On the day Lu Yuhan got married, the room was packed with her sisters and friends.
Shen Xiu also saw Lu Caiwei, whose wedding was coming soon. She was currently at home embroidering her dowry. If she hadn't been attending Lu Yuhan's wedding banquet, she would probably still be at home.
The two had just exchanged a few words when Lu Caiwei secretly asked Shen Xiu: "You and Qimei have always been on good terms. This time she gets married, what good things are you going to give her?"
Shen Xiudao: "I prepared an embroidered statue of Guanyin to give her a son, to bless her to have a son soon." After saying that, she smiled at Lu Caiwei and said, "Don't worry, fourth lady, when you get married, I won't favor one over the other. I will also embroider one like this." I’ll give you the embroidered portrait.”
Lu Caiwei blushed and said, "People ask you seriously, but you make such a joke."
Shen Xiu smiled slightly and said: "It seems that the fourth girl doesn't intend to take it anymore. Well, I'll just give you a piece of jewelry that day."
"Who said you don't want it?" Lu Caiwei said with a blush, "If you don't want it, I don't care about any jewelry."
While the two were talking, Lu Yuhan's maid came over and said, "Ms. Shen, our girl is asking you to come over!"
When Shen Xiu followed the maid to the inner room, Lu Yuhan was trying on a wedding dress. This wedding dress had been made by the embroidery shop a long time ago, and the cloud shoulders worn on it were sewn by Shen Xiu herself.
Lu Yuhan looked in the mirror, turned around and saw Shen Xiu, and pouted dissatisfiedly, "You're here. I thought I wouldn't see you on this day!"
"Forgive me, Miss Qi." Shen Xiu explained, "I closed the shop some time ago because I had no choice but to do so."
Lu Yuhan said: "Then why don't you come to see me later? I treat you as a good sister!"
Some time ago, Shen Xiu was only thinking about how to bring down Magistrate Shi.
Now seeing Lu Yuhan complaining, she could only smile sheepishly and said: "I have wanted to come and see you from time to time, but I forgot when I was busy. For the sake of me helping you embroider such a beautiful cloud shoulder, Miss Qi Forgive me, okay?"
Lu Yuhan was originally a young lady with a bad temper. She went away as quickly as she came, so her face looked better. "When I marry into the Yuan family, you have to visit me often."
Shen Xiu thought of Cuini and mentioned this to her when she got married. Knowing that Lu Yuhan was also very uneasy at the moment, she comforted her with a few words.
Lu Yuhan was about to marry into the Yuan family, so she was naturally a little nervous. Shen Xiu persuaded her a few times, and her mood gradually improved.
Shen Xiu looked at her smiling face and never deliberately mentioned her identity with Wei Yan.
She couldn't predict how Lu Yuhan would feel after knowing the truth, but she didn't want to lose Lu Yuhan as a friend, so she planned to hide it to the end and pretend she didn't know what to do.
Even if Lu Yuhan knew her identity in the future, Shen Xiu bet that she would not dare to reveal her feelings to him.
The bottom line is that Lu Yuhan doesn't want people to know that she has a crush on Wei Yan.
So Shen Xiu felt that it was better to pretend that he didn't know what to do.
In this way, Lu Yuhan would feel a little uncomfortable at most when facing her, instead of feeling that she was deliberately hiding something.
After Shen Xiu figured it out, she got along with Lu Yuhan as usual.
After a while, Xi Niang led someone to comb Lu Yuhan's hair and put on makeup.
Shen Xiu saw that the room was packed and retreated.
The Lu family and the Yuan family went to great lengths to organize their happy event this time.
Especially for the Lu family, even though they were only marrying off their daughters, the pomp and ceremony was even more lively than when other families were marrying off their wives.
During the wedding banquet at noon, the table was filled with all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas. There were also lively dramas and acrobatics on the stage.
Shen Xiu and Lu Caiwei sat together. Lu Caiwei had been embroidering the dowry for so many days and was already bored.
It was rare to come out this time, so she pulled Shen Xiu to ask questions, and even asked about the dismissed Magistrate Shi.
"I only heard that Magistrate Shi was dismissed from office. What on earth is going on?"
Of course, Shen Xiu would not tell the inside story, but only smiled and said: "I don't know the specific reason. It seems that Magistrate Na Shi acted in the opposite direction, killed people, and only knew how to shirk responsibility. That's why we ended up like this.
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There was a person nearby who heard them talking about Magistrate Shi.
Then he came over and said softly: "I heard that the newly appointed county magistrate was dissatisfied with what County Magistrate Shi did, so he wrote a memorial to impeach Magistrate Shi."
"Is this true or false?" Lu Caiwei asked with interest.
The man said: "That's what people say. This county magistrate named Luo has a big family backing him!"
Shen Xiu coughed slightly and said: "Since it is just a rumor, it may not be credible. I heard that impeachment of Shangguan is the most taboo in the officialdom. I think the Prime Minister of Luo County does not know this truth. I want to impeach the person who is the county magistrate, probably
He is the censor of the imperial court."
Impeaching a superior official is, after all, a taboo in officialdom.
Shen Xiu didn't know if Luo Gong cared, but she would still need him in the future, so she thought it would be good if she could clear his suspicions.
Anyway, everyone knows that the so-called rumors in the market may be true or false.
Sure enough, when she said this, the man hesitated, smiled and said, "It seems I heard wrong."
The subsequent topic turned to the newly appointed county magistrate.
Someone said during the banquet: "I heard that the new county magistrate has sent a servant to spread the word, saying that he will arrive in the county seat in three to five days."
"I don't know how the new county magistrate's official reputation is?" someone said, "I just hope he doesn't go as far as Magistrate Shi."
"I just hope that the magistrate doesn't have a female wife like Mrs. Ma."
After saying this, everyone laughed.
While Shen Xiu smiled, she still thought that this was true. If the county magistrate's wife like Madam Ma were to be seen again in the county, then all the shops in the city would lose their capital.
However, it will be three days before the new county magistrate takes office.
When the groom comes to greet the bride, everyone's attention is on the bride and groom.
When the groom's officer, Yuan Ziwen, led a group of people to pick up the bride, the wedding banquet in the Lu family also broke up.
Shen Xiu and Lu Caiwei walked back together. On the way, Lu Caiwei mentioned Yu Shuya from Fucheng.
"My sister wrote a letter the day before yesterday, saying that the elders of the Tao family want to have a grandson as soon as possible, so they want to marry Yu Shuya as soon as possible. The wedding date has been set, and it will be this winter."
"My eldest sister also asked me to ask you, have Yu Shuya's trousseau pieces been embroidered?"
Shen Xiudao: "The embroidery is almost done. When I go to Fucheng in a few days, I will bring the dowry with me."
"Are you going to Fucheng in a few days?" Lu Caiwei asked, "If you want to go, can you help me carry something to eldest sister?"
Of course Shen Xiu has no problem. She wants to go to Fucheng because Wei Yan will live in Fucheng forever.
Wenhua Academy is very famous in the county, but after Wei Yan passed the Tongsheng examination, it was not that helpful.
Originally, Wei Yan wanted to go to a county school or a government school to continue his studies after passing the scholar examination. However, he later received help from the prefect of Qin and introduced him to Mr. Meng.
After Mr. Meng took him under his tutelage, he discussed with him and planned to let him live in Fucheng for a long time. Firstly, he could guide his studies from time to time, and secondly, he would take him to see more of the world and broaden his mind.
After weighing it, Wei Yan also felt that there were many benefits to being with Mr. Meng.
It was just that he had been away from the county for a long time, so he took a month's leave from Mr. Meng, wanting to go home and spend time with his wife and parents.
Shen Xiu was reluctant to leave, but she supported Wei Yan's decision.
However, in order to spend a few more days with Wei Yan, she proposed to go to Fucheng with him and then meet Mr. Meng again.
Wei Yan originally didn't want her to run around like this, but he couldn't resist her and had no choice but to agree.
The two of them had already agreed that after attending the wedding banquet of the Yuan family and the Lu family, they would return to Weijia Village to stay for a while and spend time with Wei's father and Yang.
But when Wei Yan went to Yuan's house to attend the wedding banquet, he met several classmates.
Several classmates knew that he had won the first place twice in a row, and they all clamored for a treat from him.
Wei Yan couldn't help but socialize for a while. After socializing with his classmates, Wei Yan felt that Master Li couldn't be left behind, so he went to Master Li's house to stay for another day.
It would be three days before Wei Yan found time. And this day also happened to be the day when the new county magistrate arrived.
Early in the morning, Luo Gong led all the officials from the county government to wait at the door.
But from morning until noon, no one could wait for the new county magistrate to take office.
Luo Gong saw that it was getting late, so he asked everyone to go to eat first and wait until they had eaten.
Wei Yan and Shen Xiudaya were also eating at this time, and they were in front of a noodle stall in the county town.
The three of them originally wanted to set off in the morning, but they didn't know that the axle of the hired carriage broke after they had only taken a few steps.
The three of them waited for a long time, but the car was not repaired. Seeing that noon was coming, Shen Xiu thought it was better to fill her stomach first.
A middle-aged couple were busy working in front of the noodle stall. Their craftsmanship was not as good as that of Mr. Miao. Fortunately, the noodles were chewy and the portions were sufficient, so there were many customers at the stall.
Shen Xiu had a good appetite. After eating a bowl of mutton noodle soup, she asked for another bowl.
The proprietress had just brought a bowl of mutton noodle soup, and a few more customers came to the stall.
Among these guests, a middle-aged white-faced scholar was the leader. After the white-faced scholar sat down, the others gathered around him and sat down.
The white-faced scholar casually glanced at the stall, and when he saw Shen Xiu's profile, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Shen Xiu hadn't finished half of the bowl of noodles when she felt the gaze from the other side.
She raised her head slightly and just met the white-faced scholar's eyes.
After seeing her appearance, the white-faced scholar couldn't help but murmured: "What a resemblance."
"Master, the noodles are here." The servant next to him saw him staring blankly at a young lady and couldn't help but remind him.
Only then did the white-faced scholar come back to his senses, feeling that it was a bit disrespectful that he had been staring at a young lady so closely just now.
Wei Yan quickly noticed something strange about Shen Xiu, "What's wrong? Are you too full?"
He turned his back to the white-faced scholar, so he didn't see the white-faced scholar looking over at him.
Shen Xiu didn't want to cause more trouble, so she nodded slightly and said, "I'm full. It's getting late, so we'd better leave quickly!"
So Wei Yan took out his money and paid the bill.
After the white-faced scholar had eaten a few mouthfuls of noodles and looked absently towards Shen Xiu, he saw that the people in the seats had already left.