Chapter 144 Winter Banquet 5
Hearing this, Shen Wangshu couldn't help but laugh and said, "If I had known on the first day I came here that Prince Xuan's mansion was next door, I wouldn't have been so guarded and delayed my sister from looking for me."
Chen Xihe: "That's not the case. The General's Mansion is heavily guarded, which is actually safe for you... It seems that the General who guards the country cares about you very much. If he can protect you, I will feel relieved."
Shen Wangshu nodded: “Don’t worry, sister.”
The two of them had been talking here for about the same amount of time, and Chen Xihe said, "Let's go, the Queen and the Imperial Concubine should be here soon, let's go over there."
Shen Wangshu's identity is public, but no one in the capital knows Shen Xihe's identity. If the two of them are seen together by someone with ulterior motives, they can easily guess her identity.
The two separated, and Shen Wangshu returned to the Imperial Garden first. After a while, he saw the nobles from the palace coming slowly.
All the ladies in the audience finished their greetings gracefully. Chen Zhi came to Shen Wangshu and whispered in his ear: "Look, is the masked woman behind the Imperial Concubine Madam Zhaoyang?"
Shen Wangshu glanced at it and said, "It should be."
"He personally brought her to such an important occasion. It seems that her status in Prince Xuan's mansion is quite high." Chen Zhi was curious: "I just don't know why. Prince Xuan obviously doesn't have a principal wife. It would be better to just marry her. What's the point of giving her a madam?"
Shen Wangshu said casually: “It’s just a little interest between husband and wife.”
Of course, the real reason was not this. If he wanted to marry Shen Xihe as his principal wife, he would have to investigate her true identity. By then, the whole world would know that King Xuan had married the daughter of a criminal. Although the case of privately minting silver coins had been overturned after half a year, the tragic night of the house search could not be faked.
Now you just say hypocritically, "I wronged you," can this matter just be let go so easily? Who will pay for the lives of the hundreds of people in the Shen family who died in an accident? The money was flushed into the national treasury under some excuse, and now no one knows what to do with the century-old assets. Who will compensate? Who will be responsible for the shadow that will never be dispelled from the two remaining legitimate daughters of the Shen family in their lifetime?
No one.
Even now, the two sisters still cannot appear in front of everyone with a clear conscience, just because the order issued by the emperor half a year ago was to "annihilate the entire family."
Chen Xihe and his original body would never let go of this hatred, and they couldn't help but glare at the approaching royal family members.
Chen Zhi, who was standing at the side, noticed something was wrong and gently squeezed Chen Wangshu's hand.
The latter immediately came to his senses, lowered his eyebrows and joined everyone in saluting.
Only half a year had passed, and these people were already very different from what the original body remembered.
The arrogance of Concubine Jia is truly written on her face. When Concubine Li was the favorite in the six palaces, she was nothing special. Now, thanks to the Fifth Prince, Concubine Jia's status in the harem has risen like a rocket, and she looks at everyone with her chin held high.
The queen, who was known to everyone as gentle and dignified, actually had the edge of a powerful person in her eyes. The feeling of being the master of a harem was very different from that of handling state affairs. With the blessing of real power, the queen now looked upon Concubine Jia as no different from a jumping clown, and most of the time she was too lazy to bother with her.
However, on the surface, these three heavyweights in the harem are still friendly, treating each other like sisters and being very affectionate.
Shen Wangshu simply glanced at them and then retracted his gaze. Then he heard the eldest lady cough lightly and scolded in a low voice: "Zhi Niang, don't be rude."
Turning around, I saw Chen Zhi was staring at people with her eyes wide open, almost drooling.
Shen Wangshu nudged her with his elbow and reminded her, “Azhi!”
The latter finally reacted and hastily retracted his gaze, his cheeks a little red: "The Imperial Concubine is really charming and beautiful. When she comes, all the flowers and people in the Imperial Garden are outshined by her."
Shen Wangshu: “…” This little girl can be so obsessed with looking at beauties.
"No wonder the emperor was so fond of the imperial concubine when he was still alive. If it were me, I would like her too." Chen Zhi even envied the old emperor a little: "It's so pleasing to have such a beauty by your side every day."
Shen Wangshu now understood why the two young men in white had been able to charm Chen Zhi so much... The young lady who was so rude to others seemed to have an exceptionally good temper when she first got along with him.
It turns out that this is a late stage of face control.
The eldest lady was speechless. If there weren't so many people in public, she would have slapped her daughter on the back to wake her up: "Do you think you can talk about the imperial concubine? Shut up right now."
No matter how defensive she was, she couldn't resist Chen Zhi's uncontrollable gaze - or perhaps the people from the Rongguo Mansion were the target of the royal family.
Not only Concubine Li looked over, but Concubine Jia and the Queen also looked over, as did several princes and nobles.
"Old Madam Chen, the Duke's wife, and this... the General's wife." The Queen was the first to speak, calling them one by one, her voice very gentle: "It's been a long time since we last met, how have you all been lately?"
The old lady bowed to them and said, "Thank you, Queen, for your concern. I am not feeling well. I hope you will ask about me."
The Queen's question was quite ordinary, but Concubine Jia stared directly at Chen Zhi and asked impatiently, "This is the legitimate daughter of Duke Rong, right? She is so beautiful, and it seems she is not married yet?"
The eldest lady: “…” He targeted her daughter as soon as he arrived. Could he be more obvious in his question?
"To answer Concubine Jia's question, the master and I only have this one legitimate daughter, and we have loved her since she was young, so we wanted to keep her by our side for a few more years. Although we have seen each other a lot over the years, this girl has become spoiled by us and is unwilling to marry easily."
The eldest lady's words seemed to be spoken with helplessness and anger, but in fact every word was saying that she did not want to marry her daughter off - the couple did not want to marry, and the daughter herself did not want to marry either, so you should give up on this idea as soon as possible!
However, Concubine Jia was not an ordinary person. When she looked at Chen Zhi, she seemed to see the Duke of Rong's Mansion and the generals guarding the country behind her, and saw millions of soldiers serving her son. She pretended not to understand the meaning of Cheng's words, and smiled and said, "No matter how reluctant you are, a girl should get married when she reaches the right age. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a shame for others?"
Without waiting for Cheng to say anything, she looked directly at Chen Zhi this time, with a kind and loving look on her face: "The feng shui of the capital is good for health, do you want to stay, Zhiniang?"
Chen Zhi: “…” Help! She will never look around again.
She never expected to be targeted so soon. She had no choice but to answer Concubine Jia's words, so she could only bite the bullet and say, "I grew up in the northern border. I am afraid that I will be rude and make the nobles laugh at me."
Let me go, I can't do it, I am not worthy of your royal compound!
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