Yan Beichen looked at Shen Mingzhu's slightly furrowed brows and said softly,
"I have no romantic relationship with her. She was the one who wanted to cry. You saw it yourself!"
Hearing Yan Beichen's words, Zhou Zihan cried even harder.
"Waaaaah!!! My cousin, the Crown Prince!!!"
A noblewoman from Shengjing burst into tears in the street, immediately attracting a large crowd of onlookers.
[Brother Crown Prince, I hate you so much! I'm going to tell Auntie that you bullied me, sob sob sob~~~]
As soon as Shen Mingzhu finished speaking, Zhou Zihan stood up, wiped away her tears, and said with red eyes.
"Brother Crown Prince, I hate you so much! I'm going to tell Auntie that you bullied me, waaaaah~~~"
Exactly the same!
Crown Prince Yan Beichen: ...
Shen Qinghong: ...
Shen Qingbo looked at Zhou Zihan with a complicated expression, speechless.
Waaaaahh ...
Trying hard not to laugh.
Shen Mingzhu: Pfft!
Zhou Zihan: You actually laughed at me!
"Miss Shen, let me tell you, my cousin, the Crown Prince, and I grew up together as childhood sweethearts. The Crown Prince is mine, and my aunt, Empress Lin, loves me the most. She will definitely help me. If you know what's good for you, you'd better get the Crown Prince to break off the engagement right away, or you'll suffer in the future."
Shen Mingzhu: !!!
[What a domineering young lady!]
What a spoiled young lady!
Crown Prince Yan Beichen quickly spoke up after hearing this.
"Miss Zhou, my marriage to Miss Shen was personally bestowed by the Emperor. You should find another suitable husband. I will not like you, and you will not be able to enter the Crown Prince's Palace. I have promised Miss Shen a lifetime of one love and one partner. Do you understand?"
"Waaaaah!!! I don't understand! You're the Crown Prince, how could you only have one woman? I don't believe it!"
"Tell me, did you force the Crown Prince? You have committed the crime of jealousy, one of the seven grounds for divorce. You are not worthy of the Crown Prince."
Shen Mingzhu looked at the girl, who was both somewhat eccentric and innocent, and said with a smile,
"What, Miss Zhou, are you questioning His Majesty's bestowal of marriage? Can't you understand human language? The Crown Prince just said that it was he who promised me a lifetime of monogamy, not that I requested it!"
"Understand?"
Zhou Zihan covered her ears.
"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!!!"
Shen Mingzhu, "Believe it or not!"
[Guagua, do you think this Miss Zhou has some kind of anxiety disorder? Her emotions are so unstable.]
[Host, Miss Zhou is just having a temporary breakdown because she can't accept that His Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have feelings for her.]
Shen Mingzhu looked up at her.
[Guagua, these noble ladies raised by aristocratic families are too fragile. They can't even handle a few words?]
[Host, the noble ladies carefully nurtured by these aristocratic families are quite formidable! Among these centuries-old families, Zhou Zihan is an exception. Don't generalize or be blinded by a single leaf.]
[Host, in the end, it's because you're too strong! My host is invincible, the best!]
[Hahaha~~~ Guagua, keeping a low profile, my feline overlord is watching!]
Meow~~~
They want to spit fireballs.
Shen Mingzhu patted the cat in her arms. The weather was dry, so she couldn't just spit out fireballs!
Hearing Shen Mingzhu's evaluation of her, Zhou Zihan puffed up her cheeks like a little pufferfish, which made Shen Mingzhu laugh.
Looking at the people around her, she always felt that they were laughing at her.
She suffered too many setbacks today.
In particular, she could actually hear Shen Mingzhu's inner thoughts, but couldn't express them.
She watched as Shen Mingzhu took a few steps back, then staggered away with her maid.
She was so heartbroken today!
She thought she wouldn't be going out for a while.
After she regained her senses, she needed to process the information she had received today.
After such a commotion, everyone naturally returned to their own homes.
After exchanging few words, Shen Mingzhu, Yan Beichen, and their group headed towards the Marquis of Changping's residence.
After sending Shen Mingzhu back, Crown Prince Yan Beichen returned to his residence.
After returning home, he went to his study and wrote a letter, which he then sent to the palace.
...
The following day, after attending the morning court session, Shen Mingzhu and Shen Changyuan both returned to their residences.
Today is the day Shen Jiaojiao returns to her parents' home.
The whole family sat neatly in the main hall, drinking tea and waiting for someone to return.
But no matter how long they waited, no one came back.
"Is it after marrying into the royal family and our Marquis's mansion no longer worthy of her attention?"
He placed the teacup heavily on the table with a long, deep breath.
"My lord, please calm down. They may already be on their way, almost there..."
"Snort!"
Looking at the fuming Shen Changyuan, Shen Mingzhu asked the system in her mind.
[Guagua, will Shen Jiaojiao and Prince Xuan return today?]
[Host, the Xuan King is currently on the bed with two top-tier Yangzhou courtesans, Yang Guifei and Zhao Feiyan, and hasn't gotten up yet!]
As for Shen Jiaojiao, she's still busy searching for an antidote to the stinky pills on her body and is probably too busy with Zhou Hanchuan to remember that it's her homecoming day!
"Bang!"
Shen Changyuan was very displeased.
"Alright, everyone go back and rest. As for Shen Jiaojiao, Madam, send her biological parents to the Xuanwang Mansion later. Let them go back to their places to avoid any future disputes or trouble!"
"Remember, make sure this is handled properly. Write a contract for her to sign and keep it safe! We've raised her all this time, and now she's married off from the Marquis's mansion to the Xuan Prince's mansion in style. We've done more than enough!"
Upon hearing this, Xie Qinghuan, the mother of Shen, was overjoyed.
Good! Good! Good!
She already has one daughter, and what's with all this talk about twins? It's just too much.
It should have been done a long time ago!
"Rest assured, my lord, I will take care of this matter."
"Um."
The Shen brothers, Shen Qinghong and Shen Qingbo, exchanged a glance and sighed deeply in their hearts. Jiaojiao had really gone too far!
That's good!
The Xuanwang Mansion and the Crown Prince Mansion belong to two different factions...
[Guagua, look what's wrong with my dad? Is he going to cut ties with the fake heiress, Shen Jiaojiao?]
[Hmph! If only he had known this would happen! He even gave her a dowry for nothing, what a waste of money! With that money, she could have bought so much grain and helped so many people!]
Shen Changyuan: ...It was still his fault!
The decision to keep Shen Jiaojiao was made by the whole family.
He thought at the time that it was just one more person, and that their Marquis's mansion could afford to support them. He never expected things to turn out this way.
If he had known this would happen, he should have defied all opposition and sent her back to her biological parents.
Well...
Hindsight is always 20/20.
Shoukangyuan.
The old lady, Madam Wang, frowned deeply as she listened to the maid Cui'er's report.
"Cui'er, did Jiaojiao and the Second Prince really not return to the Marquis's residence?"
"Yes, Madam. The Marquis and Madam were so angry that they wanted to sever ties with her and declare that she was not the second young lady of the Marquis's mansion."
"How could it be like this? It's not just that!"
"They're all such a handful!!!"
"Go, find a servant to go to the Xuan Prince's residence and see if the carriage is already on its way."