Prince Linjiang did not stay with Concubine Yu for long. The imprisonment of Peng De and Peng Huai meant more than just that Concubine Peng De and Queen Fang were back to the same starting point.
It also means many things, such as the money-making Maritime Customs and maritime transport.
After he left Concubine Yu's courtyard, he ordered someone to invite Shen Chen back, and went to Princess Linjiang's room.
Princess Linjiang has been neglected by Prince Linjiang for a long time.
She knew in her heart that it was because King Linjiang felt that she treated Shen Chen badly, and it was not that she couldn't change. But to be honest, she really didn't want to change.
The child was a burden from the beginning.
She was in poor health when she gave birth to Chu Jingxing, but because Princess Changle gave birth to Shen Chen soon after, Prince Linjiang sent the old nanny and midwife around her to Princess Changle.
If there were any good things at home, the first person to enjoy them would not be her, the princess, but her sister-in-law, Princess Changle.
Princess Changle is gentle and open-minded, but she herself does not think she is someone who is willing to endure all the time.
What's more, Princess Changle already has such a good man, Shen Cong, Marquis of Pingxi, who treats her like his life.
Just think of it as her disdain for people.
She rubbed her brows, retracted these thoughts, stood up calmly and saluted King Linjiang.
Prince Linjiang called her up, stepped over her and sat on the main seat, and asked her, "Prince Zheng's Mansion is marrying a new princess. How should we go about the ceremony? Are you ready?"
After all, Prince Zheng is now a favorite of Emperor Longqing, so he must observe the necessary etiquette.
Princess Linjiang was very familiar with these matters, so she nodded calmly: "Everything is ready. I have discussed it with Princess Jin and the others. I will reduce the salary by one level according to the previous marriage with the Ming family."
After all, her status and position is not as good as that of the princess of the Ming family. Now that the Ming family has overturned the verdict, she can't do anything too obvious.
Prince Linjiang hummed and looked at her again: "Achen hasn't come back yet?"
The atmosphere, which had just improved, suddenly turned cold. Princess Linjiang was annoyed, but she still held back. She shook her head, paused, and said, "I've asked Awu to invite them."
This is already a concession.
Princess Linjiang said calmly: "Achen has some misunderstandings about me, I just think he is about the same age..."
Prince Linjiang had already stood up and looked at him coldly: "Why don't you give Jingxing and Jingwu some girls? Jingxing is older than Achen."
Just one sentence left Princess Linjiang speechless.
Prince Linjiang stopped and looked down at Princess Linjiang: "He is just a child. Jingxing is ignorant. How can you be ignorant too?"
Just a kid
It was that sentence again. She was tired of hearing it.
Princess Linjiang lowered her head and said nothing.
She didn't say anything, and King Linjiang left without looking back.
When he returned to the study and saw Shen Chen who had been called in, he laughed again: "He doesn't look like he was scolded."
Emperor Longqing has officially issued an edict allowing Shen Chen to return to the Shen surname and to inherit the title. When the Ministry of Rites compares and lists the things that were taken back from Princess Changle and Marquis Pingxi, all these things will be returned to Shen Chen, and Shen Chen will officially return to the Shen residence.
Emperor Longqing was very anxious about this matter and urged Shen Chen to learn more about how to do his job, but Shen Chen always made mistakes. Emperor Longqing just scolded him in the Imperial Study today and asked him to go to the Hanlin Academy to find Hanlin Mei to make up for his homework and not to embarrass himself in public.
Shen Chen sat opposite him, feeling very relaxed: "I'm happy only when you scold me. If you don't scold me, my future will be in jeopardy."
They had always been friendly with each other without any taboos between the elders and the younger generations. King Linjiang laughed and shook his head, and asked about the Peng family's matter again: "Liu Biping is clearly involved, but why is it that no one from the Yi family or the Peng family has come to blame him?"
There was a plan to get rid of Liu Biping before.
This person monopolizes the coastal shipping and will definitely not have any good intentions towards Shen Chen who wants to get a piece of the pie.
But it is clearly a good thing that kills several birds with one stone, but now it has been discounted.
Originally, this shouldn't have happened.
Wei An was so clever and cunning, and his own son knew it well. Although Shen Chen seemed to be careless about everything, he never made any mistakes in doing things.
Something must have gone wrong.
Speaking of this, Shen Chen put away the smile on his face, looked at the pen holder on the Linjiang King's desk and said: "Maybe there was a mistake somewhere. There shouldn't have been any mistakes. The Peng family and the Yi family thought they had successfully framed the Wei family before entering the Dali Temple. And they did not inform Liu Biping about this..."
But it was really strange that Liu Biping was able to clear out the evidence and traces of his dealings with the Yi and Peng families in advance, and he was able to do it so seamlessly.
"Is it the Wei family..." Prince Linjiang asked tentatively, "Is it a favor that the Wei family owed to Liu Biping?"
Otherwise, how can we explain that Liu Biping was able to prepare in advance, get through this incident safely, and even have enough time to find a scapegoat - he pushed the blame on the Zhangzhou prefect.
The prefect of Zhangzhou has hanged himself.
"It can't be the Wei family." Shen Chen shook his head firmly in denial: "Wei An is not the kind of person who would hesitate between two sides. Whatever she says is true. Someone else must have leaked the news."
King Linjiang gave him a serious look and said, "Then we should conduct a thorough investigation."
Otherwise, having such a spy around you is always very worrying.
Shen Chen agreed casually.
King Linjiang asked him, "When do you plan to move back?"
Shen Chen frowned and shook his head: "No."
He paused, and seeing King Linjiang frowning, he said softly, "Anyway, it happened in the past few days. Something happened to the Peng family and the Fang family. He won't be happy to see the people below getting along harmoniously. When he came to me before, he asked me why I never came back, and I said that I was unhappy staying away."
Prince Linjiang had a complicated expression.
Shen Chen, however, did not seem to be surprised. "He scolded me a few times after hearing me, and then said that I would probably be able to control my temper after I get married. Before that, I'd better not move back. If necessary, I'd better have a quarrel with my mother..."
This child...
King Linjiang felt mixed emotions. He stood up, patted his shoulder, and whispered, "Don't agree to it first, dear. Don't be so shameless as to say that you have to make some achievements first."
After all, it is a lifelong thing. Even if the wife can be changed when the time comes, it is not a pleasant thing after all.
Prince Linjiang didn't want Shen Chen to really marry Princess Yonghe.
Shen Chen curled his lips and responded straightforwardly: "Of course."
If you want to marry someone, you should only marry the one you like. Otherwise, wouldn’t you be at a great loss