Chapter 297 Reward
The second wife fainted and was carried back to the Buddhist hall. The old lady did not faint, but she was not breathing either and was almost on her last breath.
It would be fine if the old lady was stripped of her imperial decree, after all, she was so old and would not attend any banquets in Kyoto, but it was different for the second lady.
Without the imperial edict, the noble ladies in Kyoto would not associate with her, especially since Xie Zhirou and Xie Jingxi were both of marriageable age. If the second lady was deprived of the imperial edict, it would definitely affect their lifelong affairs.
The Second Madam was beaten with thirty sticks, but Shen Wan's anger was not completely gone. However, as soon as the emperor issued the imperial edict, Shen Wan's anger disappeared.
Shen Wan sent Eunuch An out of the house, but Eunuch An didn't dare. No one knew better than Eunuch An how much the emperor cared about Lin Qingyin.
The emperor has so many princes, but he will not appoint a crown prince until he finds the prince who is away from home. This is enough to show his sincerity.
If that prince can be found, even if he is not good at either literature or martial arts, as long as he can maintain the status quo, with the emperor's love and the support of the Duke Dingguo Mansion and the Prince Jingbei Mansion, the throne will undoubtedly be his.
At that time, the status of the Crown Prince's Consort was definitely the most honorable person in the Ning Dynasty, without a doubt.
Manager Zhou sent Eunuch An out of the house, but Yun Shi did not leave. She stayed to see how the emperor supported Shen Wan.
The Yun family was very satisfied with this imperial edict.
Yun felt that just taking away the Second Madam's imperial decree was not enough. She thought that demoting the Second Master by two levels would be a ruthless move.
Yun said, "It's time for mother to go back."
Chen Wan said, "My eldest brother is going to marry Princess Jiangling, so I will go back early to help greet the guests."
After hearing this, Yun said, "Mother will find someone to help greet the guests, so please don't worry about it."
If it weren't for the fact that Chen Li only wanted to get married once in his life, and they had a deep brother-sister relationship and didn't want them to have any regrets, Yun Shi wouldn't want Chen Wan and Shen Yu to go back. What if they got hurt or something went wrong?
Yun knew that she couldn't stop them, so she didn't say anything about not letting them go back. She could only arrange more people to protect them that day.
Shen Wan saw Yun off, and then returned to the inner courtyard with the princess.
Chen Wan walked briskly back to Zhao Lanxuan, but he was not happy for long, because trouble came again.
Shen Wan sat down, drank a cup of tea, ate a snack, and was about to go to the study to pick out two books to pass the time when Qiu'er came in and said, "Princess, the second young lady is here..."
"not see!"
Nothing good would happen if Xie Zhirou came looking for her, and Shen Wan didn't want to make herself unhappy.
Qiu'er went out and came back soon, "Princess, the second young lady is kneeling outside the door."
Shen Wan's brows were twisted into knots.
Putting down the teacup in his hand, Shen Wan walked out and saw Xie Zhirou kneeling in the yard.
Seeing Shen Wan coming out, Xie Zhirou cried, "Sister-in-law, I know my mother shouldn't have plotted against you, but she was also beaten with a stick, and the emperor took away her imperial edict. Sister-in-law, please spare my mother's life!"
She spoke as if she was going to kill her mother.
Shen Wan said, “No one wants to kill your mother!”
Xie Zhirou said, "My mother has a high fever. If she doesn't see a doctor, she'll really die!"
Shen Wan said, “It was the old lady who didn’t let your mother hire a doctor, not me.”
"Kneel if you like."
After leaving this sentence, Shen Wan went to the study.
Xie Zhirou was ready to kneel down for a long time, but Chen Wan picked out two books and the maid ran in and said, "Second Miss, the old lady asked the second lady to call a doctor..."
When she heard the voice, Xie Zhirou quickly stood up. However, she was brought up in a pampered environment, and her knees could not bear the pain after kneeling for a while.
Shanhu said, "I thought the old lady really wouldn't hire a doctor for the Second Madam..."
A mocking smile appeared on Shen Wan's lips.
The second wife was beaten with thirty sticks, but the prince and princess did not pursue the matter any further. The old lady did not dare to push her any further, so she thought of letting Xie Zhirou come and beg her.
However, no one expected that this matter would alarm the emperor, who punished the second wife and also implicated the second master. Of course, the second master was not innocent.
The Second Master would not be unaware of these calculations, and the punishment is not unfair.
She punished him, the emperor also punished him, and Yun came to ask for accountability. The old lady was so angry that she didn't care whether the prince or princess was angry or not. She just wanted to call a doctor for the second lady.
However, Xie Zhirou didn't know what the old lady was thinking, and still acted as before, coming to Zhao Lanxuan to beg her.
Chen Wan ignored them. As long as their parents were still alive and the family was still going strong, it would not be easy to separate them. The more joyful they were, the faster they would be separated.
I don’t know what Xie Jingyu was busy with. He didn’t come back for lunch and only returned home in the evening.
After taking a bath and changing into a clean brocade robe, Xie Jingyu returned to the room and put his arm around Chen Wan's waist, "Are you feeling better?"
Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyu, "Do you feel that the emperor treats me better than before?"
Is there any doubt about this?
Xie Jingyu pinched Shen Wan's nose and said, "My wife is very popular."
“That’s right,” Shen Wan was not modest.
“…”
Xie Jingyu laughed, "Are you angry now?"
Shen Wan nodded, "You won't stay in the barracks all day, right?"
Xie Jingyu said, "There will be a surprise tomorrow."
Shen Wan's eyes widened, "What surprise?"
Xie Jingyu smiled and said, "I told you it wouldn't be a surprise anymore."
Shen Wan said, “But I have to go to Prince Yong’s Mansion tomorrow.”
"No problem."
Shen Wan became more and more curious about what the surprise was.
The next day, after breakfast, Shen Wan took Shanhu to Prince Yong's Mansion.
Knowing that she was coming, Princess Jiangling was surprised and happy, "Why are you here?"
Shen Wan said, "My sister-in-law gave me some makeup, so I must give you some."
Shen Wan called out the word "sister-in-law" very clearly.
Princess Jiangling's face flushed, but she didn't say anything. After all, she was going to marry Chen Li in a few days, and it would be a bit hypocritical to call him Chen Wan now.
But she is really thin-skinned and her face is so hot that it can make pancakes.
Chen Wan presented the extra makeup she had brought, and Princess Jiangling liked it very much. She invited Chen Wan to her boudoir to talk.
Chen Wan stayed in Prince Yong's mansion for half an hour. Princess Jiangling escorted her out of the mansion. Just as she passed through the second gate, a maid ran over and said, "Princess, the Earl of Yongqing embezzled the money for the construction of the Yunzhou dam. The evidence is irrefutable. The Emperor has sent people to raid the Earl of Yongqing's mansion..."
Shen Wan's eyes widened, and he felt extremely refreshed.
This should be the surprise that Xie Jingyu mentioned.
The Yunzhou dike was built by someone recommended by Yongqing Earl in the same month that Chen Yu married the prince of Yongqing Earl. Unexpectedly, the money for the dike construction was embezzled.
Ever since the Yongqing Earl's son failed to kill Chen Yu, the Yongqing Earl has been walking on thin ice in the court, and the emperor doesn't like him either. This time, there is solid evidence, and no one will protect the Yongqing Earl's mansion, so he will naturally be punished severely.
On the way back to the Jingbei Palace, the carriage stopped halfway. Shanhu lifted the curtain, and Chen Wan saw the Ministry of Justice using a prison van to take Yongqing Bo and Yongqing Bo's wife to prison.
The evidence is conclusive. Even if the emperor does not kill Earl Yongqing, he will definitely be exiled.
There was no possibility for them to return to Kyoto, and the days when the eldest sister jumped into the fire pit would soon be forgotten.
After the Ministry of Justice escorted the prisoner cart past, the carriage continued to move forward, but after a while, it stopped again.
Just as Coral was about to ask, there was a commotion outside the carriage.
When Shanhu lowered the car curtain, he saw a group of people pushing towards the signboard, but they were some distance away and couldn't see clearly what the sign was.
Although I couldn't see it, I could hear someone walking by the carriage and saying, "A reward of three thousand taels of gold is offered for finding someone. How noble must the woman in the notice be..."
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