After the divorce, I pursued the Ninth Prince 100 times.

Shen Yuan's expression suddenly turned ugly: "Eunuch Gui, I..."

Eunuch Gui ignored him and simply bowed to Madam Xu and Shen Nanxing. "Madam Xu, Princess Consort, now that the imperial edict has been delivered, I will return to the palace to report!"

"Eunuch Gui, take care!"

Shen Nanxing raised his hand to signal Chun Xing to give Chen Dian Dian a bag of silver, and respectfully sent the person away.

Seeing Eunuch Gui walking away, Shen Yuan walked over and snatched the imperial edict away: "Let me see it!"

He carefully read the imperial edict over and over again, muttering to himself, "How is this possible? How could this happen..."

Shen Nanxing sneered, "Your Majesty has decreed that my mother be given the title of Imperial Consort. Is there anything wrong with that? Or does father think that this title should be given to a concubine who rose from a concubine to a higher position?"

Shen Yuan suddenly felt angry and humiliated. He crumpled the imperial edict into a ball, raised it fiercely, and pretended to throw it on the ground.

Shen Nanxing sneered, "Disrespecting the imperial edict is disrespecting His Majesty. If Father wants to experience the consequences, he can give it a try!"

"you!"

"Shen Nanxing, I am your father!"

Shen Yuan's face was almost filled with anger, but he didn't dare to throw the imperial edict again. He threw the imperial edict into Xu's arms and left with a flick of his sleeves.

Shen Nanxing added to his back, "Dad, you must keep your wife a secret today. If it gets out, it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

"It's fine if you deceive the emperor yourself, but don't bring trouble to the Marquis' Mansion!"

Shen Yuan stumbled, taking several chaotic steps before steadying himself, nearly falling in public. After stabilizing himself, he hurried away without even turning back.

Xu carefully put away the imperial edict, silently stepped forward, stood next to Shen Nanxing, and watched the man's back disappear from their sight.

Judging from the direction he walked, he went to find that woman again.

After a long while, she sighed: "Nanxing, he is your father."

Shen Nanxing was stunned, his fists clenched slightly at his sides, but he did not turn his head, his eyes still looking in the direction where the man disappeared, with a momentary trance in his expression.

"Mother, in your eyes, who is more important, him or my life and my brother's life?"

Xu's breath caught in her throat. "Nanxing, why would you ask such a question?"

Shen Nanxing's eyes felt sore and her vision blurred.

She fought back tears, turned to look at Madam Xu, and looked directly into her eyes: "Mother, you guessed that my brother's death was related to him, didn't you?"

When Mrs. Xu met her daughter's gaze, she felt as if she had been burned, and a sense of inexplicable panic welled up inside her.

She hurriedly looked away: "Nanxing, even tigers don't eat their cubs... Don't talk nonsense about things without evidence."

After saying this, seeing that her daughter was about to say something else, Xu hurriedly said, "Nanxing, didn't mother tell you to return to Prince Jing's Mansion yesterday? Why are you still in the Marquis' Mansion today? This is illogical. If His Majesty and Concubine Duan knew about this, I'm afraid they would be unhappy..."

"Go back quickly!"

"Xia He, help me back to Plum Garden... Maybe it's because I've been in the sun for too long, I feel a little dizzy..."

Xia He glanced at Shen Nanxing with a hint of apology: "Princess, Madam is not feeling well, so I will take her back first."

After saying that, he helped Xu leave.

When she held onto Xu's arm, she could clearly feel her body trembling slightly.

After walking a little further, Xia He noticed that Madam's body had stabilized a little, so she smiled and said, "Madam, you are now a First-Rank Consort personally appointed by His Majesty. Now with Eunuch Gui's pressure, I think you will not be able to become a co-wife today."

Hearing this, Xu smiled bitterly: "Xia He, tell me, am I a coward?"

Xia He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Madam, what are you talking about? You are the first first-rank imperial consort of our Beiyue Kingdom. What an honor! If this is considered cowardly, then the other ladies should not live any longer!"

"Ma'am, please relax. Things will get better and better."

"Look, Aunt Qiu has always wanted to surpass you, but now, I'm afraid she won't have the chance in her lifetime! Who knows how angry she'll be!"

"Why don't we go see her make a fool of herself?"

Xu burst out laughing: "You girl!"

......

Shen Nanxing watched his mother escape in a panic, with unconcealable disappointment in his eyes.

She wanted to force her to answer. She had clearly guessed that her brother's death was related to her father, so why didn't she believe it?

I have to avoid even listening to her for a few more words...

It's like he's really afraid of knowing the truth...

But the truth will not disappear just by avoiding it.

Shen Nanxing stood there for a long time, staring at the direction where his mother disappeared for a long time, before finally closing his eyes to hide the darkness in his eyes.

Maybe she only loves that man!

Her brother died, and she didn't even want to know the truth.

She returned to the Marquis' Mansion the day after her wedding, but she never asked if she was having a good time. He just kept asking her to return to Prince Jing's Mansion...

Eight years ago, he forced her to pretend to be his brother regardless of her wishes. Did he ever consider her future at all?

She truly didn't love them, the siblings.

"Miss...aren't you still going to see the Ninth Prince?"

Chun Xing's eyes were full of worry.

Miss Mingming said nothing and did nothing, just stood there quietly.

But she could just feel a strong sadness that was almost suffocating the young lady.

"Oh yes……"

Shen Nanxing came back to his senses and thought of the man in black who always had a cold face, and a bit of warmth appeared in his eyes.

"He did it, didn't he?" she murmured softly.

"What?" Chun Xing was puzzled.

"nothing."

The icy coldness in Shen Nanxing's eyes was replaced by a few specks of warmth.

In her previous life, her mother had never been granted the title of Lady.

The only change in her life was that she went to the court to complain to the emperor on the day after her wedding, and proposed to marry the Ninth Prince again.

Even though he rejected her...

But she was almost certain that he was the one who did it. After all, he was the only one who would be willing and capable of doing such a thing.

As for why he did this, she guessed it might be to prevent his scumbag father from becoming a concubine.

First, he conferred the title of First-Rank Imperial Concubine on her mother, and then revealed that His Majesty had praised his father for having only his mother in his backyard for many years. This way, he blocked the possibility of his father wanting to make Concubine Qiu his equal wife...

high! It’s really high!

Look how angry the scumbag dad is, it makes me happy just watching!

But how did he know that his scumbag father was going to marry a concubine?

Shen Nanxing thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

I'll have to go find him eventually; I'll just ask him in person later.