Chapter 12: Don't Dare (2nd Update)
That day and night, Ling Hua's news came to the Shen Mansion.
After Shen Yi'an received the news, he showed a surprised look, thought for a while, and got up to find his younger brother Shen Ping'an.
The lights were on in Shen Ping'an's room, and he sat on the bed playing nine rings.
Seeing Shen Yi'an coming, he immediately put down the Nine Rings and shouted obediently, "Brother." β
Shen Yi'an nodded and asked him, "Why haven't you slept yet?" β
Shen Ping'an whispered, "I slept too much during the day, and I couldn't sleep." β
Shen Yi'an looked at his thin body and pale face, sighed secretly, and asked him, "Ping'an, do you want to be a gentleman?" β
Shen Ping'an's eyes widened, "Brother? β
Shen Yi'an explained, "A few days ago, I watched juggling in Guixia Tower, and you said that the little marquis of Yan asked if you wanted to make a gentleman, and listed many benefits of making a gentleman, after you came back and told my brother, my brother thought about it for a few days, and felt that what the little marquis said was not unreasonable. β
"My father and mother went early, you have been weak and sick since you were a child, and you can't help but be weak, so my brother protects you too much, and I do lack exercise, I am always afraid that you will make a mistake, so that no matter how much medicine you take, you are still weak." Shen Yi'an said softly, "The little marquis of Yan is also a person who wakes up in his dreams, my brother can't let you live like this for the rest of your life, you yourself are always bored and unhappy when you stay in the house every day." For a long time, the body and bones have not had any complexion, it is better to go out, exercise more, be in a good mood, and maybe gradually become sick and weak. β
Shen Ping'an suddenly became happy, "Brother, do you really want me to do it?" β
"Really."
"Can I go out and play with the little marquis? Can I drink alcohol? Placing a bet? Listening to tunes? Well...... And also...... Horseback riding? β
Shen Yi'an laughed, "Your body is going to do it now, and you can only walk the street." β
Shen Ping'an's face fell.
"In the future, when you are in good health, you can naturally do all this." Shen Yi'an doesn't know if his younger brother will be able to be like a normal person in the future, but he has to let go and can't treat him as a flower and plant raised in a greenhouse, in that case, I'm afraid he will have to be trapped in the house for the rest of his life.
Of course, if there is no prince staring at him, he will be reluctant to let go at any time.
Shen Ping'an was happy again, "As long as you can go out of the house to play, it's good." β
Shen Yi'an rubbed his head, "After two days, the little marquis will return to Beijing, and you will go to Duanjing Houfu, and you will be with the little marquis every day, you have to listen to the words of the little marquis." β
Shen Ping'an is also smart, and when he heard this, he looked at his brother, "Brother, the little marquis of Yan asked me to make a gentleman with him, is there any purpose behind this?" β
Otherwise, he is a sick man, and he can't make trouble for himself to take with him. That day in Guixia Tower, Cheng Chu of Yongle Bofu heard that the little marquis of Yan persuaded him to be a gentleman, so he was frightened enough and dragged him away, and never let him see the little marquis of Yan again.
Shen Yi'an didn't hide it from him, "The prince offended the little marquis of the banquet, and the little marquis of the banquet will let you be a gentleman, which can be regarded as revenge for the prince's calculation of him." β
Shen Ping'an was puzzled, "Does that have anything to do with my brother?" β
"yes, relevant." Shen Yi'an said, "The prince is eyeing his brother, and you are his brother's weakness. The banquet of the little marquis let you be a gentleman, it is to protect you, and it can be regarded as making the elder brother have no weakness, so that the prince will not be able to help his brother, and he will jump his feet angrily, and the little marquis will be happy. β
Although Shen Ping'an didn't know the details, he also understood through Shen Yi'an's words, and he asked nervously, "Will my brother be in danger?" β
"No, it won't." Shen Yi'an shook his head, "As long as you are good, my brother will not." β
Shen Ping'an nodded heavily, "Brother, don't worry, I will obediently follow the little marquis to listen to him." β
Shen Yi'an smiled, "Yan Xiaohou is a very good person, he is now Miss Ling's fiancΓ©, and the two of them got married after the Mid-Autumn Festival, even if he looks at Miss Ling's face, he will take more care of you." β
There are thousands of ways to retaliate against the prince, if Yan Qing likes to be direct, hit the East Palace and beat the prince, he has a legitimate reason, and His Majesty may not be to blame, but he didn't, but chose to use his younger brother to let the prince have no way to take him, if the prince knew, he probably thought it would be better to let Yan beat him lightly.
Of course, whether this is because of the ingredients of Ling Hua, he is not easy to speculate.
Shen Ping'an looked at Shen Yi'an cautiously, "Brother, you, do you like Sister Ling?" β
Shen Yi'an smiled, "How can you think so?" β
Shen Ping'an scratched his head, "My brother is a person who doesn't like to trouble others, but in the past three years, because of me, I have troubled Sister Ling many times, and I haven't seen my brother outside." β
Shen Yi'an smiled and shook his head, "I don't like it." β
Shen Ping'an couldn't believe it, "Sister Ling is so good, why doesn't my brother like it?" β
Shen Yi'an smiled, "I don't dare to like it." β
Shen Ping'an was puzzled, "Why?" β
Shen Yi'an was silent.
"It's not that I don't like it, it's that I don't dare to like it." Shen Ping'an sighed like a little adult, and said guiltily, "Brother, is it because of me, if it weren't for me dragging my brother down, my brother would have been able to pursue Sister Ling bravely." β
Shen Yi'an smiled, "It has nothing to do with you." β
Shen Ping'an looked at him with a raised face, "Brother, don't coax me." β
Shen Yi'an shook his head, smiled, pondered for a moment, and said, "I didn't coax you, when my brother first met Miss Ling three years ago, he knew that this was a girl I couldn't like." β
"Why?" Shen Ping'an was curious.
Shen Yi'an thought about it and felt that maybe he could talk more to his younger brother, he was thirteen years old this year, and he had reached the age of enlightenment, once he let go and let him go out of the house, he would meet many people, including many girls, "because my brother didn't have a face that made her fall in love at first sight." β
Shen Ping'an's eyes widened, as if he was stunned by this reason.
Shen Yi'an smiled lightly, "When she saw me and Zizhou for the first time, whether it was me or Zizhou, her eyes were very flat, even if I saw you later, we were on the gold list, and the spring breeze was proud, she was still normal." β
Shen Ping'an didn't seem to understand, "At that time, Sister Ling was not familiar with her brother and Brother Zizhou, so it was naturally normal. β
Shen Yi'an shook his head, "It's not like this, my brother has seen a lot of women, whether it is the first time or many times, girls are interested in boys and have thoughts, and they will not be calm and unwavering." β
"That doesn't mean anything, there is also a long-term relationship." Shen Ping'an whispered.
Shen Yi'an knocked on his head, "I have known about my love for a long time, so I can see that I have secretly read a lot of painting books." β
Shen Ping'an's eyes dodged, "...... There aren't a lot of them. β
It's just that every time she sees Sister Ling, she deliberately drops out one or two books from her sleeve, and he quietly picks them up a few times.
Shen Yi'an naturally knew where his painting book came from, so angry and funny, "In short, you will understand in the future." β
Shen Ping'an was ignorant, "What about the little marquis?" Did he have a face that made Sister Ling fall in love at first sight? β
"yes." Shen Yi'an remembered that night, when Ling Hua walked out of Yanyun Fang, stood on the steps and watched Yan Qing come out drunk from the Drunken Immortal Building, her eyes were as bright as stars, and asked him to invite Yan Qing to send her back to the house, she almost didn't look at anyone with that kind of gaze, in his understanding, it was just a Yan Qing.
Shen Ping'an sighed slightly, "The little marquis of Yan is indeed too good-looking." β
If he was Sister Ling, he would also be happy to like to see the face of the little marquis of Yan, although he was a little sorry for his brother to think like this, although his brother was not bad, but he still looked better at the little marquis.
Shen Yi'an smiled, "The little marquis of Yan has more than a good-looking face. β
His reputation as a young man has not been erased by his prodigy, and many people have forgotten it, but there are also many people who remember it.
He patted him on the shoulder and stood up, "It's getting late, let's go to bed early!" After a few days, the little marquis will return to Beijing, and I will take you to Duanjing Houfu. β
Shen Ping'an nodded obediently, "Brother also goes to bed early." β
Shen Yi'an also smiled and nodded.
Out of his younger brother's yard, Shen Yi'an walked to his yard against the night, when he came to Beijing to take the exam three years ago, he and Xu Zizhou were the same, they all thought about the title of the gold list, getting ahead, shining on the lintel, the age of the young Mu Shaoai, when he first saw Ling Hua, he was not much better than Xu Zizhou, and he saw a lot more.
Later, the Ling family had an accident, the building collapsed, and the Gaomen Mansion, which they couldn't climb in their eyes, fell to the ground overnight, and he was as shocked and heartbroken as Xu Zizhou, but at that time, they were powerless, and they only discussed behind their backs, if others took advantage of the Ling family's fall and bullied her, how to protect her.
Unexpectedly, Ling Hua knocked on the drum to sue the emperor, His Majesty retried the Jiangnan Caoyun case, the Ling family overturned the case, and Ling Hua was reused by His Majesty to promote him to take charge of Jiangnan Caoyun, but in just a few months, the Ling family stood up again because of her and rebuilt the building.
She didn't use anyone else's protection, and stood up on her own.
Such a woman, he clearly knew that it was not something he could think of, Xu Zizhou thought about it, so he waited for three years, and now, although she canceled the marriage contract of Anguo Mansion, but there was a marriage contract of Duanjing Houfu, and his hope was disappointed.
But fortunately, Xu Zizhou can see it.
And Ling Hua couldn't give him love, but pushed him to be prosperous and became the youngest Jingzhao Yin Mansion Yin in Houliang, he didn't know if there was a disguised compensation for this love behind this plan.
Only Ling Hua himself knew.
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