Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 475

She was simple-minded and didn't think much about it. She actually believed Huo Sizhen's words and thought that Huo Sizhen really liked Shen Shi and was asking for her hand in marriage. She felt that she had been publicly humiliated.

Why would the Crown Prince of Western Qi choose a widow with two children rather than her?

She was only sixteen years old, young and beautiful, and a princess. What was it about her that made her inferior to that widow?

Princess De'an harbored no resentment towards Huo Sizhen; her dissatisfaction was mainly directed at the Lady of Yongning Marquis, filled with bitterness as if the other woman had stolen her beloved.

She must find an opportunity to meet this widow another day!

The peace talks were essentially over. The emperor ordered the tribute sent by the Western Qi delegation to be accepted and instructed that special accommodations be arranged for them.

It must be said that the Western Qi's honey trap was very clever. After meeting the two Western Qi princesses, the emperor's attitude towards the Western Qi delegation improved considerably.

Previously, they were simply left to stay in the inn, treated with disrespect and rudeness. Now, they are being treated with the courtesy due to guests.

As for the two princesses of Western Qi, they were sent to the inner palace that very night, and both were granted the title of concubine.

The Western Qi delegation will stay in Kyoto for a few more days to prepare for their return journey.

Although the peace talks seemed to have ended and everything was almost settled, Shen Wei, based on his years of understanding of Xiqi, had a gut feeling that things were not over yet.

Sure enough, in the days following the peace talks, another wave of public opinion swept through Kyoto, and it intensified.

The process of the peace talks was reported to the common people. Nothing else was particularly noteworthy, but the fact that the Crown Prince of Western Qi sought to marry Lady Shen, the wife of the Marquis of Yongning, but was refused by the Shen family, was widely circulated and became a hot topic of discussion.

The people were very dissatisfied with the Shen family.

They felt that Western Qi was wholeheartedly seeking peace, and that the Western Qi crown prince's request to marry the daughter of the Shen family army marshal was also an expression of his desire to cease hostilities, so there was nothing wrong with it.

The fact that the Shen family was unwilling to send their daughter to a marriage alliance clearly indicated that they did not want to end the war.

At first, the people were just talking about it in the streets and alleys, criticizing and complaining. But as the rumors spread more and more, the public's emotions became more and more intense, and the atmosphere was extremely heated.

No one in the Shen family or the Yongning Marquis's residence dares to go out easily now, because if they are recognized on the street, they will be surrounded and insulted by the people, and even have stones, mud and rotten vegetable leaves thrown at them.

Shen Lingjun was having a terrible headache.

She knew that these people had been misled and incited by the people of Western Qi, but it was infuriating that they were so foolish and easily manipulated by the people of Western Qi.

Shen Lingjun could only sneak off to the Shen residence in the early morning when there were few people around to discuss with the Shen family how to deal with the situation.

The Shen family members have been furious with the public opinion surrounding them these past few days.

Shen Wei shouted at the outside from under the wall: "I've risked my life fighting against Western Qi for so many years, protecting the lives of you idiots, and all I got in return was a bunch of ingrates! Can't all of you even muster a brain the size of an eggshell? Idiots! You're all idiots! When Western Qi invades in two years, you can use your so-called peace treaty to block it! I'm not putting up with you anymore!"

Shen Lingjun went over and persuaded Shen Wei to stop.

“Dad, scolding won’t help. Don’t get angry. Let’s think of a solution. Otherwise, we can’t even leave the house. It’s not good.”