Chapter 25 Not Dead
Yet Cheng Jingyi looked like she was just greeting Wu Chun in a normal way, but Wu Chun felt a little uncomfortable.
Wu Chun didn't have time to think about the reason for this discomfort, Shen Sui had already taken the umbrella, "You don't have to thank me, your father and I are old friends, this is what I should do."
Shen Sui's tone was very calm, as if he was keeping her away from him. Cheng Jingyi didn't look embarrassed, she just smiled and said a few more thanks.
A maid called out, "Miss, Miss, you are here!"
The maid's voice was sharp and thin, and when she spoke in a high voice, everyone could hear the movement here, and many eyes gathered over.
Wu Chun realized why he felt uncomfortable just now.
Cheng Jingyi knew that Shen Sui had a wife, but she still tried to get close to him. It was fine for her to just hang around in front of Shen Sui, after all, he could still take a concubine, but why did she dance in front of him?
Cheng Jingyi said, "No matter what, Your Highness helped me, and I have to thank Your Highness." After bowing again, she left leisurely.
Shen Sui casually handed the umbrella to a servant beside him, "Miss Cheng Er just asked me to borrow an umbrella, and I lent it to her, and then I got wet in the rain."
His eyes were as cold as a cold pond, like a smooth mirror, reflecting Wu Chun's face. He stared at her closely, trying to find some emotion on her face. At
this moment, Shen Sui's heartbeat suddenly became rapid, like the rustling rain outside.
But Wu Chun once again disappointed him.
She looked like she didn't take it to heart at all, and she definitely wouldn't be jealous of him. Instead, she said magnanimously, "Oh, it's Miss Cheng Er. I think Miss Cheng Er is having a hard time in the Cheng Mansion. It's a good deed for you to lend her the umbrella."
Shen Sui pursed his lips, "You gave me this umbrella last year."
But she remained calm, "If you hadn't said it, I would have almost forgotten about it."
In fact, Shen Sui always had an urge to tear her apart.
Sometimes he would hate her. He might not know what love is, but he certainly knew what hate feels like.
For example, at this moment, he hated her and felt angry.
But no matter whether it was anger or hatred, he couldn't vent it.
At the banquet afterwards, the air around Shen Sui seemed to be isolated from the others. While others were noisy and lively, he was silent. However, Wu Chun beside him could still talk to the princess with a beaming face, while eating tea and snacks with puffed cheeks, looking very happy. Just now,
Cheng Jingyi came to find Shen Sui, and the admiration in her eyes was so strong that even Shen Ying could see it.
Shen Ying quietly took Wu Chun's hand and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you okay?"
Wu Chun was surprised, "What's wrong with me? Why do you ask?"
Shen Ying paused, "Just now a girl came to see your husband. Don't you feel uncomfortable at all?"
Wu Chun smiled and said, "If you want to find a girl, just find one. What else can I do? Oh, yes, I can take a concubine for him." After
Wu Chun finished speaking, she quickly stuffed another piece of cake into her mouth. The action was a bit fierce, and she choked herself. Shen Ying wanted to pour her tea, but Shen Sui next to her moved faster and stretched out a hand with a teacup in his hand.
Shen Ying whispered again, "Do you really love the third brother?"
Wu Chun drank the tea, but did not answer.
She loved him so much before.
She put him at the top of her heart and always put him first in everything. She spent a lot of effort to make him smile. She sewed winter clothes for him, made soup for him, and planted flowers and plants unique to southern Xinjiang for him.
She was also a little princess of southern Xinjiang. When she was a child, she was loved by her mother. When she grew up, although her stepmother made things difficult for her, her brother also spoiled her.
When would it be her turn to sew clothes in the winter and get her fingertips swollen?
But she was willing to do all these for Shen Sui.
The nobles of Daliang didn't like her and said she was rude and unruly. She felt that she had embarrassed Shen Sui, so she learned to behave herself in a proper manner.
How could she say that she didn't love him?
It was he who didn't love her.
In the second half of the banquet, Shen Sui had no time to appreciate it, and Wu Chun couldn't concentrate either.
Wu Chun's mind was full of calculations. If Cheng Jingyi liked Shen Sui, why didn't she hear any rumors in her previous life?
She was afraid that any difference between this life and the previous life would affect her plan to leave the palace.
While she was thinking, there was a sudden cry from the table, "Second Prince, what's wrong with you? Someone, find the imperial physician... No, find a doctor, quickly!"
Shen Gong, who was sitting at the table drinking and watching beauties just now, fainted on the ground! His lips were faintly blue, and white saliva oil was flowing from his lips. His eyes were wide open, and he looked like he was about to die!
The Second Prince had an accident at his birthday party. No one here could escape the blame. The guards around him immediately blocked the entire Yinfeng Tower. All the singing and dancing suddenly dimmed, replaced by invisible panic.
Everyone was shocked and scared.
How dare someone murder the Second Prince in such a situation! What a courage!
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Wu Chun was calm in her heart, but she looked scared. Shen Sui frowned slightly after seeing Shen Gong, and took Wu Chun to her, covering her eyes with cold fingers, "Don't be afraid."
She leaned on Shen Sui's chest. The man's body was strong and broad, and his strong heartbeat came through his chest.
Wu Chun tried her best to ignore his temperature.
Wu Chun could not have imagined that Xue Shoude would act so quickly.
Right now, she was most concerned not about Xue Shoude, but about Shen Gong.
Can he really die?
And Xue Shoude.
Xue Shoude has not had a peaceful day these days. Some time ago, someone broke into his house at night and robbed it, scaring him to the point of losing half his life. Not long after, someone broke into his house again and warned him not to get close to the second girl of the Cheng Mansion, otherwise he would be killed to silence her.
He really has a lifetime of bad luck!
Although Xue Shoude is used to being sneaky and doing some shady things, he treasures his own life.
He thinks that people have repeatedly broken into his house to kill him, and it must be because his enemies want to frame him!
After thinking about it, the only one among the enemies who could quietly find someone to enter the house and not take the laws of Daliang seriously was the Second Prince Shen Gong!
So he took advantage of his birthday party and bribed a servant to send Shen Gong wine mixed with wormwood. When the man served the wine to Shen Gong and returned to Xue Shoude to receive the reward, Xue Shoude sprinkled a handful of poison powder in the air, and the man died in a few breaths.
Xue Shoude was calm and did not show any abnormality during the banquet.
The doctor came quickly and pressed several acupuncture points at once to prevent the poison in Shen Gong's body from spreading. Shen Gong was still hanging on to his breath.
Wu Chun's heart was in suspense. He brushed away Shen Sui's cold hand. When her fingers touched his, he scratched unconsciously. Wu Chun looked at him and wanted to stay away from him. Shen Sui simply picked her up and sat her on his lap.
He whispered, "It's better for girls not to watch such scenes."
In public, his own brother was half dead, but he didn't show any concern at all. He could still flirt with the concubine and act ambiguous as if no one was around.
The nobles beside him, both men and women, could not help but marvel.
Wu Chun: "Don't worry about it." He turned his head away again.
The doctor and several apprentices were busy treating Shen Gong. Only their hurried conversations could be heard in Yinfeng Tower. After a moment of fear, Shen Gong's life was saved.
Wu Chun's eyes showed a trace of anger.
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Shen Sui's eyebrows were very calm, and he sipped his tea slowly.
After this case was submitted, because it involved a member of the royal family, it would take some time to investigate carefully. The officials of the Dali Temple surrounded the place. Shen Sui did not intend to mix it up, and quietly drank Wu Chun's tea.
After finishing his own cup, he went to get the cup that Wu Chun had not finished.
The lip print was on the place where Wu Chun's lips had just touched.
Wu Chun: "Hey!"
Shen Sui was nonchalant. Wu Chun whispered to him "shameless", but he seemed to enjoy it, with a slight curl of his lips.
Wu Chun's ears burned and he didn't look at him, and he kept paying attention to the movements of the officials investigating the case.
Not long after, half an hour later, a report came from the backyard: "Report - a body was found in the well!"
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. Wu Chun gritted her teeth.
Wu Chun was not surprised at all by what Xue Shoude, a fool, did. What she hated was that Shen Gong didn't die for a while.
The coroner came to check. "This man's face is purple, and there are no traces of struggling to climb into the well after drowning on his hands. It can be seen that he was thrown into the well after death or committed suicide. His skin was tested with a silver needle, which shows that poison was used. If he wanted to commit suicide, he would not have taken poison and then jumped into the well. It can be seen that he was poisoned. He is about 20 years old and has a normal physique..."
"The blood has not dried up yet, and he died not long ago!"
Jiang Xuanning said: "He must have known something, so he was poisoned."
If they continue to investigate, they will probably find out the truth soon, but Jiang Xuanning said: "Thank you for your hard work. There are too many people involved, and the case will take time. You are all distinguished guests, please go back first. We will do our best to give justice to the Second Prince, and we will also bring the people behind the scenes to justice."
Just let him go like that?
Everyone was confused, but they still did as they were told and went back to their homes.
Shen Sui and Wu Chun returned to the palace together.
On the way, Shen Sui asked Wu Chun calmly, "I saw that you were restless just now. What's the matter? When did you start to care about Shen Gong?"
Wu Chun was very afraid that Shen Sui would find out that he knew about his rebellion, but he was not afraid of Shen Gong. In fact, in a sense, they were the same kind of people.
They all hated Shen Gong.
So he replied, "I was restless because he is your second brother, and his status has something to do with me. But you don't care about his life or death at all. If someone sees it, I'm afraid they will misunderstand that you are the one who plotted to poison him."
Shen Sui smiled, "What does Shen Gong's life or death have to do with me?"
If it was a normal prince's fight for the throne, then of course it would be related, and the relationship is not shallow!
But Shen Sui said that...
because he would not fight with them at all, he would kill his way through a bloody road, with the bones of the imperial palace all along the way, to pave his way to his throne!
Wu Chun felt a chill on his back, and did not dare to answer.
Shen Sui leaned forward slightly and said, "I see there is a shop selling osmanthus cakes near Yinfeng Tower. It has been selling for ten years and is quite famous among the people. Let's go buy some osmanthus cakes."
He was in a good mood.
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