Spring Forest Evening

When Shen Fu heard Zhou Heng's words, Shen Fu just smiled slightly, but when he heard the last word "Fate", his Adam's apple rolled twice, but he didn't say anything in the end, and then politely got up and said goodbye.

Zhou Heng also got up quickly. In fact, she came back to her senses at this moment. She was a little embarrassed by her last statement-like statement, and she wished that Prince Jing would leave as soon as possible.

But when Shen Fu returned to the main room, he drank some wine silently in front of the candlelight, and when he rested, he thought over and over again for a long time.

When the elder sister just walked away, I was in a very depressed mood, not because the elder sister persuaded me to accept the side concubine, but because I felt that the elder sister, as the person closest to me, didn't understand what I really thought.

Or, it's not that the eldest sister doesn't understand, but she herself was able to be so tough back then, and now she must feel that her persistence is unnecessary, so she doesn't care about her own thoughts.

Unexpectedly, when I walked into this small study room tonight, I had to bite the bullet at first, and confided my thoughts to a girl I had known for a few days. Even Shen Fu felt that he was baffled, but when it came to Later, I didn't think about it, but found that the two were quite speculative.

This Miss Zhou listened carefully to her own thoughts, and also expressed apology for some of the things she said before, but at the end, she mentioned the word "fate".

In fact, Shen Fu had already thought about these two words after hearing her tell her her real identity from Zhou Heng. After all, after thousands of years from nowhere, suddenly a person's soul came here and became his fiancee in name. Not to mention that the two had the same first and last name, after she narrowly escaped death, they even thought of looking for herself immediately.

Shen Fu actually wanted to ask Zhou Heng, was it really just because she judged the situation and felt that Prince Jing's Mansion was the best safe haven for her?Not to mention that the Zhou family has the elders who love her the most, they are her natal family. Although it is not the Duke Hu's family, it is the Xie family of a century-old family after all. Is it possible that they will let her be manipulated?

But Zhou Heng came to his house, and without her, he would know nothing about Ah Heng's death, and maybe he would not even have noticed when the disaster in Prince Jing's house came.

If these ins and outs are a coincidence, what kind of coincidence should it be?After all, there is only the word "fate" to explain, right?

Shen Fu didn't know what this kind of fate meant, he only knew that Miss Zhou wanted to go back to her original place, but he didn't have the horse head jade carving that would allow her to go back.

As for what I want to investigate, I don't have any clues, and I don't know what kind of difficulties and obstacles will be behind the matter.

So what will happen in the future, including himself, Prince Jing's residence, the Zhou family, and even this Miss Zhou, as a prince, he is not sure.

Facing the candlelight, drinking unaccompanied wine, Shen Fu felt at a loss and didn't know what to do...

On the other side, Zhou Heng, who was lying on the Arhat's bed in the study, found that he was not sleepy either, and his mind was full of what Shen Fu said just now.

Unexpectedly, this ancient prince would have such an unrealistic romantic idea about his marriage that even many modern people have long since given up.

But when I think about it, I feel it's understandable. After all, my parents were so loving back then, and as a prince, he doesn't lack for anything materially, so the spiritual requirements are inevitably a little higher.

After all, in life, don't you always want to find a bosom partner to accompany you till you grow old?Thinking of this, Zhou Heng also sighed silently. Who doesn't want to have a soul mate, but is this something you can have if you want to?

However, because of this, Shen Fu's ideas are actually very precious. You must know that in today's world, many men would scoff at his ideas. After all, they are allowed to have three wives and four concubines.

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng couldn't help but see Shen Fu's face in front of his eyes. Tonight, looking at his beautiful side face up close under the lamp, and listening to his cold voice, Zhou Heng raised his eyes and looked out the window, sighing silently again. He took a deep breath, to be honest, this is really a heart-wrenching object, even if he is a few years younger than himself.

It turns out that Ms. Zhou is quite discerning. If this kind of tall, rich and handsome doesn't take the initiative to fight for it, is she really going to hand it over to others foolishly?

It's just that I am not from this world after all, and this world is not so friendly to me, and I almost lost my life, so... it's better to go back early and get rid of it!

Thinking of this, Zhou Heng forgot to restrain himself, and exhaled bitterly.

"Miss Biao, do you want to drink water?" Chuntao, who had spread a quilt on the floor and was sleeping in a daze, asked vaguely when she heard the movement.

"It's okay, you can continue to sleep!" Zhou Heng quickly turned over and decided not to think too much, and then found a good position on the pillow. This is her sleeping habit. As long as the head is in the right position, she can fall asleep soon …

When he woke up early the next morning and saw the sky outside, Shen Fu returned to the cold and solemn young prince in everyone's eyes. He first went to the mourning hall of the Zhou Mansion to pay homage to Miss Zhou in a prince's attire, and then entered the See the emperor in the palace.

Soon afterwards, in the evening, the news spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital: Miss Zhou died unexpectedly, and Prince Jing was so affectionate that he entered the palace and told the emperor that he would keep a year of filial piety for his fiancée.

The emperor refused, but the sad prince was very persistent. Later, the emperor got angry and smashed a teacup, and the prince gave in. The final compromise was that Prince Jing would be filial for Miss Zhou for half a year, but the emperor asked him to remain the same. Work in the Ministry of War.

So what kind of filial piety is this?Someone muttered sourly, didn't Prince Jing just want to make the world think that he is a man of love and righteousness, so that it would be convenient for him to find a good girl?

But these words were immediately cast aside by the people around: You can't say that, he is a prince, he is good-looking, and there are no serious elders in his family, and some girls want to marry him, so what kind of memorial archway needs to be deliberately erected?Didn't the young lady of the Zhou family cry and beg to marry into the palace?

Besides, Miss Zhou's family has not yet become a wife after all, so it is a blessing to have Prince Jing keep his filial piety for her. Didn't it look like even the emperor would not be good enough to completely refute the prince's face?

Sighing for a while and sighing, the spectators quickly entered another more interesting topic: the marriage of the Zhou and Shen families was considered a great joy in the capital, and they were both talented and beautiful. If there is still fate, then after half a year, which girl who is destined will become Concubine Jing?

If Concubine Jing can't pick one out for a while, then that side concubine is fine too. It was said that it was because of Miss Zhou's obstruction before, but now it's not Prince Jing who decides?

The matter of fate seems really mysterious. You thought it was easy to get, but it turned out to be nothing in the blink of an eye. However, the person who has nothing to do with it might be able to take advantage of it for nothing.

All of a sudden, some noble girls in the capital who were waiting to be married suffered unreasonable disasters because of this. Some people discussed it outside, and the elders in the family discussed it. Xianshu was born with a good-looking appearance, but she also believed the rumors outside, and became a little cautious.

Of course, it is more the girls themselves who express euphemistically with shyness and coquettishness: matters of marriage, the orders of parents, and the words of matchmakers, but it is up to the elders to decide.

In the end, such a loving, righteous, talented, handsome, family background, status and status thought that he would never have another chance, but who would have thought that Miss Zhou's family would be so unlucky, so why not hurry up and seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Ever since, in the following six months, there was an undercurrent in the capital, and there were quite a few things that people chatted about after dinner, this is for a later story.

And in the imperial study that morning, the emperor, who was in his prime in his 30s, also reminded Shen Fu:

"Ah Fu, let me put my ugly words up front. First, after Miss Zhou's funeral is over, you will return to the Ministry of War to be your servant. This matter is undisputable; But I can't help other people's thoughts, there are no elders in the palace, you have to pay attention to yourself, if something goes wrong, I still have to ask only you; third, although you and I are not brothers of the same clan, we are not ordinary. Monarchs and ministers, if you go far away, Princess Zhaohuai is our ancestor. If you go closer, there are three things that your father entrusted to you back then. Concubine, if you don't have any candidates, if Ayi can't help you much, I will let the Queen Mother decree to grant the marriage, and there will be no second words, do you hear?"

Shen Fu didn't say anything, but only gave a big gift to the emperor: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compassion, and I thank you!"

"Thank you for your kindness." The emperor with a pale face and a thin figure sat expressionlessly behind the imperial case: "I ask you, you don't have much affection for that Miss Zhou family, otherwise you wouldn't have postponed the wedding, how can you do this?" Are you going to act like this again?"

"Back to the emperor," Shen Fu knelt on the ground and bowed his head and replied sincerely: "Cousin Heng is sincere to me, but I treated her poorly at the beginning, and now I feel ashamed and want to make some compensation. Your Majesty knows that."

"What's the lesson, just know what you have in mind, don't fool me with what you have and what you don't have," the emperor's voice could not hear any joy or anger, and there was no ups and downs: "Otherwise, even if you are my brother, I can't forgive you either!"

After leaving the imperial study room and walking in the warm sun, Shen Fu felt that the thin sweat on his back gradually disappeared, and his heart gradually settled down. After standing outside the palace gate, he ordered Mu Yun, who was waiting at the side, said, "Let's go to the Marquis Mansion!"

Hou's Mansion naturally refers to Weiyuan Hou's Mansion. Mu Yun knew about the fact that the princess left in a huff yesterday afternoon. He was the one guarding outside at that time, and Lord Hou was still shouting and chasing after him, looking dumbfounded. .

It seems that the princess is angry with the prince. Although I don't know why, I am going to the Hou's mansion to apologize to the princess. Mu Yun readily responded, and waved to the servant to hurry the prince's horse. bring it over...