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Chapter 41
Rao Tu vaguely remembered that someone came over when she was in a coma and fed her a spicy pill, and gradually her body became less painful.
When woke up in the middle of the night, the room was empty, leaving only a faint green air. She smelled it lightly, and felt a little familiar, but no recollection.
The next day, Shen Zhu came back and brought Shan Gui, Yang Qian and the old doctor in the palace.
Rao Tu heard the movement, but did not open her eyes. She narrowed her eyes to wake up at noon, and Shen Zhu leaned her into her arms to feed her medicine.
Rao Tu said: "Didn't the heavy snow seal the mountain? How did Shen Lang get out?"
Shen Zhu blew a spoonful of medicinal soup to her mouth, and said softly, "Just step out like that."
"In case Shen Lang encounters a snowfall, the concubine will die without resignation."
"Call me Yanbing."
"Yanbing?"
"You don't remember what you said when you were in a coma yesterday?"
Rao Tu's eyelashes trembled slightly and asked with a smile, "Concubine...what did you say?"
"Child, take a break from books, Yan Bing." He fed her the medicine while looking at her lowered eyes, "There will always be children, you can call me Yan Bing, but if you take a break from books, you can't think about it. "
Rao Tu looked up at him, saw his brows slightly wrinkled, and his expression was indescribably tired. "Yanbing, it's an adult's word. Back then, my concubine liked the word "Red Luo Ru", but I only knew that it was written by a man named Shen Yanbing. Later, I learned that Shen Yanbing was Shen Zhu."
Shen Zhu said "um", "Shen Yanbing is indeed Shen Zhu."
"When do you plan to leave?"
"Go? Did I tell you to go?" He raised his eyebrows.
Rao Tu lowered her head and rubbed her forehead, "My concubine is too weak to serve the lord. Besides, the lord has been away from Beijing for a few days. If you don't go back, I'm afraid the emperor will choose a feng shui treasure place for you to place your clothes and crown."
He was silent and asked, "You still call me an adult?"
"Concubine dare not call your words."
"I said it's fine."
"Concubine dare not."
Seeing her pitiful and innocent appearance with her eyes open, he suddenly became angry and sneered: "Don't dare or don't want to?"
When Rao Tu heard the words, he turned his face away and refused to drink the medicine in his spoon, and said angrily: "My concubine is just right, and the adults are arguing with my concubine over these trivial matters! If I don't dare, I don't dare. The concubine serves the adults and is alone and has no support. Can't even a title be the master?"
Shen Zhu looked at her white neck that was too light, and after a while, he said, "You really don't know what's wrong. I don't know what you don't dare to do. If you don't call it, don't call it! Am I rare?"
Rao Tu struggled from his arms and was held down by him, "You give me the medicine honestly!"
When Rao Tu heard the words, he grabbed the bowl in his hand, Gulu Gulu drank it clean, and stared at Shen Zhu after drinking, his eyes like knives going straight to his heart.
Shen Zhu was very uncomfortable with her eyes, and slapped one hand on the bed and said angrily, "You woman, I really thought I couldn't control you!"
When he spoke, his voice was so loud that even the mountain ghosts guarding outside were shocked.
Rao Tu was stunned for a while, then burst into tears with a "wow", and cried while crying: "What are you doing so loudly? Does Lord Shen still want to hit someone? It's not going to get better, you beat me to death!"
Shen Zhu's face turned black as he spoke, and he shouted in a deep voice, "What are you shouting? I wish everyone could hear it?"
In fact, Rao Tu's voice was much louder than Shen Zhu's, and her voice was so clear that even Yang Qian and the old doctor standing by the stream could hear it clearly.
The two looked at each other, both a little embarrassed, and then the words that made them even more embarrassed came over, "Shen Zhu, you are a gentle scum, a beast in clothes, and even prostitutes and clients are not as anxious as you, Master Shen..."
Shen Zhu held down Sapo's Rao Tu and blocked her mouth, "Ratu, give me another try!"
Rao Tu was gagged by him, so naturally she couldn't say anything. She murmured for a long while, her face flushed red, and pearl-sized tears rolled down her cheeks.
Seeing her like this, Shen Zhu slowly let go of his hand. He was so angry that he drove the old wound on his chest. He got up and walked away, not talking to her again.
Yang Qian saw that his family's big man came out of the hut aggressively, and was thinking about whether to stay a few steps away to avoid the limelight.
Yang Qian sighed in his heart and reminded: "Sir, the horse is at the crossing of the gorge outside the valley."
Shen Zhutou didn't go back to the direction of the gorge, and Yang Qian quickly followed, until Shen Zhu turned over and got on his horse outside the gorge, without giving any instructions.
Yang Qian pointed at more than a dozen government soldiers and said hesitantly, "Sir, do you want to withdraw these people?"
Shen Zhu said angrily: "What are you withdrawing? Stay here for me and keep an eye on that woman who doesn't obey women!"
Yang Qian swallowed his saliva. This was the first time he saw Lord Shen so angry. He had followed Shen Zhu for six years, and he had never seen such a big fire from him.
Shen Zhu rode his horse and walked away, and after walking for a few miles, he suddenly pulled his horse to an abrupt stop. Yang Qian looked at his face softened a little, and asked cautiously, "Sir, you haven't brought something with you, do you want to go back and get it?"
Shen Zhu gave him a sideways look, "Don't beat around the bush, I have nothing to explain to that woman."
"Yes." Yang Qian sighed secretly, thinking to himself, the duplicity is not entirely a woman.
Shen Zhu instructed: "I'll go back to the city later, I'll go to the palace first, you go back and take over the woman's maids, and add a few more stable maids. Let her... I'll take care of them there for a while. time."
"Yes, if Madam Pei asked, how would you explain it?"
"Frankly speaking is what I mean."
When the twilight came, Rao Tu was half leaning on the bed, holding a hand stove, and looking at the distant mountains through the half-opened window sash, her thoughts were far away, and she did not know where to go.
The mountain ghost came over and tried her hand stove, frowning and said, "What is the girl thinking? The stove is frozen and still holding it!"
Rao Tu regained his senses, looked down at the hand stove, and asked, "What incense is in this?"
"It's called Xuezhong Chunxin." The mountain ghost lowered his voice, "It was given by the master, and it has a calming effect on the poison on the girl's body."
Rao Tu squinted her peach blossom eyes, "Chunxin in Xuezhong, what a good name, there is no strange cold fragrance, but also the air of spring and rising sun." She looked at the mountain ghost, "yesterday, your master came?"
The mountain ghost nodded and said in a low voice, "Master came to see the girl and fed her a blood toad."
Rao Tu stopped talking, and continued to look out the window. The mountain ghost lit incense in the incense burner again and pushed her: "Girl, why are you always sullen? You have left Shen Daqiang, don't you regret it?"
Rao Tu glanced at her, "You haven't been assigned me for a few days, are you uncomfortable?"
The mountain ghost smiled and said: "The girl is always bored, and she is bored when she is not sick. I don't want to make you laugh!"
"I can't laugh, don't waste your time."
The mountain ghost looked at Rao Tu's serious face, "Oh", nodded and said, "Sure enough, I can't bear to let go of Lord Shen."
Angrily, Rao Tu stabbed at the door of Xiaoya's head, "Who would miss that ruthless lover?"
The little girl tilted her head and asked, "When the girl said the three words Bo Qinglang, was she thinking of Lord Shen Zhushen, or that scholar named Shen Yanbing?"
Rao Tu frowned slightly. The mountain ghost seemed to have said unintentionally, but it caused an uproar in her heart. Who was she thinking?
The mountain ghost said thoughtfully, "The Fifth Prince is as handsome as a sham, and Young Master Nangong is a handsome young man. No one is better than that angry and stingy Lord Shen!"
Rao Tu pouted, "Don't be poor! Can you tell me how the capital has been these few days?"
"Girl, don't you know, you and Lord Shen have disappeared for the past few days, and the city has been chaotic, and the emperor's royal guard can't wait to turn over the floor tiles."
"Oh?"
"Let's talk about Young Master Nangong first. First of all, he is the most unlucky. He was reprimanded by the old man Nangong Rumu for three hours. The old man insisted that he was jealous of the girl, and was caught by Master Shen when he was doing a cowardly thing. If you don't do anything, you will kill Shen Zhu to kill him."
A smile appeared on Rao Tu's face, "Master Nangong just doesn't believe in his only grandson?"
Shan Gui sighed, "Young Master Nangong has done a lot of things about sleeping flowers and willows, and his trust value is low. Later, the old man threatened to use family law, and said that he would be tied to the Holy Spirit to apologize to death. Nangong Yiwu was anxious and wise, and lied that he knew. Where is Lord Shen, that's when he escaped, and it was easy to find it outside. But it was a coincidence that he really asked him to find you first."
"It was he who notified Yang Qian and you later?"
"Yeah, but Young Master Nangong is an idle person, and he has nothing to do with himself. He didn't even tell the old man. It is estimated that Jinling City is still in a mess. Earlier, Princess Xunyang had a trouble with the Pei family, and the princess decided that it was Pei. Shimai robbed the girl and wanted to put Mrs. Pei in prison for questioning, Mrs. Pei just pretended to be sick and ignored her, secretly sending how many people to find Shen Zhu."
Rao Tu nodded, "It's messy enough, and it's suffocating enough."
"Speaking of grievances, the five kings must be the first. Because of the storm in front of the five kings' mansion on the snowy night, it is rumored that the five kings and Shen Zhu have formed a relationship. This time Shen Zhu's disappearance is the hands and feet of the five kings. Prince Yu revealed this market rumor to the royal front, which made Longyan furious. The five kings were summoned into the palace, and they were severely scolded and banned for three months. When the five kings were involved, the Yellow Book of the five kings was revoked."
When Rao Tu heard this, she suddenly looked at the little girl with a smile, and the mountain ghost was furious, "Girl, I didn't lie to you."
"You know a lot of news, just outside the imperial city. It's just what happened in the palace. You also said it as if you had experienced it yourself. Why is this?"
Shan Gui blinked his eyes and said with a guilty conscience: "I heard what the people on the Tao said, girl, you know, I used to be in the rivers and lakes..."
"Nonsense! How do the rivers and lakes know about the affairs of the temple cabinet?" Rao Tu's expression became stern, "Shan Gui, I remember you once said that you are my person first, and then your master's dead man."
The mountain ghost lowered his head and had to explain honestly: "I heard what other dead men in the department said..."
"Look up at me."
"Oh..." The mountain ghost raised his head and looked into Rao Tu's eyes.
Rao Tu frowned and said, "What are your two little eyeballs turning?"
"No, no... The girl is so pretty... I'm afraid my eyes won't be flexible after staring at me for a long time." Shan Gui had a bitter look on his face, almost crying: "I really didn't lie to the girl."
Rao Tu was silent for a moment, couldn't help laughing, and scolded with a smile, "Damn Nizi, your master's raising you is a loss-making business."
When Shan Gui saw her smiling face, he felt relieved, "Girl, you scared me just now."
Rao Tu snorted coldly, "Dead men in the ministry can actually sneak into the palace cabinet. I'm really curious about who your master is."
The mountain ghost hurriedly said, "Master said, if a person lives too clearly, he must suffer heavier pain than ordinary people."
Rao Tu said lightly: "It seems that your master is not happy."
"Let's not talk about these things, what is the girl going to do next?"
"Wait and watch, you don't have to do anything next, and naturally someone will come to you."
"Is it Pei's?"
"What do you say?"
The mountain ghost nodded and said with sincere admiration: "You are really amazing, girl, I think Shen Zhu is a little confused by your fascination."
Rao Tu frowned, "Shut up if you can't speak."
"Girl, you are too unkind..."
When it was completely dark, Yang Qian sent a few people here - Spring and Summer, Qiudong, Liu Xing, and a few old and stable maids.
Several girls were quite happy to see Rao Tu. Rao Tu was half lying on the bed and said to Chun Xia Qiu Dong, "Princess Lao is worried about my disappearance for the past few days."
Chun Xia smiled and said, "It's fine, the girl is fine. We are maids, and it's hard to meet a gentle master like the girl, and we're all worried about you!"
Qiudong brought out a sandalwood box and said to Raotu: "The princess knows that the girl is staying here, and she gave her a box of good spices, which has the effect of concentrating and sleeping."
Rao Tu nodded and said, "If that's the case, put it away and order it tomorrow."
That night, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter slept in the outer room, and the mountain ghost and Liu Xing guarded the inner room. Raotu noticed that Liu Xing looked abnormal, so she asked the mountain ghost to leave the spring, summer, autumn and winter, and took Liu Xing's hand to ask what happened.
Liu Xing leaned into Rao Tu's ear and said, "The servant's father used to be a clerk in a raw medicine store, so the servant can smell and identify herbs since childhood. Among the spices that the princess prizes are Shengchuanwu and Maoshu, both of which are slippery and avoid children. Medicine. Although the smell is mostly masked by other ingredients, I can smell it."
Rao Tu looked at the sandalwood box, smiled slightly, nodded and said, "I understand, I don't need to pay attention to it.
Liu Xing shook her head, "This servant does not dare to speak falsely."
"But it doesn't matter."
"Probably...you know."
Rao Tu nodded, "Your elder sister Shangui has already noticed that the spice is different. She is my confidant and will talk to me about everything. But I heard this from your mouth, but I am very happy, you know. Why?"
Liu Xing looked at Rao Tu with a pair of watery eyes.
Rao Tu said warmly, "I'm very happy with one more person to be with. From now on, I'll treat you like a mountain ghost."
Liu Xing's eyes were slightly red, "Thank you...Thank you girl."
Rao Tu nodded, "Go out and call Shan Gui and Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter to come back and sleep."
She looked at Liu Xing's back when she went out, and thought to herself that among the girls, Shan Gui knew all about her and was the first trustworthy one. It's just that the mountain ghost has other ties, and there will be many unavoidable places in the future. Liu Xing is innocent and clean, and some things are easier to leave to Liu Xing.
In the middle of the night, Rao Tu's hands and feet were cold, and she felt a little sleepy after tossing around on the kang for a long time, when a dark shadow flashed into the room.
The mountain ghost was cautious, turned over from the quilt and stood up, shouting in a low voice, "Who is it?"
Huozhezi was lit up, and a slender figure fell on the wall.
The mountain ghost was startled, and quickly put down the bench he picked up, and said in surprise, "Sir Shen, why are you back?"
Shen Zhu glanced at Rao Tu who was lying on the bed with his eyes closed. Three thousand blue silk like a waterfall dangled from the pillow and almost fell to the ground. He waved at the mountain ghost, and immediately blew out the fire book in his hand.
The mountain ghost hurriedly woke Liu Xinger out of the inner room, Shen Zhu sat in the dark for a while, and when the coldness on his body dissipated, he took off his clothes and went up to the kang, holding Rao Tu in his arms a little bit tighter.
Rao Tu didn't say a word, but her shoulders were trembling slightly. Shen Zhu felt the tears in the corners of her eyes, and said coldly, "Why are you crying? Why don't you continue to pretend and sleep until dawn."
"Concubine is not a cruel person, she can't pretend!"
"You're not, I am?"
"Yes, you are! You are! Lord Shen went away in anger, what are you doing back now?"
"If I can really be ruthless, I won't come back." Shen Zhu listened to her words like a little girl's anger, his tone was soft, turned her over, and kissed her on the long dewy eyelashes Dear.
Rao Tu pushed him: "Don't touch me!"
"You're not in good health, can you stop being so excited?"
Rao Tu sneered, "Do you remember that I'm not in good health? Since I'm so determined, don't bother me in the middle of the night."
"I'm worried about you falling asleep alone."
"I'm cold, don't I know? I want you to mind your own business."
Shen Zhu fished her legs out of the cup, and then held her cold feet, "You really don't know, one day you fell asleep and curled up in my arms like a kitten?"
"Self-respect, adults."
"The weight of the bed, why is the boudoir fun?"
After saying a word, Rao Tu was speechless, stunned for a while, then Fang said: "Sir, your face must be as thick as the walls of Jinling City, right?"
Shen Zhu rubbed her stubble chin against her smooth cheeks, and instructed: "Sleep. Say one more word and take off your clothes."
Rao Tu bit her lip tightly, rubbed her cold hands and feet against the hot spot on his body, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Shen Zhu felt that the cold feet were getting warmer a little bit, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
On the second day, when Rao Tu woke up, Shen Zhu had already dressed up, wearing Gao Guanbo's belt, neatly dressed, and it looked like he was going out on business.
She asked, "Where are you going, my lord?"
"Suzhou has a severe drought, the emperor ordered me to inspect the disaster."
Rao Tu said "Oh", "Sir, please take it easy. When you arrive in Suzhou, you can go to Zuiyuelou for a stroll. When you get to Ti Rao's name, I have a few sisters who are familiar with me, and they will definitely be able to serve you comfortably."
Shen Zhu was in a bad mood at first, but after hearing this, it was as if he had accidentally stepped on a piece of shit on the road.
Displeased, he stepped forward and grabbed her hair hanging by the pillow, and sneered, "I have to mention my friendship with you when I go to the kiln?"
Rao Tu was dragged to the side of her head, and she said loudly, "If you don't mention it, don't mention it, I don't want to save you some money!"
Shen Zhu's teeth were itching with hatred, and he pinched her chin and said, "Raotu, hello, that's great... You wait! When you are completely healed, I won't take care of you until your legs are soft!"
Rao Tu said with hatred, "Just wait! My lord was so rude when I was seriously ill, she was pulling her hair and pinching her face. If I were healed, wouldn't my lord just cut me with a knife!"
Yang Qian outside the door can't listen anymore, is this their lord? ...their adults have always hated Wei and Jin's style of clear talk, and always disdain to argue with others. When did it become like this? If you don't say three serious words with a woman, you will get red in the face after arguing?
Shen Zhu in the house nodded and said, "Wait for you? I can't wait to do you now!"
Rao Tu was in a hurry, took out the rune dagger from under the pillow and slapped it on the bed, crying, "I'm a filthy concubine, and I want to die cleanly, can't I?"
Shen Zhu grabbed the rune with his hands, "No!"
After saying that, he turned around and stepped out of the house, and said to a few girls in the outer room: "You guys will take care of me. If there is something wrong with Madam, you don't have to live!"
After Shen Zhu left angrily, Rao Tu heard another version from Shan Gui's mouth, saying that Lord Shen went to the imperial court yesterday to apologize, and the emperor punished him to go to Suzhou to be a supervisor for three months, but in fact, he was troubled by his affairs. , find a gimmick to demote him out of Beijing and come back for a few months.
Rao Tu frowned: "Three months? Isn't it possible to return in early spring?"
The mountain ghost sighed, "Girl, you won't really be reluctant to part with Lord Shen, will you?"
Rao Tu glared at her, "Of course not, I'm just thinking... He is a cool person, three months later, he might have found another new love, and his love for me has turned cold. These months of entanglement , isn't it going to waste?"
Shan Gui said calmly: "I can't see it. The way Lord Shen was when he left, it doesn't seem like he would be cold to the girl if he didn't see him for three months. Maybe he will come back in three months... come back..."
"what?"
The mountain ghost whispered: "It's possible that the girl won't get out of bed for a month when you come back."
Rao Tu frowned deeply, um, it's really possible, doesn't she know about Shen Zhu? That's a beast!
After that, Rao Tu was bored in the house for a few days, and was forced by several girls to drink medicine all day long, and the house smelled of medicine. Here, Spring, Summer and Autumn and Winter were the most diligent in persuading medicine, but perhaps they were frightened by the words of Lord Shen before he left.
No matter how comforting Rao Tu, spring, summer and autumn and winter will not listen. It's no wonder that the two girls came out of the princess' mansion. They all know the temper of the princess. She is a master who kills people if they disagree.
The princess likes Lord Shen, and gathers people together to divide things into groups. Lord Shen certainly doesn't have a good temper. Besides, he doesn't look like he is joking at all.
Rao Tu had no choice. After drinking the medicine that day, she suggested to go out for a walk.
Chun Xia said: "It's cold outside, the girl is careful to catch a cold."
Qiudong said: "Exactly! What do you want to eat and play, girl, we will do it for you. What are you going to do in the cold weather?"
Rao Tu sighed and winked at the mountain ghost for help. The mountain ghost stepped forward and patted Rao Tu's forehead, then pulled his wrist to check the pulse, and said with seriousness: "The girl has been bored in the house for several days, so she has to go out for a walk, otherwise the food will accumulate in the stomach, and the sun will be lost. It will be lost for a long time.”
Said that in the spring, summer, autumn and winter, Liu Xing smiled and helped Ratu out.
Unfortunately, as soon as went out, saw a few figures swaying by the stream in the distance. The head of the woman was wearing a silver bun, surrounded by golden silk hairpins, wearing a lotus root jacket and a green silk skirt. Pile up, ring with jingle bells.
Rao Tu laughed playfully, turned her head to Liu Xing next to her and said, "Guess what age Mrs. Pei is?"
Liu Xing had a grudge against Pei's mother for killing her mother, the little girl stared at Pei's stubbornly, snorted, "Old woman in her thirties!"
Rao Tu shook her head with a smile and said, "No, Sister Pei is only twenty-seven this year, but she looks like she's aged many years."
Just as she was talking, Mrs. Pei approached gracefully, and she seemed to have lost a lot of weight. Her yellow face was not made of grease, and her eyes were as red and swollen as peaches.
She came to Rao and stood still, with a warm smile on her face, "Sister, are you talking about a joke? The smile is so heartwarming that even I can't help but be enchanted."
Rao Tu said with a smile: "It's all vulgar jokes. If you say it, I'm afraid it will contaminate Madam's ears."
Pei Qingwei suddenly gave a bow to Ratu, "I was the one who offended me before, because I was worried about the adult's body, and I was so angry that I did those things to my sister, please don't take it to heart."
Rao Tu hurriedly turned her body to one side to avoid her worship, and said in fear, "What is Madam doing? How can Rao Tu be gifted by Madam?"
Pei Qingwei had a pitiful look on her face, and wept, "My sister is like this, she won't forgive me."
Rao Tu pondered for a while, then smiled gently: "Madam is serious, concubine didn't have the courage to blame Madam, concubine must be grateful to Madam for being merciful and not stabbed to death with a sword. Madam originally mingled with Lord Shen. If the concubine stepped in, it would inevitably attract the resentment of the lady."
Pei Qingwei stepped forward and held Rao Tu's hand, "Now I also want to open it up. Your lord likes you, even if I stop it, it won't help me. Now my sister has entered the door, how can I live in such a barren place for a long time, but please My sister will enter the palace with me, and in the future you and my sister will be in harmony, so that adults will not be worried."
Rao Tu smiled and shook her head: "Madam's good intentions, Rao Tu has a heart. It's just that I live here very well, so I don't have to worry about it."
"This place is desolate, but everyone in the capital tells me that Pei's family is a jealous woman, and I can't allow talent to force my sister here. Please take pity on my sister and go home with me."
"I'm seriously ill, I'm afraid I'll pass the sickness to my sister." Rao Tu restrained her smile and said lightly.
"It's my sister who is seriously ill, and she should go back to the house to have a good life."
The mountain ghost frowned, "Madam Hui, Lord Shen specially instructed to let our girl be here..."
Rao Tu interrupted Shan Gui's words and scolded: "You girl! You are getting more and more ignorant of the rules, who allowed you to talk to Mrs. like this!"
The mountain ghost kept silent, secretly wanting you to stop the girl, I cut her neck long ago, this bitch has long hated me, what etiquette rules do you care about?
Pei Qingwei smiled reluctantly, and blessed Ratu again, "Please clean up my sister, and then come back to the house with me. Yan Bing is doing errands outside, and will only be able to come back in the spring. There is only one woman in this huge house, and I am really lonely. , I also ask my sister not to shirk."
Rao Tu looked at her with a smile, with a cold and unfriendly smile, "Since the madam is so kind, how could Rao tea her good intentions. Please stay for a little lunch, and then the concubine will enter the palace with the madam, It's also good... to fulfill the reputation of the virtuous lady."
She turned her head to Chun Xia Qiu Dong and said, "Go and tell Mammy to prepare lunch. Madam's face is not very good, so she has to eat some supplements. Make soup with the big fish caught in that mountain stream yesterday."
After saying that, he welcomed Mrs. Pei into the house, and said, "The house is so ugly, don't make jokes, Madam."
Pei shi looked around, a thatched cottage, two inside and outside, although dilapidated but very warm, the smell of medicine and a cold fragrance intertwined, elegant and light.
Pei Shi smiled slightly, "My sister's house is very clean."
"This is what the concubine and a few girls have only cleaned up these days. Madam doesn't know. Before, the concubine and the adults were in trouble here. How could they look like this? , it's actually a pig's nest!"
Pei shi said warmly: "The girl and Yan Bing share life and death, and this friendship is precious."
"Speaking of which, the lord has suffered too, otherwise how could he live in such a house. The concubine remembered that the night before I came here, I burned a kang and made my face ashes. I slept with my concubine snuggling, and I am afraid that my concubine would have already frozen to death, how can I still stand in front of my wife and talk?"
Yi Xi's words made Pei's face a little ugly, but he still had to smile tautly. The mountain ghost saw Pei's expression on the side, and rolled his eyes one by one.
From time to time, when the food was served, Rao Tu gave up her seat and scooped a bowl of thick white fish soup for Pei Qingwei. Pei Qingwei was about to drink the spoon when Rao Tu hurriedly took the spoon from her hand, poured a small spoonful of fish soup into her bowl, and said with a smile, "Madam doesn't know, this fish is from a guard outside the mountain stream. I don’t know if it’s poisonous or not. I’ll try it for you first, so as not to accidentally hurt my wife. It’s fine if my wife is dead. If there’s something wrong with my wife, wouldn’t it be a heartbreak for the adults?”
Pei Qingwei smiled awkwardly: "You don't need to be so cautious, little sister."
"Protect the madam well, and the concubine will not give up." Rao Tu said, drank the fish soup in the bowl, and tasted it carefully, Fang said: "The taste is okay, the concubine tastes no problem, madam can rest assured. "
During a meal, Pei's meal was not very refreshing, but Shan Gui and Liu Xing were very happy watching. Spring, summer, autumn and winter are a bit staggering. It is rumored that Pei Shihui has a blue heart and is highly respected by Lord Shen. Why does it seem that now, without the slightest bit of intelligence and flexibility, in front of their girls, every sentence is inferior?
Are their girls too powerful, or are the rumors untrue?
After eating, Rao Tu smiled and said, "Madam, please wait a moment, the concubine is still a little soft and needs to be treated."
Shi Pei said enthusiastically, "If my sister doesn't dislike it, I'll help her to take care of things together."
Rao Tu said: "There's nothing important, just a few clothes for adults and concubines." As she spoke, she dug out a few old clothes from the box on the head of the kang, and Mrs. Pei caught a glimpse of some linings among them. She sewed it for Shen Zhu herself.
Seeing that her eyes were glued to her lining, Ratu picked up one of the pieces and pointed to the crooked sewing stitches above and smiled: "Madam is laughing. I sewed it up for him to keep out the cold from time to time. It should have been lost by now, but adults like to wear this one, and I always like to touch the rough stitches on it, so I kept it all the time."
Pei Qingwei twitched the corners of her mouth, but did not smile.
Rao Tu packed up her clothes, and then took the maid and her group out of the valley and returned to the city. When Pei came, she sat in a large chariot with a curtain hanging all around, and two people could sit side by side. chariot.
When Nianyu went to the city gate, he was quite eye-catching. Rao Tu opened the curtains, and her eyes drifted past the crowd watching on both sides of the street. She said thoughtfully, "Madam's gorgeous chariot is so elegant, it's a little uncomfortable for my concubine to sit here."
Pei Qingwei said with a smile, "Nan Yu is stable, so it's best to sit for my sister."
Rao Tu put down the curtain and turned around and said, "Mrs. specially prepared for the concubine? It seems that if the madam comes out this time, the concubine is bound to win."
Pei Qingwei said, "My little sister has a gentle temperament, so I dare to make this plan."
"A gentle temperament?" Rao Tu said, "That's not as good as my elder sister. I'm afraid that tomorrow, the streets and alleys in the city will go viral. The lady who talks about Shen Huangmen has a magnanimous demeanor, and she personally goes out of the city to welcome the charming woman into the palace."
Pei Qingwei said eloquently: "It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Since I am an adult's wife, I naturally have to be tolerant. What is there to discuss, besides, how can my sister be a charming woman, too much. "
Rao Tu smiled: "My lord even called me a fox a few days ago, but fortunately Madam didn't think so. When the lord comes back, please ask the madam to excuse Rao in front of the lord."
After walking through the busy city in an instant, walked on a broad road paved with white bricks. On both sides of the road are white walls and blue bricks, pine branches and cypress trees, which are very elegant. This is the place where the dignitaries and dignitaries of the capital gather, and the residences of many imperial relatives and ministers of temples and pavilions are located here.
After passing through a vermilion gate, Rao Tu opened the curtain and saw three big characters "Five Kings Mansion" written on a plaque with iron hooks and silver on the door. A faint vocal music floated out from the mansion.
Rao Tu called out "Stop."
Pei Qingwei asked, "Is there something wrong with my sister?"
"I also ask the madam to go ahead and let the concubine go to visit the fifth prince."
Pei Qingwei's face changed slightly. She knew that Raotu came from a brothel, but she didn't know she was so dissolute and rude, "My sister has now married into the Shen residence, so everything should be restrained."
Rao Tu nodded and said, "Thank you for your teaching, my concubine will keep it in my heart. It's just that the five kings are in the current situation because of their concubines. If the concubines pass the mansion and don't enter, I feel uncomfortable."
Pei Qingwei stared at her for a moment, with a sneer on the corner of her mouth, "That's the case, sister, hurry up and come back, I'll wait for you here for a while."
Rao Tu got off the chariot and said to the mountain ghost and Liu Xing, "You all come with me."
Immediately knocked on the door of the mansion, the housekeeper went in to report, and came back in a hurry after a while, and said with a smile: "Miss Ratu, our lord has a request."
Rao Tu entered the mansion, walked through the corridor, and reached a hall. There were musicians playing the sheng and dancing girls moving gracefully. Xiao Yanning sat lazily in the hall, wearing a blue-gray gauze shirt with a loose front, and there were two others beside her. Dishevelled beauties serve wine and food.
Rao Tu knew what Xiao Yanning was doing just by looking at the blushing faces of the two beauties. The mountain ghost has seen the world, and his face is as usual; Liu Xing is a pure and innocent little girl, listening to the two beauties who have not been able to calm down the gasping voice, the little girl's face suddenly turned red.
Rao Tu turned her head and glanced at Liu Xing, as if she was trying to tease her, and ordered, "Liu Xing'er, help me to the fifth prince."
Liu Xinger helped Raotu in front of the fifth prince, who leaned on the back of the chair with a smile, "Since Miss Raotu has appeared, Lord Shen must be safe and sound. This prince feels that my father has punished me for three months of grounding, which is really unfair."
Rao Tu bowed her head and said, "The concubine has implicated the prince, so I came here to apologize."
Xiao Yanning waved his hand and said: "This king is here, and there is also happiness and happiness. The world of flowers is the same everywhere. The girl doesn't need to feel guilty."
"The lord is so open-minded, that concubine will feel at ease."
Xiao Yanning smiled and said, "Do you want to sit down and have a glass of wine, girl?"
"No need, the concubine still has something to do, and the lord seems to have something to do, so I won't bother, the concubine Rong will say goodbye first."
Xiao Yanning hugged the waist of the beauty on the left, took another sip of the wine poured by the beauty on the right, and said lazily: "That's the case, girl, walk slowly."
Rao Tu helped Liu Xing out of the palace. On the way, Rao Tu said indifferently: "Liu Xing, your nose is so smart, you just got close again, what did you smell on the five kings?"
Liu Xing blushed and said, "I smell the powder on the woman's body."
"wrong."
"Well...there's a ** taste."
"anything else?"
"And... not anymore..."
Rao Tu said softly, "Why do I smell a faint green wood air..."
Liu Xing recalled and was a little uncertain: "It seems... there is indeed a... wild angelica scent."
The mountain ghost asked suspiciously, "Danggui, a kind of medicinal material?"
"Well...not sure. The wine smells and rouge is too heavy, I can't tell."
Rao Tu looked at the mountain ghost's expression, and she didn't see any waves, so she stopped talking, but doubts rose in her heart. In the ear of the mountain ghost, he ordered a few words like this. After the mountain ghost left the house, he walked into the alley and disappeared.
Rao Tu sat in Pei's carriage again and said apologetically, "I've asked my sister to wait for a long time."
Pei's smile was light: "It's okay, my sister has made many friends."
Rao Tu ignored the sarcasm in her words, like a mirror in her heart, knowing that Pei Shi would not care which man she went to hook up with, but instead hoped that her reputation would be as bad as possible.
She smiled slightly: "Ratu comes from Fengchen, and has always been born involuntarily. It is not as innocent as Madam."
Pei Qingwei's eyes trembled, and she said lightly: "Okay, there is no need to mention the past, even if you come from Fengchen, as long as you keep your duty and abide by the way of women, there is nothing to say."
Rao Tu hurriedly said: "Madam's statement is wrong, Rao Tu has been living in the dust all these years, and speaking to outsiders is just a little bit of wind and frost. It's just that Rao Tu knows in her heart that no matter how good a woman is, no matter how good her character and appearance are, no matter how good she is. A lewd word is smeared on my foot, and the rest is no good."
Pei Qingwei's face was a little ugly when she heard the words. Few people in the capital knew that Pei Qingwei was also born in the dust.
But listening to Rao Tu continued: "Just like a concubine, now you can only be liked by adults because of her beauty, how can it be good in a few years? If you can have a son and a half daughter, it will be considered a future It's difficult for a concubine to be a descendant. I can only think about where I can help the adult, or give my life to do something for him, and tell him to remember that he owes a little to his concubine. Let go of the old love."
Pei Qingwei's face turned out to be uglier, and her heart became more and more uncomfortable. She remembered the love she had with Yan Bing along the way, but now she heard people say it, but it was so cold.
Walking to the main entrance of the Shen residence, Rao Tu got off the sedan chair, and the mountain ghost who had been waiting at the door approached her and said a few words in her ear, her expression changed slightly, and then she was calm like a mirror.