Although he was extremely angry when he knew that Wei An was being framed, he was also a smart man and quickly guessed Shen Chen's purpose. Since he already knew that there was a conspiracy against Wei An but still asked Wei An to go, what else could he say? He must want Wei An to show his face in front of King Linjiang.
After all, King Linjiang will be a man of inestimable value in the future, and he is also Shen Chen's adoptive father. If Wei An doesn't get his favor, his future situation will not be very good.
He glared at Shen Chen, coughed heavily and emphasized his tone: "But you are too much of a fool! You must always remember that An An is my daughter. If anything happens to her, I will not let you go!"
Those words were said in a joking tone before, but now King Zheng said this warning with exceptional indifference, and even the emotion in his eyes was filled with cold murderous intent.
He couldn't bear any more losses.
The young couple ended up separated by life and death, and he has been surviving alone until now. All he has is a son, a daughter and someone to grow old with, which is really too little. He cannot bear the loss of any one of these.
Everyone present was silent after hearing his cold words. Wei An also looked at Shen Chen deliberately, but Shen Chen did not show any other emotions. He nodded solemnly to King Zheng: "Your Highness, I was abrupt. Thinking about it afterwards, I also regret it. As you said, I valued my father's opinion and was afraid that my father would have a bad impression of An An in the future, so I wronged An An... I will pay attention in the future."
He would pay attention, that is to say, even the mood of King Linjiang would not allow him to risk Wei An's safety, so his attitude was very sincere.
King Zheng glanced at him and saw that he looked frank. His displeasure faded a lot. He calmly changed the subject and continued to talk to Old Lady Wei: "I think it's okay to buy land in the suburbs of Beijing as you mentioned just now. Money is just a dead thing after all... You have to have something that can make you successful..."
It turned out that they were discussing the dowry. In fact, the dowry had been almost discussed, and Prince Zheng had already made a list of Ming Yuyou's things and handed it to Mrs. Wei.
This time, it was Old Lady Wei who asked King Zheng about his intention to buy some additional land for Wei An.
Wei An felt a little uneasy. She had repeatedly advised Old Madam Wei that she didn't need so much dowry and wanted her to give her some things. However, although Old Madam Wei was willing to listen to her on other matters, she was extremely stubborn on this matter and refused to listen at all.
She had no choice but to look at Shen Chen helplessly.
However, Shen Chen winked at her, indicating that there was nothing he could do. When Old Lady Wei and Prince Zheng talked about the matter of the imperial mausoleum again, he took the opportunity to say goodbye to Old Lady Wei and Prince Zheng, saying that he had something to say to Wei An.
Knowing that the two of them had already met and talked just now, it was always a good thing for the two children to respect and love each other. Old Lady Wei and King Zheng smiled at each other. Neither of them objected. Instead, they told them not to wander around and let them out.
Shen Chen then laughed, and went out and said to Wei An: "The prince and the old lady treat you very well."
Wei An didn't know why he suddenly said such a thing. He walked out of the yard side by side with him. Looking at the roses blooming outside, he couldn't help but sighed, "It's just that it's too good. I don't know how to repay you."
This was her true feelings. Accepting people's kindness was not a completely happy thing without burden. She felt that she had received too much and given too little to Mrs. Wei and Prince Zheng.
In fact, it’s not a small amount, but compared with the unreserved dedication of Prince Zheng and Old Lady Wei, these things seem less important.
Shen Chen put his arm around her shoulders, remained silent for a while, then suddenly reached out and pinched her nose hard: "How can your little head hold so many things all day long? In the past, you had no choice, you had to be able to stand on your own and think about so many things, but now you have me, it is naturally my responsibility to protect you and your family. No matter what, as long as I am here, I will never watch you fall into danger. And these... If you think you can't afford it, then let me do it. The prince and the old lady treat you so well, I will do my best to be filial to them in the future."
I have to say, these words were really tempting and pleasant to hear, and Wei An couldn't help but relax his brows.
Shen Chen told her about his time at the Xu family again: "The Xu family gave me 50,000 taels of silver and a crown. The silver is fine, but the crown..."
He didn't say anything more. Wei An looked at him inexplicably. Seeing that he looked a little depressed, he asked him, "What's wrong with the flower crown? Is there something wrong?"
Shen Chen was silent for a while, then shook his head: "It's not that there's anything wrong. That flower crown belonged to my mother."
Wei An was stunned.
She had heard a lot about Princess Changle, but those were just rumors spread by others. Even Shen Chen rarely mentioned it. Now when she heard Shen Chen mention Princess Changle, she was slightly startled, and then asked: "Princess Changle's things?"
But Princess Changle's things had already been divided up by the Shen family... ..
It is said that even when the King of Linjiang went to search in anger, he only found less than one tenth of it.
Shen Chen's complexion gradually recovered, but his tone also unconsciously faded. He said in a cold voice: "My mother was given it by my grandparents when she was exiled. She always loved it like a treasure, but it disappeared later. It turned out to have fallen into the hands of the Xu family. No wonder Xu Anying was sure that I would let Master Xu go."
Wei An also fell silent: "You mean, Xu Anying has always known that this is your mother's thing..." She felt something was wrong: "But didn't he say that this thing was given by the emperor, and he said it was a reward for his contribution in pacifying the Japanese invasion in Fujian?"
Shen Chen sneered, without a trace of smile in his eyes: "If you don't say that, do you mean to return the things to their original owners?"
The death of Princess Changle and Shen Cong was never a good thing. Even though Emperor Longqing had restored the title of Marquis Pingxi to Shen Chen and rehabilitated Marquis Pingxi Shen Cong and Princess Changle, that was all. No one wanted to, and no one dared to, investigate further.
Wei An couldn't help but hold Shen Chen's arm and whispered, "It will all be clear. You still have a long time to sort out these past events..."
She leaned against him, not feeling anything unnatural at all. (To be continued)