Chapter 122: You women are always double-minded
Chu Xinrou didn't understand, but she had no choice. After Chu Yunlan drove away all the servants and closed the door tightly, she sat at the table and began to draw the peace locket.
It took Chu Xinrou half an hour to draw the peace locket from her memory.
Chu Yunlan picked up the piece of rice paper and looked at it for a long time before his gaze landed on Chu Xinrou's face. "Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"
Chu Xinrou was frightened by his madness. Ji Jinglan was on his side. She was isolated and helpless in the mansion. She nodded timidly, "I am sure. The jade is white, smooth and translucent. It is different from ordinary jade. The pattern is also unusual."
Chu Yunlan then carefully put away the rice paper and looked at Chu Xinrou with a cold look in his eyes. "Do you have a butterfly birthmark on your back?"
Chu Xinrou's heart skipped a beat, and she nodded slowly under his gaze.
Chu Yunlan raised the corners of his lips, his smile almost cruel. "I'll use something to burn your birthmark later. From now on, you are no longer the long-lost daughter of the Marquis of Jingning, but the daughter of Princess Linzhao."
Ji Jinglan was stunned. "Yunlan, what do you mean? Doesn't Princess Linzhao already have a daughter? And that Princess Anyang—"
Chu Yunlan interrupted her impatiently, "Mother, that Princess Anyang is just an adopted daughter. Princess Linzhao gave birth to twins, and one of them was abandoned in the mutiny seventeen years ago."
"The peace locket in Shen Yuan's hand is a pair with that of Crown Prince Jiang Heng. It belongs to the female twin."
Chu Xinrou's head exploded, and her eyes were fixed on the drawing paper.
This... this is actually Princess Lin Zhao's thing!
The real peace locket in Shen Yuan's hand had been thrown away by her, and apart from her and Shen Yuan, no one could testify that the Shen family had ever had such a peace locket.
In other words, as long as she takes out this peace locket, she will be Princess Lin Zhao’s long-lost daughter!
Ji Jinglan stammered, "Yunlan, how do you know all this?"
Chu Yunlan sneered and said nothing.
Because in the dream, Shen Shuwei is Princess Lin Zhao's long-lost daughter. The third prince discovered all this in advance and asked to marry Shen Shuwei in order to win over Princess Lin Zhao and Crown Prince Jiang Heng.
He and Ji Jinglan let Chu Xinrou replace Shen Shuwei. They did the same thing as they are doing now, burning off Chu Xinrou's birthmark and getting a fake peace locket to recognize her as their relative.
The third prince didn't care whether it was true or not. He just wanted the Jingning Marquisate to give him a "daughter" of Princess Linzhao so that he could use her to win over Jiang Heng.
Chu Yunlan looked at Chu Xinrou, his body trembling slightly with excitement, "You know what to do."
Chu Xinrou bit her lower lip and nodded heavily.
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Time passed quickly and soon it was the day of the palace examination.
Because Shen Zhang had something to do that day, Shen Shuwei had to see him off. The palace gate was crowded with people, yet completely silent. All around were the imperial guards, clad in armor and armed with sharp weapons, their expressions solemn and murderous.
Because Chen Heng was the top scorer in the Autumn Examination, he was surrounded by several other examinees and taken aside to talk quietly as soon as he showed up.
Shen Shuwei got off the carriage carrying the food box and wanted to look for Shen Heng, but a voice came from behind him, "It's you."
Chen Shuwei turned around and met Sun Mingzong, who looked strange. Sun Mingzong looked brand new today, with an expensive jade pendant hanging around his waist. It was obvious that he had made full preparations for today's palace examination.
Shen Shuwei glanced at him, then looked away, intending to leave. However, Sun Mingzong chased after him and grabbed him, his expression revealing a twisted pleasure.
"Why? Did you feel remorse after seeing the list that day and realizing I was in the top ten of the Autumn Examination? So you made me something to apologize?"
After losing face so badly in the teahouse that day, Sun Mingzong hid at home and didn't dare go out. He didn't go to see the results. It was not until the person who brought the good news came that he found out that he was in the top ten.
Seeing Shen Shuwei here, Sun Mingzong unconsciously became arrogant again and wanted to vent his resentment in the teahouse.
"My mother was right. You Luojing girls are spoiled and pampered to the point of not knowing your place."
"But since you are willing to apologize sincerely, as a man, I will naturally not bother with ignorant women like you."
Shen Shuwei shook off his hand and couldn't help laughing, "Where does Mr. Sun get his confidence from? Every time we meet, he thinks I'm here for you?"
Sun Mingzong was annoyed. "Why are you pretending? Of all the people here who are going to take the palace examination today, you only know me. That Second Master Ruan didn't take part in this autumn examination. If you didn't come here for me, then why did you come?"
"I was in the top ten in the Autumn Examination. As long as I perform normally in today's Palace Examination, I will definitely be in the top three."
"You are attracted by my achievements and know that I will have a bright future in the official career. You regret that you spoke rudely to me in the teahouse that day, so you specially brought the food box to apologize!" Sun Mingzong muttered in a low voice.
As one of the top ten in the autumn examination, he was confident. After his ranking was announced, his mother received several invitations, including one from a family proposing marriage for him.
Chen Shuwei must have understood that he had a bright future ahead of him, so he eagerly made some snacks by hand and came to apologize for what happened in the teahouse that day.
Sun Mingzong raised his head and glanced at the food box with disdain. It must contain some homemade pastries. Women are all like this, ignorant and stupid, they can only make pastries and do needlework to please men.
The girls he had seen these days were not particularly attractive, not as stunning as Shen Shuwei, and their family backgrounds were not prominent enough. Among them, there was even a merchant's daughter who wanted to marry him as his legal wife.
Sun Mingzong was full of disdain. He was among the top ten in the autumn examination. If he did not make any mistakes in the palace examination, he would be the top scholar. The daughter of a merchant family was not worthy of being his wife, and being a concubine would be more appropriate.
If Chen Shuwei was truly repentant, considering her appearance and family background, he could forgive her for her outrageous words against him in the teahouse.
Seeing that the body search had begun and they were about to enter the palace to prepare for the palace examination, Shen Shuwei had no intention of paying attention to Sun Mingzong. He frowned and looked around for Shen Heng.
Catching a glimpse of the sky-blue figure walking towards him, Shen Shuwei smiled and opened the lunch box.
Knowing that she had just opened the food box, Sun Mingzong reached in, picked up a piece of red bean cake, and said sarcastically: "Red beans are a symbol of love, and Miss Shen said that she didn't have feelings for me and brought it to me on purpose?"
"You women are always saying one thing and thinking another."
Shen Shuwei didn't expect that he would touch the food he brought to Shen Heng, and his expression was stern.
A hand was faster than Shen Shuwei's, grabbing Sun Mingzong's wrist and snatching the red bean cake from his hand. "Mr. Sun, I'm afraid you misunderstood. This red bean cake was brought to me by my third sister. It has nothing to do with you."
Chen Heng's usually gentle and smiling face turned cold at this moment, "Please let go, Mr. Sun, and don't tarnish my third sister's reputation."
"My second brother has a bad temper and serves in the Imperial Guards. If he knew that Young Master Sun was making such outrageous remarks, I'm afraid he would bring people to talk to you."
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