bullyxtreme Chapter 207 Weichuan Comes to Seek
Chapter 207 Weichuan Comes to Seek
At the hour of Chen, Shen Shenshen, who had been tossing and turning last night, was awakened by Zhu Yanxiao.
"Shenshen, I have to go and pay my respects to my mother. By the way, I'll take you back to the Marquis' Mansion as soon as possible."
"Oh." Shen Shenshen got up, washed and dressed, then went to pay his respects to the princess with dark circles under his eyes.
Everyone in the palace had paid their respects and left at midnight, but Shen Shen had not yet come in, so naturally she could not go with everyone in the palace to pay their respects. So, it was delayed until the morning hour.
Maybe she forgot to check the almanac before going out today. As soon as Zhu Yanxiao led her into the main courtyard, she ran into Concubine Huo, who seemed to be chatting with the princess but was actually hinting at the prince's injury, and Zhu Chutang, who was following behind her and also had dark circles under his eyes.
"Prince, Miss Shen II." Concubine Huo saluted.
"Brother, Miss Shen Er." Zhu Chutang's eyes were not reserved and kept wandering around Shen Shen.
Zhu Yanxiao frowned slightly and nodded to the two of them. Shen Shenshen bowed slightly in return.
Shen Shenshen was shocked when he saw Zhu Chutang today.
The elegant and graceful feeling of the boy with feminine appearance was gone, and he had lost all the aura and vitality of a young man. His cheeks were thin and sunken, his skin was dark yellow, and there were dark circles under his eyes, and he looked listless.
It turned out that the pair of phoenix eyes, which were as beautiful as Zhu Yanxiao's, were now staring at him with resentment.
Shen Shen understood. This man is probably inhumane and is trying to recover. Unfortunately, you have offended Zhu Yanxiao and this lady. You deserve it.
The four people passed each other.
After entering the main courtyard, the princess still looked at Shen Shen tenderly with a smile.
"Mother." They both bowed at the same time.
"Did Shen'er have a good rest?"
"To answer mother's question, it's very good." No wonder. Your son has great physical strength and can do a lot.
"That's good. It's getting late, and Ziyuan still has to go to the Censorate to be on duty. I will arrange a carriage to take you back home."
Shen Shen bowed and took his leave: "Thank you, Princess. I am sorry for disturbing you yesterday. Shen'er will take his leave."
"Your son will take his leave." Zhu Yanxiao bowed.
The princess brought the teacup.
After leaving Prince Zhong's mansion, the two men left in two separate carriages.
Before they parted, Shen Shen blushed and said, "Ziyuan, just rest well in the palace tonight."
"Hmm?" Zhu Yanxiao was dissatisfied.
"Oh, I need to have a good rest." Shen Shenshen was also dissatisfied, and his meaning was very obvious.
"Let's let Second Miss Shen go tonight." He smiled. There was indeed something important that needed to be dealt with.
The carriage from the prince's mansion escorted Shen Shenshen back to the marquis's mansion. Mrs. Shen was naturally very worried. She looked left and right, and was relieved to see that her daughter was fine. Thinking that she would ask her about it in detail after the marquis returned home after dinner, she let her go back to her own yard to rest.
After Zhu Yanxiao returned to the palace from the Censorate today, he still called Liushui to the study in his own courtyard.
After returning home at midnight yesterday, Liu Shui was trembling with fear, as if he was walking on thin ice. He lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Zhu Yanxiao's serious face.
Zhu Yanxiao looked at his expression and guessed about 70% of what he knew. "Speak."
"Your Highness, I followed your instructions and found that the eunuch was killed after he got off the carriage. I surrounded the killer, but he was poisoned before I could do anything and died on the spot."
Seeing that the prince had no expression on his face and was silent, Liu Shui swallowed and said, "I searched the bodies of the two assassins carefully, but found nothing."
After saying this, he stood with his head bowed, not daring to say a word. The whole study was filled with a tense and oppressive atmosphere, making people feel a little breathless.
I don’t know how much time had passed, so long that the flowing water began to want to bury itself somewhere, Zhu Yanxiao finally spoke.
"Xingyun."
"Prince." Xingyun immediately pushed the door open and walked in, clasping his fists and bowing.
"Which palace's eunuch holds the 'Wei' badge?"
"Replying to the prince, it's the fourth prince."
"Humph! As expected." Zhu Yanxiao tapped the table with his index finger, a disdainful smile on his face, "I didn't expect that a prince would actually take action against a powerless woman."
Liu Shui continued to bend his body, not daring to speak.
Zhu Yanxiao glanced at him and said, "Stand up. Go to Feidaowei to receive your punishment."
"Yes. Thank you, Prince." Liu Shui breathed a sigh of relief.
"Go down." Zhu Yanxiao leaned back in his chair and said nothing more.
The fourth prince, Zhu Jizhan. The prince born to Concubine Wu, His Majesty is currently in his prime, and has not yet appointed a crown prince. The third prince and the fourth prince of Concubine Wu are the most likely to succeed the throne. Originally, I was not close to him and rarely interacted with him. I didn't expect that he would be unable to sit still.
"Xingyun." Zhu Yanxiao ordered, "Go and see if father has returned home. If he has, this prince has something important to tell you."
"Yes."
Zhu Yanxiao stood up and walked to the yard, looking at the two sycamore trees with all yellow leaves. The leaves were swaying left and right in the autumn wind, and occasionally one or two leaves fell to the ground, gently sweeping his heart.
About an hour later, the sound of Prince Zhu's carriage from Prince Zhong's Mansion rang out again and he entered the palace in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Prince Zhu and Prince Zhu stayed in His Majesty's imperial study for a long time. When they came out, both of them looked unhappy. It was said that His Majesty was also very angry and smashed the teacup in anger.
But no matter how hard the people in the palace tried to find out, they could not find a single word about the conversation between His Majesty and the two men.
Shen Shenshen, however, had a good sleep at Marquis Anbo's mansion.
After dinner yesterday, she told her father and mother about the monkey attack. Her father asked her and her mother not to tell anyone because the person behind this was not simple.
Marquis Anbo hurried to Prince Zhong's mansion under the cover of night. It happened that the prince had just returned from the palace. The two old foxes had been whispering in the prince's study for a long time. Marquis Anbo returned to the mansion with a worried look on his face.
The next day, Shen Shenshen arrived at Heyinlou on time. He was delayed for two days, so he had to hurry up to earn that useless "private money" for His Majesty.
I was counting the jewels in the storeroom, counting the number of jewels available for the new jewels I was going to make, when I heard Lu Hen coming and knocking gently on the storeroom door, "Miss, Miss, thank you Master for coming to see you."
"Xie Weichuan? What is he doing here?"
"I don't know."
Shen Shenshen had no choice but to drop the work in his hands and reluctantly went to the 'VIP lounge'.
This lounge was large and decorated in an antique style. It was specially prepared for big buyers of Heyinlou and the families of Lord Yipin. There were people specially assigned to display jewelry here and help the ladies with makeup, etc. In short, all the luxury goods from her previous life were brought here to this life, and many additional services were added.
After all, servants in this world are all employed by signing indentures. The wages don't have to be high, as long as food and accommodation are provided. The key is that they don't have to pay five insurances and one fund, and there is no labor law.
So, are you short of people? Impossible. As long as you spread the news that you are short of people, the human traffickers will start fighting over it.
As soon as Shen Shenshen entered the room, he saw the suave and handsome Master Xie sitting in a fine huanghuali chair, drinking tea leisurely.
"Weichuan, how come you have time to come to Heyinlou today?" Shen Shenshen, who just remembered that he had not saluted, gestured randomly and continued, "Ziyuan hasn't been here recently. Go to the Censorate to find him."
"I am here to look for Miss Shen Er."
"Oh?! Weichuan, please speak." Shen Shenshen sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and talked while drinking.
"This is the picture of cranes that Ziyuan asked me to draw three days ago. Miss Shen, take a look and see if you like it." Young Master Xie handed over a roll of paper.
Shen Shen took it with surprise, "So, the court painter with great painting skills that Ziyuan is looking for is Weichuan?"
"Palace painter? No, I didn't. It's just that during the imperial examination, His Majesty praised me, saying 'Weichuan is an excellent poet and painter, and it is a blessing for the East.'"
"Young Master is so awesome." Shen Shenshen praised him, but in his heart he complained that Young Master Xie was so narcissistic.
He couldn't wait to unfold the crane picture and look at it. Countless cranes of various shapes and sizes appeared vividly in front of Shen Shens eyes from the rice paper.
Some of them stand gracefully in the water, some lie lazily on their sides, enjoying the quiet time between heaven and earth, and some fly high with wings flapping, showing their vigorous and heroic posture. Some cranes lightly touch the water surface with one foot, as if playing with the water; others just take off from the water, splashing water everywhere. Some hold fish and shrimp in their mouths, as if looking for food; and some spread their huge wings and soar towards the high sky, majestic and magnificent.
Each crane was portrayed in such meticulous and lifelike detail that Shen Shen couldn't help but marvel, "Oh my God, Weichuan is really amazing. I admire you." This man is indeed qualified to be narcissistic.
Master Xie was also quite proud of his talent, and said without any modesty: "I am indeed very capable." Then he changed the subject, "God, put the painting away. I have something important to discuss with you."