There was a sudden chaos in the room, and Shen Xinyan went forward to help her up with Nanny Xu, and loudly ordered the servants to go to the imperial physician immediately.
After getting the news, Wei Junxian, Yang's family and the juniors rushed over in a hurry.
The eldest princess was already old, how could she withstand such a heavy blow, the imperial doctor carefully diagnosed her for a long time, and sighed that her condition was not optimistic.
The faces of everyone present changed immediately.
Shen Xinyan's heart was twisted like a knife, she was worried about her eldest son whose whereabouts were unknown, and also worried about the eldest princess' illness.
The eldest princess was in such a situation, she had experienced it once in her previous life, when the news of Wei Junhang's accident came back, and the eldest princess, who was once again sent by a white-haired man to a black-haired man, couldn't afford it, barely survived for a few years, and finally Half a year after Wei Chenglin got married, he left.
In this life, because Wei Junhang was safe and sound, Shen Xinyan originally thought that her lifespan would be longer than in the previous life, but who would have thought that people are not as good as God, and that the eldest son's accident caused the Eldest Princess to fall down again.
When Wei Junhang hurried back from the palace after receiving the news, the eldest princess had already been treated by the imperial physician, but she was still in a coma.
"Is the news true? Brother Lin is really missing?" He went to the room to see the eldest princess, and just as he stepped out, Shen Xinyan grabbed his arm and asked hastily.
The juniors headed by Wei Chengzhao all looked at him, waiting for his answer.
Wei Junhang's face was heavy, and after a while, he nodded slowly, his voice hoarse: "It's true."
Shen Xinyan swayed and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Wei Chengqi beside her reached out to help her in time.
"Second Uncle, what's going on? How did Eldest Brother disappear? The rumors outside spread inexplicably. Isn't Eldest Brother on guard? He must have brought a lot of troops with him to suppress the bandits. How could he have disappeared without a trace?" Wei Chengzhao Ask.
Wei Junhang helped Shen Xinyan to sit down, looking at the worried eyes of his nephews, a trace of grief flashed in his eyes.
Just now, he also received a letter sent back by Lai Lu's people. One and a half months ago, bandit riots broke out in Xiyan. Not to mention the heavy casualties of the officers and soldiers, he himself was also seriously injured, and eventually fell off the cliff and disappeared.
But these taught him how to dare to tell his mother and his wife.
Today's Xiyan City is already in chaos, bandits are raging everywhere, the people are in dire straits, and officials do nothing. Only the soldiers trained by the eldest son for more than a year are stubbornly resisting. Misfortunes never come singly, Yijiang Xiaoguo, not far from Xiyan, is also taking advantage of the chaos to loot.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Shen Xinyan had a faint guess in her heart, and she suppressed her grief and said: "Just tell me, you can hide it for a while, but you won't be able to hide it for a lifetime, no matter how bad the news is, I can withstand it."
Wei Junhang thought about it, and in the end he slowly recounted the contents of the letter sent back by Wei Lu.
Shen Xinyan's face was pale, her lips trembled, but she couldn't speak a word.
"Now His Majesty has already sent troops to the neighboring provincial capitals to suppress the bandits, just now in the palace Yunfu also asked His Majesty to go west." Wei Junhang said again slowly.
Wei Chenglin's whereabouts were unknown, the Eldest Princess fell ill in bed, Wei Junhang had been leaving early and returning late for the sake of the eldest son, and some people in the mansion gradually became flustered. Shen Xinyan had to worry about the whereabouts of the eldest son, and also had to take care of the eldest princess in undressed clothes, and everything in the house couldn't be separated from her. In just a few days, she quickly lost weight.
When Yunfu came to say goodbye to her the day before his departure, she only told him a few words with tears in her eyes, but she couldn't say anything else.
"I'm going here, and I'll come back after I find Brother Chenglin. During my absence, Ying'er will take care of my mother-in-law!" After speaking, he made a deep bow to Shen Xinyan, then turned around and strode away .
Emperor Yuanyou and Concubine Rui in the palace also personally intervened about Princess Dachang's illness, and even sent imperial physicians to the palace for diagnosis and treatment from time to time. However, Princess Dachang was caused by a heart disease. Unless Wei Chenglin can return safely, otherwise it will be difficult. improvement.
Naturally, many people from the mansion came to the door under the pretext of visiting the eldest princess. Except for the close ones, the rest of Shen Xinyan were dismissed one by one.
When the third prince and his wife came to visit, Shen Xinyan was waiting for the eldest princess to drink the medicine. These days, the Eldest Princess sometimes wakes up and sometimes goes into a coma, but she is still in a coma more often. When she wakes up occasionally, she just grabs her hand and asks, "Where's Brother Lin?" Brother Lin is back? '.
Shen Xinyan tried to suppress the grief in her heart, and persuaded her softly, only that brother Daolin would be back soon, and the eldest princess was in a daze, and she didn't know if she had listened to her words.
Upon hearing that the maid came to report, she said that the third prince and the third concubine came to visit the eldest princess. If it was someone else who came, Shen Xinyan planned to dismiss it, but it was the third prince who came, so she naturally couldn't keep them out of the door, so she had to cheer up and go to greet them.
"What's wrong with Brother Wei? Well, why did he disappear and become a mystery?!" After everyone in the room retreated, Zhou Wanning grabbed her arm and asked directly.
Shen Xinyan didn't have the heart to pay any attention to her anymore, she simply said 'no news for now'.
"How could this be so..." Zhou Guanning's pretty face turned pale, and she fell powerlessly on the chair. After a while, she raised her head suddenly, with strong resentment in her eyes, "It's all your fault, if you didn't send him away forcefully, How could he encounter such an accident! How can you be so cruel, he is your own son!"
Shen Xinyan was already exhausted physically and mentally, and now she just summoned up her spirits to greet her. Hearing her accusations against herself, her face darkened immediately, and she flicked her sleeves and said, "If the third concubine comes to accuse me, then forgive me. I will accompany you!"
After she finished speaking, she turned around and planned to leave.
Zhou Guanning grabbed her with sharp eyes and quick hands: "You can't go, speak clearly! Why did you do this? You must be still blaming him for sending you to the family temple in your previous life, so you never thought of treating you well in this life." He is not?"
"Let go!" Shen Xinyan brushed her away vigorously, hearing her criticizing herself every word, and had no intention of arguing with her about past and present lives, she just sneered: "What about our mother and son, what has it to do with you? Third Prince The concubine is now a new wife, but she keeps talking about other men, isn't this too unfair to the Third Highness!"
"Do you dare to admit it? Do you dare to admit that you don't have any resentment against him in your heart? Do you dare to admit that you love him as much as you did in your last life?" Zhou Wanning refused to let go of her, staring at her stubbornly, step by step step forward.
Shen Xinyan had a splitting headache. Recently, because of the affairs in the mansion, she rested for less than three hours a day. This morning, she was busy taking care of the eldest princess. She didn't even eat a few bites of breakfast. Now, she was pressed by Zhou Guanning, Immediately angry.
"I ask myself that I have a clear conscience in everything I do, and I am not afraid of anyone, so there is nothing wrong with it, but now you are accusing me in what capacity? Because of those strange and fragmented dreams you have?"
"Did you admit it, did you admit that you also have those memories? Did you do it on purpose? Because you want revenge! You want revenge against us!" Zhou Guanning became more excited as he spoke.
"Revenge? Why should I take revenge? What is worth my revenge? You? Who are you? If I want to take revenge on you, I will invite the Third Highness to come and see what his new wife is doing. Other men are worrying and worrying, and can't sleep all night!"
Zhou Guanning's face was pale, and she was so blocked that she couldn't say a word.
That's right, she is someone else's wife now, and she doesn't even have the right to worry about him.
Realizing this, she slumped down on the grand master's chair limply.
"No matter what, you must have resentment against him in your heart. You must admit it." After a long time, she said slowly.
Shen Xinyan said calmly: "Yes, I have a grudge against him! Why can't I complain? Even for you, your second brother Zhou Zhuo, and your Zhou family, I hate to the extreme."
"So, Zhou Wanning, if you want to hate, you hate God. Why did the unnecessary action make me have memories that I shouldn't have? In this life, I can't have any sympathy for you. If you want revenge, just come to me." yes!"
"Ma'am, Your Highness is awake!" Zi Yan rushed in to report.
Shen Xinyan no longer had the mentality to turn Zhou Guanning, whose face was as pale as paper, immediately walked out with her skirt in hand.
Zhou Guanning was stunned for a moment, and followed him in a strange way.
Shen Xinyan strode to the bedside, holding the hand of the eldest princess who was waving wildly. Before she could speak, the eldest princess who recognized her hurriedly asked, "Where is Brother Lin? Has Brother Lin come back? Are you here?" Let him in quickly!"
"Mother, he is already on his way back. It's just that the journey is far away, and he hasn't been able to return to the mansion yet. Mother, please take care of yourself first. When you recover from illness, Brother Lin will come back." Shen Xinyan's hand It hurts a lot from being caught by her, but her face doesn't show at all, and she comforts her softly.
"Really? Are you kidding me? Is he really on his way back?" The Eldest Princess stared at her closely, her pale and haggard face full of doubts.
"Yes, I didn't lie to you? Yunfu has already gone to pick him up. If you don't believe me, I'll call Yinger and ask her carefully?" Shen Xinyan's voice became softer, coaxing patiently.
"Grandmother, what mother said is right. Yunfu went to pick up his brother a few days ago, and he must be on his way back now. You must take good care of yourself. If your brother comes back and sees you like this, he will feel very uncomfortable." Great." Wei Yingzhi walked in at some point.
Zhou Guanning stared blankly at the pair of mothers and daughters who were naturally coaxing the eldest princess who seemed to have aged several years overnight, and was speechless for a long time.
Although the memory in the dream was not very complete, she still remembered that after she got married, the Eldest Princess never looked at her directly. Although she was not treated harshly, the ignorance of words and deeds was even more embarrassing.
Fortunately, her husband has always stood by her side, no matter what happened, his tenderness for her has never changed from the beginning to the end. She thought, in this life, she will never find someone who treats her as well as he does.
And half a year later, the eldest princess passed away...
Walking out of the room in a trance, suddenly, she saw Chunliu, the maid beside Shen Xinyan, leading a woman hurriedly towards this side.
She took a closer look and recognized that woman was Shen Huiran, her heart tightened.
This Shen Huiran was the best daughter-in-law candidate in the heart of her mother-in-law in her previous life, and even the Eldest Princess praised her more than her rightful eldest grandson-in-law. If it wasn't because the husband never had her in his heart, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to take the position of the Duke's wife in his previous life.
Later, Wei Yingzhi died unexpectedly, Shen Huiran committed suicide by hanging from a beam, and her mother-in-law died of illness in the family temple. And then what? Although she didn't dream about what happened next, but she thought that based on her husband's affection for her, they would live in harmony and love for the rest of their lives, and grow old together!
The people in the Mansion came and went in a hurry, no one paid attention to her, and occasionally a disgraced mother-in-law loudly passed down the orders from her wife or the fourth aunt, and her own servants followed the orders and left.
It turns out that she is the head of the Duke's mansion in this life, isn't she the Fang family in the long house? Zhou Guanning bit her lips lightly, and saw a three or four-year-old child running all the way in the direction of the eldest princess' courtyard, and the nurse behind him called out anxiously, "Slow down, young master, slow down, young master".
She was even more astringent, and her heart was full of unhappiness.
This child who did not exist in the previous life, could it be that God compensated her former 'mother-in-law' in this life
She didn't know how she got out, but when she turned around, she saw that her husband, the Third Prince, had an anxious face, and when his eyes met her, surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
"Where have you been? Let me find it easier." The third prince breathed a sigh of relief, and reached out to hold her.
She subconsciously wanted to avoid his touch, but in the end she still stood motionless, letting that big hand hold hers.
"Go and see the eldest princess." She said softly.
"How is my aunt? Is she better?" The third prince asked with concern.
"It doesn't look good..."
If you follow the trajectory of your previous life, the Eldest Princess will pass away within a few months...
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Wei Junhang has also been very busy recently, sending out batch after batch of people to find the whereabouts of the eldest son, but he still failed to find the whereabouts of the eldest son. Every time he met the expectant eyes of his mother and wife, he felt a throbbing pain in his heart. Teach him to be speechless for a long time.
Half a month later, the Rong and Di people suddenly raised their troops and went south, attacking two cities one after another. When the news came back, the government and the public were shocked.
The bandits in Xiyan were in chaos, and the Rong and Di people invaded again. Today's Great Chu Dynasty is suffering from internal and external troubles, and people are panicking.
In order to send the troops to fight against the Rong and Di people, the courtiers had a heated debate. After several considerations, Emperor Yuanyou made a decree, and ordered General Murong and the British Duke Wei Junhang to lead the troops.
"Ma'am, don't worry. Although the decree says so, such things as leading the troops in battle belong to General Murong. I'm just bearing the name of the general." Seeing that Shen Xinyan was worried after receiving the decree, she was completely worried about herself. , Wei Junhang quickly comforted him.
In fact, his name is to lead the soldiers, but in fact he has other errands.
The banditry in Xiyan, and Rong Di going south, these two events are really too coincidental. Rong Di came in a menacing manner, but the generals of the Great Chu Dynasty were not the ones who waited for nothing. How could they capture two cities at once? There must be something odd about this.
Coupled with the discovery that Prince Cheng's son had appeared in Rongdi not long ago, Emperor Yuanyou suspected that the series of incidents must be the conspiracy of Prince Cheng, so he took the opportunity of leading the army to let Wei Junhang go to find out. .
Shen Xinyan reluctantly suppressed the worries in her heart, and packed her luggage for him herself. Wei Junhang pressed her busy hands, pulled her to sit beside her, thought for a moment, and said, "I'm going, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back in a short time. Mother and everything in the house are entrusted to you."
"Don't worry, I know what to do." Shen Xinyan nodded and responded hoarsely.
"If you're too busy, let Ying'er come back to accompany you more often." Wei Junhang urged again worriedly.
Shen Xinyan shook her head: "That's not necessary. Although Yunfu is not in the mansion now, she is also the mistress of the Zhongyihou Mansion, and there are many things going on in the mansion. How can she get away completely?"
"This time, is Murong Little General Murong Tao also in the army?" The husband and wife reluctantly told each other, after a while, Shen Xinyan thought about this and hurriedly asked.
Wei Junhang nodded: "He is the son of General Murong, so he will naturally go with him."
Is it? Murong Tao will also go!
For some reason, Shen Xinyan always felt uneasy and didn't trust Murong Tao. After all, in his previous life, in order to get Zhou Guanning, he even pretended to be a traitor to kidnap someone.
"General Murong is fine, but this Murong Tao, I am worried, no matter what, this time you go, you have to be wary of this person." She was worried after all, and said sternly.
Wei Junhang didn't understand why she had such an idea, although Murong Tao had some conflicts with his eldest son, but he was not confused about family and country affairs. But seeing her telling him so solemnly, he didn't want her to worry, so he nodded in response: "Madam, don't worry, I will write down everything you said."
A few days later, after sending off Yunfu, Shen Xinyan sent off her husband again, watching Wei Junhang in military uniform kowtow a few times in front of the Eldest Princess' bed, then suddenly got up and left, and paused slightly when he walked to her side , but in the end, he strode out without saying a word.
Shen Xinyan subconsciously wanted to chase after him, but stopped after taking half a step, watching his figure drift away with tears in his eyes, and finally disappeared completely from sight.