Destroyed outside, gold and jade inside

Chapter 264 Hairpin
A carriage suddenly galloped out of the alley and stopped in the middle of the avenue.Gongsun Ling reined in his horse and stopped, so naturally Shen Siniang's carriage also stopped.

"Who's in front?" Gongsun Ling asked his followers sideways.

Follow the royal horse to ask the carriage blocking the way.A little lady stepped out of the carriage, wearing a fox fur cloak, her white smiling face, against the backdrop of the fox fur, she looked even more small and delicate.

With the help of the maid, the little lady stepped on the horse stool and got out of the carriage. Standing on the horse stool, she looked up at Gongsun Ling and the carriage beside him.

The entourage turned around and was about to report to Gongsun Ling.

But the little lady came forward by herself, and said in a clear voice: "My lord, unfortunately, the little girl's carriage is broken here, sorry for blocking your way, please wait a little longer, the coachman is trying to find a way to get the carriage out of the way. Move away."

Her voice was not low, and Shen Siniang, who was sitting in the carriage, could easily hear her clearly.

Gongsun Ling nodded, got off his horse, and asked his attendants to lead the horse over to help, as long as the carriage was dragged to the side of the road so that it would not block the right path.

"My wife is afraid of the cold, so I wonder if I can get in the car to avoid the wind?" The maid beside Shen Wuniang asked, helping her tighten her cloak.

Gongsun Ling did not speak, but only looked sideways at the carriage.

The window of the carriage opened from the inside, revealing a very familiar face of Shen Wuniang.Before anyone could speak, Shen Wuniang smiled pleasantly and said, "Fourth Sister? Why are you?"

Shen Siniang nodded, "Come up."

Shen Wuniang stepped on the horse stool and climbed into the carriage with a face full of surprise, "Fourth sister, I haven't seen you for a long time, where are you now? Are you still at Qin's house? Don't come home to take a look."

Her voice was not low, and Gongsun Ling outside the carriage was surprised when he heard the words, the Qin family?Isn't she Qi Wang's concubine?
"Why are you here?" Shen Siniang's voice was clear and calm, not as eager as the other party.

"It's almost the Winter Clothes Festival. I'm going out to have a look. I was thinking about whether I should send clothes to my sister, but I haven't seen my sister going to and from home, and my sister doesn't write to me. Don't you think about me?" ?" Shen Wuniang's voice was a little coquettish.

Shen Siniang glanced at her, did not answer, and looked away indifferently.

"Sister, don't you miss me, and don't you miss Aunt An? Aunt An misses her sister very much!" Shen Wuniang said again.

Sure enough, when Shen Siniang heard this, she immediately turned her face, her eyebrows were slightly frowned, and she stared at her, "What's wrong with Aunt An?"

"General, the carriage has been moved and we can pass through." Gongsun Ling's entourage stepped forward and reported.

Shen Wuniang also closed her mouth at the right time, smiled at Shen Siniang and said: "I really didn't expect to meet my sister by chance today, it's really fate, but since my sister is leaving, we can talk about it another day, and I have to walk on the street, it's rare to come out one trip."

"Wait." Shen Siniang stretched out her hand to grab her wrist, "What's wrong with Aunt An?"

"Aunt An's life is not very good recently," Shen Wuniang sighed softly, shaking her head, "Since Aunt An didn't tell my sister, she just didn't want her to worry, so my sister should not ask."

Shen Siniang was holding her hand, not relaxing, her eyes were fixed on her face.

"Sister?" Shen Wuniang also raised her head and looked back at her, and she didn't dodge for a moment in her clear eyes.

Gongsun Ling's voice came from outside the carriage, "Si Niangzi, you can go."

"General, go back, my sister and I still have something to talk about." Shen Siniang said towards the outside of the carriage.

Gongsun Ling paused for a moment, thinking about King Qi's concubine for a while, and the Qin family for a while, and his heart was a little messed up. Hearing that there was no other voice in the carriage, he said in a muffled voice: "Alright, then I will leave."

After finishing speaking, he got on his horse, and the sound of hooves gradually faded away.

Shen Wuniang's face remained unchanged, and she said slowly: "It's inconvenient to talk while sitting in the carriage, if sister is not in a hurry to go back, why don't I find a teahouse to sit down and chat slowly?"

Shen Siniang stared into her eyes, but she couldn't see the slightest disguise from her eyes. After a while, she finally nodded, "Okay."

Shen Wuniang's carriage broke down on the side of the road, and the two entered the backyard of a teahouse in Shen Siniang's carriage.The two went up to the second floor of the teahouse one after the other, ordered fragrant tea, and knelt down facing each other.

"Now, let's talk." Shen Siniang asked.

"Father carried a few more aunts, and the one who held the gift was still Aunt Lian. In summer, Aunt Lian gave birth to a young man, who died within a hundred days." Shen Wuniang sipped tea and said, "No Knowing how this matter was involved in Aunt An, my father scolded Aunt An and moved Aunt An to the yard, Aunt An was probably too worried and her health was not as good as before."

"My aunt is not that kind of person. If she wanted to argue, she wouldn't have retweeted the middle feed that my father handed over to her to Aunt Lian!" Shen Siniang said with a frown.

"Of course I believe in Aunt An, who treats me well on weekdays. But if my father doesn't believe me, what can others do?" Shen Wuniang smiled, "But my sister doesn't have to worry about Aunt An."

Shen Siniang felt that the voice was strange, and raised her eyes to Shen Wuniang.

"Sister, you should worry about yourself first." After finishing speaking, Shen Wuniang stood up suddenly.

The door of the private room was pushed open with a bang, and two strange men came in immediately, Shen Siniang and the maid beside her were about to yell, when the two men flew up and covered their mouths.

Shen Siniang only felt a sharp dull pain in the back of her neck, and it was pitch black in front of her eyes.

"Has Si Niang come back yet?" Shen Xiniang suddenly put down the dye she was mixing and asked.

Dan Xin shook her head, "No, if she comes back, even if she doesn't come by herself, she will definitely send someone over to say something."

Shen Xinniang frowned slightly.

"Maidservant to ask?" Dan Xin put down the various chrysanthemums she was cutting and planting, and walked out quickly.

After a while, she came back and shook her head at Shen Xinniang, "I didn't come back, maybe I had a few glasses of wine at Mrs. Gongsun's house and played a little longer. It's rare for her to go out. Apart from Mrs. Gongsun, she has no other friends. It’s inevitable to be greedy for fun.”

Dan Xin said with a smile.

Jin Xiang shook her head at the side, "Sister Danxin thinks everyone is as greedy for alcohol as her elder sister. Last time, the lady didn't drink and gave the wine to all of us in the house. Only my sister lay down after drinking herself, and she just lay down from noon. I only woke up the next day."

"Who knew that fruit wine is so powerful! You just drink better than me, haven't you ever been greedy?" Dan Xin defended with a smile on the side.

Shen Xinniang didn't pursue this matter while the two maids teased each other.

But until dusk, Shen Siniang still hadn't returned, which was a little abnormal. Shen Xiniang was about to send someone to Gongsun's house to inquire, when she heard from the door that someone had given her something.

Dan Xin Jin Xiang took the things nervously, it was a box as big as two palms.

"Who sent it?" Dan Xin asked.

The little maid who presented the box quickly shook her head, "It said on the door that he looked like a servant, and he didn't leave a name, only that his master asked him to give it to him, but asked who his master was, but he didn't say anything."

"The things of unknown origin are also passed in front of the master, are you all drunk and confused?" Jin Xiang asked.

The little maid hurriedly squatted down to be scolded.

"Forget it, open it and have a look." Shen Xinniang interrupted her.

Dan Xin wanted to open the box, but Jin Xiang snatched it from her hand, and stepped back from Shen Xiniang, feeling that the distance was far enough, so she opened the box carefully, lest some dirt might bump into the master.

When I opened it, I saw that it was a hairpin with green jade and carved magnolia, and there was a note under the hairpin.

Jin Xiang was slightly taken aback, and Dan Xin poked her head over, "Isn't this Si Niangzi's hairpin?"

Seeing the note, he reached out to take out the jade hairpin, took out the note, and wrote: "Tomorrow at the hour of the morning, the Xiangrui tea house in the north of the city. If it is not overdue, or let the king of Qi know, then prepare the coffin and collect the body for Shen Siniang."

Dan Xin didn't know a lot of big characters, but after studying with Jin Xiang for a few days, she did recognize the word "Collecting the Corpse", and immediately her expression changed with fright, and the magnolia flower hairpin she was holding in her hand also came out.

Jin Xiang reacted quickly, reaching out to catch the hairpin, looking at the note, her eyes were full of worry, "Miss, Si Niang... I'm afraid... I won't be able to come back tonight."

Shen Xinniang heard the words, her face was cold and stern, "Read."

Jin Xiang frowned and hesitated for a moment, then cleared his throat and read the note.

"Who is it? Who took Si Niangzi away? Didn't Si Niangzi go to Gongsun's house? How could she fall into someone else's hands?" Dan Xin said nervously.

Jin Xiang frowned tightly, and after a long while, she suddenly said: "You can't hide it from the lord, this note is clearly for the lady to go into danger alone, and the person who kidnapped the fourth lady is not targeting the fourth lady, but you, my lady!"

"If you tell the lord, then Fourth Lady can... still..." Before Dan Xin finished speaking, Jin Xiang stomped her foot hard.

She raised her eyes aggrievedly, looked at Jin Xiang, pursed her lips, and didn't say any more.

"Don't worry," Shen Xiniang said slowly, "Don't let the prince know."

"Miss..."

"My lord has been going out early and coming back late these days. He is very busy. Don't worry about family matters." Shen Xinniang's tone was very calm, but also very firm.

Jin Xiang frowned, Dan Xin also lowered her head and did not respond.

"It's not hard to guess who it is. Let's not mess ourselves up. The fourth lady is safe, and I won't be in danger." Shen Xinniang said slowly, "You don't have to be afraid, you have to have confidence in yourself and in your master. It is."

The two servant girls looked at each other and squatted down to respond.

"Put things away, don't let the prince see them." Shen Xiniang ordered.

After speaking, she did not know where to find some copper coins, held them in her hands and shook them, raised her hands and sprinkled them on the short table in front of her.

Dan Xin frowned, but her heart was still faintly uneasy.

Jin Xiang turned and went out, and sent the hairpin back to Shen Siniang's yard.On weekdays, the courtyard with warm candlelight flickered, but today it was extraordinarily cold, which made people feel very depressed.

(End of this chapter)