Shen Wen felt that the prince would not come to attack her again, and he failed once or twice, so of course he would become smarter, so he took a chance and said to Shen Zhuo: "You don't have to be nervous, he shouldn't be tough."
There were wrinkles between Shen Zhuo's brows: "Everything that comes here must be fought back, and he cannot be allowed to succeed."
On the day of departure, Shen Zhuo's guards were all armed with knives and swords.
Shen Wen and Su Wanniang and Shen Xiang, who was going to escort them, bid farewell to the old lady and Mrs. Yang.
Mrs. Yang has been nagging the old lady these days: "Last time I said that Wen'er should not be asked to pray for blessings. Look, this time, there is a handle. There is a disaster, so why do you hold on to Wen'er?" Already?"...
The old lady ignored her, always silently twisting the beads.
Seeing them coming in, Yang knew it was impossible, but she still tried her best: "Wen'er, are you really going to the temple? If you don't want to..."
Shen Wen hurriedly said: "Mother, last time I lived in the temple, didn't the drought pass? This time I go to pray for blessings, and the flood will pass." She likes living in the temple, where she is free and able to do things.
Mrs. Yang patted her thigh: "My silly daughter! How could such a thing happen?! That's a coincidence, you are old enough now, stay at home. Someone has come to propose a marriage, and my mother will choose a good marriage for you."
Shen Wen shyly held the handkerchief to cover her chest and said: "Mother, if..." She looked at Shen Xiang, and Shen Xiang stared back at her, thinking that she was going to say that if my sister doesn't marry, I won't marry, Shen Wen lightly She raised her eyebrows: "... Natural disasters keep coming, so I don't have the heart to get married!" She was extremely righteous.
Shen Xiang almost laughed. She remembered that when she went to the temple once, Shen Wen went out to play with her second sister-in-law. When she went to see her again, Shen Wen got a black tan. She thought that this time Shen Wen also wanted to live in the temple. He sneaked outside to play, and said, "Mother, just go! Isn't sister Wanniang going too? Isn't the second sister-in-law still in the temple?"
Naturally, the old lady had been greeted by Shen Wen long ago, and said: "Go, accumulate some virtue for yourself, there will be good rewards in the future, don't be too busy with the marriage, Wen'er is still young."
Yang looked at her mother-in-law dissatisfied, while Shen Wen smiled and said to the old lady, "Thank you, grandma!"
Yang muttered: "A big girl's family lives in a temple, after all, time wasted. Besides, it's raining so heavily and the mountains are humid, so don't get sick!"
Shen Wen acted coquettishly to Yang again: "Mother, there is sister Wanniang taking care of me."
Yang Shi sighed, and said to Su Wanniang, "You are worrying too much."
Su Wanniang saluted and said, "Mother, don't worry."
Shen Wen said sweetly to Shen Xiang again: "Thank you sister for sending me off."
Shen Xiang thought of the last time in the Jianning mansion, Shen Wen knew how to hide behind his back and cry. He felt that this younger sister was short of breath without martial arts, and hummed: "Okay! It's such a big deal, let's go quickly..."
Seeing this scene, Mrs. Yang couldn't say anything more, and sighed: "You all have grown up, mother can't control you anymore!"
Shen Wen coquettishly said: "What did you say, I'm not old!"
Since the last confrontation with the crown prince, Shen Xiang now finally understands that Shen Wen is a person who hides needles in his eyes, so he stopped scolding her loudly, and only whispered: "How old are you and you're so shameless!"
The old lady smiled and said, "You can just rely on it, grandma likes it."
Shen Xiang, Shen Wen, Su Wanniang said goodbye to the old lady and Mrs. Yang with a smile, and then saluted Mrs. Liu who was standing next to her. Mrs. Liu gave a few words of advice, and they left the hall. In the front yard, Shen Xiang, Chun Lu, Shen Wen, Su Wanniang, and the quiet Xia Qing all got into the carriage, and Shen Zhuo asked the guards to open the way.
For Shen Wen's safety, he once again created momentum for Shen Wen's trip, and advertised to everyone that Second Miss Shen was going to pray for the people again. It's a pity that not many people came to see Shen Wen off this time, because it rained every now and then in the capital, and people didn't like to go out. On the day they left the mansion, there were only a few people on the side of the road watching the excitement with their umbrellas in some mood, including two Taoist priests, one old and one young.
When they left the mansion, it had already started to rain. The rain fell slowly and quickly. No matter how mighty the group was, they looked embarrassed in the rain. The guards trudged through the muddy water wearing bamboo hats and rain ponchos, and occasionally had to push the wagons of the female relatives.
In the distance, two Taoist priests also followed their group with broken umbrellas. The little Taoist asked the old Taoist, "How is Master going to talk to them?"
The old Taoist looked ahead and said, "As a teacher, I don't have any ideas yet, but I have a feeling that we will definitely strike up a conversation."
The little Taoist asked again: "Can she save Master?"
The old Taoist nodded: "Sure, all opportunities point to this person, there is no other choice in the world."
Shen Wen was very happy to be able to leave the capital, with a smile on his face all the time. Shen Xiang was always vigilant, listening to the movement outside. In fact, the road has been very calm, there are not many people in the rain, not even a suspicious person who came to bump into their troops.
When the team reached the countryside outside the city, the rain suddenly became heavy and the road became white. Shen Zhuo felt that there was no need to rush anyway, so he hurriedly asked people to find a shelter from the rain. Outside the capital city, the population is densely populated. After a while, some people came back and reported that there was a town ahead, and they should see it within a quarter of an hour.
Shen Zhuo hurriedly sent people to march in a hurry, ran and bumped in the rain to the town in front, found a spacious hotel, booked it up, and told everyone to go in and take shelter from the rain. It was time to change clothes and prepare to wait for the rain Let's go when I'm younger.
But the rain continued until dusk, and there was still no intention of stopping, so Shen Zhuo had no choice but to ask everyone to prepare for a rest. Food is extremely expensive now, they all brought their own dry food, the store provided hot water, the guards had dinner, and Shen Zhuo went to meet Shen Xiang and the others in the store room.
The female relatives have two guest rooms, and there are no other benefits. They also have to eat dry biscuits and dried vegetables brought out by the mansion. Shen Wen and Su Wanniang had experiences before, and Shen Xiang had always yearned for life in the military camp, so he didn't complain.
Listening to the sound of rain outside the window, Shen Zhuo whispered to himself: "With such heavy rain, I can't see my surroundings clearly, should something be wrong?"
Shen Xiang said: "So what? Just fight!"
Shen Wen shook his head slightly to Shen Zhuo, and said to Shen Xiang with a smile: "My sister is really amazing, I won't be afraid if I have my sister by my side!"
Shen Xiang gave Shen Wen a white look, and Shen Zhuo told them to go to bed earlier, arranged for the guards to be on duty at night, and slept in the front hall of the guest room with his clothes on so that he could deal with anything immediately.
Nothing happened all night, the rain lightened in the second half of the night, and stopped completely in the early morning. Everyone went to bed early the day before and got up early in the morning. When the rain stopped, they were ready to stop, leading the horses and harnessing the carts, ready to go on the road.
Shen Xiang, Shen Wen and Su Wanniang, wearing veils and accompanied by Chun Lu and Xia Qing, walked out of the house and waited in the yard to board the car. Suddenly someone said at the door: "Is there any vacant room here? My family Zheng Guanren has been working all night for disaster relief, and just passed out from exhaustion. I want to find a place to rest."
The guards looked at Shen Zhuo, and Shen Zhuo replied: "We are about to leave, come in."
The man over there said: "No need, no need, we can wait here." But immediately exclaimed: "My lord! Be careful! Don't fall down!"
Shen Zhuo hurriedly said: "Come quickly into the yard!"
I saw two servants in green clothes staggering into the courtyard with the support of a young man in a civil official's uniform. The young man was completely soaked, his face was pale, and he looked weak.
Shen Zhuo said to the guards all over the yard: "Get out of the way, let them enter the house."
The young man seemed to be pulling himself together, and waved his hand to Shen Zhuo to salute: "Thank you, thank you very much. I'm Zheng Qian, my words are humble, it's a pleasure to meet you."
The servant on one side hurriedly said: "My lord is the master of Cheng County in Gyeonggi Province. We just passed by last night, but we saw the heavy rain and the roofs of many people's homes collapsed. We helped the local officials to patrol and rescue people. We worked all night."
Shen Zhuo knew that this was just a rank-9 bureaucrat, but he felt a little ashamed when the servant said so. He brought a hundred people with him, thinking about how to take precautions, he didn't go out to help the victims at all, he hurriedly saluted and said: "My surname is Shen, my name is Zhuo, I rank third, and I'm called Shen San."
Zheng Qian said weakly: "Master Shen... It's a pleasure to meet you..." Suddenly remembered something, looked at the guards around him, and asked: "But the third son Shen of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion?"
Shen Zhuo nodded, Zheng Qian struggled to straighten his body, and saluted Shen Zhuo: "I admire the Marquis of Zhenbei very much, you protect the border defense for the country and the people, let me pay my respects here."
In this era, most civil servants don't respect military officials very much. Seeing Zheng Qian's politeness, Shen Zhuo hurriedly said: "Master Zheng is so polite, my father and brother are at the border, and I am just a leisure child in the capital."
Zheng Qian said: "Who doesn't know that the third son Shen of Zhenbei Houfu is a man with both civil and military skills. I have admired him for a long time."
Shen Zhuo thanked again: "Don't dare to act, dare not act..."
They were talking in the courtyard, Shen Xiang took the lead into the carriage, Shen Wen also got into the carriage with Su Wanniang and sat down, without taking off the veil for a long time. Shen Xiang and Su Wanniang thought that Shen Wen was more vigilant because there were strangers outside the car, but they didn't know that Shen Wen was using the veil to block their sneer.
Zheng Qian, after a thousand years, I saw you again.
Since his rebirth, Shen Wen has been waiting for this person to appear. In the previous life, Zheng Qian defected to the East Palace and became a servant of the prince. Now, according to what he said, he was a small civil servant. Didn't Zheng Qian go to the prince this time? Shen Wen, who observed the conversation between Zheng Qian and Shen Zhuo behind the veil, denied this hypothesis.
When she first met this person, Shen Wen was surprised: she had actually forgotten what he really looked like! In her memory, he was a gentle scholar, and she never remembered seeing any expression of contempt and anger on his face. He always had a smile on his face, calm and easygoing. It was only after she died that she saw his cruelty for the first time. Now, when she saw this person again, she realized that she was indeed completely blind back then!
Although this person has the temperament of a scholar, but his eyes are floating, he is clearly a cunning person! Fingers move slightly when speaking, obviously insincere. The body swayed with the words, it can be seen that the heart is not true...
She always thought that she chose Zheng Qian, but seeing his pretentiousness now, he must have used tricks in his previous life. It's just that the means in the previous life were much simpler than now. At that time, she met Zheng Qian in the living room under Yang's introduction. Zheng Qian said a few words to her, in a polite tone, and even quoted an ancient poem, which made her fall in love... Shen Wen scolded himself half to death again in his heart.
In this life, it seems that Zheng Qian has used his brains to make things more complicated...
Shen Wen's eyes narrowed: she can understand that Zheng Qian is thinking about her now, after all, she was exposed in front of the prince, and the prince no longer regards himself as a fool, but a shrewd opponent, if Zheng Qian works for the prince, he must trick. But she will never forgive Zheng Qian for what he did to her in her previous life: At that time, she was really an inexperienced boudoir girl, naive and self-righteous, unable to distinguish good and bad characters... But this does not mean that she Should be used and strangled to death! Now that he has come together again this time, don't blame yourself to settle the old and new debts together, so that he will not end well!
Seeing that the three sisters and the maid got into the carriage, Shen Zhuo exchanged some polite words with Zheng Qian, and then set off with his guards on the carriage.
In the evening, they arrived at a small town again. During the break, Shen Wen found an opportunity to talk to Shen Zhuo, and leaned into his ear and said: "That Zheng Qian is the prince's man, if he comes to you in the future, he should be perfunctory."
Shen Zhuo's face tightened, and he blurted out a curse word, then gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "You really know how to pretend!"
Shen Wen secretly sighed in his heart: If he doesn't know how to pretend, how could he completely deceive himself in his previous life
Shen Wen reminded Shen Zhuo, so she no longer worried about Shen Zhuo being cheated, and went to talk with Shen Xiang, Su Wanniang and the others. But Shen Zhuo started to sulk: he really had a crush on Zheng Qian in the morning! A small official, passing by a village and town, can actually help save the people, which is better than himself. But who knew that he was here to lie to himself! He was angrily, and after settling everyone down, he went around to see if there was anything suspicious. As soon as I went out and took two steps, I saw two people dressed as Taoists, one old and one young, holding a broken umbrella, asking about where to live along the street.
Shen Zhuo remembered that when he left the mansion that day, he seemed to have seen these two people, and now they appeared here again, obviously following his group. He walked over and found that the old Taoist priest was quite old, and the young Taoist priest looked blank. Shen Zhuo was a bit aggressive at first, but when he saw the two of them like this, he lost his airs. When he got nearby, he stopped and hesitated: what did he say? To question why the other party followed me? If the other party has no good intentions, they will definitely not admit it. If it's just a coincidence, naturally I won't admit it, no matter how much I ask, I can't find out why...
But when the old Taoist saw Shen Zhuo coming, he was so happy that he dragged the little Taoist to Shen Zhuo, and said to Shen Zhuo, "You found out that we have been following you, right?"
Shen Zhuo immediately had a reason: "Ha, you admit that you followed! Then tell me quickly, why did you follow?!"
The old Taoist said mysteriously: "This son is full of heaven and has outstanding eyebrows. He is a man with a bright future after he becomes famous as a young man. He must be the third son of the Marquis of Zhenbei."
Shen Zhuo said: "Many people know me, so it's not difficult for you to tell me who I am."
The old Taoist said mysteriously: "I don't want to see your sister, Miss Shen Er, for you."
Shen Zhuo immediately became vigilant, and even grabbed the hilt of his sword: "Why?!"
The old Taoist stared at Shen Zhuo and said in a low voice: "Second Miss Shen has a peculiar fortune-telling theory, unparalleled in the world, and the way of heaven is mysterious, so don't let it out. There are some things that I have to meet with Second Miss Shen to say."
Shen Zhuo knew that Shen Wen was a person who had a strange encounter, so he felt apprehensive when he said this, so he just said: "There are too many people around me, and taking you there will probably attract too much attention. How about it, tomorrow you will show up here A stall, I will take them over to have a look. You take the opportunity to say a few words."
Seeing the movement of Shen Zhuo's eyes, the old Taoist knew that this young master must know something weird about that heaven-defying man, so he would definitely let her see him, and immediately nodded in agreement, but then said: "Well, we don't have much money. You counted your fate, can you give me some money?"
Shen Zhuo lost his voice: "You call it fortune-telling?!"
The old Taoist nodded and said, "Of course, give me some money, or you won't be allowed."
Shen Zhuo took out a handful of money and gave it to the old Taoist priest. He felt that he had met a liar, but he had to tell Shen Wen what he had promised.
Shen Zhuo went back to the inn by himself. He went to Shen Wen, talked about it, and finally said: "I think he is a liar, are you going to see him?" Shen Wen didn't know what a Taoist priest wanted to do with her, but she was looking for a Taoist priest now, and she was very interested , agreed.
The little Taoist said to the old Taoist in admiration, "Master, you are really amazing."
The old Taoist sighed: "I didn't think it was difficult to meet her, but the difficult thing is to ask her to help save your uncle!"
The little Taoist also nodded: "My uncle is in the palace now, with the emperor, and he won't come out, how can I save him?"
The old Taoist sighed again: "I know you can't eat and drink for free. You eat more than me. How can you repay this love?"
The little Taoist imitated the old Taoist and sighed worryingly, "Remember what I eat under Master's name. I will pay it back if I stay with Master in the future."
The old Taoist patted him: "You are lazy!"
The two found a place to live, and used the money given by Shen Zhuo to pay for the accommodation and bought food. The next morning, it turned out to be sunny. The old Taoist even called him lucky, so he set up a stall at the street corner next to Shen Zhuo's hotel, put out a bamboo pole, hung a cloth banner saying "command", and sat there with the little Taoist waiting for someone. The little Taoist asked the old Taoist, "Master, why did you tell someone's fortune again?"
The old Taoist sighed: "As a teacher, I don't know anything else. Otherwise, how can I strike up a conversation with them? This is really a last resort. I will temporarily refrain from the precept today, and I will never forget it in the future!"
Shen Zhuo went together in the morning, and when the weather was fine, he asked people to dry their wet clothes before setting off in the afternoon. Shen Wen said that he wanted to go to the street to have a look, but Shen Zhuo naturally didn't stop him.
Several girls wore veils, and Shen Zhuo led a few guards around them and left the hotel. After walking a few steps, the old Taoist priest who set up a stall on the side of the road said loudly: "Oh my God! Your nobleman! It's amazing! !"
Everyone looked at him, and he pointed to the three girls wearing veils: "My lord! The queen mother descends to earth, accompanied by nine heavenly fairies..."
Shen Zhuo stopped and said, "Shut up, what are you talking about?!"
The old Taoist muttered, "The purple air is dense and invisible to ordinary people. I will say a few words for each of you today. If it comes to fruition in the future, don't forget to respect God's will and be sympathetic to all people."
Shen Zhuo frowned and said, "You can say such things casually?"
Shen Wen said: "It's okay to listen, I'm very curious." She recognized this is the Taoist priest she had seen in front of Ji Wenzhao's mansion, and wondered why this person came here again. At that time, the little Taoist priest said that some people who had died in the previous life were ghosts, maybe they were really good people.
Shen Zhuo "had no choice but" to signal the guards to form a circle. The little Taoist watched the three people approaching, and seemed to see a skull image on a person's veil, and hid outside the guards in fright.
The old Taoist stood up with his arms folded and said, "Come one by one. The secret of heaven must not be leaked. My words come out of my mouth and into one's ear."
Shen Xiang said: "I'll go first and see what he can say!"
She walked up to the old Taoist priest, and the old Taoist whispered something, Shen Xiang's body was straight, although she couldn't see anything under the veil, it could be seen that she obviously didn't resist.
She came back and said to Shen Wen and Su Wanniang: "It's a good word. I'll give you more money later." " Shen Xiang naturally liked it.
Shen Wen was secretly amazed that this old Taoist could say such words that hit Shen Xiang's heart without even seeing him. She pushed Su Wanniang, and Su Wanniang walked over, and the old Taoist said: "The phoenix falls on the phoenix tree, the marriage is very good, and the sweetness comes after all hardships. It is too expensive."
Su Wanniang blushed quietly, she heard that she was married to the fourth prince, so wouldn't that be the royal family? Is it a phoenix tail? What is too expensive? Fortune tellers are exaggerating.
Shen Wen also felt that it was a common fortune-telling routine. If Su Wanniang married the fourth prince, as a commoner woman who had entered a brothel and worked as a maid, wouldn't it be unspeakably expensive
Finally, Shen Wen walked over, and the old Taoist said in a very low voice: "Turn the world upside down, go against the sky." Shen Wen frowned, raised his guard, and asked in a low voice, "What do you want?"
The old Taoist also whispered: "I have no malicious intentions, and I don't want to get in your way. I just want to ask you to help save someone."
There were people around, Shen Wen couldn't say much, just told him the address of the temple he was going to in a low voice, the old Taoist nodded, Shen Wen came back, and said to Shen Zhuo: "Give him a tael of silver."
The old Taoist shook his head and said: "How can one tael? Only ten taels can be suppressed! Such a prospect of wealth and honor, when we talk about it in the future, how can I pay a tael of silver to my dead man?"
Shen Zhuo looked at the old Taoist priest, and the old Taoist priest half-raised his head to look up at the sky, especially with the bones of the immortal family, especially with his far-sighted gaze. Shen Zhuo frowned: "You seem to be lying..."
The old Taoist rushed to Shen Zhuo's ear: "One of them is the leader of the people..."
Shen Zhuo didn't dare to let him talk more, so he quickly took out ten taels of silver and handed it to the old Taoist priest, and said seriously: "The Taoist priest should be cautious! Don't cause trouble!"
The old Taoist happily took ten taels of silver, and the onlookers thought he was obviously a cheating old Taoist. He said it flatteringly, and he got so much money in less than a quarter of an hour! The little Taoist watched everyone go away, and then returned to the old Taoist. The old Taoist showed him the money in his hand, and the little Taoist sighed: "Fortune-telling is so easy to make money! Master, don't quit, keep counting, earn more money..."
The old Taoist blew his beard and stared: "You little lazy! Do you expect me to earn money to support you? When will you earn a little money? Haven't you learned to look at purple and green?"
The little Taoist frowned, and whispered to the old Taoist, "I can see nothing but a skeleton."
The old Taoist hurriedly said: "Shut up! Can you say this casually? If you don't make money, you will be beaten."
The little Taoist nodded: "I understand, so you have to earn money, I just watch from the sidelines."
The old Taoist said: "You are thinking beautifully, recite the spell! In the future, you will be able to cast out ghosts."
The little Taoist sighed: "It's so hard to memorize! I'd better tell others that I saw a skeleton..."
The old Taoist smacked the young Taoist on the head: "You who prefer the easy to the heavy and won't make progress!"...
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Two days later, the crown prince got the news: on the way for Miss Shen Er to pray in the temple, a Taoist priest wanted to tell the fortunes of the three girls in the Hou's mansion, and said something about the Queen Mother, the Nine Heavens Fairy and so on. That Taoist priest must be around sixty years old, with shabby clothes, and loves money. He is obviously a charlatan.
Now that Miss Shen Er's affairs are handled by Zheng Qian, the crown prince doesn't need to bother. What he immediately thought of was that this is the Zhenbeihou Mansion creating an excuse for the third prince to seize the throne in the future! Who doesn't know that the third prince is going to marry Miss Shen. Among the three, the queen mother must be Miss Shen. Doesn't this mean that the third prince is going to ascend the throne? So naked!
The prince felt hot all over his body like he was shaking his hand: this is a sign that they are going to do something! Although I have mastered the court affairs now, what's the use? ! He now understands that the person who receives the memorial and the person who sends the memorial to the warehouse are all direct descendants of the emperor. The memorial after he summed it up should be read by the third prince! What rights does he have? Can he order the killing of the third prince? He can no longer ask people to carry out assassinations, because the emperor will take this as a challenge to the emperor's authority. He is now a puppet! Handle some political affairs for the father, but there is the Marquis of Zhenbei on the side of the third prince! Even now, if the guards of the Eastern Palace under him were to fight against the guards of the Hou Mansion under Shen Zhuo and the guards of the third prince, they would have no chance of winning. As for the Imperial Forest Army in the capital, the imperial father has been holding it tightly in his hands! How can I join the Royal Forest Army? There must be a few people who can be mobilized, right? The prince felt that it was time to find someone from the Imperial Forest Army.
"Does any of you have relatives or friends in the imperial forest army?" the prince asked the staff.
The aides knew what the prince meant, but the matter was too important, so they had to make it clear to the prince: "Your Highness, the people in front of the palace, the guards, and the Mabu Sanya are all the emperor's cronies. It is said that they will report to the emperor in three or two days. Damn, this matter must not be acted rashly, if the emperor finds out, I'm afraid the emperor will not like it."
More than dislike? ! The prince thought bitterly, maybe the emperor would be suspicious of his intention to usurp the throne again? I will find an opportunity to teach myself a lesson, let myself recognize my position, and do things for him honestly, but don't try to touch his foundation. The third prince has not been close to his father these years, maybe his father still likes him like this! Such treachery under the candor! Are you showing your feet now? ! It is really shameless for people to say that Miss Shen is the queen mother who descended to earth! If I reveal it to my father... But the prince dare not, he is afraid that what if the emperor believes the words of the so-called Taoist priest? ! Because now the emperor is having a hot fight with a Taoist priest.
It seems that we have to find an opportunity to make a move quickly, the prince urged himself again.
But before the prince found an opportunity to act, the envoys he sent to Beirong in the early spring finally came back with bad news: the fourth princess died of illness during the winter, and was buried in Beirong because it was difficult to move the body. , Beirong was about to send a letter to the Southern Dynasty, and when the envoy arrived, he would inform him directly.
The prince naturally wouldn't know that it was because Huo Luo was too lazy to deal with the people who came to ask to see the fourth princess again and again, and just said that the fourth princess was dead and that's all. That's why there has been no reply, and now he is dead.
When the prince heard the news, he didn't feel the heart-piercing pain, but he felt a kind of emptiness and panic from the deepest part of his heart. His relationship with the fourth princess is not considered close, since he was always in school since he was a child, he rarely played with the fourth princess. Later, the temper of the fourth princess became more and more arrogant, and he couldn't argue with her verbally, so he could only stay away from her in many cases. But now she's gone! He lost another blood relative in this world, to a certain extent, he was the one who ruined it! Just like when the queen abandoned the throne to save him, and the fourth princess married far away, he also agreed to his request. But now, they are all dead! The prince did not dare to think that he caused their deaths, but attributed the blood debt to the Zhenbei Houfu!
The prince sat in the study of the East Palace, listening to the continuous rain outside the window, obviously wanted to cry, but couldn't. Except for the sound of rain, there is no sound around. He sat for an entire hour, his legs were numb, and he stood up while supporting the table. His face was extremely gloomy, and none of the court ladies and eunuchs dared to speak, they could only quickly open the umbrella for him when he went out. The prince walked all the way to the residence of the princess, listening to people rushing in, he didn't stop. When he entered the door, he saw the princess with a mocking smile and said to him: "Your Highness, it's really early today..."
The prince slapped the princess on the face in front of everyone! Cursed: "I came early and you complained? You greedy bitch! The hen is a hundred times stronger than you! How many times have I been here? What happened to you? Dismissed the harem, Can you be more useful? But who knows that you are the most useless!..." The people around did not dare to persuade them, they could only run out in a hurry to save face for the princess.
The prince was beating and scolding, while doing things, tossing back and forth until midnight, and then left cursing, leaving the half-dead princess behind.
After venting in this way, the prince felt that the depression that was as heavy as a stone in his heart was relieved a little. He returned to his bedroom, had people serve food and wine, and drank by himself until the third watch, before falling asleep with some drunkenness. In the dream, he once again dreamed that the fourth princess was covered in blood, crying and begging him for something. He thought she was a ghost and dared not look at her. too heavy to move...
The prince woke up suddenly, it was just before dawn, he was covered in cold sweat, and felt that he was crushed by a ghost. He slowly got up and dressed, went forward, and asked people to prepare some paper money to pay homage to the fourth princess.
In the court, the emperor also got the news that the fourth princess had passed away in Beirong, but how many of his past princes and princesses had died, and the fourth princess was not his favorite, so it was not that uncomfortable. Moreover, while he is studying Taoism and health preservation, he especially likes to read books about longevity and fortune-telling. Among them, there is a saying that the life of children can prolong the life of parents. It talks about how long the parents will live if their children die early. With so many children dead, he should be a long-lived person. Anyway, it's either you or me, the emperor sees it very openly. So there was no other action except for the Ministry of Rites to record it according to the rules, which made the prince very disappointed.
On the contrary, the third prince, seeing the prince's black eyes and tired face, felt somewhat sympathetic. He hesitated for a long time before going to court, and finally approached the prince, saying, "Fourth prince..."
The prince reprimanded the third prince: "Shut up! Don't gloat here!"
The third prince frowned and said, "Why am I taking pleasure in other people's misfortune?"
The prince lost his composure, and viciously said to the third prince: "Unfortunately taking pleasure in others' misfortune?! Is that your sister?! Can you control it?! Should I care about the fifth emperor's sister in Guanli? died?!"
The third prince stared: "What does the prince mean by this?!"
The prince gritted his teeth and said, "It means 'don't be too complacent'!" After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left, leaving the third prince to be vigilant in the back, for fear that he would attack his sister, so when he returned, he would be arranged by someone. Anshao went to protect the fifth princess.
After that, the prince became more anxious to find a way to realize his goal, so that he was restless and couldn't sleep at night. Whenever the rain stopped, the prince would walk aimlessly in the palace, seeking inspiration.
Finally, he met the opportunity presented to him by fate.
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After Shen Wen and others arrived at the mountain temple, Shen Wen stayed at the end when he bid farewell to Shen Zhuo, and said to Shen Zhuo in a low voice: "Let Mr. Ye arrange actors and rappers everywhere in the capital, and now we must write Stories and songs about the heroic battles of the Shen family army, the past deeds of Marquis Ping Yuan and so on."
Shen Zhuo nodded, and Shen Wen emphasized: "We must do this well! In the future, we must be able to sing the deeds of the Shen family's army and the feats of the Ping Yuan Hou Yi army in the city."
Shen Zhuo figured it out: "I understand, I will speak well to Young Master Ye."
Shen Xiang and Su Wanniang went to the backyard. She walked around and found that Mrs. Yan was not there. They found the crucian carp who was studying Buddhist scriptures in the meditation room: "It's always raining today, and the second lady went out alone? Will it be okay?"
After a long period of fear, crucian carp finally converted to Buddhism and became very open-minded. He said, "I'm just a maid, how can I manage her? My hair is all white, right? Life is hard, and I want to devote myself to practice. If I can become a monk, I will become a monk." Well, jump out of the Three Realms, not in the Five Elements..."
Shen Xiang hurriedly got out, went to find Shen Wen, dragged her to the side hall, and asked in a low voice: "Is the second sister-in-law not in the temple? I think her maid crucian carp is a little crazy?"
Shen Wen thought that this matter could only be related to the love between men and women, and not related to political affairs, so he said: "This, sister, you must keep it secret, the second sister-in-law went to the border to find the second brother."
Shen Xiang was stunned on the spot, but then burst out laughing, and Su Wanniang followed into the door: "What's the matter? Missy is so happy?" She sometimes couldn't change her address.
Shen Xiang said: "You forgot, you have to call me sister!"
Su Wanniang smiled and said, "Okay, big sister, why are you so happy?"
Shen Xiang looked at Shen Wen, Shen Wen nodded, indicating that Su Wanniang also knew, Shen Xiang said unhappily: "I dare you to hide it from me together!"
Su Wanniang was secretly startled, and quickly looked at Shen Wen, thinking that Shen Wen had told her plot. Shen Wen hurriedly explained: "I told my sister and my second sister-in-law to go to the border."
Su Wanniang also laughed, Shen Xiang clenched his fist and said, "I hate it so much!"
Shen Wen's eyes widened: "What do you hate?!"
Shen Xiang said: "I hate how she can go?! I want to go too!"
Shen Wen hurriedly said: "Sister, no!"
Su Wanniang also quickly said: "You can't tell the truth about this, or the second lady's reputation will be ruined!"
Shen Xiang looked depressed, and Shen Wen hurriedly comforted him and said, "Sister, don't worry, there will definitely be opportunities in the future."
Shen Xiang frowned and said, "Maybe it's time for me to come to the temple to pray!"
Su Wanniang hurriedly persuaded: "How can it be done? Who will accompany Madam in the mansion? Now Miss... little sister is already here, so you can help look after her in the mansion."
Shen Xiang pushed Shen Wen: "You bastard! Why didn't you say it earlier?!"
Shen Wen held Shen Xiang's arm: "Sister! I just found out not too long ago..." Su Wanniang looked away: Shen Wen did not blink when she told a lie.
Shen Xiang remembered that the old Taoist priest on the road said that he was a heroine, and he would go to the battlefield sooner or later. It seemed that he would really go to the border, and his wish came true. She suddenly felt that all these years of repression had finally come to fruition, she felt uplifted for a moment, and said with a sigh of relief: "Okay, she did something that I wanted to do but couldn't do, just for this, I also admire the second sister-in-law. Don't worry , I will naturally help her cover it up."
Shen Wen smiled and said, "I knew my sister was the best."
Shen Xiang snorted at Shen Wen: "I know you now, you little devil! Well, you are here well, I will come to see you later."
Shen Wen shook his head and said, "Don't come here too often. Don't tell me it's inconvenient on the road. It might be dangerous. If there's anything wrong, just ask someone to send a letter. The fourth brother is also nearby, why don't you go and see him?"
Shen Xiang said: "Of course, I'll go right away."
They said goodbye, and Shen Zhuo and Shen Xiang went to see Shen Qiang at the monk temple not far away. Shen Qiang ran out of the temple in a monk's uniform, yelled a few times, and made a few gestures. Shen Zhuo asked the presiding monk in the temple and said that Shen Qiang was fine. Shen Zhuo and Shen Xiang returned to the capital.
On the third day after Shen Zhuo left, Shen Wen received the old and young Taoist priests who came to him.