Chapter 91 Message
It’s not that Shen Sui wants to have his cake and eat it too, it’s just that he has no other choice.
He had met the Prince of Ning, and he was really good. Shen Sui was so happy to have such a son-in-law. The fact that the old Prince Ning proposed to him was a great honor for him. Shen Sui didn't dare to offend the old Prince Ning.
Besides, he had no reason to refuse, saying that his daughter was engaged?
If the engagement was really going to happen, Prince Ning would not have asked for his grandson to marry his daughter.
But if there is no engagement and the marriage is not approved, doesn't that mean she doesn't like Prince Ning?
Chen Sui could only use the emperor's request to reject old Prince Ning and ask the emperor to help him reject the marriage. He also used old Prince Ning's request to put pressure on the man who wanted to marry his daughter but didn't come to propose marriage.
Chenxiangxuan, study.
Xie Guimo slept on the small couch all night.
When I woke up and saw the military book on the small table, I felt it was extremely dazzling.
He picked it up casually and threw it out, and it happened to hit Chen Shan in the face as he was about to jump out the window into the house.
Chen Shan took the military book in a panic.
Seeing him, Chen Qi asked, "Why are you back again?"
Chen Shan, "..."
He doesn't want to come back either.
But he dared not not come back.
Chen Shan silently put down the military book, took a step back, and said, "Master, today, Prince Ning asked Pingyuan Hou to marry Miss Shen Er on behalf of the Crown Prince..."
Almost instantly, the gentleman's face turned as cold as ice.
When Chen Qi glanced at him, Chen Shan felt that Chen Qi wanted to stab him.
Chen Shan and Chen Qi both knew what Chen Tang and Xie Guimo talked about yesterday.
Chen Shan had just returned to Jingyang Palace, and within a day, Chen Tang almost got into trouble on the street, so Xie Guimo asked Chen Shan to protect Chen Tang again.
When Xie Guimo left yesterday, Chen Shan didn't dare to follow him and stayed in Qingyi Garden.
He didn't know whether his master and Miss Shen Er had a future, but he knew about it and couldn't pretend not to know.
Being a secret guard is so difficult.
Xie Guimo's eyes fell on the military book, "Did Marquis Pingyuan agree?"
Chen Shan shook his head and was about to speak when there was a knock on the door outside. A servant came in and said, "My Lord, the Emperor has summoned you to the palace."
Why did the emperor suddenly look for him?
Xie Guimo was in no mood to care about what the emperor wanted to see him about. He looked at Chen Shan, who said, "Marquis Pingyuan did not agree. He only said that the emperor intended to grant Miss Shen Er a marriage, and Old Prince Ning went to see the emperor."
Xie Guimo immediately knew why the emperor wanted to see him.
After changing into a brocade robe, Xie Guimo rode into the palace on horseback.
Imperial study.
The emperor was reviewing memorials to the emperor. The biggest event in the court recently was the leak of the examination questions for the Spring Examination. The left prime minister, a very powerful official, was directly imprisoned by the emperor. This was a very serious matter, and all the memorials received in the past two days were related to it.
After opening the memorial and taking a look at it, the emperor put it down. The eunuch stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Prince of Jingyang is here."
Xie Guimo stepped forward and saluted the emperor.
The emperor picked up a new memorial, glanced at him and said, "It's been so long, and no one has come to propose marriage. If you are going to marry Miss Shen Er, I will marry her to the Prince of Ning."
Chen Sui only said that the emperor intended to marry Chen Tang, but did not say who he would marry her to. Old Prince Ning thought that the emperor thought Chen Tang was good and intended to marry her to a certain prince.
Old Prince Ning wanted to ask the Emperor, if he hadn't decided on a candidate yet, or if the Emperor was not so determined to grant the marriage, he would just snatch the marriage for his grandson.
Prince Ning had only two sons. One was not married yet and died to save the emperor, and the other died on the battlefield, leaving only the prince as his bloodline. Because of his weak health, he had been recuperating away from home in his early years, and his family was in decline. The emperor not only respected Prince Ning, but also felt guilty. If he hadn't known that Xie Guimo had taken a fancy to Chen Tang, and the two of them were in love, the emperor would have written an imperial decree to grant them marriage on the spot if Prince Ning had asked him for it.
The emperor has always admired Xie Guimo's decisiveness, but he didn't expect that he would be so slow in proposing marriage.
Xie Guimo's eyes were dim.
Although Chen Tang repeatedly said that she would never marry in this life, he knew that this matter was not something Chen Tang could decide. If he really could not marry her as Chen Tang said, he should not stop her from marrying Xiao Huan.
But when he thought about her marrying someone else, he felt like there was a void in his heart. Could he bear to watch her and Xiao Huan living together?
And what she said, he couldn't touch her...
If he can't do it, then other men can?
The emperor would not grant Chen Tang's marriage to Xiao Huan when he knew that Xiao Huan favored Chen Tang, but once he agreed, the emperor might really grant the marriage.
Xie Guimo calmed his mind.
"I will come to propose marriage as soon as possible."
…
Shen Sui tactfully rejected the proposal from Prince Ning, and for the first time, Shen Tang felt that maybe she really didn't need to get married in this life.
Xie Guimo would not propose marriage again, and the Marquis's Mansion did not dare to promise her to anyone else, so she could not get married even if she wanted to.
After she finds her elder brother, she can find a beautiful place to spend her life leisurely.
Chen Tang walked back to Qingyi Garden with ease.
Jingci Temple.
The second wife was copying Buddhist scriptures. Chen Xi and Shen Ran were not there. The scenery near Jingci Temple was quite nice. Although I was tired of it after visiting it every day, it was still better than sitting there copying those boring Buddhist scriptures.
The Second Wife was getting very annoyed and irritable. A maid came in hurriedly and whispered something in her ear.
The second wife's face changed, "You won't even marry the Prince of Ning?"
The maid nodded, "The Marquis refused."
Old Prince Ning is the Emperor's uncle, and the Prince of Ning has such a noble status. Old Prince Ning proposed marriage personally, but the Marquis refused to agree to the marriage. Who on earth fell in love with Chen Tang and didn't come to propose marriage? Could it be a prince?
But even among the princes, except for those favored ones who have hope of competing for the crown prince position, the rest of the princes are no match for Prince Ning.
Originally, the Second Wife was unhappy because Chen Xi's engagement was broken off and Chen Tang had a good marriage. Now that she knew that the marriage was better than that of the Prince of Ning, the Second Wife was even more unhappy.
Are both of them blind? They only see Chen Tang but not Chen Xi? !
The Second Wife wanted to go back to the Marquis' Mansion immediately, but only a few days had passed in half a month and she couldn't go anywhere.
…
There are three examinations in spring.
One every three days.
A total of nine days and six nights.
This day was the day when the first examination of the Spring Imperial Examination ended. The students left the Imperial Examination Hall, returned to their place of residence to rest for a night, and returned to the Imperial Examination Hall to take the exam the next day.
Chen Tang wanted to go to the Imperial Examination Hall to pick up her two cousins, but she kept getting into trouble and she didn't even dare to mention it.
Chen Tang did not go, Ginkgo went to the Imperial Examination Hall on her behalf.
After lunch, Chen Tang had nothing to do, so he wandered around the garden and fed the koi in the pavilion.
Just lack of interest.
She leaned on the railing, looking at the sparkling water, and no one knew what she was thinking.
Qiu Tong was waiting on the side, and seeing a familiar figure running towards her from a distance, she said, "Girl, Gingko is back."
Chen Tang turned around and saw Gingko entering the pavilion, jogging back with a layer of fine beads of sweat on his forehead.
Gingko was almost thirsty, so he poured himself a cup of tea before saying, "Miss, the two cousins have returned to the Jiang family."
Chen Tang asked, "Cousins, can you tell me how they did in the exam?"
Gingko shook her head, "No, but I can see that they are in a very good mood, so they must have done well in the exam."
If I don’t do well in the exam, I will definitely not be able to laugh.
Chen Tang believed that her two cousins would not let her down.
She continued to look at the lotus pond. Ginkgo finished a cup of tea but still felt thirsty, so she poured herself another cup. Then she took out a letter from her bosom and said to Shen Tang, "Just now when I returned home, there was a man at the second gate who came to the mansion several times to look for the Fourth Madam. The gatekeeper got impatient and wanted to find someone to beat him up. I asked her one more question, and the man said that he was asked by a maid named Chunlan to bring a message to the Fourth Madam, asking her to go to Wangzhou Baihua Tower to save her."
Baihua Tower...
This sounds like a brothel.
Qiu Tong said, "Wangzhou is hundreds of miles away from Kyoto. How could the Fourth Madam go to such a far place to save a maid?"
Ginkgo said, "That's what I said. The man said Chunlan said that as long as the fourth wife saw the letter, she would send someone to Wangzhou to rescue her."
"The man had to leave the capital for urgent matters, and couldn't wait for the fourth wife to come back, so he gave the letter to me and asked me to pass it on for him."
Shen Tang's eyes fell on the letter.
The Fourth Madam married and moved to Beijing. Her parents' home is quite far away, so she cannot go back for several years. But when she goes back, she will stay for two or three months. Counting the days, the Fourth Madam should be back to Beijing in a few days.
In her previous life, the fourth wife fell ill a few days after returning to Beijing and passed away within a month. How could she possibly go to Wangzhou to save a maid?
It’s just a little strange. If the maid was sold, she wouldn’t have asked the Fourth Madam to save her. If she wasn’t sold, how could she end up in Wangzhou Baihua Tower?
Chen Tang said, “Go and find out if there is a maid named Chunlan around the Fourth Madam.”
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