The night had already darkened, the lights in Ni's mansion were bright, the candlelight in the courtyard of Beishang was flickering, Shen Yanshu got up from the barrel after taking a bath, stepped on the low stool on the side, picked up the white obscene clothes on the side and put them on.

The maid waited for her, and helped her to dry her hair, and then she walked barefoot on the plank to the inner room.

Seeing her like this, the maid hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Miss, it's cold here, let's put on your shoes!"

Shen Yanshu said lightly: "It's nothing." ”

The maid said: "Miss, if this is frozen, what kind of problem will it be!"

Although the weather has warmed up recently, the night of this spring is still cold, and everyone wants to wear a few more clothes at night on weekdays.

Shen Yanshu looked at the girl's anxious gaze, and suddenly thought of the green kite, if she knew, she would also miss it like this, thinking of this, she walked to the bed and put on her shoes.

Seeing Shen Yanshu put on his shoes, the maid was relieved, and added some silver charcoal fire in the house, the whole room was warm, even if she was wearing dirty clothes, she wouldn't worry about catching a cold.

Shen Yanshu walked to the desk and began to write something, and the maid retreated in amusement.

The night was sultry, but Shen Yanshu's room was extremely silent, and Ah Qi, who was originally on the beam, fell, and read a book at the door of the outer room.

Ah Qi, who was at the tip of his ear, suddenly heard what seemed to be a strange sound outside, he put the book in his hand aside, and then suddenly rushed out of the window, and saw a figure, he quickly stepped forward and slapped it!

I saw that the figure was not slow, and directly avoided Ah Qi's attack, and said in a deep voice: "It's me." ”

It could be heard that it was Yan Qinghan's voice, Ah Qi pursed his lips and retreated.

Shen Yanshu looked up at Yan Qinghan, who walked in from the door, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Come and see you. Yan Qinghan said.

Shen Yanshu said: "Didn't you just see it yesterday?"

"It's too rushed. Yan Qinghan said, "I didn't have time to take a good look." ”

Shen Yanshu directly ignored his words and asked, "How do you know I'm here?"

Yan Qinghan said: "Mo Feng's ability to investigate is not small, so naturally he can find it." ”

Shen Yanshu said: "It seems that the prince is very idle. ”

Yan Qinghan said, "Is the princess very busy?"

Seeing that Shen Yanshu seemed to be writing something just now, he stepped forward and was about to take a look, but Shen Yanshu directly took the letter away and didn't let him read it.

Yan Qinghan was not annoyed, but said aggrievedly: "It hurts to be a husband." ”

Shen Yanshu said: "Now that you know my identity, I also said that I will help you win the throne, you don't have to." ”

"Could it be that in your eyes, I'm just a person who will do anything to seize the throne?" Yan Qinghan asked, staring into her eyes.

His tone was soft, and for some reason it sounded a deep sense of sadness.

Shen Yanshu was silent, she didn't think like this in her heart.

Yan Qinghan slowly stepped forward, came to her, and hugged her directly.

There was a slight chill outside in his body, which was particularly abrupt in this warm room, which made Shen Yanshu tremble, but he didn't struggle.

"Trust me. Yan Qinghan said, "I don't know why you are so defensive of others, but I will definitely do my best to protect you and make you trust me enough, it has nothing to do with your identity and power." ”

Shen Yanshu listened to what he said, and his originally flustered heart suddenly calmed down.

She was afraid, afraid that her trust would be let down, afraid that those who once trusted her immensely were just trying to take advantage of her, that she was the one who had died once, and that she was even more afraid of that outcome, of losing everything that had been so hard to recover.

But for the man in front of her, she had no way to doubt it anymore.

Along the way, she should have seen it clearly.

She was in Yan Qinghan's arms, raised her head, but her mood was extremely responsible, and then slowly stretched out her hand and hugged him tightly.

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Today, the palace set up a banquet to welcome the envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and officials above the fifth grade and their dependents can go to the banquet, which looks very lively.

Although there are many people, only officials or edicts above the third rank can enter the inner hall with the emperor and his envoys, while the others can only be in the outer hall or the imperial garden, and cannot be close to the emperor. If you just look at it from a distance, it's not impossible.

Although Liu Xi'er came in the name of the An family, she didn't have an order, so she could only be outside the palace.

She is wearing a blue dress today, wearing a white jade feather hairpin, coupled with exquisite makeup and good looks, her temperament is very outstanding among the young ladies of the family.

And Shen Yanshu, as her personal maid, is wearing a green maid costume, combing the maids often combing their buns, without makeup, slightly lowered her eyebrows, looking like a little maid, she can't see her face, but no one can notice her.

"Isn't this Miss Liu?" said a young lady from a family.

Liu Xi'er turned her head and saw that this was Miss Meng, who often went to their store to drink tea.

"Miss Meng. Liu Xi'er bowed her head, which was regarded as a greeting.

Along with Miss Meng, there were a few young ladies from the family who were not familiar with her, and they looked at Liu Xi'er and asked, "Miss Liu, there are not many people surnamed Liu in Lin'an City, but I don't know which Miss Liu has such a look." ”

Miss Meng smiled: "I just want to introduce to you, this is Miss Liu, the fiancée of Lord An Ruyi." ”

As soon as her words fell, the eyes of the people around her looked at her a little differently, originally I just thought it was a young lady from a family, but I didn't expect it to be the legendary Liu Xi'er!

Liu Xi'er was born in a merchant family and had a humble status, but she was favored by An Ruyi, the son of the Taishi, and personally brought a dowry to the door to ask for marriage, which made many girls in Lin'an City sad.

Facing the eyes of these people, Liu Xi'er was a little unaccustomed, but she knew that if she came to the palace banquet, it would definitely be like this, so she just let them go generously, and she still stayed in a regular manner.

Miss Meng, who was on the side, said: "I can't stand you one by one, do you have you staring at people all the time!"

A young lady from a family said: "It's just too curious, what kind of appearance is this An Ruyi's fiancée, who can make him ask to marry so regardless of his status and status, and now I look at it, Miss Liu is really extraordinary." ”

"This kind of appearance is nothing more than that, it's not a stunning beauty, I really don't understand what Gongzi An thinks. Another young lady from a family said that she was often with An Minglan, so she naturally couldn't get used to An Ruyi and Liu Xi'er.

Liu Xi'er listened to their comments like this, neither refuting nor getting angry, just listening quietly on the sidelines, as if what they said was someone else's business.

Miss Meng flashed her eyes: "Lord An Ruyi has always been different from ordinary people, and he naturally doesn't look at problems so superficially, and the people he likes naturally have his reasons." ”

As he spoke, he pulled Liu Xi'er to the side and ignored the others.

Miss Meng said: "Don't care, they have always been like this, but they have knives in their mouths." ”

Liu Xi'er said: "Thank you Miss Meng for relieving me, I won't care." ”

"Just look at it. Miss Meng said, "I'll take you to meet a few friends later, they won't be like this." ”

Liu Xi'er heard her say this, but smiled: "Thank you." ”

"Thank you, we've known each other for a day or two, and I still know who you are. Miss Meng said.

Liu Xi'er was about to say something, but she heard a sharp voice coming from the side.

"Yo, I have a friend who also introduced me. ”

Liu Xi'er and Miss Meng turned their heads and saw An Minglan standing behind them.

She stepped forward slowly, glanced at Liu Xi'er contemptuously, and sneered: "I don't know what my father thinks, I actually asked you to leave us in the family." ”

Shen Yanshu, who was following Liu Xi'er, heard this voice and silently moved a few steps towards Liu Xi'er.

An Minglan has always been arrogant and domineering, Liu Xi'er naturally can't clash with her in public, hearing her say this, her eyes are silent.

Her forbearance did not make An Minglan give up, An Minglan suffered so many grievances from An Ruyi, and finally saw Liu Xi'er sent to the door, how could she let her go so easily.

An Minglan stepped forward lightly, walked in front of Liu Xi'er, faced her, and said: "Untouchables are untouchables, don't think that you can climb the high branches if you enter the An family." ”

Liu Xi'er chuckled and said, "There are too many thorns in this high branch, and no one dares to climb it except me." ”

As the two of them spoke, many people around them looked in their direction and whispered, as if they were watching a good show.

An Minglan's eyes flashed, although she was domineering, she still knew how to measure, and on this occasion, she naturally wouldn't let others see the joke.

"Then let's see if you can climb it. An Minglan snorted coldly, walked past Liu Xi'er as she spoke, and bumped her shoulder, which almost made Liu Xi'er fall, Shen Yanshu was quick and stepped forward to hold her steadily.

Shen Yanshu asked in a low voice, "Are you okay?"

Liu Xi'er shook her head.

Miss Meng stepped forward and said, "This An Minglan's temperament is like this, if you marry into the An family, you will have to suffer some grievances in the future, but this sister-in-law will marry out sooner or later, and it will be good to survive until that time." ”

Liu Xi'er just chuckled and didn't answer.

"The Great Zhou envoy has arrived!"

With the sharp voice of a eunuch, everyone's eyes looked outside.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu and Yuwen Lingxiao walked in with the Great Zhou delegation.

Yuwen Lingxiao and Yan Qinghan walked in front together, followed by Chu Linche and Shen Kangzhi, and then the other envoys, all of whom moved their eyes with the movement of their figures.