Chapter 312 Handboard
Xie Jingyu helped Chen Wan into the carriage and got in himself. As the servant was about to drive off, a young eunuch trotted over and handed him a bottle of ointment. "Thank you, Prince. This is what Zhao Yuanzheng sent you. It's very effective for wasp stings."
Shen Wan lifted the car curtain and took the ointment, "Please say thank you to Zhao Yuanzheng."
Shen Wan was not stung, but Xie Jingyu was stung on the wrist and it was a little swollen.
Shen Wan picked some ointment and applied it to him. Only then did she find an opportunity to ask, "How did you know they were going to plot against me?"
Whenever something happens to her, Xie Jingyu will definitely show up. Shen Wan suspects that he has been following her secretly, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence every time.
This time, Princess Shouzhen and Song Nanyue's plan will fail purely because of superfluous additions.
Originally, Xie Jingyu would not go to the Imperial Garden, but they insisted on getting him away and used the emperor as an excuse, which served as a warning to him. If they had not done so, their plan would have most likely succeeded.
Xie Jingyu said, "This is a blessing in disguise. The emperor has granted you permission to enter the palace with the protection of secret guards."
Shen Wan, “…???”
Shen Wan's eyes widened, "Does the emperor agree to this?"
Even when Xie Jingyu entered the palace for a banquet, she wasn't allowed to bring guards with her, but the emperor actually allowed her to bring secret guards...
The secret guards protect their master. Apart from Xie Jingyu, they may not even listen to the prince's words. In the future, when she enters the palace, if anyone wants to bully her, the secret guards will take action directly. To some extent, this means that she can walk around the palace with impunity.
She has caused a lot of trouble since she entered the palace. The emperor could have stopped her from entering, so why would he give her such a privilege?
Shen Wan found it strange no matter how he thought about it.
Xie Jingyu didn't say much, and the carriage quickly returned to Prince Jingbei's Mansion.
Back at Zhaolanxuan, Chen Wan applied medicine to Shanhu. Although Chen Ping saved Shanhu, she was stung several times, one of which was on her forehead, causing severe swelling.
Seeing Chen Wan picking up the ointment, Shanhu said, "This is the medicine that Zhao Yuanzheng gave to the prince..."
"He won't need that much."
Shen Wan applied it to Shanhu, and the maid was deeply moved.
How could a maid like her be qualified to take such a good medicine?
Thinking of those hornets and those endless plots, if it weren't for the protection of the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince's wife would have died countless times.
She has thick skin and can't even stand the pain of a wasp sting. If the Crown Prince's wife were stung, she would be in extreme pain.
Shanhu asked, "The Emperor has beaten the maid who instigated the crime to death. Will he punish Princess Shouzhen?"
Shen Wan also wanted to know. Princess Shouzhen was too vicious and would not learn a lesson unless she was severely punished.
But she did not suffer any loss. Instead, Princess Shouzhen was trapped in her own web. The emperor could not even recognize the wasp that stung her. However, in order to teach her a lesson, Princess Shouzhen ruined the blessing banquet for the empress dowager and caused so many ladies and noble ladies to be stung by wasps. The emperor certainly could not punish Princess Shouzhen by confining her to her room and making her copy the palace rules as he did in the past.
But the princess couldn't just beat the stick casually, and Shen Wan really wanted to know how the emperor would deal with Princess Shouzhen and Song Nanyan.
Chen Wan didn't have to wait long. After just half an hour, news of how the emperor punished Princess Shouzhen arrived. Qiu'er said, "The emperor spanked Princess Shouzhen thirty times and ordered her to go to the palace temple to copy Buddhist scriptures and pray for the empress dowager for a month..."
"Empress Song was a poor parent, so the Emperor took her Phoenix Seal and gave it to Concubine Zhao."
This punishment is real.
Being confined to her own palace to copy Buddhist scriptures did not seem to matter to Shen Wan, but going to the temple in the palace was a different matter. At least in the temple, Princess Shouzhen could not eat meat for a month, and the temple was no more comfortable than her bedroom.
However, what satisfied Shen Wan the most was that the emperor took away Queen Song's phoenix seal and gave it to Concubine Zhao.
The harem and the former dynasty are closely related. A princess who offended King Jingbei and Duke Dingguo by her willfulness, and a queen who had her phoenix seal taken away, I don’t believe that those ministers who supported Xiao Yun will not be shaken at all.
Shen Wan was in a very good mood, but it only lasted for a few breaths. Shanhu asked, "Where is the Second Young Madam? How did the Emperor punish her?"
Qiu'er said, "The Emperor didn't punish the Second Young Madam..."
Shen Wan frowned, "No punishment?"
Song Nanyan was clearly an accomplice. The emperor severely punished Princess Shouzhen, but did not punish Song Nanyan...
It is not easy for others to punish other people's daughters-in-law, but it is different for the emperor. She disrupted the blessing banquet, and the emperor punished her, and no one dared to complain.
Shen Wan had a bad feeling in her heart, and then she heard Qiu'er say, "The imperial physician took the pulse of the Second Young Madam. The Second Young Madam seems to be pregnant, but the pulse is not very obvious yet. It will take a few days to confirm. The emperor did not punish her."
She was stung like a pig's head and was rolling on the ground. It was good enough that she didn't have a miscarriage. If she was spanked thirty times like she was punished for Princess Shouzhen, it would be difficult to explain to Prince Jingbei if she had a miscarriage.
After all, Song Nanyue was pregnant with the blood of the Jingbei Palace, and with the help of the Empress Dowager and Queen Song, the Emperor did not punish her and handed her over to the Prince for disposal.
Yin Chuan looked at Chen Wan, "How will the prince and princess punish the second young lady?"
Just at this moment, Xie Jingyu walked in, and Shen Wan looked at him.
Xie Jingyu said, "It won't be any lighter than the emperor's punishment."
Just as Xie Jingyu finished speaking, a maidservant came in and said, "The prince spanked Concubine Wen and the eldest daughter forty times and punished Concubine Wen and the second young mistress to copy Buddhist scriptures to pray for the empress dowager..."
Shen Wan, “…???”
etc.
Shen Wan suspected that there was something wrong with her ears, "Why is it that Concubine Wen is being hit on the palm of her hand?"
The little maidservant said, "The prince originally wanted to spank the Second Young Madam and the eldest daughter on the palms. After he had spanked them seven or eight times, Concubine Wen rushed over to stop the maidservant, saying that the Second Young Madam had suffered enough in the palace today. If she was spanked again, if she was really pregnant, it would definitely cause miscarriage and the baby would be in danger.
Concubine Wen accused the prince of being partial. The hornet trouble in the palace today had nothing to do with the Second Young Mistress. Princess Shouzhen wanted to harm the Crown Prince's Concubine, and the Second Young Mistress couldn't persuade her. She also said that the Emperor didn't punish the Second Young Mistress because she was pregnant, but the prince was so cruel..."
"The prince asked Concubine Wen to suffer on behalf of the Second Young Mistress."
It remains to be confirmed whether Song Nanyue is really pregnant. It is ridiculous that she, Princess Shouzhen and Xie Zhihuan are plotting to murder the Crown Prince's Consort who is three months pregnant, but they want to use the child in her belly as a talisman.
However, the prince didn't want anything to happen to the baby in Song Nanyue's belly, so he used the donkey to go down the hill and let Concubine Wen take the punishment instead.
Even though it's not confirmed that she's pregnant, she can be used as a talisman. If she really is pregnant, who knows what kind of trouble she might cause, but with the talisman in her belly, no one can do anything to her.
After the prince asked Concubine Wen to take the blame on his behalf, he sent a lot of things to comfort Chen Wan, saying that she was frightened in the palace. Chen Wan knew that these were superficial comforts, but in fact they were compensation for not hitting Song Nanyan's hand.
Shen Wan is easy to talk to, but it is not easy to talk to a prince who dotes on his wife like his life.
The prince knew that his son was a man of revenge, so he didn't care who the other party was. The amulet in Song Nanyue's stomach was effective on the prince, but it had no effect on Xie Jingyu.
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PS: I guess it’s a failure, I haven’t written about how to deal with Song Nanyue yet, there are still one or two small plots before her, please be patient and wait.
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