Phi-Fic Chapter 197 Asking for Leave
Chapter 197 Asking for Leave
Shen Tang frowned deeply.
The Fourth Wife asked, "Who spread this rumor? How could such an outrageous thing become so widespread?"
Shen Tang, "..."
ginkgo,"……"
Qiu Tong, "..."
It is indeed hard to believe, but Prince Ning is really the eldest son of their Pingyuan Marquisate.
But not many people know the identity of the eldest young master. Even Mrs. Jiang and the Jiang family's cousins don't know. Who spread this rumor?
Shen Tang was also worried about this. His eldest brother had been reluctant to return to his ancestral home because he was afraid that Princess Ning would not be able to bear the loss of her only grandson. He was afraid that she would not be able to bear the blow and would become seriously ill or even die.
Now that such a rumor has been spread, it is definitely not leaked by Prince Ning's Mansion. It can only be a problem from the Marquis' Mansion. If this gets to the ears of the old Princess Ning, and something happens, how will the Marquis' Mansion explain to the old Prince Ning and the eldest brother?
Shen Tang went through the people who knew her eldest brother's identity in her mind. Apart from her and her father, only her grandmother knew, as did her grandparents and the Prince Duan's Mansion. Apart from them, there was no one else. These people were grateful to Prince Ning for raising her eldest brother and would never do such a thing to take the life of Princess Ning.
What exactly went wrong?
Shen Tang really couldn't figure it out. Although this step had to be taken sooner or later, it came so suddenly that he couldn't help but worry.
Seeing anger on Shen Tang's face, but more of worry, the Fourth Madam was a little confused.
Tang'er's reaction seemed wrong no matter how you looked at it.
The anger is understandable, but this worry...
This is nothing to worry about, right?
Thinking of Shen Tang ordering Prince Ning to rescue people, thinking of the old lady easing relations with the Jiang family, and old Prince Ning talking to Shen Sui—
Could it be that Prince Ning is really the eldest son of their Pingyuan Marquis Mansion?
Songhe Hall.
Inside the house, the old lady had been bedridden for a few days and could no longer lie down, so she asked Mother Wang to help her get up and walk around.
Just as Madam Wang helped the old lady sit up, the maid came in and said, "Old lady, people outside the mansion are saying that Prince Ning is the eldest young master of our Pingyuan Marquis Mansion..."
The old lady was stunned and looked at Mother Wang.
How did this get spread?
Although the old lady was happy for this news to spread, the question was who was so close to her heart?
As the old lady changed her clothes, Shen Sui arrived and asked, "Did mother spread the rumors on the street?"
The old lady immediately became unhappy. "I hope Yan'er can return to his roots soon, but I won't do anything ungrateful and ruin Yan'er's future."
Shen Yan and Princess Roujia of Prince Duan's Mansion are engaged. If he doesn't recognize his ancestral roots, he won't be able to marry Princess Roujia. It's only a matter of time before he recognizes his ancestral roots.
She was already satisfied that her grandson was found after being lost for more than ten years. How could she ignore the life and death of Princess Ning just for finding him a year or two earlier? The Pingyuan Marquis Mansion was so ruthless and ungrateful. If she offended the old Prince Ning, even the emperor would be angry with the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion. This would ruin Shen Yan's future. The old Prince Ning treated Shen Yan like his own grandson. If Shen Yan stayed in the Ning Prince Mansion for more time and entered the court as an official in the future, the emperor would also treat Shen Yan well because of his filial piety in the Ning Prince Mansion.
She knows what is more important than what is less important.
It would be strange for the old lady to be happy if her own son thought of her this way.
Shen Sui also felt that the old lady would not do such a thing, but, "Not many people know about this. If it's not my mother, who else could it be?"
At least she was not the only one who knew, but Shen Sui only suspected her, his biological mother.
But it's no wonder Shen Sui thinks this way. Among those who know the truth, she is the one who is most anxious for Shen Yan to return to his roots. There is no one else.
The old lady asked, "Shouldn't the rumors reach the ears of Old Princess Ning?"
Whether or not the news reaches the ears of Princess Ning is secondary. Now that the news has spread so widely, all the civil and military officials know about it. Tomorrow morning, the censor will definitely ask Prince Ning about this matter in front of the emperor. If Prince Ning denies it, it will be deceiving the emperor.
Although the emperor respects Prince Ning, he will not agree to something that confuses the royal bloodline.
It can be said that once a rumor comes out, there are only two results.
Either Shen Yan returns to his ancestral home, or from now on Shen Yan becomes the true Prince of Ning.
It's really a wave of calmness and another wave of rise.
Shen Sui got a headache when he thought about the early morning tomorrow.
The headache is better.
You can take a day off if you have a headache.
The news that Prince Ning was the eldest son of the Marquis of Pingyuan spread throughout Kyoto and reached the ears of all civil and military officials. Rumors always spread faster the more outrageous they are, but not many people believed it.
First of all, Prince Ning is not the kind of person who would do anything to confuse the royal bloodline. Secondly, he was lost at the lantern festival at the age of four and suddenly transformed himself from the prince of the Marquis' Mansion to the prince of Ning's Mansion. If this is true, I don't know whether to say that the eldest young master of the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion is too unlucky or too lucky.
However, some ministers were skeptical. After all, Prince Ning was in poor health in his early years and was sent out of the palace to recuperate, but when he came back, he was strong and healthy, and was both civil and military. Moreover, he only had this one grandson, but instead of raising him by his side, he stayed at the border all year round, exposed to the wind and sand. It was indeed a bit strange.
Both of Prince Ning's sons are dead, leaving him with only this precious grandson. Shouldn't he be treated with great respect and be raised with the utmost care, fearing that something bad might happen to him?
The more strange things are, the more I feel that this rumor is not groundless.
At the morning court the next day, many ministers arrived at the palace a quarter of an hour early and discussed the matter outside the Council Hall. Among them, the royal family members were the most active.
If Xiao Huan was not the grandson of Prince Ning, then the Ning Palace would have no heir, and one would definitely have to be adopted from the clan. Perhaps this good thing would fall upon them.
Many ministers were waiting to go to court to ask Prince Ning questions, but when the court started, Prince Ning did not show up. Not only did Prince Ning not come, but Shen Sui also took leave.
Officials, "..."
However, neither Prince Ning nor Shen Sui attended court, so there was no time to discuss the matter. The censor reported the rumors to the emperor, "Your Majesty, it is widely rumored that Prince Ning's son is Shen Yan, the eldest son of Marquis Pingyuan Shen Sui, who has been missing for over a decade..."
The emperor sat on the dragon throne and said, "And then?"
Censor, “…???”
And then...what else then...
The Imperial Censor said, "Old Prince Ning did not attend the morning court, and neither did Marquis Pingyuan."
The emperor said, "Then let's wait until they attend the morning court and then ask them."
Such a turbulent topic that could cause a storm at any time was suppressed by the emperor, and everything became calm.
But the more this happened, the more the officials felt something was wrong.
Since this is a matter of royal bloodline, the emperor shouldn't be so indifferent. However, the emperor has always respected Old Prince Ning. Instead of guessing, it would be better to wait until Old Prince Ning comes to court and then ask directly.
As a result, Prince Ning did not attend court for three consecutive days.
Shen Sui only took one day off because the emperor said he would ask about it after they went to court. Only Shen Sui came, and no other minister mentioned this matter.