Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

Because the weather is starting to warm up and it is the Shangsi Festival, there are a lot of people on the streets tonight. The incessant hawking of small vendors, the laughter of beautifully dressed girls, and the unrestrained voices of children fill the entire night.

Shen Yunzhi took Shen Nanyan to walk in the crowded crowd and showed her all kinds of interesting things. Shen Nanyan had a dazed mind and her little face was not happy at all. Shen Yunzhi also tried his best to please his sister.

"I'll buy you a candy man. Do you like that?"

Shen Nanyan raised her eyes, looked around, and pointed at an old lady in the corner.

“I like candied haws.”

"purchase."

A string of big, red candied haws instantly cleared Shen Nanyue's confused mind. She had always liked this kind of sour and sweet thing. Now she let Shen Yunzhi pull her while she concentrated on biting the candied haws.

When they reached the river, there were even more people there. They hardly had to walk by themselves because the crowded crowd would push them forward. Shen Nanyan didn't care about anything else. She was completely relieved as she had her brother there.

The lights in the river drifting with the waves were very beautiful. Many people gathered by the river. Shen Nanyan looked at the scene and found that she couldn't squeeze through at all. She raised her hand to lift her hair that was blown by the wind, then put her hand into Shen Yunzhi's hand and continued to move forward with the crowd until the people around her gradually thinned out and Shen Nanyan finished eating the candied haws in her hand.

In my previous life, I ate candied haws only a few times. Although I came back at this age in this life, it is not entirely without benefits. At least I can eat whatever I like. It is still better to be a child.

"Brother, I'm done eating and need to wash..."

Shen Nanyan, who was raising her hands and looking up, was suddenly frozen. In her bright eyes was the figure of a strange man.

He was taller and more handsome than his brother. His fair skin made him look gentle like a scholar. His eyes were pure and black, sparkling like the gems on Lu's head. Although his eyes were a little cold, they were not scary. They even revealed a fascinating evil charm. Shen Nanyue had never seen such a man even in a painting.

People passing by also stopped and looked back. Like Shen Nanyan, they were attracted by the man's temperament and handsome face. Of course, those who stopped were not only looking at the man, but also the equally extraordinary Shen Nanyan. Such a man and woman were simply too pleasing to the eyes.

The two of them just stared at each other foolishly for a moment. The man's starry eyes flickered, his eyelashes fluttered, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips. This smile almost made Shen Nanyan fall, but at the same time it also made her regain her sanity.

She immediately pulled her hand away, and the man closed his palm and gently rubbed it with his fingertips.

This person is the emperor's youngest son, Lu Jiusi, the Prince of Huai in Nanling Kingdom. He led his troops to war at the age of fourteen and conquered thousands of miles of mountains and rivers for Nanling Kingdom. However, during a small patrol outside the Great Wall, he was ambushed and poisoned. Over the years, the emperor invited famous doctors from all over the world to detoxify him. Even the Imperial Hospital in the palace had an independent medical department that developed medicines specifically for him, but this could only barely control the poison in his body and prevent it from recurring temporarily.

In fact, the emperor had long wanted to depose the prince and make him the new emperor, but he refused every time. How could a person who could not even control his own life sit on that position? Besides, he was not the only son of the emperor, so it was not impossible for him to be an idle prince.

"Who are you? Where's my brother?"

Lu Jiusi leaned down slightly, his handsome face close at hand. He was only in his early twenties, but he had a more tenacious aura than his peers, as if his proximity made it impossible to avoid him.

"You were the one who held my hand first. Don't you know me?"

There was a hint of playfulness in Lu Jiusi's clear voice.

"Who's holding your hand? I was holding my brother's hand. Where's my brother... Where did he go..."

Shen Nanyue turned her head to look at the dark night filled with people, feeling annoyed. She was so careless that not only did her brother disappear, but she also spent the whole night with another man. If anyone from the Lu family saw this, who knows what they would say about her.

"Whose family are you from?"

"I want you to manage."

After leaving behind these words, Shen Nanyue turned around and was about to go back to find Shen Yunzhi. She herself was fine, but she was afraid that the Lu family would take advantage of the chaos to attack Shen Yunzhi tonight. Although Wei Ze was with him, Shen Nanyue was still worried and had to see it with her own eyes.

But before she could walk out, someone grabbed her wrist. When she turned around, she saw Lu Jiusi pulling her.

"What do you want to do? This is Shangjing, under the feet of the emperor."

"Whose family are you from?"

"Who I am is none of your business. Let me go, or I'll call for help."

"Am I so terrible?"

"No... no, it's just that there's a difference between men and women. If you pull me like this, I'll be dead if someone sees me. You men don't care. After being laughed at, you can still pass the imperial examinations, get married and have children. But what about us women? Can we just hang ourselves from the beams with a white silk scarf?"

Shen Nanyan's words made Lu Jiusi's hand loosen instantly.

"You are so young, yet you can think so much."

"Don't underestimate me. My fists can really hit you. Stay away from me and don't follow me."

Shen Nanyan turned around and was about to leave, but she didn't expect Lu Jiusi to stand directly in front of her.

"There are so many people here, and you're so young. You'll get lost yourself soon, let alone finding someone. Tell me who you are, and I'll have someone take you back."

"No, I have to get my brother. What if something happens to him?"

These words made Lu Jiusi unable to hold back and he grinned.

"Your brother is a man and older than you. Shouldn't he be the one worrying about you? Why are you worrying about him first?"

"You don't understand, so I won't tell you."

When Shen Nanyan wanted to leave again, Lu Jiusi grabbed her sleeve.

"Let's go, I'll help you find your brother."

"Let me go, hey!"

In the end, Shen Nanyan was unable to break free from Lu Jiusi's hand and could only follow him and squeeze back. In crowded places, Lu Jiusi would put out his hand to protect her side and try his best to prevent anyone from touching her.

The eyes of the guards behind him were much wider than usual. When had they ever seen a woman approach their master like this? Although the girl was still young, this was the first time in the world.

Over the years, let alone who his own prince was protecting, he couldn't even take a second look at a girl. The emperor had sent countless girls to the palace, but they were either killed or returned to the palace. Every time the emperor saw Lu Jiusi, he would nag a lot, but it was of no use.

After the two of them walked for a while, Shen Nanyan's vigilance gradually relaxed. The man next to her didn't seem to be what she had imagined, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

"Yan'er."

Suddenly, Shen Yunzhi's anxious voice came from the front of the two of them. The moment she heard the voice, Shen Nanyan's heart settled down. The smile on her face was like the first spring breeze in March, shaking Lu Jiusi's deep eyes.