The carriage stopped at the door of Shen's Mansion. Bai Yu'an stood in front of the door and asked the boy to pass the call. The boy smiled respectfully at Bai Yu'an and said: "My lord has said that when Mr. Bai comes, there is no need to call, just go in." ."
After saying that, he went to push the door open and bowed his waist to ask Bai Yu'an to come in.
Bai Yu'an paused and then looked at the look in the boy's eyes. There was something in that look that made her uncomfortable.
He pursed his lower lip and crossed the threshold.
A boy followed Bai Yuan with a lantern in his hand and asked flatteringly: "Where are you going, Mr. Bai?"
Bai Yuan stopped and looked at him: "Where is Chief Shen, just lead me there."
The boy hurriedly led Bai Yu'an to the attic where Shen Jue usually handled official business.
After reaching the attic and standing here again, Bai Yu'an didn't know what to feel.
The embarrassed appearance he had last time seemed to be still before him.
When the boy arrived at the place, he whispered to Bai Yu'an: "Master Bai, please come up. The master is above."
Bai Yu'an nodded and went to the attic, stood in front of the familiar door and knocked.
Shen Jue's deep voice came from inside: "Is Yu'an here?"
Bai Yu'an was stunned and couldn't figure out how Shen Jue knew that the person outside was her.
With this thought in mind, he opened the door and walked in.
Shen Jue saw Bai Yuan come in, put the documents in his hand on the table, leaned against the back of the chair behind him, with a smile in his eyes: "Yu'an is so reluctant to let me go? You just broke up and you can't wait to see me?"
Bai Yu'an was used to Shen Jue's words. She walked up to him, stood beside the desk and gave him the envelope in her hand: "Zhang Ren'an, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, gave it to my cousin."
Bai Yu'an looked at Shen Jue and paused: "It contains the title of this spring. My cousin has not opened it."
Shen Jue took the envelope from Bai Yu'an's hand, looked at Bai Yu'an, and smiled at the corners of her lips: "Yu'an is alert."
"Do you want to report Zhang Ren'an here?"
Bai Yu'an lowered his eyes and looked at Shen Jue, shaking his head: "I would like to ask Chief Shen to return this letter to Mr. Zhang personally."
"Reporting Zhang Ren'an will also implicate my cousin. Maybe my cousin will not be able to take the scientific examination by then."
"I was thinking that Mr. Zhang gave my cousin a question for no reason. I'm afraid there is some conspiracy in it."
Shen Jue threw the envelope on the table and looked at Bai Yu'an: "I've known about this for a long time."
Bai Yu'an was stunned and looked at Shen Jue with a frown: "What do you mean?"
Shen Jue crossed her legs leisurely, and the jade buckle on her waist slipped off together, and her black wide sleeves were lazily draped on the armrest.
He looked at Bai Yu'an with casual eyes: "Princess Jianing has not given up on you yet, and wants to use your cousin to threaten you."
"If your cousin reads the questions and takes the scientific examination, it will be a serious crime that will lead to implication, and you will also be implicated."
Shen Jue looked at Bai Yu'an and smiled again: "The other party has already prepared a scapegoat to blackmail you. I guess Princess Jianing will come to find you as soon as the exam starts."
"Even if you don't want to protect your cousin, you will still be implicated."
"As for your cousin, he can only live if you agree to marry Princess Jianing, otherwise he will definitely die."
Shen Jue paused as he spoke: "But what surprises me is that your cousin shows this to you even though he knows your temper. I don't know if he is stupid or smart."
Bai Yu'an's expression changed, and he looked at Shen Jue complicatedly: "You already knew that those people were approaching my cousin, why didn't you remind me?"
Shen Jue raised his eyebrows: "Remind you what to do?"
A cool smile appeared on his lips: "When you leave, I will always have something to threaten you before you come back."
"It's definitely impossible for you to marry Princess Jianing, so you can only come and beg me."
"Yu'an, you have to be me."
"Only I can save you."
Bai Yuan only felt that Shen Jue in front of him was a little scary, and everything was planned by him.
Her eyes fell on the envelope on the table, and then looked at Shen Jue: "So what do you want to do when you tell me this now?"
Shen Jue lazily looked at the people standing in front of him and said, "Don't do anything."
"I just want to remind Yu'an that I still have many ways to blackmail you. Even if I ask you to return to Shuyang, you can't even think about leaving me."
Bai Yu'an's eyes showed a sneer: "Shen Chief Fu is so sure that I want to leave?"
Shen Jue looked at Bai Yuan with dark eyes and smiled: "Can you do it?"
Bai Yu'an met Shen Jue's eyes, her brown eyes indifferent: "If Shen Shoufu believes in me, I won't do it. If you don't believe me, no matter what I do, you will think that I want to leave."
The slender fingertips hit the armrest. Shen Jue's eyes were cold and cold, and he stretched out a hand to Bai Yu'an: "Of course I trust Yu'an."
Bai Yu'an looked at An's stretched out hand in front of him, looked at it silently for a long time, and then placed his hand in Shen Jue's hand.
Shen Jue's palms were wide and warm, while Bai Yu'an's fingers were slender and cold. Their colors were darker and lighter, which was particularly eye-catching.
Shen Jue held Bai Yu'an's hand tightly, put down his legs and stood up, holding Bai Yu'an in his arms: "I will return the exam questions for you. I have nothing to threaten you now."
"Are Yu'an satisfied?"
How come there's no threat?
Isn't her identity always threatened by him?
The smell of Shen Jue's body carries a long-lasting aroma, like the smell of being in a book for a long time, which is also a unique smell on his body.
Bai Yu'an didn't say anything, just nodded.
Seeing Bai Yu'an nod, Shen Jue let Bai Yu'an go and looked at the man standing upright in front of him. Unfortunately, he never smiled in front of him.
He squeezed Bai Yu'an's hand: "Shall I give it to you?"
Bai Yu'an looked at the documents piled up on the desk and shook his head: "No, I'll walk back by myself."
Shen Jue went to grab the cloak from the shelf next to her and put it on. Without waiting for Bai Yuan's reaction, she took her hand and walked downstairs.
Although the Shen Mansion only has one master, Shen Jue, and the house is deserted, there are always servants coming and going.
Bai Yu'an was still not used to what it looked like when two grown men held hands.
He couldn't get away despite struggling, and Shen Jue's joking voice came to his ears: "Yu'an can't see people anymore?"
Bai Yu'an wanted to step on Shen Jue's boots, but immediately turned cold: "Because I want to lose face."
Shen Jue smiled, and when he was approaching the door, he let go of Bai Yu'an's hand.
After sending Bai Yu'an to her small courtyard, Shen Jue stood at the door, looking down at Bai Yu'an's slightly drooped eyebrows, and her meticulous hair made her look extraordinarily well-behaved. He whispered: "We will be in the courtyard tomorrow. Have a good rest here and wait for me to see you off the day after tomorrow."
Bai Yu'an raised his head and glanced at Shen Jue: "I left early, so you don't have to come to see me off if you're too busy."
She looked away from Shen Jue again, her face a little unhappy: "You don't have to look so closely."
Shen Jue bent down slightly, pressed Bai Yu'an's forehead, smelled the cold fragrance on her body, and looked at her with phoenix eyes: "I have just found a daughter-in-law at my age, so I should naturally pay more attention to her."
"you--"
Bai Yu'an's face felt a little hot for no reason. He raised his eyes and glared at Shen Jue, turned around and hurried back to the yard.
Shen Jue stood there and looked at Bai Yuan's somewhat panicked steps, with a smile in her eyes again.
