Chapter 464 Worship
On the twenty-eighth day, Shen Wan remembered that as the Crown Prince's consort, she had to reward the maids and servants in the courtyard.
The palace would give her a monthly stipend, and in addition to another month's stipend, she would also have to prepare some cakes and fruits for the maids and old women.
Chen Wan asked Shanhu to take twenty taels and take Chun'er and Xia'er out of the house.
The three of them left the house after breakfast and returned at lunchtime, each carrying two large bags full of things. Chen Wan was confused as to whether he had given Shanhu twenty or two hundred taels.
The money is in the hands of the maid and is spent more easily.
Shen Wan walked around the room for a while, then sat down holding his waist. Shanhu came in, her little face red from the cold, but she couldn't hide her smile. Shen Wan said, "So happy?"
Shanhu said, "There are so many people on the street, it's even more lively than the Lantern Festival."
How could Shen Wan not know? But it was useless to know because she had two little ones in her belly and they couldn't get out.
Shanhu raised her hand and shook it, and Yinchuan saw a pair of silver bracelets on her wrist. Yinchuan said, "Such a beautiful pair of bracelets, I'm afraid you can't buy them without ten taels. When did you become so willing to spend money?"
Coral grinned, "It didn't cost any money."
Yinchuan didn't believe it, "Could it be that he picked it up?"
Shanhu said, "It was given to me by Eunuch Li."
Seeing Chen Wan looking over, Shanhu said, "It was Fu'an's uncle, Eunuch Li who is beside the Queen Mother, who gave it to me. I took Chun'er and Xia'er to the street to buy things, and it happened that Eunuch Li was also shopping with Fu'an. When he saw me, Eunuch Li gave me a pair of silver bracelets. I refused them, but Eunuch Li was unhappy, so I accepted them."
"Eunuch Li also gave Chun'er and Xia'er a pair of silver earrings each."
The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess saved Fu'an, otherwise Fu'an would have been a eunuch in the palace by now. Eunuch Li was grateful to Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu in his heart. Shanhu was the most trusted maid around Chen Wan. It was rare to meet her, so he must treat her well.
After accepting the things, Shanhu didn't dare to hide it from Shen Wan. She was also worried that Shen Wan would be angry with her for accepting things without permission.
It would be more trouble than good to make the Crown Prince's wife unhappy for a pair of silver bracelets.
Shen Wan didn't care, "It's okay to accept it."
Regarding the Fu'an matter, Shen Wan could feel that Eunuch Li was truly grateful to her and Xie Jingyu. He was also working for the Empress Dowager, so there was no guarantee that Eunuch Li might be able to help them a lot one day. There would be no harm in making friends with him privately.
Shanhu was even happier that Chen Wan didn't blame her, but Yinchuan was envious. However, Yinchuan was very content. If it weren't for Shanhu, she would most likely still be sweeping snow in Duke Dingguo's Mansion. It was all because of Shanhu that she could serve the Crown Prince's Consort. She was grateful and didn't feel jealous at all.
Shanhu took out the things she bought and showed them to Chen Wan. They were all things that they, as maids, liked and could wear, but they usually couldn't afford to buy.
Just as she was showing them to Shen Wan one by one, Dong'er came in and said, "Princess Consort, the Second Young Master was stabbed in the shoulder and was carried back to the mansion. Concubine Wen fainted and was also carried back to the mansion..."
Shen Wan, “…???”
Didn’t Xie Jing’an and Concubine Wen go to pay tribute to everyone in the Wen Mansion?
How did your shoulder get injured?
And Concubine Wen, it has been several days. She can’t have fainted again because she couldn’t bear the blow of Wen Fu’s head being chopped off, right?
Shen Wan felt something was amiss. Before she could send anyone to investigate, the maidservant came in and reported to her, "The evidence of the Wen Mansion's crimes was collected by the Second Young Master and handed over to the Crown Prince. Concubine Wen found out about this and fainted because she couldn't bear the shock..."
No wonder…
But how could Concubine Wen know about this? Would Xie Jing'an be so stupid as to tell Concubine Wen on his own initiative?
Considering that Xie Jing'an accompanied Concubine Wen to pay homage to the Wen Mansion and confessed his mistake in front of the graves of everyone in the Wen Mansion, it is not impossible.
Indeed, Xie Jing'an accompanied Concubine Wen to pay homage to the Wen Mansion because he wanted to confess the matter to Concubine Wen, but before he could say it, Wen Jingze, who knew about it, exposed it and he almost died in his hands again.
Concubine Wen had been ill for several days and had only felt better in the past two days. Yesterday, she knelt outside the prince's study for two quarters of an hour. Despite her sick body, she still insisted on going to pay homage to the Wen Mansion. However, she was too weak and could not withstand the bumps in the carriage.
When they arrived at the burial place of the Wen family, Concubine Wen felt dizzy and planned to rest in the carriage for a while before getting off.
Just a moment's pause before something unexpected happened.
Wen Jingze also went to pay his respects. He saw Xie Jing'an from a distance. Without saying a word, he drew the soft sword from his waist and rushed over to kill him.
Wen Jingze didn't recognize Xie Jingan, and Xie Jingan didn't recognize him either.
In each other's eyes, one is the enemy who destroyed the Wen family, and the other is the enemy who wants to kill him.
Xie Jing'an was seriously injured by Wen Jingze. He had a high fever for several days and was blown by the cold wind all the way. He was a little shaky.
He was so weak that he was no match for Wen Jingze. When the maid and the servant brought the gold ingots and paper money to the grave, they were not there.
Wen Jingze stabbed Xie Jing'an with all his might, then kicked him away, sending him plummeting to the ground.
In the carriage, the maid heard the noise, lifted the curtain, and saw Wen Jingze trying to kill Xie Jing'an. She was so scared that she quickly told Concubine Wen.
Concubine Wen said anxiously, "Stop!"
real.
If Concubine Wen had been a little slower, Xie Jing'an would have died at the hands of Wen Jingze.
Concubine Wen got off the carriage and fell halfway due to her weak legs. She came over holding the hand of the maid and said, "He is your cousin, why did you kill him?!"
Wen Jingze's heart was shocked, "Cousin?"
"He is my cousin, the second young master that Jingbei Palace just found?!"
Seeing her son's shoulder stabbed and bleeding, Concubine Wen felt extremely distressed. She asked, "Why did you kill him?"
Wen Jingze said, "He deserves to die!"
Concubine Wen was furious, "He is your cousin!"
Wen Jingze laughed bitterly, "Cousin? Does Auntie know who found the evidence that sent the entire Wen family to the guillotine?"
Concubine Wen's eyes were filled with hatred, and she gritted her teeth and said, "It's the prince!"
"The prince only presented the evidence to the emperor. He was the one who actually collected the evidence against the Wen family!"
Wen Jingze pointed at Xie Jingan.
The blood drained away from Concubine Wen's face in an instant.
She stumbled, "No, it's impossible!"
Wen Jingze pointed the sword in his hand at Xie Jing'an, "The Wen family did treat you unfairly, but it was not intentional. How could you be so cruel and wipe out the entire Wen family? And you still have the nerve to come and pay your respects?!"
Xie Jingan covered his bleeding shoulder and said, "If you want to kill me, then kill me!"
After saying this, he fainted due to exhaustion.
Concubine Wen looked at her fainted son, her nephew holding a sword, and the new graves not far away. She cried hysterically and was heartbroken.
Because she coveted the position of the crown prince, she exchanged her own flesh and blood for the princess's. Because she had never received the prince's love, she and the Wen family put all their hatred on the princess's "son", and ended up torturing their own son.
The tortured son hated the Wen family so much that he found evidence and wiped out the entire Wen family.
retribution.
This was the retribution for her insistence on marrying the prince.
Concubine Wen knelt on the ground and fainted from crying.
They originally went to pay homage, but almost added two new graves. The maids and servants had no time to burn paper, and hurriedly sent the injured and fainted Second Young Master and Concubine Wen who fainted from crying back home.
They all thought that it was the Crown Prince who destroyed the Wen Mansion, but they didn't expect that the real person who destroyed the Wen Mansion was the Second Young Master.
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