Shen Wanqi: "How do I know that the emperor..."
Princess Ancheng interrupted him and lowered her eyebrows: "Grandma is already so old. She will definitely be shocked when she finds out about this... and she doesn't know what to do..."
Shen Wanqi: "Grandma..."
Shen Wanqi: "Yan Xi, I really don't know why the emperor punished me. I swear to God I really didn't do anything!"
Princess Ancheng sighed: "Is it possible that the emperor's brother has wronged you? My husband, as a minister, you should share your worries for me.
"Brother Huang said that you were wrong because he wanted you to reflect, not to be stubborn... You just need to talk to Ancheng about these things. Don't mention them to others outside of this."
Shen Wanqi: "No, because of my husband..."
Princess Ancheng sighed: "Hasn't the Marquis been beaten enough today?"
Shen Wanqi gritted his teeth and almost wanted to lift the table. What happened to Chu Yanxi today? Every word she said seemed to be for his own good, but in fact, every word she said was blaming him! Put all the blame on him!
Shen Wanqi originally didn't want to offend her, but now he couldn't bear it anymore: "I..."
However, before he could say a few words, Old Mrs. Shen's cry could be heard outside.
Shen Wanqi had no choice but to shut up, "Why is grandma here..."
Princess Ancheng: "The Marquis was beaten so badly, of course my grandmother wanted to come and see her, but I don't know where she went, and she came so late..."
Shen Wanqi's eyes dodged when he heard this: "Maybe he went to visit somewhere..."
"Wan Qi!"
Mrs. Shen rushed back all the way after receiving the news, fearing that she would see Shen Wanqi's body when she came back late.
When I opened the door to the study and saw Shen Wanqi lying on the couch, I felt relieved.
While crying, he cursed: "What on earth have you done to make the emperor so angry? If you have any shortcomings, how can you let grandma live!"
"You unfilial son!"
Mrs. Shen held Shen Wanqi's shoulders with trembling hands: "They said the emperor hit you. Where did he hit you? Quickly let grandma see!"
Princess Ancheng said thoughtfully: "Grandma, it's just a plan."
Mrs. Shen almost fainted after hearing these words. No wonder Shen Wanqi had been lying on the couch. It turned out to be a slap in the face!
She said in a panic: "How much did you hit?"
Princess Ancheng's red lips slightly opened and she uttered two words: "Twenty."
When Mrs. Shen heard this number, she suddenly felt dizzy and fainted.
"grandmother!"
Shen Wanqi watched helplessly as the old lady fainted on the ground. Princess Ancheng hurriedly said: "Come here, the old lady has fainted. Call the doctor quickly!"
After hearing this, the servants waiting outside the door suddenly panicked. Several nuns around the old lady hurriedly came in and tried to wake the person up, but to no avail. They had no choice but to carry the person back to the yard first. , waiting for the imperial doctor to come for consultation.
But Shen Wanqi didn't ask anything from Princess Ancheng. Instead, he felt frightened by what was underneath him. He hurriedly sent someone to carry him back to the yard, saying that he would not lie there anymore for fear of soiling the emperor's gift. Things are punished with a cane again.
After the imperial doctor arrived, Princess Ancheng also went to the front yard, where she saw Leng Xia, who had just given birth to a stillborn fetus.
Different from the high spirits of the previous days, Leng Xia was now pale and depressed. He was wearing loose clothes and holding the child abandoned by the heroine in his arms. He was looking worriedly at the unconscious Mrs. Shen.
As Princess Ancheng saw it, Leng Xia was not having a good life. The child she had always relied on was gone and it was a stillbirth. Everything was over.
God knows how surprised she was when she heard it was a boy, and how desperate she was when she heard it was stillborn.
What should she do to gain a foothold in the Shen family without her child? How can I live safely in the Shen family?
Without her child, what should she do to make Mrs. Shen and Shen Wanqi accept her?
If the eldest princess knew what she had done, she would definitely not end well!
Leng Xia was almost desperate to the extreme when she saw the dead baby. When she saw Mrs. Shen and Shen Wanqi walking away, she felt like the sky was falling.
Fortunately, the child that the woman left behind was there, and the old lady showed mercy and said that she could keep her, but she must take good care of the child.
Leng Xia hurriedly agreed, vowing that she would take good care of this child.
In fact, there is another reason that Mrs. Shen has not revealed, that is, Leng Xia's stillborn child is the only baby boy in the Hou family so far!
Although it was a stillbirth, it must have been caused by running around in the garden before, so Mrs. Shen believed that as long as Leng Xia continued to stay in the Hou Mansion, a second baby boy would one day be born!
Leng Xia anxiously walked back and forth in front of the bed with her child in her arms. Mrs. Shen was her god now. If something happened to Mrs. Shen...
Leng Xia was stiff when Princess Ancheng came in with the imperial physician. After bowing her head and saluting, she immediately asked the imperial physician to quickly treat Mrs. Shen.
As the eldest princess's personal maid, Leng Xia obviously had a lot of good homes to choose from, but she chose the worst path and had no chance to look back.
After the diagnosis, the imperial doctor said that Mrs. Shen was overly worried and frightened to the point of coma, but it was nothing serious. She could just take some medicine to recuperate her body.
The grandma on the side nodded immediately and listened carefully to the imperial doctor's instructions, while Leng Xia walked to Shen Wanqi's side to ask for help.
Shen Wanqi originally wanted her to stay away from him, but looking at those eyes that were similar to Rou'er's, he couldn't say anything, so he could only let her stand aside.
Shen Wanqi's injured doctor had no other choice but to lie in bed and rest.
After seeing off the old doctor, Princess Ancheng went straight back to the courtyard without staying in front for a moment longer.
The fact that Shen Wanqi was personally brought to the palace by the emperor to punish him with a stick spread to all the aristocratic families in the capital after the court the next morning.
Once the news came out, some people were happy and some were sad. The ministers who usually had a good relationship with Shen Wanqi suddenly looked sad, wondering what they would do if their consort fell out of favor.
However, the family members of King Ling, who were their sworn enemies, were very happy and wanted to hold a banquet to celebrate.
All of a sudden, all the court officials were trying to figure out the emperor's heart, trying to figure out what the emperor was going to do.
Could it be that Pingyuan Marquis Shen Wanqi is falling out of favor?
It doesn't make sense. This is the consort of the emperor's favorite sister, Princess Ancheng. The princess and the newly-born princess are being pampered, so why is the consort always punished?
Everyone couldn't understand the emperor's intention, and they were all worried. If Marquis Pingyuan fell out of favor, then they could report the shady things done by Marquis Pingyuan and his associates without any scruples!
But if he hadn’t fallen out of favor...
No one dared to gamble, so they could only brush away their thoughts and go to court peacefully.
