roccoschili Chapter 126 The only person I can ask for help is Su Jixue
Chapter 126 The only person I can ask for help is Su Jixue
Shen Family——
Shen also did not sleep well that night. She was angry with Su Jian, so she stayed at her parents' house, thinking of going home after breakfast or going to the princess's mansion to see Su Mingyue.
But unexpectedly, when I woke up, the sky in the capital had changed.
"What do you mean I can't go out? Mother, Mingyue is still in the princess's mansion. With the eldest princess's temper, I'm really worried about her!" Shen was so anxious that she didn't even go down to have breakfast.
"Don't even mention Mingyue now, the Jingji Guards have surrounded Prime Minister Zhuang's residence!" Zhuang's face looked very ugly. The Shen family was considered a well-informed family in the capital. After hearing the news from Zhuang's residence, everyone in the residence could no longer sit still.
"Is Prince Zhan crazy? Why isn't he dead..." Shen couldn't mention Prince Zhan now. She would grit her teeth if she mentioned him. If there hadn't been Prince Zhan, Mingyue and the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's engagement would have been completed long ago.
When she was in the princess's mansion and had no support from Prince Zhan, it would have been as easy for the princess to kill Su Jixue as it would be to kill an ant.
But she dared to speak carelessly, but the Shen family didn't dare to listen.
"Shen Zhuang!" The eldest lady of the Shen family couldn't help but frown. "It's such a strange time now, and you still don't care what you say. Everyone in the capital is in danger right now. How can you still be so outspoken?"
Mrs. Shen Er usually competed secretly with Mrs. Shen Da, but at this time, the two of them united their front. No matter what, the Shen family could not lose their composure and must see the situation clearly.
It's not just the female family members here. The capital was under martial law this morning. Many adults who were about to go to court were blocked at home and were discussing with their staff.
"What are you arguing about? You come here so early in the morning to bother an old woman like me!" Zhuang knew that her daughter's words were careless, but she was also dissatisfied with the eldest daughter-in-law scolding her daughter like this. She is still here now, and who will support Shen when she is gone one day?
"Zhuang'er, whether you want to see the bright moon or something happened in your grandparents' family, given the current situation in the capital, if you want to get some information, you have no choice but to ask Su Jixue." Zhuang is old and has experienced current affairs. Her father has experienced many ups and downs in his official career. Now that he is about to retire, there is no reason for him to cause any trouble.
Even if the War King really wanted to cause trouble for his father, it shouldn't be at this time, now.
The Shen family does not hold a high position in Beijing now, and they cannot receive many first-hand information, so it is not clear what happened to the banker and why he was surrounded.
If you want to find a way now, there is no way closer than Su Jixue.
After all, Su Jixue is still living in Prince Zhan's mansion.
"Let me beg her? Dream on!" Shen was furious as she thought of the humiliation she had suffered in Prince Zhan's mansion. "Do you think I should even bother to see her expression?"
"Just go when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much?" Zhuang was also displeased: "Now is the time to throw a tantrum?! I told you that the Jingji Guards surrounded the Zhuang Mansion. Now don't you think about how your maternal family is only concerned about their own face?!"
Zhuang could tell what her daughter was thinking at a glance. If nothing had happened to the Zhuang family, she would not have wanted her daughter to ask Su Jixue for help.
After all, they are not biological children.
But now, the only one who can speak for the banker in front of the War King is Su Jixue.
"Yes, now every family in the capital is locked up and not allowed to go out, but if you go to Prince Zhan's Mansion to see your daughter, no one will stop you." Madam Shen came to her mother-in-law to persuade her sister-in-law to lower her head and go to Prince Zhan's Mansion to test the waters and see what the current rules in the capital are so that their family can respond.
"Little sister, I don't know how many people in the whole capital envy you for having such a daughter." Madam Shen Er also chimed in, "Prince Zhan is now in power. If Jixue really becomes Prince Zhan's consort, our family will surely benefit from it!"
The two wives of the Shen family did not know the inside story, so they both advised Shen to be more open-minded.
But the more they tried to persuade her, the uglier Shen's face became, and the more her chest felt blocked. She looked at her mother with some resentment: "Mother, Mingyue doesn't know how to suffer now, and you still want me to beg Su Jixue. I feel so miserable!"
Madam Shen Da and Madam Shen Er looked at each other with a hint of affection in their eyes. They felt that this girl was really spoiled by her mother-in-law and always couldn't make sense at critical moments.
Su Jixue had a bad reputation before, but Shen Shi doted on her. Su Mingyue was famous in the capital, but Shen Shi seemed to be indifferent to her daughter, so everyone in the capital knew that Shen Shi doted on her eldest daughter.
But now that the Princess's Mansion has caused a commotion, Su Jixue and Su Mingyue's reputations have reversed, but Shen has become interested in Su Mingyue again! She was even causing trouble in Prince Zhan's Mansion before. She's really getting more and more confused!
"Then, if my younger sister really doesn't want to go see Jixue, I, your aunt, am willing to go to Prince Zhan's mansion to see her." Seeing that Shen Shi was really in a difficult position, Madam Shen couldn't help but say, "Sister-in-law, come with me."
Madam Shen Da was going to ask Madam Shen Er to come along, so they could help each other out when they had a conversation. Madam Shen Er's eyes lit up and she was about to nod, but Shen Shi was unwilling to do so: "If anyone wants to see it, I'll go, so I won't bother my sister-in-law!"
Shen finally realized that Su Jixue's current status was different from before. From the moment she was looked at differently by the War King, she was no longer a cat or dog that he could manipulate at will, but the future consort of the War King.
"You must not look unhappy when you go to see Ji Xue. Also, make up for what you said in Prince Zhan's mansion before!" Zhuang warned.
"I understand!" Although Shen was unhappy, she finally listened to it.
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At this time, the four major city gates and every street in the capital were heavily guarded, and the entire capital was in a depressing silence.
The King of War had already moved from Baihua Tower to the Zhuang family and was guarding the place where the Zhuang family's secret passage was blown up.
At this time, the Jingji Guards had already taken control of all the Zhuang family's courtyards. Muffled crying could be heard everywhere. The secret passage was blown up in the back house, and the Jingji Guards with their swords drawn had surrounded each courtyard tightly.
The people in Dahuang Mountain were exploring the secret passage that had been blown up, while the soldiers in Prince Zhan's Palace were only responsible for helping to clear roadblocks and do some physical work.
The King of War even sent the Jingji Guard to the home of the Minister of Works to ask him to recommend a capable official from the Ministry of Works who was good at surveying the terrain. At this time, the backyard of the Zhuang family had become a gathering place for important officials from the Ministry of Works.
The matter involves the Prince Regent of Nanqing, and everyone knows that it is of great importance. It would be a great achievement if we could find his whereabouts.
Meanwhile, the Zhuang family's inner courtyard, inexplicably ravaged by disaster, was in a state of panic. All the men in the family, led by Mr. Zhuang, had gone to the palace to file a complaint, leaving only the women trapped in the courtyard, unaware of the situation. They all felt as if the house was about to collapse, a catastrophe imminent.
"Master, Mr. Zhuang has already gone to knock on the palace gate. Do you want to stop him?" A secret guard appeared and reported to the War King.
"Let him enter the palace." Upon hearing this, the War King just stretched out his body sleepily. He glanced at the Chief Steward Huo gloomily and said, "I'll leave this to Master Huo. I'm going back to the palace to rest first."
Manager Huo nodded expressionlessly, knowing that the War King was about to do something bad.