The people from Chengwang's mansion left, but Wu Chao, the housekeeper, hurriedly directed them to collect all the betrothal gifts according to Qin Shu's order, but he couldn't really throw them out on the street like Qin Shu ordered. After thinking about it, Wu Chao ordered people to pack the presents in a carriage, and transported them untouched outside Chengwang's mansion for storage.
Outside the hall, Wan He knelt down and wept silently. Qin Shuang finished crying and stepped forward to let Wan He get up first.
In the room, Hu asked anxiously, "Master Hou, what should we do? Everyone in the capital will know about this tomorrow morning! She is already engaged to the Xue family, so what should I do?"
Qin Shu's face was ashen, and he didn't reply for a long time. He didn't speak, and the others were also silent.
After a long time, Qin Shu turned his eyes and glanced at the sky outside. It was already dark, and it was impossible to enter the palace at this time. He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, there was already silence in his eyes, "I'll send a message first. Let’s talk about the details tomorrow. I’ll go to the palace first tomorrow morning. You go to Xue’s mansion immediately tomorrow morning, and say... let’s say that King Cheng has taken a fancy to Qin Xiang. Ma'am, please take care of me..."
Mrs. Hu hurriedly said, "But we are going to Anyang Marquis Mansion."
Qin Shu sighed, "There's no rush to go to Anyang Marquis Mansion, it's better to enter the palace first and explain this matter to the crown prince."
Speaking of which, Qin Shu looked at Qin Wan who was standing at the door, "Guan'er, you are going to Anyang Hou's Mansion tomorrow morning. Tell Taichang Princess about the reason. She will understand. We will visit the mansion after noon. .”
Qin Wan quickly responded, and Qin Shu stood still, looking around at the people in the room, "There must be gossip in the capital these few days, you don't need to pay attention to it." Qin Shu looked at Qin Shuang and Qin Wan, "From today, Qin Xiang is no longer a member of the Qin family. The two of you have the best relationship with her. Remember my words."
Qin Wan nodded, Qin Shuang kept nodding as he didn't dare to disobey Qin Shu.
Qin Shu was silent for a moment, then suddenly looked outside, "Is there a girl left behind? Let her in."
Qin Shuang patted Wan He's hand to comfort her, and Wan He wiped her tears and walked in, and knelt down on the ground as soon as she entered.
Qin Shu returned to the main seat, his cold eyes hung over Wan He's head.
Although the matter could not be dealt with, he had to know clearly how it happened, so that he could have a clear explanation with the prince and queen after meeting them.
"Going to Weishan, you followed Fifth Miss. When did Fifth Miss have an affair with King Cheng, please tell me in detail!"
Wan He couldn't help crying, but Qin Shu's eyes were as cold as arrows, but he didn't allow her to say nothing. Wan He collected himself, wiped away tears, and said, "Miss and King Cheng had an affair the day before they came back. Ah, no, it was two days before that, when the hunting had just resumed in the camp, the young lady followed the madam to the evening banquet, on the way back, a servant bumped into the young lady, but gave the young lady a slap in the face. Zhi Yupei, the servant girl found out the next morning when she was serving the young lady. The young lady did not allow the servant girl to ask questions at that time, so the servant girl did not dare to speak too much. I only found out later..."
"The day before she came back, the empress and her family members went out for an outing in the big camp. The young lady didn't want to follow, so she returned halfway. The young lady took the servants and servants to go back to her big tent, but she didn't expect to walk to the door of the big tent, but saw the big tent waiting for her. Cheng Wang over there, the young lady acted very aggrieved when she saw His Highness Cheng Wang, but Cheng Wang spoke softly and coaxed the young lady to go to his place."
"The servant girl was taken to a small tent. I don't know what Cheng Wang said to the young lady, but when the young lady came out from Cheng Wang's place at night, she said that Cheng Wang had promised her the position of side concubine, so that she could be a concubine. I don't want to say a word."
Wan He hurriedly lay down on the ground, "Servant... this servant only knows that King Cheng is superior, but does not know that this matter is not good for the Marquis's residence. Miss does not let this servant speak, but this servant does not dare to speak..."
Hu's complexion was slightly pale. It turned out that Qin Xiang could not be found that day because she went to King Cheng's tent. The lonely man and widow stayed together for an afternoon. One can imagine what would happen...
Mrs. Hu sighed, "This, this is really a crime! She was also carefully taught by the third brother and the third younger siblings, why...she is the daughter of the third wife, how dare she and the king..."
Qin Chaoyu was also extremely annoyed in his heart, but more of it was disdain. She, the third uncle, did something unreasonable in the sky. It is not surprising that his daughter is like this, and it is not considered that Qin Xiang wants to climb high What, but hindered her friendship with the prince, she was angry, but a little surprised at Qin Xiang's audacity, also for the purpose of unscrupulous means, Qin Xiang lost because of her right time, place, people and neither. So she can only be expelled from the Qin family.
Qin Chaoyu hated, was angry and was slightly shocked. At the moment, her heart was complicated, and she didn't say the contemptuous words in her heart. She looked at Wan He indifferently, "Your lady is going to become a king's mansion to enjoy the glory and wealth. Why don't you go?"
After asking this question, Wan He knelt on the ground again, "I don't dare to, I don't dare to enjoy such a low status, I dare not enjoy that kind of glory and wealth, I have betrayed my master, Lord Hou let me go back to Jinzhou to serve the third lady."
Qin Chaoyu sighed softly when he heard this, "Even you can understand the truth, but your master can't understand it. The Qin family shares weal and woe. You are your master's servant, but you are also Qin's slave. She wants to betray you. Mrs. Qin, it's good that you didn't go with her. It's a long way to Jinzhou, and it won't be easy for you to go back..."
Qin Chaoyu looked at Qin Shu, Qin Shu nodded and said, "If you want to stay, you can stay, you, stay with Miss Six for now."
Hearing this, Wan He quickly kowtowed three times, then got up and went out to wait.
Qin Wan and Qin Shuang looked at each other with complex and heavy expressions in their eyes.
Qin Shu sighed, "Okay, this matter doesn't hinder you, my wife and I will worry about it tomorrow, you should go to the yamen tomorrow, go to the yamen tomorrow, you should go to the yamen tomorrow, read books at home and be a female celebrity, then go back as usual, it's not a big deal, that's okay. I'll talk to my wife for a while, you all go back—"
Qin Yan took a few juniors to leave, and they walked together without saying a word.
After a while, Qin Yan sighed, "I didn't expect the result to be like this—"
When he was in Yunwu Mountain, Qin Xiang was restless once. He didn't expect that this time not only the good show would be repeated, but also played in Chengwang's mansion. Qin Chaoyu smiled, "I'm afraid, we have more than one person whose heart is higher than the sky."
Qin Yan raised his brows slightly when he heard this, Qin Shuang and Qin Wan's footsteps were slightly stagnant, Qin Yan glanced at Qin Wan and the two, "Sister, don't talk nonsense, after today's incident, our family must be more careful One place is better."
Qin Chaoyu smiled noncommittally, turned around and left first, Qin Yan looked at Qin Wan and Qin Shuang hesitantly, "Don't think too much about it, she won't be able to say anything about today's matter to the prince and queen in the future. That's why I said that out of anger."
Qin Wan bent her lips, "Don't worry, third brother, we understand."
After saying this, Qin Wan took Qin Shuang to leave. After walking for a while, Qin Shuang said in a low voice, "What does Bamei mean by that?! Could it be that she thinks that I also..."
"No, she shouldn't be talking about you."
Qin Wan was very sure. She had just noticed Qin Chaoyu's eyes when he was speaking. She looked at Qin Yan, Qin Ye and Qin Shuang, but she didn't look at her alone. Isn't this obvious
And Qin Yan said that Qin Chaoyu said this because he was angry...
Qin Wan didn't believe it, but she couldn't think of any quarrels between her and Qin Chaoyu recently. After thinking about it for a few times, Qin Wan didn't think about it at all, and only advised Qin Shuang, "Don't worry about it." Don't worry, it's still a Qin character, so it's best to wait for the Qin Xiang incident to pass."
Qin Shuang's eyes turned red again, "Now that Qin Xiang is gone, she...she won't be afraid that those superior people will eat her up!"
Qin Wan sighed, "She wouldn't be surprised, but she still went, it was her choice, people have to make many choices in life, even sisters may go farther and farther, she left the Hou Mansion today, in the future, Just look at her good fortune."
After a few words of persuasion to Qin Shuang, the two separated, and Wan He naturally followed Qin Shuang.
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In the early morning of the second day, the news that King Cheng married the Fifth Miss of Zhongyonghou's Mansion as his concubine spread like wildfire. There was a rumor in the capital, and Yan Che didn't know about it when he was called by the Queen to the Central Palace.
"The son-in-law visited the empress, and the mother called the son-in-law here, wondering why?"
Zhao Shuhua sat on the beauty couch in front of the window, and raised her chin at the maidservant beside her, and the maidservant handed a text message to Yan Che, "His Royal Highness, please read—"
"When this letter was delivered last night, you were already asleep. The servant sent this letter to me. Take a look, it was delivered by Zhongyonghou."
Yan Che didn't know what happened, when he heard that the people from the East Palace had finally delivered the letter to the Central Palace, he felt a fleeting breath in his heart, but soon, his attention fell on the letter.
After reading a few lines, Yan Che frowned, "This! What is King Cheng doing?!"
Zhao Shuhua smiled lightly, "What are you doing? I'm sick of you!"
The servant brought up two cups of hot tea, and Zhao Shuhua picked up the teacup and wiped the white foam on it with the tea lid, "But it's not a problem, she's just a cousin of the Hou's mansion, that's all..."
Zhao Shuhua's tone was light, and after saying this, when she wanted to drink tea, she felt that she lost the interest in drinking tea. Once the tea was covered, Zhao Shuhua put down the teacup. It doesn't matter, but Cheng Wang did this openly, but he was provoking Donggong and her queen, which made her dissatisfied.
"Qin Shu will definitely come to the palace to look for you later. The queen mother will not see him. You can just see him and ask the reason of the matter, and then this matter will be over. After all, it is not Qin Shu who wants to do this. This is a crucial moment Above, everything should be in order, Qin Tianjian sent the auspicious day of divination yesterday, according to my mother, the time should be earlier, what do you think?"
Yan Che had already closed the letter and nodded, "Everything is arranged by the queen mother."
Zhao Shuhua nodded, "That's it, you go back to the East Palace, Qin Shu may already be waiting in the East Palace."
Yan Che saluted and quit, and when he returned to the East Palace, he saw Qin Shu waiting outside the East Palace. When he saw Yan Che, Qin Shu rushed forward to salute. He walked towards the main hall of the East Palace.
Qin Shu's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, and Tang Fu, who was following behind, smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't be too polite, and go in with His Royal Highness, Your Highness has just returned from the Empress of the Central Palace."
Qin Shu was very polite to Tang Fu, he bowed his hands before entering the hall.
As soon as he entered the hall, Qin Shu said, "His Royal Highness, I have come to plead guilty—"
The crown prince took his seat after the book case, his handsome face sank in the shadows, "Master Hou is talking about the fact that King Cheng married Miss Fifth of the mansion as his concubine?"
Qin Shu nodded, "That's exactly what happened. Last night, King Cheng suddenly sent someone to propose a marriage. The niece of Weichen is ignorant of the world and came from Jinzhou. She doesn't understand the personnel affairs in Beijing. Yujue, with this secret grant and acceptance, the people sent by King Cheng were sure that I would not dare not hand over someone, and that stupid niece of Weichen thought that she would enjoy glory if she entered Prince Cheng's mansion, and she wanted to follow Cheng. Wang, Weichen... In a fit of anger, Weichen expelled her from the Qin family and let her go to the palace of the king."
After Qin Shu finished speaking, his brows and eyes drooped, while Yan Che sat behind the desk and didn't speak for a long time. Qin Shu's heart was beating non-stop, and after a while, cold sweat flowed down. At this moment, Yan Che opened his mouth and said , "King Cheng came prepared, and your niece is an ignorant one, so I don't blame you. It's just a niece anyway. Don't worry about it, Lord Hou."
Qin Shu raised his head, but seeing that there was no obvious anger on Yan Che's face, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Prince, for your understanding, but once this matter happens, I'm afraid there will be some unpleasant rumors."
"Why are you afraid of gossip? It's nothing more than those rumors. They haven't been lost in these years, and they haven't hurt the East Palace." Yan Che said slowly, but he didn't smile. Prepare to marry Chao Yu, the big wedding may be before July."
Qin Shu's eyes lit up slightly, and he quickly responded, but then said, "I don't know where the empress is..."
Yan Che was silent, "The queen mother already knew about it, but the queen mother said that this matter is harmless."
Yan Che said lightly, but Qin Shu's heart tightened all of a sudden. If the Queen's attitude towards this matter is so flippant, it would be bad. More, he hastily resigned and walked out. As soon as he walked out of the main hall, the bright light outside made Qin Shu relax. For some reason, every time he entered the Eastern Palace, he felt extremely depressed. Rao, he always held his breath .
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Xue Qingshan slept until it was dawn and when he reached the front yard, he found that there were already visitors at home.
A young man was called to ask, and the young man said, "Master, it's the wife of Zhongyonghou's mansion who has come."
The servant is very happy, because the young master of his family will marry the lady of Zhongyonghou's family in the future!
Xue Qingshan frowned slightly, he and the lady cousin of the Zhongyonghou Mansion just made a small agreement, and did not perform the following etiquette, why did Mrs. Hou come to the door, not to mention that the status of the two families is very different, if you want to go to the door, you should It was his parents who came to the door.
Thinking about it this way, Xue Qingshan felt something was wrong, and walked towards the front yard.
The Xue family's house is not big, but it is exquisite and elegant. There are two entrances in the front yard. Xue Qingshan entered the back hall through the corner gate. Just as he stood still, he heard voices coming from the front.
In the front hall, Mrs. Hu and Mr. Xue sat at the main seats, while Xue Qingshan's mother sat at the lower left.
Hu smiled bitterly and said, "I really didn't expect this to happen. Xiang'er has a good appearance and a good temperament. His Royal Highness Cheng Wang has taken a fancy to her. We have nothing to do. Because of her father, Cheng Wang only You can be given the title of noble concubine, but even so, we can't compete. Last night, King Cheng sent someone to the Hou's mansion. It was a posture of robbing people. The Hou Ye couldn't help it, but now he was rude to Xue Gong. Our two families have already agreed, but now it’s like this, it’s really... "
What Mr. Hu said was sincere, Mr. Xue's complexion was slightly pale, when he was young, he was only a young military general from the fourth rank, not as good as a fifth-rank civil servant, the Hou family is a big family, they were originally high-ranking, but now they are A King Cheng came to snatch their future daughter-in-law, how could they win...
Although Master Xue felt humiliated in his heart, he didn't dare to go against Hou's Mansion or Cheng Wang's Mansion. Their son is still in the patrol camp. It would be bad if he accidentally ruined his future. "Cheng Wang has always acted in Beijing..."
Master Xue hesitated to speak, "Ma'am, you don't have to feel sorry, this matter is also a sudden change, don't blame the Houfu, if you want to blame, you can only blame Cheng Wang for being too arrogant!"
Master Xue knew that the Hou family was on the prince's side, so he no longer hesitated in his words. Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Hu's complexion suddenly became better, and Master Xue continued, "It's just a pity for Miss Qin. Fan has been snatched away, and we don't know what will happen in the future, we have no blessings."
In the back hall, Xue Qingshan frowned slightly. Although his father was not a high-ranking official back then, he had fought against several old masters in Beijing, so this time we talked about their marriage. It is true that they have climbed high, but the other party's Qin family girl was burdened by her father's sins, and she really couldn't find a more suitable good family. At that time, Xue Qingshan thought, the Qin family girl came from a scholarly family, so he The wedding must be well planned so that it is not a loss of etiquette, but now, why did such a change suddenly happen? !
King Cheng snatched the lady cousin of Zhongyonghou's mansion as his concubine? !
His parents believed this, but he didn't believe it!
If it is really a robbery, with the status of the Zhongyonghou Mansion, whether it is looking for the prince or the emperor, not only can he save his niece, but also make King Cheng fall into a big fall, and King Cheng will not be so stupid delivered to your door!
But this thing of being a concubine has become...
Xue Qingshan frowned, could it be that King Cheng used some kind of evil method
But if this is really the case, can the Zhongyonghou Mansion bear this hidden loss? Today's Zhongyong Hou is in charge of the court, and his daughter will become the crown prince, and the prince and queen are on their side. If Zhong Yonghou wants to seek justice for his niece, it is not difficult. He is so weak It's not Zhongyonghou's style to ask someone to snatch his niece away!
Xue Qingshan turned around and left, walked out of the back hall, and told his servant, "Go to Xingle Fang immediately to find out, and see if there is anything strange in Zhongyonghou's residence these two days."
Xinglefang is where Zhongyonghou's Mansion is located. If you go to inquire now, maybe you can really find out something.
The boy took the order and went away, but Xue Qingshan was not good at eavesdropping all the time, so he went back to his study. When he arrived in the study, he was a little restless. It will take at least an hour to go, but the boy came back after only two sticks of incense—
"Master! You don't need to go to Xinglefang to find out!"
The boy was sweating profusely, "The villain hadn't reached Xinglefang when he heard someone on the side of the road saying that the king Cheng took a concubine last night, and the concubine was the lady of the Hou's mansion, and said that the two People have long had an affair... "
Xue Qingshan wiped the sweat off his face, his eyes sank very quickly, before he arrived at Xinglefang, he heard some people's discussion, and this discussion was still damaging the reputation of the Marquis Mansion, it was intentional at all.
Personal affair... I don't know whether this personal affair is intentional by Cheng Wang, or this Miss Tang is also interested!
Xue Qingshan was thinking like this, but he knew that the marriage would not come true. He glanced at the sword in his hand, Xue Qingshan pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Go and see if Mrs. Hou Fu has left. My lord said so..."
Xue Qingshan murmured for a while, the boy was surprised at first, then hurriedly turned around and went to the front yard, but saw that Mrs. Hu hadn't left yet, she came to apologize today, so naturally there was no reason to leave after finishing speaking, the boy said Delivering tea, I whispered a few words in Master Xue's ear, Master Xue's complexion changed slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Young Master ordered it?"
The boy nodded heavily, then turned and left.
Mrs. Hu vaguely heard the word "young master" and guessed that Xue Qingshan knew about it. She was a little nervous for a while, but Mr. Xue hesitated for a moment with embarrassment, and suddenly said, "Dare to ask Madam, is there another lady in the house?" ?”