Chapter 43: A stepping stone

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Miss Xiang was stunned for a moment, her face turning green and white.

But before they could say anything, a clang interrupted them, and with a light hug, the clang sank down, slowly, like a collection of poems in a brocade, intermittent, ups and downs. come over.

Following the sound, I looked across the reflection of golden willows and dew flowers to the west. I saw coiled rafters, staggered wild goose pillars, and colorful colorful buildings with thousands of layers of brocade, just like a tray squeezing through the land. The world was pulled out of thin air.

There is a figure in the door, surrounded by Luo Qi, who is strumming the strings.

Seeing the young lady, Xiang's face, which had been congested just now, suddenly froze, and she said with a sneer: "I am thin-skinned, and I am so slandered by others. Naturally, I am ashamed to show my face to others, but some people are not like that, such as the person from Earl Xie's Mansion. Who, shameless, drugged, and flirting with others, did all the dirty things, but still happily became a concubine for others! And for example, who is the one with those golden crotches? Ritu shows his face and plays the strings for others without being shy!"

As she said that, she glanced over and looked at Shen Nanbao. "It's said that you follow a crutch to learn from a crutch, and you learn from a beggar to beg. Second girl, look, you two sisters are so good at this unique skill. What about you?" what can you do?"

Miss Ju quickly took over the words, her hearty laughter not concealing her disdain, "Miss Xiang, you are blind. Isn't it obvious? Our precious sister is very charming!"

The crowd burst into laughter, and all the frivolous remarks and sarcastic remarks were made.

Miss Xiang also became more and more enthusiastic, urging Shen Nanbao to quickly throw her head and show her face, it was not in vain! Maybe it can seduce the hearts of a few young men!

These ladies from high-ranking families look at the different heights, but in fact, they are just like rubbings in their wives. They are full of rules and regulations, full of worshiping superiors and inferiors. Even if they are not very familiar with you, they are used to being like this. One head, showing one's own superiority,

Shen Nanbao was used to seeing it in his previous life, and now he couldn't move his ears or heart.

On the other hand, Fengyue blushed and felt thick-necked.

Seeing that she was about to stand up for him again, Shen Nanbao held her back with one hand and smiled warmly amidst the sarcastic smiling faces.

"It's not impossible, but after all, I am a female country prince who is personally granted by the official family. Let me put it bluntly, no matter what, I have more face than your sisters. I am so public, so sisters should be more responsive. , show your face? After all, there is absolutely no reason to be condescending, right? "

When Zheng Shuzhao, who was watching from the wall, heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Sister Bao, who among you is not older than you? Since ancient times, we have respected our elders. It would be too rude of you to use the female country prince to suppress them."

After saying this, Shen Nanbao looked over.

On the face with a slight smile, there are clear eyes, as moist as water, but the eyes are stones at the bottom of the pool. The sun is shining anxiously on them, burning people, but they are cold and refreshing below. darling.

Zheng Shuzhao felt a chill in his heart when he heard her say: "I grew up in the market. I have no education and don't understand these etiquette. But since Sister Zhao said it, I humbly accepted it."

Shen Nanbao paused for a moment, then looked at Xiang Xiaoyuan with a pair of watery eyes, "However, showing her face or something like this is nothing to Miss Xiang. After all, she used to rush into the hospital in disguise for Uncle Xie." When you enter the hook fence, you have already revealed your secrets, so there is no need to be afraid of what you are going through now."

But he chuckled to himself, "But, didn't you tell the second girl just now? Learn from the crutches, learn from the beggars -"

As Shen Nanbao spoke, his eyes rolled around and he looked at everyone before continuing: "It's only natural that these sisters are good friends!"

Visibly, the faces of several people turned gloomy.

Shen Nanbao saw Zheng Shuzhao's livid face and was about to speak. Suddenly, a voice interrupted from the side, with a delayed tone, "Is this Miss Xiao Er from the Prince's Palace?"

Shen Nanbao turned her head and bumped into a long face with a gentle look. Of course, there were also a few marks made by the sharp blade of time on the edge of her nose.

The mark gradually deepened, and the man smiled, "It's really you, Miss Xiao Er, I thought I admitted my mistake."

After she said this, Zheng Shuzhao and others bowed their knees one after another, "Mrs. Yong Kangjun."

Shen Nanbao also bent his knees.

Mrs. Ye Liu of Yong Kang County said "Hey" and asked them all to get up, and then stared at Shen Nanbao with her eyes.

When Shen Nanbao saw this, he said, "Madam, do you recognize me?"

Mrs. Liu nodded, "Have you forgotten? Someone sent a brocade handkerchief to my house earlier. I couldn't put it down, and I always want to find an opportunity for you to embroider more for me."

At that time, it was just to choke Kong and make her angry, but Shen Nanbao really forgot about it.

Shen Nanbao's face showed a little shame, "It's a small thing that happened a long time ago. Mrs. Laojun still remembers it."

The smile lines on both sides of Mrs. Liu's nose became deeper and deeper, "It's the exquisite embroidery of your handkerchief that makes me miss you every day."

Having said this, Shen Nanbao couldn't help but be more sensible and asked to send a few more square brocade handkerchiefs. Of course, Madam Liu would not shirk the blame, but said: "I heard that you opened a 'Jinbao Pavilion' at Jiuqiao Gate, which sells these To be honest, I have asked someone to buy a few of them, and I use them every day, but they are not heavy yet!"

As she spoke, she took Shen Nanbao's hand and patted it. She was holding a brocade handkerchief in the shape of lake green flowers. It shone with her movements, "So what I want to say is, look at your free time." , come and sit in my house so that I can have a good look at your craftsmanship."

Shen Nanbao was not used to being so familiar with people when they met for the first time, but with so many people, Shen Nanbao couldn't shirk the blame, so he had to accept it for the time being.

At this moment, the sound of the piano stopped, and the gongs and drums started ringing like "Kiss, craziness, kiss craziness" - it was several weeds that broke through the water and came around.

Someone said amidst the sound of gongs and drums, "The puppet show is coming."

As if to confirm what that person said, a door opened in the Cailou above, and two puppets walked out, with several clues hanging behind them. As the fingers of the person in the third door below the Cailou moved and pulled, the puppets Two puppets, one rowing a boat and the other fishing in the green water.

After a while, the fishing puppet suddenly raised his pole and pulled out a huge, fat, white fish. The scales of the fish shone in the light, which won the cheers of everyone on the shore.

It was in such a noisy situation that Zheng Shuzhao put his mouth in Shen Nanbao's ear, "Sister Bao is still very careful and knows that it is too narrow to choose between Fu Yaoyu and Chen Fangyan. She also knows that Dr. Guanglu Ye Jungong These guys are talented and good-looking, and they are reliable candidates for official positions. This is good, so that you don't have to stay in the county prince's palace, and we will never see each other again in the future."

Speaking of this, she seemed to have a wonderful imagination, laughed softly, and blew air.

Shen Nanbao felt extremely irritated and hurriedly avoided it.

Zheng Shuzhao changed his resentful tone and said pitifully to Madam Liu: "On behalf of Sister Bao, I would like to thank Madam for your love."

Mrs. Liu's face looked a little surprised, but after a while, she suddenly smiled and said: "I first heard someone say that your family and the prince's family had the intention of getting married. I thought it was groundless at the time, but I didn't expect... …”

Mrs. Liu paused for a moment, looked at Zheng Shuzhao carefully with her eyes, and said again: "She is a golden boy and a beautiful girl. Her talent and appearance make her a perfect match."

This is just a polite statement.

But Zheng Shuzhao still responded with a blushing cheek, "It hasn't been agreed yet. He is also busy in the daytime, so he has to wait until that matter is over."

Xiao Yichen's incident was causing quite a stir, and no one knew about it.

However, these high-ranking wives are always the best at putting on a good face and greeting the occasion. Madam Liu said, "Then just wait and see. You are young anyway, so you are afraid of delaying this opportunity!"

The two of them said something to each other, and Shen Nanbao fell to the ground. After what happened just now, the other ladies also understood that Shen Nanbao was a thorn in the side and was not an easy person to handle, so they all went to one side under the guise. The son chatted with others.

After watching the water puppet show for a while, Shen Nanbao felt bored and took Feng Yue and Lu Kui to the Shuntian Gate.

Just as I stepped on the pedals to get on the sedan, a voice came quickly from behind me, "Fifth sister."

Such a familiar title, Shen Nanbao knew who it was without turning around.

The sound got louder and louder. This time it was no longer the fifth sister, but a dull sound.

Shen Nanbao turned around and saw Shen Nanwan kneeling on the ground, grabbing the ground with his head and crying, "Five... Miss Xiao Er, please help me to redeem my mother's life."

But Feng Yue spat first: "Why? Earlier at the house, did you mother and daughter help my sister and her son when they were in trouble?"

Shen Nanwan's cry became even more depressed, "Yes, so now that we are in such a situation, I have suffered the consequences, and so has my mother, but... my mother... Miss Xiao Er, you know, my mother is just After she was pregnant, she was sold to Wase by my grandmother. Those thugs were not human beings. They urged my mother to work day and night, and only allowed my mother to sleep for one or two hours. If this continued, she would Dead..."

As he spoke, the other kowtowed to the ground, intertwined with the sound of drums in the Jin Ming Pond behind him. The sound was so loud that it hit people's hearts.

Shen Nanbao still looked the same, with a cold look, "That's why you came to beg me, but you didn't go to third brother."

Shen Nanwan was stunned for a moment, with misty light in his tearful eyes, "Third brother..."

She suddenly smiled, "Miss Xiao, does she know what the third brother is doing now?"

Shen Nanbao said: "I have never seen him again since we parted ways at the Beijun Marquis Mansion that day."

The word "parting ways" is a good one!

Shen Nanwan could hear the profound meaning within a moment. She nodded to herself, "It's strange that I asked him to come to you, but he always shied away. That's how it is, that's how it is..."

She kept saying "That's it", and finally changed the tone and turned into a low laugh. At the end of the laugh, her tear-stained face became grim, and Shen Nanwan almost squeezed out a sentence through the gaps between his teeth.

"Now that he is living happily hanging out with Xie Yuanchang, he doesn't care about our lives!"