Translator – Xiao He Lian
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Chapter 55.2
Lu Yan’s eyes darkened slightly and he said: “The Jingzhao Prefecture is responsible for the security and government affairs of the twenty-two counties in Chang’an. It really has no time to deal with these ‘misunderstandings’. In the future, I’d like to trouble Madam Li to think about it before coming to the Yamen.”
Hearing such rude words, Li Di felt unhappy.
Since he became the Assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, who had dared to treat him so coldly?
But he couldn’t offend the person in front of him, so he could only smile and agree.
Lu Yan returned to the carriage, breathing heavily while the word Su Heng filled his mind…
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After Lu Yan left, Shen Zhen covered her slightly reddened little face and was lost in thought in front of the bronze mirror for a whole hour without moving an inch.
After a while, she picked up a candied fruit and put it in her mouth. Disturbed by the messy emotions in her heart, she couldn’t taste any sweetness.
From time to time, she glanced at the door.
After finishing a bag of candied fruits, Shen Zhen glanced at the sunny sky outside, turned back to the bed, grabbed the quilt, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Perhaps because she was thinking too much, Shen Zhen actually dreamed about her childhood.
She was only nine years old at that time…
Shen Zhen was born unable to tolerate the furs of cats and dogs. She would sneeze, cough, and get rashes all over her body as soon as she came into contact with them. Therefore, Yunyang Marchioness ordered them to be removed from the mansion.
So Shen Zhen’s cats was forcibly sent away.
Most of the time, young kids have more affection for cats and dogs than when they are older. Because Shen Zhen was really reluctant to let go, she sneaked out of the house and brought the two cats back.
Once she is serious about something, her eyes will be filled with persistence.
If she hadn’t gotten sick, she would have kept it a secret from everyone.
Yunyang Marchioness heard her hoarse voice and saw the red rash all over her neck and locked her into the ancestral hall in anger.
A day and night passed but before the Marchioness ‘ heart softened, Shen Zhen fell ill.
When Shen Zhen fell asleep, Marquis Yunyang sighed and said: “For such a small thing, you really punish her to kneel in the ancestral hall? Other people’s children enter the ancestral hall if they made a huge mistake but our kid was sent because of a cat, this is really something new. ”
Yunyang Marchioness was silent.
Marquis Yunyang said: “If she was disrespectful today, you can punish her no matter what. I will never speak for her, but her temper…”
Yunyang Marchioness interrupted him with red eyes, “She just looked obedient, but in reality, she was as stubborn as you. My Lord she is not as clever as her two sisters. I am not angry with her for raising these cats. What I am angry about is that she knows she can’t do something, but she still wants to do it!”
“Never look back until you hit the wall1(Never look back until you hit the wall, which is a metaphor for someone who is stubborn and unable to listen to different opinions.), she will get into trouble sooner or later.”
Shen Zhen lay flat on the bed. and as soon as her words fell, she realized that everything around her seemed to turn extremely blurry.
She looked along the candlelight and saw her mother walking towards her not far away.
The plaque on the Yunyang Marquis Mansion was crumbling and was replaced with the words Chengyuan.
Nine-year-old Shen Zhen has also turned into a graceful woman.
Yunyang Marchioness, with a few strands of white hair on her forehead, walked towards her and said softly: “Zhen’er, tell me, where is this place? Why are you here?”
Shen Zhen looked away, she opened her mouth but nothing came out.
Suddenly, Lu Yan’s figure appeared at the door and her mother asked again: “Zhen’er, who is he?”
Shen Zhen shook her head in confusion and said she didn’t know.
Then a pregnant girl appeared next to Lu Yan, crying and asking him: “My Lord, who is she!”
At the same time, Princess Jing’an also walked in and said to her word by word: “Is the woman Shi Yan is raising outside you?”
Every word was like a thunderbolt, rumbling and exploding in her mind.
Shen Zhen opened her eyes and sat up violently, gasping for air.
She woke up from her dreams.
This is Lanyue Pavilion inside Chengyuan and there is no one else here except her.
She looked out the window. It was gloomy outside and it was pouring rain. A rain that could sober her up.
Lu Yan walked to the door, closed his umbrella and when he raised his eyes, he saw Shen Zhen’s pale face, red eyes with a look of despair.
He walked over quickly and asked nervously: “What’s wrong?”
Shen Zhen’s whole body was trembling, as if there was a stone stuck in her throat, preventing her from saying anything.
Lu Yan had never seen her like this before. He quickly put his arms around her body, caressed her back and said, “Did you have a nightmare?”
She seemed to have lost all her strength.
This is not a nightmare.
If this continues, everything will turn into a nightmare.
Lu Yan squeezed her palm and said, “I’m here, don’t be afraid.”
