shangguan Shixin said - the Holy Father still prepared several marriages for him, one was Princess Yucheng, the other was the youngest daughter of the Li family in Qingzhou, and the third was the cousin Yue of Lord Marquis. The Lord of Ming County.

After a pause, he asked, "...is it a girl from the Li family?"

Shen Changtang asked her back: "Have you tasted it?"

A Yin shook her head, she just felt that the girl from the Li family was quite pitiful.Shen Changtang seemed to see through her mind, and said again: "You must eat the taste." Seeing that he was about to kiss him again, she surrendered and said, "I've eaten the taste! Does Ming Mu smell the sour smell?"

Only then did Shen Changtang let her go.

If it wasn't for the heavy responsibility, Shen Changtang really didn't want to let her go, he took her hand, rubbed his hands together, and then let go of her hand.

Before A Yinlin left, Shen Changtang asked her again: "Do you know the Eighteen States of Hediao?"

Seeing Ah Yin's confused face, he said again: "Forget it, just pretend I didn't say it. If you hear or see it one day, you must stay away."

Ah Yin responded and said "OK".

After Ah Yin left, Shen Changtang looked at the turbidity on the handkerchief, his face darkened.

If he hadn't heard her thoughts on Shangguan Shixin from her today, he would not have forced her to do so.Originally, he thought that he would go further after getting married, so as not to embarrass her.However, the beauty's heart is like iron and cannot be pried open, and there is a ladder next to the wall waiting for her to get out of the wall, so he has no choice but to choose the wrong plan.

In the season of fire in July, the noble lady Yongping has held three or four tea parties.Yongping is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there are many princesses, and there are also many wives who have been appointed by the imperial court. There are so many noble women that they can easily crush the rest of the states and counties.Often today this noble lady held a tea party, and after a while another noble lady also held a tea party, and the invitation posts fell into the hands of the noble ladies like catkins.

For example, Princess Yucheng just opened at Haoyue Villa on the outskirts of Yongping a while ago. Not long after, Princess Yueming, not to be outdone, took advantage of her cousin Mu Yanghou's face to open at Moon Moon Villa, which is far away from Haoyue Villa. There was also a tea party.

Both Zhuangzi are exquisite, both were named by the first emperor himself, one planted a ten-mile peach grove, the other dug a ten-mile lotus pond, and holding tea parties in it is extremely respectable.

Speaking of these two noble daughters, the one from the Qingzhou Li family was actually added.

These three noble girls really didn't see each other since they were young, but they also fell in love with the cruel, unfeminine and strangely ill Mu Yanghou. The identity of the rival in love was revealed, and the emperor opened his mouth again , In the past two years, if a few people can compare with each other, they will never stay silently.

Right now, both Princess Yucheng and Yueming County Lord have a tea party, and all the noble ladies in Yongping are looking forward to Li's tea party, and even a small group of noble ladies quietly gambled on the side hall of the summer resort.

After all, the Li family has been proud of themselves in the court recently.

However, everyone was wrong.

Li Rong's tea party was held, but it was held in his own mansion, and the invitations sent out were not compared with Princess Yucheng and Yueming County Lord. The background color was darker ink blue, and the font used Light gold, somewhat similar to the previous invitations from the Muyanghou Mansion.

Everyone was puzzled by Mrs. Li's behavior, and even the noble lady thought that Li Rong had changed her temper, and actually fought with the other two noble ladies!
Until the day of the tea party, all the ladies suddenly realized.

No wonder, I thought that there was no dispute, but it turned out that it was not non-dispute, but to show my prestige!

Mu Yanghou, who has always kept silent about his marriage, went to Qingzhou after the Qixi Festival. It happened that the Li clan was offering sacrifices to their ancestors. On the way, they encountered troubles. Mu Yanghou helped and escorted them all the way. It was rare for Yanghou to praise Li Rong in front of the Li clan. Although it was just an ordinary word of virtuous and virtuous, and it didn't even match Li Rong's personality, it was enough to make Li Rong happy for half a month.

Li Rong thought, probably when she played a piece of Jinse Si Hua Nian at the summer banquet held in the womb, when the audience was amazed, Mu Yanghou made Mu Yanghou pay attention to him, right?On that day, the way he looked at her was not the same as before.

The servants outside the garden came to report that Princess Yucheng and Princess Yueming had arrived.

Li Rong didn't think otherwise, and stood up to greet her with a smile.

The three of them have been fighting since childhood, and it is rare for them to win each other. Li Rong will not miss the opportunity to show off.The three of them chatted about family affairs, and the rest of the noble ladies became the foil. Among them were some who were holding Li Rong and wanted to open their mouths to hug their thighs. Soon, someone noticed that the pendant of the round fan in Li Rong's hand was a delicate and small nuclear carving.

"Sister Rong's nuclear sculpture is really beautiful, I wonder if I can show my sister?"

Li Rong generously handed the round fan to others, and with a smile on his face, he casually said: "That is the nuclear carving of the Shangguan family in Suizhou."

At that moment someone asked: "Shangguan's family? Isn't Shangguan's family only carving cores for the palace?"

Li Rong took back the round fan, half-covered her face, showing a pair of beautiful almond eyes, and smiled like a stream of autumn water.She said in a soft voice: "My father did business with Lord Hou a while ago. Lord Hou knew that my father likes nuclear carvings, so he asked Shangguan's to buy it." As she spoke, her eyes fell on Princess Yucheng and Yue The Lord Ming smiled even more virtuously and virtuously: "My father was very happy. After seeing this, Lord Hou wrote a letter to my father a few days ago, saying that he would let Shangguan's family carve some more high-quality nuclear carvings. Ornament."

Princess Yucheng twitched her lips silently.

Princess Yueming's smile was a little sour.

After a day and a night, the battle of nuclear candidates ended perfectly.

Shangguan Ren and Shangguan Shixin walked down the mountain.This time, Dou accounting is a major matter for Shangguan's family. Shangguan Ren is cautious and dare not be negligent. The brocade boxes of the five nuclear carving technicians are all on his body.After he went back, he handed it over to the seventeen nuclear carving technicians in the nuclear science department. After a unified decision, the winner will be selected.

Shangguan Ren went down the mountain and said: "After this matter is over, there are still a few nuclei carvings to be carved. A while ago, Mu Yanghou sent someone over, and it was rare to be polite enough. I couldn't refuse, so I had to agree. "

Shangguanren said again: "In Yongping before, when I heard that the noble daughters of the three families admired Mu Yanghou, I always thought of my own son. They are also unmarried, so how come other people's sons are like sweet potatoes? My son is always Looking forward to a daughter-in-law coming out of the nuclear carving. You can start a family and start a business. What kind of family and career can you get into by drilling in the nuclear carving? I have also dealt with that Mu Yanghou. He is moody and temperamental. How do I see it? I feel inferior to you."

Shangguan Ren sighed heavily.

It's really good to see how my son looks, but he has a carved head and a heart. Without a knife to carve it, you can't see one, two, three, four, five.

He continued: "Before I thought that no matter how bad it was, there would be Mu Yanghou at the bottom. Now Mu Yanghou has also opened up and is ready to find a wife."

Shangguan Shixin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Looking for a wife?"

Shangguan Ren was taken aback when he heard the words. What he said before was nothing but complaints. After staying with his mother for a long time, he managed to maintain a gentle and gentle face in front of others, but he nagged outrageously in front of his mother, especially his son.In the past, it was he who said that his son listened or agreed, which rarely happened.

Shangguan Ren thought that his son felt the crisis, and swept away the fatigue that had been going on all day and night, and immediately said: "This time, the nuclei carvings that we found from Shangguan's family were given to the Li family in Qingzhou. The Li family in Qingzhou is one of the Yongping family. Mu Yanghou's family is well-matched, and the Holy Majesty is quite optimistic about this marriage. So, Mu Yanghou has opened his mind, when will your brain be opened to surprise your father?"

Speaking of this, Shangguan Ren thought of Ah Yin.

"What's wrong with the Yin family?"

Shangguan Shixin was silent for a while, Fang smiled wryly and said, "She's fine, there's nothing wrong with her." Even though she wasn't around, even his voice couldn't help but soften when he mentioned her.

Shangguan Ren was also stunned by his son's tenderness.

He thought it was just a good impression, but he didn't expect his son's appearance to be deeply rooted in love.Shangguanren became serious, and said: "At the beginning, in order to please your mother, your father became more frustrated and courageous, and finally he embraced the beauty." After a pause, he said: "Shixin, our Shangguan family wants to protect someone, not Difficult."

Shangguanshi's confidence moved slightly, and just as he was about to say something, Shangguanren said again: "Your father will help you find a wife. We will discuss it now. After you get a wife, where will you start to inherit the family business. Nuclear science must be in charge." , but you can focus on other industries of our Shangguan family. To take over nuclear science, just remember one thing, don’t interfere or be curious.”

As if thinking of something, Shangguanren said melancholy again: "When your grandfather passed it down, he told you not to touch the Eighteen States of nuclear carving. It's a pity..."

Shangguan Shixin asked: "What are the eighteen prefectures?"

Shangguanren said: "No, your father came out to test you nonsense, remember, don't interfere and don't be curious."

Ah Yin couldn't sleep at night.

Thinking of this, his eyes fell on the dressing table again.

She opened the dressing box, there were not many jewelry in the dressing box, basically she didn't recognize it, it was Axuan who stuffed it, but Mu Yanghou's white jade finger ring was very conspicuous.She hesitated for a while, and when she was about to retract her fingers, she suddenly saw Mu Yanghou's nuclear carving.

When she came back, Shen Changtang stuffed three core carvings into her hand.

They were all carved by herself before.

He made it clear that one nuclear carving was placed on the bedside, one nuclear carving was placed on the dressing table, and the last one was placed in the sleeve pocket.I didn't know his intentions at first, but now Ah Yin began to feel that his craftsmanship is really good, and he carved Mu Yanghou's cold expression so vividly, as if he was right in front of his eyes, looking at him expressionlessly, and said: " Hmm? Do you dare not wear it?"

... dare not.

A Yin found a red rope from the dressing table, tied the white jade ring finger, and put it on his neck.

The white jade was of good texture, it was slightly cold when it touched the neck, but it warmed up quickly.She looked at herself in the mirror, thinking that she might not be able to wear chest-length skirts in the future.

Fortunately, she doesn't like to wear them either.

Jiang Xuan's confused voice came out, she rubbed her eyes, and said: "Sister, you are back, how is Douhe today?" After a pause, Jiang Xuan suddenly woke up, opened her eyes wide, and said: "Sister, your What happened to the corner of your mouth?"

When she asked such a question, Ah Yin remembered what he did with Mu Yanghou today, especially at that time...

She shook her hands, hurriedly put on the underwear, and said in a single stroke, "I accidentally bit it." Then she changed the subject and said, "Bring the box that is locked by the bed."

Jiang Xuan agreed and walked back to the room.

Ah Yin exhaled softly, really ashamed.She patted her face, and when Jiang Xuan came out, she was much calmer. She took out the key, opened the lock of the wooden box, took out the nuclear carving that her grandfather gave her every year on her birthday, and said softly: "The topic of today's fighting nuclear is Lantau Island. Scenery, my grandfather's nuclear carving gave me great convenience, and I was the first one to complete the carving."

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan said happily: "Is my sister a good chance of winning? I haven't seen anyone who can surpass my grandfather's nuclear carving so far."

Ayin smiled and said: "The odds are hard to say. The other four nuclear carving artists who compete with me all have their own strengths, especially Senior Sister Lin, who has been carving mountains and rivers since she was a child. If she wins, she can enter nuclear science." Naturally, it’s okay if you lose, I heard that Senior Brother Lan has passed the assessment three times and has not yet entered nuclear science, let’s take it as an experience.”

Jiang Xuan said: "My sister won't lose. My sister started from Hediao Town Douhe, where has she ever lost? And my sister's Hediao has improved a lot compared to before. If my grandfather is still alive, maybe he will praise my sister."

Ah Yin said: "If grandfather is still alive, I'm afraid he won't be happy to see me come to Shangguan's house."

Only then did Jiang Xuan remember that when her grandfather was still alive, they never let them show off their nuclei carving skills to outsiders, even his grandfather himself, hiding in the world like an expert outside the world, fortunately, there is a sister who inherited his grandfather nuclei carving technique.

Ah Yin locked it again and said, "Alright, let's go to sleep."

After two days, the seventeen nuclear carving technicians in nuclear science made a unanimous decision and came up with the winner of the fighting core.

But it wasn't Ah Yin, it was Lu Lan.

When Ah Yin came out of Yuanhong's courtyard, Jiang Xuan was very depressed.As soon as the news came out, Jiang Xuan was very resentful. It probably meant that the seventeen nuclear carving technicians in nuclear science were all blind and blind assholes.

A Yin comforted her: "You have also seen Lu Lan's nuclear sculpture, it is really good."

Jiang Xuan said: "Yuan Gong said that Lu Lan was opportunistic! She only knows how to imitate the nuclear carvers in the palace! This time, she has the same advantage as Miss Lin!"

Ah Yin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "Ah Xuan, we didn't enter this time, we have another time. I'm not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry."

Jiang Xuan stomped her feet and said, "I just think my sister's pearl is dusty."

Ah Yin knew his sister's heart, and said in a gentle voice: "Grandfather once said a word, I always keep it in my heart, don't worry about what you get, don't worry about what you lose. If it's not our chance, we don't want it. The matter of nuclear carving pays attention to the eye, and it doesn't matter." There’s no set standard for good or bad.”

She patted her head and said: "Okay, don't be unhappy. Master also said that this time I didn't enter nuclear science, but next time I will. Today we will go out for a walk in Suizhou and buy you some rouge powder I bought some cloth on the way back. I heard from Ziye before that the food in Guilanfang is the best in Suizhou, and when we are tired from walking, we will go and sit inside."

The young girl is carefree, can have rouge powder, can have cakes to eat, and the unhappy heart is forgotten in a blink of an eye.

It's a pity that there are always people who want to make Jiang Xuan unhappy.

After the two sisters walked out of Yuan Gong's courtyard, they originally went directly to listen to the lotus garden, and took the silver before leaving Shangguan's mansion.However, when passing through the back garden, he bumped into Lu Lan face-to-face.

"It turned out to be Senior Sister Yin." Lu Lan stood still and smiled at the two of them, but the corners of her eyes could not hide her complacency.

Jiang Xuan was so annoyed that she wanted to speak, but A Yin stopped her.

She said to Lu Lan: "Congratulations, Miss Lu." Her face was calm, which made Lu Lan feel powerless as if her fist was hitting the cotton.When Lu Lan lived in the back house for a long time, she had seen too many girls who were calm on the surface and turbulent in her heart. She knew how to provoke such girls and how to make herself feel the thrill of victory, so she smiled again and said, "You also have strength, but it's a pity that you don't have it." My luck is that with me in the future, you will not be able to enter nuclear science in this lifetime."

Jiang Xuan was about to explode with anger!
A Yin rushed to speak in front of Jiang Xuan, and said: "Miss Lu is too unconfident in herself, you want to stay in nuclear science for the rest of your life?"

Lu Lan didn't expect that she was still not sullen, but even retorted, but she was still so calm!
(End of this chapter)