Translator – Xiao He Lian
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Chapter 54.1
Zhenguo Duke Mansion, study room.
The candlelight flickered on the table and the sound of knocking suddenly came from outside.
“Come in.” Lu Yan said.
Yang Zong pushed open the door, strode forward, handed Lu Yan a stack of letters and then said: “Master, the reason why Lord Lu resigned was because he contracted a lung disease. This is the result of our spies investigation in various medicine shops in Chang’an.”
Lu Yan opened the letter, lowered his eyes and read silently. After a long time, he raised his eyes and said, “Can we find the doctor who was in Lu Mansion?”
Yang Zong shook his head, “He had returned to my hometown in the tenth month of last year.”
As soon as he said this, a bad premonition suddenly came to his mind.
There would be no such coincidence in this world. As soon as Marquis Yunyang fell, he retired and returned home?
It looked more like resigning to protect himself.
After a long while, Lu Yan murmured to himself: “With Li Di’s talent, can he really be a successful candidate in the imperial examinations?”
When he blurted out these words, he already had the answer. If Li Di were half as capable as Marquis Yunyang, he would not have handled this year’s most important projects of the Ministry of Industry in such a disgraceful manner.
The Emperor didn’t blame him so it must have been the sixth prince who must have backed him.
Li Di was a first-class expert in terms of scheming but he lacked real talent.
He had heard about Yunyang Maquis’s uprightness for a long time, so he did not doubt Li Di’s imperial examination results at first. After all, there were many officials who had passed the imperial examination but could not make any achievements.
Lu Yan tapped the table with his index finger and tried to sketch out the original story in his mind.
Marquis Yunyang loved his daughter so much that he did not hesitate to use his relationship with Lu Si to “promote” Li Di. Later, Marquis Yunyang’s house was confiscated and Lu Si resigned when he saw that the situation was not good. Shen Shu was threatened by Li Di and did not dare to report him to the authorities…..
Even though Lu Yan didn’t want to think this way, at the moment, only this version could make everything clear.
Lu Yan opened the last letter and frowned.
Li Di actually had a wife before Shen Shu?
Although he thought that Miss Shen would not have a good life in the Li family, he did not expect that the Li family would go this far.
At this moment, Lu Yan’s heart was hurting more and more and he couldn’t help but wrinkle the letter in his hand.
Yang Zong asked with concern: “Master, are you suffering from heart disease again? Shall I find a doctor?”
Lu Yan shook his head and said, “Ready my horse.”
He knew very well where the cure was.
The horse ran over the uneven road and Lu Yan’s heart hurt even more when there was a slight bump and some beads of sweat appeared on his forehead…
That said, when did this heart disease start?
Thinking back, it started from the day when the Yunyang Marquis Mansion was confiscated.
When the pain was severe, he couldn’t even stand and there was always a dull pain when the pain was mild.
He had once consulted a doctor and was prescribed several painkillers but now that he thought about it, he drank them all in vain.
Lu Yan sneered.
Along with the grievances suffered by the daughter of the Shen family, he also suffered them.
——
Chengyuan.
Shen Zhen couldn’t stop crying as she covered herself with the quilt and kept sobbing for a long time.
When she gradually calmed down, a knock came from outside.
Knock, knock, knock.
Shen Zhen’s shoulders stiffened and her little face poked out of the quilt.
At this time, who would be knocking on the door?
If it were Mo Yue and Tang Yue, they would have called her. If it were him, he would have come in directly.
Shen Zhen sat up, wiped her tears with the back of her hand and stared at the door suspiciously.
There was another metallic sound of the door knocker hitting the door and it was getting more and more urgent.
The moonlight was bright. Shen Zhen looked at the tall figure at the door and couldn’t help but feel a little scared. The door was not locked at all. If the visitor had bad intentions, even if she hid in the cabinet, it would be useless.
After thinking twice, she raised her voice and said: “Tang Yue!” Unfortunately, they were already sent away before the person came to the door.
Just then, the person outside pushed the door open. The door made a “squeak” sound but no one came in.
Shen Zhen was so frightened that she jumped to the ground and picked up the vase beside her.
It was the end of March and the ground was still cold. As soon as Lu Yan entered the house, he saw a scene like this – she was barefoot, holding a large blue and white porcelain vase in her hand with a pale face.
The moment they looked at each other, her hand relaxed and the vase fell to the ground, breaking into pieces with a “crash”.
Lu Yan frowned, strode forward, picked her up by the waist.
His hand patted her buttocks lightly and Shen Zhen wrapped her legs around his waist.
“Don’t you know how to put on shoes?” Lu Yan said in a deep voice.
“My Lord did it on purpose, didn’t you? Hmm?” Shen Zhen had just cried and her nasal voice had yet to fade.
Lu Yan straightened his back, looked directly at the little girl hanging on his body and pursed his thin lips slightly.
Being held by him like this, Shen Zhen felt a little uneasy. She kicked her legs and tried to get off of him but was directly placed on the table instead.
On the table.
It’s this posture again…
Shen Zhen bit her lower lip, turned her head and her ten beautiful petal-like toes immediately curled together.
Lu Yan put his hands on the edge of the table, bowed down, looked at her long and white neck and said, “Turn around, let me take a look at you.”
When Shen Zhen didn’t respond, Lu Yan used his hand to pull back her face.
He took the candlestick on the table, lit it and then held it up to the little girl’s face.
“Were you crying?” Lu Yan whispered.
