I have never seen someone as stupid as her young lady. Her family's fortune is about to be emptied, and she is still here taking her time.
Xi'er looked at her all the way and took the opportunity to slip away. Before leaving, she didn't forget to tell Fu Ling to coax the young lady and follow her wishes.
Xi'er has always been favored, and she is still young. She nodded blankly when she heard these words.
Shen Qinghe has become more and more greedy over the years. Recently, he secretly took the jewelry given by the Holy Spirit to a pawn shop and exchanged it for money. He secretly purchased several mansions outside the city and added several more land deeds.
She knew the owner of the pawn shop, Mr. Song. He started out as a second-rate dealer. In just five years, the pawn shop had become a famous one in Beijing. Boss Song is a profit-seeking person who is obsessed with money. He is willing to send these things back because he knows that hiding imperial items privately is a serious crime.
The pawnshop owner did not dare to keep the sacred item given by the emperor, so he sent someone to send it back to Shen Zhiyi in private, saying that he wanted to express his feelings.
Businessmen don't give away things for free, and the price Shen Zhiyi offered was much higher than those of the customers.
Furthermore, the Shen family has made outstanding achievements. Boss Song returned these things not for Shen Zhiyi, but for the Shen family behind her.
Boss Song's ability to gain a foothold among the nobility in the capital relies on his ability to observe people's words and tell ghosts.
The fish heard the news, and a banquet was laid out. The woman dancing in a spruce tree was covered with a veil, her looming face was mesmerizing. She had a silver and gold chain around her body, and the wine was in her mouth. Shen Zhiyi couldn't make any waves in her eyes.
Shen Zhiyi took out the pass token from his sleeve, handed Fu Ling a wad of money and a letter, and warned: "Be sure to hand these over to Boss Song."
There are several rockeries carved out of mud, with running water dripping down along the lines, water splashing in the suspended areas causing ripples, and moss growing wantonly in the gaps between them.
Shen Zhiyi took a small path to go around. She followed Xi'er. The person she met was Linfeng, the guard next to Xie Shaoheng. Linfeng was also considered a first-class master. She tried her best to hold her breath and only dared to hide it. Observe their every move in secret.
I thought she was the one who took refuge with Shen Qinghe after he lost power, but I didn't expect that your master turned out to be Xie Shaoheng.
I really underestimate you.
She couldn't see clearly what Xi'er had given Linfeng. Xi'er stayed in the Shen Mansion all day long. If she found out something that was harmful to the Shen family...
After the two left, Shen Zhiyi still stood there, a little dazed. Jiang Yubai walked around behind her and was almost in front of her without realizing it.
"What are you thinking about? So lost in thought?"
An inconspicuous pebble slipped from the rockery and hit the water heavily. Shen Zhiyi's mood was disturbed like this.
"Why are you following me?"
"I just wander around."
Guixin, can you come here after wandering around?
Today is a banquet specially hosted by His Majesty to celebrate the return of General Shen's troops to the court. The dignitaries in the palace heard a lot about the heroic appearance of the two generals of the Shen family on the battlefield, and they had to drag the young general to show it off on the battlefield. It was a good time. After feasting his eyes, Jiang Yubai was in no mood to participate in their boring activities.
He became interested when he saw Miss Shen secretly following a maid.
Jiang Yubai was solemn and cold, and he noticed that something was wrong with her expression as early as the banquet, especially when she glanced at Xie Shaoheng, her eyes were indifferent, and there was even a hatred that wanted to crush people.
He fiddled with the pear tree next to the rockery twice, and the crumbling petals fell in the wind. Shen Zhiyi's black hair was hanging on her shoulders, and the exposed skin on her neck made her colder.
Jiang Yubai lost his mind for a moment.
"A man and a woman are having a tryst in the imperial garden. It's inappropriate to spread the word, Mr. Jiang."
Jiang Yubai didn't seem to hear her warning. His fingertips went around her hair, brushing away the pear blossoms stuck on her head, and inserted a hairpin for her in a flash.
It was the hairpin that was damaged when he was trying to save Jiang Yubai in the cave. Jiang Yubai put away the broken hairpin and found the best craftsmen to reforge it. It was rounded into the shape of red bean beads with high-quality ruby and inlaid with emergency messages. antidote.
Jiang Yubai told her that when in danger, hold the front of the hairpin and turn it slightly, as it contained the most poisonous poison in the world.
"Why? Help me."
"The governor is in a good mood."
Shen Zhiyi, who has been reborn, lives a more cautious life. She has seen too many cities, and even the husband of your childhood sweetheart who worshiped you can betray you.
She won't trust anyone easily anymore except her parents.
Jiang Yubai knew the origin of the hairpin. She had a relationship with her master and uncle, so naturally she couldn't let it go. In addition, she is the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, and the Shen family is at its peak.
"I want to make friends with the Shen family."
Humph, he, Jiang Yubai, was backed by the Jiang family, and he was the commander-in-chief of the fifth army. Even with the favor of the regent, even the Jin Yiwei was under his jurisdiction, and he could call the shots in the court. He was cruel and ruthless, everyone reviled him as a traitor and sycophant, but no one dared to say a word against him openly.
"Don't you want to know what your maid and the guard said?"
"You...can lip read?"
“It’s something I’ve learned through hard work.”
"Captain, can you tell me?"
"beg me."
"Please."
Shen Zhiyi didn't hesitate at all, she had to grab even the faintest starlight. Jiang Yubai's heart palpitated inexplicably when he met her eyes.
"Your maid imitated your handwriting and sent letters to your brother, collected scrap manuscripts in Mrs. Shen's room, and reported your father and brother's daily itinerary to Xie San's guards."
After hearing the news, Shen Zhiyi almost lost her footing, but fortunately Jiang Yubai helped her up. She slowly raised her head and stared at Jiang Yubai in disbelief.
Xi'er, you're such a bitch!
The martial arts performance hall was bustling with excitement. Shen Zhiyun performed a sword dance with flowing clouds and flowing water. The sword accelerated with the rhythm of the music, and the dance left an afterimage, which had the potential to soar through the air and break the bamboo. It won waves of applause, and the young master was inevitably jealous. He was eager to discuss with General Shen.
Shen Xuan was even more furious. He also had the surname Shen, and he was still a recording clerk who was not yet in the mainstream. Even his eldest brother Shen Ce, whom he admired, has always been outshone by Shen Zhiyun.
Why? Obviously he is the son of the Shen family, so he can win the favor of the emperor.
Shen Xuan picked up a high-quality crossbow and put the calluses on it and rubbed it carefully, feeling its lines. The emotions that had been suppressed for many years burst out at this moment.
"General Shen, would you like to compare with me? What do you think?"
Shen Zhiyun has never been off since he came on the field, and he competed with him one after another. Amid everyone's shouts of friendship, he put away the moon-walking sword and put it behind his arm. The breeze blew through his sleeves, his dancing hair was as elegant as a fairy, and his dark brown eyes were capable and sharp, looking full of youthfulness.
This is not a place for him to show off, so just stop there and say, "No, no, Brother Shen Xuan will have a chance to compete again another day."
"You look down on me?"
Shen Xuan rushed in front of him and placed one hand on his chest. Wasn't he just a general who had just returned from the battlefield? Is there any true ability that you are afraid to show off?
The crowd did not mind the excitement and clamored to see the two of them compete. Many people could not get enough of Shen Zhiyun's heroic appearance and his skillful sword dance.
"General Shen, let's compete again."
Among the six arts of a gentleman, Shen Xuan is best at archery. He has practiced archery for more than ten years, and never fails to hit the mark. Except for Xie Shaoheng and his eldest brother, no one in Beijing can beat him in archery.
A mere major general, you still want to bully him?
The two of them each picked a handy bow and arrow on the weapons rack and weighed it in their hands. Most of the bows and arrows in the royal martial arts field were lighter than those used to kill enemies at the frontier. Shen Zhiyun looked at it and put it back again.
Finally, he chose the heaviest one. The arms of this bow were dark brown, the bow string was flexible, and with natural-colored carved feathers, it was the most beautiful murder weapon in the world.
This bow would be difficult for ordinary people to draw.
He pulled the bow string in Shen Zhiyun's hand to the farthest point. There was no arrow, and the bow string made a whistling sound through the air. The onlookers sighed, "As expected of General Shen."
"Master Shen Xuan is doing this... isn't he humiliating himself?"
"Let me marry Major General Shen, even if I enjoy the glory and wealth every day."
"I also like General Shen. His figure and heroic figure make even me excited." Qi Chen blended into the crowd of female relatives, stretched out, and had been clapping and applauding since General Shen came on the stage just now.
Everyone:......
Mr. Qi, can you please stop making trouble?
Shen Zhiyi's face became extremely ugly. She was somewhat distressed and confused in her previous life. The Shen family was always cautious, so how could they be framed by others? Even if Xi'er took refuge with Shen Qinghe in her previous life, she had no doubts about the murder of the Shen family and the She related.
Then I can't keep you by my side.
There are many eyes and ears in the palace, and if they continue to stay here, there is no guarantee that the Shen family's legitimate daughter and the treacherous minister will not be discovered and make a big fuss about it, and the Shen family will be pushed to the forefront again.
"Go back first, Mr. Jiang."
"I'm curious, what are you going to do with it?"
There was murderous intention in Shen Zhiyi's eyes, which could not be hidden from his eyes. Thinking of what Jiang Yubai said that day, her lips and teeth curled up slightly, and then she said: "Master Jiang taught me that only dead people can keep secrets."
"I'll kill her."
I can't keep Xi'er as a person.
"You learn pretty quickly," he asked slowly, "Then do you think Xie San won't notice?"
Xie San is a smart man. The informant in his hand died for no reason. It is impossible for him not to be suspicious at all and to alert the snake.
"What did you do after you killed your maid? Asked Xie Sanna why the guard had a private meeting with his maid? Why did he collect the scraps of your father, brother and mother? He could have just said that they met by chance. Who would say that? I believe you. So what if there is evidence? Do you want to pull Xie San down with just this little bit of evidence?"
"Xie San is still a fourth-class official no matter what. You are falsely accusing the court official. So what if you are the legitimate daughter of the Shen family? It is not difficult for the Shen family to save your life. If Xie San deliberately makes things worse, will the entire Shen family be destroyed? The world pokes you in the spine?”
"I......"
These questions hit her like a bolt from the blue. Shen Zhiyi really had never thought about it, or she could not have imagined that since she was a child, she had been raised in a deep palace with rich clothes, fine food, gold branches and jade leaves. In the Shen Mansion, she was even more pampered by her father, brother and mother-in-law. I didn’t come into contact with too many conspiracies.
Although she lived an extra life, she only saw the true colors of some people. "I would like Governor Jiang to give me more advice on intrigues and conspiracy."
"You are quite smart."
Although the position of crown prince has not yet been decided, Xie San has high prestige in the hearts of the people and has the support of the prime minister behind him. She is a weak woman. If she wants to shake the powerful, like a mayfly shaking a tree, her strength is still too weak. If she wants to make a comeback in this treacherous situation, she must fill up her wings.
"It's not possible to strike slowly and carefully like this. If you hit a snake within seven inches, you must strike steadily and accurately to kill him with one blow."
