However, earlier that evening, before the end of Hai hour, Shen Qiyin and Rendong went out.
This time, they didn't go to the pavilion, but went directly to Aunt Zhou's courtyard.
Honeysuckle nimbly vaulted over the wall and opened the courtyard gate from the inside.
After entering the courtyard, Chen Xiyin went straight to the main room.
As the nights grew colder, the maids and servants no longer stood guard outside, lest they catch a cold and fall ill, thus delaying their work. It was for this reason that Chen Xiyin and Ren Dong were able to enter as if no one was there.
She took out a bamboo tube filled with incense, first held it against the window paper on the door and blew on it, then went to the window in the inner room and blew on it again.
In just a few seconds, Honeysuckle drew her knife and pried open the bolt through the crack in the door.
When they left, they left the house door and the courtyard gate slightly ajar and turned off one of the red lanterns.
On the way back, Ren Dong covered her mouth and yawned, a glistening tear in the corner of her eye.
Shen Qiyin then said, "Go back to sleep."
Honeysuckle, however, sensed something else and asked, "Isn't Miss going back?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Shen Qiyin looking at her with a half-smile.
Ren Dong suddenly realized she had called him by the wrong name again and quickly corrected herself: "No, no, it's 'elder sister.' Aren't you going back, elder sister?" After saying that, she couldn't help but secretly rejoice that she had corrected herself quickly, otherwise she would have no chicken leg tomorrow morning.
Shen Qiyin shook her head slightly: "I'll wait a little longer."
She needs to make sure all the performers have taken the stage before she can feel at ease; she never celebrates by opening a bottle of wine halfway through the performance.
Honeysuckle: "Then I'll go with you. Isn't my sister most afraid of ghosts? It's so dark everywhere at night, and the wind is blowing. Aren't you afraid, sister?"
Shen Qiyin: "..."
I wasn't afraid at first, but after she said that, I started to feel something for her.
After much persuasion, she finally managed to convince Honeysuckle to go back.
The night was deep, the wind blew and the clouds moved. Chen Qiyin once again climbed the artificial hill alone, entered the pavilion, and sat down by the railing.
Her gaze fell on the entrance to Aunt Zhou's courtyard.
After about half a cup of tea's time, a figure appeared in Shen Qiyin's field of vision.
Because of the distance and the fact that it was night, she couldn't see who it was. She only vaguely saw that it was a woman dressed as an old woman when the person passed under the lantern.
But it was actually a man.
His name is Li Gui, the son of Steward Li in this mansion. He is the same age as Aunt Zhou and has never married.
In their early years, before Aunt Zhou was taken in by Shen Cang as a concubine, but was just a maidservant by the old lady's side, the two had feelings for each other and exchanged glances all day long.
But before Li Gui could even have his steward arrange a marriage proposal to Madam Shen, she suggested that Aunt Zhou serve Shen Cang.
She started as a maidservant, but later, when Shen Cang married Madam Shen, she was elevated to the status of a concubine and subsequently gave birth to Shen Guangzong and Shen Nianyin.
However, when Consort Zheng entered the mansion, she was still a novelty, and Shen Cang inevitably neglected her. It was at that time that the relationship between Consort Zhou and Li Gui rekindled.
Although the Shen family also valued rules, they couldn't compare to those wealthy families with a large number of maids and servants, and a constant stream of guards patrolling at night. In this mansion, it was just a matter of a lock.
Li Gui is the steward's son, and there's probably nothing in this mansion that he can't get his hands on, except for the key to the storeroom.
He was quite cautious. Whenever he came to see Aunt Zhou, he would dress up as an old woman. It was late at night, and he was unlikely to run into anyone. If he happened to bump into her and saw that she was a woman, he wouldn't think too much of it.
That day was.
Li Gui jogged all the way to Aunt Zhou's courtyard. Seeing that the gate was ajar, he assumed that, as before, Aunt Zhou had asked her maid to leave the gate open for him, and he couldn't wait to go inside.
He tiptoed open the door and, by the moonlight shining in from outside, saw that Zhu'er, the little maid who served Aunt Zhou, was fast asleep on the table. He then closed the door behind him and hurriedly went into the inner room.
He didn't even bother to take off his clothes before leaping onto the bed and embracing the person in his arms, groping them all over.
“My dear…I’ve missed you so much…” The fluffy head nestled against Aunt Zhou’s neck, nuzzling around: “Take off your clothes quickly, your brother will love you dearly.”
He uttered obscene words while unbuckling his belt.
The baggy pants slipped down to her ankles in an instant, and she lifted the blanket and arched her back to push herself inside.
Aunt Zhou kept hearing people talking in her sleep, and the curtains by the bed kept letting in drafts. She was so drowsy that she instinctively wrapped the blankets around herself tighter.
But the sound didn't stop, and even the bed started creaking.
She closed her eyes tightly, frowned, and nudged the person beside her: "Master, Master? Are you dreaming? Wake up!" It's fine to dream, but why talk in your sleep? So annoying!
Hearing her sleepy and languid voice, Li Gui became even more aroused and teased, "What master? It's me, your brother."
"Honey, help your brother relieve himself, I'm about to burst!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he groped around and pulled down Aunt Zhou's pants.
Shen Cang was sleeping soundly.
At first, someone was talking in his ear, and then something was moving around on his neck, which annoyed him greatly.
After finally getting a moment of peace, the warm and cozy bed was suddenly pulled back by some inconsiderate person.
He opened his eyes groggily. It was pitch black inside the tent, and he could only feel someone lying on top of him.
He was out of his mind and still mistook her for Aunt Zhou. He chuckled twice, uttered a lewd remark, and then rolled over and pinned her down.
But next to her was the real Aunt Zhou. Li Gui's big body was pressing down on her, and she almost couldn't catch her breath. She could feel her grandmother's body.
She struggled to push the person off her, saying, "Why has the master developed a sleepwalking problem now?"
At the same time, the other two also spoke up.
Shen Cang: "So you're already howling? You'll have your turn to howl later!"
Li Gui: "Chunxiu, when did you become so strong?"
All three spoke, but no one could hear what the other two said. However, they all tacitly remained silent.
A moment of silence erupted, weighing heavily on the hearts of everyone present!
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