Chapter 119 Politeness
Chen Wan's performance was flawless, not only fooling the old lady and the others, but also Chen Ji and Yun Shi had no doubts at all. They kept praising Chen Wan for being sensible. Of course, they were even more satisfied with their future son-in-law.
The emperor specially called Shen Wan into the palace to reward her. The reward was not only heavy, but would be delivered soon.
However, after waiting day after day, the reward still did not arrive, and Chen Wu and the others started to wonder if the emperor had forgotten about it because he was too busy.
But this is impossible. Even if the emperor forgets, there are still a lot of people who will help him remember it.
But it hasn't been delivered in three days, which is too abnormal.
That day, Shen Wan went to pay her respects to the old lady as usual and stayed in Shou'an Hall for half an hour longer. When she was about to leave, a little maid came in quickly and said happily, "Second Miss, someone from the palace is here. They must be here to give you a reward..."
Shen Wan, “…???”
How is this possible?
The emperor promised to confer the title of county lady on her elder sister's wedding day. Even if he wanted to reward her, he would send it to her on that day and not in advance.
Shen Wan thought that was not the case. Sure enough, another maid ran in soon and said, "I made a mistake. The people coming from the palace are not here to deliver rewards. It's the Empress who wants to see the Second Madam."
The emperor summoned Shen Wan to the palace, which was surprising, and Queen Song did the same when she called for the second wife.
Not daring to keep Queen Song waiting for too long, the Second Lady glanced at the Old Lady and quickly got up and left.
Shen Wan's good mood was overshadowed when she heard that Queen Song was looking for the Second Madam.
Before in Huguo Temple, the second house helped Xiao Yun to plot against her, but she didn't fall into their trap. The same trick cannot be used twice. Later, Xiao Yun didn't plot against her again. In addition, the second house encountered troubles one after another, and the second master's reputation was ruined. She was then married to Xie Jingyu by the emperor. She thought that in this life, Queen Song and her son would never join forces with the second house again.
It seems that she still thought things were too simple. With the military power in her father's hands and the financial resources of the Yun family, how could Queen Song and her son, who were aiming to seize the throne, give up so easily?
Queen Song must have some ulterior motive when she asked the Second Lady to enter the palace!
After the second lady left, Shen Wan went to Mingyue Garden and had lunch with Shen Yu before returning to Qingyi Garden.
The second wife came back from the palace, but no one knew why Queen Song asked her to come to the palace. Chen Wan could only deal with it as it came. What she was more concerned about right now was asking Xie Jingyu to help find someone. It had been three or four days, and she didn't know if he had found the person.
Zhaolanxuan.
In the study, Xie Jingyu was reading a military book.
As he turned the page, he glanced at the clepsydra. He asked Chen Ping to go out of the house to do something, so why didn't he come back for so long?
He had only half a military book left to read when Chen Ping came back. He poured himself some tea as soon as he entered the room. Xie Jingyu asked, "What took you so long?"
Chen Ping's throat was almost smoking with thirst, and he said, "Master, the person Miss Shen Er is looking for has been found..."
Xie Jingyu didn't care, "It's good as long as you find it."
Chen Ping hesitated to speak.
Xie Jingyu said, "If you have something to say, just say it."
Chen Ping said, "Master, guess where the person was found?"
Xie Jingyu frowned, and Chen An said, "Kyoto is so big, how can I guess?"
Chen Ping said, "It's in the palace."
Xie Jingyu was shocked.
Chen Ping said, "After finishing my work, I ran into the City Patrol on my way back to the palace. The Patrol was afraid that I would be anxious waiting for him, so he asked me to tell him. The Patrol was busy looking for him. Just as I was talking, I got a clue about that person. They said he had fallen into the hands of human traffickers and was sent to the palace early this morning. I heard that this was not good, so I hurried to the palace. Fortunately, I arrived in time. When I found him, he had already been tied up on the platform..."
When Chen Ping said this, his lower body felt cold.
If he had arrived a step later, the person Miss Shen Er was looking for would have been castrated.
Xie Jingyu still remembered what Chen Wan said when she asked him to help find someone at the Lantern Festival. She said that he should find the person as soon as possible and not let him be sold into the palace. He thought these words sounded a bit strange at the time, and now he was even more surprised. It turned out that just as she worried, the person was really sold into the palace.
No!
There was more than just this one incident, from the beginning when Miss Shen startled her horse, to the Imperial Ancestral Temple being struck by lightning, and the Emperor being assassinated...
She seemed to have the ability to predict the future.
Just as Xie Jingyu had this thought, he heard Chen Ping say, "There's something even stranger—"
"explain."
Chen Ping said, "That man's name is not Fu'an. He came to the capital to look for his relatives. He arrived in Kyoto on the afternoon of the Lantern Festival. Miss Shen Er said that he helped her, but after careful questioning, I found that the man had never met Miss Shen Er."
It's really strange.
Xie Jingyu saw clearly how anxious Chen Wan was to find that person.
In order to chase that man, he didn't even care about fighting with Shen Li for the lantern.
But when did she owe such a favor to a man who had just arrived in Beijing and whom she didn't even recognize?
Chen Ping asked, "Master, do you want to send the person to Miss Shen Er?"
"Send it to the farm first."
…
Inside the room, Shen Wan sat on the small couch, looking at the embroidery she had prepared for her elder sister. It was beautifully embroidered, and her elder sister was sure to like it.
I looked at it several times and became more and more satisfied. I asked Shanhu to take it down and put it away and give it to my eldest sister tomorrow.
Just as he handed it over, there was a sudden knock on the window, which scared Shen Wan.
She looked towards the window and saw it was pushed open and Xie Jingyu climbed in.
Coral hurried out to guard the door.
Although the girl is engaged to the Prince of Jingbei, and the marriage is granted by imperial decree and she will be married on the eighth day of next month, she has not married yet. If the news that the Prince of Jingbei climbed over the wall to find the girl gets out, the old lady will not punish the Prince of Jingbei, but she will definitely punish the girl.
Shen Wan just looked at Xie Jingyu coming in, his eyes spitting fire, "You will scare me to death!"
Xie Jingyu said, "I knocked on the window."
Listen!
Does he think he's being polite?!
Shen Wan stabbed him with a knife in his eyes.
Xie Jingyu said, "I found the person you asked me to find."
Shen Wan's face lit up with joy, "Have you sent the person to Duke Dingguo's Mansion?"
Xie Jingyu did not answer, but looked at the teapot on the rosewood table. Shen Wan silently went over to pour him tea.
The teacup is clearly there, can't she pour it herself? Isn't the tea she pours better?
Shen Wan handed him the tea, “Please have some tea.”
Xie Jingyu took it.
Shen Wan couldn't wait to ask, "Where are the people?"
Xie Jingyu said, "In the palace."
Shen Wan, “……!!!”
Xie Jingyu wanted to drink tea, and was about to drink it when Shen Wan snatched the teacup back and said, "Explain it to me clearly."
Xie Jingyu looked at her and said, "He was sold into the palace and castrated."
Chen Wan's eyes turned red with anger. She slammed the cup of tea on the table and pulled Xie Jingyu up, "You, you get out of here!"
But with her limited strength, she couldn't pull Xie Jingyu.
Xie Jingyu just wanted to test Shen Wan, but he didn't expect Shen Wan to react so strongly. He stretched out his arms and held Shen Wan in his arms. "I lied to you that he was purified. You were angry, but not surprised."
Shen Wan, who was still struggling, suddenly froze.
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