Colorful

Chapter 43 Polo Match (1)
After returning from Jing'an Hou Mansion, Ji Cheng went to greet Ji Lan and then went back to the garden, when he was walking near the Zhaoxiang Pavilion, he happened to meet Shen Jing.

In fact, Shen Jing had been wandering around the Zhaoxiang Pavilion for a long time, until he saw Ji Cheng leading the girl over from a distance, then he pretended to meet by chance and took a few steps forward.

"Sister Cheng." When Shen Jing saw Ji Cheng, his brows and eyes were full of worry. He had naturally heard about what happened last night, but he didn't know what Ji Cheng and the others had gone through. Feeling gloomy and hesitant, her heart hurts like being pinched, "Sister Cheng, I have already told Ah Cui, she must be playful and force you to accompany her, from now on she will never dare , don't get used to her too much."

Ji Cheng wanted to laugh when he heard that, Shen Jing seemed to be ignorant, but he was able to favor him without asking why, which touched Ji Cheng to some extent.But even though he was moved, Ji Cheng was beating his heart, thinking that he must put some distance between him and his cousin.

What Shen Jing thought to be very secretive was actually like an open book in front of Ji Cheng.

"Thank you cousin, it's actually not Fifth Sister's fault, it's also my fault for being playful." Ji Cheng bowed his head.

Shen Jing only thought that Ji Cheng was taking the blame for Shen Cui, and anxiously wanted to say a few more words to her, and look at her more, so he said: "Sister Cheng, I like the bay red horse you gave me last time. , thank you very much."

In the end, Ji Yuan naturally chose the little gray that Ji Cheng rode, and gave the very beautiful bay red horse to Shen Jing. That bay red horse is also hard to find, Shen Jing naturally likes it, and he feels Ji Cheng in his heart. I'm afraid I'm also thinking about myself, I just feel affectionate.To be honest, the two of them didn't have much contact, but they couldn't stand Shen Jing's own imagination, so they developed a lot of affection.

Ji Cheng didn't dare to look into Shen Jing's affectionate eyes anymore, and lowered his head even more: "My eldest brother asked someone to buy it. If cousin wants to thank me, please thank my elder brother." After staying for a long time, I was seen gossiping, so I quickly said goodbye and left.

Shen Jing stared blankly at the direction Ji Cheng was leaving, only felt that she seemed to be getting thinner again, like a laurel palace fairy who wanted to float away in the wind, and she couldn't catch her.

Shen Jing was a little flustered, he could feel that Ji Cheng was avoiding suspicion, did she have that kind of intention for him?Shen Jing was not sure, and he also knew that his mother would definitely not agree to him marrying Ji Cheng, because Ji Lan had repeatedly hinted to him that he wanted to marry a real lady from a family.

But Shen Jing doesn't want any lady from a family, every time he sees Ji Cheng, his heart beats faster.He thought that if Ji Cheng also had his intentions, he would definitely fight for it in front of his mother.

Shen Jing was thinking about how to talk to Ji Lan, when he ran into a girl who came looking for him, and said that it was the third wife who was looking for him.As expected by Shen Jing, Ji Lan talked clichéd again, talking about his marriage.

Shen Jing said impatiently: "Mother, didn't you agree to discuss it after the test?"

Ji Lan nodded, she was afraid of Shen Jing's distraction, she did say so, but after Shen Cui found out about this incident, Ji Lan couldn't sit still anymore, she felt that people from the Wang family dared to bully Shen Cui like this , Don't you just think that the third bedroom of the Shen family is not prominent?Otherwise, why didn't they attack Shen Xian and Shen Xun?

Waiting for Shen Jingzhong to be a Jinshi, and then waiting for him to become an official and achieve success, how many years will he have to wait?Ji Lan really couldn't wait any longer, she was afraid that this kind of thing would happen again to the Wang family, so she was anxious to arrange a prominent marriage for Shen Jing, so that other people's idea of ​​beating their third wife would have to be weighed again and again up.

In fact, Ji Lan is really narrow-minded.Isn't the Duke of Qi's mansion still prominent?Although Qi Guogong no longer has military power in his hands, his wife is Princess Anhe and the younger sister of Emperor Jianping after all.Moreover, Bo Zhongyi and Shen Yu of the second room both hold real power in their hands, even the official position of the third master is really not bad.

But the human heart is like this, always feeling dissatisfied, always wanting to be more prominent, living under the same roof, and it is always inevitable to have some friction.The so-called distant fragrance and near stink, Ji Lan has a prejudice against the first room and the second room, and always thinks that they will not help the third room, so she is eager to seek help from outside forces.

Ji Lan said: "I have to wait for you to finish the trial before officially discussing marriage, but you can also look at each other before that. Find a Yue family who can help you, and it will be easier to become an official in the future."

Shen Jing frowned: "Mother, if you are a man, you have to rely on yourself to make achievements. I never thought of borrowing the power of the Yue family."

Ji Lan didn't take it seriously when she heard it. After all, Shen Jing was still young. A young man at this age was just at the time when his blood boiled, thinking that there was nothing they couldn't do in the world, but he didn't know the hardships of the world: "Okay, okay, but You always want to marry and have children, right?"

Shen Jing blushed and refused to speak again.

Ji Lan smiled slightly: "I've thought about it recently, among the people we know the basics, there are a few girls who are the right age for you. Do you remember the second girl of the Chen family in Anping? Luckily, I have inquired about it, and their looks and talents are very outstanding..."

"Mother, I don't want to think about these things now, I'm going back to my room to study." Shen Jingfei seemed to run away as well.

Ji Lan closed her eyes and rubbed her brows, thinking of Shen Jing's "shy and timid" appearance just now, she was angry, didn't she just fell in love with Ji Cheng?If Ji Cheng is not her niece, it is fine to use it as Shen Jing's concubine.Thinking of this, Ji Lan even thought for a moment that it would have been okay if Ji Cheng's innocence had been ruined last night.

Of course, Ji Lan just thought about it out of anger, and didn't really want Ji Cheng's reputation to be ruined.

When Ji Lan and Shen Jing were talking about their marriage, coincidentally, the old lady also called Shen Che over.

"Your third aunt doesn't care about her own daughter and niece, but my old woman still has to care about my granddaughter! She is willing to calm down when something like this happens, but I am not. Boss, what do you think?" the old lady said. Looking at the Duke of Qi Shen Zhuo sitting in the hall, and the two grandchildren Shen Yu and Shen Che, he said.Uncle Zhongyi Shenxiu of the second room did not show up because he was not in the capital due to military affairs. As for the third master Shen Ying, the old lady didn't like to see him so he didn't call.

Madam Shen's three sons are well-bred, but not only women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, but men are also afraid of marrying the wrong wife. The old lady feels that Shen Ying has stumbled on this.

Naturally, the old lady looked down on Ji Lan in every possible way, but what was the use of it, if she couldn't stop Shen Ying, she would just follow Ji Lan's way. If she didn't say anything to Ji Lan, she would obey her advice, and that was rarely violated, so Ji Lan stopped her. She refused to tear herself apart with the Wang family, and Shen Ying had no other words, which made the old lady very disappointed with her son.

Duke of Qi, Shen Zhuo, is of course not afraid of the Wang family: "I can do whatever my mother says, but Cui girl is the daughter of the third child after all, so their concerns are not unreasonable." Not good.

The old lady looked at Shen Yu and Shen Che again, but Shen Yu didn't speak, just looked at Shen Che with her eyes.The whole family is definitely Shen Che's best at this kind of thing.

Shen Che smiled and said, "What are you all looking at me for?"

The old lady glared at Shen Che: "What do you think we are watching you for?"

Shen Che pretended to smile helplessly: "Okay, okay, leave it to me, right? The Wang family must suffer so much that they can't tell, and they can't ruin Fifth Sister's reputation."

Then the old lady withdrew her eyes in satisfaction: "It's not that I have to fight, it's just that this time the Wang family dared to touch the little girl, we can bear it, and what if someone else touches the little girl and the little girl tomorrow?"

In fact, why does the old lady need to point out this truth, everyone here understands it.Shen Che smiled and said, "Old Ancestor, you are still worried about what I have to do?"

The old lady snorted coldly: "You are the only one who has no certainty all day long. You have promised well, but you don't know when you will do it!"

"If you want to do this well, you can't be in a hurry. Anyway, how about making sure that you can calm down your old man?" Shen Che said.

"I get angry when I see you, how can I calm down?" said the old lady.

Shen Che immediately made a motion to support his forehead, and said, "Here we go again, here we go again."

The old lady was so annoyed by Shen Che's action that she couldn't laugh or cry: "You know what I'm going to say next, right? I think my old lady is nagging, so you should calm me down outside. Tell me about you, what was Xiangge that day? Place? If you don’t go home all day long, you just soak in those picky places. At such an old age, you haven’t even married a wife, and your grandfather is about to be pissed off by you.”

Shen Zhuo and Shen Yu watched the old lady change the subject and looked at each other with a feeling of sympathy.Although Shen Zhuo is the Duke of Qi now, he is still a worrying son in front of the old lady, and the shit on his own ass is not clean, so he never dared to say anything wrong with Shen Che.As for Shen Yu's former daughter-in-law, she has been away for many years, it's time for her to continue, and she is often nagged by the old lady about it.But fortunately, there is Shen Che in front of them who is even more out of tune and more caring for the old lady, so their ears are relatively clean, and it is all thanks to Shen Che.

Now that Shen Che was being scolded, although Shen Zhuo and Shen Yu sympathized with him, they also retreated at the same time.Why didn't the old lady know what they were thinking, but Shen Che's matter was the most important thing, so Shen Zhuo and Shen Yu wanted to leave, but the old lady didn't stop them.

"Grandpa is really going to be mad at me, wouldn't you be happier?" Shen Che sat down next to the old lady with a playful smile.

Don't look at what the old lady said in Shen's house on weekdays, but she was the most helpless to Shen Che: "Archer, have you been blaming grandma?"

Shen Che gradually put away his hippie smile: "No, it's been so long, grandma, don't take it to heart."

The old lady sighed, and said in her heart that she had committed a crime.Shen Che's mind was much purer than Shen Jing's before, because that face has attracted people since he was a child, who among the girls in the house would not miss him?But Shen Che didn't even move his eyelids.It just so happened that there was such a peach blossom catastrophe in his life, and he met such a woman.

"Archer, grandma has never been a stubborn person. Women's love here is doomed in a previous life, and I never forcibly interfere. Even if your third uncle wanted to marry your third aunt back then, if it wasn't for my approval, wouldn't your third aunt marry her?" Got it? It's just that that person has such an identity. Even if I am willing, the ancestors of our Shen family will not. Even if she is the girl who buys tofu on the street, as long as her family background is clean, I can make the decision and marry you back. A decent daughter-in-law. How many years has it been? For such a person, will you be so cynical all your life?" The old lady watched Shen Che's expression carefully while speaking, and refused to let go of any clues.

Shen Che smiled and patted the back of the old lady's hand: "You also said that it has been many years, and no matter how hot your mind is, it will turn cold. Didn't I say it earlier, I will marry whoever my ancestors like."

The old lady looked into Shen Che's eyes carefully, but unfortunately her grandson was very good at hiding his thoughts since he was a child, you would never guess his details no matter what.The old lady could only sigh and said: "Well, it's settled like this, you are not allowed to go out to provoke me any little widows and daughter-in-laws, and you are not allowed to go to those places of fireworks, otherwise, who will take it away?" girl marry you?"

Shen Che laughed and said, "Then you should tie me with an iron chain."

These words made the old lady fall backwards angrily: "You..." The old lady couldn't control Shen Che, so she could only say, "Get out of here quickly, I feel upset just looking at you, why can't a fairy girl take you in?" !"

When Shen Che heard this, he naturally rolled down the slope.

When Ji Cheng came to Ji Lan's room to say hello the next day, Ji Lan was talking to Shen Cui, and she didn't try to avoid Ji Cheng.

"Mom, why do you like Chen Qian as my sister-in-law? She is Wang Yueniang's cousin!" Shen Cui said angrily.

Hearing this, Ji Cheng couldn't help but look at Ji Lan in surprise.Something happened between her and Shen Cui. Even if the Shen family hasn't found out the behind-the-scenes instigation until now, the Wang family is definitely suspicious. How could Ji Lan still take a fancy to the Chen family's girl as her son at this moment? daughter in law?

What Ji Cheng finds difficult to understand is taken for granted by Ji Lan.Now Ji Lan has nothing to do with the Wang family, nor is she willing to break up with the Wang family, so she simply married Chen Bin's younger sister, Chen Qian, as her daughter-in-law.In this way, the sisters of the Wang family will not be able to touch Shen Cui in the future, after all, the relatives are close.

Of course, Ji Lan hated the Wang family in her heart. Marrying a daughter-in-law is no better than marrying a daughter. Wouldn't Chen Qian have to look at her face when she entered the house in the future?If something happens to the Wang family in the future, wouldn't it be easy to kill a daughter-in-law?

Ji Lan's abacus is sound, and the good name is: It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years.

But Shen Cui couldn't understand her mother's thoughts. Although she wasn't sure whether Wang Yueniang was responsible for her kidnapping, she just didn't want Chen Qian to be her sister-in-law.

Ji Cheng, however, guessed Ji Lan's thoughts immediately after the initial surprise, she laughed ironically in her heart, her aunt really could bear any anger.

"What's wrong with this sister Qian of the Chen family? Not to mention her outstanding appearance, her family background is also first-class. In the future, when your brother becomes an official, there will be a Yue family who can help you." Ji Lan said to Shen Cui, but these words were also hitting Ji Lan Cheng, let her not have any unreasonable thoughts.

"But mother, I think it was Wang Yueniang who caused the accident between me and sister Cheng this time. How could you let my brother marry Chen Qian?" Shen Cui still refused.

Ji Lan immediately put on a bitter face and said: "Ah Cui, mother has no other choice. Concubine Wang Shu wants wind and rain in the palace, so what if we know it was Wang Yueniang who moved her hand? How can we do anything to her?" ? How could your uncle and second uncle offend the Wang family just because of you?"

"I don't believe it!" Shen Cui couldn't listen to Ji Lan's words and ran out.

Ji Cheng hurriedly followed, turned his head and said hastily, "Auntie, I'll go see her."

In fact, the turmoil in Ji Cheng's heart was no less than that in Shen Cui's heart.She originally thought that it was the Shen family who refused to stand up for Shen Cui and herself. After all, Shen Cui is Ji Lan's own daughter. However, after hearing Ji Lan's words today, Ji Cheng suddenly realized that he was probably the last person who would not want to offend the Wang family. It should be Ji Lan.Otherwise, why would Ji Lan suddenly think of marrying Chen Qian as his daughter-in-law?If you hate him so much, it is absolutely impossible to be as calm as Ji Lan.

Sometimes Ji Cheng really doesn't understand Ji Lan's actions. What she said later that the first wife and the second wife refused to stand out, is this trying to provoke Shen Cui to have a grudge against her uncles?What good will this do for Shen Cui's future?
In fact, it was all due to Ji Lan's selfishness. She always felt that the third room was not as good as the other two rooms, and she always suspected that her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were crowding out her. This resentment was not enough to bury in her heart, and Shen Cui had to go with her. complain.

Ji Cheng secretly sighed, what should people say about her aunt?But he had to count on Ji Lan.After all, Ji Cheng can only be regarded as a sojourner in the capital, and Ji Lan is the only serious elder.If someone really wants to propose marriage to her, they have to speak to Ji Lan first, so Ji Cheng's marriage is basically in Ji Lan's hands.

But now Ji Cheng felt that if others saw that she had an aunt like Ji Lan, they probably wouldn't want to marry her as their daughter-in-law.

When Ji Cheng found Shen Cui in the garden, Shen Cui was crying.Ji Cheng walked over and didn't speak. She and Shen Cui had been through hardships together now, and their friendship was a little better than before, and Shen Cui's words were not as harsh as before.Now when she saw Ji Cheng approaching, she stopped crying and said, "Sister Cheng, uncle and the others really don't want to stand up for us, what should we do? Are we just going to bear it like this? Wang Yueniang is really disgusting, if you didn't take me with you the day before yesterday Get out, and we'll all be ruined."

Looking at Shen Cui's appearance, Ji Cheng also felt pitiful: "The old lady has always loved us and will not ignore it. I don't think the Duke and the uncle are people who don't care about the younger generation. Don't complain about them. The inside things It's too complicated, maybe they are discussing other ways."

"Really?" Shen Cui looked up at Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng nodded, "Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, just wait."

(End of this chapter)