After rebirth, the cold prince clings to me every day

Chapter 15 The so-called prayer

Shen Mingjiao looked at this funny farce and waved her hands in boredom.

She's not a man, so what's the point of doing this scene of crying, making trouble, and hanging herself?

"That's enough."

Mrs. Cui slapped the table and the porcelain cup crashed.

The scene suddenly fell silent, and the third lady seemed to be so frightened that she forgot to cry.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Ms. Cui stared at Shen Mingjiao and said bluntly: "Since your uncle is trying to reason with you and you don't listen, then I, as a grandmother, order you to bring Yao Er into the house for marriage after your wedding. Concubine."

Shen Mingjiao shook her head in amusement, what she said was really reasonable.

She raised her head and met Cui's disgusted gaze: "What grandma said is interesting. People who don't know think I am marrying a concubine? Besides -"

She pointed at Shen Mingyao, who had red eyes:

"My lord, he is not blind. With a face like mine, why would he look at other rough rubble?"

The tone is arrogant and arrogant.

With a "plop" sound, Shen Mingyao fainted in anger.

Mrs. Cui pointed at her with trembling hands, and was so angry that she could not speak.

Shen Ji'an stared at her, "Is the fourth girl really determined not to agree?"

Shen Mingjiao finished making it again, playing with the fan in her hand boredly, and said with a smile but not a smile: "If uncle can find someone more beautiful than me, maybe I can consider it."

Shen Ji'an also laughed: "Don't you want to know the whereabouts of your sister?"

After saying this, Shen Mingjiao, who had always been lazy and carefree, saw that her expression changed, and her eyes were colder than ever before.

Shen Mingjiao has a sister who is three years older than her.

Eight years ago, a plague broke out in Renzhou Prefecture. For safety, the father sent someone to take the sisters back to Beijing. They encountered bandits on the way. In order to save her, the sister diverted the crowd alone.

In her previous life, she never gave up looking for her sister, but she never found anything.

At that time, Shen Ji'an jumped out. Using her sister's whereabouts as a threat, she made various demands to her. She had already established a firm foothold in Prince Su's Mansion at that time, and she would try her best to satisfy any demands that were not excessive. As long as To find my sister as soon as possible.

But later she realized that this man was all lying to her.

She stared at Shen Jian for a moment and gritted her teeth and said: "You still have the nerve to mention my sister. At that time, you were obviously capable, but you didn't send anyone to look for her. If you had sent someone, maybe my sister would have been found long ago. .Now that you are threatening me with this, don’t you think it’s ridiculous?”

Shen Jian'an was struck by her penetrating eyes, and his heart trembled. How did she know?

At that time, the second brother asked him to take someone to pick up the Shen Mingjiao sisters. When he arrived, he only saw the smashed carriage and the unconscious Shen Mingjiao who was carefully covered in the grass.

At the same time, news came that his second brother had died, so he took Shen Mingjiao back to Beijing without much hesitation.

As for Sheng Mingshu, a woman who was probably kidnapped, even if she was found, her reputation would be damaged. In this case, why bother to bother.

…

Shen Mingjiao quickly walked out of Shou'an Hall, with lingering anger on her face.

When passing by the garden, she bumped into someone. She took a step back and said "Sorry". She raised her head and saw that he was a rather delicate and handsome young man. She looked at him for a moment, said "I'm sorry" again, and then turned around. leave.

But the young man stared at her with a red face and stammered: "No...it doesn't matter...I was walking carelessly..."

After saying that, he scratched his head and said, "My surname is Fang. I am a friend of the eldest son in the house. I wonder who this girl is?"

Shen Mingjiao was already accustomed to this kind of gaze, so she said calmly: "I am the fourth girl in the house."

The purpose of saying this is to tell the other party that she is already engaged, so as to avoid any trouble.

The young master looked disappointed when he heard this and stood there silently watching the people leave.

When the people were completely gone, he took out a light purple handkerchief from his sleeve, put it to his lips and smelled it gently.

As Shen Mingjiao walked away, she touched her waist and smiled with an unknown meaning.

…

Things have been quiet in the house these past few days, and it seems that what happened that day has just ended.

On this day, Mrs. Hou invited Shen Mingjiao to go to the Daxiangguo Temple to pray for blessings. It was an unwritten rule among the powerful in the capital that before a woman got married, she would go to the famous temple to pray for harmony between the couple.

Shen Mingjiao obeyed and got into the carriage. Even though Shen Mingyan, who was also about to get married, didn't go, she didn't show any signs of surprise.

When we arrived at the gate of the temple, we found that there were many female relatives coming to offer incense today, and there was a car in front of them blocking the way.

Mrs. Li frowned displeased and asked the maid to go down and see what was going on.

Not long after, the maid came back and said that the carriage in front of her was the carriage of General Zhongyong and his wife.

After hearing this, Mrs. Li took a deep breath, said no more, and waited quietly for the carriage to pass by.

General Zhongyong once made great contributions to Daxia and later died for the country. He only left his newlywed wife. For his contribution, Jing and the emperor divided his wife into a first-class wife of Zhenguo.

Fortunately, the carriage from General Zhenguo's Mansion passed quickly, and several people entered the temple and came to the main hall where they prayed. Shen Mingjiao knelt down with others and burned incense to the Buddha.

Although she does not believe in gods and Buddhas, the existence of temples has its own reasons. Now that she is here, no matter what her purpose is, she should have basic respect and awe.

Turning his head, he saw a lady in her forties kneeling straight beside her. Her hair was meticulously combed and she wore Buddhist beads on her wrist all year round. She was the wife of Zhenguo who was personally consecrated by the Holy One. She had devoted herself to worshiping Buddha since her husband passed away.

Li was chatting enthusiastically on the sidelines. After all, although General Zhongyong had passed away many years ago, his connections in the court were still there.

Mrs. Zhenguo always smiled kindly and obviously didn't want to talk to her.

Li was annoyed and glanced at Shen Mingjiao, "I'll stay in the temple for one night today and go back tomorrow morning."

Shen Mingjiao nodded obediently.

Entering the Zen courtyard where she was resting, Shen Mingjiao wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked Haitang to get some hot water for her to take a bath.

After closing the door, she slumped down on the chair tiredly, and there seemed to be waves of fragrance coming from her breath. Then, she felt a little hot all over her body.

Shen Ming sat up violently, rushed to the door of the room in a few steps, reached out and pushed it, and found that the door was locked from the outside.

Her heart tightened, she felt something, and she turned her head instinctively. When she met a pair of blurred eyes, she found a man standing behind him. When she took a closer look, it was the face of the man she met by chance in the Houfu Garden that day.

Exquisite young man,

Shen Mingjiao took a step back and said coldly: "Why are you here?"

The man stared at her blankly, his misty eyes, coupled with his delicate and well-behaved face, had a pitiful smell that was tempting to step on shoes. He spoke in a clear voice: "Girl, help me.

I feel so uncomfortable!”

After saying that, he stretched out his hand to hold Shen Mingjiao's waist.

At this moment, Shen Mingjiao seemed to hear footsteps coming from far and near outside the door.

(End of chapter)