When Shen Qinghe was asleep, Yan Ning stayed by her side, and when he saw the cold wind outside the window, he went to close the window softly, and put his coat on Shen Qinghe, afraid that she would catch a cold.

Although Yan Ning didn't wear a coat, he didn't feel very cold, maybe it was because of these days of practice, he thought that Shen Qinghe couldn't wake up for a while, so he found this Confucian scripture and looked at it, and when he looked at it, he saw the night. He looked out the window, saw that it was already nightfall, and looked at Shen Qinghe, seeing that she was still asleep, he couldn't bear to disturb, and was about to pick up the Confucian scripture to read, at this moment, there was a sound on the bookcase, he turned his head to look, and saw Shen Qinghe looking at him with hazy eyes, he was a little nervous for a while, and said, "Miss, you are awake." ”

Shen Qinghe had just woken up, she had been affected by the medicine, and she was still a little confused when she woke up, but when she saw Yan Ning beside her, she was happy in her heart, and when she saw that she was wearing his clothes, she was shy, and said in her heart: "He...... How did he cover me with his clothes? But seeing that he was thinly dressed, he sat up, took off Yan Ning's clothes on his body, handed them to him, and said softly: "Yan Gongzi, you quickly put on your clothes, it's cold this day, so as not to catch a cold." ”

Yan Ning saw her handing over her clothes, thinking that she was still cold, so she waved her hand and said, "Miss, I'm ...... I'm hot. ”

When Shen Qinghe saw him like this, he said angrily: "How can there be a hot person this day." Then he got up and put his clothes on Yan Ning's body, after Yan Ning put on the clothes, he smelled some faint green lotus fragrance on the clothes, and he blushed for a while, and he didn't dare to look at her.

Shen Qinghe saw that he was silent, so he opened his mouth and said, "Young Master Yan, thanks to your careful care, Qinghe's wind and cold have been cured. ”

Yan Ning saw that the look in her eyes was impermanent, and her face was ruddy, so she knew that her wind and cold had already recovered, nodded and said, "It's good that the wind and cold are gone, Miss doesn't have to thank me, it's late today, if Miss is tired, go back and rest quickly." ”

Shen Qinghe saw that it was getting late outside, but he thought that he could stay with Yan Ning for a while, and he didn't want to leave, but then Xiaolan's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Miss, Miss, it's not early, it's time to go back to the room to rest." ”

Seeing this, Shen Qinghe sighed and said helplessly: "I know, Xiaolan." She looked at Yan Ning again, and said stupidly: "Young Master Yan, thanks to your care today, if it weren't for you, Qinghe might have been sick and bedridden." ”

Yan Ning wanted to say a few more polite words, but seeing that her eyes were like water, although he had read thousands of books, he didn't know how to speak at this time. Shen Qinghe saw that he couldn't say the flowers, so he smiled, took out a sachet from his waist, handed it to Yan Ning, and said, "Young Master Yan, you can accept this sachet, even if it is Qinghe's thank you gift, you must not refuse." After handing the sachet to Yan Ning, he pushed the door and left.

Yan Ning took the sachet given by Shen Qinghe, smelled the fragrance of green lotus, he didn't understand why Shen Qinghe gave him the sachet, but he knew that the sachet was her personal thing, but he didn't understand the meaning of the woman's gift of the sachet, so he put it in the bag at the moment, read the book for a while, and then went back to the room to rest.

When she went back to her room to rest this night, Yan Ning wanted to take advantage of tonight's practice, but thinking of Shen Qinghe's tender appearance during the day, she couldn't sleep in her heart, so she got up again, took out the sachet from her clothes, smelled the faint smell of green lotus on the sachet, and thought that Shen Qinghe was already married, so she felt melancholy: "Miss has never disliked my low status, but the master of the Shen family arranged a marriage for her, I heard that Miss was not satisfied with this marriage in the White Horse Temple that day, but this marriage event is the order of her parents, how can she make the decision?" Miss has intentions for me, I know it, but now that I am under the fence, and I have no merit, how can I be worthy of Miss's good intentions? ”

The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt in his heart, so he got up, opened the window, and saw that the snow on the ground outside was decreasing, and said in his heart: "Don't worry about the spring again, look at the new spring again." Yan Ning, Yan Ning, you are a good man, why are you so indecisive? After reading the book for so many years, how did I get to this day and hesitate so much. You are conceited to study for the sake of all the people in the world and seek justice, but now that the young lady is devoted to you, you are so unkind, how can you be worthy of the sage books you have read, how can you be worthy of her? ”

The more Yan Ning thought about it at the moment, the more angry he became, angry that he was cowardly, angry that he didn't have much ability, angry that he had no courage, and then slapped his palm on the table, only to hear a bang, the wooden table was broken with a hole. He was also taken aback when he saw that the wooden table was broken, and at this moment, the butler scolded outside the door: "Who is noisy there in the middle of the night, and is impatient?" ”

Yan Ning hurriedly closed the window and fell asleep in bed.

On the second day, Yan Ning came to the study early, and he saw Shen Qinghe standing in front of the bookcase painting.

When Shen Qinghe saw him coming, he said, "Young Master Yan, come here." ”

Yan Ning took a closer look and saw that Shen Qinghe had painted a tree scene under the moon, in which the moonlight was pale and hazy; The pear tree bathed in the spring rain, but it did not lose its soft color, and I couldn't help but praise at the moment: "What a beautiful scenery under the moon, it is really wonderful." ”

Shen Qinghe pursed his lips and smiled: "Yan Gongzi said that this painting is good, and Qinghe doesn't know what is good, can Yan Gongzi give me some advice." ”

Yan Ning waved her hand and said: "Miss is a master of calligraphy and painting, how can I talk about guidance with this little ability." ”

Shen Qinghe knew that he was modest, and said with a smile: "This painting has not yet been inscribed with poetry, Yan Gongzi is good at poetry, if Yan Gongzi can see this painting, he will ask Yan Gongzi to inscribe a poem." ”

Yan Ning saw the beauty of this painting, he already loved calligraphy and painting, so he didn't shirk at the moment, picked up the pen and wrote an inscription on the painting: "The moon is hazy, and a pear blossom is drizzling." ”

Shen Qinghe saw this poem and muttered: "The moon is hazy, and a pear blossom is in the drizzle." Yan Gongzi's poem is really full of the scene in the painting, which is really wonderful. ”

Yan Ning hurriedly excused himself and said: "Don't dare to be, I'm just icing on the cake, Miss's painting is wonderful." ”

The two were polite, but they were a lot closer. In the next month, Shen Qinghe and Yan Ning chanted poems and painted every day, and the relationship between the two slowly warmed up like winter going to spring.

In the blink of an eye, in April, on this day, Yan Ning and Shen Qinghe were painting in the study, and suddenly someone pushed the door in, Shen Qinghe thought it was Xiaolan, but thought that Xiaolan would not come in without knocking on the door, and turned his head to look, only to see a fat man with a fat head and big ears standing at the door, and behind the fat man, there were two servants.

As soon as Shen Qinghe saw the fat man, his face sank, and he turned his head away from looking at him. Yan Ning was looking down and pondering how to write a poem for today's painting, his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door opening, he looked up, and saw that Liu Renxiong was standing at the door with a lewd smile on his face, his heart sank, and he just wanted to say something to Shen Qinghe, but Liu Renxiong spoke first: "Little lady, you can let me find it." ”

As soon as Shen Qinghe saw him, his face was not good, and he said coldly: "Liu Gongzi, please be respectful, I am not your little lady, please Liu Gongzi don't lie about it." ”

That Liu Renxiong laughed lewdly a few times and said, "Alas? The little lady said this, and Uncle Shen said that day, 'Renxiong, I see that you and Qinghe are of the same age, and you are both talented and beautiful, if you don't dislike it, how about I marry the little girl to you?' Has the little lady forgotten? Hahahaha. ”

Shen Qinghe heard his obscene words, and felt disgusted in his heart, and said angrily: "That's what my father said, Liu Gongzi, I didn't promise you." ”

Then Liu Renxiong laughed and said, "Little lady, why are you so scoundrel? Don't you know that marriage is the order of your parents and the words of the matchmaker? Do you still want to get rid of it? ”

Shen Qinghe scolded: "Scoundrel? Hmph, I think you are a scoundrel, I won't marry you if I die, so you will die of this heart. ”

Then Liu Renxiong sighed and said, "Dead heart? Haha, little lady, I won't give up, little lady, you are so unkind, then don't blame me for being rude. He stepped forward, with an obscene expression, and reached out to touch Shen Qinghe's pretty face. On the side, Yan Ning was dissatisfied when he heard his words lightly, and at this moment, seeing that he was going to insult Shen Qinghe, he was angry, and punched Liu Renxiong in the face, this punch was so powerful that Liu Renxiong fell directly to the ground.

That Liu Renxiong was a dog and horse on weekdays, and his body was already vain, and he was hit by Yan Ning's punch, which made his eyes glow and he wailed again and again. The two servants outside the door saw that their young master was beaten, and hurriedly rushed in and helped Liu Renxiong up, that Liu Renxiong's left eye was beaten red, and seeing Yan Ning wearing a subordinate clothes, he stared at Yan Ning and gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, you are a cheap seed, dare to beat Lao Tzu, do you know who Lao Tzu is?" ”

Yan Ning ignored him, was busy caring about Shen Qinghe, and said, "Miss, it's okay." ”

Shen Qinghe looked at him, shook his head and smiled, signaling that it was okay.

That Liu Renxiong saw that the two of them had a strong affection, and he spoke to himself there, and said angrily: "Okay, it turns out that you slut has raised a little white face in private, damn, you pretend to be very good on weekdays, I didn't expect you to be so cheap, Lao Tzu doesn't kill this little white face today, I won't be surnamed Liu, you two, why are you still stunned, give it to me." ”

The two servants on the left and right suddenly rushed up, Yan Ning hurriedly protected Shen Qinghe behind him, the two of them were one left and one right, one punched Yan Ning in the face, and the other punched Yan Ning in the lower abdomen, Yan Ning's two fists were invincible to four hands, he couldn't dodge, his lower abdomen was strong and he was punched, but his hands prevented the punch in his face, he slammed it hard, and returned a punch to the man, who screamed in pain and fell to the ground wailing. Although Yan Ning received a punch in his lower abdomen, his body was not as weak as before at this time, although the pain in his abdomen did not let him be beaten to the ground, he endured the pain in his abdomen, kicked back sharply, and kicked the other person to the ground. The two of them were punched and kicked by Yan Ning, and they fell to the ground and wailed, Liu Renxiong saw this, and scolded angrily: "Two wastes, what do you want, you can't even deal with a little white face." ”

Shen Qinghe saw that Yan Ning was punched in the lower abdomen, and hurriedly said, "Young Master Yan, you are injured." ”

Yan Ning shook his head and said, "Miss, it's not a big deal," and turned his head to look at Liu Renxiong, and said angrily: "Your words are so dirty, slandering Miss's innocence, I will definitely teach you a lesson today." ”

Seeing that there was no helper, Liu Renxiong saw Yan Ning coming viciously, and he shouted in fright: "Come on, help." ”

His shout alarmed the housekeeper outside the door, the housekeeper with a few Shen Mansion family members, hurried over, saw Liu Renxiong and his followers collapsed to the ground, and saw Yan Ning and Miss standing aside, he suddenly understood what was happening in his heart, he knew that Liu Renxiong's family had a big business, and even the master couldn't afford to offend, so he hurriedly helped Liu Renxiong up and said, "Liu Gongzi, what's going on here?" ”

That Liu Renxiong covered his swollen face, snorted coldly, pointed at Yan Ning and said: "This damn scumbag, he actually slapped the young master in my face, today I will definitely crush this kid to ashes to vent the hatred in my heart." ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he saw the young lady standing beside Yan Ning, he didn't want to offend at both ends, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so Liu Renxiong suddenly kicked him and said angrily: "Why are you still stunned, I caught that kid, young master, I will kill him myself." ”

The housekeeper had no choice but to order all the servants behind him to step forward, and just as the servants wanted to make a move, Shen Qinghe snorted lightly and said, "Who dares?" ”

The servants looked left and right, the young lady did not dare to offend, and the young master of the prefect behind him did not dare to offend, so he was stunned and did not move.

That Liu Renxiong saw that everyone was drunk and retreated by Shen Qinghe, and he was angry in his heart, when had he ever suffered such a loss, and said angrily: "Okay, you Shen family people are so bold, you don't even listen to the young master, I don't want to live." ”

Shen Qinghe said angrily: "Hmph, Liu Renxiong, my father is afraid of you, but I am not afraid of you." ”

Liu Renxiong was about to continue scolding, when he saw a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a middle-aged man in a brocade robe walked in, this person was Shen Shi, the master of the Shen family.

Shen Shi was taken aback when he saw Liu Renxiong's eyes swollen, his heart was not good, this prefect young master couldn't afford to offend, so he hurriedly walked over and said, "Nephew Liu Xian, nephew Xian, who beat you like this?" Tell Uncle Shen that I will make decisions for you. ”

That Liu Renxiong snorted coldly, pointed at Yan Ning, and said: "Uncle Shen, it's this, I just saw that this wanted to bully Sister Qinghe, so I couldn't see it, I stepped forward to stop it, I didn't know that this person was holding Sister Qinghe hostage, I couldn't let go of my hand, I was accidentally injured by this, Uncle Shen, don't let Sister Qinghe be bullied by this person." ”

Shen Qinghe said angrily when he heard this: "Liu Renxiong, you are shameless, it is obvious that you are bold and want to insult me, but you beat me up in turn." “

Shen Shi saw Shen Qinghe's sad and indignant face, not as if he had been bullied, he knew that Liu Renxiong had a bad reputation, but he wanted to climb the high branch of Liu Zhifu, and said with a smile: "The virtuous nephew has a heart, I will definitely make this wicked man pay the price today." Seeing Yan Ning wearing a servant's costume, he felt strange in his heart and asked, "Butler, this person is from my house?" ”

The housekeeper replied: "Back to my lord, this person is a scholar in my house, surnamed Yan Mingning." ”

Then Shen Shi sighed, saw Shen Qinghe standing beside Yan Ning, and immediately ordered left and right: "Come on, take down this villain for me, be careful, don't hurt Miss." ”

The servants of the family got the master's order and rushed up towards Yan Ning, but Shen Qinghe suddenly stopped in front of Yan Ning and said, "Who dares to hurt him!" Shen Qinghe stopped in front of him, and all the servants suddenly didn't dare to approach.

Shen Shi saw Shen Qinghe stop in front of Yan Ning, and said angrily, "Qinghe, what are you doing?" This scoundrel is fierce and cunning, come to Daddy's side. ”

Shen Qinghe looked at Shen Shi with a resolute expression, gritted his teeth and said, "Daddy, you ...... How can there be no distinction between right and wrong, then Liu Renxiong is used to being a man and a woman on weekdays, how can you not know that he slipped into the study today and wanted to plot against me, if it weren't for Yan Gongzi's help, I would ...... I'm afraid I'm going to have ruined his thief long ago. ”

Shen Shi saw that she refused to change her mind, and still looked at Yan Ning, and saw Liu Renxiong standing aside, his face couldn't hold for a while, he was angry in his heart, and shouted: "Come on, that thief is bewitching the public, Miss has been bewitched by him, a few of you go and bring Miss back for me first." ”

The servants got the order and stepped forward to bring Shen Qinghe back, but at this time, Yan Ning stepped forward and blocked in front of Shen Qinghe, he turned his head and smiled at Shen Qinghe, turned his head and stared at Liu Renxiong, his eyes were full of resentment, and he put his eyes on Shen Shi, stared straight at Shen Shi, and said loudly: "Master Shen, I am soft-spoken, you may not care about what I say, but what Miss Fang Cai said, everything is true, you connived at that lewd thief, and in turn slandered my innocence, although I, Yan Ning, am now under the fence, but I can't tolerate you to slander me like this." ”

Shen Shi snorted coldly, glanced at Yan Ning, and sneered: "It's ridiculous, you are a little scholar, and you deserve to talk to me like this, left and right, punch this person to death, and throw it to feed the dogs." ”

The left and right servants pounced on him, and Shen Qinghe was stopped behind by Yan Ning, and shouted in a miserable voice: "Don't! "All the servants are beating towards Yan Ning, although Yan Ning has made progress in practicing the exercises these days, but he is still flesh and blood, he doesn't know martial arts moves, he can't parry so many people, and he was beaten to the ground for a while, then Shen Shi saw this and pulled Shen Qinghe over, Shen Qinghe saw that Yan Ning was beaten, and her heart was extremely sad, she cried and pleaded with Shen Shi: "Daddy, spare him, Qinghe listens to you, you can spare him." ”

Shen Shi looked at Shen Qinghe, his face was full of anger, and said: "He is just a little domestic servant, if he offends Liu Gongzi, it will be okay to be killed, Qinghe, why are you so confused now, and still speak for this person." ”

Shen Qinghe shook his head and complained in a low voice: "He's not a subordinate, he's not a subordinate." ”

Shen Shi saw that Shen Qinghe was obsessed, snorted coldly, turned his head to look at Liu Renxiong, then Liu Renxiong saw that Yan Ning was beaten, sneered, stepped forward, Shen Qinghe saw him walking towards Yan Ning, and shouted: "Liu Renxiong, what are you going to do?" ”

Then Liu Renxiong said viciously: "What are you doing? This kid has offended me, if I don't let out this evil breath today, young master, I won't be surnamed Liu. As he spoke, he kicked Yan Ning who fell to the ground a few times, and spat in Yan Ning's face before he was satisfied.

Yan Ning was beaten by everyone's fists and kicks for a while, and was beaten to the point that she was dizzy, and in a trance she saw Shen Qinghe crying not far away, and was kicked in the head again, and then lost consciousness, and the housekeeper saw that Yan Ning fell to the ground, bleeding from her mouth and nose, and hurriedly said: "Master, I'm afraid this person can't do it." ”

When Shen Qinghe heard this, he was so anxious that he cried again, wanting to break free to see, but Shen Shi was so strong, Shen Qinghe had to look at Yan Ning who collapsed on the ground from a distance, and cried: "Young Master Yan...... Yan Gongzi. ”

Seeing this, Shen Shi instructed the housekeeper: "Throw this person outside the mansion, don't die in the mansion, and pollute the feng shui of the mansion." He smiled at Liu Renxiong and said: "Liu Gongzi, this person has been killed, Liu Gongzi is discouraged, I will find someone to prepare wine, you and my uncle and nephew will not get drunk today." ”

Liu Renxiong saw that Yan Ning couldn't survive, so he was satisfied, and Shen Shi ordered someone to send Shen Qinghe back to the room, and then he and Liu Renxiong left.

When the housekeeper saw that the old man and Liu Renxiong were gone, he pointed to the two and ordered, "You two help me carry him, and the rest of the people will disperse." ”

The housekeeper led the two of them to the side door, ordered the two to put Yan Ning in front of the side door, and said, "You two go back first." ”

The two servants said, "Steward, the lord ordered us to throw this man out of the door, but we haven't done it yet." ”

The butler scolded, "What do you two know? When is it now? The two of you don't understand this feng shui technique, this is the time of bad omen, if you throw him out at this time, he will not be ghostly at that time, and something will happen to the house in the future, hehe, you two can't escape the involvement. ”

When the two men heard this, they were too frightened to speak, so the butler commanded, "You two go back first, and I will wait here for the auspicious time." ”

The two men thanked the butler and departed.

Seeing that Yan Ning was covered in blood, the housekeeper shook his head and sighed: "Alas, why are you kid going to provoke that little Yama king." ”

It turned out that the housekeeper saw that Yan Ning was beaten unconscious, and he didn't want Yan Ning to be beaten to death like this, so in a hurry, he thought of a way to hide it from the master and everyone.

This side door is not often people come, the housekeeper waited here for a long time, and finally waited until the early hours of the morning, Yan Ning woke up, he woke up, saw the housekeeper staring at him, he was in pain, wanted to sit up, but found that he couldn't use his strength, the housekeeper helped him sit down against the wall, he thanked him, and asked, "Butler, why are you here?" ”

The housekeeper snorted and said, "Your kid has a big life, and he hasn't died yet, so I'm here to stop the little ghost who is asking for your life." ”

Yan Ning thanked him again, he looked around, he didn't see Shen Qinghe's figure, he was anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Housekeeper, how is Miss?" ”

The housekeeper snorted and scolded: "Your kid is now in trouble to protect himself, and he is still thinking about Miss, Miss was sent back to the room by the master, and it is not a big deal." ”

Yan Ning muttered, "It's okay." With that, he lowered his head and coughed for a while, and spat out a mouthful of blood. The housekeeper saw that his injuries were still serious, so he said, "Yan Ning, you can't stay in the mansion any longer, come with me." ”

The two went around and around and came to the small alley not far from the gate of the mansion, Yan Ning didn't know what the housekeeper had brought him here, and was about to ask, but he heard the housekeeper say: "Yan Ning, I know you want to ask, you and I are not related, why should I save you, right?" ”

Yan Ning nodded, and the housekeeper slowly took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Yan Ning, Yan Ning took the letter, only to see that the envelope was written on it, "Brother Yan opened it personally." ”

The housekeeper said again: "Yan Ning, do you remember who brought you in when you first entered the Shen Mansion?" ”

Yan Ning said: "Naturally, it is Shen Gongzi. ”

The housekeeper nodded and said, "This letter was given to you by the eldest prince, you haven't seen the eldest prince in these days, do you know why?" ”

Yan Ning was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why at this time?" ”

The steward did not reply directly, but said, "You have read this letter, and you will know." ”