After Gao married the prince, the sick and weak concubine lost her horse

Chapter 175
Of course the Shen family knew that Shen Qingci was coming home today.

But I didn't expect King Ning to come back with him.

After all, not only did the master not come to greet the bride before, Shen Qingci even went to the palace to serve tea to the queen the next day.

This has long been no secret in Beijing.

Outsiders only thought that the master was seriously injured and should not move around, but the Shen family took it for granted that the other party underestimated Shen Qingci.

He didn't take her seriously at all, and didn't take her seriously.

Therefore, even knowing that Shen Qing would return home today, the Shen family did not have any preparations.

Old Mrs. Shen and Shen Wangqi and his son went to the household department as usual, and the rest of the Shen family also took care of their own, and only Mrs. Zhou waited at the door with her maid early in the morning.

As a result, seeing the ostentation of King Ning's Mansion from a distance, and seeing Sheng Tingye coming down with Shen Qingci, Zhou was shocked, and hurriedly sent someone to the household department to call old Mrs. Shen, Shen Wangqi, back.

When Shen Zhenglang, Shen Wangqi and his son came back in a hurry, Sheng Tingye had already taken Shen Qingci to sit in the courtyard and drink tea.

Everyone in the Shen family knelt outside the courtyard, not even daring to breathe.

It was Shen Zhenglang who bravely walked in relying on his status as an elder.

After seeing the ceremony, Shen Zhenglang hadn't opened his mouth to greet him, but he heard Sheng Tingye say with a half-smile: "There are a lot of things in the household department recently, and it's normal for Mr. Shen not to take care of such small things at home."

Hearing these words, Shen Zhenglang broke out in cold sweat.

You know, because of the Jiangbei ink corruption case, dozens of officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Criminal Justice were involved, and it was Sheng Tingye who was ordered to thoroughly investigate the case.

Hearing the first half of the sentence in an understatement at this time, Shen Zhenglang's eyelids twitched as he was the Minister of the Household Department and was saved from being implicated and convicted this time because of his marriage to the royal family.

Hearing the second half of Sheng Tingye's sentence "it's a small matter", he was so frightened that he almost knelt down to admit his mistake.

But after all, he was an old fritter who had been in the officialdom, and Shen Zhenglang quickly thought about it.

King Ning didn't come to Xingshi to inquire about his crimes, he came to support Shen Qingci!

Realizing this, Shen Zhenglang was startled.

He never imagined that such a vulgar girl who was raised in the countryside and would not die could still win King Ning's eyes.

Thinking about the Shen family's previous attitude towards Shen Qingci, especially him...

Shen Zhenglang's heart trembled.

At this time, there is no need to care about face, and he immediately begged Sheng Tingye for mercy: "My lord is serious. It was the negligence of the subordinate officials before. Your lord has a lot of them. Please forgive me this time."

After saying that, he turned his head to look at Shen Qingci again: "Ah Ci has suffered outside these years, it's my grandfather's dereliction of duty."

"Grandfather promises you that no one in the Shen family will dare to bully you in the future, and we will do our best to compensate you for the suffering you suffered outside."

Shen Zhenglang looked at Shen Qingci expectantly, and at the end, he did not forget to remind Shen Qingci: "We are a family, how can we have an overnight feud?"

The implication is that she is favored by King Ning now, but who can guarantee the future?
After all, the Shen family is Shen Qingci's natal family, once King Ning's freshness wears off and she gets tired of it, without King Ning's attention, and without the support of the Shen family, she will be unable to support herself in Prince Ning's mansion.

But Shen Qingci never pinned his hopes on them.

But she didn't want to completely tear her face and make everyone ugly.

She smiled faintly, and raised her hand to help Shen Zhenglang, "Whatever the grandfather said, the Shen family treats me well, A Ci has never been wronged."

As soon as she let go, Shen Zhenglang subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly turned his head to look at Sheng Tingye, "My lord, there is still a pair of orphaned calligraphy and paintings in the lower official's study room, can you please move to the study room and help the lower official taste a few .”

Sheng Tingye turned his head to look at Shen Qingci, Shen Qingci smiled: "My lord, go, this concubine happens to be talking to my sisters at home."

She had no relationship with Shen Qingwan and Shen Qinglan, what she said was false, and she wanted to find time to sneak out to see if Liao's mother was true.

Sheng Tingye could see what she was thinking at a glance, but he didn't point it out, he just put down the teacup and went to the study with Shen Zhenglang.

Shen Wangqi and others also followed, and the remaining female family members were led by Mrs. Zhou, and a group of people bustled into Shen Qingci's courtyard.

Not only Mrs. Li and Shen Qinglan from the second room came, but even Mrs. Liu from the third room brought a few children.

Shen Qingci made a few perfunctory sentences, and was about to find a reason to send everyone away, but the outside doorman came to report: "Princess Ning, the eldest daughter of the Qin family is here."

As soon as the words fell, Qin Jiaojiao, who had always been unruly, had already climbed up the courtyard wall over layers of servants and guards, and waved to Shen Qingci: "Ah Ci! I'm coming to see you!"

While speaking, she tiptoed and turned directly off the courtyard wall. The crimson gauze skirt drew a graceful and neat arc in the air, like a blooming begonia, blooming recklessly and flamboyantly.

"Mrs. Zhou."

"I have a few personal words to say to Ah Ci."

Seeing that Zhou and the others were ignorant, Qin Jiaojiao didn't give the slightest bit of face to them, and directly opened their mouths to push them away.

Although this behavior was somewhat arrogant and disrespectful, because of her status, everyone in the Shen family could only hold back even if they had any objections.

Mrs. Zhou squeezed out a smile, and turned to look at Mrs. Li and Mrs. Liu: "In that case, let's go back first, and don't disturb them two talking about themselves. If we have anything to say, we can talk to Ah Ci later. gone."

Mrs. Zhou spoke up, and with the fact that there is still King Ning in the house today, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Liu dare not be dissatisfied at all, they immediately smiled and took the girls from each family to get up and leave.

After everyone left, Qin Jiaojiao stepped forward and took Shen Qingci's arm: "It seems that King Ning really treats you very well."

“The attitude of these people speaks volumes.”

Shen Qingci wanted to say that it was because of Sheng Tingye's prestige that killed Shen Zhenglang.

But Qin Jiaojiao said: "How is King Ning's body?"

Shen Qingci didn't know why she said that.

Qin Jiaojiao pushed her arm, "Didn't you say that you were so seriously injured that you couldn't welcome your relatives, and that the sage even exempted you from going to court for a few days?"

"I think it's all like this, and he is still supporting himself to accompany you back to the door. It can be seen that he takes you very seriously, and is afraid that you will be wronged."

Shen Qingci did not expect that she would think so.

It is true that Sheng Tingye was seriously injured, but it was not as serious as the rumors outside.

As for supporting her body to accompany her back to the door...

At this moment, meeting Qin Jiaojiao's concerned eyes, Shen Qingci neither wanted to lie to her nor to make her worry, so he replied vaguely: "Compared to the previous few days, his body is much better."

Qin Jiaojiao smiled and said, "That's good. I was afraid of you when I heard all the rumors outside..."

She was afraid that she would be a widow if she married, but Qin Jiaojiao didn't say it, she waved her hand: "Go, I'll take you to meet someone."

Shen Qingciyuan also wanted to sneak out to meet Liao's mother.

But now that Qin Jiaojiao was here, it just gave her a reason to visit in an open and honest manner.

Nanny Gui did not go back to Shen's house with her today, there are only a few maids of her own in the courtyard.

Shen Qingci nodded with a smile, spoke to the guards of the palace waiting outside, and got into Qin Jiaojiao's carriage.

Shen Qingci originally thought that Qin Jiaojiao took her to her other garden to meet Liao's mother.

But Qin Jiaojiao took her straight to a tea house not far from Shen's house, and even left their maids outside, and only brought Shen Qingci up to the private room upstairs.

Before approaching, Shen Qingci couldn't help lowering his voice, and asked curiously: "Crazy girl, who do you want me to see?"

Qin Jiaojiao laughed heartily, but answered readily: "Saburo of the Yao family, Yao Qianli."

Shen Qingci vaguely felt that he seemed to have heard this name somewhere.

Before she could think about it, Qin Jiaojiao laughed and said, "That fool who beat me at the racetrack on my grandmother's birthday!"

Shen Qingci remembered.

However, Qin Jiaojiao suddenly brought him here to see what she was doing.

Before Shen Qingci could think about it, Qin Jiaojiao suddenly moved a little closer, lowered her voice and said mysteriously: "Didn't you say you wanted to check for me?"

Shen Qingci suddenly realized, she subconsciously turned her head to look at Qin Jiaojiao.

This girl is enlightened!
The little girl has pink face and peach cheeks, delicate and tight.

Shen Qingci couldn't help thinking of the banquet in the harem for a few days, if Yao Qianli was really reliable, it would be a good thing to settle the matter between the two of them before then, and it would save a lot of trouble.

Just as he was thinking, the curtain of the private room was pulled up.

The young master in a blue brocade robe just passed by, before Shen Qingci had time to see clearly, a person suddenly jumped out of the room.

"Aci!"

Lin Yunzheng exclaimed, he didn't even care about his identity, and rushed towards Shen Qingci with a stride.

In just a few days, he looked haggard again, his eye sockets were sunken, and his originally bright eyes seemed to have lost his soul.

Only for a moment when Shen Qingci's eyes met, there was a gleam of brilliance in those eyes.

"Lin Yunzheng?"

Shen Qingci was overjoyed, he didn't expect him to be here.

Qin Jiaojiao on the side tugged at her sleeve, and stretched out her other hand to stop Lin Yunzheng, who was almost out of control, and reminded half-jokingly: "Hey! Hey! What are you doing? Why haven't you seen your third cousin? Big or small."

As soon as these words came out, Lin Yunzheng, who was in high spirits, seemed to have been poured a basin of cold water.

Three cousins.

He stood there in a daze, only a few steps away from Shen Qingci.

He stared at Shen Qingci closely, and subconsciously clenched his fists with his hands under his sleeves, but he couldn't say "Sister-in-law of the Third Cousin" no matter what.

Everyone saw his strangeness.

Of course Shen Qingci was no exception.

Fortunately, Qin Jiaojiao asked the owner of the teahouse to clear the venue in advance, and there were no outsiders on the entire second floor.

After looking Lin Yunzheng up and down, Shen Qingci said with concern, "A Zheng, what's wrong with you?"

Lin Yunzheng just stood there, staring at her, but didn't say a word.

It was Qin Jiaojiao who was at the side who kicked him.

"Go ahead and talk if you have anything to say."

After finishing speaking, she still didn't forget to turn her head and give Shen Qingci a playful smile: "This is me looking at Saburo Yao, how can I let this bastard steal the limelight."

She dared to say it, she was not ashamed.

Shen Qingci couldn't laugh or cry.

Lin Yunzheng's condition was not right, but he still followed Shen Qing into the private room.

Here, after three people entered the door, someone quietly sent the news back to Shen's study.

When Sheng Tingye, who was holding a cup of hot tea, heard the news, especially when the words "Lin Yunzheng" and "secret meeting" were mentioned in it, the aura around him cooled down.

Shen Zhenglang, Shen Wangqi, and the others were so shocked that they didn't know why they were facing each other, as if they were sitting on pins and needles.

　After being tortured by stiff neck for nearly half a month, I finally got better. The update during this period is not satisfactory. Thank you for your tolerance. I will try to add more updates after tomorrow.

　　Thank you for your support and company.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)