pet marriage

The night was getting darker, Shen Mingshu was sitting at the table by the window on the second floor, his faint eyes fell on the crowd passing by outside the window, the food with only a few chopsticks was placed on the table, Lan Yin and Qu Qiunong who were standing behind her were waiting Looking at each other, they both felt a little worried.

Qiu Nong took a step forward, and softly persuaded: "Master, eat more, don't hurt yourself."

Shen Mingshu withdrew his gaze, shook his head slowly, and said, "I'm full, let's go."

Seeing her like this, Qiu Nong couldn't persuade her anymore, so she had to lead the little maids to remove the leftover food. When she went downstairs, she met the chef Chen who came upstairs. Seeing Qiu Nong and the others coming down with the food, Glancing at it, he sighed and asked, "Miss Qiu Nong, Madam still hasn't come back?"

Qiu Nong nodded, but the people in the building didn't know what was going on, they only knew that his wife had a quarrel with the owner and moved out to live for a while in a fit of anger.

Seeing Shen Mingshu's appearance of being unable to eat and sleep, Master Chen was also worried, why the young couple had such a fierce quarrel, and sighed: "I just hope Madam will calm down and come back soon."

Qiu Nong nodded, and asked, "Master Chen is looking for a master?"

Master Chen showed a wry smile, and said: "It's the back kitchen who has something to ask the master, I'll go up right now, Miss Qiu Nong, you can do your work."

These days, Shen Ming and Shu Luoxin don't have the energy to prepare the dim sum for Linlang Pavilion, so they can only be made by the dim sum chef in the back kitchen according to the modified dim sum recipe. Luo Xin had previously planned what kind of dim sum to make every day, and it happened to be gone today. The other day, he saw that Shen Mingshu was very busy, so he delayed asking until today.

Although it's not a big deal, it's better to ask the boss. After listening to Master Chen, Shen Mingshu nodded slightly, took the prescription Luo Xin had revised earlier from him, and looked at it carefully.

These were all corrected by Luo Xin's serious experiments. Shen Mingshu looked down at the handwriting on it. Some were hers, and some were Luo Xin's. When Luo Xin encountered words that he could not write, he kept asking She leaned obediently in her arms, learned stroke by stroke, and then slowly copied it.

Thinking of the faint dimples on Luo Xin's lips when she was leaning in his arms, Shen Mingshu closed his eyes, sorted out the order of the prescriptions, and handed them to Master Chen, "Let's do this first."

Master Chen took it, knowing that Shen Mingshu didn't have the mood to ask other questions at this time, so he retreated first.

Shen Mingshu sat by the window and waited quietly. Not long after, Shen Li came back from the outside and went straight up to the second floor with a hurried expression on his face. When he reached the door, he slowed down, walked in, and bowed to Shen Mingshu, "Master .”

"Did you send the news over there?" Shen Mingshu asked. Early this morning, she went to the Rong Mansion in person, but there was still no news from the people sent out to search the city. Shen Mingshu told Rong Min about Zhang Xiulang's plan. He also raised his own thoughts, and after discussion, Rong Min came forward and asked Yue Yunlou to let go of Zhang Xiulang's side first, while Shen Li was sent to send a message to Zhang Xiulang in order to ease his mind.

"It's already been delivered." Shen Li looked up at Shen Mingshu, and said, "That one seems a little dissatisfied, and urged him to move faster. The little one didn't dare to say more, and vaguely said that the boss is trying his best to handle this matter."

Seeing that Shen Mingshu nodded, Shen Li continued: "When the little one came out, Shen San came out to give a message, saying that the personal servant who was serving by his side came back in the middle of the night yesterday, and the two of them talked for a long time in the study. Then the boy left at night."

Shen Mingshu narrowed his eyes and asked, "One?"

Shen Li replied respectfully: "Shen San is indeed talking about one."

According to the city gate guards, there were two people driving the car that day. The Rong family had ordered the city gate guards to pay attention, but they were not found, and the carriage was still missing. How did this boy come back?If it weren't for the two who drove out...

Shen Mingshu tapped his fingers on the table slowly, falling into his own thoughts for a moment, and realized after a while that Shen Li was still waiting for her orders, coughed lightly, and said: "Go down and rest first, your trip It's been hard work too."

Shen Li backed out slowly, and Shen Mingshu looked at the flow of people going downstairs outside the window, and a guess gradually formed in his heart, it seemed that someone had to go and check it out.

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Both Shen Qingyue and Luo Xin woke up the next day looking listless from lack of sleep, and their wrists were a little sore. After waiting for a long time, the two little maids brought breakfast over, untied the ropes and waited for them to wash.

Luo Xin washed up first, then sat at the table and yawned. There were still red marks left by the rope on her wrist on the table. When she woke up in a daze in the morning, she mistook Shen Qingyue for Shen Mingshu. When she concentrated and saw clearly, Fang Yue's heart fell back again. It's a pity that she didn't talk to her sister properly before she was taken away, so she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

When she was in a daze, Shen Qingyue had already washed up, and sat on the stool beside her, and the two little maids laid out the breakfast in the lunch box one by one. The porridge and side dishes were just right for breakfast.

Shen Qingyue also left marks on her wrists. She rubbed her sore wrists, picked up some food a few times, and then couldn't help but said: "I don't know what the two girls are called? I think my concubine and my sister are still here If you stay for a while, you will need two hostesses."

Those two little servant girls have never seen such a nobleman talk to them so politely, the older one bowed his knees and saluted, and said: "Madam, you are polite, slave girl A Bai, this is slave girl sister Ah Qing."

The corners of Shen Qingyue's lips curled up slightly, she nodded, and asked softly: "Miss Abai, I wonder if you can help me to ask the nanny for my concubine, if you can untie the rope between my concubine's body and sister's hands, there are people guarding outside , we two weak girls can't go out..."

She moved the sleeve covering her wrist upwards a little, revealing red strangle marks, which were rather glaring on the delicate white wrist, if it was tied further, it might be worn out.

Seeing this, Ah Bai couldn't bear it. After thinking about it, he gave some soft instructions to Ah Qing who was beside him, and said to Shen Qingyue: "Ah Qing stays here to serve the two wives, and this servant will ask mother."

"Thank you." Shen Qingyue smiled and watched Ah Bai out of the room. If her eyes swept over Ah Qing inadvertently, Ah Qing and Ah Bai were indeed five points alike, with delicate eyebrows, but they looked younger and younger. Must be a pretty girl.

Seeing Shen Qingyue's calm demeanor, Luo Xin felt a little relieved when she thought of how she had thought of something last night, put away those disappointments, put a shumai in his mouth, and if he wanted to leave here, he still had to be strong.

After eating two siu mai, she slowly slowed down. Seeing Ah Qing, who was standing aside, put his hands in front of him, raising his hands to press his abdomen from time to time, his eyes wandering away from the table, she couldn't help feeling a little soft-hearted. There were still two siu mai left on the plate in front of him, so he said softly, "Miss Ah Qing, can you help me eat this siu mai?"

Since Luo Xin and Shen Qingyue came here, they didn't talk much, they could only see a quiet and obedient temperament. When she heard Luo Xin's words, Ah Qing was startled, and realized the meaning of Luo Xin's words. I couldn't help but blushed slightly on my cheeks, and said timidly: "Slave maid...Slave maid thanked Madam, Madam, you can eat."

She and Ah Bai are still young and can't do much work, so they don't have enough food on weekdays. Last night, after serving Luo Xin and the others, they were called downstairs to wait on them after they fell asleep. They were busy until the early morning and had to get up early. , to bring food to Luo Xin and the others, but he didn't have time to care about his own hunger.

Luo Xin smiled softly. Seeing that Ah Qing was still a child, she said softly, "Don't worry, I'm already full. Wouldn't it be a pity if I poured out the rest? Go eat it, or you can bring one to Miss Abai."

Ah Qing saw her gentle face, and thought that her sister hadn't eaten yet, so she must be hungrier than her. After thinking about it, she smiled, bowed her knees and said, "Thank you Ma'am."

She went up and covered the two siu mai with a handkerchief and hid them in her sleeves, thinking that she would bring them to her sister later.

Seeing Ah Qing smiling at them, Shen Qingyue took the opportunity to ask softly: "Speaking of which, Ah Qing's family is further north to the south of Huanhe? It seems that you speak with Miss Abai with that accent. How did you come here? gone?"

Ah Qing accepted Luo Xin's favor. She was young, and she was not wary of the two of them. After all, they were two good-looking and gentle noblemen. Hearing Shen Qingyue's question, her eyes lit up, then slowly dimmed. He nodded and said, "Exactly, a few years ago, there was a flood in my house, and the crops were destroyed. There was no rice to eat at home, so I had to sell me and my sister, and they were brought here later."

Shen Qingyue showed pity, changed the subject thoughtfully, and said, "The dim sum delivered last night tasted pretty good, but did the dim sum chef here make it?"

Ah Qing put away some disappointment and said with a smile: "It's not made by the dim sum chef in the building. I heard that it was made by the dim sum chef in Xuandong Building in the city. Many distinguished guests like the dim sum there. Send someone to buy it."

Shen Qingyue smiled softly: "The taste is really good, Miss Ah Qing, have you tried it?"

Ah Qing shook her head, blinked her eyes and said in embarrassment: "These snacks are for nobles, I dare not steal them, but my sister will bring a piece for me when I go out occasionally."

Shen Qingyue smiled when she heard the words, and said a few words to Ah Qing in a soft voice. After a while, Ah Bai came back with a relaxed expression, and said softly: "Mom said that the rope can be untied, as long as the two wives stay in the room obediently." That's fine."

"Thank you, Miss Abai." The corners of Shen Qingyue's lips curled up slightly, revealing a grateful smile.

After they finished their breakfast, Ah Bai and Ah Qing quickly packed up their things, and when they left, Ah Qing turned around and smiled shyly at Luo Xin and Shen Qingyue.

Luo Xin also pursed her lips and smiled, and when they went out, she said in a worried voice, "Ah Qing is still a little girl, she has to work if she doesn't have enough to eat... Fortunately, Miss Abai is taking care of her."

"Well," Shen Qingyue replied softly, "Miss Abai is older than her, so she will naturally take care of her."