The Li family's matter ended like this. This time Princess Changying was completely injured and she couldn't recover for a while.
Princess Xianrong was happy at first, but then she felt a little creepy for some reason. Thinking about it more carefully, she always suspected that she was the one who leaked the news to Wei An, and that it was Wei An and the Wei family who did it.
Otherwise, if a person is unlucky, he shouldn't be so unlucky. How could Li Shao, who has always been very cautious, go against the imperial order and secretly return to the capital
Could it be that he discovered something and that’s why he came back to the capital
She couldn't figure it out, and that little bit of happiness gradually disappeared. She went to Princess Changying's mansion several times, hugging Li Gui Niang and comforting her.
Li Gui Niang seemed to have lost her energy and spirit overnight. She was like a frost-bitten flower, wilted and no longer as radiant as before. She looked dull and stupid.
Princess Xianrong herself felt guilty, so she did not stay any longer. She followed her mother home and felt a little restless.
If it was really Wei An who did it, then Wei An's method... ... was too powerful.
Wei An also happened to think of the Fairy Princess, and was joking with Shen Chen: "It seems that your brother can't get a Li Gui Niang, but a Fairy Princess is worthy of him."
Shen Chen glanced at her, picked up a chess piece and played chess with himself. After a while, he said, "Don't provoke her. She is much more difficult to deal with than Li Gui Niang."
Princess Chang'an seemed to have no outstanding features, but she was the only one who had access to all the royal palaces. Every royal palace and princess's palace prepared gifts for her in all four seasons, and she would return the gifts one by one.
Just from this point, we can tell that she is no longer as simple and kind as she appears on the outside.
Wei An raised the corner of his mouth and glanced at him: "Of course I know, she keeps saying that she treats Li Gui Niang as her own sister, but she can turn around and sell Li Gui Niang's handle to me. If you say she is simple, I certainly don't believe it."
She paused, and seeing that Shen Chen seemed to have listened, she reminded him again: "I just want to remind you that two foxes getting together to do something good is not good. As I said, you should make a decision early."
Wei An was not a girl who had never experienced anything. That day, the servant beside Chu Jingxing sent someone to deliver a message, and then the Lady of Xianrong County also sent a message. She figured out something.
The main reason why Xianrong County wanted to get rid of Li Gui Niang was probably because Li Gui Niang was blocking her way.
She also likes Chu Jingxing.
Chu Jingxing looked calm, gentle, and easy-going, but he was definitely not a simple person, otherwise he would not have used this tactic to kill someone with a borrowed knife.
Chu Jingxing absolutely looked down on Li Guiniang, so he borrowed her hand before, hoping that she would have a quarrel with Li Guiniang. Later, a quarrel really happened, but who knew that the saint and the queen would find an excuse of lucky star and praise Li Guiniang again.
He simply handed over his natural handle, hoping to borrow her hand for the second time.
Wei An smiled and said, "I've made both Xianrong County Lady and Chu Jingxing fulfill their wishes this time, so I'll just consider it as a favor to them." She looked at Shen Chen's face and said, "Just consider it as helping you to relax."
The water in the Linjiang Palace was getting deeper and deeper, but Emperor Longqing thought it was not enough to drown people, so he poured water in spoonful by spoonful. If this continued, Chu Jingxing might not be able to control himself and attack Shen Chen.
Shen Chen understood and shook his head at Wei An: "He doesn't have the time to deal with me. My father recently asked him to close the door. I'm afraid he just did it this time. At most, he is just borrowing the hand of Xianrong County Lady and your hand as before to get rid of Li Gui Niang, who he hates, without leaving any trace."
It seemed that Shen Chen was still clear about everything, so Wei An did not say anything more. After a while, he said again: "Thank you very much. If it weren't for you speaking in the middle, Tan Xi would not have been able to let Li Shao and the Jinyiwei meet so easily."
There was nothing worth mentioning to Shen Chen. He lazily leaned back, raised the corner of his mouth and talked about other things: "Don't lose the big picture for the small, think about your own business. The Peng family has been surrounding your house like a dog seeing a bone recently, don't you want to think about why?"
Of course I have thought about it.
In the previous life, the Peng family helped the King of Chu, and finally the King of Chu ascended the throne and became Emperor Chenghua. The Peng family followed suit and not only did they get back the title of Marquis of Jing'an, they also married the daughter of Emperor Chenghua.
But she was still unsure when the Peng family had hooked up with the King of Chu.
If I hooked up with the King of Chu now...
But the Peng family was not in any trouble at all. This time the line of King Chu was uprooted, and he was fully prepared for a fight with his back to the wall. If the Peng family was also his people, there was no reason not to use them - after all, Peng Huai was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue!
What's more, there was a Concubine De in the palace who was there to protect Emperor Longqing.
Her eyes flickered, and after a moment she grumbled, "Why are you in such a hurry? After all, it hasn't stretched out its claws to scratch at me yet. I can't just do it right away, can I?"
The Peng family is much more prosperous than in the previous life.
In the previous life, the highest-ranking person in the Peng family was Peng Huai. There was no such thing as a virtuous concubine, not to mention that the eldest son of the Peng family was transferred back to the capital to serve in the Ministry of War.
It is precisely because of this that the Peng family is much more difficult to attack than Princess Changying's mansion.
The Princess Changying's residence only relied on the power of Emperor Longqing. If this path was cut off, they would not be able to move forward. However, the Peng family had many branches and leaves, and it would not be easy to trim them.
It's really a headache.
She somehow thought of Concubine Yu from the Linjiang Palace again, so she put away the chessboard and asked Shen Chen, "I'm a little curious. The Peng family was able to send their daughter to the palace as a Zhaoyi, but how could they send their daughter from another family to the Linjiang Palace as a concubine?"
Isn't this a taboo
Although a woman can't play any role when something big happens, how come one of them is a high-ranking concubine in the palace, while the other is a concubine in the prince's mansion, and they didn't make any waves at all? They didn't arouse suspicion at all
"This is an accident." Shen Chen raised his eyebrows: "The elders in the family said that when my father first went to the fiefdom, he went to the Wen family as a guest, walked into the wrong courtyard, and ran into the girl from the Peng family who was changing clothes inside, so he married her."
At that time, Concubine Peng De was still working as a female official in the palace, and her younger sister became a concubine first. She was not outstanding at all, and no one cared to investigate whether the two were related.
As time went on, no one talked about it anymore.
Wei An uttered an "oh" and lowered his eyes slightly. He didn't know what he remembered, but he smiled again.
It was indeed such a coincidence, so coincidental that one couldn't find any explanation.
But she never believed that there would be such a coincidence in the world.