When he asked about political affairs, Chen Fangyan's eyes slid over Shen Nanbao's shoulders and arms, and he smiled relaxedly, "Fortunately, the officials trusted me and entrusted me with important tasks. Now I am going to ask people to build cellars to store mulberry trees. "
Xiao Yichen nodded, "That alone is not enough. A severe drought is coming, and most of the people will not be able to survive on food and clothing. It is more important to exempt all taxes and grains in summer and autumn, and provide more relief and immigrants to eat."
Just as he was talking, the sound of "boom boom" was heard from the water, and the helmsman of each dragon boat, wearing a waistcoat on the bow and wielding drumsticks with his bare arms, shouted powerfully. Occasionally, he turned his head and looked at the people in the stands. Ren'er glanced at him.
The young ladies on the stage all laughed and responded enthusiastically.
Shen Nanbao seemed not to have heard, and remained calm in place, the tassels on her temples swaying randomly in the wind, making the light in her eyes become blurry.
However, you can still feel that she is not very interested.
Probably because he felt that talking about such a thing had left her out in the cold, Xiao Yichen summed it up hastily, "Everything depends on the official's wishes, but no matter what, if Mr. Chen Xiaohou can do this matter satisfactorily, It can be regarded as a cleansing of the past, and others will treat you differently!"
Wash away Chen Fangyan's reputation as a womanizer and a romantic.
Chen Fangyan obviously heard the meaning, his eyes darkened, and he said hello with a bow. He stopped pestering Shen Nanbao for which brocade handkerchief, and handed his eyes to the other person: wearing a vermilion curved collar and large sleeves The Taichang Temple minister came out, followed the etiquette and offered sacrifices, and after drinking, he raised his sleeves and announced the start of the ferry race.
For a time, cheers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and barge songs were so high-pitched that white clouds swept across the sky. Shen Nanbao seemed to be distracted by such a grand occasion, and his eyes were fixed on the front.
But she knew it and could clearly feel the pain in her tightly clenched hands hidden in her armholes.
It hurt so much that she kept recalling the conversation between the two of them over and over again in her mind.
'Solid warehouse, prepared for floods and droughts'?
She clearly remembers that in her previous life, it was the crown prince's young master, Zhu Jun, and many other officials and nobles, including the Minister of Household Affairs, the Imperial Academy, and the Founding Father, who did the work after the drought. How come it is Chen Fangyan's credit in this life?
Bad thoughts flooded into her mind, like water flooding the golden mountain and trying to submerge her, trying to pull her into a terrifying boundless abyss.
She couldn't help but shiver, turned around and knelt down to Xiao Yichen, "Your Highness, I've been out for a long time. I was afraid that my grandmother would look for me badly, so I went back first."
This resignation was full of mistakes, and Xiao Yichen couldn't help frowning, but when he saw her beautiful face, it was so pale in such a hot day, and his heart tightened subconsciously.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
He came close to ask these words, as if they were close to her ears, blowing into her heart, warming the crack in her heart that was filled with ice.
I don't know if the ice in my heart has melted, or if it's fear, but anyway, my vision gradually blurred, and it condensed into a shell of water in my eyes. Shen Nanbao lowered his head in a hurry, "It's probably because I have never been here before." It’s just not suitable for situations with many people.”
Her voice was hoarse, obviously something was wrong.
Is it for Chen Fangyan?
Ever since Chen Fangyan came out, she had always been calm and calm, like a stone thrown into still water, with endless cracks.
Could it be that they knew each other before?
Have you ever had a relationship?
The thought stopped here.
Xiao Yichen was a little irritable for no reason. He weighed the sweat on his forehead caused by the sun. The gloom he was filled with did not dissipate. Instead, it was like snowballs, growing more and more.
Chen Fangyan turned around without knowing when, his eyes were still flowing on Shen Nanbao, "I see that Miss Shen Si doesn't look very good. Is she pregnant? Or..."
"Thank you, Mr. Chen Xiaohou. I'm fine."
After Shen Nanbao finished speaking, he lowered his head lower, revealing his slender white neck. Being exposed to the sun, a thin layer of blush appeared, and a few strands of black hair were sticky with sweat. On the back.
Xiao Yichen looked at it and felt that the wet black hair fell on him, which was unprecedentedly heavy. He said: "I remembered that the front secretary still had something to deal with, so I sent the four girls back together."
This is actually very unclear.
However, Shen Nanbao wanted to leave and didn't worry about this.
Only Chen Fangyan's eyes darkened and he looked back and forth between the two of them.
The tall and tall Xiao Yichen and the beautiful Shen Nanbao stood next to him like pearls on their hats. They seemed like they were born to match each other.
After looking at it for a long time, I suddenly felt another sharp ray of light coming from the scorching sunlight.
Chen Fangyan raised his eyes and met Xiao Yichen's squinting eyes. He was startled and heard him say: "In that case, the fourth girl and I will leave first."
Without waiting for Chen Fangyan to answer, Xiao Yichen tightened his hand on Shen Nanbao's shoulder, held her in his arms and walked through the crowd, striding away.
As the place gradually became sparsely populated, Shen Nanbao could finally breathe a sigh of relief, with a dazed smile on his face, "Trouble to trouble the palace commander to see me off, it really disturbs the palace commander's interest in watching the boat race."
Xiao Yichen put his hands behind his back and sent her to a place with few people, "There are only two of us now, why should the fourth girl be so polite when speaking?"
After a pause, he raised his eyebrows and looked at her face inquiringly, "Is the fourth girl feeling better?"
Shen Nanbao nodded, "Much better."
As if to prove her words, she even twitched the corner of her mouth, slightly revealing her small, neat silver teeth, "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your concern."
But too many words will lead to mistakes, too many actions will lead to mistakes. She pressed her lips in such an extravagant way, which made Xiao Yichen frown even more, "I told you, you're welcome."
Shen Nanbao didn't speak anymore, and stared straight at the lotus on his feet with his lips curled up, as if he was trying to see the flowers.
Xiao Yichen's face turned pale when she was in such a dire state. However, seeing her withered head and brain, and not having the hobby of prying a woman's mouth, he sent her to Jingshui Building without asking any more questions. The waiter informed Mr. Yin The wife has already taken the eldest girl back first, and asked the second and fourth girls to get the letter and return home as soon as possible.
Xiao Yichen sent her to the door of the house again.
Seeing her lifting the skirt of her skirt to cross the bed, he couldn't help but call her, "Fourth girl."
Shen Nanbao turned around, his eyes a little misty against the skylight, "Commander of the Palace?"
The words that filled his heart seemed to be poured into the narrow neck of the bottle in one breath, and finally got out of the narrow neck of the bottle. The open boundary was tightly covered, so that he could not speak out.
After hesitating for a long time, he, who had always been carefree, actually put the words on the tip of his tongue, "You will definitely be implicated in the matter of the eldest girl when you go back today. Do you want me to accompany you, the fourth girl?"
In the past, she had a relationship with him, but she never showed sincerity. Now, hearing what he said, Shen Nanbao felt for no reason that maybe he really felt the same way, so he couldn't help but help him. stop.
A warmth melted in his heart, Shen Nanbao knelt down, and his smile became more sincere, "Thank you very much for your concern, Commander-in-Chief, but if I can't handle this matter well, then how can I have the face to share it with Commander-in-Chief?"
She has always been like this, bound to bloom the brightest flowers in the lowest mud puddles and on the steepest cliffs.
She doesn't care about help from others.
Just like himself.
Xiao Yichen felt a trace of indescribable pride in his heart. He nodded lightly and said "Hmm", then watched her knock on the door and was ushered in by the servants. He walked back to the official road and called out: 'Kun Hong'.
A man ran out from nowhere, holding a knife and wearing a narrow-sleeved brocade coat. He punched Xiao Yichen and said, "Commander."
The skylight hanging high in the sky is as frightening as the guillotine at the entrance of the school field. When it falls, it has the ability to make people dizzy.
Xiao Yichen was in a trance and fainted, so he saw Shen Nanbao again, seeing her panic when Chen Fangyan flashed past, her pale face, and the hairpin that hung her head and trembled on her temples like a gossamer. tassel.
He sighed, but his voice was as light as water, making it hard for people to taste it.
"Go check on Miss Fourth and Chen Fangyan."
Shen Nanbao Fangfang walked into the mansion and as soon as he stepped on the corridor, a servant came hurriedly, "Fourth girl, please go to the front hall quickly, the old lady is waiting for you."
Feng Yue pursed her lips when she heard this, "Young lady has done something wrong, so you still have the nerve to beg the old lady to come to my sister for justice?"
The ground was like a steamer, and the soles of his feet felt extremely hot after stepping on it for a long time. Shen Nanbao ignored her and quickened his pace and walked indoors quickly.
In the huge hall, an old lady Yin with a stern face sat in a high position. On the two Kang chairs next to her, there was Peng on one side and Shen Shi on the other.
Of course, there was also Shen Nanyi who was kneeling on the ground and looking at her with red eyes.
Seeing her come in, Mrs. Peng took the lead and grabbed Bai, "Four girls are happy to have the palace commander accompanying them today?"
As before, before scolding you, I'll make a roundabout way to criticize you, and then get to the point, and use the soft knife to come and go.
It's really boring.
Shen Nanbao's expression became tired, and he knelt down and replied bluntly: "I'm thinking about my eldest sister, and I'm never happy."
Her clear words and straight-to-the-point attitude were like cold water dripping into hot oil, causing sparks to fly immediately.
Shen Nanyi suddenly stood up and screamed: "Care about me? I think you are thinking about me, so you are smiling from ear to ear!"
Mrs. Peng was afraid that she would get hot-headed again and say the wrong thing, so she quickly continued, "Sister Bao, I have treated you badly in daily life, but if you look at it in detail, it's just that little bit wrong. Why did you do so?" With such great hatred and deep resentment, you actually want your eldest sister to suffer such humiliation?"
The word 'humiliation' was like Ling Chi's knife, cutting into Shen Nanyi's heart one by one, making her feel like she had returned to the moment when she was looked at by Xiao Yichen's stern eyes in Yuehua Tower, feeling fear, jealousy, and sadness...
Countless emotions were like huge boulders piling up on Shen Nanyi's heart, forming a mountain with no visible top. She could not breathe, and her lungs were in sharp pain.
"It's all you! It's all you! You and the palace commander discussed it, just to make me look embarrassed just because I am my legitimate daughter. You are jealous of me, and you hate yourself for not having such a good background, so you let me make a fool of myself like this. Ugly, now that you see me like this, you are just happy and satisfied in your heart, how can I still have the dignity to live? I might as well just hit me head-on and die!"
