mesbooks Chapter 274: Abduction
Chapter 274: Abduction
During the palace examination, Emperor Jing specially arranged for her to hide behind a screen so that he could secretly choose her ideal husband.
Just as many young talents filed in, her eyes were instantly attracted by a man named Jiang Ping.
He was thin and frail, like a willow branch swaying in the wind. His pitiful appearance made her feel itchy and she wanted to tie him to the bed and ravage him severely.
After expressing her feelings to her father, she was overjoyed to think that this man would soon be hers.
However, not long after, her father told her that the candidate needed to be replaced because Jiang Ping's family had already arranged a marriage.
In fact, Xiao Jinhuan didn't take this matter too seriously at first.
After all, for her, at first she just wanted to share the joy of love and sex with Jiang Ping. As for whether Jiang Ping was willing to marry her, she didn't care at all.
However, despite this, Xiao Jinhuan still pretended that they met by chance and ran into Jiang Ping on the street twice.
Unexpectedly, every time Jiang Ping saw her, he avoided her as much as possible.
This attitude not only did not make Xiao Jinhuan feel like backing off, but instead further aroused her strong desire to conquer deep in her heart.
Xiao Jinhuan thought to herself: Since I can't abduct Jiang Ping to my house openly, I have to find another good plan.
After careful consideration, she secretly instructed someone to assign Jiang Ping a secret investigation mission outside the capital.
On the morning of the day when Jiang Ping was about to leave Beijing, Xiao Jinhuan took advantage of the fact that the streets were deserted and decisively sent people to forcibly abduct him to her house.
Since Jiang Ping worked in the Hanlin Academy, if he did not show up for a day on weekdays, it would inevitably arouse everyone's suspicion.
Fortunately, the task assigned to him this time was to conduct a secret investigation outside the capital. The local officials under investigation were completely unaware of this, and naturally had no way of noticing that someone was about to come to investigate.
In addition, Jiang Ping was the only master in his family. When he told his servants that he was going out of Beijing on business, the servants were busy packing his bags. Apart from that, they did not dare to ask any extra questions.
Just like that, everything went smoothly according to the steps Xiao Jinhuan had planned in advance...
Jiang Ping disappeared from the capital without anyone noticing.
Originally, Xiao Jinhuan did not need to hide her interactions with other men. Although she changed her male favorites as quickly as a revolving lantern, she was extremely generous with money.
Anyone who served her would receive a large sum of silver when they left.
If someone was unwilling to leave, she would arrange a proper job for him/her in the princess's mansion, and sometimes she would even visit him/her again if she remembered him/her by chance.
Because of this, no one has dared to publicize this matter for such a long time.
However, Jiang Ping was different.
He holds an official position and has a tough and stubborn character.
To be on the safe side, Xiao Jinhuan thought about finding someone to take the blame for her.
It happened that on that day, Shen Jingwan came to visit her at the princess's residence. How could she abandon someone who came to her door on his own initiative?
It’s a pity that Jiang Ping is really too disobedient!
She gave him a large dose of medicine. Even though Jiang Ping was almost like a cooked shrimp, he ran away as soon as he saw her approaching while he was still conscious.
She advised earnestly, "Don't resist so much. This princess just wants to help you relieve yourself."
Who would have expected that Jiang Ping would bite his tongue hard without saying a word.
In the end, the inside of his mouth was almost bitten to pieces by himself!
Xiao Jinhuan also fed Jiang Ping drugs, but he looked like a dead person, so she really couldn't bring herself to do it.
She still likes the look of a man begging under her.
As time went by, ordinary medicines had completely lost their effectiveness on Jiang Ping. In desperation, she could only continuously increase the dosage of aphrodisiacs. But even so, Jiang Ping still resisted firmly and refused to obey.
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The atmosphere in Shen Huaizhong's study seemed a little solemn.
Shen Chuning asked Shen Huaizhong with a serious face: "Grandfather, can our Shen family give up Shen Jingwan?"
Shen Huaizhong was somewhat bewildered by his granddaughter's sudden question. He didn't understand why she asked that, but after a moment's reflection, he replied, "That girl was originally born out of wedlock, so abandoning her wouldn't be difficult. However, she's listed in the family tree as the legitimate daughter of the third wife, so removing her from the family would be somewhat difficult."
Hearing her grandfather's answer, Shen Chuning smiled slightly and said softly, "Actually, it's not that difficult. When the ancestral hall was first opened, they originally planned to adopt me into the second branch of the family, and then register Shen Jingwan under the name of Third Aunt. But just after the ancestral hall was opened, the Qingguo Mansion suddenly sent someone to say that the Duke's wife was ill. Third Aunt hurriedly returned to the Qingguo Mansion with Shen Jingwan. Naturally, the matter of Shen Jingwan was put on hold. Since then, the mansion has been busy with many affairs and has not reopened the ancestral hall. I guess the government didn't register this matter."
Shen Huaizhong also laughed, "So, Shen Jingwan is just a concubine. That's easy to deal with. We can just open the ancestral hall and remove her name from the family tree. There's no need to go to the government."
Shen Huaizhong had just finished talking about how to deal with Shen Jingwan when he suddenly remembered to ask, "What kind of trouble has she gotten herself into this time that is so serious that she needs to be expelled!"
Shen Chuning slowly picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of the tea, and replied with a smile on her face, "She wasn't the one causing trouble this time. She was just unlucky and happened to be caught in someone else's trap, so she just took the blame."
Hearing this, Shen Huaizhong's originally calm expression instantly darkened. He frowned and said in a serious tone, "Even if Shen Jingwan is no good, at least on the surface she is still a child of the Shen family. Who is so bold as to let the Shen family take the blame?"
Shen Chuning put down the teacup in her hand and slowly uttered three words: "Sixth Princess."
"Sixth Princess?" Shen Huaizhong couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Shen Chuning raised her eyebrows slightly and replied softly, "The Sixth Princess keeps a male favorite in the mansion."
Hearing this, Shen Huaizhong subconsciously opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know how to discuss such a sensitive matter with his granddaughter. After hesitating for a moment, he could only mutter a little awkwardly: "This... the behavior of keeping a male concubine is at most a bit morally corrupt. As long as both parties are willing, it's hard for others to accuse it of any fault."
However, before he could finish his words, Shen Chuning immediately threw out a shocking statement: "What if they forcibly abducted an official appointed by the imperial court to be their male concubine?"