The Female General and Xiao Fu's Wife

"Miss, this pair of golden steps is very pretty, and it suits you very well." Rachel said, gesticulating in front of Shen Zhaoxue's hair.

Shen Zhaoxue took a picture in front of the mirror, then gently took it off and put it in the palm of her hand, muttering, "It's really beautiful."

"You two really have a good eye. This pair of golden steps is the new year's new product of our jewelry store. If you can't buy it for 20 taels of silver, you can't be fooled or suffer a loss."

20 taels is not a small amount... For ordinary people, it is enough for a family to live on for a month. Although Shen Zhaoxue was born as a young lady, her mistress used to control her expenses strictly. It just so happens that she has also been frugal in recent years used to it.

"Rachel, let's go and look at other things." Shen Zhaoxue said without changing her face.

"Miss, don't you want Jin Buyao? You really look good in it, and the general will like it."

"Rachel, you forgot, what are we doing here today." Shen Zhaoxue reminded in a low voice, the store is about to open, and Shen Zhaoxue wants to buy some hairpin jewelry as a gift for the New Year event.

"...Okay then." Rachel glanced back at Jin Buyao who was lying in the container. If she had money, she would be able to buy it for the young lady. Although the rouge shop has made money now, But the young lady still maintains the consistent simple style for so many years, and has never been willing to buy expensive gold and silver jewelry and clothing for herself.

After purchasing a batch of gifts, the two walked across the street and returned to the store. Xiaoan's vacation is not over yet, and currently only Shen Zhaoxue and Rachel are taking care of the store.

After counting the prepared gifts, she suddenly found that something was missing, Shen Zhaoxue immediately called Rachel over, "There is an earring missing, Rachel, go back and see if it was left at the store."

"Okay, I'll go back and have a look." After Rachel finished speaking, she trotted out.

"Hey, isn't this Rachel, hurry where are you going?"

A person suddenly appeared in front of her and blocked her way, Rachel looked blankly, it was actually Xindong, it was really a coincidence that she was able to meet her outside the palace.

"Xindong, it's actually you." After a pause, Rachel hurriedly said, "I have something urgent to do now, so I'm leaving first."

"Stop!" Xindong pulled her back with one hand, "I have something to ask you."

"Need me for something?" Rachel was confused.

At this moment, Xindong saw an alley next to her, and dragged her into the alley without saying a word, Rachel was a little impatient, "Xindong, I really have something to do, the lady is still waiting for me in the shop, what do you want?" I'm leaving."

"It's okay, who said I'm okay, if you don't want to save your lady, you can go."

Rachel took only two steps, then suddenly stopped, and turned her head away, "What did you just say... what do you mean?"

Xindong put his arms around his chest and hooked his fingers mysteriously towards her, and when Rachel approached, he said slowly, "Recently, Your Majesty hired a mage to tell her fortune, and I accidentally calculated that your sister's sisters will have Disaster."

Rachel didn't understand, "But telling your mother's fortune, how could it involve my young lady?"

"They are sisters, and they are related by blood. Isn't that okay? The connection between blood, the master said, if you don't do something to eliminate the disaster within seven days, tsk tsk..."

When Rachel heard this, she was terrified, "Then what should I do, then I have to find the master to dispel the disaster for my young lady."

Seeing her being so excited, Xindong knew that the fish had taken the bait, and quickly comforted her, "Don't worry, the master said that to be able to do this well, you only need to know one thing."

"what."

"Miss San's birthday..." Shen Dong said mysteriously in her ear.

"I know this!" Rachel was overjoyed, and instantly felt that her young lady was saved.

"Then tell me quickly, and I will ask the master to do it quickly."

Rachel nodded, "It must be, my young lady's birthday is Bingwu Day, the seventh year of the ugly month in Jinghe...you time, yes, it is you time!"

Xindong thought about it carefully, with a serious expression on his face, "Okay, I see, you go to work first, I'm leaving."

"Hey, Xindong!"

Rachel chased after him, but when she was standing at the alley and looking around, she had already disappeared from Xindong's figure, and she was walking so fast... Rachel muttered, not daring to delay, and hurried to the previous jewelry store.

The owner of the jewelry store immediately recognized Rachel when he saw her, "Hey girl, you missed a pair of earrings, I just wanted to go out to chase you, who knew that in the blink of an eye, no one was there."

Rachel breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to take it, and said with a smile, "Thank you, boss, for causing you trouble."

"No trouble, no trouble, come here often in the future."

After getting back the earrings, Rachel was in a much better mood on the way back. She was walking and dancing in the wind, but she calmed down and thought about it. The incident with Xindong just now... feels a bit weird. In the past, she often bullied her young lady with the second young lady arbitrarily. Although there is no intersection in the palace now, but will they really treat the young lady so plainly? Things were unreliable, so he quickly hurried back to talk to the lady about it.

"Miss, miss..."

"What's the matter, she looks out of breath." Shen Zhaoxue smiled lightly, not paying much attention.

Rachel handed her the earrings she wanted back, "Miss, I seem to have gotten into trouble."

"Just going out like this, what kind of trouble can you get into?"

"It's true!" Rachel was very anxious, "I met Xindong, and then she asked me to talk about something, and as soon as I was in a hurry... I told you Miss's birthday."

Shen Zhaoxue thought it was some serious matter, so she smiled lightly, "It's just a birthday, it's not a big deal, so don't take it to heart."

Rachel shook her head again and again, feeling that it was not that simple, "But miss, will they use your birthday to do some bad things?"

The work in Shen Zhaoxue's hands paused for a moment, and she was in a daze, then raised her eyes, "No, don't worry."

"Miss is all my fault. Xindong said that the master calculated that there is a catastrophe in Miss's life, and it must be eliminated within seven days. I was in a hurry and told Xindong about your birthday. Later, the more I thought about it, the more I felt that Something is wrong." Rachel stomped her feet anxiously. "If they really want to do something to harm Miss, then Rachel, I... I wouldn't regret dying ten times..."

"Okay, okay, Rachel." Shen Zhaoxue broke her shoulders, comforting her softly, with a gentle tone, "Don't think about it anymore, okay, just say it, it's okay, I don't blame you .”

"Miss...it's all my fault..." Rachel burst into tears.

"Don't cry anymore, cry again... I'll be really angry." Shen Zhaoxue pointed at her.

Rachel immediately stopped her tears, sniffed her nose, and held back, "Miss, I won't cry."

"Well, let's go to work."

After coaxing Rachel away, Shen Zhaoxue thought about this matter carefully. If it is really like what Rachel described, what is Shen Zhaoan going to do for her birthday, and what can she do with a mere birthday? Shen Zhaoxue always thinks not understand.

However, in order not to worry, she still decided not to think about what she would encounter in the future to cover her up.

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"Your Majesty." Xindong looked solemn, and hurried into the hall.

"How is things going?" Shen Zhaoan asked.

"I asked Rachel, and..."

"Then what happened?"

"Everything is right."

When the voice fell, it was as if a sledgehammer had hit Shen Zhaoan's chest. At that moment, her mind went blank and she was in a trance, as if she was a little reluctant to accept this fact.

It took a while to recover, and let out a crazy laugh, "Hahahaha...how could it be her, how could it be her..." But in the next moment, the madness turned into viciousness, and he clenched his teeth and clenched his fists, "Why is she! Why..."

"Your Majesty... are you alright?" Xindong was a little worried, but she could understand the matter now, after all, these two people had always been at odds with each other. His identity, except for the master and his wife, despised almost everyone. Now that he knew all this, he definitely couldn't accept it in his heart.

Shen Zhaoan raised his head suddenly, his eyes were vicious and sharp, which made Xindong tremble in his heart.

"Don't tell anyone about this matter, I promise only you and I know."

"Yes!" Xindong agreed without saying a word, afraid that if she was a moment too late, she would lose her life. She has been with the second young lady since she was a child. Ever since she entered the palace and became a concubine...it was as if she had changed...Even Xindong lived cautiously by her side, for fear that she might fail her in the slightest.

Just as she was about to retreat, Shen Zhaoan called her again, holding her forehead with one hand, feeling very sleepy, "Go and pass on my mother, I have something important to discuss."

"Yes, empress." Xin Dong backed out, only then heaved a sigh of relief.

Today, she has already lost her way out, concealing that the third lady is the identity of His Majesty's imperial sister... It is not an easy task at all, a little carelessness is a death penalty, and disobedience to the empress is also a death penalty. She feels that her body All of a sudden, a huge stone burden fell on her, and one day it would be unbearable and crush her.

Meng Xianglan learned that she was called into the palace by her daughter, not to mention how happy she was. Before leaving the house, she flaunted it all over the house, especially in front of Mrs. Wang, praising her Zhao'an for being filial and sensible. The palace never forgets his mother.

After showing off fiercely, he wore a small wool shawl and strutted out of the mansion in a carriage.

Mrs. Wang dismissed this, and sneered at her receding back, but she was nervous, so let's see...who will have the last laugh.

She entered the palace in a hurry. Although Meng Xianglan was well-known in the circle of noble ladies in the capital, she had never been in the palace after all, so she didn't know what the palace looked like. In the face of the world, it's better to turn around to make those girls envy and envy. Who made their daughters enter the palace and not be selected.

Leading the way by the maids, Meng Xianglan looked around with teary eyes, and couldn't help admiring in her heart. Although their Shen residence was not bad, it was still not as good as these magnificent palaces. It's a pity that she didn't have such a life in her life. Now that she lives here, she can only hope that her precious daughter can win.

Finally arrived at the dormitory where Shen Zhaoan lived, Meng Xianglan couldn't help being amazed, she carefully looked at every plant, every tree, every brick and every tile inside, and praised.

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Shen has already been invited." A palace maid came in to report.

"Understood, let's go down." Shen Zhao'an supported her forehead with one hand, not to mention how troubled she was now, just happened to hear her mother's bluffing outside, but no one came in, so she couldn't help feeling even more irritated.

It took a while to come in, and as soon as he came in, he greeted her cordially and enthusiastically, "Zhao An, my precious daughter."

Shen Zhaoan nestled in the soft chair, too lazy to move, blinked his eyes in response, and said in a very low voice, "Mother, you are here."

"What's the matter?" Meng Xianglan sensed something was wrong immediately, and hurried forward to ask, "Why are you unhappy seeing your mother?"

Shen Zhaoan shook his head with a bitter face, "Mother, I'm in trouble...big trouble, I'm dying of anxiety here, I'm really not in the mood to smile with you."

"Are you in trouble? What kind of trouble are you in? Tell Mother, and Mother will help you find a solution." Meng Xianglan asked anxiously.

Shen Zhaoan curled her lips, "I'm just afraid...I'm afraid that this trouble, even you mother, can't solve it."

"Zhao'an, no matter what, the road is made by people, and the fate must be in your own hands. Once you accept your fate, you will lose. Do you want to lose?"

"I don't want to lose, I, Shen Zhaoan, can't admit defeat!"

Since childhood, Meng Xianglan has always instilled this concept in her, so Shen Zhaoan's desire to win is extraordinary.

"That's right, tell Mother quickly, Mother will give you advice, and I will help you solve it."

With the encouragement of his own mother, Shen Zhaoan thought about it, and still felt that if he told his mother what was in his heart, maybe... there would be a way.

"But mother, you must never tell others about this, or everything will be over."

"Okay, don't you believe your mother, can your mother harm you?"

"Your Majesty has actually been secretly looking for the daughter of the Empress who was born in the folk before her death, that is, His Majesty's royal sister... Then I found this person." Shen Zhaoan bit her lip, her voice trembling, "Mother , you must... you may not even believe it, who is that person."

"Who is it?" Meng Xianglan was also inexplicably flustered.

Shen Zhaoan didn't want to say her name, so she just stretched out a finger, dipped water into the teacup, and wrote a word, "Snow" stroke by stroke on the smooth table.

At that moment, Meng Xianglan's pupils dilated, and a shadow of a person immediately appeared in her mind, and she asked in disbelief, "Is it her?"

Shen Zhaoan nodded.

"Could it be a mistake?" Meng Xianglan couldn't accept it either.

"It's impossible to make a mistake, mother, my daughter has found the midwife who delivered the queen's birth back then, and learned from her that the baby girl who delivered the baby... perfectly matches the birth date of that lowly maidservant." , mother! What can we do this time, we can't get up at all."

"No, no, Zhao'an, don't worry, don't worry."

Meng Xianglan thought about it seriously, and suddenly came up with an idea, "Isn't the emperor not aware of this yet, then we will preemptively strike so that the emperor will never know."

"Preemptive attack? That midwife has already been killed by me..." Shen Zhaoan made a killing gesture.

"Oh, Zhao'an, that's not what mother meant. Since she wants to do it, she must do it! She is now the general's wife, and she and the general's family will be prosperous and all will suffer... Can you understand what mother means?"

Shen Zhaoan thought for a while, and couldn't help but wonder, "Mother, do you mean to start with the general first?"

"Yes, that's right, that's what mother means. It's impossible for a person to have no loopholes. As long as we catch this loophole, we will have the upper hand and the initiative."

Shen Zhaoan nodded vigorously, "Mother, Zhaoan understands, Zhaoan knows what to do."

"Mother's good daughter, mother will spare no effort to help you remove all obstacles."

......

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"Your Majesty." A man dressed in black stood before the case, ready to report something.

Xiao Qi put down the brush in her hand, her face was expressionless, showing no emotion, "Speak."

At this time, there was a big word "rape" lying between the white papers on the case.

The man in black didn't dare to neglect at all, and hurriedly explained, "Our people have been watching Shen Jieyu secretly recently, and there was a new movement just yesterday." Speaking of this, the man in black seemed a little embarrassed , took a peek at the emperor's attitude.

But he still sat upright, keeping his expression on his face.

The man in black went on to say, "Last night, Jieyu took a court lady out of the palace quietly, because she didn't dare to get too close because she was afraid of scaring the snake."

"I want to know the final result." Xiao Qi was quite impatient, and knocked on the table.

"The result is... a female corpse was found, it was an old woman."

Only then did Xiao Qi lose her good face, "It means that you are one step too late, and someone preempted you, so what should you do?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me." The man in black hurriedly knelt down, "But since Your Majesty suspects that Shen Jieyu has some rumors, why don't you just ask him face to face."

How could Xiao Qi not have thought of this, and asked him back, "If Jieyu didn't get any good clues, wouldn't it be a shock to the court if I did so?"

He has been low-key, low-key, because he is afraid that someone in the court will take advantage of this matter, which will be detrimental to the imperial sister. Living in this deep palace, you have to be careful in every word and deed, because you don't know when you will be seen, heard, or heard. Pass it on.

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Unknowingly, I was busy in the store all day and at night, outside the door were hurried pedestrians and hawkers pushing their carts to finish their work. The hawker couple walked and chatted with smiles on their faces. Although life was hard, people lived happily.

"Miss, look outside, the general is coming."

Shen Zhaoxue looked up, and just in time saw Sima Yun galloping towards him on horseback, and then turned around handsomely. The horse stopped at the door of the shop, still as majestic as usual, she hurried out to greet her, her face unconsciously smiled.

Rachel stayed in the store with her face in one hand, just looking at the affectionate look of the young lady and the general outside, she couldn't help but think... If only life could always be so smooth and beautiful.

"Are you cold?" Shen Zhaoxue asked.

Sima Yun bowed his body slightly, "Touch and see."

After hearing her words, Shen Zhaoxue stretched out her hands obediently to hold Sima Yun's face, and said in a cute tone, "It's icy."

"Then warm me up." Sima Yun replied.

Shen Zhaoxue lowered her eyes in embarrassment, and quickly said, "Then why don't you take a carriage when it's so cold, it's so cold to ride a horse."

"I'm used to it." Sima Yun smiled, "Let's go back."

"En." Shen Zhaoxue nodded, and quickly retracted her hands, only to realize that her hands were cold, and when she was still in a daze, Sima Yun's big hand had already clasped her hand, wrapping her hand tightly. Live, it is amazing that the general's hand is indeed extremely warm and fiery.

The groom waited at the door of the store on time every night. Sima Yun first sent Shen Zhaoxue to the carriage, and then handed over his horse to the groom, and then got into the carriage together.

Rachel closed the store behind and locked the door. She and the groom sat outside the carriage. Although the lady repeatedly asked her to sit inside, she was rejected by Rachel. She didn't want to disturb the warmth of the lady and the general. When she was alone, it was fine for her to sit outside, although it was a bit cold, but it didn't matter.

As long as the lady is good, she is fine.

"How are you doing today? Is the shop busy or tired?" Sima Yun asked.

These simple greetings are what she has been wanting to do for more than 300 days and nights in the past year, but now she finally dares to say them.

"The store is not busy for the time being, because it hasn't opened yet, but speaking of it, something strange happened today." Shen Zhaoxue said.

"strange things?"

"Well... Rachel went out to do errands today, and met Xindong, the servant girl next to the second sister. Xindong asked me about my birthday, and I thought it was quite strange."

"Birthday..." Sima Yun murmured, "What does she want for her birthday?"

Shen Zhaoxue shook her head, expressing that she didn't know, then she lowered her voice and said next to Sima Yun's ear, "I was thinking about what I might be doing in secret. I was afraid that Rachel would blame herself, so I didn't dare to tell her."

Sima Yun put his arms around her shoulders, and Shen Zhaoxue naturally leaned on her shoulders, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you and won't let anyone hurt you."

"Hmm..." Shen Zhaoxue nodded.

After a while, Shen Zhaoxue suddenly said, "Husband."

"Huh? What's wrong."

"I have been very disturbed these two days. I am afraid that one day, one day we will be separated." Shen Zhaoxue looked at Sima Yun with worry in her eyes. She has really been troubled by this matter for a long time. It has been there since the day I knew the identity of the general.

It's not like Sima Yun, since the day he confessed his identity to her, he was doomed to pull her to perish with him, but no matter what, she would risk her life to protect her.

Sima Yun patted her arm to comfort her, but looked forward, "Don't be afraid, if that day really comes, I will not be separated from you."

Shen Zhaoxue squeezed into her arms again, trying her best to enjoy the beauty and happiness of today. She didn't have any big pursuits in this life, and she didn't want to be rich or wealthy. She just wanted to spend this life with the general in an ordinary way. I hope that I will never be known for the rest of my life.