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

It’s not that Shen Sui wants to have his cake and eat it too, it’s just that he has no other choice.

He had met the Prince of Ning, and he was really a good man. Shen Sui was so happy to have such a son-in-law. The fact that the old Prince Ning proposed to him was a great honor for him. Shen Sui didn't dare to offend the old Prince Ning.

Besides, he had no reason to refuse, saying that his daughter was engaged?

If the engagement was real, Prince Ning would not have asked for his grandson to marry his daughter.

But if there is no engagement and the marriage is not agreed, doesn't it mean that she doesn't like Prince Ning?

Shen Sui could only use the emperor's help to reject Prince Ning and ask the emperor to help him refuse the marriage. At the same time, he used Prince Ning's help to put pressure on the man who wanted to marry his daughter but did not come to propose.

Chenxiangxuan, study.

Xie Guimo slept on the small couch all night.

When I woke up and saw the military book on the small table, I felt it was extremely dazzling.

He picked it up casually and threw it out, and it happened to hit Chen Shan in the face as he was about to jump out the window into the house.

Chen Shan took the military book in a panic.

Seeing him, Chen Qi asked, "Why are you back again?"

Chen Shan, “…”

He doesn't want to come back either.

But he dared not not come back.

Chen Shan silently put down the military book, took a step back, and said, "Master, today, Prince Ning asked Marquis Pingyuan to marry Miss Shen Er on behalf of the Crown Prince..."

Almost instantly, the gentleman's face turned as cold as ice.

When Chen Qi glanced at him, Chen Shan felt that Chen Qi wanted to stab him.

Chen Shan and Chen Qi both knew what Shen Tang and Xie Guimo talked about yesterday.

Chen Shan had just returned to the Jingyang Palace, and less than a day later, Shen Tang almost got into trouble on the street. Xie Guimo asked Chen Shan to protect Shen Tang again.

When Xie Guimo left yesterday, Chen Shan didn't dare to follow him and stayed in Qingyi Garden.

He didn't know whether the master and Miss Shen Er still had a future, but he knew about it and couldn't pretend not to know.

Being a secret guard is so difficult.

Xie Guimo's eyes fell on the military book, "Did Marquis Pingyuan agree?"

Chen Shan shook his head and was about to speak when there was a knock on the door outside. A servant came in and said, "My Lord, the Emperor has summoned you to the palace."

Why did the emperor suddenly look for him?

Xie Guimo was in no mood to care about what the Emperor had said to him. He looked at Chen Shan, who said, "Marquis Pingyuan didn't agree. He only said that the Emperor intended to grant Miss Shen a marriage, and that Old Prince Ning had gone to see the Emperor."

Xie Guimo knew why the emperor wanted to see him.

After changing into a brocade robe, Xie Guimo rode into the palace on horseback.

Royal study room.

The emperor was reviewing memorials. The biggest event in the court recently was the leak of the Spring Examination questions. The left prime minister, a high-ranking official, was directly imprisoned by the emperor. This matter was of no small importance, and all the memorials in the past two days were related to it.

After opening the memorial and taking a look at it, the emperor put it down. The eunuch stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Prince of Jingyang is here."

Xie Guimo stepped forward and saluted the emperor.

The emperor picked up a new memorial, glanced at him and said, "It's been so long, and you still haven't come to propose marriage. If you don't want to marry Miss Shen Er, I will marry her to the Prince of Ning."

Shen Sui only said that the emperor intended to arrange a marriage for Shen Tang, but did not say to whom. Prince Ning thought that the emperor thought Shen Tang was good and intended to arrange a marriage for her to a certain prince.

Old Prince Ning wanted to ask the Emperor if he had not yet decided on a candidate, or if the Emperor was not so determined to grant the marriage, to grab the marriage for his grandson.

Prince Ning had only two sons. One was not married yet and died saving the emperor, and the other died on the battlefield, leaving only the prince's bloodline. Because of his weak health, he had been recuperating outside in his early years, and his family was in decline. The emperor not only respected Prince Ning, but also felt guilty. If he hadn't known that Xie Guimo had taken a fancy to Shen Tang and the two of them were in love, the emperor would have written an imperial decree to grant the marriage on the spot if Prince Ning hadn't asked him for it.

The emperor has always admired Xie Guimo's decisiveness, but he didn't expect that he would be so slow in proposing marriage.

Xie Guimo's eyes were dim.

Although Shen Tang repeatedly said that she would never marry in this life, he knew that this matter was not something Shen Tang could decide. If he really could not marry her as Shen Tang said, he should not stop her from marrying Xiao Huan.

But when he thought about her marrying someone else, he felt like there was a void in his heart. Could he bear to watch her and Xiao Huan living together?

And what she said, he couldn't touch her...

If he can't do it, then other men can?

The emperor would not grant Shen Tang's marriage to Xiao Huan when he knew that Xiao Huan favored Shen Tang, but once he agreed, the emperor might really grant the marriage.

Xie Guimo calmed his mind.

"I will come to propose marriage as soon as possible."

……

Shen Sui politely declined Prince Ning's proposal of marriage. For the first time, Shen Tang felt that perhaps she really didn't have to marry in this life.

Xie Guimo would not propose marriage again, and the Marquis's Mansion did not dare to promise her to anyone else, so she could not get married even if she wanted to.

After she finds her elder brother, she can find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers and spend her life in peace.

Shen Tang returned to Qingyi Garden with ease.

Jingci Temple.

The second wife was copying Buddhist scriptures. Shen Xi and Shen Ran were not there. The scenery near Jingci Temple was quite nice. Although I was tired of it after visiting it every day, it was better than sitting there copying those boring Buddhist scriptures.

The second wife was so annoyed that she became irritable. A maid came in hurriedly and whispered something in her ear.

The second wife's expression changed. "You won't even marry Prince Ning?"

The maid nodded, "The Marquis refused."

Old Prince Ning is the Emperor's uncle, and the Prince of Ning has such a noble status. Old Prince Ning proposed marriage personally, but the Marquis refused. Who on earth fell in love with Shen Tang and didn't come to propose marriage? Could it be a prince?

But even among the princes, except for those who are favored and have the hope of competing for the throne, the rest of the princes are no match for Prince Ning.

The Second Wife was already unhappy because Shen Xi's engagement was broken off and Shen Tang had a good marriage. Now that she knew that the marriage was better than that of the Prince of Ning, the Second Wife was even more unhappy.

Are they both blind? They only see Shen Tang but not Shen Xian?!

The second wife wanted to go back to the Marquis' Mansion immediately, but only a few days of half a month had passed and she couldn't go anywhere.

……

There are three examinations in the spring.

One every three days.

A total of nine days and six nights.

This day was the day when the first spring examination ended. The students left the Imperial Academy and returned to their place of residence to rest for the night before returning to the Imperial Academy to take the exam the next day.

Shen Tang wanted to go to the Imperial Examination Hall to pick up her two cousins, but she kept getting into trouble and she didn't even dare to mention it.

Shen Tang didn't go, so Ginkgo went to the Imperial Examination Hall on her behalf.

After lunch, Shen Tang had nothing to do, so he strolled around the garden and fed the koi in the pavilion.

Just lacking interest.

She leaned on the railing, looking at the shimmering water, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Qiu Tong waited on the side, and seeing a familiar figure running towards her from a distance, she said, "Miss, Ginkgo is back."

Shen Tang turned around and saw Ginkgo entering the pavilion and jogging back, with a layer of fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

Ginkgo was almost thirsty, so she poured herself a cup of tea before saying, "Miss, the two cousins ​​have returned to the Jiang family."

Shen Tang asked, "Cousins, how did they do on the exam?"

Ginkgo shook her head. "No, but I can see they are in a very good mood. They must have done well in the exam."

If I don’t do well in the exam, I definitely won’t be able to laugh.

Shen Tang believed that her two cousins ​​would not let her down.

She continued to look at the lotus pond. Ginkgo finished her cup of tea, still thirsty, so she poured herself another. Then she took out a letter from her bosom and said to Shen Tang, "Just now when I returned home, I heard that there was a man at the second gate who had come to the mansion several times looking for the Fourth Madam. The gatekeeper got so impatient that she wanted to have him beaten up. When I asked him a few more questions, the man said that he was asked by a maid named Chunlan to bring a message to the Fourth Madam, asking her to go to Wangzhou Baihua Tower to rescue her."

Baihua Tower...

This sounds like a brothel.

Qiu Tong said, "Wangzhou is hundreds of miles away from Kyoto. How could the Fourth Madam possibly go so far to save a maid?"

Ginkgo said, "That's what I said. The man said Chunlan said that as long as the Fourth Madam saw this letter, she would definitely send someone to Wangzhou to rescue her."

"The man had to leave the capital for urgent matters and couldn't wait for the Fourth Madam to return, so he gave the letter to this servant and asked her to pass it on for him."

Shen Tang's eyes fell on the letter.

The Fourth Madam married and moved to Beijing. Her parents' home is quite far away, so she cannot go back for several years. But when she goes back, she will stay for two or three months. Calculating the days, the Fourth Madam should be back in Beijing in a few days.

In her previous life, the fourth wife fell ill a few days after returning to Beijing and passed away within a month. How could she possibly go to Wangzhou to save a maid?

It’s just a little strange. If the maid was sold, she would not have asked the Fourth Madam to save her. If she was not sold, how could she end up in Wangzhou Baihua Tower?

Shen Tang said, "Go and find out if there is a maid named Chunlan by the Fourth Madam's side."