After dinner in the old lady's room, Shen Yunyao followed Mr. Xu back to the room, sat down and complained: "Mom, the old lady clearly doesn't like me. She is good at everything Shen Tianshu does, but I don't like me. It’s not pleasing to the eye at all!”
Shen Yuanlin also followed: "Yes, mother, you also said that my grandmother likes me the most, but when she asked me about it, it was nothing but homework. She was not as good as my grandfather and grandmother who were nice to me!"
"What's wrong with grandpa and grandma?" Mrs. Xu had been thinking about her own worries and didn't even pay attention to what her children said. Shen Yuanlin was frightened when she heard Shen Yuanlin talking about grandpa and grandma.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Shen Yunyao came closer strangely and reached out to touch Xu's forehead, "Are you really feeling uncomfortable?"
Mrs. Xu reluctantly came back to her senses, shook her head and said: "I'm fine, the old lady likes to enforce rules. If you are good, the old lady will naturally like you.
"Stop complaining about these things. Let the master hear you. I won't expose your skin. Okay, okay, go back to your room and go to bed early."
After sending Shen Yunyao and Shen Yuanlin away, Xu thought about the time and place written in the previous letter, and fell into the battle between heaven and man again.
While Mrs. Xu was struggling in the house, Hanqiao had already handed over the errands to the others, went back to the room to take a shower and change clothes, and went to the back kitchen to get the ginseng soup that she had asked someone to prepare in advance and warmed on the stove, avoiding the crowded place. place, went to Shen Zhonglei's study.
Shen Zhonglei has received official documents from Prince Rui's Palace in the past few days and has been paying attention to the case of purchasing medicinal materials.
Now is the time when he needs political achievements the most, so he treats these things with extra care.
The study door rang softly, and Hanqiao walked in with light steps.
"Master, you have been busy with official duties these days, and you look haggard." Hanqiao walked to the desk and put the ginseng soup on the table. "My servant specially asked someone to make the ginseng soup. You can drink it while it's hot." Get busy!”
Shen Zhonglei put down the official document in his hand and smiled at Hanqiao: "You are still thinking about me!"
"Madam actually misses the master very much, but now that the old lady is here and the young master is back, the madam has too many things to do every day, and she can't take care of everything at the same time.
"But it's because of this that I can let the master see my slave's thoughts!"
Hanqiao knew Shen Zhonglei's temper very accurately and knew what to say to satisfy him.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when he put down the official document, Hanqiao stood directly behind him and began to massage his shoulders and neck.
Shen Zhonglei closed his eyes and enjoyed it for a while, then he turned back and hugged Hanqiao into his arms.
"Okay, you've been tired for the whole day. Come to my place and take a rest."
"This slave is Madam's personal maid. All the chores and heavy work are done by hardworking girls, so I am always tired."
Hanqiao never complained in front of Shen Zhonglei, but instead made Shen Zhonglei feel more pity for her.
"Even if you don't have anything to do, you still have to stand all day long. How can you not be tired?" Shen Zhonglei said, touching Hanqiao's lower back and kneading it, "Wait a moment, I'm already at the old lady's side. I have given you a clear path in front of you, and I will definitely give you a status before the old lady goes back."
Hanqiao lowered her eyes after hearing the words, and sighed quietly: "I know that the master is doing this for my own good, but I don't want the status. I am my lady's personal maid. If my lady knows about this, she will be worried." How uncomfortable it is!”
"I can't blame you for this. I drank too much and acted out of line. How can I blame you for being so unclear!
"Besides, it's okay for us to be like this all the time. What if it happens?"
As Shen Zhonglei spoke, the hand that was originally massaging Hanqiao's waist gradually began to become erratic.
Hanqiao's cheeks turned red after he rubbed her. She stopped mentioning Mrs. Xu and snuggled into Shen Zhonglei's arms with a squeak. She said softly, "Master, please drink the ginseng soup first. It will cool down later."
"Master doesn't want to drink ginseng soup now, but wants to eat something else." Shen Zhonglei said, immediately stood up with Hanqiao in his arms, and placed her on the bed in the study room...
Hanqiao stayed in Shen Zhonglei's study until midnight, and then returned to his room with weak legs and feet.
Just as he was about to clean up and lie down to rest, the door was suddenly knocked.
It’s so late, who could it be?
Hanqiao felt strange, but still got up and went to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, Hanzhu stepped in and said, "My good sister, where have you been tonight?"
"What's wrong?" Hanqiao didn't understand.
"Oops!" Hanzhu stamped her feet, "Madam sent people to look for you before, but you were not in the room. Everyone searched the house but couldn't find you. Madam is very unhappy!"
"I..." Hanqiao said with a guilty conscience, "I'm not on duty tonight, what does Madam want from me?"
"My wife is going to the Dongquan Temple on the outskirts of the city to offer incense tomorrow, and she wanted to ask my sister to pack her things!" Hanzhu sighed, "But it turns out that my sister has gone somewhere, so the rest of us had to bite the bullet and pack up, and we got scolded by my wife. I can’t even lift it.”
"Good sister, it's all my fault. I thought I had nothing to do on duty, so I went out for a walk and came back too late." Hanqiao quickly said something nice after hearing this.
Unexpectedly, Hanzhu's complexion changed slightly after hearing this.
In the evening, Mrs. Xu sent her to look for Hanqiao. She couldn't find anyone in the room, so she went to all the doors and asked, but no one saw Hanqiao go out. She searched carefully in the yard again, but still couldn't find him. Man, then he went to reply to Mr. Xu.
Now Hanqiao said that she had gone out. Isn't this an obvious lie?
However, Hanzhu did not expose her, and only said: "It's not my fault, sister. It's all our fault that we are all clumsy and not as careful as my sister. Now that my sister is back, I feel relieved. I need to rest early because I have to get up early tomorrow." , I’m going out with my wife!”
"I understand, thank you for coming to tell me so late." Hanqiao said, stuffing a delicate purse into Hanzhu, "Good sister, take this and treat it as your sister to apologize to you."
After finally sending Hanzhu away, Hanqiao was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat. She closed the door and went back to sit on the edge of the bed, her heart still beating fast.
She raised her hand to touch her still flat belly. She didn't have a child yet, so she had to be careful.
If Mrs. Xu finds out, her good life will definitely come to an end.
Even with Shen Zhonglei protecting him, it might be enough to do it once, twice, three times or four times.
But if there are more, Shen Zhonglei will get tired of her sooner or later.
By then she would be truly surrounded and helpless.
She devoted all her efforts to Shen Zhonglei, but she didn't want to live like this.
