The Female General and Xiao Fu's Wife

The fire was blazing, the flames rose and the sparks danced, the wood ash was blown all around, and it accidentally stuck to the black hands, "What kind of flavor do you eat?"

"Huh?" Aria was taken aback.

While talking, Su Xiuyan searched out a pack of spices and peppers from her purse, "I have spicy ones and non-spicy ones."

"You can actually carry it with you." Aria reached out to take it and looked it up in her heart, feeling very novel.

Holding up the barbecue, Su Xiuyan replied, "This is a very important thing. In case I get lost and can't go home one day, it's delicious to roast some meat in the wild and add some seasoning."

After the words fell, Aria couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Even if you get lost and can't go home, isn't the most important thing is to fill your stomach?"

"I know how to enjoy it!" Su Xiuyan looked smug, and looked at her barbecue, "It's done, it's almost done, let's sprinkle the seasoning."

The two hurriedly sprinkled the seasoning on the barbecue, and then put it on the fire for a while, and the aroma was overflowing. The barbecue mixed with the aroma of cumin and chili made people drool.

Take another bite, the tender meat is delicious, smooth and tender, and the taste buds are completely exploded.

"Yeah, delicious~"

It's hard to imagine that one is a lady from the Duke's Mansion, and the other is a noble princess from the Kucha Kingdom. Now they are all sitting on the ground, eating roasted hare meat in front of the fire.

Just halfway through the meal, there was a lively commotion not far from the forest. Hearing the reputation, a group of people holding torches seemed to be looking for them. Su Xiuyan's servant girl.

"Your Highness, I have found you. If something happens to you, the servants will not know how to explain to the king when they go back."

At this moment, Su Xiuyan hurriedly distributed the extra prey to everyone, "Come here, don't stand still, come here and roast it, I still have some seasoning left."

"Miss...Master, he said let us take you back..."

Su Xiuyan paused, and hurriedly pulled the maid over, "I'm going back now, and I'm going back later, is there any difference?"

The maid shook her head.

"That's right, come on, roast this bird, and you can go back after eating." After speaking, she stuffed a bird that had been impaled on a wooden stick into the maid's hand.

It just so happened that the two of them packed so much food today that they couldn't finish it. These people can help share the burden, so that there will be no food wastage.

The scene that followed was a bit spectacular. There were men and women, servants, servants, maids, princesses and ladies. Everyone sat around and ate barbecue. All of them had their little faces flushed from the fire. At this moment, there was no Hierarchy and status, only happiness and carefree.

After eating, the fire was extinguished, and everyone headed back on the way back. Aria kept smiling, and seemed to be in a very happy mood.

After the two entered the city gate, they parted at the gate of the city, one to the east and the other to the north. Not long after they left, Aria came back and waved to Su Xiuyan, "I'm very happy today."

Su Xiuyan waved her hand in response, "Me too."

On the way back to the palace, Aria's accompanying servant asked, "Princess, you are not afraid. Did the other party approach you on purpose?"

Aria thought for a while and replied, "Anyone who approaches me may seek fame and fortune, but she is definitely not!" When she said this, her eyes were so sure.

(Su Xiuyan: Of course, fame and fortune are nothing, I'm just for fun.)

Opening the door, the light outside was a bit dazzling, and she calmed down after standing quietly at the door for a while, thinking about it, she hadn't come out like this for a long time, and there was no one in the courtyard at this time, Shen Zhaoxue felt a little relaxed Some, not so vigilant.

The door of the general's wing was tightly closed. Shen Zhaoxue just glanced at it lightly, then quickly looked away. She will never forget that night, that night when there was light snow in the sky, that indifferent response and cruel rejection, It is precisely because there are so many expectations that it is so embarrassing.

There was a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, and his heart sank to the bottom.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was at home today, Shen Zhaoxue tidied up the inside and outside of the house and cleaned it up.

Opening the bottom shelf of the closet, Shen Zhaoxue found a set of neatly folded red wedding dresses. She carefully unfolded them and gently stroked and caressed them with her five fingers. With a shock, Shen Zhaoxue returned to reality, hurriedly put the wedding dress back in place, and closed the drawer.

She knew what she was going to do next, and she mustered up the courage to make up her mind. Since the general didn't really love her, why not let each other go, let each other go, let go of herself.

Thinking of this, I didn't fall into too much sadness, but seized the time to pack up my old clothes, take them wherever they came from, don't leave anything behind, and won't take anything away.

As for the rouge shop, the business has started now, Xiao An is doing very well, and Shen Zhaoxue can leave without worry.

About a few bags were packed up and down, Shen Zhaoxue was a little tired, so she propped herself up by the mirror to rest, Rachel came back just in time, saw the door of the young lady's room was open, and ran in without saying a word, unexpectedly saw this scene.

"...Little Miss, you are..."

Shen Zhaoxue turned her head, was stunned, subconsciously wanted to hide these burdens, Rachel hurried to stop her, her eyes were full of worry, "Miss, do you want to make peace with the general?"

Shen Zhaoxue avoided her eyes, while trying to snatch those burdens from Rachel's hands, "Rachel, these are not things you should worry about."

"Miss." Rachel bit her lips, her eyes were moist, "Rachel has been with Miss for many years since she was a child, and always listens to Miss. What Miss wants to do, Rachel has always carried out, but this time, can Miss Just break the rules once, just listen to Rachel's story once... You must think twice about Heli. Once the young lady and Li successfully return to the Shen Mansion, life will be even more difficult. Mrs. Meng will definitely have more reasons To make fun of you, Miss, Rachel doesn't want to see Miss live like that."

"But Rachel..." Shen Zhaoxue put down the luggage in her hands, and looked at her seriously, "Have you ever thought that I am not happy in the life of Sima's mansion now?"

Hearing this, Rachel stopped talking and fiddled with her fingers. While she wanted Miss to be happy, she didn't want Miss to go back to a possibly worse life.

"Miss, can you think about it for one more night, just one night?" Rachel has no choice but to delay the time like this. Maybe the lady is just impulsive, or maybe after one night until tomorrow, the lady will change her mind up.

What she didn't know was that after this incident, Shen Zhaoxue had already given up.

"Okay, I see, I will think about it for another night." Shen Zhaoxue turned her face away, unwilling to continue discussing this topic, "You go out first, I want to rest."

"Yeah!" Rachel nodded, "Miss, take a good rest...you must think about it carefully!" After finishing speaking, she retreated to help her close the door.

It seems that her guess was right, the young lady really wanted to make peace with the general, thinking of Rachel's two hands that had no place to rest, thinking about each other, what should I do now, I can only look for it tomorrow Miss Su sees if there is a way.

That night, Shen Zhaoxue stayed up all night.

She thought about it a lot and for a long time. She recalled the first time she met the general. At that time, he was still wearing a mask. It was she who happened to bump into him in the wing room and was able to see his true face.

The general went back to the door with her and protected her when she was in danger. It seemed that from that moment on, her heart was about to move. Although she didn't want to admit it at that time, she had already moved her heart to the general.

Later she was accidentally scalded, the general upheld justice for her, and personally helped her to apply the medicine... and also blocked the master's whip for her, and suffered injuries all over her body, and the May Festival, and everything that happened on the way to the Western Regions ,everything....

Thinking of this, Shen Zhaoxue's tears couldn't stop flowing, how could she let go, how could she let go, and leave.

They have experienced so much together, Shen Zhaoxue has long regarded the general as the person entrusted to her in her life, but the general does not love her.

This fact is enough to defeat her, to crush her, to completely crush her, never to stand up again.

In the early morning of the next day, Shen Zhaoxue got up early to see the morning sun. Rachel came over with hot water and saw it. She was very surprised, "Good morning, miss!"

"Morning..." Shen Zhaoxue replied lightly.

Rachel was even more pleasantly surprised. The young lady's state hadn't been like this for a long time. Could it really be what she expected? I figured it out.

"Clean up later, let's go to the shop." Shen Zhaoxue said while washing her face.

Rachel was stunned subconsciously, and her reaction was half a beat too late, "....um!"

She thought, that's great, it's really great, the young lady finally regained her composure.

But Shen Zhaoxue twisted her face veil and didn't think so. She went today because she just wanted to explain the last things in the store and the store's development plan in the future without her.

If she handles this matter well and then leaves, she probably won't have any regrets. If there is...that regret, she will not be able to fulfill her wish in this life.

When he arrived at the store, Xiao An was very surprised, and quickly ran to the door to greet her, "Madam, you are finally here, Xiao An hasn't seen you for several days."

Shen Zhaoxue pursed her lips and smiled, hiding the sadness and reluctance in her heart, "Let me see, I'm not here these days, how is your business going?"

When Xiao An heard this, he hurriedly said, "Since there are new products from the Western Regions, the business in the store is getting better every day. I want to apply to Madam to hire more assistants."

As soon as the voice fell, Shen Zhaoxue said without hesitation, "Okay... just hire a few more guys, it's time to assign you some helpers."

Up to this moment, Rachel still didn't see anything unusual about the young lady.

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Speaking of Su Xiuyan, when she returned home so late yesterday, she couldn't help being scolded by her father, but she has always lived a chic life without heart and lungs and didn't take it seriously, and Su Guogong's scolding is lighter than a mosquito bite , no pain at all.

Besides, she was going to accompany Princess Qiuci yesterday, and she didn't cause trouble everywhere, so when she refuted it with confidence, the Duke naturally had nothing to do with her.

Maybe it was because I was tired from the shooting competition yesterday, and I fell asleep until the sun was high. I was in a daze, when I heard someone knocking on the door outside, Su Xiuyan moved her slightly sore body and turned over, "Who is it?"

"Miss, it's me."

"Don't disturb my sleep!" After finishing speaking, Su Xiuyan picked up the quilt and continued to sleep soundly.

"Miss, it's the princess who's here, and she's outside, can you let me in?"

"The princess is here, how is it possible." Su Xiuyan mumbled with her eyes closed, thinking she was dreaming.

"It's really a princess..."

"You step back first." Aria took a step forward, knocked on the door, and said, "Su Xiuyan, what time is it, are you still sleeping?"

Su Xiuyan woke up suddenly, sat up straight, "Princess? Aria?"

"Yes, it's me, Aria."

"Hey, wait, wait." Su Xiuyan got off the bed in a hurry, put on her clothes in a hurry, combed her hair, and tossed and tossed until she was able to see someone before she dared to open the door. The person in front of her was indeed her. True.

"Ariya, why are you here?" Su Xiuyan was surprised on the surface, not to mention how secretly she was inwardly.

Arya shook her sleeves, walked in naturally, and walked straight to the teapot on the table, "My princess is almost dying of thirst, and I was surrounded by people on the way."

As he spoke, he poured himself a glass of water and drank it.

Speaking of which, she walked around the imperial garden in the palace in the morning, and inadvertently felt that the maids around her were whispering, seemingly talking about her, and felt very bored, so she thought about going out of the palace to go shopping.

Unexpectedly, from the moment she left the palace, those ordinary people stared at her as if they had seen some weird thing, Arya thought, this princess looks a little different from you, as for that, It made her seem like a ghost and a ghost.

But they didn't think so, they just thought it was very strange, and some even went back to watch the fun with their family, and even rushed to tell everyone, the princess of the Western Regions is coming, go and see it!

Therefore, the original plan of shopping was also dismissed. Aria sat in the sedan chair and did not dare to go down at all. She was afraid that as soon as her feet landed, she would be overwhelmed by the crowd of onlookers.

The people in the Central Plains are simply too scary.

Taking advantage of drinking water to quench her thirst, Alia told Su Xiuyan about her depression. Su Xiuyan couldn't laugh or cry, and crossed her arms, "That's why you came to me?"

"Yeah, it's too scary. I need to come to you to hide." Aria replied truthfully.

In the next moment, Su Xiuyan sighed a little, and walked aside, "I thought Princess Alia came to see me specially... So it was just to avoid trouble."

Aliya drank the water in a daze, then quickly put down the water glass, stammering a bit, "Of course, this princess is also here to see you, otherwise I wouldn't stop in front of your house in a sedan chair."

Su Xiuyan had a smile in her eyes, full of pampering, and didn't intend to bother with her about these issues. In fact, she was already very happy and flattered that she could come. As for the reason, it didn't seem so important.

Alia looked around, and suddenly became interested in Su Xiuyan's room, "It turns out that the boudoir of the lady in the Central Plains is like this?"

"Well... Maybe I'm the only one who is like this, I can't represent all the ladies in the capital." Su Xiuyan hurriedly explained, because there are too many strange things in her room, The hobbies are also different from those of ordinary girls.

Aria smiled, expressing her understanding. As she walked and looked, she suddenly found something similar to a mechanism. She loved to ponder and study these things since she was a child, so for her, she could recognize it at a glance. Before Yan could stop it, Aria had already reached out and pressed the mechanism.

"Oh, it's too bad..." Su Xiuyan was a step late.

After the switch was pressed, the cabinet in front of her suddenly split into two, and there was a secret door behind her. Aria folded her arms, with a smirk and deep interest hidden in her eyes, "It's really interesting...Can I go in and have a look? "

Su Xiuyan scratched her head, and after hesitating, she still gritted her teeth and agreed, "Let me tell you first, don't be surprised by what the princess sees inside."

"Go in, the princess is getting more and more curious."

Under Su Xiuyan's key, the secret door was opened, and there was a secret room inside, and there were rows of bookshelves in the secret room, and Aria was a little disappointed, "Don't tell me, it's all your books, right? "

Su Xiuyan curled her lips, "Otherwise, what did the princess think it would be?"

"Some novelty treasures and the like, I didn't expect that they were all books." Aria picked up a book at random, flipped through it and didn't read it carefully.

"Although they are all books...but they are all my treasures." Su Xiuyan replied, sounding quite affectionate.

Aria still couldn't believe it, did Su Xiuyan look like a woman who would read poetry and books at home?She wandered around the room again, and suddenly yelled, as if she had discovered something.

Su Xiuyan rushed over immediately, but Aria just found a painting hidden among the bookshelves, on which was a picture of a erotic palace, but this picture of a erotic palace is not the picture of a erotic palace, and the two protagonists in the picture are both women .

Aria's hand holding the painting trembled slightly, she didn't expect that she would see these things, when she looked back at Su Xiuyan, her expression was very calm, as if it was commonplace, Aria swallowed her saliva, and asked her, "You Don't tell me, maybe the things you collect here are all of this type?"

Su Xiuyan nodded, snatched the painting from her hand, and put it away carefully, "Yes, I have already said that there will be nothing of interest to the princess here, all right, let's go out now."

Being found out about her little secret, Su Xiuyan would be more or less embarrassed, especially when facing Aria. Although she liked Zhaoxue very much before and was willing to share these books with her, it is completely different from today. same feeling.

She was actually a little afraid in her heart that after Aria knew her secrets and hobbies, she would no longer want to be friends with her, no longer contact her, no longer see her.

Thinking of this, Su Xiuyan panicked and was at a loss.

Just as she was urging Aria to get out of here quickly, Aria stopped suddenly and said something that shocked Su Xiuyan's jaw, "The painting just now...can you let me see it again?"

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After a busy day at the store, Shen Zhaoxue specially wrote down the contact information and address of the Western Region merchants and left it in the store. After everything was arranged properly, she finally planned to go back home.

Standing in the cold wind, Xiaoan watched Shen Zhaoxue and Rachel get into the carriage, "Ma'am, walk slowly all the way!"

Shen Zhaoxue paused for a moment and suddenly turned around again, and said earnestly, "Xiao An, you must take good care of this shop, you know?"

Xiao An was stunned for a moment, "I will, ma'am, please rest assured." However, why does it feel a little strange.

On the way back home, Shen Zhaoxue didn't say a word, she was silent alone, she didn't know what she was looking at or thinking about.

When they arrived in the courtyard, the general hadn't come back yet, Shen Zhaoxue turned her head and suddenly told Rachel who had followed all the way, "Go and prepare paper, ink, pens and inkstones."

"Huh?" Rachel was stunned.

"Didn't you hear?"

"Oh, okay, let's go." Rachel turned around, suddenly having a strong premonition.

Sima Boyi was already about to take a rest, just after soaking his feet, he heard a message from someone outside, "Master, Young Madam said that she has something important to talk to you about."

"What's the matter, let's talk about it tomorrow."

"But the young lady told you that she will wait for you in the main hall. I heard that it is very important."

Hearing this, Sima Boyi had no choice but to get out of bed, put on his coat and come out of the house, and rushed all the way to the main hall of the front yard. At this moment, Shen Zhaoxue was standing inside, with pens, ink, papers and inkstones on the table. He bowed his body and saluted.

"What is this for?" Sima Boyi couldn't help asking.

Shen Zhaoxue signaled the servants in the room to avoid her, and only then did she reveal her purpose for today, "Master, Zhaoxue considers herself to be estranged from the general and has a bad relationship with her. She is willing to reconcile with the general, and I hope the master will make it happen."

She knew that the general's level might be easy to pass, but the master's level might not be easy, so she wanted to convince the master first, and then go to the general.

The real situation surprised her, but it was very easy for the master.

In fact, when Sima Boyi heard the child's request, he was shocked and admired her courage. Although she is very good and manages the house in an orderly manner, she is a very good and qualified daughter-in-law, but However, his Yun'er is also a female doll, and the two can't get along. Since she has a petition for reconciliation, wouldn't it be better? Locked in this bottomless abyss for a lifetime.

After thinking for a while, Sima Boyi said leisurely, "Have you... thought it through?"

Shen Zhaoxue nodded lightly, with firm eyes, "Thought it out, I hope the master can make it happen."

Sima Boyi flicked his sleeves, "I don't have any objections, I respect your opinion. Wait for Yun'er to come back and write this and Li Shu."

Shen Zhaoxue bowed again, stood upright and waited at the side, nervous and restless, with all kinds of complicated emotions.

Not long after, the person I was waiting for finally appeared.

Sima Yun came in from the door on horseback. Hearing from the housekeeper that the master and the young lady were waiting in the hall, Sima Yun went without thinking. When he got to the door of the main hall, he jumped off the horse, gave the reins to the servant, and walked into the house.

She glanced at Shen Zhaoxue first, Shen Zhaoxue made a conscious effort to recognize her face, then she looked at Sima Boyi again, "Father, the butler said you are waiting for me, is there anything wrong?"

At that moment, Shen Zhaoxue kept picking at her fingers, and her nervous heart collapsed into a string.

Sima Boyi tapped his finger on the table, "Write this and Li, it's Zhaoxue's meaning."

Sima Yun couldn't believe it, he immediately turned his head and looked at Shen Zhaoxue who was almost shrinking into a corner, his eyes were complicated and frozen.

Shen Zhaoxue didn't dare to look at her directly, and kept dodging and avoiding, as if she had done something wrong or betrayed the general with a guilty conscience, but obviously, she did nothing wrong.

Sima Yun secretly clenched his hands into fists, staring at Shen Zhaoxue almost wanting to penetrate her.

That period of time passed so slowly, Shen Zhaoxue felt that it seemed like a whole day had passed.

She knew that the general was looking at her, but she couldn't guess what the general was thinking at the moment, and she didn't dare to try to guess, all she knew was that the general wrote this letter of reconciliation tonight, and they would really be together from then on. Don't be happy with each other.

Thinking of such an ending, Shen Zhaoxue felt a little melancholy in her heart.

"This is the same as Li Shu," Sima Yun stared at Shen Zhaoxue, gritted his teeth and said almost word for word, "I don't know how to write."

After speaking, she turned around and strode away, Shen Zhaoxue subconsciously wanted to chase after her, but she stopped, and murmured, "General..."

But Sima Yun's figure had already disappeared outside the gate, into the boundless night.