The worries and fears of the past few days finally found an outlet to vent, and Luo Ran suddenly started crying like a child.
She didn't know exactly what she was crying about. Since the day she was reborn, she had told herself every moment to be strong in this life, to protect her father, to remind the Shen family to beware of the second wife's schemes, but she had forgotten that for the past fifteen years she had been pampered by her father. My dear, you are not familiar with worldly affairs and you are weak and can be bullied.
So every time she faced that man, she tried her best not to be timid. Although her father always told her that he was here, she didn't dare to say anything to him when she thought about his father's death in the end. .
Now, there is finally someone who knows her secret. He does not dislike her or blame her, but helps her unconditionally. But this person is a relative who he actively alienated in his previous life.
"Cousin, cousin..."
Luo Ran burst into tears.
Shen Yuzhi sighed again, stretched out his long arms, just like comforting Xiqing who was punished by her father when he was a child, he held the little girl in his arms, gently patted her back, and just smiled lightly, what? Don't even say it.
When Luo Ran finally had enough crying, he felt a little embarrassed and hurriedly withdrew from his cousin's arms, lowering his head like a child who had done something wrong, at a loss: "I'm sorry, I, I don't know why I'm crying, but ,"
"But you can't help it, can you?"
Shen Yuzhi smiled and continued.
Luo Ran became even more embarrassed and nodded gently.
Shen Yu knew: "It doesn't matter, you can cry if you want, no need for any reason. But are you feeling better now?"
Luo Ran nodded again, as if he was afraid that his cousin wouldn't understand, and added: "Okay."
Only then did Shen Yuzhi put away the gentle expression on his face and let Aunt Qiu and Youqing in.
After the two came in, they saw the serious expression on the young master's face and immediately cheered up.
Shen Yuzhi sat down and looked at the two of them, and said quietly: "Do you know what you were going to say when I called you in?"
Youqing nodded.
Aunt Qiu lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said, "Don't worry, sir, I will take good care of the young lady and the young masters in the future."
Youqing also followed: "Same goes for you, my slave. I will protect the young lady and my young masters even if I risk my life."
Youqing hesitated for the next few words. Both she and Aunt Qiu knew that the young lady would definitely give birth to this child. She was just a little unsure of the young master's attitude, fearing that he might think that the young lady had been embarrassed by the Shen family. Face...
Shen Yuzhi spoke again, his tone a little more serious than before: "Okay, since you all know, there is no need for me to talk nonsense. But you have to remember that from today on, none of you can do anything without the permission of Ran'er and I." If you leave the village without permission, you are not allowed to contact the outside world. Once I find out who has broken the rules, I don’t care who you are, so don’t blame me for being rude!"
Youqing had never known that the always gentle young cousin could be so serious and frightening, so he unconsciously said: "I remember this!"
"This slave will remember it."
Aunt Qiu also followed.
Shen Yuzhi went outside and told the steward Zhuangzi the same words again, and then took the time to take a bath and rest, because he was worried. These days, he was either rushing or dealing with things, and he only felt tired when he stopped.
"Miss, my cousin is asleep."
You Qing came in and said.
Luo Ran felt relaxed and looked more energetic: "Let the kitchen prepare it first, and let my cousin drink the soup first when he wakes up."
Youqing nodded: "My servant has already given instructions to the kitchen. Young Master Biao seems to have lost a lot of weight, but he is fine now. Miss, you don't have to worry. With Young Master Biao here, everything will be fine."
Luo Ran nodded, hoping so.
Shen Yuzhi slept for half a day. When he woke up and drank soup again, he finally came to life and came to talk to Luo Ran.
Luo Ran asked about him: "Cousin, if I really keep this child, there are still several months left, you..."
Shen Yuzhi had just entered high school, and the emperor must have assigned him an errand. If he stayed with him for half a year, it would be unreasonable.
Shen Yu knew: "Don't worry about this. I have already asked the emperor for half a year's leave and will take office at the end of the year."
Luo Ran's eyes widened in surprise. Why had she never heard him mention it before?
Shen Yuzhi smiled: "It's not a big deal, so I didn't tell you. It's just a matter of routine."
Luo Ran asked again: "Is my cousin going to the Hanlin Academy?"
According to the usual practice, the top three in the imperial examination can directly enter the court as officials. As expected, they all enter the Hanlin Academy, and she remembers that her cousin in her previous life also seemed to have entered the Hanlin Academy as an editor.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yuzhi shook his head and said, "No."
Luo Ran was surprised: "No? Where to go?"
If you don't enter the Imperial Academy, it seems that there is only one way out.
Shen Yu knew: "Dali is right."
"Dali Temple?!" Luo Ran exclaimed.
Shen Yuzhi smiled and said: "Why is it so strange? They are all from the seventh rank."
Luo Ran shook his head. Although the editors and editors of Dali Zhenghe and Hanlin Academy are both from the seventh grade, the treatment is very different.
The editor of the Hanlin Academy is close to the emperor. If he does not make mistakes, he will follow the path that the Shen family has always followed and reach the cabinet step by step.
But Dali Temple is different. Although they are also civil servants, they can only do things that offend people. Besides, she has never seen anyone who is in charge of prisons as smart as her cousin. Most of them are cruel and ruthless people.
Shen Yuzhi saw her doubts and deliberately teased her: "Why, don't you believe that my cousin can do it well?"
Luo Ran shook his head, suddenly raised his head and stared into his eyes and asked, "Is it because of me that my cousin chose Dali Temple?"
Shen Yuzhi didn't want to lie to her, so he thought for a while and said, "Yes and no. The reason why he said yes is because his cousin's reminder saved his father from trouble last time, but avoiding it once may not necessarily prevent him from the second time. Now that the prince has grown up, and all the princes below have also grown up, if the Shen family continues to follow the old path naively and ignores what is happening outside the window, there will only be one road waiting for the Shen family in the end."
Shen Yu didn't know what path it was, but Luo Ran knew it. Wasn't it like this in the last life.
"That's why my cousin took another route?"
Luo Ran asked.
Shen Yuzhi nodded: "Yes, Dali Temple is in charge of the prison, and the news is naturally incomparable to places like the Hanlin Academy."
Luo Ran didn't know what his rebirth would bring to him and the Shen family in the end, but as long as they started to take precautions from now on, they wouldn't be as embarrassed as they were in the last life.
After talking for a while, Shen Yuzhi left.
Although he hasn't taken office yet, he wants to do more before he takes office.
So even if the brother and sister live in the same village, they don't have much time to see each other in a day.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of June. Fu Jinan finally pulled out the nails that Rong Di'an had planted in the Jin Dynasty, and the border could finally be stable for a while.
He didn't have time to return to Beijing to report to the emperor, so he asked Changying to go back and talk to the emperor first, while he took Changyun straight to the south of the Yangtze River.
