Shanshan stayed in the palace for many days.
She originally missed her mother every day, but after Bian Chen coaxed her a few words, she stayed there obediently. Everything she wanted to say was written in a thick letter in big characters, and she asked the emperor to send it to the palace. Go outside. The next day, she could still receive a reply from her mother.
She just had some flesh wounds, and the golden sore medicine developed by the imperial doctor was very effective. The brown blood scab fell off within a few days, leaving no trace.
She was at home in the palace and had her own troupe.
When Wen Yiqing came into the palace to pick her up, he saw an extra stage in the imperial garden. A Sun Wukong wearing a purple gold crown with phoenix wings was doing somersaults on it, and palace musicians were playing and singing behind the scenes. Under the stage, in the center with the best view, Shanshan was lying on a soft couch with her little feet raised. There was a palace maid next to her who peeled grapes and fed them to her mouth. She clapped her hands and swayed her feet intoxicatedly. So unhappy.
"Good, good, good."
As soon as his mother comes, Shanshan no longer cares about Sun Wukong.
She opened her hands and rushed over happily, "Mom!"
"Mom, I've been waiting for several days, and you finally came to see me." Shanshan asked happily, "Are you going to take me home?"
Wen Yiqing bent down and picked her up, and the little girl pressed up to her affectionately, rubbing her neck stickyly. She was itchy from being rubbed and couldn't help but laugh and said: "Shitou has told me many times that if I don't take you home, he will go to the palace to find you."
Shanshan said quickly: "I miss him too."
Of course she didn't forget to greet her best friend when she wrote the letter, and the letter sent back from the palace was also written with stones in it. He usually talks little, but writes long letters, saying that he feeds her horses every day, and Xiaoyun's horse cards are re-played. He also asks when she will come home. His classmates in school come to ask him every day, He also helped her with her homework.
Shanshan was a little happy staying in the palace and didn't miss Shu. When she was injured, the Empress Dowager loved her terribly. Countless delicious snacks and interesting toys were presented to her every day. The cook in the imperial kitchen only listened to her orders, and the emperor and the prince would accompany her when they were free. When she came to play, her little pillow was placed on the emperor's dragon bed. There were also several folk tales in the royal study, and even the palace maids could tell stories about causing trouble in the palace.
After not seeing each other for a few days, her belly became rounder and there was an extra layer of soft flesh on her cheeks.
Now that he wanted to go home, Shanshan was still a little reluctant: "I want to go and tell everyone first."
Saying goodbye also takes a lot of effort.
She wandered around the palace every day and got to know a lot of people in the past few days. Now she said goodbye to them all, even the cooks in the imperial kitchen did not forget. Before leaving, she took a bag of hot chestnuts - she I wanted to eat fried chestnuts from the street in the morning, but the imperial chefs had just fried them.
The Queen Mother had kept her for several days, and she was not reluctant to leave her now. She just asked people to pack her things. Shanshan has always been a familiar little girl, and now she has regarded the palace as her third home. She even said to her skillfully: "Grandma, the Queen Mother, I will come to see you when I go back to school for the holidays."
Wen Yiqing looked sideways. I don’t know when she changed her title.
The Queen Mother agreed with a smile, and saw the little girl holding her mother's hand, turning back to say goodbye to her step by step.
When no one was in sight, she turned her head and asked the eldest maid next to her: "How many days will the school have a holiday?"
"Go back to your Majesty, the next school holiday will be in seven days."
"Seven more days... where is the prince?"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left the palace today and has not returned yet."
The Queen Mother sighed softly and stopped asking.
…
At dusk, before the palace door was locked, Shanshan left the palace with a cart full of gifts.
The guard commander Chen Xuan personally sent the people out of the palace gate. The guards at the palace gate did not check, so no one knew that there was an emperor sitting in the carriage.
Shanshan sat in the emperor's arms, counting with his fingers carefully, "I have been one, two, three, four...I haven't seen Xiaoyun for many days, and I don't know if he still remembers me."
The space in the carriage is narrow, and it is already crowded with three people sitting on it. As the carriage bumps and shakes, you will accidentally bump into people around you.
Bian Chen's expression remained as usual: "I promised Shanshan before that I would personally send her home."
Wen Yiqing sat upright and dignified and responded slightly.
The excitement on the main street of the capital came in from outside the car curtains, and along with it was the aroma of snacks along the street. Shan Shanben was still clasping his fingers and muttering, and suddenly smelled the aroma on the tip of his nose, and slowly he lay down by the small window.
She had just eaten the fried chestnuts made by the imperial chefs, and her stomach was still full. At the moment, she was just smelling the taste. The familiar street scene flashed before his eyes. Shanshan hadn't seen it for several days, and now it was still a bit strange.
Suddenly, she saw a shop and shouted quickly: "Stop, stop!"
The coachman made a sound of "haha——" and tightened the reins.
Wen Yiqing asked: "What's wrong?"
"Mom, I saw Zhenbaozhai
. Shanshan broke out from the emperor's arms and climbed out of the carriage: "I want to find Uncle Shen." "
Wen Yiqing paused: "What are you looking for him for?"
"I made horse cards for Xiaoyun before, and it was the shop introduced to me by Uncle Shen." Shanshan said seriously: "I haven't thanked him yet."
"...Can't it be done next time?"
"I'm going to have a word with him without delay."
After saying that, Shanshan reached out to the coachman and asked him to help him get out of the carriage, then he opened his legs and ran to the shop not far away.
Wen Yiqing wanted to stop her, but after only a moment of hesitation, she had already run into the treasure house. She thought about it and asked her servants to follow her instead of going herself.
In the treasure house.
As soon as Shanshan entered the shop, he saw shopkeeper Shen Da standing behind the counter with a handsome face. She said hello, and Shen Yungui raised his eyelids to look at her, then lazily looked away.
"Uncle Shen?" Shanshan tilted his head.
"I heard it." Shen Yun responded: "I'm not deaf."
Shanshan stood on tiptoes and tried to show his head from behind the counter: "Uncle Shen, aren't you happy today?"
Shen Yungui snorted lightly.
Not only was he unhappy today, he had been depressed for many days.
Since that day when he was rejected in front of Wen's house, he couldn't keep up his energy for days. He didn't show up to Wen's shop three times a day as usual. He just wanted to be a thousand-year-old bastard and shrink his head into his own turtle. In the shell.
But these days, the news about the Wen family was spreading so loudly in the capital that he could hear it even if he closed his ears.
First there was panic in the busy city, and then there was big news in the capital every day. The old lady of the Duke of Gao's palace came to the door of a merchant in a low voice, and pulled several carts with an apology. Before everyone could recover, several members of the Gao family who were in important positions were suddenly transferred. Without any reason on their faces, the Gao family unexpectedly He didn't dare to say a word, and even the nephew of the Gao family disappeared from the streets of the capital. The Duke's mansion has always been arrogant and unruly, but suddenly he behaved with his tail between his legs. Even those who were born and raised in the capital and were accustomed to the ever-changing situation were confused and didn't know what was going on.
His business has nothing to do with the Gao family, and even if the Duke's government collapses, it won't involve him. However, the new store that the Wen family had been preparing for many days opened in these days. A certain little girl from the Wen family took a long leave from school.
Thinking of this, Shen Yungui narrowed his peach blossom eyes and looked at the little girl in front of him again.
Shanshan looked at him doubtfully, blinking slowly with his dark eyes, holding the counter with his little hands and standing unsteadily. Just like a row of tumblers on the nearby container.
...Tsk, it doesn’t look like it at all.
Why did that bastard have a daughter? !
He and Wen Yiqing grew up together as childhood sweethearts, so he naturally knew what Wen Yiqing looked like when he was young. Now if you look carefully, you will see that the parts of the little girl's facial features that look nothing like her own mother's, look like the shadow of another person when viewed horizontally or vertically.
The more Chen Yungui looked at her, the more displeased he became. He said awkwardly: "You haven't been at home these past few days. Where have you been?"
"I'm staying at someone else's house."
"Whose house are you staying at?"
"that is……"
Before Shanshan could finish speaking, he said again: "Forget it, you don't have to tell me."
Shan Shan shut up obediently.
She was tired from standing, flopped back on the ground with her heels, raised her head and said, "Uncle Shen, you look really strange today."
Shen Yun returned to his heart and said: Do you blame him?
Blame her father!
It was a good thing that it was someone else who was standing in front of him at this time, otherwise the owner of his dignified Shen's Company would probably have to go against greeting guests with a smile for the first time and roll up his sleeves to chase people away.
"By the way, Uncle Shen, I have something to tell you. Tonight, um..." The emperor's identity cannot be disclosed to others casually, so Shanshan immediately changed his words: "...Uncle Chen, you are coming to my house as a guest."
Shen Yungui felt a pain in his chest, holding on to the counter and gritting his teeth: "If he goes to your house...what does it have to do with me? Why are you talking to me about this?"
Shanshan looked at him with confusion on his face: "Didn't you ask me to tell you?"
"When did I..."
He remembered.
The story goes back to a long time ago, when he exchanged a horse tag with the little girl in front of him, asking her to secretly tip him off so that he could stop a young master named Chen with ulterior motives in time when he came to visit.
Although Shanshan is forgetful, he remembers the agreements he made with others firmly. Today, when he found out that the emperor's uncle was coming to his home as a guest, he didn't even need to ask anyone to tell him. He passed by Zhenbaozhai and came to tell him in person.
Shen Yungui: "..."
Shen Yungui pinched her chubby little face, then took out a brocade box from the counter and threw it into her arms. He said angrily: "Let's go home... the shop is closed!": ,,
