Chapter 547 Did the Crown Prince send someone to bring you back?
Shen Wantang also stood up: "You don't need to see me off. I can just borrow your carriage and driver."
If someone saw her being taken home by Gu Qianhan, she wouldn't be able to explain herself.
Gu Qianhan didn't persist after being rejected, as it wasn't really the right time to reveal that they knew each other.
But he escorted Shen Wantang to the door, watched her get into the carriage, and only looked away after the carriage had disappeared from sight.
"Second Brother."
He heard Gu Qianning's voice behind him and turned around: "What's wrong?"
"Are you still going to wait until everything is done before marrying Ah Tang?"
"Who said I was going to wait?"
"You're not going to wait? Aren't you afraid that if you fail, you'll drag her down with you?"
"We're not waiting any longer, because we can't afford to fail again this time!"
Gu Qianning smiled. This was the confident, arrogant, and invincible genius second brother of hers.
"However, Second Brother, what A-Tang said earlier makes sense. If you want to marry her, Mother probably won't agree. Have you thought about how to persuade Mother?"
Gu Qianhan said calmly, "Give your mother a heads-up first, and tell her that I have someone I like, and that she doesn't need to bother with all this. Tell her not to invite Madam Liu and Liu Nanshi to our house anymore."
"Okay, so should I say that your ideal woman is Atang?"
"explain."
"Oh? Really? If I tell her, Mother will definitely find a way to see her."
“Tell her who it is so she’ll go see him. She’ll like Atang. Didn’t you and Atang agree to go to Fazhen Temple together? Just ask your mother to come along. I’ll do a little something extra then, and it’ll be done.”
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Shenfu.
After Shen Wantang returned, she took Du Juan back to her small courtyard.
Not long after she returned, Shen Mingxuan arrived with a gloomy face.
"I heard you came back in a carriage, and an extremely luxurious one at that? Tell me, whose carriage was it?!"
Shen Wantang asked calmly, "Whose carriage do you think it is, sister?"
"How should I know?!"
“I was left at the gate of the Prince Ning’s mansion by you and couldn’t go home. Unexpectedly, the Prince saw me and took pity on me, so he sent a carriage from the mansion to bring me back! Thank you so much, sister. Without you, I really wouldn’t have been able to ride in the mansion’s carriage. You didn’t see how spacious and comfortable that carriage was, much better than the carriages in our mansion.”
Shen Mingxuan's voice suddenly rose: "What?! It's actually a carriage from the Prince of Ning's residence? The young master actually sent someone to bring you back?"
"Yes, besides the Crown Prince, who else could it be?"
Shen Wantang spoke calmly, lying without even blinking.
Let Xiao Qingyuan take the blame; Shen Mingxuan is unlikely to confront him anyway.
"Sister, the young master seems to treat me very differently!"
Shen Wantang's tone carried a hint of smugness and arrogance: "You know, I'm not going to become the heir apparent's wife of the Prince of Ning's mansion, am I? Oh dear, the rules of a high-ranking family like the Prince of Ning's mansion must be quite strict! Sister, if I marry into it, you might have to bow to me!"
Shen Mingxuan's temples throbbed with anger: "You? You think you can marry into the Ning Prince's mansion? Keep dreaming! There's no way Prince Xiao will marry you. He already said he's going to marry Liu Nanshi, the daughter of Grand Secretary Liu!"
"Oh dear, sister, why did you only listen to half of what I said? Prince Xiao did say that, but Princess Ning doesn't agree! Marriage is always decided by the elders. If Prince Xiao could really decide his own marriage, wouldn't he have married that Miss Chu long ago? I'm sure you've seen it too, sister. Princess Ning likes me, otherwise she wouldn't have given me the jade hairpin. What do you think?"
As Shen Wantang spoke, she took out the jade hairpin, which was entirely emerald green, from the box and began to admire it.
Shen Mingxuan stared at the hairpin, her eyes practically spitting fire with jealousy!
She stretched out her hand towards Shen Wantang: "You don't deserve to wear such a fine hairpin, give it to me!"
Shen Wantang looked at her in surprise: "What are you doing, sister? Are you trying to take my things? Then I'll have to ask Father to judge this. It's something given to me by an elder, and you're trying to take it without a word. If I see Princess Ning again and she asks me why I'm not wearing the hairpin, I won't be able to explain it!"
Shen Mingxuan's eyes were gloomy, and her teeth were grinding together, as if she wanted to devour Shen Wantang alive.
But she didn't dare to actually go forward and snatch it, for no other reason than that she was no longer sure whose side her father would take.
In the morning, her father, who always favored her, actually ordered people to strip her of her new clothes and jewelry and give them all to Shen Wantang to wear!
Shen Wantang is still wearing her new clothes!
She stared at Shen Wantang for a while, then suddenly forced a smile: "What are you saying, little sister? I was just joking with you. Why did you take it so seriously? Can't we even joke around like this between sisters?"
"You took my newly made clothes and jewelry without any remorse, so why would I want a hairpin from you?"
"Keep your sister. After all, this might be the best thing you've ever had in your life. It's quite pitiful."
After Shen Mingxuan finished speaking, she turned around, her smile vanished instantly, and then she walked out.
She suppressed her immense anger and hurriedly ran to the Qi family's courtyard.
"Mother! Mother, please help me!"
Madam Qi waved her hand to dismiss the servants and asked her, "What is it now?"
"That damned bitch, she bragged to me about the hairpin the princess gave her, and also about how Prince Xiao sent a carriage to take her back to the manor!"
Madam Qi was shocked: "What? Prince Xiao really sent a carriage to bring her back? Are you sure?"
"I'm sure! I'm absolutely sure!"
"It seems that Young Master Xiao really did know that wretched girl before. When exactly did they meet?"
"Mother, what time is it? Why are you still thinking about these useless things? No matter when they met, we absolutely cannot let that wretched woman marry into the Prince Ning's mansion! Otherwise, won't she be able to ride roughshod over me in the future?"
Madam Qi sneered, "What's your hurry? How could I let that wretched girl ride roughshod over you? I've already picked out a marriage for her that's sure to torment her to death! She wants to marry into the Prince of Ning's mansion? No way!"
Shen Mingxuan was overjoyed: "What? Mother has already found her a marriage? Then hurry up and marry her off! Don't keep her here for even a day longer, let's have the wedding tomorrow!"
"Don't worry, I still have a use for her in the manor!"
"What good is she? All she does is steal my new clothes and annoy me!"
"Silly child, didn't you say you wanted to marry Prince Xiao?"
"Yes, I want to marry him! He's the most handsome man I've ever seen. I'd do anything to marry him!"
Madam Qi smiled contemptuously: "Then let that wretched girl be your stepping stone. Isn't Prince Xiao an old acquaintance of hers? Doesn't Princess Ning like her? Then use her to make this marriage a done deal! After it's done, I'll marry her off to another family, and the marriage of the Prince Ning's mansion will be yours!"
Shen Mingxuan was both shocked and impressed: "Old ginger is spicier, Mother's move was cunning, insidious, and brilliant!"
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