After the marriage was broken off, the whole village next door regretted it

Chapter 357 Murong Xu meets a woman in secret

The Queen Mother agreed, "This is the best! The royal family has few descendants. The only healthy grandchildren are the second, third, and fifth. The eldest died young, the fourth is sick, and the sixth is ill. Among these grandchildren, only the eldest, second, and fifth have wives and concubines, but they also have no descendants. The fourth and sixth have not yet been able to marry.

We will have to ask the host to calculate their horoscopes and choose a good girl who matches theirs."

The Queen frowned in worry, "Mother, those nobles are also worried about the health of the fourth and sixth sons, and that the daughters will not be happy after marrying into the royal family, and that the Emperor will not be interested in other daughters from lower-class official families.

Fortunately, the emperor has given in this time. As long as the host can come up with a good horoscope, it will definitely work!"

"That's right, that's right."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law became more and more excited as they talked.

Arrived at the Buddhist temple.

The mountain gate is wide open.

The soldiers cleared the way and the pilgrims who came to burn incense were stopped on both sides. Except for the pilgrims who had stayed overnight in the temple earlier, everyone else was asked to leave temporarily.

The Queen Mother and the Empress burned incense in front of the Buddha and chanted scriptures devoutly.

Murong Xu took the opportunity to sneak out.

When the third and fifth brothers saw this, they also followed secretly.

As they walked, they found that Murong Xu went to the female guests' courtyard in the backyard of the Buddhist temple.

They all widened their eyes.

"Is the second brother crazy? He actually broke into the female guest's yard without permission!"

"Could it be that you came here for a private meeting?"

"Don't say that! If the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager find out, the second son's legs will be broken!"

The two looked at each other, and the corners of their mouths curled up evilly.

Here, Murong Xu was stopped by two monks. He frowned in displeasure and was about to get angry when a female voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Is it the Second Prince?" Cen Mingxue asked uncertainly. Seeing Murong Xu turning around, she knelt down with a trembling expression, "I, Cen Mingxue, greet the Second Prince!"

"Get up!" Murong Xu has always had a good attitude towards women.

Cen Mingxue stood up shyly, twisted her body and asked, "Second Prince, are you here to look for someone?"

Murong Xu was just worrying about how to get in, and when he heard this, he smiled and said, "Miss Cen, could you please come in and have a seat?"

"How difficult is that?" Cen Mingxue felt like a pie in the sky had fallen on her head. She was overjoyed and led Murong Xu in directly regardless of the little monk's dissuasion.

Murong Xuzhen followed Cen Mingxue to her room.

The two of them had just sat down and hadn't said a few words when the Queen Mother and her entourage arrived.

The door was kicked open, and the Queen Mother and the Empress looked at Murong Xu with anger on their faces.

"Second brother! Are you crazy? Today is an important day for the Queen Mother to worship Buddha, and you actually met with a woman in the Buddhist temple. You...you really make me angry!" The Queen shook her head in disappointment.

The Queen Mother ordered coldly: "Bring them to me and interrogate them carefully!"

Murong Xu reacted and his expression changed drastically. "Grandmother, Mother, this is not the case. Please listen to my explanation. Miss Cen and I are innocent. We just went to the wrong place and happened to meet. Miss Cen invited me to have a cup of tea. That's all!"

"Second brother! Why can't you drink tea? This is a Buddhist temple, we should avoid suspicion. Even if you met her, you should avoid her instead of resting in the ladies' courtyard with such an unruly woman. You really disappoint me!"

The queen sighed and looked at the queen mother, "Mother, leave the matter here to me. I will punish him severely and give an explanation to the Buddhist temple."

"You don't understand!" The Queen Mother was so angry that she stormed out.

Murong Xu collapsed on the ground. It was over! The Queen Mother was angry. He would definitely suffer a lot when he returned to the palace!

Now he has no time to think about Shen Tian.

The Queen Mother and her entourage came quickly and left quickly.

When the yard became quiet, the door of a room in the back row was secretly opened.

Shen Tian and Huang Xinghua walked out calmly and greeted the young monk who was guarding outside the yard, "Young Master, did something happen just now? We heard some strange noises in the house and came out to take a look."

The young monk did not dare to tell others about the royal family's affairs, and only said: "Amitabha, today is Laba, many distinguished guests have come to the temple, and the Queen Mother has also distributed porridge and charity. The two female donors can go to the main hall to worship Buddha and eat vegetarian food."

"The kitchen didn't prepare vegetarian meals today?" Huang Xinghua was a little surprised. They had been eating vegetarian meals delivered by the kitchen these days.

The young monk shook his head.

Shen Tian thanked the little monk and led Huang Xinghua to the front yard.

On the way, she whispered, "Mom, if you ask the monk about this, he won't dare to say anything. The best way is to go to the front yard and stay with the ladies. Maybe we can get some clues. We can decide whether to leave or not after we see the situation."

If they hadn't been afraid of offending the powerful and causing trouble for Liu Laosan, their family would have run away long ago.

Huang Xinghua knew that her daughter had her own ideas, so she naturally listened to her.

The two of them came to the front yard to meet Shen Dagou. Without them asking, Shen Dagou couldn't wait to tell them the news he had heard.

"It was the Second Prince. I heard that the Second Prince secretly met with Miss Cen in the female guest house and was caught by the Queen Mother and the Empress. It was a royal scandal. The Queen Mother was furious and she didn't even have the heart to worship Buddha."

A gleam of light flashed in Shen Tian's eyes, "Which Miss Cen?"

Shen Dagou thought about it carefully, "It seems her name is Cen Xue."

"Cen Mingxue, Chen Mingzhu's cousin."

"Yes, yes, yes! That's the name!" Shen Dagou's voice was a little loud because of excitement. Seeing the pilgrims looking at him, he quickly covered his mouth.

Shen Tian slowly lowered her eyes and hid the mockery on her lips. In her previous life, she was betrothed to Murong Xu. After three years of marriage without a child, Murong Xu suddenly married Cen Mingxue.

The Cen family was just an inconspicuous official family in the imperial capital. She didn't even take Cen Mingxue seriously. But it was this woman who gave birth to three sons in a row after entering the mansion. Although the first two were not raised, she was blessed with many children.

For the royal family with few offspring, it was a symbol of blessing. After Murong Xu ascended the throne, he canonized Cen Mingxue as a noble concubine. She died miserably, but Cen Mingxue lived in wealth and glory.

I never expected that the two of them would be connected in this way in this life.

The royal family values ​​face the most. Cen Mingxue did such an extraordinary thing when the empress dowager was doing charity. Even if she really gave birth to three sons in the future, she would never be able to have the glory of her previous life.

Thinking of this, Shen Tian was in a good mood.

She turned around and smiled sweetly at Huang Xinghua and Shen Dagou, "Mom, brother, it looks like I'm safe now. Let's pack up and go back tomorrow."

"Good, good, good!" Huang Xinghua was overjoyed. She was hit just as she turned around. She screamed in pain, "Hey! Why don't you look at the road when you walk!"

"I'm sorry, ma'am, are you okay?"

Huang Xinghua looked in the direction of the voice and saw a handsome young man in front of her looking at her with concern. He was dressed in gorgeous clothes and looked noble. She looked down and when she saw the young man's crutch, there was a hint of pity in her eyes.

"It's okay, it's okay..." She hurriedly stood up with the help of Shen Dagou and Shen Tian.

I was originally very angry, but I could forgive him because of his handsomeness.