Chapter 129: Three Birds with One Stone
As soon as these words came out, the surroundings were silent.
Miss Huang's face was very colorful and beautiful, and she looked at Princess Zhaohua with her mouth wide open, and she couldn't speak for a long time.
The other female relatives also had complicated expressions, no matter how ugly the rumors against Shen Nianzhen were before, as long as Princess Zhaohua came forward, then this matter would be closed, and no one would talk about it again, but Miss Huang, she actually begged so many people to be concubines and concubines for His Royal Highness the Second Prince in private? This is a new topic.
Gradually, low whispers sounded all around, but this time it was Miss Huang who was talking about it.
Seeing this scene, Miss Huang's lungs were about to explode.
Shen Nianzhen looked at Princess Zhaohua in surprise, and even wondered if the person in front of her was someone else's top bag, this princess had such a good heart, would she support herself in front of so many people?
But in fact, Princess Zhaohua did just that.
For a moment, her mood was very complicated.
After Princess Zhaohua finished dealing with Miss Huang, she turned her head to look at Shen Nianzhen, her eyes were still cold, and her tone was also hard: "When the banquet is dispersed later, my people will wait for you at the door." β
After saying that, he turned around and walked away.
Shen Nianzhen blinked her eyes, she hadn't agreed yet!
Miss Huang's two eyes glared at Shen Nianzhen resentfully, gritting her teeth as if she wanted to rush up and fight with her, someone next to her persuaded her: "Miss Huang, or forget it, she is the future second princess after all, if you really have that creation into the second prince's mansion as a side concubine in the future, then you must also respect the master mother, but you can't commit the next offense." β
What are the following offenses?
Miss Huang stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
This man is really losing a lot of money today!
"You don't need to fake kindness!" With a cold snort, Miss Huang got up and left the banquet quickly.
The young lady who had just persuaded her pursed her lips and said contemptuously: "I really don't know the hearts of good people, I offended Princess Zhaohua, His Royal Highness the Second Prince, and Miss Shen, I see how she will enter the Second Prince's Mansion as a side concubine in the future!" In this life, I can only find a gentleman who has nothing to do to marry. β
"That's it, that's it!" The others also chimed in, and showed a flattering smile at Shen Nianzhen.
This attitude changes so quickly.
Shen Nianzhen hooked the corners of his mouth, and a touch of sarcasm appeared on his face.
After the banquet was dispersed, she took Shen Nianzhen and walked out, and sure enough, as soon as she went out of the hall, she saw a round-faced little palace maid in a pink dress standing there, and when she saw Shen Nianzhen coming out, she immediately stepped forward to ask An Dao: "Miss Shen, please come with the slave maid, Her Royal Highness the princess has been waiting for you for a long time." β
"Okay." Shen Nianzhen nodded when he heard this, and raised his heel to the palace maid.
Shen Nianzhu grabbed her hand, shook her head and said in a low voice: "Big sister, that Princess Zhaohua has always been against you, and it may not be a good thing for her to ask you to go!" Moreover, this is the Three Princes' Mansion......"
Shen Nianzhen was really curious about what Princess Zhaohua was asking her to do, and when she heard this, she smiled indifferently and said, "Fourth sister, don't worry, otherwise, don't go, wait for me in the front hall, I'll ......be here soon."
"No! I'm going to go with you! Shen Nianzhu was immediately anxious when she heard this, and when she was about to go out, she promised the old lady that she would definitely take care of Shen Nianzhen!
"Okay, let's go together." Shen Nianzhen smiled helplessly and said.
At this time, the round-faced palace maid glanced back at them and urged in a low voice, "Miss Shen, please hurry up." β
Shen Nianzhen nodded, and together with Shen Nianzhu, he quickened his pace.
The round-faced little palace maid's gaze fell on Shen Nianzhu, and she quickly withdrew it, turned around and quickened her pace, leading the two sisters of the Shen family through the lively crowd, through the corridor, and finally walked to a rather secluded courtyard, pushed the door and invited Shen Nianzhen to enter: "Miss Shen, our princess said that you can go in by yourself, and you can't take others." β
Shen Nianzhen immediately stopped, did not go to the courtyard, stared at the little palace maid with a smile, and said lightly: "Oh? Really? There are really a lot of rules for your princess, but it's getting late at this time, and His Royal Highness the Second Prince is still waiting for me in the front yard, or forget it, another day, I'll go to your princess to apologize. β
After speaking, he turned around and led Shen Nianzhu away.
At this time, she already felt that something was wrong.
"Please wait!"
The round-faced little palace maid saw that Shen Nian was really leaving, and immediately changed her face, and hurriedly called out to them, and said with a stiff face: "Since, since Miss Shen insists on taking Sister Ling with her, then please go in!" Later, if the princess blames, don't blame the slave for not reminding you. β
"Is your princess really in there?"
Shen Nianzhen turned his head to look at the room with orange lights, but he couldn't see anything.
"Of course! How dare a slave deceive you! The palace maid said with a sincere face: "Miss Shen, you know, my princess likes the little Shen commander, and these days, she often washes her face with tears......
"Fancy my brother?" When Shen Nianzhen heard this, it was as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world: "It's because of your princess that my eldest brother has been missing for more than half a month, right?" How many people once thought he was dead! This is the love of your princess? β
"Miss Shen, the disappearance of the little Shen commander is really beyond the expectations of my princess." The round-faced little palace maid said sincerely: "My princess is very remorseful in her heart, and she also knows that no matter what she does at this moment, she can't make up for the little Shen Da Commander, just now, the princess came forward to defend Miss at the banquet, also to repent, she wants to say sorry to you in person now......"
"Then you don't have to." Shen Nianzhen refused when he heard this.
"Miss Shen, the slave begs you." The little palace maid knelt down with a plop and pleaded with Shen Nianzhen: "My princess was originally grounded by the queen's mother, and she can come to see you today, she begged the queen's mother for a long time!" Princess, she really knew it was wrong! In the future, she will definitely not pester Commander Xiao Shen anymore, but she still has some calligraphy and paintings in her hand that Commander Xiao Shen gave her, and she wants to return them to you herself......"
"My brother's calligraphy and paintings? That should be given back to him? Find me what to do. Shen Nian Zhendao.
"Because...... Commander Xiao Shen refused to see my princess. β
Won't see you?
This echoes his brother's temperament.
Now Shen Yunlan, when he saw Princess Zhaohua, it would be good if he didn't kill her with his own hands, how could he talk to her in a good voice? Not to mention picking up her stuff.
Shen Nianzhen thought about it carefully, the eldest brother's things really can't be left in Princess Zhaohua's hands, in case this woman uses those things to make trouble in the future, it will be bad, for the sake of Princess Zhaohua's palace just now, for the sake of relieving her, then go and meet her.
As soon as she thought of this, she nodded and said, "Then go in and have a look." β
"Thank you, Miss Shen!" The palace maid finally breathed a long sigh of relief when she heard this, and hurriedly got up from the ground and led Shen Nianzhen and Shen Nianzhu to the courtyard.
"Miss Shen, my princess is in the house."
Standing on the steps, the little palace maid reached out and opened the door curtain and motioned for Shen Nianzhen to enter.
Shen Nianzhen nodded, raised his feet and walked into the house.
Suddenly, there was a commotion behind him, and the door was closed from the outside! This was followed by the sound of a lock.
Not good! Fooled!
Shen Nianzhen quickly turned around and hurriedly pushed the door, but he couldn't open it.
The little palace maid locked the door and said outside, "Miss Shen, don't you like men?" Then enjoy it! After saying that, he smiled sarcastically, turned and withdrew.
Shen Nianzhen never thought that this little palace maid had just said so many sincere words, but it was all just to lure her into this house!
What exactly do she and her master, Princess Zhaohua, want to do?
"Eldest sister, get out of the way and let me try." Compared with Shen Nianzhen's anger, Shen Nianzhu was much calmer, she motioned for Shen Nianzhen to get out of the way, and she fit herself and slammed into the locked door.
There was a bang, and the door didn't move.
"Forget it, it's useless, don't hit it, what can you do if you break yourself, the top priority is to see what is in this room first, what tricks these people are playing." Shen Nianzhen gradually calmed down, stopped Shen Nianzhu's idea of continuing to bang on the door again, and turned around and walked towards the house.
Shen Nianzhu hurriedly followed.
Passing through the large screen at the door embroidered with four seasons plum orchid bamboo chrysanthemum, as soon as he entered the house, Shen Nianzhen first saw a burning incense burner on the coffee table in the hall, and the green smoke curled up, bringing a faint, seemingly absent fragrance.
"Not good! Aphrodisiac! Cover your mouth! β
Shen Nianzhen's face sank, he quickly covered his mouth and nose with his hands, stepped forward quickly, pulled out the incense that had burned to half, threw it on the ground, and stepped on it hard.
Shen Nianzhu also covered her mouth hard.
At this time, Shen Nianzhen took out a small porcelain bottle from the placket of his clothes, poured out two pills, put one on the tip of his nose, sniffed hard, and handed the other to Shen Nianzhu: "Smell this, you can keep yourself awake." β
"What kind of medicine, it smells so big." Shen Nianzhu reached out and took the pill, and as soon as she put it under her nose, she smelled a spicy and pungent smell, and she couldn't help but sneeze loudly.
Shen Nianzhen couldn't help but sneeze, and said briefly when he heard the words: "As long as you can use it, you don't care what you do." β
As he spoke, he walked into the inner room to the east.
Shen Nianzhu followed.
As soon as they entered the door, the two of them were stunned, only to see that on the bed in the room, there was a man who had fallen into a coma and a deep sleep, a big red wedding robe was burning under the candlelight, and the gold thread embroidery on it was very exquisite, very familiar.
Isn't this the one worn by His Royal Highness the Third Prince of the Groom today?
Shen Nianzhu stepped forward, turned the man with his back to them, and asked in surprise, "It's the third prince!" Why is he here? β
There was a strong smell of alcohol in the room, and it seemed that His Royal Highness the Third Prince was drunk and was carried here unconscious.
Shen Nianzhen's mind was racing, and he suddenly understood, and immediately his face sank, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It's Su Muwan!" She sang and harmonized with Princess Zhaohua! This trap is deliberately set! He didn't hesitate to use his newlywed man to frame me......"
"Big sister, what are we going to do now?" Shen Nianzhu encountered such a thing for the first time, and no matter how calm she was, she was also a little flustered.
Shen Nianzhen herself was also in turmoil, and she regretted very much that she easily believed the words of the little palace maid at that time, but she was also careless. Would you actually believe that Princess Zhaohua would change?
What a naivety!
"Since they deliberately set up this plan and ordered someone to lock the house outside, then the traitor will soon come, and maybe His Royal Highness is already on his way." Shen Nianzhen said in a deep voice: "We only have two ways, either we want to leave, or we want to make the third prince disappear, but this is impossible." β
Shen Nianzhu also knew that things were difficult, and her face showed anxiety.
The two of them searched around the house for a way out, but they couldn't find anything.
But at this moment, there was movement outside the courtyard.
Shen Nianzhen suddenly stopped, turned his head sideways and listened outside the room, his expression became more and more cold: "They have come!" Listen, the footsteps of so many people ......"
Shen Nianzhu pricked up her ears, and sure enough, she heard a noise in the distance.
The two sisters looked at each other, and both saw a hint of despair in each other's eyes.
How cunning is the person behind the design, first took advantage of Princess Zhaohua's temperament to arouse Shen Nianzhen's curiosity, and then used the little palace maid's sincere telling to deceive Shen Nianzhen's trust, and after tricking them into the house, he immediately locked the door of the house and the courtyard door, and the house was lit with aphrodisiac incense.
If nothing else, when the second prince and Su Muwan arrived in a hurry, they saw an unsightly picture.
Rong Chen was angry, maybe he would take it upon himself to stab Shen Nianzhen to death with a sword on the spot.
No man can stand the cuckolding of a beloved woman.
After this incident, the third prince felt guilty about Su Muwan, and he would definitely compensate her twice as much in the future and be good to her.
Shen Nianzhen was mixed with the three princes, was killed on the spot, and spread the word, her watery poplar flower, frivolous and cheap reputation can no longer be washed away, and the Shen family behind her will also be discredited, and it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Beijing from now on.
Su Muwan's strategy is really killing three birds with one stone.
Count, count!
Shen Nianzhen himself couldn't help but want to clap his hands and applaud.
The noise outside is getting closer.
Even Shen Nianzhen could hear the sound of opening the courtyard door outside, she quietly took out a dagger from her sleeve, and if she couldn't stand it for a while, she would die with Su Muwan, she would definitely not let the Shen family's reputation be damaged!
But at this moment, in the inner room behind the two, there was a slight squeak.
The nervous tension was like two people pulling the strings, and they shook and quickly turned their heads.
Shen Nian really thought that the third prince who was unconscious on the bed was awake, but when he turned around, he saw a small door open on the wall next to the bed, and a picture of a Tang Dynasty woman was pasted on the door, and a head poked out of the door, it was Su Yunmu, who had not been seen for many days!
"Shen Nianzhu! I've finally found you! Su Yunmu probed his brain and looked around the room, and when he saw Shen Nianzhu, a big smile suddenly appeared on his face.
It's a great way to go!
I thought it was a desperate situation, the clinker peak turned around, and there was a secret door!
Shen Nianzhen was stunned for a moment, reacted quickly, stretched out his hand and pulled Shen Nianzhu, stepped forward, pushed Su Yunmu into the secret door, and then the two of them also got in.
Quickly close the secret door.
This side had just been cleaned up, and the door had been slammed open from the outside. Someone was surprised and asked, "Huh?" There's no one in there, huh? There is only one of the three princes, who seems to be drunk. β
The dark passage was pitch black, the place was not big, it seemed to be just a passage, and the three people squeezed Shen Nianzhen couldn't see anything, and she didn't dare to take a breath.
At this time, Su Yunmu, who was behind the two people, suddenly fed in a low voice, and just wanted to speak, Shen Nianzhu stretched out his hand like lightning and covered his mouth at once!
Shen Nianzhu was in a hurry, if someone outside found out because of Su Yunmu's opening, she would definitely dismantle him!
Su Yunmu's mouth was blocked, he couldn't speak, and he almost fainted, and after reacting, he motioned to Shen Nianzhu to be lighter.
Shen Nianzhu was also afraid of covering him to death, so she let go of her hand a little at the moment.
Only then was Su Yunmu able to gasp for breath.
There was no sound in the dark tunnel, only the sound of his breathing, which was very rapid.
At the same time, the situation outside has changed.
Rong Chen led Suifeng in, looked around with a calm face, and then looked at Princess Zhaohua with a panicked face on the side, and asked coldly: "Didn't you swear that you saw Shen Nianzhen?" Where is she? β
She ...... She must have known that the adultery had been discovered, so she hid! Princess Zhaohua glanced around, and saw that there were only three princes in the house, and there was no Shen Nianzhen, and she immediately panicked, but she saw Shen Nianzhen enter the courtyard with her own eyes, and immediately said stiffly: "Second brother, you still want to find out your fiancΓ©e!" Ask me what to do? β
After speaking, he shrank behind Su Muwan, who was wearing a bright red wedding dress, with a little weakness.
Su Muwan looked at the unconscious third prince on the bed blankly, a look of disgust flashed in her eyes, but she soon changed to a sad look, walked forward in three steps and two steps, and cried when she pounced on the third prince: "Husband! Husband! Are you awake? Are you drunk, or have you been murdered like this? How can there be such a ruthless person in this world! β
Rong Chen looked at the scene in front of him with a complicated expression, and there was a faint dull pain in his heart.
After all, Su Muwan is a woman he has loved for many years, and seeing her calling other men as husbands and crying for other men, even if he is a wooden man, he can't stand it.
Rong Chen glanced away and didn't look at her.
Instructed his subordinates to search this house and courtyard diligently, and be sure to find Shen Nianzhen.
Princess Zhaohua stood aside, looking at the changes in his expression one by one, and a touch of smugness flashed in her heart, Shen Nianzhen, Shen Nianzhen, today is your death!
Wouldn't your Shen family rather have a concubine than a princess? If the entire Shen family is ruined, I have to see if Shen Yunlan will still hold his noble head!