Shen Qingwu looked at Zhou Silin. She had a shrewd face that looked like she was calculating, but she was really simple-minded.
"The art of divination reveals the secrets of heaven. I must pay you money to settle this matter." Shen Qingwu said bluntly.
"We have such a good relationship, and you still want to charge me money?" Zhou Silin widened her eyes in disbelief.
Shen Qingwu raised his eyebrows. "I'm doing this for your own good. If you don't pay and just ask for the cause and effect, disaster will follow."
Zhou Silin believed it. She blinked her innocent eyes and covered her purse. "Then tell me, how much money do you want? I'm a concubine's daughter, and I don't have much monthly salary. Last time I treated you to dinner at Wangyue Tower, I spent all the pocket money I saved."
Shen Qingwu glanced at the purse on her waist and said, "Seventy-six taels of silver."
"What?" Zhou Silin was immediately furious. She jumped up excitedly and bumped into the roof of the carriage. She covered her head with her hands and sat back down. She looked at Shen Qingwu with red eyes and accused him, "How much did you say?"
"Seventy-six taels of silver." Shen Qingwu repeated with a smile.
"Shen Qingwu, do you know that this is all the money I have left now?" Zhou Silin burst into tears.
"Really? That's really a coincidence." Shen Qingwu smiled innocently.
Zhou Silin rubbed her buzzing head, "What a coincidence? Shen Qingwu, are you going to use your fortune-telling skills to calculate my pitiful private money? I'm about to reach the age of marriage, and I need to save up for my dowry!"
"Then just don't count it. Save all the money as your dowry." Shen Qingwu played with the gold bracelet that Shen Qingtang specially gave her last night, and spoke in surprise.
"Calculate, I want to calculate. You show me what kind of family I will marry into in the future, whether I can be the main wife, whether the man will take concubines, and what his official position and character are like?" Zhou Silin gritted her teeth, pulled down the purse and stuffed it into Shen Qingwu's hand.
Her chest rose and fell violently, and it was obvious that she was in great pain.
Shen Qingwu laughed and stuffed the purse back into her hands with his right hand. "Don't look at it. It's a waste of money. The censor's favorite daughter will definitely be promised to a good family..."
Shen Qingwu's words stopped abruptly and his expression changed slightly.
She saw a picture of Zhou Silin's future.
The sky was filled with beacon fires and smoke. Zhou Silin was tied up and pushed onto the city wall, and thousands of arrows were fired at her.
"What's wrong? Will I have bad luck in marriage in the future?" Seeing Shen Qingwu's face change slightly, Zhou Silin's heart skipped a beat. She held Shen Qingwu's hand and exerted a little force.
Shen Qingwu shook his head and pulled his hand back. "Your mother is smart and will definitely choose a good husband for you."
"Really? Seeing your expression, I thought I was going to marry a man who beats and scolds me every day." Zhou Silin felt depressed, and her hand holding her purse tightened a little, but she smiled with a relaxed look.
"How is that possible? Who would dare to hit or scold the Censor's favorite daughter?" Shen Qingwu laughed. "I was just thinking of my mother. I no longer have any memory of her, but I really want to know if she were still alive, would she object to my engagement with the Crown Prince?"
"It's useless to object. The marriage is granted by the imperial decree. If you object, it's like disobeying the decree, and your entire family will be executed." Zhou Silin rolled her eyes.
Then he stuffed the purse back into Shen Qingwu's hands and said, "You'd better help me take a look, otherwise I won't feel at ease."
"Your parents love you so much, they won't push you into the fire pit." Shen Qingwu refused, and she didn't even dare to touch Zhou Silin with her right hand again.
She had seen Zhou Silin's past. She had been pampered since she was a child. Even her stepmother and step-sister loved her very much. However, her biological mother would always remind her to understand the rules, not to go beyond her step-sister in anything, and to respect her stepmother.
The Censor's family lives in harmony with his wives and concubines, and everything is in a virtuous cycle and is thriving.
But why was Zhou Silin on the battlefield?
Why was he pushed onto the city wall?
The night was dark, and even though the light from the torches almost illuminated the entire city, she could not see the appearance of the man leading the troops under the city wall. She only saw the man's raised hand fall down, and the soldiers behind him fired thousands of arrows, all aimed at Zhou Silin.
"Did you help me secretly?" Zhou Silin looked at Shen Qingwu who lowered her eyes and stopped talking. After a moment of silence, she stood up and sat next to Shen Qingwu, holding her hand tightly and asked.
"Do you think I can tell fortunes for anyone I want?" When Shen Qingwu's right hand touched Zhou Silin, a flash of the future scene made her feel as if her hand was stuffed into a furnace in an instant, burning painfully.
She saw Zhou Silin falling from the city wall, her body riddled with arrows, blood splattering everywhere. She stared wide-eyed at the soldiers who had shot her. The soldiers, already charging like a thousand horses, were charging the city, their muddy boots mercilessly landing on her face, one after another...
"Why are your hands shaking?" Zhou Silin looked at Shen Qingwu in confusion, grabbing her hand with a little more force. Her expression became more suspicious.
"Maybe he leaked the secret when he helped Yang Tong find her daughter and got retaliated against." Shen Qingwu said.
"How much money did Yang Tong give you?" Zhou Silin believed it and hugged Shen Qingwu tightly to her arms, trying to give her strength. She asked with concern, "Could it be that the money she gave was not enough and God is not satisfied? Can I make up for her first?"
Shen Qingwu turned his head with difficulty to look at the girl with a frown on her face. She was very serious and cared about him very much.
"What are you looking at me for? Are you feeling better? What can I do to help you?" Their eyes met, and Zhou Silin said anxiously, "Shen Qingwu, I won't let you go, is that all?"
Shen Qingwu leaned on Zhou Silin's shoulder, closed his eyes, and whispered, "Zhou Silin, a person's future is in their own hands. As long as they are strong enough, they can rewrite their own destiny."
"What do you mean?" Zhou Silin asked in confusion, patting his back gently.
"Yang Tong is a kind and strong person. She grows chestnuts that save many people from starvation, and she has saved many children from being kidnapped. That's why her daughter, who was lost early in life, has a new chance of fortune. When she was supposed to be out picking up customers, she met a wealthy and infatuated man for the first time. He took her home, promised her the position of wife, and guaranteed her a life of wealth and happiness. Now, mother and daughter are finally reunited, and all the hardships have paid off."
Shen Qingwu spoke at length and calmly, and Zhou Silin listened quietly without interrupting her.
"Shen Qingwu, are you hinting at something to me?" Zhou Silin asked uncertainly.
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