Chapter 48 His childhood sweetheart

Chapter 48 His childhood sweetheart

Song Shiwei said: "It's not an unreasonable or excessive request.

If Shi Wei encounters any difficulties in the future, I hope that the Marquis can lend a helping hand for the sake of the gift of this painting."

Yongning Hou understood that if she encountered trouble in the future, she hoped he could help her.

He smiled and agreed to her request: "Okay."

After a pause, he added: "You are a smart girl."

There have been a lot of rumors about the Shen family in the capital recently. A poor scholar from a poor family, who hasn't even passed the imperial examination and become the top scorer, dares to take advantage of the favor to embarrass the young lady of the Cheng Enbo Mansion. It can be seen that his character is not very good.

If Song Shiwei really came for her husband, he would be disappointed in her.

He said, "I, Gu Jia, accept your kindness. If you need anything in the future, you can come to me for help."

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

This is exactly what Song Shiwei wanted from him.

Marquis Yongning held an important position in the court. Since she had decided to divorce her husband, it was bound to arouse opposition from court officials.

After all, there has been no precedent of a woman divorcing her husband throughout history.

So she needs the support of Marquis Yongning. Only by taking down these important officials in the court can she have an absolute chance of winning!

"The party is about to start, come over."

Marquis Yongning did not stay long.

Song Shiwei bowed and turned to leave the study. She stopped and looked back at the room again.

I saw Marquis Yongning staring at the painting on the wall again, in a daze.

Her intuition told her that this painting of "Bank Reeds and Orchids" might have other meanings to Marquis Yongning, and it was definitely not just an ancient painting worth collecting.

Otherwise, Marquis Yongning would not have personally invited her over to express his gratitude.

It seemed that she had stumbled upon it by accident, and she had not expected that this painting would bring her such a big surprise.

No wonder Shen Linchuan was able to rise so quickly in his previous life.

The guards led Song Shiwei out of the inner courtyard, but because there was a garden in front of them, the guards did not continue to escort her there.

She walked towards the garden with Jingque.

When passing through a rockery forest, I suddenly heard a woman's voice coming from the front: "Brother Heng, are you okay?"

Hearing the three words "Brother Heng", Song Shiwei immediately pricked up her ears.

She hid behind a rockery nearby and looked at two people standing in a secluded place in front of her.

The man had his back to him, wearing a moon-white Shu brocade robe with a dandelion pattern.

The woman in front of him was wearing a bright red dress, warm and flamboyant.

Song Shiwei's eyelids jumped, and then she heard Jamel Xiao's low voice: "Miss Wen, long time no see."

Miss Wen?

The Wen family of the Duke Zhenguo’s Mansion?

"Brother Heng, are you blaming me?"

The woman's voice was choked with sobs and grievances. She said, "Marriage with the Crown Prince was not what I wanted. It was not Qing'er's intention to cancel Brother Heng's marriage proposal."

Song Shiwei covered her mouth in shock. This woman called herself Qing'er?

She quickly recalled in her mind that the young lady of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion seemed to be called Wen Ruqing.

In her previous life, she married the prince and became the crown princess.

So Wen Ruqing was once engaged to Xiao Jingheng?

Could it be that the girl that Xiao Jingheng could not forget was the young lady of the Wen family?

She likes to wear red clothes, her name contains the word "Qing", and she was engaged to Xiao Jingheng. Everything matches up, so it seems to be correct.

Song Shiwei didn't want to listen to them continue expressing their love to each other, so she turned around and left with Jingque.

Only after leaving the rockery and stone forest did she let out a sigh of relief and asked Jingque, "Did Miss Wen have an engagement with Prince Ling?"

Jingque replied: “I heard that it was decided for the prince when Empress Huo was still alive.

But after the prince left the capital, the marriage was cancelled, and later the marriage fell on the prince. "

Song Shiwei was not very clear about these old events. She only knew that the Duke of Zhenguo had only this one daughter.

His sister, Concubine Wen, also had only one daughter, Princess Leyang.

The Crown Prince is married into the Wen family, and has the Marquis of Yongning as his in-law, so he has two of the three most powerful people in the capital. It can be seen that his position in the Eastern Palace is very stable.

The most pitiful one is Xiao Jingheng. His mother's family was accused of treason and even the marriage contract he had made when he was a child was cancelled.

Before leaving Beijing, Xiao Jingheng was already ten years old, and he must have had a childhood sweetheart relationship with the young lady from the Wen family.

Childhood friendship is indeed hard to give up.

Ah.

Song Shiwei chuckled, she waved away the thoughts in her heart, and pretended that she saw nothing and came to the garden.

Then I heard a noisy voice not far away: "Everyone come and see."

Song Shiwei looked in the direction of the sound and saw a lot of people gathered together.

She was about to go over, but Qin Yueyao stopped her and said, "It's for you."

"what happened?"

Song Shiwei asked curiously.

Qin Yueyao said, "It seems that Miss Zhao lost a jade pendant. She suspected that your sister-in-law stole it, so she stopped the person and is making trouble."

Song Shiwei frowned. Song Mingzhu had two close friends, Zhao Jinling and Qian Xueer.

Their fathers did not hold high positions, so they tried to curry favor with Song Mingzhu, flatter her, give her advice, and do all kinds of bad things.

Song Mingzhu probably wanted to make her look bad at the banquet, so she set her sights on Shen Suyun.

"Go over and have a look."

When Song Shiwei came into the crowd, she saw Shen Suyun being surrounded by everyone.

Zhao Jinling, who had lost the jade pendant, was telling the whole story.

"After you bumped into me, my jade pendant was lost. Who else could have stolen it if not you?"

Zhao Jinling said to the crowd, "I think everyone knows that Miss Shen Suyun of the Shen family is a habitual offender. She was once known to everyone for stealing.

I didn't expect that even after coming to the Marquis' Mansion, I still couldn't change my habit of stealing things.

My jade pendant was hanging on my waist intact, but it disappeared after she bumped into me.

Anyone would have such doubts, right? "

"You are so slanderous."

Shen Suyun was furious and anxiously explained to everyone: "I didn't hit you, it was you who hit me."

Zhao Jinling sneered, "What a joke! I don't even know you, why would I wrongly accuse you?

We can find out if we search your body whether you stole my jade pendant or not. Do you dare to let us search?"

"What am I afraid of?"

Shen Suyun followed her words and fell into her trap without realizing it.

Zhao Jinling curled her lips and said, "In that case, search me. If I have wronged you, I will apologize to you, but if you have stolen something, I will send you to the police!"

Shen Suyun didn't steal her things, so she was very confident. She raised her head and said, "Search if you want. I'm not afraid of you."

Seeing this, Zhao Jinling ordered her maid, "Xiao Ru, search her body."

The maid named Xiaoru walked over and groped Shen Suyun's body.

Finally, he felt something around her waist and took it out, and it turned out to be a jade pendant.

She was surprised and said, "Miss, it is really your jade pendant."