It must have been discussed with Prince Linjiang, so Prince Linjiang stayed here to watch the show for so long. Otherwise, according to how much Prince Linjiang cares about Shen Chen, he would have handed him over to the Ministry of Justice and let Master Xu go to the Ministry of Justice for trial. How could he have the patience to sit here for so long
The reason why he was sitting here was simply to give Xu Anying face. After Xu Anying gave Shen Chen and the others a rough explanation, he would take the initiative to settle the matter for Shen Chen.
In this case, Prince Zhennan grabbed Wei Yangqing and stopped him from talking any more.
To be honest, this matter is not something they can interfere with.
Even if they were dissatisfied with the agreement reached by Xu Anying and Shen Chen, so what? As long as King Linjiang nodded, could they still go against King Linjiang openly? !
Wei Yangqing was a little puzzled. Seeing Prince Zhennan holding him, he glanced at him and saw him shaking his head lightly. Although he was a little confused, he still did as he said and didn't say anything else.
The things Xu Anying wanted to give to Wei An also arrived. He took the things handed over by the housekeeper and handed them to Shen Chen: "This is a little gift from me. The princess has really been wronged here..."
Shen Chen took it, and when he saw King Linjiang nod slightly, he opened the black lacquered box with gold painting with a click.
As soon as the box was opened, the golden light inside was so bright that people could hardly open their eyes. When everyone looked, they saw a flower crown lying quietly inside.
The entire corolla was made of gold with filigree craftsmanship, and countless petals of different sizes were made with twisted wire craft. The center of the flower and the center of the flower were decorated with pearls, and on the very top stood a butterfly also made of gold wire. The butterfly's wings were decorated with many gems. When the box moved, the petals on the corolla swayed slightly, and the butterfly seemed to be about to flap its wings and fly. It was extremely vivid, and it almost made people suspect that the butterfly was alive.
Even the Prince of Zhennan, who was used to seeing good things, couldn't help but frown slightly.
Xu Anying sighed softly, "This thing... was made in the palace. I only got two of them. The emperor gave me one for my contribution to Fujian. I originally kept it as a family heirloom, but now I want to give it to the princess as a gift. It's also my little token of my appreciation to make up for the grievances the princess has suffered."
As he spoke, he lifted up the wreath, revealing a stack of silver bills underneath.
Everyone saw it. Prince Linjiang took a look and saw that the first banknote was a large banknote of 10,000 taels from Baoqing Bank. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "This is too expensive."
This flower crown is just a cover, and these silver bills are really intended to buy out the sincerity of this matter.
Judging from the thickness, it must be at least 50,000 taels of silver.
With so much money, Xu Anying was bleeding.
Xu Anying glanced at Master Xu who was kneeling on the ground, then looked at Shen Chen: "He is worse than an animal. He used such means on a little girl. It is not too much to beat him to death. But as I said, beating him to death is a small matter. It is a matter of life and death for my Xu family. So, I am shameless and ask the Marquis to forgive him. I am grateful here."
He gave such a large sum of money in exchange for Shen Chen not pursuing the matter.
But this is only compensation for Shen Chen and Wei An. What is really important is what he gave to King Linjiang.
Prince Zhennan glanced at Prince Linjiang, and sure enough, he slowly nodded at Shen Chen, signaling Shen Chen to stop.
Shen Chen did not argue too much, and took the things very happily. He smiled and said to Xu Anying: "You are too kind, but..." He looked at Xu Anying and asked him with a smile: "I wonder how to explain this matter to others?"
You know, the Ministry of War had begun searching for the criminal in a big way early in the morning, spreading the word that someone was trying to steal secrets. Now the Xu family has clearly caught someone, and if they tell the outside world that nothing happened, no one will believe it.
Xu Anying had expected this, and looked at Shen Chen and said, "Of course, this is what should be explained. This bandit is a member of the Xiao family. He was resentful of the Xiao family's execution, so he colluded with others and intended to steal the confidential military reports of Fujian, collude with pirates, and betray the country..."
In the end, the person from the Xiao family had to bear all the blame.
The people of the Xu family were naturally kept in the dark.
Shen Chen smiled, looked at Master Xu who was kneeling on the ground without looking up, and could not see his expression clearly, then looked at Xu Anying and said, "Lord, you know, my future daughter-in-law has a bad temper... Isn't it said outside that she is difficult to get along with? She has suffered such a great injustice today, and has been treated so hard by your family. I am sure that she may not agree to let it go like this."
This means that the matter of Master Xu has been settled, but in the inner house, Old Lady Xu and Madam Xu and their actions of making things difficult for Wei An and trying to lure him out still need to be settled separately.
You are such a cunning person. You can't stand even the slightest loss. You have to peel off a layer of your skin before you are satisfied.
Master Xu's teeth were chattering and he almost jumped up. He was full of indignation and looked at Shen Chen with gritted teeth.
Fifty thousand taels of silver, plus that crown of unknown value, Shen Chen actually felt that it was not enough? !
Xu Anying could bear it, and even smiled as he should have. He stood up and said, "Of course, this is all because of our poor hospitality, which caused the princess to suffer such a great loss and such injustice... I will ask my wife and daughter-in-law to come to the princess's house to apologize and ask for her forgiveness."
This was already extremely embarrassing, and even Wei Yangqing hesitated and did not say anything else.
Shen Chen smiled and said, "The old lady is so old, and she is a first-rank official, how dare she accept it?"
But while he said he didn't dare to accept the role, he did not refuse.
Master Xu was so angry that his eyes turned red. After sending Prince Linjiang away, he stood up abruptly and looked at Xu Anying unwillingly and said, "Dad! You are confused! What generation is mother?! You actually asked her to condescend to apologize to a junior?! If this gets out, mother will..."
Xu Anying slowly turned her head and looked at him until he shut up automatically and could no longer speak. Then she sneered, "If it weren't for this, you would still think that you could solve this by just losing face. Do you still think you would have a future?!"
Master Xu had always been afraid of him, but after being scolded so harshly, he immediately swallowed his previous words, hung his head and stood aside anxiously, but finally gritted his teeth and said: "We are so servile to Shen Chen, he will only become more arrogant in the future..." (To be continued)