After Lu Yuanyuan came out, she was still a little worried and stretched her neck to look outside.
Shen Xiqing teased from the side: "Don't look, everyone is gone! I thought you were so powerful normally. My eldest brother doesn't eat people. Why did you say you were running away!"
Lu Yuanyuan sat frustratedly between Yue Wanhe and Luo Ran, lowering her head and saying nothing.
Luo Ran didn't know how to persuade her, so he suddenly remembered and said, "By the way, the general is back. Don't you want to see him and his children?"
Sure enough, when Lu Yuanyuan heard that there was a kitten playing with him, he immediately put his unhappiness behind and shouted that he would take one away today.
Seeing her like this, Luo Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Yuzhi and Yuan Zhengbai arrived at the courtyard outside the study. Yuan Zhengbai took the initiative to stop and said, "Brother Shen, please go in first. I see that the scenery in this courtyard is nice, and I want to take a walk."
Of course Shen Yuzhi knew what he was thinking. At a young age, he was very measured. He knew that not just anyone could enter the study room of the Jinyiwei commander, so he took the initiative to avoid it.
Shen Yuzhi nodded, and then Changying came over and bowed to the two of them: "Master Shen, Mr. Yuan, please come inside."
Yuan Zhengbai glanced at Shen Yuzhi.
Shen Yuzhi nodded, and then the two of them entered the study.
Fu Jinan was sitting behind the desk, while Lu Jiuchen was still slumped in the armchair without any image. Looking at Shen Yuzhi with a young boy following behind him, he smiled unconsciously: "Are you Shan Ning's uncle?"
Yuan Zhengbai stepped forward and saluted: "Caomin Yuan Zhengbai comes to see the young prince Qing."
Lu Jiuchen waved his hand casually: "No need to be polite, we are all one family, right, Yan Hui?"
Fu Jinan raised his eyes and glanced at Yuan Zhengbai and asked, "I heard that you are going to end this year?"
Yuan Zhengbai looked serious and replied seriously: "Yes."
Fu Jinan nodded and said nothing more. Instead, he looked at Shen Yuzhi: "I heard that you met Liu Zimo a few days ago?"
Shen Yuzhi poured a cup of tea for Yuan Zhengbai and said with a smile: "Zhengbai, try it. The tea here is said to be personally appreciated by the emperor. What's the difference?"
Yuan Zhengbai hurriedly took it with both hands and thanked him.
Fu Jinan smiled and said meaningfully: "If Lord Shen likes it, there will be more in the future."
While saying this, he deliberately glanced at Lu Jiuchen.
Lu Jiuchen also looked at Shen Yuzhi.
Shen Yuzhi pretended not to hear and answered the question he just asked: "Yesterday, Boyao and I went outside the city. Liu Zimo happened to be the new official. We met him at the city gate and said a few words."
Fu Jin'an nodded and said, "In your opinion, what is the purpose of Liu Zimo's return to Beijing this time?"
Shen Yuzhi didn't speak. He lowered his head and thought for a moment before speaking: "The emperor will hold a banquet in the palace in a few days, and all the vassal kings will surely take action by then. In your opinion, Lord Fu, what should we do?"
Fu Jin'an didn't answer, but Lu Jiuchen said nonchalantly: "It's just a test. I just want to see how determined the emperor is to cut down the vassal. Don't worry, they don't dare to do anything."
Shen Yuzhi said, "But how come I heard someone hinting to King Xisu that as long as he supports the third prince, he will promise never to reduce the vassal status once he waits for the day when the third prince ascends to the throne?"
"What?"
Lu Jiuchen seemed to have heard some joke and couldn't help but laugh, "Lu Jingzhou? You don't even have long hair, how dare you boast so much?"
Shen Yuzhi looked at Fu Jinan.
Fu Jin'an said, "Instead of caring about these things, you should think about how to separate the Shen family from the prince's line. Lord Shen's appointment to the cabinet has been decided."
Listening to their words, Yuan Zhengbai was secretly frightened. He now regretted following Brother Shen and tried his best to lower his head and pretend not to understand anything.
But Lu Jiuchen didn't want to let him go, and said, "Brother Shan Ning, your father is the censor. What do you think should be done if someone forms a clique for personal gain and harms the emperor's heir?"
Although Yuan Zhengbai is good at reading and has a smart mind, he is still young and has not entered officialdom. When he heard Lu Jiuchen's words, his face turned pale. First, I don't know how to answer, and I am afraid that I will say the wrong thing and cause trouble to the Yuan family or my sister.
Lips pursed tightly.
Shen Yuzhi glanced at the two of them, then looked at the man behind the desk. Thinking of the recent rumors in Beijing, he felt a wave of panic in his heart.
Lu Jiuchen changed the subject: "Haha, don't take it seriously, I just said it casually. How can anyone be so bold as to harm the emperor's heir?"
After the others left, Fu Jinan said, "Aren't you afraid of scaring them by saying this?"
Lu Jiuchen shrugged nonchalantly: "Don't pretend to be confused with me. I don't believe you haven't found out where the recent rumors came from. It seems that Uncle Huang doesn't want to see you so carefree."
Fu Jinan didn't think too much. What he was thinking about now was: how much did that little woman guess or find out. He was curious about how long that little head could endure before asking him in person.
Coming out of Fu Mansion, Yuan Zhengbai secretly tugged on Shen Yuzhi's sleeves: "Brother Shen, in the study at that time, what did the young prince Qing mean?"
Shen Yuzhi smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "You don't have to worry about him. Your task now is to study hard and participate in the Autumn Festival."
Yuan Zhengbai nodded seriously and asked with some worry: "So...is your niece okay?"
"Are you asking about Ranran?"
Shen Yuzhi was stunned for a moment when he heard the words "niece".
Yuan Zhengbai nodded with a blushing face.
Shen Yuzhi smiled: "Don't worry, Ranran is fine, the Luo family is fine, and your sister is fine even more."
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After a busy day, Luo Ran was a little tired. After seeing off the guests, he was just about to sit down and take off the hairpin from his head when he saw Fu Jinan come in. Without saying anything, he took her hand and walked out.
"Hello!"
Luo Ran couldn't compete with him, so he had to follow.
Fortunately, this man's steps were long but not fast, so it was easy for her to follow.
The Fu Mansion is very big. Even after being married for so long, Luo Ran has never been to the whole place. He only takes a walk in the garden on weekdays.
But I was thinking that when the weather warms up and Qing Ning and Jing Xing are able to walk safely, the yard will no longer be able to contain them, so they can have a good time strolling around then.
Even now, if they don't come out and walk around twice a day, the two little guys are not happy.
Thinking about the child, he was led to the small door by the man unconsciously.
Passing through the small gate is his former courtyard, which is vast and spacious.
But that was before, and now the big trees in the spacious courtyard are covered with lanterns of various shapes and colors.
From all kinds of cute little animals to the colorful flowers, Luo Ran was a little confused when he saw it, as if he had accidentally entered a mythical world.
Luo Ran wandered under every tree and stared at every lantern carefully.
There is a sentence on each lantern:
May heaven and earth be filled with joy every year and tonight;
I wish to have the person of my heart, and we will never be apart until we grow old together;
…
As he thought about it, the corners of Luo Ran's eyes became moist.
At this moment, she was thinking: As long as he is sincere, she is willing to accompany him for the rest of her life. Even if the two parted ways in the end, at least she tried.
This life is different from the previous life.
In her previous life, she had never tasted the love between husband and wife, but she lost her life because of it.
And in this life, she had tasted it and knew the taste after eating the marrow. How could she be willing to give up like this?
