Rebirth of a Concubine's Daughter

After hearing the news, Shen Nanyan immediately found Shen Zongyuan to confirm its authenticity. After receiving Shen Zongyuan's affirmative answer, Shen Nanyan fell into deep thought.

The little head quickly analyzed the pros and cons.

"Why are you interested in this kind of thing? How's business at the shop lately?"

"The shop is just so-so, it's always crowded. Dad, is the court in turmoil right now?"

Shen Zongyuan put down the pen in his hand and looked up, his eyes full of caution as he looked around.

"Why are you asking this, a little girl? The emperor has his own plans for the court."

"My daughter naturally doesn't dare to ask about state affairs. She's just thinking about our Shen family. Daddy, think about it. Big brother is already not young anymore and will soon start a family. Although he didn't do well in the imperial examination, everything in the Shen family will be inherited by Big Brother. My second brother will get nothing. So my daughter has a little bit of thoughts. Although Second Brother is not a good person, he is still my brother. I can't let him be Big Brother's disciple for his whole life. Let's not talk about whether Big Brother can be good to Second Brother. Even if Second Brother has to beg for money all his life, it will be extremely uncomfortable."

Shen Nanyan's flowery words made Shen Zongyuan think deeply. Although her words were rough, they made sense. He had thought about Shen Yunzhi's future. Aunt Su couldn't help sighing when she mentioned Shen Yunzhi. Shen Zongyuan saw all of this, but he had never thought of any way out for Shen Yunzhi.

"So I thought, why not let my second brother join the army? Men can be civil or military, and they can pass the imperial examinations or fight in battles to gain merit. In the end, they can all have a foothold, which is worse than living a muddled life. By then, my eldest brother and father will be in the court to help the emperor, and my second brother will be on the battlefield to protect the people. Then our Shen family will be the pillar of the Nanling Kingdom and will surely bring honor to our family."

"That's your own brother, are you willing to let him take risks?"

"Shen Yunzhi is my biological brother, but he is also the emperor's subject. He has been blessed by the emperor for many years. Now that he is young and strong, he naturally has the obligation to share the emperor's worries. Not to mention being my brother, if this war really comes, even my daughter will have to go out and fight. This is what a subject should do. We should all be united with the emperor."

Such a broad mind, coming from the mouth of Shen Nanyan, a daughter who has not yet reached the age of marriage, made Shen Zongyuan's feelings of protecting the country even stronger. If a little girl is like this, what reason does he have to refuse? Moreover, this is indeed a good idea.

Instead of letting Shen Yunzhi stay at home doing nothing, it would be better to let him go out and gain some experience. Maybe he can get some unexpected gains.

Of course, Shen Zongyuan also considered what might happen, what if this son died... Fortunately, he had more than one son.

"It's feasible, but you still have to discuss it with your aunt. As long as your aunt agrees, you can let your brother join the army after the spring."

Shen Nanyan didn't expect that Shen Zongyuan actually started to care about Aunt Su. He didn't decide such a thing by himself, but had to discuss it with Aunt Su. It can be seen that Aunt Su's position in Shen Zongyuan's heart has quietly changed.

"Okay, Yan'er will talk to Auntie about it. If she disagrees, Yan'er will definitely not force her."

After coming out of Shen Zongyuan's yard, Shen Nanyan had been thinking about how to persuade Aunt Su. If she knew that it was she who suggested that Shen Yunzhi join the army, would she blame her?

There is another thing. Shen Nanyue will definitely not let Shen Yunzhi wait until spring to join the army. She wants to find a reliable general for her brother Shen Yunzhi to follow. This time Lu Jiusi is going to the battle, and he is the best candidate. However, Shen Nanyue has not figured out how to get Lu Jiusi to agree to take Shen Yunzhi with him.

She knew nothing about Lu Jiusi's affairs, so even if she wanted to give him a gift, she had to give him something he liked. So she asked Caifu on the way, but all Caifu knew were some folk rumors. It seemed that she had to find someone close to the court to ask.

"Sister Yan'er."

The sudden voice made Shen Nanyan feel cold all over.

She would never forget this voice until her death. In her previous life, it was this voice that accompanied her throughout her girlhood, leading her into the traps of the Lu mother and daughter time and time again. After she married into the Yue family, the voice used her to hook up with Yue Hanzhou's younger brother and successfully married into the Yue family. Then, it began to exclude and torture her, and even drugged her and aborted her first child.

She is Tang Manrou, the daughter of Shen Zongyuan’s best friend.

Shen Nanyan raised her eyes and saw that Tang Manrou's eyes were filled with uncontrollable hatred. In her previous life, she was so cruel when she fed her the bowl of abortion pills. The scene seemed to have happened yesterday and was still vivid in her mind.

"You are……"

The Tang Manrou in front of him looked exactly the same as in his previous life, dressed simply. It was already deep winter, but she was still wearing thin clothes. Her shoes had holes in them, and her toes were exposed.

In the previous life, Shen Nanyue couldn't bear to see Tang Manrou like this, so she immediately put her cloak on her shoulders and took her to see Shen Zongyuan. She cried and begged Shen Zongyuan to keep Tang Manrou in the mansion as her sister. Little did she know that she was inviting a wolf into the house, and her brother was fooled by Tang Manrou, which led to his accidental murder and death on the street.

"Sister Yan'er, don't you recognize me?"

Tang Manrou had tears in her eyes and her nose was red from the cold. She looked pitiful, but Shen Nanyan felt no emotion at all. She even wanted to tear her clothes into pieces and let her freeze to death in the snow.

"Whose maidservant in the mansion are you? Are you here to be a maid? Aunt Lan said a few days ago that there were too few servants to clean the toilets in the mansion. I think you are just the right person."

"Sister Yan... Sister Yan'er, I..."

"How dare you! Who are you to call my young lady a sister? Throw this ignorant slave out of the house!"

Caifu doesn't care who she is. It's bad enough that the young lady is bullied by the people in the mansion on a daily basis, but now even cats and dogs can get involved, and she won't allow it.

Faced with Caifu's scolding, Tang Manrou felt extremely aggrieved, and tears as big as beans fell down.

"Yan'er, I'm Manrou, Tang Manrou, from the Tang family in Songfeng Town, Lianzhou. You and your father have been to my house before, and I even took you to see the lanterns. Do you remember?"

How could she not remember? In her previous life, Tang Manrou took Shen Nanyan out to see the lanterns, but she deliberately left her on the street. If it weren't for an uncle selling candy figures, Shen Nanyan would have died without anyone noticing.

Shen Nanyan's eyes sparkled as she seemed to think for a while before she nodded slightly.

"Remember, Sister Tang lost me that year."

"No... no, that's not true. How could I dare to do that? There were too many people and they separated us. Daddy even beat me up for that."

"But I remember Uncle Tang's family... was very well-off. How could you..."

Before she could finish her words, Shen Nanyan covered her nose and took two steps back. Tang Manrou's face turned even redder, and she was so embarrassed that she wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.