Chapter 2 I have to make the heroine remember me
The courtyard of Xiahou Mansion naturally cannot be compared with the former Yongning Marquis Mansion, but the old man is kind to the two sisters, and the courtyard they live in was where the marquis's wife lived when she was a girl. Although it is not the largest in the entire mansion, it has pavilions, towers, small courtyards and corridors, and it is elegant and quiet enough.
The two sisters lived in the east room and the west room respectively, with a pavilion in the middle. There were gauze curtains hanging at the four corners of the pavilion. A tall and slender figure sat inside, with her back straight and looking dignified and confident.
This is the original heroine, Shen Xihe. The two beauties of the Shen family are stunningly beautiful, each with her own charm. Shen Xihe looks and has a temperament more like a marquis's wife, bright, generous, gentle and lovely.
The original text says that when she was born, birds chirped outside the delivery room. A Feng Shui master who passed by said that this was a sign of hundreds of birds paying homage to the phoenix, and that she was destined to be a phoenix. So Marquis Yongning named her "Xihe". Xihe means sun. Only the heroine can bear such a big name.
Even at the most desperate moment of that night, it was Shen Xihe who calmed down and escaped with this frail and sick sister, and finally found another way out in the Xiahou family, doing everything she could to make her sister's life better - in short, no matter in the book or outside the book, Shen Wangshu liked her very much.
"Niannian, are you feeling well recently? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Chen Xihe called her gently, and wiped the sweat off her forehead with a fragrant handkerchief: "Come and sit down."
"Sister, I'm fine now." Shen Wangshu sat down obediently opposite Shen Xihe. After catching the hint of sadness in her eyes, he understood what she was going to say next.
"Sister has something to discuss with you," Chen Xihe said carefully, "Next, Sister may have to leave you for a while..."
She was in an unstable mood at the moment, and Shen Wangshu easily heard another voice: "How should I tell Nian Nian? That person wants to take me away, but I can't take Nian Nian away...
I am really worried about her being alone in Xiahou Mansion, but my situation will only become more difficult and dangerous. If I take a wrong step, I may be doomed. ”
"Instead of facing all this with me, it is better to let her stay in Xiahou Mansion for a while. With the protection of my grandfather, it is at least safe here."
Shen Wangshu only recently discovered that she could hear other people's thoughts. She didn't know if it was a genetic mutation after traveling through time or something else, but especially when the other person was emotional, she could hear clearly what they were thinking.
Shen Wangshu had no intention of prying into other people's privacy, but there were always a few firecrackers in the crowd that would explode at the slightest touch, and intentionally or unintentionally, she got to know a lot of messy information.
Shen Xihe was struggling with what to say when she heard her sister across from her sobbing and asking, "Are you leaving for a while, or are you leaving and never coming back?"
When she looked up, tears were already welling up in the little beauty's eyes, but she bit her lips stubbornly to prevent the tears from falling, and asked in a nasal voice, "Where are you going, sister? Don't you want to read anymore?"
Chen Xihe's nose felt sore, and she turned her head away in embarrassment. When she spoke again, her voice was a little difficult: "How could it be, Sister just has something to do, Sister will come back to pick up Nian Nian."
Shen Wangshu remembered this plot. Not long after the two sisters of the Shen family fled to Xiahou Mansion, the people from the second prince's side - that is, the male protagonist, sent people to take Shen Xihe away.
The second prince Feng Jiuzhao grew up with Shen Xihe as childhood sweethearts. The two were in love with each other, but due to various factors they could not be together openly. Now something happened in Yongning Marquis' Mansion, and he only had the ability to take Shen Xihe away. If it was discovered that the two sisters of the Shen family were with him, everything would be over.
The charge for the confiscation of the Yongning Marquisate was the private minting of coins, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was because the Shen family was a big family and attracted attention, and the old emperor just found an excuse to fill the empty treasury.
It is impossible for Chen Xihe to live in anonymity for the rest of her life. If she wants to avenge her family, she must rely on Feng Jiuzhao's power to cover up the investigation of the whole thing, so she must leave.
Before leaving, the only thing she was worried about was her sister.
No matter how good my grandfather is, he cannot ignore the safety of the whole family. What the Second Prince cannot bear, the Xiahou Mansion cannot bear either. After three months, although no one in the mansion has criticized me for the time being, this is not a long-term solution after all.
Although she didn't show it, Shen Xihe knew that her aunt, who was in charge of the family, was somewhat dissatisfied with her grandfather for hiding the two daughters of the guilty ministers...
If one of them leaves, at least the Xiahou Mansion will be a smaller target.
So separation is inevitable.
Shen Wangshu also knew this truth, but in the original text, not long after Shen Xihe left, the girl from Xiahou Mansion was named and married to General Chen Ting who was returning to the capital to report.
Chen Ting was born into the Rongguo Mansion, a family of loyal and brave men. He is twenty-eight years old this year. At a young age, he was awarded the title of a first-rank general and was famous for his outstanding military exploits.
It would be fine if he was just a little old, but the bad thing is that the emperor has already granted him seven marriages! Seven brides! No one survives their wedding night.
It was said that it was because Chen Ting had been fighting outside for many years and had too much evil spirit around him, which had killed those new brides. Now all the noble families in the capital were worried that they would be the next to be named, but they never expected that the old emperor's eyes were on the Xiahou family, which was also in Moyun City.
Of course, Madam Xiahou would not agree to let her beautiful daughter marry this evil spirit. She rolled her eyes and pushed the helpless cousin out of the house.
Isn't it just right that Shen Wangshu, a scourge that could bring disaster at any time, should marry that evil spirit instead of her daughter?
"Niannian, you have suffered some grievances at your grandparents' house. Try not to go out on weekdays and cause less trouble to your uncle and aunt. In two years at the latest, your sister will come back to take you away no matter what." Chen Xihe touched her sister's little face, feeling heartbroken.
Of course, she didn't know that as soon as she left, her sister was married to an older man eleven years older than her, and died six months after the marriage.
The heroine's departure is inevitable, and Shen Wangshu's replacement marriage is also inevitable. The only feasible option is that after marrying into the Duke's Mansion, she can find a way to change her fate of early death.
However, she couldn't let Shen Xihe go without any burden - in the original novel, Chen Ting, because of his relationship with Shen Wangshu, would later become an important aid to the male protagonist's ascension to the throne, and would be granted a title of nobility and appointed as prime minister. It didn't make sense that everyone would be successful in the end, but only Shen Wangshu would die quietly.
So now she has to do her best to make the heroine feel guilty towards her, and remember this poor and weak biological sister. This debt of favor has been owed, and it will come in handy in the future.
In fact, Shen Xihe was already sad enough in her heart. If her sister acted like she used to and made a scene, she could still convince her and then convince herself.
But Shen Wangshu didn't make any noise or fuss. He just looked at her with his big wet eyes, and said as tears rolled down his cheeks: "Be good, Nian Nian. Nian Nian will wait for Sister to come back."
Chen Xihe couldn't open her mouth all of a sudden, but those tearful eyes would be engraved in her heart forever.
She thought that after she had cleared the injustice for her family, she would make it up to Nian Nian. Even if it was the stars in the sky, she would pick them down for her.
Shen Wangshu felt refreshed when he heard this.
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