Xu Shou noticed something. He cupped his hands and found an excuse to retreat.
Shen Bi served hot tea to Shen Dingzhu: "Master, what did the old prince say? Why do you look so bad?"
Shen Dingzhu turned the letter upside down on the table and closed her eyes. Her pretty face turned slightly red with a hint of anger.
"I only knew before that without power, I still had family."
"But after experiencing what happened to my aunt, I fully understood that so-called relatives are all related to interests."
"If you lose power one day, anyone can step on you, even those who loved you in the past."
As she spoke, her red lips curled up into a sneer.
The letter was written by her grandfather himself. He blamed her for being ruthless towards Zhao Yuyuan and scolded her for ignoring family ties and fighting with her family.
They also said that they originally planned to give Zhao Yuyuan to the prince as a concubine, but now they have made a mistake.
In the eyes of her maternal grandfather, Duke Pingyi, Shen Dingzhu's approach was a lose-lose situation.
This is not the main thing. The most important thing is that her maternal grandfather said that her uncle Shen Dingzhu's daughter, her cousin Su Wenhua, had been sent to the capital.
He heard that Shen Dingzhu was favored and wanted her to use Xiao Langyan's relationship to find ways to introduce Su Wenhua to the prince.
In the letter, her grandfather repeatedly warned her that the Shen family was now useless, and if Shen Dingzhu wanted to live a good life, she could only hope that her mother's natal family's status would be stable.
Therefore, she must be obedient and cooperative.
My grandfather was not all warning words. At the end of the letter, he finally wrote a gentle sentence——
[You and Wen Hua, one will serve Prince Ning and the other will serve the Crown Prince, so we will not be passive. 】
Shen Dingzhu felt so ridiculous when he saw these words!
When the Shen family was in trouble, where was the grandfather who was strategizing?
She would not help Su Wenhua get close to the prince.
Shen Dingzhu had a cold face, lit the lamp oil, and burned the letter.
Seeing that she looked bad, Shen Bi didn't dare to ask any more questions. She just wanted to try her best to make Shen Dingzhu happy.
Cheng Hui brought breakfast and knocked on the door.
Shen Dingzhu calmed down and let her in.
After a bowl of shredded pork porridge, she felt much better. The kitchen changed direction, and even today's breakfast was more exquisite.
Shen Dingzhu tucks his black hair: "Cheng Hui, did you just say that those ladies in the kitchen are coming to see me?"
Cheng Hui nodded quickly: "When I sent the dishes and chopsticks back just now, I heard that the kitchen manager, Mama Li, was coming, but I was afraid of offending the master."
Shen Dingzhu pondered, his beautiful eyes filled with thoughts.
After a moment, she spoke: "Shen Bi, go to the kitchen and find a woman, her name is Guiqin. I have something to ask her."
Shen Bi turned around and left without waiting for any doubts.
After a while, Shen Dingzhu was leaning in his room reading a book, while Cheng Hui was beating her legs to please her.
Shen Bi opened the curtain and entered: "Master, Mother Gui brought it to you."
Shen Dingzhu raised his eyes and saw beside Shen Bi, in addition to Mama Gui, who had a low-browed look, there was also Mama Li, who had lowered her eyes and a flattering smile on her face.
She was half leaning on the beauty couch under the window. Her skin was so white that it seemed to be glowing, like a fairy beauty.
There was a scarlet blanket on her knees, which made her figure even more delicate and her eyebrows like paintings.
"Why is there an extra person?" Shen Dingzhu put down the book and spoke in a calm manner, with the air of a mistress.
Mother Li immediately stepped forward and said with an apologetic smile: "I heard that Aunt Shen was talking to Guiqin, and I was worried that Guiqin had committed something. If it was true, I came with her to apologize to Auntie."
"It's nothing. I just had a pickled cucumber dish made by her before when I lived in Xiyuan, just like what my wet nurse used to make, so I came to ask her."
Shen Dingzhu answered calmly, and his beautiful eyes looked pale in the sunlight.
Just as Mama Li was about to speak again, Shen Dingzhu put the book aside and said, "There are some things in my room. Shen Bi and Cheng Hui, you two take Mama Li to the next room to pick out some. Just treat it as my wish." .”
Mother Li was startled and said hurriedly: "What's wrong with taking the master's things!"
Having said that, she was already walking outwards, with a smile on her face that she could hardly see her eyes.
Shen Bi was flexible and immediately said: "What can't be done? Master is living a good life and is also thinking about our servants. Mother Li, please come with me."
In this way, the three of them were sent out.
As soon as the door closed, the gentle smile on Shen Dingzhu's face immediately dissipated, and her pretty face turned pink.
"Mother Gui, how many years have you been in the palace?"
"Back to my aunt, this slave has been in the palace for twelve years."
Shen Dingzhu thought thoughtfully, yes, the time is right.
She tilted her head and asked, "Do you have a son? He's twenty years old, right?"
Gui Qin was not surprised at all, but when she heard this question, she hesitated for a moment before nodding: "Yes, his name is Wu Ren, he is in the front yard, and he is the horse washer of the stable."
Shen Dingzhu's slender jade-white fingertips opened the small box on the side, and she took out a land deed.
"Give him this land deed and ask him to find a way to help me sell it for as high a price as possible. After converting it into silver, he can directly purchase the grain in Shangzhou."
"Send the grain you bought to this village." She took out a piece of paper from the book she had just read and handed it over.
Her aunt returned her two farms, one to sell and the other to store grain.
Guiqin was stunned after hearing this. She couldn't help but raise her eyes with confusion: "Auntie, what are you..."
Shen Dingzhu knew that the news was a bit too sudden for her.
Guiqin and Wuren, mother and son, are the most inconspicuous characters in the palace.
However, in his previous life, Shen Dingzhu only discovered later that Wu Ren had an upright character, had some skills, and was even more loyal.
Both mother and son were loyal servants without any hesitation. Later, in order to protect Shen Dingzhu, Wu Ren was designed by Fu Yunqiu to fall off a cliff and die.
"Don't worry, this is not a trap. I just found out from Eunuch Xu that you two, mother and son, are the most honest people."
"Your son Wuren has good legs and feet. It's convenient to go to Shangzhou. I believe he can handle my affairs better."
"Of course I won't treat you badly. Once his affairs are completed, I will ask the prince to transfer him to be a fat servant, so that he will not have to do the menial work in the stable."
Guiqin was about to be stunned by this huge surprise, but fortunately she quickly came to her senses and kowtowed to Shen Dingzhu.
"We will definitely do what my aunt told me, but how much food will we need to buy with the money we exchange?"
"Buy as much as you can." After Shen Dingzhu said this, Guiqin already had an idea in mind.
Before leaving, Shen Dingzhu stopped her again: "Let Wu Ren set off today. I will tell Eunuch Xu, but to the outside world, you don't need to tell the truth."
Guiqin believed deeply and nodded solemnly: "I understand this."
That night, Xiao Langyan came back late, but when he entered the yard, he saw the lights in Shen Dingzhu's house brightly lit for him.
Shen Dingzhu is drawing some patterns, as if preparing to make a lapel for herself.
She concentrated on painting with her head down, and a strand of black hair hung by Yurun's ear. Cheng Hui and Shen Bi saw Xiao Langyan entering the room and were about to say hello, but he raised his hand to stop them.
They retreated wisely.
Shen Dingzhu looked at the pattern on the picture and thought hard, as if he was worrying about the length of the collar.
A cold voice came from the side: "Why do you have such a high collar? When will you wear this clothes?"
"Wear it when sleeping, so as not to..." Shen Dingzhu replied subconsciously. Before she could finish her words, her voice stopped suddenly and she immediately raised her head.
Seeing Xiao Langyan raise his cold eyebrows slightly, looking at her with thin eyes, waiting for the next words.
"Keep talking, what will you avoid?" He probably guessed it, his tone was vaguely threatening.
