Chang’an’s First Beauty

Chapter 19 mutual affection

When Shen Zhen woke up, the sky was already bright, the winter sun shone through the windows, and the beams of the room became golden.

There was no one in front of her bed.

Shen Zhen raised his hand and rubbed his temples, suddenly remembering what the person said to him last night. Immediately turned over and went down to the ground, not even wearing the cloak, opened the door, and ran outside.

Tangyue saw Shen Zhen running out wearing a shirt, and immediately threw down the bamboo broom in her hand, “Girl, you haven’t been well ill, but you can come out if you can’t wear these. If you have a fever again, it will be more serious.”

Shen Zhen’s eyes were red, and she said dumbly, “Where is Lord Lu?”

Tangyue looked at her nervous appearance, and thought that Shen Zhen was deeply rooted in love and was unwilling to leave the world for a while, so she smiled: “The adult has gone for good value early in the morning. Let the slave and maid take care of the girl first.”

Shen Zhen said again: “What did the lord say?”

Tangyue was taken aback, “How did the girl know? Seeing that you were asleep, Shi Ziye specially ordered the slave and maid not to disturb you.” In Tangyue’s eyes, this is undoubtedly the most considerate thing Shi Ziye has ever done.

“Anything else?” Shen Zhen clenched his fist.

Tangyue patted her hand and said, “Shi Ziye also left you the paper in the study, saying that when you finish writing, he will come back to pick it up later.”

When these words fell, Shen Zhen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he still remembers.

Back in the house, Tangyue opened the makeup box, took out a comb made of yellow rosewood, and used it for Shen Zhenwan’s hair. While combing, she recalled yesterday.

Thinking of this, Tangyue couldn’t help saying: “The eldest son treats the girl really well.”

Shen Zhen looked at Tang Yue who was smiling in the bronze mirror, and was taken aback, “Why do you suddenly say this?”

Tangyue whispered: “The girl is seriously ill, I must not remember, last night, Shi Ziye personally wiped the girl’s body.”

After speaking, Tangyue immediately said: “The son of the world is so kind to the girl. After the son of the world is married, the girl will definitely be connected to the mansion.”

After hearing this, Shen Zhen was startled first, and then smiled again.

Although she doesn’t know much about him, she also knows that the son of Princess Jing’an, the son of Princess Jingan, would not easily accept concubines.

He closed himself as an outside room, it should be just his whim. When he gets married, when he gets tired of himself, this unknown thing will sooner or later become a stone thrown into the sea, and no trace will be found.

She counted the days, there was still more than a year left until her father was released from prison. She only hoped that by that time, he could see this dewy relationship and let her go.

As for the eight thousand kan, she will naturally pay back as many as she has in her life.

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In the past two days, the backyard of Jingzhao Mansion was being repaired. Several soldiers were working in one room. Some people made amendments to the file and others wrote submissions at the desk.

When Sun Xu stepped in, Lu Yan was flipping through the case.

He knocked on Lu Yan’s table with his index finger, and said, “Did Master Lu just listen to the case in the hall today?”

Lu Yan looked up at him, “What’s the matter?”

Upon hearing this, Sun Xu showed an expression of “as I expected”.

After he took his seat, he said in an unhurried tone: “Master Zheng is not the people of Chang’an today. It is the minister of the criminal ministry Wenyuan, the minister of Wen.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan closed the slip in his hand.

Because he was also an official from the Fourth Grade, he had met Wenyuan several times when he was in court. Although he had no personal relationship, he had also spoken.

Lu Yan leaned back, picked up a tea cup with a blue and white sea water dragon pattern, and took a sip, “What is he doing?”

“Servant Wen and his eldest lady are going to reconcile.”

Lu Yan raised his eyebrows, and said in puzzlement, “Fourth-rank master Heli, why don’t you go to the Criminal Ministry, come to Jingzhao Mansion?”

Others followed suit.

The folk customs of the Jin Dynasty were open, and those who remarried and remarried were more and more year after year. There is no such thing as a surprise. It is just this housework that makes no sense to come to Beijing Zhaofu.

When Sun Xu saw that Guanzi was almost sold, he whispered: “It was just a peace and separation, but now it has become a murder case. Don’t look at the magnificent posture of this servant boy. This time the cause is that he raised a man outside. Outer room.

As soon as he finished, Lu Yan choked and coughed again and again after failing to swallow a sip of tea.

Sun Xu really didn’t expect Lu Yan to have such a big reaction, and he was so busy: “Master Lu, are you okay?”

Lu Yan cleared his throat and said, “Nothing, you continue.”

Sun Xu sighed, “The outer room was pregnant, and Shi Lang Wen loved him so much that he stayed out for several nights. Unexpectedly, the eldest wife of the Wen family, Zou, had been known by the Wen family. Shi Lang said that the outer chamber was forced to death by the Zou family.”

Gong Cao joined the army and said: “I remember the eldest lady of the Wen family, she seems to be from Bianzhou…”

Sun Xu said: “Yes, Zou’s mother’s family is the largest wealthy businessman in Bianzhou. In recent years, the Minister Wen has been able to rise so quickly, and the Zou family has also contributed a lot.”

This person in Wenyuan was originally an observing and pushing official in Bianzhou, who was also the secretary of Zhengjiu Pin. After marrying the Zou family girl, she was promoted to the Xielulang of Taichang Temple the following year, and then the fifth-rank Yangshan county magistrate. Now seven years later, she has climbed to the position of the Xingfu minister.

Although there are opportunities for promotion and transfer every year in official careers, there is a world of difference between the local area and the capital.

Wen Shi Lang can have this status, if there is no Zou family, I am afraid that it would not be possible.

Seeing that Lu Yan’s cup was empty, Ya Nei poured a cup for him with a wink.

Lu Yan squeezed the tea lid and said, “What about then?”

“Zou was naturally out of anger when he learned of such a thing, so he personally came to the door to humiliate the outer room. I heard that the outer room was not irritated, and the child in his stomach was gone that night. I waited until the morning. At the time, the outer room had hanged itself.”

Sun Xu sighed again, “I heard that the outside room has been with Shi Lang Wen for more than three years. After her death, Shi Lang Wen’s head became white. Life and death are different from Zou’s life.”

When Sihu joined the army when he heard this, he couldn’t help putting down his pen. He scratched his eyebrows and said, “My lord, I have a problem.”

Sun Xu said, “You said.”

“Since Assistant Wen likes the outer room so much, why not accept her as a concubine?”

This is true. The folk customs of the Jin Dynasty are open again, but the law is there. As long as it is a serious concubine room, the eldest lady in the family must drink tea, and she must not be jealous in the future, otherwise it will be a crime of seven. .

Sun Xu curled his lips and said, “I heard that Shi Lang’s outer room was once an official lady. It was only because of the poor family status that he became Shi Lang’s outer room. Although it has no name and no part, it can be used again. In other words, there is no mistress in the upper part, but it can be called pure and free. I guess that Shi Lang is afraid that she will be harassed by the Zou family, so he will raise people outside.”

Gong Cao joined the army shook his head and said, “But after all, the servant boy and the Zou family have had a relationship between husband and wife for many years, how can they be no better than an outside room? This is a big mess, and his servant boy of the Criminal Ministry can be considered to have done it.”

After hearing this, Sun Xu felt a little touched and sighed: “Yes, it’s not worth it.”

Sihu joined the army and said: “I don’t think it’s worth it either. People die like a lamp. It’s better to suppress the matter. The Zou family’s affection for him is all.”

After a long while, Sun Xu said again: “Maybe Shi Lang does not know that there will be today. After all, this Fengyue incident has always been the most difficult to end.”

As the saying goes, people are not plants, and who can be ruthless. Staying on the same couch all night, doing those intimate things, born of affection, reluctance, and nostalgia are always inevitable.

Sun Xu suddenly said to Lu Yan: “Master Lu, what do you think?”

Lu Yan didn’t say a word, just a block in his throat.

Neither up nor down.

…

When the night was over, he returned to Chengyuan as promised.