"I don't want your money, and I don't want your pigeons."
Shen Zhen cried and said, "I don't want it, I don't want it at all." As long as she can go out, she will definitely be able to support Shen Hong.
Lu Yan was stunned for a moment, then frowned.
Shen Zhen pushed back the box in his hand to him, and after a long while, his breathing became steady, "Sir, you will be on duty tomorrow, leave early."
All around, flickering candles were cast on his face. The man chuckled lightly.
Shen Zhen looked up at him, not understanding why he smiled.
Thin outline, estranged eyes, slightly upturned mouth corners.
He still had this thin and cool look, and he didn't change a bit.
For some reason, Shen Zhen's ear suddenly sounded, and he had read one of the few words - "Zhen Zhen".
The sound entered the ear, making people's eyes blurred, and pea-sized tears were stored in the eye sockets.
"Why are you crying since you told me to go quickly? Huh?" the man said hoarsely.
"I can't bear Tangyue and Moyue, they are very kind to me." Shen Zhen said with a choked voice.
"Really? When Qingxi left you, why didn't you see you crying like that?"
Shen Zhen was choked by him, and his heart ached.
Blame him for being unfeeling, and blame him for not coaxing himself in the end...
After a while, Lu Yan raised his hand and covered the bottom of her eyes with his thumb.
Every time he wiped it, a drop of her tears fell, and every drop made his heart hurt.
It's really dying.
Shen Zhen took a deep breath and avoided his touch, then squeezed her fingertips and said to herself: Shen Zhen, get rid of such a shameful identity, you shouldn't cry, you really shouldn't cry...
Besides, Hong'er will be back tomorrow, and Mammy An and Qingxi are also back. She can see her sister if she wants...
What is she not satisfied with
"Shen Zhen." Lu Yan's deep voice interrupted the little girl's self-hypnosis, "Wait for me, it doesn't take too long."
"Wait for what?"
Shen Zhen looked up at him, frowning slightly.
Even if she didn't realize it herself, her frowning looks like the man on the opposite side.
Lu Yan took her hand and said in a hurry, "Mrs. three girls might as well guess?"
Shen Zhen withdrew her hand and blurted out, "I don't have the shrewdness of adults, so I can't guess."
Lu Yan tasted the word shrewd in her mouth, and raised her eyebrows subconsciously, knowing that she was resentful towards herself.
It rained suddenly outside, and there was a crackling sound on the eaves, and the breeze blew, drying the tears on her face.
"If I want to keep an outer room, I can keep you in Chengyuan, why do I have to spend a lot of time sending you here?" Lu Yan leaned closer to her, "Shen Zhen, are you really stupid, or pretend to be me? Silly?"
As soon as his voice fell, Shen Zhen's mind buzzed.
Under his scorching scrutiny, the little girl's ten toes were secretly curled together.
"I want to take you back to Lu's house." The man put his hand on the back of her head, turned his head to kiss her, touched her like a dragonfly, and then backed away, saying word by word, "The life of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, the three books Six ceremonies, none of them will be missing."
Shen Zhen was stunned and looked at him with aphasia.
"My lord." Her voice was very soft. "How is this possible?"
She is the daughter of a sinner, and he is the heir of the Zhenguo Gongfu, and the disparity in status is obvious. Duke Zhen Guo, Princess Jing'an, would never allow her to be the clan wife of the Lu family.
She knew very well that the most important thing for a high-level marriage is just four words - the right match.
Looking into his eyes, she suddenly felt that this moment seemed even more sad than the last...
Shen Zhen's eyelashes drooped, trembling faintly.
"I know what you're thinking, but what you're worried about won't happen." Lu Yan said softly.
If he hadn't thought about it carefully, he wouldn't have made a promise lightly.
Probably every stupid girl would be like this. Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel sour...
Lu Yan looked at her red eyes again, and his heart ached again, he couldn't help laughing at himself.
She is her own nemesis.
As soon as I started crying, I really thought it was killing him, and there was no way to do it.
"Why are the three girls crying again? Not willing to marry?" Lu Yan gritted his teeth.
Shen Zhen wrapped his hands around his waist, buried his small face on his chest, rubbed against him, and the thin and soft hair touched his chin.
Almost inaudibly buzzed two words, willing.
Lu Yan's dark eyes flashed a smile, and he said, "I thought that Miss Shen San would be more reserved, but I didn't think so, you just want to marry..."
Before Lu Yan finished speaking, Shen Zhen pinched his waist hard.
Lu Yan swallowed the words with a smile, and changed the conversation: "I'm not here, remember to take care of yourself, don't eat cold. If the East Palace asks where you have been during this time, you can say it is Yangzhou, and will be Chu Xun. put your name on it."
"I see."
Lu Yan thought for a while, then bit her ear and said, "If you really miss me, you can go to Jingzhao Mansion to play drums."
After hearing this, Shen Zhen's ears "swiped" and turned red.
"Who missed you?" Shen Zhen retorted.
Lu Yan chuckled, pinched her unbearably slender waist, and put the box back in her hand, "I'm leaving, take this one."
Shen Zhen still pushed it back to him, "Sir, I really don't want these."
"Why?"
"I can support myself and Shen Hong." Shen Zhen looked at him with a pair of beautiful eyes, "Don't you remember, my lord? I'm in the West City, and there is a powder shop."
Lu Yan was startled.
Yeah, she does support herself.
On the day they first met, she was sitting in the incense powder shop fiddling with the abacus.
Although she is a little naive, she is very good at arithmetic, and she keeps the accounts clearly, just like when she went to Yangzhou, she also helped a lot...
"It's a waste of time for me to co-author, you don't want anything?" Lu Yandian held the box in his hand, his eyes darkened.
"Yes." Shen Zhen hooked his palm, "Your pigeons stay."
The drums of the curfew sounded outside, the drums pounding ears, as if urging people to leave quickly, Lu Yan touched her face and slowly got up.
He walked to the door, and as soon as he held up his umbrella, Shen Zhen grabbed his cuff.
Looking at each other, she whispered, "Sir, walk slowly."
The man made a low "um" sound.
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It has to be said that human habits are difficult to change.
For example, Shen Zhen's problem of recognizing the bed, she was not used to it when she changed places, and it was almost dawn before she closed her eyes.
Kankan slept for half an hour, then sat up.
The sun was high, the clouds moved silently, and the lush tree shadows fell on the ground. Suddenly, a roar was heard, and a carriage stopped in front of a house in Baoning Square.
Shen Zhenzhuo went down to the ground and hurried to open the door.
When all the people she thought about appeared in front of her eyes, she suddenly felt like she was walking on the clouds.
Shen Zhen took a breath.
Qingxi cried out with tears in her eyes, "Girl!"
"Third sister! Look down at me first." Shen Hong tugged at the hem of her skirt below.
Shen Zhen looked down at him and smiled helplessly: "Okay, look at you, look at you."
Shen Hong hadn't seen his relatives for a long time. As soon as he saw Shen Zhen, he started chattering endlessly. He wanted to tell them about their daily deeds in Yangzhou. Shen Zhen felt sleepy and yawned after a while.
"Hong'er." Shen Zhen rubbed his eyes, "Do you usually talk to Mr. Chu like this?"
Shen Hong shook his head, "Sir don't allow me to say too much, it's not good for my voice."
Shen Zhen didn't hold back, chuckled softly, and patted his brother's head, "You save some strength, and when the big sister comes, you can tell it to the big sister, okay?"
Shen Hong nodded and covered his mouth with his right hand.
While the children were taking a nap, Shen Zhen and Qingxi went to the West Market, opened the door of Baixiang Pavilion, took more than a dozen silver coins, and two pearl hairpins.
Although Shen Zhen has been away from Beijing for several months, her face is not easy to be forgotten.
She wears a happy bun, a goose-yellow gauze skirt, a pair of soft-soled pearl embroidered shoes, and a white hosta with bud flower makeup on her head. She has a beautiful face and a better figure. A few steps, but also seems to be with splendor, overflowing with light.
This eye-catching appearance, as soon as it appeared in front of everyone, immediately caused waves.
Shen Zhen walked into a pawnshop, put the pearl hairpin in the copper plate and said, "The shopkeeper, I have something to be pawned."
"Just these two pearl hairpins?"
"Yes."
"This one is consistent, this three is consistent."
Shen Zhen took it, "Thank you, shopkeeper."
Next to the Meng family pawnshop in Xishi is a jewelry store. There are several noble girls standing outside. Xu Yiqing from the Xu family, Wang Rui from the Wang family, and Sun Mi from the Sun family are all there. .
Wang Rui said, "Hey, isn't that Shen Zhen? Why did she come back?"
Sun Mi said: "I heard that she was bought by a businessman over fifty years old and became the seventh concubine, and the master loves her very much!
"If you're favored, you shouldn't be short of money, why would you be a thing?"
Wang Rui covered her mouth and smiled, "Is what you're saying true or false? Fifty years old? Couldn't she be her Aye? God, stop talking, say such filthy words, and don't be afraid to go home and be scolded. !"
"I remember that Shen Zhen used to be very kind to you." Xu Yiqing said slowly, "She may just have other difficulties, so you should say a few words less."
Sun Mi whispered: "Qingqing, we are just telling the truth, you don't even think about how many people she Aye let us die and hurt..."
Xu Yiqing stared at Sun Mi and sneered.
I thought to myself: If it wasn't for the Shen family's decline to make room for your father, would your grandson's family still hold the position of Minister of Works
Sun Mi's father is the current Minister of Industry, Sun Zhengquan.
The world is never short of rumors, let alone rumors about down-and-out beauties. Shen Zhen knew that the seventh concubine they were talking about might be something that could be heard...
Xu Yiqing walked in the direction of Shen Zhen, and Sun Mi said from behind: "Qingqing, come back quickly, why are you going!"
"Three girls." Xu Yiqing stood in front of Shen Zhen, "When did the three girls return to the capital?"
"Just today." Shen Zhen smiled.
Xu Yiqing said: "they talk nonsense, I will make amends for you on their behalf."
"No, you are you, they are them." Shen Zhen paused, "I still have something to do, so I will go first."
"If the three girls have any difficulties, you can tell me."
Shen Zhen turned around and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Miss Seven, I understand it."
Leaving the street of the pawnshop, Qingxi's wrists trembled with anger, "Why didn't the girl let the servants explain? That Sun Mi was so deceiving, she completely forgot how she used to wait for the girl at the gate of the Hou's mansion. To slander a girl's reputation like..."
Shen Zhen said with a smile: "They talk as much as they like. The mouth is on them, how can we manage it? Even if they don't say it face to face, they still say it behind their backs. It's useless for you to explain it."
Qingxi was stunned, and said in a low voice, "The girl seems to have changed a bit." In Qingxi's eyes, the three girls in her family are very sincere people, one is one, the other is two, right and wrong are clearly distinguished.
Shen Zhen looked down at her feet and suddenly felt that Chang'an was still the same Chang'an, but she had indeed changed a bit.
In less than a year, she has experienced the downfall of her family, the humiliation and struggle of being an outsider, and she has experienced intrigue, poisoning, and being hunted down in Yangzhou...
Looking back at these thoughts of the little girl's family, how could it be so easy to feel sad and angry
For the first time, Shen Zhen didn't even bother to scold Xu Yiqing for hypocrisy.
There are only a handful of people who can make her sad.
Before evening, Shen Zhen hired a few craftsmen and hung a plaque in front of the house - Shen's House.
Shen Zhen raised his hand and touched it, a smile on the corner of his mouth.