Chapter 53 Wife

Yesterday it rained heavily, sometimes the rain stopped and sometimes the sky cleared, the air was filled with the fragrance of green grass mixed with soil.

Today is July 7, the day to go to the palace for the Queen's banquet.

There were two carriages parked outside the palace as usual. Mingwei and Ningli rode together and got on the more luxurious one first.

Outside the carriage, the old mother who always followed Mingwei said: "Miss, the lady's body is just fine and can't be tired. After getting on the carriage, she still needs to lie down. Naturally, there is no room for so many people. I hope you can understand."

This book is exclusively organized by the LK team for you. Ning Yuan looked at the simple carriage next to her and didn't say much.

Her stepmother is really more childish than Shen Yan, always likes to quibble over these trivial matters.

The carriage was just a means of transportation for her, she didn't care whether it was luxurious or simple.

She would rather walk into the palace than ride

in the same carriage with her, not to mention there was another carriage now. Zhuxing helped her sit in the carriage, and the big and small carriages started together. Before she walked out ten feet, she heard a "click" sound, and the carriage tilted and stopped where it was.

The driver said, "Miss, the axle of the carriage has been rotten by the rain and is now broken. I'm afraid it can't move."

Shouxing said angrily in a low voice, "...Miss, according to the rules of the mansion, the carriage must be checked before traveling."

"I think it was the madam's fault. As the mistress, how could she not know that the axle was already in danger?"

"She must not want you to enter the palace, so she deliberately arranged this for you."

Ning Yuan looked at Shouxing and said, "Then let's not go. Such occasions are boring anyway."

"Miss Yang brought me a lot of dividends a few days ago. Since no one is at home, I'd like to take you for an ice drink?"

"...But what if the queen blames me?" Suo Xing said worriedly, "I still have some money on me, I will rent a new one for you, you wait here for me!"

After saying that, she turned around and ran to the street corner, leaving Ning Yuan sitting helplessly in the broken carriage.

Ming Wei's carriage had gone a distance, she turned around and looked at the broken carriage still in front of the mansion, patted Ning Li's hand and said, "Don't worry, mother will arrange everything for you."

This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. Ning Li frowned and said nothing, looking over worriedly, but the body of the carriage shook suddenly, and then an elegant carriage passed by her in the wind.

Two hollow lanterns made of bamboo strips were hung in front of the door, adding some interest to the originally calm and majestic body of the car, showing that the owner was not a stereotyped scholar.

The totem on the body of the car was very eye-catching, it was a finely carved plum blossom pattern.

It was Shen Yan.

Ning Li bit her lip.

Although the Shen Mansion and the Ning Mansion were both not far from the palace, they were not on the same road. To meet his carriage, he must have taken a detour to the front of the mansion.

"Mother, please ask them to stop the car first."

She said, and looked in the direction of the Shen Mansion's carriage.

Ning Yuan had already got off the broken carriage and was standing by the wall with a frown, waiting for Shuo Xing who insisted on renting a car. His patience had already run out.

She lowered her head, thinking about something, and didn't notice that a carriage stopped in front of her.

A slender jade-like hand lifted the curtain, and Shen Yan glanced sideways slightly.

The bluestone slabs under her feet were still wet, and she didn't even notice that her skirt had been dirty.

Really... she doesn't know how to maintain her own image.

He frowned in disgust, but then he thought, it's better to be a little dirty, and it would be better if it's uglier, so that no one in the capital will compete with him for her.

Seeing that the young master stared at her for a long time, she didn't even look up at him, Mingjue cleared his throat tactfully.

"Ahem!"

Ning Yuan raised her head, and saw Shen Yan's complex gaze with two parts of disgust, three parts of satisfaction, and four parts of indifference.

"Why are you here?" she asked.

"I was just passing by." He said nonsense without changing his expression. "Why didn't you leave?"

She raised her chin and said truthfully: "My car was damaged."

The man asked casually: "Who did it?"

In fact, he had already heard her thoughts on the way here, and now he asked just to lead to the later talk of letting her ride in the same carriage with him.

That day, she and Ning Li had an argument, and he knew that Madam Ning would not let her spend this day in peace, so he thought of coming to accompany her.

Unexpectedly, Ning Li had already walked down from her carriage, and suddenly heard this question, and her heart suddenly panicked.

She was afraid that Ning Yuan would say her name.

After all, in her eyes, she and her mother are of one mind, but these things obviously have nothing to do with her, and she has never thought of framing her or teasing her.

But Ning Yuan said nothing.

But she glanced at her leisurely in front of Shen Yan.

Silence is simply more powerful than words.

Ning Li clenched her hands hidden under her green dress, suppressed the grievance in her heart, walked up to Shen Yan and said, "Sir Shen, I'm sorry, my mother has been recuperating these days, and it is inevitable that she has neglected the affairs of the mansion."

"Oh?" He uttered a very slight doubt, and his eyes finally moved away from Ning Yuan and fell on her, "Then your mansion was very stable in the past few days, and there has never been any trouble. Who was in charge, was it the second Miss Ning?"

Ning Li's face turned pale.

She originally wanted to attribute the incident with the carriage to an accident, but Shen Yan's question was tricky. If she answered yes, she would be the one who failed to manage the household today. If she answered no, it would confirm that her mother did it on purpose.

"You should apologize to her, not me."

Shen Yan's eyes were clear. He looked past Ning Li and looked at Ning Yuan again.

"Come up, I'll take you to the palace."

"Sister, I'm sorry..." Ning Li listened to Shen Yan's words very much.

Ning Yuan was too lazy to listen to Ning Li's defense.

Her sister always tried to maintain peace between her and the family, but when would she understand and know that letting it happen without stopping it was a kind of tolerance of evil deeds.

She hated such hypocrisy.

Just as she opened her legs, Ning Li grabbed her hand and said, "Sister, your car broke down, and mother asked me to pick you up."

Ning Li raised her eyes and glanced at Shen Yan.

"There's no need to trouble Lord Shen, right?"

Her words were mixed with some gestures of goodwill.

On the one hand, she really didn't want Ning Yuan to say any more bad things to Shen Yan about her and her mother. On the other hand, she didn't want to see the two of them alone in a room.

Even if it was a carriage room.

At least not before she became the legitimate Mrs. Shen.

Ning Yuan broke away her hand and imitated the old mother who had bossed her around when she just left the house. She said earnestly: "My dear sister, mother's body is just fine and she can't get tired. She still needs to lie down after getting on the car. Naturally, there is not enough room for so many people. I hope you can go back and tell her that Lord Shen is here, so she doesn't have to worry about me."

Ning Li's face turned blue and red.

She pursed her lips, and finally put down her hand somewhat unwillingly.

"Okay then."

She raised her eyes to look at Shen Yan, and even hoped that he would call her to get in the car because she was there, but he didn't, and didn't even look at her.

This book is exclusively compiled by the LK team for you. It seems that there is only his sister in his eyes.

"What are you standing for? Why don't you get in quickly?"

Ning Yuan sat in the carriage listlessly, leaning against the window, and saw Ning Li looking back every few steps as he got into his own carriage.

"Mingjue, let's go." He called in a low voice.

"Wait!" Ning Yuan stopped him loudly, turned around and said to Shen Yan, "Don't bother you, my maid has gone to rent a carriage, I will go down and wait for her."

She just wanted to piss Ning Li off.

Shen Yan frowned and looked at her: "Don't worry, I will ask someone to tell her."

He paused and added: "Miss Ning, have you forgotten that the engagement has not been cancelled, and the other party must not lose face in public."

"..."

Ning Yuan looked at Shen Yan with frustration: "...Is it also a loss of face for you to reject your kindness in private?"

He shook his head: "No. If you rent such a broken car to enter the palace, if everyone sees it, it will make me look very poor."

Ning Yuan rolled his eyes: "Please, brother, the merchants are just renting cars to make a living, not rich young men using their family's luxurious carriages for charity. Isn't it enough to keep it clean and tidy and easy to use? Your request is really excessive."

"Isn't my carriage clean and tidy enough for use?"

"And I don't charge for it." He said calmly, "Since you know that making a living is not easy, why don't you know how to save money?"

"..." Ning Yuan kept silent.

There was no way to refute him.

But sooner or later, she would be pissed off by him.

The carriage moved forward steadily. There was silence inside the carriage for a long time. Shen Yan suddenly asked, "What did you call me just now?"

Ning Yuan was confused: "Shen Yan?"

"No." He said seriously, "What did you call me when you talked about the carriage shop?"

Ning Yuan thought carefully for a moment, and remembered that she was a little speechless at that time, so she blurted out, "Please, big brother..."

"I think I called you big brother." She looked at him tentatively and saw that he looked serious, "You... won't be angry, right?"

"Call me again." He said lightly. "

... Sorry, I dare not."

The servant is grateful, and she is still in someone else's carriage now, so it is not good for her to act wildly.

He frowned and said, "Just call me if I tell you to."

"Big brother..."

This man is really unreasonable.

"…What do you want? Is it okay if I'm wrong?"

He hummed softly, leaned back in the car, and closed his eyes leisurely: "You can call me Brother Shen from now on."

She always called others "Brother" in the past, but finally it was his turn.

Ning Yuan looked at him with a complicated expression.

…Does he have any strange habits?

He likes her to be mean to him, and he also likes her to do some almost perverted things to him.

For example, the painting that he forced her to draw and then he added to and modified.

Isn't he afraid that she not only doesn't hate him, but also has wild thoughts about him?

She was thinking about something even stranger, but saw the man suddenly open his eyes.

"Ning Yuan."

"Ah...?" Her thoughts were abruptly interrupted.

He looked at her, seemed a little happy, but hesitated to speak, and finally opened his thin lips and said: "After entering the palace, I may not be able to take care of you all the time, you should be careful."

Ning Yuan lowered her eyes, knowing that he was talking about her stepmother, and said "hmm" softly, then raised her eyes and said seriously: "Shen Yan, thank you for caring about me, and thank you for helping me out. If you need me for anything in the future, you can also come to me--"

The carriage stopped in front of the palace gate at the right time.

Shen Yan looked at her, feeling irritated.

The elder brother Shen he had finally heard of was gone again.

He interrupted her impatiently: "You can get off the car."

...

Stinky man, every time she had a little affection for him, he would suppress it with his broken mouth.

He was still considerate when he was pretending to be a ghost.

Ning Yuan was shocked by what she was thinking, and then she snorted at him to vent her anger and pulled open the curtain.

She touched the flute hanging around her waist. She

hadn't seen Pei Zixing for a long time. She would definitely see him when she entered the palace today. The banquet would start in the evening anyway, and she had a whole day.

Then she could take the time to ask him how to play the flute.

*

On the palace road, Shen Yan just happened to meet Ning Ze, who had just returned home yesterday after leaving Beijing for business under his order.

The boy was a little tanned by the sun, and smiled with white teeth, and waved at him enthusiastically.

"Brother Shen!"

"When I went to Qianzhou, I stopped by Yunyan to buy some local aged wine, and I left a bottle for you." He took it off from his waist, pulled out the cork enthusiastically, and handed it to his lips, "Try it? I know you don't like things that have been used by others, so I specially prepared a new bottle for you!"

The strong smell of alcohol hit his face, so strong that he covered his nose.

He didn't want to drink alcohol at the moment, but he couldn't stand Ningze's enthusiasm, so he lowered his head and took a sip, feeling the mellow and rich liquid sliding down his throat.

"It's really good wine, thank you very much."

"You're welcome!" He grinned and whispered, "As long as you don't force my sister, you will always be my good brother!"

After that, before he could get angry, Ningze ran away.

Shen Yan looked at his back helplessly and continued to walk towards His Majesty's Yangxin Palace.

Before he walked far, he felt a little dizzy.

He felt that the wine was a bit strong when he first tasted it, and he never thought that he would get drunk so quickly.

He said to the man beside him: "You go and inform His Majesty. I will go back to my room to rest for a while and go to find him later."

He has a close relationship with His Majesty and is the Queen's brother. He often goes in and out of the palace. In order to facilitate his stay, His Majesty specially set up a palace for him, called Lotus

Fragrance Pavilion. As the name suggests, the courtyard is built by the water, with a rockery and waterfall in the middle, and lotus flowers all over the courtyard.

Knowing that he likes quietness, there are only plants and trees around, and few people.

He walked slowly towards Lotus Fragrance Pavilion, and suddenly stopped.

But even though he stopped, the scenery in front of him still shook.

Something was wrong.

Although he was not a heavy drinker, he was not a teetotaler. How could he be so drunk with just a sip?

There was something wrong with the wine.

Ningze... should not know.

He works with him every day, and he can tell at a glance whether Ning Ze really doesn't know or is pretending not to know, so he has never been on guard against him.

But he just returned to Beijing yesterday, and did not go to the government office, but went straight back to his house.

Those who want to drug themselves through him should know that he will definitely enter the palace for the banquet today, and will definitely see him, and know which pot of wine he should give him.

After thinking about it, it can only be his family.

And it can't be Ning Yuan.

She doesn't need to use such means on him.

He felt dizzy for a while, and simply helped himself to the stone lantern beside him.

He neglected it.

He always thought that Ning Yuan's stepmother would make trouble for Ning Yuan in order to break up their marriage, but he neglected that she could directly promote his and Ning Li.

...Has he even abandoned his own daughter's reputation?

He sneered.

Yes, when Ning Li marries into the Shen family, Ning Yuan will definitely not marry him again. Even if Ning Yuan is implicated and no one cares about her, what does it have to do with her?

If he guessed correctly, Ning Li or Ming Wei should be in his palace at this time.

He didn't think much about it, and immediately turned around, intending to find a crowded place.

As long as he didn't faint in a deserted place, he would have witnesses.

He walked hurriedly, but heard someone jogging after him, getting closer and closer to him.

He tried to use his internal strength, but it seemed as if it didn't exist at all.

His mind became more and more confused, and it seemed as if there was a heavy weight under his feet.

The woman behind him caught up with him, held him up, and said timidly: "Lord Shen, you look a little strange, let me help you rest for a while..."

He glanced to the side, and saw a pink mist like Ning Yuan, but he couldn't see the other person's face clearly.

Even though Ning Yuan flashed through his mind for a moment, an unbearable heat surged in his body.

He shook her off and said coldly: "The medicine is applied to the mouth of the pot, right?"

"What a meticulous mind, knowing that I might not drink it all at once, and fearing that the amount of medicine is not enough, you set up such a plan." His voice seemed to be quenched by ice, "Okay, really good!"

Ning Li frowned and said: "Lord Shen, I don't want to do it either."

If Shen Yan hadn't never looked at her straight in the eye, she wouldn't have wanted to do it either.

If Ning Yuan could not tolerate her in the future, she would not want to do it.

If her mother had not insisted on putting drugs in the wine pot that Ning Ze prepared for him, she would not want to do it.

According to Shen Yan's personality, if she did not do something before winning the championship, even if she made this request, he would definitely reject it without caring about the face of the emperor and empress.

It was everyone who forced her to this point step by step, and she did not want to do it.

There were tears of grievance in her eyes, and she trembled and put her arms around his waist: "Lord Shen..."

Shen Yan pushed her away with all his strength: "Get out."

Ning Li was pushed into the bushes beside by this brute force. The messy branches scratched her and hurt her, and tears burst out.

With tears in her eyes, she saw Shen Yan's back walking away quickly. She stood up and chased after him despite the pain.

Go to where there are many people.

Go to where there are many people.

Go to where there are many people...

He muttered to himself, forcing himself to quickly shuttle through the palace. At the right time, he saw three figures not far away.

He couldn't see who they were, but the closer he got, the more at ease he felt.

These three people were Ning Yuan, who was accompanied by Zhuxing, and they were discussing the technique of playing the flute with Pei Zixing.

Zhuxing looked around and saw Shen Yan with a cold face, walking towards them quickly.

She hurriedly pulled the corner of Ning Yuan's clothes: "Miss, Lord Shen is here, and he looks like he is here to catch someone cheating..."

"...Ah?"

Ning Yuan's smile froze, and she turned around to see that it was indeed the angry Shen Yan.

...No way?

She waved her hands and said to Shen Yan who was getting closer and closer: "Shen Yan, calm down, it's not what you think." Shen

Yan had no reason left at this time, and his will was driving him to go to a crowded place. Suddenly, he heard this familiar voice, and his heart was relieved.

This was his future wife.

The turbulent anger in his heart seemed to have found a place to rest. He grabbed her wrist, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her.