Chapter 104 Dare to Think
Chen Tang didn't go anywhere. He just sat in the pavilion in the outer courtyard, waiting for Chen Sui to come back. His father wouldn't stay in Prince Ning's Mansion for long at this time. He would have to wait in Qingyi Garden. Sitting there saved him the trouble of running back and forth.
But this wait lasted for more than half an hour, and the gorgeous sunset glow in the sky made the sky look like a fiery fire.
Ginkgo was getting anxious. It was almost time for dinner, why hadn't the Marquis come back yet? Knowing that Chen Tang was anxious, Ginkgo also wanted to know if Prince Ning was the missing prince who had been missing for more than a decade. Knowing that it was useless to persuade Chen Tang, she didn't even open her mouth.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, Yin Xing saw Shen Sui coming over and hurriedly said, "Miss, the Marquis is back."
Chen Tang quickly stood up and walked out of the pavilion in two or three steps. Seeing that Chen Sui's eyes were red, Chen Tang's heart was in turmoil. He didn't know whether the redness in the corners of his eyes was due to disappointment or happiness.
"Father……"
Shen Tang called softly.
Shen Sui only said, "Father should thank you very much."
Chen Tang's suppressed joy surged up, tears welled up in his eyes, and he choked up so much that he couldn't make a sound, "Really, it's really Big Brother..."
Shen Sui had something to ask Shen Tang and something to remind him of, so he went to the study to talk.
After entering the study, Chen Tang asked, "How did Big Brother become the grandson of Old Prince Ning?"
If it weren't for the little information that Shen Xian revealed before her death in her previous life, which gave her the courage to guess, how could Shen Tang dare to guess that the only grandson of Prince Ning was her biological elder brother? Even now, it still feels like a dream, and she feels that she is really daring to think.
The questions that Chen Tang asked Chen Sui were exactly what Chen Sui asked Old Prince Ning. When Old Prince Ning said it, Chen Sui's heart was stabbed, and now that he said it out loud, it was cut by the knife again.
When Chen Yan was four years old, he went to the Jiang family to play and was taken by the Jiang family to visit the Lantern Festival. At that time, there was some trouble at the Lantern Festival. The attention of Master Jiang and the servants was on the two young masters of the Jiang family. After a short interruption, Chen Yan disappeared. During those days, Chen Sui led the whole mansion to search almost the entire Kyoto, but there was no sign of Chen Yan.
When Prince Ning found Chen Yan, he was just a little beggar. He was fighting with others for steamed buns and was beaten with a bloody head.
The noble families would train secret guards and usually select orphans. Shen Yan was the son of Shen Sui, a descendant of a general. He had excellent physique and was a genius in martial arts. In addition, he had the tenacity when he was snatching the steamed buns, so old Prince Ning admired him very much.
At that time, Old Prince Ning had never thought that Chen Yan would become his grandson. Eleven years ago, the Prince of Ning was still Old Prince Ning's eldest son. He was injured on the battlefield and died. At that time, the Princess was taking the frail young master to recuperate in a separate courtyard. The young master was very sick, and the Princess was already exhausted from taking care of him. After hearing the bad news, she fell ill and could not get up.
The Crown Prince's wife passed away in the villa, and the young master's condition worsened. The imperial physician used countless rare medicinal herbs, but he could only barely keep him alive for half a year.
Prince Ning and Princess Ning had only two sons, who left behind only a little grandson. Losing two children twice was enough to take Princess Ning's life. Prince Ning did not dare to tell Princess Ning the news of his grandson's death and had to keep it a secret.
But it is impossible for his grandson to stay away from Beijing for his entire life. Old Princess Ning talked about bringing his grandson back every day. Just when Old Prince Ning was at a loss, Old Prince Ning saw Chen Yan. Chen Yan looked somewhat similar to his grandson. In addition, he had been sent to a separate courtyard for two years to recuperate due to illness. When he left, he was sick and thin. In addition, it was he who brought him back, so Old Princess Ning would not be suspicious.
Old Prince Ning came up with the idea of letting Chen Yan pretend to be his grandson, but the only thing that would give him away was a birthmark the size of a copper coin on the lower back of Chen Yan, which the real young master of Prince Ning's Mansion did not have.
The confidant wanted to destroy the birthmark on Chen Yan's body, but Prince Ning would not let him. Chen Yan had no memory of his childhood, and the birthmark was a symbol of his identity. Perhaps one day in the future he would find his family with the birthmark. Chen Yan was good at studying and practicing martial arts diligently. Prince Ning wished that Chen Yan was really his grandson.
This plan was shelved because of the birthmark, but what Prince Ning said was heard by Shen Yan. Before he met Prince Ning, he was just a little beggar, sleeping in the open air, being bullied everywhere, and God knew when he would die. It was Prince Ning who provided him with food and clothing, gave him the opportunity to read and write, and taught him martial arts. He had no way to repay him, so Shen Yan faced the bronze mirror and used a knife to cut off the birthmark.
He didn't know how he became a beggar. Perhaps he had no family left. There was no point in keeping the birthmark. Besides, this birthmark was engraved in his heart and he would never forget it.
In this way, Chen Yan became Ning's grandson Xiao Huan, and was taken back to Ning's Mansion by Ning's Mansion. However, Ning's Mansion was afraid of being exposed, so he did not dare to let Chen Yan stay in Ning's Mansion for too long. He often sent him back to the villa after staying for a few days on the pretext of a relapse of illness. However, from that day on, Chen Yan was no longer a death warrior trained by Ning's Mansion. Ning's Mansion really treated him as his own grandson and hired someone to teach him piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs.
Chen Tang knew that her brother was missing due to the conspiracy of the second branch of the family, and that he must have suffered when he was wandering outside, but she did not expect that her eldest brother would fall to the level of a beggar. No wonder her father's eyes were red when he came back.
Chen Tang's nose was sour, "Did father see my eldest brother?"
Xiao Huan returned to the capital because Princess Ning felt that he was old enough to get married and wanted to find a Crown Princess for him. However, Xiao Huan was mindful of his identity. He was not the real Crown Prince of the Ning Palace, so how could he marry one of those ladies from wealthy families? When Prince Ning and Princess Ning wanted him to look at portraits, Xiao Huan made excuses to avoid them. Princess Ning often didn't see Xiao Huan for the whole day.
When Chen Sui went to see Old Prince Ning, Xiao Huan had not returned yet. Old Prince Ning saw him out of the house. Xiao Huan happened to be riding back on horseback, and the father and son met hurriedly at the door.
Old Prince Ning knew that Xiao Huan was Shen Sui's son, and was happy that Shen Sui had such a good son. However, Old Princess Ning was old and her health was not as good as before. If she knew that Xiao Huan was not her grandson, she would not be able to bear the blow. Old Prince Ning already had no son and grandson, and if Old Princess Ning, his bedmate, also left him, he was afraid that he would not even dare to return to the Prince Ning's Mansion.
Old Prince Ning saved Xiao Huan's life and brought him up so well. Shen Sui was so grateful that he didn't dare to ignore the life and death of Old Princess Ning and insist on recognizing his son.
The father and son were just looking at each other from a distance, and Old Prince Ning felt very unhappy. If Shen Sui had another son, he would have asked to adopt Xiao Huan as his own. But Xiao Huan was the only son of Shen Sui, and Old Prince Ning couldn't bear to let the father and son meet and not recognize each other.
Shen Sui asked Shen Tang, "How did you know that Xiao Huan was your elder brother?"
Chen Tang didn't dare to tell Chen Sui about his rebirth after death. In addition, he had been using the banner of his deceased mother's dream, so he could only continue, "My mother dreamed that my eldest brother was in Kyoto and had a noble status. In addition, my eldest brother's eyebrows and eyes are like my father's. Whenever I go out of the house to attend a banquet, I will look for someone who looks like my father. That day on the street, Prince Ning saved me. His eyebrows and eyes are almost exactly the same as my father's, and his status is even more extraordinary. I wondered if he could be my eldest brother..."
"My daughter didn't find a chance to ask Prince Ning in person, so she could only ask someone to find out if he had a birthmark. He neither admitted nor denied it, so I had no way to verify it, so I could only tell my father the truth."
His daughter dared to think that Jiang's dream was for him. Even if he met Xiao Huan many times, he would not dare to think that Xiao Huan was his son.
I waited and searched for fifteen years, but I never thought that I would really find my son one day.
God knows how happy he is at this moment.
Chen Tang took in Chen Sui's joy and poured cold water on him, "Father has found my eldest brother, so he should tell my grandmother and grandfather the good news. I believe the Jiang family will keep it a secret, but I don't believe that my grandmother can resist telling my second uncle about this good news. I don't want my father's filial piety to bring disaster to my eldest brother."
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