He's A Substitute

Chapter 4

Carrying a glass lamp, Shen Qingyun walked alone on the bluestone steps.

The Marquis of Yongchang is a prominent family in Kyoto, and the Fuzhong is naturally majestic. At the foot of the Forbidden City, which is an inch of land and an inch of gold, it is on a par with the residence of Prince Heng, who is rich and rivals the country.

Along the way, she lowered her head, walked past the hanging flower door, then passed the hand veranda, and finally passed the large marble wall. Looking at it from a distance through the corridor, you can see that there is no end to the Mohe Garden.

In June, the lotus flower in the lake is just right. Occasionally there is a breeze swaying, and there is a faint fragrance of lotus. Shen Qingyun called from the Yongchang Hou Mansion and lived in the small courtyard beside the lotus pond.

It"s cool to live here on a hot summer day.

The courtyard is not big, but it has all the internal organs and is exquisite. Under the scarlet door, a servant stood guarding. Seeing that she pushed the door and came in, she rushed over immediately: "Master Biao."

"The third young lady just sent someone over to invite you to dinner."

This young master Shen said that he was a distant relative of the third young grandmother. The young grandmother in the third room did not like these poor relatives who beat the autumn wind the most. After confirming the token, she pointed to a remote yard and sent people away.

Shen Qingyun really lived here for half a month.

Only the third young grandmother, who had been ignoring her before, was unusual today and invited her over for dinner. This is the first call since the Yongchang Hou Mansion.

Shen Qingyun understood in his heart, presumably because the old lady asked her to go to the son of the lieutenant today. The three people heard the wind.

"Let me go inside and change into the house."

Shen Qingyun handed the glazed lamp in his hand to the servant, turned around and entered the house.

The courtyard is not big, and the house is naturally small.

There was no ice cubes in the house in June, but fortunately it was near the lake, so it wasn"t too hot. As soon as Shen Qingyun opened the door, a small sound came from inside the house.

She turned her head to look, an orange cat was standing on the window lattice shelf, looking at her with half-squinted eyes. Seeing the person clearly, he wagged his tail twice, squinted his eyes, and went back to sleep on the shelf.

After changing clothes and walking to the yard of the third young grandmother, it was already three quarters of time.

The third room lived in the Jinhua Hall on the south side. Shen Qingyun had just entered the corridor, when a woman in the distance saw her and greeted him.

"It can be regarded as coming, I have been waiting for you all night."

The bead curtain was lifted, and a tall and slender woman walked out. Hibiscus face, willow eyebrows, wearing a dress with embroidered red peony and scattered flowers, wearing a gold thread eight treasures hairpin on her head, white as jade, aqua blue bracelets on her wrists are dazzling, as she walks over, the rubies on the earrings dangle slightly , The whole person is shiny and graceful.

The person who came was the third wife, Mrs. Zhou.

The Jiang family has four rooms. The big room and the fourth room are the direct descendants of the old lady. The second and third rooms were both born of concubines.

Zhou Shi was a beautiful woman. She was not of high birth, but she was quite beautiful when she was born. At that time, because of her beauty, she was favored by Jiang San from Yangzhou, and married back to Yongchang Houfu as a young mistress.

The young master of the third room is a concubine, but he was born in Yongchang Hou"s mansion, which is a real gold nest. The Zhou family flew to the branch and became a phoenix in one fell swoop. She married into the Marquis of Yongchang for more than 20 years. After the capital was stabilized, she never returned to Yangzhou.

For this distant relative who came to the door, I really can"t raise the slightest emotion.

Zhou Shi"s eyes looked back and forth on Shen Qingyun, and finally fell back to her face, pressing down on her throat to be amazed.

A man is actually better off.

Even when she was young, she would not be able to match half of the people in front of her.

Zhou Shi"s eyes moved a little from Shen Qingyun"s face: "Sit down."

The food had been prepared long ago, and as soon as the two were seated, seven or eight maids rushed forward, and the food was placed on the table after a while.

"I specially ordered people to prepare it, you should use more." The food is indeed carefully prepared. The fried hoof tendons, Longjing shrimp, Jinyu Mantang, Gong Baoquail, Sanxian duck tongue, Jade cake, etc., are mostly Kyoto dishes. .

Yongchang Hou"s family has a great business, and the cost of food and clothing was once the best.

"Thank you Third Madam." Shen Qingyun nodded and took a seat.

The room was quiet, only the voice of the maid"s door cloth. After a meal, Zhou shi looked at the people beside him from time to time.

I saw that although he was dressed simply, his every move was generous and courteous. He knew that he had also learned the rules and was well educated.

The contempt for Shen Qingyun dissipated a little in his heart.

"Your mother and I were cousins when we were young, but now you go to the Hou Mansion, but you call me my aunt." Mrs. Zhou drank the soup, and when she lowered her head, she pretended to inadvertently asked, "Why would the old lady suddenly want you today? To listen to Yuxuan?"

Ting Yuxuan is the eldest son of the eldest house, which is now the residence of Jiang Yutang, the prince of Yongchang Hou. Half a month ago, Jiang Yutang suddenly fell into a coma in the mansion. After waking up, he often had nightmares again. This is not a secret in the mansion.

Only the big room was not close to their third room on weekdays, and this matter was related to the prince.

Now that this person went to Tingyuxuan for an afternoon, Zhou shi naturally wanted to ask.

Hearing this, Shen Qingyun tightened his hand holding the silver chopstick for a moment. She put down the tableware and chopsticks in her hand, picked up a white jade cup, and rinsed her mouth. He took Wenpa from behind and wiped his hands carefully. She does a set of movements smoothly, which is very natural. When he was done, he raised his head.

Said: "The old lady knows that I know a little bit of medical skills, and said that Shi Ziye has been sleeping disturbed recently, so she specially let me go over to take a look."

It seems that this nightmare disease has not been cured.

Zhou Shi put down the soup bowl with a "bang": "Then can you go see it? How?"

Shen Qingyun"s cold eyes drooped down, and after a while, he said, "The prince is busy with business, so he didn"t ask me to check the pulse."

"This way..." Zhou shi looked pity, but not too surprised. Jiang Yutang is the prince of the Hou Mansion and the future owner of the Hou Mansion.

His body has always been taken care of by the imperial doctor in the palace, so why would he let others check his pulse at will?

Zhou Shi didn"t ask what he wanted to ask. After dinner, he casually exchanged a few words, and then sent someone out: "It"s getting late, you should come back earlier."

Shen Qingyun nodded and stepped back.

Zhou Shi quietly looked at the back in front of him, and the woman beside him stepped forward: "This young master Shen, is it different from what you thought before?"

"It"s just a little more beautiful." Zhou shi retracted his eyes and sneered.

If it is a woman, it would be useful to have such a good-looking face, but it is a man.

"I thought he was lucky and caught the old lady"s eyes." Zhou Shi looked at a table of dishes and shook his head. Never thought that after waiting for three hours, the prince didn"t even see him.

"It"s useless."

Holding the old woman"s hand to stand up, the Zhou shi instructed, "Look for an opportunity in a few days to send him out of the Hou residence."

Taking him in for half a month is already a kindness.

The old woman held her hand, looked at Zhou Shi"s bright and beautiful face under the candlelight, lowered her head and said lightly, "Yes."

Early the next morning, as soon as Mrs. Zhou got up, Mrs. Shou"an Tang came over and asked her to come over.

Zhou Shi didn"t have time to use his urgent breakfast, so he rushed over immediately.

Shou"an Tang is where the old lady lives, and she rarely comes here on weekdays. When the old lady was young, she was the direct daughter of the royal palace and had a distinguished status. After marrying into Yongchang Hou"s Mansion, he spreads his branches and leaves, and manages the Hou"s Mansion with great prestige.

The Zhou family had been married to the Marquis of Yongchang for more than 20 years, and when she saw this old lady, she still felt anxious. When I stood at the door, I was still thinking about what I had done wrong these days.

The old lady went in first, and after a while, a maid with beautiful features and beautiful features came out. It was Zhu Yun, the maid next to the old lady.

Zhu Yunsheng smiled and smiled at Zhou Shi: "Hello, third madam, the old madam invites you in."

The blue crystal pearl jade curtain was lifted, and Zhou Shi followed Zhu Yun into the inner hall.

What you can see is a half-human tall coral, and the white jade Qinghe double-headed incense burner is scattered with light sandalwood. Going further inside, there is a carved red lacquer eight-treasure cabinet, a carved incense table with ebony clouds, and a small screen embroidered with peony and red sandalwood to separate the room.

As soon as Mr. Zhou entered the west wing, he heard laughter coming from inside.

The old lady follows the rules all her life, who can make her laugh like this? Zhou Shi"s eyelids jumped, and Xiao Bubu stepped forward immediately. She bent her body and just bent over to salute, when she raised her head, she saw Shen Qingyun sitting right in front of her.

How is this person here? Still sitting on top.

Zhou Shi had doubts on his forehead, he was absent-minded when saluting, and he was in a hurry. When the old lady saw it, her brows wrinkled: "What are you doing in a panic."

"Daughter-in-law knows it"s wrong."

Zhou Shi was afraid that the old lady was afraid, and said that she only recognized it. He raised his body and glanced at Shen Qingyun:

"Mother, but he made you unhappy?" The Zhou family has been most afraid of the old lady since she married into Yongchang Hou"s mansion, for fear that the old lady would not like it.

Before the old lady could speak, she hurriedly opened her mouth: "He is a distant relative of mine, and I haven"t been in contact with him on weekdays. He came from a small place and doesn"t understand the rules of our Hou"s mansion." Mrs. Zhou scolded Shen Qingyun in her heart. Over and over again, for fear that something would happen to her and implicate him.

I have even thought about how to pack a meal and drive them out of the Hou residence.

"He"s a good boy." Although the old lady is old, her mind is clear. She looked at Zhou Shi below, and the smile in her eyes faded:

"I asked you to come here today to thank him in front of you. I had a bad appetite a few days ago, so he picked lotus seed cores and fry them in water and brought them here. After drinking them for five or six days, I felt refreshed. some."

Zhou Shi really didn"t know that this person had such great ability.

The old lady"s illness was obviously the heat of the heat. In addition, the Dafang Shizi suddenly fainted, and she was anxious. It was useless for the imperial doctor to come, but I didn"t expect him to come across it, and it really caught the old lady"s eyes.

She glanced at Shen Qingyun, who was sitting on a chair, well-behaved, straight and gentle. The corner of his mouth twitched a few times, and then he pulled out a smile: "It is my nephew"s blessing to be able to serve my mother."

The old lady sat on the huanghuali wood Taishi chair, looked down at Zhou Shi"s obviously relaxed and smug look, and then looked at the chair, with an indifferent expression on Shen Qingyun from beginning to end.

She took the white porcelain dyed blue-and-white tea cup in front of her, lowered her head and sipped the tea, and said nothing.

On the other hand, the nanny next to her glanced down, thinking in her heart: Zhou"s own is not good, but her nephew is not bad. Gentle and courteous, fresh and handsome. Just sitting there, with a face like a jade man, people can"t take their eyes away.

At this moment, there was a soft sound, and the little maid who was outside the curtain came in with a smile on her face: "Old Madam, Lord Shizi has come to greet you."

On the chair, Shen Qingyun had been sitting upright and raised his head. Her eyes were so cold that no emotion could be seen, and her eyes were pitch black. I didn"t know what I heard at this time, but my eyes lit up.

"Hurry up and let people in." The old lady immediately put down the tea cup in her hand, and her face was full of smiles. Jiang Yutang is the eldest grandson of the eldest son, and is the most popular with the old lady.

Only a few days ago, Jiang Yutang fainted for no reason. He was afraid that the old lady would get sick, so he took a break and didn"t come.

The old lady has not seen anyone for a long time, so she naturally panics.

As soon as the curtains were opened, a tall and straight young man followed behind the maid, and at a glance, you could see that he had extraordinary bearing.

I saw him in a moon-white dark-patterned flower robe, with silver threads wrapped around a cloud-patterned belt and a black jade hanging from it. Sheng is extremely handsome, with a face like a crown jade and deep eyebrows. But there was a touch of alienation throughout his body, it was the prince Jiang Yutang.

Jiang Yutang stepped forward, bowed in a respectful gesture, and said, "My grandson greets grandmother."

"Okay, okay!" The old lady smiled and hurriedly beckoned people to come forward. The old lady"s eyes were on him, and she glanced up and down.

"Thin."

Since the last time I was in a coma, it has only been more than half a month, and I have lost a lot of weight. On the face with such brows as a mountain, the air of Shu Lang faded a little.

"The grandson is not filial, and the grandmother is worried." Jiang Yutang said.

The old lady raised her hand and patted his arm: "It"s been better these days, but is it still a nightmare? Dreaming about those strange things?"

Before Jiang Yutang could answer, the old lady said again, "I called someone to show you yesterday, but you didn"t see it. Today, someone happens to be here, so let him show you."

The old lady casually pointed, and Jiang Yutang looked at it like that.

Coincidentally, the man"s eyes also happened to look at him.

So, the nightmares, who had been lingering with him every day, appeared in front of his eyes.

As in the dream, she was clearly a woman, but she was wearing men"s clothing. The waist is empty, and the figure is slightly thin. He raised his head and looked directly at him. Under the light blue collar, a snow-white neck was exposed, very thin and beautiful.

It"s that stunningly beautiful.

She is not the kind of flamboyant appearance, but the kind of light and elegant beauty. Delicate eyebrows 30340 are like landscape paintings, as if the thick ink and color can make this face lose its color.

She just sat there lightly, wearing an inconspicuous pale cyan robe, raised her head slightly, but looked at him with light in her eyes, dazzling and excited.

It seems that one more look, it is full of affection.

"It"s the new son of the Shen family. In terms of seniority, you are cousins." The old lady"s voice was right in her ears.

Jiang Yutang retracted his eyes and looked elsewhere.

A slight footstep sounded, and the light cyan robe came towards him.

Shen Qingyun stood in front of him with picturesque brows.

With a calm face, facing him, he whispered, "Cousin Jiang."