Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Shen Nankui withdrew his gaze from the car window, smiled and shook his head.

"Nothing. This trip to the capital will take at least six or seven days. I'm afraid it will affect the children's studies."

Gu Yichuan patted her hands and comforted her, "Don't worry, the students are very sensible. You have already assigned them homework in the past two days. They will definitely complete it seriously. Just wait for us to return from the capital, and you can go to the private school to teach as usual."

"Yeah." Shen Nankui nodded slightly.

"My lady, you are tired from the journey, why don't you rest on my shoulder for a while?"

"Alright."

Shen Nankui leaned her head on Gu Yichuan's shoulder and dozed off with her eyes closed.

In fact, she didn't need to think too much. With a different marriage in this life, her life was completely different from her previous life.

The matter is done, even if Shen Pingwan regrets it, she can't change anything.

The day of departure was August 13th. We would take a horse carriage all the way, and if nothing unexpected happened, we would arrive at the Shen family in the evening of the 14th.

But it rained on the 14th, making the roads muddy and difficult to travel on, and we also delayed the time.

It was already dark when Shen Nankui and Gu Yichuang arrived at a town twenty miles away from the capital. They had no choice but to stay the night in the town and continue into the city the next day.

the next morning.

Just as the two arrived outside the Shen family's gate, the carriage from the Marquis' Mansion drove in.

The carriages of the Jianning Marquis' Mansion were spacious, and the alley in front of the Shen family's house was already narrow. The two carriages, one in front and one behind, blocked the alley entrance.

"what happened?"

A questioning voice came from the car.

The next moment, a pair of slender hands lifted the curtain and poked their heads out from the car. It was Shen Pingwan.

When she saw Shen Nankui, her expression was slightly stunned, and her eyes stayed on Gu Yichuan's face for a moment, then she smiled and said: "Oh, it turns out that my sister and brother-in-law are here, so we are really lucky today."

Gu Yichuan bowed and said, "Meet the Crown Prince's wife."

Hearing this name from his mouth, Shen Pingwan's eyes showed a slightly complicated expression.

After all, they had been husband and wife for a lifetime, and when they met again, she couldn't help feeling dazed. But when she thought of her tragic ending in her previous life, there was only hatred in her eyes.

"Brother-in-law, you are too polite. Why do we as a family need to be so polite?"

Shen Pingwan, supported by her maid, slowly got off the carriage and stood in front of Shen Nankui.

Shen Nankui smiled and greeted, "It's been a few months since we last met, is my sister doing well?"

Shen Pingwan did not respond immediately, but just looked at her carefully.

The two of them came from outside the city, and not only had they been in a hurry on the road, but they also seemed to have been caught in the rain. Shen Nankui's skirt was covered in mud, making her look quite disheveled, and Gu Yichuan's shoes were also dirty.

The two men standing together, along with the old carriage, everything looked so gray and shabby.

Looking at herself, she was wearing a pomegranate red pleated skirt that trailed on the ground, and her brocade embroidered shoes were spotless, without even a speck of dust on them. The carriage behind her was spacious and luxurious, and there were several male and female servants following her.

In comparison, she felt even more proud.

I even feel that living my life over again and changing my marriage was an absolutely correct decision.

Shen Pingwan seemed to casually adjust the gold-thread and ruby-studded hairpin on her temples with her hand.

"Sister, I'm fine, but you——"

He glanced at Shen Nankui and Gu Yichuan with contempt, "It doesn't look too good."

"Oh?"

Shen Nankui was waiting for her next words.

Shen Pingwan curled her lips and said disdainfully, "You knew you were going back to your parents' home, but you didn't even bother to dress up. Looking at you like this, if you didn't know, you would think that your life in your husband's home was very difficult."

There was so much sarcasm in these words that Gu Yichuan couldn't help but frown.

"Madam, you are wrong. My wife and I were not dressed cleanly, which was a bit disrespectful, but we did not do it on purpose. It was just that the weather was bad this morning, and we were traveling in the rain, so there were always some things that were not satisfactory."

Hearing him say this, Shen Pingwan glanced at him with a smile.

"I was just joking with my sister, but my brother-in-law is taking it too seriously, isn't he?"

Seeing that Gu Yichuan was protecting Shen Nankui like this, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable. In her previous life, all these considerations belonged to her.

Shen Nankui heard her tone change, moved to the left, blocked her line of sight, and said with a smile: "Sister is the wife of the prince, and has a prominent status in the capital. How can I compare with sister?"

Shen Pingwan snorted softly, "It's good that you know."

Shen Nankui smiled, "Sister, we haven't seen each other for a long time. When we met, we were so busy talking that we forgot that the alley is narrow. Our car is blocking the road and others can't pass. Why don't we go in and greet our father and mother first, and then have a good chat later."

Seeing her humble attitude, Shen Pingwan felt much better, and the depression she had just felt also dissipated.

No matter how good Gu Yichuan is, he is just a poor scholar.

In my previous life, I married him and was implicated by the Gu family for my entire life, and ended up with a tragic death.

In this life, she is already the wife of a prince, no longer as cowardly as in her previous life.

Only Shen Nankui, the fake one, and Gu Yichuan are a perfect match. Because of their status, both of them will always be inferior to her.

After realizing this, Shen Pingwan became even more arrogant and raised her chin slightly.

"You are quite clever, so go inside first."

As soon as she finished speaking, she walked into the door first, and the maid behind her followed with various gifts in her arms.

The Gu family hired a driver. Shen Nankui and Gu Yichuan took down the things, gave the driver some money, and told him to put them away himself before they entered the house.

Mr. Shen and Mrs. He were sitting in the main hall. The table in the middle was piled with various gifts, all brought by Shen Pingwan.

Shen Nankui and Gu Yichuan received the gifts together and presented the gifts they brought.

Compared with the various gifts on the table, the two packages handed over by Shen Nankui seemed a little shabby.

Sure enough, He was slow to pick it up. After drinking tea for a while, she seemed to suddenly remember this and asked the servant to bring it to her.

He touched the light package and couldn't help asking, "Nan Kui, why are you being so formal when you come back to your mother's house? Isn't this too formal?"

She had a large table of gifts at hand, but she only said this to Shen Nankui, which made people notice the difference in the gifts given by the two daughters of the Shen family when they returned to their parents' home.

There was also a hint of sarcasm on Shen Pingwan's face.

She deliberately said, "Mother, what you said is not right. A daughter who is married off is like water spilled out. It's rare for her to come back, so naturally she should show her filial piety. I don't know what's in your package, why don't you open it and let us take a look together?"

The two packages looked worthless, and He had no interest in them at all. However, after hearing what her daughter said, she nodded and opened the packages.