Translator – Xiao He Lian
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Chapter 51.1
The surroundings were dark and silent, and the pattern of the lattice windows was reflected on the ground. From a distance, it looked like the waves of Jinghu Lake.
Lu Yan lowered his head and kissed her forehead, “Say it, I will do it for you.”
Shen Zhen’s body stiffened and her heart started pounding.
Even though his tone was rare and gentle, the mouth that eats the food of others is softened; the hand that takes the possessions of others is shortened1(It means that if a person takes something given by others and makes a mistake, then he cannot speak principles in front of this person. If he eats something from others, he cannot speak confidently in front of this person.). When asking for help from others, one will inevitably feel a little weak.
She looked at his dark and unclear expression and couldn’t help but think: Even if she wanted to lie to him, she really wouldn’t be able to do it.
Lu Yan put his hand on Shen Zhen’s waist and rubbed it slowly, and his index finger played with her ribs that were opening and closing due to her labored breathing.
Shen Zhen was silent for a while, pushed his hand away and finally sat up. Since she was asking for help, she had to have a begging attitude no matter what.
Like what she did just now, it’s not very sincere.
She half-knelt on the bed and whispered softly: “I do have something I want to ask for your help.”
Lu Yan looked into Shen Zhen’s eyes.
Things between a man and a woman have always been complicated. The two of them had obviously done the most intimate thing in the world, but he could feel that there was a clearly visible membrane between the heart of the person in front of him and him.
Originally, Lu Yan could have turned their relationship into a way of settling both the money and the goods. She would be his nameless mistress and he would take care of her family which for him, was not a difficult task.
But as the days passed, he could no longer restrain his greed.
Joy, gratitude, admiration, he wanted them all.
Lu Yan looked calm as he faintly said: “Just tell me.”
Shen Zhen put her hand on the edge of the bed and secretly exerted force. Her fingertips instantly turned white. Then she said: “I want to send some medicine to Dali Temple.” There is no need to say clearly to whom she wants to send it to in the Dali Temple prison.
Shen Zhen continued: “My father has an old disease, which attacks during the rainy season…”
Lu Yan raised his eyes and glanced at her. He put his hand on her knee and rubbed it lightly. Without asking any questions, he said, “Okay.”
Shen Zhen looked at him in surprise.
That easily…?
Lu Yan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, “If you had something to say, why didn’t you say it at the beginning? Do you have to torture me so hard?”
“I did not.”
She argued subconsciously.
“Really? It seems that Miss Shen is usually very self-disciplined. She hides such a passionate temperament quite deeply.” Lu Yan really couldn’t say anything nice every time he opened his mouth..
Shen Zhen coughed lightly, and after a while, she said thank you sincerely.
“Lie down.” Lu Yan casually pinched her buttocks, closed his eyes and said, “If you make any more trouble again, I will definitely not let you sleep.”
The sound of rain outside faded, the dark clouds dispersed, and a sliver of moonlight squeezed into the inner room.
Lu Yan turned his head and glanced at Shen Zhen in his arms, and couldn’t help but sigh to himself thinking about this silly girl.
That said, why do people often say that the pillow wind of the mistress is better than the one at home?
In this world, once a court official has an outside mistress it is like placing his handle on the other party’s hand.
When you are deeply in love, it must be joyful, exciting, and incandescent, but what about after the joy? Which girl would be willing to spend her whole life without a name or status?
All the outside mistresses had a unified understanding.
At first they all said they wanted nothing, but what will happen next? Once time passes and you develop a closer physical relationship with their husband, they will get pregnant and will come to the door asking their husbands to give them a status.
For example the court official who was in court for his affair a while ago…. He has been conscientious all his life and has made no mistakes in his official career. However, when something like this happened, the court official took the opportunity to go to trial.
But in the end he was demoted and banished.
Although Lu Yan has not yet married a wife and has no regrets about having a mistress, once someone finds out that he has an extramarital affair, his pure white wings will be somewhat damaged.
The Emperor also has to avoid the gossip in the court, so he will suppress his official position.
It’s just that Shen Zhen, a noble and noble woman who has been living in a deep boudoir for a long time, doesn’t understand the intricacies behind it.
She wouldn’t know how to use those foxy tricks.
For the few things he had done for her, she was ready to write herself as a token of gratitude.
The rain outside waxes and wanes, with no end in sight.
Lu Yan had another long dream…
In other words, a memory that originally belonged to him flooded into his mind.
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This old dream from the past happened at about this time, in the third month, the rainy season.
Zhenguo Duke Mansion
As soon as the curfew drum beat, Yang Zong opened the door and handed a package to Lu Yan, “Master, this is what Chengyuan asked me to deliver to you.”
Lu Yan took it without changing his expression, opened it, and found a pile of bottles and cans. He lowered his head and smelled it.
It is a soothing incense.
Then he scoffed.
He asked Yang Zong to pass the news about Yunyang Maquis to her and he received her “thank you” so quickly?
“Take it back.” Lu Yan threw the bottles and cans back into Yang Zong’s hands, “Also, tell her that she doesn’t have to do this in the future.”
Lu Yan returned to Suning Hall and looked at the flickering candlelight in the room, feeling inexplicably irritated.
He often wondered if he shouldn’t have taken her to Yangzhou.
If he hadn’t taken her to Yangzhou, then Shen Zhen for him was just a person he is taking care of for Sui Yu2(his bestie).
Lu Yan sat quietly for a long time, subconsciously twirling the white jade ring on his hand, thinking back to the few short months he spent with her in Yangzhou.
To be honest, he didn’t really want to take her to Yangzhou at first. A woman like Shen Zhen who has been pampered since young is the most pretentious in Lu Yan’s eyes.
However, along the way, what he expected did not happen. She was very well-behaved and helped him a lot.
She came to Yangzhou with him as a concubine. Since she was pretending to be his concubine, they had to sleep on the same bed.
Sharing the same bed, indeed, was too intimate.
He accidentally caught a glimpse of her half-undressed and also bumped into her bathing and dressing with her attractive curves.
Her waist was as thin as a willow stick, and the white flesh was so dazzling that it hurt the eyes.
One day, when he returned home from the governor’s mansion in the evening, he opened the door and entered the clean room. He didn’t expect her to be there too.
There was only a thin hollow screen between them.
The woman’s graceful and attractive lines were all visible to his eyes, her waist was like a bundle of silk and her shoulders were like knives.
He knew that if he walked in, he would lose control, so he turned around and left, and with forbearance and restraint, like Liu Xia Hui3(Is an ancient figure in history. When someone says being like Liu Xia hui means refer to men who sit still and remain calm adhering to chinese morality)
Indulging in romantic affairs is tantamount to sowing bad fruit.
He, Lu Shiyan, doesn’t lack this level of composure.
What’s more, he knew that everything she, Miss Shen San, did was just to see Shen Hong.
But many things in this world are beyond what you expect.
On the day Zhao Chong drugged her in the boat, she drank it and at the same time, she even used the broken cup to secretly cut her arm.
He looked at the blood in front of him and the person who fell in his arms, and couldn’t help but sigh. She was petite, but she is strangely ruthless with herself.
After that day, he did feel pity for her.
T/N – Next chapter will be updated on Wednesday next week. (March 6th). The updates will be a bit slow cuz my exams are starting pretty soon.
