Thursday 11 February 2021

ALT chapter 2.3 Yan Lin

        The reason is very simple. First, Shen Jie has a very good temper. Second, the one he really likes is not her. Third, she doesn't like him either. She just likes that position, so other things can't affect her heart.


  In the eyes of those who don't know about it, it can be said as ‘A husband and wife loved and respected each other for life, the Emperor and Empress are in harmony’?


  However, it can be regarded as her being rude first, so Jiang Xuening looked at him a little bit apologetically: "It was I who offended and even personally hurt Gentleman Shen just now. I hope Gentleman Shen did not blame me. I will make amends to you one day."


       It will be fake to say that one is not angry when one has been slapped for no reason at all.


       Moreover, Yan Lin is still very overbearing.


       But when Jiang Xuening said this, her voice was soft. Her eyes that were looking at him seemed as if they had been soaked in the spring water. She was a slim and fragile young man with the natural colour of her cheeks triumphed over the artificial effect of powder and paint, and rosy lips that were coupled with pretty white teeth. Maybe it was because she was still young, the contours of her face were still very soft and even the facial features are still delicate. It was a kind of beauty that could not be distinguished between male or female.


  Shen Jie didn't know why but he couldn't get angry at all.


  He never likes to make things difficult for others, so he just laughed and said: "Your slap is actually not that heavy too. But since you had said so, then I will not be polite anymore. I'll wait for Young Master Jiang to invite me to drink another day."


       Yan Lin suddenly wants to exchange blows with him.


  He put on a cold face, only gave a few words to Qing Feng before tidying up a little bit, and left the inn first with Shen Jie.


  *


       On the way back to the palace, Shen Jie recalled all the various details in the inn before, and always felt that something was not right, especially when Yan Lin was defending Biao Young Master of the Jiang family by pulling a sword and pressing it on his neck. 


       On second thought, that boy is delicate, and has an outstanding look…


  Shen Jie frowned slightly. He felt that his own senseless self, which was older than Yan Lin, has some words that shall be mentioned to him. He lifted the curtain of the carriage and said: "Well, Yan Lin, although some scholars in the capital right now are quite masculine and Biao Young Master of the Jiang family is indeed good-looking too, but you are the Shizi of Yongyi Marquis Mansion. You will get married in the future..."


       Shen Jie was sitting in a horse carriage.


       Yan Lin was riding a horse, parallel to the horse carriage.


       The horse is outstanding, but the person on it is more outstanding.


  But when he heard what was said, his face turned half black: "Your Highness, I don't like man."


  This time it's Shen Jie's turn to look at him with suspicious eyes: "Then, the way you treat Biao Young Master of the Jiang family?"


       "She[1] is not that whatever Biao Young Master of the Jiang family."


       Yan Lin also remembered what had happened just now, especially Jiang Xuening’s gaze when she looked at Shen Jie before, which made him feel somewhat uncomfortable inside.


       A few thoughts flashed through the bottom of that dark and deep eyes.


  The thoughtful teenager suddenly said towards Shen Jie by his side: "She is the second girl of the Jiang family."


       "Pfft! Cough, cough cough... "


       Shen Jie, who had just picked up a cup of tea inside the carriage and drank it, choked. He couldn't believe what he had heard!


  "You, you actually——"


       But Yan Lin didn't think there was anything.


       Sitting on the horseback, with a black robe that lined his stature all the more tall and straight.


  At this moment, he only said: "She likes the bustling, and likes being unrestrained, so I just take her out to play. Your highness treats me like a brother and a friend. I told her identity today, so as to let Your Highness know that she is a girl. In the past, when Your Highness didn't know it, naturally couldn’t be blamed. From now on, You Highness already knows it. It’s better to pay more attention to the propriety, so as to avoid the disturbance like this morning's fright."


       Shen Jie nodded subconsciously.


  Only after nodding his head, he realized that something was wrong: "Isn't it you who should pay more attention to propriety? If things got spread out, how can the girl get married?"


       The teenager's dashing eyebrows and eyes slightly exposed its cutting edge. He only said with a smile: "I spoiled her, so I will marry her myself."

 

The author has something to say :

Xie Wei is a Grand Tutor, not an Imperial Preceptor. The last chapter was written at night, so I somewhat  write it muddlingly too.

In addition, girls get their hairpin ceremony at 15, and those with reputation, who love their daughters, will let their daughters stay until 20 years old before getting them married. Although this is a historical story, that kind of getting married at 15 or 16, I really can't write it.



[1] She and He, the pronunciation in Chinese is the same, the difference is only in the letter.

TN : Happy Chinese New Year for those who celebrate it.

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