activa-t Chapter 312 Idiot
Chapter 312 Idiot
On the day Xiao Huan married Princess Roujia, he received the good news that the third young master of the mansion of Lu Xuanfu, who was demoted to Qianzhou, was Shen Xing. Because someone wanted to kill Lu Xuanfu's family, he was worried, so he immediately sent people to the border to meet Shen Xing and ensure his safety.
Not only Xiao Huan sent people, but Xie Guimo also sent people. Unexpectedly, they still failed to prevent it, and Shen Xing had an accident on his way back to Beijing.
There must be injustice in the case of collusion between officials and bandits in Qianzhou, otherwise those people would not have wanted to kill Envoy Lu Xuanfu and his entire family.
But what Xie Guimo couldn't understand was why those people wanted to kill Shen Xing. Killing Shen Xing would only anger Pingyuan Hou and Xiao Huan. It would be too stupid to investigate the case to the end, which would add fuel to the fire. Unless Shen Xing had evidence on him, but such an important thing would be handed over to the secret guards by Shen Xing when something happened.
Changpinghou Mansion.
Marquis Changping was admiring the calligraphy and paintings presented by his subordinates.
The secret guard jumped in through the window and said, "My Lord, the eldest daughter of Duke Wen's mansion was frightened by a horse on the street, and Prince Yu rescued her..."
Marquis Changping's good mood disappeared after hearing this.
Duke Wen has considerable power in the court. He and Prince Qi have tried to win him over several times over the years, but were rejected by Duke Wen. Prince Yu rescued Duke Wen's daughter in the street, and the Emperor will surely grant them a marriage. It is impossible for Duke Wen to allow his daughter to marry Prince Yu and not make plans for Prince Yu!
Prince Yu has gained another great helper!
Think about the King of Qi again. The Princess of Qi he married was the daughter of Marquis Pingyuan, the sister of Princess Jingyang, and the younger sister of Prince Ning, but now she is the daughter of their enemy. Not only can she not bring any help to the King of Qi, but the Second Master and Mrs. Shen are also holding the King of Qi back. If Shen Xian was not born with a phoenix destiny and the child in her belly was not even more precious, she would have vacated the position of Princess of Qi long ago.
Seeing the gloomy expression on Marquis Changping's face, the secret guard said, "I heard that the accident involving the eldest daughter of Duke Wen's mansion was related to Prince Ning's son."
Marquis Changping frowned, "What's going on?"
The secret guard said, "It's not clear yet. Prince Ning left the capital in a hurry. It seems something big has happened..."
Before the secret guard finished speaking, a gray-white carrier pigeon flew in and landed on the window coffin.
The secret guard walked over, took the letter off the pigeon's ankle, and presented it to the Marquis of Changping for review.
The Marquis of Changping's face, which was already not looking good, turned even darker after he saw the letter.
"idiot!"
"A fool who is more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything!"
The letter contained the news that Shen Xing had fallen off a cliff. Marquis Changping was so angry that he could hardly stand.
There are loopholes in the Qianzhou case. Old Prince Ning had sent people to Qianzhou to investigate the case before. Now that he knows that Envoy Lu was kind enough to raise Shen Xing, he will definitely send people to Qianzhou to thoroughly investigate the case and clear Envoy Lu's name.
In order to prevent the fire from eventually spreading to him and the King of Qi, he ordered people to capture Shen Xing. With such a hostage in hand, he would surely be invincible.
I repeatedly told them to capture him alive, but what happened was that someone fell off a cliff.
Shen Xing only had two sons. The eldest had already been adopted by Prince Ning's mansion, leaving him as the only child. If something happened to him, how could it not anger Marquis Pingyuan and Xiao Huan?!
How come there are so many rubbish under his command?!
Marquis Changping was so angry that his heart ached.
The secret guard said, "My Lord, we have to prepare for the worst..."
There was no need for the secret guard to remind him about this matter. Marquis Changping closed his eyes.
If you can't get rid of the enemy, you can only sacrifice your chariot to protect your king and kill your own people to eliminate future troubles.
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Xiao Huan was afraid that Shen Tang and Shen Sui would worry about Shen Xing's accident, so he discussed with Old Prince Ning and used the excuse of leaving Beijing for work to go find Shen Xing. However, because he was too anxious, he wished he could grow a pair of wings and rush to the scene of the accident immediately, which frightened the horses in Duke Wen's Mansion and he failed to conceal the truth.
Xiao Huan was known for his calm temperament. When people who knew him heard that he had caused this trouble, they knew that something had happened, and it was a big deal.
Shen Sui went to ask Prince Ning, but Prince Ning refused to tell him. Shen Sui was about to chase Xiao Huan. Prince Ning had no choice but to tell him the truth about Shen Xing being assassinated and falling off the cliff.
On the way here, Shen Sui had a vague guess that Xiao Huan had just gotten married, and if something really happened, Prince Ning and the Emperor would not let Xiao Huan leave the capital if they could hand it over to others. In addition, he had been feeling uneasy these days, and when he knew about this, he was worried that it was related to Shen Xing.
Upon learning that the accident was caused by his youngest son, whom he had never met, Shen Sui's eyes became bloodshot. Old Prince Ning comforted Shen Sui, "It will be fine."
Xiao Huan has already gone to find Shen Xing. As a marquis, Shen Sui holds an important position and is not allowed to leave the capital without the emperor's permission. All he can do is wait.
Xiao Huan left, but he caused the eldest daughter of Duke Wen's mansion to be frightened. This matter needed to be dealt with. Prince Ning prepared generous gifts and went to Duke Wen's mansion in person to apologize for Xiao Huan. Although Duke Wen felt sorry for his daughter being frightened, he knew that Xiao Huan did not do it on purpose. In addition, he knew that it was the second young master Shen who had an accident and Xiao Huan was rushing to leave Beijing to find his brother, so he did not blame him even more.
The eldest daughter of Duke Wen's mansion was rescued by Prince Yu in public. The Emperor will definitely grant them a marriage. Old Prince Ning said, "Don't worry, Duke Wen. This marriage is because of Huan'er. If Prince Yu wants to bully your daughter in the future, I will never agree."
Prince Ning always keeps his word, and Duke Wen feels relieved to hear his promise.
After leaving Duke Wen's Mansion, Prince Ning went to the palace to find the Emperor and arranged a marriage between Prince Yu and the eldest daughter of Duke Wen's Mansion.
Empress Xu was already worried about Prince Yu's marriage. Miss Wen was saved by Prince Yu himself, so he must like her. As the daughter of Duke Wen, she has an excellent family background, talent, and temperament. With Prince Ning acting as a matchmaker and the Emperor granting the marriage, it would be even better.
The news of the arranged marriage spread that day. Under normal circumstances, Shen Tang would definitely be happy for Miss Wen and Prince Yu, but her second brother's life and death were uncertain, so she really couldn't be happy.
Si'er finished delivering the message and quietly withdrew. Qiu'er came in and said, "Princess Consort, there's news from the Marquis' Mansion that the old lady has fallen ill..."
Even Shen Tang was so worried that he couldn't eat or sleep, let alone the old lady.
No one knew of the grandson's existence since he was born. No, it was Jiang who said that she gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, but no one believed it. It was not until she found Chunlan that the old lady learned that she had a little grandson who had been wandering outside for fifteen years.
After much difficulty in finding him and about to see him, something unexpected happened. The old lady was already in poor health, and when she heard the bad news, she felt like the sky had fallen, and she was so sick that she couldn't even get out of bed.
Originally, Shen Tang wanted to go back to Pingyuan Marquis Mansion one day, but he didn't expect that plans could not keep up with changes. The old lady fell ill, and Shen Tang had to go back to visit her.
After breakfast the next day, Shen Tang took Ginkgo and Qiutong back to Pingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Xie Guimo was unable to accompany them due to some matters, so he asked Chen Shan to bring the secret guards to escort them.
Shen Tang was sitting in the carriage, feeling down. Ginkgo lifted the curtain to look outside, and by chance, she saw the Second Madam. Ginkgo was so angry that she cursed, "If it weren't for the Second Madam, the Second Young Master wouldn't be living out here, suffering so much. It's hurting the Second Young Master, but the Second Madam is out shopping like nothing happened!"