Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

This time, Princess Chunxi came to the Shen family not because of Lu Jiu's intention, but because she wanted to make friends with Shen Nanyue. She brought a lot of things with her today. In addition to some food and toys, there were also many rare treasures. Shen Nanyue was troubled for a moment when she looked at these things.

"My Lady, this is too valuable. I'm afraid I dare not accept it."

"What's so with being expensive? The palace gives out rewards every year, and I have plenty of these things in my warehouse. Just take them. If you don't like them, you can sell them."

"This is a gift from the royal family. How can you sell it?"

Selling imperial gifts is a serious crime. How dare Shen Nanyan do that?

"Since the things were given to me, they are mine. I said I can sell them, so take them quickly. These things are so boring. Come and try this new snack that came out today. They said it was called something like cake. A lot of people bought it. I only bought two pieces because it was a rare opportunity. Come and try it."

Shen Nanyan looked at the paper wrapping the cake and felt a little embarrassed. She didn't know how to tell Princess Chunxi that this was her shop.

"Why don't you eat it? Don't be afraid, it's just a snack."

"No, this...actually, I mean, if...if I say this pastry shop is mine, will the princess believe it?"

Princess Chunxi's eyes slowly widened, her bright eyes fixed on Shen Nanyan's face. For some reason, she felt that Shen Nanyan didn't seem to be joking.

"Are you serious?"

Shen Nanyan nodded slightly.

"It's actually... you... it's yours? That shop is actually yours. This... Hey, how did you come up with all those snacks? Oh my god, it's really yours?"

"Really."

"I told you I wouldn't misjudge someone, but you actually have this ability. I even asked someone to buy it for you to try. Isn't this hilarious?"

"I really have to try it. I've never eaten it before."

"Oh my god, your shop is amazing. How did you come up with all this stuff?"

"You're just imagining things. Next time the princess wants something, just send someone to get it. I don't have anything else, but I have plenty of snacks."

"Okay, it's settled then."

The two felt like they had met too late and chatted in the house all day. Princess Chunxi stayed until nightfall and had dinner before leaving. When she left, she said she would come again the next day, as if she couldn't wait to live in the Shen Mansion.

The Lu family's people had been guarding outside the courtyard, wanting to see what was going on in Shen Nanyue's courtyard. However, there were too many people brought by Princess Chunxi at the gate of the courtyard, so they could not see anything.

After spending a day with Princess Chunxi, Shen Nanyan took off her shoes and lay down on the bed, completely relaxed. Caifu came over to cover her with the quilt, then quietly retreated. Shen Nanyan knew what was going on, but she just didn't want to open her eyes.

But soon, the sound of the door opening was heard again, but the dazed Shen Nanyan did not wait for Caifu to come closer.

"You don't have to keep watch, go and rest."

After she finished speaking, she didn't hear Caifu's response, so she spoke again.

"Is the window open? Why is it a bit cold?"

This time, no one responded. After waiting for a while, Shen Nanyan suddenly opened her eyes and immediately sat up, her palms clenched to take out the gun. Only then did she realize that Lu Jiusi was standing not far away.

He was dressed in a black robe, and the waist tie perfectly outlined his slender figure. He looked neat, noble and elegant, like the most perfect masterpiece of a painter. But even so, Shen Nanyan was startled.

"What are you doing? This... showing up suddenly in the middle of the night, are you trying to scare people to death? No, Your Highness, do you know that this is my boudoir? Boudoir, how can you just enter whenever you want? Do you think this is a brothel girl's flower room, where you can come and go as you please?"

"I haven `t been there."

A trace of haste flashed across Lu Jiusi's cold and fair face.

"what?"

"I said I've never been to a brothel."

"Am I talking about the brothel? I'm saying you treat my boudoir like your own home, going in and out as if you were in an empty house."

"If I come directly to the Shen family to find you, wouldn't it cause you more inconvenience?"

These words left Shen Nanyan speechless. She sighed deeply, jumped out of bed and put on a coat.

Lu Jiusi's thoughts of asking her to put on shoes were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't open his mouth for a long time, because when he lowered his eyes, he saw Shen Nanyan's white jade-like feet and the slightly red tips of her ears.

"You are right, you are right. I wonder if there is anything important that brought you here so late at night?"

"I'm going to the border of Yujing to quell the rebellion."

"Well, I heard from Princess Chunxi that there's no one in the entire court who can go. Why does it have to be you, who just returned to the capital?"

"The prince's proposal."

"It's not just the Crown Prince, but also Yue Hanzhou's cooperation. He was clearly the one who went to pacify the Yujing Kingdom, and now he has just returned, and the border is in chaos again. He should have been there, but he got injured at this critical moment. It's really timed."

"I don't know. Will you accompany me?"

This was Lu Jiusi's real purpose. He knew what the prince was thinking. He just wanted to see him poisoned and kill him by exhausting himself during the expedition. But Lu Jiusi didn't care. He missed the days when he was at the border of Xuansu Country and had Shen Nanyue accompany him every day.

It is not necessary to use Shen Nanyan's weapons to pacify the Yujing Kingdom, but he hopes that Shen Nanyan can accompany him on this trip.

"Me? You're kidding, right? My injury has just healed. Can I accompany you to the border again?"

“Just think of it as traveling.”

"Don't go."

Hearing Shen Nanyan's clear refusal, Lu Jiusi felt very disappointed, but he also knew that Shen Nanyan was not wrong. She was a girl, and if she wanted to go to the border with him, if people knew about it, there might be all kinds of rumors.

"Ok."

"Don't worry, Grenade...wait, you're not going to take my brother with you, are you?"

"should be."

"Then doesn't that mean he can't spend the New Year in Shangjing?"

"If the war ends quickly, it should be too late."

Shen Nanyue frowned and sat down. In previous years, her brother was always in the mansion at the end of the year. If he was not there this year, Aunt Su would definitely not have an easy time. Now it was only three or four months away from the end of the year. She could only hope that the war would end as soon as possible, and then her brother would hurry back to Beijing.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lu Jiusi sat opposite Shen Nanyue, looking at her eyes filled with tenderness that he himself had not noticed.

"Unhappy, Your Highness, are you doing this on purpose?"

"what?"

"You deliberately took my brother away and forced me to go to war with you."

"No, it's just that with you, this war can end faster and we can come back sooner."

"You still say no, let me think about it."

"Well, didn't you use the medicine that Princess Chunxi brought you?"

"used."

"There was a piece of jade in there, but you didn't notice it."

"Ah? Jade, is there jade?"

Shen Nanyan quickly stood up and took out the medicine box from the cabinet that she had never used. She opened it and looked through it. At the bottom of the box was a piece of red jade as red as blood.

The round jade pendant had some patterns engraved in the middle that Shen Nanyan could not understand. However, in the middle of the jade pendant, there was a translucent jade bead as big as a finger. It did not look like it was carved. The bead was free of impurities and was in perfect harmony with the jade pendant, which was very special.