Chapter 350 Stab

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of Prince Jingbei's Mansion.

After Xie Jingyu got off the carriage, he helped Shen Wan down.

Back at Zhaolanxuan, Chen Wan asked Xie Jingyu to sit down, and Shanhu brought the ointment.

And then nothing happened.

Shen Wan was still thinking about applying medicine to Xie Jingyu, but she came back too late and the wound had already scabbed over.

Shen Wan, “…”

She knew that Xie Jingyu had only had some skin abraded, and she also knew that people who practiced martial arts had good health and their wounds healed quickly, but wasn't this a little too fast?

God knows how envious she was, as she felt pain for a long time even when pricked by an embroidery needle.

Coral silently took the medicine and put it away.

Yin Chuan brought tea over. Chen Wan felt thirsty, so he took a sip. Chun'er came in and said, "My Lord and Princess, this has been urgently sent to the palace from the border for 800 miles. The Prince of Gaoyang, Dongliang, was assassinated in our Ning Dynasty and fell off a cliff into the water and died. The Emperor of Dongliang is furious and demands that our Ning Dynasty marry a princess to him, otherwise he will attack Ning Dynasty and seek justice for the Prince of Gaoyang..."

Chun'er's voice was filled with excitement.

The emperor has many princesses, but the only princess of marriageable age is Princess Shouzhen.

Princess Shouzhen came to the Jingbei Palace to find fault with Chen Wan, and even wanted to sting Shen Wan to death with a wasp in the palace. She was extremely cruel and ruthless.

It was most appropriate for such a troublesome princess to be sent to bring disaster to Dongliang.

Shen Wan had guessed it when he saw the 800-mile expedited journey, but when he really heard it, he couldn't help but feel happy.

The Empress Dowager and Queen Song harbored evil intentions and prevented the Emperor from adopting a daughter. Now they have shot themselves in the foot.

The Prince of Gaoyang came to Ning Dynasty to celebrate the emperor's birthday, but died in Ning Dynasty. Ning Dynasty was not in the right to begin with. Dongliang wanted to send a princess to marry to settle the matter, and the emperor had no reason to refuse.

The news that Dongliang wanted the emperor to send the princess to marry had spread to the Jingbei Palace, not to mention the palace.

Queen Song's world collapsed.

She wanted to kill Shen Wan and Princess Xuan Ning alive.

If it weren't for Shen Wan, she wouldn't have instigated the Queen Mother to go to the Huguo Temple. There was a lot with that, and there was originally a Princess Xuanning who could marry. And because of Shen Wan's help, she was able to leave the palace and betrothed to the third young master of Jing'an Earl's Mansion.

The emperor has already granted marriage to the princess, and the marriage was granted because they had physical contact in public. It is impossible for the emperor to revoke the marriage and marry her to Dongliang.

The only princess in the palace who can marry is her daughter, Princess Shouzhen!

Queen Song was so angry that her vision went dark.

Princess Shouzhen had been punished these days by copying Buddhist scriptures in the royal temple to pray for the Empress Dowager. She had been eating a vegetarian diet every day, not consuming any meat, and had already lost a lot of weight. Furthermore, the palace servants were not good at relaying messages, so they rushed in and said, "Princess, it's bad! The Emperor wants to send you to Dongliang to marry!"

Princess Shouzhen was already worried about this matter and couldn't sleep at night. When she heard the news, she fainted from fright.

She had been in the palace since she was born and had never spent a night outside the palace. She was sent to Dongliang, a place where she was unfamiliar with the people. Princess Shouzhen would rather die than suffer this humiliation.

The palace maid was frightened and quickly summoned the imperial physician.

Queen Song was under house arrest, but after such an incident, her daughter fainted from fright. Queen Song no longer cared about the emperor's ban and walked out of Fengyi Palace.

When the guards blocked the door, Queen Song simply pulled out her golden hairpin and held it against her neck. No guard dared to stop her, so Queen Song left.

Queen Song had no time to visit her daughter and went to Shoukang Palace.

The Empress Dowager also knew that Dongliang wanted Ningchao to send a princess to marry, and she did not explicitly say that Princess Shouzhen had to marry. However, with the Emperor adopting a daughter and the Empress Dowager's life in danger, Princess Shouzhen had no choice.

We can't just ignore the life and death of the Empress Dowager for the sake of Princess Shouzhen.

Queen Song stepped forward, not bothering to salute, and said anxiously, "Queen Dowager, you must save Shouzhen..."

The Empress Dowager also did not want Princess Shouzhen to marry into a foreign alliance, but this was not something that she, the Empress Dowager, could decide.

The only princess the emperor could marry was Princess Shouzhen. Princess Changping was only thirteen years old. Even if she were fourteen, she could be sent away. But she was too young to be sent.

The Queen Mother was helpless. "This shouldn't be difficult, but I just happened to draw such an unlucky lot at the Huguo Temple. Fortunately, the marriage doesn't have to happen right away. If it can be delayed for a few months..."

The emperor adopted her as his daughter within half a year, and the empress dowager was in danger of her life. But after half a year, she was fine.

But there are still more than five months left before the six-month deadline, which is too long. Dongliang is afraid that it will not be delayed until then.

Queen Song was extremely anxious and regretted not marrying Princess Shouzhen earlier. Even if the woman she married was not so good, at least she was right in front of her. With her and Prince Cheng protecting her, no one dared to bully her. If she really married her to Dongliang, she and her daughter would never have the chance to see each other in this life. Princesses who were married off to foreign countries were walking on the edge of a knife, and few of them had a good ending.

After Princess Xuanning was granted marriage, Queen Song had thought about following suit, but Princess Shouzhen was confined to the royal temple to copy Buddhist scriptures and had been banned from leaving the palace without the emperor's permission. Even if Queen Song had an idea, she couldn't put it into practice.

It's too late to say anything now. If she makes any plans now, she will abandon the people living on the border. The emperor will depose her from the throne and demote Princess Shouzhen, who cannot marry into the imperial family, to a commoner.

Thinking of her daughter, Queen Song felt extremely regretful and her hands were shaking with anger as she served the tea.

Outside, Nanny Gui came in, supporting a palace maid. The maid's shoulder was stained with blood. The Queen Mother saw it and asked, "What happened?"

Nanny Gui asked all the palace people to leave before stepping forward and saying, "Luqiao is still alive. She was wearing a bamboo hat and ran into me on the street in panic. Chunzhi helped me chase her, but she stabbed me with a hairpin..."

The Queen Mother's face turned pale, and her hands tightly gripped the phoenix chair, her fingertips turning white.

Queen Song was furious and added fuel to the fire, "What's so strange about the Jingbei Prince's Consort being alive and Luqiao being alive?"

A maid, with a child, was able to escape from the killer's nose and send the child to Shen Ji. What kind of trash are they keeping around them?

It's a pity that the Princess Consort of Prince Jingbei is already married, otherwise she would have sent her to marry this man!

After lunch, Chen Wan strolled around the yard twice. Feeling sleepy, she went to bed.

Xie Jingyu went to the study. He was looking at the half of the jade pendant that Chen Wan put in his hand. There was a "日" character on the half that Chen Wan held, and a "立" character was engraved on the half that belonged to him today.

Together they form the sound.

There was a knock on the window, and Chen An jumped in. Xie Jingyu asked, "Why did you take so long?"

Chen Andao said, "This is a bit strange..."

Xie Jingyu looked at Chen An.

Chen An told Xie Jingyu everything he had seen. "Madame Gui, who was beside the Empress Dowager, was also chasing her. The woman was caught by a palace maid, and in her desperation, she almost killed the maid. I found it strange, so I followed her all the way, which delayed us..."

"Where did she go in the end?" Xie Jingyu asked.

"Pei Mansion."