Chapter 39 Joining forces with the Princess
"These two are conflating right and wrong and aiding the tyrant. Come, slap them in the face."
At Princess Rongyang's command, two burly maids forced the two men to kneel down and swung their arms, making crackling sounds.
After just a few hits, Shen Wan couldn't bear it anymore and kept crying and begging for mercy. The nanny blocked her mouth and pulled her back to continue beating her.
"You unlucky thing! How dare you look so sad in front of the princess? Are you deliberately trying to offend her?"
Both of them were dragged to the gate of the Shen family. There were people coming and going, and they were surrounded by maids and guards from the princess's mansion. It was really humiliating.
But the two maids who were in charge of slapping the girls would curse every time they slapped them, so that everyone would know that they were being punished because they had offended Princess Rongyang.
Feeling the piercing gazes of the people around them and the pointing and gossiping voices, Shen Wan and Mei Yingzhu, mother and daughter, wished they could faint.
How could they have the face to go out and meet guests after today? I'm afraid that the old lady and the master will not let them off easily after they return home.
The reputation of the Pingchang Earl's Mansion was ruined by the two of them.
There were clapping sounds outside, one louder than the other, but the yard was very quiet.
Princess Rongyang thought of the flood control strategy and looked at Shen Heng standing next to Shen Shuwei. His figure was tall and slender, like a green bamboo after rain, elegant and noble, but there was a hint of weakness between his eyebrows.
Thinking about the matter of Dr. Yun that had caused a lot of uproar in the capital these days, Princess Rongyang understood everything.
The third daughter of the Shen family, who had just returned home, was a capable and filial girl. Not only did she help her father and brother with their careers, she even invited Dr. Yun to help her eldest brother.
As her thoughts turned, when she looked at Chen Shuwei again, Princess Rongyang's expression became much gentler.
As expected, my daughter is considerate and capable. Think about that debt collector at her knees. He made her father-in-law angry a few days ago. He chased him for a mile and he even climbed the wall, which made her father-in-law lose face.
"I have read the policy paper that Chen Erlang gave to Feng'er." As she spoke, Princess Rongyang took out a policy paper with elegant handwriting from her bosom and handed it to Chen Shuwei.
Chen Shuwei didn't know what the princess meant, so he respectfully reached out to take it.
However, the eldest princess's next words surprised the three siblings.
"Yesterday, the Third Prince's residence also received a flood control strategy paper, presented by Marquis Jingning. He plans to use this strategy paper to secure the Yuzhou flood control task at court tomorrow."
"My husband sent someone to copy a copy for me to review. The content is surprisingly six points similar to the one Shen Erlang sent today."
Chen Shuwei was still relatively calm. After all, he had experienced such an incident in his previous life, so it was not surprising that Chu Xinrou did the same thing again in this life.
Chen Heng and Shen Zhang were extremely surprised. The former was surprised and then thought of something and lowered his eyes to think, while Shen Zhang frowned unhappily, looking very angry.
"However, in my opinion, Mr. Shen's is the better one. Every word is a pearl of wisdom, and the whole page is filled with beautiful writing. The difference between it and Marquis Jingning's is obvious." Princess Rongyang slowed down her tone, a smile on her face, and looked at Chen Heng, "The one Marquis Jingning sent should be based on Mr. Shen's article, right?"
The two articles were one well-written and the other poorly written, but the content was extremely similar. She understood it immediately.
Chen Heng bowed without hesitation and said, "I dare not deceive the Princess. The young lady who just returned to the Marquis of Jingning's residence is originally from the Shen family. She must have read my old manuscript and copied it to present to the Third Prince."
"However, there was an omission in my old draft. If implemented, it would only lead to disaster. The copy that my second brother sent to the eldest princess was revised by my third sister and me. Not only did it fill the gap, but the flood control method was also more advanced, and the silver used was saved by tens of thousands of taels."
Chen Heng quickly thought of the old manuscripts he had been polishing on his desk every day. During that time, Chu Xinrou often came into his study to ask him for money to buy pearls and rouge, so it was normal for her to see it.
What's more, this matter involves the prince and the eldest princess, so Shen Heng will not hide it.
Hearing his answer, Princess Rongyang's smile widened, and she changed the subject, "Then I wonder what Mr. Shen is thinking. Does he want me to present this policy proposal to the imperial desk right now to confront the Third Prince, or—"
Or she would wait until the Third Prince used the Marquis of Jingning's proposal to cause a big mess in flood control, and then she would send the Shen family's proposal at the right time, so that the emperor would be furious and punish both the Third Prince and the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion.
Although she and the General's Mansion have never been involved in the struggles among the princes, it does not prevent her from disliking the third prince.
Neither of Roupin's two children was a good person. Xiao Fufeng appeared well-behaved but was actually rude and arrogant. His brother, the Third Prince, was even more sinister and vicious. Earlier, in order to win her over and gain access to the General's Mansion, he had even gone so far as to drug Feng'er, hoping he would use this opportunity to flirt with Xiao Fufeng and marry her off.
Although they failed to succeed, the three of them, mother and son, acted cleanly, leaving her with no excuse to punish them. She has been holding this grudge until now.
She also intended to make the third prince suffer a big setback in the flood control issue.
Chen Shuwei raised her eyebrows slightly. She just wanted to make the Jingning Marquis Mansion suffer a big misfortune. Exposing that they plagiarized their eldest brother's policy paper would be a minor harm, but if they made a big mess in the flood control, they would lose their heads.
But she decided to wait and see what Chen Heng thought. After all, the policy paper was his, and the person who stole it was his former sister. If he was soft-hearted and only wanted to give her a light punishment, she would have no objection.
Feeling the gazes of the two women in front and behind him, Chen Heng hesitated for a moment before answering, "It's up to the eldest princess to decide."
Soon, Shen Shuwei and Princess Rongyang agreed on a flood control strategy and were just waiting for the Third Prince to come to court tomorrow to ask for permission to go to Yuzhou to control the flood. If anything went wrong, they would present the strategy to him.
However, for the sake of the people affected by the disaster in Yuzhou, the Princess and the General's Mansion will always keep an eye on the people to avoid being affected.
After discussing the flood control issue, Princess Rongyang wanted to leave, but Chen Shuwei asked her to stay.
"This subject wants to cooperate with the Princess on something."
She had been managing the Shen family shop these days and found that although the Shen family's money was enough for her to stockpile food and medicinal materials to deal with disaster victims and epidemics, she was still short of the capital to make a big profit.
If you hook up with Princess Rongyang, it will be different. Not only will it be convenient to act because there will be someone to protect you, but the capital will also be sufficient.
Princess Rongyang agreed after listening to Shen Shuwei's words only once, and immediately sent someone to give her a token, telling her to go to the General's Mansion to find her if she had any problems. Xiao Chifeng had been disobedient recently and she had to keep an eye on this little bastard.
Shen Shuwei was a little surprised. She thought she would have to spend some time convincing him.
Princess Rongyang gave Shen Shuwei a meaningful look and said, "I trust Miss Shen's ability. Moreover, this matter involves a disaster, so I am happy to do good deeds and accumulate virtue."
Just before leaving, she took Divine Doctor Yun away. At first, Divine Doctor Yun was fuming and glaring and refused to go. But when Chen Zhang mentioned that this was the biological mother of Prince Kangping who had rescued Yan'er from the mansion that day, Divine Doctor Yun immediately calmed down, packed up her medicine box and went into the palace with Princess Rongyang.
Didn't Xiao Fufeng want to show off her achievements in front of her brother the emperor by bringing Divine Doctor Yun? She even insisted on bringing Divine Doctor Yun into the palace to let him treat her brother the emperor, and then mentioned what his good daughter had done in the Shen family.
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