Chapter 35: He went up with a knife and tore someone apart

The night bells are ringing, and the flowers are silent.

After washing his hands, Chen Tang still felt drunk, so he was in no hurry to return to the table. He held onto Hua Ping's hand, while another little maid, Xiang Hui, held a lantern and walked around the garden for a while.

In fact, there is no need for maids to carry lanterns. The Mid-Autumn moon is round and the courtyard is hung with colorful embroidered lanterns everywhere, and the heaven and the earth are shining together.

"Miss, although the Qi family is crowded and lively, it is not as intimate as our Shen family. In our family, everyone gathered together, sat and ate fruit, and the master would recite poems. The second young lady likes lanterns the most. If she saw so many lanterns..."

Chen Tang heard what Hua Ping said and shook his head and smiled.

Huaping was young and her family lived in the city. Every year after eating fruit at the Shen family, her parents would take her home to celebrate the festival.

Such a naive little maid only saw the happy family, her younger brothers and sisters laughing, and her master reciting poems. How could she know the unspeakable depression in Chen Tang's heart?

After hearing this, Chen Tang realized that in previous years, Mid-Autumn Festival was also the time when she missed her mother the most. But now that the moon was at its zenith, her mood was fine, and even though Huaping said such words, she just smiled and did not feel sad.

Maybe it’s because now she has someone by her side who loves her as much as her mother did.

Chen Tang walked to an empty space in the garden and saw an incense table. He ordered people to place fruits on it and bring the incense burner. He looked up into the distance, put his hands together, leaned over to worship the moon, and recited silently in his heart.

"Mother, I have never had the blessing of having a loving mother. Now I am married to a good man. He treats me sincerely, and I am willing to treat him sincerely. If mother is still alive... please rest in peace."

After a long while, Shen Tang wiped her tears and stood up, and the maids came over to help her adjust her skirt.

Suddenly there was a sound of rustling branches and leaves, and a cold voice came from behind.

"Oh, worshiping the moon in the wind, how sentimental."

Chen Tang turned around upon hearing the voice and saw the person who spoke walking towards him in the moonlight. He had an oval face, snow-white skin, cold eyes and a graceful figure.

Aunt Xue came forward and bowed gracefully.

"Greetings to Third Grandma."

She was more friendly than last time.

"Please stand up."

One was the concubine in the West Courtyard, and the other was the wife in the East Courtyard. Both of them were strangers but polite, so this could be considered a formal meeting.

"I just came out to wash my hands and wanted to take a walk by myself. I ran into Third Grandma worshipping the moon by accident. It was not intentional."

She spoke frankly, and Chen Tang smiled without any shyness.

"I was just walking around casually. I didn't know where I wanted to go. I just wanted to worship the moon on a whim. My aunt naturally had no intention of doing so."

Aunt Xue nodded slightly.

"I never took a close look at her before, but now I see her under the moonlight. She is indeed so beautiful. No wonder Third Master is like this..."

She stopped in time and smiled.

Such excessive pampering.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Chen Tang understood in his heart and smiled helplessly. Qi Huaijing was really famous.

However, Aunt Xue was also famous for being favored in the mansion.

Chen Tang didn't intend to use this matter to flatter each other, for he was afraid that if someone heard it and it reached Qin Jiangyun's ears, it would cause trouble for no reason, so he naturally changed the subject.

"The moonlight is so beautiful, and my aunt said that worshiping the moon is a refined thing. There are ready-made incense tables here, if you also want to worship the moon..."

"OK."

Aunt Xue did not say anything polite. She took two steps to the cushion where Chen Tang had just knelt, and bowed down, clasping her hands together, very pious.

After a long time, she stood up with tears in her eyes.

The beauty with tears in her eyes looks even more charming.

When Chen Tang saw this, he hesitated to speak, but finally asked.

"What are you praying for, Auntie?"

Aunt Xue wiped the tears from her cheeks and spoke in a calm tone.

"I pray that my parents can rest in peace in the underworld."

Chen Tang had just paid his respects to his deceased mother, and hearing these words, he couldn't help but be touched. When he looked at this beautiful girl again, he felt more pity for her as they shared the same fate.

Aunt Xue saw that she seemed moved and suddenly burst into laughter.

"I just said it casually, did Third Madam believe it? You are so simple and straightforward, it's a good thing you married a husband like Third Master. If you were..."

She stopped talking again, smiled, and thought to herself:

If she were placed in the Second Master's courtyard full of beautiful girls, she would be bullied and cry seven or eight times in three days!

Chen Tang couldn't help but feel a little annoyed by her smile, but also... a little convinced!

Before she got married, she learned that she was going to marry the third cousin of the Qi family, so she was extremely cautious and prepared to be careful at all times, to be cautious in everything, to hide from the open guns and guard against the hidden arrows in this deep mansion...

Until the eve of her wedding, she was still worried.

She never expected that her third cousin, who seemed quite decent and low-key in the past, turned out to be such a domineering husband!

Now that they have been married for more than two months, all the scheming methods that Chen Tang had practiced long ago...are almost useless.

A husband like Qi Huaijing always stood up for her and supported her in everything. Sometimes, even when Chen Tang didn't feel wronged, he would just pick up a knife and tear someone apart...

Aunt Xue glanced at Chen Tang and chuckled again.

"What? I said it was just a joke, but Third Grandma believed it again?"

She was still smiling, but her expression suddenly turned cold.

"The first sentence is the truth. I am sincere in praying that the souls of my parents rest in peace in the afterlife."

Chen Tang felt cold in his heart again, and looking at the beauty in front of him, he couldn't help swallowing.

I never dare to believe a word she says again.