The result of "talking again" was that Shen Tingjun failed to come to Sang's house in the evening.
It was not that he didn't want to come, but that he couldn't come - as soon as he left the palace, he was stopped by Shen Tinglan who was waiting in front of the Yamen. The two brothers went straight out of the city and went directly to Wangyue Tower.
By the time they reached the fifth floor, all the servants had gone out, leaving only the two brothers in the box. Shen Tinglan took out a page of paper from his sleeve and handed it over, "Brother, is this what you asked Cheng Yi to show me?"
Shen Tinglan smiled reluctantly, "Brother, have you made a mistake? How could this vicious and evil-minded person be my wife? Although Baolu has a little temper and is very arrogant, she is not bad in nature. .Brother, are you sure the things above are correct? It must be a mistake, right?"
Shen Tingjun said nothing, only looked at Shen Tinglan coldly. Shen Tinglan's body trembled slightly under the cold eyes of his elder brother. He had a smile on his face, but it was uglier than crying. But even so, Shen Tinglan still didn't believe what was said on the paper.
What is written on it?
It writes about Zhou Baolu's frequent connections with Prince Su's palace, trying to drug Sang Nianyue on the day of Yao'er and Hairpin ceremony, so that she and Prince Su could have a good relationship.
Not only did he clearly explain the cause and effect, but he also named the accomplices. There are the stewards of Prince Su's Mansion and the brocade weavers around Zhou Baolu. In addition to these two maids, there are two other little maids. They were responsible for the cleaning work in the third room and were very inconspicuous in the third room. However, after Yaoer's hairpin ceremony and when being interrogated by Cheng Yi, they committed suicide by taking poison.
Shen Tinglan knew every word on the paper, but when combined, the meaning was lost to Shen Tinglan.
He knew that his wife was not as kind as she appeared on the surface. She had many little thoughts and she could not see the kindness of others. For this reason, she spread rumors secretly, making cousin Sang's life difficult.
But in his opinion, this was the limit of her badness. But how could she dare to calculate someone's innocence and give her own cousin, who was born in a family of poetry, calligraphy and etiquette, as a concubine in exchange for her own father becoming an official in Beijing?
How ridiculous.
Is she taking revenge on Sang Nianyue, or is she taking revenge on him?
Is this shameless, shameless, and bottomless woman really the virtuous wife he married after all his hard work and disobedience to his mother and brother?
Shen Tinglan was stunned.
He was shaking all over and still couldn't believe this fact. He thought about it all day and night, guarding from his eldest brother's door to the palace gate, but for such a long time, he still couldn't figure out how the bold and vicious woman on the paper could be his wife.
Shen Tinglan cried and laughed, and asked Shen Tingjun as if asking for proof: "Brother, please tell me something, this is not Baolu's fault. You have found the wrong person, right? Baolu is just an ordinary person." It’s just a little girl, she can’t even bear to trample an ant to death, how dare she do this to Cousin Sang?”
Shen Tingjun looked at him and finally said: "Don't you know in your mind whether it is true or false? You asked people to check the rumors about the Sang brothers and sisters in the house. Didn't you also find the source? Isn't Zhou Baolu the third one? She does evil in one day, and you know this very well. As for whether she dares to use her biological cousin in exchange for benefits, I think you know better than me. "
It looked like his brother couldn't bear the blow, and his whole body was crumbling.
Shen Tinglan, the third master of Wu'an Hou Mansion, what a decent person he is. But at this moment, tears were streaming down his face, and he was completely out of his mind. He was like a poor man whose faith and perseverance had been broken. He was so helpless and helpless that people couldn't help but feel pity for him.
Shen Tingjun is Shen Tinglan's biological eldest brother, and Shen Tinglan is the younger brother who he watched grow up. His father died young, and he learned how Shen Tinglan behaved as a son, as a brother, and how to grow into a man who stood up to heaven and earth. He learned these from him.
It is said that an eldest brother is like a father. Although they are less than ten years apart in age, after losing his father, Shen Tingjun also took on the responsibility of a father and raised his younger brother well.
Now seeing his always proud brother depressed like this, Shen Tingjun felt a lot of unbearability in his heart. But he was silent for a long time, and finally just said, "Sanlang, when you wanted to marry her, I asked you to think about it. It was you who said that, no matter it was a blessing or a curse, you only identified this person. Sanlang, look at it now. , your vision is ridiculously bad."
"Brother..." Shen Tinglan knelt on the ground, tears flowing out like gushing spring water.
How regretful he was, regretful for being so stubborn and turning a deaf ear to all the advice from his eldest brother and mother. At that time, he thought he had met the love of his life, and he was filled with joy, and there was only room for her in his eyes and heart. But the facts proved that the advice of his mother and elder brother was right. It was because he was blinded by the lard that he could not see the viciousness hidden under her virtuous kindness.
"But it's too late to talk about this now, it's too late, brother." Shen Tinglan cried loudly, not knowing what to do.
What Zhou Baolu did made him feel sick, but she was wrong in every possible way, and she gave birth to Rongan for him.
Rongan is lively, cute, smart and eager to learn. He is close to his father, but he prefers his mother. Do you want him to be without his mother at such a young age? After losing his father, he felt that he had no direction in life and needed the guidance of his elder brother to grow up well. What about his Rongan? Without his mother's company, how would Rongan go about this period of his life?
Shen Tinglan pitied his son and himself.
He chose the wrong wife, and the consequences were tragic and tragic. But the consequences not only have to be borne by him, but also by Rongan. How could he let go of his son not having the support of his mother at such a young age?
Shen Tinglan choked with sobs, and her whole body was shaking so hard that she couldn't straighten up. Shen Tingjun said coldly: "Rong An needs a mother, but Zhou Baolu, a mother who grew up with him by his side, must be good for him? Sanlang, Zhou Baolu has a bad temper, Rongan and her get along day and night, you Aren't you worried that Rongan will also grow crooked?"
Shen Tinglan's tears stopped suddenly. He thought of his son's ignorant and cute appearance. He was indeed very cute at this time. But if he had developed her mother's character, selfish, ignorant and vicious, as soon as he thought about Rongan being like this in the future, his mouth would tremble so much that he couldn't open his mouth, and his legs and feet would be even heavier than a thousand pieces, and he would not be able to lift them. Can't lift it up.
Shen Tingjun said: "Sanlang, disaster will happen in the future. Take precautions before they happen. Retreat when you know the difficulties and stop the trouble in time."
*
Shen Tingjun was thinking about returning to Sang's house, but unfortunately Shen Tingjun was in a miserable mood. He cried and pulled Shen Tingjun to drink. The two drank in Wangyue Tower until dawn. By this time, Shen Tinglan was already drunk.
Shen Tingjun sent Shen Tinglan back to the Hou Mansion, washed and changed his clothes again, and then went to court.
Today is the small court meeting, and the court broke up in a short time. However, after the dynasty dispersed, Emperor Longqing and the prince wanted to discuss spring plowing, and several important officials in the dynasty accompanied them.
Everyone walked to the royal study together. The prince deliberately lagged a few steps behind and walked to Shen Tingjun's side. She glanced at him, sniffed her nose and asked, "Did you drink again last night?"
"Sanlang encountered some unpleasant things, so I had a few drinks with him."
"I'm afraid it's not as simple as a few drinks, right? I can smell the alcohol on your body even standing on the imperial steps."
After Shen Tingjun returned to the Marquis Mansion, he took a shower and changed clothes again. Normally, he shouldn't have such a strong smell. But Qin Sheng has a keen sense of smell since he was a child, and he can smell even the slightest smell. In addition, today was a small court meeting, and the imperial steps where Qin Sheng was standing were only three to five steps away from where he was standing, so it was not unusual for him to smell the smell of alcohol.
Qin Sheng saw that Shen Tingjun's expression was calm and couldn't help but murmured, "This homeless person is comfortable. He drinks until dawn and no one cares about him. It's not like me. After only two drinks, there's someone in the East Palace." On and on. Either this beauty coughed, or that son got into trouble, or the county owners missed their father, or the princess came to deliver soup..."
Shen Tingjun replied calmly, "Your Highness, thank you for your hard work. Drinking is very harmful to your health. Your Highness will just drink more tonic soup later."
The unfinished meaning is that this is all a small scene, no match for your highness and your combined strength. No matter how noisy the East Palace is, everything can be solved if His Highness comes forward.
As for replenishing soup...this is more subtle.
Qin Sheng couldn't help coughing twice, and carried Shen Tingjun on his shoulders, "The loss is still yours."
"Thank you for your compliment, Your Highness."
Qin Sheng was choked. What do you think you can do to someone like Shen Tingjun who refuses to take soft and hard advice?
At that moment, he stopped beating around the bush with Shen Tingjun and reminded him sincerely: "Changrong has been coming to the palace frequently in the past two days. The empress knows what you are thinking and has advised Changrong privately, but Changrong has always been a person who will never give up until he achieves his goal." I really can’t control my temper, so I think you still have to deal with it personally.”
Shen Tingjun frowned immediately, "Your Highness, she and I have already reconciled."
"Can't we remarry after a divorce?" Qin Sheng touched his nose awkwardly, feeling that what he said was a bit unreasonable, but didn't he need to make it clear what he should say?
Qin Sheng said: "If you never get married, maybe even if she has that intention, she can only plot secretly. But didn't you take a girl to Wangyue Tower to enjoy the snow and have dinner before? This matter spread all over the street. Yes, I’m afraid Evergreen may have listened and believed it, but now it’s getting impatient.”
Shen Tingjun sneered coldly, "If I never get married, she might think that I still miss her."
Qin Sheng clapped his hands, "So you know."
Shen Tingjun looked over, and Qin Sheng turned around and walked forward, "Anyway, I brought you the message. When you leave the imperial study room, take the empress there. Even if you don't want to see Princess Changrong anymore, for the sake of My Majesty, I advise you to meet her. My Majesty has been so annoyed lately that she has a headache and is about to suffer from a headache."
After Shen Tingjun walked out of the imperial study, he only hesitated for a moment between going to the harem or the Yamen. He had already made a decision in his heart, so he raised his feet and...
Before he could even lift his steps, he heard Emperor Longqing, who was sitting behind the imperial desk in the study room, slap his forehead and say, "Zi Yuan."
Shen Tingjun had to return to the imperial study and saluted, "I'm here."
"I forgot to tell you something." Emperor Longqing obviously felt that this was an unkind invitation and somewhat embarrassed his ministers. But between wronging the Queen or wronging Ziyuan, he chose to wronged Ziyuan without hesitation. After all, Ziyuan is still young and can withstand many hardships. But the queen is old and has a serious headache. She has been sighing every night because of Changrong's troubles for the past few days, and her headaches are unbearable.
The queen couldn't rest well, and he couldn't even hope to have a peaceful sleep. However, he couldn't scold the queen again and again, and was reluctant to fight her. In desperation, the emperor decided to leave this matter to Ziyuan to solve it.
After all, Changrong was his ex-wife and she came to him this time.
Emperor Longqing said: "Put your business aside for a while and go to the harem to find the queen. The queen has not seen you for a long time and misses you a little."
Shen Tingjun, who had already learned the truth from Qin Sheng: "..."
He responded calmly: "Yes."
After Shen Tingjun left, the companion beside Emperor Longqing laughed and said, "This servant looked at the Marquis as if he knew something. You didn't deceive the Marquis this time."
Emperor Longqing laughed and scolded, "Sheng'er's elbows are turned outward. After I went to court, I saw him leaning next to Ziyuan and muttering, so I knew that he was going to tell Ziyuan the matter. This child, in my heart You can’t hide things.”
"That's not because the Prince and the Marquis grew up together and are close to each other from the bottom of their hearts."
"They are getting close, but they just tricked me and the queen. If I hadn't been so thick-skinned, I almost let Zi Yuan run away just now."
Emperor Longqing was cheerful, and the words he spoke were filled with endless intimacy and joy.
Prince Qin Sheng is the heir he has high hopes for. Although Zi Yuan is not his biological child, he has been under his knees since childhood and is not much different from his biological son. Although he could not give him a kingdom, in other places, Emperor Longqing did not treat this child badly at all.
Therefore, just cheat once. Anyway, it was not him who came up with the bad idea, and he will not take the blame.
*
With the permission of both the Queen and Emperor Longqing, Shen Tingjun was not blocked on his way to the harem. Not only was there no one to stop him, because the queen had already arranged for someone to pick him up, even the notification step was omitted. Shen Tingjun was directly led to the harem by his smiling aunt.
At this time, the Queen was still having breakfast, and the Crown Princess and Princess Changrong were accompanying her at the table.
Seeing Shen Tingjun coming over, the Empress put down her chopsticks and excused herself to change clothes, but was led to the back by the Crown Princess.
Only Shen Tingjun and Princess Changrong were left in this small palace. Even the maids responsible for cleaning up everything were packed away and no one came in again.
Princess Changrong looked at Shen Tingjun who was standing in the palace, and Shen Tingjun also looked at her at this moment, "Princess Princess, please tell me if you have anything to do."
Princess Changrong was made to feel uncomfortable by his lukewarm tone, but over the years, she was no longer the arrogant woman who dared to mention "peace and separation" at the slightest displeasure.
She has become more mature and fully understands what her obsession is. When she asked for something, she gave up something. What she abandoned was the most useless arrogance and the competitive spirit that refused to give in. It was her arrogance and complacency.
Princess Changrong exhaled slowly to calm herself down. She pointed to the seat not far away and said with a slight smile on her face: "Master Marquis, you might as well sit down and let's talk slowly."
"Princess, if you have any questions, please speak up. The harem is not a place where foreign ministers should stay. Besides, there are many files in Dali Temple, so I don't have much time to catch up with the princess."
Shen Tingjun always spoke coldly and harshly, even though they were childhood sweethearts who grew up together, and even though they were husband and wife before, because they were both the emperor's favored sons, no one could let go of their figure. Because of this, they didn't have much affection during the year they got married. Until she finally proposed a divorce, he agreed without hesitation.
But after many years, she had learned to smile softly, but he still looked so lonely.
The smile on Princess Changrong's face was a bit unbearable. She said in despair, "Is it really so difficult for you to be in the same room with me? Tingjun, we were once husband and wife. Even though we have been separated for a long time, without the love of husband and wife, it is Has even the childhood friendship we spent together day and night disappeared without a trace?"
Shen Tingjun only looked at her coldly, not at all confused by her tender look. Her tender offensive had no effect on him. After spending a year together day and night, he understood best what kind of hypocritical and cunning woman she was.
Because of this, his tone was colder and more impatient than before, and he said straightforwardly, "If nothing happens, Princess, please don't bother Her Majesty the Queen again. The Queen has brought me up, and I have the same kindness for you. What you have done I know what you are asking for. It is meaningless to involve irrelevant people. It will not make me change my mind. It will only make me more ashamed of you."
Princess Changrong's eyes were red, and she choked up. The originally domineering face now became miserable and helpless. Princess Changrong looked so weak and pitiful.
It's a pity that there are people who are more pitiful and helpless than her. He wanted to pamper her and ravage her when she cried. But the woman in front of him was crying, and he just felt bored. He thought she was pretentious and ugly.
Princess Changrong cried so hard, "But I just want to see you once. I just can't see you, so I have to take a detour and ask the Queen for help. Tingjun, do you really hate me so much that you can't even meet me once?" Are you all willing?"
"Yes." Shen Tingjun said directly. Regardless of Princess Changrong's expression as if struck by lightning, he said in a cold and unfeeling tone: "When we first reconciled, we already said that meeting each other is like strangers, and there is a sense of kindness and kindness. Absolutely. I still remember it in my heart, Princess Wanwang, don’t break your promise.”
"But I regret it, I regret it, Tingjun!" Princess Changrong rushed over, but Shen Tingjun dodged directly. She threw herself onto the chair next to her. The chair made a sharp squeaking sound and scraped against the ground for a long distance before stopping when it hit the wall.
The maids guarding the door couldn't help but want to peek inside, but they turned their heads back with difficulty because they were worried about being noticed by Shen Tingjun and Princess Changrong.
Shen Hou and the others are not afraid of offending, and of course Shen Hou will not argue with them, the little maids, over these trivial matters. But Princess Changrong must retaliate. When she was still young, the maids in the palace were very cautious when working in front of her. Until she grows up, she has an unpredictable temperament and unstable moods. She is not a good talker. If she is caught...
This is more than a simple "no", this is the scandal of Princess Changrong. If they saw it, Princess Changrong would never let them off lightly afterwards.
The maids did not dare to pry, but they could not help but raise their ears and listen to the exchanges inside.
Life in the palace is difficult, and a little entertainment is enough to attract everyone's attention.
What's more, Princess Changrong and Marquis Shen had reconciled earlier, and now Princess Changrong wants to go back...
The maids are also human beings, and they also have emotions and desires. They were also curious about these colorful tidbits, so they listened more intently.
The ones who had the same movements as these maids were the empress and the crown prince sitting in the palace on the other side.
The sound insulation effect of the palace is good, but it can't stand the noise of Evergreen.
In addition, both of them did not suppress their voices. Even if the Queen and the Crown Princess sitting next door didn't want to hear it, they still listened to it. What's more, deep down in their hearts, they actually wanted to hear it.
Both of them grew up under the Queen's knees in their early years, and the Queen loved both children very much. When they divorced before, the queen was actually the one who felt the most regretful. But now that Changrong wants to turn back, the Queen is actually the one who disapproves of it the most.
However, the queen said everything she could say in secret, but Changrong refused to look back for some unknown reason.
The queen even wanted to bring out her two children to talk about it.
Why bother? After your divorce, you remarried and gave birth to two children. Shen Tingjun is not a man who cannot marry a wife. There are many high-ranking ladies in the entire capital waiting for him to choose. If he doesn't choose from so many girls, will he turn around and choose you, a woman who has given birth to children?
Even if Shen Tingjun agreed, the old lady would not nod even if she thought about it.
What does this take Shen Tingjun for?
You can leave when you want, and come back when you want to come back. The Marquis of Wu'an's house is your home, how come you come so freely?
It is not that the Queen does not allow women to remarry with Li. As the mother of a country, she considers the long term. Therefore, she particularly disapproves of women remarrying or staying alone after losing their husbands. She encouraged women to remarry, reorganize families, and shoulder the important task of procreating children and increasing the number of people in the Qin Dynasty.
But she also looked down upon Changrong's attitude of treating marriage as a child's play.
Although Changrong grew up under her knees and was her biological niece, she supported Shen Tingjun and agreed with Shen Tingjun's ideas on this matter.
The Empress frowned the whole time. When she heard the sound of chairs being scraped from the palace next door, she couldn't help but stand up... After all, the child was raised by herself, and the Empress was still worried about Changrong from the bottom of her heart. Are there any injuries?
She was worried for a long time and hesitated whether to go over and take a look. At this time, Princess Changrong's voice came intermittently, "How am I inferior to her? Don't you want to get married? What's wrong with me? Do you dislike me for marrying someone and giving birth to someone else's child?" ? But what can I do? Who made you resolutely divorce me in the first place? It was you who didn’t want me, so I found someone else. I can’t put the child back into my belly again? "
As soon as she said this, the Queen became angry.
Why are children involved?
Even if she reconciled, remarried, and divorced, it would be unkind to come back to Shen Tingjun again. But this is all an adult's business. Why are you raising children?
What's more, this child has nothing to do with the palace. Even if you have many thoughts in your heart, you can't say it out loud, right?
