Chapter 44(1/2)
The next day, after scattering her greetings, Zhou Yun did not rush back to the palace. She sat down in the pavilion in the back garden, lying on the side of the railing, and looked down at the fish fighting in the pond.
I had a fight with my master yesterday. Although I didn’t leave in the end, Zhou Yun was still in a bad mood.
After a night of trouble, she also had some doubts whether she was too ignorant of her master?
That was always her husband, who would accompany her for decades to the rest of her life.
Now it's cold, and the snow that fell a few days ago had been cleaned by the servants. Zhou Yun was wearing a big rouge-colored cloak, her hair was a little red, and her cheeks were slightly red, her skin was as bright as a cream. She looked slightly sideways, and she carelessly twisted the fish food in her hand, and sprinkled it into the pond.
After a moment, the maid brought tea and pastries to the stone table.
Zhou Yun only glanced at him, held the cup and took a sip. Shi Qiu was amused and shook his head: "What's wrong with my master today?"
Yesterday I heard that Meng Liangdi was pregnant and she was in a bad mood, but today she was in a bad mood.
It made her confused.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yun lazily leaned back, frowned and complained: "It's all my fault..."
Shi Qiu didn't answer the conversation. Yesterday, she was in the room. The master's words of stinging the prince were more than the prince.
Suddenly, a steady sound of footsteps came from behind, and for a while, it seemed as if it was not far away.
Zhou Yun turned his head curiously. After seeing the person clearly, he suddenly felt full of surprise: "Mr. Shen? Why are you here?"
Shen Qingqiu was wearing a green robe, light and gentle. He coughed lightly and bent over and bowed: "The concubine."
After saying that, he stood up, with a faint smile on his face as usual, as if he was bathed in the spring breeze and the sun was cold. He couldn't help but cough lightly before saying, "I have something to discuss with the prince."
He has a very gentle attitude and a graceful appearance. If he says it, others may not believe that he is in charge of Dali Temple, which is the most frightening place in Chang'an City.
Zhou Yun glanced at him sideways and sighed in his heart.
When Shen Qingqiu entered the capital, she had called many women in the capital to fall in love with her. Even she had talked about him with Sister Gu many times.
Things change, and many years have passed in a blink of an eye. She became the concubine of the royal palace, and he has long become a third-rank minister, and everyone is respectful.
Zhou Yun held his chin and sighed:
"Apart from the wedding that day, I haven't seen Lord Shen for a long time."
In the past, when she was in the boudoir, she often went out to play and had met Shen Qingqiu several times. He also helped her solve a lot of trouble. Some people even speculated that when she was in the palace, Shen Qingqiu would come to propose marriage.
But guessing is just guessing after all.
Shen Qingqiu has never stepped into Zhou Mansion.
He is the princeling, and he will naturally distance himself from the Zhou family. Therefore, Zhou Yunzeng also wondered, how could Shen Qingqiu help her?
As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Qingqiu's eyes condensed slightly without any trace, and his hand holding the ring moved slightly.
After a long time, he lowered his head, his facial features were slanted, and he whispered: "The concubine has a bright future. I will see you and never see you, but I always hope that the concubine will be safe."
The Empress will definitely be safe.
Zhou Yun was a little stunned and looked at him in confusion.
Shen Qingqiu faced her gaze. He endured the muffled cough in his throat, and an obscure and difficult-to-distinguish emotions flashed in his eyes. In a moment, he took refuge and said, "It's getting late, I'm going to look for the prince first."
Zhou Yun nodded quickly after returning to his senses:
"Sir, please."
Shen Qingqiu took a few steps back before turning around. His back was straightened and he walked away from the pavilion step by step.
He held his hands tightly in his sleeves. When he turned around and turned over the rockery, he pressed his lips and coughed desperately. After a moment, his face flushed with unusual flushing. He leaned on the rockery, and he added a touch of decadence when he closed his eyes.
In the pavilion, Zhou Yun took back his gaze when Shen Qingqiu disappeared.
Shi Qiu also gave a comment:
"Mr. Shen seems to be the same as in previous years, and has not changed at all."
Zhou Yun followed her words and thought about what Shen Qingqiu looked like back then, and couldn't help but shake her head.
Where did it not change?
Even when her brother talked about Shen Qingqiu, his face changed. Obviously, in the court, Shen Qingqiu had more than a few deterrent power.
What's more, he is much calmer than in previous years. Even though his face is gentle, who can guess his third thoughts now?
Suddenly, Shi Qiu chuckled:
"The master was so playful that the jade bracelet given by the imperial concubine accidentally fell into the lake. At that time, the master was very happy with the jade bracelet and almost cried on the spot. It was only after Lord Shen went into the water for a few times before he found the jade bracelet for his master."
Zhou Yun blushed when she was joking. She was young at that time and was indeed a little playful.
Shi Qiu shook his head: "I still remember when Lord Shen was covered in water and handed it to his master with a jade bracelet, I couldn't help but cough a few times. After returning, I became even sick. For this reason, the mansion also gave a lot of gifts to Shen's mansion."
Zhou Yun pushed her and glared at her angrily:
"Stop talking quickly!"
I was so embarrassed that I almost cried for a bracelet.
This happened back then. There were rumors in Chang'an City that Shen Qingqiu was happy with the daughter of Zhou's mansion.
However, the rumor quickly subsided without any impact on Zhou Yun.
and……
Zhou Yun pursed her lips lightly, and the smile on her face gradually faded. Not long after that, she went to the East Palace to play, but she encountered something.
Since then, she and Prince Fu Mian have gradually become distant.
She was afraid that she would never forget that scene in her life.
She has always been bold and arrogant, but she still can't forget her fear of the prince.
Zhou Yun calmed down his thoughts and stopped thinking about his youth.
She sat in the pavilion and looked up from afar. She could see the plum forest that Fu Yun planted for her. Clusters of red hang on the branches, with the only bright color in the white, which looked very beautiful.
Suddenly, she frowned, stared at the few people who were occasionally traversing in the plum forest, raised her chin and said, "Who are they all?"
Shi Qiu turned to look, paused, and then hesitated:
"Maybe it's the masters in the backyard."
Zhou Yun frowned, feeling a little unwilling.
Why should the Red Plum Forest she specially asked for for others to enjoy?
She curled her lips: "Call them out."
Shi Qiu paused, feeling a little amused: "Melin is there, can you, my master, no one is allowed to give me any reward in the future?"
Zhou Yun said with confidence:
"If I can't see it, forget it, but if I am there, I won't allow it!"
She is already domineering, and if others are dissatisfied, they can go and complain to the master.
Shi Qiu winked at the maid next to him.
After a moment, the three women pulled and pulled, walked over with a little embarrassed look on their faces, and convinced them: "I would like to pay my respects to my concubine."
Zhou Yun held his chin with one hand and drooped his eyelids. He glanced at them. When he saw the broken plum branches in their hands, his eyes suddenly became a little cold: "What are you doing just now?"
The three of them are just concubines. They live close to the yard and occasionally have some contact. After paying homage today, on their way back to the yard, they passed by Hongmeilin behind Jinheyuan. On the whim, they couldn't help but go in and stroll.
One of them, Zhou Yun, looks familiar, is Qian.
The reason why she looks familiar with Qian is because Liu Liangdi once told her that Qian's family is doing business and has the least money in her hands, and she often loves to play cards with others.
Qian often went to Liu Liangdi's Qiu Fangyuan, and she didn't have enough money to say among the concubines. At that moment, she stood up and said a little tantrum: "If you go back to the concubine, I will wait for someone to return to the yard before I saw the red plum forest, and I couldn't help but go in and stroll around. I hope the concubine will forgive me."
Everyone in the mansion knows that this red plum forest was planted by my uncle for his concubine.
They went in without permission and even broke the plum branches in it. The concubine's character is well-known and difficult, and no one knows whether she will be unaware of this.
Zhou Yun looked at the plum branches in her hand coldly, and the cool voice was shallow:
"Just just stroll?"
Qian and the other two concubines were hoarse for a while. After a while, one of the Lu, who had just entered the mansion after the talent show, bit her lip and muttered in a low voice: "It's just a few flowers that I'm broken. What's so stingy..."
Although he was only silent, the surroundings were silent now, and others could hear these words clearly.
Qian and the other person were surprised and stern, and kept a distance from her. This movement completely revealed Lu, and her face suddenly froze.
Zhou Yun narrowed his eyes a little, almost laughing in anger.
After touching her things, she ended up being stingy?
She said in a cold voice:
"I am stingy, not as generous as this sister. I wonder who this sister is?"
The most cruel thing about killing people is to kill the heart.
Zhou Yun asked Lu's face turned blue and white. You said something to others, but they didn't know who you were.
Before Lu entered the mansion, he was also the most beloved daughter in the family. However, because of his low family background, he was just a concubine.
To be continued...