The two small sedan chairs are one in front of the other, the front is the sedan chair that Shen Wanzhu is sitting on, and the back is a maid and servant, the sedan chair travels to the gate of the palace, Shen Wanzhu is a little nervous, afraid that people will recognize that Qiu Yue is not a person from the palace, the two sedan chairs are carried in from the side door, and the sedan chair falls in the second door, Qiu Yue dresses up as a person in her room, Xiao Saucer and Yan'er help her, Qiu Yue bows her head and follows her, and the group walks quickly, fortunately, no one pays attention, Shen Wanzhu took Qiu Yue directly to Xue Jin's house.

As soon as Xue Jin saw that someone had brought, she hurriedly told Mei'er to go out to look at the wind, Mei'er deliberately glanced at Qiuyue, she knew all the people in Shen Wanzhu's house, just this young daughter-in-law, she must be the maid of the third girl that the girl said, she took the door of the inner room with her hand, guarded the hall, and listened carefully to what was said inside.

Qiu Yue was working in the Shen Mansion, and she saw Xue Jin, squatting and blessing, "The slave has seen the cousin." ”

Xue Jin saw that Shen Wanzhu brought her over, knowing that the matter was half successful, and she was still a little uneasy, and she said what she wanted to say when she came to the prince, such as when and where Shen Wanzhen and Fang Xianzhi met, when they fell in love, how to pass on the letter, and who sent the letter, let her repeat it one by one, and make sure that there were no flaws, so she could rest assured.

Shen Wanzhu said: "Sister Xue, without further ado, my sister can't come back from my mother's house Shen Mansion for the time being, so she can meet the prince alone." ”

Xue Jin opened the door and saw Mei'er standing at the door of the inner room, and said to her: "Go to the gate to see if the prince comes back, come back and tell me immediately." ”

Mei'er went to the gate, hid under a tree, and waited for the prince.

For the sake of prudence, Xue Jin was afraid that Qiuyue would change his hexagram, so he took out two golden hairpins from the dressing box on the dressing table, gave one of them to her, and coaxed her to say, "It's done, this golden hairpin will also be given to you." ”

Qiu Yue looked at the yellow, orange, orange and golden hairpin that Xue Jin stuffed in her hand, and swallowed her saliva, "The slave maid listens to the girl's orders." ”

Xue Jin thought of something again, and asked carefully: "If you see Fang Gongzi now, can you still recognize it?" ”

Qiu Yue nodded, "I can recognize it, Fang Gongzi is handsome and easy to remember." ”

Xue Jin was relieved, she estimated all possible situations, afraid that if the prince came to confront Fang Gongzi, if Qiu Yue didn't know Fang Gongzi, the truth would become a lie and be self-defeating.

"Master, the prince is back and goes to the study." Mei'er hurriedly ran in.

Shen Wanzhu Road; "Why did the prince come back at this time?"

"The prince went directly to the study, he must have come back to pick up something, it just so happened that my sister and I went over together, and the two of them said it was more credible." Xue Jin thought that this incident was foolproof and full of confidence, but she was afraid that Shen Wanzhu would miss the key point, so she could mention her, so she reported herself and went with her.

Zhao Shijiao forgot to bring an official document when he got up early, went back to the palace study to get it, and changed a shirt by the way, it hasn't rained in the past few days, and the clouds covered the sun this morning, and there was no trace of wind in the sultry heat, thinking to himself, it seems that there is going to be a rainstorm, and he will finish his work in a while and take Shen Wanzhen back.

Fusheng's voice came from the door of the study, "The slave has seen Concubine Fang and Mrs. Shen. ”

Zhao Shijiao heard what looked like Xue Jin's voice, "Is the prince inside?" ”

Fusheng said attentively, "The prince just came back, in the study." ”

Zhao Shijiao picked up the documents on the table, Xue Jin and Shen Wanzhu came in, and the two of them finished saluting.

Zhao Shijiao glanced at the two of them and said flatly; "Something?"

Xue Jin secretly stabbed Shen Wanzhu behind with her hand, meaning to let her say it first, after all, it was her sister, she knew it, and she had more right to speak, so she would add it appropriately next to her.

Shen Wanzhu had already thought of her words, "Lord, there is something about the concubine, I shouldn't have said it, but for the sake of the reputation of the prince and the palace, I can't help but say it." ”

Seeing that Zhao Shijiao was a little surprised, he didn't interrupt her, as if he listened to her very seriously, so he mustered up his courage and was ruthless, and continued: "The people in the Shen Mansion of the concubine's maiden family all rumored that the princess's sister misbehaved, and said that she had a nose and eyes, saying that when my sister was in Shandong, she had an affair with Fang Gongzi, and my father was forced to have no choice but to agree to the marriage in order to cover up the ugliness of the family. ”

Xue Jin helped beside him: "When the princess's cousin was in her hometown in Shandong, she fell in love with Fang Xian's Fang Gongzi and made a private lifelong agreement, and the concubine went to Shen Mansion and heard someone mention it, begging the prince to think of a way to settle the matter. ”

After the two finished speaking, they peeked at Zhao Shijiao, thinking that the prince must be angry, but Zhao Shijiao's face was expressionless, and he couldn't see his joy and anger, and the two of them were secretly nervous.

Shen Wanzhu's body was straight, she didn't dare to breathe, her hands were clenched into fists in her sleeves, Xue Jin didn't hear the prince speak for a long time, she was worried, her expression was stiff, and she stared at the prince's face.

"Where is the maid? Bring"

Zhao Shijiao said a word, and the two looked at each other, both breathing a sigh of relief.

Shen Wanzhu hurriedly went out of the door and called Qiu Yue in, Qiu Yue bowed her head and entered the door, knelt down and kowtowed, "The slave and maid see the prince." ”

"Are you the princess's former maid?"

Qiu Yue knelt on her knees, didn't dare to raise her head, and said, "Yes, Lord Wang"

"Do you know everything about the princess?" Zhao Shijiao's indifferent voice did not contain a trace of emotion.

"Yes, my lord, the slaves and maids all know the way." Qiu Yue's head lowered deeper, and her voice was a little unstable.

"Tell me what's going on with the princess and Fang Gongzi?" Zhao Shijiao's voice was dull, and he had a sense of oppression towards people.

Shen Wanzhu and Xue Jin held their breath and looked at her nervously, Qiu Yue didn't look at the two, solemnly kowtowed, and said: "The old lady and the old man are in charge of the third girl's son-in-law, the girl is seriously ill and almost died, the Fang family proposed to withdraw from the marriage, and the master reluctantly agreed." ”

"Let me ask you, is it your girl's private life, or is it the order of her parents?" Zhao Shijiao asked in a heavy tone.

Qiu Yue said: "Back to the prince, my girl is ordered by her parents, there are three media and six hires, not a private life, like Shen Fu, there are more than a dozen unmarried girls in the four rooms, how can the girl be allowed to choose her own son-in-law, let outsiders say, don't you want the face of the old generation?" ”

Zhao Shijiao didn't wait to speak, Shen Wanzhu looked at her and said hurriedly: "Didn't you say it well, why did you change the hexagram again, what did you say to me and Sister Xue?" Didn't you say that the princess made a private decision for life, and they still had an affair, and my father was forced to agree to the family affair in order to cover up the ugliness of the family? ”

Xue Jin closed his eyes and scolded secretly, Shen Wanzhu, a fool, was so uncontrollable.

Qiu Yue kowtowed upwards and said: "Back to the prince, it was the five girls and cousins of my family who promised the benefits of slaves and maids, and taught slaves and maids to frame my old master, the conscience of heaven and earth, the master has no place to be sorry for the slave and maid, and the slave and maid cannot harm the master." "Let's say, take out the golden hairpin, gold bracelet, earrings from the sleeve, and take out the fifty taels of silver given by Shen Wanzhu, put it on the ground in front of him, and kowtow a few times, "It's the slave and the maid who are greedy, the slave and the maid are poor, and I was moved when I saw these things, and then I thought about it, if the slave and the maid hurt people because of this, they would not live in peace in this life, not to mention that the three girls were generous and sympathetic, and the slave and maid thought that they couldn't do things without conscience, and asked the prince to forgive them, and the slave and maid were confused for a while." ”

Say, prostrate and ask for sin.

Shen Wanzhu trembled with anger, pointed at her and said, "You are talking nonsense, obviously you said that my sister is immoral, why did she change her hexagram again, you quickly tell the truth to the prince." ”

Xue Jin's face turned white at the moment, knowing that Shen Wanzhu said Shen Wanzhen's way, Shen Wanzhu, a fool, didn't know how high or low, and pulled Shen Wanzhu's clothes, Shen Wanzhu was unwilling to say.

"Enough," Zhao Shijiao shouted angrily.

The two of them trembled with fright.

"What are your two intentions? One is the princess's own sister, the other is a cousin, you are so vicious, do you still have a little sisterhood? ”

Zhao Shijiao's face was as heavy as water, his eyes were cold, and his voice was cold to the bone, and the two of them were like a basin of cold water on their heads, cold from top to bottom.

Shen Wanzhu's face turned pale with fright, and Xue Jin had a premonition that something bad was wrong, and his body trembled.

"Someone is coming" shouted with Zhao Shijiao, and a few eunuchs came in from outside.

"Give me these two and wait for them to fall."

The two were stunned, and when the eunuch came, Xue Jin suddenly knelt down and cried: "Lord Wang, the concubines all listened to Mrs. Shen, the concubines don't know the truth, the concubines let Mrs. Shen deceive, Mrs. Shen and her sister don't deal with each other, pull the concubine into the water, the concubine is innocent!" Let's say, Xue Jin whimpered, and finally cried bitterly, crying so much that he was not miserable.

Shen Wanzhu was stunned for a moment, glared at Xue Jin, and asked in surprise, "Sister Xue, what did you say?" Deceived by me, Sister Xue, have you forgotten? It was you who first proposed to make my sister ruined, and let the queen mother and the prince hate my sister, don't you just want to be a concubine, why did you end up pushing it all on me. ”

Shen Wanzhu's words were vicious enough, completely dragging Xue Jin into the water, Xue Jin cried and kowtowed, "Lord Wang, don't listen to her, it's really a concubine who doesn't know the inside story and has been bewitched by Mrs. Shen." ”

Zhao Shijiao waved his hand, turned his face away in disgust, "Take it down"

All this was arranged by Master Shen, after Shen Wanzhen left from Master Shen's study, Master Shen immediately ordered someone to quietly bring the maid Qiuyue, both grace and power, Qiuyue saw that things were big, and she was so frightened that she brought out Shen Wanzhu's conspiracy, Master Shen had already thought of a way to deal with it, and let Qiuyue do what he said.

Master Shen arranged everything properly, for the sake of safety, he was originally on vacation today, and he deliberately went to the court hall to wait for Fang Xianzhi in the place of the next court.

After waiting for the tea effort, I saw Fang Xianzhi and his colleague walking out along the corridor in the middle of the palace wall, Master Shen came out of the hiding place, walked inside, and was walking to meet, Master Shen hugged his fists, "Hello two adults." ”

The two of them also clasped their fists, "Hello Lord Shen!" ”

Fang Xianzhi said politely: "I heard that Old Madam Shen is from Shandong? ”

Master Shen said: "The old lady has been in the capital for more than ten years, and I want to come over to see when Lord Fang's family will go to the capital, there is a drought in Shandong, there is a famine, and the year is not good." ”

The officials who traveled with Fang Xianzhi knew that the two of them were fellow villagers, and they talked about their hometowns, so they left first.

Master Shen watched the official walk away, and said in a low voice: "Someone mentioned the engagement between Lord Fang and the third girl of my family. ”

Master Shen sighed again, "At the beginning, the orders of the two parents, the words of the matchmaker, the engagement and withdrawal of the marriage, all of them were dignified, my daughter became a princess, how come the things of the old years of the old years of the chaff are stirred up, it is really unpredictable." ”

Master Shen pretended to be close and said: "Lord Fang is young and promising, be careful in everything, and remember that disaster comes from the mouth in everything." ”

Let's say, without waiting for Fang Xianzhi to speak, he hugged his fists and said: "Lord Fang is busy, I'll go first, when my mother returns to Shandong next month, Lord Fang will send a message to the house, and my mother can do it for me." ”

Say it and leave in a hurry.

Fang Xianzhi was not stupid, of course he heard the meaning of Shen Quande's words, it was to remind him that someone had ulterior motives and poured dirty water on him and the princess, and he never mentioned the past with Princess An to anyone.

Zhao Shizhen personally went to the Shen Mansion to pick up Shen Wanzhen back to the palace, on the way, the two sat in a sedan chair, Zhao Shijiao looked at her sideways, stared at her for a while, Shen Wanzhen noticed and smiled: "What does the prince see me doing?" ”

Zhao Shijiao touched her head and said distressedly: "You were once seriously ill and almost died?" ”

Shen Wanzhen smiled and said, "That's all over, what is the prince still mentioning this?" I'm not very good now, God is fair, make up everything you owe me, and meet the prince is something I don't dare to ask for in my two lives. ”

Shen Wanzhen said that the two lives are counting the previous life, Zhao Shijiao put his lips against her forehead, "I will not let you be wronged in the future." ”

Shen Wanzhen tilted her head to look at him, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with the prince today?" He said something strange. ”

Zhao Shijiao pondered how to speak, paused for a while, pulled her over, and hugged her in his arms, "Your sister and your cousin slandered you in front of me, leave it to you!" ”

Shen Wanzhen sat up straight and asked, "What does the prince mean?" ”

Zhao Shijiao said; "If someone who has nothing to do with you slanders you, I will punish you severely, but the person who harmed you is your sister, if you must ask me what I mean, Concubine Xue and Mrs. Shen will be sent back to their mother's house and let them choose another match."

"Just according to the prince" Shen Wanzhen buried her head in Zhao Shijiao's chest, the dust settled, and her heart was relieved.

After a while, she sighed softly, Zhao Shijiao held her face and looked at each other, "Why is the princess sighing?" ”

Shen Wanzhen stared at his eyes and said, "Does the prince want me to tell the truth?" ”

Zhao Shijiao nodded, "This king has to listen to the truth." ”

"Marrying the prince, I chose the most difficult path, but I still chose it, and I didn't hesitate."

Zhao Shijiao didn't wait for her to speak, he gagged her mouth, he didn't allow her to have the slightest regret.