Chapter Seventy-Two: Princess Fengquan

The two of them waited until noon on the third day before a military general who looked like a guard chief walked in and interrogated them: "Who are you?" Dare to come to the palace to assassinate? Wei Yangyang stood up and reasoned with him: "What kind of assassination?" We have come to visit His Highness. The chief of the guard saw that she was more courageous than the other, so he confronted her and asked, "What is your intention in sneaking around outside the gate of the house for a long time, and carrying weapons?" Song Wenru saw that the armor he was wearing was a general rather than a soldier, so he must have some insight, so he also stood up, took out the style of Miss Shangshufu, and said without humility or arrogance: "This general, I am the sixth sister of Song Wenzhuo and Song Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and I have come to visit His Royal Highness." I beg you to let me know, I think Your Highness will be willing to see me. The chief of the guard was startled when he heard it, he was the chief of the palace guard, so he naturally knew who Song Shangshu was. Song Wenru used to come to the palace occasionally, but because she entered the side door every time and took the path passed by the female dependents, the chief of the guard did not see her. Song Wenru pointed at Wei Yangyang again: "She is," Wei Yangyang hurriedly stretched out his hand and pinched her, and she didn't say any more.

The captain of the guard hurriedly passed her identity upwards. When Shen Minghuang heard that Song Shangshu's sister came to see him, but was arrested by the government soldiers and locked up in the basement for three days, he was also shocked. He hurriedly sent someone to invite Song Wenru to the guest room and found someone to go to the Song Mansion to deliver the letter. With his order, Song Wenru and Wei Yangyang were quickly politely invited to the guest room by the people in the palace. After a while, a maid prepared a hot bath for the two of them, brought them new clothes, and a combing lady came to make up and coil their hair for the two of them. Wei Yangyang saw that the two sets of clothes sent were of completely different materials. Although she doesn't have any special requirements for food and clothing on weekdays, she is the daughter of the Weifu after all, and she has lived in Huadu for a year, so she still has this eyesight. One set of clothes is for officials and women, and the other set of materials is also very good, but it is obviously the clothes of maids. Both of them are official ladies, why is the gap so big? She thought about it for a moment and understood. Song Wenru dresses up on weekdays, she is a standard Huadu official woman, very rich and decent; And she likes to wear strong clothes, in order to prevent the jade jewelry from being broken during the fight, she only wears gold and silver jewelry and velvet flowers given to her by Shen Mingyuan on weekdays, and it seems that her identity is not so noble. In addition, she was in the basement just now, she stopped Song Wenru from reporting her name, and the two of them came together, but she was afraid that the people in the palace would treat her as Song Wenru's maid or female guard.

After the two of them changed their clothes, a maid said to Song Wenru, "Miss Song, Your Highness invites you to see him." Song Wenru nodded and thanked the maid. Wei Yangyang really didn't guess wrong, the maid only saluted Song Wenru, not her, naturally everyone regarded her as the maid of the Song Mansion. Thinking of this, she took a step forward and whispered in Song Wenru's ear: "Your Highness hates me, you don't have to say that I'm here." Song Wenru didn't know what she meant, but he knew that she had always done things strangely, so he nodded in response to her and walked out with the maid.

When Song Wenru arrived in the back hall, he saw Shen Minghuang with a pale face and was sitting on a stool resting. She was distressed, and hurriedly stepped forward, her voice a little choked: "Your Highness! When Shen Minghuang saw her appearance, he didn't know how much he had been wronged, so he asked with concern: "I heard that you have been detained for three days?" Can you get hurt? Are you scared? Song Wenru shook his head and put all the grievances in his heart: "I'm fine, they didn't abuse me, this bit of suffering is nothing." It's just that I'm really worried about His Highness, and I can't eat or sleep. Shen Minghuang grabbed her hand and comforted her: "Don't worry, on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, I had a trick with the teacher, and I accidentally injured myself, but it was only a small injury." He was only slightly injured while practicing, and he was afraid that the officials would flock to visit him, which would cause Emperor Jiafu to be dissatisfied, so he ordered people to close the door to thank the guests. Song Wenzhuo went home and just said it casually, but he didn't expect Song Wenru to care about it, the more he thought about it, the more outrageous it became, and finally he thought that he had been stabbed by a human attack, so he ran out of the house desperately to find Wei Yangyang.

Although it was just a false alarm, Song Wenru was still a little uneasy, she put down Miss Shangshufu's shyness, and asked boldly: "Your Highness, can you let me see the wound?" Shen Minghuang knew that if she didn't show her today, she would not let go, so he unbuttoned his shirt and revealed her strong chest. I saw that his left shoulder was wrapped in a white cloth, and blood was still oozing inside. That little wound, if Wei Yangyang looked at it, he would definitely think that it was nothing, no different from cutting himself when cutting his nails; But for Song Wenru, it was a serious injury that would kill people. She saw that the person she intended for was covered with blood on his shoulders, and she began to shed tears in distress. Shen Minghuang tidied up his clothes, pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Don't cry, I'm fine." The wound will heal soon. ”

Song Wenru was relieved after reading it, and then she felt that she was too bold just now, she was so ashamed that her face turned red, and she didn't know what to say, so she lowered her head and said nothing. Dealing with girls, Shen Minghuang is obviously more experienced than Shen Mingyuan: "You look like this, you are much thinner, and you are frightened." Now send you home, I'm afraid your family will worry that I will abuse you. You stay for two days, recuperate and go, okay? Song Wenru didn't dare to look at him in shame, but nodded slightly: "Your Highness just meditate and recuperate, don't worry about me, the maids of the palace are serving very well." Shen Minghuang also looked a little tired, since he had coaxed her, he naturally didn't have to deal with her anymore, so he sent her away very perfunctorily: "Okay, I'm going to deal with political affairs now, you go back and rest first." Song Wenru had no choice but to stand up and reluctantly return to the guest room.

Shen Minghuang is very busy, and he can only see Song Wenru for half an hour every day. Seeing that his face was getting better day by day, Song Wenru was relieved, but she was not lonely, and when she was free, she chatted with Wei Yangyang. On the third day, Shen Minghuang asked Shanke, the maid sent to wait for Song Wenru: "Miss Song is a distinguished guest, so you should be extra careful in food, clothing, housing and transportation." Shan Ke was very clever: "Yes, the slave will take care of it with all her heart." Shen Minghuang asked again: "Is she still used to living?" Shanke was very observant: "The slave maid saw that she was in a good mood, and sat in the garden with her maid to talk and laugh." Shen Minghuang listened to her words, and always felt that something was wrong. Song Wenru's mother is a royal prince, and she herself knows the rules of respect and inferiority, even if she treats her subordinates well, she will never allow her maid to sit and chat with her. Shen Minghuang asked, "What does the maid look like?" "Shan Ke has a good memory and is also careful, so he described Wei Yangyang's appearance and temperament in detail.

When Shen Minghuang heard what she said, the more he listened, the more frightened he became! He only heard the report from the next person, saying that Song Wenru and the others came together, so he always thought that it was her personal entourage, but he didn't expect that it was Wei Yangyang! He almost sweated suddenly, favoring one over the other, just afraid that Wei Yangyang was going to make trouble! He hurriedly told Shanke: "You go to find an excuse, break Miss Song away, and bring another young lady to me." Shanke obeyed and retreated. She has served in the palace for many years, and she is very good at reading people's eyes, and seeing that Shen Minghuang is so eager, she knows that the other young lady must have a great background. She hurriedly asked someone to prepare two sets of new clothes made of fine silk, and when she came to the guest room, she saluted Song Wenru first: "Miss Song, Your Highness has asked someone to prepare a new set of dresses for you and this girl, please try them on." Song Wenru thanked her, and she and Wei Yangyang were taken to different rooms by the maids.

Wei Yangyang changed his clothes and was led to another courtyard by Shan Ke. When she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, Shanke took a step back and asked her to go in by herself. She was not afraid of an ambush, so she walked in with a grin, entered the courtyard gate, and saw Shen Minghuang sitting in the courtyard smiling at her. Wei Yangyang was a little surprised, and hurriedly saluted: "Your Highness? Shen Minghuang didn't know why she came to the palace with Song Wenru: "How did you two get together?" Ever since Wei Yangyang saw the purple bead bracelet on Song Wenru's wrist, he was extremely disgusted with Shen Minghuang. But the other party is a prince, even if she knows that she has been deceived, she can't do anything to the other party, not to mention, she herself doesn't seem to have anything to lose. But she was angry, she didn't take the so-called position of concubine seriously, but it was obvious that Song Wenru took it seriously. Song Wenru had a good temper, not only did not laugh at her like others, but also gave her calligraphy and rice paper, and taught her to practice calligraphy like Shen Mingyuan, she has always regarded Song Wenru as her good friend in Huadu City. Now that she has found out that Shen Minghuang actually deceived Song Wenru, it made her even more angry than she deceived herself. But she knew that she couldn't act rashly, the other party was the prince, and this was the palace. Moreover, she was caught and not seen by others. If Shen Minghuang saw that she had different intentions, even if he killed her now, the Wei family would not be able to save her.

Although Wei Yangyang doesn't know anything about human affairs, she has learned the art of war since she was a child, and she understands the truth of fiction and reality. Thinking of this, she decided to tell the truth, and with a real answer, she should be able to deceive the other party. As usual, she smiled heartlessly: "Oh, Wen Ru came to me on the sixteenth night of the first lunar month, saying that His Highness had been assassinated, and she was very worried, so she asked me to help." After all, Her Highness is her cousin, and there is no reason why I should not help. She deliberately accentuated the word "cousin". Shen Minghuang was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained to her: "Yes, the two of us have played since childhood, and naturally our relationship is deeper. But my relationship with her is different from my relationship with you. After all, Wen Ru is just a cousin, and you are the future Princess of Fengquan. "Wen Ru is just a cousin." Wei Yangyang silently recited his words three times in his heart. She thought to herself, and he said to me, Wenru was just a cousin; may say in front of Wen Ru that Wei Yangyang is just a good friend; In front of another girl, she will say that Song Wenru and Wei Yangyang are just ordinary friends, and you are Princess Fengquan.

She didn't know that Shen Minghuang had promised the position of princess to many girls, except for her and Song Wenru, was anyone fooled? But she didn't understand it anymore, and she also knew that there was only one concubine of Fengquan Wang. Now that she knew two, how could that be? It must be one true and one false, or both false. Both are fake? Wei Yangyang's heart moved when he thought of this. She planned to hide the secret first and not tell Song Wenru the truth. What if she guessed wrong, is it true and false? Perhaps, King Fengquan lied to her, but is he really sincere to Song Wenru? She thought about it carefully, she didn't know much and didn't know the rules, she couldn't chant poetry, and she didn't know how to needlework, so it could be said that there was no fit with Shen Minghuang, he would like himself, and that was really the sun coming out of the west. But Wen Ru is different, she is erudite, gentle, and noble, maybe she is really a candidate for Princess Fengquan. Not to mention the King of Fengquan, even he likes to listen to her, if he is a man, he must marry her. It's normal for King Fengquan to like her, maybe he just lied to himself and didn't lie to her? No, he promised the position of princess to both of them, even if he was sincere to Song Wenru, it would be considered a lie to her! Wei Yangyang has been jealous and hateful since she was a child, she is not very good at compromise, thinking about it, she decided in her heart that even if Shen Minghuang is sincere to Wen Ru, it is also a lie!

She is straightforward and not very good at disguising her emotions. Shen Minghuang saw that she didn't speak for a long time, and her expression was serious, so he took it for granted that she had neglected her in the past few days, and she was eating dry vinegar, so he pointed to the large pile of food on the table in front of him, and liked her: "You liked to eat bayberry when you were in Gusu, but unfortunately the distance is far away, and the bayberry can't be transported to Huadu." This is the bayberry wine I ordered someone to send from Yongyin Mansion before, for you to taste. There is also bucket chicken and almond tea from Kaifeng Province. Wei Yangyang likes to eat, this is known to everyone, and Wei Bingyue even scolded her for being "the largest rice bucket in Haixi Mansion." But her hobby is not just about eating good food. She will turn 18 years old in August this year, and as she gets older, she has gradually learned some things and understood some truths. But Shen Minghuang still looks at her like he did three years ago, and treats her like a small rice bucket that can only eat and drink. And pretending to be a small rice bucket, for Wei Yangyang, there is really no need to act. When she heard Shen Minghuang say this, she immediately showed a happy expression and sat down to eat. While she was desperately eating and drinking, she thought fiercely in her heart: Then I can eat more, otherwise I will not live up to the delicious table you specially prepared?