Did the third place winner regret it today?

Chapter 52

Shen Ti hasn't come back yet, and not only are Yin Shi's dowry maids worried, but even Lu Yan and He Xin are worried.
Because they have all been transferred to Yin Shi's courtyard now, they will all be considered Yin Shi's people from now on.
When one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer.

Shen Ti didn't come back, so Yin Shi had nothing to do while waiting for him, so he chatted with Lu Yan and He Xin.
"So Miss Feng has been living in the mansion for the past two years, right?"
"Yes. When I bought her, I placed her in the mansion. She had always been in the side courtyard in the southeast corner. It was only ten days ago that she was moved to the cross courtyard on the east road."

Lu Yanhe was willing to surrender, so she said a lot without being asked.
"She has a girl next to her who is also from the Feng family."
"Hanlin didn't go to her place very often, and he was only invited there when there was something."
"After returning from Huaixi, Hanlin moved to the study room in the outer courtyard. I heard from Changchuan that I haven't seen him since."

Yin Shi was quite surprised.
According to her logic, if two people lived in the same house, wouldn't that be a good opportunity for a date?
She quickly discarded the logic she had brought from her previous life and used the logic of this time and space to sort it out, guessing: "Is he trying to avoid suspicion with Miss Feng?"

Lu Yan and He Xin looked at each other: "Really?"
"No need." They were not sure, "She is a government slave now, why should she avoid her?"
Even if I give her a title, she is still just a concubine. Whether she is a slave or a concubine, there is no need to avoid suspicion.
Only serious unmarried couples need to avoid suspicion.

Yin Shi smiled and said nothing.
That's because, of course, he loves her in his heart.
Although her status changed and her class fell, he still respected her and treated her as the rich lady she once was, so he avoided suspicion with her.
Looking at his young cousin in this way, Yin Shi felt that he was a really good kid.

Finally, there was a noise in the courtyard, and a maid came in to report: "Hanlin is back."
After a pause, he said, "Take Miss Feng with you."
"Finally you're here." Yin Shi got off the couch happily, tidied up his clothes and hair, and said, "Let's go."

As soon as I stepped into the main room, I saw Shen Ti sitting upstairs, sipping tea.
The main room of the master's bedroom is not like the formal living room in the house, which has guest seats under the main seat. There are only two main seats in this main room.
At this time, there was a drum stool placed below, and a very slender woman was sitting there.

Seeing Yin Shi coming out, Shen Ti put down her tea and stood up: "Sister."
If they are a husband and wife, when the wife comes out, the husband naturally does not need to get up.
But in Shen Ti's heart, they are still siblings. When the sister comes out, Yu Li, the younger brother, has to stand up.
Feng Luoyi also stood up.

Yin Shi came over with a smile: "You're back."
While greeting, he looked at Shen Ti.
The young man was full of energy and vigor, not looking tired at all. On the contrary, there was a kind of excitement between his eyebrows.
Young is so good.

Shen Ti raised her hand to make way, and the two sat down in the main seat.
"Ms. Feng is here to serve tea to my sister." Shen Ti said.
Yin Shi sat down and looked at the girl standing in the hall - what a pretty girl.
A real girl is lively and fresh. Unlike her, she only has a young appearance, a fake girl, and can't pretend to be a real girl at all.
Feng Luoyi was still as delicate and pitiful as a willow in the wind. With her eyelashes drooping and her slender waist held tightly, she stood there gracefully, looking very pitiful.

And this little girl is really pitiful.
There are lovers like Shen Ti who are engaged, but end up with their families broken up and they become concubines from wives.
Really miserable.
Fortunately, these two unlucky children met me.

According to the information she knew, these two clean-cut young men and women should have experienced each other's first time last night. Yin Shi really wanted to ask kindly, "Did everything go well yesterday?"
Hold it!
Yin Shi said in a gentle voice: "Feng, come forward."

Yin Shi always felt that it was Feng Luoyi who brought him good luck.
Because of her, Yin Shi had the opportunity to marry into the Shen family. Her mother-in-law was her aunt and her husband was her good brother. It was basically like living in a different place. All she had to do was to please her aunt and brother.
Otherwise, if you really marry into someone else's family, you must put in your utmost effort to manage the relationship.
It was tiring then. It was not like now, how relaxing it is.

Therefore, Yin Shi felt pity and cherishment for Feng Luoyi.
She thought about saying a few words to encourage the little girl later, telling her that the suffering was over and that she would help Shen Ti take care of her in the future. They would live together as life partners in the Shen family mansion for the rest of their lives.
And harmonious.

The maid placed the cushion on the ground.
Feng Luoyi lifted her skirt slightly and knelt down.
Yin Shi couldn't bear to watch it.
She had lived here for ten years and had knelt before. But she had knelt before the elders—grandparents, parents, teachers, and parents-in-law. Even in her previous life, many regions still kept the custom of kneeling before the elders, so she could kneel without any psychological burden.

But the girl in front of her was only one year younger than her, and she was kneeling because of her status.
This kneeling makes the difference between the noble and the humble.
What's more, she had fallen from a rich lady to this point, which was even more unbearable.

The maid handed the teacup to Feng Luoyi. Feng Luoyi lowered her eyes and held the teacup with both hands, higher than her brows: "Sister, please have some tea."
Her voice was also soft, with a sense of weakness as if she lacked enough energy.

Hearing the word "sister", Shen Ti frowned slightly, moved her lips, and then turned her head to look at Yin Shi.
But Yin Shi didn't mind at all. He didn't delay for a moment to embarrass Feng Luoyi. He reached out to take the teacup and lowered his head to sip it.
Shen Ti just hung up and said nothing.

Yin Shi covered the teacup, handed it back to the maid beside him, and then turned to look at Feng Luoyi.
At this time, Feng Luoyi also raised his eyes and looked at Yin Shi.
For the first time, the two women looked each other in the face and their eyes met.

Feng Luoyi is indeed a young and beautiful girl, but her eyes are dark and deep.
Yin Shi paused.
Those words of encouragement and comfort were on the tip of my tongue, turning around a few times, but finally I swallowed them back.
"We are a family now." She simply said, "Get up." Then she called "Kui'er".
Kui'er came forward with the tray. The maid who helped Feng Luoyi stand up reached out and took it.
Feng Luoyi bowed: "Thank you, sister."

"It's nothing." Yin Shi said, "I know you've been educated, so you should know everything. There's no need for me to say anything. Anyway, just live a good life from now on."
Yin Shi picked up his tea and said, "I'm fine now. Let's go back. I have to pay my respects to my wife later."
"I won't bother you anymore, sister." Feng Luoyi bowed again and glanced at Shen Ti.

Shen Ti nodded: "Go back."
The words are simple, but the sound...
Yin Shi has been with him for five days. Every day he hears his voice is clear and melodious. This is the first time he hears his voice so soft.
Tsk.
Before leaving, Feng Luoyi looked at him for a few seconds with a slanting look in his eyes.
It has been confirmed that they are indeed a couple in love.

Therefore, after a man and a woman have physical contact, it cannot be hidden at all.
So in Yin Shi's time and space, there was a man who took his wife to go and get something done with his old lover, and his wife saw through it at a glance: You two have slept together.
If a man and a woman have ever had sex, even if they try to be reserved, they will inadvertently reveal their close intimacy without any distance.
Besides, Shen Ti and Feng Luoyi didn't need to be polite. The legal wife accepted the tea, gave the reward, and approved it, and then they were husband and concubine in the open.

Yin Shi stood up and prepared to pay his respects to Madam Shen.
Shen Ti said, "I have an appointment with my uncles. It's a little late. Sister, please tell mother that I won't be going."
Yin Shi thanked him, "Thank you for your hard work."
Shen Ti said: "We are a family, that's what we should do."

Although it was late, Mrs. Shen knew that she had something to do today, so Yin Shi was not in a hurry. She went upstairs at her usual speed.
Just turning my head to look left and right, I saw a sunflower and a cattail, both of whom had faces as pulled as donkeys.
"What's wrong?" Yin Shi was speechless. "I'm going to my aunt's place. Why are you giving me such a shameless face?"

Kui Er was very angry: "Why does she call me sister?"
Pu Er was also angry about this: "That's it!"
No matter what Feng Luoyi's previous status was, she was now a government slave. She couldn't even redeem herself or be released, and was worse off than Kui'er and Pu'er.
According to the rules, only the daughter of a decent family who was brought in as the second wife was qualified to address the principal wife as "sister". A concubine brought in by a servant should be addressed as "grandma".
Feng called her "sister" all the time, and the girl and her husband indulged her. Kui'er and Pu'er had no right to speak, they just fumed and became as limp as frogs.

Yin Shike didn't want to be called grandma at all.
Besides, she and Shen Ti were not real husband and wife. On the contrary, this pair of unfortunate little mandarin ducks had just become real husband and wife.

"There's no point in arguing about these things." Yin Shi said, "She used to be a daughter of an official family, but now she's a slave to an official. Just think about how pitiful she is. If it were me, I wouldn't forget the past either. I would always think of myself as the spoiled girl who studied in the boudoir. People always have to have something to dream about, so that they have motivation to live, right? Why do you have to expose it? It's unnecessary, it's unnecessary."

If you fall again, you will still become a concubine.
Concubines were despised by everyone in Yin Shi's time and space. All the girls felt that they would rather marry into a poor family than be a concubine to the male protagonist.
But in fact, for maids like Kui'er and Pu'er who were born as slaves and had no good looks, concubines were the top of the mountain that they could never reach in their lifetime, and the pinnacle of the class crossing for slaves.

Because once you become a concubine, the children you give birth to are no longer slaves.
Otherwise, when they are old enough, their masters will match them with others, and their children will be born slaves like them.
So Yin Shi could sympathize with Feng Luoyi, but Kui'er and Pu'er could not empathize with her at all.

Yin Shi was also unable to force others to empathize, so he could only say, "We'll be at Aunt's place soon. Don't be so smug, or Aunt will notice. Why did Aunt give up so many officials' daughters in the capital and hire me all the way from Huaixi? Was it to make me and Feng Shi tear each other's hair and clothes?"
"That's it for now. Don't mention it again. If you keep mentioning it, Jiyun will hear it sooner or later. You also know that Jiyun married me for her. What good can this do other than to create a rift between him and me?"

Kui'er and Pu'er became dispirited and followed Yin Shi obediently into Madam Shen's yard.
I didn't see Lord Shen today. Because Shen Ti had a ten-day wedding leave, but Lord Shen didn't. He returned to the Ministry of Public Security to work.

Just as Yin Shi had been waiting for his body and Feng Luoyi since early morning, Mrs. Shen was also looking forward to Yin Shi since early morning.
When she saw Yin Shi come in smiling, Mrs. Shen felt relieved. She asked her to sit on the couch and asked her, "Has Mrs. Feng finished her tea?"
"Yes. It went very smoothly." Yin Shi said, "Aunt, Feng Shi is about the same as I thought."

Mrs. Shen smiled: "What do you think she is like?"
Yin Shi said, "I thought that the daughter of a Jinshi, who is well-read and talented, should be slender and graceful, with a scholarly air between her brows, and speak softly. Sure enough, it was just as I thought. She looks young, and when I think about her family, she is really pitiful."

As she spoke, Mrs. Shen kept observing her. Seeing that she was not at all suspicious, Mrs. Shen was very relieved.
"Yes, it's pitiful just thinking about it." She said, "When I put the hairpin in her hair, she still had some flesh on her cheeks, and she looked lovely. Her mother... Oh, her mother, it's better not to mention it."

We were also about to become in-laws. We carefully prepared gifts for each other during the four seasons, and we also made appointments to burn incense together at the Buddhist temple outside the city. When we met at other people's banquets, we were more intimate than with others.
A living person, whose voice, appearance and smile are still in our memories, is gone in prison.
Mrs. Shen couldn't help but shed tears.

Yin Shi leaned forward and covered Mrs. Shen's hand: "It will be fine from now on. From now on, Feng will be in our house. She will not suffer under your watchful eyes anymore."
"It also completes the fate between the Shen family and the Feng family."
"You and Jiyun, don't worry, our family will be prosperous in the future."

In the yard, Kui'er followed Yin Shi into the room, and Pu'er sat on a bench in the porch to bask in the sun.
Mother Qin came out of the side room and saw Pu'er looking unhappy across the yard.
It was she who went to teach Feng Luoyi yesterday, so she knew that Feng Luoyi would serve tea to Yin Shi this morning. Seeing Pu'er's unhappy expression, Mother Qin didn't rush to the main room, but waved: "Pu'er, Pu'er, come here."

(End of this chapter)