Chapter 13: Rumors
Lu Yunzheng had left the Lu Mansion in broad daylight, so it was impossible for him to go back now, so he had dinner with Gu Xizhi in the other courtyard.
Gu Xizhi had no appetite. She frowned as she looked at the food in front of her. After a while, she suddenly murmured, "It's still not right..."
Although Lu Yunzheng had experienced many twists and turns today, he felt satisfied to be with Gu Xizhi at this moment.
And because he had the convenience of rebirth, he firmly believed that he would be successful in the near future and felt more at ease.
Therefore, his appetite was whetted at this time. After hearing what Gu Xizhi said, he just asked casually, "Xizhi, what's wrong?"
Gu Xizhi put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hands and said in a serious tone: "Yun Zheng, I still feel something is strange."
"I hid the letters we exchanged very well. Even Bai Lu, who had been serving me, didn't know about them."
"Could it be such a coincidence that my house was robbed, the thief turned out the letter, and Baiji caught him?"
"Everything was going smoothly, but it was ruined at the last moment..."
Gu Xizhi felt unwilling.
If those letters had not been discovered suddenly, she was confident that she would be able to convince her godfather and godmother to marry her into the Lu family with great fanfare!
Lu Yunzheng slowly raised his head when he heard this. He seemed to have thought of something. His eyes gradually widened and even the chopsticks fell to the ground.
Gu Xizhi was startled and stood up and asked with concern: "Yun Zheng, what's wrong with you?"
In fact, Gu Xizhi wanted to ask one more question, why Lu Yunzheng said so confidently in front of General Lu today: General Dingguo’s mansion will be destroyed within two years.
But she was still pretending to be unconscious at that time. If she asked now, she would be exposed.
Lu Yunzheng stood up slowly, recalling over and over again in his mind all of Shen Jiasui's performance today.
Could it be that she also...
But, it doesn’t look like it.
With Shen Jiasui's impulsive and reckless personality, and the look on her face when she wished she could eat him alive when they died together, how could she be so calm when they met again?
Could it be that after all these years, I have never really understood her?
Lu Yunzheng was hesitant, feeling that a hidden danger had suddenly arisen and he felt like a thorn in his back. He wished he could rush to Shen Jiasui right now to get to the bottom of everything.
"Yun Zheng?"
Gu Xizhi was a little frightened.
"Yun Zheng, what's wrong with you?"
Lu Yunzheng suddenly came back to his senses. He looked around and said in a gentle voice:
"Xizhi, this villa is under my name. Father and mother will come to visit sooner or later. Let's leave after dinner. I will rent a new villa."
Regardless of whether Shen Jiasui had lived a second life like him, this yard was unlucky and could no longer be lived in.
Lu Yunzheng said this a little suddenly. Gu Xizhi didn't understand why, but she still nodded obediently.
"Yun Zheng, wherever you go, I will go."
Lu Yunzheng looked at Gu Xizhi, who trusted him wholeheartedly, and felt pity for her. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to hide the fact of his rebirth.
Xizhi is timid to begin with. If she knew that he had died at the hands of Shen Jiasui, she would probably be so scared that she would be unable to sleep at night and would have trouble eating or sleeping. Why should I let her suffer from this fear?
The most urgent task is to find an opportunity to try Shen Jiasui as soon as possible!
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In just one day, the news about the Shen and Lu families spread throughout the capital.
Shen Zhengsheng was a general of Dingguo. Although he lost an arm on the battlefield due to defeat, he was still favored by the emperor after returning to Beijing and was still a favorite of the emperor.
After Shen Zhengsheng retired, Lu Yongzhu became the mainstay in resisting the Mo Kingdom, and the marriage between the two families naturally attracted much attention.
But today, when Lu Yunzheng came to propose marriage, he took a girl away from General Dingguo's mansion. Later, the two of them returned to Lu's mansion hand in hand, and then left in shame.
There are so many smart people in Beijing that they immediately smelled something unusual.
General Dingguo's Mansion also quickly released the news that Lu Yunzheng was treacherous and unfit to be a son-in-law, so they took the initiative to cancel the engagement.
The Lu family did not refute this and seemed to have accepted it.
There were well-informed people in the capital who quickly uncovered all the details of the divorce.
It turns out that Shen Zhengsheng has an adopted daughter, who is said to be the orphan of his subordinates. It is not known whether she is the result of his romantic debt at the border.
In short, Lu Yunzheng didn't like Miss Shen, but was devoted to the adopted daughter. He wanted to break off the engagement and marry someone else.
As a result, General Lu disagreed, but Lu Yunzheng remained infatuated and was willing to break up with his family and run away in anger with the beauty.
People in the capital spread the story with details, saying that the adopted daughter of the Shen family must be a beauty, which is why Lu Yunzheng was infatuated with her.
Some people also said that Miss Shen was used to playing with swords and guns, and was an out-and-out tomboy, so it was normal for her to be disliked.
After all, the world is harsh on women. Within just one day, it was rumored that Shen Jiasui was abandoned because of her ugly appearance and lack of romance.
As for Lu Yunzheng, he just had one more romantic anecdote.
There were some people who understood the situation and angrily accused Lu Yunzheng of being treacherous and falling in love with someone else, which was not what a gentleman should do.
When people mention Gu Xizhi, they say that the Shen family has raised an ungrateful person who snatched away the marriage of their eldest daughter.
Anyway, there were many different opinions, and the private affairs of the two families were completely exposed.
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General Dingguo's Mansion.
After practicing a set of shooting skills, Shen Jiasui returned to the house sweating profusely. He picked up the tea on the table and drank it all in one gulp, feeling extremely refreshed.
In her previous life, after she married into the Lu family, Lu Yunzheng had been lukewarm towards her. Her mother-in-law disliked her playing with a gun in the yard and sent her maid to talk to her several times.
In order to keep things peaceful, she put away the spear, but she didn't know that it would never see the light of day again.
Just now when she returned to the house, she saw the spear standing on the rack. She felt itchy and ran to the yard to dance.
Some of my hands are not very good at it.
No problem, no one can arrest her from now on!
Shen Jiasui was feeling happy when Baiji came in from outside with an ugly look on his face.
Seeing Shen Jiasui looking at her, she quickly restrained her expression and forced a smile.
Shen Jiasui raised his eyebrows, "Did you hear something?"
Bai Ji saw that his young lady knew what was going on, and his face fell immediately, and he said angrily:
"Miss, I really want to sew their mouths shut!"
Shen Jiasui loosened his collar and walked towards the inner room, smiling, "Then you'll be busy. There are so many mouths to feed in the capital. You'll have to sew until the end of time."
Baiji felt that his young lady didn't know the seriousness of the matter, and he was sweating profusely:
"Miss, you don't know how ugly their stories are!"
Of course Shen Jiasui knew.
In her previous life, when the Shen family was wrongly accused of treason, they were bombarded with countless insults and curses. She went to the gate of the general's mansion and saw that the ground was black and red, as if countless chicken blood and dog blood had been splashed on it.
She, the Miss Shen who was spared because she was married, was cursed countless times with the most vicious words.
Three people make a tiger, and accumulated slander can destroy a person. If she really died by running headfirst into the gate of the general's mansion because of this, it would be extremely stupid.
"Good Baiji, if you argue with them, you will be angry to death first. Come and help me put my hair up so that I can take a bath."
Bai Ji stared at Shen Jiasui walking into the inner room with an easy look on his face, and couldn't help but stand there in a daze.
She always felt that the young lady today was strange and different from before...
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