Most people have no memories before the age of three, so although Su Fengyi was born in Xuanfu, she has no impression of it.

Hearing Shen Quan say this, Su Fengyi remembered that Empress Xie seemed to have said that she was born in Xuanfu, but she didn't know that she was born in the Shen family.

Su Fengyi smiled and said:

“I didn’t know about this. My mother only said that she came to Xuanfu to visit relatives, and ended up giving birth to the emperor and me in a relative’s home. It turns out that this relative is the Shen family.

How are the Su family and the Shen family related? Distant cousins?"

Su Fengyi's words stunned Shen Quan, as if he was back to eighteen years ago when he was only ten years old.

At that time, Empress Xie was still the Crown Princess, and was only about the same age as the current Princess, still a little girl.

Empress Xie, who was nine months pregnant, was carrying a huge belly. She picked up a kitchen knife, moved a chair, and sat in front of the gate of the Shen family. The group of soldiers who were besieging the Shen family did not dare to enter.

At that time, all the adult male members of the Shen family went to the battlefield and had not returned for several months. There was no news of them, and their life or death was unknown. The only men in the family were ten-year-old Shen Quan and one-year-old Shen He.

At that time, rumors were spreading that the Shen family had surrendered to the Northern Barbarians. The rumors were so detailed and true that even Taizu became angry and wanted to severely punish the Shen family.

The Shen family is the direct line of the late emperor and the most useful military generals under the late emperor. If the late emperor were still alive, they might be able to persuade Taizu a little. However, the late emperor was handling taxation issues in Jiangnan at the time and was far away and unable to reach Taizu.

The Cao family, the mortal enemy of the Shen family, was the one who took advantage of the fact that only the women and children were at home to attack the Shen family.

Empress Xie received the news in advance and immediately sent a pigeon to tell the late emperor the news. Regardless of being nine months pregnant, she rushed from the capital to the Shen family in Xuanfu overnight, arriving just one step ahead of the Cao family.

The Cao family surrounded the Shen family. Shen Quan, who was only ten years old, had already become a man. He held a mountain axe that was taller than himself and stood behind Queen Xie to protect the safety of the Shen family.

The ferocious General Cao did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Empress Xie. He nodded and said:

"Crown Princess, I am also acting according to your orders. Please give me some favors..."

Empress Xie held the kitchen knife and said with a smile:

"The general does his job, and I visit my relatives. They are irrelevant. The general can do as he pleases."

The Crown Princess is pregnant and sitting at the gate. Who would dare to break into the Shen Mansion? Who would dare to do whatever they want? If something happens to the Crown Princess, who will be responsible?

General Cao had a bitter face:

"Crown Princess, you are joking. I haven't heard that the Shen family is related to the royal family?

Please don't embarrass me, Princess."

Empress Xie took Shen Quan's hand and said with a smile:

“I haven’t heard of this before, but the general is truly blessed today. I’m telling you this in person, so you better listen carefully.

Before the Crown Prince went to Jiangnan, he promised that he had already arranged a marriage for my unborn child with the Shen family.

This child is the husband of my unborn child, and in the future he will call me mother.

General Cao, tell me, is this future son-in-law a relative of mine?"

Empress Xie refused to leave, and the Cao family did not dare to enter.

The Cao family surrounded the Shen family for several days, and Empress Xie sat at the door of the Shen family for several days until the prince rushed back to the capital from Jiangnan and persuaded Taizu to revoke his order.

The Cao family withdrew, and Empress Xie's long-tensed nerves suddenly relaxed, causing premature birth, and the child was born in the Shen family.

……

The marriage contract between the Su and Shen families was just a temporary measure made by Empress Xie at the time, a joke, and the two families never mentioned it again afterwards.

Now that Su Fengyi suddenly asked what kind of relationship the two families were related to, Shen Quan remembered what Queen Xie had said about his future husband, and he felt inexplicably panicked.

Shen Quan was so flustered that he couldn't even speak clearly, and he stammered:

"Just, just, just a distant relative."

Su Fengyi looked at General Shen strangely, thinking that a distant relative is a distant relative. There are too many layers of relationship between them, and it doesn't matter if she can't tell what kind of relationship they are. General Shen is too strict with herself. Why is she so panicked when she can't answer?

So Su Fengyi changed the subject and put the topic of distant relatives out of her mind.

At this time, Shopkeeper Li rushed in with a group of embroiderers, holding a pile of clothes, and quickly filled the second floor.

The embroiderers happily unfolded the beautiful clothes one by one for the princess to see. General Shen was squeezed and finally pushed to the outer circle.

Shen Quan simply gave his seat to the group of embroiderers and stood in the corner, watching quietly.

Shopkeeper Li had heard from his waiter downstairs that the person who came was actually the eldest princess of the current dynasty!

Oh my God! The Li family must have done a good job of sweeping the ancestors' graves during the Qingming Festival this year. Smoke is coming out of the ancestral tomb!

A small business like the Li family can actually welcome a big Buddha like the eldest princess. If the eldest princess wears clothes from Nishang Pavilion, Nishang Pavilion will have no business to worry about in the future!

It is such an honor to be able to wear the same clothes as the eldest princess. In the future, people will naturally come to Nishang Pavilion to seek out its reputation, and wealth will come rolling in!

Shopkeeper Li showed his true skills, selecting all kinds of silk, satin and other satins, choosing the most valuable and even the store's treasures. He unfolded the beautiful clothes one by one, glittering and colorful like a landscape.

The embroiderers took measurements of the princess and altered her clothes on the spot, modifying whatever piece of clothing she chose.

You are looking at the scenery inside the house, and the people who are looking at the scenery are looking at you in the corner.

General Shen looked at the eldest princess, who was under the light, surrounded by silk and satin, and who was patiently listening to what the embroiderer was saying and smiling gently. She was as beautiful as a painting, as beautiful as if she was glowing.

At that moment, Shen Quan suddenly felt a little regretful. Just now, perhaps he should have told her what kind of relationship that distant relative was.

What would happen if he told me what kind of relatives distant relatives are?

What would she think if she knew?

Come to think of it, his verbal engagement with her actually happened earlier than that of Prince Consort Pei, right?

Thinking of this, Shen Quan immediately became alert in his heart. What on earth are you thinking about, Shen Hongxian? The eldest princess is already engaged, and she and her husband are in love with each other. You have seen it with your own eyes. Now you are digging up these old events. What do you want to do?

What else could digging these up do except embarrass her and embarrass both of them?

She saved your life, Queen Xie saved your life, and Wen Rui also saved your life.

Is this what you do? Is this how you repay the family for saving your life?

If Prince Consort Pei knew about this past incident and caused a rift between the Princess and Prince Consort Pei, then wouldn't Shen Quan be the ungrateful person who repaid kindness with enmity?

Shen Quan immediately shifted his gaze away, walked to the window, and looked at the growing crowd on the street outside. He felt that he was in public, under the watchful eyes of everyone, and everyone knew how despicable he was.

It is the despicable act of knowing that one should not do something, but still wanting to do it and being unable to restrain oneself.

That is, he couldn't stop thinking, the man was unmarried and the woman was unmarried, if she had a rift with Prince Consort Pei, then would he have a chance?

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