Bondage

"Master Wan Du is busy, I'm afraid he won't come, what's the matter?"

With a faint body temperature on the waist card in his hand, Jin Shu shook his head lightly: "I don't know why I suddenly thought of him, so I asked."

Hengzhi thought that she would feel a little timid about seeing her old friend, so she stroked her hair and comforted her softly.

Unable to explain why, Jin Shu looked at the palace gate and suddenly hesitated, until Heng Zhi comforted her for a long time, she nodded in a daze and left the palace with Heng Zhi.

Jin Shu and that person made an appointment at Cuiwei Tower, when they arrived with a few young eunuchs from the palace, there was already a tall man sitting in the room.

Looking at the man's back, Jin Shu felt very strange.

"Are you the son of my Uncle Li's family?"

The man turned around, revealing a rather handsome face.

Jin Shu blushed and took a step back.

She has no memory of her husband-in-law who was betrothed since she was a child. The only memory she has is that she was often held in his arms by him when she was young, coaxing her softly.

In memory, that person was indeed much taller and stronger than her.

"Peach Qian."

The man opened his mouth in a low voice, and Jin Shu suddenly shed a string of tears when he heard the words.

"Sister Hengzhi, he is my betrothed husband since childhood."

Since her father passed away, no one called her by her name, and now she almost forgot that her name was not Jin Shu, but the daughter of the Zhang family on Wangchun Street, Baoding Prefecture.

Her family was rich since she was a child, her father and Uncle Li next door are both wealthy households in Baoding Mansion.

I don't know what happened back then, but according to my father, Uncle Li's family was arrested and imprisoned overnight. Since then, the whole family has disappeared without a trace.

Jin Shu wiped away his tears and couldn't stop crying: "What happened to your family back then? My father searched for you for a long time, but he couldn't find a single word."

The man smiled lightly: "There was a disaster at home back then, I don't know the details."

Jin Shu nodded, knowing that maybe he was young and ignorant at that time, or maybe he didn't want to bring up the pain of the past.

Heng Zhi looked at the man and saw that the man's eyes were clear and he was not a crooked person, so she put down her guard and asked him to talk to Jin Shu.

Jin Shu asked a few words about the names of the family members back then, and the things she remembered, the man responded fluently. Not only that, he also knew some things that Jin Shu didn't know.

After the man had told all the past vividly and vividly, Jin Shu had to admit that he was indeed his fiancé-in-law whom he had been looking for for a long time.

After confirming the identity of this person, Jin Shu was speechless.

It's because although she knew that this man was her husband-in-law, she just couldn't feel close to him.

"You are old now, but you still want to marry me?"

"I……"

"I am willing."

Her father has been looking for this man for so long, and she has also been looking for him for so long, how could she not want to marry him?

Jin Shu raised his head to look at the man, and smiled timidly.

"If you want, I will go home today to prepare the dowry, and I will marry you after the national funeral. Do you have anything you want?"

"No."

After thinking for a while, Jin Shu said, "Now that the Zhang and Li families have no elders, if I need my master's consent to get married, you may wait for me for a while? After I get the housework in order, I will ask the master for mercy. "

The man nodded and agreed with a gentle smile.

After a while, the marriage was settled, Jin Shu exchanged a few words with him, then turned around and followed Heng Zhi back to the palace.

In the carriage, seeing her gloomy expression, Heng Zhi couldn't help worrying: "What worries do you have?"

Jin Shu shook his head, but pinched the hem of his shirt and did not speak.

For some reason, she couldn't find the familiarity of childhood in that man.

He is good everywhere, but Jin Shu just feels a little... awkward.

Wiping the sweat from his hands nervously, Jinshu looked at Heng Zhina and said, "I heard that women are afraid before they get married, and I can't say anything, but I just feel uneasy and anxious."

Putting his hand on his heart, Jin Shu pursed his lips in confusion.

"Sister Hengzhi, it is said that I have been looking for him for so long, but why am I still afraid and uneasy when I see this person?"

"Maybe it's the same reason as the feeling of being close to home."

Heng Zhi took Jin Shu's hand and said softly: "Although he is your betrothed husband since childhood, but you two haven't seen each other for a long time, I feel that some biological ties are normal."

"Maybe it's normal."

Jin Shu slowly raised a smiling face: "Then I will marry him as my wife after the national funeral, fulfilling my father's wish."

"Good Jin Shu, live a good life in the future, the lady will always take care of you."

"Ah."

Jin Shu nodded heavily, his hanging heart slowly settled down.

When the two returned to the palace, Wan Xiao was leaning against the pillars of the East Palace, thinking about something.

Ji Rong walked up to him and said softly, "Jin Shu met that man."

"Is there any secrets?"

"should not."

Wan Xiao smiled lightly: "That's good."

Knowing that since Jin Shu returned to the palace that day, he began to prepare for the wedding, Wan Xiao thought about it and found half a box of pearls of excellent quality and sent them to her.

Jin Shu was very surprised when she received it, because it was really expensive and she couldn't afford it.

"Miss, why do you think Lord Wan Du gave such a valuable gift to the servants?"

Holding this thing in her hand always feels like a hot potato.

She searched for someone and wanted to return it to Wan Xiao, but was sent back several times.

"I really can't accept it, this thing... please ask the lady to help the servant to keep it."

When Song Wan saw the half box of pearls, he also thought it was very unusual.Wan Xiao seemed to be jovial and easy to get along with, but in fact there was a sense of indifference in his bones, and she couldn't figure out why Wan Xiao would suddenly send such a precious thing as a brocade book.

After thinking for a while, Song Wan said: "You put it away first, I will ask His Highness later, if something is wrong, I will go to find Lord Wan Du."

Jin Shu nodded and looked at Song Wan gratefully.

After court, Shen Qianyu returned to Laiyi Pavilion.

Song Wan helped him change into his regular clothes, and only then did he tell about Bai Ri Wanxiao's gift of a box of pearls in brocade books.

"Wan Xiao is well-rounded and sophisticated, it doesn't seem like he would do such inappropriate things. How could he suddenly have the desire to send brocade books and pearls?"

After pouring tea for Shen Qianyu, Song Wan took the emperor's private seal from him and carefully put it aside.

The two chatted casually while preparing meals.

Hearing Song Wan's words, Shen Qianyu hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to tell her.

"Is there an inside story?"

Shen Qianyu nodded: "There is indeed an inside story."

Seeing that Song Wan frowned and was thinking about something, he sighed softly and said, "Wan Xiao is also from Baoding Mansion."

As soon as these words came out, and thinking of Wan Xiao's reaction when he wrote the book for the first time, Song Wan instantly guessed the true meaning.

She was slightly surprised: "So the man Jin Shu met a few days ago was not her husband?"