0p0 Chapter 1091 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (213)
Chapter 1091 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (213)
Chapter 1091 The eldest daughter is as bright as spring flowers (two hundred and thirteen)
Zhu Yuanwu's martial arts skills were mediocre, his appearance was damaged, and he was in love with a concubine's daughter. These qualities clearly made him an undesirable husband in the eyes of the noble ladies of the capital. Naturally, the noble ladies of the capital looked down on Zhu Yuanwu. Otherwise, the Marquis of Anping would not have compromised when his son insisted on marrying Chen Ba.
After all, a man's reputation is equally important. If a man is unattractive, mediocre in talent, and of ordinary status, and he already has someone in his heart, how can those noble women take the initiative to throw themselves into his arms?
However, for the three concubine daughters of the Chen family, the situation is quite different. Zhu Yuanwu is the only male heir in the Marquis's mansion, and his wife has a strong chance of becoming a Marquis's wife, a truly unparalleled honor. Zhu Yuanwu's heart is set on Chen Ba. While the Marquis's family is often considered a privileged position, Chen Ba at least has her husband's protection. So, are Chen Si and Chen Qi truly happy for their sister's happiness? Would they be happy to see their sister become a Marquis's wife? The answer is clearly no!
Since they couldn't bear to see their sister live a good life, could they just watch helplessly? Of course not.
The Marquis' Mansion has always attached great importance to its reputation. As long as Zhu Yuanwu and Chen Ba are not careful before their marriage and are caught, they don't believe that Chen Ba will not be demoted from the wife to a concubine. At that time, she can only enter the Marquis' Mansion through the side door.
As for Lu Heng, as long as things succeeded, under the pressure of the Chen family, Chen Si and Chen Qi both felt that they had a 60% chance of marrying him as their legal wife.
However, things are unpredictable, and by a series of coincidences, Lu Heng actually escaped.
Qingli rescued Lü Heng, who had been knocked unconscious by Chunlan after attempting to escape from taking traditional Chinese medicine, and subsequently contacted his brother. After administering the medicine, Lü Heng gradually regained consciousness and reunited with the siblings. Meanwhile, Zhu Yuanwu stumbled upon the room lit with the special spices, believing it was Miss Chen Ba who was about to confide in him.
The Ninth Princess followed closely behind. She had already arranged for someone to lead Lu Heng to this room, making Chen Qi wait in vain. Lu Heng would not come anyway.
But just like the last time when the Ninth Princess fell into the water, she thought it was Wei Ying who rescued her, but it turned out to be the little fat boy Zhao Yu beside Wei Ying. She never expected that the two sisters of the Chen family would be so crazy. While plotting against Lu Heng, they also wanted to plot against Chen Ba and Zhu Yuanwu.
She never dreamed that the person who appeared in the room would be Zhu Yuanwu, not Lu Heng.
There were no lights in the house, only the faint scent of incense that filled my nostrils. In this dim environment, the hero and heroine of the story have quietly changed, without realizing it.
Chen Qi waited in the next room for a long time, but no one came. She had to put on her clothes and go out to look for him. Only then did she find that the number plate outside the room had been changed! She quickly changed the number plates of the two adjacent rooms back to their original positions, but she didn't pay attention to the movement inside.
Just at this time, Chen Si came over and accused her of disregarding sisterhood and sending people to stop her and ruin her good deeds.
Soon, Chen Ba arrived as promised, but did not see Zhu Yuanwu in the next room.
The three sisters gathered together, and each guessed the other's intention. Suddenly, they heard the movement of men and women in the room. The three of them had different expressions, but they did not dare to open the door and go in.
The three sisters first blamed each other, but soon a large group of people were attracted. They had to leave in a hurry, but they were still worried, so they pretended to be attracted and returned to the outside of the room.
After Zhu Yuanwu woke up, he found that the person crying beside him was not his Miss Chen Ba. He thought it was a maid from Miss Dunmin's mansion who had climbed into his bed. It turned out that he had recognized the wrong person.
But when he saw that the person was the Ninth Princess, his heart sank suddenly, and he immediately understood the situation he was in. He absolutely could not admit that he had made an appointment with Chen Ba. This was all a deliberate plot by the Ninth Princess to avoid the marriage!
Even if the emperor wanted to conceal the affair between Zhu Yuanwu and the Ninth Princess, he couldn't do so and had to find a scapegoat. He couldn't let the Ninth Princess take the blame; she represented the royal family.
Eventually, the entire capital city knew that the Ninth Princess was having an affair with the eldest son of the Marquis of Anping. It was said that they were implicated because of a fight among the concubines of the Chen family.
The emperor was furious, and Old Master Chen was stripped of his position as censor, forcing him to return home in disgrace. The eldest master of the Chen family was demoted from fifth rank to ninth rank, while the second master of the Chen family was also dismissed from his seventh rank and forced to relinquish his official uniform. Zhu Yuanwu's marriage to the eighth daughter of the Chen family was also called off.
As for the three young ladies of the Chen family, the emperor did not do anything to them, but in order to express their attitude, the Chen family announced to the outside world that Chen Si and Chen Qi had died of illness. In fact, they had entered a nunnery.
Chen Ba also fell seriously ill and needed to be bedridden for a year or two. As for the Ninth Princess and Zhu Yuanwu's wedding, the Emperor ordered it to take place a month later. The hasty timing clearly indicated the Emperor's displeasure with the Ninth Princess.
Seven days later, at a palace banquet to welcome the Mongolian envoys, Qingli met the Ninth and Eleventh Princesses again. Both princesses looked haggard, their heavy makeup unable to conceal their exhaustion. Judging from their attitudes, it was clear that they had completely fallen out.