Shen Chen, who was being talked about behind his back by the Xu father and son, went to the backyard of the palace to pay his respects to Princess Linjiang. As it was almost evening and she had heard about Shen Chen's return before, Princess Linjiang was looking at the menu handed in by the kitchen. After making some additions and subtractions, she heard that it was Shen Chen who came, so she asked someone to invite him in.
"The day before yesterday, I heard Awu constantly asking his father when you would be back. Fortunately, you are back today." Princess Linjiang folded her hands on her knees, looked at Shen Chen in front of her with grace, and smiled, "It's good that you are back. I was worried just now that you would be late for the wedding. Fortunately, you made it. Otherwise, I would have to ask your father to send someone to look for you."
The person in front of him was so strange and scary. Since he was a child, Shen Chen was keenly aware of his aunt's dislike for him. She always looked at him with cold and scrutinizing eyes, as if she was looking at a thief, which made him very embarrassed. But even so, Shen Chen did not have any dissatisfaction with her because of these. He was always grateful to her because of his uncle, and grateful that she could tolerate him. But such a long time has passed, and the woman who used to show her emotions has changed into what she is now. She looks gentle and kind on the outside, but does murderous things in private.
He looked at Princess Linjiang without answering. After a while, he smiled and said, "Princess, I heard that you met Princess Zheng in a restaurant a few days ago?"
At that time, she also said many ambiguous words to Princess Zheng. Princess Linjiang's smile did not change. She glanced at Shen Chen and said, "Yes, alas, the princess was also at a loss at that time. When she saw me, she begged me to persuade you to give her the life-saving medicine. I thought of her kindness and agreed. However, before I could tell you, the matter was resolved. I heard that the imperial physician accepted bribes from the Xu family's housekeeper, so he did such a beastly thing. I have sent gifts to see the prince of Zheng. I don't know if he is better now? Our two families are close relatives, and now they are even closer. We should be close to each other."
Shen Chen did not respond, but just said "oh" with some scrutiny, and then said: "I heard from Awu that the princess likes the girl from the Xu family recently? Awu is about the same age, and the princess is anxious for his marriage."
Suddenly talking about this, Princess Linjiang's heart pounded a few times, and then she said calmly: "Yes, your marriage has been decided. Besides, he is now the oldest among the brothers and sisters. It's time to start looking at each other, so as not to delay the good time."
"But I think the Xu family really has bad intentions." Shen Chen raised his eyebrows, hinting: "After this incident, everyone already knows the true face of the Xu family. Just like now, if I didn't know what kind of person you are, I'm afraid I would have thought too much."
The irony of these words was too deep. Princess Linjiang finally changed her expression and asked coldly, "Really? I don't know what you would think about it."
"Think about it. Something happened to the Wei family as soon as I left the city. The incident at the Zheng Palace was closely related to the Xu family. The Xu family was close to the princess before. This time, the princess also happened to meet the Zheng princess..." Shen Chen observed her expression and finally chuckled: "You will always be a little scared, right? I'm afraid that in the future, others will fabricate the princess into such a sinister and treacherous villain that she can even use her own son's marriage as a bargaining chip to frame others."
This was too much. Even though Shen Chen was extremely dissatisfied with her in the past, he never showed it on his face, let alone scolding her so bluntly. Princess Linjiang felt as if the mask she had been wearing was suddenly torn off, exposing her true face to the sun that she had not seen for a long time. She felt so painful from the burning sun that she snorted coldly and flew into a rage: "What are you talking about?! You are really crazy. I have worked so hard to arrange your marriage, and you mock me with such rebellious words. Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?!"
Shen Chen refused to give in. He was fed up with Princess Linjiang's rebuttal and sneered in response: "If Princess says so, then you are unworthy. Those who will be struck by lightning every day must be those who will do anything to achieve their goals and even use children. I also know that Princess doesn't like me. Since she doesn't like me, we can just separate and don't need to see each other. Why make such a fuss?"
Now that things have come to this, he didn't leave any more wiggle room for either of them. The relationship had already been exposed, and if he continued to deceive himself, he would be truly disgusting.
Shen Chen did not give Princess Linjiang another chance to speak sweetly, and sneered directly: "Princess, there are some things that you can deceive others but not yourself. Tell me with your conscience, this matter really has nothing to do with you? How did the Xu family get close to my father? I think we all know the reason, right? Even if this matter is brought out for the world to comment, I am afraid that no one will believe you, saying that you really know nothing about this matter, and everything is just the steward of the Xu family acting on his own, right?"
This series of questions has made Princess Linjiang's face change. She looked at Shen Chen coldly, holding the menu for tonight's dinner in her hand. Her attitude finally became completely cold. She lazily threw the menu aside, leaned back in her chair and said, "Since you know everything, then go and tell the prince, or go and tell the emperor, and see if the emperor and the prince also believe that this matter is my handiwork, just like the people of the world you said?"
She showed her disgust towards Wei An and Shen Chen without hiding it: "You are right, I just can't stand you guys living a good life, so I am willing to go to hell myself and drag you down with me. Why can you live a life under the moonlight? Have you ever thought about how miserable Jing Xing was in the beginning?!"
"What does that have to do with me?!" Shen Chen finally couldn't help but explode in anger: "Did I let him kill someone? Did I let him have the ambition to replace our father? He died because of his own fault. You indulged him and spoiled him. No one else is to blame! If you want to blame someone, why don't you blame yourself for your bad conduct? Why don't you blame yourself for never guiding him on the right path, but always taking your anger out on these innocent people? According to what you said, we can only accept the frame-up, wait for his punishment, and then wait for our necks to be killed?!"
Princess Linjiang's face turned pale, and she cursed without hesitation: "You are right, if you were really smart, you shouldn't have entered our house that year, you unlucky star!" (To be continued)