After His Majesty was reborn, the poor little girl in his previous life was spoiled to death

"Which side?" Her voice trembled a little, but Ning'er didn't answer for a while.

When Lin Ruozhen turned around to look, Ning'er had already put the jade pendant back in her palm and said calmly: "Since it is God's will, I will go with my sister then."

Lin Ruozhen was overjoyed and hugged Ning'er: "Really? That's great! I'll send a car to the Marquis' Mansion to pick you up in advance."

Ning'er smiled slightly and said nothing.

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Lu Kui raised his head through the swaying shadows of the trees. The sunlight shone on his handsome face, which was so white that it was almost transparent.

He smiled and said, "Master Lin, the trees in your house are growing really well."

Verdant and luxuriant, in the evening light of spring, deep and light green overlap, a gentle breeze blows by, the branches and shadows of the trees sway together, rustling.

The beauty of the Lin Mansion is largely due to the green trees and groves scattered throughout the yard.

Lin Shiqi looked around and was a little proud. "It's luck. When I was transferred back to Beijing from Jiangdu, I asked people to look for a spacious house to support my wife, children and mother."

"Unexpectedly, I happened to meet a merchant who wanted to sell his land and house to retire in his hometown. I fell in love with this house at first sight, so I bought it. It's rare that a merchant can be so elegant and run such a quiet and wonderful house."

Lu Kui turned his head to look at him. The setting sun cast deep shadows on his eye sockets. He nodded after hearing this: "It takes ten years to grow a tree. Just look at the green shade. I know how much effort the owner has put into nurturing it."

Lin Shiqi couldn't help but wonder why Lu Kui seemed so interested in the flowers and trees in his own garden. But he didn't think too deeply about it. Anyway, since Lu Kui saw Miss Shen today, he was like a madman. He said everything except the business.

Seeing that everyone was about to leave, Lin Shiqi had to speak up himself. He bowed and said, "Lord Lu, since you and I are brothers, I have the audacity to ask you, I wonder if you have any advice for me since you came to my humble home today?"

He almost asked directly, "Why did you come to visit me for no reason? How can I sleep at night if I don't make it clear?"

Lu Kui seemed to have just come back to his senses. He smiled and said, "If Brother Lin hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about it."

He said lightly, "Didn't I tell you that I received the emperor's secret order and returned to Beijing for official business. It's not a big deal. I believe that with Brother Lin's character, he probably has nothing to do with this matter."

Lin Shiqi was sweating profusely. His Majesty had summoned Lu Kui back to the capital despite the distance of thousands of miles. It must not be as easy as he said. He said hurriedly, "The Lin family has only two words of loyalty to the emperor. We dare not fail to fulfill our duties and fail the grace of the emperor."

Lu Kui stood with his hands behind his back: "I am not sincerely hiding it from you, sir, but since it is a secret order, it is my duty. I hope you can understand my difficulties."

Lin Shiqi hurriedly expressed his loyalty and said, "Lord Lu, you are joking. How dare I pry into your mind? If your Majesty asks, I will never dare to hide anything."

Lu Kui took a step forward, helped Lin Shiqi up, patted the dust off his shoulders, and said with a smile: "Brother Lin, why are you so nervous? In my humble opinion, this matter will not cause any trouble to you. Don't worry. But..."

He changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty's order is to visit in secret, not to make a big fuss and disturb the people. I don't think Brother Lin will make my visit known to everyone."

Lin Shiqi smiled bitterly in his heart and said hurriedly, "Of course. Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will never reveal a single word of this to anyone."

He escorted Lu Kui all the way to the gate. After they left the mansion, Lu Kui turned around, clasped his fists, and said with a smile, "Brother Lin, please stay. Thank you for your hospitality today. Lu Kui has some official business to attend to, so I'll leave first."

Lin Shiqi said, "I came and went in a hurry today, and I didn't have time to entertain you properly. Lord Lu, if you have time in the future, you can come often and clean the house for me."

Lu Kui smiled and complimented him casually: "Brother Lin's family tradition is upright and his children are well educated. He is really a blessed man. I just don't know who will have this blessing in the future."

Lin Shiqi hurriedly declined, saying, "Ah, every family has its own problems. Lord Lu doesn't know that my eldest daughter is a real headache when it comes to marriage."

Lu Kui remained calm: "What can be faulted about Miss Lin's talent, character and appearance? She is only slightly inferior to our Miss Shen."

Lin Shiqi was both amused and annoyed, blurting out: "That's really thanks to Lord Lu for thinking highly of me. But my daughter is not the one who is picky about others, but she is the one who is picky about others."

Hearing this, Lu Kui just smiled, ordered his men to bring the carriage, and then sat back in his square, wide, black carriage.

He closed his eyes. The emperor ordered him to secretly investigate the marriage arrangements of unmarried daughters of the civil and military nobles in the court, and find out who were secretly instigating and pushing the emperor to establish a queen.

Today, it seems that although Lin Shiqi has some other ideas, he has not yet thought about this.

"Stop!" He suddenly raised his voice and ordered, "Go and see if the girl's car has left the house?"

A sincere smile appeared on Lu Kui's lips. He didn't expect that he would encounter such a big surprise when he revisited the old place on a whim today.

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Xinyuanhou Mansion, Delinzhai.

In the room where the Marquis was recuperating, facing the couch, there was a rosewood table, on which stood a black lacquered screen inlaid with jade, and on the left, there was a sweet white glazed jade vase that seemed somewhat out of place.

There are several branches of cherry pink weeping crabapples in the vase, each of which is in bud and about to bloom, looking gorgeous and tempting.

When Xiang Ming came in, she saw that Xin Yuanhou had woken up and was staring at the crabapple branch in a daze.

She smiled and said, "My Lord has woken up. Do you feel better now?"

Shen Chongyan was not struggling to speak at this time as before. He said softly, "Doctor Xue, master, I feel much better." In fact, over the past few days, he had been getting better day by day. The previous weakness, with blood drained from his body and empty meridians, had gradually disappeared.

Seeing him staring at the crabapple tree intently, Xiang Ming smiled and said, "Miss Ning planted it herself and sent it to me, hoping that the Marquis would take a few more glances to relieve his boredom."

She had served the Marquis for many years and understood his thoughts very well. She knew that he was exhausted at the moment, so she only said what he wanted to know: "The young lady was invited by Miss Lin to go to the residence of Lord Lin Lin, the Left Censor-in-Chief, and she might stay for a while. The Marquis does not need to worry, the old lady has specially sent Nanny Feng to serve her."

Shen Chongyan smiled slightly. Without his knowledge, Ning'er had learned how to make friends. In the final analysis, it was because he did not care about her enough.

He instructed: "In the future, if Miss Ning wants to go out, don't restrict her, send someone capable to follow her."

Xiang Ming nodded slightly, indicating that she understood, and then asked softly, "Do you want to meet Concubine Song and Concubine Ye who have been serving you personally these past two days?"

Shen Chongyan whispered, "We'll talk about it tomorrow. Just go pick something to reward them."

Xiang Ming agreed and asked, "The old lady sent someone to ask if you would like to come and see the Marquis when you wake up. What does the Marquis think?"

Shen Chongyan's eyes showed hesitation. He was silent for a moment: "Don't rush back."

His voice was weak and low, but unshakable: "Go immediately and call Yan Ling."