Shen Zhiyi's eyes widened instantly.
Light touch,
Grinding...
Extremely light, extremely gentle.
The noise of guests outside the window, and the cicadas chirping in the height of summer, each sound strained against her nerves.
A deep, husky voice came from beside me, "When I kiss you, do you like looking at me with your eyes open?"
His words threw me into a state of confusion again.
Shen Zhiyi felt as if her eyes were starting to burn.
"Yiyi, how do you know there's no possibility between us if you don't try?"
Zhou Xuance looked at her, and when they were very close, their noses brushed against each other...
Breaths mingled, an ambiguous entanglement.
Shen Zhiyi's fingers tightened slightly. Zhou Xuance was a man with two faces: ruthless and decisive, yet overflowing with tenderness towards her, making him irresistible.
She took a deep breath:
The meaning of sinking branches!
Calm down, stay calm!
She restrained her emotions, creating some distance between them, still having questions she wanted to ask him.
"What happened today..." Shen Zhiyi had just started to speak when footsteps came from outside, followed by Hongrui and Lühe's voices, "Master."
"Is Miss asleep?"
Not yet.
Father?
Many old friends from the army have come today. Why did Father come here instead of spending time with them? Shen Zhiyi grabbed Zhou Xuance, trying to get him to climb out the window, but there were several drunk guests wandering around not far away.
My second brother was among them!
You can't leave through the window!
"You're hiding here!"
Shen Zhiyi was anxious and pushed him behind the screen.
Shen Chongde had already begun knocking on the door. "Zhiyi?"
"father!"
Shen Zhiyi straightened her clothes, composed herself, and opened the door. "Father, what brings you here?"
Shen Chongde is ill and should not drink alcohol, so even though it was his son's wedding day, he only drank two cups of wine and remained perfectly sober.
"Come and see you."
As Shen Chongde spoke, he sat down directly.
Looking around, his gaze swept across the screen, making Shen Zhiyi's scalp tingle with fear. She quickly stood in front of her father. Shen Chongde didn't say anything, but just laughed and asked, "What naughty things have you been doing hiding in the room?"
"I...I don't have a daughter!" Shen Zhiyi felt inexplicably guilty under her father's gaze.
Shen Chongde was a veteran of battle, and even when he smiled gently at her, his eyes inexplicably carried a sense of intimidation.
The heavy branches made him feel uneasy.
If my father finds out, then it's all over.
Even if I jumped into the Yellow River, I still couldn't clear my name, let alone...
Her relationship with Zhou Xuance was never innocent.
Shen Chongde's gaze swept over the two cups on the table, and he subconsciously rubbed his leg.
"Father, is your leg hurting again?" Shen Zhiyi knelt down in front of him.
"It's an old problem. It aches whenever it's cloudy or rainy. There might be heavy rain in a couple of days." Shen Chongdah pulled her up, but Shen Zhiyi wouldn't let him, so she half-squatted down to massage his legs.
rain……
In my past life, about half a month after the Dragon Boat Festival, the Jianghuai region was hit by a major flood.
Every few years, there are floods in that area. The officials handle them properly, preventing large-scale property and personnel losses. Local officials are even promoted ahead of schedule.
Back then, the Crown Prince and the Third Prince had a fierce rivalry over talent.
Times change, and so do circumstances.
Now only the Crown Prince's family holds power, but he is sickly.
"What are you spacing out about?" Shen Chongde looked his daughter up and down.
"I feel sorry for Father." Shen Zhiyi smiled and looked up at him. "Today is my elder brother's wedding. Many of your old acquaintances and subordinates have come. Why are you in my room instead of accompanying them?"
“Zhiyi…” Shen Chongde leaned down and stroked her hair. “Jingchuan wrote to me after returning to Beijing from western Sichuan.”
"I had no idea that my elder brother had secretly written you letters home," Shen Zhiyi snorted.
Shen Chongde simply smiled, "He said..."
"My daughter Yiyi had a nightmare."
Shen Zhiyi paused in her action of massaging her father's legs.
She thought she had concealed it well, but Shen Chongde loved his daughter deeply. On the battlefield, the lives of millions of soldiers were in his hands, so he was very observant and could see the slight abnormality on his daughter's face.
"Brother, really, you have to tell me such a small thing." Shen Zhiyi said with a smile.
"He told me in detail how you schemed against Song Yuxiu, even including him in your plans, so that His Majesty would personally grant you a divorce."
Shen Zhiyi smiled sullenly, "You know about this."
"You said something bad would happen to our Shen family in your dream?"
"Father, that was just a dream."
"But my daughter changed after she had this dream, didn't she?"
As parents, how could they not see the changes in their daughter?
Shen Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat, and under her father's gaze, she felt inexplicably flustered.
"That day, Song Maozhang brought his son to the mansion to apologize. Afterwards, you used the excuse of wedding preparations and cleaning the house to search the entire house, didn't you?"
Shen Zhiyi was filled with fear and trepidation.
He looked at his father in disbelief.
he……
They knew everything!
“Song Maozhang’s letters were discovered by your elder brother long ago, and it was I who had them placed in the Marquis’s residence.” Shen Chongde’s words shocked Shen Zhiyi so much that her heart pounded wildly.
Father and elder brother both knew about it?
“I have been fighting on the battlefield for many years. Song Shaohuai inexplicably provoked your brother, and Song Maozhang even brought him to apologize with thorns on his back. I must think this through.”
"Trying to frame me right under my nose? That's stupid of him!"
"Zhiyi, there is nothing in this mansion that can be kept from me."
These words made Shen Zhiyi's heart pound wildly.
because……
There was a man hiding in the room at that moment!
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