Zhong Niangzi Wanfu

Chapter 91 Do You Remember

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Although Wang Shan asked Zhong Lan to persuade Shen Feng, Zhong Lan racked his brains and couldn't figure out how to speak.

In other words, she didn't want to trap him back into the court and push him into the whirlpool in the name of any big or small righteousness.

While she was thinking hard about a way to get the best of both worlds, Mrs. Pan came.

"Ms. Pan?" When Zhong Lan heard this, he felt like he was in another world.

The Zhang family lost their son and the Shen family lost their father. They haven't seen each other for three years.

"Please come quickly." Zhong Lan stood up and went out to greet him.

Mrs. Pan was wearing a sapphire blue shirt and a golden eagle-embedded hairpin. She had a gentle smile on her face. When she saw Zhong Lan coming out, she smiled and said, "Ms. Zhong, long time no see."

"Blessings, big lady." Zhong Yan saluted happily.

"You and I don't need to be too polite." Pan stopped Zhong Yan's salute, took her hand and helped her up.

"The eldest lady didn't even send anyone to tell me when she came. The preparations were too hasty. It's better for me to be the host and entertain the eldest lady at the Jixiang Tower in the city at noon." Zhong Lan said happily.

"That's fine, then I'd like to thank Mrs. Zhong." Mrs. Pan patted Zhong Yan's hand.

The two entered the room and sat down, Zhong Yan ordered Chang Huan to serve Pan's tea.

"I bid farewell to the capital in a hurry, and I don't know that it will be three years later." Mrs. Pan took a sip of tea.

"Yes, I feel as if I've lived another life. How are you now, Madam?" Zhong Lan saw that Pan's color had softened a lot, thinking that her depression had been relieved a little.

"I'm fine, Madam Lao Zhong is thinking about me." Pan smiled slightly, "It's just that Madam Zhong is far away in Taiming, and Wen Shu is traveling around the four countries. It's hard for me to have anyone to talk to in the capital."

"Does Mrs. Zhong have any plans to go back?"

When Zhong Lan heard this, the smile on his face subsided a bit, and he asked tentatively: "Are you here for me, Madam?"

Mrs. Pan laughed when she heard the words: "I don't have the face to post a message for today, just for my family's officials, and for me, to see Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Shen."

"Master Zhang?" Zhong Lan asked in confusion.

"I sent Wang's official to Taiming a few days ago, presumably to convey the intention of Mr. Shen to resurrect, right? Last time my officials and Wen Yi tried to persuade him to no avail. Now you have a sad look on your eyebrows. I think it's Mr. Shen. Or are you unwilling to get up and return to the court?" Pan asked with a smile, her eyes soft and not at all oppressive.

Zhong Lan sighed and nodded slightly: "I won't hide it from the madam, I don't want to force him."

"Then what does the Shen family mean?" Pan continued to ask.

"The mother-in-law and uncle in the family put him first." Zhong Yan smiled loosely.

"Now that he is the head of the Shen family, we don't think there is anything wrong with his decision. Since he has made up his mind, let him do it. Now that the Shen family is prosperous in Danzhou, it must not be a bad thing."

"Is that what Shen Xianggong thinks in his heart?" Pan stopped Hua Yi's hand from adding tea, and put the tea cup in front of Zhong Yan.

"The tea leaves in the tea cup float and sink. Because the tea leaves have no life, they float and sink for no reason. However, people have souls and spiritual hearts, so how can they be willing to float and sink with the world?"

"Xianggong Shen turns out to be a person with his own bottom line. Neither I nor the officials in my family believe that Mr. Shen has failed to recover and has changed overnight. If Han Chuang has studied hard for twenty years, his sage heart can be transformed into an officialdom in seven years." Perished in the ups and downs, he is no longer the original Mr. Shen who never regretted his life in order to plead for the people."

Zhong Lan was startled: "What the eldest lady means..."

"Ms. Zhong understands it herself, doesn't she?" Pan looked at Zhong Lan with a smile.

"Mr. Shen is not enjoying his leisure life now, but is struggling. At this time, it is even more necessary for someone to stand up and tell him, to reveal to him the innocent heart that he has hidden away against his will."

Pan reached out to hold Zhong Lan: "This person must be Mrs. Zhong."

Zhong Lan was distracted for a moment, broke into cold sweat all over his body, and couldn't say a thousand words.

"Girl? Girl!"

Chang Huan's voice came over, and Zhong Yan woke up suddenly, only to find himself lying on the couch, and couldn't help asking: "Where is Mrs. Pan?"

"Madam Pan? Isn't Madam Pan doing well in the capital?"

"Ms. Pan is in the capital? No, she was having tea with me just now." Zhong Lan rubbed his slightly sore forehead.

"What is the girl talking about? Mrs. Pan has never been to Danzhou, how can she have tea with the girl? Is the girl possessed by a nightmare?" Chang Huan wiped the sweat from Zhong Lan's forehead with a handkerchief. He poured her another cup of tea.

Zhong Lan drank tea and regained some clarity: "What time is it now?"

Chang Huan looked out the window: "It's three quarters after Yin hour, and it's not yet dawn. Girl, please take a rest."

"No need." Zhong Lan shook his head and looked at the empty bed beside him, "Where are the officials?"

"The girl is indeed sleepy. After dinner last night, my uncle said that the newly acquired Zhuangzi had some secret accounts that needed to be dealt with, so he rested in the study last night." Chang Huan smiled and took the empty tea cup in Zhong Lan's hand.

Zhong Lan took a breath and thought for a long time: "You ask someone to boil some water, I want to take a bath."

"At this time?" Chang Huan was a little dumbfounded.

"At this time." Zhong Lan felt that his body was sticky with cold sweat, so he emphasized again.

"Yes." Chang Huan nodded and retreated.

Zhong Lan washed her body and put on fresh clothes. She sat on the porch and blew in the wind, thinking carefully about her dream.

It wasn't until the horizon dimmed that Zhong Lan came back to his senses, his eyes bright and firm: "Let's go to the study." Two

Shen Yan just got up when he saw Zhong Yan enter the door, he was a little puzzled, but he greeted him with a smile: "Why are you here, lady?"

Zhong Lan looked at the green eyes under his eyes and felt a little distressed: "You didn't rest last night, okay?"

Shen Yan took Zhong Yan's hand: "It doesn't matter, it can be regarded as taking care of that Zhuangzi, and it can be regarded as missing one thing."

Zhong Lan was silent, lowered his head and said softly: "The begonia flowers in the backyard are blooming, would you like to accompany me to see them?"

"It's an honor." Shen Feng said gently with a smile.

The crabapples in Shen's backyard are a rare variety from Nan'an sent by Wen Shu herself. If cultivated well, they can bloom all year round.

Mrs. Yang liked the crabapple flowers very much, so Zhonglan sent people to Qinlin to invite Bai Zhi to help take care of them. Bai Zhi built a tunnel. Before leaving, he did not forget to teach Shen all the care methods. The gardener of the house.

The gardeners work hard and the flowers they grow are beautiful, fragrant and beautiful.

The sky was not completely bright yet, and there was no one in the backyard. Shen Feng and Zhong Lai held hands and looked at the sea of ​​flowers-like crabapples, both of them silent.

"A few days ago, I ordered Chang Huan to release the nightingale you gave me in the woods in the eastern suburbs." Zhong Lan spoke first.

Shen Feng was a little strange, but he wasn't angry at all. He just said modestly: "Why?"

"Because he doesn't belong in that cage." Zhong Lan raised his head and met Shen Feng's eyes. "Even if he chirped crisply in the cage, was fed, and had no natural enemies, he seemed carefree. But, he originally They are creatures that belong to the jungle and sky.”

As smart and clear as Shen Feng, she naturally understood Zhong Lan's metaphor.

His eyes darkened, and he pretended not to hear what Zhong Lan meant. He smiled and nodded: "As long as the lady is happy."

"This is not something I am happy or unhappy about." Zhong Lan frowned and pulled Shen Feng's arm.

"The few chirps the nightingale made when it flew away were completely different from the chirps it made when it begged for food for Anian and I in the cage."

"It was so ethereal and free, I will never forget it. Only then did I understand that he was not really happy when he was in the cage, but he was pretending to be happy, which could make Anian and I happy. So I understood , he is actually forced to be happy."

The smile on Shen Feng's face decreased slightly, and she pursed her lips slightly: "What do you want to say, madam?"

"Shen Feng." Zhong Lan sighed, "Are you living a happy life today?"

Shen Feng nodded seriously: "Happy."

Zhong Lan bit his lip and stretched out a finger to point at Shen Feng's heart: "What about your heart? Is your heart happy?"

"My heart is happy too." Shen Feng replied seriously.

"My lady, you need to know that I am not that nightingale. There are many nightingales that sing happily just in the cage. If my lady likes them, I will choose them for you tomorrow."

Zhong Lan's eyes turned red when he heard this: "Do you mean that you are now content to be the head of the Shen family, Taiming, and Danzhou?"

Shen Feng looked at Zhong Lan and was a little at a loss for a moment, but he still pretended to be calm and nodded: "Yes."

"Then why did you write a document and submit it to Taiming County Government after knowing that Taiming Almshouse had not issued new clothes for a long time? Why did the official responsible for restoring the tree planting in Xiqiu do the same thing to his face after knowing that You Hanting burned Xiqiu? , you want a letter to ask Lord Zhang to rectify it? Why do you want Wen Yi to report it to the Yushitai when you know that the new county magistrate of Yong'an is working for me and bribing the state government?"

Shen Feng was dumbfounded for a moment when asked, and said bravely: "I am the head of the Shen family, and this is also for..."

"You could have done otherwise, Shen Feng." Zhong Lan shook his head.

"Your innocent heart has never disappeared. Since you have this heart and now have the opportunity, why do you let go of the rights that can help you and only limit yourself to fields, villages, and business? I am a woman who has nothing to do with you." What can I do about housekeeping, but then I stubbornly make eighteen twists and turns to appease my inner disapproval?"

Shen Feng's brows also frowned, and he said angrily for a long time: "Because I can't do it well, I'm afraid that I will be used by others again and do something wrong again like I did when I misunderstood Mr. Lin."

"No one in this world can never make mistakes. To be disrespectful, even the emperor and the late emperor have made mistakes. Isn't Beizhao and even the Four Kingdoms forging ahead through trial and error again and again?" Zhong Lai held Shen Feng tightly.

"What's more, you are a human being, not an object. You have your own judgment and you can try your best to avoid mistakes. You could do a good job before, why can't you do it now?"

Shen Yan's eyes became confused, dodged, and at a loss: "I, I can't do it..."

"You can do it." Zhong Lan interrupted Shen Feng, stretched out his hand to turn his head over, and forced him to meet his eyes.

"Do you still remember? Do you still remember what you said to me in the heavy rain when we first met in the backyard of Wen's family? You said that you were an official for the sake of the Shen family and for farmers and businessmen Do something at home.”

"I will always remember what you said to me." Zhong Lan smiled at Shen Feng.

"At that time, you were like the breeze and the bright moon, an uncarved jade. Now you have been in the officialdom for several years, which is the process of carving and polishing. Now that the jade pendant is about to be completed, are you willing to break it with your own hands?"

"I……"

"It's easy to learn and practice it all the time..." The voice of Anian reciting came from the small study not far away, interrupting Shen Feng's words.

"Have you ever thought about our A-Nian?" Zhong Lan refused to let go of Shen Feng.

"The sages have said that reading is not only about cultivating Qi Zhiping, but also planning for future generations, for generations to come. For the world, for the livelihood of the people, for the past, and for the eternity. The books you have read are really amazing. Have you forgotten?"

Shen Feng remained silent for a moment.

Zhonglan sighed: "I understand, but you still can't figure it out. It doesn't matter. When the royal official came to convey the order, I was already committed to death. Now that the royal official is going to return to the court, no matter whether I punish you or not, No matter how I punish you, it would be better for you to go to the royal capital and pay homage to His Majesty."

"I'll prepare the car. If you still don't want to, you can make it clear to me. No matter how I punish you or the Shen family, I will accept it."

(End of this chapter)