Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 605: Terrified

Early the next morning, the news of the disappearance of Shen Wantang, the second daughter of the Shen family, had spread throughout the streets and alleys.

When Shen Wantang heard the news from Qin Xin, she burst into laughter. "The missing person is clearly Shen Mingxuan, so why are they saying it's me? My good father and mother stayed up all night and came up with this idea to protect Shen Mingxuan's reputation?"

Qin Xin was stunned: "Miss, are you saying that the master and the mistress deliberately spread this?"

"Who else could it be besides them?"

Qin Xin couldn't help but sigh: "It's fine that Madam is biased, but I didn't expect Master to be so biased too. All the good things go to Miss, and all the bad things are your fault."

Shen Wantang stood up, his expression stern. "Let's go to the main courtyard. I need to ask who came up with this stupid idea."

As a result, when Shen Wantang arrived at the main courtyard, she saw that both Shen Guannian and Qi had bruised faces and noses, and both looked afraid and hated her. If someone didn't know, they would think that they were beaten by her!

Seeing the two people injured like this, Shen Wantang couldn't just ignore it and asked casually, "What happened to father and madam? Why are their faces so badly injured?"

Qi gnashed her teeth and said, "Hmph, you still dare to ask?!"

Shen Guannian endured the humiliation and said, "Last night, your sister disappeared. Your mother and I had an argument. We pushed each other a few times. It's nothing serious."

Shen Wantang's face was full of suspicion. The two of them had an argument and were pushing each other. Why was Qi angry at her?

Besides, their injuries didn't seem to be caused by pushing or shoving, but more like being slapped.

But it was normal for Shen Guannian to slap Qi. How could Qi dare to slap Shen Guannian?

Something is wrong, this is so wrong!

Although Shen Wantang had doubts in her heart, she actually didn't care how the two of them were beaten. Anyway, they were beaten, and she was very happy!

She cares more about her reputation. Disappearance is no joke and it can ruin her in a day or two.

"Father, I came here today to ask why everyone is saying I'm missing. Wasn't it my sister who disappeared? Why did it become my fault after the news got out? Father and Madam are trying to sacrifice my reputation to save my sister's?"

When Shen Guannian heard that she was blaming him for this, he was shocked and said hurriedly, "It's not me! This has nothing to do with me!"

Shen Wantang frowned: "Didn't father spread the news on purpose?"

"of course not!"

Shen Guannian was so anxious that his speech became faster. "This matter was spread by outsiders. I woke up like this this morning! Tang'er, I have loved you since you were a child. How could I sacrifice your reputation to protect your sister's reputation? You, you, you can't say such nonsense!"

What a joke! How can you just accuse him of something like this?

He was almost tortured to death by Gu Qianhan last night. If Gu Qianhan thought that he was the one who spread the rumors outside, then would he still have a chance to survive?

Shen Wantang frowned even deeper. She could tell that Shen Guannian was not lying.

But if he wasn't the one who spread the news, then who could it be? The Qi family?

She glanced at Qi.

Unexpectedly, Qi jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on and yelled, "Why are you looking at me? I wasn't the one who spread the news of your disappearance. Don't even think about putting this blame on me!"

Shen Wantang was slightly confused. What was going on? It wasn't Qi's family either?

In a flash, Shen Wantang suddenly thought of a possibility - the person who pretended to be Gu Qianhan and wrote to her!

Because last night Shen Mingxuan secretly replaced her and went to the Duke's Mansion. Shen Mingxuan even took away her clothes. The servant who took Shen Mingxuan away didn't realize that the person he took away was not the second lady of the Shen family!

Therefore, the mastermind behind this incident still doesn’t know that they have got the wrong person!

And, missing? Why does this plot sound so familiar? Didn't Liu Nanshi "disappear" a few days ago?

Shen Wantang suddenly remembered that Xiao Qingyuan had mentioned that Liu Nanshi thought it was her fault that she disappeared and was sold to Wanhua Tower, and she also wanted Xiao Qingyuan to kill her.

Now that she is "missing", it is very likely Liu Nanshi's revenge!

After figuring out the whole story, Shen Wantang relaxed.

It is easy to prove that she is not missing. She just needs to take her maid out for a walk, and then the rumors will be self-defeating.

As for Shen Mingxuan, Chu Yanluo, Huayi and the other two, they can only wish them good luck!

Just as she turned around to leave, she saw a group of people entering the yard from outside.

The leader was none other than Gu Qianhan, and beside him was Gu Qianning, and behind them were five or six servants and maids.

When Shen Guannian saw that Gu Qianhan came again, his heart skipped a beat and his cheeks twitched involuntarily.

When Qi saw Gu Qianhan, she was so scared that she stood up and walked towards the back room, refusing to even deal with him.

Unfortunately, Shen Wantang had her back to them and was completely unaware of their abnormal reactions. Otherwise, she would have been able to guess who had caused the injuries on their faces.

Shen Wantang pretended not to know Gu Qianhan and said hello: "Meeting, Second Young Master Gu."

Then she smiled at Gu Qianning: "A Ning, why are you here today?"

Gu Qianning also smiled at her: "I'm here to invite you to the Duke's Mansion. I sent you an invitation before, did you forget?"

Shen Wantang hesitated: "I didn't forget, but the date on the invitation seems to be tomorrow? Did I remember it wrong?"

Gu Qianhan said calmly: "You remember correctly, my mother wanted to see you and didn't want to wait until tomorrow, so she changed it to today."

Gu Qianning shook her head secretly. What? It wasn’t her mother who missed Atang, it was clearly her second brother who missed her!

However, even though she criticized him in her heart, she certainly would not expose Gu Qianhan's thoughts to his face.

She calmly tugged at his sleeve, indicating that they should go and pay their respects to Shen Guannian first. After all, he was their elder, so they had to behave themselves.

Gu Qianhan took a few steps forward and said calmly, "Greetings, Master Shen. I hope you are well."

Gu Qianning also stepped forward to pay her respects. When she looked up, she saw Shen Guannian with a bruised face and nose.

She was stunned. Who hit Shen Guannian? This was too harsh. He even disfigured him!

Shen Guannian was afraid of Gu Qianhan's tactics and didn't even dare to sit down to let him salute. He quickly stood up and said, "The Second Young Master and the Eldest Young Miss are here. Are they here to invite Tang'er to the Duke's Mansion to play? Then go quickly!"

This evil star is too scary, we have to get rid of it quickly!

Gu Qianhan was quite satisfied with his ability to know the situation: "Thank you, Lord Shen."

Shen Guannian's face was not only twitching, but his heart was also twitching. Who would dare to ask Gu Qianhan to thank him? He should be thankful that he didn't come to the Shen family and go crazy!

On the other side, Gu Qianning had already taken Shen Wantang's arm and said, "Come on, Atang, let's go to my house and play! I specially asked someone to prepare a lot of delicious food, as well as the best osmanthus wine. Don't go home until you're drunk today!"