Translator – Xiao He Lian
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Chapter 7.2
Shen Zhen’s face turned pale, and some answers were ready to reveal, but she didn’t dare to think any further, not even a little bit.
The two of them were very close, and as a man with ulterior motives, Lu Yan naturally wouldn’t care about anything, but Shen Zhen was different. Ever since she guessed his intentions, she could no longer smell the scent of sandalwood on him.
There was a wall behind her, and there was no way to retreat. In desperation, she raised her two small hands, put them on his chest and called out almost inaudibly, “My Lord.”
Her voice was mournful and pleading.
Immediately, golden bean-like tears finally fell down involuntarily.
As soon as she shed tears, Lu Yan frowned.
When it dropped, his chest felt like it had been hit by someone, and when it dropped again, it was even worse.
Ever since he met her, he had suffered from this strange and irritating disease, but today he discovered some patterns. It seemed that as long as she cried harder, the pain would be more severe.
So she must not cry?
He looked up at the rafters and grinned through gritted teeth.
So, Lu Yan took a step back.
He waited for her patiently for a long time, and when he saw that she had no intention of stopping, he frowned slightly and said coldly: “If you cry again, I will go to the Li family to catch someone tomorrow morning.” The Li family was referring to the Li Di family, who was Shen Zhen’s eldest brother-in-law.
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the sobbing stopped suddenly.
Shen Zhen forced herself to stay calm, not to offend him and swallowed back her tears.
My throat felt bitter.
After a while, Lu Yan saw that her shoulders were no longer shaking, so he opened two boxes, which were filled with copper coins.
“These are eight thousand copper coins.” Lu Yan said.
Eight thousand copper coins happened to be the debt owed by the Shen family.
Shen Zhen raised her head, “Lord Lu, what do you mean?”
Lu Yan casually put the candle on the table and looked at her leisurely.
“There’s a curfew outside. You and I can’t go out tonight. We have a lot of time. What do you think I mean? You can think about it slowly.” He didn’t like people pretending to be confused in front of him.
He is giving her such a large sum of money, not to make her play dumb.
Shen Zhen bit her lip repeatedly.
She suddenly realized that her current situation was not much different from that in court.
If she was wrong, he might not give her a second chance.
He is different from King Teng, and he is also different from the shopkeeper of Jin Family’s money shop. Not only does he have money and power, he also has leverage over her. As he just said, he knows exactly who wrote the document for leaving the city. Whether he checks it or not, it all depends on her.
She has no other choice.
Thinking of this, she suddenly accepted her fate.
She knew that she was not qualified to negotiate terms, but the matter had come to this, so she could only bite the bullet and said: “My Lord, my brother is only five years old, he can’t live without me…”
Before Shen Zhen could finish speaking, he interrupted her coldly, “Shen Hong cannot stay in Chang’an.”
The Shen family’s affairs are undoubtedly a problem in Chang’an.
As far as he knew, the reason why outsiders were not allowed to visit Yunyang Marquis who was serving his sentence in prison was actually because the Emperor gave an imperial order to Lord Zhou of Dali Temple1(Dali Temple; Supreme Court; central judicial office (in feudal China since the Northern Qi Dynasty，similar to today’s supreme court)).
Emperor’s order, this is interesting.
What is it worth for an Emperor to make such a big fuss about a guilty minister who has been sentenced to two years in prison and dismissed from his position to hide from the nobility?
Thinking about these people in the capital who wished to immediately take Shen Zhen as their own. It is thought-provoking whether they are for wealth or for other reasons.
Although he had to save Shen Zhen because of those chaotic dreams, he would not endure more trouble for her.
He glanced at her and said slowly: “There are many people in the capital staring at you. I can’t hide two people here. Shen Hong is ill and needs medical treatment from time to time. Do you think if a doctor walks through the alley all day long, how long will it take for others to guess that you are here?”
“I will send him to Master Chu Xun as a disciple, and I will also hire a doctor for him.” Master Chu Xun is a famous person in Yangzhou. Even if the Shen family is still the old Shen family, they may not be able to hire him.
After hearing this, Shen Zhen lost even her last worries. But she knows that there is no free pie in this world and all good things are there for a reason.
“My Lord, do you need me to do anything else?” Shen Zhen asked tremblingly.
Lu Yan was quite satisfied with her intelligence, so he said directly: “I never like girls who weep and cry.”
Shen Zhen was stunned and really didn’t understand why he said that.
The reason why she cried just now was because he scared her…
Lu Yan glanced at her coldly, “Do you remember?”
Shen Zhen took a breath and swallowed all the slanderous words and said, “I remember.”
Lu Yan said “hmm”, then looked at her and said, “Do you know who you are?”
Shen Zhen knew his identity and her own identity.
She also knew clearly that his mother, Princess Jing’an, would never let him take a concubine before marrying a wife.
In that case, it was much better.
Shen Zhen lowered her eyes, opened her mouth and it took her a long time to say, “I am My Lord’s mistress 2(mistress living outside, Mistress in this sense is alittle different from the english term. They are also called the outer room, the foreign wife , the other house , the other wife [1] :32 , the other housewife [2] :67 , and the outer housewife [1] :33 . Under the background of monogamy and multiple concubines in Chinese society , men have Women who provide for and live with outside the family . Usually a single woman, legally without spouse status, similar to the contemporary term mistress . Some contemporary researchers regard it as a type of concubine ).”
