Shen Zhen's body froze, with an embarrassed expression on his face, and called out in a low voice, "Sir."
Lu Yan said: "Have you finished measuring?" His voice was very cold, but it burned Shen Zhen's ears red.
Tangyue nodded and said, "Returning to Shizi, there's still not enough hip circumference."
Lu Yan nodded and said, "Hurry up then."
Tangyue let out a "huh", picked up the tape measure, wrapped it around Shen Zhen's buttocks, finished measuring, and reported the number to Mo Yue.
After talking about the size, the room was embarrassed.
The two of them stepped back with a wink.
Lu Yan went to the table and sat down.
Shen Zhen reached out and picked up the clothes on the couch and quickly put them on her body.
Even though her back was facing him, she still felt the thorn on her back, and she turned around after she finished wearing it.
Shen Zhen simply tied a bun, only a white jade hairpin was inserted diagonally on her head, looking very pure and elegant, "How can you come here today, my lord?"
By the way, why did Shen Zhen say this
There is no other reason. Lu Yan recently disappeared for several days on the grounds that he had too many official duties.
In fact, since Lu Yan took over the post of Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion, he has never been at leisure, but it has not reached the level of day and night and sleepless... If you want to ask him why he is suddenly so busy that he doesn't even have time to see her, he has to say From the nightmare that Shen Zhen had.
After a nightmare, Shen Zhen often couldn't hide her gloom. Although her attitude towards him was still the same as before, obedient and soft, Lu Yan didn't know what she was thinking.
Her trembling fear was nothing more than fear that one day someone would find out that she had made her own outer room.
But this is a dead end now.
He could neither let her go, nor open his mouth to promise something that was very likely to come to nothing.
In Lu Yan's opinion, instead of spending time coaxing her, it's better to do something practical. Anyway, according to his understanding of Shen Zhen, if she hangs on her for a while, she will be fine.
Just now, Shen Zhen put on clothes too quickly, and her collar was turned upside down. Lu Yan motioned her to sit down and raised her hand to smooth it out.
The man curled his lips, "As for what, I've never seen you before?"
Shen Zhen's face was dulled by what he said, so he could only find a step for himself to go down.
She raised her white lotus-like arm, picked up the teapot on the table, poured him a cup, and said, "Sir, let's drink some tea."
Lu Yan took it, took a sip, then took a food box and put it in front of her.
Shen Zhen opened it, and there was actually a bowl of Tremella and lotus seed soup. There are also three sliced red bean pastries on the edge of the lotus seed soup. The pastries are also wrapped in a lotus-colored dough, which seems to be made of taro.
He knew that she had always liked these sweets, "Chang'an has opened a new restaurant that specializes in these sweets."
Shen Zhen thanked him, and was about to pick up the spoon to take a sip, when Lu Yan stretched out his hand and put it on the side of the bowl, "It's cold after a long time, I'll ask the small kitchen to warm it up for you."
"This Tremella lotus seed soup is better when it's cold." Shen Zhen whispered.
"Heh." Lu Yan gave her a knife, "Don't you just forget the pain when you healed your scar? When it hurt last month, you told me not to eat cold again."
Hearing that there was no room for negotiation, Shen Zhen quickly covered the lotus seed soup in her hand and put it in the food box.
He called Tangyue to come and fetch it.
Lu Yan got up and said slowly, "I still have something to go out. I'll come to accompany you later."
"Okay." Shen Zhen said.
After a while, Tangyue brought over the hot lotus seed soup, "Miss, eat it while it's hot, the temperature is just right."
Shen Zhen picked up the spoon, scooped it, and suddenly recalled the day when she had dinner with him for the first time.
That day, the housemaid in the kitchen was on leave. The dishes on the table were all made by Mo Yue, which was really unpalatable. She had no appetite, so she threw the wooden chopsticks away.
She didn't think so much, but who knows, he opened his mouth in a deep voice...
"Are you always this picky eater?"
"Even if you don't like to eat it, at least it's still hot now. Don't wait until you get dizzy and force yourself to eat cold dishes."
She still remembers the irony in her words.
But now, Shen Zhen looked down at the steaming lotus seed soup, and couldn't help sighing.
I have to say that Lu Yan played a very important role in Shen Zhen's way of growing up and taught her a lot at the same time.
For example, in times of adversity, one cannot be hypocritical.
For example, if he was his outer room, he had to know his identity at all times.
For another example, whether this man is affectionate or ruthless towards women, whether he wants to be bad or good, is all in his mind.
Shen Zhen has seen him in the coolest form. The man pressed her on the couch and didn't allow her to cry or hide. He had also seen him in the most gentle form. Last month, he even rubbed her halfway. Belly at night.
Different, but all of him.
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At night, the sky was a little stuffy, and there was some moisture in the air. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the rain to fall outside. The rain hit the blue tiles of the eaves, and then jumped up again, drop by drop, Ripple ripples.
Lu Yan walked in with the lamp in hand, closed the door, and looked at her with a tired look on his brows, "Change clothes for me."
Shen Zhen got up and changed his clothes while saying, "The water in the clean room is ready for you."
"Okay." Lu Yan picked up a strand of still-dry hair and said, "Did you wash it first?"
Shen Zhen nodded.
Lu Yan patted her waist, "Wait for me."
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When Lu Yan came back from the clean room, Shen Zhenzheng sat honestly on the couch and waited for him, extremely bored and sleepy eyelids drooping.
Lu Yan sat beside her and hugged her waist.
Shen Zhen opened her eyes, "Is your lord finished washing?"
"Um."
The man's eyes swept from Shen Zhen's neck to her chest.
In front of her eyes flashed the way she measured her bust in the daytime, and the three measurements rang in her ears, her heart was up and down, and her eyes were getting hotter and hotter.
He couldn't help but stretch out his long fingers to pick the increasingly fragile strap in front of him.
She opened the middle coat, and there was a piece of blue-colored fabric inside, which made her fairer and more attractive, so that people couldn't take their eyes off.
Seeing the gully, he said lightly, "It's really bigger."
Shen Zhen blushed and begged him in a low voice, "Don't say it, okay..."
The man chuckled and said without changing his face, "Don't you like to hear it?"
Thinking of what happened last time, Shen Zhen glared at him.
However, with eyes full of spring in the garden, no matter how hard they stare, it's just adding interest.
"Shen Zhen." His voice was deep, like a dream.
"Do you want to?" Lu Yan's breath fell on her ear, and he grabbed her earlobe by the way.
Lu Yan didn't expect her to answer whether she wanted it or not. After all, he could always see if she wanted it or not in other ways.
The curtain fell, he held her instep and raised it slightly.
In doing this, Lu Yan has always been quiet, but today she asked her when she was in deep love, "The end of the month is your seventeenth birthday, what do you want?"
Shen Zhen trembled and looked at him, "How does your lord know?"
"I checked your post." He rubbed her earlobe, "How about taking you out?"
"really?"
"When did I lie to you?" Lu Yan asked.
Looking at the timing of this person's words, you can see how deep his scheming is.
After a while, he hugged the exhausted Shen Zhen and said, "Zhen Zhen, turn around."
Not to mention that Shen Zhen's strength was not able to fight against him, but how could he let her shake her head with his hard and soft means
The man coaxed and deceived her three times...
Seeing the tears in Shen Zhen's eyes, he immediately leaned over and pecked her eyelids, then stopped, "Okay, I won't bother you anymore."
After turning off the lights, the room fell into darkness again.
Lu Yan hugged her, put his hands on her back and rubbed back and forth, which was somewhat pleasing.
"Shen Zhen." He whispered to her.
The people in his arms ignored him.
"Three girls."
Although Shen Zhen was not the kind of girl who could make trouble, she just got a little angry with him just now. As the saying goes, the rabbit is in a hurry and knows to bite, but she was so angry that she raised her hand and grabbed his arm.
Instinctively, as soon as she pinched, he involuntarily exerted force, and as soon as he exerted force, his muscles tightened, and he couldn't pinch anything...
Shen Zhen frowned slightly, a little aggrieved.
This man has a hard heart, and even his flesh is hard.
Seeing this, Lu Yan put her little hand back on his arm, and said sincerely, "This time, I don't need to force."
There is one chance like this, but there may not be a second time. Since he said it himself, he can't blame her.
Shen Zhen twisted and used a lot of force.
"You are cruel enough."
Shen Zhen looked at him, "The adults said it themselves."
The two looked at each other.
The man held her face with one hand, a light smile escaped from the tip of his nose, and he lowered his head and kissed it.
"Go to sleep."
He hugged her from behind.
Shen Zhen hit his chest with his elbow.
"If you really want to break free from me, you should use your energy just now." After that, Lu Yan noticed the slip of the tongue for the first time.
I just messed with her, I can't mess with her anymore.
"Come, hit it, I won't say it."
Shen Zhen's little face completely collapsed...
Lu Yan closed his eyes and entered a dream again...
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Qingyuan seventeen years, in May.
Every summer solstice, Empress Xu will hold a polo match, and the family members in Beijing, including their female relatives, are invited, which is very grand.
Lu Yan sat on the high seat with the eldest princess, and the sixth prince was also there.
Empress Xu looked at the audience and said, "Little Marquis of Changping is really amazing. This young general is playing polo, and it really makes others feel helpless." , became the Marquis of Changping.
Princess Jing'an couldn't help but nodded, "I think when he left the capital, it was only a weak year. After a few years, his appearance has changed."
"Our military generals in the Great Jin Dynasty earned their military merits by themselves, that is, they came back from the battlefield. How can they keep their refined spirit?" Empress Xu sighed.
Concubine Xi on the side answered, "Marquis Changping is married?"
"Not yet." An Zhaoyi raised the teacup in front of him and whispered, "But I heard that he asked the saint about the whereabouts of the Shen family."
"Chen and concubine almost forgot that the elder Pinghou and the Shen family are friends from the world, and they have a close relationship." Concubine Xi whispered.
Na Hehe's military exploits protect a person's life, but it also protects him.
Lu Yan's Adam's apple moved slightly, and his body froze.
After a while, a woman appeared behind the curtain, "The Empress."
"Come in." Empress Xu raised her eyes, "Qing'er, what's wrong?"
"Niangniang, brother, he suddenly sprained his foot and can't accompany me to play polo. I came to ask if Your Highness can do me a favor?" Xu Yiqing looked at the sixth prince.
The sixth prince spread his hands and said, "It's not that my cousin didn't help you. I injured my right arm a while ago, and the imperial doctor ordered me specifically not to touch polo or cuju. Well, you are asking Shi Yan about his polo. , he played very well."
Duke Zhen was born in a military commander, and Lu Yan's equestrian skills were taught by him.
Therefore, in terms of polo skills, there are not many people in the capital who are better than Lu Yan, except for the one off the court.
Just as Lu Yan was about to refuse, the sixth prince smiled and said, "Shi Yan, you have to play for a while and play with my cousin one more time, so do me a favor?"
Empress Xu smiled and said, "This niece of Ben Gong, although she is young, her strength should not be underestimated, and she will not hold you back."
Xu Yiqing looked at the eldest princess, and said softly, "If it's inconvenient for Shizi, then forget it."
If it was someone else today, Lu Yan would have already refused.
But in front of him, one is the current queen and the other is His Royal Highness King Wei. The two of them spoke together, how could he refuse
Lu Yan said softly, "Since the Empress and Her Royal Highness have spoken, Shi Yan has no reason to refuse." After speaking, he got up.
Empress Xu's eyes were full of smiles, "Then be careful."
At the end of a polo match, Lu Yan turned over and dismounted, Xu Yiqing shook the head of color in his hand, smiled and said to Lu Yan, "Thank you for your help today."
"The seventh girl is polite."
Standing together with such a well-matched two people will naturally attract a lot of attention.
Mrs. Suning Bo, who was not far away, said to Mrs. Xu, "Where are the princes of Duke Zhen and your fourth mother?"
"It's not Siniang, that's Yiqing, our little seven."
The seventh mother of the Xu family.
Xu Yiqing.
Xu Yiqing.
Xu Yiqing…
Lu Yan didn't know why, but when he heard the name, he couldn't help but want to stay away, and there was even a hint of disgust.
For a while, some of the things in front of him began to blur, he had a splitting headache, his heart was aching, and he woke up from the dream.
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Lu Yan opened his eyes and saw Shen Zhen sitting up and looking at him with red eyes, as if he had been wronged by the sky.
Lu Yan rubbed his temples, took a long breath, and finally distinguished between dreams and reality.
He went to hold Shen Zhen's hand and said in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong with you?"
Shen Zhen bit her lip, this time, she really felt the taste of her self-esteem being trampled.
This person, this man, had just finished doing that with her, and then went into the dream and called another woman's name.
And that person is Xu Yiqing. She has not only seen it, but also knows it very well.
Shen Zhen's tears fell crackling down, and this posture made Lu Yan cry in a panic.
He clutched his heart, the pain was about to suffocate, and he said hoarsely: "Shen Zhen, don't cry first, tell me, what's the matter?"
Shen Zhen knew that she was just one of his outer chambers, and no matter who he had in his heart, she had no right to cry.
But.
It was so sad to be held in his arms while listening to him read other women's names.
Lu Yan wiped the corners of her eyes with her thumb, "My heart is about to break when you cry."
so shattered...
Shen Zhen endured it again and again, but what she wanted to ask broke her reason.
"The person in your heart is Xu Qiniang?" Shen Zhen asked.
Lu Yan's pupils shrank.
"Xu Yiqing, is that her?"
Lu Yan just woke up, and his head still hurt. Hearing this, he frowned and said, "How do you know?"
The voice fell to the ground, and Shen Zhen's tears suddenly stopped.
Even if she was made to cry at this moment, she couldn't cry.
The slender fingertips pinched the palm of her hand, and the pain made her chaotic emotions gradually calm down.
It was her fault, she shouldn't have thought about it.
Shen Zhen nodded and said word by word, "I understand."
Lu Yan's heart tightened and he was completely awake. He grabbed Shen Zhen's wrist and said, "Shen Zhen, listen to my explanation, it's not what you think."