The elder sister killed the whole family, and came back to be beaten to death

Shen Tang had a great appetite, but the delicious meal that the old lady was eating suddenly lost its taste in her mouth.

Although the old lady was not very fond of the marriage proposal from the Minister of Rites' Mansion, it was the first time that the wife of the Minister of Rites came to propose marriage. She was afraid that before she even returned to the Mansion, Young Master Fang would have an accident and fall into the river from his frightened horse. This would be too unlucky.

In addition, Shen Tang was afraid that the old lady would arrange a marriage for her, so she used Jiang's excuse to say that she had to be sixteen before she could get married. The old lady couldn't help but think about it.

He was so unlucky just by coming to ask for marriage that the old lady didn't even dare to think about getting engaged. How unlucky must he be? I'm afraid he might even lose his life.

More importantly, Shen Xian and Shen Tang were twins born from the same womb, with the same birth date. If Shen Tang had to be sixteen before she could get married, then Shen Xian would have to do the same...

Shen Xian was determined to commit suicide and refused to marry the Prince of Jingyang because of the bad fortune from the Jokhang Temple, which said that if she married within three days, her husband would be unlucky and she would become a widow. As a result, the Prince of Jingyang didn't even need to get married, but Shen Xian got such a fortune. The old lady was a little shaken.

The old lady lost her appetite, got up and went back to her room to chant scriptures and pray for blessings.

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After lunch, Shen Tang read a book for a while. Feeling a little sleepy, he lay down on the small couch and took a nap.

When she woke up, Ginkgo came up to her and said, "The servants in the mansion are all talking about the fact that young ladies can only get married when they are sixteen. The Second Madam has issued a gag order not to discuss it, and she even beat two maids who were gossiping..."

"The second wife still cares about the girl."

Shen Tang raised his hand and knocked on Ginkgo's forehead, "She doesn't care about me."

Ginkgo looked bewildered.

Shen Tang said, "She's afraid that I'll implicate my elder sister."

The more you suppress groundless rumors like this, the more they spread.

She had no plans to marry again anyway, and her reputation as a jinx actually helped her. But Shen Xian not only wanted to marry, she also wanted the Jingyang Palace to change their minds. In order to get the wife of the Marquis of Changping to intercede for them, she was willing to give her away as a condition. How could she be willing to be implicated by her? But they were twins born together, and she, Shen Xian, could not hide away, so she could only drag her along and struggle together.

The feeling of dragging Shen Xian down with him was really good, and the frustration of being almost sold out by Shen Xian was dispelled a lot.

The next day, Shen Tang had breakfast as usual and went to Songhe Hall to pay his respects to the old lady.

Just as he reached the screen, he heard the Third Wife's cry from inside, "The Marquis of Changping was beaten in the Jokhang Temple? Who is so bold as to hit Concubine Ye's nephew?"

Shen Tang walked in, pretending not to hear clearly, and asked, "Who was beaten in the Jokhang Temple?"

Shen Luo said, "It was the Marquis of Changping's son. Yesterday, someone kicked him down the hillside. The servants of the Marquis of Changping's mansion searched all over the Jokhang Temple until dusk, and finally found him unconscious on the hillside. I heard that he had a bloody head and hasn't woken up yet..."

The injury was more serious than she thought. She didn't know who had abolished the Prince of Changping in her previous life. It was simply justice for the people.

Seeing Shen Ying looking at him, Shen Tang said, "The Prince of Changping is the only son of the Changping Marquisate. If he was hurt like this, the Changping Marquisate would definitely find the perpetrator even if they turned the capital upside down."

When Shen Tang was speaking, Shen Xi's eyes never moved away. Her intuition told her that the accident of the Prince of Changping was related to Shen Tang, but Shen Tang looked as if he knew nothing about it.

She said that she had sent the person to the Prince of Changping, so how could she not get the person? It turned out that before Shen Tang went there, the Prince of Changping had already encountered an accident, and Shen Tang escaped the disaster in this way. He was really lucky.

Shen Tang bowed to pay his respects to the old lady, then found a place to sit down and listened to them quietly.

After sitting for a quarter of an hour, Shen Tang was ready to go back, but just as she was about to get up and leave, the maid came in and said, "Madam, the Marquis is here."

After leaving court, my father did not go directly to the military camp, but returned to the marquis's mansion. There must be something wrong.

Shen Tang sat there without moving, and soon the familiar footsteps of his father were heard.

Shen Sui came in and saw Shen Tang. He said, "Tang'er is here too..."

Shen Tang's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. She thought her father's visit to Songhetang might have something to do with her.

The old lady put down the teacup in her hand and asked, "Why are you here at this hour?"

Shen Sui paid his respects to the old lady, then sat down and said, "Just after the morning court, Duke Wen asked me to marry Tang'er on behalf of his second legitimate son. I've met the Third Young Master Wen before, and he has a good appearance and character. I'm going to come back and discuss this with my mother to finalize Tang'er's marriage."

Shen Tang, "..."

It really has something to do with her.

She also wanted to send someone out of the house today to spread the rumor that if she married before the age of sixteen, she would be unlucky in marriage. However, before she sent anyone to do this, Duke Wen came to her father to ask for marriage.

Young Master Wen seems to be a pretty good guy now, but in his previous life, he had a dispute with the Prince of Changping and was dragged into the casino, where he lost half of Duke Wen's mansion. Duke Wen was so angry that he vomited blood and almost beat him to death.

My father didn't go to the military camp, but came back to discuss it with my grandmother. It was obvious that he was planning to marry her off to Young Master Wen San...

Shen Tang suddenly became restless, "Father, please don't harm the Third Young Master Wen."

Shen Sui frowned, "What kind of words are you talking about?"

Shen Tang said, "Mother told me not to marry before I turned sixteen. Yesterday, the wife of the Minister of Rites came to visit, and Young Master Fang had an accident. I'm afraid Young Master Wen will also..."

Although the Second Madam had issued a gag order on this matter, Manager Li did not dare to hide what happened in the mansion from Shen Sui.

However, Shen Sui didn't believe it. He said, "There are so many people who get into accidents every day in Kyoto. How can I take the bad luck on myself? My Pingyuan Marquis Mansion has no marriage arrangements. Young Master Fang just fell into the water. It's not a big deal."

Shen Tang wanted to say something, but the old lady stopped him with her eyes.

Poor Shen Tang swallowed the words back even when they were on the tip of his tongue.

Her father loved her as a daughter and was unwilling to believe these things. She didn't need to convince her father, as long as people outside the house believed it.

By then, no one would come to propose marriage, and no one would dare to marry her. Her father couldn't force her to marry off.

Shen Tang made up his mind. The old lady looked at Shen Sui and said, "Duke Wen is an upright man, and you praise the Third Young Master Wen so much. You want to marry Tang'er to him, but I don't..."

Before the old lady could finish her words, a servant came running in, panting, "My Lord, this is bad! Something's happened to Duke Wen!"

Shen Tang, “…???”

Shen Sui, “……!!!”

Everyone in the room was shocked.

Shen Sui stood up in shock and asked, "What happened to Duke Wen?"

The servant said, "On the way back home from court, Duke Wen was carrying a sedan chair when the servant who was carrying it fell down and threw him out of the sedan chair, spraining his arm..."