Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Three days passed in a flash. …
Three days passed in a flash.
In the past few days, Shen Xuan stayed at Xue's house every day and did not go out. Someone delivered delicious meals three times a day. Although it was a bit boring, he was in good health.
He had been going out less often since he stopped setting up the stall, and his skin color became much whiter than before.
I have gained a little weight in the past few days and my complexion has become much rosier.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, after Jin Zhi Jingui combed his hair, he looked at the handsome boy in the mirror and sighed.
If you don't know Brother Shen's identity, just looking at his current temperament, how can you tell that he is a country boy?
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the entire mansion is busy preparing for a night banquet. Except for the personal servants in each courtyard, all the servants in the mansion have to take on multiple duties and are very busy.
Shen Xuan watched for a while and found that although the mansion was full of busy servants, even the guards who were usually everywhere were nowhere to be seen. He thought to himself that maybe tonight would be an opportunity.
Because today is a festival, the court also had a day off, so Lord Xue did not attend court today.
The Imperial College is also closed for the day today, and the Crown Prince has been back since last night.
After the Shen time, guests of the Xue Mansion arrived one after another.
There are more than ten families of relatives of the Xue family living outside. There are also the families of Mrs. Bai and Madam Wen.
In addition, there are the Wei family, Zhou family and Fang family who are on good terms with the Xue family. Most of these people are relatives of the Xue family, and they are also famous families in the capital.
However, the Xue family has the highest status among them, so every Mid-Autumn Festival, they will come to the mansion for a banquet.
The Ye family, the family of Xue Fenglin's biological mother, had not visited for many years because they had always been at odds with the Xue family.
However, they would send some holiday gifts every year and invite Xue Fenglin to the banquet.
In previous years, Xue Fenglin would have a meal at the Xue family first and then visit the Ye family.
However, this year Shen Xuan came to the Xue family, and Xue Fenglin declined the invitation from the Ye family.
There are many people attending the Mid-Autumn Festival today, and the Bai family will definitely let Shen Xuan attend to make trouble. He was afraid that Shen Xuan would be bullied by others when he was not in the mansion.
The sky gradually darkened, and hundreds of stone lanterns were lit in the back garden of the Xue Mansion.
A famous Beijing opera troupe was invited to the stage in the center. They were singing and would also perform acrobatics and magic tricks in the near future.
Mother You had come over in advance to greet Shen Xuan, saying that the Bai family would ask him to go out for a banquet tonight, and that she would send someone to notify him to come over when the banquet started.
Shen Xuan saw Jinzhi frequently standing at the gate of the yard looking out with a very excited look, and knew that he had long wanted to go out to watch the performance.
So he said to him, "You and Jingui don't have to stay in the yard. It's a rare festival, so go and watch the performance first."
"But, Mother You said..." Jinzhi was still a little hesitant. Mother You had just specifically told them to keep a good eye on Shen Xuan.
As soon as he heard the words from Mother You, Shen Xuan’s face fell.
At this moment, Jin Gui's eyes rolled, and she immediately took the lead and said, "Brother Chen has already said that you should listen to him. The servants in the mansion have already gone to the back garden to listen to the opera, so where else can there be anyone else?"
After hearing this, Shen Xuan smiled and said, "Jin Gui is really smart. Today is a festival and I am so happy. This is a reward for you."
After saying that, he took out a silver hairpin given to him by Bai from the box and handed it to Jingui.
This silver hairpin weighs at least one tael of silver. Although it is not a good item, it is worth two taels of silver.
Jingui immediately took it with great joy, thinking that she had finally done the right thing this time.
When Jinzhi saw this, she understood what was going on. He didn't dare to mention Mother You again and left the yard with Jingui.
While walking towards the back garden, he said to Jin Gui with some resentment: "It seems that Chen Ge'er doesn't like being controlled by Mother You. Why didn't you remind me earlier?"
Jin Gui didn't say anything, thinking to herself that she didn't know about it last time, so she also suffered a loss. Did it benefit you?
After they left, Shen Xuan looked outside the courtyard again and found that although the back garden was noisy, no one was seen in the places that were usually heavily guarded.
He quietly packed a bag and put all his valuables in it.
It was almost dark at this time. After the hour of You, the night banquet would begin and Bai would send someone to find Shen Xuan.
Shen Xuan lit the candle in the room and closed the door. He placed a quilt in front of the window, used the reflection to create the illusion that there was someone there, and then quietly changed into an old piece of clothing. Then he opened the window at the back of the house and prepared to escape through the window...
On the other side of the Marquis’ Mansion, Xue Fenglin felt a little uneasy, thinking about how to explain after seeing Shen Xuan tonight.
Bai will bring Shen Xuan out later, and he will definitely not be able to hide.
If Shen Xuan knew that he was not Lin Ye but the prince of Xue Mansion who was engaged to him, I wonder what he would think...
Xue Fenglin was worried that Shen Xuan would blame him for his previous deception, and he was also worried that if Bai Shi found out that he and Shen Xuan had known each other for a long time and knew that he cared about Shen Xuan, he didn't know whether it would be bad for Shen Xuan.
After thinking it over, he felt that it would be better to inform Shen Xuan in advance, so he took advantage of the fact that no one was on duty in the mansion and quietly slipped to the outer courtyard of the west wing.
Fearing that he might alarm the servants, he climbed over the wall in the backyard and quietly came to the back of Shen Xuan's house.
Xue Fenglin stood under the window behind Shen Xuan's house, stretched out his right hand, took a deep breath, and was about to knock on the window.
Suddenly, the window opened from the inside. Then he saw Shen Xuan carrying a cloth bag and kicking one foot on the window frame. Due to inertia, he suddenly crashed into his arms and looked at him with a panicked look.
"Lin Ye?" Shen Xuan was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses. Then he said with a look of joy: "Is it really you? How come you are here? You really scared me just now!"
Shen Xuan had finally planned his escape, but he was bumped into by someone just as he climbed through the window.
He had already started to make up a lie in his mind to deceive the Bai family, but when he saw that the person he bumped into was Lin Ye, he felt relieved.
Lin Ye will definitely not report me!
Shen Xuan was actually a little angry about Xue Fenglin leaving all that money behind, and he was thinking that he would definitely throw the gold in his face when he saw him again.
But when I really saw it today, I completely forgot about it in my mind. And seeing that Xue Fenglin's legs and feet had recovered, I was even more delighted.
"Your leg is finally healed! It seems that the doctors in Beijing are still reliable!" Shen Xuan sighed after looking at Xue Fenglin.
"By the way, are you visiting the Marquis' Mansion today?" He asked again with some confusion: "How did you know I was here? Did you come here specifically to find me?"
When Xue Fenglin heard Shen Xuan ask such a long series of questions, he suddenly found it difficult to say the words he had prepared long ago.
"I..." He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Are you going to escape? Don't you want to marry the prince?"
Lin Ye actually knew this? Shen Xuan thought to himself, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment.
"I've said before that I don't want to get married, so of course I don't want to." Shen Xuan said helplessly, "If Madam Xue hadn't been watching over me every day, I would have run away long ago. Don't you know me?"
Xue Fenglin fell silent upon hearing this, he knew it.
Shen Xuan didn't want to get married at all. It turned out that her willingness to marry into the Marquis's Mansion was not because of her parents' will, but just a temporary measure.
Xue Fenglin felt mixed emotions for a moment and didn't know what to say.
At this moment, there was some movement outside the yard, and then a maid was heard shouting outside the yard: "Brother Chen, Madam invites you to the banquet."
Shen Xuan was startled, wondering how could these maids come so quickly?
Just as he was worrying about how to get out, Xue Fenglin pointed to the room and whispered in his ear, "Go in first and tell them you're going to change your clothes."
“I…” Shen Xuan hesitated for a while, thinking that he might not be able to escape this time.
With no other choice, he could only go back into the house. Then he shouted to the outside of the yard: "Wait, I'll change my clothes first and go out in a while."
"Why have you not been ready for so long? This is really unpresentable."
Waiting outside the courtyard was Pei Yu, the second-class maidservant beside Bai. Upon hearing this, she complained speechlessly. He didn't go any further inside, but waited outside the yard.
Shen Xuan looked back at this time and saw Xue Fenglin also followed into the room.
"Why did you come in too?" Shen Xuan was stunned and quickly lowered his voice and said to Xue Fenglin.
He thought that Lin Ye was a foreigner and was visiting the Marquis's residence. If someone found him in his room, it would be bad for him.
“Change your clothes first.” Xue Fenglin did not answer Shen Xuan’s question, but just said to him.
Upon hearing this, Shen Xuan found the pile of clothes in his closet. Xue Fenglin took a look, pulled out a piece of azure blue clothing and said, "You wear this tonight."
"Ah?" Shen Xuan glanced at Xue Fenglin, not knowing why he came in specially to pick out a piece of clothing for him.
But when he saw Xue Fenglin's serious look, he was convinced for some reason.
I thought that Lin Ye would never harm me, so since he said to wear this, I would just wear it.
Shen Xuan went behind the screen, took off his old clothes, and put on the coat.
The material of this dress is very drapey and thin, but it has a bit more toughness than ordinary ones, which is indeed different.
Xue Fenglin stepped forward and inserted a pale white hairpin into Shen Xuan's bun and said, "Put this hairpin on and go. If Bai asks you about the origin of your clothes and hairpin, just say that the prince sent someone to give it to you."
"Why?" Shen Xuan frowned and asked in confusion.
Hearing Lin Ye describe the appearance of the prince, could it be that he is familiar with the Xue family's prince?
Then between myself and the prince, I don’t know which side he is on?
"Don't worry, just do as I say, and your engagement with the prince will go as you wish." Xue Fenglin looked at Shen Xuan and said.
He reached out and pulled his belt, then adjusted his collar.
Xue Fenglin's actions were suddenly so intimate that Shen Xuan's heart skipped a beat and his face turned red again.
I kept thinking about the words the other person said, but I didn’t know what they meant. Will he help me escape?
At this time, Pei Yu's urging voice came from outside again. Shen Xuan could only look at Xue Fenglin and hurriedly pushed the door open and went out.
"Hurry up, don't keep the madam and the guests waiting for too long." Pei Yu complained after seeing Chen Xuan, and then hurriedly took him to the back garden.
When he arrived at the banquet in the back garden, Shen Xuan saw more than a dozen tables set up lively under the stage. Every seat was filled with people.
Sitting on the main seat in the center were an extremely beautiful woman and a very imposing middle-aged man, who must be Lord Xue and Mrs. Bai.
Shen Xuan subconsciously looked beside them, trying to recognize who was the legendary prince.
I saw a young man sitting next to Bai, who was very handsome and showed great arrogance in his every move.
However, he was 80% similar to Bai and their behavior was quite intimate, so it was obvious that he was not the prince, but the second young master of Bai.
He looked at the seat next to Lord Xue again, and it was still empty...
A little girl and a gentle-looking woman were sitting across the empty seat. I thought they were the mother and daughter of Madam Wen mentioned by Jinzhi.
In addition to them, there were two young women at the table, one charming and the other sweet, both with women's hair combed. Judging from their attire, they must be concubines in the mansion.
It turns out that the prince hasn't even taken his seat yet?
It can't be that he deliberately didn't sit at the table because he wanted to avoid me, right? Shen Xuan thought in his heart.
As he was thinking about this, he heard Pei Yu, who was leading the way, deliberately said loudly in front of him: "Madam, I brought Brother Chen from the former Duke's Mansion here."
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