Chang’an’s First Beauty

Chapter 48: the truth

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The moment Shen Hao walked out of Chengyuan, raindrops actually fell outside, and the shadows on Chang'an Street were like a dream.

Qingli raised an oil-paper umbrella across Shen Yan's head, "Did you see the girl?"

Shen Yan nodded and said, "I see, let's go."

When she arrived at Li Mansion, she sat on the red sandalwood round stool and recalled Lu Yan's words over and over again. After an unknown amount of time, Shen Yan's mouth curled into a bitter smile of resignation.

What a wise man.

The breeze was blowing, and she recalled the conversation just now.

The man had a deep expression and a firm tone, as if he had a natural deceitful magic, which made people unable to help guessing and thinking along his words.

His words will make you have endless reverie and make you mistakenly think that everything he does is for Shen Zhen.

However

He didn't actually say anything.

Thinking about it carefully, how could the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo participate in the party fight for the daughter of a criminal minister? Looking for a doctor for the East Palace is just because the sage wants to help the prince.

Everything he did, if he could sum it up in four words, it would follow the trend.

Shen Yan's two fingers tightly grasped the edge of the cup, and Shen Zhen's temperament became that person's outer chamber. How was it different from the sheep entering the tiger's mouth

But what qualifications does she have to blame Lu Yan

His position, following the trend is not right, and even what he said to himself at the end is also right - if Shen Zhen falls into someone else's hands, her life will not be better than it is now.

Ah.

Shen Jiao laughed at herself.

Many things, from the beginning, were her fault.

When night fell, Qingli walked in with a basin of water, "Girl, there's a curfew outside, and my uncle probably won't be back today."

Shen Hao said "um", "Wait for me to change."

Shen Yan took off her top.

Looking at the bruise on her arm, she was stunned, these were all left by the man on her.

He has already started with himself, how can he go home

Shen Yan pushed her hair behind her ears, looked at the flickering candles in the room, and recalled five years ago.

The year she met him, she was only sixteen.

It was a summer day. She went with a few sisters to the Shumi Pavilion by the Mulan Lake to enjoy the flowers. Maybe it was because of the rain. The bluestone road was too slippery. She accidentally turned to Mulan. Planted in the lake.

The pool water choked her breath. With only a "thump" sound, someone entered the water.

Under the eyes of everyone, she was carried up by Li Di just like that.

What happened next was even guessed by a fool—Li Di went to the Marquis of Yunyang to propose marriage.

Shen Hao didn't believe that such a coincidence happened in this world. That day, Shumi Pavilion was surrounded by female relatives. How could it be so coincidental that a poor scholar passed by for no reason

Reciting poetry and admiring flowers, saving her from falling into the water, and then making the whole city known

when she is stupid

The Marquis of Yunyang sent people to investigate him, but the news that came back proved that he was just a poor student who came to Beijing from Jingzhou to take the exam and had no backers.

Even so, Shen Yan was not willing to marry him. She once threatened that she would rather become a monk than enter the Li Mansion.

But Li Di refused to give up.

He actually spent a whole year begging to marry Shen Yan.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Shen Yan took her two younger sisters to the street. When she looked at the lamps with the word "姌" written on them hanging on Chang'an Street and floating by the Jingshui Lake, she blushed.

"Shen Yan, be my Li family's wife, and I, Li Di, will never fail you in this life."

I don't know if Shen Yan was too stupid back then, or Li Di was too treacherous. He said it, and she believed it.

In the year of Li Di High School Jinshi, Shen Jiao was just seventeen.

When the Li family's sedan chair was parked outside the Zhumen of Yunyang Marquis Mansion, most people sighed, saying that the eldest girl of the Shen family is getting married.

But she was wearing a phoenix crown, and there was no difference in her eyes. She naively thought that she needed to know the joys and sorrows of life, and that he was good to herself, more than anything else.

In the next four years, Li Di did not disappoint her.

Although Li Di came from a poor family, but his appearance is no less than others, and he can be worthy of the four characters of Yushu Linfeng. In addition, he has no bottom line for Shen Yan, and I don't know how many Chang'an noble girls have the idea of marrying.

"Shen Yan, you married me, and you have indeed been wronged."

"What are you ashamed of? The only way I can always be nice to you is that I won't let you marry me in vain."

She used to cover his mouth every time she heard such words. How could a man who studied hard all night for her have no self-esteem.

Later, she would not allow him to say such words as marriage.

The past is like smoke, and the wind blows and it dissipates.

When the twenty-one-year-old Shen Yan looked back at her seventeen-year-old self, there was only one thought in her heart, she didn't know people clearly, and she suffered the consequences.

He held her like a pearl like jade for four years. In the end, it was false to be in love with each other, and the ambition of the wolf was true.

In his eyes, there was never any love at all, she was just a cloud ladder that he lifted straight up.

All those secrets immersed in the deep sea surfaced one by one at the moment when the Shen family fell...

In the fifteenth year of Qingyuan, on the tenth day of the ninth lunar month, this was the seventh day after Yunyang Hou was imprisoned.

Shen Yan looked anxiously at the letter on the table.

She paced up and down the house, wondering how she could get the letter to the border.

At this moment, Li Di returned to the mansion, walked to her side, picked up the letter and said, "Who is this for?"

"Changping Hou Sulian."

The Su family and the Shen family are family friends. Don't look at Su Lian as a military officer and Shen Wenqi as a civil official. They both grew up together.

The Su family was Shen Yan's last hope.

"Marquis Changping?" Li Di frowned, "I have something I haven't told my wife yet."

"What's the matter?" Shen Yan asked.

"At the beginning of this month, the Marquis of Changping personally led an army to conquer Goguryeo and ended up being ambushed by the enemy."

Shen Yan was shocked, "Failed? How about General Su now?"

Li Di shook his head, "The posthumous title of the saint has come down, Madam condolences."

Shen Yan's eyes were red with pain, "How could this happen..."

Li Di held the letter in his hand and said solemnly, "I heard that Su Heng, the prince of the Marquis of Changping, is about to go on an expedition with his uncle. Madam wants to deliver the letter, so she has to send it off tonight, otherwise it will be too late."

"Let's go, we'll go to the inn now." Li Di said again.

Shen Yan said: "No, I can't trust the people at the post station. Maybe the letter was intercepted before halfway."

Li Di narrowed his eyes and replied, "The lady might as well give me the letter. I have a choice."

Shen Yan said, "Who is your husband going to send to?"

Li Di said seriously: "I know some people in the arena. They have always only used money to do things, and they are quite reliable."

Shen Yan nodded. Without thinking much, I handed the letter to him...

Misfortunes do not come singly, and blessings come unparalleled.

One wave has not settled, and another has risen.

On September 15th, Jin's Qian Yinpu suddenly took out a slip of paper with the seal of the Shen family.

Shen Yan sucked in a breath of cold air.

Eight thousand. How do I get this money back

That night, she was alone in the empty room. It was not until dawn that Li Di came back swayingly.

Shen Hao took a step forward, supported him, and said in a trembling voice, "Where did your husband go yesterday?"

Li Di said, "Shen Yan, you shouldn't be in charge of it, just leave it alone."

He had never spoken to himself in such a tone.

Shen Yan's face changed slightly, and she couldn't believe the idea flashed in her mind.

But it's not the first time he hasn't gone home lately...

Shen Yan straightened her back, looked at him, and said word by word, "Where have you been?"

"Shen Yan, I hate you so high up." He raised his hand and squeezed her chin, "It was like this when you were having a good time with me. I was thinking at the time, Miss Shen is this. Give me alms?"

After being a loving couple for four years, no matter how angry Shen Yan was, she still regarded his words as drunken words.

Shen Hao waved off her hands and said, "Don't you never drink? Li Di, what are you doing drunk?"

"Heh" Li Di staggered and said, "It's all said to tell the truth after drinking, do you think I dare to drink it?"

Shen Yan's face was as cold as ice, she sensed something was wrong, and said, "Do you have something to say to me?"

Li Di smiled, "The Shen family has fallen, why are you still pretending to be with me? I, Li Di, have never been yours."

Shen Yan was disdainful of talking to a drunkard.

She looked as usual and walked out without saying a word.

She later learned that every word Li Di said that day and night was not drunk.

He really is not her, he was in Jingzhou and had been married to his cousin.

Not to get married, to marry a wife.

His first wife, He Wanru, was limping when he was fourteen years old to save his mother.

For the sake of his career, he kept He Wanru in Jingzhou, and used tricks to erase this experience.

After Shen Yan understood everything, she got up and went to Wenshi, her mother-in-law, to ask for her dowry.

She couldn't let Shen Zhen bear the debt of the Shen family.

Unsurprisingly, the mother-in-law, who was always kind to her, changed her face immediately.

"Shen Yan, you are already my wife of Li's family, and the things you bring in are naturally followed by the surname Li. Ziheng is currently in Gao Sheng's time, so you can only drag him down by yourself! We, the Li family, have no obligation. Look after your siblings!"

Shameless.

This was the first word that Shen Yan thought of.

Shen Yan sat down facing Wen Shi, and said with an angry smile: "My mother-in-law is holding my dowry, is she going to ask Li Ziheng to marry his cousin from the He family?"

Wen Shi panicked, "What did you say?"

Shen Hao picked up the tea beside him and took a sip, her face full of the calmness of a noble lady, "It's not easy for him to climb to this day, but if I want him to taste the taste of climbing and falling, it is not impossible. "

Wen Shi stood up and said angrily, "What do you want to do?"

"My dowry." Shen Yan raised her head and whispered: "As long as my mother-in-law is willing to return my dowry to me, then I will give the position of Mrs. Li to the cousin of the He family, how?"

Wen Shi's hand trembled, "You dare to threaten me? Shen Yan, until now, our Li family is willing to keep you as a sinner, and it is already benevolent and righteous. Is this how you repay me?"

The eldest girl of the Shen family, how arrogant that is, once she becomes ruthless, the ten Wen Shi are no match for her.

"Sinners?" Shen Yanmei's eyes were full of smiles, "You Li family, after all, are the poor family. What is the poor family? It's just people who are used to the wind and rain, and people who are poor and fearful will become obsessed once they are rich and noble. Look, your daughter-in-law's dowry is worth holding like a baby?"

Wen Shi was so angry that his whole body was shaking.

Shen Yan knew too much how to defeat Wen Shi.

Since her mother-in-law entered Beijing, what she is most afraid of is that others will bring up old things in the past. She deliberately imitates the dress of those noble ladies in Beijing, forcing herself to change her Jingzhou accent, and from time to time she has to talk to other families. Madam, drink tea and recite poetry together.

During this period, I don't know how many jokes have been made.

Shen Yu took off the golden peacock hairpin for Mr. Wen, which no merchants would wear, and held Mr. Wen's hand to speak the capital dialect. Afraid of touching Mr. Wen's fragile self-esteem, she was patient and made tea for her every day. , Every process is done very slowly.

She didn't dare to be Wen's teacher, so she could only influence Wen's in this way.

But in the end, what did she get in exchange

Wen Shi twitched his lower lip, pointed his index finger to Shen Yan's face and said, "You have been married to our Li family for five years, and there is no movement in your stomach. I didn't teach you a lesson, but you taught me a lesson? Do you believe it or not? I told Zihengxiu to take you out! Now I'll sweep you out of the house, I'll see where you can go!"

"Excuse me." There was a smile on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, "If he wants to divorce me, it will be in court, then you can ask the adults of Jingzhao Mansion to judge, whether it is the crime of contradicting the mother-in-law, or The crime of throwing a wife and ordering a marriage is serious?"

Seeing the change in Wen's eyes, Shen Yan continued: "If the world were to know that he first married the daughter of the He family, then he made a false statement on the household registration, and then turned around and came to the Shen family to ask for me to marry me, then Mr. Li's career would be , I'm afraid it's over."

"Shut up!" Wen Shi said again.

Shen Yan sneered: "You dare to do such a shameless thing, are you afraid to say it?"

As soon as Shen Yan said these words, Wen Shi covered his temples and bent down in pain.

True and false, false and true.

There was no mirror in front of Shen Yan, but she seemed to see Li Di and Li Ziheng standing behind her.

"Mother!" Li Di quickly stepped forward to support Mr. Wen, turned around and scolded Shen Yan angrily, "Vixen! Who gave you the courage."

Shen Yan turned her head and left.

She thought that he just loved something else, but she didn't expect that he had no conscience.

On September 20th, the news that Li Di was promoted to the minister of the Ministry of Industry spread all over the capital.

After Shen Jiao heard this, she almost didn't laugh out loud.

Yueer stopped at the top of the tree, and she left a light on purpose.

She knew that that person would definitely come back tonight.

Li Di pushed open the door of the inner room and saw Shen Yan sitting on the couch at a glance.

That charming little face was full of anger.

Shen Hao stepped forward, raised her hand and gave him a slap, "I ask you, does the sudden collapse of the Chengxi Canal have anything to do with you! Did you send the letter I gave you!"

Li Di touched his face and replied, "I burned that letter."

"Where's the Chengxi Canal?!"

"No comment."

Shen Hao picked up the cup on the table and threw it on him. With red eyes, she broke down and said, "My Shen family! My Shen Hao! What's wrong with you!"

Li Di brushed off the water stains on his body, looked at Shen Zhuo and said, "Shen Zhuo, there are both winners and losers in party struggles, my father-in-law has put his wealth on the dying prince, and he has no way to survive, two years in prison, can stay Life, you are content."

Shen Yan's nails slowly sank into her flesh, suppressing all her anger, "Li Di, I have been married to you for four years, and I admit that I have never done anything wrong to you! You gave me my dowry. , I will rot in my stomach about your affairs with the He family's daughter, I will leave with you and make room for her."

Li Di looked down at Shen Yan, "You are not qualified to negotiate terms with me."

Shen Yan said, "Li Di, I will break the net with you."

Li Di looked into her eyes and said, "Do you know why Ruth from the Hanlin Academy resigned when something happened to the Shen family?"

Shen Jiao clenched her fists, wondering why he mentioned Uncle Lu.

Li Di leaned over and whispered in her ear: "The year I married you, I shouldn't have been a jinshi, but my father-in-law was reluctant to marry you to me who had no fame, so he and the chief examiner Ruth Breathe out."

Shen Yan pushed him away, "Are you crazy? Aye wouldn't do such a thing!"

Li Di grabbed her waist and continued: "Listen to me, the year I participated in the imperial examination, the sage deliberately created a pseudonymous system to prevent cheating. My father-in-law had no choice, so he asked me to write in advance. I wrote an article and stuffed it into Master Lu's sleeve."

Shen Yan was stiff all over.

"On the day of the scientific examination, I wrote the article that was about to be recited. Sure enough, it was titled on the golden list. Shen Yan, understand

"Do you have a conscience!" Shen Yan glared at him.

Li Di laughed, "Don't think about getting away with me, and don't think about taking money from the Li family to go out, if the fish die and the net breaks, at most I can't do it as an official, but my father-in-law will never come out again, so I can't help it. Shen Yan, you have to think about Shen Hong too."

"According to the laws of Jin, anyone who cheats in the imperial examination will be banned from participating in the imperial examination for three generations. Shen Shi, do you want to completely destroy the Shen family in your hands?"

When her thoughts returned, Shen Yan grabbed Qingli's hand and said, "Qingli, let's go to the West Market tomorrow."

Qingli said: "Is the girl really willing to start?"

Shen Yan said faintly: "The affection is long gone."