Chapter 38: Contrast and Entering the Palace

"Ruoruo, Ruoruo, why are you here?" Fan Ruoruo was awakened by Fan Xian. She was by the pool, thinking about Shen Qingzhou's words. He wouldn't really ask for an imperial decree to grant the marriage, would he?

He is indeed very outstanding, holds a high position and has great martial arts skills. He may not be as good as his brother in literature, but in other aspects, he is worse than his brother.

As for his appearance, although Shen Qingzhou felt that everyone lacked vision and failed to notice his super high appearance, in the eyes of many people, the other halos on Shen Qingzhou were enough to cover up this shortcoming which was not really a shortcoming.

Shen Qingzhou is confident, flamboyant, and full of murderous aura, which is a kind of masculine charm.

Maybe many people would not reject Shen Qingzhou's love confession, but for Fan Ruoruo, he has only one shortcoming, and because of this one shortcoming, she is unwilling to accept it, because she is not her brother.

She had never thought about marrying her brother, but she hadn't thought about marrying anyone else either, at least not now.

"Ruoruo, are you worried about something?" Fan Xian asked curiously.

"Yes, brother, Shen Qingzhou came to our house." Fan Ruoruo said.

"Shen Qingzhou, oh, the champion, the Marquis of Shenwu, right? What's the matter with him?"

"He was asked by the princess to tell father that she wanted to break off the engagement with you." Fan Ruoruo knew that her brother had a lover, and she did not hide it.

"Isn't this a good thing? I don't want it, and neither does she." Fan Xian was happy.

"Brother, if this matter gets out, your reputation will be affected. Besides, even if you don't want to, can you still disobey my order?" Fan Ruoruo said this and her mood became depressed again.

"Ruoruo, what's wrong with you?" Fan Ruoruo was too obvious.

"Brother, I offended Marquis Shenwu when he was leaving. He may ask Your Majesty to grant me a marriage." Fan Ruoruo said.

"With whom, you?" Fan Xian asked in surprise. Don't you have a grudge against each other? What's the trick you are using?

"Tell me about it." After listening to Fan Ruoruo's explanation of the cause and effect, Fan Xian couldn't figure out whether what Shen Qingzhou said was true or false.

"Ruoruo, as long as you don't want to get married, we won't get married." Next, Fan Xian and Fan Ruoruo talked about why they went to the poetry meeting and also talked about the chicken leg girl.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot. I have something to talk to you about. Your guard was arrested by my father." Fan Ruoruo remembered the important matter and was told by Fan Xian that she had a low IQ.

The reason was simple. They thought Teng Zijing had an ulterior motive, so they arrested him. Fan Sizhe thought he had deliberately brought Fan Xian to Yishiju for some conspiracy, so he made him kneel as punishment.

Then Fan Xian spoke up for Fan Sizhe and completely reconciled with Liu Ruyu.

As for Shen Qingzhou, he went to Yishiju. Except for the people on duty, all the people from the three rooms came. There was no talk of unity or disrespect.

That is the most boring behavior, and it will increase confrontation. Shen Qingzhou is the superior, and if he does that, he will become a thorn in the side and will be sidelined.

Shen Qingzhou didn't care. He ate and drank and had a very fulfilling day.

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The next day, as usual, he moved blood and qi for Bai Long, and then told the housekeeper to find the best tailor for him, to make custom clothes, and to prepare a gift for Liu Ruyu. In fact, the housekeeper was about to talk to Shen Qingzhou about the measurement, but Shen Qingzhou said it himself, so he didn't say anything more. He was very professional and had already found one, so he set a time.

There is no need to attend court today. Every emperor has a different way of attending court. The diligent ones attend court every day, while the lazy ones attend court once every ten days or so. Emperor Qing is relatively normal. He attends court once every five days unless there is something important.

When I arrived at my own office, I began to understand my job. Although it was a military position, I was also doing the work of a civilian. I knew where the guards needed to be changed, any unusual movements at the border, and where in the country needed to be suppressed. At the very least, for some major events, even if the emperor didn't ask about them during the court session, if he remembered and asked you to report, you would have something to say.

There is plenty of time left for him to adapt. As long as Qin Heng and the others are not stupid, they will not deliberately trick Shen Qingzhou. Shen Qingzhou has just arrived, so if anything goes wrong, they will be the ones to blame. Besides, as long as Shen Qingzhou just acts as a mascot, everyone can do it.

I looked through some past files to see how things were handled before. These things can't be faked, so I plan to take some time to go to the poetry reading.

Come to think of it, he could recite poems now, but he probably couldn't recite as well as Fan Xian. How could this guy remember more than 300 poems? It was obvious that he wasn't finished yet.

This is the best way to work. If he slacks off, I think everyone will be happy. That's it for now.

After slacking off for an hour, suddenly, a guard said someone was looking for him. They went to a remote place, and a white-faced, beardless man appeared and said that a noble in the palace had an order to summon him into the palace.

Shen Qingzhou also received the same treatment as Fan Xian. Several imperial concubines wanted to see Lin Wan'er's future husband, so they summoned him to the palace. Later, he could even go there on his own. This was different from the conventional feudal era. I wonder if it had anything to do with martial arts.

Shen Qingzhou guessed that this must be the Queen. She wanted to give him a surprise and she didn't bring any token with her so she wasn't afraid that he wouldn't go. However, this probably wasn't an option as all the people in the palace were nobles.

But it's a bit like trying to cover up the truth. I'm at work, you can just go directly. There's no point in finding me in a remote place. You need to know everything you need to know.

"Please wait a moment, eunuch. Can you please go back to the mansion to wash up?" The eunuch would definitely have no objection. During this period, the palace was cleaned every day, which was different from the past. It felt like they were waiting for this person.

When she returned to the mansion, she pretended to be washing up, but in fact she was bringing gifts. To some people, the queen was a villain, but it would never be her turn to despise others. She had to repay the grace of saving her life with any conscience.

The treasures prepared for the queen were all real treasures, and they were specially prepared for her. She was not afraid of the dark, nor did she like drinking. These were all fine wines collected by the major tribes on the grassland that they were reluctant to drink.

Not to mention the most valuable and gorgeous set of jewelry in the entire One-Third Grassland, as well as some rare collections. Shen Qingzhou didn't want them and gave them to her to relieve her boredom. He is a true benefactor.

Coming back to the point, a lot of skills were acquired during the grassland sweep, but Shen Qingzhou was of no use at all. External skills also require true energy to strengthen the body. Basic body-building methods are actually to train endurance and physical strength, but Shen Qingzhou has a myth that can turn decay into magic.

In this world, true Qi is respected. Shen Qingzhou read some background stories in the original novel of his previous life and it seemed that there was a Master Sanshi, who seemed to be on the same path as himself, relying purely on brute force to tie with Haitang Duoduo. It seems that he needs to compete with him. Who is he? Yes, the second priest of Qing Temple. He will find out later.

"Eunuch Wang."

"You guys go down." A middle-aged man appeared, followed by a group of palace maids. A group of eunuchs carrying things behind Shen Qingzhou began to hand over, and then waved their hands to let the eunuchs leave.

"Master."

The man who called himself an old slave in front of Shen Qingzhou was the one who often sent him things when he was a child. He couldn't tell how old he was in the past five or six years, so he had to fight him to know.

At that time, I was not afraid of death at all. I even shouted the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms in front of him. It was quite interesting. It was not that I was afraid of him, but mainly because the dragon had the wrong meaning.

(End of this chapter)