Colorful

Chapter 133: Shen Yu’s Confession (1)
The time of anxiously waiting is always very long, but the days are finally in June, and the day of Shen Cui's marriage is just around the corner.

In the summer of June, even Dongshan Academy gave the students a few more days off, Shen Jing and Ji Yuan returned to the Shen Mansion together.In the past, Ji Yuan could still live in the Shen Mansion, but now that Ji Cheng's sister-in-law has arrived in the capital, Ji Yuan naturally wants to go back to accompany Fan Zengli.

And the last time when Shen Xian got married, Shen Jing failed to find an opportunity to talk to Ji Cheng, now that he has ten days off, he can finally meet Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng was with Shen He and Shen Xun in Qingyuan to accompany the guests at home that day. Since Shen Xian and Shen Cui got married on a similar date, there was no need for all the guests to go back and come back. Instead, it would be troublesome, so Qingyuan is very lively every day, with kabuki singing and dancing every day.

Many wives with unmarried noble daughters would casually mention Shen Che, saying why they hadn't seen the second son for a while.

Feng Qing also pricked up his ears when he heard the words, but Shen He seemed to be no longer enthusiastic, Ji Cheng guessed that Shen Che must have hit her.

When all the wives couldn't find Shen Che, Shen Jing became a favorite, and Ji Lan happily pushed Shen Jing out. After the August autumn, Shen Jing would have to say goodbye.

Shen Jing is dazzled by this cousin and that cousin every day, and he still can't match his name and face. When he finally caught Ji Cheng, it was like seeing a life-saving Bodhisattva.

"Sister Cheng, I found you. Ah Cui has been looking for you everywhere, so come with me, otherwise I don't know how she will lose her temper." Shen Jing quickly stepped in front of Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng didn't think there was anything Shen Cui wanted to do with her, but seeing Shen Jing's helpless face, and a few girls watching from behind the bushes, he immediately understood what was going on.

Speaking of which, Ji Cheng and Shen Jing haven't seen each other for many days, but I feel that he has grown a bit taller, because his appearance combines the advantages of the third master Shen Ying and Ji Lan, his face is like a powder, his lips are red and his teeth are white, and he is very bookish. Win the heart of a little girl.

Seeing that Ji Cheng didn't answer, Shen Jing quickly gave her a wink, winking so funny.Ji Cheng couldn't help laughing and said, "Where is Ah Cui now, cousin take me there."

Shen Jing heaved a sigh of relief, and led Ji Cheng forward, but he was careful, he stopped after taking two steps and turned back to wait for Ji Cheng, he also liked this, he could take the opportunity to look back at Ji Cheng carefully.

Shen Jing only felt that every time he saw Ji Cheng, she seemed to be more beautiful. The sun shone on Ji Cheng's face, and the fine fluff on the girl's face looked cute and warm in the sun. a touch.

"Sister Cheng." Shen Jing called again in a low voice, but actually he didn't have anything to say, but just calling him like this made his heart feel full, and his whole body was as comfortable as a spring breeze.

Looking at Shen Jing's expression, Ji Cheng sighed in his heart, she had tried to avoid Shen Jing as much as possible.

There are people coming and going in this garden, and there are girls around, Shen Jing can't say anything to Ji Cheng, when he led Ji Cheng to the foot of the rockery, Shen Jing took advantage of turning the corner, whispered to Ji Cheng quickly: "Sister Cheng, wait for me, I won't let you be laughed at after Qiu Wei."

In private, Shen Jing has heard many people laugh at the failure of Ji Cheng's marriage. Ye Lang would rather marry a buck-toothed girl than Ji Cheng, but people laughed at Ji Cheng for a long time.At that time, Shen Jing was so angry that he clenched his fists, but now he has no fame, relies on his parents everywhere, and dare not insist in front of Ji Lan, fearing that if things fail, Ji Lan will annoy Ji Cheng instead.

When Ji Cheng heard this, he was about to speak, but saw a person coming down the stone path from the rockery, if it wasn't Shen Yu, who else?
Shen Jing called out "Big Brother" in embarrassment, and he didn't know if Shen Yu listened to what he said just now: "I'll lead Sister Cheng to find A Cui."

Shen Yu said "hmm": "Ah Cui is in the fishing pavilion by the water ahead."

Hearing this, Ji Cheng immediately said to Shen Jing: "Brother Jing, I'll just go there by myself, you go back to greet the guests, maybe my aunt is also looking for you."

As soon as Ji Cheng mentioned Ji Lan, Shen Jing didn't want to stay any longer, he was really afraid that Ji Lan would find him, if he heard that he was with Ji Cheng, his mother would definitely lecture him again.Shen Jing is not afraid of Ji Lan's reprimand, but he thinks Ji Lan is too nagging, and he has no patience to listen.

"Alright then, go there by yourself." Shen Jing said.

Ji Cheng said goodbye to Shen Jing and Shen Yu and went to the Guanyu Pavilion, but before he took two steps, he heard Shen Yu calling her: "Sister Cheng."

Ji Cheng turned his head, and saw Shen Yu standing under the willow tree by the pool, and a pair of mandarin ducks just swam to the pool to play in the water.

Ji Cheng walked back two steps and lowered his eyes, "Why is Cousin Yu looking for me?"

Shen Yu didn't speak, just when Ji Cheng thought he would never speak for a long time, he heard Shen Yu say: "Ah Cheng, I want to marry you, I will tell my mother in these two days, but you may be made things difficult by her, But there will be nothing wrong with our marriage. Just nod if you have no objection."

Ji Cheng raised her head in shock, and looked at Shen Yu in disbelief. She thought that Shen Yu had a good impression of her at most, but she didn't expect him to say such a thing.

Ji Cheng wanted to nod, but the premise was that Shen Che would never come back, and the Shen family would never know the truth.But Ji Cheng is not prepared to take this risk at all, there is no need to live in guilt all his life.She plotted against Shen Che, that's what Shen Che owed her, but marrying Shen Yu, that's what she owed to Shen Yu.

Ji Cheng looked into Shen Yu's eyes, then immediately lowered his head and said, "Ah Cheng is not good enough for my cousin, I can only live up to my cousin's wrong love."

Shen Yu was silent, he also thought in his heart that Ji Cheng might refuse, but he was very sure that Ji Cheng should not refuse.

"I'm not worthy or not. If you have any other concerns, you can tell me. If it's for my mother, I can assure you that she can't stop it." Shen Yu added slowly, "Or are you worried about Brother Hong?"

Ji Cheng shook his head: "I like Brother Hong very much, but I don't dare to have any delusions because of the difference between me and my cousin. If my cousin has nothing else to do, I'll leave first." Ji Cheng greeted Shen Yufu, turned around and was about to Walk.

"Are you Xinyue Archer?" Shen Yu asked behind Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng paused, then turned to look at Shen Yu: "I'm also very different from Cousin Che, and I don't treat him specially in my heart."

Shen Yu frowned, then he really couldn't think of why Ji Cheng would reject him, after all, she even agreed to Ye Lang's marriage, but why did she reject him?
However, Shen Yu is not someone who gives up easily. It is not easy for him to make this determination, but once he has made up his mind, it is difficult to change.

Ji Cheng only felt the burning eyes on his back, and slightly quickened his pace to look for Shen Cui.Shen Cui naturally didn't look for Ji Cheng, but she didn't mind Ji Cheng looking for her, after all, 5000 taels of silver could buy a smiling face.

Ji Qing returned to Jindi on the second day of Shen Xian's marriage, and the old lady asked Ji Cheng a few words. Now that Shen Cui's good days are coming soon, Ji Qing finally returned to the capital ahead of schedule.

Naturally, Ji Cheng also went to Lanhua Lane to accompany Ji Qing.However, since Ji Qing came to the capital, there are entertainments every day, even tables and banquets. This is a businessman.

And the Shen family's wedding banquet also started to serve wine. This is not a regular day, but it's just that the ostentation of marriages in the capital has always been like this. Ji Lan even used the highest standard, and first set up a flowing banquet for seven days and seven nights.

When Ji Qing went to the capital, he naturally made up for Ji Lan, but he won a smile from his own sister.As for Ji Lan's complaints about Ji Cheng, of course Ji Qing would not tell Ji Cheng, and both sides dealt with it.

This day when Ji Qing came back from drinking in Shen's Mansion, his face was flushed and happy, which made Ji Cheng couldn't help asking: "Why is Daddy so happy today?" A few years ago, when he was young, he also went to Shen's Mansion for drinking, but because of his status, Limited, even if he is Ji Lan's elder brother, even Ji Lan himself doesn't greet him very much, except for a smiling face when he asks for money, he avoids suspicion, so every time Ji Qing visits Shen's residence, although It is not necessary to feel embarrassing, but it is rare to have such a smile on your face.

"It's too long to be a father today. Alas, the demeanor of the young masters is different, especially the eldest son of the Shen family. He thought he was aloof. How could he be so approachable and approachable? Needless to say, even an in-law like us They have taken good care of them, and even introduced many nobles to my father." Ji Qing laughed.In fact, he was also muttering in his heart, it was not that he had never seen Shen Yu before, but he had never seen him so enthusiastic, which really made Ji Qing a little uneasy.

As soon as Ji Cheng heard Ji Qing's words, he knew that Shen Yu did not give up.

Ji Qing looked at Ji Cheng's expression carefully. Although he is a man, he is not lacking in carefulness. Seeing Ji Cheng's evasive expression now, he guessed a little bit or two, but he didn't point it out. After all, the relationship between their family and the Shen family The family background is too far apart, and Shen Yu is the eldest son of the second wife of the Shen family, and he still has a title, so the possibility of marrying Ji Cheng is very low, but Ji Qing is not willing to let Ji Cheng go to someone's house to be a concubine.

So Ji Qing didn't take this matter too seriously.But Ji Qing met Shen Yu at the running water table of the Shen family for several days, and the other party took the trouble to accompany him, so that people who didn't know the inside story thought that Ji Qing had some great background to make Shen Yu so thoughtful. Be courteous.

No matter how stupid Ji Qing was, he knew something was wrong.On the next day, Shen Yu brought Brother Hong to visit in person, and the excuse he made was that Brother Hong missed his Aunt Cheng.

Ji Cheng stayed with Brother Hong for a while, and after Shen Yu left, Ji Qing couldn't hide his words anymore: "What does the eldest son of the Shen family mean? But does it mean you want to get closer to our family?"

Ji Cheng's "not worthy" rhetoric is meaningless in front of Ji Qing, she just said: "Second Madam won't agree, father, don't get too fancy."

"How can this be called whimsical? I think the eldest son's attitude is very sincere. What is your idea? At the beginning, you said that you wanted to find a marriage in the capital. I think the eldest son is very good? You are worried about Hong Brother?" Ji Qing asked.

How could Ji Cheng tell Ji Qing such unspeakable feelings, when her father questioned her helplessly, Ji Cheng had no choice but to say: "What kind of family is the Shen family, how can it be so easy to marry into?"

"Why can't you marry in? How did your aunt marry in?" Ji Qing said.

Today is not the past, how could Shen Yu go on a hunger strike for her?Ji Cheng said: "If Eldest Young Master really intends to marry me, why don't you find a matchmaker to come forward to make a match, what's the point of bringing Brother Hong to the door by yourself? Do you want people to say that I have a private relationship with someone before marriage?"

Ji Qing thought so too.If the young men and women in Jin are right, they can burrow into the reeds and sorghum fields, and talk to their family members when they turn around. It is hard to even think about these things when they come to the capital. It is true that Shen Yu came to the door directly Defective.

But not only the mother-in-law became more and more happy when she saw her son-in-law, but now even the father-in-law also fell in love with him more and more. Ji Qing was reluctant to part with such a big fat fish as Shen Yu, and when he saw Shen Yu again, he tactfully revealed Ji Cheng's thoughts.

Shen Yu breathed a sigh of relief, the girl's mind was really a needle in the sea, no matter how she guessed it, she couldn't guess it, but he got through Ji Qing's line to know the inside story.Shen Yu himself never imagined that Ji Cheng rejected him for such a reason, if she had said it earlier, he would not have had to drink with Ji Qing for several consecutive days until his face was flushed.

However, Shen Yu was in a good mood at the moment. He thought it was his own fault that Ji Cheng rejected him, which made Shen Yu somewhat frustrated. Now that he knew that his daughter's family was out of restraint, this made Shen Yugao look at Ji Cheng more and more, and the merchant's family came out. It's not bad that the girl is so polite, but I was too careless with her.

Shen Yu's abnormalities these days naturally cannot escape the eyes of his mother, Mrs. Huang.Mrs. Huang originally wanted to wait for Shen Cui to get married before looking for a chance to talk to Shen Yu, but Shen Yu has been with Ji Qing for the past few days, and there have been many gossips and gossips, even the old lady has started to ask questions. Madam Huang couldn't sit still any longer, so she asked someone to call Shen Yu into the room to talk after seeing off the guests in the evening.

There is no need for mother and son to go around in circles, but the son has grown up and has always been a boring gourd. Madam Huang didn't know how to talk to Shen Yu. Finally, Mrs. Huang said: "The family is becoming more and more deserted now. Both A-Xian and A-Cui are married. The old lady talks about being deserted all day long. Just to show your filial piety, you should marry a wife. Spread more branches and leaves, and have children at home. The laughter, the old lady will not feel deserted, even I have something to do every day."

"What mother said is true." Shen Yu said.It was precisely because of the two marriages in a row that the family became deserted, and when Ah Xun got married, there would be no sound at home, so even people like Shen Yu couldn't help being tempted to want to marry a wife, Ji Cheng It's really a good time.

"There are so many girls here as guests, are you satisfied?" Madam Huang asked.

Shen Yu said: "I accompany the guests at the front, and rarely come to the women's family. Even if I meet, it is only a one-time relationship, and I don't know the bottom line. Even if I marry again, the important thing is that Brother Hong likes and treats Brother Hong well. "

When Mrs. Huang heard this, she still didn't understand something, and she didn't know what Ji Cheng had done to Brother Hong. That child was not close to anyone, but he treated her differently.

"What can a child's family know? They are coaxed away by others. I think we still have to choose from the family we have always been friends with. They are all people who know the basics. Whether the family style is good or the rules are good, the new daughter-in-law enters the door." You can take care of the family affairs, and you can teach Brother Hong well." Mrs. Huang said.

Shen Yudao: "When I married the Zhou family, it was my father and mother who made the decisions. This time, I want to make the decisions myself."

Mrs. Huang was so angry that she almost fell backwards: "You are not young anymore, how can you be so willful? Do you think you can marry a wife casually? One woman is stupid, stupid for three generations, look at your third aunt. , what will your third uncle do after he marries her? Your third uncle liked her so much at the beginning, so what now? It’s not like everything has been taken lightly. A Yu, you have never been such an irrational person, are you Ji Cheng, that vicious person? Hooked up with you?"

Shen Yu's face darkened: "Cousin Cheng lives at home, don't you know what kind of character she is? When did she act viciously? It's none of her business, she doesn't know at all, I just think it's time to marry a wife, she's the right age, and brother Tong Hong is fine too. If mother doesn't like it, why bother to throw dirty water on her?"

Mrs. Huang was so angry that her heart was trembling, and she took care of her before she was married, so what will happen in the future?

"Well, since you know I don't like it, are you still planning to marry her?" Mrs. Huang also insisted.

Shen Yu is really not good at dealing with women, even his mother is no exception.It's a pity that Shen Che wasn't there, otherwise he might be able to ease the atmosphere by talking to his mother with his mouth.

"Mother also knows that the Shen family is now in a state of blooming flowers. On the surface, it looks like a bunch of flowers, but when did the emperor feel relieved of us in private? The marriage of Princess An and Princess An has ruined my uncle's future. I can only be an idle country. My lord, this is already suspicion. If it weren't for the Western Regions that are always ready to move, and the border gates can't be intimidated by my father, the emperor would have taken back his military power a long time ago. Now that I marry a wife and then marry a daughter of an aristocratic family, can the emperor rest assured? " Shen Yu said.

Madam Huang felt dizzy when she heard these excuses, she knew that Shen Yu was telling the truth, but it was really difficult for her to accept a merchant's daughter as her daughter-in-law, and she might be laughed at in the future.

But Shen Yu didn't understand these twists and turns in Mrs. Huang's stomach.

"As a woman, I don't care about these things. I only know that if the mother is not selected well, she can only raise a daughter like Ah Cui. Our family can't have such a scandal again. Besides, Ah Cui's incident like that, Ji Cheng eats and lives with her, and doesn't care about her, is this what a sister should do?" Madam Huang raised her voice.

Shen Yu said: "She's just a cousin, you know how Third Aunt is, even she can't control Ah Cui, how can Cousin Cheng control her?"

"You are simply obsessed with ghosts!" Mrs. Huang said angrily.

Seeing Mrs. Huang trembling with anger, Shen Yu also knew that he could not continue talking, otherwise it would only be counterproductive, so he stood up and said: "Mother calm down, it's because the son is unfilial, the son will come to pay his respects to the mother at another time."

(End of this chapter)