Chapter 234: Breaking off the Engagement
Inside the luxurious palace, Empress Daxuan's guard Jinxiu was reclining on the chaise longue, her expression gentle and loving, though she seemed a little weak because of the assassin's incident.
Beside him, Xiao Nanchen frowned and asked with concern, "How does the Queen Mother feel?"
"The Queen Mother is fine, but you..."
Queen Wei's face was full of guilt: "My mother hurt you, will you blame her?"
Xiao Nanchen immediately said, "My Queen Mother was also murdered by someone. How could I blame her? Besides, as long as she's alright, the injuries I've suffered are nothing to worry about."
Queen Wei's eyes flickered slightly.
Is the poison really that effective?
The next moment, she continued to probe: "How is Shen Xiangjun?"
"she?"
Xiao Nanchen sneered coldly, "What could possibly happen to her... She's a fickle woman. I don't want to mention her."
The coldness and indifference in his words were not concealed at all, and joy surged in Queen Wei's heart.
That poisonous insect would make Xiao Nanchen love her deeply and obey her every word, but it would also make him suspicious and tyrannical when facing others, and turn love into hatred for the person he originally liked... That was the King of Poisons that the poison master of Southern Xinjiang had raised with all his strength.
Is it really that powerful?
Queen Wei still felt a little uneasy and continued to test him.
"Why do you look like you're disgusted with that Shen girl?"
She smiled and said, "You were the one who wanted her in the first place."
Xiao Nanchen snorted, obviously unwilling to mention Shen Ning.
Queen Wei sighed: "You were just angry at the beginning... Mother shouldn't have spoiled you so much and let you mess around and decide on her."
Xiao Nanchen said indifferently, "It doesn't matter who I marry. As long as Mother agrees, I can marry anyone."
Queen Wei joked, "If Mother sees this, the Shen family girl is indeed not good enough and is not worthy of my son. Are you willing to break off the engagement with her?"
As soon as the words fell, Xiao Nanchen said nonchalantly, "It's all up to the Queen Mother."
Empress Wei laughed helplessly, "You're not young anymore, but you're still so childish... Well, let's not talk about this for now. Mother has something important to tell you."
She looked into Xiao Nanchen's eyes and spoke softly, "Chen Nian is about to marry into the Yuan Dynasty. Marrying into the Yuan Dynasty is now our top priority. Other people's mothers are worried about it. I want you to go and escort the bride to the Yuan Dynasty. What do you think, my son?"
Xiao Nanchen nodded without hesitation and said respectfully, "At your command, Mother."
At this moment, Queen Wei's heart was at peace.
Her son treated the Shen girl like the apple of his eye. He had taken great pains to get engaged to her, and had protected her in every way since then. He was willing to sacrifice himself to protect her even at the critical moment of life and death... She made the decision so easily and didn't care about breaking off the engagement. It was obvious that the insect had indeed taken effect.
Even if there were other possibilities, for example, he was not affected by the insect and was acting... then he could act out the cancellation of the engagement, but he would definitely not agree to send the bride to the Yuan Dynasty.
The journey to the Yuan Dynasty was long and mountainous, and surrounded by wolves from the nomadic tribes of Tatar and Wala. The Yuan Dynasty and the Xuan Dynasty only maintained superficial peace, and if one was not careful, a fallout was not impossible.
Xiao Nanchen, the Great Xuan God of War, has always been a thorn in the eyes of his enemies.
There are strict regulations for the wedding escort team. It is impossible for him to bring the Fengning Iron Cavalry to escort the bride. If that happens, he, the Prince Ding, who is escorting the bride, will be almost alone in deep territory... If those places have any ideas, he is afraid that he will not be able to come back.
Given her son's cunning and strategic thinking, if he had doubted her, he would never have agreed to this matter, but he agreed without hesitation.
As for Emperor Jiaping... the Queen was not worried at all.
That loser obeyed her every word. As long as she was a little tougher, he would obey her in everything...
Here, the palace was busy preparing to return to the capital, while back in the capital, the Shen family was in chaos.
Madam Shen no longer had any temper or care about her dignity, and she knelt down in front of Xie Yunqing and begged Xie Yunqing to find a way to save Shen Xiuhe.
"Yunqing, a husband and wife are bound by a hundred days of grace. Now, no one else can help Xiuhe except you."
"Everything that happened back then was my fault. I was angry that you didn't respect me enough, so I let Xiu He take Xue Surong as his mistress... and all the schemes that followed were all my fault."
"Xiu He loves you deeply, and you have a pair of children. Even if it's for the children's reputation and future, you must help him..."
Xie Yunqing's face showed no expression.
"Madam Shen, you are too serious. My children no longer have any relationship with the Shen family. As for their reputation and future, the entire capital knows that I, Xie Yunqing, and Shen Xiuhe have divorced. He can't affect my children."
After saying that, Xie Yunqing stood up and said, "Madam Shen, please go back. Someone, show the guests away."
"Yunqing, Yunqing...Xie Yunqing, you have such a cruel heart, Xie Yunqing, you..."
The old lady was picked up and dragged out by the guards, struggling and screaming at the top of her lungs. At this moment, she saw Shen Chengxi in the yard and hurriedly shouted: "Chengxi, Chengxi, I am your grandmother, Chengxi. Something happened to your father. Go and ask your uncle and aunt to save your father, Chengxi!"
Shen Chengxi looked coldly at the old lady whom he once regarded as his grandmother, his face full of sarcasm: "I remember you are my grandmother now... When you were covering for the concubine, helping the concubine's daughter to harm my sister and my mother, and when the concubine broke my leg and you indulged her? Why didn't you think about you being a grandmother at that time?"
Old Madam Shen was speechless: "Cheng Xi, Cheng Xi..."
Shen Chengxi said coldly: "Kick him out, and don't let his family members enter the Xie family's gate in the future."
"Yes, sir."
With a bang, Mrs. Shen was thrown directly onto the street.
Because she was old and frail, she was unable to get up for a long time after falling down, but the guards of the Xie family ignored her.
Now she is no longer Madam Shen, but the mother of a guilty minister.
Xue Surong was distracted in the carriage when she suddenly saw Old Madam Shen fall to the ground. She quickly jumped out of the carriage and ran over: "Mother, mother, what happened?"
Old Madam Shen cried and cursed, "That cruel and vicious woman refused to help..."
Xue Surong frowned: "What should I do? What should I do?"
"I'll go find your sister and ask her for some money for Xiuhe's journey... Exile is worse than fleeing. Without some money, he might not be able to survive."
Xue Surong said hurriedly: "Okay, let's go."
However, Old Madam Shen couldn't even enter the gate of the Prince's Mansion, but Shen Xiang came out at least thinking about the relationship between mother and daughter.
However, even though he showed up, Shen Xiang had a cold expression.
She handed two silver notes to Old Lady Shen: "Mother, here is one hundred taels of silver... My own private money, I don't have any more."
Madam Shen yelled, "Your brother is in trouble, and you still refuse to pay me back and let me take care of it for him. Are you still a human being, huh?"
Shen Xiang sneered: "I am not a human being. If you hadn't been partial to your younger brother since childhood, how could I have become like this?
It was my mother who taught me that I could only take care of myself and rely on myself. No one else, not even my own mother, could be relied upon...Now that my brother has been convicted, my family has fallen apart. If I hadn't given birth to a pair of children, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to find a place to stay in the Prince's Mansion."
She looked at her mother coldly: "From beginning to end, have you ever asked me how I was doing? Every time we meet, you have to use me to remember me."
Old Madam Shen moved her mouth, but didn't know how to refute.
"This hundred taels is my last gift to you... My brother has sent a message, asking you to sell the big house and buy a small courtyard. The money you get will be enough for you to enjoy your old age. From now on, don't come looking for me. If the prince knew that I am still entangled with you, I am afraid he would drive me out of the palace."
Shen Xiang curled her lips and said, "From now on, just pretend that you don't have a daughter like me."
After saying that, Shen Xiang turned around and went back to the palace.
The gate of the palace slammed shut... Xue Surong pursed her lips, glanced at the old lady calmly, clenched her hands slowly, and her eyes showed a complex emotion.
Shen Chengxi had Madam Shen kicked out of the house, and then severely reprimanded the guards for not letting the Shen family in again.
At this time, he saw Lu Yue, his mother's personal maid, hurriedly walking past, obviously going towards his mother, and she looked uneasy.
"Green Moon..."
Shen Chengxi asked her, “What’s the matter?”
Lu Yue approached quickly, her eyes filled with anxiety. "Sir, when I went out just now, I heard someone say, saying... saying that His Royal Highness Prince Ding wanted to break off the engagement with the young lady."
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