The imperial concubine bows down to me

On this day, because Liu Shuyan went out of the palace to go back to the prime minister's mansion to "visit relatives", after the morning court, Shen Zhi was free again.For some reason, as soon as she was free, she thought of Wei Qian'er again.She thought about it carefully, anyway, there was nothing left and right, and Liu Shuyan was not in the palace, so she planned to go to Qingning Hall for a walk.

With the experience of eavesdropping on something he shouldn't have heard last time, Shen Zhi learned how to be clever this time, knowing that he should walk around the hall of desire.But things are always coincidental, originally Shen Zhi had already made a big detour just not wanting to get close to Yutangdian, but she had just walked halfway when she ran into Shen Handong who was walking towards her.

But fortunately, Shen Handong only brought a personal servant girl who was brought into the palace from the princess mansion, Concubine Shu did not follow her, otherwise she would not know how to face the two of them.

Thinking about it, Shen Zhi stepped forward and saluted Shen Handong: "I have met my aunt." In fact, according to the etiquette, it should be Shen Handong who saluted Shen Zhi, but Shen Zhi has never paid much attention to such things as the courtesy of the monarch and his ministers. , but I think it is true that the elders should be respected.

At the same time, after the maid bowed to Shen Zhi, seeing that Shen Handong didn't intend to walk away immediately, she also retreated a little bit wisely.

"Zhi'er is too polite. Why does the older I grow up, the more unfamiliar I am with my aunt?" I don't know if it's Shen Zhi's illusion. Since Xue Jiang's death, Shen Handong seems to have become more energetic and more sympathetic. Look younger.If you don't know someone, you shouldn't be able to tell that she is the mother of a child.

Meeting aunt and nephew should have been a joyful event, but hearing Shen Handong's tone, it seemed that she was blaming Shen Zhi for neglecting her.But since Shen Zhi grew up, especially after Shen Handong married Xue Jiang, there was little communication between the two. In addition to the eavesdropping incident before, during the time she entered the palace, except for the day when she first arrived, Shen Handong had little communication. Although Zhizhi has not visited her on purpose, it is actually understandable.

But since Shen Handong had already said that, Shen Zhi couldn't refute it, so he generously explained and admitted his mistake: "I have just started to deal with government affairs in recent days, and I have been a bit busy with business recently, I couldn't come to visit my aunt, I hope my aunt will forgive me. "

Originally, the two of them spoke in a serious tone, but unexpectedly, as soon as Shen Zhi finished speaking, Shen Handong burst out laughing.Shen Zhi looked at her suspiciously, and she restrained herself a little, seemingly unintentionally said: "Auntie is joking with you, don't be so nervous." Then, she took two steps forward, getting closer to Shen Zhi, The corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, unable to hide his smile.

"Since it's rare for us to meet each other, if Zhi'er is free, why don't you go for a walk with aunt? Auntie, I just happen to have something to tell you." When Shen Handong spoke, he lowered his voice slightly, and there were some stories For a mysterious meaning.After saying this, without waiting for Shen Zhi to agree, she turned around and told the maid who followed her not far away, "Lianhua, you go back first, I will come back by myself in a while."

"Yes."

Hearing this, the maid responded, and was about to turn around to leave, but was stopped by Shen Handong: "Wait, remember to tell Concubine Shu when you go back, and say that I will go to play chess with her later today."

Shen Zhi heard all these words in her ears, she couldn't help slandering, she didn't just drop in to talk, she was obviously afraid that Concubine Shu would misunderstand something if she didn't go back for a long time.But then again, it hasn't been long since Shen Zhi squatted in the corner last time, and the relationship between the two has become so good. Shen Zhi, who knows nothing about their relationship on the surface, knows it well , I don’t know whether it’s better to be happy for them, or to be worried about Cain.

After all, it's okay if Shen Zhi alone or just the loyal palace servants around them know about this kind of thing. If Shen Tianhe finds out by then, neither of them will know whether they can still be as free and unrestrained as they are now.What's more, if this matter is learned by some people with ulterior motives, and they use it to deal with Concubine Shu's father, Taichang Yan Tingyu, if they don't handle it well, there is a high probability that they will have another life and death parting.

After the maid left, Shen Zhi's situation was that if he didn't want to agree, he agreed.But Shen Handong is Shen Zhi's aunt after all, even though the two of them are a little strange now, but after all, blood is thicker than water, and Shen Zhi will not reject Shen Handong's request.At most, she will take another time to visit Qingning Hall again, but it's really not a big deal.

The two walked together to the Imperial Garden, along the way Shen Handong only asked about Shen Zhi's recent situation, but did not say anything particularly important as Shen Zhi imagined.Arriving at the depths of the imperial garden, there was no one inside, and the environment was a bit darker than the outside, so Shen Handong stopped and jumped onto the flower platform half a person's height in one fell swoop.

Seeing this, Shen Zhi also jumped up with her and sat beside her.The two were silent for a while, Shen Zhi saw that Shen Handong hadn't opened his mouth for a long time, so he took the lead in bringing up the topic: "How is brother Zhenzhe recently? Are you used to living in the palace?" Most of the way just now was Shen Handong. Asking, Shen Zhi is answering.Now if it was the other way around, because of Xue Jiang's affairs, Shen Zhi couldn't figure out what Shen Handong's attitude was, so he could only ask about Shen Zhenzhe's situation from the side.

"Thanks to Zhi'er's care, Changle Palace is fully equipped with everything, and there is nothing missing. Compared with the Princess Mansion, this palace is much better, and Zhe'er is also very happy. It's just that Zhe'er is still young and doesn't understand. What happened, sometimes I miss my father at night, and I will cry for a while. But the child has a great forgetfulness, and soon sleeps soundly, and forgets all these things." Shen Handong was a little melancholy when he spoke, If Shen Zhi knew that she and Xue Jiang were not in love, maybe she would really think that she was thinking of Xue Jiang when she said these words.

But after all, Shen Handong didn't know that Shen Zhi had overheard those things, and Shen Zhi couldn't explain it too clearly, so he also apologized: "I'm sorry for my uncle and aunt, and I'm sorry for Brother Zhenzhe, who made him lose his father at such a young age. love."

Originally, Shen Zhi spoke seriously, but Shen Handong's sudden words frightened her so much that her heart almost went cold: "Anyway, Zhe'er has changed his surname to Shen now, if Zhi'er really thinks that Zhe'er lost his father And I'm sorry for him, why not let Zhe'er adopt under the name of Zhi'er, and you will love him in the future."

Adoption to... under my name?Could this be what Ruoyu said before, the so-called... Xi Dang father that is often seen in the scriptures?

Blinking, and after a while, Shen Zhicai finally recovered from Shen Handong's words.She quickly refused: "How can this make Zhenzhe still be Gu's younger brother even if my aunt is willing, so how can he be adopted under Gu's name? Besides... besides Gu is not married yet, let Zhenzhe's brother have... …With father's love and mother's love, it is impossible." When Shen Zhi said the words "father's love", she always felt a little embarrassed in her heart, after all, she was a daughter, and she said she wanted to be a father , Thinking about it, it can really make people laugh for a long time.

But speaking of it, when Shen Zhi said these words, he was still thinking of a gentle person like Liu Shuyan. If she became a mother, her children would be very happy.After all, Liu Shuyan can take care of a person like her who has no blood relatives in every possible way. If she treats her own children, how considerate should she be.

But Liu Shuyan likes women. He has only heard that men and women can have children if they perform Zhou Gong's rituals, but they don't know if women can have children of their own?

Thinking of this, Shen Zhi suddenly thought of those things in Xue Ruoyu's painting book. After thinking about it carefully, it should be the ceremony of Duke Zhou mentioned in the book, right?If women can perform Zhou Gong's rituals like men and women, then women should also be like men and women. After doing this, they may conceive their own children, right?

Shen Zhi was thinking about these thoughts, but Shen Handong suddenly smiled unbearably, which pulled her back from her thoughts.However, Shen Handong's words are always surprising. Although the joke just now was exposed, what she said next made Shen Zhi even more embarrassed.

"I'm kidding, look at Zhi'er is nervous. This is Xue Jiang's own punishment for doing something wrong, so what does it have to do with Zhi'er? But to be honest, Zhi'er is not young anymore. It's time to think about your own lifelong affairs, too." Hearing this, Shen Zhi was about to use the usual excuses of "I'm still young, we should put state affairs first" and other excuses to bypass this topic, but before she could open her mouth, Shen Handong continued to say, "According to my aunt, the noble concubine Liu is quite good. No matter in terms of appearance, family background or character, this person should belong to the upper class among women. Listen to the people in the palace. Zhier I seem to like her quite a lot. Judging from the recent events, your relationship should be pretty good. Why don't you take advantage of this time to develop your relationship, and when your father comes back, Zhi'er can ask him Please give me a marriage order, and I will stay with the Liu family forever."

"A request for marriage? Stay together forever?" Shen Zhi was so surprised that he suspected that he had heard it wrong, "Did aunt say the wrong person?"

Although Shen Handong knew that Shen Tianhe had never touched any other women in the palace, but after all, no one else knew about it. Concubine, how should the world treat this, Shen Zhi, and the royal family?

Knowing that Shen Zhi would react in such a way, Shen Handong was prepared, she immediately asked: "Could it be that Zhi'er has no intentions of concubine Liu Gui? My aunt has seen you walking together several times. The look in your eyes, if you say it is ruthless , I will never believe anything I say." It turned out that what Shen Handong knew was not just hearsay from the palace servants, but she had witnessed it with her own eyes and guessed it.

"Furthermore, the emperor's brother has a deep affection for the emperor's wife. Although there were many concubines in the harem before, he has never really met any of them. I think Zhi'er should know a thing or two about this. So Since they have no love for each other with the emperor, even if they are really in love with someone else, what does it matter?"

After hearing this, Shen Zhizheng was planning to argue with Shen Handong, but before she could say anything, she realized in time that she had been entangled in Shen Handong's words.Obviously she has never admitted that she is interested in Liu Shuyan, so how can she say anything later?