The night was indeed very deep, and at this time there were few people walking around the fort except for the soldiers on duty.

The wind and snow, which had stopped slightly, were now victorious again, the cold wind was howling, the snowflakes condensed like goose down, and the field of vision was white, but there was not much snow on the ground. This is also due to the fact that the heating process is rusty after all when renovating the fort, and the sealing and warmth effect is not too good, resulting in the leakage of hot gas.

The second half of the fort was originally built for the families of the soldiers. If the Huainan Army is not highly prepared for combat or is sent out to fight, it is not forbidden for family members to accompany the army. However, due to the arrival of Shen Zhezi, this place was requisitioned as the temporary residence of the princess and her entourage, and the original soldiers and family members had withdrawn to Shouchun City during the daytime, so now only the princess and her accompanying family and the palace people rewarded by the queen mother live in the inner castle.

In fact, in order to welcome the arrival of the princess, Shen Zhezi also made some preparations here. Naturally, he will not do anything evil to rob the people's daughters, and if he has a slight intention to reveal that he wants to select a group of maids to serve the princess, all the families in the realm will be busy, and there is even no shortage of people who directly send their own daughters in.

The snow fell in the afternoon, and it was no longer possible to rush back to Shouchun City directly, so these maidservants were also picked up from the city and sent here, nearly a hundred of them. Coupled with the fact that the princess was accompanied by hundreds of people, there were no more than twenty or thirty houses in this inner fort, and almost all of them were difficult to settle.

There is a separate heating stove in the inner fort, and the interconnecting houses are full of heat. Previously, there were also the ladies of the township clan here to welcome the princess, and the scene was even more chaotic, and after those people withdrew, the courtyard returned to some quiet. The palace people were tired from the journey, except for the dozen or so people who were left by the princess's side, the rest of them all went into the room to rest.

The room where the princess lived was originally an ordinary house in the fort, so naturally it was not luxurious, but clean. Soon after the princess arrived, she was in poor spirits and slept in her inner room. And in the outer room, several maids also held their foreheads with their hands and yawned.

In a corner behind the screen in the room, several older attendant women were whispering.

"These stupid women really think that when they reach the earth, they can stretch their legs and sleep peacefully! I didn't see the group of women in the court, they were all staring wide-eyed......"

The speaker is a female history surnamed Zhou who married with the princess in the early years, and her son is now also worshipping the Shen family as a protégé, and this time she followed to wait for the Lang lord to choose, so this Zhou female history also worked hard to follow all the way.

On the other side is a charming young woman who covers her mouth and yawns, and she is also the Yunzhi lady who followed the princess out of the palace in the early years, and now she has already promised to be the steproom of the family order Renqiu. Hearing what the female history said that week, Yunzhi Niangzi couldn't help but laugh and said: "Auntie, don't be alarmist, there has never been such an idle thing in our house." Accompanied by a horse, a princess and a young man, we have all seen each other all the way, how can there ever be a case of such a right and wrong? ”

After hearing this, Zhou Nushi laughed: "I am not a person who speaks right and wrong, and you don't know it." But if you look at the ladies in front of the court, the words are to listen to the waiters, the knuckles are white, bend down and look down to see the stiffness, if you don't speak, you don't know how to keep a hot soup vessel in front of the corridor, how can there be a little servant posture? Our lord in the house, now in the south and in the north, who doesn't want to be close? Even if there is only a little hope, it is enough to throw out one's own flesh and blood for a last time. In previous years, in Jiangdong, everyone was still shy about things, but after crossing the river, a place where little knowledge of the king's religion, there were naturally fewer scruples......"

"Zhou Nushi said this, I won't argue with you. However, the two young masters of our family are really exemplary couples in the world. Lord Lang is a great husband who has the king's destiny in mind, and he never cares about such deeds. The lord's family is illustrious, and it is not in recent years, if the lord has these interests, why is it limited to the north and the south? Not to mention anything else, you can see how rich the curtain of Beppu Erlang is, and you can see it in the house, and it is not casual to accept new people, and several families have learned a lot and are not repeatedly taught! ”

Yunzhi Niangzi said with a smile: "In the final analysis, it has nothing to do with the north and the south, and it has nothing to do with luck. In the final analysis, our lord is noble, how can ordinary ladies be allowed to dye lightly. ”

"This has nothing to do with whether the character is noble or not, Xie Shilang, who accompanied him this time, is also a first-class talent in Jiangbiao, who dares to say that he is not noble, but he is also very interesting, and he has seen it along the way."

Zhou Nushi counted them with her fingers again, and directly named Xie Shang who came with her. Xie Shang is indeed a good person, with a considerable family background, characters, and interests, but he is indeed a little indulgent in personal matters. This time, the queen mother rewarded so many palace people, of course, it was impossible to just serve the princess, and some of them were also used to reward Huainan meritorious soldiers. Along the way, Xie Shang has already picked some under the pretense of his position. This is also a trivial matter of personal morality, and it is not worth mentioning.

"The world is most afraid of the word serious, our lord Lang is the natural choice of this world, the reputation and family furniture are rarely compared, and naturally there will be too many people who want to use this secret knot. So later, I will tell these stupid ladies to guard the curtain and don't disturb the master by neglecting for a while! ”

"Ahem!"

Cui Ling, who had been sitting next to her without interjecting in the discussion, suddenly coughed lightly, raised her hand and knocked on the desk, at this time several women who were sitting around and chatting found that there was a figure shaking behind the screen, and the sound of the ring pei sounded, and the princess who had fallen asleep had already woken up.

Several women looked at each other, and they were all a little apprehensive, and hurriedly got up and hurried up with their thick velvet robes.

After sleeping lightly for nearly two hours, Princess Xingnan's pretty face was slightly red, and after leaving the inner room, there were palace people who were busy bringing warm tea, spit pots, and the like to stand on both sides. That week, the female history carefully put the robe around the princess, and saw that the maids under the corridor had just hurried over to enter the room to serve, and her brows couldn't help but wrinkle even more, and motioned to the palace people to block these people out of the door.

After asking the time, Princess Xingnan waved her hand to let these palace people go down to rest, and she sat in front of the screen, looking at the candle flame on the desk in a daze.

When everyone else retreated, Cui Ling, who was sitting on the other side, frequently peeked at the princess's expression, and after a while, she mustered up the courage to whisper: "Princess, I don't believe what Fang Cai, Fang Cai Zhou Nushi said...... Lord Lang, Lord Lang will never ......"

"What did you say, Mrs. Ling?"

Princess Xingnan turned her head and looked at Cui Ling in surprise, and only came to her senses after a while: "Oh, you mean those women outside?" ”

Seeing the princess's reaction like this, Cui Ling's mother couldn't help but be a little difficult to answer, and she couldn't see whether the princess was not worried or pretended to be calm, so she lowered her head and gently twisted the corners of her clothes with her fingers.

After being interrupted by Cui Ling's reverie, Princess Xingnan's eyes regained their agility, and she pointed to the group of warblers standing under the corridor and said with a smile: "This is just an ordinary thing, I am thinking of him all over my heart, and I care about what these idlers do." I have been husband and wife since I was a child, how could I not know what kind of person he is, if it weren't for the fact that I was going to enter the town this time, he wouldn't have the heart to do these idle things. ”

While speaking, a maid outside the door hurriedly walked to the door, whispering excitedly: "Lord Lang, Lord Lang is here!" ”

When Princess Xingnan heard this, her delicate cheeks became even more bright, and when she stood up, she pulled up the hood from her coat and put it on her head, and then walked out of the room and stood in front of the porch.

At this time, there were nearly fifty or sixty maids prepared by the Huainan Inner History Mansion standing under the corridor, because there were earth dragons passing through the corridor, but they did not feel cold. Although most of them did not know any court etiquette, they also understood the principle of avoiding the Venerable, and when they saw the princess walking out of the room, they all retreated to the outside of the court, not daring to approach. There is also no shortage of people tiptoeing and looking up curiously, wanting to see what kind of woman is worthy of Shen Hou.

"Shen Hou, Shen Hou is here!"

Suddenly a woman's cry came from another side corridor, and the maids under the corridor all turned their heads to look at the door of the inner fort. Although most of them are Huainan locals, to be honest, they really don't have any chance to meet Shen Hou. Even if he was elected to the Inner History Mansion earlier to wait for the driver, this kind of matter will be handled by the subordinates of the government, and Shen Zhezi will not come forward in person no matter how idle he is. Therefore, the vast majority of people have only heard of Shen Hou of Weizhen Huainan, and even if they see it, they can only watch it from a distance, and they can't see it really.

At this time, the wind and snow are getting bigger and bigger, and the goose feather snowflakes are even swept under the corridor, although the inner fort is brightly lit, but the field of vision is really not wide, and you can only see the white and bright snowflakes fluttering.

Finally, a tall figure appeared in the field of vision, and the dark color was a little hazy against the background of the flying snowflakes at this time. A small crown of gold silk loomed under the hood, and the two strands of sideburns hanging down were swept up by the night wind, and the maids who were looking forward to it under the corridor needed to look carefully to see the handsome faces through the flying snowflakes. Deerskin boots stomped on the ground, making a steady but slightly hurried footstep.

Even if it is not mixed with other factors, Shen Zhezi is holding a jade staff at this time, walking widely, and his bearing is tall and handsome. The sky is full of snowflakes, the clothes are fluttering, and the robe belt is trembling, adding a unique and outstanding temperament. Compared with the solemn majesty of the military uniform, at this time, he was dressed in simple clothes, with a wide brocade robe, vigorous and broad steps, and a handsome posture that attracted people's attention.

"This, this is Shen Hou?"

At this time, many of the maids watching from the corridor couldn't help but murmur in their mouths, and their tones were a little uncertain. In the field of vision, this more and more real, handsome and elegant Lang Jun is more like a good partner who may exist in this world before, appearing in front of them in a beautiful and dreamy way in their fantasies, and it is really not connected with the powerful commander who is in charge of the killing of all armies and the death of all living beings in their impressions.

"This is Shen Hou!"

There was another whisper of affirmation in the crowd of onlookers, and then some people hung their heads shyly, not daring to look directly at the figure of Ying Ting who was getting closer and closer. That Zhou Nushi did not misunderstand them, in fact, after they were selected into the Inner History Mansion, the elders of the family told them more than once to seize this opportunity. If they can be close to Shen Hou's court, then it will be a great fortune for them in this life.

Shen Zhezi hurried all the way into the fort, and saw the scene of the group of women standing side by side under the corridor, he was stunned for a while, but when his eyes turned around under the corridor for a week, he soon found the figure wrapped in a thick robe, so he smiled and quickened his pace. But when he walked a few feet away from the porch, Princess Xingnan had already run out of the porch, and her delicate body was lightly thrown into his arms.

"Watch out for the snow!"

At this time, in the inner fort, Shen Zhezi behaved casually, handed the jade staff to the palace people who caught up, and put the princess's hood blown off by the night breeze on her head, and wrapped the girl in her arms. This girl is deep in Shen Zhezi's arms, her eyeliner is crooked into a crescent moon, and there is no shortage of demonstrations under the lookout corridor, and it seems that she is not completely innocent of these people who covet her husband.

The maids under the corridor watched Shen Hou's figure disappear into the door, and it was difficult to take their eyes back. After another moment, Cui Ling's lady walked out of the room, with a hint of joy and pride on her face, and said: "Shen Hou has an order, the wind and snow are very cold at night, there is no need to stay and listen, you all retreat and sleep." ”

After nearly a quarter of an hour, the wandering figures under the corridor gradually dispersed, feeling no lack of loss and regret, fortunate to see, no chance to patronize, in this snowy night even more self-pity.