The autumn rain flowed down Shen Cangfeng's cheeks and dripped from the chin and turned the light red robes to dark red. In the rain curtain, the garden was bleak, yet the young man standing in the rain was full of vitality. Although his body was covered with muddy water, he still looked vigorous and without any dispirited.

Shen Cangfeng's smiled slightly with his thin lips. He smiled sincerely and then saluted, "My uncle forgot something important, so my father specially ordered me to chase him down to deliver it."

The important thing?

Old Madam Song was stunned for a while and said, "What is the important thing?" At this point, looking at Shen Cangfeng, whose sleeves were dripping because of the autumn rain, the old madam finally came to her senses and hurriedly changed her facial expressions and shouted, "Come on to the porch to talk! You kid! Why are you in such a hurry to send something here? If this is sent by others, it will not matter. Why do you come in person?" Beckoning Shen Cangfeng to take shelter from the rain, she also scolded those in charge. "Don't you have any senses! From the frontcourt to the back hall, no one even thought of grabbing an umbrella for him!"

"As a grandson-in-law, I thank Grandmother's concern. It is all because I was impatient that I broke in without waiting for someone to report the news. Grandmother, please forgive me." Shen Cangfeng smiled and greeted again, and only then did he stride onto the corridor. By this time his light red robe had all turned to dark red, and the corners and sleeves of the robe seemed to be a stream, gurgling. He seemed to just have been fished out of the water.

But seeing that he was at ease, his face was still looked magnificent that he didn't care at all.

Hearing the "grandson-in-law" from his mouth, Old Madam Song felt sorry for him from the bottom of her heart and could not even care about wetting her own skirt. She hurriedly asked someone to go in to tell Wei Huan and Shen Zhou and make Chen Ruping prepare hot water. She personally handed over her veil for him to wipe his face, and said lovingly, "Since it is an emergency, it would also be ok for you to change your actions accordingly. Look at the muddy water all over you. Quickly go in and greet your uncle. Go and change your clothes first, and don't catch a cold!"

Shen Cangfeng was about to say yes with a smile when he saw that behind the old madam, which was more than a dozen steps away that was about to get to the Half-Moon Gate covered by plantains, several maidservants surrounded a girl with plain clothes and beautiful hair. She was looking at him with a complicated look.

Although she was dressed in plain clothes and there was a curtain of rain outside the porch, she did not look pitiful. Because the girl was so gorgeous that her appearance seemed to shine brightly. At a glance, he reminisced the fire-like and delicate roses blooming in the garden at the height of summer. At the moment her gorgeous appearance seemed slightly haggard. Yet looking back, her head was still high and did not lose the pride and reserved manner.

Shen Cangfeng only took a look behind the old madam, but the old madam had already noticed. She coughed lightly, stretched out her hand and said, "Your clothes are wet. Don't get blown by the wind. Come on in."

"Do as you please." Shen Cangfeng smiled hurriedly and took two steps towards the door. Seeing that the old madam had turned her head and told the maidservants to choose suitable clothes for him, he took the opportunity to take a quick glance at the Half-Moon Gate, but this time he saw only a few plantains, which were slightly shaken by the autumn rain.

The door under the porch was empty, and for just a moment the girl had already left.

Shen Cangfeng withdrew his eyesight and felt a bit weird, but he had no time to think about it. He concentrated and was ready to deal with uncle Shen Zhou's surprise.

On the way back to Xianshuang Court, the rain got heavy.

Mrs. He personally held up the umbrella for Wei Changying and asked the maidservants to take a few steps away. Under the rain curtain, she leaned over Wei Changying's ear and said with surprise and delight, "That person just now...seems to be the in-law?"

Wei Changying picked up her skirt a little and walked attentively as if she hadn’t heard.

"The in-law calls himself his grandson-in-law, and he calls the old madam grandmother!" Mrs. He understood that Wei Changying had not married yet. Not to mention all these things that had happened. Even if nothing happened, a girl who knew the rules happened to run into her fiance, and even if she just looked at him from a distance, she would always be ashamed of this for half a day.

"Like I said, for such a nice person like the First Miss, how could the Shen Family have other thoughts?" Mrs. He was in a good mood!

Wei Changying bitted her lip and slowly pulled the bracelet on her wrist. Until she entered the inner room, Mrs. He was still joyfully saying that the Shen Family was not treacherous people, and that Shen Cangfeng was handsome and a husband like this was worthy of Wei Changying... Wei Changying finally couldn't bear and whispered, "Granny, don't you think...Shen Cangfeng, it is strange that he and Count Xiangning did not arrive together? Besides, why did he come in person?"

Mrs. He was stupefied and said, "The old madam asked, maybe it was the sound of wind and rain so that the First Miss didn't hear it? Count Xiangning left something important, so the in-law..."

"Not to mention what message is so important that Count Xiangning must bring it this time?" Wei Changying sat down on the couch and said calmly, "The most important thing about this marriage is a pair of jade ornament with greasy flowers that were taken apart for the promise of marriage, but they belong to the Shen Family. Even if they wanted to break off a marital engagement, it is our family that should return it but not them to bring it here."

Seeing what Mr. He was going to say something, Wei Changying raised her hand to stop her and continued, "Even if there are other urgent things to bring from the capital, and Count Xiangning forgot, isn't there no one else in the Shen Family that can send it here? Shen Cangfeng is the Private Guard who works in front of the Emperor. The Three Guards are not allowed to leave the capital unless he is ordered to do so. Isn’t it the most difficult for him to come to Fengzhou?"

"Maybe..." Mrs. He took a breath and felt a little cold between the inner organs. Maybe it was because of the weather of the late autumn, "Maybe that thing is too important to let others send?"

"In that case, why did he bring it to Fengzhou?" Wei Changying asked, "Not to mention that Grand Preceptor has many sons, confidants, and the dark guards "Thorn Hedge". There are a large number of people that he can command. It is true that Shen Cangfeng is the most expected, but now Grand Preceptor is at his fine age, can all the rest of his heirs not be entrusted with the important tasks? Shen Cangfeng and I have the marriage engagement. According to the previous agreement, the Shen Family will come to welcome me to their home next year, and now it is time to avoid arousing suspicion. According to common sense, even if he has no royal duty, it should not be him to deliver the thing!"

Mrs. He was silent for a moment before she said, "Anyway, the in-law already called himself as grandson-in-law. Even if there are some twists and turns in it, can the Shen Family break their promises after the in-law recognized himself as the Wei family's grandson-in-law?"

Wei Changying closed her mouth for a long time and said, "I don't know why he still wants me to be the Shen Family's wife, but seeing that he is in such a hurry to come that he can't even wait for the servants to report about this and send someone to go to the front to welcome him. It was expected that the Shen Family had sent Count Xiangning to come. They originally wanted to break off a marital engagement. It is he himself who refused to do so so that he galloped all the way, made clothes muddy, and risked everything to break into the back hall. Perhaps he was afraid that he might be too late that Court Xiangning had already said about break off a marital engagement. Otherwise, there is no need for him to be so rude and do things such as breaking into the back hall."

"..." Mr. He hissed, her facial expressions changing for several times, and then said, "But he comes here like this, it means that he openly admits that the engagement continues. Count Xiangning will have no choice but to obey him now." After a pause, she added, "After all, the woman lived with her husband after getting married. Even if the aunts are picky, as long as everything is done according to the rules, they cannot always pick on the fault of the First Miss. Even if the Shen Family has the intention of breaking off a marital engagement, now it is Shen Cangfeng who is not willing to do so. It can be seen that he still cares about the First Miss."

Mrs. He pursed her lips, "After the First Miss marries over and has heirs. I think that the Shen Family would not say anything more."

Wei Changying used her hand to hold her cheek and laid back to lean against the pillow on the bed. She closed her eyes and thought to herself: Although he and I were betrothed from an early age, I was not yet one year old when I was brought back to Fengzhou. At that time, he was also young so that we were actually very unfamiliar with each other. This time my reputation was so tarnished that my cousins were ashamed of me. Yet, he still decides to carry on with the engagement against the will of the family. What on earth is the reason of this?

It was because of sympathy and pity, or he had other plans?

Or it was...understanding?

Wei Changying felt very nervous.

She was perturbed here, but there was chaos in the back hall. Wei Huan and Shen Zhou, who were about to talk about the real business in the hall, were frightened when they heard that Shen Cangfeng had suddenly arrived. Shen Zhou even wondered whether the news was true or not, and he was shocked to see that the man who came in with muddy water all over the body to greet calmly was his nephew!

Without asking about the hard journey and the wet clothes, the seemingly heroic but actually prudent Shen Zhou almost jumped up from the chair! Pointing to his nephew, he almost bit his tongue when he spoke, "You! What are you doing here?!"

Wei Huan was going to ask Shen Cangfeng why he came in person, but seeing Shen Zhou's reaction so violently, he was surprised. He gently picked up his beard and smiled, "Is this Cangfeng? I haven't seen him for more than ten years, and I would not recognize him if you don't say so."

He was so shrewd that when he saw the meeting between this uncle and nephew, he already had a sense in his heart, yet did not point it out or ask about it. He turned the direction of the conversation and said kindly to Shen Zou, "Look at this child. He is covered in mud and water. It must be very hard to come here in a hurry. And now it is autumn, he should not wear this wet robe long. In my opinion, it is not too late to let the child change his clothes and bathe first before we ask about the reasons."

Shen Zhou almost wanted to vomit blood, but he was also worried that his nephew would get sick if he didn't bathe and change cloth soon. So he had to gnash his teeth and say, "What Duke Wei said is very true!" He was thinking of taking advantage of Shen Cangfeng's time of bathing and changing clothes to cut the mess quickly so that he would be able to say good-bye as soon as his nephew came out.

However, Shen Cangfeng had no intention of taking a leave. He politely greeted Wei Huan and said, "As a grandson-in-law, I thank to Grandfather for your care. Although the roads were muddy, they were all highway so that it was convenient to travel. But now that my clothes are untidy, it hinders my grandfather's vision. I ask for your forgiveness! After I change my clothes, I will straighten out my robes and apologize to Grandfather!"

He kept calling "Grandfather" and "Grandson-in-law", and there were words in his words: the muddy road could be understood as the twists and turns of the engagement and the current dilemma. The highway was that the engagement had long been agreed upon by the Family Head of both sides, and it was behoved because the pre-procedures had been done. And he was on the highway to here, and it was "convenient", what else he needed to say about these hidden meanings?

Shen Cangfeng almost made it clear that he was in favor of the continuation of the engagement and was very active in continuing it.

These words made Wei Huan smile and eyes were filled with affection, but Shen Zhou almost fainted!

Poor Count Xiangning was thinking quickly about the countermeasures and saw that the troubled nephew finally turned to him and smiled like a spring breeze. This nephew was watched by Shen Zhou in his growth. How couldn't he see that Shen Cangfeng's smile was gentle and respectful at the moment, but he was complacent implicitly? If this had been the usual time, Shen Zhou would have already kicked him and rolled up his sleeves and beat the boy hard!

But now Wei Huan looked at Shen Cangfeng with a smile so that Shen Zhou could only swallow his blood and listen to him talking seemly seriously, "Uncle left in a hurry, but he forgot what my father told him to bring so that father ordered me to send it here quickly."

Shen Zhou, who was familiar with his nephew, immediately felt that it would be better to let him take a bath and change his clothes quickly. Tragically, before he opened his mouth, Wei Huan asked with a pleasant face, "Oh? What is so important that you have to deliver it in person, regardless the heavy rain?"

"It's a sword." Shen Cangfeng replied with a smile, "Just now, I was eager to come in and tell uncle about this, yet I left it on the saddle."

"The name of the sword, 'Luhu', was originally a sword that often hung in my father's study. I heard that Changfeng had been ambushed so that I picked it with my own hands as a gift..." At this point, Shen Cangfeng could not help but turn his face a bit red, paused, and said, "To gift it to Sister Wei."

Although the Wei Family now had several Wei sisters, the Wei sister Shen Cangfeng said, of course, could only be Wei Changying!

"'Luhu'!" Wei Huan's eyes brightened, clapped his hand, and smiled loudly. "Good name! What a good name!"

Because of the hometown of the Shen Family, the Shen Family fought against the western tribes from generation to generation so that Shen Xuan hung the sword of "Luhu" in the study to show his determination. Now he had gifted this sword to his future daughter-in-law. The name of "Luhu" was so straightforward, coupled with the record that Wei Changying killed the assassin leader and the other bandit on the highway. Although Wei Changying actually killed the people in the Great Vi, the rumor said that they were people from the northern tribes!

The expectation and support of the future father-in-law were so self-evident!

With Shen Xuan's approval and affirmation and a little guidance, Wei Changying would be praised for her bravery and boldness in killing the enemy's leader and an assassin in order to protect her younger brother as a woman.

The literary of the Wei Family was prosperous, and the women in the family had always been famous for their chastity and elegance. But Wei Huan absolutely didn't mind the appearance of an anti-Hu heroic woman, who was praised by all and was as excellent as her male peers, on the Family Ethnography!

What's more, his only granddaughter was still in such an awkward situation...

Wei Huan looked appreciatively at Shen Cangfeng and laughed out loud sincerely. And Shen Zhou, whose face turned pale, had only one thought in his mind at the moment, "This kid...this kid! This kid is getting bolder and bolder! I couldn't even beg to get this sword from my eldest brother's study, yet he dared to steal it and give it to the girl of the Wei Family! Isn't he afraid that he won't be able to get up for a year and a half after being beaten by my eldest brother under rage?!"