On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it was natural to enjoy the lanterns. After lunch, Princess Rui sent someone to arrange for everyone to go down to rest. Only the servants of the palace were busy in and out of the garden.
Shen Tianshu and Shen Yunhui followed Fang Fu and were arranged in a separate suite. There were no other guests around, so it was quiet and quiet.
As soon as Fang Fu left, Shen Yunhui couldn't help but pull Shen Tianshu's sleeve. Since she entered the palace, she had accumulated too many questions. When she opened her mouth, she suddenly didn't know where to start. .
Instead, it was Shen Tianshu who spoke first: "The Concubine wants to keep me in the palace for a while. If you want to go home, the palace will send someone to take you back first. If you want to wait for me to go back with you, you have to stay there by yourself." I’ve been living in this house for a while.”
"Ah?" Shen Yunhui immediately threw all the questions she wanted to ask behind her. Her first reaction was, "Sister, I don't want to go back alone!"
Shen Tianshu had already expected that she would be like this, so he nodded and said, "If you want to wait for me, you will have to go back to the house alone first. Are you afraid?"
Shen Yunhui was actually afraid. The Shen family's house in Wuchang Mansion had been bought for some years and had been kept empty. Only a few servants were left to look after the large house.
This time, because they were coming to stay, the whole area was cleaned up. In fact, many of the yards in the back house were still locked, and the garden was even more abandoned.
Since Shen Yunhui moved in, she hasn't slept very peacefully.
If Shen Tianshu also leaves and she is the only one left...
Shen Yunhui couldn't help but shudder as soon as she thought of such a situation.
But although there are many people in the Yongzhou Mansion, there is such a terrifying existence as Shen Yunyao.
The terrifying face she had before letting gangsters kill other people still often appears in Shen Yunhui's nightmares.
Especially since Shen Yunyao was unable to come to Prince Rui's Mansion this time, she must have been filled with resentment.
When the two of them go back together, the eldest sister can still protect herself.
If he went back alone, wouldn't he become the target of Shen Yunyao's anger?
Shen Yunhui weighed the degree of terror on both sides in her heart, and said resolutely: "Sister, don't worry, I'm not afraid!"
"Since you said you're not afraid anymore, don't cry." Shen Tianshu reached out and tapped the tip of her nose.
Shen Yunhui was startled by her sudden intimate behavior. Although she was the youngest daughter in the family, because she was a concubine, even though she and Shen Yunyao had grown up together, their relationship was more like a master and servant than sisters.
This was the first time she felt the love from her sister.
Shen Yunhui raised her head and looked at Shen Tianshu intently with a pair of round eyes. She was dark and watery. She came up to her like a puppy, rubbed her fingertips a few more times, and said with satisfaction: "Even if If I cry, I will hide under the quilt and cry secretly."
Shen Tianshu just did it unintentionally, but he didn't expect that Shen Yunhui would suddenly get close to him, and he was always a little stunned.
In her previous life, she only had an older brother and no younger siblings. From childhood, except for her grandfather who was strict in studying medicine, her parents and brothers only loved her. Later, when her brother married his sister-in-law, he loved her as his own sister.
Therefore, Shen Yunhui's gradual closeness and dependence during this period can be regarded as a novel experience for her.
"You don't have to worry too much. If there's anything important, just send someone to the palace and ask someone to pass a message to me." Shen Tianshu patted Shen Yunhui on the shoulder comfortingly. Since she chose to stay in Wuchang Mansion, she must Please ask Li Zian to help take care of it.
Only then did Shen Yunhui remember to ask, "Sister, how come you are so familiar with the Dowager Empress?"
Although there were only two sisters in the room, she unconsciously lowered her voice.
Shen Tianshu sighed and said, "Do you still remember that I left the house and came back more than ten days later?"
"Remember, didn't I say you went to the temple to pray for blessings..." Although Shen Yunhui is young, she is not stupid.
That's not what Xu said.
It's not like she can say whatever she wants.
"Anyway, we encountered some danger that time. Fortunately, Mingyu and I were saved by the convoy of the Imperial Concubine, but I didn't know she was the Imperial Concubine at the time.
“The Concubine felt that it was fate and we unexpectedly got to chat with each other, so she wanted me to stay with her to worship the Buddha and talk to her.
"I thought, this is a blessing that no one else can ask for. It is good for me and the Shen family, so there is nothing wrong with it."
"The concubine has already spoken, you should not but you have to respond!" Shen Yunhui stuck out her tongue after hearing this, "I didn't dare to look up at her today. Is she good-tempered? Will she call someone when she is angry? Cut off your head?"
"You little girl, what are you thinking about?" Shen Tianshu said with a smile, "Although our family has no meritorious service, we did have meritorious deeds from the dragon back then. We followed Emperor Taizu through the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood. There is no doubt that he has made a real contribution, and the iron certificate of the alchemy book given by Emperor Taizu is still enshrined in the ancestral hall!"
Although the Iron Coupon of the Alchemy Book was given to the ancestors, it only benefits oneself and does not save future generations from death, but it is also an ironclad proof of the merits of the Shen family's ancestors.
Unless the Shen family wants to rebel, they can basically guarantee that their descendants will be wealthy and worry-free.
Don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about Shen Zhonglei.
Although he seems to be a capable minister now and has served his government well, but based on his ranking in the imperial examination back then, if he had not been a member of the Shen family, how would he have been able to be the prefect of a prosperous and stable place like Yongzhou Mansion?
But there is no need to explain this to Shen Yunhui in detail.
Sure enough, when the iron certificate of alchemy was mentioned, Shen Yunhui's expression immediately relaxed and she said with a smile: "And the prince..."
Before she could finish her words, there were several gentle knocks outside the door.
Shen Tianshu immediately signaled Shen Yunhui to shut up and said, "Please come in."
"Sorry to disturb the two girls' rest." Fang Fu entered the room with an apologetic look, looked at Shen Tianshu and said, "Miss Shen, please lend me a moment to talk."
"Ah..." Shen Yunhui was about to ask why the prince was so familiar with the eldest sister, but before he could finish the question, the prince came to find her again.
Shen Yunhui's eyes rolled around, looking at Fang Fu's respectful attitude, and then looking at Shen Tianshu's beautiful face, a bold guess arose in her heart.
Also, the eldest sister's appearance and character, even if placed at a banquet where noble ladies gathered today, would definitely outshine others. The prince would not miss it if he had any discernment.
When she thought of this, Shen Yunhui's face turned red.
She lowered her head silently and covered her already heated cheeks with her hands.
Shen Tianshu knew that Li Zian was looking for him, either because of the poisoning incident in the palace or to go to the Jiang family, so he was not surprised at all, and he didn't know that Shen Yunhui's thoughts had been like a wild horse running away, and he didn't know where to go. .
