Chapter 17: Frightened Horse
Just like in the previous life, the old lady of the Minister of Revenue's house suddenly fell ill and died. The Minister of Revenue was in mourning, and several ministers competed for the position of Minister, and finally it fell into the hands of Zhao Pingbo.
Shen Wan revealed this matter in order to let Lady Zhaoping believe the Taoist's words, but she did not expect that the news that the Prince of Zhaoping would marry a divorced woman would spread and become a hot topic.
When Shen Wan went to Shou'an Hall to pay her respects in the morning, she felt uneasy for no reason when she heard the Third Madam talking about this.
It has only been two days since her elder sister in her previous life had an accident in Jingmiao Temple. The closer the day gets, the more worried she becomes.
After Chen Wu finished copying the house rules as punishment, Ye Caiwei suggested going out for shopping. Chen Wan didn't have the leisure time to deal with them, so she directly refused. In the end, Ye Caiwei and the others didn't go either.
Back at Mingyue Garden, Shen Wan was absent-minded. After much hesitation, he decided to tell his father and eldest brother about it.
But just as Shen Wan was about to go out, a snow-white dove landed on the window sill.
Shen Wan hurried over, took the letter off the pigeon's ankle, and unfolded it:
There are only five words on it:
Zhou and Xu, Jingmiao Temple.
The Prince of Yongqing and Xu Zhiyi went to Jingmiao Temple together.
When Shen Wan saw the three words "Jingmiao Temple", her heart trembled, and her hands holding the note were sweating, so she hurried out.
When they reached the front yard, Shen Wan asked the servant, "Is my father in the mansion?"
The servant shook his head, "The Duke has gone to the military camp."
It's a day off today, what is father doing in the military camp?
"Where's my eldest brother?" Shen Wan asked again.
"The prince left the house early this morning."
Why is none of them in the house?
"Send someone to find my eldest brother immediately."
The servant didn't know why Chen Wan was so anxious to find the prince, so he didn't dare to delay and went to find him quickly.
Shen Wan was about to return to the inner courtyard, but just as she turned around, a maid came over and called out from a distance, "Second Miss..."
Shen Wan turned around and saw Bi'er, Shen Yu's second-class maid who came with her dowry, coming over.
Bi'er stepped forward and said, "Second Miss, Sister Tubai asked me to tell you that the wife of the Yongqing Earl insists that the Crown Prince's wife go to Jingmiao Temple to pray for a child, and she can't stop her..."
Most of the color on Shen Wan's face disappeared immediately.
"My eldest sister went to Jingmiao Temple?!"
Bi'er nodded, "They set off more than half an hour ago..."
In advance.
It must be that the prince of Zhaoping would marry a divorced woman, which made the Yongqing Marquis's family worry that the affair would be exposed and the eldest sister would divorce, so they took action in advance.
Chen Wan's panicked heart was shaking like a sieve. She walked quickly towards the gate. It happened that the second young master, Chen Xun, was about to go out. He came down the steps and was about to mount his horse. Chen Wan grabbed him and got on the horse first.
Chen Xun staggered as he was dragged, almost bumping into the stone lion. He yelled, "Second sister, what are you doing?"
Shen Wan didn't care to pay attention to him and ordered the gatekeeper, "Tell Manager Li to take people to Jingmiao Temple immediately!"
Throwing down these words, Shen Wan flicked the whip and galloped forward.
But she hadn't ridden a horse for many years, and it felt a little uncomfortable for her to ride again. She endured the bumps and just wanted to run faster and faster.
Shen Wan was taught to ride a horse by Shen Ji himself, but Shen Wan seldom rides a horse outside, especially on the busy streets, for fear of bumping into people. But today, she only has her elder sister in her mind, and she wishes the horse could grow a pair of wings.
She held the reins tightly and was almost thrown off the horse several times. Fortunately, she got out of the city safely and headed straight for Jingmiao Temple.
Just as he reached the foot of Jingmiao Temple and was about to turn onto the side road, Chen Wan saw a horse-drawn carriage running wildly down the mountain out of control.
The familiar carriage and the screams coming from it.
All the color drained from Shen Wan's face.
It’s my eldest sister’s carriage.
The eldest sister is in the carriage!
Shen Wan's tears welled up as she watched the carriage run from the small road to the official road and ran forward desperately.
No!
Shen Wan whipped his horse whip and chased after him.
She was reborn, and she wanted her elder sister to live!
Live in peace!
Chen Wan regretted not telling her father and elder brother about the cruelty of Prince Yongqing, giving them the opportunity to harm her eldest sister.
If her eldest sister were to be murdered again like in her previous life, she would never forgive herself.
Chen Wan chased desperately, whipping the horse whip again and again, but she was running too fast and couldn't hold the reins. Her body was staggering from side to side and she might have fallen down if she wasn't careful.
At such a fast speed, even if you don’t die, you will be skinned alive.
Shen Wan ignored it completely, and just when she couldn't hold on any longer, there was suddenly a person behind her, holding her waist and asking, "Are you crazy?"
The reins were tightened and he stopped.
Xie Jingyu jumped off the horse holding Chen Wan.
Shen Wanren stood on the ground, feeling dizzy, but she didn't care. She was like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving piece of wood. She grabbed Xie Jingyu's arm, her eyes blurred with tears, and her voice was hurried, "Save my eldest sister, save her!"
Xie Jingyu only saw Shen Wan whipping the horse whip desperately, and didn't know that she was chasing the carriage.
He didn't hesitate, "I'm going to rescue them, you wait here for me."
He jumped on his horse and chased the carriage.
Chen Wan didn't have the patience to wait here. As soon as Xie Jingyu rode away, she wanted to get on the horse. However, she was so scared that her legs were weak and it took her several tries before she could get on the horse.
She ran forward, going up to the path where she fell off the cliff in her previous life. She first saw the servant who had fainted, and then Tu Bai, who was covering his arm with blood all over his face. Unlike in her previous life, they did not fall off the cliff together. Although they were injured, they were still alive.
A glimmer of hope rose in Shen Wan's heart.
She rode forward and turned a corner, then saw Xie Jingyu standing on the edge of the cliff, with Shen Yu slumped on the ground.
"Eldest sister!"
Shen Wan almost rushed over and hugged her tightly.
Chen Yu was so frightened that she was out of her mind.
Her body was shaking with fear.
The carriage and the horse fell off the cliff together. If the Prince of Jingbei had not taken her out of the carriage in time, she would have fallen down and been smashed to pieces.
Chen Wan hugged Chen Yu and wiped his tears, not knowing whether he was comforting Chen Yu or comforting himself.
"It's okay, it's okay now..."
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