Yanmenchun

Chapter 31

The latest big rumor in the capital city is that Ms. Zheng from the Duke's Mansion of the Ming Dynasty died in a side room of the Princess Mansion after taking drugs at the banquet of the Princess Mansion.

The matter was very confusing, some said that they saw the imperial doctor's autopsy with their own eyes, and some said that they might have been killed by others.

The body of her personal maid was found in the lake in the garden of the Princess Mansion. If she died of taking drugs, why did the maid also die? In short, there are different opinions, and finally it is said that the Duke Ming's mansion is not lucky this year.

Xiao Man just found out about this, and said with some fear: "Miss, you knew in advance that the eighth princess would order drugs?"

Shen Tuchan shook her head, adjusted the strings and put down the pipa: "I don't know, I only know that there is something in the wine, they use this to harm me, I will use it as a plan."

Before Xiao Man could speak, Chun Equinox came in from outside.

Xiaoman went down with the pipa, only then did Chunfen cautiously say: "I have inquired in the past few days, the third lady mentioned that the old lady wrote a letter asking Lord Hou to come back."

Shen Tuchan didn't speak, and she continued: "The third lady told the old lady a few days ago that Lord Hou is seventeen, and he will get married early, and the old lady will be able to embrace his grandson earlier. Not very prosperous, these few words touched the heart of the old lady, and the old lady was anxious to let Lord Hou come back."

Shen Tuchan tucked a few thin strings into her sleeves: "Tianjinwei is not far away, did the Lord Hou reply?"

Chun Equinox shook his head: "Not yet, Miss, don't you want Master Hou to come back?"

Shen Tuchan's movements paused slightly, "Tianjin Wei is safer than Kyoto, and it's easier for me to do many things when he's not at home."

In the next few days, Shentu Danlin did not reply to the letter, so this matter was put on hold for the time being.

Now that winter has begun, the winter in the capital city came very early today, when Xiaoman woke up in the morning, he found that there had been a layer of frost outside.

She practiced sword with Shen Tuchan in the yard until very late last night, and when she entered Shen Tuchan's boudoir today, she found that Shen Tuchan had woken up.

Shen Tuchan was wearing a robe and sitting in front of the dressing table, and the maid who combed her hair was combing her hair.

Chun Equinox came in with a jewelry box, saw Xiao Man standing at the door and said, "Don't stand there, let the people below bring up the breakfast."

Xiao Man was taken aback: "Why is it so early today? Is Miss going out?"

Shen Tuchan just remembered that she told Chunfen about this, Xiaoman didn't know, so she smiled and said: "I forgot to tell you, today I will accompany my grandmother and third aunt to the Reclining Buddha Temple."

Xiaoman let out an oh and hurried down to get ready.

Shen Tuchan said again: "I want to stay in the temple for one night and come back tomorrow."

The Temple of the Reclining Buddha is a bit far away from the city, and it takes several hours to go back and forth. In addition, the weather is getting cold soon, so I probably won't come out to worship Buddha this winter, so the old lady asked Fang to deliver a letter to the temple two days in advance. They are all female relatives, and they asked for a cleaner wing.

Since Fang met Shentuchan before going to the princess mansion to attend the banquet that day, she hasn't seen her in the past few days. She was terrified when she heard about Zheng Cuicui's death, and she felt terrified that it was lucky she didn't let Shentuqi go. Shen Tuqi was young and had never seen these things before. According to the stories of those ladies who attended the meeting, several of them saw Zheng Cuicui's body.

But she always felt strange in her heart, why Shentuchan didn't bring Shentuqi with her, maybe she knew in advance what was going on.

What's more, there are rumors that the eighth princess is going to pour the dirty water on Shen Tuchan's head, saying that maybe she killed Zheng Cuicui.

As soon as Fang raised her head, Shen Tuchan was looking at her with a smile, her heart skipped a beat, she smiled dryly and said, "It's cold recently, girl Chan should wear thicker clothes."

After finishing speaking, she got into the carriage by the maidservant's hand. Shen Tuqi and Fang Shi took the same carriage today, and Shen Tuyu followed Shen Tuchan in the same carriage.

Shen Tuyu stood aside with her handkerchief twisted. She is a concubine, so she could only wait for Shen Tuchan to go up first. Shen Tuchan smiled at Shen Tuyu after sending off the old lady and Mrs. Fang.

In this carriage sat Shen Tuchan, Shen Tuyu and Chun Equinox.

As soon as Shen Tuyu came up, she shyly said: "Big sister, I'm sorry."

These words were very polite, Shen Tuchan smiled and said: "Second sister, there is no need to be so polite, although we are not siblings, we are still a family, so you can do whatever you want."

Shen Tuyu nodded and said nothing.

The road to the Reclining Buddha Temple is long, Shen Tuchan didn't sleep well yesterday, so she couldn't help dozing off on the soft pillow, Chunfeng squinted her eyes after sitting aside for a while.

The carriage was as quiet as if no one was there for a moment. Shen Tuyu saw that there were tea, books, and snacks on the small table, so she reached out to get those books. She sat on the outside, so she got up a little to get them.

Before she touched the book, Shen Tuchan suddenly opened her eyes, and her eyes met. Shen Tuchan's eyes were dark and calm.

Shen Tuyu was startled, and immediately dared not move.

Shen Tuchan didn't speak, just looked at her like this, then looked at the direction of her hand, suddenly put away the tense and cold expression just now, and showed a warm smile: "Second sister, you need to read a book."

Shentuchan sat up straight and handed the book at hand to Shentuyu. Shentuyu breathed a sigh of relief, took the book with both hands and sat down, and said apologetically, "Big sister, I'm sorry to bother you."

Shen Tuchan shook her head, she was not asleep at first, but she noticed it when Shen Tuyu got up.

What Shen Tuyu held in her hand was a collection of poems, and after she took it, she began to look through it seriously.

The carriage fell into silence again, and the spring equinox moved a little unbearably. She had never felt so oppressive when she sat with the young lady and Shen Tuqi before.

In order to break the heavy atmosphere, Spring Equinox said: "Miss, I have prepared some chestnuts, do you want to eat them? I will peel them for you, or would I like to play chess with you?"

Shentuchan smiled and said, "Then peel the chestnuts."

Chunfeng took out chestnuts from the small bag under the coffee table to peel them, and Shen Tuyu looked up at them from time to time.

Shen Tuchan seemed to be bored, so she picked up the book and flipped through it casually and said, "Second sister, is the Zhuangzi you went to before far from the capital city?"

Shen Tuyu was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect her to ask this question: "Not far away, it's in the suburbs of Beijing, and it's Zhuangzi who my mother married as a dowry."

Shen Tuchan snorted, as if she was just asking casually on a whim.

Shen Tuyu was actually a little afraid of the eldest lady of their family. When Shen Tuchan came back from Mobei, the guards around her were dead or wounded, and there were only two maids serving her, Xiao Man and this one named Chun Equinox.

Her luggage was simple, and she was even a bit downcast. Mobei was desolate, and her attire was not as good as that of Shen Tuyu, a concubine. Shen Tuyu was actually a little proud at that time.

After Shen Tuchan came back, she was not close to anyone except the old lady, and she rarely went out of her own yard.

Several times when they met in the garden, Shen Tuchan always sat under the gazebo to watch the sunset, Shen Tuchan couldn't figure out what is so beautiful about the sunset.

For a person who hasn't found a flower in three years and hasn't shown his face in the capital city, it's like a different person when his parents die. There are only a few noble girls in the capital city. After being appreciated, he became the guest of Princess Tai'an and Princess Baoqing, and moved the capital with a pipa.

When she just came back from Zhuangzi, she resented Shen Tuchan very much because of what happened last time. She felt that everything Shen Tuchan got was due to her good background, and she didn't understand what life a concubine like her lived.

But seeing Shen Tuchan in the past few days, she always felt that this elder sister was different. When she was not smiling, she looked at people with heavy eyes, making her breathless.

(End of this chapter)