It was getting light the next day, and a carriage stopped in front of Rongruo's private house. Shen Wan came up wearing plain clothes and carrying a basket. Cao Yin's wife Li was already sitting in it, and she said sadly: "Poor girl."
Shen Wan leaned forward and said, "I'm causing trouble for you."
"It's not troublesome, I just want you to pretend to be my girl." Li explained to her patiently, "We only have half an hour, and people from Nalan Mansion will come at any time, so we have to leave early."
Shen Wan agreed. Listening to the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of wheels, he suddenly said, "How is she, young lady?"
"It's pitiful. I don't know if the child in her belly can be saved. According to the rules, she can't touch Rongruo's death. I couldn't bear it and she begged for death. That day I went to express my condolences, and she was in front of others with her belly full. Although he looks pitiful, he is very dignified and dignified." Mrs. Li said, and the corners of her eyes turned red, "What a crime."
The carriage was getting farther and farther away, the sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the sun at the end of June was still strong. In the deep palace, Lan Qi was going to Cining Palace because it was not so hot earlier. She had just taken care of Si'a a few days ago. Brother, he came to serve the Empress Dowager without stopping. Now she no longer has to take care of the children and can devote herself wholeheartedly to Cining Palace. Aunt Sumala advised her to take care of her health first. Lan Qi said frankly: "Be busy, I I don’t have time to think wildly, otherwise when I calm down, my mind will be filled with thoughts about Yinzuo.”
A group of people walked to Cining Palace. Although it was bright and early, there was no one on the road. Halfway through, they saw a few people turning around. Lan Qi didn't look at anyone carefully. She only heard the people beside her say: "It's Jue Chan." Be noble."
Lan Qi raised her head slightly and saw that the people there had quickened their pace. Sure enough, it was Jue Chan and Xiang He and others who came to the front and bowed respectfully. After a while, Lan Qi had not seen each other for several days. What was Lan Qi's thoughts these days? It was all because of Yinzhen that he had completely forgotten Nalan Rongruo's death. Now he saw Jue Chan and suddenly remembered it. However, seeing that she looked so good and indifferent, he couldn't help but feel relieved for her.
Lan Qi asked politely: "It's so early, where are you going?"
Jue Chan responded: "The imperial concubine's belly is getting bigger and bigger, and it is no longer convenient for her to go out, so I asked my concubine to go to Ningshou Palace to pay her respects."
"The Queen Mother also gets up early every day. She should have already woken up by now." Lan Qi responded without saying much, then took Huan Chun's hand and continued forward, with Jue Chan standing aside. Waiting, watching Concubine De passing by, he suddenly asked, "Empress, can you..."
Lan Qi turned to look at her: "What's the matter?"
At this moment, outside the tomb of the Nalan family, Li and Shen Wan slowly walked out. Shen Wan's eyes and nose were red and she lowered her head in silence. Li kept sighing about the fate, but suddenly the girl next to her came and said that someone from the Nalan family was coming. Mrs. Li quickly asked Shen Wan to hide in the carriage. As expected, a carriage came over soon, and everyone helped the young lady with a big belly to get out of the carriage. Ms. Li heard that the young lady came every day, and it was really difficult for her to hold her belly. .
Accompanying the young lady is Rong Ruo's concubine Yan. She is much older than the young lady. Now they support each other like sisters. Mrs. Li came up and greeted each other. The young lady thanked her. Said: "Why is sister-in-law here?"
Li could only talk nonsense: "I dreamed of Brother Nalan last night and asked me for a sip of wine. I felt uncomfortable. I must bring wine to see him so that I can feel at ease."
The young lady was extremely grateful: "Rong Ruo and Brother Cao are brothers and sisters. No wonder he asked his sister-in-law for drinks and food. He has been gone for so many days and I have never seen him in my dreams."
Shen Wan, who was hiding in the carriage, heard these words very clearly. The young lady said that she did not dream of Rongruo, and Shen Wan did the same. She always thought that if she could see Rongruo again in her dream, she wanted to tell Rongruo that she did not regret it. After a meeting with him, she wanted to tell Rongruo that she would live well, but Rongruo didn't come to see her or his wife and concubines. Shen Wan couldn't help but think: Where is she?
This she, of course, refers to her in the palace. From the time she followed Rong Ruo, Shen Wan always knew that he had that person in his heart, and even gave more to her. I am afraid that the moment his life passed away, Rong Ruo's heart He still only thinks about that person, and maybe everyone is waiting for him to meet her in his dream, but he just went to her dream.
Li quickly boarded the carriage, smiled awkwardly at Shen Wan, and the carriage quickly left the cemetery. Li said on the road: "They are now orphans and widowed, and they don't know who will inherit the Nalan family in the future. Mr. and Mrs. Mingzhu It was better back then, but if they go west one day, life may not be easy for the young lady and the others. The younger sons and daughters-in-law in the family are all powerful characters."
But Shen Wan didn't listen to a word until Mrs. Li said to her: "Don't worry, I will come to your house from time to time to see if your child is okay. It's also convenient to send you a letter."
Shen Wan thanked her and returned to her private house soon. All her things had been packed. She would leave Beijing tomorrow. Mrs. Li walked her to the carriage, took out a few banknotes from her arms and stuffed them into her and said: "The whole country Tongdui, you can take it to Jiangnan with peace of mind. It will be used in emergencies. I have nothing to give you. Rongruo has a fight with my husband-in-law. We should take care of you for him. Don’t think you can’t lose face. You have to live. What can you do if you don’t have money?”
Before Shen Wan could refuse, Mrs. Li immediately turned around and boarded the car as if she was afraid of her coming back. She said in the car, "I won't come to see you off tomorrow. We'll see you later, sister."
As the carriage left, Shen Wan stood still holding the banknote in her hand. The maid at home came to urge her to go in, and she came to her senses. After collecting the banknote, she checked to see if there was anything else that had not been packed away, and then she left the money behind. She called the people who were following her, asked them where they wanted to go, and gave them as much money as possible for resettlement. In the end, only a mother and daughter were left who were willing to follow her. They were also orphans and widowed. Shen Wanwu left Stay safe everywhere.
In the afternoon, Cao Yin sent someone to confirm with Shen Wan the time for the carriage tomorrow morning before sending those people away. Someone came again in front of the house. It seemed that it was the first time they came back to this place. They asked along the way: "This is Lord Nalan." 's house?"
Seeing that Shen Wan was a stranger, and there were no servants in the house now, he couldn't help but keep a distance. However, after the visitor confirmed that it was Shen Wan's private house, he handed over the bag he carried with both hands and just said: "My master asked me to Bring it and keep it."
Shen Wan frowned and naturally asked: "Who is your master?"
"Master said Miss Shen doesn't need to ask, just keep these things. It's been a hard journey to Jiangnan, so please take more care of yourself." After the visitor said these words politely, he saw that Shen Wan and the people around him were far away. He didn't even come to get it, he simply put it on the ground, turned around and left without waiting for Shen Wan to respond.
Only after the man had gone far away did the girl close the door, pick up the bag and give it to Shen Wan. They returned to the house and dug out one thing after another. It was a thick stack of small-denomination banknotes and The scattered silver, the mother-in-law next to me said: "This scattered silver is enough for us to spend on the road. This man is really thoughtful. Although the silver notes are valuable, they are not easy to use on the road. They must be our uncle's old ones." My friends, it’s really hard to worry about them.”
For some reason, Shen Wan felt uneasy. If he was Rong Ruo's old friend, he could have given his name. But Shen Wan followed Rong Ruo and had seen those few young masters before, and there were quite a few people who came to the private house to get together. What should he do? To help him in such a low-key manner? He thought of that person for no reason, but he thought it was impossible. He heard that she was not happy in the palace. How could he find someone to give these things to him?
While in a daze, the middle-aged woman counted the banknotes and exclaimed: "Girl, there are thirty thousand taels of banknotes here. Which nobleman is so kind?" This nobleman is not that nobleman, but these two words hit home. Shen Wan's heart fell to the side in a daze, unable to say anything.
In the palace, when Lan Qi came back from Cining Palace, she heard that the matter had been settled. Huanchun and the others did not know what their master had done specifically. They just sent someone to send a letter to her parents' house. They all thought that the mother-in-law was reporting to her parents that she was safe. , telling them that he cheered up, how could they know that Concubine De would actually help Noble Jue Chan send money to Shen Wan.
The 30,000 taels of silver notes were taken out by the Jue Chan family. Those pieces of silver were probably the wishes of Lan Qi’s family. Lan Qi was surprised how a small nobleman could come up with the 30,000 taels of silver notes. The Jue Chan family smiled bitterly at that time: "I follow the imperial concubine, and I really don't have to worry about food and clothing. The imperial concubine's house often brings money to me, and the empress will reward me with some. She also gives me the banknotes one by one. I have nowhere to spend it. I have saved it over the years.”
At that time, Lan Qi wanted to refuse, but it was obvious that Jue Chan didn't force her, and her expression and words were not fierce. Instead, she was moved, accepted the banknote and agreed, and then asked Huan Chun to send someone to deliver a letter to her home on the pretext of asking Amma. Send the money to Shen Wan, and she won't care about what happens next. It doesn't matter. All this should be over long ago.
Two days later, Lan Qi met Jue Chan again on the palace road. At this time, Shen Wan had already left the capital. Jue Chan thanked Empress De Fei for helping her fulfill her wish. When they were about to leave, Jue Chan suddenly said: "Empress. , you must be careful about everything in the palace from now on, and the princesses should be even more careful about what they eat."
Lan Qi's heart tightened, but after saying this, Master Jue Chan hurried away and asked her to stand still on the palace road. Huan Chun and others saw their master in a daze and asked her what was wrong. They only heard her say in a daze: "Why don't you, Your Majesty?" Tell me, who is the murderer? Why not kill them?"
Huan Chun screamed in his heart. He was seeing people who were getting energetic these days. He couldn't take advantage of others like this, and he didn't dare to persuade them randomly. He sent her family to Cining Palace first, and then secretly talked to Aunt Sumala, Grandma sighed: "It's better to let the queen relax."
It so happened that the emperor came over to have lunch with his grandmother after leaving court. He mentioned that the heat was not going away this year and wanted to invite the emperor's grandmother to Yingtai to recuperate. The empress dowager excused herself and said that she didn't want to ride a bumpy car and it was fine in the palace. , then pushed Lan Qi out smoothly: "You two go, come back after autumn, go openly and honestly, let's see who dares to argue?"
Xuan Ye nodded with a smile. He knew in his heart that the Queen Mother would not go out. He just wanted to wait for the Queen Mother to tell him to take Lan Qi out for a while. He readily agreed: "Yingtai is ready and we will leave tomorrow."