Chapter 431 The Grand Wedding of Prince Chen!
Shen Lanxi: "If you agree to my request, I will forgive you!"
Shen Yuantang lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, "Alright, I will return to my residence to fulfill my filial duties. I'm sure Bai Qingling won't stop me."
That's fine too, because it gives her a perfectly legitimate reason to come every day, which doesn't conflict with her original purpose for coming.
Shen Lanxi: "Our sisterly bond is deep and cannot be broken in just a few words. The fact that you came to apologize today shows that you have grown, and the elders in the family will be happy for you!"
Shen Yuantang: "Big sister, does this mean you've forgiven me?"
Shen Lanxi: "I forgive you."
“That’s great, Grandmother, Uncle and Aunt, you all heard it.”
Madam Shen smiled and said, "I heard that, I heard that. It makes us elders happy that you younger generation are getting along so well!"
She wanted to use this incident to plead for Shen Yuanxin.
"Lanxi, Yuanxin is also your younger brother. His birth mother spoiled him from a young age. Grandmother will definitely discipline him strictly in the future. Please forgive him!"
Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "Look at what Grandmother is saying. I wasn't angry with him, so there's no question of forgiveness!"
Are you really not angry?
They didn't believe it; those fifty lashes almost killed him!
"Are you really not going to hold it against him?" Old Madam Shen asked hesitantly.
Shen Lanxi: "Of course."
"That's wonderful! With our Shen family living in harmony and working together, things will definitely get better and better!"
For a moment, the family was filled with joy.
"Grandmother, I have another matter to discuss with you. Should our household attend Prince Chen's wedding banquet?"
Madam Shen: "Of course we need them. The invitations have already been sent."
Shen Yuantang: "That's great, then we can sit together."
Madam Shen has already sent someone to inquire, and it is understood that the Shen family will have a separate table at the wedding banquet.
There are eight chairs on the table. There are quite a few people in the family. We need to think carefully about who to send.
"Yuantang, aren't you going to sit at the same table as the Prince of Zhennan?" If she sits there, the Shen family will have one less seat, and one less person from the Shen family.
Shen Yuantang pouted and said, "I don't want to sit at the same table as Bai Qingling."
Madam Shen glanced at Shen Lanxi. This stupid girl, why can't she mention that woman's name less often in front of Lanxi?
I just said I'd learned to be smarter, but now I see I'm still stupid.
"Grandmother, please say yes, I'm also a member of the Shen family..." Shen Yuantang pleaded incessantly.
Madam Shen hesitated before explaining, "Your mother said she wouldn't go, but your uncle and aunt definitely will, and your sisters-in-law can't be left out either. Lanxi also needs to sit, and there aren't enough seats!"
Shen Lanxi stood up: "Grandmother, please make the arrangements slowly. I still have official business to attend to!"
Madam Shen: "Go on with your work, these household chores don't need your concern!"
As Shen Lanxi walked out of the courtyard, she could still hear Shen Yuantang's pleading voice.
...
"My lord, His Majesty has begun taking the elixir," Che Mingyuan said.
Ban Sicao: "That disciple of Guiguzi, he can also refine elixirs?"
Shen Lanxi chuckled upon hearing his surprised tone.
"What, do you want to compare yourself to him?"
Ban Sicao pouted; "I'm good at making poisons, not like him."
Shen Lanxi took the towel Wei Dongzhu handed her and wiped her hands, then smiled and said, "It seems this disciple of Guigu is quite capable. Let's wait for His Majesty to attain immortality!"
Che Mingyuan chuckled: "I've never heard of an emperor who died from overeating, but I've never heard of an emperor who became an immortal."
Wei Dongzhu chuckled: "Let's eat. His Majesty can be full by taking pills, but we are human and need to eat grains."
A low laugh rang out.
Suddenly, the shouts of the guards rang out from outside.
Who is it?
Ban Si Cao: "Shh!"
Soon, a guard reported: "The person is heading towards the Orchid Courtyard."
A snicker rang out.
"What kind of people are the princesses kept in the palace? They all have shifty eyes and don't look like good people." After expressing her disdain, Ban Sicao didn't forget to add a sentence while looking at Shen Lanxi.
I wasn't talking about you.
Shen Lanxi remembered that there was a princess who had been abandoned by the imperial court in the northwest and had not been cared for since.
"Let someone replace that princess in the Northwest." It would save her manpower.
Everyone felt a chill run down their necks as Shen Lanxi, as always, killed without a trace while chatting and laughing.
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On the day of Prince Chen's wedding banquet, Shen Yuantang arrived at the Duke of Huguo's mansion early.
“Yuantang, it’s not that your grandmother doesn’t want to help you, it’s just that the Tenth Princess also wants to sit at the same table as our Shen family,” Old Madam Shen said helplessly.
Shen Yuantang was displeased, but dared not show it on his face.
"Grandmother, I know. I've come to pay my respects, and then I'll go to the banquet with the family. When I sit down, I'll sit with the Prince!" Even so, it was only after Consort Shu had called her over beforehand and given her a good scolding.
They said that if it weren't for the Shen family's connection, she, as a concubine, wouldn't be qualified to attend Prince Chen's wedding banquet.
She was a concubine, a secondary consort, just like Consort Shu herself. If she weren't the mother of the Prince of Zhennan, she wouldn't have wronged herself like this.
Hearing her reply, Madam Shen was no longer worried that she would cause trouble.
"It would be best if you could understand."
Shen Lanxi set off from the palace, but the women of the household did not travel with her; they had to go ahead of her.
Although the Prince Chen's wedding banquet was held in haste, it was not simple. The Ministry of Rites organized it very well, and it was no worse than those that had started preparations six months earlier.
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"Why haven't we seen Shen Lanxi at the Shen family's place?"
"For a divorced woman to appear at a wedding banquet is something the royal family would be even more reluctant to do than ordinary people, so they would definitely not allow her to eat at the banquet."
"Why is the concubine of the Prince of Zhennan sitting with the Shen family?"
"Shen Yuantang's sister almost became the wife of the Prince of Zhennan, and Shen Lanxi almost became the sister-in-law of the Princess Consort of Chen. This relationship is so complicated it's dizzying!"
"Who says otherwise? Look, isn't Bai Qingling by the side of the Prince of Zhennan?"
"I don't know what His Majesty was thinking. How could he let such a woman become his principal wife? Even making her a concubine would be an honor."
"Shh, are you out of your mind? How dare you speak ill of the royal family in a public setting like this..."
Just because someone didn't say it doesn't mean they didn't think it.
They're just too cunning to say it out loud!
"It's already this late, why hasn't the wedding banquet started yet?"
"They're probably waiting for an imperial edict!"
This table of the Shen family
"Yuantang, sit back down!" Old Madam Shen reminded him in a low voice with a stern face.
Shen Yuantang reluctantly got up: "Grandmother, Uncle and Aunt, Princess, I'm going over!"
When Madam Shen saw that she was really leaving, her expression softened a bit.
She had thought Shen Yuantang was going to stay here.
"Why isn't big sister here yet? Is she not coming?" Zhou Yunhui asked, looking around.
Madam Shen: "Lanxi said she would come, and she definitely will."
They were really mistaken in their initial plan, thinking that the princess's arrival would elevate the Shen family's prestige. Now it seems they're lucky she's not here to cause trouble.
"Everyone's talking about the eldest sister, aren't they?" Zhou Yunhui looked on with amusement.
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