Upon hearing this, Xianglan's eyes lit up instantly.
She leaned close to Shen Qiyin's ear and whispered, unable to hide her excitement: "Miss, is it the imperial decree bestowing the marriage?"
"Right, right?"
"It must be, right?"
Shen Qiyin's reaction was somewhat bewildered.
Yeah?
Was the "surprise" Xiao Yan mentioned last night referring to their marriage?
She thought that, given his personality, he must have done something "bad" for it to be a surprise.
Full of suspicion, Shen Qiyin went to the main hall, only to find that even the ailing Old Madam Shen had arrived, but Shen Cang, the head of the family, was nowhere to be seen.
E Mingfu's smile was faint.
When the servants poured him more tea, he raised his hand to stop them, saying politely, "No need, I already had a cup."
The implication is that they have been waiting for a while.
He was the most favored eunuch in the Emperor Xuanwu's court, and there were probably few people in the entire court who would dare to make him wait like this!
Madam Shen coughed anxiously and said to the waiting servants, "Why aren't you calling for someone right now!"
After she finished speaking, a young maidservant mustered up her courage and replied, "...Two groups have already gone."
"But for some reason, the master has not come yet." Her voice grew softer and softer until, in the end, she disappeared completely under the murderous gaze of Old Madam Shen.
Refusing an imperial edict is tantamount to disobeying a royal command, which is a serious crime!
Even if Madam Shen was not very reasonable, she understood the seriousness of the matter, so she hurriedly said to Shen Qiyin, "Second daughter, quick! Go and see what's wrong with your father."
"Um."
Even if Madam Shen hadn't said anything, she would have gone to take a look anyway.
curious……
Her father was always a coward, afraid of death. What could have happened to make him refuse even an imperial edict?
"Please wait here, sir. I'll be right back."
"No problem, no problem."
E Mingfu remained polite to Shen Xiyin.
With a slight nod of greeting, Shen Qiyin led her people to Shen Cang's study.
When he wasn't going to Jiang Wan's courtyard, he would stay here.
The study door was tightly closed, and a pile of sharp shards of porcelain lay scattered on the steps.
Two servants stood below, looking so anxious they were about to cry. Upon seeing Shen Qiyin, they rushed forward as if they had seen a savior, urging her to "complain": "Second Miss, you've finally arrived!"
"For some reason, the master got very angry and wouldn't even let us into the house."
"Yeah yeah."
"But the eunuch who came to deliver the imperial decree is still waiting ahead, what do you think..."
Shen Qiyin's face showed no particular expression, yet it inexplicably reassured people, causing the two who were speaking almost in rapid succession to slow down and carefully recount the cause and effect.
turn out to be--
Early this morning, just as dawn was breaking, Shen Cang, whether out of sleepiness or for some other reason, suddenly started shouting.
The servants went in to check the situation, but he threw them out with a bunch of random things.
Not long after, he called for water again.
"I thought Master wanted to wash his face, so I brought in a basin of hot water. But Master suddenly got angry and poured the whole basin of water over me."
At this point, the little maid even shed tears of grievance.
Shen Qiyin was also confused: "Why would he call for water if he's not washing his face? Is he practicing swimming?"
"The master said he wants to take a bath."
"A shower?!" So early in the morning?
"Um."
Bath water is not like washing water, where you can just scoop out two ladles and boil it. That whole bucket of water has to be boiled. And because they were slow in delivering the hot water, the master got quite angry.
Suddenly remembering something, the maid said, "Oh! By the way, Second Miss, when I came to invite Master to the main hall to receive the imperial decree just now, I heard what sounded like water coming from inside the room."
Xianglan looked shocked: "You're washing again?!" Is this a bath or a skin peel?
Did it fall into a cesspool?
Shen Qiyin's gaze fell on the two wooden doors, and she asked, "Didn't you say that His Majesty had issued an edict?"
“I told him, but the master didn’t react.”
"I even dared to open the door to check, and I almost got hit on the head by a vase that the master threw out." She was still feeling a bit scared.
Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyin remained silent for a moment before resolutely walking towards the door.
"Father……"
Bang!
Suddenly, a loud crash came from inside the house, as if something heavy had hit the door, making the door panel shake.
Then came Shen Cang's hoarse, cold voice: "Get out!"
But before he could finish speaking, Shen Qiyin kicked open the study door with a loud bang!
"The eunuch who came to deliver the imperial decree has been waiting for quite some time. What are you still dawdling about, Father?"
Shen Cang was startled.
"Ah! Don't come in, don't come any closer!" he screamed in alarm, giving Xianglan goosebumps. She felt his reaction was strange, but couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.
Shen Qiyin stood at the door without going in, because she could faintly hear the sound of water coming from inside the house.
They're still washing...
She turned her head slightly and said to the servant behind her, "Go help Father change his clothes."
"yes."
The two servants responded and went into the room to walk behind the screen.
To everyone's surprise, Shen Cang reacted as if he had seen a ghost when he saw them, yelling, "What are you doing?"
"Get out of my way!"
"Don't touch me!"
"Filthy, so filthy, get out!"
"I finally managed to clean it a little, and now it's dirty again..."
Xianglan stared in disbelief, as if a "ding" had gone off in her mind, giving her a feeling of seeing the sun after the clouds had parted.
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