Chapter 474 Detour
Looking at Concubine Wen, who was pale and almost unconscious, Xie Zhihuan felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.
Not only was he worried about Concubine Wen, he was also worried about himself.
She had reached the age of marriage more than half a year ago, and even Xie Zhiyao was engaged, but her marriage was still not settled.
In the past, Concubine Wen was arrogant and thought her daughter could marry the best man in the world. She looked down on this one and that one. Later, Concubine Wen's substitution was exposed, Wen Jingze was expelled from the Jingbei Palace, Xie Zhihuan and Concubine Wen were confined to the Buddhist temple for one or two months. When she was released, not to mention anyone coming to propose to her, even the ladies who used to be on good terms with her avoided her.
When the Wen family was sent to the guillotine, she took the initiative to talk to the ladies from wealthy families whom she had looked down upon before, but they all had a cold attitude. When the news of her mother going crazy spread, she was afraid that she would never be able to get married in her life.
No, she is the king's daughter, so she will not be unable to get married.
But the king has gone to the battlefield. Fighting is enough to keep him busy. He won't think of her, his daughter who is far away in Kyoto. When he comes back, who knows when...
Besides, she might not be satisfied with the person her father likes.
She must plan her marriage carefully. Her mother hurt the princess, and there is no guarantee that the princess will not retaliate and control her in her marriage.
While Xie Zhihuan was thinking about her own lifelong event, Chen Wan was also thinking that Concubine Wen had gone crazy and was sent to the farm. In such a huge palace, Xie Zhihuan was the only one she didn't like.
Xie Zhihuan is both easy and difficult to deal with. The easy part is getting her married, but the difficult part is who to marry.
Marrying an unvirtuous wife will bring disaster to three generations.
Judging from Xie Zhihuan's personality, it is obvious that whoever she marries will bring disaster to him.
And no one came to propose marriage...
The prince knew that Concubine Wen would not be content, so why didn't he think of arranging Xie Zhihuan's marriage?
Chen Wan didn't know if the prince hadn't considered it, but there was really no suitable candidate. His trusted generals did have several sons of the right age, but with Xie Zhihuan's personality, wouldn't marrying her be a trap for those generals?
In addition, the war in Dongliang came unexpectedly and was at the end of the year. The prince planned to arrange Xie Zhihuan's marriage after the new year, but plans could not keep up with changes. Matters at the border were not comparable to Xie Zhihuan's marriage.
Besides, Concubine Wen has always been picky, and she may not agree with the person chosen by the prince, so she is simply allowed to choose her own son-in-law.
The prince did not like being forced, nor was he willing to force others. After all, marriage was a lifelong thing. But no one expected that Concubine Wen would have the urge to look at the family tree on a whim. He could not bear it for a while and went crazy.
Now, Concubine Wen has gone crazy, and the mess has fallen into the hands of the princess.
Concubine Wen wanted to put the princess to death, and the princess still had to take care of her daughter's marriage. Shen Wan felt heartbroken for the princess just thinking about it.
As Chen Wan drank his tea, he thought about Xie Jingyu going to see Old Master Lin and asked, "What did you find out when you went to see Old Master Lin?"
Xie Jingyu said, "According to what Old Taifu Lin said, there should be no adultery between Queen Song and Prince Qing..."
Shen Wan, “…???”
How could there not be?
Xie Jingyu told Shen Wan what he had learned from Old Master Lin.
Twenty years ago, Prince Qing was the former Crown Prince, also known as Prince Jin's follower, and followed Prince Jin's orders. As for Queen Song, the Duke of Song's Mansion had placed high hopes on her since she was born, and she was being trained to be the Crown Princess.
However, Prince Jin fell in love with Lin Qingyin at first sight and insisted on marrying her. The Queen Mother could not persuade Prince Jin, and the late Emperor did not want the Duke of Song's Mansion to have another Queen, so she arranged for Lin Qingyin to be married to Prince Jin.
After the late emperor granted the marriage, Queen Song often made trouble for Lin Qingyin, but Lin Qingyin was proficient in everything from music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs. Not only did Queen Song fail to make things difficult for her, but she also lost face.
However, no one expected that Prince Jin would be poisoned to death on his wedding night. The Queen Mother had only one son, Prince Jin, and the position of crown prince was left vacant. During that time, all of the late emperor's sons, except the emperor, wanted to take that position.
But the more he coveted the position of crown prince, the more vigilant the empress dowager became. She suspected that those princes were the murderers who poisoned Prince Jin and did not consider it.
At that time, the Queen Mother was choosing between Prince Qing and the Emperor.
The Duke of Song's Mansion is more inclined towards Prince Qing, while the Queen Mother is more optimistic about the Emperor's calmness and ease of control. Finally, she asks the late Emperor to register the Emperor as her nephew and to marry Queen Song to the Emperor.
If there were any news about the relationship between Queen Song and Prince Qing at that time, the Queen Mother would definitely not consider the Emperor.
Since the position of crown prince is not in her hands, the Queen Mother will definitely hold on to the position of Queen tightly.
In other words, whichever prince Queen Song married would become the new crown prince.
If Queen Song had liked Prince Qing, she could have married him directly. There was no need for her to later collude with Prince Qing and risk the execution of her entire clan, thus cuckolding the Emperor.
Shen Wan also found it strange, "Could it be that because the emperor dislikes Queen Song, and Queen Song can't bear to be lonely, she hooked up with Prince Qing?"
Xie Jingyu said, "Empress Song is not a fool. Prince Qing dared to hook up with her and cuckold the emperor. She must be after the throne. She would not do such a thing, unless -"
"Prince Cheng is the son of Prince Qing."
If that were the case, Queen Song could have married Prince Qing directly.
This is also the reason why Xie Jingyu, after asking the old tutor Lin, felt that there should be no affair between Prince Qing and Queen Song.
No one would give up the shortcut and take a detour to suffer.
But in his last words, Eunuch Li mentioned Prince Qing and Queen Song. He must have discovered their secret, which is why he was silenced.
This is indisputable.
It was already lunch time, and the little maid brought in lunch. Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu ate and chatted.
After lunch, Chen Wan slept for half an hour. When she woke up, she leaned on the big pillow and felt the two little guys making noises in her belly.
Shanhu came in with a copper basin. She walked slowly and was bumped by Chun'er who came in behind her, causing her to stumble and spill water all over the floor.
Shanhu asked, "What's the matter? Why is it so urgent?"
Chun'er said hurriedly, "I'll mop the floor later."
As she spoke, she hurried into the room with the beaded curtain drawn, and reported to Shen Wan, "Prince's Consort, the eldest lady sprained her ankle in the Jade Pavilion and fell down the stairs, knocking the Duke of Song down the stairs as he was going upstairs..."
Shen Wan, “…”
Is the Prince of Song so weak?
After being hit, the two of them rolled down the stairs together.
etc.
Chen Wan felt something was wrong. Yin Chuan had already made a strange sound, "Didn't the eldest lady send Concubine Wen to the manor?"
Her mother had gone mad and been sent to the farm, yet Xie Zhihuan still had the mood to go to the Jade Pavilion to pick out jewelry...
This is clearly aimed at the Prince of Song.
Originally, Chen Wan was worried about the princess, wondering what kind of family to choose for Xie Zhihuan. After all, she was the prince's daughter, and if she was not allowed to marry, people would say something terrible.
But if you marry someone, you will bring trouble to them. Now you don’t have to worry about that.
The Prince of Song is no pushover, and Xie Zhihuan is a perfect match for him.
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