The moon shone around the beam, and the two looked at each other.
Shen Zhen stood bewildered, biting his lower lip lightly.
Lu Yan looked at the restlessness and trembling in her eyes, and suddenly felt more and more dazzling.
Is she so afraid of him
Is he not good to her
Pay her debts, protect her safety, and settle her family. Lu Yan thought to himself that he couldn't resist her anywhere.
But the more he thought about it, the more he could recall—on the ninth day of October, when he caught her at the gate of the city and forced her to submit, she looked like her.
How unwilling and unwilling.
Thinking like this, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and his chest seemed to be heavy, and it was hard for him to breathe for a while.
He rubbed the wrench on his hand ruthlessly, repeated the movements, and the slashed finger pulp gushed out blood again.
As if the pain would calm him down.
At this time, Shen Zhen quickly picked up the towel on the side.
Although she didn't know why he was unhappy, the wound still had to be dealt with.
Shen Zhen didn't put on Fendai, her long black and smooth hair hung down behind her, and as soon as he leaned over, he could smell her body.
That light fragrance. So cute.
He reached out his hand uncontrollably and stroked her hair.
After she wiped him clean, she raised her head and whispered to him, "Sir, don't use any more force."
He responded with a hoarse voice.
It's just a love affair, a marriage of dew, and a short, geometric outer relationship. he thinks.
Seeing that his expression softened, Shen Zhen couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, followed silently, and lay beside him.
When he was away for the past two days, she habitually slept on the inside again, and now she suddenly changed positions, naturally she was a little uncomfortable.
The more she wanted to sleep, the more she couldn't sleep.
After a while, Shen Zhen raised her hand and tugged her ears, tucked her hair for a while, and turned over again, thinking that she was very light.
After going back and forth several times, the frowning man beside her was completely awakened by her tossing.
"Are you going to sleep or not?" His voice was cold and calm, unable to distinguish between joy and anger.
At this moment, Shen Zhen happened to be lying face to face with him, Lu Yan turned his head sideways, and their eyes met again.
"I can't sleep." Shen Zhen whispered. It is true that she was really trying hard to fall asleep.
Rarely, Lu Yan asked her in a chatting tone, "Why?"
Shen Zhen looked at him, opened his mouth, but still couldn't say anything.
Seeing her regular appearance, Lu Yan couldn't help but raise his brows.
While recalling her sleeping position when he entered the door just now, he glanced at the dark-colored satin that she had to bring from Chang'an to death.
Suddenly he said, "Shen Zhen, do you recognize the bed?" Some people do, not to mention changing the bed, even changing the position, and they can't sleep well.
Otherwise, what is she always arching inside
When he revealed it in one sentence, Shen Zhen showed embarrassment.
After hesitating again and again, he nodded.
Lu Yan didn't expect that she was sixteen and still had the habit of recognizing the bed, so she couldn't help asking, "Then how did you sleep before?"
Shen Zhen stretched out a finger, made a square, and said, "I originally prepared myself a soothing sachet, but this time I came out in a hurry, and I forgot to bring it..."
I have to say that this seemingly bland sentence is tantamount to throwing a boulder on the calm lake.
As proud as Lu Yan, he never thought that his woman, beside him, would need to use soothing incense to fall asleep.
Seeing that his face was not very good-looking, Shen Zhen said in a very low voice: "Sir, go to sleep, I will not make a sound."
As soon as these words came out, Lu Yan was choking on his throat, neither closing his eyes nor opening his eyes, but felt that the center of his eyebrows jumped together with his temples.
have to.
He sat up, turned around and directly moved her inside, and said solemnly, "You will sleep inside in the future."
Shen Zhen looked at him in astonishment.
In fact, she had a problem with bed recognition since she was a child, and her mother warned her when she was alive that it was best to change this habit as soon as possible, otherwise, she would have to stay up several times when she got married in the future.
But the mammy beside her is accustomed to him, and Qingxi is accustomed to her. Seeing that she does not change her stubbornness, they cover up for her one by one, as if no one wants her to grow up...
Thinking of this, her eyes couldn't help but darken again, and she whispered: "But this is against the rules."
Lu Yan curled up her index finger and tapped her forehead, "The rules are all set by people."
The candles went out, and the room was dark again.
Changed positions, and soon, her breathing became even.
Lu Yan glanced at her sideways, and finally closed his eyes and fell asleep.
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Before dawn, Lu Yan put on his clothes and finished washing.
Tangyue was dozing off at the door, when she saw Lu Yan appearing at the door, she stood up straight and said, "Master, can you eat?"
"No need." After saying that, he hurriedly left Luyuan.
Now that the New Year's Day is approaching, all walks of life in Yangzhou are busy. With the opening of the winery, Lu Yan's contact with Zhao Chong has become more and more intensive, and he has gradually become acquainted with his confidants.
Lu Yan ran away, and Shen Zhen was responsible for ushering in and sending him, and meeting with the female relatives of each family every three to five.
It is said that these things can't be done by a concubine, but because "Gongzi Wei"'s eldest wife is not around, this "Qin Yiniang" has always been favored, so the wives of several families also give her face.
Of course, to have this face is also due to Shen Zhen's well-rounded behavior.
After all, the daughter of the Shen family has always been a top lady in Chang'an since she was a child. For her, dealing with these matters can be said to be within her grasp.
West room.
Tangyue picked up a rare thing and said to the gift list: "Girl, what is the purpose of this gilded silver cage with Feihong ball pattern?" She played with it for a long time, but she didn't understand it.
Shen Zhen took a pen and said to Tangyue: "This is the utensil required for 'hojicha' when making tea. After steaming and pounding the tea leaves, it is difficult to completely dry, and it is very easy to mold. To put it bluntly, this Silver cages are used to dry tea leaves."
Tangyue said again: "Then what is the purpose of this gilded capricorn tripod?"
Shen Zhen said: "It's called 'Jiangui', which was originally used to hold salt, but because of the rise of using salt to remove the bitterness in tea leaves, to sweeten it, I used this object as a tea set."
Tangyue nodded, really admiring Shen Zhen.
Shen Zhen looked at the account book in his hand and sighed: "This week's family is worthy of being the number one tea merchant in Yangzhou. Such a set of gilt tea sets is very rare in the capital."
Tangyue: "What's the gift then?"
Shen Zhen thought for a while and said, "I heard Mrs. Zhou mentioned that Mr. Zhou loves flowers and calligraphy and painting very much. You can go to the warehouse with me later and find out the picture of Li Zong's masterpiece flower basket that we brought. Send someone to deliver it tomorrow."
Although it is not difficult to record the gift list of each family, it is not easy to choose what to return.
First, we must take into account the preferences of the other party, and second, we must also consider the price of the object itself, which can neither be too much higher than others, nor too much lower.
There are so many doorways here.
After Shen Zhen ordered the gift from another family, she took out the key from the drawer and went to the warehouse.
The warehouse is on the far left of Heron Garden.
Walking through the long corridor with deep winding paths, Shen Zhen opened the door of the warehouse. She greeted Tangyue to move the porcelain, and she took two paintings and calligraphy.
This flower basket picture is six feet high, and with Shen Zhen's size, it is indeed a bit laborious to hold.
When preparing to go back the same way.
Maybe it just snowed and the ground was still slippery. Shen Zhen stumbled when she lifted her foot and fell straight down... In an emergency, she subconsciously raised the painting with both arms, so she fell even harder. tragic.
Seeing this, Tangyue hurriedly put down the china in her hand and shouted, "Auntie, are you alright!"
The fall was so heavy that Shen Zhen's legs couldn't move at all, and tears of pain flowed down her cheeks. Under the current situation, Tang Yue couldn't help but be in a hurry.
There was a lot of movement here, and it quickly caught Fu Man's attention.
To say that Aunt Man is also safe, a few days have passed, and her Shen Zhen has not even hit her face-to-face. No one thought that the first encounter would be so embarrassing.
Fu Man knew at a glance that the one who fell to the ground was Aunt Qin.
She dropped the stove in her hand and hurried over.
She squatted down and said to Shen Zhen, "Aunt Qin, is it the left foot that hurts?"
Shen Zhen couldn't control that much, and nodded tearfully.
Fu Man rolled up her sleeves, pinched her bones lightly, and frowned.
After a while, she pointed to the air and shouted "Look."
When people hear such words, they will naturally raise their heads in a conditioned reflex.
As soon as Shen Zhen's little face was raised, she heard a "creak" sound, and her soul went out of the body with the pain. Bean-sized teardrops fell down in a rustling manner.
Tang Yue said sternly, "What have you done to our aunt?"
Fuman didn't answer, she just said to Shen Zhen, "Aunt Qin, use your left leg to see if it can move?"
Hearing this, Shen Zhen moved slightly and choked: "It seems to be better."
Fu Man sighed and said, "Aunt Qin just fell on the stone steps, and her bones are in the wrong place, but it should be fine now." After she finished speaking, she paused and said, "I just lied Auntie, please forgive me."
Now, even an idiot can see what's going on.
Tang Yue's face was embarrassed, and she stumbled and said: "The slave has just contradicted my aunt, and I hope my aunt will forgive me."
Fuman shook his head, "It's not in the way." After that, he stretched out his hand to help Shen Zhen up, "Then I'll take my aunt back home."
Shen Zhen looked down at her already numb legs and feet, but didn't try to be brave, and said quickly, "Then I'll trouble my aunt."
Maybe Shen Zhen also felt that he was really ashamed just now, so on the next journey, no matter how painful it was, he didn't say anything.
After Fuman sent Shen Zhen to Chunxi Hall, he didn't stay much, but returned directly to his own Dongli Garden.
It took less than half an hour since Shen Zhen fell, and Lu Yan appeared at the entrance of Luyuan with a calm face.
Shen Zhen in the room was sitting on the couch looking at his two legs worrying, and the man strode through the door.
Lu Yan stared at Shen Zhen's red eyes and dirty clothes, and whispered, "How did you do it?"
Shen Zhen said: "Just now I went to the warehouse to get the return gift from each family, and I accidentally fell."
Lu Yan bowed and took off his clothes, only to see his two legs that were as clean as jade on weekdays, full of terrifying bruises, two long blood marks on the left knee, and the sides were already swollen and flat. .
After checking the injury, he glanced at the tears on Shen Zhen's face again.
He immediately understood why he felt a dull pain in his chest in Zhao Chong's house, and almost fainted without the pain.
He sighed, then put his palms on his knees, and said, "Move, I'll see if you hurt your bones."
Hearing this, Shen Zhen hurriedly whispered two words in Lu Yan's ear.
"You said that the thin horse gave you the bone?"