Midway through, Gu Qingxu and Wen Yao came to visit, and Shen Tangning chatted with them for a while.
After confirming that she was truly alright, Wen Yao wrinkled her nose and said, "Is this place cursed for you two? You and your husband arrived, and one of you got injured while the other was plotted against. How unlucky can you be?"
Of the three, she was the only one who didn't know the inside story. Gu Qingxu and Shen Tangning exchanged a glance, smiled, and changed the subject.
During this time, Shen Tangning inquired about the Pei family from the two of them. Pei Mingzhu had only come to Yanjing shortly before her wedding. At that time, she was about to get married and did not have much interaction with her.
As for Pei Yunhe, he was an outsider, so she had no chance to get to know him.
As for the previous life, because General Pei was a member of the Crown Prince's faction, the Pei family was also neglected after the Crown Prince's incident and was demoted to a desolate place. The Pei family had no chance to rise up at all.
Wen Yao stared wide-eyed with curiosity: "Why are you asking about the Pei family? Oh, by the way, I heard your two families are discussing marriage?"
"It's still far from certain." She smiled gently.
Wen Yao racked her brains and tried to be as tactful as possible, saying, "Miss Pei is rather unconventional and doesn't quite fit in. I heard she grew up in Luocheng, and perhaps she picked up the local customs; she's rather outspoken, which makes her quite prone to offending people..."
She's being very subtle. To call her outspoken would be like saying she has eyes in the back of her head and extremely low emotional intelligence!
Miss Tang is about to get married. In order to maintain the best figure on her wedding day, she went through a lot of hard work to lose weight. She said that people who are as thin as bamboo poles are really stupid to be so harsh on themselves in order to please men. She made people cry on the spot!
Miss Li San played the zither beautifully and performed a piece at the banquet, which should have earned her widespread praise. However, she instead made some sarcastic remarks:
No matter how well one plays the zither, it is only for others' amusement; the heart of the zither is lost.
Enraged, Miss Li stormed off on the spot.
Despite her lack of emotional intelligence, men seem to fall for her charms and perceive her as exceptionally different from others.
Everyone has different ideas. You may not understand, but shouldn't you at least show basic respect? Do you have to act like you're the only one who's sober when everyone else is drunk, climbing over others to get ahead? Nobody's stupid.
After a while, the noble ladies stopped enjoying playing with her as much.
However, one cannot completely deny a person's character based on their personality. Therefore, Wen Yao did not make any definitive statements. Perhaps the Second Miss Pei was just simple-minded?
Upon hearing this, Shen Tangning's expression became somewhat complicated, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.
Gu Qingxu slowly said, "This young master Pei is quite a character. He wrote a poem that won praise from the public, and His Highness also admires him quite a bit."
Shen Tangning nodded and didn't ask any further questions.
Not long after she saw the two off, Chi Yan returned. Just as she was about to get up, he strode over and said, "I was held up by something. Did I keep you waiting too long?"
She smiled and gestured for him to sit down beside her: "How did the interrogation go?"
Knowing that she already knew the general outline of the matter, Chi Yansu became serious: "Zhao Fugui originally came from the patrol camp. By following the clues, he implicated a military officer. It seems that someone had something on him. That military officer insisted that he was jealous of my rapid promotion, so he sent Zhao Fugui as an informant to try to make me fall during this autumn hunt."
Shen Tangning frowned: "That's it?"
“A palace servant was also punished by the Sixth Prince. The servant confessed that he was resentful because he accidentally broke a vase a few days ago and was punished by the Sixth Prince’s nanny. So he deliberately led the Sixth Prince to that dangerous place.”
"Was she pushed out to take the blame?" Her eyes turned slightly cold, and she pursed her lips, speaking with a sarcastic tone.
Chi Yan pressed down on her shoulder and laughed instead: "There's no need for the Third Prince to show his face in this matter. Pei Yunhe is a cautious man, so it won't be easy to kill him in one blow. However, it would be a good thing for me to take this opportunity to get rid of some unruly people in the Yi Luan Division."
Shen Tangning still felt a tightness in her chest. She stood up and said, "Help me change my clothes."
Chi Yan raised an eyebrow slightly: "What are you doing?"
Her eyelashes drooped slightly, and she smiled brightly: "Of course, I'm going to thank my savior."
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