mtlumby2d Chapter 293 Night Visit to Shen's Mansion
Chapter 293 Night Visit to Shen's Mansion
"Okay, godfather, don't you want some tea? Hurry up, we have to leave!"
"What's good about that! He's like this... Hey? What did you call me?"
Prince De was incredulous. Is Yu'er giving in?
Shen Yu was not used to this kind of scene either, so he ignored him, pulled Lu Yingxing and walked out, "If you don't want to drink, we'll leave the palace. I still need to sleep!"
"Hey! Right, right, right, right. After serving tea, go back to bed!"
Eunuch Huang, who had been guarding outside the door, couldn't help but look up and gossip when he saw Prince De's cheerful face. It turned out that Princess Zhuo was really capable. She was usually a very serious person.
The emperor was also disgusted when he saw him like this, it was a disgrace to the royal family of Luocheng! ! But his brother had a daughter at an old age, and she was not his own, ah! Forget it, forget it, just let him make trouble, anyway, the emperor would take care of everything, and nothing about tonight would be spread.
Tsk! He still has to go back to review memorials. Being an emperor is hard.
After drinking tea and receiving gifts, Shen Yu and Lu Yingxing said they were going back to the palace, and then went in the opposite direction after leaving the palace.
Mu Hao pushed Prince De and stood on the wall of the imperial palace, looking into the distance at the two people who were clearly not heading back to the palace and said, "This little girl is still on guard against you, afraid that you won't let them leave. Tsk tsk tsk, how wary she is!"
Prince De looked at the blurred figure, with a faint smile on his lips, and said, "It's good to be cautious. If Junior Sister had been more cautious back then, perhaps nothing would have happened..."
After hearing this, Mu Hao became even more agitated. She was his junior sister after all. "Have the people who went to Jiangnan come back? How could you let Shen Nian go?"
"No, but I don't think we can find anything..." He looked up at the bright moon, as if answering, but also as if talking to himself, "No hurry, no hurry, I promised Yu'er to leave the Shen Mansion to Xu Lan's child... No hurry, no hurry."
Shen House.
Shen Nian had been restless since the news came this morning that Shen Yu had appeared in the palace. Would the emperor actually let Prince Zhuo leave? He really couldn't figure it out, and it was precisely because he couldn't figure it out that he became even more confused.
Now, with Prince Zhuo's departure, it was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, which not only broke the original tranquility of the court, but also made the emperor's mind more unpredictable. Does this mean that the emperor has new plans for Prince Zhuo? Or has he been excluded from his confidants?
Suppressing the panic in his heart, Shen Nian began to analyze the current situation more carefully, hoping to catch the key clue that will determine his future from the clues, just like the layout of the Su Mansion...
Suddenly, there was a sound of something heavy falling outside the study, and then everything returned to calm. However, in such a quiet late night, this silence made him particularly uneasy.
"Who?"
No one answered.
Shen Nian took out the dagger hidden under the table. Not long after, a figure pushed the door open and a face somewhat similar to his appeared under the candlelight. Who else could it be but Shen Yu?
"I say, father, why are you not sleeping in the yard in the middle of the night? Who are you trying to plot against in the study? It's really easy for your daughter to find you!"
Shen Nian ignored her sarcasm and said cautiously, "I heard that Princess Zhuo returned home in a high-profile manner this morning. I originally thought it was a misunderstanding. I didn't expect that the princess really had the guts to deceive the emperor."
He was in a high position at a young age, and he was confident that he had already figured out the emperor's mind. After all, even the meritorious Su Taifu family was killed by the emperor at will, let alone her, the so-called only bloodline of the Su family?
But ever since the emperor's deliberate pardon in the palace that day, which he appeared to be harsh on the surface, he began to suspect that there might be another hidden story behind this...
Looking at his daughter who was not shy and had the guts to explore everywhere in his book, Shen Nian frowned deeply.
He didn't know when it started, but this daughter whom he treated as a discarded pawn seemed to have become the only surprise in this game of chess. She was quietly placed in a key position. Ever since she married into Prince Zhuo's Mansion, the emperor's attitude towards Lu Yingxing had changed. He neither gave up completely nor completely protected him. He even didn't mention the matter of taking over Zhuo City anymore. Because of the cooperation of the second generations, a new balance of power suddenly emerged among the five cities... He felt that he didn't understand the emperor anymore, so he didn't dare to act rashly.
What he just said was "this official" instead of "father". Shen Yu heard the difference.
She picked up a wooden box filled with letters and asked curiously, "Leaving the letters in the study like this? Aren't you afraid that they will be stolen by someone with ulterior motives?"
"No one can come into the study except me," Shen Nian answered briefly, and then asked, "What on earth are you doing here?"
Shen Yu smiled and said, "I came to see if you have secretly hidden my dowry. After all... you know that you have a criminal record, don't you, Lord Shen?"
Shen Nian was so angry that his breath was stuck in his heart. He suppressed his anger and said, "Princess, you are joking. Since I have made a deal with Prince Zhuo, there is naturally no reason to break the contract. I just hope that your Prince Zhuo's Mansion will also keep its promise..." Help me when I need it. He didn't say the rest of this sentence, but it was obviously a deliberate reminder.
Shen Yu said innocently, "I don't understand the things between you men. I just came here because I was afraid that the dowry was fake. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother to make this trip!"
Shen Nian: "..." Isn't it a little late for you to act innocent now?
Not wanting to argue with her, Shen Nian took a deep breath and said in a fatherly manner, "Don't worry, Yu'er. I promise I won't do it again this time. You knew there was an evildoer behind it before. This time you will marry in the name of the princess. The dowry list was personally followed up by Xu, and all the details were taken care of by the maids in the palace. Who dares to make a mistake?"
"Oh, by the way, speaking of Xu, don't you like the little brother in her belly? Your father has already promoted her to be a concubine as you wished, and has also selected a young lady from a good family to marry into the mansion as a stepmother, and your stepmother. This way, you can get along with her in Zhuocheng in the future. Otherwise, it would be a disgrace to our Shen Mansion to have a concubine show up in public, which would not be good for you either."
Listen, what is a tea art master?
Shen Yu's smile deepened, and he said happily, "Ah? So father married again for my own good. Since it's not easy for a concubine to show up? Then why did you take a concubine?"
Shen Nian, "…………" There was no point in chatting today, "Forget it, tell me, what is the purpose of your late night visit?"
Shen Yu also put away his playful intentions and returned to his normal tone, "Okay, no more play, I'm just here to help the master bring you news."
Shen Nian was confused, but still followed her words and asked, "Princess, what are you talking about?"
"The Emperor asked me to tell you that Prince De has become suspicious of Jiangnan's affairs..."