Chapter 96 Chapter 96 The tenderness after confession.
To be honest, Zhu Yinluan was indeed seduced at this moment.
After all, he was the most handsome young man in the aristocratic family in the capital. He hugged her and used his handsome and clear face to touch her palm.
He was like a white tiger with lowered eyebrows and docile appearance. In the past, he was full of hostility, cold and difficult to approach, but now he was close to her, rubbing his hands against hers, his eyelashes slightly drooping, showing a gentle and harmless look.
Are you...acting cute with her?
Zhu Yinluan was originally a soft-hearted person, so how could she bear Shen Jingzhan's close teasing? Moreover, he also told her to retreat in order to advance and to consider her. What could she say?
Zhu Yinluan wanted to control her heart and not tremble for Shen Jingzhan, but this seemed a little difficult.
Because she had no way to control it. Even if she tried to cover it with her hands or touch it, it felt like it was about to jump out of her chest, thump, thump, thump...
On the other side, Shen Jingzhan kept urging her, asking her whether she liked him or not.
Even if she doesn't like him, or even hates him, it's fine as long as she is willing to say how she feels about him.
Whatever it was, he wanted to hear it, really wanted to hear it.
Zhu Yinluan's heart was in a mess, but under the man's gentle urging, she actually spoke.
"I..." The word "like" was on the tip of her tongue, about to come out, but she choked it back.
The man seemed to have realized what she was going to say, and his eyelashes lit up.
But she just moved her lips and made no sound at all.
Shen Jingzhan asked, "Why don't you continue talking."
I thought Zhu Yinluan would not say anything, or refute him, but she turned away, took back her hand, and actually said to him, "I don't hate you."
"If you don't hate it, then you like it?"
He really knows how to climb up the pole. Zhu Yinluan originally wanted to spit at him.
But today is different from before. Thinking about what happened outside today, the words he said to her, and the action of rubbing her palm.
Regardless of whether the nonsense he said was true or false, he had already bowed to her.
Zhu Yinluan finally nodded to Shen Jingzhan, saying "hmm" very softly.
He was so excited that he suddenly picked her up and held her high.
Zhu Yinluan's body suddenly flew into the air and she screamed in fright. She put her arms around his shoulders and looked down at him, blaming him for his recklessness in a condescending tone, saying that she really couldn't stand it anymore.
"If you put me down, what will happen if I accidentally bump into something and hit the child?" Zhu Yinluan pinched and patted his shoulder.
"Of course I won't let Luan'er fall. I just want to hear you say again that you love me."
"Look into my eyes and talk to me, okay?"
Zhu Yinluan, "......"
"What did I say just now? I didn't say anything. Put me down quickly and stop bothering me."
"I want to hear Luan'er talk."
"Say you don't hate me, you love me."
Zhu Yinluan blushed, thinking that Shen Jingzhan's voice was a little loud, and she was afraid that the maids outside would hear it, but at this moment, she didn't know how to stop Shen Jingzhan.
After all, he is a gentleman and serious person in daily life, but when he really starts to act rogue, he is very powerful.
Zhu Yinluan really didn't know what to say at this moment.
After a long while, she rolled her eyes and negotiated with Shen Jingzhan, “I’ll tell you if you put me down.”
"Really?"
"After I put Luan'er down, you really told me that you loved me and kissed me?"
"...Hmm, hmm." Zhu Yinluan didn't even listen carefully to what he said. As for what Shen Jingzhan said later about kissing him, he just agreed without thinking about it.
Shen Jingzhan knew her very well, how could he not know that her perfunctory attitude was just a delaying tactic.
"Luan'er is a liar. If I let you go, you will definitely go back on your word."
"I..." Although she was guessed right, Zhu Yinluan still wanted to clear her name, "I, I didn't."
She spoke with confidence, trying to steady her breathing and tone.
"Yeah?"
"Luan'er still wants to lie to me, do you know how well I know you?"
Zhu Yinluan, "......"
She knew, not only did she know, she knew exactly who she had learned this trick of "all is fair in war" from, and it was from Shen Jingzhan, because he had led her astray.
As it was, she couldn't say much.
"Don't judge others by your own standards." When Zhu Yinluan said this, she really felt that she had learned bad things. If it was a long time ago, she would never have said this.
Now that she has been with Shen Jingzhan for a long time, she has not only learned the saying that those who are close to vermilion will be red, and those who are close to ink will be black, but also... she has even put it into practice, and she said it without batting an eyelid.
"Who has the heart of a villain, and who has the heart of a gentleman?" Shen Jingzhan asked her with a smile?
"If that's what you said, then if I put Luan'er down, you will definitely do as I say?"
After all the fights, in order to keep him stable, Zhu Yinluan had no choice but to stick to it, "Yeah!"
"I will do so."
"Okay." Shen Jingzhan didn't say anything else and actually put her down. Zhu Yinluan was very surprised.
"you......"
After all the words were said, Shen Jingzhan actually put her down like this.
Zhu Yinluan was still a little uncomfortable until Shen Jingzhan stared at her, looking at her, asking her to fulfill her promise and take action.
Zhu Yinluan started to think of other ideas.
She felt that escaping directly was unrealistic. Shen Jingzhan did not make any direct move to restrain her at the moment, but Shen Jingzhan's eyes were always following her, restraining her invisibly.
If she wanted to take advantage of Shen Jingzhan's carelessness and escape quickly, it would be difficult, so... so she discussed with Shen Jingzhan again, "Can I take a shower first?"
Shen Jingzhan looked at her cheek.
She couldn't help but curl her lips. She was indeed pretending very well at the moment, but she would always reveal her true colors unintentionally without even realizing it.
Shen Jingzhan asked her with interest, "How long do you want to bathe?"
Zhu Yinluan couldn't think of an exact and satisfactory time, and of course she couldn't tell Shen Jingzhan that the longer the better.
She had made up her mind to take a shower and force Shen Jingzhan to take a shower as well. Then she would be quicker, get on the bed before Shen Jingzhan came out, and fall asleep directly. In this way, Shen Jingzhan would not be able to find an opportunity.
"It seems that before I am thrown into prison, dismissed from office and stripped of my title, I will not be able to hear Luan'er say that she doesn't hate me, that she loves me, and that she will kiss me on her own initiative."
Zhu Yinluan’s thoughts, which had wandered away, quickly came back.
She was almost confused by Shen Jingzhan and forgot what she was worried about today.
The rumors outside the capital, and what exactly did His Majesty ask him to do?
The Shen family's attitude today is also strange.
Zhu Yinluan thought of the important matter and decided not to take a bath.
Her expression became serious in an instant, and she asked Shen Jingzhan, "Does His Majesty really want to punish you?"
"Don't tease me anymore." She asked Shen Jingzhan to tell the truth.
I don't want to hear him beat around the bush.
"I also want to hear Luan'er's truth. Do you hate me or not? Do you like me or not?"
"...Does this have anything to do with what I asked you?"
"Yes." The man replied quickly. He said it does matter, a big deal.
"What does it matter?" Zhu Yinluan felt very confused and didn't know what to say to Shen Jingzhan.
"Because I want to know whether Luan'er cares about me, whether she is concerned about me, and whether she loves me. I want to get your affirmation and response."
No matter how powerful he is, he is just an ordinary man. How could he not want a response from the girl he likes?
"What will you do if I can't give you a response or affirmation?" She asked in a curious tone.
The man smiled, "Keep up the good work, Luan'er, do you think I will give up on myself? Life is a long journey. Although I like to compete with Luan'er for every moment, I also..."
"What?" Shen Jingzhan paused, but Zhu Yinluan did not follow his pause and kept waiting.
“But he is also patient.”
He took her hand and touched her cheek, "I will keep working hard."
Zhu Yinluan, "......"
At the moment when her heart was touched, Zhu Yinluan couldn't help but be distracted for a moment.
Chen Jingzhan was a very direct person when he spoke directly, which made her not know what to say, but if he wanted to beat around the bush, he would be very powerful.
Otherwise, how come she still couldn't get what she wanted to know from Shen Jingzhan until now?
Instead, you were led by him by the nose and began to feel pity for him?
While Zhu Yinluan was hesitating, the man who was taking a step back began to "add fuel to the fire" on the sympathy she had for him.
"The subordinate who responded to me today said that Luan'er was very worried about my safety. I was very happy to hear that."
"Since you know that I'm worried about your safety, why do you keep asking me about it?"
She seemed to know what Shen Jingzhan would say, and said before him, "Even if you want to hear it from me in person, you have to be careful. As a girl, my face is weak, right?"
She was indeed thin-skinned before, but now she didn’t know if it was because she had been with Shen Jingzhan for a long time, and she gradually became shameless.
Otherwise, if it was a long time ago, she would not have been able to say these words at all.
Even if I say it now, my ears will turn slightly red.
"You are insightful and can basically guess everything. Why do you keep forcing me?"
"Luan'er is really becoming more and more like the one who keeps company with the good." He suddenly stopped teasing her and laughed in silence.
Zhu Yinluan, "......"
"Are you teasing me again?"
"I didn't." He raised his hand to swear, to show her that he had no such intention.
and you......
He had been so sincere and pitiful just now, but now he was smiling like an old fox who was too lazy to pretend and showed his tail.
"My feelings for Luan'er are evident to the heavens and the earth, and to the sun and the moon."
"How about this?" He held her hand tightly. Zhu Yinluan wanted to break free, but she couldn't get rid of his fingers.
"I'm telling the truth, Luan'er, do you want me to tell the truth too?"
Are you coming and going?
This is interesting, but...
Shen Jingzhan quickly saw through the worry on Zhu Yinluan's face. He told Zhu Yinluan that since they had decided to tell the truth, he would not play tricks.
Zhu Yinluan originally wanted some other reassurances, but she couldn't think of any for a moment. It was getting late and she was a little tired, so she didn't have the energy to bother. She just wanted to quickly confirm that Shen Jingzhan was okay.
So I nodded, "Okay."
"Luan'er, ask first." Knowing that her patience was running out, he stopped teasing her.
"So, are you okay?" Zhu Yinluan asked.
"I'm fine." Shen Jingzhan said.
Zhu Yinluan stared at him for a while, and just when she was wondering whether she should continue asking and whether this was a question at all.
Shen Jingzhan continued, “This is just a game.”
Another game.
Why does he like setting up traps so much?
But this time the incident caused such a big stir, involving so many officials, from the demoted general to a three-year-old child in the streets of the capital.
"Can you tell me what's going on?"
She wanted to know it all.
Shen Jingzhan said okay, he moved his body slightly, and pulled the man up in a short while.
After such a turn, Zhu Yinluan sat on Shen Jingzhan's thigh again.
This time she did not struggle, because she knew that even if she struggled, Shen Jingzhan might not let her go, so she simply kept silent.
Mainly, she wanted to figure out what had happened recently as soon as possible, otherwise she would find it difficult to feel at ease.
“This incident dates back many years.”
"How long?" Zhu Yinluan was curious.
Could it be that it happened even earlier than when Shen Jingzhan intervened in the Zhu family and Wei family?
But this is the fact. When Shen Jingzhan said that it dates back to the time when he was selected by His Majesty and sent to the Taiwei Mansion to become a closed disciple.
"Didn't your father-in-law send you to worship your teacher?"
"The Grand Commandant has taught the Crown Prince. Even if someone from an aristocratic family wants to learn from the Grand Commandant, they can only go to the Imperial Academy to listen to his lessons. How can they really become his closed disciples? This is disobedience to the Heavenly Family."
Zhu Yinluan had this idea from the beginning - ever since she learned that Shen Jingzhan had become a disciple of the Grand Commandant, and that the Grand Commandant had taught the Crown Prince.
Unexpectedly, the Shen family had already taken her concerns into consideration at the time, and she never thought that it was actually the emperor's instruction.
"Luan'er, what do you think of His Majesty's actions?"
When discussing the affairs of the court, and even the current emperor, Zhu Yinluan lowered his voice, "He is diligent in government and loves the people, and is a benevolent monarch."
It is precisely because of the existence of the current emperor that there is not so much chaos in the court. Nowadays, the world is peaceful and there are very few wars.
Not to mention her, the lady in the harem, even the women and children on the streets said that the current emperor was a good emperor.
But in recent years, my health seems to be not very good.
"Yes, Your Majesty is not only diligent in government but also far-sighted. He always worries about the people and thinks about what they are thinking about."
"Many years ago, the imperial court was in turmoil. Your Majesty noticed something was wrong and secretly asked someone to keep an eye on it. He discovered that it was related to the Grand Commandant, who was the Prince's teacher at the time."
"But at that time, the Taiwei, who was only the prince's teacher, had many students. Not only in the capital, but even in several states and counties across the country, people thought that the Taiwei was a humble and good official."
When Shen Jingzhan said this, Zhu Yinluan couldn't help but think in her heart that she didn't understand the affairs of the court. To be honest, before she married into the Shen family, she always thought that General Yao was a good official who served the country and the people. Who knew that he was like this in private?
"The situation is complicated and the foundation of the imperial court is unstable. We are afraid that the situation will become more turbulent, so we cannot make it public."
"What happened next?" Zhu Yinluan listened carefully.
"The emperor originally wanted to select someone as an undercover agent to investigate the Yao family, but he had not yet made a decision. He selected several high-ranking families, but he did not dare to entrust them easily."
"Because the government is unstable and the situation is turbulent, the noble families all hold military power. If they are untrustworthy and collude with the Yao family, Luan'er, think about it, how will Your Majesty deal with it, one civil and one military?"
"So how did you choose the Shen family later?" Zhu Yinluan asked.
It is said that each person speaks the truth, but Shen Jingzhan has been talking all the time.
She was slightly distracted, but did not interrupt Shen Jingzhan.
He did not mention what had happened between him and her in the past, but only said that after he passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer, he was promoted to the imperial court.
Your Majesty asked him to handle the cases of the Censorate, and then sent him out to quell the rebellion. After everything was stabilized, he asked him to take charge of the position of Zhongshu Ling, one of the three ministries, and supervise the Censorate.
Shen Jingzhan did not answer her question directly, but she already understood that the emperor chose the Shen family because he must have noticed Shen Jingzhan a long time ago. He sent him to the Censorate, sent him to the army to quell the rebellion, and conferred him the title of Palm Secretary, all in order to test him.
The emperor can rest assured that Shen Jingzhan is capable of being used and can take on important responsibilities.
He was arranged by the emperor to be close to the Grand Marshal. In addition to placing an undercover agent next to the Grand Marshal, he also gave the Grand Marshal "face" in disguise, letting everyone know that the Grand Marshal's position was unshakable, so as to...see how many people in the court had bad intentions? He used this to curry favor with the Grand Marshal.
I have to say, all of this is really complicated.
At first, everyone in the capital only saw the prominence of the Shen family, the excellence of Shen Jingzhan, and the teacher-student relationship between him and the Grand Marshal, but they did not expect that it was actually the emperor's deployment to clean up the court.
As Zhu Yinluan thought about it, she unknowingly began to sort out the interests involved.
When she came to her senses and wanted to shut up, Shen Jingzhan praised her with a smile on his face, "Luan'er is really amazing. You pointed out things that many court officials couldn't see clearly."
Zhu Yinluan was slightly embarrassed by his praise and said, "I am just making random guesses, it can't be counted."
"Why can't it count?" Shen Jingzhan said that everything she said was right.
"Then was the case of the palace exam exam leak really done by someone close to the Grand Marshal?"
She remembered that this incident was a fuse. Shen Jingzhan was hurriedly called away at that time and has been very busy since then.
She thought that something had happened in the court. At that time, she was also thinking that maybe it was the people under the Grand Marshal who caused the trouble, and this matter had nothing to do with the Grand Marshal.
It was only after Old Lady Shen told her several times that the Yao family was not innocent that she vaguely felt that this matter might not be simple.
Until the Grand Marshal was dismissed from his post, people in the capital were in an uproar, and some even started an uprising on his behalf, as if the court and the emperor had slandered the Grand Marshal.
"Yes and no." Shen Jingzhan said.
Without waiting for Zhu Yinluan to ask, he had already explained the whole story to her.
He said that the matter had been almost fully investigated, and the people who had been keeping an eye on the Taiwei's party had already come to report the matter.
It was said that the people under the general's command had indeed intended to do so, but in the end they gave up the idea because the general did not allow it.
He used a little trick to trick the man into deceiving his superiors and hiding the truth from his subordinates, and then did the deception secretly.
Zhu Yinluan understood.
The Grand Commandant knew from the beginning that his subordinates were going to make some small moves and stopped them before anything happened, but Shen Jingzhan and the emperor thought this was an opportunity, so they used some tricks.
Therefore, the general was indeed confused.
"So, did you investigate this matter later?" Zhu Yinluan probably understood.
"Yes, it's a natural thing." Shen Jingzhan nodded.
"Because they had prepared long ago, the Taiwei's party was caught off guard and could not stir up any storm, so they wanted to stir up the people's will in the capital, and tried to stir up public anger with the voices of the people of the world and besiege the imperial city."
"It's a pity... my father and several other generals from aristocratic families have already been ordered to investigate the spies."
One thing after another.
Zhu Yinluan felt a slight tingling sensation on her scalp.
"Then does Your Majesty know about the affairs of the Zhu and Wei families?" Shen Jingzhan was playing a role in it.
"Know."
"Are the Zhu and Wei families also part of this?"
"Yes." Shen Jingzhan looked at her face, and Zhu Yinluan looked at him. At this moment, her heart was inexplicably confused and she didn't know what to say.
If the Zhu family and the Wei family are part of it, and what the outsiders say is all false, then are all what she discovered false?
Is Shen Jingzhan's love for her also fake?
His paranoia, his possessiveness, his madness, his perversion, all his dark desires to completely plunder her, were they all fake?
Shouldn't she feel relieved at this moment?
But why did she start to feel sad? Yes, she originally wanted to hide it by saying she was frustrated, but she couldn't even cover it up. She just felt lost and painful.
I feel so sad.
"What is Luan'er thinking about? Why does she look so pale?" He pinched her cheek and stroked her cheek.
Feel the tenderness of the touch.
"You... haven't answered my question yet." Is he... sincere or fake?
At this moment, Zhu Yinluan suddenly felt that she was very hypocritical. She didn't have the face to say anything about Shen Jingzhan. How could she have the face to say anything about Shen Jingzhan? It was obvious that she cared more and she was also shady.
She always felt that Shen Jingzhan was disgusting, so was she not disgusted?
Shen Jingzhan could express his love for her and his desire to get her directly, but she was always secretive and evasive, and she hated herself for being like this.
His darkness can be exposed in front of others, but what about hers?
Zhu Yinluan didn't know what to say.
Thinking of this, she felt more and more embarrassed, and even her expression was vaguely uncomfortable.
"The Zhu family and the Wei family are mainly because of my selfishness."
"Isn't it part of the design?" He just said it, but now he turned back. Was it to comfort her?
Zhu Yinluan didn't know if Shen Jingzhan saw through her apparent calmness and said this to her on purpose?
Her mind was a little wandering.
"To gain Luan'er's personal interests are the most important, and the politics of the court are the second."
His words made her feel happy, but she quickly suppressed it.
"I don't believe it." She turned her head, her fair and tender face tense.
It looks like he is angry, but is he really angry?
The man looked at her lively appearance, turned his head slightly, and followed her movements.
Their eyes met.
His depth, her clarity.
Invisibly, they fell into darkness together, forming an indescribable...
The lotus root is still connected...
Dense and sticky, and can't be dissolved.
“.......”
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