Did the third place winner regret it today?

Chapter 36

The daylight is not as bright as it was when it came.
Shen Ti held up her skirt and walked quickly.
Chang Chuan's calves were straining, but he couldn't keep up with him: "Master! Master! Slow down!"

Shen Ti walked out sweating and finally stopped under an apricot tree in the garden.
Although he is a scholar, he has to learn the six arts of a gentleman, ride a horse and practice sword every day, so he is not weak. Scholars also need to travel around and travel thousands of miles, so how can they be weak?
Only at this moment, he stopped and gasped for breath.

So embarrassing!
It is normal for young people to look like that every morning as they grow older.
At this age when you are full of vigor and vitality, looking up and seeing the graceful willow branches, it is normal for your body to be like that.
Even facing an empty chair and feeling your body behave like that for no apparent reason is normal.

I just can't, I can't be like that in front of a girl! It's too embarrassing!
Even when talking to her, I couldn't maintain a normal speaking speed, and my energy-maintaining skills were ruined!
But what can he do? They are all newly changed summer clothes, thin and soft. Feng Luoyi hugged him tightly from behind, and the feeling of the two soft lumps on his back was too clear.
Even if a saint were reborn and could control his words and actions, he would not be able to control his body.
He could only leave quickly so as not to be discovered by them.

"Master! Master!" Chang Chuan finally caught up, panting, "Master, why are you walking so fast?"
Really, it feels like there is a tiger chasing me.
Shen Ti put her hands on her hips and leaned against the tree, glanced at him, did not answer, just turned her back to him and calmed her breathing.
Really, what's wrong with these women?

Shen Ti actually understood the situation in his heart, but it was quite hurtful to face it directly - he resisted the marriage proposal from his parents for Feng Luoyi, and finally compromised to the point of marrying the daughter of a local gentry. However, Feng Luoyi still wanted to have a child first.

She didn't even think about it. If she got pregnant before marriage, what would the child be called? He was not even worthy of being the eldest son of a concubine. He was called a child born out of wedlock.
She was also an educated person, the daughter of a Jinshi, and her father was a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, so how could she not understand? She just wanted to have a child to ensure that she could stay in the Shen family, and she even ignored the etiquette, morality, and shame.

Because everything he did did not actually give her the sense of security he thought he could give her.
It seemed as if all his efforts over the past year had been in vain.
Shen Ti felt indescribably frustrated.

"...Young Master?" Changchuan looked at him with his pair of dark eyes.
Shen Ti shook her clothes and said, "Let's go back."
This time I finally reached a normal pace.

Changchuan couldn't help but ask, "Master, what happened just now?"
Shen Ti did not answer him, but asked him: "Why did you run to the gate of the courtyard just now?"
"It was Sister Zhaoxiang who called me over. She said that the young master and Miss Feng wanted to talk about something important and asked me not to eavesdrop." Changchuan said angrily, "How could I eavesdrop? Brother Pingmo taught me that we, the errand boys, should listen to the calls from under the window."

Shen Ti asked, "Since you knew, why did you run away?"
"Ah, it's Teruka-san..."
"Who is Zhaoxiang to you? Do you want to listen to her and not Pingmo?"
Changchuan: “Ah?”
Shen Ti frowned and said, "I will punish you by making you copy ten pages of words and hand them over to Ping Mo tomorrow."
Changchuan was dumbfounded: "Ah?!"

Shen Ti asked: "Do you know who to listen to from now on?"
Changchuan wilted: "I know."
Shen Ti snorted, slowed down his pace, and resumed his calm demeanor as a scholar.

The sun was moving westwards. Although it had not yet set, the light had already become copper-gold, and the corridor looked as if it was covered with a layer of gold.
Shen Ti walked slowly on it.
Children are really important to women in the harem.
His mother had only him as her child. Not long after he was born, his grandmother died. His mother had no mother-in-law to look after her, but several great-aunts and great-aunts from the same clan joined forces to put pressure on his mother to take a concubine for his father and have more children.

Only because my grandfather and father had almost died in exile, they were quite open-minded and blocked the danger for my mother, which brought peace to our family.
His mother told him many times: [Luckily you stood firm.]
【Why do they want to expand their branches and leaves? 】
[It's just that you look down on me. 】
【Luckily I have you. 】

Therefore, although Shen Ti dismissed Feng Luoyi, she did not want to blame her too much because she could understand.
Feng Luoyi was also ashamed when she hugged him, her body and voice were trembling.
She was also a woman who read poetry and knew etiquette. Because she was famous for her talent, her mother asked someone to get her poems to show to her father and him. They nodded and approved, and then they betrothed her.

Shen Ti paused.
Because he suddenly remembered that his mother, Madam Shen, actually had expectations for her daughter-in-law. Because she herself had little education and a low family background, she had been despised and excluded by the women in the Shen family, so she wanted to find him a daughter of a truly educated scholar.

When others heard that the woman he was engaged to was his cousin from his uncle's family, they all curled their lips. They all thought that Mrs. Shen was taking advantage of this marriage and that she would use his life to support her humble family.
But in fact, in this matter, Mrs. Shen also gave up her expectations of many years and compromised for him.

In fact, everyone is compromising in this matter, not just him.
Shen Ti was silent for a long time and sighed softly.
He was indeed immature in the past. He walked slowly and thought of Huaixi's cousin, his current fiancée Yin Shi.
He could understand that Feng Luoyi wanted to have a child because it was in Feng Luoyi's interest.
What about my cousin?

At that time, when their relationship was still undecided, his cousin boldly and directly suggested that he give Feng Luoyi a child, which would best protect Feng Luoyi's interests.
She could give such advice, naturally she had a deep understanding of the interests involved in the rear house.
She is obviously the candidate for the legal wife.

She suggested that he marry her, because what she wanted was not a harmonious and loving couple, but since no one could escape marriage, it would be better to find a suitable one, work together and live together.
In fact, at that time, Shen Ti still had doubts in her heart about what she said.
Because he and she both understood that this marriage was a marriage of high status for the daughter of the Yin family. Because the gap between the two families was too big, the attraction to the daughter of the Yin family must be very strong.
It cannot be ruled out that she deliberately made this gesture to confuse him in order to get the marriage.

But now, Shen Ti walked slowly with his hands behind his back, muttering something.
Changchuan took a step forward: "What?"
"Cousin..." Shen Ti looked at the orange sunset and sighed, "You are a gentleman."
The absurdity of her suggestion just proves the truth of what she said.

"Nagawa."
"here I am."
"If Miss Feng has any problems in the future, Zhaoxiang will come to you. You can ask her questions clearly and then pass them on to me."
"Yes!"

"If they want to see me, refuse them."
"Hey?"
"have you understood?"
"Understood!"

In the courtyard room, Feng Luoyi lay on the bed, covering her face and sobbing, feeling extremely ashamed.
Teruka couldn't believe it: "How could he reject you? How could he..."
How did you do it?
The servants were not as particular as the young ladies. When the maids gathered together, they often said dirty words. They said that men were cats, and they could not move when they smelled fishy things. When the maids said these dirty words, they often made faces and laughed loudly.
Zhaoxiang didn't quite understand it, but later he gradually understood it.

As for young men, most of them should have a concubine when they are fifteen or sixteen, because at this age, they can no longer hold back.
Master Shen was different from other young masters. He went to study when he was twelve years old. When he was fifteen or sixteen, the Feng family fell into decline. He made an agreement with the master of the Shen family about taking the imperial examination and marrying a girl from their family. He closed the door and concentrated on studying, and did not touch the maids.

The Shen family is determined to make him pass the imperial examination, unlike other families who only try to test the waters the first time and then try again the second, third, even fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth time.
The Shen family is determined to succeed in one strike and will not allow anyone to fail the exam.
Therefore, over the past year or so, the Shen family did not arrange for him to have a concubine, for fear of distracting his attention.

Such a boy is now seventeen, full of vigor and vitality. His daughter is so beautiful that I feel pity for her. Zhaoxiang couldn't understand how Shen Ti could refuse Feng Luoyi.
Shouldn't it be like dry wood and raging fire that will ignite at the slightest touch?

"What's going on?" Zhao Xiang was so anxious, "Tell me, what is Mr. Shen's attitude?"
She always suspected that Feng Luoyi was too proud and couldn't lower himself.
"Don't ask, don't ask." Feng Luoyi refused to raise his face or speak.

What a shame.
Shen Lang's face became tense.
He always spoke to her in a soft, gentle and polite voice. This was the first time he spoke to her with a stern face.

[I know you are panicking and desperate to seek medical help. However, this is not the best option, and may even be the worst option.]
[You and I have never been married, if we have a child, people will only say that I am a playboy, and for you, it will be a stigma that you will never be able to wash away in your lifetime.]
【It will only make people look down on you. 】
[Feng Luoyi, can you...]

His voice became hard.
What was he trying to say in his last sentence?
Feng Luoyi didn't know that Shen Ti actually felt very powerless in the end and wanted to say "Can you trust my arrangement?" He held back and turned away.
But because he only said half a sentence, Feng Luoyi felt very confused.
I made a lot of guesses, and every word was heart-breaking.
They all called her cheap.

She was stupid, worried about gains and losses, and confused, and actually listened to the maid's bad advice.
The maids don't know what propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame are. They are all bent on climbing up the social ladder. In the past, the maids who climbed into their father's bed were also sold.
She was so foolish that she let herself do something as lowly as a servant.
Will Shen Lang...still cherish her in the future?
Zhaoxiang wanted to speak again, but Feng Luoyi sobbed, "Get out!"
Zhaoxiang froze, said "yes" reluctantly, and walked out.
She retreated to the yard and stood on the steps, staring at the shadow of the wall growing longer and longer on the ground.

The world is so unfair.
Obviously, she was an ordinary slave, and Feng Luoyi was already an official slave, much lower than her, but he still treated her like a lady.
Live in the main house, have no worries about food and drink, and don’t have to work.
Zhaoxiang listened to Feng Luoyi's hypocritical sobbing in the room and tugged at the handkerchief in her hand.

(End of this chapter)