[R18] The stars are brilliant, so lucky even (The stars are brilliant, the moon rises over the sea) – Chapter 63 of “The Stars Are Brilliant, Even Lucky (The Stars Are Brilliant·The Moon Rising Over the Sea)” [English]

Chapter 63

Shaoshang walked straight out of the building with a dark face. The old housekeeper Cheng Shun and his servants had already set up the car at the side door.Shao Shang glared: “Why don’t you get on the bus at the front door? Your daughter-in-law hasn’t broken off her engagement with the Lou family yet?! Is it because the Lou family is making things difficult for you?”

The servants of the Lou family around him bowed their heads and did not dare to say a word.Cheng Shun smiled, as if he was looking at a three-year-old kid who stomped his feet and threw mud to get angry: “Young lady, we came in through the front door.”

Shaoshang looked embarrassed and said loudly: “Then why don’t we come in through the front door?!”

——”Because it’s the closest to Cheng’s house, if you go through the main entrance, you have to go around Dongfang, which costs a lot of money.” An annoyingly familiar voice came from behind.

Everyone looked back and saw a tall and handsome young man walking towards him, followed by two guards and a child.

When Shaoshang saw this man, he didn’t want to talk anymore, turned around and walked out the door.

Yuan Shen, who was tall and long-legged, caught up to the door in two steps and said with a smile, “I haven’t seen Mr. Shang for a long time. I’ll take you back home.”

Shao Shang suddenly turned around and glared at the other party: “I can take a ride home, why do I need you to take me there!”

“You mother and daughter came in a car, and now you are leaving in the car. How will your mother go back later?” Yuan Shen said.

Shaoshang was speechless for a moment.

Sang Guo took a step forward to argue with the master, but Cheng Shun couldn’t pull her away. He only heard the loyal and honest maid say: “Young lady, don’t worry. Just now I heard that the second young lady of the Lou family ordered someone to prepare another car for our lady.”

Shaoshang felt relieved, turned his head and glanced at Yuan Shen, and said arrogantly: “In that case, I don’t think you should worry about it, Mr. Yuan.”

At this time, the driver of the Cheng family had already ordered a pair of yellow-maned fat horses to slowly stop the carriage. The servant on the side took out the step stool. Just as Shao Shang was about to step on it, Yuan Shen stepped onto the carriage first.

“Master Yuan, what are you doing?!” Shao Shang said loudly, holding Lian Fang’s arm.

“I came here on horseback today. If I suddenly feel unwell, please ask the young master to take me to the next ride.” Yuan Shen huddled at the door of the car, raised his head and smiled as he spoke. The rising sun was shining, his eyebrows were beautiful and elegant, and his light blue brocade dress with a deep skirt was shining with the luster of silver thread embroidery in the sun.

Sang Guo, who was standing at the back, couldn’t help but look at the Yuan family’s attendants standing aside. His eyes clearly said: Your young master seems to be a deceiver.

The two guards had expressionless faces and said nothing; the boy was young and couldn’t help but say something as soft as a mosquito: “…My young master is not usually like this…” Really, I swear on my head, my young master is usually polite and polite, and his face is as graceful as wearing a mask.Somehow, the young lady from the Cheng family looked like this when she saw her. Where did the mistake begin?

“This is not appropriate!” Shao Shang said with a stern look on his small face.

Yuan Shenqi asked: “What’s inappropriate about this?” After saying that, he got into the carriage with ease.

Sang Guo was not angry and immediately stepped forward to argue. This time Cheng Shun finally caught her in time and signaled her not to move with his eyes.

The old steward looked back at the closed side door of the Lou family, and he had an idea in his mind: Seeing that the cooked son-in-law of the Lou family was about to fly, why don’t we, the Cheng family, get ready quickly?What’s more, there are a large group of people following An Che, what could happen?

Shaoshang looked at the slowly closing carriage door curtain and took a deep breath.She suddenly felt that the atmosphere of this era could be a little more conservative. Don’t be like modern society, where men and women who know each other can get a ride home by saying a few words!

After boarding the car, Lian Fang was about to follow him to serve him, but Yuan Shen stopped being pretentious this time and said directly: “I have something to say with your young master, please step aside first.” Although his words were very kind, he closed the car door without any explanation, blocking the sounds of the little maid outside.

“Master Yuan, please pay attention to your etiquette.” Shao Shang said with a straight face, and then went to push the window pane on the wall of the cart.

Yuan Shen turned around and said with a smile: “You are really strange. Just now you trained the eldest lady of the Lou family like a turtle grandson, and now you are teaching me etiquette.”

Shaoshang was depressed, she knew that this guy just heard everything.She sighed helplessly, stopped pushing the window, and lowered her voice: “There are some things that you can do in secret, but you can’t do them openly. It’s all done with words, and we have to meet again in the future.”

Yuan Shen raised his eyebrows: “Just now, Lou Yao is going to marry you and He Zhaojun. Are you still determined to get married?”

Shao Shang quickly turned around and argued: “If Ah Yao knows how humiliating the marriage is to me, how dare he open his mouth to say yes, I will slap him to death with two slaps! But he doesn’t know. He thinks that marrying is like a sword that he only has his eye on, but because of other people’s entanglements, he just buys another one.”

“Are you so sure?”

“Of course!” Shao Shang said sternly, “Ah Yao is such a person. When he was in Huaxian, he saw the pity of the orphans and widowers who were attacked by bandits, so he took out all the money he had, but he didn’t know that such a windfall would bring trouble to a weak family. I know in my heart that if Ah Yao knew how embarrassed I would be after marrying him, he would never agree!”

“But Lou Yao is so ignorant and incompetent, what use do you have for such a son-in-law?” Yuan Shen was displeased.

“Ignorance I can tell heAh, as for incompetence…” Shao Shang said seriously, “Whoever is born has great ability. For example, what happened just now, I said that it is not possible to give money to people in such a straightforward way, so Ah Yao went to ask the old officials in the county government, and we calculated it together.Finally, the people were properly settled.We visited the widow and her step-husband before we came to Lihua County, where the man farmed and the woman weaved, living in harmony, and the children of the two families played together, just like their biological siblings.” When she said this, the girl looked proud.

Yuan Shen’s heart moved, and he looked at her quietly for a while, and finally said suddenly: “… Only a son-in-law like Lou Yao can make you feel at ease, right?”

“What do you mean?” Shaoshang was wary.

“It’s not interesting. I just said it casually. Don’t act like you’ve been stabbed. Sit tight.” Yuan Shen lowered his head and fiddled with the gold and jade pendant tied with a light crimson silk rope around his waist with his slender jade-white fingers. He said in a soft voice, “…To be honest, if I were asked to choose a wife, I would also want to find someone who can make me feel at ease. But there are a few people in this world who can really make people feel at ease…”

Shao Shang said angrily: “Young Master Yuan, why are you looking for peace of mind? You should find someone who agrees with you. You want to be the wife of the Yuan family. You need to take care of the clan members and be courteous. You can’t miss anything.”

Yuan Shen sighed: “Lou Taipu’s wife is also well-known in the capital for being virtuous and sophisticated. Now it seems that she is narrow-minded and pretentious, and she is not as bad as you who are making such evil remarks.”

“You can’t say that. I’m also very narrow-minded. If I were in Mrs. Lou’s position, I might not want to put all the good things into my own son’s bowl.” Shaoshang deliberately sang the opposite tune.

Yuan Shen sighed and said helplessly: “…Why are you dissatisfied with me? Why do you always carry a gun and a stick with me every time you meet?”

When he finally came to this point, Shao Shang glared at me and said, “Check your heart. From the time we met at my house for the banquet, what good have you done to me? Apart from threats, you were still threats. At most, you gave me a jar of ointment that did not treat the disease!”

She thought Yuan Shen would be angry, but he thought about it carefully and nodded: “What you said makes sense. Well, I will give you some benefits today.”

“Benefits…?” Shaoshang looked suspicious.

“I’m here today to tell you the ins and outs of what happened to the He family this time.” Yuan Shen stretched out his arms and gently brushed open the brocade sleeves. “Although your father-in-law is smart and capable, he has been away from home all the time and may not be clear about the world of many people in the capital. It is inevitable that you did something wrong and said the wrong thing. There are some things I have to tell you.”

Shaoshang looked solemn and sat down honestly and upright.

“Although the Xiao family was trapped by Your Majesty back then, they took the initiative to surrender, which actually averted a huge military disaster, and the court was able to free up manpower to deal with others. Therefore, Your Majesty really wants the Xiao family to die well, turn a blind eye to their many arrogant actions, and try not to get angry, but, but…”

“It’s about setting up many hoops to slowly chip away at the power of the Xiao family. This grandma told us,” Shaoshang said.

Yuan Shen smiled and said word by word: “This marriage with the He family is the first hurdle!”

Shaoshang was startled and his fingers were tightly embedded in his robe.

Yuan Shen continued: “I dare not say that General He is a perfect person, but it is true that he is loyal, brave and honest, and does not covet fame and wealth. His daughter He Zhaojun and Lou Yao have been engaged since childhood. As General He becomes more and more valued by His Majesty, you would think that no one has ever thought about He Zhaojun’s marriage. If you say that General He is greedy for power.So why did General He decline when the princes and princes came before?From the time when the Xiao family and his son came to the capital to meet the emperor, and when the He Lou family broke up and married another person, it only took four months.Did the Xiao family really have such overwhelming power that they could make General He change his mind in just four months?”

Shao Shang clasped his fingers together, his small knuckles turning slightly white: “…Is this actually what Your Majesty meant? I heard that He Zhaojun is very loved by General He, so he pushed his daughter into the fire pit like this?”

“Your Majesty may not have said anything, but General He has been following Your Majesty for so long, how could he not know the Holy Heart.” Yuan Shen said with a wry smile, “What’s more, as long as the Xiao family does not have any dissent, the Xiao family has deep roots and the Prince Xiao is handsome, this may not be a happy marriage. The monarch and his ministers are of the same mind, bestowing glory and wealth on the Xiao family, and winning over the beloved ministers and daughters. They only hope to slowly influence their father and son.”

Shao Shang murmured, “That is to say, General He not only married his daughter, but also had to spy on his in-laws…” Damn, this is too damn loyal, “And the Xiao family and his son are just trying to win General He over?”

Yuan Shen acquiesced, his eyes filled with admiration.

“…Even so,” Shao Shang shouted angrily, “Does He Zhaojun have the only way to marry Lou Yao?! There are so many princes in the capital, and there are so many young masters from powerful families, and Ah Yao is not very provocative, so why did he have to target him! By the way, General He doesn’t know that Ah Yao is engaged to me. If he knows…”

“Even if General He knew, I’m afraid he would still leave the same last words.” Yuan Shen coldly broke the illusion.

Shaoshang glared at Yuan Shen angrily.

“After this battle, half of the He family’s wealth has been wiped out.” Yuan Shen continued calmly, “This is just a small matter. It’s a pity that all the adult men of the He family have left. It will take at least ten years for the young master He to become an adult. Now the whole city is praising the He family for his loyalty and bravery, but after more than ten years, people will leave… This, this…”

Shaoshang felt clear in his heart.More than ten years later, it is still unclear whether the emperor will be there or not. It is not certain whether the new emperor can continue to treat the He family favorably and promote the young master He.

“Choose a son-in-law, Lou Yao. Firstly, Brother Lou Yao is not an ungrateful person, and Lou Yao is loyal, honest, and kind-hearted. He Zhaojun will not have a hard time in the future. Secondly, the children of the Lou family, except Lou Yao, are all Confucian scholars and civil servants. In this way, as many of the legacy of the He family can be passed on to Young Master He.”

Shaoshang didn’t understand: “What does this mean? Does it mean the remaining parts of General He?”

Yuan Shen’s mouth showed an intriguing meaning, and said: “Not only the tribe, but also the manor, the castle, the orphans of the clan… Although the Lou brothers have some small disputes in private, they are generally aboveboard and not greedy. In the future, Lou YaoIt is reasonable to take control of everything temporarily until Young Master He grows up, and then return it to his sister and brother-in-law.This matter is simple to say, but in the more than ten years since Young Master He has grown up, Lou Yao is the most “comprehensive” choice.”

“But, but, but…” Shao Shang felt like he couldn’t breathe and his eyes were red, “But Ah Yao doesn’t like He Zhaojun!”

Seeing her like this, Yuan Shen felt pity in his heart and said softly: “You have only been engaged for a few months, and it will all get over for Lou Yao and you.”

Shao Shang lowered his head and scowled, without saying a word, and suddenly said: “After all, General He also remembers that kindness. Otherwise, I don’t believe that there is not another upright-hearted person in the city who admires He’s loyalty and is willing to accept He Zhaojun!”

“You are right. The He family is now praised all over the world, and He Zhaojun has a rich dowry. But the He family cannot trust families who covet these things; and families who do not covet these things are unwilling to stand out. The Lou family received a great favor from General He back then, but has not repaid it yet. It is natural for them to take over.”

Shaoshang felt as if he was in quicksand, unable to get out no matter how hard he struggled, sheHe was panicked and angry, and he couldn’t vent his grievances. Suddenly he caught a glimpse of Yuan Shen’s relaxed and carefree appearance, and blurted out: “…Why don’t you marry He Zhaojun. You are not greedy, and your family will not swallow up the He family’s things. Your talent, knowledge and appearance are a hundred times better than A Yao’s. If you open your mouth, He Zhaojun will definitely…”

Before he finished speaking, Yuan Shen’s face changed and he said coldly: “Welcoming a bride like He Zhaojun cannot be neglected or ignored. From now on, we will spend a lot of manpower and material resources to help the He family get back on track. Mr. Shang really thinks highly of me! Humph, it’s getting late today. Mr. Shang and I will say goodbye to you now!”

Shaoshang realized that he had said the wrong thing and was driven out of the carriage in disgrace.

When Cheng Shun saw An’s car stopped, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, “Female Master, why did you get down?” They could only hear the high and low sounds of arguments in the carriage, but could not hear the content clearly.

Shaoshang didn’t react until he saw his old manager. He turned around and shouted into the car: “This is my family’s safe car!”

The door curtain of the carriage was lifted with an aggressive force, and the young Shang was so frightened that he shrank silently.Yuan Shen stood up and got out of the car, took the reins from the guard without saying a word, straightened up neatly, jumped on the horse, and galloped away.

Shaoshang was standing there.It was the first time she discovered that this guy was so skilled.

Seeing this, the deputy steward slowly approached Cheng Shun’s ear and whispered: “This…I’m afraid it won’t work…”

Cheng Shun rolled his eyes and shouted in a low voice to stop talking about the master’s family affairs, but he was really proud in his heart: Mr. Yuan, there is something to be said for him!