Shen Shen Shen doesn't pursue men, only money

Chapter 183 The Night Before

Recently, news came out in the capital that those who were invited to attend the opening ceremony of Heyinlou were either rich or noble, and officials below the fifth rank were not invited. The rice paper also stated that only three distinguished guests were allowed to attend from each mansion, so it would be interesting to see who could represent the women in their own mansion.

The key point is that there is a line of small words written at the end of the rice paper: Prince Zhu of Prince Zhong’s mansion was present in person that day.

Shen Shen secretly asked Manager He to write that line of small words. She understood that Zhu Yanxiao's appeal among the noble ladies of Dongxiang was equivalent to that of the top idol in her previous life. He could get a lot of support from the noble ladies waiting to get married. She just needed to write "Zhu Yanxiao Fan Meeting".

This influence should not be wasted. If Ziyuan knew that he was angry... he would not be willing to give up.

Therefore, in the days leading up to the opening of Heyinlou, some of the wealthy families who received the invitations reported that several legitimate daughters of the family had a fight in the house to compete for the attendance quota. Some families favored concubines over wives, and the family was usually peaceful, but this time, because the invitation was sent to the mistress, the concubines made a scene and reported it to the masters, and they could not live in peace. In some families, concubines were favored more than legitimate daughters, and they asked their fathers to ask the mistress every day to let them go.

For a time, the small Heyin Building caused unrest in the unknown side of the high-ranking families in the capital.

The day before the opening, Shen Shenshen went to the main courtyard with her mother to pay respects to Daishan Courtyard, and asked her mother if she would go to Heyinlou to attend the opening ceremony tomorrow. Mrs. Shen's invitation was written by Zhu Yanxiao himself. After receiving it, Mrs. Shen's smile never faded.

"Mother must go. Shen'er has been busy for a long time, and mother wants to go and see what's so rare. Speaking of which, I haven't bought jewelry for a long time, so I'll buy a few hairpins by the way."

Shen Shenshen was touched. This was a way of supporting him in various ways.

"Mother and eldest sister are going, and the other person is going with Shen Liuye?"

"Fifth Miss... forget it."

"My daughter understands. But I think grandma will ask mother to take Shen Liuye with her."

"It's okay. Mother has already figured out how to deal with it."

"Mother is really thoughtful." Shen Shenshen offered compliments at the right time.

Mrs. Shen glanced at her, and the mother and daughter returned to their former intimacy.

Shen Liuye, the fifth daughter of the Anbo Marquis, had disobeyed her mother, Madam Shen, several times when the ladies of the two houses came to propose marriage, which completely offended Madam Shen. She only knew about the invitation to Heyinlou when Mu Chuchu sent a maid to the Marquis's house to ask if she would go with him, but her mother and two sisters did not mention it at all, which made her very angry.

She ran to beg Aunt Du for many days, but Aunt Du couldn't persuade her own daughter, so she went to ask the old lady for help.

When they arrived at Daishan Courtyard, they saw Aunt Du and the others sitting in front of the old lady and talking. Madam Shen bowed and sat down. The old lady glanced at Shen Shen, closed her eyes, and opened them again and said to Madam Shen: "My dear, the Heyin Building under the name of Prince Zhong's Mansion will open tomorrow. Our mansion has few children, so we should go out and see the world more. Tomorrow, the eldest and fifth girls should go together."

Shen Shenshen knew what her grandmother was going to say before she finished speaking, and immediately looked at Shen Liuye. She saw that this illegitimate sister had her head lowered, but her hands holding her sleeves were tightly grasped, and she didn't know whether she was excited or nervous.

Madam Shen stood up and saluted the old lady, and said slowly: "Mother, it's not that I don't want to bring the fifth girl, it's because tomorrow's banquet is nominally initiated by Heyinlou, but behind the scenes it is Prince Zhong's Mansion. And I heard from Shen'er that the banquet will be held for four days, so you can imagine how grand it is. Yesterday, I asked several mansions that are friendly with the Marquis' Mansion, and the ladies all replied that the Prince Zhong's Mansion is so noble that only the wives and daughters of the legitimate wives will go, and the concubines and concubines will not go. By the way, mother, Shen'er will go early tomorrow to help Prince Zhu with the preparations for the opening of the business, so he can't come to greet you. Including Shen'er, there are exactly three people in the Marquis' Mansion."

The old lady was silent. If other nobles from other mansions only went with their wives and daughters, Shen Liuye really couldn't go with them. After thinking for a moment, the old lady stopped Aunt Du and her daughter from making excuses with her eyes, and said first: "My wife is thoughtful. If that's the case, let's do it this way."

Shen Chenxiang said hurriedly: "Second brother-in-law is not a decent person. He didn't even invite me alone. Xien also wanted to go and see the fun."

"Second brother-in-law?" Shen Wenbin looked at his younger brother.

"Prince Zhu, you are so biased."

"Xi'en." Mrs. Shen tried to stop her, and Shen Chenxiang curled her lips.

Aunt Du and Shen Liuye's plan failed, and Shen Shenshen was in a good mood listening to the old lady's muttering.

After returning to Qinghua Xiaoyuan, Shen Shenshen began to feel uneasy and a little nervous about the upcoming test of Heyinlou. He had no idea whether the "marketing routine" of his previous life would be accepted by the noble lady Dongxiang, and whether he could get the expected silver income.

After dinner, Zhu Yanxiao came to Qinghua Garden and saw Shen Shenshen pacing in the room, looking a little anxious, and didn't even notice that he had entered the room.

"God, God." Zhu Yanxiao called her.

Shen Shenshen then noticed who was coming: "Ziyuan is here." He looked a little bored.

"Why are you so absent-minded today?"

"Nervous. Tomorrow, He Silver House will be officially opened. Ziyuan, what do you think?" She grabbed Zhu Yanxiao's hand fiercely, looked at him and said, "What if no ladies come? What if they come and think the jewelry is too expensive? What if they don't like the opening arrangements? What if they find the jewelry is not worth the money after buying it and never come again in the future?"

Zhu Yanxiao smiled, took her hand and sat on the stool, put his hands on her shoulders, looked back at her, and said in a gentle voice.

“Shen Shen, tomorrow’s event hasn’t happened yet. Thinking too much now won’t give any answers. Besides, my Shen Shen is so smart, the things we worry about will never happen. Well, even if it does, this prince still thinks Shen Shen is very powerful.”

"But, Ziyuan, a lot of money has been spent on renovating Heyin Tower in the past few decades, and even the gods have seen the account book." She still felt a lingering fear when she thought of the money that had been spent like water.

Zhu Yanxiao held her in his arms and comforted her softly, "Little fool, regardless of whether the palace can afford the money, even if there is really no improvement and my father is dissatisfied, I can use my private property to make up for the shortfall. God, don't worry."

"No way." Shen Shenshen also put her arms around the prince's waist and whispered, "The prince's private property is already mine. You are not allowed to embezzle it privately."

Zhu Yanxiao was stunned for a moment, then chuckled: "Haha, ... a money-hungry fool."

Shen Shenshen buried her head completely in his chest, sniffing the familiar scent that made her addicted, and called out in a muffled voice.

"Ziyuan."

"Ok?"

"What should I do? God loves you so much."

"Alas, this prince has been like this for a long time." Zhu Yanxiao hugged her tightly. "Shen Shen, this prince loves you too."

"From now on, Ziyuan, if you don't love Shenshen anymore, don't let Shenshen see or hear you being nice to that woman. Just find an excuse to get rid of Shenshen, and then be nice to that woman after I leave. Don't suddenly ignore Shenshen or stop entering Shenshen's yard. I'm afraid I can't stand it."

Zhu Yanxiao sighed inwardly; her distrust in feelings reappeared, and this knot in her heart seemed difficult to untie.

"Then...if Shenshen falls in love with another man, will he tell me first?"

"Huh?" Shen Shen Shen poked half of her head out of his arms: "How is it possible? Shen Shen will not fall in love with a man other than Zi Yuan. No man will treat Shen Shen as well as Zi Yuan does." After a pause, she continued: "No man is as good-looking as Zi Yuan."

"So, what you just said is what I want to say. Ziyuan will not fall in love with other women, because no woman is as special as Shenshen. Nor is she as pretty as Shenshen." Zhu Yanxiao replied gently.

"Ziyuan, you're so nice." Shen Shenshen said in a sticky voice.

"I feel the same way." Zhu Yanxiao couldn't help but reach out and touch her face.

Shen Shenshen felt that he was beginning to desire her again, and hurriedly said: "Tomorrow there will be a lot of things to do, tonight..."

Zhu Yanxiao's eyes were filled with a dark color, and his voice was already bewitching: "Yes. This prince will be gentle and let Shenshen rest in the second half of the night."

"Ziyuan, tonight we can't..."

"I can't. It's just that the gods are too tempting."

As he was speaking, the prince had already picked up Shen Shenshen, walked to the bed, put her down, and kissed her softly on the lips.

Mao hour the next day.

The next day, at the hour of Mao, before dawn, Shen Shenshen left the Marquis' Mansion in a carriage and drove to the Heyin Tower, which might be bustling or deserted today.

A heaven, a hell.