Chapter 002: Rebirth
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In August of this year, the weather was exceptionally hot. In order for her father to agree to marry Li Chengqi, Marquis of Ning'an, Shen Yan locked herself in the boudoir without eating or drinking for two days. The hot weather made her thirsty. The hunger in her stomach also made her dizzy. At this moment, the maid Xiyu chattered outside the door and persuaded her to open the door, which made her even more annoyed to listen.
"Xiyu, you go and tell my father, if you don't go to Ning'an Hou's Mansion to talk about family affairs, I will really die, and if I don't starve to death, I will die of thirst!" You just go and say......"
Shen Yan said, and lay on the table without strength. Xiyu called her again, and her response could no longer be heard.
Shen Shichong, who was demoted from prime minister to Ning'an Zhizhou for less than half a month, was already depressed, and when his stubborn daughter was not ashamed to marry Ning Anhou, he was really uncomfortable standing and sitting. He didn't agree to his daughter's request, firstly because he didn't think that Ning'anhou's Mansion would be a good destination for his daughter, and secondly, because even if he went to say goodbye, Ning'anhou would not marry his daughter.
Ning'an, the city of Gyeonggi, has no Ning'an. Li Kuo, the father of Li Chengqi, the current Marquis of Ning'an, was also a founding veteran and loyal to the monarch and generals, but on the issue of the prince, he had a great disagreement with Shen Shi, who was then the prime minister, so the two launched a fierce battle with the support of their respective forces.
Emperor Wen of the Great Zhou Dynasty had six princes, among them, the eldest prince Liu Zhuo and the second prince Liu Xian were the most popular among the courtiers. On the occasion of the establishment of the crown prince, Li Chengqi's father, Li Kuo, strongly supported the eldest prince Liu Zhuo in line with the principle of establishing the elder rather than the young, although Liu Zhuo was a little ruthless; Shen Yan's father, Shen Shichong, resolutely supported the second prince Liu Xian, although Liu Xian was a little withdrawn and indifferent.
Later, Li Kuo was too eager to support the eldest prince, and even joined forces with the eldest prince's mother, Jiao Shimin Guifei, the cousin of Mrs. Li Kuo, to murder the second prince's mother, Empress Gu Duanjing, in an attempt to strengthen the power of the eldest prince's mother's family. Such a plot was finally exposed by Shen Shichong.
Murdering the queen was a capital crime. But at that time, Emperor Wen was sick, confused, and spoiled the eldest prince's biological mother, Concubine Jiao Shimin, who actually found a scapegoat for Li Kuo and let him get away with it. Shen Shichong was upright and would never tolerate the queen's death in vain, so he risked death to meet him many times. After twists and turns, Emperor Wen took the trouble to finally revoke Li Kuo's official position, but soon after, under the persuasion of Concubine Min, he still gave Li Kuo the title of Marquis of Ning'an. However, due to the pressure from Shen Shichong, he also issued a special edict: The descendants of the Marquis of Ning'an will have a hereditary title, but they will never be officials in the court.
Li's father passed away with regret, and his sons Li Chengqi and Li Chengmao, although they enjoyed endless glory and wealth, as well as the gold medal that their father won when he fought with Emperor Wen, but they lost their rights forever; Although they are full of talent, they will never be able to display them in the court.
said that Shen Shichong did not end well. As soon as the biological mother of the second prince, Empress Duanjing, died, Concubine Min Guifei was promoted to the second queen of Emperor Wen, Empress Minjia, and the eldest prince also successfully ascended to the throne of the crown prince. Under their exclusion and retaliation, Shen Shichong was soon dismissed from prime minister and reduced to Ning'an Zhizhou.
Creation makes people, the Shen family and the Li family met in Ning'an, and the only daughter of the Shen family fell in love at first sight and fell in love with the eldest son of the Li family. Now that Shen Yan is forcing each other to die, Shen Shichong really doesn't know what to do.
Just when he was worried and had a headache, the maid Xiyu hurriedly came.
"Sir, Miss, she...... Miss, she's afraid she's fainting from hunger, and she shouldn't call her no matter how much I call her. Sir, can you figure it out? ”
Hearing that Shen Yan was hungry and fainted, Shen Shichong was so anxious that his chest was blocked. Immediately, he made up his mind and called Steward Feng to ask him to invite a good matchmaker to the Ning'an Hou Mansion to say goodbye. He himself, with the help of Xiyu, came to Shen Yan's boudoir.
"Yan'er, my father has asked Steward Feng to invite the matchmaker to the Hou Mansion of Ning'an to say goodbye. Yan'er? Yan'er? When there was no answer, he ordered his servants to slam the door open.
When she entered the house, she saw Shen Yan lying motionless on the table, so Shen Shichong hurriedly asked people to help her to the bed, and asked Xiyu to feed her several mouthfuls of sugar water.
Shen Yan woke up and was no longer the same Shen Yan as before.
When she saw her father in front of her, she burst into tears, and when she was excited, she firmly grasped his hand and choked up: "Dad...... I can still see my daddy......"
Shen Shichong, Xiyu and others were a little surprised when they saw her reaction.
"What stupid thing did Yan'er say? You're just thirsty and hungry, and you drink sugar water, don't you wake up? Why can't you see Daddy? Shen Shichong doted on Shen Yan very much, and told her: "Yan'er, my father has asked Steward Feng to invite the matchmaker to Ning'an Hou Mansion to say goodbye." ”
Shen Yan knew that this time, Ning'an Hou Li Chengqi did not agree. Therefore, she is not worried in the slightest. However, she let go of Shen Shichong's hand, wiped her tears and said seriously: "Yan'er knows that her father is good, so she won't make trouble anymore." If Ning Anhou really can't look down on Yan'er, Yan'er will never force it. ”
"If Yan'er can not force it, she will be relieved to be a father. However, he must do his best for his father to fulfill Yan'er's wishes. ”
Shen Yan didn't make a sound, she only felt her lost and regained self, and looking at her lost and regained relatives, her tears couldn't help but break the embankment again.
"Miss is so strange this time, how did she become like a tearful person?" Xiyu said suspiciously and jokingly.
"My dad is good to me, I'm happy."
"I want to come to Miss so hungry, but I know that I miss the master." Xiyu was full of aura, covered her mouth and smiled.
In Shen Yan's previous life, Xiyu married Ning Anhou Mansion with Shen Yan, and she could not die well. Shen Yan will never forget that Xiyu's swollen and whitish body was soaked in river water for two days and two nights. She swore that in this life, she must stay away from the Hou Mansion of Ning'an, protect this girl who regards her as a relative, and protect those who truly love her.
After Shen Yan had eaten and drunk enough, the news that Steward Feng had said that his relatives had returned in vain came back. Everyone thought that such news would hurt Shen Yan. Therefore, when Shen Shichong told Shen Yan about this, he was very uncomfortable.
"Dad, let's get to the end of this matter. Thinking about it now, he Ning Anhou is nothing more than that. ”
"Do you really think so?" Shen Shichong couldn't help but be suspicious.
Shen Yan nodded, and even pulled Xiyu to go to the backstreet to play with Bai Zhong.
The ancestors of the Bai family have been in the silk business for generations, although they are not a famous family, but they are also rich. Bai Zhong is the only son of the Bai family, and he looks like a talent, but he has no ink on his chest, but he has a lot of flowers and intestines in his belly. He likes to hang out in the market and fireworks. Father Bai often said that his son was hopelessly ineffective. But the people of Ning'an City liked him, because he would often take out silver taels from his house to help the poor and the weak.
When Shen Yan first arrived in Ning'an, she met Bai Zhong. At first, she regarded him as a "scoundrel" and a "scoundrel with a bit of a copper smell." Later, when she knew that he had a good heart, she changed her opinion of him and made him a friend.
Since he knew that Shen Yan liked Ning Anhou and Li Chengqi, Bai Zhong bluntly said that Li Chengqi was not good. Because of this, Shen Yan hadn't gone to play with him for several days.
Xiyu heard Shen Yan say that she was going to Bai's house this time, and couldn't help but ask happily and in surprise: "Miss doesn't remember Bai Gongzi anymore?" ”
"I'm not angry, come to think of it, the words he said that Ning Anhou was not are not unreasonable." While Shen Yan walked outside the mansion, she thought of Bai Zhong, who was a child in her previous life, who grabbed her hand in the rain, prevented her from marrying Li Chengqi, and finally sincerely expressed her love to her. In this life, she made up her mind not to live up to his enthusiasm again.
At this moment, the person she wants to see most is him.
The Bai family likes Shen Yan, just like the people of Ning'an City like the new Zhizhou Shen Shichong. It's a pity that Bai Zhong went out to fool around again, and Shen Yan pounced. But the hospitable Bai Mu Tang still welcomed her into the flower hall, and while instructing her subordinates to call Bai Zhong back, she asked them to serve good tea and snacks and give them to Shen Yan to eat.
Shen Yan came to find Bai Zhong, and she didn't need to gossip too much with Bai Mu, but at this moment, Shen Yan's mood was definitely different.
In the last life, Shen Yan married Li Chengqi, but she did not get the love of her husband, Bai Zhong repeatedly held grievances for Shen Yan, repeatedly failed well, and even went to prison, Bai Mother Tang's heart was depressed, and finally fell ill and died early. Shen Yan thought that her early death and the instability of the Bai family were all caused by her.
Therefore, Shen Yan looked at Tang Shi, who was in good health, with a gentle face, and undisguised joy between her eyebrows and eyes, and wanted to accompany her more and talk to her more. She wanted her to be as healthy and happy as she was forever.
After chatting with some parents, there was suddenly no topic between the two. Embarrassed, Shen Yan looked at the door of the flower hall and said, "Why hasn't Brother Bai Zhong come back?" ”
"Miss sit down for a while, my Zhong'er knows that you are coming, and she will definitely not delay, and she will go home in a while." Tang smiled.
Shen Yan was only afraid that Bai Zhong would be angry with her, and he didn't want to see her now. So, she said goodbye to Tang and went to the street to find Bai Zhong in person.
"Miss Shen, slow down." Tang hurriedly got up, called Shen Yan, frowned and said, "There is something, I don't know whether to ask or not." ”
"What?"
"Since my Zhong'er came back from your mansion last time, the whole person is like a frosted eggplant, and he can't lift his spirits. But I don't know, my Zhong'er was in your house that day, can you still follow the rules? ”
Shen Yan couldn't help blushing, and said embarrassedly: "I rely on me for this matter, I made Brother Bai Zhong unhappy." ”
As soon as Tang Shi heard this, his slightly frowning brows relaxed, and he said again and again: "It's not that your mansion thinks that my family's Zhong'er status is low, it's not good......"
On that day, Bai Zhong said that Bai Zhong was unproductive, and when Bai Zhong collided, he said, "What's the use of having a chance?" Can the emperor also seal me a Ning'an Marquis", Bai Mu Tang listened to this in her heart, and the more she thought about it later, the more she was afraid that Bai Zhong was in the Shen family and was looked down upon by the Shen family. After all, the family of the eunuch has always looked down on the family of merchants.
Hearing that Shen Yan said that it was awkward between friends, Tang was relieved.
Bidding farewell to the Bai Mu Tang family, Shen Yan came to the street accompanied by Xiyu. However, as soon as she got out of the alley, she saw two familiar figures - Li Chengqi, Marquis of Ning'an, and his half-brother Li Chengmao, talking and laughing on the street, so leisurely.
A lot of blood, a lot of resentment, a lot of unbearable pain that seemed to have happened yesterday, one by one, one by one, all swirled in Shen Yan's heart, making her clenched nails almost pierce into the flesh of her palm.