Su Wanniang frowned, but Shen Wen smiled a little: "It's alright, it's about people who want to get involved with the Marquis Mansion, they don't necessarily have malicious intent."
Su Wanniang sighed in relief, patted her chest and said, "Next time I won't be crying at random people."
Shen Wen smiled and touched Su Wanniang with her elbow: "How can you be casual? Tell me more about what he looks like, are his eyebrows very dark? Is his face white and clean, looking like a clean-cut scholar?" These were the words Su Wanniang used just now.
Su Wanniang blushed again and twisted Shen Wen's chubby face and whispered, "How old are you? Ah? How old are you? how can you say such things!"
Shen Wen whimpered, "Sister, spare my life! ......" and the two of them rolled on the bed laughing.
When they had had enough, they both sat up and straightened each other's garment loops. Shen Wen put away his smile and said in a low voice, "Although this person may be harmless, but since he has managed to find it, it means that we have come out this time and have caught someone's eye. This is good, it gives us an excuse to go back early, I was thinking that I would have to pretend to be sick to do so."
Su Wanniang said in confusion, "Why do you have to go back early? How come you didn't even tell me originally?"
Shen Wen said, "You're already nervous as hell, I was going to wait until you talked to Ji Wen Zhao before I told you. Of course we had to go back early, think about it, what would you do if you were trying to fix the little children in the lower marquis?"
Su Wanniang said in a daze, "Of course we can only wait for her to ...... you out of the house! So, if we come out now, we will definitely be in trouble! Miss, why don't you tell the Eldest Gongzi and the others? We have to hurry back!"
Shen Wen flattened her lips, "It's hard to get out, so naturally we have to let everyone have a good time."
Su Wanniang was a little anxious, "But they are in the dark and we are in the light, you don't know when there will be trouble, it's better to leave as soon as possible."
Shen Wen took Su Wanniang's hand, "Look, as soon as I told you, you got nervous again. It's actually not that bad, because they only have one choice."
Su Wanniang was still unsure, "How could that be? There are many ways to get into trouble."
Shen Wen said, "Of course, but nothing changes, you pretend to be the Grand Prince, what would you do if you wanted to take revenge on someone who had disgraced you?"
Su Wanniang thought, "That person's two eyes look a bit close together, so he should be someone who is not broad-minded. If you feel ashamed, of course it would be better to let the other person lose face too."
Shen Wen was pleased: "Sister Wanniang can read palmistry?"
Su Wanniang was embarrassed: "I just read about it in a book."
Shen Wen asked, "Then how do you think he can make us lose face?"
Su Wanniang deliberated, "We can find a place where everyone can see us and humiliate us. Or, find a remote place and beat us up hard, but don't let anyone catch us."
Shen Wen took Su Wanniang's arm and said with a smile: "Sister Wanniang is really a trusted advisor. My father has a powerful army in his hand, so they wouldn't dare to kill us. My elder brother has many guards with him, it won't be easy to beat us up."
Su Wanniang understood: "That means they must have come to cause trouble in a place where there are people. This place is isolated, so naturally nothing happens, that should be when we go back to the city ...... But how come they didn't do it when we left the city?"
Shen Wen said, "We left early, it was early in the morning and there weren't many people on the road. Besides, in case we don't come out anymore, we won't need to arrange people. It's only good to set up now that they know we're here."
Su Wanniang said, "What should we do then?"
Shen Wen whispered in Su Wanniang's ear, "There are other people's spies everywhere in the residence of the marquis, and there must be some in our group as well. If you really want to go back early, you can't say it publicly, not to mention by me. You have this bumping excuse, just in time to go and talk to Shen Xiang ......"
Shen Yi returned with the men before the sun went down. Knowing from the guards that Shen Wen had not gone out all day and that nothing had happened at the temple, Shen Yi did not think much of it.
After dinner, Su Wanniang smiled and said to Shen Xiang, "I haven't practised martial arts for a long time and would like to go for a few steps, could you give me some pointers, Eldest Miss?"
Shen Xiang was tired after climbing the mountain all day, but ever since she saved Su Wanniang, who was about to die, she had a sense of care for her. She had been leading Su Wanniang in her martial arts training and her relationship was like that of a teacher and disciple, so she felt closer than even Shen Wen. At this point, she didn't push back and said with a smile, "I can only move my mouth, I can't walk out."
Su Wanniang smiled and said, "It's fine, it's fine." The two walked to the backyard, Su Wanniang performed a few strokes, Shen Xiang went over to her side, moved Su Wanniang's arm to show her the correct position, and asked with a smile, "Why are your eyes swollen?"
Su Wanniang said, "I went out to pick flowers today and fell down on my way back. Oh, I saw some nice looking carriages at the entrance of the temple, did you see them when you came back?"
Shen Xiang was stunned and shook her head, "No."
Su Wanniang looked around and whispered, "This small temple is so remote, who would rush to come with us? Young lady had a quarrel with the Grand Prince and the Fourth Princess in the Marquis of Changle's residence. Do you think someone will come to see if we are here, and then wait for us to go back and make trouble on the way?"
Shen Xiang thought for a moment and said, "I have to go and talk to my brother and the others!" She was about to leave, but Su Wanniang immediately grabbed her sleeve and muttered in a low voice, "If there were no one from the house to report the news, who would know so accurately? Eldest Miss just wants to go and discuss with the Grand Duke and the others, but she can't barge through so openly."
Although Shen Xiang was straightforward, she knew the importance of the matter at this point and whispered, "Okay, you practise a few more moves, and I'll go back to them and say I'm asking about tomorrow."
Su Wanniang nodded, "In fact, just tell one person, don't alarm everyone. And ......" she whispered a few words in Shen Xiang's ear.
Shen Xiang nodded and said, "Great! Thank you for the reminder. My little sister is young and still doesn't know what to do, and is the one who doesn't know martial arts among us. You are older than her and are quick-witted, so if you usually have any ideas that you can't talk to her about, come and tell me."
Su Wanniang thought to herself, ‘Your sister is not ignorant or inexperienced, but she is so knowledgeable and intelligent that she has become a genius’, but on the surface of her mouth she said, "Yes, I will listen to Eldest Miss."
Shen Xiang hesitated and said, "I've never treated you as a maid, so you can be my disciple!"
Su Wanniang puffed out a smile, she was a little older than Shen Xiang and felt that Shen Xiang still carried a childish spirit and said, "Thank you so much Master."
Shen Xiang blushed a little at the laugh and said stiffly, "You're my big disciple, what's so funny? I want to be a female marshal in the future! Even if I don't, I should at least be a warrior who walks in the jungle. You'll be the envy of many people if you tell them I'm your master!"
Su Wanniang smiled even more and bowed to Shen Xiang, " The Warrior Marshal, or, Marshal Warrior on top, accept a bow from my disciple."
Shen Xiang pushed Su Wanniang and ran away with a smile.
Shen Xiang then went to Shen Zhuo and said she wanted to ask him for some advice on a few moves. The two exchanged a few moves and watched and argued some more. After she left, Shen Zhuo pestered Shen Yi and Shen Jian to play chess. The three of them said that the room was too small and took the chess board to play in the forest. When they left the temple, they asked the monk if anyone had come to offer incense today, and the answer they got was that there were three or four families.
The three brothers played chess in the forest for a while and chased each other for half a day before returning to the temple at sunset.
Originally, they would have stayed another day and left early the morning after to return to the city. The following day, Shen Yi said he would take some of his younger siblings to visit the surrounding monuments of the former dynasty, and only brought half of his escort and one of the three carriages for Shen Wen and a few maids to sit in.
The guards left behind in the temple waited until it was dark, and just when they thought something had happened, someone came back to inform them that when they were about to return to the temple, Eldest Miss suddenly had a stomach ache. The Eldest Gongzi was afraid that it would not be easy to find a doctor in the countryside, so he hurriedly took his men back to the Mansion. The rest of us will go back tomorrow morning as planned, and be careful along the way.
After the sun went down, when Yang heard that Shen Yi had come back with her children, she was both surprised and happy. She was shocked that something had happened when she returned home early, but happy that the children had returned and that her heart was finally at ease.
Shen Yi also knew that he could not speak casually in the marquis's residence, so he settled on his original excuse, saying that it was Shen Xiang's stomach that hurt. Shen Xiang also covered her belly and looked like she was frowning in discomfort. Yang Shi knew that her daughter had trained in martial arts since she was young and was physically strong, so it must be true that she was sick. She quickly sent someone to ask for a doctor, told her daughter to go and rest quickly, and asked someone to serve dinner to the other children.
The doctor came to check the pulse, and said that the eldest lady may have caught a cold and was too nervous, drink some ginger water and sleep for a while.
Shen Xiang and Shen Wen fell asleep, but Shen Yi and Shen Jian personally inspected the Hou's mansion, one in the middle of the night and the other in the second half of the night, leading people to strictly check the door and not allowing anyone to enter or leave. Even Shen Zhuo got up in the middle of the night and looked around, but there was nothing wrong with the Hou Mansion.
