Chapter 61 Chapter 61 He doesn’t want to divorce.

Zhu Yinluan felt that after she said this, the man paused in wiping his wet hair and his eyes were instantly locked on her.

That's right, it locked onto her instantly.

It gave her a shock.

Moreover, his eyes seemed to be less gentle than before. Under the candlelight, they became deeper and darker. He stared at her for a long time without saying a word.

The man's long, silent, and fixed gaze made her feel dangerous for no reason.

Zhu Yinluan's two hands hanging on her knees were twirling the hem of her clothes unconsciously when he saw her, "......"

All of a sudden, all the courage she had mustered disappeared, and she didn't even dare to continue.

Shen Jingzhan looked at her for a long time and asked her why she stopped talking.

The man's tone was gentle and if you only listened to his words, you wouldn't realize that his expression was so dangerous at the moment.

But it's no use just listening to his tone; what he said was also very strange.

What do you mean, why didn't she say anything?

Did he not hear clearly, or did he not hear? She didn't speak very softly just now, did she?

Zhu Yinluan pursed her lips, "I say... let's get divorced."

He calmly asked her, "Why?" and continued to wipe his hair.

When Zhu Yinluan heard his response, she finally looked up. He seemed to be back to normal, as if the darkness between his eyebrows just now was an illusion that she had missed because of her courage and nervousness. In fact, he was not staring at her like that at all.

But did it really not happen?

"Because..." She thought of many ways to say it, but couldn't say it at the moment. She only said, "I am not worthy of you."

Zhu Yinluan also thought about Shen Jingzhan's response, but she didn't expect him to say, "Now that the Zhu and Wei families are in trouble and Luan'er has no worries, do you want to leave me?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yinluan was shocked. She frowned and shook her head, "No."

"It's not like this, then what is it?" Shen Jingzhan hadn't even wiped his hair properly, and there were still water droplets on the end of his hair on the other side, but he seemed to be unaware of it and was still wiping the other side that had already been wiped almost clean.

"Because..." Zhu Yinluan was about to explain and make things clear to him to avoid him misunderstanding.

But Shen Jingzhan interrupted her with a smile, "Isn't it really because Wei Ruzhuo's marriage to the eldest daughter of the Zhu family fell through that Luan'er wanted to divorce?"

When Zhu Yinluan heard him say this, her eyes widened in disbelief. "You...what are you speculating about?"

What does it have to do with Wei Ruzhuo? Putting everything aside, how could she divorce Shen Jingzhan just because she was attached to Wei Ruzhuo?

Is she crazy?

Zhu Yinluan was also speechless at the man's ridiculous question.

But after calming down, she felt that Shen Jingzhan's words were so strange.

Although he was smiling when he said this, one could not sense any warmth from him. One only felt that he was smiling with his lips but not his eyes.

After a moment of silence, Shen Jingzhan said nothing.

She felt the need to make it clear, "I'm not divorcing you... because of what you think."

He still didn't speak.

He stopped looking at her, his eyes dropped to the teacup on the round table. He stopped wiping his hair, and the handkerchief was in a mess as if he had thrown it on the table. But her attention had just been diverted by the rhetorical question in his words, so she had no idea whether he had thrown it on the table or not.

If it was according to Shen Jingzhan’s previous habit, he would definitely fold it neatly and put it on the table, but now it is a mess.

He looked different now than usual, and also... messed up.

One side of his long hair was still dripping with water, which had already wet half of his moon-white shirt. After being soaked, the clothes became transparent and stuck to his skin, flesh, tight and hard shoulder blades, and deep collarbone.

He had drooped eyelashes and looked silent, making it hard to tell what he was thinking.

Zhu Yinluan choked for a moment, then said, "The reason why I want to divorce is because I didn't plot against you. I can't find any evidence to prove that I didn't plot against you. Besides, it's because I learned about the Wei and Zhu families from my grandmother today..."

He should be listening to her, right? Zhu Yinluan noticed the man's slender and even fingers tapping on the table from time to time.

She continued, "The Zhu family was implicated by the Wei family and was also investigated. I have the surname Zhu, and I am afraid that I will not be able to escape. It's okay if I get involved myself, but you promoted Zhu Mingsheng to a higher position for my sake. I am afraid that you will also be affected by the Zhu family. So...just let's get a divorce."

The man still didn't speak, so Zhu Yinluan could only add, "I'm done..."

She was worried that Shen Jingzhan would remain silent, but she didn't expect Shen Jingzhan to hum lightly.

After a long time, he asked, "Luan'er wants to divorce me, what about the baby in her belly? Abort it?"

Zhu Yinluan raised her head and glared at his profile. "...After all, only you and I know about this now. Let's just pretend that nothing like this happened. I'll give birth to the baby and raise it myself."

"Raise it yourself?" Shen Jingzhan repeated her words.

Zhu Yinluan bit her lip, "Hmm..."

"Luan'er, have you ever thought about how difficult it is to raise a child? Do you think that after you leave the Shen family, the Zhu family and the Wei family will not embarrass you and will let you go?"

Zhu Yinluan clenched her fists, "..." She had thought about it, and even thought about secretly selling the shop and leaving the capital.

Now that the Wei family and the Zhu family are both in a state of panic, they probably can't take care of her, right?

"It seems that Luan'er has also thought about how to deal with the Zhu and Wei families." Although she didn't say a word, Shen Jingzhan observed her expression and guessed that she had subsequent plans.

"Let me guess, Luan'er is planning to leave the capital?" He hit the nail on the head countless times.

Zhu Yinluan's eyebrows moved slightly. Seeing this, the man sneered, as if mocking himself, "I guessed right, right?"

The girl he was looking at didn't say anything.

Zhu Yinluan felt him approaching, she lowered her eyes and saw the man's shadow enveloping her. Not only the shadow, but also the fresh aura from his body was invading her.

Zhu Yinluan felt that she was no longer nervous, but panicked.

The moment Shen Jingzhan approached, she felt like a trapped beast in a corner, being surrounded by him.

This was indeed the case, she was being surrounded by Shen Jingzhan.

It wasn't like they were in a corner, but because the contrast between their figures was too strong, Zhu Yinluan couldn't stand his approach. When she was about to retreat, he put his hands on the round table, trapping her between the table and him just like last time.

Zhu Yinluan was afraid that it would be the same as last time, so she choked and looked up to meet the man's deep and dangerous gaze, "I, I'm done, you -" Before she could finish a few words of "Think about it", she was pushed back by Shen Jingzhan.

The man's big palm was not as warm as before, and she didn't know if it was because the moisture on his body had not yet dried, but the coldness wrapped around her shoulders.

Zhu Yinluan's panic grew worse, and she was forced to tilt her face upwards to look the man in the eye.

Why are Shen Jingzhan's eyes so dark? They are like a deep pool whose bottom cannot be explored.

If she said what she saw.

She saw herself in panic in Shen Jingzhan's pupils.

She wanted to control herself but had no way to do so. Being held in Shen Jingzhan's arms and looked at like this, her heartbeat intensified with panic.

"Luan'er has made thousands of attempts to escape, but has she ever considered me?" he asked.

Zhu Yinluan, "I...I proposed to divorce you because I was afraid of implicating you."

"I, I've said it all before. You've been very good to me. You're my benefactor. I'm grateful that you've helped me many times. So I don't want anything to happen to you. I don't want you to get into trouble because of me. I don't want to be a problem for you. I don't want you to be unhappy."

"If you don't want me to be unhappy..." Shen Jingzhan repeated her words, "Will I be happy if you divorce me?"

What does he mean by this?

Zhu Yinluan wondered if she was too nervous and couldn't understand what Shen Jingzhan meant by this sentence.

Isn't divorce what he wants?

Doesn't he want to divorce?

Shen Jingzhan looked at her. Zhu Yinluan couldn't stand his gaze and wanted to look away, but he pinched her chin and lifted her little face.

Zhu Yinluan had no way to avoid it. The distance between them was so close that it was only a few inches away. He could touch her nose if he just lowered his head a little.

Breathing is exchanged, entangled and intertwined in the invisible.

I haven’t seen Shen Jingzhan for a long time, haven’t talked to him, and haven’t been close to him.

Zhu Yinluan thought that everything was fading away, but she never imagined that Shen Jingzhan was just getting closer.

She couldn't help but soften, and he just pinched her chin and didn't do anything...

"Look at me, Luan'er." The man's voice was deep and sexy, with a subtle temptation.

Zhu Yinluan didn't dare to look. Her eyes were vague and dodgy, touching the man's wet shoulder.

Beads of sweat flowed along the well-defined muscle lines on his shoulder blades, making her mouth dry unconsciously.

She remembered that her ankles had been hanging on his shoulders, and sometimes he was too strong, causing her ankles to swing too much and even kick his handsome face.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yinluan's face inevitably turned red.

"Look at me, huh?" he coaxed her again.

The voice penetrated into her ears, and Zhu Yinluan followed his words, raised her eyelashes and looked at him.

"Do you really want to divorce me?" he asked again.

Zhu Yinluan's eyelashes trembled and she didn't respond to him.

Who can withstand Shen Jingzhan's close temptation and "oppression"? She can't.

"I can see from Luan'er's eyes that she doesn't want to divorce me." He chuckled, and the hand that was originally pinching her chin moved up along her face to stroke her dark eyebrows.

Zhu Yinluan choked again and was about to speak when Shen Jingzhan spoke before her. He said, "I don't want to divorce Luan'er either."

Zhu Yinluan was surprised.

The man's eyebrows were slightly drooped, clearly looking down at her. She was in his eyes, but she could not see his eyes. She could only see his drooping eyelashes, which were as warm and clear as ever.

She heard Shen Jingzhan slowly say, "I don't know since when, I've gotten used to Luan'er being by my side. When I make love with you, I can't help but tremble in my heart, and I can't control my joy. I want to kiss you. I like the feeling of kissing Luan'er."

Shen, does Shen Jingzhan know what he is talking about?

If the room had not been so quiet, Zhu Yinluan would have really thought she was hallucinating.

"I like you and I to be together all the time, and I don't want to be separated from you." He stroked her cheek, his deep voice lingering in her ears, gentle and affectionate.

"So, let's not get divorced, okay?"

Zhu Yinluan was so nervous that she didn't want to talk, but somehow she spoke. She heard herself asking, "Don't you have a girl you like and can't let her go?"

"That was a long time ago. In fact, after she got married, I completely stopped thinking about her. After I married you, I never thought about her again."

"Really?" Zhu Yinluan asked, biting her lip.

"Yeah, it's true." He said softly, "When have I ever lied to Luan'er?"

She wanted to ask about the statue, but Shen Jingzhan seemed to have foreseen it, "I burned her statue a long time ago. The reason why I mentioned her when I married Luan'er was to make her feel at ease and at ease. That's why I said it."

Yes, she remembered.

At that time, Shen Jingzhan didn't actually say that he had a crush on someone, but she found out and asked him about it, and Shen Jingzhan didn't deny it at that time.

He rarely mentioned his beloved who had already married to her, unless it was related to something.

Hearing this, Zhu Yinluan found that her mood, which had been depressed for a long time, was actually somewhat relieved.

"......"

There was silence between the two again, and they tacitly did not speak.

After a moment, Zhu Yinluan realized that Shen Jingzhan seemed to be waiting for her response, so she continued to ask, "Then why did you... why did you think I was plotting against you before?"

"I never felt that Luan'er was plotting against me. I am delighted about the birth of this child, but..."

At this point, the man's face showed a rare expression of embarrassment for the first time. He said, "This is my first time being a father, and I was a little unprepared, so I was a little panicked. Unexpectedly, Luan'er thought that I thought you were plotting against me. I don't want this child."

"Luan'er was very emotional that day. I wanted to wait for you to calm down before talking, but who knew that the conversation would become more and more tense."

To be honest, Zhu Yinluan can hardly remember what happened that day.

Now after listening to Shen Jingzhan's words, thinking back, it seems...indeed...he didn't say anything at the beginning.

He sent the imperial physician out at that time, and when he came back he called her by her maiden name, saying that he had asked the imperial physician and learned that she had a physique that allowed her to conceive and had a child.

She felt that he was questioning her and suspected that he thought she was plotting against him.

Looking back, it seemed to be true. It was not what she thought at all. Was it just her speculation?

"But when you called me Miss Zhu, didn't you want to distance yourself from me and restore our...relationship?"

Seeing her turn her face away and say such a sentence awkwardly, Shen Jingzhan couldn't help but curl his lips.

He loosened his hands that were supporting her side. Zhu Yinluan noticed the man's actions, and her already panicked mood after she revealed her true feelings reached its peak at this moment.

But she didn't expect that the next moment, Shen Jingzhan hugged her waist and lifted her up onto his lap.

The world was spinning and Zhu Yinluan’s heart almost jumped out of her chest.

Shen Jingzhan put his arms around her waist and pressed his chest against her back.

His palms regained their warmth, and Zhu Yinluan felt a little relieved.

"What is my relationship with Luan'er behind the scenes?" He hugged her and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"Aren't they a couple?"

Zhu Yinluan, "..." He obviously knew what she was talking about, but he said it like that on purpose.

"That day when she called Luan'er Miss Zhu, what she was concerned about was not whether there was any conspiracy or not, but that Luan'er seemed to be very surprised by the arrival of this child and did not welcome it."

Zhu Yinluan, "..." Was it because she pretended too much that day that made Shen Jingzhan think that she didn't want this child?

"I thought about how Luan'er went to the Wei family to seek medical treatment and medicine in order to have a child, but why does she not want it when she's already pregnant with me?"

"I was upset at the time, and couldn't help but have some grudges with the Wei family in my heart."

He apologized to her, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I made Luan'er feel wronged."

Zhu Yinluan's heart was shocked and she finally came to her senses.

Since before, Shen Jingzhan had been asking her if she was worried about Wei Ruzhuo, it turned out that he was jealous.

It turned out that she was not wrong in her suspicion, he did mind.

The panic in her heart subsided and turned into an unprecedented sweetness, but she was still nervous.

"Can Luan'er forgive me?" the man asked.

Zhu Yinluan bit her lip, and after a long while...she still didn't speak.

Shen Jingzhan said, "I want to raise this child with Luan'er, teach him to grow up, study, become an official, and stand tall and proud."

"Okay?" The man's big hand slid down her wrist, across her palm, through her fingers, and interlocked theirs.

Zhu Yinluan looked at the intertwined hands, and her trembling heart couldn't help but warm up.

She couldn't say "OK" and could only nod shyly.

The man rubbed his cheek against hers, and both of their hands were placed on her belly. "I will protect you and the baby, and will not let you suffer any grievance or harm."

Zhu Yinluan knew his abilities, "I...I believe you."

"Yeah." The man raised his thin lips.

"......"

The next day, the little maidservant keenly discovered that the two masters seemed to have reconciled and there was no more coldness as before.

During breakfast, when the prince picked up some food for the young lady, she would eat slowly with a slightly red face, as if it was the second day after her marriage.

The news soon reached Yunmei Hall and reached the ears of Old Lady Shen and Madam Shen.

Following this news, there was also news that Zhu Yinluan was pregnant.

Old Mrs. Shen had her eyes closed and was spinning the jade beads in her hand. When she heard the little maid say that Zhu Yinluan was pregnant, she was so startled that she opened her eyes and sat up.

Mrs. Shen was also shocked.

"Really?!" Mrs. Shen asked.

The little maid said, "The imperial physician came to check the pulse a few days ago and saw it, but the prince didn't let anyone tell anyone."

For the time being, I don’t understand why Shen Jingzhan didn’t let me say it, but Old Lady Shen and Madam Shen were extremely happy.

Zhu Yinluan had just sent Shen Jingzhan out, and was on her way to Yunmei Hall when she unexpectedly ran into Old Lady Shen and Madam Shen who came to look for her.

"It's a heavy day today, why did you come out, grandma?" After paying her respects, Zhu Yinluan hurriedly went up to support Old Mrs. Shen.

When the other person's eyes fell on her belly, Zhu Yinluan already knew why Old Mrs. Shen went out.

Shen Jingzhan told her not to go over and pay her respects today, and sent a little maid to pass on the message, and naturally told her about this matter, and she heard it from the side.

I thought Mrs. Shen and Madam Shen would be very happy, but I didn't expect them to be so excited.

"Do you feel any discomfort?"

Old Madam Shen did not ask Zhu Yinluan to support her. Instead, Madam Shen came over to support her and scolded the people around her, asking why they asked her to go out for a walk in the hot sun?

Zhu Yinluan was extremely flattered.

"Mother-in-law cares, and everything is fine with her daughter-in-law."

"Don't talk here, go back to the yard." This was almost the first time that Madam Shen and Old Lady Shen stepped into her yard. After sending her back, they asked her to lie down.

Even if Zhu Yinluan said she was fine, the two would not ask her to stand.

Madam Shen said that the first three months were the most critical and that attention should be paid to everything. She also assigned her personal and capable maidservant who came with the dowry to serve Zhu Yinluan, asking her to take care of Zhu Yinluan's diet and daily life, the flowers and plants in the courtyard, and even pay special attention to clothes and spices.

Zhu Yinluan was almost overwhelmed, but then there was something even more to enjoy. Not only did Old Lady Shen give her silk and satin, she also allocated her a restaurant in the best location in the capital. When Zhu Yinluan saw the land deeds and house deeds, she felt dizzy.

"Grandma, my granddaughter-in-law really doesn't dare to take it."

The daily bills of this restaurant might be tens of thousands of taels. How could she dare to ask for it?

What's more, when she first got married, Madam Shen and Shen Jingzhan had already given her a lot.

"I'm giving it to you, just take it and take good care of your pregnancy." Old Mrs. Shen said she was happy.

Zhu Yinluan didn't dare to refuse anymore, and carefully handed the land deed and house deed to Mingya, asking her to keep them well.

Old Madam Shen exempted Zhu Yinluan from the usual visits, and even said that she didn’t need to go if she wasn’t feeling well on the first or fifteenth day of the lunar month.

"What should I do?" She had nothing to do in the first place. What's more, Old Lady Shen had given her too many honors. The other daughters-in-law in the Shen family might not be satisfied.

"My granddaughter-in-law is not so delicate. It would be nice if she could go over and talk to you all day."

"That's fine." Old Mrs. Shen agreed with her.

In just half a day, the news that Zhu Yinluan was pregnant spread throughout the Marquis' Mansion.

The eldest aunt and the daughters-in-law of the same generation came to give her gifts to express their congratulations.

In the past, even if there was good news in the Wei family, even the Pang family did not have such a grand ceremony of accepting gifts. Zhu Yinluan was not very used to it, but she could still cope with it.

Lord Shen and Shen Jingzhan returned home at night. Old Madam Shen asked people to set up dinner in the main hall, and everyone ate together.

Zhu Yinluan had heard enough congratulatory speeches that night. Fortunately, Shen Jingzhan helped her to stop them, which saved her a lot of trouble.

He took care of her and asked her to eat more.

Seeing that the two of them were back to being as close as honey as ever, Old Mrs. Shen nodded in satisfaction.

At the same time, the Wei family was in chaos, with cries wafting from time to time.

It was Pang Shi who was wailing in the inner courtyard of Tingyu Pavilion. Wei Qingsi came back to serve her, but she felt annoyed when she saw her tossing and turning and complaining about her headache.

Fang Zhongyue had just delivered some soup, and when she came out, she saw a figure walking in through the window.

She deliberately frowned and exclaimed to the maids serving her at this time, "Where did you get the news? Who's pregnant?!"

The little maid also called over specially to follow her. She knew what she was going to do and immediately answered, "It's the wife of the prince of the Shen family in the Marquis' Mansion."

"You--" Fang Zhongyue's peripheral vision had already caught sight of the approaching figure, and her words were interrupted as expected.

The man pulled her wrist and endured for a few days. Wei Ruzhuo was in a state of embarrassment, her eyes were red, and she gnashed her teeth to the extreme.

"Say it again, who's pregnant!?"