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

Lu Kui did not shy away from his questions, one after another, trivial, detailed and tricky.

Shen Chongyao was asked so many questions that he broke out in a cold sweat. He took out a towel and wiped his forehead again and again. He had to rack his brains and search deep in his memories for traces of those old events from more than ten years ago.

"Brother Wenbi, other things are fine, but I really don't know about this!"

At some point, Lu Kui took out a palm-sized leather notebook from his arms, and took out a sharp charcoal pencil from somewhere. While listening, he kept writing and drawing on it.

Hearing this, he curled his lips and said with a smile: "Brother Yishan, just answer what you know." He raised the notebook in his hand and said with some emotion: "I haven't done this kind of work in person for a long time, and my hands are a little rusty."

Even though he knew that Lu Kui had no ill will towards him and was aware of the nature of the interrogation in advance, Shen Chongyao still couldn't avoid feeling the overwhelming, suffocating pressure.

It was not until this moment that he understood why everyone who had been interrogated by Lu Kui was so secretive about that experience. It was obvious that the handsome and gloomy young man in front of him had left them with an indelible psychological trauma.

"Lord Lu." A clear female voice sounded, Ning'er pushed the teacup to his hand and said angrily, "Don't embarrass the Second Master."

Lu Kui's eyebrows softened at that moment, and he turned around and said, "How am I embarrassed? You are just asking about trivial family matters."

Ning'er leaned over to look at the marks he had made, her face flushed, "That's not all? How could the Second Master know about such an embarrassing question as the day when the Marquis and his wife slept together?"

Shen Chongyao held his forehead and said, "My little ancestor, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing if you said it like that?"

Then Lu Kui said, "There is no way. I don't want to bother with this matter. But if you want to find out about the child, you have to find out the couple's marriage date."

He was really defeated by these two people. One was indiscriminate and had no idea what shame was, while the other was innocent and could say anything without any taboos.

"According to what the Second Master said, after Luo Miaoyun married into the Marquis' Mansion, she and Marquis Shen also had a period of time when they were equals."

Shen Chongyao nodded and said, "I was still young at that time and had not yet married. I often met with my brother and his wife. My elder brother had practiced martial arts since he was young and had always kept himself clean. After he got married, he had even less respectable concubines and maids in his room. However, the border was not stable during those years, so my elder brother could only stay in Beijing for three or four months at most."

"My mother felt sorry for my eldest sister-in-law because she was young and inevitably lonely, and she had few sisters to accompany her at home, so she allowed her to go back to her parents' home from time to time to serve them." A nostalgic look appeared in his eyes: "At that time, the Shen and Luo families were very harmonious, and even I benefited from it and was often invited to small gatherings."

Lu Kui interrupted him: "So, at that time, Ye Zhen was not the concubine of Lord Shen?"

Shen Chongyao said, "Ah, yes. Ye Zhen was originally my sister-in-law's maidservant. It was the mistress's effort that helped her become the Marquis's concubine."

Lu Kui asked, "Since it was a dowry, there must be more than one of them. Ye became a concubine, so where did the others go?"

Shen Chongyao thought hard for a while and said, "Yes, I vaguely remember that my mother once praised Luo Fu for being very good at taking care of maids. The four dowries brought by my eldest sister-in-law are all more beautiful than the other."

He raised his head: "Yes, it's four dowries!"

Lu Kui immediately asked, "Where are the other three?"

Shen Chongyao was stunned for a moment before he let out a breath: "How should I know? How can a brother-in-law ask about the maid in the eldest sister-in-law's room?"

Lu Kui raised his eyebrows, and there was a malicious smile in his beautiful eyes: "As for other things, the second master may not know. But your romantic and elegant reputation, who in the capital does not know it? We are all 'family', so don't hide it."

His voice was as gentle as a spirit that appeared in the mist in the forest, bewitching people: "Among those girls, was there anyone that you paid special attention to?"

Shen Chongyao covered his face, and after a long while, he said sullenly: "These are all old things from many years ago. Even I can't remember them clearly."

"Before my eldest sister Yunying got married, she was already a famous beauty in the capital. When she first married into the Marquis's Mansion, she became even more charming. Her appearance was probably not inferior to that of Liuying today!"

His tone was slow, but he described the story in great detail: "... Such a beautiful bride, she also stole the show in the capital. My mother was so satisfied that she didn't know what to do. Back then, I was free and uninterested, and was intoxicated by the pleasures of life. A servant I was close to whispered in my ear that not only were the new lady's dowry girls all very beautiful, but one of them was also very good at chess, and no ordinary husband could compare to her."

Shen Chongyao said this with a wry smile and sighed, "At that time, I was young and frivolous, and I boasted that I was proficient in poetry, songs, music, chess, calligraphy and painting. How could I have heard this? I was so excited that I wanted to win, and I wanted to find that girl to play chess..."

Ning Er was so absorbed in listening to him, that when he stopped talking, she asked hurriedly, "What happened next?"

"Later," Shen Chongyao said, and couldn't help but fall into that memory: "I found an excuse and the right time to meet her when my eldest sister-in-law hosted a banquet. But who knew that the girl was very respectable. Seeing my rude offense, she was not angry. Instead, she advised me that since I was born into a good family, I should cherish my youth so as not to waste it."

Ning Er couldn't help but clap her hands and asked, "So did you guys play chess or not, and who won?"

Shen Chongyao said sadly: "It took less than a quarter of an hour, and I was defeated and had no choice but to surrender."

"Hahaha," Lu Kui laughed, "I guess the second master learned from his mistakes and practiced chess hard. But," he stopped smiling and asked seriously, "what happened to the girl later?"

Shen Chongyao said: "I never saw her again after that. When I felt that my chess skills had improved and I had made some progress, I wanted to visit her again. But I couldn't find her anywhere..."

Ning Er was so anxious that she pushed him away and asked him hastily, "What happened later? Didn't you go looking for her again?"

Shen Chongyao paused and whispered, "Later, my mother was busy arranging a marriage for me. Later, there were many things to do in the mansion, and she was busy with miscellaneous affairs, so she gradually put it aside."

Ning Er stamped her feet and said, "Then this girl, could she just disappear like that?"

Lu Kui then interjected, "What's her name?"

Shen Chongyao was stunned for a moment: "I don't know her real name either, I just know that others call her Yu Hu."

Yuhu...Compared with Ye Zhen, this name really doesn't sound like a real name.

Lu Kui's eyes flickered, and he asked softly, "Second Master, do you still remember what the jade pot looked like?"