Chapter 40 Chapter 40 After listening to Xue Fenglin's words, Shen Xuan...
After hearing what Xue Fenglin said, Shen Xuan suddenly sighed, and the anger in his stomach had already dissipated for the most part.
He thought that when he found the other party, Xue Fenglin was seriously injured and almost died at the entrance of the village. It can be seen that the struggle in the Marquis' Mansion had already become raging and had reached the point of life and death. No wonder he didn't want to mention his family at all at that time.
After Xue Fenglin was seriously injured, he lived in Yunshui Village for such a long time, and no one from the Marquis' Mansion came to visit him. Although he didn't say it, he must have been very disappointed in his heart.
“Come with me.” Xue Fenglin said, holding up a lantern to lead the way for Shen Xuan, and they walked along an empty path to the gate of a courtyard.
"Where is this?" Shen Xuan looked up and saw a plaque hanging at the entrance of the courtyard, which read "Chrysanthemum Courtyard".
He followed Xue Fenglin into the chrysanthemum courtyard and watched him light the stone lantern. He then discovered that it was filled with various chrysanthemums, including many rare varieties.
"My mother has always loved chrysanthemums. This is the courtyard where she lived when she was alive." Xue Fenglin said to Shen Xuan.
He walked a few more steps, took Shen Xuan to a stone table in front of a osmanthus tree and sat down, saying: "When I was a child, every Mid-Autumn Festival, after the family dinner, I would come to my mother's house to eat moon cakes."
The osmanthus tree in the yard is full of golden osmanthus flowers, exuding a faint fragrance.
Shen Xuan saw Xue Fenglin raise his head and look at the full moon in the sky through the osmanthus tree, with a look of nostalgia on his face.
Xue Fenglin was now completely different from the smooth-talking person he had been at the banquet. It was as if he had returned to the time when he was in Yunshui Village.
Shen Xuan thought for a moment before saying, “I really envy you and your mother for having so many memories. In fact, I almost forgot what my parents looked like.”
After traveling to the modern world, everything in the Duke's Mansion seemed like a world away.
Shen Xuan sat quietly on the stone bench and looked at the moon. After a pause, he said, "If my parents were still alive, I would also sit with them under the osmanthus tree in the yard to enjoy the moon, right?"
"There is a particularly large osmanthus tree in the back garden of the Duke's Mansion." Shen Xuan said with a smile on his face: "Every year when the osmanthus tree blooms, the servants in the family will pick up the flowers and make sugar to eat."
"That candy had a sweet and fragrant scent of osmanthus. I don't remember anything else, but I only remember this. It seems I was too greedy."
Although Shen Xuan said this with a smile, Xue Fenglin felt a pain in his heart for some reason.
The moonlight shone through the leaves and fell on Shen Xuan's face, as if a layer of gold foil was sprinkled on it.
Xue Fenglin suddenly had an idea in his heart, and before his reason could work, he reached out and held Shen Xuan's hand and said, "Then I will spend every Mid-Autumn Festival with you."
Every Mid-Autumn Festival? Shen Xuan's heart was beating like a drum.
For a moment, he did not believe what Xue Fenglin said. I'm afraid that next year I won't be in the capital anymore and won't have any contact with him, so how can I come to see him every Mid-Autumn Festival?
But the atmosphere was so good at this time, and the breeze brought the fragrance of osmanthus.
Such a picturesque scenery, and the company of a beauty like Xue Fenglin. It makes people intoxicated and wish they would never wake up again, and Shen Xuan is reluctant to destroy it.
Gurgle——
A loud rumbling of intestines finally destroyed the dreamlike atmosphere.
Shen Xuan withdrew his hand in annoyance, and saw Xue Fenglin looking at him and smiling.
"I see you didn't eat much for dinner. Are you hungry?" he asked with a smile.
"How can we enjoy our meal in such an occasion?" Shen Xuan complained helplessly.
"You wait here, I'll be back soon." Xue Fenglin said.
About two incense sticks later, Xue Fenglin came back with a food box in his hand.
He placed it on the stone table and opened it, then took out a pot of osmanthus wine, a plate of hairy crabs, a dish of snails and some moon cakes.
"It's getting late, and these are the only midnight snacks we have now. Just fill your stomach with them." Xue Fenglin said.
Shen Xuan was somewhat amused when he saw the snails. He picked one up and said, "When I first found you, I made money by catching snails. I couldn't bear to eat the snails I caught, so I sold them all to restaurants. I could earn a hundred coins for a basket."
"Only a hundred coins?" Xue Fenglin was a little surprised. Then he said to Shen Xuan: "It's really not easy for you to support a useless person like me."
"That was just at the beginning. Things gradually got better afterwards, and my stall business was also pretty good." Shen Xuan said with some pride.
At this point, Xue Fenglin paused before speaking: "You were brought to the capital by the Bai family. Did Lezhou's business fail?"
"That's fine." Shen Xuan said indifferently, "After the engagement is cancelled, I'll just do another business."
Xue Fenglin said nothing when he heard this, but poured himself a cup of osmanthus wine and drank it all.
He drank quite a bit during the meal, but he had a good alcohol tolerance and never got drunk no matter how much he drank. On the other hand, Shen Xuan was already a little drunk after just two drinks with the snacks.
"I didn't expect you to be Xue Fenglin?" Chen Xuan murmured as he grabbed a hairy crab, "I was wondering what that prince was capable of, and it turns out to be you!"
"Since you already know it's me, then can you stay?" Xue Fenglin asked softly.
Shen Xuan laid his head on the table and didn't answer...
Xue Fenglin looked again and found that he had fallen asleep.
He sighed, took the hairy crab from his hand, and quietly sent the man back to the yard.
The next day, when Shen Xuan got up, he found the breakfast sent by Xue Fenglin on the table.
This time, he openly instructed the people in the kitchen to send it over. There are four kinds of breakfast in total, which are based on the portions of the masters in the mansion.
Last night, Chen Xuan had been taken out by Bai Shi to cross the clear road. The more high-profile Xue Fenglin took care of Chen Xuan, the more Bai Shi felt that Xue Fenglin was acting for her.
After learning that Xue Fenglin had ordered the kitchen to deliver meals to Shen Xuan three times a day according to the master's share, Bai sneered and said, "That fellow deliberately pretended to be magnanimous for a good reputation."
"Yesterday he deliberately gave that guy expensive clothes and jewelry, so now people are praising him for keeping his promise."
"That country boy got it right!" Mother You, who was serving on the side, said immediately, "The eldest young master went against you, but he got the benefit."
"That's only temporary." Bai said, "Could it be that Xue Fenglin is really willing to marry him?"
"People outside are praising him just for the sake of the Marquis's face. If Xue Fenglin really marries a boy like this, he will have no dignity and face at all. Sooner or later, won't he become a laughing stock in the capital?"
What happened at the Xue family’s Mid-Autumn Festival banquet last night quickly spread throughout the capital.
The Ye family became even angrier when they heard that the Xue family not only invited Shen Xuan to sit at the main table, but also made him wear precious clothes and hairpins, looking like a proper prince's husband.
"No wonder Feng Lin and the Second Prince specially asked for that piece of mermaid silk, but they didn't expect that they gave it to that Brother Chen?" Ye Chen couldn't help but say.
After hearing this, Mrs. Ye felt so angry that she felt like a mouthful of blood was stuck in her throat. He slammed the table and angrily cursed: "Feng Lin has lost his mind. He has spent all his energy just to save face for that guy!"
“But those who went to the Xue family yesterday all praised him for being a trustworthy person, which is quite positive,” Ye Chen said.
"That's just what happened in front of us!" Madam Ye said to Ye Chen, "Although I gained face last night, Feng Lin's actions have only tied me and that guy even tighter."
"Now everyone knows that Brother Chen will be the future prince's husband. Now we can use your grandmother's funeral to delay for a while, but what will we do after the mourning period is over?"
"Then how should I know?" Ye Chen said speechlessly.
Mrs. Ye has been in a bad mood these days because of Xue Fenglin's affairs. Since she couldn't find him, she has been taking it out on her own son.
As expected, when Madam Ye heard this, she glared at Ye Chen fiercely and said, "Why don't you go ask him? Feng Lin still knows how to study hard for the imperial examination, but you only know how to idle away. You are so old, but you can't even pass the imperial examination! What are you going to do in the future?"
When Ye Chen heard that his mother was about to start scolding him again, his ears were almost callused, so he ran away immediately.
For a noble family like theirs, except for Xue Fenglin who had a bad relationship with his father, which of their sons did not rely on family connections to seek an official position in front of the emperor?
Besides, given his relationship with the Second Prince, it would only take a word for him to get a job in the Beijing Guarding Camp that he was in charge of. Now I am just relying on my young age and want to play for another two years.
He rode his horse straight to the Imperial College, and waited until the class was over before he went to find Xue Fenglin.
As soon as she saw him, she took him to a nearby restaurant and asked for a private room. She ordered a few side dishes before saying, "Xue Fenglin, my mother asked me to ask you, are you really going to marry that Chen brother?"
Xue Fenglin just smiled after hearing this, but did not give a direct answer.
Instead, she poured two glasses of sake for the two of them before saying to him, "Don't worry, I won't let Shen Xuan live in Xue's house forever. I have already bought a small courtyard in the east of the city, and I will take him there soon."
Hearing that Xue Fenglin was ready to send him away, Ye Chen nodded and said, "No wonder you have been so good outside these days, it turns out that you did it to shut them up. Now send this Brother Chen out of the Xue Mansion, and I think outsiders won't be able to say anything."
Xue Fenglin didn't respond after hearing this. He just asked Ye Chen to drink and eat, and changed the topic elsewhere.
After the meal, Xue Fenglin returned to the Imperial College, and Ye Chen hurried home to report.
Mrs. Ye felt relieved after hearing Ye Chen's words. She nodded and said, "It seems that Feng Lin has a plan in mind. He wants to send Chen Ge away. This is good. After he leaves, we can make long-term plans."
Two days later, Shen Xuan suddenly received a letter from Guiyun Tower.
Guiyunlou has several branches in Dajin, including one in the capital, which is larger than the one in Lezhou.
The letter that Shen Xuan received was a handwritten letter sent from Guiyun Tower in the capital. When he opened it, he found that the person who wrote the letter was actually Shopkeeper Mei.
It turned out that because of Shen Xuan's recipe for honey custard tea, Shopkeeper Mei was promoted and transferred to the capital.
He somehow found out that Shen Xuan lived in Xue Mansion, so he sent this letter over, and also attached a silver note with a full two thousand taels of silver.
[Brother Chen, you are honest and trustworthy and sent me the secret recipe of honey custard tea.
After I reported the matter, the boss praised you for being trustworthy and said that he would not take your prescription for free. So he ordered me to send you two thousand taels of silver as a reward. 】
Shen Xuan looked at the silver note in his hand in surprise. He didn’t expect that he could get this unexpected talent.
Although if he were still selling honey custard tea, he could earn more than one thousand taels a year, two thousand taels would be two years' profit.
But the recipe had already been given away, so there was no need for Guiyunlou to give him a penny.
The boss of Guiyun Tower can actually come up with another two thousand taels of silver. It shows that he is a trustworthy and sincere person. No wonder his business is so big.
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