Noble Son-in-Law - Chapter 10.1

Chapter 10.1
Shen Tingwen was six feet tall and stood out among the civil servants, but Li Zhi was half a head taller than him.
Right now, when Shen Tingwen left the royal palace, he saw the leader of the emperor’s army, who was going home. Shen Tingwen hurried up to him to express his gratitude.
Li Zhi, in turn, apologised to him because the Shen family had to face such a situation at the temple because of him and said that he would choose a day to come to the door with a gift.
Shen Tingwen didn’t want Li Zhi to spend money, so he invited Li Zhi to stay at his house as a guest. The two of them would have some drinks together tonight, and then the incident at Xiaoquan Temple would be over.
Shen Tingwen kept asking him to come, and even though Li Zhi didn’t want to, he had to agree.
At this time, Li Zhi was still wearing his work clothes; his long purple robe had armour patterns on the shoulders, chest, and wrist guards, which gave him the look of a military leader.
Li Zhi looked really good with his long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and as soon as he put on the clothes, he looked like a hero, like he was from a noble family.
Shen Qingqing had seen Li Zhi’s most hypocritical face, so of course she would not be fooled by Li Zhi’s appearance. But six-year-old Shen Wang was different. Seeing such a handsome and mighty man for the first time, the little boy couldn’t help but gaze at him with an admirable look, like an ordinary soldier seeing a great general.
Shen Tingwen was amused by his son. “Brother Wang, this is Lord Pingxihou Lihou, the commander of the imperial army of the Zhou Dynasty. Why don’t you come over to pay your respects?”
Hearing that, Li Zhi gazed at Shen Wang kindly.
Shen Wang was a bit shy and walked over to hide behind his sister.
So, Li Zhi looked at Shen Qingqing.
Shen Qingqing just learned in the morning that her grandfather no longer cares about her makeup, but she didn’t want him to be mad at her, so today she carefully picked a simple green jacket without any fancy decoration to impress the old man later tonight.
Right now, the little girl looked like a lotus flower coming out of the water because she was wearing green clothes and had very fair skin like snow. She looked as beautiful and elegant as a flower.
It would be better if she smiled again, Li Zhi thought to himself. “Is Miss Seven’s injury healed?” Li Zhi asked with concern.
But Shen Qingqing didn’t answer; she just pursed her pink lips while looking at him.
When Li Zhi saw the attitude of the little girl, he lifted his left hand and touched the right sleeve.
Seeing that, Shen Qingqing got very scared. ‘Did he bring back my shoe he took and is going to give me it in front of Dad?
Li Zhi gave Shen Tingwen a small white bottle from his sleeve and said, “I caused the seventh girl to get hurt by a thief. I feel really nervous about it. The imperial concubine just gave me some white jade frost. It can make marks and scars go away. I am a warrior and cannot use this, so I will give it to the seventh girl.”
‘God… It was medicine for injuries.’ Shen Qingqing felt glad and took a deep breath.
White jade frost was a special and powerful medicine that was rare but could be easily found in the palace. They said that to make a small bottle like this, they had to gather hundreds of snow lotus flowers just from the icebergs, not to mention other valuable plants.
Shen Tingwen stopped Li Zhi from giving it because it was very valuable and the little girl had already healed from her injuries. “Lord Marquis, please put it away fast.”
Li Zhi said, “If you don’t take it, sir, I will. Sir, I will feel uneasy. Do you want me to feel guilty for the rest of my life?”
He spoke so seriously that Shen Tingwen felt awkward and didn’t reject it again.
Li Zhi gave him the medicine bottle again.
Shen Tingwen was grateful for the kindness; he took it and gave it to his daughter while saying to her to thank the Lord Marquis.
Shen Qingqing thought about her embroidered shoe, and she decided to endure this man a bit longer. Once she got her embroidered shoes back, she would no longer be afraid of Li Zhi.
“Thank you, Lord Marquis, for giving me the medicine.” Shen Qingqing said politely and respectfully as she bowed her head to Li Zhi, displaying her noble behaviour.
But Li Zhi remembered that when she was at Xiaoquan Temple, her hair and clothes were wet, and when she realised that her embroidered shoes were missing, she acted like a small fox showing its teeth and paws in front of a tiger, which was not aggressive but actually very playful and cute.
Now she was behaving like a noble girl, and it was dull.
“I just hope the girl won’t be mad at me.” Li Zhi bowed and greeted the girl, acting like a gentleman.
Shen Qingqing felt grossed out and very scared, and she told her father that she wouldn’t disturb him because there were important guests.
Shen Qingqing went away with her brother.
Shen Wang still wanted to turn around and look back, but Shen Qingqing moved her brother’s head aggressively.
Li Zhi smiled when he saw her small act.
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