After many days of inquiries, Shen Chuning finally learned that Zhou Lin, who had been assigned to the six ministries to observe politics, had personally found Emperor Jing and requested to go to the battlefield in the north.

When Shen Chuning heard the news, she could only shake her head helplessly.

Although Zhou Lin is no longer the idle playboy in the capital city in his previous life, his personality has not changed at all. No matter what he does, he is always impatient.

After experiencing the incident on Ling Island, Shen Chuning originally thought that her relationship with Zhou Lin could at least be called friends.

But she didn't expect that such an important decision would require her to ask around to find out the details.

What made her feel even more disappointed was that when Zhou Lin left Shandong, he had promised her that he would give her a surprise after the imperial examination.

But now it seems that even Zhou Lin himself may have already forgotten about this matter.

The only thing that can be considered as a connection between the two of them now is that Zhou Lan often comes to see her.

Every time he came, he would enthusiastically tell her about his brother's heroic performance on the battlefield and the brilliant achievements he had made.

Zhou Lan always excitedly told Shen Chuning that Zhou Lin had won another victory, seized a large amount of spoils, and had them all sent back to the capital.

Every time Zhou Lan comes, he always brings some new and interesting gadgets.

According to her, these were all spoils of war captured by Zhou Lin from the battlefield, but because there were too many of them, her brother allowed her to dispose of them at will.

So, Zhou Lan selected some and sent them to Shen Chuning.

Sometimes, she would send a chessboard made of rosewood, and to match it were chess pieces made of warm jade that felt soft to the touch and cool jade that felt cool to the touch.

Sometimes, it would be a piece of snow-white, soft and smooth high-quality fur taken from some mysterious animal. According to her body size, it was just enough to make a cloak.

Sometimes, it would be a beautiful saddle carefully carved from warm jade; occasionally, there would be a night-shining pearl emitting a soft light as bright as the moon; even more so, an entire mat woven from ivory...

Faced with such a dazzling array of rare items, Shen Chuning couldn't help but sigh inwardly that they were too valuable.

She repeatedly persuaded Zhou Lan to take these treasures back, but Zhou Lan always responded nonchalantly: "We have so many of these things at home that we can hardly put them away. Since I gave them to you, you should keep them well. If you really don't like them, just throw them away."

But how could Shen Chuning bear to throw away these priceless treasures.

Although she never lacked money, there were some things that could not be bought with any amount of money.

In desperation, she had to clear out a room next to her bedroom as a place to store supplies, carefully placing all the gifts in it one by one, and secretly thinking that when Zhou Lin returned to the court one day, she would return all these things to him intact.

However, Shen Chuning did not completely leave these things untouched.

Among the many treasures, she carefully selected a piece of Shoushan stone with excellent texture, warm color and crystal clearness. Thinking that she had not carved a seal for a long time, this stone looked particularly pleasing to the eye.

After thinking for a long time, Shen Chuning's gaze finally fell on the white tiger skin in the study.

That was the white tiger that Zhou Lin shot to save her at the foot of Fengming Mountain.

Seeing that she was interested in tiger skin, Zhou Lin ordered someone to carve it and send it to the Shen family.

At that time, Zhou Lin shot an arrow into the white tiger's right eye. Now, on this tiger skin, two obsidian stones have replaced the places where the eyes originally were.

The entire tiger skin was shiny and intact, and had always been carefully placed in Shen Chuning's study.

At this moment, when Shen Chuning stared at the white tiger skin again, she was holding the Shoushan stone in her hand, which was quite similar in color to the tiger skin.

After careful consideration, she finally made up her mind to carve a white tiger on the head of the seal.

After half a month of hard work, when the white tiger was about to be completed, an accident suddenly occurred.

In an instant, Shen Chuning felt a sharp pain in her heart. At the same time, the carving knife in her hand seemed to lose control and suddenly deviated from its original trajectory. The sharp blade scratched her fingers.

In an instant, a bright red blood bead seeped out from the fingertip.

Then, a drop of blood dripped down and splashed right on the right eye of the white tiger that had just been carved.

Shen Chuning stared blankly at everything in front of her, and was a little dazed for a moment.

After she came to her senses, she quickly picked up her handkerchief and wiped the blood off the white tiger as if she had just woken up from a dream.

However, no matter how hard she wiped, the bloodstains had penetrated deeply into the stone like roots, and no matter how hard she tried, she could not wipe it away.

Finally, a lifelike white tiger stood proudly on the seal head, its right eye bright red, like a burning flame, as if it could see deep into people's hearts.

Shen Chuning gently put down the carving knife and seal that she was holding tightly in her hands, and a sense of helplessness surged in her heart.

Now that her hand is injured, she is afraid she can no longer carve, and she has not yet decided what words to engrave on the seal.

After weighing the pros and cons, she had no choice but to carefully put away the unfinished seal for the time being.

Just when Shen Chuning had finished packing, a smart and well-behaved little girl hurried over to deliver a message.

The family banquet has been set up in the main hall, and the master and the young masters have all returned home from court.

Shen Chuning did not dare to delay and hurriedly quickened her pace towards the main hall.

When she arrived, she found that the delicious food had already been neatly laid out on the table, waiting for everyone to arrive before they could start eating.

Looking up, I saw Shen Huaizhong sitting steadily in the main seat, sipping tea leisurely.

Yun Shuxuan, who was standing beside him, smiled and said, "Father, my daughter-in-law has something to trouble you with. Could you please ask the emperor for an order to arrange a marriage for Cheng Liu?"

Hearing this, Shen Huaizhong put down his teacup, frowned slightly, and asked in confusion, "Which girl did you choose for Xiaoliu? The two families can just communicate in advance. If they find a suitable match, they can just ask a matchmaker to propose marriage. Why do we need to ask for an imperial decree to grant the marriage?"

At this moment, Old Madam Shen, who was sitting beside them, couldn't help but glance at Yun Shuxuan and interjected with a hint of dissatisfaction, "Why do you have so many things to do in the Second Chamber? You have to alarm His Majesty for such a small matter. What girl would give such a big honor? Aren't they afraid of shortening her life?"

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