Today is just a walk in the city. Shen Zhuo did not bring a huge guard, only about twenty people. People are on horseback, and others are on foot.
As soon as Shen Xiang came out of the gate of Zhenbeihou's Mansion, he was on high alert, with his shoulders leaning against the car window, and his eyes staring outside through the curtain of the car window, trying to spot suspicious persons in time. It's a pity that they went all the way to Jianning Duke's Mansion, and nothing happened, not even a beggar came forward to beg.
The streets outside Jianning Mansion were full of horse-drawn carriages, Shen Zhuo led the men and horses, lined up, and followed the flow of traffic to send Shen Xiang and Shen Wen to the gate of Jianning Mansion. When Shen Zhuo got to the car of Shen Xiang and Shen Wen, he gave some instructions, telling the guards that he would be at the third prince's place, and they should call him if there was anything, and then he put the two cars into Jianning Mansion. He looked around at the cars and sedan chairs of various families for their wives and ladies. The people who went to the flower fair were all women, so they should be fine, so he rode a horse and took two people to the third prince's place, as a way to make a point.
Shen Xiang and Shen Wen got out of the car, and Chun Lu handed over the flower envelopes and food boxes containing silver tickets to the women at the door, and then followed their instructions and entered the inner door together.
The Jianning mansion is full of flowers and greenery, and at some corners, the maids and women of Jianning mansion will show the way. Most of the people are the wives and their maids from various prefectures in the capital city who come to enjoy the flowers. Some of the ladies walked in the garden, some went to the pavilion or the attic to rest and drink tea, and the young girls were all dressed up very beautifully, walking in groups among the apricot trees, talking and laughing.
Shen Wen walked back and forth on the road, trying to find the right person to strike up a conversation with. From the perspective of others, she looked around as if she had never seen the world. Shen Xiang became impatient when he saw the Yingying and Yanyan in the yard, and just about to urge Shen Wen to take a quick look and leave, when he saw Zhang Yunjin waving to her not far away, next to several Miss Zhang, Shen Xiang Hi, hurriedly led Shen Wen over there.
In the past, Mrs. Li didn't like to take her daughter to these flower fairs, but now Pingyuan Hou and the emperor are at loggerheads again, and they shouldn't go out. But Mrs. Li very much hoped that her daughter would be happy. Zhang Yunjin meant that she wanted to die and wait for the third son of the Marquis of Zhenbei. Although Mrs. Li didn't say anything, she still hoped that her daughter would get married soon. You must know that a woman's youth is only a few years, and if it is delayed, it will be too late to cry. The name of the Xinghua Club is nice, and the Jianning government is a well-known neutral family that does not involve in political affairs, so nothing should happen if you take your daughter to see Xinghua, right
Pingyuan Hou originally hoped that it would be better for his wife and daughter to go out less, but he didn't want to make everything look like a mess and let his wife live in fear. Mrs. Li said her thoughts, and Ping Yuanhou agreed after thinking about it. He first arranged for a family member composed of elite soldiers to protect Li Shi and others to go out, and also ordered secret sentries to be set up along the way. If there is any movement, it will be reported to the mansion immediately, and he can send more people to meet his wife's daughter and his younger brother's daughters at any time. government.
Mrs. Li brought Zhang's sisters into Xinglin, knowing that girls like to socialize with their peers at this time, so she took her maid and mother-in-law and retreated to sit in the pavilion by the Xinglin, looking at her from a distance. Daughters and cousins chatting and laughing. Soon, she saw Zhenbei Hou Shen's sisters walking into Xinglin. The eldest daughter of the Shen family still looked heroic. What surprised people was that the youngest daughter also came out slim and graceful, and she was no longer as chubby as before. .
Mrs. Li was always picky about this Second Miss Shen, probably because she was frightened by her in the palace many years ago, so she didn't like it no matter how she looked at it. Even if she is good-looking, Li Shi also thinks that this child is a little careless. Sure enough, after a while, everyone was chatting and laughing together, and this Second Miss Shen came out by herself, taking a maid with her, and went for a walk elsewhere, without knowing the rules at all.
Shen Wen quietly left Shen Xiang and Zhang Yunjin who were exchanging recent activities with each other, and looked left and right among the almond trees to find someone. Although this flower fair has nothing to do with the government, women from families who are close to each other are still together. The prince's camp and the third prince's camp do not interact with each other, and on the prince's side, the Lu family is also somewhat distant from other people.
Shen Wen not only wanted to find someone from the prince, but also someone she knew and could talk to. She was in a hurry, so she couldn't be too picky, so she could only pick the first person she had ever met: Miss Sun Er.
The last time she saw Miss Sun Er was at the flower party held at her home. In her previous life, Miss Sun Er married Zheng Qian who had strangled Shen Wen to death. But that was under the background that the crown princess became a queen and the crown prince successfully ascended the throne. Now, everyone knows about the discord between the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince. The situation of the Crown Princess's cousin must be very delicate.
Shen Wen was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately led Su Wanniang to walk towards Second Miss Sun, and when he got close, he smiled and shouted: "Miss Sun? A few years ago, you went to the Flower Fair in our Zhenbeihou Mansion, do you still remember?" ?”
Although her voice was sweet, the words and tone of voice revealed a kind of rudeness. Moreover, mentioning the Zhenbeihou Mansion in front of other people at this time also embarrassed Second Miss Sun.
Second Miss Sun frowned slightly, turned her head to look, carefully identified it, and said with an obvious contemptuous tone: "Oh, it's Miss Shen Second, no wonder..." She stopped talking, but her eyes looked at Shen Wen with disdain. A glance can be regarded as a clear line for the Zhenbeihou Mansion. Several women around had faint smiles on their faces and exchanged glances with each other. One even covered half of her cheek with a handkerchief and rolled her eyes at several people.
Shen Wen pretended not to see their expressions at all, and approached them warmly and said: "Hello, sisters! The apricot blossoms are so beautiful today, are you here to enjoy the joy? How old are you? Are you engaged? "
Several girls were blushing, and Second Miss Sun spat: "How can you talk about such things so casually?! Didn't your mother teach you some rules?!"
Shen Wen looked at Miss Sun Er with some grievances: "Is it forbidden to talk about engagement? I'm about to get married, and then I will get engaged. My mother said, I am beautiful and have a good reputation, so I will definitely have a good family." dear!"
Everyone has never heard such shameless self-praise, and deeply felt that Shen Wen was very second, and Miss Sun Er said with disgust: "How are you doing? How can you say that about yourself? Besides, marriage and so on, these things are not female. What the child should say! Your house is really not particular about it!"
Shen Wen stretched his waist and said with a smile: "Why don't you pay attention? Look at my clothes, don't they look good? My mother is very particular!" After speaking, he turned around and made another The standard action of a certain sister in later generations said in a coquettish voice: "Look, isn't my manners exceptionally good? There are rumors in the capital that I went to the temple to pray for blessings, and some people even said that I should write Biography of Martyrs! Have you heard the poems praising me? We have received more than a hundred poems in our house! My mother said, I have to have these poems bound and printed. Tell me, will everyone agree? Will he write more poems? Maybe there will be a second episode? Oh! I’m a little embarrassed!" Shen Wen smiled cheekily, put one hand on his cheek pretendingly, very proud look.
Several girls ridiculed Shen Wen in a low voice, thinking that this Second Miss Shen is really arrogant and annoying! Second Miss Sun snorted coldly: "You can't be too complacent!"
A girl next to her also said, "That's right, who do you think you are? You see how beautiful Miss Sun Er is, and she can sing and dance well. She doesn't even brag about herself like that!" Several other girls nodded their heads one after another. Saying yes, Second Miss Sun also said reservedly: "The more beautiful a girl is, the less likely she is to say that she is beautiful!"
Second Miss Sun has a hibiscus face, beautiful eyebrows and almond eyes. She is indeed a beautiful girl. Shen Wen took a hard look at her and asked, "I think my sister Wanniang is prettier than you."
Second Miss Sun frowned slightly: "Who is your sister Wanniang?"
Shen Wen pulled Su Wanniang who was behind her: "This is my sister Wanniang!" Su Wanniang was dressed in a maid's attire, and kept her head lowered to listen to Shen Wen's nonsense. Her hair covered most of her face, so it didn't attract people's attention. Pay attention, but being dragged to the front by Shen Wen, he could only raise his head and salute a few girls, saying: "Miss, welcome."
Su Wanniang's beauty is stunning, even if half of her face is covered, Miss Sun's face will be as eclipsed as candlelight under the sun. Seeing that Shen Wen asked her to compare her looks with a maid, and she was obviously inferior, Second Miss Sun blushed with anger, and stammered, "She... she is your maid!"
Shen Wen blinked and said: "Yes, but I call her Sister Wanniang, she is just like my sister!"
Miss Sun Er was so angry that her body shook a little, and she said indiscriminately, "Are you, are you just counting on her to find a good marriage for yourself?" He whispered: "That's right, bring the past to please your husband?"
Su Wanniang blushed, but Shen Wen pretended not to understand what they meant, and said with a smile: "How can I expect sister Wanniang to find a good marriage for me? I am fine myself! My mother said, I She is the best daughter in the world, once I reach Ji, the people who come to propose will definitely break through the threshold!" Her tone was very serious and full of confidence.
Miss Sun Er was eager to break Shen Wen's inflated self-righteousness, and said coldly: "If you weren't the second daughter of Zhenbeihou, who would step on the threshold of your family! You really think that you are the only one who gets everyone because of your talent and appearance. Notable?"
Shen Wen tried his best to widen his eyes: "Of course! My mother said that I am good at everything, and I go to pray for the people, and my virtue is good. In the future, my marriage will definitely be a wealthy relative, and my husband is rich and handsome... She thought of Zhang Yunzheng, who was not rich and handsome, and a sincere and soft smile appeared on his face for a moment, "He is a first-class good person in the world! None of this has anything to do with my father, he is not in the capital now!" "
The girls laughed again, and Shen Wen asked puzzledly: "What are you laughing at? My father is really not here. I haven't seen him for a long time. He didn't do anything!"
Second Miss Sun saw that Shen Wen wholeheartedly believed that she could marry a good man, and she couldn't bear to let her dream like this, so she sneered and said, "Your father holds 200,000 Shen family troops and is the number one military general in the court. Pretending not to know?"
Shen Wen blinked several times: "I know, but what's the matter? My mother said that in the future, people who propose marriage will look at my virtue and appearance, and never said that it has anything to do with my father and Shen Jiajun!"
Second Miss Sun hated Shen Wen for comparing her to a maid just now, and said viciously: "If you didn't have such a father and the Shen family army behind him, what would you be?! A commoner girl with no talent and no looks, who is a wealthy relative? Will marry you?!"
Shen Wen shrank his shoulders as if he had been splashed by a basin of ice water. She looked at Miss Sun Er in horror, and said with trembling lips, "You mean, the people who came to propose marriage are all because of my father being the Marquis of Zhenbei? Is it because he has the Shen family army? How is it possible?! I Mother said, I am a girl who everyone loves, and everyone would want to marry me..."
Several girls laughed at the same time. Seeing Shen Wen's disillusioned look, Second Miss Sun continued, "Go ask someone else! If you weren't the daughter of Marquis Zhenbei, who would marry you!"
Shen Wen looked at the other girls, and asked almost tearfully: "Really?! If my father hadn't been Marquis of Zhenbei, if he hadn't held the generals of the Shen family army, no wealthy relatives would come to marry me gone?"
This is really not wrong at all, several girls nodded at the same time, and said one after another: "If your father is not the number one military general in the court, probably no one will step on the threshold of your family!" I haven't heard that you have any talent and name, who would marry such an incompetent person?" "You shouldn't say that, she also has a good-looking maid..." Several people taunted Shen Shen with each other. Wen, Shen Wen looked lost, took Su Wanniang's hand and said: "Sister Wanniang, is this true? If my father doesn't have military power, I won't be able to marry?"
Su Wanniang frowned tightly, showing a anxious expression: "It's not that I can't get married..."
Second Miss Sun said contemptuously, "I will probably marry a commoner or a butcher or something."
Shen Wen asked desperately: "Are you sure it's not a rich family?"
Several people replied one after another: "Then don't even think about it!"
Shen Wen was still not reconciled, and asked Miss Sun Er: "Are you sure that if a rich family comes to propose marriage, it must be because my father is the Marquis of Zhenbei instead of me because I have outstanding talents?"
Miss Sun Er pretended to be thinking: "I can't be completely sure, because maybe there are people who have lost their minds in this world!"
A girl said with a smile: "It's a fool!" Several people laughed again.
Having achieved his goal, Shen Wen hunched his back, supported Su Wanniang's arm and left silently, completely different from the one who just came over flamboyantly. The girls pointed at her back, and continued to say harsh words: "Obviously because of my father's power, I still think I'm great..." "That's right, I should let her understand..."
Su Wanniang helped Shen Wen to an apricot tree, Shen Wen sat on a low apricot tree trunk, and said to Su Wanniang, "I want to stay by myself for a while."
Su Wanniang moved closer to Shen Wen's face: "How is Miss?"
Shen Wenji said in a low voice: "Everything is ready, you go, and ask where Wanghualou is."
Su Wanniang nodded, and left Shen Wen. Everyone watched from a distance, and it was Miss Shen Er from the Zhenbei Hou Mansion who was sitting sadly among the apricot flowers, very artistic.
Su Wanniang walked to the edge of the forest, stopped a woman and asked about the location of Wanghualou, then came back to help Shen Wen and said, "Miss, let's walk, I feel better." Shen Wen looked sleepy, and followed Su Wanniang to Wanghualou .
In order to conceal his whereabouts, the prince reported that he was going out of the palace to work in the Imperial College this day. Earlier, the insider of the Zhenbei Hou's Mansion had already delivered a message, and the maid next to Second Miss Shen agreed to take Second Miss Shen to Wanghualou. On the way today, the prince has already received the news: Miss Shen and Miss Shen have entered the Jianning mansion, and the third son Shen has gone to the third prince. The guards of Zhenbeihou's Mansion left a dozen people waiting for the two ladies to return to the mansion. His subordinates reported that the ladies had already arrived at Wanghualou and waited... All this seemed normal and relaxed. Really everything is ready and only owes the east wind.
Therefore, when the prince passed by the Jianning mansion on the way back, he "suddenly" got excited and decided to see the famous apricot blossoms in the capital. When he arrived at the gate of the Jianning Duke's mansion, only a steward came out to welcome him, because all the people in Jianning's mansion had gone to the countryside, thus eliminating all kinds of trade-offs in receiving distinguished guests from all parties. The prince's people said that His Royal Highness had come here to watch the apricot blossoms in the past, and he wanted to come and see them today.
The steward said that today's mansion is the apricot blossom meeting for the women's families in the capital, and the man rewarded the prince. The prince sighed regretfully, but he was asked again: "Can I go to Wanghualou to see the spring scenery?"
The steward secretly thought that the prince had really been here before. Wanghua Building is a two-story building adjacent to the inner courtyard in the outer courtyard, which can accommodate foreign guests and domestic guests. Upstairs, you can see the misty apricot blossom forest in the distance. There is a teahouse downstairs, and there are doors in front of and behind the building for people to rest.
When the steward thinks about it, let the wives guard the door of the inner courtyard, so as not to let unmarried girls come over. Besides, this is the prince, even if he takes this opportunity to choose someone for his harem, he also has the power. He is just a housekeeper, and he opened his mouth to tell him that he thinks highly of him. Now that the prince is going in directly with his guards, he can't stop him. So he led the eunuchs and guards, protected the prince, entered the gate of the mansion, walked a corridor from the outer courtyard, and arrived at Wanghualou.
The prince climbed up to the second floor, looking at the apricot forest in full bloom not far away, listening to the occasional laughter of girls, he took a deep breath, and prepared to get rid of the depression that had been suppressed for several years. To pay off.
Downstairs, the eunuchs and guards scattered in all directions, and a big eunuch said arrogantly to the steward of Jianning Duke's Mansion: "The prince will rest here for a while, please go to another place to take care of him first."
The housekeeper of the Jianning Mansion is well versed in the principle of the Jianning Mansion's non-involvement in political affairs. Hearing this, he wished he could avoid it quickly, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Let me take my leave first, and I will watch from the front. Call me if you have anything to do." .” After walking away, I went to inform the wives, and it was a little later.
Seeing the butler leave, an eunuch went to the tea room next door to see the six or seven ladies sitting there laughing and drinking tea, and nodded to them. The ladies also smiled and nodded, expressing that they fully understood what they were going to do. The prince sat down in the hall on the other side, served tea, and waited for Shen Wen.
Su Wanniang led Shen Wen to the Wanghua Tower, a eunuch stopped them with a smile, and said to Shen Wen, "His Royal Highness wants to see Second Miss Shen."
Shen Wen blinked and looked at Su Wanniang: "Sister Wanniang, do you think I will follow him to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Su Wanniang sincerely and reluctantly nodded her head: "Go... go see... see you..." She looked a little anxious, the eunuch knew that this maid had always been Shen Wen's personal maid, and it seemed that it was uncomfortable to betray the master.
Shen Wen shook Su Wanniang's hand and said, "Are you going with me too?"
Su Wanniang nodded and said, "Okay." Supporting Shen Wen, who was walking softly, followed the eunuch into Wanghualou.
The eunuch signaled Shen Wen and Su Wanniang to enter the tea room, and then closed the door behind them.
In the tea room, the prince sat on a chair, looking at Shen Wen who came in and Su Wanniang who bowed her head.
Shen Wen saluted the prince and said, "I have seen His Royal Highness!"
The prince didn't return the gift, and looked at Shen Wen coldly. He also found that Shen Wen had changed a lot, his appearance was no longer a girl, but a young girl in bud. The complexion is white and rosy, and seems to be glowing with a touch of pearl. The lips were bright red and radiant. It looks like there is no Shi Fen Dai, but it is radiant. The prince gritted his back teeth: This girl has grown up, and he wants to tear her into pieces, ruin her youth and beauty, and make her die of pain!
The crown prince sneered and said, "Second Miss Shen has become an adult, but why is she still as ugly as before?"
Shen Wen blinked: "Uncle Prince seems to be getting older." The prince's face changed, and Shen Wen immediately continued: "But it's okay! The prince of a country must be mature and prudent?" She said "Prince" very clearly.
The wives in the next room looked at each other and smiled. They came to see the crown prince humiliating the Second Miss Shen of the Zhenbeihou Mansion. In the future, they will have to spread the news. In this confrontation, Miss Shen was obviously at a disadvantage, and she didn't dare to really anger the prince.
The prince didn't want to talk nonsense with Shen Wen anymore, and said straight to the point: "I want to accept Second Miss Shen as a ninth-rank concubine, and Second Miss Shen can go back to the mansion to pass on a message to your elders." Saying such a thing is a great insult to this woman. If you are talking about marriage, you must first pass through the elders and get the consent of the elders before you can tell the younger generation. To take a concubine is contempt, and if you say that directly to Shen Wen, an ordinary woman should hang herself with her neck wiped.
The ladies in the tea room next door had extremely disdainful smiles on their faces: Second Miss Shen's reputation in the capital has been completely ruined!
Shen Wen withdrew his smile and asked the prince, "Is His Royal Highness serious?"
The prince was a little surprised why Shen Wen didn't start crying. Isn't this humiliation enough? He said cruelly: "Of course, I really want to accept you as my concubine!"
The ladies next door rolled their eyes one after another: This Second Miss Shen is quite dull! Ordinary girls should scream and resist at this time.
Su Wanniang was so nervous that her palms were sweating, she frowned and hesitated whether to reprimand the prince.
Shen Wen raised his chest, raised his chin slightly, and said decisively: "His Royal Highness! I can solemnly tell you that if you want to use my father's soldiers to suppress Beihou to force the palace, my father will never agree!"
The prince was almost dumbfounded, his face turned pale, his mouth half opened, and he stammered, "You... you... what are you talking about borrowing soldiers..."
Shen Wen righteously explained: "Borrowing troops to force the palace is to support His Highness the Crown Prince and you to ascend the throne, and let my father demote the extremely holy emperor. Your Highness, please don't think about my father. My father swears allegiance to the Emperor to the death!"
The sound of clanging tables and chairs and falling to the ground came from the tea room next door! Then came the sound of fleeing footsteps—Amaya! Didn't you say you want to marry a concubine? How did it become a forced palace? ! You can't listen to this! It doesn't matter if it's true or not, whoever hears it dies! What Second Miss Shen said was true, if the prince really has such a heart and let others hear it, how can the prince not keep his mouth shut? If Second Miss Shen made it up in random words, if this kind of thing got to the emperor's ears, the emperor would feel that there was a reason for it: How can someone say that for no reason? Besides, the person who said it was Zhenbeihou's second daughter? ! The daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei who holds a heavy army! Can the prince let this word reach the emperor's ears? So ---- how can the prince not silence? ! What's the hype afterwards? Save your life first! I'm not here at all! heard nothing! don't remember me...
The ladies scrambled to leave, and some chairs caught their skirts because they were too hasty, pulled their skirts anxiously, overturned the chairs, and hit the table. The other one was so frightened that his legs went limp, and he sat on the ground with a thud, his legs fluttered for a while, so he could only crawl out, blocking the two ladies behind him.
The few people who ran out first scrambled and crawled out of Wanghualou. After they came out, no one looked at anyone. They watched Xinglin flee and fled. They hurriedly found their daughter, dragged them away, and let the people around Surprised. Seeing someone running away, Zhang Yunjin frowned and asked, "What happened?"
When Shen Xiang heard this, he immediately turned around to look for Shen Wen, but there was no sign of Shen Wen anywhere, so he said: "My stupid sister, I don't know where she is, I have to look for it."
Zhang Yunjin said: "I will accompany you to look for it." Just after finishing speaking, Li Shi hurried over and said in a low voice: "Why did I hear that the crown prince is here?"
Shen Xiang frowned even deeper, and said to Zhang Yunjin: "You guys go back first, I'll go home as soon as I find my sister."
Mrs. Li took Zhang Yunjin's hand and said to the other young ladies of the Zhang family: "Let's go home right away!" He led the others away in a hurry.
Shen Xiang shuttled anxiously among the apricot forests with Chun Lu, but he couldn't shout and could only stretch his neck to look for Shen Wen everywhere.
With Shen Wen's words, all the people invited by the prince ran out in fright. The prince tried his best to breathe steadily, and said loudly: "I want to accept you as a concubine, not your father to force the palace! You are talking nonsense, the crime is heinous!"
Shen Wen looked at the prince with a terrified expression and said, "Just now, Second Miss Sun said that all the wealthy families who propose to me are looking at my father's soldiers, otherwise they are fools. If there is no my father, I can only marry a commoner Or a butcher, how can His Royal Highness be stupid? And he is so honorable, so he is definitely not a butcher, right? So he definitely won’t like me! Didn’t you just say I’m ugly? Since the prince doesn’t like me, he still wants to accept me, okay? Is it because of the military power in my father's hands?! Your Highness! You are a prince, only one level lower than the emperor, why do you want military power? Isn't it just to force the palace? I really like the emperor, please Your Highness, don't force the palace! Oh, I also heard that you recommended Taoist alchemy to the emperor. The book I read said that eating elixirs can be poisonous... "
The prince sternly shouted: "You don't want to live anymore?!"
The three ladies who were stranded next door were forced to almost urinate after hearing these words, and another one fell to the ground, unable to crawl, and burst into tears. A person behind stepped on them and staggered down the stairs.
Shen Wen's eyes became round with fright: "Think about it!"
Su Wanniang supported Shen Wen back, and whispered to the prince: "My young lady never goes out of the house, she is not well-mannered, I hope the prince will forgive me." Now she doesn't have to scold the prince, she has to comfort him!
The prince looked at Shen Wen and Su Wanniang, his face was livid, and he suddenly smiled grinningly: "I want you as a maid!"
Shen Wen blinked: "Miss Sun Er also said just now that people who propose to me will also want my sister Wanniang. She is really right! Your Royal Highness, sister Wanniang is already considered a righteous daughter by my mother Well, then she is also my father's adopted daughter, haven't you given up on borrowing my father's military power?"
The prince stood up suddenly, and Shen Wen shrank towards Su Wanniang in fear: "Your Highness, my father really won't help you force the palace! You don't want his soldiers..."
The prince stared at Shen Wen closely, as if meeting her for the first time, Shen Wen still timidly leaned on Su Wanniang, the prince slowly approached Shen Wen, Shen Wen tremblingly said: "His Royal Highness, you want to kill someone? Kill us?" He closed his eyes tightly in fright.
The prince suddenly felt tightness in his chest, his heart was beating wildly, his whole body was weak, he hurriedly stopped, took a deep breath, and managed to recover his breath after a while, his hands and feet were weak, it seemed that he could only let others do things. He smiled slowly and said: "Second Miss Shen is really toasting and not eating fine wine, obviously you can..."
Shen Wen opened his eyes and looked at the prince innocently: "What is 'can'? Your Highness, why do I not understand what you said?"
The prince said like a poisonous snake: "You can... live..."
Shen Wen breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, this, your highness, don't worry about me. If you don't kill me, I will live a good life. Your highness, do you have anything else to ask me to come? Oh, Do I still want to pass on the words of the prince to my parents?"
The prince gritted his teeth and said, "What message do you want to convey?"
Shen Wen blinked vigorously again, and said in a low voice, "It's the prince who wants to borrow troops..."
The prince yelled, "Shut up!"
Shen Wen looked very confused: "Then the prince doesn't want to borrow troops anymore?"
The prince said frantically: "I never thought about it!"
Shen Wen asked kindly: "Oh, why did the prince ask me to send a message?"
The prince was even more excited: "Where did I ask you to spread such a word?! I want to..." The prince stopped, seeing Shen Wen looking at him excitedly, obviously waiting for him to say that he wanted to take a concubine, she is a good car Ruolu's talk also involved borrowing soldiers. The prince clenched his fists with both hands, more than ever wanting to smash this foolishly smiling face to pieces.
Shen Wen saw the muscles on the prince's face trembling, so he said cautiously: "Actually, if the prince really doesn't mean it, I can go back and tell my mother or grandmother, and ask her to tell my father to write to the emperor to explain it carefully. You know, lest the emperor think too much... "
What? ! If you told your mother and your grandmother, wouldn't the emperor know about it? And let your father write a letter to the emperor saying that I have no intention of forcing the palace? ! Isn't this place without three hundred taels of silver? ! The prince pointed at the door: "You! Go out!"
Shen Wen twisted his body, as if he wanted to salute, and said: "His Royal Highness really doesn't need me to pass on a message? Then someone asked me what happened to meet His Highness, what should I say..."
The prince shouted: "Get out!"
Su Wanniang bowed her head deeply, and pulled Shen Wen out.
The prince was so angry that his whole body turned cold, and when they left, he motioned for the eunuch who was cowering at the door to come over. The eunuch approached with a frightened look, and the prince said hurriedly with a trembling voice: "Let the guards gather at the gate of the mansion, don't let them go to the street to meet people from the Zhenbeihou mansion, and kill them at the gate of the mansion! After finishing this Just blame it on a dead person." How could such a nonsense woman be left in the world? This mouth is a sharp mouth for murder! She dares to say anything! He underestimated her! This woman must be killed! He almost did it himself just now, but he was so angry that it was fine, otherwise the following things would be difficult to deal with, so let the guards do it. Afterwards, it was said that Shen Wen angered the guards, and they acted without authorization.
The eunuch took orders and left in a hurry. The prince slowly sat down on the chair, listening to the sound of footsteps outside. He brought thirty guards with him today, which should be enough to deal with one woman.
The two women in the next room finally moved to the stairs at this time. There was a loud bang on the stairs, and the two of them rolled down one after another. The prince trembled unconsciously when he heard the sound, and now he really regrets letting these ladies come to watch. How did he kill these people? The crown prince sat dumbfounded, waiting for news that would take him out of his frustration.
Shen Wen and Su Wanniang left Wanghualou, only then did Su Wanniang dare to laugh out loud, but Shen Wen was very serious, pinched Su Wanniang's hand and said, "Find my sister and the others, and tell her to leave right away. Where's your weapon?"
Su Wanniang was taken aback, nodded and said, "I'm not on the back."
Shen Wen hummed: "He will go crazy if he gets it in his hand later."
They just arrived at the edge of the apricot forest, and they saw Shen Xiang angrily walking over with Chun Lu. When they came to the front, Shen Xiang asked Shen Wen sharply: "Where have you been?! The crown prince is here, we have to go back to the house!"
Shen Wen timidly stammered: "Go...go..."
Su Wanniang said hastily: "Miss! Let's go to the carriage. Just now, we saw the prince. Miss made the prince anxious."
Shen Xiang's eyes widened and he was about to scold Shen Wen again, but Su Wanniang hurriedly said: "Hurry up! The crown prince means that he wants Miss's life!"
Shen Xiang immediately became serious: "How can it be so easy?!" She grabbed Shen Wen and said, "Let's go!"
Like a gust of wind, Shen Xiang pulled Shen Wen towards the gate of the Jianning Duke's mansion where the ladies could enter and exit. At this time, the people in the garden were all going out, and many of them hurried to the gate of the mansion to call for cars to leave after the wives ran out with pale faces. However, it took some time for the carriages to enter and exit one by one, so many carriages and horses gathered at the gate of the mansion. When Shen Xiang and the others arrived, the gate of the mansion was full of ladies and wives, and some of them were chatting and laughing knowingly, waiting for their carriage to come in.
Shen Xiang looked at the groups of bright dresses, and said to Chunlu: "Go and call the carriage, oh, and bring the weapons we put on the carriage!" Chunlu squeezed out, and came back after a while, holding He held two swords in his hand, handed one to Shen Xiang, and said, "There is a queue for the carriage to come in. There should be more than thirty people in front of us, and we have to wait."
Shen Xiang frowned, and discussed with Su Wanniang in a low voice: "How about we pass through these people and go outside to join the guards!" Although it is not in harmony with etiquette, but now we can't care too much.
Shen Wen said: "Don't do that, there are so many people, if someone does something, won't it implicate others?"
Shen Xiang reprimanded Shen Wen and said, "Don't worry about others, think about yourself first!"
Shen Wen blinked vigorously, shook Shen Xiang's hand and said, "Sister, don't leave me!" He pulled Su Wanniang with one hand.
Shen Xiang's heart softened immediately, and he sighed and said: "Okay..." Before she finished speaking, she saw a group of guards with knives rushing in from the gate of the mansion, pointed at them from a distance, and came this way. The women waiting for the carriage inside the door screamed and fled in all directions. Shen Xiang also took Shen Wen's hand and ran into the yard, surrounded by women, they rushed and dodged, and they didn't run fast. When they ran to an open space, they were overtaken by the guards. The other female relatives avoided them far away, and for almost a moment, there was no one around them, only a group of guards with unsheathed swords surrounded them.
Shen Xiang let go of Shen Wen's hand, pulled out the long sword from the scabbard with a bang, threw the scabbard away, pointed the sword at the guards facing the sword and shouted: "Bold! How dare you besiege the female family members of the Beihou Mansion!" Spring Lu also hurriedly drew his sword, and Su Wanniang pulled out the dagger from her back with great effort, holding it tightly in her hand trembling. Shen Wen shrank behind Shen Xiang, and then pulled Su Wanniang and Chun Lu in front of him, making the three of them form a triangle and protecting himself in the center. She cried in a low voice, "Don't leave! Sister Wanniang, point your sword at the other party! Don't leave!"
Su Wanniang immediately pointed her sword directly at the opposite side. Although Shen Xiang looked down on Shen Wen for being so weak, he couldn't blame her at this time, and said, "Don't be afraid! I will never leave! I will protect you even if I die!"
Shen Wen said emotionally: "You are such a good sister..."
Some of those people shouted loudly: "They are not from the Zhenbeihou Mansion! They are fugitives! Kill them on the spot!" All the guards raised their swords and swung their knives to kill them...
Shen Zhuo leisurely arrived at the third prince's mansion, and entered the hall after the notification. The third prince was not there, but Young Master Ye was reading the memorial. Shen Zhuo sat down, and Mr. Ye threw over a memorial: "Look at it! The heavy snow froze hundreds of people to death. What's the use of arriving here after two months?!"
Shen Zhuo sighed: "There are not many postmen left, most of the post stations are closed, you can see that it's not bad."
Young Master Ye shook his head: "If something happens to the north, the capital will not know."
Shen Zhuo knew that this was actually the crown prince's wish, so he didn't answer, and smiled wryly.
The third prince walked in while wiping his sweat, and asked Shen Zhuo with a smile: "Did you come here just now? Why did you come so late? I was waiting for you to go and compete twice."
Shen Zhuo said with a smile: "Accompany the two ladies from our mansion to the Xinghuahui in Jianning Duke's mansion today, and send them there before coming to you."
As soon as the third prince heard about the two young ladies, he knew that Miss Shen had also gone, and he was very interested immediately, and said to Shen Zhuo dissatisfied: "You should personally send them back to the mansion, you should not stay here Alright, let's go, I will accompany you to Jianning Mansion, so you can take them home."
Shen Zhuo laughed: "Just go to me, what are you going to do? It's in the capital, the residence of the Marquis of Zhenbei, what can happen?"
The third prince had a very serious expression: "It is in the capital that you can't take it lightly! I will bring people to give you a strong momentum..."
A guard came in at the door and reported: "The news just came that the crown prince has gone to the Jianning mansion."
"What?!" The third prince and Shen Zhuo exclaimed at the same time.