Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2584: Atonement for Sins 47.0
Song Yaojia looked at Shen Cha, stared at her for a while, and chuckled.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Song Yaojia's strange expression, Shen Cha touched his face and looked at Shen Haolin again, "What's on my face? Why is Brother Yaojia looking at me like that?"

"Nothing." Shen Haolin shook his head, looked at Song Yaojia, tapped the table lightly, and said, "Just say whatever you want to say. Don't make faces. Just say it directly."

"I was just thinking, those noble ladies in the capital don't even like Xiaocha, so what would their ideal daughter-in-law be like? You know, my father and uncle would occasionally talk about my marriage. They would ask me what kind of girls I like, and what I would do if the girl I like doesn't like me. I didn't know how to answer at the time, so I said I had never thought about it. They asked a few times and then stopped asking." Song Yaojia looked at the others and saw that they all looked puzzled. She sighed, "Do you think these noble ladies would ask their sons the same question? If their sons think Xiaocha is good, but they don't think Xiaocha is good, what would they do?"

"They won't do anything, because they know they can't afford him." Xue Ruitian looked at Shao Bai, "Isn't that right?"

"The Marquis is right. Your Highness, you are wrong. They don't think he is not good enough, but they think he is not good enough for them. The Duke, the Marquis, and the two little princes are the same." Shao Bai took a sip of tea and said, "I have heard several ladies tell the Queen Mother and the concubines that they also considered our eldest brother at the beginning, but after thinking about it, they probably can't marry him. First, our eldest brother is a military commander with a formal official position, and his official position is ranked third grade, which they really can't reach. Second, the eldest brother will not leave the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion, and they don't want to send their sons to marry into the family. What's more, they have to go to such a far place as Jiapingguancheng, where they can't see him once a year. They think it's not a good idea."

“That’s the point!”

"Yes!" Shao Bai nodded. "The same is true for the Duke, Marquis, and the two young princes. They think that the Duke of Zhenguo and the Marquis of Wuding will never return to Xijing City, so there is absolutely no way they will send their girls here. Besides, they think that in the minds of the Empress Dowager and the concubines, the eldest son and the eldest princess are the same, and Princess Shang is never one of their choices."

"This is quite self-aware. We have already discussed this before." Xue Ruitian and Bai Meng looked at each other, and then looked at Shen Haolin, whose lips curled slightly. They pouted with disdain and said, "In our several mansions, including the palace, if we count on our fingers, there are only two girls like Sister Jinyu and Xiaocha. Naturally, they are treasures. Those ugly guys in their families are not worthy of them."

"That was a few years ago. The boss's reputation has risen to a new level in recent years. In addition, he has been newly appointed as a general and is already ranked first. Who knows, after this battle, he may be promoted a little bit. No one dares to get involved." Shao Bai looked at Shen Haolin, smiled, and said, "Your Highness can rest assured."

Shen Haolin raised his eyebrows, ignored the other people's winks, and reached out to take the small bowl that Merlin handed over.

Shen Cha looked at the medicine in the bowl, sighed deeply, and drank it while pinching his nose.

"How long will it take to drink this?" Xue Ruitian saw that her eyebrows were twisted together in bitterness, and he was a little worried, "Miaomiao, can't you adjust the taste a little bit, add some sugar or something?"

"That won't work." Shen Cha waved her hand, "I'm used to it." She took a piece of candied fruit and stuffed it into her mouth, looking at Shao Bai and said, "What else do you know? Miss Sun from the Zeng family, do you know?"

"I know." Shao Bai nodded and looked at Song Yaojia. "The Miss Sun from the Zeng family that His Royal Highness just mentioned, since she saved His Majesty and His Royal Highness, she has run into His Royal Highness several times. The brothers around her have been watching her. She has guesses about His Royal Highness's identity, but she is not sure and has never verified it. It was just that during the two times she ran into His Royal Highness, she had no plans to go out. It was her mother who used an excuse to ask her to go to that place to buy something or do something, and that's how she ran into His Royal Highness."

"Her mother," Shen Cha was stunned, "wanted her daughter to become the Crown Prince's consort?"

"I don't know, but that should be the meaning." "." Song Yaojia looked at Shaobai, then looked at Yingbao and Yingshuan, "Is what Shaobai said just now true?"

Eagle Leopard and Eagle Falcon shook their heads slightly. "We don't know about this. If it was arranged by the palace, they wouldn't tell us. However, we did see the Imperial Guards following us. We thought it was just a coincidence."

"Your Highness, this order was issued by the late emperor. Your Highness the Eagle King, Prince Dai, and Prince Ning all agreed. Moreover, the people sent were not from Dark Shadow. At that time, Dark Shadow had not yet been established. So..." Shao Bai looked at Bai Meng, "It was Old Master Bai who sent people to follow."

"I don't know about that." Bai Meng shook his head calmly and said, "Things like this are very confidential. If Grandpa's people were to investigate and follow, they would report directly to the palace and the prince's mansion. However, Lao Zeng's character and family style are both good. If he judges that his granddaughter is harmless to you and Your Majesty, he should stop following her."

"Yes!" Shao Bai nodded, "This is what the Empress Dowager said when she was chatting with several concubines. The Empress Dowager said that at that time she also felt that the Zeng family might intend to let Miss Sun enter the palace, so she wanted to see her character. If she was really good, she would decide. But later, Master Zeng repeatedly contradicted the late emperor in the court, impeached the Zhenguogong Mansion, Wudinghou Mansion, and Marshal Liu's warmongering." He looked at Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian and Bai Meng, "Do you still remember the Duke, the Marquis, and the Commander-in-Chief?"

"I remember that the late emperor was angry for several days, but he didn't punish Lao Zeng because Lao Zeng didn't know that no matter which border, the high military pay expenditures were solved by themselves. Later, Lao Zeng had a secret talk with Your Majesty for a long time, but no one knew what they talked about." Xue Ruitian sighed and looked at Shen Haolin. Shen Haolin shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't know either. Then he continued, "Not long after, Lao Zeng's transfer order came down, and his family moved away and left Xijing City." He looked at Song Yaojia, "When you last met, you probably didn't know that you were parting, right?"

"Yes, the last time we met was before Mr. Zeng contradicted the late emperor. We haven't seen each other since then."

"No correspondence either?"

"No." Song Yaojia shook his head and said, "We almost always meet outside and never write letters. Although the first two times we met by chance, for subsequent meetings, we just agreed on the time and place to meet. If something happened and we couldn't be there, we would just send someone to tell the owner of the teahouse, tavern, or bookstore we had booked."

"You guys are really..." Bai Meng couldn't help but shook his head, "It's quite secretive!"

"The main thing is that frequent meetings don't matter to me, but they do have an impact on the girl, right?" Song Yaojia sighed, "Unfortunately, on the day Zeng Lao passed away, I had to go to the palace to study, so I couldn't see him off."

"If you go and see her off, she'll know who you are. After all, you can't just see her and not see Zeng Lao."

"That's right. So, even if I don't go to the palace, I won't go to see you off. At most, I'll just watch from a distance."

Seeing Song Yaojia like this, Bai Meng raised her eyebrows slightly, "You don't have to worry too much. Even if she knows, so what? If you two are really destined to be together, you will eventually be together, right?"