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Everyone began to congratulate Shen Jiazhen. When they walked to the front of Shen Qi and Duke Xian, Duke Xian even nodded his head to congratulate him. He had never experienced this before, and even Princess Qian Qian had kowtowed to a big chicken.

It was said that the most important moment in a woman's life was the day of marriage. Ten miles of red makeup was about to welcome everyone's blessings to a new beginning, but where was her own wangfei?

He knew that the King's Mansion was not that happy. Who would dare to celebrate in such a situation? Although she had a rich dowry, she did not receive many blessings. The people of the capital all talked about how unlucky the Third Young Miss was!

Thinking up to this point, he couldn't help but sigh. He really had a lot of ways to disappoint his wangfei, so he couldn't let her down in the future. There were some things that he had better handle as early as possible.

Shen Qi did not know that King Duan was actually thinking about this at this time. All she had now was her blessings to Second Brother and Sister Xia, as for her admiration, it had to be said that there was still some, after all, that woman did not want to have a grand wedding to announce her love.

However, envy was envy. He also knew how special his situation was at that time. He had arranged for a marriage, yet he hadn't even met her. Where did this love come from?

Shen Jiazhen smiled with satisfaction when he saw Duke Xiang, who was standing beside Shen Qi. It looks like her little sister's life was not bad!

Without delay, he directly went to pay respects at the hall. Shen Qi followed the rest to watch the ceremony, until he heard that the ceremony of "sending her to the bridal room" was over. Now it was the groom toasting her, and there was nothing else for the bride to do.

King Xian went to the men's side, and Shen Qi followed her to the bridal chamber. She wanted to see Xia Ying, and now that she had levelled up to become his second sister-in-law's woman, Shen Jianing had also come.

Shen Qi supported her as she slowly walked to the bridal room. They knew each other, so they weren't that formal when they met. Xia Ying clearly heaved a sigh of relief when she saw the two of them.

Xia Ying was wearing red clothes as she sat on the big red bed. The quilt on the bed was embroidered with the picture of a mandarin duck playing with water. There were even some red dates and round peanuts scattered on the bed as a sign of auspicious luck.

She was already dressed in a gentle manner, which added to her charm. She shyly looked at Ye Zichen, making him want to hug her to comfort her. He didn't even dare to speak loudly, fearing that he would be rude to her.

Seeing Shen Jianing coming over with such a big belly, she hurriedly reminded him, "Quickly sit down. Even if your body is too heavy, no one will blame you if you don't come." Her words were warm and gentle, letting people know that she was sincere.

"I'm fine, you and second brother were married, why didn't I come over?" Xia Ying was also one of Shen Jianing's few friends, but she still sat obediently. She also knew that other people would be worried if they saw her like this.

Looking at Shen Qi's formal attire, Xia Ying smiled. Back then, the little girl had also grown up now, and knew what Xia Ying was thinking when she looked over at him.

When Xia Ying and Shen Jianing heard this, they immediately laughed. Originally, she looked quite solemn and serious, to the point where the moment she opened her mouth, it completely destroyed the image that they had previously created.

Shen Qi did not mind, and continued to chat with her. Along the way, they even sent people to bring food over, and the three of them did not feel that the time passed really slowly, but Shen Qi could not stay in the bridal room forever.

Duke Xiang drank some wine, and when they arrived at the horse carriage, Shen Qi immediately poured for him a cup of tea, "Your highness, please enjoy the tea."

He took a sip of the tea and looked at Shen Qi. "Is Consort Wang happy?"

Shen Qi smiled and nodded, "I'm happy."

After giving her a deep look, he asked again, "Have you felt wronged?"

At this time, Shen Qi felt that the Duke was drunk and would not ask such a question when he was awake, but she still shook her head and replied, "There's nothing to feel wronged about." No one cared about their grievances, so who else could they show them to?

Leaning on the carriage's wall, he closed his eyes and rested. For a moment, the entire stable became quiet, but Shen Qi did not think much of it, he just thought that the scene today might have stimulated that piece of mental state of the Duke, so it was a little abnormal!

After the abnormal Prince Duanren returned to his residence, he went into his study and called over Feng Kang's instructions: "Wang Ruoyan can handle this situation now, remember to clean your hands and feet." He really couldn't let her continue to bounce about like this. He still didn't know what kind of trouble he would create in the future.

Feng Kang looked at the exceptionally cold and cruel Duke, and replied solemnly: "Yes, this subordinate will definitely not disappoint Your Highness." In fact, he had long wanted to kill that woman. Not only were they stupid, they even thought that they had done it. What was even more unforgivable was the trouble that they had caused from disgracing their prince.

Shen Qi went to the outer room and asked about the matters within the residence. She knew that there were no inappropriate and inconsiderate aspects to it, so she relaxed and followed her back to sleep.

After Shen Qi's breathing stabilized, the originally fast asleep King Duanren opened his eyes. He could not calm himself down any further, and when he thought about how his second uncle's bridal ceremony was going to be held today, and how his wangfei was not even old enough to give her a complete wedding, and was still sleeping in separate beds, he thought that this was truly tragic.

There was still a month left, and he was suddenly looking forward to the time when she would turn 30. He wished that this moment would come soon. He smiled as he thought about it, then lay down and went to sleep.

That day, Lan Xin came to Cang Lan Yuan, and stayed for around fifteen minutes before she left. Originally, it was a very normal thing, but at night, when Fu Xuerou received news that she was sick, he broke the peace in the Duke Palace.

As a guest of the estate, it was only natural for the mistress of the estate to inquire about such matters. Moreover, this guest had an extraordinary identity and as a junior sister of Prince Duanren, she had to be even more careful as she rushed to call for the imperial physician to treat her.

Shen Qi, Duke Xiang and Situ Ye had rushed over, but they were very far away from Fu Xuerou's residence when they heard the sound of cursing and the sound of things falling. When they walked in and saw that the door was closed, the servant girls were anxiously trying to persuade them from outside.

The three of them looked at each other. What was going on? Wasn't it said that she was sick? Why aren't you letting anyone in? Was it a terrible illness, or was it a shameful illness?

He didn't know why, so he went over to investigate. "What's going on?" King Xian furrowed his brows as he asked in a cold voice.

When they saw Queen's Consort Duan come over, the servant girls kneeled on the ground. It was their fault for not taking good care of their master, and they were afraid that their master would have some sort of problem, so they wouldn't be able to take good care of him.

Dong Mei was the bravest, she replied clearly: "After the meal, young miss felt uncomfortable so I didn't notice it at first, but then it got worse and worse, the young miss, her face …" As she spoke, he looked up and glanced at King Duanren, not knowing what to say.

At this time, Fu Xuerou's voice came out from inside, "Dong Mei, if you dare say that you don't need to come and serve me anymore, then." The voice was stern with anger.

Dong Mei trembled in fear, his face immediately turned white, she did not dare say anything, but the information she revealed was enough, since it had to do with her face, what else could a girl care so much about other than her face being ruined?

However, as Shen Qi looked at Dong Mei and then looked at the tightly shut door, she had a nagging feeling that things weren't that simple. She narrowed her eyes and looked at Dong Mei;

Shen Qi could tell that her trembling was not fake, it was like a conditioned reflex. She was truly afraid, but since she was this afraid, how could she be this calm before?

Shen Qi couldn't understand what Fu Xuerou was doing, and she didn't know what intentions she had in coming here, but she had a bad feeling about it all the time. A woman's intuition told her that Fu Xuerou was coming for her.

The imperial physician arrived quickly, and none of the princes' masters dared to slight him. They practically trotted over as soon as they heard the news.

However, after coming here to pay his respects to the prince, he found the door shut tightly. What was the meaning of this? The imperial physicians didn't understand either. How could they look at it with their doors closed? The imperial physician looked at King Xian and the Queen's Consort, at a loss of what to do.

"Open the door." The voice was serious as it commanded.

"Senior brother, please leave. I'm fine, just leave." Fu Xuerou's tearful voice came from inside.

Thinking about it, who was willing to let his lover see the scene of his face being ruined? She spoke with some sincerity. She really didn't want the Prince to see her current face.

King Xian was somewhat impatient. He could not understand this feeling, so he coldly said, "If you don't open the door, I'll let you force it. Do you want to open it yourself or do you want me to force it?"

Hearing this, the room quieted down. There was a rustling sound of fabric being rubbed against each other, as if someone was covering her face. A moment later, someone came out with only her face covered and her eyes exposed.

As long as the door was opened, no one would care about her awkwardness. Separated by the curtain, the imperial physician helped her feel her pulse with the kernels.

The imperial physician wrinkled his brow and asked, "May I ask if Miss ever ate anything strange?"

Duke Xian turned around and coldly looked at Dong Mei, and asked without making a sound. Dong Mei was drenched in cold sweat from that one glance, and braced herself to step forward, "Miss is eating as usual, there's nothing special about it."

The imperial physician asked uncertainly, "Did you encounter anything?"

At this point, King Xian no longer had much patience, so he ordered coldly, "Tell me what you ate and what you touched. Do not leave anything out."