Chapter 17: The Adulterer Is Addicted
When mentioning his father, Shen Linchuan's face darkened.
He lost his father when he was three years old, and the word "father" was a pain that he could not touch.
Song Shiwei also lost her mother at a very young age, and her mother's belongings were taken away and destroyed by Suyun.
No matter who it is, it would be impossible to tolerate it.
Shen Linchuan said with a guilty look on his face: "Suyun and mother were indeed wrong in this matter, and I was also wrong."
Song Shiwei wiped the tears from her face and said, "You know it's their fault, but what?
Whenever my mother troubled me, you would just tell me to give in, trying to keep things quiet but never thinking about solving the problem.
It's not that I don't understand your difficulties, my husband, it's just that it's not my fault. If I admit it, then this kind of thing will happen again after the first time, and over time you will think it's natural.
What should I do about my grievances? I know that my husband doesn’t want to marry me, and I know that my mother and Suyun look down on me.
But I am also innocent, why do you want to vent your anger on me? "
Shen Linchuan knew he was in the wrong, so he tried to hold Song Shiwei's hand, but she slapped him away.
She said: "My husband should not try to coax me now, but work hard to make up for the past shame.
As long as you are the top student in high school, my father will naturally look at you with admiration.
Even if you want to divorce me and marry another noble lady, I will help you.
But before that, I have to trouble my husband to tell my mother and Suyun not to bother me.
Otherwise, if I really go back to my parents' home, your career will be ruined.
Although my father had no real power in the court, he had good relations with the noble families in the capital.
Just one word from him can make you, your husband, lose a layer of skin, and then all the kindness you have shown me will be of no use.
My husband, go back and think about it carefully. You should study hard in the study during this time. You don't have to bother me if you have nothing to do."
Shen Linchuan wanted to stay tonight, but seeing Song Shiwei's attitude, he would only bring humiliation to himself if he stayed.
He stood up and said, “My lady is teaching me that it is my blessing to marry you in this life.
Don't have any wild thoughts. I, Shen Linchuan, will never let you down in this life.
Have a good rest, I will not let you down."
He pretended to look affectionate, left these words and turned and walked out.
Song Shiwei was really disgusted by him. She asked Zhuqing to prepare hot water so that she could wash away the bad luck on her body.
After half a stick of incense.
She changed into clean pajamas and came out of the bathroom, only to see an uninvited guest in the room, playing with the jade bracelet that was broken by Shen Suyun.
Song Shiwei was stunned for a moment, then reacted and asked in a bad voice: "It's so late, why is the prince here? Could it be that he is really addicted to being an adulterer?"
Which gentleman would climb over the wall in the middle of the night to meet a married woman?
Xiao Jingheng looked up at her and asked, "Is this jade bracelet really a relic left to you by your mother?"
"I said yes."
Song Shiwei shrugged and twisted her wet hair with a handkerchief.
The jade bracelet is just an ordinary jade bracelet. If it is not said to be a relic left by her biological mother, how can it make Shen Suyun's behavior seem even worse?
Xiao Jingheng smiled and asked, "Do you want me to help you?"
Song Shiwei didn't understand what was going on, and then she saw Xiao Jingheng stand up, push her to sit on the chair, and then take the handkerchief from her hand and wipe her hair.
She looked at Jamel Xiao's figure in the mirror, slightly absent-minded.
Once upon a time, someone had wiped her hair so gently.
That was her first love, and he was the only man her heart had ever moved in her whole life.
It's a pity that he is no different from other men in this world.
Song Shiwei restrained her thoughts, and with a hint of coldness in her eyes, she asked, "Your Highness, you came to see me so late, do you want to consummate the marriage on behalf of my husband?"
Xiao Jingheng paused what he was doing and looked at Song Shiwei in the mirror.
After just a few days of getting along, she gave people a feeling of having given up everything.
It's like he's experienced a lot of vicissitudes, seeing desolation everywhere, but he's not afraid of life or death.
He continued to wipe her hair and said, "This king has said that I don't have the hobby of being an adulterer. You don't have to be so weird every time you see me."
"What does the prince want from me?"
Song Shiwei felt that Xiao Jingheng cared too much about her. He sent her a maid, took her to the theater, and even broke into her room in the middle of the night for a private meeting.
If someone said it was because of that fleeting romance, she wouldn't believe it.
Xiao Jingheng sighed, put the handkerchief in his hand on the table, and asked her: "Do you have any wine here?"
Song Shiwei stood up and took out a jar of wine she brewed herself from her box, opened it and said, "I originally prepared it for my husband, but it's a bargain for you."
Xiao Jingheng didn't like her calling Shen Linchuan husband in front of him, so he said, "Don't you feel disgusted when you call him husband? Why don't you change your name?"
Song Shiwei asked him: "What do you want to change?"
Xiao Jingheng thought about a few seriously: "Hypocrite, dog man, cuckold, dead gay, which one do you like?"
Song Shiwei blinked her eyes: "Hypocrites and dog men are easy to understand, but what are cuckolds and dead gays?"
Xiao Jingheng said: "A green turtle is a turtle who likes to cuckold himself. Is this a gay?"
He coughed and explained, "In the book, this kind of love between men is called the Duanxiu habit."
Hearing the words "mutual admiration" from the man, Song Shiwei couldn't help but think of the scene she saw today.
She shuddered with a bit of a chill and said, "He's still a bitch."
Xiao Jingheng felt somewhat pleased. He reached out and opened the jar of wine on the table and sniffed it.
The familiar scent of peach blossoms lingered at his nose, making him lose consciousness for a moment.
He poured a glass, took a sip and said, "It's really good wine."
Song Shiwei also poured herself a glass and said proudly, "Of course, my wine is not available on the market. This is my own brew, called Peach Blossom Drunk."
She raised her wine glass and toasted Xiao Jingheng generously, saying, "Tell me, Your Majesty, what is your purpose?"
Xiao Jingheng said: "How about we play a game, where each person asks the other a question.
Either answer truthfully or refuse to answer. If you answer truthfully, the other person will be fined a drink. If you refuse to answer, you will be fined a drink yourself. "
"Okay."
Song Shiwei agreed to his proposal.
Xiao Jingheng said: "You ask first."
Song Shiwei didn't bother to be polite with him. She said, "I still have the same question. What does the prince want to get from me?"
"I want you to do me a favor."
Jamel Xiao said truthfully: “I guess you know my identity.
Sixteen years ago, my maternal grandfather and his family died on the battlefield but were accused of treason and collaborating with the enemy.
My mother hanged herself, and I left Beijing to join the army to investigate what happened. "
The affairs of the Huo family are no secret, but Song Shiwei doesn't know whether there is any hidden secret.
She asked: "Could this matter be related to the Shen family?"
Xiao Jingheng said: “The Shen family was once the imperial merchant of Qingzhou Prefecture.
The northern border guarded by the Huo family is far away from the capital, making it inconvenient to transport food and fodder, so the food and supplies for the border troops are the responsibility of the imperial merchants in the state capital.
Sixteen years ago, the person responsible for transporting food and fodder to the Huo family was Shen Linchuan's father, Shen Xiuwen.
What’s strange is that Shen Xiuwen died unexpectedly after delivering the food and grass.”