Shen Moran felt a little guilty because of his seriousness. She originally thought that Zhou Zhan was pretending to be ill just to protect himself and planned to survive, but now she realized that she was narrow-minded.
He worshiped Xie Yun as his teacher and had a wise man like Su Mu to give him advice. He himself was also a kind person.
Compared to Zhou Zhan's purity, what she did was mixed with too many worldly desires. At least she wanted him to win, not just for the sake of the people and the world.
"I don't dare take it. It won't be too late to take credit when I actually complete this matter!"
The woman's open and hearty smile made Zhou Zhan dazzled. He seemed to have really picked up a treasure. Si Yiluo was right, she was worth it.
Shen Moran's cheeks turned red from shame.
Compared with them, everyone is also in the quagmire. What they think about is how to fight for the people and how to support justice, but she is only limited to her own private hatred...
After sending Su Mu away, Zhou Zhan held her in his arms and gave her a peck on her blushing cheek.
"Is the princess really sure that she can convince her father-in-law to nominate Mr. Xie?"
Before she opened her mouth, Zhou Zhan guessed her thoughts, which made her somewhat discouraged.
"How can you be sure that I'm not looking for help from A Luo?"
Zhou Zhan smiled in her ear: "My father is sensitive and suspicious, and Mr. Si is one of our own. Is the princess willing to let her handle this matter at the risk of being suspected by my father? After all, she is already powerful enough. So much so that officials throughout the capital are afraid."
Bao Fan has been planning in the court for many years, has numerous gang members, and the Jin Yiwei are hunting him down, which has pushed Si Yiluo to the forefront.
It is not appropriate for her to handle this matter. No matter who joins the cabinet, there will be no loss to her interests. On the contrary, Emperor Yao will be suspicious of her.
The situation was different for Shen Anxing. If he recommended Xie Yun, he would be recommending an enemy to himself, and Emperor Yao would feel more at ease.
"Perhaps there is another entry point, where we can achieve our goals and also deceive others!"
Shen Moran had already thought that as soon as Bao Fan was exposed, Zhou Yu would cut off contact with him and turn to Shen Panxing. I am afraid that at this moment, he is conspiring with Shen Panxing in the Prime Minister's Mansion!
"Miss, miss! Prince Yu is here!"
The little maid came rushing in. Shen Mingshu, who was lying on the table in a daze, suddenly sat up in shock, stood up and walked around the room, wanting to clean up but couldn't do anything.
"Is His Highness coming towards my yard?" She wanted to greet him excitedly, but then stopped, "Alian, do you think my hair is messy? Do you want to wear two more hairpins? I will wear it today. Do your clothes look good? Do you want to tidy up the house? Will His Highness come in?"
She asked herself, and Alian smiled and said: "Miss, don't worry, you will be husband and wife with His Highness in the future, and His Highness will like you no matter what you look like! Didn't you embroider a purse for His Highness? Why don't you take advantage of the opportunity? This opportunity is given to His Highness!"
Shen Mingshu then remembered and hurriedly ran to the cabinet to rummage through her purse.
But she was still confused.
"Alian, do you think His Highness likes the mandarin ducks playing in the water, or the lotus flower? Does Your Highness prefer sapphire blue or moon white?"
"As long as it is a gift from you, His Highness likes it! Miss, please hurry up, His Highness is already waiting at the entrance of the courtyard!"
Men and women are not allowed to be intimate, and even unmarried couples who have been engaged should not step into a woman's boudoir before the wedding.
"What color clothes is your Highness wearing today?"
She had been embroidering both purses for a long time and couldn't decide.
"It's moon white."
Shen Mingshu grabbed the moon-white purse, covered half of her face with a fan, and then walked toward the courtyard gate with small steps.
Chrysanthemums were planted on both sides of the corridor outside the courtyard along the walls. Under the blue-grey wall, next to the golden flowers, a tall young man was leaning over to pick one and put it on the tip of his nose to smell it.
The sun shone on him, seeming to give him a layer of light. He approached with a smile and put the flowers in her bun. The faint fragrance lingered, and his fingers brushed the broken hair around her ears, making her cheeks look more and more beautiful.
Red.
"Don't dislike Sister Mingshu if you borrow flowers to offer to Buddha." He praised with a warm smile, "Sister Mingshu is so beautiful. If it takes two more years, I'm afraid she will attract the admiration of men all over the capital..."
How could Shen Mingshu accept such naked words of love? When she spoke, her voice was so soft it could make water drop.
"Your Highness, I'm not young anymore. I'm already growing up in spring..."
Zhou Yu approached her with a smile and whispered in her ear: "You can get married when you are of hair age..."
The girl's face turned from pink to hawthorn color, she glared at him in shame, stamped her feet and said: "Your Highness... Oops!"
Putting the purse into his hand and turning around to run away, Zhou Yu chuckled lightly, took the purse and handed it to the boy beside him.
Women are just a shortcut for him to fight for power, but how useful is marrying such a vase-like woman? Well, being able to win over Prime Minister Shen is probably her most useful advantage.
Inexplicably, he thought of Shen Moran, which was the first time his method of coaxing a woman failed. He also thought of Si Yiluo... She was not an ordinary woman, so how could she be confused by his few words.
But he admires Shen Moran and Si Yiluo more, they are smart women with brains, but it is a pity that they cannot be used by him.
What a pity!
As I was walking out, I bumped into a little maid, who looked familiar.
Bitao stopped and saluted him.
"This slave has met His Royal Highness Prince Yu."
This little maid is also quite pretty... Come to think of it, she is the maid next to Shen Moran.
"But what's going on at Prince Zhan's Mansion?"
Suddenly he remembered that Zhou Zhan fell ill in the palace, and he hadn't visited her yet. Now the girl next to Princess Zhan was rushing back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Could it be...
Bi Tao's eyes were very red.
"Back to Your Highness, there's nothing wrong. My young lady wants to take my wife to live in the palace for a few days."
There were clearly tears in the little girl's eyes, but she stubbornly refused to show them to outsiders. Zhou Yu changed his mind and comforted him: "I am also going to see my seventh brother. How about I escort my wife to the palace?"
Bi Tao panicked and said: "How dare you bother Your Highness..."
"Bitao? What happened?"
Mrs. Wei, the dowry girl next to Mr. Du, faced Zhou Yufu and pulled Bitao towards the inner courtyard. Zhou Yu looked back and thought for a moment. He came out of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion but did not go back immediately.
When he saw Du Shi going out in a hurry, he got out of the car and went to meet her.
"Madam, I am going to visit my seventh brother, and I will escort you there."
Bitao told Mrs. Du what he had just said, and Mrs. Du said to him: "How dare you bother Your Highness..."
Zhou Yu personally helped her open the curtain and said humbly: "From now on, we are all a family. Madam doesn't have to worry about trivial matters."
When Shen Mingshu heard that Zhou Yu was not leaving at the door, she chased him out just in time to see this scene. She begged shamelessly: "Mother, my daughter also wants to visit the eldest sister. In the past, my daughter was not sensible. You sir have a lot of money, so don't argue with your daughter...
"
When Mrs. Du heard her calling her mother, she felt disgusted. If Shen Moran hadn't told her to find a way to get Shen Mingshu to follow, she wouldn't even want to talk to her.
The news that Zhou Yu hadn't left yet was revealed to her by someone she sent. Otherwise, how could she have the ability to know it so quickly?
Zhou Yu didn't know about the embarrassment at the palace gate, but Zhou Yu also knew about the situation of the Shen family. The beauty looked over with affection, saying that this was someone else's family matter and he was not going to ask for mercy.
But Du said: "Okay, you can come up too."
Shen Mingshu was surprised and climbed onto Du's carriage in an orderly manner.
Chapter completed!