binnovel Chapter 385 The Prince's Mystery: The Cannon Fodder Bride Forced into a Substitute Marquis'
Chapter 385 The Prince's Mystery: The Cannon Fodder Bride Forced into a Substitute Marquis'
After seeing Emperor Xinghe off, Su Jinyue looked at the estate behind her, feeling a little regretful. She had only lived there for a few months before having to move away again.
Su Jinyue thought that moving around would be troublesome, and given Shen Huaizhi's status, she estimated that they would have to move again soon.
Since all her important things are in her spatial storage, she'll just pack up the things she uses regularly.
Everything at the estate is as usual. People can come and stay at the estate to relax when they have free time.
Su Jinyue thought this way and told Shen Huaizhi, who agreed.
Everything Shen Huaizhi has achieved is thanks to Su Jinyue, so let's just listen to Su Jinyue.
Emperor Xinghe left him a few guards, but also took away Xi Yan and Bao Shu, who were his spies. Now that Shen Huaizhi had more and more secrets, it was best to deal with them as soon as possible.
If Shen Huaizhi were to take action, it would easily alert the enemy, but there would be no such concern if Emperor Xinghe were to act. Once the state apparatus is mobilized, even the Song family would not be able to detect any flaws.
She said she would just pack a little, but after tidying up and tidying up, Su Jinyue found that there were quite a lot of things to take with her.
Seeing that she couldn't reduce the number of things she brought, Su Jinyue simply brought them all. After all, the family had no shortage of people to move things or carriages.
After spending two days packing and explaining the affairs of the estate to the estate manager, Su Jinyue and Shen Huaizhi quietly returned to the capital.
As Su Jinyue's carriage passed through the city gate, it encountered a long line of carriages also queuing to enter the city. This group was led by shrewd and capable guards, with two extremely luxurious carriages in the middle, followed by countless carriages loaded with boxes and servants.
According to the people around, the group of people entering the city were from Prince Jingfan, a prince of the Tang Dynasty. It was Emperor Xinghe's fiftieth birthday, and Prince Jingfan had brought his concubine to the capital to celebrate the emperor's birthday.
Su Jinyue's carriage was parked to the side, waiting for Prince Jing's convoy to enter the city. She lifted the curtain of the carriage window and watched the two exquisite and gorgeous carriages in the procession slowly pass by.
These two carriages must be the carriages of Prince Jing and his concubine. When the carriage behind passed by, a gust of wind blew by, and in the instant the curtain was lifted, Su Jinyue caught a glimpse of a woman dressed in gorgeous clothes with an exquisite and alluring profile. She was clearly a beauty.
Su Jinyue had also collected information about Prince Jing, Tang Jingfan. Shortly after Emperor Xinghe ascended the throne, he was granted a fiefdom and went there to become a vassal king.
Princess Jing was betrothed by the late emperor, but Prince Jing did not like her. Later, Prince Jing found a beautiful woman from somewhere and doted on her. He then directly requested that she be made a concubine.
Consort Hua was greatly favored by Prince Jing. Even though she had been in his favor for seventeen or eighteen years, she was still the most favored woman in Prince Jing's harem.
I heard that Princess Jing was so suppressed that she built a Buddhist shrine in Prince Jing's mansion and never came out again.
Fifteen years ago, Consort Hua gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Prince Jing was overjoyed and immediately granted his son the title of heir apparent. After that, Princess Jing's position in Prince Jing's mansion became virtually meaningless, and Consort Hua held absolute power in the inner courtyard.
At first glance, Prince Jing seems to be a lustful man who has lost his mind. I heard that he has not managed his fiefdom well either. There are famines here and floods there. He has to go to Emperor Xinghe from time to time to complain about being poor and ask for some disaster relief grain to take back.
Su Jinyue, however, felt that this person should not be underestimated. Anyone who could emerge unscathed from the struggle for imperial power was no ordinary person.
Not to mention, Su Jinyue remembered that Prince Jing, Song Zhihua, and Lord Shen were all around the same age and were supporters of Emperor Xinghe.
Now that the Song family has been destroyed, Song Zhihua has disappeared without a trace, and Lord Shen is still a royalist, it's unclear whether Prince Jing is truly incompetent or just pretending.
Looking at Prince Jing's long convoy, Su Jinyue hoped that he was simply there to offer birthday greetings and had no connection with the Song family.
When Su Jinyue arrived at the residence bestowed by Emperor Xinghe, she was astonished to find that the residence had a five-courtyard layout!
Emperor Xinghe also provided a steward and servants. When Su Jinyue and Shen Huaizhi arrived at the door, the steward was already waiting at the entrance.
Su Jinyue and Shen Huaizhi had only been out of the Marquis's residence for a short time. Although they had trained some people, none of them were capable of handling things independently.
Since Emperor Xinghe has sent this person to be the steward, he must be trustworthy, so Su Jinyue can use him for the time being.
Su Jinyue and Shen Huaizhi followed the butler on a brief tour of their new home. As expected of a royal product, it was exquisite in every detail.
This house and this scenery are comparable to those of the Marquis of Xuanping's residence.
Su Jinyue kept praising it. Just thinking about how such a nice house would be theirs in the future made her laugh out loud.
What Su Jinyue didn't know was that even this residence was not satisfactory to Emperor Xinghe. How could his son live in a place worse than others?
But Shen Huaizhi hasn't officially been recognized yet, so giving him this residence is already quite outrageous.
Under Xia Yuzhong's earnest persuasion, Emperor Xinghe reluctantly agreed. Even so, Emperor Xinghe still felt that Shen Huaizhi had been wronged, so he took a lot of things from his private treasury and gave them to Shen Huaizhi.
When Su Jinyue saw the contents of the storeroom, she was truly dazzled. She thought that even for these things, it wouldn't be a loss to acknowledge Emperor Xinghe as her father-in-law.
Especially those precious medicinal herbs, although Su Jinyue had no shortage of them, this also represented Emperor Xinghe's sincerity.
When Shen Huaizhi saw Su Jinyue enter the storeroom, she was as excited as a little mouse that had fallen into a rice jar, touching and looking at everything, her eyes shining with greed.
Shen Huaizhi also felt that acknowledging this father was not bad, at least he was generous enough. He had been supported by Su Jinyue before, and although he had started to train his own people, the initial expenses still needed to be provided by Su Jinyue.
Shen Huaizhi also felt guilty for not being able to give Su Jinyue a better life. If the material things that Emperor Xinghe sent could make Su Jinyue happy, then he would be willing to 'sell himself' for them.
The day after Su Jinyue settled down, she and Shen Huaizhi quietly entered the palace, as Emperor Xinghe's health could not be neglected.
After three days of recuperation, Emperor Xinghe felt that his health had greatly improved, and naturally became even more convinced of Su Jinyue's treatment.
After a period of recuperation, Su Jinyue finally managed to detoxify Emperor Xinghe the day before his birthday banquet.
As for the infertility drug, Su Jinyue confirmed that its effects had been eliminated, but whether Emperor Xinghe could have more children in his later years depended on his physical condition.
Emperor Xinghe's birthday banquet was held in the palace. Su Jinyue and Shen Huaizhi also received invitations. Originally, given their status, they did not need to attend, but Emperor Xinghe made a pitiful request, and Shen Huaizhi, being soft-hearted, could not bear to refuse.
Emperor Xinghe and Shen Huaizhi had just recognized each other, and Shen Huaizhi still needed to attend his father's birthday banquet. Moreover, the Song family was planning to cause trouble at the banquet. Although Emperor Xinghe had made preparations, just in case, Shen Huaizhi and Su Jinyue felt it would be best for them to be present.