The Splendid Medical Concubine: The Journey of a Concubine

Chapter 435 Extra 26 Suddenly

The autumn tigers are quite vigorous in mid-August, and the temperature in the next three days is getting hotter and hotter, as if it is midsummer again.

Except for accompanying Gu Jue for a walk every evening, Shen Qianchen basically stayed in the Qianqing Palace without leaving the house.

On this day, Shen Qianhuang entered the palace early in the morning and told Shen Qianchen the good news with a smile on his face: "Second sister, my mother and Uncle Pei's marriage is scheduled for the end of the year."

When telling the news, Shen Qianhuang's face was filled with a bright smile and her face was stunning.

"That's good!" Shen Qianchen was relieved, his eyes bright. She knew that her mother was soft on the outside but strong on the inside. Once she made up her mind, she would not be easily swayed again!

She knew she knew it, but the good news brought by Shen Qianhuang still made her overjoyed.

Shen Qianhuang also liked cats. She held the black cat on her lap and gently brushed the little guy's fur while chatting with Shen Qianchen: "Mom was originally going to embroider the wedding dress with her own hands, but I stopped her. I let her She can just embroider a head covering for herself.”

The black cat enjoyed Shen Qianhuang's service and narrowed his lazy cat eyes.

"If I let my mother embroider the wedding dress, we will definitely not be able to get married by the end of the year." Shen Qianchen nodded with deep understanding.

It's already mid-August, only four months until the end of the year.

With Shen Zhi's beauty, she would definitely not be able to complete a complicated set of wedding dresses in four months.

When this topic was brought up, the two sisters couldn't help but smile at each other, feeling sad.

Among the three mother and daughter, Shen Qianhuang is the only one who is good at embroidery. Shen Zhi and Shen Qianchen are not very good at female embroidery. They occasionally drag their feet when making clothes, and their skills are mediocre.

"Have you chosen the look of your mother's wedding dress?" Shen Qianchen thought for a while and suggested with great interest, "How about I paint the pattern for her."

She is not good at female celebrities, but she is good at painting, and she will definitely be able to design the most beautiful wedding dress.

"This is a good idea!" Shen Qianhuang's eyes lit up and he nodded eagerly in agreement.

She was originally thinking about what gift she should give Shen Zhi when she got married, but after Shen Qianchen reminded her, she also had an idea. Gifts don’t need to be expensive, but the intention is most important.

Shen Qianchen became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke: "I'll ask the nuns from the Clothing Bureau to go with you later, and let them measure my mother first."

The two sisters both had smiles on their faces and had the best hopes for Shen Zhi in their hearts.

As children, they can't do much for their mothers, they just hope that their mothers can live a better life. Their mother is so good, she deserves a better person to spend her life with her.

The two sisters got together and discussed the wedding dress. Black Cat couldn't understand it at all. He looked at Shen Qianchen and Shen Qianhuang for a while.

Shen Qianchen's mouth was a little dry when he spoke. He took two sips of sherbet to moisten his throat, and then changed the topic: "Sister, my mother must be very busy recently, right? If there is anything you can use me for, just tell me."

Shen Qianhuang smiled: "What are you busy with, my grandmother is the one who is worried about it."

According to Shen Zhi's wishes, the marriage should be simple. It would be enough for relatives and friends from both families to gather together and set up a few banquets. However, Mrs. Mu Guogong was the first to object. As a result, Shen Zhi lost her right to speak on many matters related to the wedding. Basically, Mrs. Mu Guogong and Pei Linye were in charge.

Shen Zhi also told Shen Qianhuang in private that her marriage to Chu Lingxiao was a heartache of Mrs. Mu Guogong. Mrs. Mu always felt sorry for her eldest daughter and always wanted to make up for it, so Shen Zhi also Let Mrs. Mu Guogong go.

"How is grandma?" Shen Qianchen asked following Shen Qianhuang's words.

"I went to my grandma's house yesterday, and I saw that grandma enjoyed it." Shen Qianhuang said with a bit of joking.

Shen Qianhuang is a smart person. At this moment, she vaguely understood that there was something in Shen Qianchen's two sentences. She might be tactfully asking if Shen Zhi and Mrs. Mu Guogong had heard any gossip outside.

Shen Qianhuang pondered for a moment and then added with a smile: "Yesterday morning before I went to my grandmother's house, I made a special trip to Yaming Tea House to buy their most famous sesame cake and lotus root cake. It happened that the sesame cake was sold out, so I was there After waiting in the teahouse for a while, I heard a few scholars in the lobby discussing some recent decrees of the imperial court. They were all expressing their opinions, and the conversation was lively, so I listened casually. "

"I don't know much about the imperial decrees, but a few of them made wild remarks, saying that the imperial decrees were inappropriate and that the people of Daqi would forget about etiquette, justice, integrity and so on. They said that when it was busy, they almost A guard in Jinyi suddenly came and not only checked the directions, but also took away the qualifications of two of them for the Jinke Examination."

"The two judges were still unconvinced and said they were going to beat the Dengwen drum. The Jinyiwei said that since they have achieved fame, they should try their best to share the worries of the court. The court is currently short of people, so they will go home to help Daqi increase its population. , is their greatest contribution!”

As he said that, Shen Qianhuang couldn't help but laugh out loud, and sighed secretly: These Jin Yiwei are really venomous, and these words are extremely insulting. They just said that instead of taking the imperial examination and becoming officials, these two candidates would rather go home. Have a baby!

Shen Qianchen also laughed together, and his laughter was crisp.

She hadn't left the palace in the past few days, so she didn't know that such interesting things were happening outside. Now that she heard what Shen Qianhuang said, she felt quite happy.

With the Jin Yiwei patrolling the capital and controlling order, even if there is any gossip in the capital for a while, they should be able to control it quickly.

Mother just needs to be a happy bride!

After a while, Shen Qianhuang stopped laughing, raised his glass gracefully and took two sips of sherbet.

As soon as she stopped, the black cat impatiently urged her to "meow".

Shen Qianhuang continued to pet the cat and continued: "When I went back from my grandmother's house in the afternoon, I happened to meet Uncle Pei. Uncle Pei made a special trip to tell my mother that he planned to buy a house and asked her where to buy it. "Of course Pei Linye bought the house to use it as a wedding residence.

Thinking of Pei Linye's gentle expression when talking to Shen Zhi, Shen Qianhuang couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Her grandmother also told her some details about how Pei Linye prepared for the wedding. She was full of praise for Pei Linye, saying that he was very considerate in every aspect and even helped the woman prepare everything, even behind her mother's back. He gave his grandmother a banknote and said that he wanted to use it as a private house for his mother.

Shen Qianhuang smiled slightly, stared into Shen Qianchen's eyes, and said seriously: "There is a completely different difference between caring and not caring."

Pei Linye is really good, and he is very different from their biological father!

Shen Qianchen drank another half of the glass of sherbet, said nothing, and sighed sincerely in his heart: Indeed.

In the past, during the marriage between Shen Zhi and Chu Lingxiao, Chu Lingxiao never cared about what Shen Zhi wanted or needed, and never considered Shen Zhi's difficulties. He had no devotion or pity for Shen Zhi, only demands and accusations!

Both Shen Qianhuang and Shen Qianchen could see this clearly.

Even leaving aside the fact that Shen Qianchen was given to Aunt Jiang, Chu Lingxiao had never been a good husband.

Chu Qianhuang drank several more sips of sherbet silently, her eyes flashing.

Suddenly, she put down the white porcelain cup in her hand and looked at Shen Qianchen solemnly. At this moment, she revealed her true purpose of entering the palace today:

"Second sister, I came to see you today. Actually, there is one more thing I want to ask you about... I want to comb myself."

The last four words were unexpected.

Shen Qianchen: "..."

Shen Qianchen blinked, somewhat confused as to why Shen Qianhuang had such an idea.

She thought for a moment, then remembered that Shen Qianhuang had just said that she had gone to Duke Mu's mansion yesterday, and asked cautiously, "Did grandma mention your marriage?"

Shen Qianhuang pursed her lips slightly and nodded.

She considered her words carefully and said slowly: "Even if grandma didn't mention it, I have thought about it a lot myself..."

The past three months have been enough for her to think a lot, think about various possibilities, think about the future, think about the past, think about what-ifs...

She pursed her lips and smiled, and there was something indescribable in her smile. It was a kind of maturity far beyond her years.

A gentle warm breeze blew outside the window, bringing with it the fragrance of osmanthus.

A few red osmanthus petals fell lightly on Shen Qianhuang's sleeves.

Shen Qianhuang raised her hand to brush off the petals on her sleeves, and continued: "If it hadn't been for 'that thing', before and after I got my haircut, I would have been like all the noble ladies in the capital, and my mother would have chosen a marriage for me. Then she married happily, raised her husband and raised her children, and presided over the marriage. "For her in the past, this was her life, everything was taken for granted, and she would never think about other possibilities.

However, things are unpredictable, and petals that have fallen from the branches cannot return to the branches.

"Now, I don't want to." Shen Qianhuang spoke slower and slower, almost every word, and his tone was as firm as a rock.

Shen Qianhuang only said a few words, but Shen Qianchen understood somewhat and fluttered his eyelashes twice.

To put it bluntly, it was "that person" who once possessed Shen Qianhuang who caused the evil.

The things she did as Shen Qianhuang, especially the fact that she almost married into the country of Hao as a concubine, have ruined Shen Qianhuang's reputation, so now those who are well-matched in the capital No one in the world would ask to marry Shen Qianhuang.

Coupled with what happened to Chu Lingxiao, others may now view Shen Qianhuang as a bit like "like father, like daughter".

Even for the sake of Shen Qianchen, the current queen, some people wanted to marry the queen's sister, but those people were just speculators. This kind of makeshift marriage was not what Shen Qianhuang wanted.

Shen Qianhuang thought about it over and over again and decided to sort herself out and stop other people's thoughts.

And she also has what she wants to do.

Shen Qianchen stared at Shen Qianhuang quietly.

They were born on the same birthday, so Shen Qianhuang was about to get haircut like her.

Shen Qianhuang's appearance looks gentler and more silent than Chu Qianhuang's before she was thirteen years old, but in her heart she is still the noble and reserved eldest daughter of the Hou family, and she has her own arrogance.

The two sisters looked at each other quietly, and they could understand each other's thoughts without any more words.

They are twins, so the middle sister can understand her.

A warm current flowed quietly in Shen Qianhuang's heart, and she realized this deeply for the first time, and said again: "I want to open a girls' school."

Shen Qianchen: "..."

Shen Qianhuang's expression was firm and steady, and he stated his thoughts clearly: "In this world, women have a difficult life. Obviously women can learn to read and write, learn to manage their families and finances, and understand the law."

"The Classic of Female Filial Piety also says: Women also have the nature of being smart and sage. There is no disadvantage in getting used to it, but what’s more, it’s more important to put your mind to it!"

"So, I don't need to get married."

In the past, these thoughts were vague and indistinct in Shen Qianhuang's mind, but yesterday she listened to the scholars in the Yaming Teahouse saying contemptuously, "A woman should be virtuous" and "A woman must be virtuous if she has no talent." With such words, she suddenly became enlightened and felt that the following candidates were not as good as her.

If Jin Yiwei hadn't arrived at that time, she would have started to argue with those people.

Shen Qianhuang's eyes were shining, brighter than the scorching sun outside the window.

Once she figured this out, Shen Qianhuang seemed to have suddenly broken through the suppression of women by secular ethics and felt that marriage was not a big deal.

She had been thinking about this matter yesterday and how to talk to her mother. She knew that if she proposed "self-combing", neither her grandmother nor her mother would agree, so she chose to come to Shen Qianchen to get what she wanted. A little support from Shen Qianchen.

Shen Qianchen was still looking at Shen Qianhuang. There was no joy, anger or other emotions on his face. He was calm and calm.

Shen Qianhuang sat there elegantly, letting Shen Qianchen look at her, her bright eyes unflinching, silently declaring her determination.

"Meow!"

It was the black cat who broke the silence, stretched out on Shen Qianhuang's lap, and jumped down briskly.

Shen Qianchen smiled, with the corners of his lips raised slightly. The smile spread from the corners of his lips to the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, and reflected in the bottom of his eyes, making them full of waves.

Sure enough, the real Shen Qianhuang was completely different from "that person".

This is Shen Qianhuang, the daughter raised by his eldest sister and mother.

The girl in front of her was rational, smart, open-minded, and strong. Even if she encountered such a setback that could subvert her life, it did not overwhelm her.

"That person" is impulsive, mean, narrow-minded, weak, and will do anything to achieve his goals.

Even her Yueying doesn't like "that person" but likes Shen Qianhuang!

This person has a different "core" under his skin, that is, he is a different person.

Shen Qianchen suddenly raised his hand and gently touched Shen Qianhuang's head, just like Gu Jue would touch her head on weekdays.

Shen Qianhuang: "..."

Shen Qianhuang couldn't help but be stunned, feeling that something was wrong. She is obviously the sister!

Shen Qianchen touched Shen Qianhuang's head twice more comfortingly, and said with a smile, "You don't need to comb yourself."

"..." Shen Qianhuang was diverted by Shen Qianchen's words, and could not care about being touched on the head for the moment.

Shen Qianchen tilted his head and smiled brilliantly. His cherry lips were rosy and plump under the sunlight. His face was more delicate than the clusters of red osmanthus outside the window, and there was a kind of bright and beautiful elegance that captured your heart.

She grabbed one of Shen Qianhuang's hands and said sternly: "Sister, don't worry, I will help you convince your mother. It's up to you to decide whether you want to get married and who you want to marry."

Based on Shen Qianchen's understanding of Shen Zhi, she believed that Shen Zhi would agree.

Shen Zhi herself had experienced a bad marriage, and wasted fifteen years of her life by Chu Lingxiao and others. She could better understand the pain of a woman having a bad marriage.

Moreover, Shen Zhi also knows the dilemma Shen Qianhuang is facing, so she will definitely agree.

"..." Shen Qianhuang's lips parted slightly, shocked by Shen Qianchen's words.

Shen Qianchen grabbed Shen Qianhuang's hand harder and emphasized: "But, I don't agree with you combing yourself."

"Self-combing is a yoke imposed on women by secular ethics. You don't need to put a yoke on yourself."

The two words "shackles" hit Shen Qianhuang's heart like a heavy hammer, and she opened her eyes slightly.

She got it!

Among the people, "self-combing" means never marrying for life, which is imposed on women by secular ethics. Whether a woman should marry or not, why should she be dictated by these rigid ethics? !

Since she wanted to open a school for girls, break through the shackles of these ethics, and want other women to be able to read and write and broaden their horizons, she should have expected that this road would not be easy.

In the future, she will encounter many obstacles and various private discussions. If she wants to open a girls' school, she must be determined enough and not be bound by those rigid rules and ethics.

"..." Shen Qianhuang lowered his eyes thoughtfully.

Shen Qianchen smiled and touched Shen Qianhuang's face, and continued to remind: "Whether you want to get married or not is your business. If you don't want to get married now, then you won't get married. If you want to get married in the future, you can Marry, it’s up to you to decide.”

(End of chapter)