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Chapter 144 Fainting
The maid from Prince Shun's mansion led Shen Tang and the others into the inner courtyard and walked towards the garden.
From a distance, I could see several kites competing to fly high in the sky above the garden, and their laughter as sweet as silver bells could be heard.
Passing through the moon-shaped archway, you can see the ladies from prominent families chatting and laughing in groups of three or four, each of them graceful and charming with sweet smiles.
After entering the garden, Princess Roujia saw Shen Tang and came towards her, "Sister Shen Tang is finally here."
Shen Tang smiled and said, "The princess is here early."
Princess Roujia said, "Princess Ding'an asked me to help greet the ladies coming to the banquet. They came after breakfast."
Seeing the two of them talking and laughing, as if they didn't see her, Shen Ying tugged at the embroidered handkerchief in her hand and said, "Let's go see Princess Ding'an first."
Princess Roujia led them towards Princess Ding'an, who was enjoying herself catching butterflies with a few other ladies. Seeing Shen Tang and Shen Xian, Princess Ding'an smiled and said, "Today we are at Prince Shun's mansion to enjoy the lotus. We must have a great time."
Over there, Princess Chun'an of Prince Zhao's Mansion came over and said to Princess Ding'an, "I heard that Concubine Ye gave Prince Shun's Mansion several jars of delicious fruit wine. I wonder if Princess Ding'an would be willing to give us a jar so we can taste it?"
Princess Ding'an laughed and said, "You sound like I'm stingy. The fruit wine that Concubine Ye gave me was originally meant to treat you. It's enough to make you drunk."
Princess Chun'an said, "The banquet won't start for a while, I want to taste it now."
"You're the only one who's greedy."
Princess Ding'an smiled and said, "I'll have someone get it for you right away."
Princess Anding invited Princess Roujia and Shen Tang to go to the pavilion over there to talk. After a while, the maid brought the fruit wine.
Princess Chun'an took the first cup, sniffed it, and then took a sip, praising it highly, "It's worthy of being a tribute, it's delicious."
The girls in the pavilion all tried it. After all, it was a tribute fruit wine, and even at a palace banquet, they might not be able to drink it, so they had to try it.
The maid poured wine for everyone one by one. Shen Tang was not interested in drinking, but Shen Ying wanted to try it, so the maid poured two glasses.
Princess Anding smiled and said, "Second Miss Shen, please try it too."
The maid brought the wine over. Shen Tang reached out and took a sip. It tasted really good. A maid came over to report to Princess Ding'an, "Princess, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Changping's mansion is here."
Princess Anding stood up and said to Princess Chun'an and the others, "I'll go and greet them, you guys have fun."
Princess Chun'an smiled and said, "I'll go with you."
As she spoke, she pulled Princess Roujia and said, "You should come with us too."
Princess Roujia wanted to talk to Shen Tang for a while, but was forcibly pulled up and led out of the pavilion with them.
The maid took the wine glass down, but when she was leaving, she accidentally twisted her ankle and the tray in her hand fell towards Shen Tang. The wine pot fell on Shen Tang and the wine spilled all over him.
The maid hurriedly said, "Second Miss Shen, I'm sorry..."
She quickly knelt down and wanted to wipe the hem of Shen Tang's skirt, but the hem was stained with wine and could not be wiped off.
This little accident quickly alarmed Princess Ding'an, who scolded the maid, "You are so clumsy!"
Then he looked at Shen Tang and said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, I'll ask the maid to take you to change into a dress."
If the skirt is just a little wet, it will dry soon. But it is fruit wine after all, so it is a bit sticky, so I have to change it.
Shen Tang said, "There are skirts in the carriage, just ask the maid to get them."
Princess Ding'an asked the maid to take Ginkgo to the carriage to get her skirt, while Shen Tang waited in the pavilion for Ginkgo to come back with the skirt.
Shen Xian said to Princess Ding'an, "Princess, go and do your work. I'll be with you, Second Sister."
Princess Ding'an glanced at Shen Tang and went to greet the ladies from prominent families.
Seeing Shen Xian sitting down and drinking tea leisurely, Shen Tang felt a sudden sense of unease in his heart. Shen Xian was worried about the bloody disaster. When she came to Shunwang Mansion today, she should have focused on finding an ideal husband. How could she have the patience to accompany her? There must be something wrong when things are abnormal.
Shen Tang looked at Shen Xian and said, "I'm fine. You don't need to accompany me. My elder sister is going to play with those ladies..."
As soon as she said this, she felt dizzy and her heart skipped a beat.
Someone drugged the fruit wine!
She suddenly looked at Shen Xi, then her vision went dark and she fell onto the railing of the pavilion.
Before he fainted, he heard Shen Xi's voice calling him, "Second sister!"
The maidservant from Prince Shun's mansion who was guarding outside the pavilion came over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Shen Xian said, "Second sister has a low alcohol tolerance and is a heavy drinker. She passed out after drinking a few glasses of fruit wine..."
The maid said, "How about we help her to the bamboo house over there to rest for a while?"
Shen Xian and her maid helped Shen Tang up and walked towards the bamboo house over there.
Outside the bamboo house, there was a large box. Shen Xian said to the maid, "Put it in the box."
……
"Wake up."
There was a voice calling out to me, full of worry and a familiar sound.
Shen Tang slowly opened her eyes and saw a handsome face. She was dazed for a moment, remembering that she had fainted. She was so startled that she sat up suddenly. Her movements were too fast and the person she was worried about was caught off guard and bumped into.
One had a sore forehead and felt dizzy, and the other's nose was almost broken.
Shen Tang rubbed his forehead and looked at Xie Guimo, "Why is it you? Didn't I faint in the pavilion?"
Xie Guimo touched his nose which was hurt by the collision and said, "I was almost carried out and sold."
Shen Tang's heart trembled violently, and he clenched his fists. "The fruit wine I drank was drugged. They wanted me to have a share of Shunwang Mansion as well."
She had no grudges against the Shun Palace, and since so many ladies from prominent families drank the fruit wine, she was not on guard. She didn't expect that the fruit wine was aimed at her.
Shen Xian doesn't have the nerve to ask Prince Shun's Mansion to help her, so it must be Concubine Ye!
Thinking of Shen Xian, Shen Tang asked Xie Guimo, "Where is Shen Xian?"
Xie Guimo's face was gloomy. "She put you in a box, and I used her to swap you out. You should have been carried out of Prince Shun's Mansion by now."
As for where to send it, we will have to wait until Chen Shan comes back to find out.
Shen Tang wanted to stand up, but he still felt dizzy, so he could only sit on a rock and wait.
Shen Xian didn't know that Chen Shan had been secretly protecting Shen Tang. Except in the palace, Shen Tang would hardly leave her sight. If she knew, she would definitely not attack Shen Tang under Chen Shan's nose.
Almost as soon as Shen Xian stuffed Shen Tang into the box, a stone was thrown and knocked Shen Xian and the maid unconscious.
Xie Guimo picked up Shen Tang from the box, Chen Shan threw Shen Xi in, and as for the maid, she was left outside the bamboo house.
Just as they finished their work, two maids came over, opened the box and took a look. They didn't even check if it was Shen Tang. After confirming that there was a girl in the box, they directly carried the big box out of the mansion. There was a carriage waiting outside Prince Shun's mansion.
The big box was loaded onto a carriage and taken away directly to a small courtyard with three entrances two streets away.
In a quaint room, the Prince of Changping was sitting there reading a book.
But what he read was not a serious book. It was full of pictures, of men and women, and the pictures were lifelike.
Two servants brought in a large box and said, "Master, the people are here."
The corner of Changping Hou's mouth curled up into a smile, and he put the book down. "Open it."
The servant opened the box and, at the signal of the Marquis of Changping, carried the person out.
Seeing that it was Shen Ying instead of Shen Tang, the Prince of Changping frowned.
idiot!
Failed again!
But this face is not bad.
The Prince of Changping pinched Shen Xian's chin, took Shen Xian from the servant's hands, picked her up, and walked towards the bed.