Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 661 I, Xiao Qingyuan, am not a fool!

The night is as dark as ink, and everything is silent.

Shen House.

In the front hall, the candles flickered, making Xiao Qingyuan's face flicker as he stood there.

"Shen Guannian, how dare you cheat me?!"

His eyes were sinister, and his voice was filled with unexpressed anger: "You agreed to let me snatch the bride, but in the end, you dared to use Shen Mingxuan instead of Shen Wantang to fool me! I think you don't want to be an official anymore, and you don't want your life either!"

After he snatched the person back, he did not lift the veil immediately, because he did not lift the veil of Shen Wantang in his previous life. This was one of the biggest regrets between him and Shen Wantang. So he had to be solemn in this life no matter what. He had to ask Nanny Xi to read the blessing speech and make Shen Wantang feel like she was getting married.

Moreover, he never thought that he would rob the wrong person, so his first reaction was to hide the person first, so that the madman Gu Qianhan would not come to Prince Ning's Mansion to rob people.

But he waited and waited for a long time but Gu Qianhan didn't come, not even one of his men came, and the Duke's Mansion didn't send anyone to ask for an explanation.

It was so much so that he became a joke as he was standing guard at the door with a large group of guards.

Xiao Qingyuan still understood Gu Qianhan, and he knew that this was definitely not Gu Qianhan's style.

No one can remain indifferent to such a thing as bride kidnapping, let alone a proud man like Gu Qianhan. Even if he doesn't like Shen Wantang, he will not allow him to kidnap the bride, otherwise he will become the biggest laughing stock in the entire capital tomorrow and lose all his face.

He finally realized something was wrong, ran back to the house in a hurry, and pulled off the bride's big red veil.

As a result, I saw Shen Mingxuan's face.

No wonder she didn't respond to anything he said to her on the way back. He thought she was angry, but it turned out that she was not angry at all. She was afraid that her identity would be exposed if she spoke!

He was so angry that he didn't even bother to scold Shen Mingxuan. He ran out and took the guards to the Duke's Mansion to prepare to snatch someone back.

But the Duke's Mansion was holding a wedding today, and there were so many guests that they blocked the entrance. In addition, there were also people gathered inside and outside to watch the fun, so the whole street was packed.

He was so anxious, but couldn't get through at all.

After the crowd dispersed, he rushed over, but heard that Gu Qianhan and Shen Wantang had already been married and sent to the bridal chamber!

He was anxious to climb over the wall to get in, but the Duke's Mansion was heavily guarded and he was beaten as soon as he showed his head.

The Duke's Mansion is not the same as the Prime Minister's Mansion. Prime Minister Liu is a civil official, and the guards at his home are not strict, so it is easy for him to find loopholes. But the Duke of Zhenguo is a military general, and he has military power in his hands, so the entire Duke's Mansion is guarded like an iron barrel. How can Xiao Qingyuan just enter it as he pleases?

The reason why he was able to rush into the Duke's Mansion in his previous life was because Gu Qianhan deliberately let him in.

Later, he did not give up and wanted to let the guards rush in to snatch the bride. Unexpectedly, the Duke of Zhenguo Gu Rongchang came out to meet him in person. After knowing that he was there to snatch the bride, he criticized him openly and secretly, and even scolded Prince Ning.

In the whole of Dafeng, the only ones who dared to scold Prince Ning were the Emperor and the Empress Dowager and the Duke of Zhenguo.

Xiao Qingyuan had no choice but to leave in disgrace.

He was so angry after being scolded that he returned to the palace and scolded Shen Mingxuan. After scolding Shen Mingxuan, he was still not satisfied, so he brought Shen Mingxuan to the Shen family to scold Shen Guannian.

However, Shen Guannian was also shocked. He looked at the furious Xiao Qingyuan and Shen Mingxuan in her bright red wedding dress and cried out, "Prince, I was completely unaware of this matter! Even if I had ten times the courage, I wouldn't dare to replace Tang'er with Xuan'er!"

"Uninformed? You still dare to say you didn't know? You and I are the only ones who knew I was going to snatch the bride! You're the only one who could have arranged for your eldest daughter to sit in the same carriage as the bride!"

"It really wasn't me! Xuan'er, quickly explain to the prince why you got into your sister's carriage? And why are you wearing such clothes? Tell me!"

Shen Mingxuan stood there with a gloomy face, her heart having sunk to the bottom.

She originally thought that after being snatched back by Xiao Qingyuan, she would naturally become his Crown Prince's Consort. After all, he had already snatched her back, and it would be unreasonable to send her back home, which would bring shame to the Ning Wang Mansion.

At the very least, she could get the position of a concubine.

It's better than her being killed by Shen Guannian at home to save his face.

But she didn't expect that Xiao Qingyuan didn't care about his face at all. He scolded her harshly, calling her lowly and shameless, and scolding her for being crazy and trying to get close to Prince Ning's Mansion.

Then, he sent her back to the Shen family without any hesitation.

Everything about her future was ruined. She couldn't get married, so why was Shen Wantang still able to marry into the Duke's Mansion? Why could she live a good life?

Her nails dug deep into the flesh of her palms, and she said in a hoarse voice, "All of this was planned by Shen Wantang. She gave me my wedding dress and arranged for me to hide in her carriage. It was also she who did it."

"The carriage had been modified in advance. There was a secret box inside that could accommodate one person. Shen Wantang seemed to know that the prince would steal the bride, so he asked me to hide inside in advance."

"When the prince comes to snatch the bride, I will come out and she will hide in. This way, I can disgust the prince and ensure that she can marry into the Duke's Mansion smoothly."

"Shen Wantang is very scheming and has many evil ideas. I didn't want to deceive the prince, but Shen Wantang said that if I didn't do as she said, she would spread my ugly deeds. I had no choice but to listen to her."

As she spoke, she knelt down and cried bitterly, "Please scold me, my lord. Please punish me, my father. I was forced to go along with Shen Wantang. I deserve to die!"

Shen Guannian was furious after hearing this: "How ridiculous! This girl actually threatened her own sister to do such a thing! I knew she was getting too powerful now and she doesn't care about anyone anymore! If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have agreed to the Duke's marriage proposal. If she couldn't marry into the Duke's Mansion, she wouldn't dare to be so arrogant!"

Xiao Qingyuan's face was gloomy, and he did not completely believe what Shen Mingxuan said. After all, he had lived his life again, and he knew clearly what kind of person Shen Mingxuan was. He had learned enough lessons in his previous life and knew that Shen Mingxuan never told the truth.

He said coldly: "Shen Mingxuan, although what you made up sounds reasonable, I am not a fool who can be fooled by you."

"If you were really coerced, you should have whispered a reminder to me when I snatched you away. I'm not deaf. I can distinguish the voices of you two sisters."

"If I hear something wrong, I'll remove the veil right then and there. If I know I've robbed the wrong person, I'll go after Shen Wantang again!"

"But you didn't say anything. Even after I took you back to Prince Ning's Mansion, you still didn't say anything. You even kept holding on to your veil tightly, afraid to show your face so I could see it was you!"

"So, I guess you got into that carriage of your own accord! After all, you wanted to marry me before, so naturally you wanted to seize this rare opportunity today!"