Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Chapter 59 I'm powerless

"Ah—how could this be?"

Shen Nankui looked surprised, "Why is the prince injured? If he is injured, why did the Marquis' Mansion claim to be ill?"

Her eyes were full of confusion, and she seemed to be unable to understand.

Seeing that she seemed truly unaware of the situation, Shen Pingwan couldn't tell whether she was disappointed or relieved.

"Hey, didn't you hear?"

Shen Nankui shook her head. "Sister, your question is strange. I am far away in Lai'an Town and just came to the capital today. How can I know about the Marquis' Mansion?"

Moreover, in the previous life, the Marquis' Mansion kept the news of Prince Qi's injury a secret, and except for a few masters in the mansion, outsiders had no way of knowing about it.

She expected that it would be the same in this life, so Shen Pingwan was deceiving her.

Sure enough, Shen Pingwan asked again: "Then guess how the prince got injured?"

Shen Nankui shook his head in confusion.

"I'm not a god."

Shen Pingwan looked at her and said slowly: "Then let me tell you, the reason why the prince was seriously injured and nearly died was because... he was beaten by his father, the Marquis of Jianning."

"Being beaten by Marquis Jianning?"

Shen Nankui's eyebrows jumped and he looked extremely surprised.

"Why is this happening? What was the biggest mistake that the prince made that caused the Marquis of Jianning to almost beat his own son to death?"

Seeing the horror in her eyes, Shen Pingwan finally believed that she really knew nothing.

Right.

Things like rebirth are blessed by God, and only you are worthy of receiving this good fortune. As for that fake person, how could he have such a blessing?

However, compared to Shen Nankui's shock at the moment, Shen Pingwan was also quite confused.

Before she married into the Marquis' Mansion, she always thought that the prince was ill. She thought that since he was fine in his previous life, there would be no risk in this life. However, when she actually arrived to serve the prince, she found that his body was covered with scars, without a single piece of healthy flesh. It was not that he was sick, but that he was seriously injured!

She was filled with fear, but no one could tell her the answer.

Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion was very tight-lipped and no one told her what had happened. When the prince was changing the medicine, basins of blood were carried out of the room, but everyone said that he was sick.

Shen Pingwan suppressed her suspicion and took care of the prince for two months. His injuries finally improved and the Marquis's mansion was no longer so strict on guarding against her. She spent a large sum of money to bribe a maid, and only then did she finally find out that the prince was beaten like this by Marquis Jianning.

She was horrified.

How could a father almost beat his own son to death?

She wanted to know the reason, but no matter how she asked, no one was willing to tell her the truth.

She vaguely felt that the truth must be terrible, but she couldn't guess why.

Until now, when the prince gradually recovered, everyone in the Marquis' Mansion seemed to have forgotten about it and refused to talk about the past.

She was left alone with a heart full of doubts.

Thinking about her previous life, when Shen Nankui returned to her parents' home, she never mentioned this matter at all, so Shen Pingwan began to doubt her.

But in the end she was overthinking it.

Shen Pingwan lowered her eyelashes slightly, hiding the emotions in her eyes, "I don't know either. Aren't you always smart? Why don't you help me think of a solution?"

Shen Nankui said helplessly: "I can't help you with this. Since my sister has already married into the Marquis's mansion, why don't you go ask the wife of the Marquis of Jianning?"

Shen Pingwan's eyes darkened. "If mother-in-law wanted to tell me, why would she wait for me to ask?"

"Why don't you ask the prince?"

Shen Pingwan glanced at her with disdain. "Useless thing, I asked you to help me with some advice, and this is all you can say?"

Shen Nankui sighed, "Then I'm sorry I can't do anything about it."

"I was so out of my mind that I came to say these things to you!"

Shen Pingwan suddenly felt extremely regretful for coming to Shen Nankui. Not only did the problem not get solved, but it also made her feel even more upset.

She didn't stay any longer, but stood up and left the house without hesitation.

Shen Nankui looked at her back and sighed softly. It was hard to tell whether the look in his eyes was helplessness or something else.

This was something she forced herself to do, so she couldn't blame others.

In the previous life, the Marquis' Mansion was like this too. They tried their best to hide the reason why Prince Shen Nankui was beaten. Even after the prince recovered from his illness, he still used the reason of recuperating and delayed consummating the marriage with her for two long years.

She had investigated and naturally made a fuss about it.

In order to calm the storm, the wife of Marquis Jianning told her that it was because the Prince of Qi had a chronic illness and could no longer be humane.

It took Shen Nankui a long time to go from shock to acceptance, and it also took him a long time to go from sadness to calmness.

Even later, when she knew that Prince Qi was gay, she didn't feel it was a big deal anymore. She was a widow anyway, and it was all the same to her. The only difference was that people who knew the truth looked at her with a little more pity.

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It was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and his two married daughters came back, which made Shen's father very happy.

He had a very pleasant conversation with Gu Yichuan today, and he frequently invited him to drink during the meal.

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's rare that your father-in-law is so interested. Yichuan, you should have a few drinks with him."

"Yes." Gu Yichuan responded with a smile.

Seeing that his cheeks had turned red after a few drinks, Shen Nankui couldn't help but feel a little worried and secretly pulled his sleeve.

Gu Yichuan understood what she meant and whispered, "Don't worry, my lady. I'm fine."

After a few rounds of drinks, Father Shen suddenly picked up the wine glass and came to Gu Yichuan's side.

He patted Gu Yichuan on the shoulder, laughed and said, "Yichuang, I'm waiting for you to become the top scorer in high school next year!"

After saying that, he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

Regardless of his attitude towards Shen Nankui, Gu Yichuan, the son-in-law, was chosen by him personally. His character and talent were all to his liking, so he really valued him.

"I will do my best." Gu Yichuan drank a glass with him.

Upon hearing this, Shen Pingwan curled her lips in disdain and muttered, "You didn't get the top spot in your last life, and you're still dreaming of it in this life. You don't even look at your own worth. A poor scholar from a humble family is only fit to be a small clerk..."

He didn't hear clearly, so she asked, "Wan'er, what are you talking about?"

"Nothing, Mom, I just think home-cooked food is better!"

"If it tastes good, eat more. No matter how expensive the food in the Marquis's Mansion is, it's not as good as what we are used to eating at home."

No one else heard it, but Shen Nankui was sitting next to Shen Pingwan and heard it clearly.

But she was not in a hurry at all.

Although these are all facts, in the previous life, the Gu family was in turmoil because of Shen Pingwan, and Gu Yichuan was also affected. Although his name was on the list, his ranking was very low. He had no chance to stay in Beijing as an official, and finally could only be sent to the provincial government as a seventh-rank official.

However, in this life, except for the accident that happened to her, everything else in her family was relatively harmonious. Gu Yichuan also became a disciple of the old scholar Hu at an early age and has been concentrating on his studies.

Shen Nankui believed that he would be able to achieve better results than in his previous life.

After Shen Pingwan was reborn and married into the Marquis' Mansion, she couldn't bear to see her father being so close to Gu Yichuan anymore, so she couldn't help but say, "Dad, when I came here, my father-in-law asked me to say hello to you. When are you free to visit the Marquis' Mansion?"