If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Chapter 490 Fear of Nightmares

Shen Sui'an woke up from a nightmare.

She was breathing heavily and sweating profusely.

Ban Jian, who was outside the house, heard the noise and came in quickly, "Princess, what's wrong? Are you having a nightmare?"

"What's that noise outside?" Shen Suian drank a glass of water and heard some rustling sounds outside.

"Princess, it's snowing." Banjian said.

Shen Sui'an was stunned, "Why is it snowing?"

Ban Jian: "Winter comes early in the capital, but the first snow this year is indeed early. I heard from the old maids that the first snow used to come at least in October, but it's only September now."

"How long has it been since we received a letter from the prince?" Shen Sui'an asked.

"It's been about ten days." Ban Jian whispered, "Maybe the official business in Hexi is busy, or the letter was delayed on the way."

Shen Sui'an covered his chest and said, "I just dreamed that my husband was sick."

She dreamed that she was in the Lu family in her previous life. At that time, the sad news of Lu Yuan's death came. No one in the Lu family was sad for him, and even the funeral was sloppy and simple.

She was the one who arranged the funeral at that time. Outsiders didn't know the inside story and kept scolding her behind her back for being cold and heartless.

She was scolded so much that she even thought that she was wrong and she felt sorry for Lu Yuan.

At night she always dreamed that Lu Yuan came to her covered in blood.

Since her rebirth, she almost forgot about this past.

Today she suddenly dreamed of the scene from that year, and she suddenly felt suppressed and uneasy.

Could it be that she missed Fu Jinyuan too much recently, so she had all these wild thoughts and dreams?

"Ask Shi Qing to send someone to Hexi tomorrow. I'm worried." Shen Sui'an said.

"Yes, I will ask Shi Qing to arrange it tomorrow." Ban Jian said, "Princess, please sleep a little longer. It's still early."

Shen Sui'an nodded inaudibly, but after stopping, he did not feel sleepy.

I tossed and turned for an unknown amount of time before I finally closed my eyes and fell into a good sleep.

It was daybreak and she had just woken up when Jiang and Liang came to see her.

I saw the hesitant expressions on their faces, and the worry and grief they were trying hard to suppress.

Shen Sui'an's heart sank.

"Mother, aunt, why are you here?" Shen Sui'an couldn't see that his smile was uglier than crying.

Jiang held Shen Sui'an's hand tightly, "Sui Sui, don't listen to the nonsense outside. The prince will definitely come back safely. Those gossipers have never been to Hexi, so how can they know what the situation is like in Hexi now?"

"That is, if you haven't seen it with your own eyes, you can't believe it."

Shen Sui'an was stunned by what they said, "Mother, aunt, what are you talking about?"

Jiang and Liang looked at each other.

"Hurry up and tell me, no matter what the news is, I want to know." Shen Sui'an's eyes were slightly red.

"That's right... early this morning, everyone was suddenly saying... that the prince had fallen ill in Hexi, and his condition was extremely serious..." Jiang said with difficulty.

Shen Sui'an took a breath and reached out to grab the cup tightly.

Liang said hurriedly, "Your uncle has already gone to Hexi in person. No matter what the situation is, he will report it back immediately."

"I know I won't believe the rumors," Shen Sui'an said.

"Mother-in-law, didn't you just ask the kitchen to prepare ginseng tea? Why hasn't it come yet?" Liang said to Jiang.

Jiang knew that Liang had something to say to Shen Sui'an, so she nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, I'll go and take a look."

"All of you go down." Shen Sui'an sent everyone else down as well.

"Aunt, is it the prince who..."

Liang held her hand and said, "There is something that only your uncle and I know. Not long after the prince went to Hexi, he sent a secret letter to your uncle."

"In the moldy granary, we found the Ruan family's badge."

Shen Sui'an's face changed, "What?"

"We know what's going on as soon as we see the badges," Liang said. "The Ruan family has twelve badges in total. The old master and the old lady each hold one, and the other three families each hold one. In addition, the chief steward has a badge to facilitate his work outside."

"But the chief steward said that his badge was missing."

"The old man collected all the badges and found that the one missing was not the chief steward's, but Chen's."

"When the waist badges were delivered to each family, there were actually slight differences. However, they didn't know about this, and neither did Chen."

Shen Sui'an immediately understood what was going on.

"The waist badge found in the Hexi granary was the one that Chen lost." Shen Sui'an asked.

Liang nodded gently, "That's right, Chen couldn't have gone to Hexi. She gave the token to someone else. Someone wanted to frame the Ruan family."

"Maybe they had set up a plan to use the granary in Hexi to drag the Ruan family down with them, but Chen died, so they didn't take any action."

Shen Sui'an said expressionlessly, "It's Prince Heng."

Liang said, "Yes, your uncle had already told the prince about this matter, but the prince did not give any instructions to do anything to Prince Heng."

"Today, news suddenly came out that the prince was ill. Your uncle thought that the prince was going to deal with Prince Heng."

"So, don't worry too much, the prince will be fine."

When Shen Sui'an heard this, the heavy stone in his heart seemed to be relieved a little. "Since Chen's death, Prince Heng has been hiding in the palace all day long, doing nothing, and rarely even went to the morning court."

A completely idle prince who doesn't care about anything.

If he had not been so eager to convict the Ruan family and Fu Jinyuan, they would have really been fooled by him.

"Aunt, does anyone else know about the badge in the granary?" Shen Suian asked in a low voice.

"As for your uncle, I only found out about it two days ago. The palace hasn't even told anyone about it. Your uncle said he would investigate it thoroughly before reporting back." Liang said.

"There must be a spy of King Heng in Hexi. He should know that the badge is no longer in the granary." Shen Sui'an said.

Shen Sui'an's eyes moved, "Aunt, I have to go to the palace."

"You are entering the palace at this time?" Liang was stunned.

"How can I remain indifferent when the outside world is spreading such rumors about the prince? Of course I have to go to the palace with a broken heart and grief to ask the Empress Dowager and the Emperor for help." Shen Sui'an said in a low voice.

Liang thought about it carefully and said, "Yes, if you do nothing, the person who deliberately spread this rumor will not achieve his goal, right?"

Shen Sui'an: "We still need to keep an eye on Prince Heng."

He always felt that King Heng was silent and looked like a poisonous snake.

"Drink the ginseng soup first." Liang said.

Shen Sui'an smiled and suppressed her worries. She still believed that Fu Jinyuan would definitely return safely.

He promised her.

When Jiang brought in the ginseng soup and saw that her daughter's face was not as pale as before, she exchanged a glance with Liang implicitly.

I felt a little relieved.