"You did what happened in Zheng Guogong's Mansion last night?" After Huan Yehe walked in, she only saw Yishan grinding the ink for Sheng Shuihe. Seeing her, Sheng Shuihe didn't mean to let Yishan out. Instead, he ordered Yishan to pour a tea for her. Then she knew that the maid must be Sheng Shuihe's trusted subordinate, and they could talk with her present.
So, she took off her hood and asked angrily, "Are you crazy? You are not in Bishui County!"
"You come here at this time not just to make a punitive expedition against me, right?" However, Sheng Shuihe said lightly. He kept writing, and asked without looking up, "So have you got the certain message about what happened in the daytime yesterday?"
Huan Yehe said angrily, "I could have! But after the bodies of Aunt Jiaoyu and Fifteenth Miss Meng were found this morning, Zheng Guogong turned very angry! I just received news that Zheng Guogong even planned to go to the imperial palace to visit the
Sheng Shuihe's oppressive and ceaseless questions made Huan Yehe put on a sulky face. Finally, she laughed out of extreme anger, saying, "Sheng Shuihe! You are indeed my grandfather's last disciple... It’s okay if you don’t want to answer my question, but you're really unreasonable!""Why you steer clear of the crucial point, Your Highness?" However, Sheng Shuihe took a sip of tea and asked calmly, "Anyone who knows how powerful Huan Family is in Bishui County now will doubt the truth of the disappearance of my teacher, right? It's reasonable that other people don’t know the secret, but as his last disciple, how can I know nothing about it?"Huan Yehe looked sulky, glancing coldly at him before sneering, "You're always prudent. My grandfather had been dead two years ago, but you insisted on getting a vivid identity in Nanfeng County. You got the support of the local noble family Sheng Family and then won the first place in provincial imperial examinations.
After all, Huan Yehe knew to care about the important thing. She didn't have a pleasant conversation with Sheng Shuihe, but still, she sent someone to convey Sheng Shuihe a message on the afternoon of the next day, which filled him in on the wrap-up of the affairs of State Duke Zheng Family.Yesterday afternoon, Empress Dowager Meng was astonished and infuriated by the bad news from State Duke Zheng Family and ordered the officers to investigate the sudden death of Zheng Guogong's concubine Jiaoyu and his daughter Fifteenth Miss Meng!As Sheng Shuihe said, Empress's order was responded by a bustle in the imperial court and the imperial harem, and the so-called perpetrator was exposed and apprehended by dusk, who was known to be the family of Jiaoyu's most trusted nanny!This news surprised many people including the ones who were almost out of the loop, because the family served as Jiaoyu's right-hand men, and had contributed a lot to Jiaoyu's t
Unaware of Sheng Shuihe's scheme, the two girls found his suggestions reasonable. They sent someone to inform Gongsun Yingjiang, and the three joined Sheng Shuihe, who had also got changed, after a hasty dressing-up.Night hadn't fallen yet, but the buildings alongside the streets had all hanged out a plate reading “FULL”.They were not factually full, of course, but were already reserved for the people of the upper class, who had been scheduled to come to enjoy the exhibition with their friends in the evening.But being in Chang'an for the first time and bustling around in January, Sheng Shuihe's group had completely forgotten to make a reservation.They had asked five or six restaurants of the best locations, only to find none of their tables still available.Sheng Weiqiao and the other two girls were staying in the carriage, but they could see it was uneasy to find a table now, because the carriage had stopped by a
With many restaurants being all reserved, Sheng Shuihe didn't suppose the room they found was well-located or broad enough.But he went upstairs, and found a room on the second floor, facing the main street and enjoying a splendid view over this area, which was decorated extravagantly with brocade mat, calligraphy works, rose-wooden furnishings, and vanilla-colored porcelain.It wasn't large enough to accommodate several banquet tables, but was far enough to fulfill Sheng Family's expectations.He was satisfied, and confused, "Why didn't anyone make a reservation on a room at this level?"The servant who ushered him and Sheng Xiang put on an ingratiating smile, "It was originally reserved, but the reservation was abruptly canceled because something came up in their house. The shopkeeper asked me to contact our regular customers to communicate this information, and your steward went in to ask about our vacancies at that time. Then o
Acrobatics was an ancient art that had been popular for a long time.Tonight, was Lantern Festival, and the emperor would bring his relatives and the royal families with him to the city gate to share the happy moment with the people. The high stage under the gate was set for the acrobatics performance... It was a great chance to show up in front of the emperor and the concubines!It is conceivable that whether it was a tightrope act, swallowing knives, walking through the fire, spitting fire, performing on five cases, handstand, singing, or dancing, the performers were outstanding in skills.After all, they had to be really skillful to obtain the chance to be on the stage!No wonder that everyone would want to get close to the stage in order to see it clearly... It was not the thing that they could watch in daily life.When Sheng Weiqiao and other people of the group realized the truth, they went back to the room toget
There were no other people around, and Sheng Weiqiao said after curtsying to Princess Qingfang, "Brother went to the stand to buy us some lanterns, so he won't be back soon."Sheng Weiqiao had suggested Sheng Shuihe focus on the Spring Exam coming in a few days and not to come out with them, while Sheng Shuihe was worried about the sisters, so he said that it was because the Spring Exam is coming soon, he should relax a little bit so he could be more confident when taking the exam.Sheng Weiqiao thought it reasonable, and Sheng Weiwu was excited that he could come, so she agreed finally.She didn't expect that they would encounter Princess Qingfang here and regretted it deeply.Princess Qingfang was shocked when hearing the words, and she moved a little bit, wanting to see Sheng Shuihe, while she forced herself to stop and force a smile, "I'm just an ordinary woman. Why would I want to see Eldest Childe Sheng? I just met you here n
Sheng Weiqiao originally planned to ask Sheng Xiang to covertly get her some knockout drops once they went back so that she could strip Sheng Shuihe and check the birthmark that supposedly belonged to the third son of Gaomi King Family.But Sheng Weiwu indulged herself in the lantern exhibition and it was near dawn when they returned to Sheng’s mansion.Not being completely recovered, Sheng Weiqiao was carried back to her room by the maids after she walked Sheng Weiwu back to hers, and she fell asleep immediately, leaving her maids taking care of the changing.Then she didn't wake up until the next afternoon.She remembered her plan as she did her makeup and told Lvqi, "You go call Sheng Xiang here. I have some tasks for him!"Lvqi whispered consent and departed. Lvjin asked, combing Sheng Weiqiao's hair, "Miss, what kind of task is it?"She wasn't genuinely curious. She just needed to pay close attention
Looking at the empty colored glaze cup, Sheng Weiqiao tried to hold back her smile and pretended nothing happened, saying, "Ah, actually it's not a big thing. It's just... Well, elder brother, you've been studying very hard recently?""Yeah!" Sheng Shuihe saw that she had something in her mind, but as he didn't know what she had assigned to Sheng Xiang, he didn't guess her purpose at the moment. So he teased her with a smile, "Sweetie, after I finish the exam, no matter what the result is, you have to go out playing with me, and trying all delicious and funny things in Chang'an!"Sheng Weiqiao said casually, "Well, OK. Brother, what do you feel now?""What do I feel?" Sheng Shuihe was puzzled by the greeting and said, "I'm fine!"Seeing Sheng Weiqiao look at the colored glaze cup with disappointment, he thought he understood her mind and clenched his fist to show his strength. He said energetically, "The berry wine you sent me is r