mesbooks Chapter 383: Reincarnation of the Raccoon Demon
Chapter 383: Reincarnation of the Raccoon Demon
Before leaving, Shen Li specifically found Fang Yao and asked him to find a way to ensure that Chu Qianxue would attend the plum blossom viewing banquet at Guanyonghou Mansion.
When he heard this request, he was very surprised. "That guy wanted to harm you, why are you pleading for her?"
Shen Li smiled and said, "To be honest with you, uncle, Li'er wants to take advantage of her arrogance and hatred to do something."
Fang Yao never asked Shen Li what she was going to do. Her niece was very capable and no one could match her, so she was not worried that she would suffer any loss.
Since his niece said so, he said, "You want to use her, right? Let her attend the Plum Blossom Banquet, right? Okay, uncle got it."
After saying this, he sat and thought for a while, then he took the photo into the palace.
He figured it out and realized that there was someone who might bring up this matter, and that person was the Queen Mother.
Sure enough, he really expected it.
The Queen Mother really went to him to plead for Madam Chu.
This is like a dream come true, like a pillow hitting the pillow and getting what you want.
Fang Yao looked troubled and entangled. The Queen Mother and Nanny Zheng were unsure and looked at him, waiting for his reply.
After a while, he said, "What should I say? How about I go back and ask Li'er what she thinks?"
The emperor placed the teacup heavily on the table, his face darkening. "Fang Yao, you and I both served under the old Duke and received favors from him and Madam Chu. Let's not talk about your niece first. Just tell me what you think."
Fang Yao hung his head and sighed.
"Your Majesty, you are well aware of what kind of person I am. How could I not remember old ties? But...but the old lady of the Chu family is the old lady, and her granddaughter is her granddaughter. They are not the same thing and cannot be confused."
"How can they be different?" the Emperor asked. "If your granddaughter is not a good person and goes out to offend someone she shouldn't, and you get scolded like a grandson, how would you feel? Especially if the person scolding you is someone you have taken good care of. You say that the old lady and the granddaughter are different, isn't that nonsense? They are all members of the Chu family, and they share the same fate."
"I saw the plum blossom banquet at the Marquis of Guanyong's mansion. Everyone in the capital knew that the plum blossom banquet was prepared to welcome the Chu family. But on the day of the banquet, only one of the three female members of the Chu family showed up. Will others secretly talk about it? Will those talks hurt Old Madam Chu again? Will they make Old Madam Chu feel ashamed again? Why? The Chu family has defended the border for decades for the Great Zhou, and now they are ridiculed and treated coldly when they return to the capital? Fang Yao, the Fang family soldiers are also guarding the border for the court. If they were treated like this when they return to the capital one day, how cold they would feel."
Fang Yao stared at the emperor blankly, his head turning for a moment, "Your Majesty, this seems to be different from the Chu family's granddaughter bullying Li'er, right?"
"What are you talking about? Stop trying to argue in front of me," the emperor said impatiently. "How many people know that the conflict between the Fang and Chu families was caused by the Chu granddaughter? Even if you tell others, they might think you are trying to cover up the truth and making a poor excuse to cover up the real reason for the split between the two armies. And then what? Rumors are going around everywhere that my two right-hand men have fallen out, and that the Great Zhou is also in turmoil like the Northern Di and Western Qiang?"
Fang Yao said, "Your Majesty, please don't scare me. I never thought of that."
"It's because you haven't thought about it that I've told you so much. It's not too late for you to think about it now. Think carefully. Should you give Madam Chu a way out and let her bring her granddaughter to the banquet? Or should you refuse to budge and let everyone laugh at the Chu family, making Madam Chu feel ashamed?"
The Queen Mother interjected, "This is just a concession, not a final reprieve. If Li still isn't satisfied after the banquet, the Chu family will absolutely break Xue's heart again, without complaint."
Fang Yao seemed confused by their words and asked, "Then...what if Li'er is unhappy?"
In this way, even if he was convinced, the only thing he had to worry about was whether his niece would agree.
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor breathed a sigh of relief.
Fang Yao also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
Both sides felt that they had achieved their wish, that they were setting a trap for the other side, and that it was quite successful.
Because of "grievances", Fang Yao stayed in the palace for a long time and asked for many rewards from the emperor and the empress dowager. Only then did she let Fu Lizhang's people help her hold the gifts, and she left the palace with an "awkward look on her face".
The matter had been decided, and with not many days left before the banquet, Shen Li began to prepare for her plan.
She asked the second wife of the Shen family to plead with Shen Zhaojiang and allow Shen Yao to go out shopping.
As Shen Li had expected, Shen Yao started to act up as soon as she was released, contacting her former close friends every day to go shopping together.
In front of them, she vented her anger fiercely, saying everywhere that Shen Li was a witch who knew magic and would bring disaster to the Great Zhou sooner or later.
Then, the Shen Yan sisters from the second house specially chose a day and "coincidentally" let Shen Yao and Chu Qianxue meet. The two hit it off immediately and scolded Shen Li together, becoming more and more excited as they scolded.
The rumors about Shen Li being a witch became more and more intense. Now they no longer said that she was a spy, but instead said that she was the reincarnation of a raccoon demon.
How could such a person with such a shady background marry the future crown prince? If she is not eliminated, the country's destiny will be in danger.
Just three days before the banquet, Shen Yao overheard Shen Li, who had returned home for something, say to Shen Zhaojiang, "My daughter's abilities are indeed predestined, but there have been a lot of rumors lately, and they seem to be revealing the secrets. This isn't going to be good. These past few days, my daughter has clearly felt that her teleportation has become less flexible..."
Shen Yao sent someone to the Chu family that day and delivered a letter to Chu Qianxue: She would be punished for leaking the secret, and her magic would be damaged.
The rumors got worse.
Three days later, the plum blossom viewing banquet at Guanyonghou Mansion arrived.
The guests were laughing and talking, it was very lively.
Old Madam Chu went to Shen Li specifically to express her gratitude, and then pulled Lan to sit next to her, so that everyone could see that the relationship between the Chu and Fang families was as close as before.
The girls were taken to the plum forest to appreciate the flowers. Shen Li was sitting in the pavilion preparing to drink tea when a maid came over and said that the eldest prince was waiting outside and had something to say to Miss Shen.
Shen Li walked out under the envious or jealous gazes of the girls.
No one noticed that Chu Qianxue was sitting in the corner of the pavilion, whispering with several cousins from her uncle's family.
Seeing Shen Li go out, the cousins gently pushed her and motioned her to go and see the cup of tea that Shen Li had not had time to drink.
Several people took their own tea and sat at the table, placing their teacups together with Shen Li's.
Accidentally, his sleeve knocked the teacup off the table. The maid hurried forward to serve him and replaced the tea with hot water.