traitor?
Seeing that there was some gloom between his brows, Chen Li did not ask any further questions. Men, after all, are more or less concerned about their reputation. Apart from things like traitors around them, they certainly don't want to let others know too much.
He nodded and held out his fist, "As long as it's solved, I'm glad. If it's not solved, I can help you."
Pei Yu stretched out his big hand and wrapped it around her fist. "A-Li, thank you."
"Why are you so strange? Why are you thanking me?"
Pei Yu stared into Chen Li's mind and said seriously, "Thank you for saving me, and thank you for falling in love with me."
Chen Li laughed and held his hand back, "Ayu, we're getting married soon. You don't have to thank me for these things. Just treat me better in the future."
Pei Yu: "Well, from now on, Ah Li is everything to me."
Shen Li gave him a gentle smile.
The two of them were being affectionate with each other, while the others were behind them, not even looking in their direction.
The Shen family did not disturb them. The betrothal gifts had been counted and the wedding would be taking place soon. It would be right for the engaged couple to have a good relationship.
At the same time, in a small inn in the west, this was the destination for Shen Yuanzhou and his two companions. They had accepted a mission and had been here for more than a month, but they still had no clue.
"Is there a guest named Shen here?"
A dusty messenger came to the inn outside the door. Shen Yuanzhou happened to be slumped on the table. Upon hearing this, he replied, "Where did this letter come from?"
The messenger sent something to Shen Yuanzhou, "Hey hero, your last name is Shen?"
"Well, was the letter sent from Qingxi County?"
"Yes, they said it was handed over to someone named Shen Yuanzhou. Is that you?"
Shen Yuanzhou suddenly became alert, "It's me."
Then he took the letter from the messenger and said, "Thank you very much. Did you give me the money?"
"I have already given it to you. Now that the letter has been delivered, I will not bother you any more."
"Yes, thank you."
After Shen Yuanzhou took the letter, he hurried back to his room and slammed the door shut, isolating Ji Liu and Wen San from the room.
"Is this a letter from his family?"
Wen San glanced at him, his eyes looking at him as if he was an idiot, "What else, could it be that he has a lover outside?"
Ji Liu immediately became alert, "Hey, you said that, I didn't say that."
The result was a big eye roll from Wen San.
Shen Yuanzhou opened the letter and his eyes fell on the signature at the end. It turned out to be written by Ah Li, so he started reading from the beginning.
I felt a little sad after watching it. My younger sister is getting married!
Well, she's getting married, so does he have to prepare gifts?
He immediately started thinking about what to prepare.
…
After Shen Changshan received the imperial edict from Shen Li, he was placed in the ancestral hall of the Zhennan General's Mansion.
There were only two empty spirit tablets in the ancestral hall, which were for Shen Changshan’s grandfather and grandmother. As for his parents, he said he didn’t know their whereabouts yet.
Prince Yan's Mansion
Shen Jiaojiao sat in the garden. The weather was not too cold yet, and it was the most comfortable time. She had been sitting here for an hour. Finally, a person came from the other end of the path.
"Your Majesty?"
Xie Yunche stopped and frowned slightly, "Jiaojiao, what do you want? I still have to go to the princess's place for dinner."
Shen Jiaojiao, who understood the meaning of his words, choked and almost forgot what she had just wanted to say.
"Your Highness, as you know, Jiaojiao's only relatives in the capital are my eldest brother and his family. I'd like to know how they are doing."
In fact, this was just her excuse. Since Xie Yunche got married, he hadn't come to see her for a long time.
No, to be precise, he never came to see me again after he got drunk that time.
Xie Yunche pursed his lips and said nothing. Shen Jiaojiao lowered her head, her eyes flashing, and when she looked up, her eyes were already filled with tears.
"Your Highness, you know that Jiaojiao has no relatives to speak of, and you are busy. You haven't visited Jiaojiao in more than two months."
Having said that, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand and looked at him with tearful eyes.
"But what did Jiaojiao do wrong?"
Just as Xie Yunche was about to speak, he saw the princess approaching.
"Why are you here?"
He Xinyi glanced at Shen Jiaojiao and said with a smile: "I saw that you had not left, and I was worried that the food would get cold, so I came to look for you, but I didn't expect that you were talking with Shen Shiqi here."
Hearing her call herself Concubine Shen, Shen Jiaojiao almost held back and vomited blood.
Originally, he was treated very well in Prince Yan's Mansion, but after the princess married him, she forcibly deducted the status of a concubine from him, and his treatment was very different from then on.
Shen Jiaojiao knelt down and saluted Princess Yan, "Princess, it's all my fault. I disturbed you and the prince's meal. This is called retreat."
When he stood up, he glanced at Xie Yunche inadvertently, his eyes full of sadness.
Xie Yunche was dazed by his glance. He Xinyi noticed this change and took his hand and said, "Prince, have you not visited Concubine Shen for a long time?"
"Um."
"Just now, I saw you two talking from a distance. What were you discussing?"
Xie Yunche shook his head, "She didn't say anything. She just asked about his family."
"Oh," He Xinyi asked, "Does Concubine Shen have any family here? I thought she was alone."
After thinking about it, he realized that he had indeed not told the princess that Princess Hui'an was Jiaojiao's family member.
Then he said, "Princess Hui'an is Jiaojiao's niece. They got separated when they were fleeing famine."
"I see."
After hearing this, He Xinyi panicked for a moment, but quickly calmed down and changed the subject with a smile.
"Your Highness, let's go and eat first. I've asked someone to prepare your favorite food today."
"Thank you for your hard work, Princess."
Xie Yunche originally thought that after marriage, the princess would have a lot of control over him, so he had always resisted starting a family.
Unexpectedly, after He Xinyi got married, she not only ignored him, but sometimes even spoke well of him to her eldest brother. Life was much better than before.
Chen Li sat in the room, looking at Lin Cuicui helplessly, "Mother, is it necessary to embroider?"
Early this morning, Lin Cuicui took a piece of red cloth and started embroidering a red veil. Within half an hour, all ten of her fingers were covered with needle holes.
Lin Cuicui was helpless when she saw her daughter's expression. "It's best if you embroider it yourself. That way, you and Zi'an will have a happy life in the future."
Chen Li put down the cloth and pulled Lin Cuicui, "Mother, whether your life is good or not depends on how you manage it as a couple. How can you rely on that?"
"Also, look at your daughter's hands. How can you bear it?"
Lin Cuicui took the ointment beside her and applied it on her. "Okay, then I won't embroider it. If Zi'an knew about this, he would probably blame mother."
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