mtlumby2d Chapter 157 Support
Chapter 157 Support
Although the Second Wife and Shen Xi left first, Shen Tang returned to the Marquis' Mansion almost at the same time as them.
Lifting the carriage curtain, Shen Tang saw the Second Madam helping Shen Xi step into the Marquis's Mansion. The gatekeeper looked at them in confusion. It was obvious that what happened in the palace had not yet been reported back.
Shen Ran's maid came over to help Shen Ran get off the carriage, and then helped Shen Tang. Ginkgo came over limping, with a little bruise on his forehead. Shen Tang saw it and asked, "What's wrong?"
Ginkgo said, "Just now in the palace, after the young lady got on the carriage, Princess Jinde left in a hurry, no one knew where she was going. The maid followed her and bumped into me. I hit my head on the carriage and sprained my ankle..."
Princess Jinde...
When Shen Tang heard these four words, his heart was shaken.
She remembered that in her previous life, Shen Xian had an accident with the Second Prince in Prince Zhao's Mansion. Princess Jinde also turned back when everyone was leaving, walked very fast, and bumped into someone.
In this life, many things were actually different from her previous life after she refused to get on the bridal sedan at Prince Jingyang's mansion. But now Shen Ying still wanted to marry the second prince, and Princess Jinde also behaved abnormally on this day.
Shen Tang's intuition told her that there was a connection between the two things, but she couldn't figure it out for a moment.
Shen Tang was thinking about Princess Jinde. Shen Ran went up the stairs and saw that she hadn't followed him. He asked, "Second sister?"
Shen Tang came back to his senses, walked up the stairs and stepped into the mansion.
Shen Tang and Shen Ran did not go back to the courtyard directly, but went to Songhe Hall. When they arrived, the old lady already knew about Shen Xian and the second prince. The second wife told the old lady that Shen Xian was not there and should have returned to her own courtyard.
Shen Tang walked in and asked curiously, "Didn't my eldest sister go to the Jokhang Temple? Why is she in the palace?"
The old lady was about to ask about this, and her eyes swept over to the second wife.
The Second Wife said, "It was Concubine Ye who wanted Xian'er to enter the palace. Xian'er was afraid that if you knew about her entering the palace, you would worry about her getting into trouble, so she didn't allow her to enter. In order to avoid putting you in the middle, she didn't let me tell you about this..."
Shen Tang said, "Since my eldest sister didn't allow me to tell you, Second Aunt won't tell you. If something happens, won't Second Aunt feel guilty?"
The old lady had a long face. She had just reprimanded the second wife a few days ago, telling her not to meddle in the affairs of the eldest house. But she was so good that she even hid such a thing from her.
The Second Wife said, "I'm afraid you'll worry..."
The old lady said angrily, "You knew I was worried, so you deliberately concealed it. You actually kept an eye on Xian'er. If you had kept an eye on her, you wouldn't have let something like this happen to her in the palace."
Although what happened today wasn't a bad thing, what if it wasn't the Second Prince, but someone else?!
It's hard to say.
The Second Wife quickly admitted her mistake, "Now that it has happened, I'm afraid Concubine Ye won't agree to let Xian'er become the Second Prince's principal wife..."
The old lady's face was very long. "Did Concubine Ye tell you?"
The Second Wife shook her head. "That's just my guess."
The old lady's face darkened as she said, "You can guess what the noble lady is thinking. If Concubine Ye hears about it, even if she wants to give Shen Xi the position of principal consort, I'm afraid she won't agree."
Besides, this matter only counts if the emperor says so. There are so many people talking, how can we just guess? They have no sense at all.
Thinking about how she had been worrying about Shen Xi's marriage these days and had urged Shen Sui countless times, and now that she had become the Second Prince's woman, the stone that had been weighing on the old lady's heart for a long time was removed, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Ran said, "At the Queen's birthday banquet today, someone gave Second Sister a note..."
The old lady looked at Shen Tang, "Is that true?"
Shen Tang nodded. "The note said that Prince Ning asked me to meet him at the Imperial Garden Bridge. I went there, but after waiting for a long time, Prince Ning didn't come looking for me. When I returned to the birthday banquet, I saw Concubine Ye hurried to Taikang Palace. The Queen and Concubine Zhao's people were also there..."
The old lady's brows were knotted.
She already knew that Xiao Huan was her grandson Shen Yan, and Xiao Huan himself knew it too. So why would he ask Shen Tang to meet privately at the birthday party? It was obvious that someone was sending Shen Tang away under the guise of being the Prince of Ning.
Shen Tang has always been cautious in the palace, so why did he believe what was written on the note and go to see Xiao Huan?
The old lady asked, "Did someone ask you out under the guise of Prince Ning?"
Shen Tang shook his head. "I don't know. Prince Ning was not at the birthday party at that time, so I went there."
The old lady thought that Shen Tang was worried that something might happen to Prince Ning, so she went to check on him.
Shen Tang was fine. Thinking about what happened to Shen Xi, the old lady suspected that Shen Tang was targeted again today, but Shen Xi was the unlucky one again. But even if Concubine Ye wanted to plot against Shen Tang, she would not include the second prince in her plot. The old lady felt that she was too suspicious.
It was still unknown when Shen Sui would come back. Shen Tang wanted to wait for her father, but she also wanted to know what was going on between Shen Ying and the Second Prince. After coming out of Wende Hall, she looked at Xie Guimo several times. He should know that she was looking for him, right?
Afraid that Xie Guimo would be waiting anxiously, Shen Tang got up and went back to Qingyi Garden.
She didn't stay to wait for Shen Sui. Everyone in the room felt strange. Wasn't the second young lady curious about what status the second prince gave to the eldest young lady?
Shen Tang returned to Qingyi Garden from the small path. When she entered the house, she saw a certain gentleman sitting there drinking tea. Seeing her come in, Xie Guimo said with resentment, "You came to me, and made me wait for you for so long."
If Shen Ran hadn't been in the carriage, he would have gotten on it directly.
Shen Tang walked over and asked, "Why did you push Shen Xi to the Second Prince?"
"It's not me this time," Xie Guimo said.
"..."
not him?
Shen Tang was surprised, "If it wasn't you, then who did it?"
"The eldest prince."
Shen Tang opened his eyes wide, and felt the shock in his heart growing stronger and stronger.
How could it be the eldest prince?
Could it be that Xie Guimo is secretly supporting the eldest prince?
She knew that Xie Guimo was investigating the Marquis of Changping's Mansion, but she had no idea that he had private dealings with the eldest prince.
Xie Guimo stretched out his hand and pulled Shen Tang to sit in his arms. "If we want to stop the Second Prince from taking that position, we can only join forces with the First Prince. After all, we are in the palace, and it is easier for the First Prince to do anything than for me. The original plan was to plot against the Prince of Changping, but I listened to your advice and drugged him so that even the aphrodisiac he was given had no effect. The First Prince knew that I would wait until your eldest sister got married before proposing marriage, so he temporarily changed his plan to plot against the Second Prince."
"It doesn't make much difference whether your eldest sister marries the Marquis of Changping or the Second Prince."
There is no difference, the difference is huge.
Shen Xian is having an affair with the Prince of Changping. It would be fine if Shen Xian kept it a secret, but if she fails to keep it a secret and secretly colludes with the Prince of Changping and cuckolds the Second Prince, if this matter is exposed, it will definitely implicate the entire Pingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Shen Xian looked down on the Prince of Changping Marquis and was unlikely to take the initiative to provoke him, but the Prince of Changping Marquis was a shameless man and he might not avoid looking for Shen Xian.
This was undoubtedly a sword hanging over the head of the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion.