Chapter 136: Climbing the Wall to Meet the Beautiful Lady
After hearing Shen Anan’s straightforward words, the other girls put their handkerchiefs against their lips and tilted their heads slightly.
The girl's face flushed. What concubine? If she wanted to enter the palace, she would have to be a concubine. After all, her father was the most capable of all the girls to the Fourth Prince.
But she didn't have the courage to say it out loud in public.
Shen Anan still smiled, "Miss, you asked the wrong person. Whether to take a concubine or not depends on the Fourth Prince's opinion."
After that, she turned around and told Mo Xiang, "Go and invite the Fourth Prince over, and tell him that there is a girl who has some questions and is waiting for him to answer them."
"Yes." Mo Xiang took the order and left. The girl's face immediately turned pale. She wanted to step forward to stop him, but was stopped by Shen Anan. "Don't be anxious, young lady. I am also very curious about the fourth prince's answer. Why don't we wait here for a while?"
“Miss Shen, I just asked casually, why are you making such a fuss.”
Shen Anan raised a sarcastic arc on her lips, and didn't respond to the girl's words at all.
Mo Xiang came back very quickly, but there was no one behind him and he did not invite Xiao Yuan. The girl was obviously relieved, but Mo Xiang's next words made her face even paler.
"Young lady," she bowed before saying, "The Fourth Prince is talking to the master now. He said he doesn't have time to deal with trivial matters. Just let the young lady handle it herself."
"Did you hear that, young lady?" She turned her head to look at the humiliated woman and smiled faintly, "It's not that I don't want to help, it's just that the Fourth Prince is busy and has no time to care about trivial matters."
"Hmph." The girl snorted heavily, not knowing whether she left or went somewhere else. Shen Anan indifferently withdrew her gaze and looked at the other people.
Several girls smiled uncomfortably at her, and she immediately smiled softly in return.
She felt that at this moment she was very similar to the white lotus Duan Mengmeng in her previous life. She had been disdainful of it then, but now she just felt refreshed both physically and mentally.
With this episode, everything went much more smoothly afterwards, and the banquet ended in a dignified manner without anyone causing any trouble.
"Did he really say that?" In the Begonia Garden, Shen Anan asked Mo Xiang casually.
Mo Xiang laughed softly twice, "No, I didn't go to look for the Fourth Prince at all. I just walked around the front yard. Anyway, that girl didn't have the face to ask the Fourth Prince."
Shen Anan glared at her and said, "You have become smarter."
Mo Xiang smiled proudly.
She did not go to the front yard again, but heard that Xiao Yuan left very late, was forced to drink a lot of wine, and called her father-in-law. Finally, Shen Changhe, who was ordered by Shen Wen, personally sent him back home.
"The Fourth Prince's display today is quite impressive, and he really gave the young lady enough face."
"Yeah." She was grateful to him for this. At least at this critical juncture, the Shen family had his attention, so her father would be able to have a smoother time in the court and would be less troubled by others.
As they were talking, there was a knock on the door and Mo Xiang walked out. A moment later she came back with a note in her hand.
Shen Anan took a look and asked, "Who handed it to me?"
"It is said that the Fourth Prince ordered someone to send it to the girl before he left."
Shen Anan reached out to take it and opened it. He glanced at the contents and then crumpled it into a ball. Mo Xiang was curious but didn't ask any more questions.
"Where's my eldest brother?"
"At this hour, the eldest master should have returned to the courtyard."
Shen Anan stood up and walked out.
As the year draws to a close, the mansion is busy not only with the upcoming wedding, but also with all the affairs related to the Spring Festival. Mrs. Shen is so busy that she has no time to take care of other things.
The entire Shen Mansion was red, with afterimages everywhere. When Shen Anan pushed open the door of the study, a strong smell of alcohol hit her in the face. She frowned slightly and found the lonely figure of Shen Changhe behind the desk.
"Brother."
Shen Changhe raised his eyes slightly, and the emotions in his eyes quickly receded like the tide, returning to his previous calmness. He smiled slightly and said, "Why did you come to me instead of embroidering your veil?"
Shen Anan pursed her lips, picked a way through the wine jars on the floor, walked up to him and stood still. The afterglow of the sun poured into the room through the window lattice, illuminating his drunken face.
"Brother, you have never drunk like this before. What is on your mind today?"
"No." Shen Changhe lowered his eyes, "There were guests here today, so I just didn't have enough fun."
Shen Anan pursed her lips, did not expose him, and found a seat beside him to sit down, "Today, Miss Lin came to congratulate me."
"Yeah." Shen Changhe responded in a low voice, lowering his eyes to hide the emotions in his eyes.
"She said that she will be engaged to one of her cousins soon. Does Big Brother know about this?"
Shen Changhe didn't say anything, but his bony fingers slowly clenched the wine jar in his hand.
Shen Anan was silent for a while, but suddenly started talking about something else. "Next to the house where my grandmother and I lived in Jiangnan, there was a very wealthy family. His family held a wedding every year. At the beginning, he invited my grandmother and me, but later, after being severely scolded by my grandmother, he became enemies with us. If he hadn't known our identities later, he would have bullied us even more rampantly."
Shen Changhe frowned slightly, "Why did grandma scold people?"
"Because his family holds weddings every year. That rich businessman has a special habit. Each of his wives will not live more than half a year. They will be tortured to death by him. No matter how beautiful the girl is, she will not be spared."
She tilted her head and looked at Shen Changhe, "I'm not saying this to intimidate you, brother. I just hope you can think carefully. Miss Lin's current situation is not much better than those girls who married into wealthy families. Grandmother said that a woman's marriage is a lifelong event. If she is tortured by those inhuman tortures, it would be better for her to die."
"If you want to let go, be prepared to accept the worst outcome."
At this moment, Shen Changhe's heart seemed to be immersed in ice water, and his fingertips were trembling slightly.
The burning sensation of the wine in his lungs could not alleviate the chill he was feeling.
Shen Anan said nothing else, and calmly explained the news Xiao Yuan handed over.
"I asked Xiao Yuan to check on Mr. Chen. It sounds better to call him a dandy. Not only is he illiterate, but he also plays with chickens and dogs. He is a frequent visitor to brothels and gambling houses. He is now in a hurry to get married because he was involved in a murder case involving a brothel girl. No one in the capital is willing to marry their daughter to him."
"Miss Lin said that Lord Chen used his connections to buy Young Master Chen an unskilled job. He will leave the capital to hide for a while. If nothing unexpected happens, she will go with him. Now it seems that there is not much time left."
As soon as she finished speaking, the wine jar in Shen Changhe's hand suddenly fell to the ground, breaking into pieces all over the floor. The rich aroma of wine rushed straight into Shen Anan's mouth and nose, causing Shen Anan to cough softly.
Shen Changhe stood up, holding the desk, and walked out with a staggering step. ,
"Where are you going?"
He didn't say anything, but continued to stagger out, his lonely figure seeming to blend into the night.
He ordered the servant to prepare the carriage, but the servant saw that he was drunk and couldn't even stand steadily, so he cast his eyes on Shen Anan who followed him out.
"girl."
"Do as the master tells you, bring a few more people and keep an eye on him." Shen Anan supported Shen Changhe and instructed,
The servant immediately took the order and asked a few smart servants to pick up Shen Changhe and quickly prepare the carriage.
When they passed the archway with hanging flowers, Shen Changhe walked very fast with unsteady steps, in a hurry as if he was afraid of missing something, and left the Shen Mansion.
"Miss." Mo Xiang whispered, "It's almost dark. If you leave the house drunk like this, will something happen?"
"Let Uncle Zhong follow you." Shen Anan whispered, and she returned to Haitang Garden only after Shen Changhe's figure completely disappeared.
Miss Lin has done a lot for him, so it is only natural for him to go crazy once.
Uncle Zhong was driving and asked Shen Changhe in the car where he was going.
When the cold wind blew, Shen Changhe had a severe headache. The impulse from the alcohol subsided a little, and a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes.
Seeing that several people were staring at him, he said, "Let's go to the Lin Mansion."
There was no need to think about entering the Lin family's main gate. Not only had it been closed at this hour, but Lord Lin would not allow him to see Lin Yurou either.
Shen Changhe exhaled heavily, walked around the Lin Mansion, and finally chose a shorter wall and jumped over it.
Uncle Zhong was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time. The young master went out of the house late at night just to climb over the girl's yard?
——
"Miss, why are you doing this? You have made the master so angry. Not only has your reputation been ruined, but we don't know what Master Shen will think."
She just thought her daughter was too stupid for forcing herself into such a desperate situation without asking the other person what was in her mind.
The candlelight flickered, and Lin Yurou slowly raised her head. There was an extremely clear slap mark on her jade-like skin, and half of her face was red and swollen.
"I have brought shame to the Lin family, and my father deserves to beat me."
She didn't answer the question about Shen Changhe because she wasn't sure either.
But it was impossible to say that she didn't feel aggrieved or afraid. She sat on the couch while the maid squatted on the ground and carefully applied medicine on her face.
Even though the maid was very gentle, she still choked slightly with pain and tears kept falling.
"Don't cry, girl. If all else fails, just choose Master Chen. He..."
Squeak——
There was a small sound coming from the door and someone pushed it open and walked in. The master and servant thought it was a servant in the yard. Lin Yurou immediately covered half of her face with something and shouted coldly.
"go out."
The man did not move. His shadow was very long under the candlelight, and he was clearly an adult man.
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