Chapter 70 Second Master, I will undress you
As Shen Qingtan was thinking this, he took action and went to the door to greet Zhao Yi.
Zhao Yi was treated like this for the first time. He raised an eyebrow and asked, "Did your trip to the Marquis' Mansion go smoothly today?"
Shen Qingtan smiled and said, "With Second Master's secret help, everything will go smoothly."
"Secretly?" Zhao Yi coughed softly a few times, then said with a smile, "Jiang Chao and Jiang Mu followed you to the Marquis' Mansion. I thought they were openly on your side."
Shen Qingtan: “…”
Liu Yue covered her mouth and laughed secretly behind him.
Shen Qingtan glared at Liu Yue and followed Zhao Yi into the inner room. She saw him taking out casual clothes from the rosewood wardrobe engraved with poems and calligraphy. After hesitating for a moment, she took a few steps forward and stood in front of him.
"Second Master, I will undress you."
Her delicate fingers reached for the leather belt around his waist.
Zhao Yi froze, pressing his fingers on the back of her hand: "I can do it myself."
"Second Master, you and I are husband and wife, so it's my job to undress you." Shen Qingtan raised her eyes, looked at his unnatural face, pursed her lips and said, "Or... you don't like others to get close to you?"
Zhao Yi lowered her eyes, her clear eyes seemed to hide a test, as if if he rejected her this time, she would never get close to him again.
"no."
Zhao Yi slowly withdrew his hand and let her undress him.
When Shen Qingtan saw that he acquiesced, her eyelashes trembled slightly.
On the day they returned from the palace, something unexpected happened in the carriage and the two of them collided with each other.
At that time, she vaguely realized that Zhao Yi seemed less averse to her.
Zhao Yi watched her drooping long eyelashes and carefully untied his leather belt, doing what a wife would do for her husband.
He opened his arms and let her take off her regular clothes and put on casual clothes.
Shen Qingtan said softly, "Okay."
Zhao Yi didn't move, but watched her slender fingers straighten his collar and smooth out the creases.
That moment seemed to press into his heart, and the calm lake of his heart was slightly rippled.
He opened his eyes and looked at the tenderness between her eyebrows, and couldn't help being dazed.
The atmosphere at this moment was so good, with a rare warmth that it made him have a slight illusion.
It was as if the two of them were a harmonious couple.
He suddenly thought of the divorce letter that was left with his grandfather.
"Second Master, are you free now?" Shen Qingtan changed his clothes for him and took a step back: "I have something to tell you."
Zhao Yi suppressed the emotion in his eyes: "I'm free."
Shen Qingtan gave him a faint smile, walked to the outer room, and told Liu Yue to go out and guard the door.
Seeing this, Zhao Yi subconsciously looked at the casual clothes he was wearing, and a thought flashed in his eyes.
After washing his hands, he sat opposite Shen Qingtan with something on his mind.
Shen Qingtan poured him a glass of warm water and asked carefully, "Why did Second Master want to investigate my eldest brother?"
"You were bullied in the Marquis' Mansion. I wanted to know the whole story, so I sent someone to investigate secretly." Zhao Yi did not hide anything from her and immediately apologized to her: "I'm sorry, I interfered in your affairs without your consent."
"What's there to apologize for? You're just concerned about me." Shen Qingtan was a little hesitant at first, but seeing Zhao Yi's frank yet sincere attitude, she slowly relaxed and said sincerely, "I was forced into your arms. When I was in the most difficult situation, you were willing to accept me and treat me with all your heart and protect me. I'm very..."
She paused, smiled, and said, "That's precious to me. How could I blame you?"
"Eight out of ten things in life are not satisfactory. No one has a smooth life." Zhao Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard her words without any concern.
He looked into her dim eyes and said softly, "People are destined to be together. It's fate that brought us together, not someone forcing you on me."
Shen Qingtan was stunned.
Zhao Yi smiled and said, "Mother said that I was able to marry you in my current state because of the good fortune I had in my previous life. I must cherish you."
Shen Qingtan's eyes flashed with surprise, and he held the teacup in both hands: "How can I be as good as my mother said."
Zhao Yi stared at her intently with his dark eyes, and said in a clear voice, "Are you okay? No matter how much others say, it's useless. I have my own experience."
Shen Qingtan felt touched when he heard his firm tone.
She looked into his gentle and deep eyes, and some words that were difficult to say seemed to be easily said in front of him.
"Don't you find it strange that Marquis Cheng'en and his wife, who loved me so much, would plot against me when I got married?"
Without waiting for his answer, Shen Qingtan curled the corners of her lips and sneered, "Because I'm not their daughter. They secretly brought me home. From the very beginning, they used me as a tool to make money. All that doting was just a means to confuse me. Even if they had invested a little bit of sincerity, they couldn't be so cruel as to abandon me."
Shen Shaoheng is related to them by blood, and they persecuted him so much because he violated their interests. What about her, who is not related by blood?
If she continued to treat Shen Mingzhu like a real sister and obediently accepted the maid arranged by Madam Shen, they would not plot to harm her secretly. They would still pretend to be a good mother and a good sister and coax her to work like a slave for them.
There was a flash of surprise in Zhao Yi's eyes, as if he didn't expect this to be the reason.
Then, he remembered what the Cheng'en Marquisate had done, and he was no longer surprised.
Because his life span is not long, Shen Qingtan is the daughter carefully cultivated by the family. If considering the family, it would be more beneficial for the Marquis' Mansion if she married Zhao Jue.
No wonder the Marquis's Mansion went to such great lengths to arrange a marriage exchange. If the truth is that Shen Qingtan is not the Marquis's biological child, then everything would be explained.
"Today I went to Old Madam Shen's courtyard, and she gave me a pair of bracelets. They were the ones I wore when the Marquis' wife abducted me." Shen Qingtan stood up and went to the inner room, took out the bracelets, and then handed them to Zhao Yi. "The Marquis' wife abducted me in Nanlingzhou. You have more connections than me. If it's convenient, could you keep an eye on them for me?"
"Hmm." Zhao Yi took the gold bracelet, examined it for a moment, frowned slightly and said, "The patterns and characters on the bracelet are somewhat special. Every family has its own characters and totems. We can start from there."
"You take charge of the arrangements. Don't make too much noise. Do it secretly. It doesn't matter if the efficiency is slow, as long as you don't alert the enemy." Shen Qingtan was worried. Because of her rebirth in this life, many things in her previous life had changed.
She was worried that her parents, who had been doing well, would suffer irreversible harm because of the commotion she caused.
Shen Qingtan emphasized: "Their safety comes first."
"good."
Zhao Yi looked at the gold bracelet several times, memorized the special pattern, put the gold bracelet in her hand, and watched her carefully put the thing into the lacquer box. Some words surged in his heart.
Shen Qingtan hid nothing from him and told him her entire life story. She was honest enough in front of him, which showed her trust in him.
Zhao Yi was organizing his words in his mind, wondering how he should tell her that he had written a letter of divorce in his grandfather's hands. If he was gone in the future, no matter what kind of life she wanted to live, the Duke's Mansion would not restrict her and would be her backer and support her.
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