Shen Du felt extremely guilty.
Xie Jingyan pleaded for a marriage decree for him, but he didn't even know who the girl he liked was. This caused Xie Jingyan to be severely reprimanded by the emperor and even injured by him. Shen Du was glad that he did not insist on annulling the engagement, otherwise, it would have been extremely difficult for him to marry Princess Huai'an.
Shen Du really didn't know how to thank Xie Jingyan, so he said, "I'll treat you to a meal another day and thank you properly in person."
After saying this, Shen Du took his leave. He had left Princess Huai'an to come to the Ling Prince's mansion, and he had to rush back to be with her. He had already made a mistake on their wedding night, and he couldn't make another one.
Shen Du left without anyone stopping him. Xie Jingyan looked at Shen Wan and said, "You and your elder brother are truly siblings."
Shen Wan had nothing to say.
She, as the younger sister, couldn't figure out who Xie Jingyan liked, and kept him at arm's length. Her older brother didn't know who he liked either. They were both confused.
What's worse is that when the siblings are confused, Xie Jingyan is the one who suffers.
A pang of guilt flashed through Shen Wan's heart, but Xie Jingyan leaned close to her ear and asked, "How are you going to make it up to me about your older brother?"
Hot breath drilled into my ears, making them tingle and itchy.
Shen Wan looked up and met a pair of smiling eyes. She said, "Even brothers should keep their accounts clear. It's not appropriate for me, as a sister-in-law, to interfere in the affairs of you two brothers."
Shen Wan pronounced the words "younger brother and sister-in-law" with exceptional clarity.
It's understandable for a sister to pay off her brother's debts, but can a brother's sister pay off his debts?
Shen Wan looked completely self-righteous, which made the man feel powerless. He still preferred her when she was weak and begging for mercy. Thinking of this, he couldn't suppress his feelings.
Shen Wan turned to leave, but before she could turn around, Xie Jingyan picked her up in his arms. It was obvious what he was going to do.
Shen Wan blushed deeply.
That bastard!
It's still broad daylight!
"Let me go!"
Xie Jingyan wouldn't listen, so Shen Wan made another excuse, "I want to go shopping..."
Xie Jingyan said, "I'll go shopping with you tomorrow."
Shen Wan was about to speak again when Xie Jingyan didn't give her a chance and directly covered her mouth.
Domineering yet gentle, he was irresistible to Shen Wan.
Whispering sweet nothings to each other.
The spring scenery is enchanting.
...
Shen Wan woke up in the afternoon.
When she opened her eyes, she saw Xie Jingyan propping his head up, looking at her with a satisfied expression, his slender fingers twirling a strand of her hair, quite carefree.
Only Shen Wan knew that this satisfaction would be good enough to last until the evening.
However, Xie Jingyan kept his word and agreed to go shopping with her the next day. He didn't bother her that night, since shopping is a tiring activity.
The next day, after breakfast, Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan left the palace together and took a carriage to the most bustling street in the capital.
The carriage stopped at the street, and Shen Wan strolled from one end of the street to the other, visiting every shop and stall, buying so many things that Chen Feng could hardly carry them all.
The princess either doesn't go shopping at all, or when she does, she wants to buy everything on the street.
Deyuelou, second-floor private room.
Tang Ze sat on the small couch, tossing peanuts into the air and catching them with his mouth, eating them with great relish.
Lu sat there drinking, one glass after another.
At this moment, the door was pushed open, and the Crown Prince of Yanping walked in. Lu Cheng saw him, poured him a pot of wine, and then continued drinking his own.
After finishing one pot of wine, Lu Cheng called to the waiter, "Bring two more pots of wine."
The waiter agreed and then took the empty wine jug from the table.
Seeing that Lu Cheng's face was flushed from drinking, the Crown Prince of Yanping asked Tang Ze, "How much wine has he drunk?"
Tang Ze said, "This is the sixth pot."
The Crown Prince of Yanping asked, "Why is he drinking alone again?"
A few days ago, Lu Cheng drank alone because he couldn't find the girl he had met at the lantern festival, and he was worried that the girl had a grudge against the Marquis of Xuanping's family.
Didn't we find the person and confirm that there was no enmity between the two families at the wedding banquet at the Marquis of Pingyang's residence the other day?
Tang Ze looked at the Prince of Yanping and shook his head, saying, "Don't ask me. Lu Cheng has given me a gag order. If I reveal that he was played by a girl, he'll kill me."
Lu Cheng, “…!!!”
Prince Yanping, “…”
He truly kept his mouth shut.
Lu Cheng was almost driven to his death by anger.
The Prince of Yanping looked at Lu Cheng and said, "Whose daughter would dare to play tricks on you?"
Lu Cheng was so angry that his chest hurt.
Tang Ze laughed so hard he almost fell over, and looked at the Prince of Yanping and said, "Don't rub salt into Lu Cheng's wounds."
Prince Yanping's heir, "...???"
Sprinkle salt?
If he's acting so normally, how could it be considered rubbing salt in his wounds?
Tang Ze suppressed a laugh and said, "Lu Cheng is so upset because he doesn't know whose family that girl is from. She lied to Lu Cheng at the Pingyang Marquis's residence, saying that her surname is Chen and that her family lives in Pear Blossom Lane in the east of the city. Yesterday, when we returned to the capital from hunting, Lu Cheng went to look for her, but it turned out that there is no Pear Blossom Lane in the east of the city, let alone a family with the surname Chen."
Lu sat there, so angry that his throat hurt.
Since the Lantern Festival, he had been searching for her. He finally found her, learned her name and where she lived, and confirmed that there was no deep-seated hatred between their families. He was preparing to have his parents come to propose marriage to her when Tang Ze reminded him that Chen was a common surname. If there were two families with the surname Chen in Pear Blossom Alley, it would be difficult to handle if he proposed the wrong person.
Upon hearing this, he had a bad feeling. The day before yesterday, after the wedding banquet at the Pingyang Marquis's mansion, he waited for her at the door, but everyone had left and he couldn't see her anywhere. She had already agreed to marry him, but she was deliberately avoiding him. There must be something fishy going on.
He went to the east of the city to inquire, and sure enough, he had been tricked.
Lu Cheng was so angry that he couldn't sleep all night.
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