Congratulations on opening the coffin

Chapter 43
the next morning,

Shen Ruo, who thought she could finally sleep peacefully, was awakened by the sound outside the tent.

"Master Xiang, the lady is still sleeping peacefully, please come back later." It was Hongyu's troubled voice.

"I am the biological father of the concubine. If there is anything you can't see, go and wake her up and say that I want to see her." Prime Minister Shen ordered displeased.

Shen Ruo listened to the movement outside for a while, and a look of displeasure flashed in her eyes. She pondered for a while, and shouted outside: "Hongyu, I'm awake, let Prime Minister Shen come in."

Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Shen walked in complacently, and saw Shen Ruo lying on the bed, and said to him weakly, "Father, my daughter is not feeling well, and I can't get up to greet you."

Shen Xiang was stunned for a moment, and hurried up a few steps to ask: "What's wrong with you?"

Shen Ruo put one hand to his lips, and coughed twice: "Maybe I got an internal injury when I fell off the horse yesterday."

"Then hurry up and call the imperial doctor!"

As he said that, he was about to go out, but was stopped by Shen Ruo: "No need, I took the wound medicine yesterday, but now I still have a dull pain."

Shen Xiang also sighed heavily when he heard the words, and he couldn't help but blame in his tone: "You too, a daughter's family, if you go to participate in some kind of hunting, if you hurt your face, what should you do?"

The unreasonable tone of the superior made Shen Ruo darken her eyes, she took a deep breath secretly, and then continued: "It's not my daughter's fault, it's because there was something wrong with the horse yesterday, Daddy, you have to save my daughter."

Shen Xiang was taken aback for a moment, but his keen perception made him immediately realize the implication of Shen Ruo's words after traveling in the officialdom for many years: "You mean someone deliberately harmed you?"

Shen Ruo nodded with a sullen face.

But Shen Xiang subconsciously vetoed it: "How is this possible? You have never been out of the house since you were young, and you have never had any grudges with anyone. Who would want to harm you?"

Shen Ruo was speechless for a while, and she didn't know whether Shen Kuo was really smart or not, so she could only explain patiently: "Daddy, I am married to the prince now, and my status is different from that of the past. How many eyes are watching in the dark?" looking at me, trying to pull me down from the position of princess. Daddy, I only have you as my relative, you must save me!"

Seeing her sincerity, Shen Xiang suddenly remembered her attitude earlier, and hesitated: "You don't hate me anymore?"

Shen Ruo originally wanted to smile to add some credibility, but unfortunately her acting skills are not up to par, and she couldn't bear the disgusting appearance, so she just lowered her head and said softly: "This family, how can there be any overnight feud? I'm marrying into the palace now, Only then did I feel the value of my relatives more and more. Daddy, you must save me!"

As for what she said, Shen Xiang naturally half believed it and half doubted it, but there was one thing in her words that he took for granted, that is, relatives.

They are relatives connected by blood. Although there have been conflicts, relatives are naturally the most trustworthy and valuable when life and death are at stake.

Obviously, Shen Xiang felt that Shen Ruo came to him for help because someone wanted to harm her.

But this was exactly what he wanted. He patted Shen Ruo's back and comforted him: "Ruo'er, don't worry, my father will definitely investigate for you."

Shen Ruo held back the hand behind her back, tried to force a smile, nodded, and exchanged a few words with Shen Xiang, then a little impatiently drove him away on the grounds that she was unwell.

After Shen Xiang left, Hongyu came in to serve her, and she saw Shen Ruo lifted the quilt, sat up carelessly, and was so frightened that she rushed forward to help: "Your Majesty, you are injured, be careful!"

Although Hongyu didn't mean it, but with this thin curtain, she didn't want to hear the conversation between the concubine and the prime minister, so she had to.

But I saw the empress waved her hand: "I'm fine, those words are a lie to him."

"Ah?" Hongyu opened her mouth wide and froze in astonishment.

But Shen Ruo didn't intend to explain further, just asked: "When will you go back?"

Only then did Hongyu come back to her senses, and said blankly: "The emperor drove back to the palace early in the morning, and the prince knew that you were still resting, so he told you to wait until you woke up before setting off."

Shen Ruo nodded, and said: "Then you go and tell Xiao Chen, it happens that today is Lin'er Muxiu's day, and he is probably already arguing to practice martial arts."

Hongyu left the camp according to her orders, and soon, the group packed up their things and boarded the carriage for the return trip.

I thought the journey would be calmer, and I was leaning against the carriage with my eyes closed to rest, when I heard the voices of the guards outside respectfully saluting.

Then someone opened the curtain with a folding fan from the outside: "Seventh brother and sister, what a coincidence, I didn't expect us to return to Beijing together."

Shen Ruo didn't raise her eyes, but Xiao Chen, who was opposite her, came over and greeted with a smile on her face: "Second brother is so interested, why didn't you go back to the palace with Concubine Lin?"

The second prince smiled, and his slightly protracted tone showed a bit of laziness and gorgeousness: "Isn't this mother and concubine who thought I was noisy and kicked me out?"

Shen Ruo opened his eyes, and glanced over faintly: "It turns out that the second prince still knows that he is noisy, and a gentleman doesn't disturb people's dreams, don't you know?"

Seeing that she was awake, the second prince smiled even deeper: "I never said I was a gentleman."

As he spoke, he tilted his head and ordered: "Bongxi, stop the car, my prince wants to get in the car!"

Feng Xi, who was sitting outside the carriage and driving, didn't look sideways, pretending he didn't hear anything.

Seeing this, the second prince was so angry that his teeth were itching, and he was about to give another order when suddenly a man rode up from behind and stopped him in front of the carriage.

All the palace guards were stunned for a moment, and quickly drew their swords to defend.

But he saw a person with red hair shouting loudly, "Xiao Chen, you are going to run away without saying a word."

Xiao Chen closed his eyes, lifted the curtain of the car, and retorted: "What's the relationship between you and me, I need to tell you when I leave?"

Saying that, Xiao Chen looked at Feng Xi and ordered: "Keep going, if someone is killed, he deserves it!"

Feng Xi heard the words, raised the whip and lashed the horse's buttocks heavily, the horse neighed in pain, and pulled the carriage forward at a fast pace.

Seeing this, the eldest prince hurriedly pulled the rein to dodge. Seeing that his face was ashamed again, he gritted his teeth angrily, drove his horse and chased after him, kept pace with the carriage, and shouted into the carriage: "Woman, look at you!" Man, you don't even want to talk to others, how stingy you are, you have a small belly, don't follow him, marry me, and come back to Khitan with me."

On the other side, the second prince also followed closely, teasingly said: "Seventh brother and sister, what's so good about my seventh brother, who is taciturn and likes to show a cold face, why don't you make up with him early and fall into my gentle embrace?"

Listening to the words on the left and right, the more they said, the more outrageous they became. Xiao Chen endured more and more, and finally couldn't bear it anymore. He glared and said, "Don't even think about it. Whether she lives or dies, she can only belong to me."

Saying that, he pulled Shen Ruo with one hand, pressed his big palm on the back of her head, and kissed her deeply.

(End of this chapter)