Reborn as a Sickly Child: The Emperor's Beloved

On the second day, Shen Yanyan followed her two sisters to Shen's mother's yard, and quietly followed her two sisters to learn how to manage the household, check accounts and many other matters.

Day after day, half a month later, the Shen family was preparing for Shen Qingqing's marriage, and Shen's mother had no time to watch her study. In the past few days, Shen Yanyan read storybooks in her yard as usual to kill time. The eldest sister and mother were very busy every day, the second sister arranged all the affairs of the family, her father was the prefect, and he was not idle at all, so she was the only one who had nothing to do in the family.

"Miss, I heard that the eldest master will be back soon." Xia Zhu looked at Shen Yanyan lying on the chair and said,

"Is my eldest brother coming back? When will he arrive in Yangzhou? Is he coming back because my eldest sister is getting married?" Shen Yanyan asked three questions in a row.

"I heard that it takes about ten days for a fast horse to get from the western border to Yangzhou. It is estimated that it will arrive four or five days before the wedding. The eldest master has not been home for three years. This time he took leave to come back because of the eldest lady's wedding." Xia Zhu told Shen Yanyan all the news she heard from the lady.

"Oh, it's still early," Shen Yanyan looked somewhat indifferent, without much emotion.

"Miss, aren't you looking forward to it? The eldest master will be back soon."

"I don't know, it's okay. Maybe it's because I've never seen it before, so I'm not really looking forward to it." Shen Yanyan looked indifferent.

After all, she really didn't have much feelings for someone she had never met. She grew up in the Divine Doctor Valley, which was far away from home and outsiders were not allowed to enter the valley. She had only seen her parents a few times over the years and they always met in a hurry outside the valley and left. Her brothers and sisters were too busy for their parents to bring them here, so the first time she met her two sisters was also in the mansion.

She appears to be kind and easy to get along with.

But only she herself knows that no matter in the previous life or this life, she finds it difficult to care about many things. In fact, she is a person who appears warm on the outside but is cold on the inside, and it is difficult for her to empathize with many things.

It was only after returning home and spending a long time with my parents and sister that I finally accepted them from the bottom of my heart.

Wu Family Villa

"Master, there is news from Qingtang Town. The Grand Tutor returned to Qingtang Town yesterday." An Liu reported.

"Got it. Let someone watch it." Xiao Jingzhan sat in front of the desk, tapping the table lightly with his right index finger.

His eyes were sharp and his expression was solemn. The Grand Master had suddenly returned to Qingtang Town, and now was the best time to meet him.

Xiao Jingzhan thought to himself that it seemed that he had to go to Qingtang Town in person.

"Prepare the horses and go to Qingtang Town." Xiao Jingzhan stood up and walked towards the door.

In a private school in the southern suburbs of Qingtang Town.

"When man is born, his nature is good. Habits are similar, but natures are different." The sound of reading aloud is heard everywhere.

"Have you remembered everything we taught today? We will conduct a random check tomorrow. Don't be lazy when you go home. You must memorize the lessons carefully." Song Zhizhang was talking to the students.

Outside the simple fence, Xiao Jingzhan looked at the tutor in the courtyard and sighed. Tutor Song, who used to have many students all over the world, could only teach a few children to read and write in this small fenced courtyard.

But all this will soon be over.

The man walked forward and into the fenced yard.

He dismissed his men and went into the hut alone.

The students who were about to leave school saw a very tall man standing at the door.

"Sir, someone is looking for you." A student said to Tutor Song.

This man looks as knowledgeable as you, so he must be here to see you.

Song Zhizhang looked at the newcomer with some fear. After all the students had left, he quickly walked up to the man, knelt on his knees and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant. Why is Your Majesty here?" Song Zhizhang asked in surprise.

Xiao Jingzhan helped Master Song up with both hands. "Master, there is no need to be so polite. When you left the capital that day, I said that if Prime Minister Gao arrived one day, I hoped that Master would return to the capital and help me reorganize the court in Liguo."

"Your Majesty, are you going to take action against Prime Minister Gao?" He knew that if there was no evidence that Prime Minister Gao must die, His Majesty would not have traveled all the way to Jiangnan to look for him. Wasn't it for this day that he resigned from his post and left the capital?

"The Spring Examination will be held in early spring of next year. He will not live to see that time. I am going to the south of the Yangtze River to find the Grand Tutor. I hope that the Grand Tutor can return to the capital to take up the post after the new year." The two knew each other's plan after a few words.

A year is a long time and a lot of things can be done.

"I obey your command. Your Majesty, if you can completely eliminate Prime Minister Gao's party, I will devote my life to your Majesty." Master Shen's eyes were red and his expression was serious.

Treacherous ministers are in power.

Prime Minister Gao Zhangyao has served two generations of emperors and is extremely powerful. He has controlled the court officials for many years. Now he is dissatisfied with the current emperor and has frequent contacts with the former King of Wu. He has impure intentions. Which emperor could let him live?

"I will send someone to protect the safety of the Grand Tutor, and when the time comes, I will bring him to the capital." Xiao Jingzhan vowed.

After saying this, he said goodbye.

"Your Majesty, this old minister respectfully bids farewell to you." The old man in simple clothes bowed and bid farewell to the man.

Xiao Jingzhan came outside the courtyard, looked at An Liu and the other man on the side and said, "Let's go back to the other courtyard."

In the Wu family villa, Wu Qingfeng looked at Xiao Jingzhan who had just returned and asked: "How was it, did you meet the Grand Tutor?" When the news came back, he had just returned to Yangzhou City for business.

"Yes, I have. The Grand Tutor has agreed to come to Beijing after the New Year."

"I'll keep an eye on Jinling City while you go back to the capital first. If you leave for a long time, it will inevitably arouse suspicion." Wu Qingfeng said.

"No need, nothing will happen in the capital. The matter in Nanjing is extremely important, so it is inconvenient for me to show up there. Yangzhou City is not far from Nanjing, and the plan has reached a critical juncture. I don't need to go back to the capital for the time being." Nanjing is the territory of King Wu. If he goes there, the news will inevitably leak out. He will wait and see what happens in Yangzhou for the time being.

"That's fine. If you come here in person, I'll have time to deal with other things." Wu Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief. He had to make money for the national treasury every day and manage the news network across the country, so he was also very busy.

"Oh, by the way, the eldest daughter of the Shen family will marry into the Wang family in half a month, and the third daughter of the Shen family should return to the city for this matter." Wu Qingfeng suddenly said again.

"Wang Family of Yangzhou?" Xiao Jingzhan frowned slightly!

"Yes, it's the century-old Wang family." Dynasties come and go, but the family remains forever. The Wang family has been in Jiangnan for hundreds of years and has always been respected by scholars. Its influence cannot be underestimated.

"The Shen family is good at marrying," Xiao Jingzhan raised his eyebrows slightly.

"The eldest daughter of the Shen family is well-known in Yangzhou. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is on good terms with all the ladies and girls in Yangzhou. She is superior in talent, family background, appearance and character. She got engaged to Wang Yanzhao just after she came of age. When they were about to get married, the old lady of the Wang family passed away. The Wang family attaches great importance to rules and etiquette, so the wedding date was postponed. Otherwise, they would have gotten married immediately." Wu Qingfeng said.

"The Wang family has a great influence in Yangzhou and even in the whole Jiangnan area. Their collection of books is the lifelong pursuit of all scholars in the world. With the marriage between the Shen family and the Wang family, I am afraid that no one in Yangzhou will be able to surpass the Shen family."

"Although the husband's family of Shen Lingling, the second daughter of the Shen family, is only a sixth-rank official, the mistress of the Li family is of great importance. She is the youngest daughter of the head of the Lanling Xiao family. Her fiancé Li Lin is also a talent. He is both civil and military, and is not an ordinary person. The marriages of these two sisters of the Shen family are the ones that all the women in the entire Yangzhou city want to marry into. It is possible that the Shen family will have great influence in Yangzhou city in the future." Wu Qingfeng added.

"Shen Zhimo, the eldest son of the Shen family, I met him several times when I went back to Yangzhou in the past. Although we didn't know each other well, I could see that he was a talented general with top-notch strategies and martial arts. Five years ago, he gave up his job as a young master and went to the border to join the army. In just five years, he has become a captain in the army. From top to bottom, no one in the Shen family is simple." Wu Qingfeng said.

When investigating Shen Yanyan a few days ago, Wu Qingfeng also investigated all the people in the Shen Mansion. He was a little shocked. None of the Shen family members were simple.

"It's a bit of a waste of the Shen family's talent to be in such a small city like Yangzhou," Xiao Jingzhan said without making any sense.

"That's right. Shen Jingwen had the opportunity to return to the capital in the past, but he stayed in Yangzhou for his wife. Otherwise, with the development of his Shen family in the capital, he would not be just a fourth-rank official now." Wu Qingfeng echoed.

"Then Third Sister Shen should be able to come back in half a month." Xiao Jingzhan said again without any clue.

Wu Qingfeng looked at Xiao Jingzhan with a gossipy look, "Why, you like her? Well, Miss Shen is such an interesting person, it's understandable that you like her. If you like her, bring her into the palace for the selection. Isn't the selection about to start?"

"Enter the palace? Can someone like her stay in the palace for a long time? A small Shen family has to go out every few days. If she is locked up in the imperial city, she will probably be bored." But on second thought, it seems not bad to have such an interesting person to accompany him for a long time.

"No, you really like her," Wu Qingfeng was just joking, but he didn't expect that this person was really planning to go after her.

"So what if he likes her? Whether she enters the palace is not something the Shen family can decide." Xiao Jingzhan turned the ring on his hand and leaned back in the chair at the top to take a nap.

It's over. If he really falls in love with her, the Shen family probably doesn't realize that they have been letting rumors spread for so long. But just because of a meal with Miss Shen San, the Shen family's plan was ruined. Miss Shen is also unlucky. Why did she offend this living devil when she could have offended anyone else?

In the imperial palace of the capital, Cuichen Palace, the bedroom of Concubine Gao.

"Your Majesty, I heard that His Majesty went to Qiluo Pavilion again today," Lanxiang said, looking at the beautiful woman in the mirror.

Qiluo Pavilion, the palace of Concubine Lan Xu Xiaolan. Concubine Lan was a woman that His Majesty had brought with him when he was still a prince. Although she had never had a title, when the Emperor ascended the throne, she was given the title of Concubine Lan in recognition of her many years of service. She has always been favored by His Majesty.

The woman was wearing a blue palace dress, which was exquisite and luxurious, with a beautiful face and elegant temperament.

"That bitch is good at seducing Your Majesty. I don't know what kind of charm she used to make Your Majesty go to her palace every now and then." Gao Jinyi said hatefully.

His Majesty seldom goes into the harem, and when he does he spends most of his time in the Qiluo Palace. She hates him to death, but there is nothing she can do.

His Majesty came to her Cuichen Palace quite a few times, but never let her serve him personally. Her father urged her to give birth to a child as soon as possible, but how could she do that alone? For three whole years, he never touched her.

There were many concubines in the palace, but none of them were pregnant. She thought that His Majesty would not touch anyone, but she didn't expect that the bitch was pregnant with His Majesty's child. Although she didn't give birth to the child in the end, it was enough to make her hate her to the core.