Chapter 290 Courage
After leaving Hanyuan Hall, Xie Jingyu picked up Chen Wan horizontally.
Shen Wan's face flushed, "I can walk by myself..."
"My knee is injured, so it's better to walk less."
Previously, when they were going from Shoukang Palace to Hanyuan Palace, if the emperor had not been there, he would have just carried her in his arms.
But if he couldn't even walk, going to Hanyuan Hall would definitely cause gossip, so he held back.
The road from Hanyuan Hall to the carriage parking place is quite far, so it is safer to hold it.
He just walked forward, and every palace maid passing by looked at him with a sidelong glance.
The news that the two of them stayed in Hanyuan Hall until evening spread to Shoukang Palace and reached the ears of the Empress Dowager and Queen Song.
The Empress Dowager's face turned pale, and Queen Song's expression was also not looking good.
What is the Emperor's business that requires him to keep the Prince and Consort of Jingbei in Hanyuan Palace for so long?!
He also asked the two of them to have dinner with him.
Even Prince Cheng and Princess Shouzhen, her two daughters, had never dined with the emperor in Hanyuan Hall.
In addition, the emperor protected the Jingbei prince's wife and pressured the queen mother to let them enter the queen mother's storehouse and rob the queen mother. Queen Song suspected that the emperor had already known that Shen Wan was his daughter.
But even if he knew, it would be useless. The emperor would never be able to recognize his daughter openly in this lifetime, and the empress dowager would never allow her to live.
Then Xie Jingyu carried Chen Wan to the horse racing yard, helped her into the carriage, and then sat in it himself.
He was used to holding Chen Wan in his arms, and Chen Wan was also used to sitting in his arms. Chen Wan touched the auspicious clouds embroidered on his collar and said, "Today, my mother contradicted the Queen Mother several times in order to protect me..."
Xie Jingyu held Shen Wan's waist with one hand and held Shen Wan's hand with the other, "Mother, protecting you is protecting me."
Shen Wan said, “My mother is much braver than I thought.”
Xie Jingyu laughed and said, "No one knows how courageous my mother is."
Shen Wan's eyes widened, "Why do you say that?"
Xie Jingyu said, "Mother is very easy to talk to about things that don't matter to her, but when it comes to things that she cares about, she becomes stronger when faced with a stronger opponent. She has never been afraid of anyone."
"My mother must have grown up surrounded by love and affection."
The princess lost her memory and was rescued, so she could marry the prince to bring him good luck. Shen Wan knew about this.
Shen Wan was surprised, "Has no one looked for my mother?"
Xie Jingyu shook his head, "Maybe my mother's family is long gone."
This is very possible. After all, the princess has lost her memory for twenty years. Considering that she died at the birthday banquet of the Duke of Xingguo in her previous life, it is already good enough that she can live safely in this life.
The two chatted casually, and when they passed through the palace gate, the sound of galloping horses passed by the carriage.
Chen Ping's voice spread, "Master, send it to the palace urgently from eight hundred miles away..."
Shen Wan lifted the car curtain and saw nothing.
In the previous life, there was no express delivery of 800 miles to Beijing at this time.
She was a little worried, "Is there going to be a war?"
She didn't want to fight, and didn't want her father, elder brother, Xie Jingyu, and the prince to go to the battlefield.
There are a lot of people in the Jingbei Palace who don't like her. If Xie Jingyu and the prince are not around, those people don't know what to do.
Normally she would have dared to do that, but now that she was pregnant, those people dared to replace the baby.
Seeing worry on Shen Wan's brow, Xie Jingyu comforted her, "It won't be a war."
Shen Wan asked, "What could that be?"
There are rarely good things that come from an 800-mile express delivery.
Xie Jingyu couldn't guess what it would be, but he was sure it wouldn't be a war.
At this time, the Crown Prince of Gaoyang of Dongliang and the Third Prince of Beiyue are probably not yet in Dongliang and Beiyue. If a war is to start, their safety must be ensured first, especially since Beiyue had withdrawn half of its troops before. With Xiahou Yi's reborn identity, he has the final say on when to start the war.
Xie Jingyu said, "You'll know tomorrow."
The emperor's internal injuries have almost recovered. He has been rushed for 800 miles. The emperor will definitely attend the early court tomorrow, so he doesn't need to go to the palace to help the emperor review memorials.
The carriage traveled smoothly all the way until it stopped in front of the gate of Prince Jingbei's Mansion.
Xie Jingyu hugged Chen and pulled him down, then kept holding him.
As they were going up the stairs, Steward Zhou was escorting the imperial physician out of the mansion. When Shen Wan saw him, he asked, "Who's sick?"
Manager Zhou, “…”
Is there any need to ask?
It must be the old lady.
After Shen Wan asked, he realized that he had asked a nonsense question.
The old lady sat on the mountain and watched the fight between two tigers, helping Song Nanyue bully her. As a result, her attempt to watch the fire from the other side of the river failed and ended up burning herself. She found the antidote in her house, but the emperor took away her imperial edict.
Poisoning Song Nanyue and framing her will not give you a good reputation.
One can imagine the blow this incident dealt to the old lady.
No one knew how the fire had burned the old lady. Shen Wan was eager to find out, so he asked Shanhu after returning.
Coral was really scared today.
The Queen Mother wanted to use Song Nanyue to get rid of Chen Wan. The jade hairpin she gave to Song Nanyue was poisoned, and poison was also found in her house. Even if Chen Wan jumped into the Yellow River, she could not wash away the poison.
Normally, apart from Shanhu Yinchuan, only Chun'er and Qiu'er can come into Chen Wan's side. They are all loyal to Shen Wan. In addition, there are secret guards in Zhaolanxuan, so it is impossible to put the antidote into Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu's inner room or study.
Then he set his sights on Shanhu Yinchuan. Zhaolanxuan was guarded by secret guards, so there would be no such thing in the maid's residence.
After the Empress Dowager's men searched the inner rooms, they began to search the maid's quarters.
You must not search Shanhu Yinchuan’s house.
The various poisons that Chen Wan bought from the quack doctor outside the Huguo Temple were hidden in Shanhu Yinchuan's house.
No antidote was found, but a bunch of poison was found, and the Crown Prince's wife's reputation was ruined.
Shanhu was worried, but she couldn't stop the Queen Mother's men. Just when Shanhu thought the sky was falling, nothing happened.
The poison she had hidden in the box under the bed disappeared.
Even the Queen Mother's people were confused.
The antidote was not found in Zhaolanxuan, and the Empress Dowager's people didn't know what to do. Manager Zhou asked them to search elsewhere. The person who poisoned the second young lady must be from the mansion, so it didn't make sense to search Zhaolanxuan but not elsewhere.
The Empress Dowager's men couldn't just go back like that, so they prepared to go through the motions and start searching the old lady's Wing Chun Temple.
As a result, things went so smoothly and the antidote was found without any effort.
The imperial physician was brought with him at that time and found the powder. After the imperial physician examined it, he confirmed that it was the antidote. The empress dowager's people didn't even have a chance to cover up for the old lady, as the evidence of the crime was thus conclusive.
Chen An did a great job, so Shen Wan rewarded him with ten taels.
Chen An took the reward and said, "Those poisons..."
Xie Jingyu said, "It's too dangerous to leave it in the hands of a maid, so let's put it in the study."
"From now on, if you want to drug someone, let Chen Ping and Chen An do it. Don't do it yourself."
Xie Jingyu was afraid that Chen Wan's poison would not knock out others but himself instead, and it was soon proved that his worry was not unnecessary.
Chen Wan listened to Xie Jingyu. It was already time for dinner. The maid brought the food into the room, and Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu ate together.
After dinner, Xie Jingyu went to the study. Chen Ping came in and said, "Master, something happened to the Prince of Gaoyang of Dongliang..."
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