Chapter 262: Chasing All
Among those who went down into the mine was Young Master Lu, and there were several corpses that were smashed beyond recognition by the ore. Young Master Lu was in great danger.
Although they were not close friends, they had met each other a few times. On his wedding day, Xiao Huan received the sad news that Young Master Lu might have passed away, and he felt very upset.
After having their property confiscated and being exiled for a year, it was already very difficult for Envoy Lu Xuanfu and the Third Young Master Lu to still be alive. This was only possible because they were martial artists and had strong bodies. Ordinary people would have collapsed long ago.
Fortunately, the servant arrived in time and saved Shen Xing's life.
Chen Sui and the old lady both looked at Chen Tang. The news that the second house had exchanged its own daughter for the second young master of the first house had spread, and many people in Kyoto went to the Marquis' Mansion to try their luck. The old servant of the Lu family came to the mansion to claim his young master's family, but everyone in the Marquis' Mansion thought that he was trying to fish in troubled waters and wanted Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion to help investigate the case of collusion between officials and bandits by Lu Xuanfu. They ignored him directly and drove him away when they were annoyed.
Only Chen Tang cared about this matter, or perhaps it could be said that Chen Tang was kind-hearted by nature and was unwilling to give up even if there was a glimmer of hope. She cared about Envoy Lu Xuanfu's case, and rather than believing that the Third Young Master Lu was her lost second brother, she wanted to find out more about Envoy Lu Xuanfu's injustice.
God sees Chen Tang's kindness. The Third Young Master Lu is the Second Young Master of their Pingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Xiao Huan was found by Shen Tang, and so was Shen Xing.
Old Prince Ning said to Shen Sui, "Tomorrow, I will report to the Emperor and get the imperial pardon order. Then I can send someone to bring the Second Young Master back to the palace."
Shen Sui said, "Thank you, old prince."
Old Prince Ning said, "This is what I should do. The hall is full of guests. Go greet them first."
It is already disrespectful to leave all the civil and military officials alone for a long time.
But everyone knows that Shen Sui has a son who was almost buried alive when he was born. Even his father didn't know about it. Now that there is news, it is normal to be anxious to know.
Shen Sui and Old Prince Ning went to greet the guests, and his colleagues congratulated Shen Sui one after another, "Marquis Pingyuan's Mansion and Prince Ning's Mansion are both celebrating today, which is really a cause for celebration."
As the groom, Xiao Huan certainly had to toast, but when he was about to leave, the servant stopped him, "My Lord..."
Xiao Huan stopped.
The servant whispered a few words and Xiao Huan frowned.
Chen Tang walked over and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"
Xiao Huan said, "My second brother almost died of illness, and General Lu broke his leg. These were not accidents. Someone gave the order to leave no one alive."
The servant was holding the token of Prince Ning's Mansion, which showed that he was a member of the Mansion. The officers and soldiers were afraid that the servant would punish them, so they decided to use his merits to reduce his crime and told the matter to the servant.
Chen Tang's brows were furrowed. "Envoy Lu Xuanfu has already had his property confiscated and been exiled. How could anyone want to kill them?"
Killing to silence the witnesses means that Envoy Lu Xuanfu is a threat as long as he is alive and must be eliminated in order to rest assured.
With such a ruthless massacre, there must be injustice in the Ganzhou case.
Those people were afraid that this case would be brought up again.
Xiao Huan said, "It is very likely that my grandfather sent people to Ganzhou twice to investigate the case, which alarmed the people behind the scenes and made them want to get rid of Envoy Lu to prevent future troubles."
Chen Tang's heart was lifted, "Wouldn't the second brother be in danger?"
The servant said, "General Liu, who is in charge of the mine, asked me to tell the young master that he will do his best to protect the second young master and General Lu."
However, some people were investigating the case in Ganzhou and there was no room for Envoy Lu. Knowing that the third young master of the Lu family was the second young master of the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion and the younger brother of the Prince of Ning, those people would only be more afraid.
Xie Guimo said, "There is no time to wait for the amnesty order. We must send people to the border as soon as possible."
Xiao Huan immediately sent people to the border. Chen Tang looked at Xie Guimo, who told Chen Qi, "Send two people too."
Chen Tang must not allow his second brother, whom he had never met, to make any mistakes.
Xiao Huan and Xie Guimo both sent people over, and only then did Chen Tang feel relieved.
Seeing Chen Tang frowning, Xie Guimo said, "It was a good coincidence that I arrived there and saved your second brother's life. He has a very strong life and will be fine."
Everything is just right.
If any step is delayed, my second brother will be gone.
Shen Tang nodded, “My second brother will definitely be fine.”
The servant came over to invite Xiao Huan to toast, and Chen Tang left the back hall with them.
The guests were all seated, and the maid led Shen Tang to her seat, next to Shen Ran. This seat was arranged by Shen Luo. Those at the same table with Shen Tang were all good friends with Shen Tang.
Not only Chen Ran was there, but also Yun Yi, wife of the prince of Marquis Xuanyi, and Miss Zhao from the Minister of Works' residence were there too.
Seeing her, Chen Tang was a little surprised, "You didn't go to Prince Duan's Mansion yesterday, and I thought you wouldn't come to Prince Ning's Mansion to attend the wedding banquet today."
Miss Zhao blushed, "I didn't go to Prince Duan's Mansion with my parents yesterday. Later I regretted it. It was too late to go there, so I didn't go..."
Yun Yi smiled and said, "You are just too thin-skinned."
Chen Luo said, "The fruit wine from Prince Ning's Mansion is not intoxicating. I asked several maids to try it. You can drink it without worry."
Zhao Wei shook her head like a rattle. She didn't dare drink anymore.
It's enough to experience such an embarrassing thing once in a lifetime. If it happens again, she will really be too embarrassed to go out and see people.
Zhao Xi didn't dare to drink anymore, and the same went for Chen Tang. What if the drink tasted good and they couldn't resist and got drunk? Getting drunk would be fine, but the fear was that they would lose control of themselves.
Everyone sitting at this table is our family, so they talk more casually and laugh all the time.
The entire wedding banquet lasted for more than an hour.
Except for Zhao Xi, no one else at the table was in a hurry to leave. Chu Yi wanted to help see the guests off, and Yun Yi had to wait for her to leave. No one stood up, so Zhao Xi couldn't leave first. She waited until everyone had left before she went out with Shen Tang and the others.
When they went out, Chu Yi and Xiao Xun just happened to come over arm in arm. When she saw Xiao Xun, Zhao Xi quickly hid behind Chen Tang. Her hiding was so obvious that it was difficult for Chen Tang to ignore it.
Chen Tang looked towards Xiao Xun and saw that Xiao Xun was looking at Zhao Xi.
Thinking of Xiao Xun climbing over the wall to get into the Minister of Works' residence, Chen Tang felt that the air was filled with the smell of gossip.
Xie Guimo came over, Chen Tang walked to his side, Xie Guimo leaned over and sniffed, whispering, "Didn't you drink the fruit wine?"
A faint aroma of wine wafted over, and Chen Tang thought of the carriage that day.
This bastard wanted her to get drunk?
Chen Tang couldn't help it and stretched out his hand to pinch Xie Guimo's waist. Xie Guimo groaned in pain, attracting everyone's attention.
Shen Tang didn't have time to withdraw his hand.
Xie Guimo grabbed her hand.
Everyone was shocked at first, and then tried to hold back their laughter, especially Chu Yi and Xiao Xun. They really didn't realize that the Prince of Jingyang was such a henpecked man.
Those smiling but silent eyes made Chen Tang feel like there were two more words on his head——
Shrew.
Chen Tang wanted to pull his hand back, but Xie Guimo held it tightly and rubbed it carefully with his fingertips.
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