He's A Substitute

Chapter 10

On the fifth day of the seventh lunar month, an imperial decree was passed from the palace to appoint Jiang Yutang, the son of the Marquis of Yongchang, as the servant of the Ministry of Rites. Ten days later, he brought the Ministry of Rites to welcome the returning army from the southern border.

Ink Lotus Garden

It has been raining for several days in a row, and the lotus flowers in Mohe Garden are a little wilted by the rain.

Carrying the food box, the boy opened the door and walked in with a smile. An orange cat was lying on the mahogany carved candlestick shelf in front of the window lattice, and turned its head when it heard the sound.

"Qianjin."

The little servant stepped forward, Qianjin circled around his legs a few times, and walked away with no interest.

Inside the house, Shen Qingyun heard the sound and opened his eyes. She was lying on the beautiful couch by the window lattice, squinting her eyes as if she was sleeping.

In the past few days, when the servant came to deliver meals, he always saw Young Master Biao lying there, not on the bed, but lying on the beautiful couch watching the rain outside the window.

"Master Biao." He looked forward, and his voice became lighter. The little blanket on her body fell off at some point, and Shen Qingyun stood up while rubbing her brows on the beauty"s couch.

In the past few days, she seems to have lost a lot of weight. When he sat down, he was wearing Wu Qing now. She was born pale, and the trace of exhaustion became more and more obvious.

"What"s wrong with Master Biao?"

While laying the dishes, the servant opened his mouth and asked, "If you are not feeling well, the servant will go out and ask a doctor to show you."

"No."

Shen Qingyun cleaned his hands, and his voice was hoarse. Qianjin jumped onto her lap, she rubbed her chin and said, "It"s been raining these few days, so I haven"t slept well."

June and July have a lot of rain, and it has been raining for several days.

The little servant opened his mouth, not daring to ask any more questions. He just pointed to the dishes on the table and said, "It"s delicious today, Master Biao eats more, I"ve lost weight these days."

Shen Qingyun first peeled the shrimp for the daughter as usual, then carefully picked some beef in the beef bone soup, rinsed it twice with warm water before giving it to the daughter.

But she didn"t eat much herself, and people looked at her spirited, and she was a little bit like a cat when she was eating.

Young Master Biao seems to be having a hard time these days.

The little servant looked at the fish on the table that still didn"t move the half-chopsticks, waited for the others to put down the chopsticks and glanced at it, thinking about how to persuade Young Master Biao to use it more.

This young master looked really pitiful.

His family was in decline, so he had no choice but to go to the Hou Mansion. Although the third young grandmother didn"t drive people out, she didn"t pay attention to it. She lived in the Hou residence for such a long time, and there was not even a waiter by her side. He was the only one who came to deliver meals every day.

However, before he could speak, Shen Qingyun raised his head and said, "I have to go out today."

It"s raining less outside, dripping.

Shen Qingyun took leave from the third wife, the Zhou family, and left the house with an oil-paper umbrella. There are few people on rainy days, and there are almost no people on the streets.

Not long after coming out of Yongchang Hou"s mansion, a carriage ran behind him.

Zhao Lu was holding the carriage, and when he saw the flashing figure just now, he turned to the person in the carriage and said, "Prince, it"s Young Master Biao."

Inside the carriage, Jiang Yutang was lying reclining in the carriage, rubbing his brows with one hand. He had just come down from the banquet, and there was a smell of wine in his sleeves. In ten more days, he will go to meet the southern border army. Borrowing this identity really allowed him to find out a lot of things.

The Shen and Lu families were married. One of the Lu family"s daughters was the queen, and the other was the crown prince in the East Palace. For the time being, these two families could not move.

But there was another person, but he was staring at it early in the morning.

The forward who returned to Beijing this time was also Liu Man, one of Shen Shaoqing"s 30340 lieutenants. After Shen Shaoqing"s death, the reason why his subordinates joined Shen Qiong so quickly was thanks to this lieutenant general Liu.

He repeatedly sent people to investigate secretly, and found that many of the vice-general Liu had committed crimes in the past. Before Shen Shaoqing died, he spread rumors to cause panic. Later, when the Mobei Army pursued and attacked with victory, he also closed the city gate, saying that he was ordered to lead the troops to evacuate.

In this way, many people in the city were killed and injured.

Shen Shaoqing has been guarding the southern border for many years, and just like this, he has become a sinner for everyone.

The rich wine smell makes people irritable. Outside, Zhao Lu added another sentence: "Master Biao is about to faint."

The cloudy eyes gradually became clear, Jiang Yutang opened his eyes.

The golden nanmu carriage gradually moved backwards, and the horses hooves stopped twice. Shen Qingyun raised his head with the oil-paper umbrella, and saw that the dark blue car curtain was lifted.

"Come up."

The person in the car said something, and the face was hidden behind the curtain again. Shen Qingyun held the umbrella, and when he heard the rain hitting the umbrella, his heartbeat began to speed up.

As soon as he entered the carriage, he heard the smell of alcohol coming from inside. Shen Qingyun sat inside and looked at the people beside him.

The hot water in the stove on the right was boiling hot, Jiang Yutang stood up himself, poured a cup of tea and handed it over: "What"s the matter, I haven"t seen you for a few days, half dead."

His voice was hoarse, and when the cup of tea was brought up, it was as hot as his palm. Jiang Yutang"s words are not nonsense, but Shen Qingyun"s appearance is to say that she is half-dead, and it is a flattery to her.

I haven"t seen her for a few days. She has lost weight all over her body, and her waist is empty under her robe. A face was as white as paper, without the slightest bit of blood.

Jiang Yutang"s eyes fell on the lips, and his eyebrows twitched quickly. He has deliberately avoided her these days and lived in Zhuyuan, but in his dreams it was her.

Compared to his previous nightmares, it was difficult for him to fall asleep. Now that I dream a lot, I compare the details of my dreams.

In the dream her lips were not like this.

She is very active, her lips are thin and beautiful, but she likes to provoke him. After a while, she was bullied and her lips were slightly swollen.

At that time, she will only cry, crying and begging for mercy, begging him to be gentle, begging him to forgive her.

Jiang Yutang"s eyes fell, his fists clenched all of a sudden, there was a problem with the wine at the banquet just now.

"Can"t sleep."

Shen Qingyun lowered his head, blinked again, steaming tea splashed on her face, and the circles of her eyes were red: "It"s raining, I can"t sleep."

He raised his head, those eyes that looked like crescent moons were soaked with water and the tail of the eyes were red. Shen Qingyun knew that he should be very pitiful at this time.

But the face in front of him is too familiar, but the eyes are too unfamiliar. As soon as she opened her mouth, she didn"t even have to pretend, her tone was full of grievances.

Closing his eyes, Jiang Yutang"s forehead burst with blue veins, and his throat seemed to be smoking. A fiery heat surged up from the dantian and gathered under the lower abdomen: "Go to the medical center."

The hand tapped on the upper wall of the carriage, and the carriage turned a corner outside.

Shen Qingyun lowered his eyes and looked lost. Her thoughts, as if deliberately let Jiang Yutang see it, did not hide it.

"how?"

The medicine made him feel hot all over, sweat dripping from his forehead. In a carriage, she couldn"t have missed it.

Jiang Yutang pulled his neckline: "What do you mean?"

"The prince was hit." The carriage was running fast on the street, but Shen Qingyun got up and walked towards him.

The Mei Ziqing robe was worn on the body, and the waist seemed to be dangling empty.

Shen Qingyun walked in front of him and bent down. The face was in front of him.

The cold face smiled the moment he saw him, the crescent moon seemed to have crooked eyes, beautiful and seductive: "The prince forgot, I also know medicine."