wedding dress

Chapter 15 Monthly Money
They had a good time, eating freshly grilled meat and drinking lightly scented wine.Shen Qiang also pestered Shen Jing to make him write another poem.

Zhao Lu said: "Oh, don't say that poetry is not poetry at the moment, just be happy. A smell of wine and meat mixed with poetry, wouldn't everything be ruined."

Seeing them not paying attention, Xiaodong was so curious that he dipped the tip of his chopsticks into the wine in Zhao Lu's cup and sipped it.

A little spicy, a little sweet, and a little sour aftertaste.

The fragrance of chrysanthemums is so strong, as if exhaled from the breath, from every pore, and penetrated again.

Everyone's face was puffy, maybe it was because of the alcohol, maybe it was because the barbecue was fumigated by the heat.

Shen Jing is not as stable as usual, with his sleeves rolled up, his hair a little disheveled, and his eyes are extraordinarily bright—as if they are brighter than the stars hanging on the sky outside the pavilion.

Probably because I was so happy.Sai Shi won the first prize, got the princess's hand-woven brocade, and now has a happy feast with her close relatives and friends.

He said he wanted to be happy, but it didn't take him too long. Xiaodong's biological clock was accurate, and when the time came, he was so sleepy that he began to doze off. Hu didn't call her, but just talked to Zhao Lu, and hugged her. gone.The remaining four people didn't play anymore, they filled up hot soup and drank it, and then they dispersed.

The courtyard where Shen Fang and Shen Qiang lived was not far from Yufang Pavilion, and it was very spacious.Shen Fang sat in front of the dressing table, took off her hair and hairpin.The bronze mirror was polished clean and bright, and her youthful beauty and cardamom fragrance were reflected in it.Shen Fang was startled for a moment before taking the cream to remove the rouge from her lips.

Rouge is not what they often use at home, but only when they arrive in the capital and enter the palace.It's not like the one used at home. Although it is considered good, it always smells like mud.This one is different,
Shen Qiang ran over from her room, the room was warm, she only wore little clothes and trousers, and a pair of embroidered pedals on her bare feet.

"Sister, look." She held a box and placed it in front of Shen Fang like offering a treasure: "Guess what is here?"

Shen Fang was angry and funny: "What are you talking about? If you get it, I will get it too. What else do you want me to guess?"

Shen Qiang slapped her forehead: "That's right, you must have it too."

She opened the box, and inside was a silver cake and two strings of change.

"Today, the housekeeper of the palace brought it over, saying it was my monthly money."

The silver cakes are made of five coins a piece, and when you tear off the sealing paper, you can see that the silver cakes are shiny and of good quality.One is twenty.There are two strings of change, one string is five hundred, the box is not big, but it is really heavy to hold.

Shen Qiang picked out one and looked at it anyway: "After all, it is the palace, ten times more than when we were at home." She pushed the box away, and sat down beside Shen Fang: "That mother also said that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow Take out half of the sky to measure the winter clothes, four sets inside and outside." She tossed the silver cake in her hand, and after tossing it, she leaned her head on Shen Fang's shoulder: "Sister, the palace is really nice. "

"Ah."

Shen Fang put the removed hairpin ring into the box, and put the box into the drawer.

Shen Qiang whispered, "Did you see the shoes on the princess's feet today?"

Shen Fang hummed.

"The beads inlaid on it are so pretty. I remember my second sister had a pair of earrings, which were given by Mrs. Wu Taishou. She looked like eyeballs...the beads are not as round as the ones on this shoe, and they are not as bright as this one. Woolen cloth."

Shen Fang said: "Mrs. Wu Taishou was originally the daughter of a merchant family in Quanzhou. Even if she is rich, how can she compare with the capital and the palace?"

"Hey, if Second Sister sees it, she must be pissed off."

After packing up her things, Shen Fang turned her head and said seriously: "You should also be more calm, don't take everything I tell you on weekdays as wind. The hair is dry, even the maids in this mansion are calmer than you. "

"Hey, when I came here, my mother told me that I was here to play with the princess. If I was also dumbfounded, she wouldn't want to play with me." Shen Qiang didn't care about Shen Fang's words, she fiddled with her hands He picked up the silver pancakes in his pocket and said in a low voice, "It's really nice here. We're used to living a good life. What should we do when we go back in the future?"

Shen Fang pursed her lips and smiled: "How do you say?"

Shen Qiang sat up straight: "There are delicious food and good clothes, and the monthly money is inexhaustible. You don't need to learn this or that, and no one reprimands you even for drinking at night... It's the life of a god."

Shen Fang nodded her forehead: "I just know how to eat and play."

"Sister, I'll sleep with you tonight."

Shen Fang lifted a corner of the quilt, and Shen Qiang smiled and got in and lay down.

After blowing out the lamp, Shen Fang also lay down.

She remembered her mother's instructions.

The Shen family in Hedong has been scholarly for generations. It sounds nice, but fame is not enough.It was not easy for the Shen family to have a Concubine An, but this aunt was a concubine, and died after giving birth to Zhao Lu, so the relationship between the Shen family and Wang An was not so deep.Later—King An continued to marry the daughter of the Yao family in the south of the Yangtze River. The Shen family was extremely worried for a while, fearing that this concubine Yao would give birth to a son, which would shake Zhao Lu's status.Fortunately Concubine Yao gave birth to a daughter, and King An invited the emperor two years ago to appoint Zhao Lu as his son, so the Shen family felt at ease.Not to mention, half of the Shen family's blood is flowing on Zhao Lu's body.

But what about later?
Thinking of what her mother said made Shen Fang blush.

Zhao Lu and her had only met once or twice before, and hadn't spoken to her yet.She is several years older than Zhao Lu, how could she...

"Back then, your cousin was also three or four years older than the current Prince An." Mother said so.

She didn't take it very seriously, and on the way to the capital, she made up her mind that if it was not necessary, she would never say a word to this elder cousin, not even take a look.

but……

But she is not so determined now.

Everything in the capital is so different from that in Hedong.Everything in the palace is so different from that at home.

Zhao Lu was by no means the naughty child with a snot in his nose and no clue what she had imagined.

But...but even if he is steady, sensible, and looks like a prince, he is still a child—shorter than himself.

Shen Fang turned over and turned around again, Shen Qiang fell asleep early, she thought maybe it was because the kang was so hot that she couldn't calm down.

This is different from home.

Winter in Hedong is gloomy and cold. Even if you live upstairs with a brazier, the chill is still pervasive, and even cotton-padded jackets and leather jackets can't resist the dampness.The capital is different, the wind in the capital is cold and hard, but it is crisp and spicy, just like the people in the capital.The room is connected with earth dragons, and there is a warm kang, without any smoke, so warm that people just want to sleep in the sun under the window.

Shen Qiang was right, this place is great.

So good... She didn't want to leave either.

But they are guests in the palace, since they are guests, they always have to leave.

(End of this chapter)