Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Gu Yichuan was surprised, "Madam, I never thought so."

Shen Nankui stared at him for a long time, then smiled, "I've already married you, let's not talk about the past for now. Anyway, no matter what, I want to thank you for taking care of me these days."

"You and I are husband and wife, why are you being so formal, ma'am?"

Gu Yichuan shook his head. "Besides, my father-in-law entrusted you to me, so I must treat you well. Otherwise, how can I be worthy of his kindness to me?"

As expected, it’s just out of gratitude...

"Oh, right," Shen Nankui suddenly stopped walking, "My husband, my sister got married earlier than me and didn't get to see me get married. Before she left the Shen family, she asked me to bring you a message."

Gu Yichuan's expression froze for a moment, and then he asked as usual: "Oh, what did you say?"

"She said that she was upset that she was unable to thank you in person after we parted in the capital that day, so she asked me to convey her gratitude for escorting her back to the Shen family to reunite with her parents."

Last year, before Shen Nankui's biological mother died, Shen Pingwan learned about her own life experience and went to Beijing alone to find her relatives.

But the two places were far apart, and she was a woman. On the way, she met some thugs, who robbed her of all her money and almost raped her. It was Gu Yichuang who saw the injustice and rescued her from the thugs. He learned that she was going to Beijing to look for her relatives, and Gu Yichuang also happened to be going to Beijing to visit a great scholar, so the two of them traveled together.

With Gu Yichuang's protection, Shen Pingwan returned to the Shen family safely.

Because of this, Shen's father treated Gu Yichuan particularly well. Knowing that he was a student who would take part in the imperial examinations, the Shen family gave him books and arranged a place for him to live in the capital. Shen's father also often invited him to debate classics and history and gave him guidance on his writing.

It can be said that Gu Yichuan’s success in passing the imperial examination at such a young age was inseparable from the guidance and help of Shen’s father.

As for Shen Pingwan, she never saw Gu Yichuan again after she returned to the Shen family.

This was also because Shen's father and He were considering her reputation. She went to Beijing with Gu Yichuan. Although they were innocent, it would not be good if the news got out. Therefore, the two have never met each other since then. All social interactions were handled by Shen's father.

It was not until the Marquis' Mansion expressed its intention to marry into the Shen family that Shen's father and He Shi did not want Shen Pingwan to jump into the fire pit, so they hastily betrothed her to Gu Yichuan, and let Shen Nankui show up in front of the wife of Marquis Jianning, so as to win over the Marquis' Mansion for the marriage.

Be it this life or the previous one.

Shen Nankui had always believed that the Shen family betrothed Shen Pingwan to Gu Yichuan because they valued his character and talent.

But now that I think about it, it doesn’t seem to be entirely true.

Otherwise, how to explain the existence of that portrait?

The two of them accompanied each other all the way to Beijing, spent several days together, and were both young boys and girls, so it was understandable that they were attracted to each other.

Therefore, in her previous life, Shen Pingwan willingly married into the Gu family. However, because of her miserable ending in her previous life, she was forced to exchange marriages with Shen Nankui after her rebirth.

Shen Nankui figured it all out, and his heart was suddenly filled with bitterness.

It turns out that they already had feelings for each other.

So what does it mean that I am marrying Gu Yichuan now?

Gu Yichuan's voice rang out, "The Shen family's kindness to me is far greater than when I escorted her to Beijing. I don't deserve this thank you."

Is it because you are not worthy of it, or are you reluctant to give it up?

Shen Nankui gritted his teeth and said, "There is one more thing to say, I... I don't know how to start."

"My lady, just speak frankly."

Shen Nankui seemed to be in a very difficult situation. After hesitating for a while, he said, "I shouldn't have said this, but... this is my sister's request. I can't help but help her fulfill her wish."

She looked straight into Gu Yichuan's eyes and said softly, "My sister said that she betrayed you."

At this point, Shen Nankui just wants to confirm his guess.

Sure enough, when Gu Yichuan heard this, his pupils shook, and he was obviously shocked by this sentence.

He looked stunned, "Madam, you... you know?"

"Yeah, I know." Shen Nankui nodded.

Gu Yichuan didn't know how to start for a moment. After a long while, he sighed, "Miss Shen didn't betray me. It's just that she and I are not destined to be together. When I heard that she married into the Marquis' Mansion, I was happy for her to have a better choice."

Even though she had expected this, Shen Nankui still felt dizzy when she heard him admit it himself.

So, all her expectations turned out to be a joke?

She tried her best to hold back her emotions and said with a smile, "This way, my sister can rest assured."

Gu Yichuan lowered his head and saw that she was pale and her body was a little shaky. He was startled and hurried to support her.

Shen Nankui took a step back to avoid it, and shook his head with all his strength, "I'm fine."

Gu Yichuan stared at her, his expression complicated as he said, "My lady, even though you know all this, I still want to say that although I had an engagement with Miss Shen, that is in the past. Now that I married you, I want to live a good life with you."

How about living?

Shen Nankui smiled and said, "Don't worry, my husband. I won't care about these things."

Since he already has someone in his heart, he married her and treated her well only because he didn't want to let the Shen family down. So, she should give up her expectations.

From now on, I will just live a peaceful life with him, and no longer dream of being a loving couple.

She had a preconceived idea that if she remarried in this life, she would be able to obtain Gu Yichuan's deep love from his previous life.

But she didn't expect that no matter in the past life or this life, Gu Yichuan's affection was only for Shen Pingwan.

So, so be it.

From then on, Shen Nankui only regarded him as her husband, but that was all.

Hearing her say this, Gu Yichuan felt relieved and sighed, "I think my wife must be sensible, that's why Miss Shen asked you to pass on such a message. Otherwise, wouldn't there be a rift between you and me?"

Shen Nankui smiled faintly, "It's just the past. I just want to live well in the present."

Gu Yichuan's eyebrows were also filled with smiles, and he held her hand again, "Yes, the past is like smoke, my wife and I have the present and the future, we have to walk together for a long time."

After hearing these sweet words again, Shen Nankui felt no waves in his heart and just nodded.

"it is good."

-

The third day after the wedding is, as a rule, the day for the bride to return home.

However, it takes several days to travel from Lai'an Town to the capital, and it is inconvenient to travel between the two places. Therefore, before Shen Nankui got married, He Shi specifically told her not to go back and forth.

In fact, it would be better not to go back. The Gu family is in financial difficulty, and if she goes back without even a decent gift, it would hurt the reputation of both families.

These few days, Gu Yichuang took the recommendation letter to the county town to visit Mr. Hu.

Shen Nankui was busy teaching the two little ones at home, while also finding time to do embroidery. After half a month, she finally saved up a few embroidered handkerchiefs, and asked Liang to ask someone to take them to the city to sell.

Liang took the silver from her acquaintance and her face was full of joy.

"It's a good deal, my second brother and his wife are really capable!"