Chapter 29 I will avenge you
There were countless scratches on the pillar, with no pattern and uneven strength. It was hard to imagine under what circumstances she had carved them, and how she had survived that terrible nightmare alone and never fell asleep again.
Chen Ting felt distressed when he thought about how she had buried all the pain that she could not tell anyone for the past few months, just like swallowing her teeth, and now she could only say these words so nonchalantly.
After a moment of silence, he said, "I will avenge you for what happened at the Yongning Marquis' Mansion."
Shen Wangshu said without much interest: "My family was confiscated and exterminated. It was not because of one person, but because the entire court was rotten from top to bottom."
She turned her head and glanced at him lazily: "My husband, are you going to rebel for me? If you want to help me get revenge, you have to take off the dog emperor's head and let me kick it."
Chen Ting's heart was pounding when he was mesmerized by her glance. He thought, he didn't like those people in the capital anyway, and the old emperor had disliked him for a long time. If it was for her... what if he overthrew the dynasty?
The Great Zhou dynasty was conquered by him through battle after battle.
Chen Ting remained calm and composed despite thinking this in his heart. However, he could not help but approach her and lowered his voice to ask, "How dare you say such outrageous words?"
"We are all family in this courtyard. Walls have no ears. There are more than a hundred people in our Shen family, and I am the only one left... I am the only one left. Can't I scold him?" Shen Wangshu disagreed: "Will my husband let my words spread? Then you are completely tied to the same boat with me."
Chen Ting looked at her thin and weak body, and finally couldn't help leaning over to hug her, and sighed softly: "I can't."
How could this silly girl not know that from the moment she got married, they were already grasshoppers in the same boat.
Could the old emperor really not know who he married? Anyone in the capital who had a bit of wisdom knew who the new wife of the general was, but it was just a tacit knowledge among everyone.
He was willing to be tied to a boat with An Nian, watching her panic and only being able to hug him for comfort.
Shen Wangshu put his chin on his shoulder and heard the man’s dark thoughts: “…”
You are so good, Chen Ting. You look serious and decent on the surface, but you actually have such thoughts behind the scenes.
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During lunch, Madam Xiahou indeed brought up the matter of the lotus viewing banquet. Shen Wangshu's status was different now. If the general and his wife were willing to do the honor, the status of their Xiahou family in the entire Moyun City would be further improved, and it would be easier to choose marriages for her children.
So you have to curry favor.
Shen Wangshu said that she and Chen Ting would stay, and Madam Xiahou was immediately overjoyed, thinking that it was the right decision for her to marry her off in such a grand manner. Although she now saw that this general was completely different from the one in the rumors, Madam Xiahou did not regret marrying her off at all.
She didn't think that if her daughter were to go there, she would be able to train a man like this. She knew Fu Niang's weight and she had absolutely no skills. The loving and harmonious relationship between Chen Wangshu and the general who guards the country showed that it was their fate and had nothing to do with others.
The meal was a great pleasure for both the host and the guests. Although Chen Ting looked like a taciturn person, he was actually very polite and had a good chat with the old man at the table. He wanted to know more about Shen Wangshu's past, but she had hardly been to Mo Yun in the past ten years. The last time the old man saw her, Shen Wangshu was still a sickly little girl.
After lunch, the two of them took a walk in Luoying Courtyard to digest their food. The maids followed closely behind them. When they passed the pavilion, Chen Ting saw the direction of the east room: "Has anyone lived there before?"
Shen Wangshu hesitated for a moment whether to tell him about his eldest sister. Thinking about the original novel, Chen Ting would meet the male and female protagonists later, he felt that there was nothing to hide, so he told him what he knew: "My eldest sister used to live here, and then she left, and I was left alone."
As expected, Chen Ting did not ask where Shen Xihe had gone, but felt sorry for Shen Wangshu: "You were alone in Xiahou Mansion, and you must have felt bad when you were married off instead?"
“…I went there with the determination to die,” Shen Wangshu said.
In fact, it is hard to say whether it feels good or not. After all, it is her own choice to follow the original plot, just in a different way. She knows that she will not die, and she is already trying to reduce the lethal factors of this body. She will try to live as long as possible.
This sentence was said to make Chen Ting uncomfortable.
The man lowered his eyes, thinking of the scene that night, and his expression was depressed: "I have a bad reputation. Did I scare you on the first night?"
Shen Wangshu, however, smiled and affirmed his performance: "These are all rumors, my husband is very good."
Chen Ting's heart flew high with her again, and a sense of joy came from his violently beating heart.
"Anian said I'm very good. No one has ever said I'm very good." Shen Wangshu heard him say in his heart: "This is a very pleasing sentence."
The lotus fragrance in the courtyard was refreshing. The corners of the beauty's lips were slightly raised, and a hint of cunning flashed across her beautiful and clear black eyes.
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