"Yes, I'm here." Shen Ye put on his coat, looked at the person in the bronze mirror, and smiled slightly, revealing a dazzling smile.
That's fucking beautiful!
Shen Ye lowered his head and touched his lower body. There was something there. He was sure it wasn't a woman, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
If he were a woman, wouldn't he want to commit suicide at any moment?
Lunch was stir-fried vegetables with sweet potato soup. I have to say, we're really broke. It's more accurate to call it boiled vegetables than stir-fried, because there was practically no oil in them! And even though the vegetable leaves were turning yellow, we couldn't bear to throw them away and just kept stir-frying them.
Seeing that Shen Ye was hesitant to pick up his chopsticks, Yu Rong asked, "Brother, is the food not to your liking?"
The original owner was 23 years old and still unmarried. First, his family was poor, so even if she was beautiful, no one would be blind enough to follow him. Second, he was the descendant of a disgraced official, so it was unlikely any woman would dare to marry him. Most importantly, the original owner had a problem with his sexual orientation, you know... you know.
You know, being too direct isn't good; don't people have feelings?
Yu Rong was only 7 years younger than the original owner, at 16 years old, a time when she should be growing. However, due to poverty and malnutrition, she was pale and thin, with a dark complexion, which was very different from the original owner. This made Shen Ye wonder if the two siblings were really related.
"Let's not eat this anymore. Come on, I'll take you to eat something good." Shen Ye pulled Yu Rong away.
"Brother, where are you taking me?" Yu Rong asked, completely confused.
"Go to Chang'an City."
Today is the wedding day of Prince Ning'an, Lian Jingzhi, and Han Yunqi, the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's family. On such a joyous day, the Prime Minister's family will surely distribute food to the people. So going there at this time will not only allow you to have a good meal, but also to gather intelligence on the enemy.
The brother and sister's home wasn't far from the city; they arrived in half an hour. When they got there, the people from the Prime Minister's residence were distributing food, such as roast duck and roast pork. The aroma alone was enough to make one's mouth water.
Since their family fell on hard times, the two siblings had never eaten anything so good. Yu Rong changed from being passive to being proactive, and dragged Shen Ye to join the queue.
The line is incredibly long. Judging by this, it'll take at least an hour or two to get any food. And the sun is so strong today, I'm worried about getting a tan!
Hahaha, suddenly she's a yandere!
"Hey! Aren't these the Yu siblings?" someone shouted, and everyone turned to look at them.
The crowd erupted in chaos.
"It's true. Yu Xianzhong was corrupt and lawless, and killed many people. He deserved to die. How can these two bastards still have the face to continue living? If I were them, I would have died long ago."
"that is!"
"What happened?"
"I can tell you're not from around here. You probably don't know, but Yu Xianzhong is a notorious corrupt official here. He treats human life like dirt, sending soldiers to the front lines to fight and killing them, and then embezzling the money allocated from above to comfort the families of the dead."
"It's outrageous! How come this kind of person wasn't executed along with his entire family? Making him extinct would be too lenient."
"That's right. After Yu Xianzhong 'committed suicide' in prison, the emperor sent people to confiscate the Yu family's property and demoted those two bastards to commoners. We haven't seen them for so many years. We thought they had died in that mess. We didn't expect them to be so tough and still alive."
"No, you're talking nonsense. My father was framed. He was honest and upright his whole life and never did such a thing," Yu Rong argued with them, her eyes brimming with tears, on the verge of crying.
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