The Female General and Xiao Fu's Wife

"It's getting late, Rachel, go down first, and I'll call you again if I need something."

"Yes, ma'am."

After finishing speaking, Shen Zhaoxue raised her foot and walked towards the house, hearing the footsteps approaching, Sima Yun would look a little cramped sitting there.

"General, let Zhaoxue wait for you to rest." She still spoke softly, with a little hope secretly in her heart.

"No need." Sima Yun's words shattered all Shen Zhaoxue's fantasies and expectations, and her eyes full of expectations instantly dimmed.

After saying that, Sima Yun got up and walked towards the door, Shen Zhaoxue called her, "General, where are you going?"

Sima Yun didn't look back, but showed a blurred side face, his tone was not warm at all, "I'll be back very late, you go to bed first." After speaking, he walked out with big strides, and when Shen Zhaoxue chased him out, Sima Yun The cloud has already flew over the courtyard wall of the other courtyard with a light effort, and disappeared into the night sky.

The evening wind was very cold, and the wind chimes under the eaves rattled. Shen Zhaoxue stood alone in the yard for a long time, her slender back was very lonely, and people couldn't help but feel pity for her.

Shen Zhaoxue originally thought that after marrying into the general's mansion, she would live a life of mediocrity. As long as she ignored everything and didn't care or care, she could live a carefree life. Prepare to be close to her.

This is very good now, not much different from what she predicted, but why, why does she feel a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Rachel was already about to go to bed, but she vaguely heard movement from the other side of the lady's room. She was a little worried when there was the sound of the door opening, so she put on a coat again and got up and opened the door a little, only to look at the lady alone. Standing alone in the yard.

"Miss!" Rachel opened the door and ran towards her without saying a word. The moment Shen Zhaoxue turned her head, tears flashed in her eyes, and she was still trying to force a smile, "Didn't I tell you to come out again?" .”

Rachel bit her lip, full of distress, and hugged Shen Zhaoxue, her tone full of blame, "It's only the beginning of April, and it's so cold at night, don't you take care of your body so much?"

Shen Zhaoxue patted her arm holding her, "It's okay, I'm going in."

"You liar, I think you have been outside for a long time, is it possible that the general will sleep with you again at night!"

"Hush..." Shen Zhaoxue gestured towards her to silence her, "Don't be overheard by outsiders, it will cause unnecessary gossip."

"Miss...."

Shen Zhaoxue pursed her lips and smiled, "It's okay."

"Miss, you will always be fine, that's why even the servants in the mansion dare to bully you."

Rachel suddenly realized that she had said something, and quickly bowed her head to admit her mistake, "Miss, I...I'm a little too excited, I didn't mean to..."

"I don't blame you, it's cold, go in." After speaking, Shen Zhaoxue turned and walked towards the house.

Rachel nodded, and hurriedly followed. After entering, she realized that the general was going to sleep in a separate room. Obviously, even everyone had left. Shen Zhaoxue sat down at the table and patted a place beside her, "Rachel , if you can't sleep, come and talk to me."

"Okay, miss!" Rachel ran over and sat down, took the initiative to make a cup of hot tea for the miss, and did not forget to pour a cup for herself. The steaming hot air is refreshing with the fragrance of tea.

"Do you still remember when brother Yuqing took us to play in this yard when we were young?" Shen Zhaoxue murmured, recalling those good times, she couldn't help showing a gratified smile on her face.

"I remember, I still remember the time when Master Yuqi bullied Miss with a slingshot, Brother Yuqing beat him up hard!" Rachel nodded repeatedly.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen Master Yuqi for some time." Rachel pouted.

"He is the eldest son of the Shen family, and he shoulders heavy responsibilities. He is also father's hope. The hope of the Shen family is something we can't easily see." Shen Zhaoxue said.

"Having said that, I recently heard from other maids that the general election in the palace is about to start. This time, the eldest lady and the second lady will both participate in the election. After all, the opportunity is rare, and the two ladies have also reached the marriageable age. It's just pitiful. Miss, you married that Sima Bingcube without a choice."

After the words fell, Shen Zhaoxue called out rather harshly, "Rachel, don't say that about the general."

Rachel had no choice but to pout her lips reluctantly, put her elbows on the table and rest her chin on the table, and said frankly, "Now that I think about it, it's really unfair to the young lady. They have a chance to enter the palace and become concubines when they get well. You will be promoted every step of the way, honorable and prominent, and you may be so arrogant and domineering at that time."

Shen Zhaoxue could only smile when she heard this, "Sometimes in destiny, there must be something, and there is no time in destiny, so don't force it...you have your own destiny."

As soon as the words fell, Rachel retorted, "I don't believe in fate! Everyone says that Miss, you are an evil star, a disaster star, but I have been with you for so many years and I am living a good life. I believe that there will be One day, miss, you will be blessed and the sky will shine brightly!"

"Rachel, you made me happy again."

"Miss, what I'm telling is the truth. To be honest, I don't believe that a person will be unlucky for a lifetime. Just like when I was young, my mother scolded my father and went to gamble. My father said that losing money all the time does not mean that he will lose money for a lifetime. When the luck comes to an end, it will naturally start to change luck, oops, although what I said is a bit far-fetched, but it is still the same reason, miss, can you understand what I mean?" Rachel became more and more excited and impassioned as she spoke, "Just Even Mrs. Tai said that the Second Miss may not be much more noble than you, this makes you more confident."

Shen Zhaoxue was so teased by her words that she covered her mouth and giggled, her voice was like a silver bell, "I'm tired, you should go back and rest early."

"Yeah!" Rachel nodded, "Miss, you have a good rest, trust me, you will be lucky!"

Suburban training ground.

The soldiers rested after a day of hard training, except for a small number of guards who took turns to stand guard. It was pitch black, only the torches in the training ground were bright, and there were footsteps approaching. The spirit of two points.

Unexpectedly, it was the general who arrived so late, the sentinel quickly knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists in salute, "General!"

"Congratulations, general, I'll go and inform Vice General Wei and Qin right now."

Sima Yun raised his hand, "No need." After saying that, he walked towards the tent and lifted the curtain of the tent with one hand. Qin and Sun were sleeping soundly on the simple floor, while Wei Xue was still leaning over his desk reading the book of war. It was a surprise to her.

"General! The last general thought you wouldn't come over." Wei Xue's eyes were filled with surprise.

"What, what general, the general is here..." Qin Sun was awakened, and jumped up.

Sima Yun didn't speak, but Wei Xue said again, "General, how about I wake them up..."

"No, I'm not here to inspect the training." After that, Sima Yun walked to the small bed beside him, turned around and lay down on his side, his movements were vigorous and light, without saying anything, he closed his eyes and began to rest.

Both Wei Xue and Qin Sun stared dumbfounded, staring at each other, what... what's going on.

Qin Sun pulled Wei Xue aside and muttered in a low voice, "Why did the general come here to sleep?"

Wei Xue spread her hands and said that she didn't understand either.

As a man, Qin Sun couldn't understand why he came to the training ground to sleep on this simple wooden bed without his wife at home?

Wei Xue had no choice but to pat Qin Sun, "Let's go out, don't disturb the general's rest here."

After going outside, Qin Sun dared to release his instinct and speak in a normal volume, "I think there is something strange about it."

Wei Xue walked beside him, and asked casually, "What could be wrong?"

"..." Qin Sun was stunned for a long time before he suddenly realized, and slapped his forehead so hard that even Wei Xue felt pain when he heard it, "I almost forgot that the general is a woman..."

"Hush!" Wei Xue quickly stopped him, "This is the training ground, do you want everyone to hear it?"

Qin Sun subconsciously covered his mouth. Fortunately, he didn't make a big mistake, and then whispered, "I'm beginning to sympathize with the general." He looked regretful.

Wei Xue: "..."

Taihe Palace, sleeping hall.

"Your Majesty, it's time to rest. There is an early morning tomorrow, so pay more attention to your body." The one who spoke in a high-pitched voice was the emperor's father-in-law, who also watched him grow up.

Xiao Qi closed the unfinished memorial, put one hand on her forehead, full of thoughts, "Eunuch Cao, what happened to the thing I asked you to do last time?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, it's because the servant is not good at doing things, and some of the clues I found in the early years are also strangely interrupted."

Xiao Qi sighed even more, full of melancholy, "It seems that the sky wants me, the emperor, to be lonely."

"The eldest princess is auspicious and has her own destiny, and she will be able to reunite with His Majesty in the future."

"Forget it, go down, I've heard too many comforting words." Xiao Qi waved her hand.

Xiao Qi has never seen this biological younger sister of the same father and mother. His biological mother is a queen, and her mother is graceful and dignified. She was still persecuted by the gangsters. In order to protect her and the fetus in her womb, the mother's family quietly sent her out of the palace, and made a fake death to fool the gangsters who wanted to harm her.

After Xiao Qi grew up, Eunuch Cao told him about these things. He could only learn that the queen mother gave birth to a girl in a dilapidated hut after she escaped from the palace. He searched, but there were still no clues or news. Now that he was on the throne, he could have used all his rights, but the reality still disappointed him.

"Sister... I don't know where you are and whether you are safe or not. I really want to share this country with you..." Xiao Qi dreamed countless times that the girl with the sweet smile was playing and playing with him holding hands , These are just fabrications and imaginations in his mind, he has never even seen the face of this royal girl, but he believes that the royal girl must be as beautiful as the queen mother, gentle and virtuous.

The next day.

Before dawn, Sima Yun came back quietly. Shen Zhaoxue was fast asleep, and Sima Yun sat in the room without feeling embarrassed. Looking at her peaceful sleeping face, Sima Yun was very curious about what kind of sweet dream she was having. , Who did I meet again in my dream, and what did I do.

Rachel routinely wakes up the lady every morning. She is used to being casual in front of the lady. She pushed the door in without saying a word, "Miss, get up..." But the moment she saw Sima Yun, she got stuck. In the throat, I couldn't speak or swallow, and it stuck like this for a long time.

"General..General..You...you are back." Rachel twitched the corners of her mouth, feeling so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole to bury herself, "I...I will come in later ..." As he spoke, he was about to turn around quietly and go out, but was stopped by Sima Yun.

"It's getting late, let's wait for her to wash and change her clothes." After speaking, Sima Yun stood up and walked out the door in order to avoid suspicion.

Rachel swallowed her saliva, thinking that... well, if you won't let me go, I'll not go.

After a while, Shen Zhaoxue was called up, she stretched her arms and yawned, her eyes were half-closed, she was very cute, but still a little unconscious.

"Miss, so the general came back last night."

Rachel's words made her wake up in an instant. Shen Zhaoxue stared at her, a little puzzled, "Is the general back?"

"Miss, don't you know, when I opened the door and came in in the morning, the general was sitting by the bed and looking at you, miss."

After Rachel finished speaking, Shen Zhaoxue felt a little hot in the face silently, and hurriedly asked, "What about the general?"

Rachel glanced outside the house, "I'm waiting in the yard outside, Miss, let me help you wash and change first."

On the second day after returning home, the married daughter and son-in-law need to greet the head of the family and the mistress of the family, even if the whole process has been completed.

In the early morning, the birds in the mansion sang crisp songs. When passing by the garden on the way, there were already flowers, butterflies and bees busy, taking a sip was the fragrance of nature.

If you go out at this time and get a little closer to the green grass, you will get dew and wet mud on your shoes if you are not careful, making it dirty and ugly.

Rachel would usually remind Shen Zhaoxue to pay attention in this situation, or walk to the side with the grass by herself.

Shen Qiwen and Meng Xianglan had been waiting in the main hall of the front yard for a long time, Shen Zhaoxue and Sima Yun appeared together to pay their respects according to the rules.

After that, it was time to leave the mansion. Meng Xianglan was very happy that she finally didn't have to see this unlucky girl again. Shen Qiwen felt very complicated and personally sent the two of them to the gate outside the mansion.

"Zhaoxue, you will be an adult from now on. Be a virtuous and virtuous wife so that Dad can rest assured, do you know?"

"Remember Zhaoxue." Shen Zhaoxue bowed.

"Father-in-law, please send it here." Sima Yun said.

At this moment, a voice came from inside, "Little sister stay."

"Sister." It was Shen Zhaoping who chased her out.

"At least I'm not late," Shen Zhaoping took Shen Zhaoxue's hand, "I will come home often in the future."

Shen Zhaoxue nodded lightly, and Shen Zhaoping took out a small cloth bag from her purse and stuffed it in Shen Zhaoxue's hands, "You will need it." Then he gave her a wink to tell her to put it away quickly.

"Thank you, elder sister."

Shen Zhaoping pursed his lips in relief, "In the future...can elder sister visit you at the general's mansion?"

Shen Zhaoxue smiled, "Of course."

"Okay, let's not delay their departure." Shen Qiwen interrupted the two sisters' exchange of greetings at the right time.

With Raiqiu's support, Shen Zhaoxue climbed into the carriage, and then Sima Yun climbed up with ease, opened the curtain and sat in.

The carriage arrived at the General's Mansion, but Sima Yun didn't intend to go in, but disappeared after saying that he was going to the training ground. Shen Zhaoxue had no choice but to bring Rachel and the two of them in.

The housekeeper came up to welcome her just after she came back, and called her young madam kindly, "You can count yourself back."

Shen Zhaoxue was puzzled, "Butler, what's the matter?"

At this moment, the housekeeper took out a thick account book, "This is the account book for all the businesses of the Sima Mansion, please have a look."

Not to mention that Rachel was very surprised, even Shen Zhaoxue was the same, she didn't understand why the butler would hand it over to her, "Zhaoxue is a girl who doesn't understand business, so I don't know what the butler meant by giving me this account book?"

"You are the general's wife and the future mistress of the house. It is very appropriate for you to take care of these businesses." The housekeeper said.

The master is an official, the general leads the army, and the Sima family's business naturally falls on Shen Zhaoxue's head, but since she was young, she didn't know how to do business, and...

"But everyone laughs at me as an evil star, aren't you afraid that I'll ruin my business?"

"Don't dare, young madam, in fact, you don't know something. The business in the mansion has failed for many years since the old lady passed away, and the master has been an upright official all his life with the only salary. The mansion can't make ends meet every month. I implore the Young Madam to take over this important task."

Rachel got angry for a while but interjected, "You just mean that my lady is already very unlucky and you are not afraid of worse business?"

"I don't dare, I don't dare!"

Shen Zhaoxue raised her hand to stop Rachel, then looked at the old butler, and reached out to take the account book, "I'll just take it, you don't have to make trouble."

That's good too, at least there will be something to do in the general's mansion in the future, so you don't have to live alone in an empty room.