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After Chen Qinghua returned to the palace, it rained for several days in the capital. Lin Sishen caught a cold at night and was caught in the cold wind and cold. Even Mo Zhu couldn't help laughing at her, saying that she was weaker than the lady who was kept in the deep boudoir.
Lin Sishen had no way to defend herself. She had been suffering from serious illnesses all year round.
On that day, she was leaning against the cloud couch by the window, wearing a thick fox fur cloak, holding a military book in her hand, and the snow-white fox fur made her fair face pale.
The sound of rain outside the window was rustling, and Lin Sishen's eyes moved away from the military books. The raindrops rolling under the eaves outside the wooden window were like pearl curtains. She couldn't help but stretch out her hand, and her fair fingertips caught a drop of cold water drops falling.
Just as she was stunned, Mo Zhu suddenly pushed the door and entered. It seemed that she was not holding an umbrella, and her hair was covered with fine water droplets rolling on her shoulders, and she stepped on the stone slab and printed a clear water mark.
Looking at Lin Sishen, who was wearing a fox fur cloak and a noble and graceful body, Mo Zhu couldn't help laughing in a low voice, then coughed lightly and said seriously: "Old lady, please come over."
Lin Sishen put down his book and slowly stood up from the couch: "What's the matter with grandmother calling me?"
Mo Zhu replied respectfully: "I said I was going to see the wedding dress. There were many silk shops coming to my door early this morning. The old lady rejected several stores, and now she left two stores, so she asked the young master to go over and take a look."
Lin Sishen stood up and heard Mo Zhu say this, remembering that his wedding date is getting closer and closer with Shen Qinghua. She sighed softly and said helplessly: "It's just a wedding dress, just choose any one, why do you need me to go over and see it?"
Mo Zhu stepped forward to support her arm and whispered: "The old lady asked the young master to go, so let's go and have a look. It's a wedding dress, and you have to do it to satisfy the young master."
"Just a piece of clothing."
Even though Lin Sishen went to the old lady's Buddhist temple with Mo Zhu. Mo Zhu held her an umbrella and she held the fox fur and walked through the rain before she arrived at the courtyard beside the old lady's Buddhist temple.
The door of the guest hall was open. Lin Sishen looked up when he walked into the yard. There were several people sitting in the hall, unable to see clearly, but he could vaguely see two strangers, a woman in red dress was facing her back, and a middle-aged man with long beards beside him.
Stepping onto the stone steps, Mo Zhu put away the paper fan, and the two maids waiting by the door bowed to Lin Sishen, then turned to report respectfully to the old lady: "Old lady, the young master is here."
The old lady sat in the main seat. When she looked up and saw Lin Sishen, she raised her hand and waved her, and said with a smile: "Shen'er, come and see these two pieces of cloth. It's so beautiful and tight."
Lin Sishen stepped over the threshold and smiled: "Just picking fabrics, grandmother, just choose, grandmother, grandson's vision is not as good as you."
The old lady stood up with a crutch. The woman in red standing in front of her was actually one step faster than the maid, and she carefully supported the old lady.
Lin Sishen glanced at him, and the smile on his face froze instantly.
The woman who was supporting the old lady had a charming and beautiful face. A golden step was inserted into the black hair dyed like ink, and the tassels were shaking gently. When she looked up at Lin Sishen, a joy flashed through the woman's narrow eyes.
This woman was actually Yun Liu. Lin Sishen was stunned and didn't come back to his senses for a while.
The old lady gently patted Yun Liu's hand, and looked at Yun Liu's eyes very kindly. She happily introduced to Lin Sishen: "Shen'er, this girl is the boss Yun of Yunji Yanzhi Shop. She opened a shop in the capital at a young age."
Yun Liu's eyes fell on Lin Sishen's face in a daze. They were first surprised and then gradually dimmed. After the old lady introduced her, she lowered her head slightly to hide the strangeness in her eyes.
The middle-aged man next to him smiled charmingly at Lin Sishen, hurriedly stepped forward and flattered him: "The little one is Ren, the shopkeeper of Renji Silk and Satin Village. The little one congratulates the young master on his wedding. The little master and the princess are really a match made by a man and a woman."
"Yeah." Lin Sishen nodded, and her brows frowned slightly and turned her eyes away. Unexpectedly, Yun Liu would appear in the general's mansion and wanted to take on the job of embroidering wedding clothes for her.
Looking at Lin Sishen's pale face, the old lady said worriedly: "Shen'er, you are still uncomfortable. After picking up the fabric, you should go back and rest quickly."
Lin Sishen looked at the old lady without squinting, and smiled and said, "Grandmother, if grandson remembers correctly, the silk shop of shopkeeper Ren should have been in the capital for decades. It is better to leave it to Boss Ren to work harder than to be happy."
She chose the shopkeeper without even looking at the fabric. The old lady was stunned for a moment and looked at Yun Liu beside her, then hesitated: "You didn't even look at it, just chose it like this? Shen'er, Boss Yun's craftsmanship is very good, you might as well take a look."
The old lady was obviously more satisfied with Yun Liu.
But Lin Sishen didn't want Yun Liu to embroider her wedding clothes, and she couldn't understand Yun Liu's feelings for her.
Lin Sishen took a deep breath, and was about to open his mouth, Yun Liu suddenly moved, she walked straight to the wooden table beside her, took a robe placed on the wooden table, and then walked to Lin Sishen.
With dark eyes fixedly looking at Lin Sishen, Yun Liu's face looked stubborn, she opened her red lips and said, "Marriage is the top priority in life. The wedding dress worn on the day of the wedding should be carefully selected. This robe was originally embroidered by the little woman for an old friend. Mr. Lin should first take a look at the little woman's skills and then make a decision."
The old lady nodded from the side and said, "I just took a look, Boss Yun's craftsmanship is really exquisite. Shen'er, take a closer look first and then decide who to choose."
Lin Sishen lowered his head and looked at the green robe in Yun Liu's hand, with a complicated expression. Yun Liu had told her before that she would make a dress for her with her own hands, and I think this one should be it.
He said that Lin Sishen chose it himself, but in fact, the old lady had already chosen Yun Liu in her heart. Just as Lin Sishen looked at the robe in Yun Liu's hand, the old lady said, "Zhu'er, send the shopkeeper Ren out."
As soon as the shopkeeper Ren left, even Lin Sishen didn't want to choose Yun Liu, she couldn't do anything. She sighed inwardly and looked at Yun Liu with his eyebrows lowered in front of her, and said softly: "Why bother?"
Yun Liu raised her eyes, her narrow eyes as hazy and wet as the mist and rain in the south of the Yangtze River. Her red lips raised slightly, and her face was filled with a smile but made people feel sad when they looked at it.
The old lady really likes Yun Liu very much. She took Yun Liu's hand and said happily: "Shen'er, let's choose Boss Yun. Boss Yun said that she can embroider the wedding dress in seven days."
Obviously, the old lady didn't know that the gentle and beautiful woman in front of her was Lin Sishen's "love" at Ningxianglou. If she knew, how could she let Yun Liu do wedding dresses for Lin Sishen?
This was a bit ridiculous in Lin Sishen's eyes, and it was settled. The old lady ordered the servants to get the deposit and hand it over to Yun Liu. Then she instructed Yun Liu a few times and sent someone to send Yun Liu back.
Yun Liu followed a maid out of the hall. Seeing this, Lin Sishen told the old lady that she was in poor health and wanted to go back to rest. When the old lady heard this, she immediately urged her to go back quickly.
After walking out of the old lady's courtyard, Lin Sishen saw Yun Liu's figure not far away at a glance, and she walked over quickly.
Mo Zhu followed Lin Sishen to catch up with Yun Liu, and then Mo Zhu cleverly led the maid who led the way and handed the paper umbrella to Lin Sishen, and he followed them not far or near.
The red oil-paper umbrella covered the drizzle floating above his head. Yun Liu looked up and saw the light in his eyes. She turned her head and looked at Lin Sishen, her eyes swept across her face in a daze, and then her eyes darkened and softly said: "I heard that you are injured and sick again. How long hasn't seen you? You seem to have lost a lot of weight."
Yun Liu's concern did not make Lin Sishen feel heartwarming, she only felt even more ashamed.
She covered Yun Liu with rain, turned her head and sighed faintly, and said with a complicated expression: "You don't have to do this."
Yun Liu lowered his eyes and laughed in a low voice, "I thought so too, why bother you when you are about to get married, but I just don't want to. I'm afraid that you will forget me after you get married. So I thought of embroidering a wedding dress for you. As long as you wear it, you will definitely remember me and will never forget it forever."
Lin Sishen walked slowly with her. Listening to her seemingly plain but extremely sad words, she felt a surge of guilt and helplessness surge in her heart.
After she was silent for a while, she whispered: "Yun Liu, just think you and I have a fate but no destiny."
Yun Liu paused, and she looked at Lin Sishen with her head hanging down, and after a long time, she smiled sadly: "You and I have a fate but have no part. It is a great gift for Mr. Lin to redeem me. How dare Yun Liu ask for more?"
After saying that, she quickly walked out of the paper umbrella, walked forward a few steps before stopping, and said softly to Lin Sishen: "I just want to know that Mr. Lin has Yun Liu in his heart."
Lin Sishen stood there, looking at Yun Liu in red dress in the hazy mist and rain in front of her. She felt that her throat seemed to be blocking something, and she opened her mouth slightly but couldn't make any sound.
After waiting for a long time, she finally closed her eyes and gritted her teeth and wanted to speak. The person who wanted the answer interrupted her with a trembling voice: "I don't want to hear it anymore, Mr. Lin, just hide the answer in your heart, don't tell me."
The thin and bleak red figure, walking slightly chaotic, disappeared in front of Lin Sishen in a blink of an eye.
Lin Sishen did not come back to his senses for a long time. Until the sound of raindrops falling on the umbrella became louder and louder, she frowned and looked at Mo Zhu behind her, handed her the paper fan, and hurriedly said, "Mo Zhu, please send the umbrella to Yun Liu quickly, the rain is so strong..."
She stopped halfway through her words. Mo Zhu stood beside her and looked at her with complicated eyes: "Young Master really wants me to pick up an umbrella?"
"Forget it." Lin Sishen shook her head and lowered her hand. Although her care was true, she also knew that if she continued to do this, Yun Liu would not be able to leave her even more.
All of them have already hurt people, so why bother to sprinkle salt on the wound?
Mo Zhu took the umbrella to cover the rain for her, then reached out to tighten the loose fox fur belt for her, and sighed, "Young Master, this gentle knife has been the most hurtful thing since ancient times."
Lin Sishen lowered his eyes and smiled self-deprecatingly: "I have committed sins myself, but I still make others suffer."
Mo Zhu said softly with a little deep meaning: "Young master knows it. Don't provoke others again in the future. It's enough to have a girl Yunliu."
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After raising her in the mansion for two more days, Lin Sishen's typhoid fever finally recovered, and even the weather recovered with her illness.
Qin Hao came to Lin Sishen early in the morning and said that he was asking her to go to the teahouse to watch a show. General Lin went to court and had not returned yet. Because Lin Sishen changed his evil spirits and returned to justice these days, the order for her to be confined to her has been lifted.
Without any slight obstacle, Lin Sishen followed Qin Hao out of the mansion.
Qin Hao was a little mysterious today, saying that he had something to ask Lin Sishen, but Lin Sishen asked him what was going on but he didn't say it, just smiled and led her to Manxianglou.
Manxianglou is the largest teahouse in the capital. The shopkeeper is of great origin. All the guests who go to Manxianglou are well-known figures in the capital. Even ordinary people cannot go even if they have money. Lin Sishen has been with Qin Hao several times before.
After arriving at Manxianglou, Lin Sishen looked at the few guests and turned his head and smiled: "Didn't you say you're going to see the show? Why don't you see the show troupe?"
Qin Hao smiled mysteriously: "This play is not performed by the opera troupe. Don't ask so much, just follow me."
After saying that, he pulled Lin Sishen to the kitchen of Manxianglou, and then walked straight to the corner of the kitchen, a small door covered by a curtain.
After lifting the curtain, there was a dim little room in front of me. Two burly men were sitting inside. When they saw someone coming in, they immediately stood up, frowned and looked at Qin Hao and Lin Sishen, and said with a bad look: "Have you gone to the wrong place?"
Lin Sishen looked at it intentionally or unintentionally, and saw that in the small room there was a wooden table and a few chairs, there was also a large wooden cabinet beside the wall, with a jar of wine on it.
"It's right, we're here to watch the show." Qin Hao smiled proudly, glanced at the people arrogantly, then took out a jade token from his sleeve and handed it to them.
Lin Sishen's eyes fell on Qin Hao's hand, and he saw a lifelike peony carved on both sides of the jade token in his hand.
The two big men looked at each other, took the jade token from Qin Hao's hand and looked at it carefully for a moment, then smiled and said, "It turns out they are distinguished guests."
After saying that, a man walked towards the cabinet behind him, and turned his back to the two of them, but with a click, the cabinet slowly moved away, revealing a secret door.
The secret door was a little dark, and only a stone staircase could be vaguely seen leading to the underground.
The two of them then turned their eyes on Lin Sishen and asked, "Then is this customer's brand?"
Seeing this, Qin Hao frowned with dissatisfaction and said, "Why, my brand is not enough?"
The big man looked embarrassed and hurriedly whispered: "Young Master, there are rules in our building, we can only enter by sign. If that young master doesn't have a sign, I'm afraid..."
Qin Hao heard this and said angrily: "Do you know which young master he is? You dare to stop him!"
Lin Sishen chuckled and stopped Qin Hao: "Brother Qin, don't do this. Since I'm going in by sign, I won't go in without sign."
The big and small movements in the capital could not escape Lin Sishen's eyes. She had heard Li Luo mention that a year ago, Manxianglou dug a large secret room underground and was being arranged secretly.
The backer behind Manxianglou is the prince, so Lin Sishen sent someone to keep an eye on it for a while and learned that an underground gambling house and brothel were built under Manxianglou.
After that, she stopped paying attention. Unexpectedly, a year later, the underground gambling workshop of the prince was finally completed.
This is just a gold-selling cave for princes and nobles to have fun. Lin Sishen is not very interested, so it would be better not to go to such a smoky place.
But Qin Hao felt that he had lost face in front of Lin Sishen, so he refused to let it go and insisted on pulling Lin Sishen in. The two of them were blocking the secret door and never allowed them to enter.
For a moment, Qin Hao actually started arguing with them. Lin Sishen, who was beside him, looked helpless. Seeing that Qin Hao was so angry that he couldn't persuade him, he stepped aside and said nothing.
Just as they were clamoring, the door curtain was suddenly lifted up, and a man in a purple robe and jade crown walked in step by step. The man looked handsome with a heroic sword eyebrows. Looking at Qin Hao in front of him, the man frowned and scolded in a deep voice: "What are you quarreling here?"
When the two men saw the man, their faces suddenly changed, and they lowered their heads and said respectfully: "I have met the young master."
Qin Hao turned his head, and his arrogant look instantly became weak. He coughed slightly unnaturally: "It turns out to be Li Junma."
The man's name is Li Qi, and he is the county Ma Ye of Prince Qingyao, the youngest daughter of the third prince. He is also a celebrity in front of the prince.
Although Li Qi had a handsome and upright face, he was not an open-minded person.
Li Qi was a commoner at that time. Later, he won the title of Tanhua on the Golden List and was attracted by Princess Qingyao. He cruelly abandoned his wife who was studying hard with him in Han Kiln. He also found an excuse to throw his wife into prison. He married Princess Qingyao, and later he even flattered the prince and rose to prominence. He became the Minister of Revenue at a young age and was a veritable third-rank official.
Lin Sishen was awarded a doctor in the Ministry of War this time, but he was only a fourth-rank official.
Li Qi glanced at Qin Hao with a faint look and said coldly: "Young Master Qin, are you going to cause trouble in Manxiang Building?"
Qin Hao has always been disgusted with Li Qi, but the backer behind Li Qi is the prince. Although he is dissatisfied, he still smiles. He twitched the corner of his mouth and hurriedly pulled Lin Sishen, who was watching the fun, and said, "How dare I cause trouble? I just took Brother Lin to join in the fun."
Li Qi looked at Lin Sishen's face immediately changed. He smiled at Lin Sishen and said gently: "It turns out to be Mr. Lin."
Lin Sishen raised his eyebrows and bowed with a smile, "Brother Li."
Li Qi nodded, then looked at the two men who were so arrogant that they dared not speak out, and scolded him sternly: "What's going on? Do you know who Mr. Lin is? You dare to stop him. Why don't you apologize to Mr. Lin?"
Hearing this, the two men nodded and bowed: "Young Master Lin is a young man who doesn't know Mount Tai..."
\"You don't have to do this." Lin Sishen interrupted them, then turned his head to look at Li Qi: "Brother Li, they are just doing things according to the rules, no wonder they are."
Li Qi closed his head to Lin Sishen, and then whispered: "Mr. Lin is spared a lot of money, so why don't you get out of here and let Mr. Lin and Mr. Qin come in."
Lin Sishen waved his hand: "Brother Li, I really don't have a jade plaque, so I won't go in, so as not to break the rules."
Li Qi smiled loudly, walked straight to the secret door, and asked, "Based on Mr. Lin's identity, you don't need a jade plaque. Come, please come in."
Qin Hao, who was standing beside him, bumped into Lin Sishen: "Okay, stop when you see it is good. There will be a good show today."
Lin Sishen laughed softly and did not refuse, and followed Li Qi and Qin Hao into the secret door.
The stone steps inside the secret door are 100 steps, leading directly to the ground, with many torches inserted on both sides to illuminate the road under your feet.
Soon the stone steps were bottomed out, and a majestic gold-inlaid stone door appeared in front of you. There was a pure gold lion-headed door knocking on the door. Li Qi grabbed the golden ring and knocked it three times, and the door slowly opened.
A noisy heat came to her face, and there seemed to be a strong fragrance in the heat. Lin Sishen subconsciously covered her mouth and nose. She frowned and then looked up.
I saw a magnificent hall in front of her. There were hanging corner buildings around her, with red lanterns and red silk hanging on the eaves. Many beautiful women in gauze dresses smiled cleverly, sitting on the swing made of red silk and gently swinging in the air, with their fair and beautiful jade feet exposed in the air.
In the hall, there were many princes and children wearing brocade clothes making a bunch of them, making loud noises at the gambling table, while looking up at the woman floating in the air.
A huge platform was dug out from the sky in front of the hall. There were rockery and neatly trimmed potted plants on the platform. The water on the rockery was filled with heat and flowing into a jade pond with white yarn hanging around it.
The pool was really made of genuine white jade. It was filled with a pool of clear water, and it was steaming hot at this time. What shocked Lin Sishen the most was that there was a woman who was not in the lust in the jade pool, soaking in the water.
There are also people who occasionally get water from the jade pond, staring at the woman with a smirk and pouring water into their mouths.
Qin Hao had long seen his eyes straightened. He looked around excitedly, and then his eyes fell on the woman who was swaying in the air not far away.
Seeing Lin Sishen seemingly looking at Yuchi, Li Qi smiled and waved his sleeves and smiled, "Mr. Lin, what is flowing down from the rockery is not water, but the best peach blossom wine, do you want to try it?"
Lin Sishen took a deep breath, shook his head, and whispered to reject his kindness: "No need, I'm cured of my injury and should not drink."
Soaking a woman in wine and taking the wine to drink isn’t this just a bathing wine? These people are really crazy.
Not far away, a charming woman holding two glasses of wine shook her waist, walked to the two of them, chuckled and then entered Li Qi's arms.
Li Qi reached out to her, took a glass of wine and handed it to Lin Sishen, and then said with a smile: "Young Master Lin, please sit down first. Today's highlight has not come yet. At that time, I believe that Young Master Lin will definitely linger in this place."
After saying that, he patted the woman on the cheek and gave a wink at her: "Why don't you go with this distinguished guest?"
After Li Qi left, the woman approached Lin Sishen, with a charming smile on her face, leaning straight towards Lin Sishen's chest, and even said in a sweet voice: "Neighbor."
Lin Sishen sideways and avoids her, and smiles with two steps behind her, "Girl doesn't have to accompany me, I'll just walk by myself."
After shedding the woman, Lin Sishen swayed around the wine pool and the scenes in front of her made her dizzy. She wanted to find Qin Hao and refused and left first.
But suddenly the lights in the hall dimmed, and then a white cold light scattered in the air. Everyone became quiet in an instant. She noticed a strange look and looked up.
I saw a woman wearing a light gauze dress covered with white gauze, holding a hanging red silk and dancing gently in the air. The woman's body was soft and slender, and a string of silver bells hung on her white jade feet, accompanied by the light dance, which made a crisp ringtone. The so-called dance was as beautiful as a fairy.
She covered her face and showed her narrow and long peach blossom eyes, with a hint of chuckling in her eyes, and a faint glance made people take a breath of cold air.
Almost everyone held their breath and looked at the woman. Only Lin Sishen frowned tightly in the darkness. I don’t know if it was an illusion, but just now she felt that the woman’s eyes were a little familiar, as if she had seen them somewhere.
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