Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

After Shen Mingxuan finished speaking, she saw that Shen Wantang had no reaction, and Gu Qianhan had no reaction either. Not even one of them responded to her.

She bit her lip, took a box from the maid, and handed it to Shen Wantang: "This is a wedding gift from me, your sister, to your sister and brother-in-law. It's just a small token of my appreciation. I hope your sister and brother-in-law won't find it too shabby."

Shen Wantang gestured to Dujuan, who then stepped forward to take the box and then stepped back.

"Thank you for your kindness, sister. However, shouldn't you give me some space so I can see my father? I only heard that he was ill, but I didn't expect him to be so seriously ill. How come he seems to be unconscious?"

Qi immediately stepped forward and pulled Shen Mingxuan away: "Tang'er, your sister didn't mean to block you. It's just that your father looks a little scary now, and she's afraid of scaring you and the Second Young Master!"

Then, she went forward to pull Shen Wantang, "Come on, come forward. Don't you know medicine? Help your father see what's wrong with him. The medicine the doctor prescribed doesn't work at all."

Shen Wantang avoided her hand and walked to the bed.

Shen Guannian lying on the bed had a sallow face, his eyes were closed, there were medicine stains at the corners of his mouth, and he looked unconscious.

Shen Wantang lifted the corner of the quilt, took out his arm, and was about to take his pulse when the bluestone bricks under her feet suddenly moved. She was startled and was about to leave, but it was too late.

Suddenly a big hole appeared in the ground and she fell into it.

The person who fell with her was Qi, who was closest to her.

At the moment of falling, Shen Wantang heard Gu Qianhan's shocked and angry voice, as well as Shen Mingxuan's panicked voice.

"A Tang!"

"Mother!"

But soon, she could neither hear nor see anything.

Because the hole closed again the moment she fell.

The cave wasn't very deep, and Shen Wantang didn't fall hard. It was pitch black inside, and she couldn't see anything clearly, but she could clearly hear a joyful voice ringing out: "Tang'er, I finally waited for you!"

Then, she was held in someone's arms.

"Xiao Qingyuan?!"

Shen Wantang kicked him without any hesitation, kicking him away. Just as he was about to kick him a second time in the dark, he was hit hard on the back of his head.

Before she passed out, she heard Xiao Qingyuan angrily say, "Qi, you old witch, why did you hit her?"

Then she completely lost consciousness.

Qi threw away the green bricks she had prepared in the cave and said awkwardly, "Don't be angry, my lord. I'm just afraid she'll hit you. Look, she's unconscious now, so it'll be much easier for you to take her away. She won't make a fuss or scream, so Gu Qianhan won't find out."

Xiao Qingyuan picked up Shen Wantang and didn't have time to say anything more to Qi. He just angrily said, "If anything happens to Tang'er, you won't have a good life!"

Then he hurried out of another cave.

Qi used all her hands and feet to climb out, saying as she climbed, "My Lord, please don't forget what you promised me. You must take good care of my two sons!"

Xiao Qingyuan ignored her and left with Shen Wantang.

At this moment, on the ground, Gu Qianhan had already ordered people to start chiseling the bluestone brick.

His movements were quite fast, but he was still a step too late. The bluestone blocking the entrance to the cave was surprisingly thick. By the time his men chiseled it open, Xiao Qingyuan had already disappeared with Shen Wantang.

Gu Qianhan's face was so gloomy that it looked like it was going to rain. He walked out of the cave and found that he was already outside the Shen Mansion. He saw Qi standing aside, looking dusty and dusty.

The entire cave was newly dug, obviously waiting for Shen Wantang to come back. They took advantage of Shen Guannian's serious illness and lured her to stand on the bluestone. Qi was the person responsible for leading Shen Wantang there.

The only one who could do such a thing is Xiao Qingyuan!

But Gu Qianhan did not go to Prince Ning's Mansion to ask for the person immediately. Although Xiao Qingyuan was not smart enough, he was not stupid enough to take the person back to Prince Ning's Mansion directly at this time.

He ordered his men: "Search! He's carrying Atang, he can't go far, he must be around here!"

"Yes!"

However, this search took the entire day.

He did not find Shen Wantang as easily as he had thought.

Xiao Qingyuan came prepared this time. It was obvious that he had already thought of a retreat and went into hiding.

The night is getting darker.

The main hall of the Shen family.

Gu Qianhan stood with his hands behind his back, his face as cold as ice.

Below, a large group of people were kneeling. Even the half-dead Shen Guannian was splashed with cold water to wake him up and forced to kneel on the ground.

Gu Qianhan's cold voice rang out: "A few ants, you dare to plot against Atang, and you dare to plot against me? It seems that I didn't hit you hard enough last time, so you are fearless and even dare to act with Xiao Qingyuan and help him steal Atang away."

Shen Guannian looked frail and said weakly, "Second Young Master, please be reasonable. I'm so sick I can't get out of bed. How could I help Prince Xiao with his tricks? I don't know anything. Please let me go. Finding Tang'er is the most important thing right now!"

Gu Qianhan said coldly, "There's an underground passage dug in that room, how could you not know? Come on, beat him up until he tells the truth!"

His men did not drag the man out, but slapped him left and right, one slap after another, in front of everyone in the room.

The screams suddenly rang out, making everyone's scalps tingle and their hearts tremble.

Gu Qianhan knew from Shen Guannian's screams that he was not sick at all!

But at this moment he was no longer in the mood to find out whether Shen Guannian was really sick or just pretending.

But Shen Guannian had been beaten to a pulp, but he still refused to admit that he was Xiao Qingyuan's accomplice. Perhaps he knew that even if he admitted it, he would not have a good ending, so he might as well just deny it.

Gu Qianhan looked at Qi again: "What conditions did Xiao Qingyuan promise you that made you spare no effort to help him?"

Seeing Shen Guannian beaten half to death, Qi was so scared that she trembled all over.

She originally thought that she had acted flawlessly this time. After all, in order to clear herself of suspicion, she had fallen into the cave with Shen Wantang and fell hard.

Unexpectedly, Gu Qianhan saw through her trick at a glance. He even guessed that Xiao Qingyuan had promised her benefits!

She was so frightened that her voice was shaking: "Second, Second Young Master, this matter has nothing to do with me, it really has nothing to do with me!"

"You, you, you know, I was locked up in the woodshed because I cheated on my master. I was only released this morning!"

"I didn't even know there was a secret cave in the house. Otherwise, I wouldn't have fallen in. Don't you think so, right?"