After being rejected, he emptied the mansion and went into exile

Shen Zhizheng took everyone to the next room to chat, while Shen Zhixin and Shen Zhiye obediently went to make tea.

The second and third masters also rushed over after hearing the noise.

Shen Jinyao was sitting in her room. She always felt that there seemed to be some secret between Shen Tingyao and the eldest prince.

Not only did she think so, but everyone in the yard thought so.

But they did not dare to interrupt Shen Tingyao and the eldest prince.

However, Shen Jinyao was not worried about Shen Tingyao. After all, before going in, Tingyao touched the hairpin on her head.

At this time in the main hall, after everyone had left.

Shen Tingyao also sat down.

The eldest prince was amused and said, "You are good at pretending to be well-behaved. Don't you need to follow the rules when no one is around?"

Shen Tingyao said softly, "This is all thanks to the eldest prince."

After she finished speaking, she took out a package from her sleeve.

It was something wrapped in a handkerchief.

Shen Tingyao opened it and found the eldest prince's jade pendant inside.

Shen Tingyao stood up and saluted, saying, "The property has been returned to its original owner. I hope the eldest prince will not break his promise."

The eldest prince laughed heartily and said, "How can I, the eldest prince of the Jiuzhou Kingdom, break my promise just for a thousand taels of silver?"

"To be honest, I came here today just to give you money."

After the eldest prince finished speaking, he took out a silver note from his arms.

After seeing the banknotes, Shen Tingyao's expression remained that of a lady, but her heart was already filled with joy.

If it had been in Shangzhou before, she would definitely not think much of this one thousand taels of silver note.

I don't even feel there is any difference between one hundred taels and several thousand taels.

She has never been short of money and has never managed a household, so she has always been indifferent to money.

Ever since she could remember, she had been learning music, chess, calligraphy and painting, hoping to marry a noble lady from a high-ranking family when she grew up.

But things are different now, the Shen family has fallen.

The hardships she had endured along the way made her realize how important money was.

If you spend one thousand taels of silver frugally, it will last you for several years.

Otherwise, who would buy her rouge and powder?

Who can prepare beautiful clothes and pretty jewelry for her?

Rely on the Shen family?

That is impossible.

Even if he makes money from selling potatoes in the future, with so many people in the Shen family waiting to spend money, how could they consider her?

"Thank you, eldest prince."

After Shen Tingyao finished her ceremony, she planned to take back the banknotes from the eldest prince.

Unexpectedly, the eldest prince did not let go, but hid the banknotes behind him.

Shen Tingyao was puzzled, "Prince, what does this mean?"

The eldest prince smiled and said, "Haha, you want it, right?"

Shen Tingyao said slowly, "It's not that I want it, but you promised me when I saved you."

The eldest prince stiffened his neck and said, "I promised you. Wasn't it a special situation at that time?"

Shen Tingyao sat back in her chair and touched the hairpin on her head.

She asked softly, "Prince, do you mean to regret it?"

The eldest prince laughed twice and said, "That's not the case. The money is still yours."

He then asked, "Do you only want this one thousand taels?"

Shen Tingyao looked at the eldest prince in confusion. What else was there besides one thousand taels?

The eldest prince sat on the chair next to Shen Tingyao.

He looked at Shen Tingyao and put away his playful smile.

The eldest prince's face was actually quite serious. He just said, "Tingyao, is this really the life you want?"

Shen Tingyao: "What kind of life?"

The eldest prince pointed outside the courtyard and said, "Living in a courtyard like this, wearing coarse linen clothes, and eating simple meals."

"You're thirteen or fourteen this year, right? In two years, you'll be talking about marriage."

"Even if the Shen family grows potatoes, at most she can marry an ordinary rich man. If they can't even grow potatoes, she might just marry a man in the village."

"Can you really endure such a life?"

Shen Tingyao blinked and said, "You want to marry me?"

The eldest prince had just prepared to say something, but before he could even utter it, he was choked by Shen Tingyao and was speechless.

He didn't even have time to swallow his saliva, "cough cough cough..."

Shen Tingyao really doesn't play by the rules.

The eldest prince asked: "Why are you not reserved at all?"

Shen Tingyao: "I feel like that's what you meant. Did I misunderstand you? Otherwise, what do you want to say so much about?"

The eldest prince really didn't expect Shen Tingyao to be so direct.

The last time I met her, I just felt that she was a little scary except when she held the hairpin, but she looked like a lady in other people's lives.

The eldest prince: "I marry you? Do you think it's possible?"

Shen Tingyao didn't feel embarrassed, but continued, "Well, I also think it's unlikely. Then, the eldest prince, how can we escape this kind of life?"

The eldest prince: "Of course, follow me."

Shen Tingyao: "Go with you? What for?"

The eldest prince: "Of course, follow me."

Shen Tingyao: "What am I following you for?"

The eldest prince said: "Of course you will be my confidante. You will follow me."

Shen Tingyao understood that it meant a woman without an identity.

She smiled faintly and took the banknote from the eldest prince.

The eldest prince thought Shen Tingyao had agreed, and his face was full of smiles.

Unexpectedly, after Shen Jinyao put the banknotes away, she took off the hairpin on her head.

She placed the hairpin on the table and said, "The eldest prince is overthinking it. Tingyao doesn't know where her future marriage will be, but it definitely won't be with the eldest prince."

The eldest prince was stunned. He never expected Shen Tingyao to reject him.

"why?"

Shen Tingyao said calmly: "Tingyao is only the legal wife."

Her biological mother was her aunt. Although she had never seen her aunt suffer any grievances since she was a child, the mistress of the house and her grandmother had never treated her harshly.

But Shen Tingyao still felt that she had to be someone else's legal wife.

What's more, the eldest prince meant a woman without any identity.

I guess she's not even a mistress.

When Aunt Yun said that, she was also moved.

Later, after listening to her father and Jin Yao's analysis, she felt that it was impossible for the eldest prince to marry her.

She was not afraid that the eldest prince would ruin her innocence, after all, the hairpin in her hand could ruin people.

The eldest prince: "Whose wife are you? Don't even think about being mine. You..."

Before the eldest prince finished speaking, Shen Tingyao had already picked up the hairpin.

The scenes he saw when he was tied up instantly came back to the eldest prince's mind.

He stood up and said, "Don't get excited. Put the hairpin down."

Shen Tingyao: "Don't tell me this anymore. I'll pretend I haven't heard anything. Let's go now."

After she finished speaking, she gestured with a hairpin.

The eldest prince was so scared that he ran out of the door.

Shen Tingyao was left alone in the room, lowering her head and touching the hairpin.