Chapter 19: Secret Hookups

The night started a cool wind, the closer to the late fall, the weather is colder than one day. Dingjing and in the north, the more cold surprising.

Under the lamplight, the girl holding a book, leaning on the couch slowly flipping. Tea around the cold and still do not know, just look out of focus.

Bai Lu looked at his own girl, as if overnight, this girl has become not like the old days that. Such as this moment this quietly reading books, not to mention the previous Shen Miao hates reading books, now looks like, if not know that is the girl, Bai Lu will even think to see what a noble lady.

How could a little girl have this kind of aura, Bai Lu was a bit puzzled and stood herself in a daze. Until Frostbite came over and pushed her, whispering reprimand, “What are you standing stupidly for?” Walked over and draped the cloak over Shen Miao, and advised in a warm voice: “Girl, right now the time is not early, tomorrow we still have to go to Guangwen Hall, it’s better to rest early.”

Shen Miao shook her head, “You guys go rest first, I’ll watch for a while.”

Which has the master does not sleep maid first rest reason, frost drop helpless, still want to persuade a moment, but was to Shen Miao change tea Gu Yu pulled, to change the tea, will she and Bai Lu together pulled to the outer room.

“What’s wrong Gu Yu?” Bai Lu didn’t understand, “The girl’s body is just fine, why don’t you follow the advice.”

“Why didn’t I advise?” Gu Yu headache: “Only today the girl where to listen to what I said? Today reading books all day, I guess about the gentleman’s homework, the girl made up her mind to see, what method I have.” She worriedly looked at the inner room, the original timid time, when you need someone to take the idea. Now is not timid, but is their own ideas everyone dare not refute. Close to wait, the more Gu Yu can feel, Shen Miao every command, simply let a person dare not refuse.

Even speaking so faintly revealed a sense of majesty. It seemed that the lord was not even this scary when he was angry, Gu Yu sighed.

Inside the house, Shen Miao was still reading.

She looked carefully, not missing a single detail. If one could look carefully, one would realize that what she was holding in her hand was the “Official History of Ming Qi”. Since the founding of the country until now, the great events that had happened in Ming Qi, she knew what was going to happen in the next few decades, and she was also prepared to seek ways to thwart the tragedies that were going to happen. Before that, she had to find the source of the present situation of these hairpin families.

The footsteps of the emperor’s order to eradicate these great families are close, Shen Miao remembers clearly that if there are no accidents, there will be a catastrophe next month. The enemy of the enemy is a friend, if these hairpin families arrive, it will soon be the turn of the Shen family.

Before Shen Xin had returned, the Shen Mansion could only be supported by her alone, and she also had to watch out for those jackals in the East Courtyard.

Shen Miao expected good, this evening, Gui grandmother into the Rongjing Hall, she is over to send this time back to the manor with the specialties, but with the old lady Shen side of the Zhang mother pulled a pass, words are Shen Miao more and more disobedient behavior, often angry at the next words.

Where does mama Zhang not know her mind, accompanied by a few salty words, after mama Gui and let mama Zhang in front of old lady Shen to say a few words of praise, and only then left.

She had just stepped out of Rongjing Hall’s courtyard when she saw Xianglan, the maid beside Ren Wanyun, walking over and smiling when she saw her, “Sister Gui, I was just about to look for you.”

“Yo,” Sister Gui squinted her eyes and saw that it was Shannon, so she smiled back, “What is it that Miss Shannon is looking for me for?”

“It’s not a big deal,” Xianglan came over and took Sister Gui’s arm, “It’s just that our wife heard that you know of a place that sells lipstick, and that the lipstick is particularly good-looking, so she wanted to find you to ask where that lipstick seller is.”

This is obviously an excuse, when Ren Wan Yun wanted to find Gui Ma-ma over to say what private words. Sister Gui knows well, also followed Xianglan said: “What is this matter, Mrs. Since you want to hear, I will tell Mrs. That place, said that mouth fat, many official family miss wife love to use it ……”

When Xianglan came to Caiyunyuan, the maids and servant girls outside had already been sent away.

Ren Wan Yun sitting on the couch, Shen second master this moment is still outside the entertainment has not come back, she will be on the side of the randomly do some stitching, probably embroidered a purse, but the embroidery is eating a plate of grapes next to the side.

This is a rare thing, all this weather, Ding Jing City is not to find grapes. The second master of Shen has the ability to ask for a basket over, to the women of their own yard to share the food.

Sister Gui heart secretly spit a mouthful, although on the surface of the Shen family two house when the family did not treat the big house, but Shen Miao with food, the surface looks bright, but as that merchant family general on the surface of the profiteer things. That is to say that this food, Shen Miao can not have this grape treatment.

She was thinking in her mind, but it was Ren Wan Yun who finally put down the needle and thread in her hands and opened her mouth, “Sister Gui.”

Sister Gui was busy returning to her senses and answered, “Mistress, the old slave is here.”

Ren Wan Yun is already forty years old, although well maintained, there are still some fine lines at the corners of the eyes. Just sitting there, wearing good material tailored clothes, hands and feet are the style of the lady of the house, even if it is smiling, but also some majestic look.

She said, “I heard that you have returned, and now that Xiao Wu’s body is just getting better, you need to take good care of her.”

Sister Gui scoffed in her heart, saying who does not know that the East House can’t wait for the West House to have bad luck, and how can Ren Wan Yun be so kind, but it’s just a cover-up. Sure enough, only to hear Ren Wan Yun said: “These days, Xiao Wu is about the water is not in a good mood, big brother and sister-in-law is not there, I as a aunt how to do is wrong. Is want to hear some news, also have to hear from you here.”

This is to ask Sister Gui to tell Ren Manyun every move of Shen Miao.

Sister Gui busily said: ”Mistress has the heart to care for the fifth girl, it is the fifth girl’s good fortune. However, according to the old slave, the fifth girl fell into the water this time, also is indeed angry. In the past few days, her temperament has changed quite a bit, and even the old slaves are also different. Other not to mention, even today is good, the old slave also was fined three months of monthly money.” She said with a sad face: “The old slave heard that the fifth girl fell into the water, the heart anxious, even their own little grandson is still sick, who knows that the fifth girl rebuked the old slave, the old slave heart is not good.”

Ren Wan Yun was a bit impatient to hear this old bastard’s words, so she said, “Little Five, after all, is because of a heart condition. Then, Sister Gui, do you see that Xiao Wu’s attitude towards His Highness King Ding has changed?”

That’s what she wanted to ask the most.

Sister Gui’s eyes twinkled and said, ”The fifth girl seems to want to draw a line in the sand with His Highness King Ding, and she didn’t even allow the old slave to mention it today. However, I’ve been with the Fifth Maiden for so many years, and I’m well aware of her temperament. The fifth girl is exceptionally persistent in the matter of His Highness the Ding King, and is afraid that she won’t give up so easily. These words are just the words of a girl in a hurry, and cannot be taken as true.”

As soon as the words fell, a hint of viciousness surfaced on Ren Wanyun’s face.