As soon as Jiangmen Jiaojiao opened her eyes, she was paranoid that the prince had come to steal her

Chapter 144 Stone
Prince Liang's Mansion

Xie Xingchen was left in the firewood shed for three days without any water or rice.

She started shouting angrily, then lost strength, and gradually began to exhale more and less inhale.

When he was dazed, he felt someone pulling him up.

Xie Xingchen wanted to look up, but he didn't have the strength. He just lowered his eyes and glanced at the hem of the man's skirt. He roughly understood that he was a rough woman.

The body was dragged on the ground again, dragged all the way.

The injuries on her legs and feet caused by dragging on the ground were not treated three days ago. Now the injuries were added to the injuries. The pain made her regain some consciousness.

"It hurts...be gentler..." she begged weakly.

But no one paid her any attention.

The excruciating dragging continued.

After what felt like a long time, she was finally taken into the room and thrown onto the bed.

At this time, she was unable to think about where this place was and fainted again.

After an unknown amount of time, Xie Xingchen woke up again.

This time his mind was much clearer.

She looked around and was stunned for a moment.

She returned to the wedding room where she had stayed after the church service that day, feeling slight pain in her knees and feet.

She struggled to get up and looked down and found that they had all been bandaged with medicine.

"The concubine is awake?"

A middle-aged female voice sounded in the room, with a stiff voice and a businesslike attitude, "Let's have something to eat."

After she finished speaking, two maids came forward.

One was holding Xie Xingchen, and the other was feeding her porridge.

Xie Xingchen was shocked and confused.

what happened?

She hadn't eaten for three days and was already starving. As soon as the porridge and water entered her stomach, she instantly forgot about it and grabbed the bowl and drank it herself without caring about her appearance.

The middle-aged grandma stood beside the bed and watched, with a hint of contempt flashing in her eyes.

After finishing a bowl of porridge, Xie Xingchen blurted out: "I want more——"

Mammy said coldly: "The doctor said that the concubine has not eaten for a long time. Now it is best to eat slowly and eat less to avoid being unable to bear it."

Xie Xingchen froze for a moment and smiled sarcastically: "Well...it's the doctor that grandma hired for me. The food he prepared is right? I'm busy, grandma. I'm here -"

She touched her waist, stopped her hand, pointed to the red-painted boxes in the room with red "Happy" words on them, and said: "Here are some jewelry that is not on the table. Could you please help me put them away?" "

"If there is anyone who can see it, just take it and treat it as my filial piety."

"Since your Majesty said so -" Mammy said lukewarmly, "The old slave must obey your orders. Come, please open these boxes and put them away properly."

Xie Xingchen knew as soon as he heard that this woman was very greedy, and she was afraid that her dowry would be corrupted a lot.

But now she is in such a difficult situation that the maids and wives she originally brought are nowhere to be seen...

The nanny in front of me must be able to speak in the palace. If she can't be coaxed to relax, then life will be really sad.

Xie Xingchen forced a smile and said, "Thank you so much, mama."

She watched the maids open the box and lift the red silk cloth on it, and turned away with heartache, unable to bear to look at it any more.

One of the maids said "ah".

The other maids also had something wrong with their voices.

Xie Xingchen secretly thought, could it be that he had never seen so many gold and silver jewelry before and was stunned?

Also, before she got married, she had inquired about the family backgrounds of Prince Liang's concubines and the pomp and circumstance when they got married.The dowry prepared by Mrs. Dou overwhelmed all the previous concubines.

It is normal for these maids to be surprised or two when they see this.

Xie Xingchen finally felt a little proud in his heart.

In this world, nothing can make people more confident than money.

She turned around with her lips curled up, and saw the maids gathered in front of a box. You look at me, I look at you.

The grandma was also standing in front of the box, squinting her eyes slightly, then turned back to look at her.

Xie Xingchen's heart skipped a beat.

This look seems strange.

"Mommy?" Xie Xingchen asked tentatively, "Why don't you let them move."

"How can they get these things from the concubine?" Mammy said in a dark voice, "We have to call the guards from outside to come in!"

Xie Xingchen was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Grandma was too lazy to pay attention to her and actually called the guards to come in directly.

When the guards lifted the big stone in the box and stood outside the screen, Xie Xingchen was stunned and in disbelief: "How could it be possible? Why - it's impossible!"

The grandma asked people to open other boxes.

He originally planned to make some profit, but now his old face twitched with anger when he looked at these stones.

"My concubine, it turns out, I like to play with stones. This hobby is really strange." The mama said with a cold face and a sinister smile: "These stones are for the filial piety of the old slave. The old slave can't bear it. Please keep them for yourself."

As soon as she finished speaking, the nanny took the guards and maids and walked away.

Xie Xingchen was stunned for a long time before he reacted.

She dragged her injured leg out of bed and threw herself in front of the boxes to check.

However, all the boxes, without exception, were made of stone. Only the top was covered with red silk and satin, and some gold and jade jewelry of ordinary quality were barely placed.

It’s not even worth a hundred taels of silver!
But the gold, silver, jewelry, and silks and satins that were originally in the box were all sealed in by her and her mother's eyes!
How could this be?
Could it be that during the few days she was imprisoned, King Liang used her dowry to enrich himself?
Or someone else plotted against her behind her back! ?

……

It was already the fifth day since Xie Xingchen married into Prince Liang's Mansion, but he didn't come back when he should have.

The rumors about Xie Xingchen and Chu Nanxuan spread quietly throughout the capital and became more and more intense.

Rumors are as fierce as tigers and cannot be controlled.

Mr. Dou could sneer twice at first, but now he is so worried that he can't eat or sleep.

The nuns around me also felt the crisis and couldn't help but try to persuade him.

Dou had no choice but to lick her face and go find Xie Wei.

In the study, Ms. Dou still looked aggrieved and pitiful, but this time because of Xie Xingchen's bad condition, her attitude was a little more sincere.

"Uncle, please help me inquire about Xingchen's situation in Prince Liang's Mansion. She is also the legitimate daughter of our Xie family after all!"

"What's the point of getting married and not coming home or coming to the house?"

"Brothers and sisters." Xie Wei's face was rigid, "It's not that I don't want to help, it's that our Xie family can't protect ourselves now."

"What, what do you mean?"

Mrs. Dou looked at Xie Wei blankly, "My uncle is the Duke of Qin Liang with great military achievements. Even the emperor and the prince are polite to you. How can the Xie family be unable to protect themselves?"

"Brother and sister." Xie Wei asked, "Have you heard any rumors outside?"

Mr. Dou was about to speak but stopped: "I, I don't know what rumor uncle is talking about?"

"It seems that my brothers and sisters have heard it." Xie Wei said calmly: "Since we are a family, when it comes to this, there is no need to hide it. I am talking about the rumors about Xingchen and Chu Nanxuan."

(End of this chapter)