Chang’an’s First Beauty

The moment she walked out of Chengyuan, raindrops fell outside, and the shadows on Chang'an Street were like a dream.

Qingli raised an oil-paper umbrella across Shen Jia's head, "Did you see the girl?"

Shen Hao nodded and said, "I see, let's go."

At Li Mansion, she sat on the red sandalwood stool and recalled Lu Yan's words over and over again. After an unknown period of time, the corner of Shen Hao's mouth made a fateful smile.

What a brilliant man.

The breeze blew, and she recalled the conversation just now.

The man's expression was deep and calm, as if he had a natural bewitching magic power, which made people couldn't help but follow his words to guess and think.

His words will make you have endless reveries and make you mistakenly think that everything he does is for Shen Zhen.

However?

He didn't actually say anything.

If you think about it carefully, how could the elder son of the Zhenguo Gongfu participate in a party fight for the daughter of a criminal minister? Seeking a doctor for Donggong is just because the saint wants to help the prince.

If everything he did was summed up in four words, then he would follow the trend.

Shen Hao's **** squeezed the edge of the cup, and Shen Zhen's temperament became that person's outer room. How is it different from a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?

But what right does she have to blame Lu Yan?

His position is right to take advantage of the trend, and even what he said to himself in the end is right-if Shen Zhen falls into the hands of others, he will not be better off than now.

Ah.

Shen Jia laughed at herself.

Many things were her fault from the beginning.

As night fell, Qingli walked in with a basin of water, "Girl, there is a curfew outside, my uncle should not be back today."

Shen Jia said "Yes", "Take care of me to change clothes."

Empress Shen faded away from the upper arm.

Seeing the bruise on her arm, she was taken aback. These were all left by the man on her body.

He has done it with himself, so how can he go home?

Shen Hao brushed her hair behind her ears, and looked at the swaying candle in the room, recalling five years ago.

She was only sixteen the year she met him.

It was a summer day, and she went to the Shumi Pavilion by the Mulan Lake to enjoy the flowers. Perhaps it was the reason why it had just rained. The bluestone road was too slippery, so she accidentally turned to Mulan in a daze. Planted in the lake.

The pool water choked her breath. Just hearing a "plop", someone entered the water.

Under the eyes of Guigui, she was hugged by Li Di just like that.

The next thing was that a fool had also guessed it-Li Di went to Yunyang Houfu to propose a marriage.

Shen Hao didn't believe that there was such a coincidence in this world. On that day, Shumi Pavilion was surrounded by female family members. How could such a coincidental poor scholar pass this for no reason?

Reciting poems and admiring flowers, saved her who fell into the water, and then made a noise in the city?

When she is stupid?

Yunyang Hou sent someone to investigate him, but the news that came back proved that he was just a poor student who came to Beijing from Jingzhou to rush for the exam, without any backing.

Even so, Shen Jia was unwilling to marry him. She once threatened that she would rather be a monk than enter the Li Mansion.

But Li Di refused to give up.

He actually spent a whole year begging to marry Mr. Shen.

On the day of Lantern Festival, Shen Lao took her two younger sisters on a parade. When she looked at the lanterns with the word "姌" hanging on Chang'an Street and floating by the Jingshui Lake, she blushed.

"Shen Jiao, being my wife of Li, Li Di will never let you down in this life."

I don't know if it was Shen Jia who was too stupid, or Li Di was too treacherous. When he said so, she actually believed so.

In Li Di's senior high school Jinshi year, Shen Jia was just seventeen.

When the Li family's sedan chair stopped outside the Zhumen of the Yunyang Hou Mansion, most of them sighed and said that the Shen family's eldest girl was married.

But she, wearing a phoenix crown and xiamen, had no difference in her eyes. She thought innocently, that life needs to be aware of the ups and downs of life, and that he is better than anything else.

For the next four years, Li Di did not disappoint her.

Although Li Di came from a poor family, his appearance is not inferior to others, and he is worthy of the words Yushu Linfeng. In addition, he has no bottom line for Shen Hao, and I don't know how many Chang'an ladies want to marry.

"Shen Jiao, you marry me, you are really wronged."

"What are you ashamed of? I can only treat you well in this way so that you can marry me in vain."

She used to cover his mouth whenever she heard such words. How could a man who studied hard for her all night without self-esteem.

Later, she would not allow him to say such words as marrying.

The past is like a smoke, and it will disappear when the wind blows.

When the 21-year-old Shen Jia turned around to look at her 17-year-old, she had only one thought in her heart, not knowing people clearly, and suffering for herself.

He held her like a bead and jade for four years, and in the end, it was fake and the wolf's ambition was true.

In his eyes, there was no love at all, she was a deep-seated lady, but he was soaring up a ladder.

All the secrets sunk in the deep sea surfaced one by one at the moment the Shen family fell...

In the fifteenth year of Qingyuan, the tenth day of September, this was the seventh day after Yunyanghou was imprisoned.

Shen Jia looked anxiously at the letters on the table.

She paced back and forth in the house, thinking about how to get the letter to the border.

At this moment, Li Di returned to the house, walked to her side, picked up the letter and said, "Who is this for?"

"Changping Hou Sulian."

The Su family and the Shen family are family acquaintances. Regardless of whether Su Lian is a military attaché and Shen Wenqi is a civil officer, the two have grown up together since childhood.

The Su family is the last hope of Shen Lao.

"Changping Hou?" Li Di frowned, "I have something, I haven't told my wife yet."

"What's the matter?" Shen Hao said.

"At the beginning of this month, Chang Pinghou personally led the army to conquer Goguryeo and was caught in an ambush by the enemy."

Shen Hao was shocked, "lost? What about General Su now?"

Li Di shook his head, "The saint's title has come down, my wife is sorry."

Shen Hao's eyes were red, "How could this be..."

Li Di shook the letter in his hand and said solemnly: "I heard that Su Heng, the first son of Changping Hou, is about to go with his uncle. The wife is going to deliver the letter, and she has to send it away tonight, otherwise it will be too late."

"Go, let's go to the station now." Li Di said again.

Shen Lao said: "No, I can't believe the people at the station, maybe they were intercepted before they believed it halfway."

Li Di narrowed his eyes and replied: "Then the lady might as well give me the letter. I have a personal choice."

Shen Lao said: "Who is your husband going to send to?"

Li Di said earnestly: "I know some people from all walks of life. They always only use money to do things, which is pretty reliable."

Shen Hao nodded. Without thinking about it, he gave the letter to him...

Misfortunes never come singly, but good fortune comes.

One wave has not settled, another wave has risen.

On September 15th, Jin's Qian Yinpu suddenly took out a piece of evidence with the seal of the Shen family, and it read that it was owed, eight thousand guanan.

Shen Hao sucked in a cold breath.

Eight thousand Kan. How can I repay this money?

During the day and night, she was alone in the vacancy. It was not until dawn that Li Di came back leisurely.

Shen Jia took a step forward, supported him, and said in a trembled voice: "Where did my husband go yesterday?"

Li Di said with a drink of wine: "Shen Jiao, you shouldn't care about it, so just leave it alone."

He had never spoken to himself in such a tone.

Shen Hao's face changed slightly, and she couldn't believe her thoughts flashed through her mind.

But it's not the first time he doesn't return home lately...

Shen Hao straightened his back, looked at him, and said word by word: "Where have you been?"

"Shen Jiao, I hate you for this tall look." He raised his hand and squeezed her chin, "This is what you looked like when you had a good relationship with me. I was thinking, Miss Shen, this is Give me alms?"

After four years of being a loving couple, Shen Jiao was angry, but still regarded his words as drunk.

Shen Hao waved his shackles with his hands, and then said: "Don't you never drink? Li Di, what are you crazy about drinking?"

"Heh" Li Di staggered, and said, "Everyone tells the truth after drinking, do you think I dare to drink?"

Shen Hao's complexion was icy, he noticed something was wrong, and said, "Do you have something to tell me?"

Li Di smiled, "The Shen family has fallen, what are you still doing with me here? I, Li Di, never had to do with you."

Shen Hao disdain to talk to the same drunkard.

She looked as usual and walked out without a word.

She only learned later that every word Li Di said day and night was not drunk.

He is indeed not for her. He was in Jingzhou and was married to his cousin.

It's not a marriage, to get a wife.

His wife was He Wanru. At the age of fourteen, to save his mother, she fell and limped.

For the sake of official career, He Wanru stayed in Jingzhou and used tricks to erase this experience.

After Shen Jia knew everything, she got up and went to her mother-in-law Wen's to ask for her dowry.

She couldn't let Shen Zhen bear the debt of the Shen family.

Unsurprisingly, the mother-in-law who was kind to her on weekdays changed her face immediately.

"Shen Jiao, you are the wife of my Li family. Naturally, all the things you brought in follow the surname Li. Ziheng is now at a high promotion, so you can drag him down by yourself! We, the Li family, have no obligation. Take care of your younger siblings!"

Shameless.

This is the first word Shen Hao thought of.

Aunt Shen sat down facing the Wen clan, and said angrily: "My mother-in-law is holding my dowry, is she going to ask Li Ziheng to marry his cousin from the He family?"

Wen's panicked, "What did you say?"

Shen Hao took a sip of the tea from the side, his face was full of the calmness of the noble lady, "It is not easy for him to climb to this day, but if I want him to taste the taste of climbing up and down, it is not impossible. "

Wen screamed at the crime and said angrily: "What do you want to do?"

"My dowry." Shen Jia raised her head and whispered: "As long as the mother-in-law is willing to return my dowry to me, then I will give the position of Mrs. Li's family to the cousin of the He family, how about?"

Wen's hand trembled, "Do you dare to threaten me? Shen Jia, until now, our Li family is still willing to keep you as a guilt, and it is the best of our kindness. That's how you repay me?"

The Shen family eldest girl, how arrogant is that, once she becomes cruel, ten Wenshi will not be her opponents.

"Guys?" Shen Hao's beautiful eyes were filled with a smile, "You Li family, after all, are the poor family. What is the poor family? It's just that people who are used to the wind and rain, and those who are scared of poverty will become fascinated when they become rich At a glance, your daughter-in-law’s dowry is actually worth holding as a baby?"

Wen's body was shaking with anger.

Shen Jia knew how to defeat Wen's.

Since her mother-in-law entered Beijing, what she fears most is that others will bring up the old things. She deliberately imitated the dresses of the noble ladies in Beijing, forcing herself to change her accent in Jingzhou, and she would also have to talk to other families from time to time. Madam, have tea together and recite poems.

During this period, I don't know how many jokes have been made.

Shen Hao took off the peacock gold hairpin for Wen's that no merchants would wear, and took Wen's hand to speak Beijing dialect, fearing to touch Wen's fragile self-esteem, she was patient and made tea for her every day , Every process is done very slowly.

She didn't dare to be Wen's teacher, she could only influence Wen's in this way.

But in the end, what did she get in return?

Wen's lower lip was shaking, and he pointed at Shen Jia's face with his index finger: "You have been married to our Li family for five years, and there is no movement in your stomach. I didn't teach you, but you taught me? Believe it or not. I called Ziheng to leave you! Now I will sweep you out, and I see where else you can go!"

"Huh." A smile was at the corner of Shen's mouth. "He wants to divorce me. That is to go to court. At that time, you can call the adults of Jingzhao Mansion to judge the verdict. Is it a serious crime for contradicting her mother-in-law, or Is it a serious crime to throw a wife order to marry?"

Seeing the change in Wen's eyes, Shen Hao continued: "If it is known to the world, he married the daughter of the He family first, and then made a fake on the household registration, then turned around and came to the Shen family to ask me to marry me, then Master Li's career. , I’m afraid it’s over."

"Shut up!" Wen said again.

Shen Hao sneered and said, "You dare to do such a shameless thing, are you still afraid to say it?"

As soon as Shen Hao's words fell, Wen clutched his temples and bent down in pain.

True and false, false and true.

There was no mirror in front of Shen Jiao, but she seemed to see Li Di and Li Ziheng standing behind her.

"Mother!" Li Di quickly stepped forward to hold on to Wen's, and turned around to scold Shen Jiao angrily: "Vixen! Who gives you the courage."

Shen Jia turned his head and left.

She thought that he just had another love, but she didn't expect that he had no conscience.

On September 20th, news of Li Di's promotion to Minister of Engineering spread throughout the capital.

After Shen Hao listened, he almost didn't laugh.

Yue'er stopped at the treetops, she kept a light specially.

She knew that that person would definitely be back tonight.

Li Di pushed open the door of the inner room and saw Shen Jia sitting on the couch at a glance.

That charming little face was full of anger.

Shen Jia stepped forward, raised his hand and gave him a slap, "I ask you, is the sudden collapse of Chengxi Canal has anything to do with you! Have you sent the letter I handed to you!"

Li Di touched his face and replied, "I burned that letter."

"Where is Chengxi Canal?!"

"No comment."

Shen Jia picked up the cup on the table and threw it on him, with red eyes, collapsed and said: "My Shen family! My Shen Jia! Why can't I be sorry for you!"

Li Di brushed off the water stains on his body, and looked at Shen Jiao and said, "Shen Jiao, party struggles are always won and lost. Father-in-law has put his wealth on the dying prince. There is no way to survive. Two years of imprisonment can stay. Fate, you are content."

Shen Jiao's nails slowly sank into the flesh, suppressing all anger, "Li Di, I have been married to you for four years, and I think I have never done anything wrong with you! You give me my dowry. , The matter between you and the daughter of the He family, I will be rotten in my stomach in this life, and I will reconcile with you to make room for her."

Li Di looked down at Shen Jiao, "You are not qualified to negotiate terms with me."

Shen Jia said: "Li Di, I will die with you."

Li Di looked into her eyes and said, "Do you know why Rusi from the Imperial Academy resigned when something happened to the Shen family?"

Shen Lao clenched his fists, I don't know why he mentioned Uncle Lu.

Li Di leaned over and whispered in her ear: "The year I married you, I shouldn't have been a scholar, but my father-in-law was reluctant to marry you to me who has no fame, so he joined the examiner Ruth. Breathed."

Shen Jia pushed him away, "Are you crazy? Aye wouldn't do such a thing!"

Li Di grabbed her waist and continued: "Listen to me. In the year I participated in the imperial examination, the saint created a name system in order to prevent cheating. Father-in-law had nothing to do, so he asked me to write in advance. Wrote an article and stuffed it into Master Lu's sleeve."

Shen Jia was stiff all over.

"On the day of the scientific expedition, I wrote the article that was about to be memorized. As expected, it was the title of the gold list. Shen Yu, do you understand? This is your good ayah for favoritism."

"Do you have a conscience!" Shen Jiao glared at him.

Li Di laughed, "Don't think about getting along with me, and don't think about getting money from Li's family. If the fish die and the net breaks, I will be unable to do it as an official at best, but my father-in-law will never be able to get out again. Mr. Shen, you have to think about Shen Hong too."

"According to the Jin law, all three generations of the family who participated in the imperial examination cheating are prohibited from participating in the imperial examination. Shen Jiao, are you trying to completely destroy the Shen family in your hands?"

...

As his thoughts returned, Shen Jia grabbed Qingli's hand and said, "Qingli, let's go to the West Market tomorrow."

Qingli said: "Is the girl really willing to start?"

Shen Hao said quietly: "The love is long gone."