Blessed

Chapter 92
When Shen Xian returned to the carriage, he saw the little blood stain on the royal blue five-panel flower cushion on the opposite couch, his lips were tightly pressed, and his thoughts drifted to the scene he saw in Shen Mei's room just now, the little girl's white jade flawless Her face was lying on the pillow twisted with gold and silver thread, she was unparalleled in beauty, and the throbbing in her heart could no longer be suppressed.

The little girl has grown up completely, and some thoughts seem to be uncontrollable.

Back at the Duke's Mansion, when Shen Xian got off the carriage, he rolled up the royal blue five-panel flower cushion and brought it back to his room, and asked Xiao Feng to bring him a basin of water into the room.

Xiao Feng and Xiao Li are Shen Xian's bodyguards, they were left by Shen Mei's side when they went to the Shemen Gate, now that Xiao Feng has returned to him, Xiao Li is still by Shen Mei's side.

Xiao Feng brought the water in, "My lord, do you want servants to come in and serve you?" They all knew that there were no maids to serve you in the inner courtyard of your lord, only a few servants.

Shen Xian said indifferently, "No, you can go out too."

Not long after, Xiao Feng under the verandah saw his lord carrying a wet sapphire blue five-panel flower cushion out to dry on the drying line, and he was still puzzled. I'll just throw it away. What's up with this cushion?

Seeing the doubt in Xiao Feng's eyes, Shen Xian didn't care, found a sweat towel to wipe off the water on his hands, and said to Xiao Feng, "Follow me to the study, the case of Runan needs to be investigated quickly, and you will come with me tomorrow." Let's go to Runan to have a look."

Xiao Feng nodded in agreement.

When it was time for dinner, Shen Xian remembered what Chu Yunwei told him in the morning, frowned, and said to Lin Quan, the servant next to him, "I'll eat dinner at the princess's place, and there is no need to serve dinner here."

This little servant, Lin Quan, grew up with Shen Xian and served him by his side since he was a child.

Lin Quan said yes, took the cloak and put it on for Shen Xian, and went with him to the Ningcui courtyard of the princess.

In the Ningcui courtyard, Hanxiao was instructing the little maid to carry the meal into the room. When she saw Shen Xian coming over to salute and say hello, she said, "Your Excellency, can you use the dinner? Are you using it with the princess?"

Shen Xian nodded, strode into the wing room, seeing Shen Mei still leaning listlessly on the couch, he said seriously, "A Mei, come over for dinner."

"Oh." Shen Meiyan replied, and the little maid beside her took care of putting on her gown and shoes, and helped her to sit in front of the food table.

The two brothers and sisters seldom eat together, on weekdays, Shen Mei would chatter with her elder brother, but today she was really depressed and bored, she ate without saying a word.After finishing the meal, Shen Xian did not leave, Shen Mei looked at him eagerly, "Brother, why don't you go back to deal with business?"

It's rare that her elder brother has time to sit with her.

Shen Xian was sitting on the nanmu carved grand master's chair, playing with the purple jadeite in his hand, and finally opened his mouth after a long while, "A Mei, someone came to propose marriage to you today."

Shen Mei didn't take it seriously, "Didn't several families come to propose marriage in a certain month, it's fine if the elder brother asks my aunt to reject it directly, I won't marry."

"You have to marry this time." Shen Xian's tone was a little light, "It was Chu Yunwei who came to me personally and said that he wanted to marry you. Although the father-in-law belongs to the emperor's natal family, but the Chu family is of good character, and his mother is also reasonable, it would be best for you to marry him."

"What?" Shen Mei was stunned, "Chu Yunwei?" She just realized, her face was ugly, she turned her head away from Shen Xian, "Brother, I don't agree with this marriage, so I don't want to marry him, It's not like you don't know who I'm thinking about, I won't marry anyone except Fourth Brother Jiang."

Shen Xian's face turned cold, "Shen Mei, you haven't learned enough lessons in the past few years. Has Jiang Jin ever softened your heart? You came to beg to see him, and he saw you once? I'll tell you the truth. , Jiang Jin has another girl in her heart, and he will come to propose marriage in less than a month, what are your plans? I have made the decision to agree to this marriage, and when to ask for the name, Najib will tell you after it is agreed."

Shen Mei looked at him in shock, "Brother, why do you decide my marriage, I don't agree, I, I will ask my father to make the decision for me."

"It's useless for you to find your father. My father said that your marriage is up to me. This marriage has been settled, and I will go and talk to my mother." After finishing speaking, Shen Xian got up and strode out the door step on.

Shen Mei was so mad by him, she chased him out, and shouted at him unabashedly, "Brother, you are too much, you know that I don't like him, and you still want us to get married, you, be careful what you like in the future The girl doesn't like you either, let me see what you will do!"

Hearing this, Shen Xian paused, and turned to look at Shen Mei. He didn't say a word, but Shen Mei shrank her neck and hid in the room.

Shen Xian walked out of the hanging flower door and walked along the mahogany carved corridor. His face was expressionless, but his profile was very handsome. His thoughts were racing. If she didn't like him, could he just watch her marry?Clenching his fists tightly, Shen Xian knew that it was absolutely impossible for him to see her marrying someone else. He didn't even know when he thought about Yuzhu that way. In my heart, I treat her like Shen Mei.

When did you have a different mood?He didn't understand the years when he went to the sanctuary. He was a little concerned about her in his heart. He always thought about how tall and how old she was, and whether she was a little fat. Son, with open brows and eyes, a very energetic little girl.

After returning, the two of them got in touch with each other gradually, watching her grow up, and being sent to the imperial temple when she was almost ten years old, he had been thinking about her for the past five years, so it turned out that she had other thoughts about her.At first, he was just thinking about it, but now he can hardly bear the thought of proposing marriage.But the time is not ripe, Yuzhu doesn't want to get married right now, and it is possible to treat him like an older brother, so Yuzhu will only refuse when he comes to propose marriage suddenly.

Suddenly remembered what Shen Mei said just now, don't you like it?He will not allow this to happen.

As for Shen Mei's marriage, he considered it for a long time before deciding on it. Chu Yunwei liked Shen Mei since he was very young, but this girl didn't know it. In the past few years, Chu Yunwei watched her run after Jiang Jin helplessly. It happened that Ri Amei got caught in the rain, he probably couldn't bear it, so he came to the door.

He also knows that kid very well, he is indeed the most suitable for Ah Mei.

Yuzhu's menarche means that the little girl has really grown up. When Mu's family found out, they were filled with grief and joy, and even gave the girl a set of presents. Yuzhu couldn't laugh or cry, "Mother, how can a girl come to menstruate to give a gift?"

Well, it turned out that not only the mother gave gifts, but also the two aunts, the old lady and several sister-in-laws also gave small gifts, that is, the whole mansion knew about Yuzhu's menarche.

This is not something to be ashamed of, it means that the little girl has grown up, and Yuzhu didn't notice anything, but Xie Che came over with a pot of brown sugar water at night, and Yuzhu couldn't help laughing when she saw this, "Brother Che, what are you doing?" What are you doing here with this, the licorice has been cooked for me in the small kitchen, and my stomach is full after drinking it."

Brown sugar water boiled with ginger is used to treat stomach ache during menstruation. She doesn't have a stomach ache, but the maid and mother insisted on her drinking it. They said it was a precaution, and early maintenance would prevent the root cause of the disease in the future.

Xie Che put the pot on the table, took a glazed teacup, poured out half a cup and handed it to her, then said with a smile, "It's my brother's wish anyway, Yuzhu can take a sip."

He cooked it himself.

Without further ado, Yuzhu took a glass teacup and drank the brown sugar water in small sips. Seeing her cute appearance, Xie Che couldn't help but stretch out her hand to soften her hair, "I'll take you out to pick things up in a few days, Tell brother what you want, and brother will buy it for you."

"Then thank you, brother Che, I won't be soft when I pick things."

Xie Che looked at her gently, with only her in his eyes.

After Yuzhu's little days passed, before she had time to go to the market with Xie Che, Jiang Jin told everyone something during dinner, and everyone who was shocked didn't recover, and Mrs. Mu was stunned for a while , asked him, "What did you say?"

Jiang Jin repeated, "Mom, I have someone I like, who is sixteen years old, and I can come to propose marriage."

Mrs. Mu made a sound, still a little unrecovered, and finally asked dryly, "Yes, which family's girl is it?"

Jiang Jin said, "It's the little girl who accompanied Deputy Lieutenant Rong's family."

Accompanying the deputy lieutenant?Mrs. Mu did the calculations in her mind, this is a Wu San official from the ninth rank, not even a sesame official, she is still a San official, she does not say that the family is right, but the family background actually needs to be passable, and the family of the deputy accompanying the Rong It is not known what the situation is, and the Mu family dare not accept it casually.

Jiang Jin was still saying, "Mother, let's come to propose marriage tomorrow."

Mrs. Mu hesitated, "Ajin, will this be too fast, at least let mother find out which family the girl is from and how she behaves."

Yuzhu didn't expect that the fourth brother really said that he would propose marriage, and she couldn't help being curious about this girl, wondering what kind of girl the fourth brother liked.However, she also felt that what mother said was right, the marriage at this time was not a matter of just saying something, and it was necessary to investigate the other party's character and family background.

"Mother, her character is very good, but her family background is not good. She is a concubine at home, and if she doesn't come to propose marriage tomorrow, her parents will promise her to someone else as a sequel." Jiang Jin said lightly.

The Mu family was stunned, "A Jin, such a family..." She doesn't dislike the concubine daughter of the family, as long as Jiang Jin is worthy of her character, she will become Jiang Jin. But according to A Jin, this concubine is not welcome at home. Beloved, no father or mother would be willing to marry a favored daughter to someone else as a continuation, so she was a little worried about such a daughter.

Jiang Jin sighed, "Mom, I know that her family is not very good, but there is nothing wrong with her conduct. If you are worried, you can find someone to check, but you must propose a marriage the day after tomorrow. The one her parents found for her It's not a good family, I really want to marry her, I don't like any other girls."

Mrs. Mu can't understand, her son is cold-tempered and very stubborn. At the beginning when the princess chased him like that, he didn't see him at all, and didn't give her a chance. Now that he wants to propose marriage, he must like him very much. Girl's.

The other children didn't say anything, Yuzhu chewed and ate, thinking that she could help with this matter.

Ming Lu and Ming Chen who stayed by Xie Che's side before are all masters of inquiring about information, so let them inquire about it.

In the evening, Yuzhu looked at her and said to Mrs. Mu, she agreed after thinking about it. The only people she can find are the maids and mother-in-law around her. It sounds like it's not easy to talk about, and I'm afraid it will take a few days. Why don't you just Ask Ming Lu and Ming Chen to investigate.

The next day, just before noon, Ming Lu and Ming Chen returned and brought back the news, "Girl, the servants have found out that the deputy captain of the accompanying Rong is surnamed Kong, and the youngest daughter of the family is a concubine, and the deputy captain of the accompanying Rong is a martial artist." Sanguan, the salary is not much, not enough for the whole family. This Vice Captain Kong entered the barracks in his teens, and after all these years, he became a Deputy Captain. The wife he married when he was young was also from a businessman. She was very aggressive. Well, Deputy Captain Kong disliked her and took a woman from a good family as a concubine behind her back, and Mrs. Kong made a big fuss when she found out, but she couldn't help it even if everyone carried her in."

Yuzhu listened quietly.

"Later, this concubine gave birth to a daughter, who died of illness not long after she was born. The servants also investigated, and it was Mrs. Kong's hands and feet in the middle. Naturally, it is impossible for such a temper to be nice to a concubine. Beat or scold, she does all the work in the house, this concubine was raised very cowardly, Deputy Captain Kong saw that she was a girl, and never cared about her. A few days ago, Mrs. Kong seemed to find someone to show the little girl It's not an official family, but a small employee in the suburbs. He has some money at home and is not a very nice person. I heard that women are often beaten. His wife just couldn't stand being beaten by him and reconciled with him, probably because of him. There is a lot of money, and Mrs. Kong has moved her mind."

Ming Lu and Ming Chen didn't talk too much after finishing speaking, and just stood aside silently.

After hearing this, Yuzhu didn't know what to say. Intellectually, she felt that this marriage was inappropriate. Minglu and Mingchen said that this little girl is cowardly and has a good character. .

What puzzled Yuzhu the most was how did the fourth brother know this little girl from the Kong family?She didn't expect that the fourth brother liked this type.

Yuzhu also knew that this marriage was likely to happen, she knew the temperament of the fourth brother, and so did the mother, if he really rejected this marriage, the fourth brother would dare not marry him for the rest of his life.

Yuzhu went to tell Mrs. Mu about this. After hearing this, Mrs. Mu's face was not very good-looking. She didn't dislike this little girl, but in such a family, if she really married her, she wouldn't worry about it in the future.Mrs. Mu sighed, and said to Yuzhu, "Why does your fourth brother fall in love with a girl from such a family background? Mother doesn't even know whether she should accept him or not."

(End of this chapter)