Marriage of the Di Daughter

The story of Princess Yongning's miscarriage spread to the palace after all.

Concubine Liu was furious, and she must investigate this matter thoroughly. The Li family also agreed, and everyone outside had different opinions. It is said that Princess Yongning's previous good news was spread out within three months, so it was taken away by Lord Yan. This is just a legend, and many people don't believe it nowadays. Furthermore, it is true that Princess Yongning, who was aborted this time, was murdered in the Li family.

The word murder is no small matter, which means that this is not the child that Princess Yongning accidentally lost, but a well-planned conspiracy. Even the emperor paid attention to it and asked the Li family to find the murderer.

In contrast, Princess Yongning's eldest brother, King Cheng, didn't care too much. Of course, it wasn't because King Cheng didn't care about his sister, but because he was busy with more important things recently - forcing the palace to rebel. Just let it go for now.

The Li family became the target of public criticism for a while, so they tried their best to find out the murderer, but within two or three days, naturally, nothing could be found. But Princess Yongning acted like crazy, relentless, clamoring for the Li family to come up with an explanation almost from morning till night. She couldn't find the murderer, so she took all her anger out on the Li family. It doesn't look like the grandma of the Li family, but the enemy of the Li family.

At night, Princess Yongning sat in the room with an irritable expression.

Her body recovered very quickly, the miscarriage should have been a drain on her body, and she should have been too weak to get out of bed these few days. But in just one day, Princess Yongning recovered and could move around freely, if not for the Li family members knowing that she was pregnant, no one would believe her if she told her, thinking she had never been pregnant.

But perhaps because of this, Li Xian did not expect Princess Yongning to recover so quickly, and seemed a little flustered and at a loss for Princess Yongning's urging to find the murderer.

Mei Xiang came in from outside holding the boiled soup.

"The Li family didn't give an explanation today." Princess Yongning said angrily, "It's unreasonable!"

After losing her child, Princess Yongning's weaknesses also disappeared, and she became arrogant and domineering again, and everyone wanted to follow her. Bad temper is on display.

She took a look at the decoction that Mei Xiang brought. The decoction was specially for her body after a miscarriage. It was a big black bowl, exuding a bitter medicinal fragrance. Princess Yongning watched and thought of the innocent child who died, and her heart began to ache. The thing that made her feel even more chilling, thinking about the fact that she had a miscarriage now, not to mention the common people, at least it has spread throughout the court. Shen Yurong should also know a little bit, but Shen Yurong didn't come to see her, even if she just asked someone to bring a letter or pass a word.

But no, nothing, she waited and waited, only the Li family hadn't found the whereabouts of the murderer, and all that came was nothing.

This is Shen Yurong's flesh and blood! He didn't even think about family affection at all.

Princess Yongning felt a little sad when she thought of this. She knew that Shen Yurong was probably a ruthless person, which could be seen from his treatment of his wife Xue Fangfei. But he never thought that one day, this kind of ruthlessness would be used on himself.

The more I thought about it, the more irritable I became, and the more I thought about it, the more unwilling I became, Princess Yongning asked: "Mei Xiang, is there a message from Shen Lang today?"

After a while without answering, she turned her head and saw Mei Xiang standing in front of the table, wiping the table with an unsteady expression, repeatedly wiping the same spot, but she didn't know where to look in the sky. Clearly her mind was not here, Princess Yongning called again suspiciously: "Mei Xiang!"

Mei Xiang turned her head in a panic and said, "Your Highness?"

"What's the matter with you?" Princess Yongning frowned, "Is there something you are hiding from me?"

Mei Xiang has been by her side for many years, she is the most calm, and rarely sees her in such a state of unsteadiness, Princess Yongning immediately becomes suspicious.

"Slave... Slave..." Mei Xiang turned around, went to the door to look around, saw that there was no one else outside, then closed the door, went back to the room, gritted her teeth, knelt down in front of Princess Yongning, and said: "The servant just came back from the outside, passing by a hut, and heard something..."

"What is it?"

Mei Xiang then narrated that when she was going to get the tonic for Princess Yongning, she passed a darkroom, which was concealed, and Mei Xiang planned to pass by. She followed Princess Yongning every step of the way, and didn't have time to walk around the Li family to get familiar with the place. Just when Mei Xiang was about to walk through the darkroom, she heard someone talking in the darkroom. But among them, when she suddenly heard the name of Princess Yongning, Mei Xiang stopped in her tracks. Seeing that there was no one around her, she stood sideways behind the gap in the door and listened carefully to what the people inside said about herself. What did the master say.

One of them said: "The baby in the princess' womb has finally lost. Fortunately, it did. Now the eldest son doesn't have to work hard on the princess's anti-fetal medicine, and there is always no reaction. Speaking of which, the princess didn't drink Medicine? Otherwise, how could there be no movement at all? If it weren’t for the young master’s ruthless attack this time, I don’t know if it will be successful.”

"Isn't that right? If her stomach grows bigger, it will be difficult to do it again, and it will easily kill people. How many methods have our eldest son used before this? It is quite useful on the ground and has medicinal properties. I have tried everything, but nothing. Reaction. If there is no movement after being pushed down the steps this time, I will wonder if she is an ordinary person, and has she practiced any magical skills?"

Another person said again: "Keep your voice down, it will be troublesome if someone overhears you. Anyway, the result is the best now. It's done, let's stop talking about it and do things quickly. Wait for the princess to make trouble for a few more days, Your Highness It won't be long before you give a scapegoat?"

Mei Xiang was terrified when she heard it, and she wanted to find out more secrets, but the two turned their heads to talk about other things. There seemed to be someone's footsteps in the distance, and Mei Xiang didn't dare to stay for fear of being found by others. She didn't dare to break into the house directly to expose these two people, since this is the Li family after all. If what these two people said is true and the murderer is Li Xian, the Li family will definitely kill people to silence them. I'm afraid they will be silenced and disappear from the world before she tells Princess Yongning about it.

So she stood up as if nothing had happened, and left gently. Continue to go to the kitchen to bring medicine, and then return to Princess Yongning's house. Putting down the medicine, he felt uneasy in his heart, thinking about how to bring this matter up with Princess Yongning.

Princess Yongning finally discovered the clue.

After Princess Yongning heard this, her lips trembled a few times, and she said: "They are so courageous." Then she raised her voice again, "They are so courageous!"

"Princess, no!" Mei Xiang hurriedly stopped her.

Princess Yongning stared, "What are you going to do? Li Xian killed my child, and I want him to pay for his life! I will go to Li Xian to explain it to see what else he has to say. No wonder It's..." She sneered, "I just think that the Li family is perfunctory in finding the murderer. It turns out that the murderer is Li Xian, who is really a thief calling for a thief. I'm afraid that in their eyes, Bengong's actions are just a joke! "

Princess Yongning was extremely excited, Mei Xiang lowered her voice, and said: "Your Highness, this matter has not been confirmed yet. The reason why I didn't dare to tell you at the beginning is because I don't know whether this matter is true or not. If someone Deliberately leading the servants to that room and letting the servants hear what they said, the purpose is to put the blame on Mr. Li, so we have fallen into the trap of the other party. Your Highness must calm down!"

"Oh?" Princess Yongning said angrily: "How do you want me to calm down? Now you tell me that Li Xian may have killed my child, if it is possible, I really can't calm down!"

"The servant girl is not trying to speak for Mr. Li, nor is it for the sake of the Li family. It is for the sake of the princess. Your Highness, think about it. If Mr. Li really did it, why did Mr. Li do this? Does the family not want grandchildren? Or have they sensed something."

Princess Yongning was stunned, and slowly calmed down. After a while, she said: "Li Xian must have known that this palace is not pregnant with the flesh and blood of the Li family. When he first looked at this palace, there was not a single trace of it in his eyes. emotion."

The first time the imperial physician was invited to the mansion to announce the "good news", Princess Yongning felt that Li Xian, father and son were strange. Especially Li Xian, although he spoke softly and behaved extremely considerately, there was clearly no joy in his eyes when he learned that he had a child, and there was even a trace of disgust in his eyes. At that time, Princess Yongning still suspected that she was wrong, but thinking about it now, it was not wrong at all. Perhaps Li Xian knew from the beginning that the child was not his, so he was not surprised by the appearance of the child. Regarding the child's departure, he pretended to be sad, without shedding a single tear.

"This bastard!" Princess Yongning gritted her teeth and said, "Playing with this palace between applause!"

In the past two months, the lies that Princess Yongning told for this child were probably ridiculous in Li Xian's eyes. He clearly knew everything, but he had to pretend to be ignorant, and even acted with Princess Yongning. Looking back, Princess Yongning herself felt ridiculous, as if she had been tricked and had no dignity.

"If Mr. Li really knew about this early in the morning, how did he know? Is there evidence, or did he hear the wind?" Mei Xiang remained calm as always, "I don't know about these things now."

"What do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that even if His Highness is in front of the Concubine, His Highness Cheng Wang said that it was Mr. Li who killed His Highness's flesh and blood, I'm afraid no one will believe it. Before that, we must pay attention to the evidence. If you test Mr. Li with the evidence, you will know whether Mr. Li is the mastermind behind the scenes."

Princess Yongning asked: "How to get the evidence?"

"During the conversation between the two in the darkroom, the servant girl heard that Mr. Li had used various methods to hope that His Highness would have an abortion, but in the end it was useless. This is also because when His Highness was in the Li family, he protected His Majesty very well. Among other things, His Royal Highness has never eaten a bowl of anti-fetal medicine fried in the kitchen of the Li family. He was afraid that someone would put medicine in it. They were all anti-abortion pills brought by the slaves from the princess mansion. But those anti-fetal medicines Others don't know about fetal medicine, they thought His Highness drank it, but in fact, he was dumped under the willow tree in front of the door by the servant girl."

"There are still some dregs left in those medicines, and they have accumulated a lot. Now that the servants are digging, they should be able to dig out some. As long as you take it to the medicine shop and let the doctor smell it, you will know whether there is a miscarriage in it. If there is any, it means that what those two people said just now is true, and Mr. Li really wants to kill His Royal Highness. If the medicine residues are all right, it means that the two are lying. It is to slander Mr. Li, so that both His Highness and Mr. Li will suffer."

Princess Yongning couldn't fault her words. After a long time, Princess Yongning said: "Okay, I'll listen to you. You go and dig out those medicinal materials, and ask them at the pharmacy tomorrow. If it's not, then it's fine. If Li Xian really harmed my child, I will Even if Gong is risking his life, he will drag their Li family to be buried with him!"

Her eyes were full of vengeance, Mei Xiang lowered her head and said, "Yes."

...

The news of Princess Yongning's miscarriage spread throughout the government and the public, and Shen Yurong was not unaware of it.

When he returned to Shen's residence, he saw a carriage parked at the entrance of Shen's residence. This was the carriage of Ningyuanhou's residence, Shen Ruyun came.

He frowned, walked in, and the servant came up to take off his coat for him. When they approached the room, Tangting, Shen's mother and Shen Ruyun were talking, seeing him coming, they stood up immediately.

Since Shen Ruyun married to the Ningyuan Hou Mansion, this was the first time she came back except for the day when she returned home. She was dressed more delicately than before, and the intricate patterns on her clothes were dazzling. Jewelry is worn on the head, hands, and neck, and everything is shining brightly, for fear that others will not see it.

It seemed that she was living a good life, at least her attire was better than before, but there was a lot more anxiety on her face. After becoming a woman, it seemed that the last bit of her beauty and charm as a girl was wiped out, and she became a complete official wife, no different from those ladies in Yanjing City. It's even more unsatisfactory.

"Brother," Shen Ruyun stood up, and said straight to the face, "Do you know, the princess has had a miscarriage!"

Shen Yurong glanced at her, sat down on one side, the maid hurriedly poured hot tea, and he took a sip of it before saying expressionlessly: "I know."

"Why don't you ask him? You should find a way to see her!" Shen Ruyun said, "Now is the time when she is most vulnerable."

"She is now Li Xian's wife, Grandma Li, what capacity should I go to see her?" Shen Yurong said calmly.

"So what if she's married? After all, she only has you in her heart, and she doesn't have that troublesome Li Xian."

"Shen Ruyun!" Shen Yurong said sharply.

Shen Ruyun was taken aback, Shen Yurong's tone was too harsh, but after a moment of silence, she murmured again: "That's right, the princess treats our family well, it's very pitiful for her to have a miscarriage, I sympathize with her That's why I said so."

"Yes," Shen's mother couldn't help but say, "Yurong, don't blame your sister, your sister is right. Our Shen family knows the princess's love for you. Don't let me down." people."

When Shen's mother spoke, Shen Yurong couldn't accuse Shen Ruyun sharply, and a trace of powerlessness flashed through her heart. His family kept saying that they were all towards Princess Yongning, not because of the deep friendship between Princess Yongning and the Shen family, but because Princess Yongning's status could make him a son-in-law and brother-in-law with King Cheng. In this way, he can rely on this relationship to climb up step by step, and climb to an enviable position without any effort.

"She's already married, mother." Shen Yurong reminded.

"I know, but now she has had a miscarriage." Mother Shen said, "She has had a miscarriage, and she still has you in her heart. As long as you say a few words, she can reconcile with the Li family and marry into our Shen family. "

"Yes, yes, yes," Shen Ruyun said enthusiastically, "Our Shen family will not take good care of her like the Li family!"

Just hearing these, people will probably feel that this is really a warm-hearted family. Regardless of the fact that this woman was married before and had children with other men, he still doesn't dislike her, and is looking forward to marrying her into his family. He still doesn't know that the child in Princess Yongning's belly is his, if he knows, it will be even more troublesome.

"Don't think about it," Shen Yurong said coldly: "She won't get along with her, and she doesn't need to enter the Shen family's door."

Shen Ruyun and Shen's mother were stunned for a moment, Shen's mother was extremely disappointed, but Shen Ruyun said: "Why? She is a princess, isn't she free to marry whoever she wants? The Li family didn't take good care of her, so she naturally has a reason to divorce her. ? It just so happens that you once had a wife, so marrying her seems the right thing to do!"

Deng is right... Shen Yurong almost wanted to laugh out loud, so in the eyes of his sister, he and Princess Yongning were right. Maybe, they are just as ruthless.

"No reason," Shen Yurong said, "It's getting late, you go back." After finishing speaking, he ignored Shen Ruyun, nodded with Shen's mother, left the hall, and walked into the yard.

Behind him came the voice of Shen Ruyun arguing with Shen's mother, and Shen Yurong didn't want to hear it either. In fact, his current official position is not low, but for some reason, Mother Shen and Shen Ruyun still hope that he can rely on Princess Yongning to climb up. Once upon a time, they only let him study hard, live frugally just to make up enough money for him to go to school, and never complained. But now, it is clear that he has no worries about food and clothing, but he is still not satisfied.

When did you start getting greedy? Shen Yurong didn't know, when he suddenly realized that things had reached an irreversible point, it seemed to be too late

In order to gain a higher position of power, his family did not hesitate to ask him to betray his dignity, even if the other party was already a married woman, Shen Yurong also felt a little disgusted when they wanted him to secretly communicate with her.

He really didn't want to get entangled in these matters, and the only thing he felt relieved recently was his child, the child in Princess Yongning's belly was gone. As a father, Shen Yurong didn't feel a bit sad, he even thanked the murderer, no matter who the other party was, he didn't care, he was just pleased that the other party helped him.

Let him be completely separated from Princess Yongning.

...

Shen Ruyun talked to Shen's mother for a while before getting on the carriage back home.

The Marquis of Ningyuan ignored her not because she was Shen Yurong's younger sister and did not dare to control her, but because Zhou Yanbang, the son of the Marquis of Ningyuan, and his husband didn't care about her existence at all and were indifferent. Therefore, no one cares whether she travels during the day or returns to her mother's house at night.

Back to Shen's house this time, in addition to persuading Shen Yurong to reconcile with Princess Yongning, Shen Ruyun also ruthlessly poured bitter water on Shen's mother.

After marrying into Ningyuan Hou's Mansion, Shen Ruyun's life was not easy. Zhou Yanbang lingered in Hualou all day long, drinking and having fun, and only came back at night when he was very drunk. Shen Ruyun got angry when he saw her, but Zhou Yanbang treated her like a stranger, no matter how he regarded her as his wife, even Jiang Yu'e, the Shen family's concubine, was better than Shen Ruyun.

Jiang Yu'e knows how to stay low and be a little girl, she is extremely considerate to Zhou Yanbang, and she has countless tricks, always entangled Zhou Yanbang in her yard. Shen Ruyun wanted to provoke her, but every time she couldn't catch Jiang Yu'e, Jiang Yu'e slipped away slipperily like a loach.

Only then did Shen Ruyun realize that in the back house of the inner courtyard, she had no means. Maybe it's because the Shen family didn't have any female relatives, the population was simple, and Xue Fangfei, the only foreigner, had a docile and gentle temperament. In the Shen family, Shen Ruyun had no opponents, so naturally there was no need to learn anything. In the unfamiliar battlefield of Ningyuan Hou Mansion, she became a defenseless person. The only thing that can be relied on is the identity of Shizi's wife, but Zhou Yanbang doesn't pay attention to this identity at all. It seems that whoever is the wife of the son of the world is the same.

Probably because Shen Ruyun was born too ordinary among the Yingying and Yanyan that Zhou Yanbang knew. Thinking back until the incident at the palace banquet, Zhou Yanbang had no impression of Shen Ruyun at all, so it can be seen that Zhou Yanbang is not I like Shen Ruyun, I don't even have a good impression.

Shen Ruyun begged Zhou Yanbang for love but failed, and the teacher was tricked by Jiang Yu'e. He was anxious and angry, so he had to ask Mrs. Ningyuan Hou, her mother-in-law, for help.

But Mrs. Hou looked kind and comforted her, but in fact she asked Shen Ruyun's elder brother, Shen Yurong, if she could speak well for Zhou Yanbang in front of the emperor so that Zhou Yanbang could return to his official career.

Shen Ruyun mentioned this matter to Shen Yurong, but Shen Yurong refused. Nine cows couldn't pull back what her elder brother had decided, so Shen Ruyun had no choice but to do so. After talking about it a few times, Shen Ruyun was hesitant, and Madam Hou didn't bother to care about these things. The next time Shen Ruyun came to complain again, Madam Hou said she was not feeling well, and she didn't bother to come out at all.

Thinking about it, Zhou Yanbang didn't have much money in his official career anyway, so he could play however he liked, and others would at most talk about it behind his back, and he wouldn't lose a piece of meat if he said a few words. Why hurt the relationship between mother and child for these trivial things?

Shen Ruyun was really helpless, she wanted to ask Princess Yongning for help. Shen Yurong refused to help, Princess Yongning would definitely help, but Princess Yongning married into the Li family at this juncture. Shen Ruyun panicked, if Princess Yongning married into the Li family and cut off contact with Shen Yurong, how far could the Shen family go, would the good times come to an end? Therefore, she hastily returned to Shen's residence to persuade Shen Yurong that even if Princess Yongning is married, she should not draw a clear line with Princess Yongning.

It's a pity that her ideas seem to run counter to her elder brother's.

Shen Ruyun didn't please both sides, she couldn't solve her predicament in Ningyuan Hou Mansion, and Shen Yurong from the Shen family had such an attitude. Shen Ruyun suddenly felt that it would be great if Xue Fangfei was here, at least she would think of a solution for herself, she is so smart, she must be able to find a way to gain a firm foothold in the Ningyuan Hou Mansion.

The carriage galloped away in the night, Shen Ruyun pressed his forehead.

Xue Fangfei is dead, she shouldn't remember a dead person. Moreover, it was precisely because of Xue Fangfei's death that the Shen family was prosperous today.

She was just a little dizzy by the recent troubles, she just couldn't understand Shen Yurong more and more, that's all.

...

One day and one night, four words that sound quite short, but to Princess Yongning, the time is extremely long.

Last night, Mei Xiang dug up the medicine dregs under the willow tree, wrapped them in a paper bag, and waited until today during the day, while buying in the mansion in the afternoon, went out of the mansion to go to the pharmacy to check whether there was really a problem with the medicine dregs. Princess Yongning stayed in the room alone, and she also had maids by her side, but without Mei Xiang by her side, she always felt as if she lacked a backbone. Especially after learning that the Li family might be hiding a conspiracy, Princess Yongning sat alone, always feeling that a dangerous moment would befall her.

She no longer has any trust in the Li family.

From when the sky is still very bright, until the evening. When Li Xian and his son came back, and Princess Yongning had her own dinner, the lights in the room were turned on.

Li Xian visited her in the afternoon, and Princess Yongning guessed that Li Xian had already gone to her own yard to rest. When she was waiting impatiently, the voice of Mei Xiang talking to the maids came from outside, Princess Yongning was refreshed, she sat up from the slum, and when she got off the slum, Mei Xiang came in from outside.

Princess Yongning waved away the servants around and told Mei Xiang to close the door. Mei Xiang closed the door, and after making sure that there was no one around, she took out the paper bag containing the medicine dregs from her bosom.

"The slave girl went out today. In order to avoid any mistakes, she went to several medicine shops in a row to let people smell what is in the medicine residue."

Princess Yongning hurriedly asked: "Did you find anything?"

Mei Xiang glanced at Princess Yongning, and said in a deep voice: "There are indeed drugs that cause miscarriage mixed in this drug residue. It will be fine at first, but if you take it for more than a month, your body will be extremely weak. Just move around and you will feel very weak. Yi Xiaoshan, but pregnant people are not so aware of this change in their bodies."

"What those two said is true, Mr. Li really wants to murder His Highness!" Mei Xiang said.

Princess Yongning staggered back a step, leaned against the bedpost, and suddenly clenched her fists, her eyes were about to burst into flames, she paused every word, and said through gritted teeth: "Li Xian, I want your dog's life!"