Rebirth of Poisoned Empress, by 颜若优雅

Chapter 126

The Daqin empire and the Marquis Donglin Manor. Neither one of them was a small hat to put on Shen Liang. If Shen Liang was unwilling, then put plainly, it would be disregarding the manor. If exaggerated, Shen Liang would be disregarding the empire. As the heir of the Marquis Donglin Manor, he wasn't even willing to do such a small thing. Put frankly, Shen Liang simply did take himself to be a member of the Marquis Donglin Manor. He never treated the old madame as his grandmother and even more, didn't take Buddha seriously. 

Many of the onlookers looked at Shen Liang with sympathy. However, this sort of thing wasn't uncommon. Many commoners often kneeled three times and kowtowed nine times up the temple to impress the Heavens. Adding on that the old madame even implicated the Great Qin Empire, if they were to speak up for Shen Liang now, then it would be disloyal to the empire. Hence, even though they were all able to see through the old madame's sinister intentions, no one dared to gossip and speculate casually like before. 

"As a citizen of the Great Qin empire, it is only natural to devote yourself to the wellbeing of Daqin."

"Why didn't this lord know that the empire and it's wellbeing lied on the shoulders of a Ger?" After giving the old madame a deep look, Shen Liang's lips curled as he was about to retort when a more domineering voice sounded. It directly suppressed Shen Liang's intentions and blocked the words he was about to say.

"Duke of Qingping?"

"The Imperial Princes..."

Everyone gaped and gasped. They watched as Pei Yuanxia, donned in his majestic mauve robe, straddling on a grand horse, passed by with the nine Imperial Princes accompanying his side. Cacophony immediately broke out. The old madame's brows furrowed imperceptibly. Zhao Lan and Lu Yang's expressions also became stiff. In contrast, Shen Qiang, Shen Qiao, and Shen Jing all revealed a hypocritical shy expression at the Imperial Princes and Pei Yuanxian.

"This old lady greets the Imperial Princes, the Duke of Qingping!" After recovering from her trance, the old madame broke free from her daughter- in-laws' arms and paid her respects to the princes and Pei Yuanxian respectively.

"Greeting the Imperial Princes, Duke of Qingping." Seeing this, Zhao Lan and Lu yang also led their three daughters and the children from the manor to pay their respects. The servants all knelt down in unison as the other onlookers also followed suit.

Pei Yuanxian, who led the entourage ignored them. He got off his horse and directly passed the old lady as he headed over to Shen Liang. "I didn't expect to once again see my future Princess here. If you were here to pray to the Heavens, why didn't you invite this lord?"

"I didn't dare to trouble my lord," Shen Liang displayed unfamiliarity with him. He bent his knees and paid his respects while responding. The corners of Pei Yuanxian's lips twitched as he realized that he might have ruined Shen Liang's plans. He can't blame him! Who let him and the princes stay stuck at one spot for so long and saw so much at a distance? He couldn't keep them there endlessly, could he?

The fiancés spoke as though they were in a private setting and complicate obscured the old madame's presence. The old madame's face blackened but she didn't dare to flip face and act unscrupulously before the Duke of Qingping and the Imperial Princes. On the surface, she also had to maintain and complacent smile. Similar to her, Zhao Lan and Lu Yang followed suit. Perhaps the person who found it most difficult to maintain her smile must be Shen Qiao. The moment Pei Yuanxian headed over to Shen Liang, her poisonous gaze had already settled on Shen Liang. There was no doubt that if looks could kill, Shen Liang would've long since died from a thousand cuts. Clearly, Shen Liang was the legitimate and formal future Princess Qingping, but she acted as though Shen Liang was a mistress who had stolen her husband. Thinking that, it was quite humorous.