Chapter 106: The Strange Behavior of the Second Prince
"Shhhh......hhhhh β
Shen Nianzhen was silent.
Princess Zhaohua waited restlessly on the edge of the release pond for a while, but no one came, and she was suddenly a little impatient, so far away, Shen Nianzhen could also see the anxious look on her face.
The person she was waiting for couldn't be the big brother, right?
As soon as Shen Nianzhen thought like this, he saw a slender figure flashing on the mountain and forest path opposite, dressed in a cyan robe, and the person who set him off was like a beautiful jade, who was it not Shen Yunlan?
"Little Shen is the commander!" Princess Zhaohua heard the footsteps, turned her head violently, and when she saw Shen Yunlan, her arrogance and arrogance suddenly dispersed, and she became a delicate and shy little girl in seconds, and greeted her shyly: "You are finally here!" β
"See the princess." Shen Yunlan stepped forward expressionlessly, stopped a few steps in front of the princess, and respectfully saluted: "Princess Wan'an." β
Seeing this, Princess Zhaohua's beautiful face suddenly showed a trace of embarrassment.
"Commander Xiao Shen, I told you a long time ago that you don't have to make such a big gift in front of this palace."
"Etiquette should not be abolished." Shen Yunlan's voice was calm, and when he heard this, he raised his eyes and glanced at Princess Zhaohua quietly, and said directly to the point: "Xiaosheng made an appointment to meet the princess today to tell you not to deal with Miss Zhu anymore, otherwise in the future, if you slap her, I will slap you back." β
He said it solemnly.
Princess Zhaohua's face changed suddenly.
She looked at Shen Yunlan in disbelief, as if she didn't know him.
There was a thick look of injury in his pupils.
Shen Yunlan turned a blind eye and continued to speak expressionlessly: "The words have been said, please keep it in mind for the princess, there is nothing else, the minister will leave." β
After saying that, he was about to leave.
"Wait!" Princess Zhaohua opened her mouth to call him, gritted her teeth and asked, "For the sake of that ugly monster of the Zhu family, do you really want to treat me like this?" β
Zhu Xiuyan has a delicate appearance and a round face, although she is not a stunning beauty, but she has her own unique temperament, coupled with her gentle temperament, she has killed many wealthy daughters in Beijing in seconds, but in the eyes of Princess Zhaohua, she is an ugly monster.
Shen Yunlan frowned when he heard this: "Please be cautious, princess, Xiuyan is my fiancΓ©e, I don't allow others to abuse her wantonly, and she is not bad." β
"What about me? In your eyes, am I nothing? Princess Zhaohua shouted in a bit of a broken heart.
"The princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, high above, and can only be watched from afar."
Shen Yunlan replied in a deep voice: "What am I, and what qualifications do I have to evaluate the princess?" Please also ask the princess to have a lot, don't dwell on it anymore, and don't bother Miss Zhu, the ministers are all about it. β
"You're not something, you're the commander of Xiao Shen!"
Princess Zhaohua's eyes gradually turned red, she couldn't help but take a step forward and stretched out her hand to pull Shen Yunlan: "You don't really plan to marry the Zhu family, right?" That Zhu Xiuyan is so ugly, how can she match you! β
"Whether you are worthy or not is my own business, and it has nothing to do with the princess."
Shen Yunlan shook off his hand, took a step back, dodged her touch, and said expressionlessly: "Please Your Royal Highness the princess stop pestering, and don't hurt people anymore, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself." β
After saying this, he no longer paid attention to Princess Zhaohua's call, turned around and left without looking back.
"Shen Yunlan! You stop! β
Princess Zhaohua staggered to catch up with the first few steps, but she couldn't catch up with Shen Yunlan's pace, her angry face was distorted, her eyes turned red, and she looked like she was crazy.
"Shen Yunlan, you remember, if you can't get it in this palace, others can't think of it!"
With that, she turned around and left angrily on the other side.
Tranquility was restored to the edge of the release pond.
Shen Nianzhen pulled Rong Chen out from behind the shade and let out a long sigh.
"How can you sigh? Your eldest brother is really mighty, and Zhaohua, who refutes it directly, can't even say a word. Rong Chen said with a mocking face: "I finally know why she is always hysterically pestering your eldest brother." β
"Don't talk about it." Shen Nianzhen turned his head and glared at him fiercely, and said, "My eldest brother did say the wrong thing in today's matter, I will persuade him, as for Princess Zhaohua...... Did she do something wrong and hit someone? β
Of course she ignored it. Rong Chen's tone was cold: "But who called her Zhaohua?" The father's favorite daughter. β
In a word, Shen Nianzhen lost his temper anymore.
Yes, Princess Zhaohua is a real golden branch and jade leaf, a royal person, even if she makes a mistake, what can she do?
Hasn't Yongchang Bofu already admitted this loss?
On the way back, Shen Nian was really depressed.
Rong Chen wanted to make her laugh, but he didn't know what to do, his eyes suddenly lit up, he remembered something, and immediately reached out and pulled Shen Nianzhen's arm: "You come with this palace!" β
"Your Highness, what are you going to do? It's going to be dark......"
Shen Nianzhen immediately refused, but he was involuntarily pulled by Rong Chen and walked forward, and the two of them bypassed the two huge halls, passed by countless pilgrims, and finally came to the temple gate.
There, there was a large crowd of people watching the excitement, and there were cheers, sobs and screams.
There was a strong smell of rotten eggs in the air.
Shen Nianzhen stretched out her hand to cover her nose, and the next moment, she saw Chen Rui, who was smashed with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, and her maid, both of whom were covered in dirt and embarrassed.
Shen Nianzhen: "......"
This is what Rong Chen said about the funny thing? It's too boring, right?
However, seeing with his own eyes that the person who was arrogant just now is so unlucky now, Shen Nian is still happy in his heart.
In any case, the picturesque revenge has finally been avenged.
Chen Rui, who was smashed by rotten eggs in the crowd and couldn't raise her head, couldn't wait to faint to death, Nanfeng insisted on smashing two hundred rotten eggs before stopping, clapped his hands and said: "Remember, if you dare to provoke our princess in the future, it won't be so polite!" β
After speaking, he walked through the crowd and reported to Rong Chen: "Your Highness, your subordinates have completed the task." β
"Well done." Rong Chen nodded, and triumphantly led Shen Nianzhen away.
Behind him, Chen Rui raised his head violently, and a resentful look shot out of his eyes.
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On the way back to the wing room to send Shen Nianzhen, the two of them unexpectedly bumped into Su Muwan.
Compared with Shen Nianzhen and Rong Chen's sweet sweetness of holding hands side by side, Su Muwan was alone, not even a personal maid, and Rong Bing, the third prince who had been following her like a fart, was also missing at this moment.
"Second cousin." Su Muwan bowed to Rongchen weakly, and then said, "I have some very important things to tell you, can I ask Miss Shen to avoid it?" β
When Rong Chen heard this, he immediately turned his head to look at Shen Nianzhen.
Shen Nianzhen smiled slightly, and said very interestingly: "You talk, I'll go back first." β
Not far ahead, there was the Shen family's wing, Shen Nianzhen nodded at Rong Chen and Su Muwan, and then raised his feet and left.
Rong Chen silently watched her back as she left, without saying a word.
Su Muwan smiled: "Second cousin, it seems that you really like the eldest lady of the Shen family." β
Rong Chen couldn't tell what kind of feelings he had for Shen Nianzhen, at the beginning he forced her to engage with him, which was an element of anger, and it was more irritating to Su Muwan, but after so many times of getting along, Shen Nianzhen had already been engraved into his heart and could no longer be erased.
And his feelings for Su Muwan, I don't know when I got up, they have already faded.
"Why did you come to me?" Rong Chen asked slowly.
"Second cousin, that's ......" Su Muwan said with a smile.
Here, Shen Nianzhen went all the way back to the wing, first went to ask Mrs. Shen for peace, and then went to find Shen Yunlan.
However, Shen Yunlan did not come back.
There was still a period of time before dinner, Shen Nianzhen sat alone in front of the windowsill of the wing room, staring blankly at a pomegranate flower planted in the yard.
"Miss, what's wrong?"
Ruhua came in with tea and saw that she was in a daze, so she couldn't help but ask.
"I'm fine." Shen Nianzhen reached out and took the tea and took a sip in disguise, but when she put down the tea bowl, she couldn't help but say after all: "You go out to take a look, has His Royal Highness the Second Prince left?" β
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince is at the door? He's alone? Picturesque was stunned when she heard this: "Miss, why don't you let him into the house?" β
"He doesn't need to come in." Shen Nian said in a real way: "He is with Miss Su...... Forget it, don't ask, just go out and take a look, don't alarm them! β
"Oh......" Picturesque understood.
My own lady is enlightened! I know that I care about His Royal Highness the Second Prince! That's a good thing!
"Miss, you wait! Slave and maid, go and see! Picturesque immediately reached out and carried the little skirt, turned around and went out quickly.
Shen Nianzhen looked at her excited appearance and couldn't help but hold her forehead.
This little girl didn't listen to her words at all! Can you run out like this without alarming the two people outside?
Once Rong Chen saw the picturesque, he would definitely laugh at her......
When Shen Nian was really entangled, he heard the footsteps come back, followed by a picturesque voice that sounded happily: "Miss! Look who's coming! It's His Royal Highness the Second Prince! β
Shen Nianzhen stood up immediately when he heard this, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Rong Chen walking in from outside, with a shallow smile on his lips.
In an instant, the pomegranate flowers that filled the yard were eclipsed.
Shen Nianzhen looked at his seductive gaze, couldn't help but his heart beat faster, and silently thought in his heart, maybe it was because Rong Chen was too demonic, so even if Su Muwan wanted to marry His Royal Highness the Third Prince, she couldn't help but tease him?
What's going on?
"What are you thinking?" Rong Chen stepped forward, stretched out his hand to lift Shen Nianzhen's chin, looked directly into her eyes, and said with a smile: "If this palace didn't guess wrong, are you jealous?" I don't feel at ease with this palace, so I asked Ruhua to find out the news? β
"Nope! The prince thought too much. Shen Nianzhen shook off his hand and stepped aside, not daring to look into his eyes, let alone asking Su Muwan what he said when he saw him, but said, "It's getting late, the prince should go back and rest!" Picturesque, send-off. β
However, when the words fell, she saw Rong Chen lazily doing it on the couch she was used to sitting on, and as soon as she raised her legs and stretched out her hand, she took off her boots.
Shen Nianzhen: "......"
She said a little angrily: "Your Highness! What are you doing? β
"Will this palace accompany you to dinner?" Rong Chen raised his eyes to look at her, and said with a smile: "After eating, you will accompany Bengong to play a game of chess, your chess skills are so good, but Bengong has not played with you yet." β
"But it's getting late, it's not appropriate......"
Shen Nianzhen weakly refused.
Rong Chen raised his eyes to look at her: "Don't worry, before this palace came, I had already seen Mrs. Shen, and said that I wanted to play chess with you, and her old man agreed, so there are no worries about the future, right?" β
"But ......"
Shen Nianzhen was still a little hesitant.
But as soon as Rong Chen stretched out his arm, he pulled her over, and while pressing her to sit down, he lowered his voice and said: "Don't make a sound, please take me in for one night tonight, and explain the specific reason to you tomorrow morning." β
Shen Nianzhen looked at his heavy face and couldn't help but be shocked.
"What the hell is going on?"
"Don't ask, this palace doesn't want you to worry." Rong Chen stretched out his hand, slowly stroked Shen Nianzhen's sideburns, and then said affectionately: "This palace doesn't want to see you frowning." β
Shen Nianzhen: "......"
If it weren't for the fact that Rong Chen had just met Su Muwan alone before saying these words, she would have believed this sentence. After all, women naturally love to listen to these sweet words.
"The prince is still going to deceive the ignorant little girl!" Shen Nianzhen rolled his eyes and said, "If Your Highness doesn't explain the reason clearly, please forgive me for not being able to agree." Picturesque, send-off! β
The tone is very resolute.
Rong Chen: "......"
For Mao Shen Nianzhen, it's different from other women?
In the past, he said that his love words were tried and tested, including Su Muwan.
But today, it was a mistake.
"Zhen'er, this palace knows that you want to know what Su Muwan told me, so let me tell you." Rong Chen sighed deeply and said, "She told me that the third prince found a lot of assassins tonight and planned to make a move on the main palace, and the guest courtyard has already laid an ambush on the manpower. β
"So you're hiding here? Have you ever imagined what kind of trouble this can cause us! Shen Nianzhen frowned when he heard this: "Especially my grandmother, she is so old......
Shen Nianzhen, this girl, really cares most about her grandmother in her heart.
When Rong Chen heard this, he was a little jealous in his heart.
He wants to be the first person in Shen Nian's heart.
There is still a long way to go.
"Don't worry, I won't let you do any harm." Hearing this, Rong Chen slowly replied: "Because the palace has already arranged a lot of manpower outside your wing room before, tonight, the people of the third prince will not be able to come in here at all. β
I see!
Shen Nianzhen suddenly realized.
"Okay." She nodded and said, "You can stay, but tonight, I have to wronged you to live in a side room with my eldest brother, and there is no spare empty room here." β
"Okay." Rong Chen nodded and said, "Now you can always ask someone to bring food, right?" Hongu is starving to death...... I really want to eat the salt-baked chicken you made......"
"The beauty of thought." Shen Nianzhen directly refused: "Second Highness, please make it clear, this is a temple!" Eating meat in the temple is a thunderstorm in the sky! β
"This palace doesn't care about these vulgar rites, do you care very much?" Rong Chen scoffed when he heard this: "This palace guesses you don't care at all!" β
He was really right.
Worship the Buddha in the heart, not in the stomach.
Reborn in a lifetime, many of Shen Nian's concepts and ideas have changed.
For example, in the past, before getting married, she had no contact with a man at all, even if it was love, it was after marriage, but this time, before getting married, she did not exclude meeting Rong Chen, so that she could know more about what kind of person this man who was about to become her husband.
After she marries him, will she repeat the mistakes of the past.
"Picturesque, let's go and have dinner." Shen Nianzhen turned around and instructed Ruhua.
"Yes, miss." Picturesque couldn't help but laugh, turned and retreated.
In this gap, Shen Nianzhen heard a noise outside, and when she asked, she learned that Shen Yunlan had returned, and she immediately became excited, and immediately went to Shen Yunlan to preach, but was stopped by Rong Chen.
"If you have anything to say tomorrow, let him be alone for a while."
"Okay, I'm not going to say, I'm going to see him." Ponder the truth.
However, Rong Chen still refused to let him go: "No! Tonight, you can only accompany Hongu! Can't go anywhere! β
"Your Highness, what happened to you today?" Shen Nianzhen finally sensed that something was wrong.
Rong Chen looked at her clear eyes, reflecting his face, as if all the thoughts in his heart were about to be seen through by her, he couldn't help but get nervous, turned his face to the side and said, "This palace is fine!" Don't be suspicious! β
"But it's still weird, isn't it?"
Shen Nianzhen didn't go to see Shen Yunlan anymore, walked back and sat down opposite Rong Chen again, put his hands on his cheeks, looked at him seriously and said, "Your Highness, are you hiding something from me?" β
"Nope!" Rong Chen said speechlessly.
He was a little distraught and said, "Okay! If you're going to see your big brother, go see it! But come back soon, and have dinner with the main palace. β
Shen Nianzhen heard him say this, but he didn't leave.
She sat down at the table and said to Ruhua, "Go and invite the eldest brother in and let him dine with us." β
"Yes, miss." Ruhua answered, and immediately turned and retreated.
The atmosphere in the room was quiet.
Rong Chen was bored playing with a few chess pieces, trying his best to pretend that nothing happened, and discussed with Shen Nianzhen without a match: "We've been here long enough, let's go down the mountain tomorrow!" β
Shen Nianzhen also had this intention, anyway, the purpose of their coming to Shangqing Temple to see each other had been achieved, the old lady, and Shen Yunlan were very satisfied with Zhu Xiuyan, which was enough.
Although there are some not-so-happy episodes in between, the good thing is that it doesn't affect the overall situation.
If nothing else, wait a minute, the marriage between the Shen family and the Zhu family will officially begin.