Spring Forest Evening

"When people get old, they will inevitably become confused." Shen Yi immediately gave her own explanation, and looked at her younger brother with a little dissatisfaction for this, thinking that he thought too much about people:

"Plus, isn't that bitch still following her all the time? Hmph, pretend to be honest in front of me. After all, she has a son and has a lot of plans in her belly. This time she must be the one who didn't do it in front of the old lady." Know what was said!"

Bitch?Sounds like the concubine of Marquis Weiyuan?The old lady doesn't get along with her genuine daughter-in-law, but she likes her son's concubine?

Zhou Heng had no direct experience of this kind of dispute between wives and concubines and mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the ancient back house, so he was not very interested, so he listened by the side without saying a word. When Shen Yi saw it, she thought she remembered Shen Fu who had promised not to take concubines before. He said to her with a little comfort:

"Ah Heng, rest assured, this kind of thing, speaking of it, is not too embarrassing for the Marquis of Weiyuan. What's more, what A Fu said is right. Usually, the old woman would not be so outrageous. She must have lived in Zhuangzi for a long time this time. Oh, that bitch has always been gentle and considerate in serving people, so he took the opportunity to come back and disgust me—"

"Oh, by the way, there is one more thing." Speaking of this, Shen Yi finally remembered the business, frowned slightly and asked her younger brother:

"I found out later that the palace was on fire. It was Master Hou who sent a letter to his wife. Ah Fu, did you tell your brother-in-law when you came back?"

Seeing Shen Fu shaking his head, Shen Yi couldn't help scolding him:

"You too, although I know you are worried about Ah Heng rushing back, but you have to tell your brother-in-law, just send someone to talk about it."

Shen Fu still shook his head and said:

"Although I came back in a hurry and didn't tell my brother-in-law face to face, I remembered that there were Mrs. Zhou Jiatai and my uncle and aunt over there. I was afraid that they would be worried, so I specially left a person in that yard, an old man in our own mansion. Let her find a time to tell the Zhou family and brother-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yi frowned even tighter, and said in thought:

"That's weird, your brother-in-law... Now that he knows about this, it's fine if he doesn't come back. I thought, it's probably because Ah Rong is just playing around and wants to show off his skills in the palace, so it's fine if you two don't come back. I must have learned from His Majesty or others later that the matter is not too serious."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have received any letters from him, and I didn't think too much about it. Now that you say it... Hmph, I don't know what the mother and son of the Ji family are thinking about!"

Even the address was changed, Zhou Heng listened, Shen Yi's voice was a little angry, but she basically didn't understand the situation of the princess's in-law's family, so it was not appropriate to comfort her, after all, Shen Fu was really doing it for himself at the time. Hurrying back, they thought, at least they are brothers and sisters, and there shouldn't be any rift between the two of them, but even so, the eyes looking at Shen Fu and Shen Yi finally brought some Sorry emotions inside.

Shen Fu hadn't said anything yet, Shen Yi and her were face to face, now that she finished speaking, she noticed Zhou Heng's apologetic eyes, she couldn't help but tried to smile and said:

"A Heng, this matter has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with Ah Fu. He was right to do what he did at the time. The elder sister was just thinking..."

Speaking of this, he laughed a little self-deprecatingly:

"I hope I'm paranoid, but... it's not a big deal. I am the eldest daughter of the Shen family and the princess conferred by the late emperor. I can't live without their Ji family? What a joke!"

Zhou Heng's words didn't sound quite right, it was a bit like the cruel words that modern women say when they want to have a showdown with someone for divorce, but she didn't know how to comfort them, and Shen Fu also had an expression of anxiety, helplessness, and various emotions. Knowing that as a younger brother, he didn't know how to comfort her, in a hurry, he thought of a trick for her, and quickly blurted out:

"Oh, Eldest Sister, I haven't finished telling you about the Qingyuan that night just now. It just so happens, Ah Fu, have you discovered anything new when you come back now?"

While talking, he kicked Shen Fu lightly from the bottom.

Why didn't Shen Fu know what she meant, and looked at Shen Yi apologetically, and said in a low voice:

"Exactly. I came here just now to tell you. After discussing with Uncle He, I decided to find a place to dig in the outer study to see what's going on underneath."

Seeing the surprised expressions of the two people in front of him, he hurriedly explained to them:

"That's right. Before that, we dug a hole under the Wanqing Courtyard. At first we thought it was a place to bury something, but later we found out that there was a secret passage underneath. Maybe it was a long time ago. The place has collapsed and blocked, the side of the main courtyard has not been dug yet, but the same is true for the side of Liufeng Pavilion. In the cloud pool."

Zhou Heng was still thinking, but Shen Yi asked curiously:

"Then, what good things were dug out of the secret passage?"

Knowing that there was nothing inside but a few shriveled bat corpses, Shen Yi was disgusted and didn't ask any more questions, but at this moment Zhou Heng got up and went to the room to get the "Scenery of Willow Lake" that he brought with him. Spread it out on the table and say:

"Ah Fu, you came back to look at this picture, right? So these earthworm-like lines that Ah Hua said, before we thought they were the path in the old mansion. Could it be the secret path underneath?"

Shen Fu stood up, pointed to the buildings on the map and the crooked lines connecting them and replied in a deep voice:

"Yes, now it seems that this picture is mainly to mark the secret passage below."

It also points to the location of the main courtyard:

"It seems that the digging was in the wrong place. It turned out that it passed through the middle of the two acacia trees."

"Then..." Zhou Heng took a serious look, and pointed to a piece of water in the middle: "This should be Shangyun Lake, right? To be precise, it should be the former Cloud Lake, right? Then..."

Looking up at Shen Fu: "Does it mean that if those secret passages are opened, you can actually go down from our mansion, such as Liufeng Pavilion..."

Then his fingers slowly crossed the water: "Go all the way to the next door?"

Seeing that the siblings nodded at the same time, their expressions were still very serious, but Zhou Heng felt more relaxed in his heart, things were getting better little by little, and according to what Shen Fu said, the secret path was empty, so is it understandable for:

"Ah Fu, before we were still guessing that there might be weapons buried underneath, and the second prince was determined to get it because of this, but now the situation, can it also be understood that he actually doesn't know what's underneath, but he just doesn't know where to go. I learned something about it, and want to find it through the Wanqingyuan?"

"Even thinking about it more optimistically, he paid a price to enter the Wanqing Courtyard, but after a period of time, he still didn't gain much, so he set fire to the courtyard in desperation, firstly to kill people, and secondly In order to take advantage of the chaos and search for any clues on the surface of the entire courtyard, the three princesses personally went to the scene to supervise the formation, but the result was still nothing. interest?"