Chapter 23: Prince Bao and his wife are childhood sweethearts
Although she thought so in her heart, Shen Wangshu still had to agree obediently, otherwise Nanny Liang would nag her in her ear all day for at least the next half month.
One of the biggest advantages of marrying Chen Ting is that you don’t have to deal with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Shen Wangshu insisted on paying her respects to the old lady in the morning for several days. Later, the old lady took her hand and kindly said that she didn’t need to come every day. The relationship with the eldest wife was just an aunt, not to mention that Chen Hao went to school during the day and Chen Ting went to duty. She was the only one in Xuanji Courtyard. She didn’t know how wonderful her life was.
Three days later, Carpenter Li sent someone to deliver the batch of soap boxes she customized, and Shen Wangshu went to inspect the results.
The soap placed in a cool and ventilated place has solidified. She scooped out a piece of ordinary soap and rubbed it to try. The familiar fragrance was refreshing and the cleaning effect was also very good.
A success at once, worthy of her.
Mei Xue at the side asked curiously: "Is this done? What about the others?"
Shen Wangshu said: "It will take some time to know the effect of both medicated soap and milk soap, but they should be similar."
The servant of the Li family who was delivering the box also watched the process and sighed: "This thing does look better than ordinary soapberries, but the raw materials are not cheap. If it is sold at a fixed price, it can only be sold to wealthy families."
Shen Wangshu asked people to cut the solidified soap into pieces and put them in the sun to dry: "No hurry, I will consider selling it after I confirm the effect."
Although she was confident that she would not fail, she did not dare to make too much the first time, for fear of wasting the lard. Shen Wangshu packed a piece of each of the three soaps and gave it to the servant of the Li family to take back, and asked Carpenter Li to try the effect as well.
At the martial arts arena on the outskirts of the city, the man looked at the envelope on the table with a stern expression. Chen Long knelt down and whispered, "General, we have found out. This flying swallow tattoo is the symbol of the people in Prince Bao's mansion in Beijing. Twenty years ago, Prince Bao went to wipe out a family in the south, and one of the assassins had this tattoo on his body."
Chen Hu standing by was confused: "We have nothing to do with that Prince Bao, why would he send someone to assassinate the general? Could it be the emperor's order?"
Chen Long looked at his master hesitantly, and said with a stiff upper lip: "Prince Bao has not entered the palace recently... This matter concerns the true identity of the lady."
Chen Ting had already seen what his subordinates had found out, but he still wanted to hear it again with his own ears, and there was no emotion on his face.
Chen Long continued, "Madam's original name was Shen Wangshu. She was the second daughter of the Shen family who escaped the night the Yongning Marquis's residence was raided. She was taken back to the Xiahou Mansion by the Xiahou Magistrate for a short period of time. Later, the Emperor granted the marriage, and the Xiahou family let Shen Wangshu, who had changed her surname to the outside world, marry you in place of their daughter Xiahou Fu."
"Then what? What does this have to do with the assassin?" Chen Hu asked.
"Madam grew up with Prince Bao when they were in the capital. They were childhood sweethearts. It is said that the two families even had a verbal engagement. And Prince Bao is now in Moyun." Chen Long no longer dared to look at his master's expression: "Nine out of ten, the assassin was sent by him."
"......" Even Chen Hu, who was tactless, knew that he couldn't ask any more questions at this time. After all, the general's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
The Prince of Bao obviously knew the identity of the General Zhenguo's new wife, and he was making a demonstration.
Chen Ting left without saying a word, leaving the two Chen brothers looking at each other in bewilderment.
Chen Hu asked in a low voice: "Brother, do you think the Madam knows about this?"
"......How would I know?" Chen Long secretly broke into a cold sweat for Shen Wangshu and said, "But it's best if she doesn't know."
Otherwise, it would be blatantly cuckolding their general. Which man can stand that? When the time comes, the general will be so furious that it will not be easy for him to send this pair of desperate lovers to hell together.
Chen Hu's expression changed over and over, and he finally blurted out a curse word in confusion: "Fuck, what the hell is this?"
Is it true that their general is doomed to be unlucky? Not to mention that none of the marriages he had been assigned before had gone smoothly, but now he finally married a wife, but she still has another man in her heart and may even be secretly thinking about running away.
This is too tragic... If you tell others about this, won’t people laugh to death?
Chen Long glared at his brother as if warning: "Watch your mouth, don't talk nonsense after this happens."
Chen Hu swore an oath: "How could that be possible? I know what's going on and I won't let anyone know."
Chen Long hummed, and heard Chen Hu ask again: "What should we do now? That guy is in Moyun now. He dared to send someone to assassinate the general. Should we teach him a lesson?"
"Don't act rashly without the general's order." Chen Long stopped his thoughts: "We don't know why Prince Bao is here yet. If we act rashly, we will alert the enemy."
"Okay then." Chen Hu agreed.
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After Chen Ting returned to the Duke's Mansion, he did not go to see Shen Wangshu immediately. In fact, he was in a suppressed and irritable state. After returning to the mansion at full speed, he went to the bamboo forest behind the study without saying a word - the room that he did not allow anyone to enter.
This was a pitch-black room with no windows. There was nothing in the center except a large black iron block. Upon closer inspection, the iron block was covered with several claw marks from violent damage. The door was closed and the last ray of light was extinguished.
A pair of eerie golden eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness, and the sound of black iron gauntlets rubbing against each other was heard, as if something terrible was being released. The next moment, the whole room was filled with the creepy sound of steel colliding.
This sound lasted for nearly an hour. Finally, the man stopped with a low gasp. When he restrained himself and put on his gauntlets, he was sweating profusely. He was soaked all over, as if he had been fished out of the water.
He stood alone in the house, raised his hand which had not yet fully recovered, and murmured in a low voice: "Yes, who would want a monster like me?"
Even to vent, I can only stay alone in a place like this, and I dare not let anyone know.
If one day she saw his true face, she would probably do everything she could to escape from him with Prince Bao, right?
Chen Ting closed his eyes and sat quietly waiting for his anger and excitement to subside. Only after his eyes and hands returned to normal human appearance did he push the door open and go out.
By this time it was already dark.
He felt hungry and guessed it was past feeding time...he wondered if she was waiting for him to eat.
In the past few days, the two of them slept in the same bed and had three meals together whenever possible, just like an ordinary couple. Every time he returned to the room, she would look up to greet him. Although nothing happened at night, Chen Ting felt that it was good to live an ordinary life like this. With someone around him, he did not feel so lonely anymore.
But now he knew that she had a lover in the capital, and if it weren't for that accident, they would even have gotten married.
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