Translator – Xiao He Lian
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Chapter 35.1
Perhaps because Lu Yan’s temperament was too cold, Shen Zhen immediately returned to Chunxi Hall as soon as she entered the Heron Garden.
As soon as she entered the door, Tangyue said: “Miss, your neck…”
After her reminder, Shen Zhen suddenly remembered that the man gnawed on her for a long time in the dense forest last night. She instinctively covered her neck and whispered: “Bring me a bronze mirror.”
Tangyue turned around and handed it to her.
Shen Zhen raised the bronze mirror and looked at it with half-squinted eyes and her face instantly flushed.
The pinkish marks from yesterday were now dark red, which looked imperceptible. No wonder Yang Zong lowered his head immediately after taking a look at her just now…
Thinking of this, Shen Zhen quickly took out some powder from the makeup box. No matter how much she applied, it still couldn’t be covered.
Tangyue looked at the tiredness in her eyes and said, “Young lady, are you tired? Shall I serve you to take a bath?”
Yesterday, she rode a horse for a long time and her legs were too tired to move. However, thinking that today was New Year’s Eve, she nodded calmly.
Shen Zhen walked into the clean room, took off her skirt and middle coat and stepped into the water.
She slowly sat down and the warm water gradually reached her neck.
She was so comfortable that she couldn’t help but close her eyes.
Tangyue supported her body and lifted her up so that her shoulders were exposed from the water. While massaging her she said, “After the New Year, Miss will be seventeen years old right.”
Shen Zhen paused and nodded.
She is already Seventeen now?
She still remembered that at this time last year, Yunyang Maquis Mansion was still the same Yunyang Maquis Mansion with a bustling crowd and an endless stream of guests coming and going.
On the second day of the New Year, when her eldest sister returned home, she held her hand and teased her, “Zhen Zhen, of those talented people who came to give gifts just now, which one do you think is better, Young Master Wu from the Song family or Young Master San from the Qi family?”
“Why are you so embarrassed? You are already sixteen and sooner or later you will have to discuss marriage.”
…..…
When she thought about it now, it felt like it was a lifetime ago.
She doesn’t know how her father, her eldest sister and her second sister are doing.
Fortunately, the person allowed her to meet Hong’er and An momo before New Year’s Eve.
Thinking of this, Shen Zhen let out a long sigh.
It would have been better if she didn’t make him angry.
On the way back just now, she said three sentences in total.
“My Lord, did everything go well last night?”
“You haven’t slept all night, are you tired?”
“Let me rub your temples.”
However, every question she asked received no reply from him and he didn’t even spare her a single glance.
After a while, Shen Zhen bit her lip and stood up. She knew that after he had finished his business he would naturally come to settle accounts with her.
Tangyue held the silk towel in her hand and wiped her gently.
Inside the house, Shen Zhen still had a sad look on her face. Seeing that the sun was setting and the Heir Apparent was nowhere to be seen, Tang Yue couldn’t help but feel doubts in her heart.
Heir Apparent and Miss are not spending the New Year’s Eve together?
After another long while, she actually saw YangZong pacing back and forth outside Chunxi Hall.
Tangyue walked over and asked, “Why are you here?”
Yang Zong rubbed his hands and looked like he was hesitating to speak. Tang Yue asked anxiously: “What do you want to say? Can you say it quickly?”
Yang Zong pointed inside and whispered: “Did Miss…make our Heir Apparent angry?”
Tangyue was stunned, “Did you also notice that something is wrong?”
Yang Zong frowned and said while gesticulating: “Today is New Year’s Eve and the Heir Apparent is still in the study.”
“Isn’t it because Heir Apparent has always been busy with official duties.”
Yang Zong shook his head and retorted: “He was really busy in the afternoon, but I just went in and the ink on the Master’s table was dry…”
Tangyue also knew that talking behind her Master was not right but she couldn’t help her inquisitiveness. She was about to speak but looked back.
Yang Zong clicked his tongue and said, “I can watch behind you. There is no one around, so you can tell me.”
Tangyue said: “Miss also has a worried expression on her face.”
The two looked at each other and reacted.
Something is really not right..
Yang Zong coughed lightly and said, “How about you ask Miss what’s going on and then lead her to the study?”
“This… is overstepping my bounds.” Tangyue wondered.
“Today is New Year’s Eve, is it possible to live like this? You also know what kind of temper the Heir Apparent has.” Without paving the way to the mortal world, it is absolutely impossible to invite him down from the altar.
Tangyue hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, “Sure, I understand.”
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When Tangyue return to the inner chamber, she walked up to Shen Zhen and said casually: “Does Heir Apparent like the sachet that Miss embroidered for him?”
Shen Zhen was stunned for a moment, then remembered that she had prepared a New Year’s Eve gift for him. But since he didn’t want to pay attention to her, she didn’t want to bring trouble on herself.
“I haven’t given it to him yet.” Shen Zhen said.
Tangyue pretended to be surprised and said: “Young lady has been embroidering it for two nights, why didn’t you give it as a gift?” Of course Tangyue knew that she didn’t give it away yet because the nice sachet was now lying alone in the cupboard.
Shen Zhen trusted Tangyue a lot. After all, she is just an outside mistress and to put it bluntly, she is almost like a slave but Tangyue has always respected her as her master.
Shen Zhen thought about his cold attitude this morning and felt really aggrieved and her eyes turned red before she could speak.
But when has the third young lady of the Shen family ever coaxed others?
Shen Zhen choked and said, “He seems to be angry with me.” After saying that, tears fell down.
