Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

Looking at Shen Nanyue's thin dress, Lu Jiusi casually took out a cloak and put it on her. His movements were as smooth as flowing water, but there was a hint of shock in the eyes of the other three people.

Ever since they met Lu Jiusi, they had never seen him be so gentle to anyone.

A few years ago, Chang Mengru, the granddaughter of Grand Tutor Chang, fell down in front of Lu Jiusi in order to say a word to him. She thought he would stop and ask a question, but Lu Jiusi did not stop at all and stepped over Chang Mengru and left. Chang Mengru was so embarrassed that she did not leave the house for several years.

"Are you worried about your sister?"

"Yes, Yue Hanzhou's wife is your fourth sister. Yue Hanzhou really doesn't take your Shen family seriously. If you are angry, why don't I find a way to rescue your sister."

Yu Qingcang always wanted to show off in front of Shen Nanyan to prove that he was not a useless person, but Shen Nanyan rolled her eyes and pushed Lu Jiusi away with her hand.

"Mind your own business. Which eye of yours saw that I wanted to save her?"

"Ah? This..."

"She still has a long way to go, so you'd better not disturb her."

After she finished speaking, Shen Nanyan turned around and walked out the door. As soon as Lu Jiusi stepped out of the door, Shen Nanyan stopped.

"Why are you following me, Your Majesty? I'm going to go see my second brother and then I'll go back."

"I'll accompany you."

"All your counselors are here, just stay calm!"

Shen Nanyan's voice was full of impatience, and she didn't hide it in front of everyone.

She didn't know why she was furious when she heard about the Yue family, but she was even more angry that she had fallen into the trap set by Shen Lingxi and Yue Hanzhou. If Wu You hadn't informed Lu Jiusi, she would probably be dead today.

Lu Jiusi was in the corridor, watching Shen Nanyan's back as she walked further and further away, his deep eyes unblinking, as if Shen Nanyan was the only one in the world.

"Your Majesty!"

Xiao Yichen walked over gently and called Lu Jiusi, not daring to look at Shen Nanyue's back.

"Ah."

"Everything has been arranged in the pavilion, and all the personnel have arrived at their locations. We are ready to start work in three days."

"You only have this one chance, do it cleanly."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. We've surrounded them all and will not let a single one escape. Commander Guo, do you want to take care of them together?"

"Don't move yet. The Emperor's private army will be wiped out before they move against General Guo's men. What we need to do is lure the snake out of its hole."

"Yes."

"Shang Ci."

"Your Majesty."

"Start spreading the news about General Yue. Remember, don't let him die like that. I want the Yue family to live a life worse than death."

"I know how to do it."

Last time, Lu Jiusi killed people from the emperor's underground gambling house. Although the emperor didn't say anything, he started to mobilize his private soldiers in private. So what Tianyi Pavilion has to do this time is to kill all of the emperor's private soldiers. In this way, the emperor will only use the official imperial power. Lu Jiusi wants to make him a powerless waste who will be constrained in doing anything.

The most important thing is to force General Guo to take action. This old man is the big tree behind the emperor. He is very scheming and ruthless. He has a lot of forces under his command, but they are very well hidden. Over the years, Tianyi Pavilion has not been able to completely dig out all of his forces. As long as the emperor has no hope, he will definitely pull out General Guo's people. Once his people are exposed, it will be easier for Xiao Yichen to let people infiltrate and catch these people in one fell swoop.

"Your Majesty, they both have things to do, please find something for me too!"

Ever since Shen Nanyan only looked for Shang Ci when she had something to do, Yu Qingcang had been feeling resentful. He seemed to have just realized the difference between himself and Shang Ci, so he was always thinking about showing off.

But Yu Qingcang's words surprised not only Lu Jiusi, but even Shang Ci and Xiao Yichen laughed. Master Yu, who spent all day hanging out in the entertainment industry and was out of breath even when bending down to put on his shoes, actually took the initiative to ask Lu Jiusi to arrange things for him to do. Who would believe it if they told others!

"If you have nothing to do, go prepare some New Year's gifts. Remember, the Shen family's gifts must be different."

"Okay, that's no problem for me. I can handle the gift, and I guarantee it'll be valuable!"

On the other side, when Shen Nanyan arrived at Su Xinrong's yard, Su Xinrong was learning boxing with a man. After not seeing him for a few days, his complexion looked much better, but the scars on his outstretched arms could still be seen that had not healed.

As soon as Su Xinrong turned around, he saw Shen Nanyan. He paused and hurried to catch up. The person teaching him naturally saw Shen Nanyan as well, so he stopped and said that they would practice again tomorrow. Su Xinrong nodded repeatedly.

"Yan'er, you're here. Come into the house quickly. There's a charcoal fire inside. Are you cold?"

"I haven't seen you for a few days. Second brother seems different."

"Your words that day made me feel ashamed, but also made me sober. I want to get better as soon as possible and work hard to pay back everything I owe you, and also... my parents, my eldest brother... my father, is he okay?"

"Of course it's good to have me here. When my uncle learned that you were working for the Regent, he woke up laughing. You have to eat three big bowls of rice every day. You will know when you go home on New Year's Eve."

"Can I really...really go back?"

"Why not? That's your home, and your whole family is looking forward to it."

Su Xinrong nodded vigorously with red eyes.

During the days in the palace, he recalled the past every day, and kept imagining the wrong things he had done. If he had not gambled, if he had listened to his parents, if he had not run away, if he had not taken the money from the shop, if he had not sold the shop... and so on, he regretted everything.

At the same time, he also understood more clearly the significance of Shen Nanyan and the Yu Su family to him.

The brother and sister had not been sitting for long when the voice of Princess Chunxi was heard outside the door. Shen Nanyan stood up and saw that Princess Chunxi had already entered the yard. She was wearing a bright red cloak and rushed into the house.

"How did you come?"

Previously, Shen Nanyan had someone deliver something to Princess Chunxi, and was told that she had gone to her maternal grandparents' home in Rongzhou, so Shen Nanyan didn't expect her to suddenly appear here.

"Not yet... what is this?"

"Oh, this is my second cousin Su Xinrong, and this is Princess Chunxi."

"See you, common people..."

"Okay, stop bowing. You're Yan'er's brother and my friend. Sit down."

Princess Chunxi sat down beside the charcoal fire and casually picked up a pear and started to eat it.

"I traveled in the middle of the night, rushing as fast as I could to finally reach Shangjing City. I was so exhausted from all the traveling that I felt like I was falling apart."

"You rushed back like this, but something happened?"

"What are you talking about? Didn't you say that something happened to you and asked me to come back?"

"I...I...Oh, it's just a small matter. I caught a cold, yes."

Although she didn't know what Princess Chunxi was talking about, Shen Nanyan didn't want Su Xinrong to know what happened in Yue's family, so she pretended to be unwell.

"Yan'er, are you sick?"

Sure enough, Su Xinrong became nervous when he heard that she was sick.

"It's just a little cold, nothing serious."

"I'm going to see the doctor."

"Second brother, no need, no need. The princess is here, I will go with her to see the doctor, and it will be convenient to get medicine at the same time. You should have a good rest, and I will come to see you another day."

While Su Xinrong didn't understand, Shen Nanyan hurriedly pulled Princess Chunxi out of Su Xinrong's yard. Princess Chunxi was pulled forward by Shen Nanyan while biting a pear.

Before the two of them had taken a few steps, they ran into Lu Jiusi head-on, and Shen Nanyan became even angrier.