Chapter 203
"You once said you tore up the Empress Dowager's decree of marriage, and you said you didn't like Princess Sui'an. Then why were you so determined to marry her in your past life?"
After he finished speaking, all was silent.
Pei Lingjun paused in his wringing of the handkerchief, a few drops of water dripping down the handkerchief and into the water, creating ripples.
His eyes were no longer as calm as before. In his memory, Wen Shu had almost never mentioned her past life. All those loves, hates, and resentments had been thrown to the back of her mind.
Don't bring it up, don't recall it, don't dwell on it.
He took a handkerchief and wiped Wen Shu's hands, saying as he did so, "You've never asked me these questions, A-Shu. There were too many twists of fate in our past lives, and I missed you too."
Wen Shu waited quietly for his next move.
Those long-forgotten memories resurfaced in my mind, so distant that they were blurred in my memory, so distant that they truly seemed like stories from a past life.
The young man's voice was strained, but he still carefully wiped Wen Shu's hands with a handkerchief and said, "After my mother passed away in my previous life, I realized that I could not delay any longer. So I pretended to set up a scheme to make the Empress Dowager believe that I was really no match for her and wanted to marry the princess to surrender. In reality, it was just a pretext."
That day was late autumn and very cold. The withered branches and fallen leaves had accumulated a thick layer in the gradually murky pond. Several months had passed since Wen Shu was sent to the manor.
"Your Highness, everything has been arranged in the palace. His Majesty has personally gone to the Princess's residence."
At that moment, Pei Lingjun was confident that victory or defeat hinged on this one move. "Are all the personnel ready?"
The man then replied, "Everything has been arranged according to the young master's plan, and all the arrangements have been made."
Pei Lingjun looked over with his hands behind his back. The Ningyuan Marquis's residence was desolate, and it was even more silent since his mother left.
"We need to send more people to the Zhu family and the estate to keep an eye on things, and make sure nothing goes wrong."
The lady and young master Zhu in the Zhu family are the only two living relatives of the young master. As for the one in the manor, although she has not been in the Marquis's manor for long and does not seem to be very close to the young master, he knows how much the young master values her.
He immediately accepted the order and left.
His Majesty was holding a banquet at the Princess's residence when he presented evidence to expose the Empress Dowager's misdeeds. The Empress Dowager, having mistakenly believed his overtures, was caught off guard and betrayed without any recourse.
His Majesty then confined the Empress Dowager to her quarters, declaring that the matter would be discussed again, thus rendering the marriage alliance, which was already fraught with conflicting interests, invalid.
In order to consolidate the power of the Cai family, the Empress Dowager appointed relatives and friends and caused chaos in the court. She not only allowed corrupt officials like Cai Hui to erode the foundation of the country, but also insisted on killing the Marquis of Ningyuan, who had made meritorious contributions in repelling foreign enemies!
Once this matter was leaked, it caused an uproar among the court officials.
Is the current Empress Dowager really this vicious?!
Pei Lingjun successfully overturned the verdict for his relatives, but when he arrived at the Pei family estate without stopping, Wen Shu had an accident!
He found only a broken piece of the love charm and a lifeless corpse.
Pei's estate was filled with his people, inside and out; anyone else was determined to infiltrate it.
It wasn't hard to find out that the person in charge was the old nanny who served the mother, and that the poisoned wine given to Wen Shu to kill her was done on his orders?!
It's ridiculous!
He was furious and shocked. He searched the Pei residence three times, refusing to eat or drink for days, until he finally found Granny Cao, who had fled the capital.
Granny Cao confessed without hesitation that the person who instructed her was none other than Princess Sui'an.
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