Chapter 305 Dissension

With Chen Tang around, the Second and Fourth Madams couldn't gain any advantage, and instead made themselves mad.

The princess and the second and fourth wives' sisters-in-law have lived under the same roof for more than ten years. How could she not know what kind of people the second and fourth wives are like? Knowing that Chen Tang was protecting her, she simply pushed the matter to the prince.

The prince gave nothing to the fourth wife.

Well, it can't be said that he gave nothing, but people are greedy. The prince gave the fourth wife a four-yard house and a shop, but the fourth wife said openly and secretly that the eldest wife gave less than the second wife, which directly angered the prince. He simply gave nothing and said, "Discipline your daughter well, otherwise no matter how much wealth you have, it will not be enough for her to burn."

There are some things that the prince is unwilling to talk about. He has always disliked getting involved in these matters. Besides, the Fourth House is going to be separated from the mansion, so he will turn a blind eye if he can. But not saying anything does not mean not knowing. The Second and Fourth Houses are playing tricks in front of him, and the prince dares to complain. How can he tolerate it?

After the prince said this, if the fourth room dared to say another word, the prince would hold Xie Shu accountable. Although Xie Shu did not do it on purpose, she would still have to be punished.

Because she threw things and lost her temper, the fourth room was burned, and she put the blame on the maid. When this matter got out, let alone the daughter of the fourth master and the fourth mistress, even if she was the biological daughter of the prince and princess, and Xie Guimo's biological sister, I'm afraid few people would dare to come to her house to propose to her.

After the prince left, the division of the family came to an end, and Chen Tang returned to Chenxiangxuan.

But just as she returned to the house, Si'er came running in and told Chen Tang, "After the Crown Prince's Consort left, the Second and Fourth Madams started arguing on the path leading to Wutong Courtyard..."

Chen Tang's lips curled up, and Gingko asked, "Why are you arguing?"

Si Er said, "Second Madam didn't know that the fire in the Fourth Room was related to the Fourth Miss. She thought it was really caused by the maid's clumsiness, so she gave the Fourth Room so many things. The eldest room is a big family, and the prince thinks that the Fourth Room should be taught a lesson. He wants the Fourth Room to return the things given by the Second Room. Fourth Madam disagreed, and then a quarrel broke out..."

Chen Tang had expected the quarrel. If she hadn't been waiting to see this, she wouldn't have taken the second wife's words and made them come true. The second wife said the words in public, but the things had to be taken back in private, which meant that the fourth wife got nothing, while the second wife still had a good reputation for being friendly and respectful to her brothers.

Can the fourth wife bear this loss?

Once the things are in the hands of the fourth room, there is no way they can be returned even if the sun rises in the west.

But the Second Wife was unwilling to suffer this loss, and they could not help but quarrel, and even fight. A shop, a farm, a hundred acres of fertile land, plus five thousand taels, was not a small amount. The Second Wife could not give so much even to her own daughter, so how could she give it to the Fourth Wife's daughter? Wouldn't it be better to keep it for her own daughter as a dowry in the future?

The old lady is still unconscious now. When she wakes up, she will find that she has suffered a lot. In the end, the fourth branch was separated from the house, and the second and fourth branches even have a rift. I'm afraid she will be so angry that she will vomit blood.

Shen Tang was already expecting the old lady to wake up.

Manager Zhou called on everyone to quickly send the fourth room's belongings out of the house. It was really strange that as soon as the fourth room's belongings were sent out, the old lady woke up. Everyone in the house was shocked by the Taoist's efficacy.

The old lady woke up and, as Chen Tang had expected, learned that the fourth branch of the family had been divided. She vomited blood and fainted before she could even catch her breath.

Unfortunately, everyone in Wutong Courtyard was just beginning to feel happy because the old lady had woken up, but then she fainted again. The whole courtyard was in chaos again, and they hurriedly invited the imperial physician into the house.

Although the old lady fainted, it was caused by anger. The imperial physician was able to cure her. He prescribed a prescription to calm her down and told the old lady to rest and not to get angry.

The old lady didn't want to get angry, but she had to hold it back. Her body was her own. She was clearly not sick, but she fainted after drinking the talisman paper and water prepared by the Taoist priest. There must be something wrong with the talisman paper and water!

But the talisman paper was burned by the Taoist priest in front of everyone in the yard. The Taoist priest was invited into the house by the Second Wife and Concubine Jiang. The Taoist priest had no grudge against her and had no reason to harm her.

But the old lady's intuition told her that this matter was closely related to Xie Guimo Chentang!

They just wanted to drive the second and fourth wives, and even her, the old lady, out of the house, so they took the opportunity to drive the fourth wife out!

Thinking about the fact that she had been unconscious for so many days, the old lady became furious, her back teeth and eyes ached. Before the imperial physician left, she silently added another penny of the heat-reducing medicine to the prescription.

Knowing that the second and fourth rooms had a conflict, the old lady called the second and fourth masters to her bedside, scolded them, and asked the fourth room to return half of the things that the second room had given to the second room.

Although she failed to get all of it back, she got back half of it. The Second Wife's anger subsided a little, but it didn't last long before she got angry again.

The old lady sent the second wife away and left the fourth wife to talk. The old lady felt sorry for the fourth wife because she had to move out of the house early and many things were burned in the fire. She gave the fourth wife two shops, a farm, and 10,000 taels of silver.

The old lady knew that the second room would not be happy if she gave so many things to the fourth room, so she sent the second room away and gave the things to the fourth room alone. She also told the fourth wife not to let it slip, because both sides of one's hand are made of flesh and blood, and one should not worry about having too little but having unequal distribution of things.

But the second wife was not stupid. She knew that the old lady would compensate the fourth room, so when she left, she winked at the maid.

Not long after she left Wutong Courtyard, the eavesdropping maid caught up with her and told the Second Madam everything the old lady had given to the Fourth House and the words she had instructed her to do, word for word, which made the Second Madam very angry.

It’s bad enough that she’s partial to the fourth room, but she doesn’t even let her know that in the old lady’s heart, is she such a unreasonable person? !

If the title belonged to the second wife, she wouldn't have complained even if the old lady gave all her money to the fourth wife. But the second wife has no share in the title, and she won't get any advantage in the division of the family property. So what will the second wife get? !

The Second Wife was very angry, but eavesdropping was not honorable after all, and she couldn’t tell the old lady about it. But just because she couldn’t do it openly didn’t mean she couldn’t do it secretly, and the Second Wife also “fell ill.”

For three consecutive days, the second wife did not show up at Wutong Courtyard. The old lady knew that the second wife was not really sick, but was just dissatisfied with her.

The old lady had no choice but to ask Mother Wu to give a shop and a farm to the second wife.

The amount given was not as much as that given to the fourth wife, but the second wife knew when to stop. She collected the things in the evening and recovered the next morning.

After ten days of turmoil in the palace, it finally returned to its former tranquility.

That morning, Shen Tang finished reading the book in his hand and found that the second volume was missing, so he got up and went to the study to look for it.

Xie Guimo was not in the study. Chen Tang looked around but couldn't find it. Ginkgo stood on tiptoe and pointed up high, "Princess, is that the one?"

Chen Tang took two steps back and looked towards the top of the bookshelf. It looked somewhat similar, but he just couldn't reach it.

Ginkgo was about to move the stool, but when she turned around, Xie Guimo came in. He waved his hand, and Ginkgo silently put the stool back and walked out.

Xie Guimo walked behind Chen Tang and asked, "Which book do you want?"

Chen Tang pointed, "That one."

Chen Tang thought Xie Guimo would just give it to him, but the bastard didn’t reach out his hand, but picked her up instead.

Chen Tang lost his temper and reached out to take the book, but there were two books on top of it. He didn't hold it carefully, and the book on top fell down and hit Xie Guimo's head by accident.

Chen Tang tried to hold back his laughter, and Xie Guimo gritted his teeth, "Did you do this on purpose?!"

Chen Tang looked innocent, "I didn't mean it."

She struggled to get down, bent down and picked up the book that had fallen to the ground. The book was separated and turned upside down on the ground. When she picked it up, she saw a picture of a man and a woman on it. Shen Tang blushed and cursed, "Shameless!"

Xie Guimo had not expected that it was such a book that fell. How could there be such a book in his study? He remembered that it was prepared for him when he married Shen Tang. Because Shen Tang could not consummate the marriage and he could, he just threw it on the bookshelf.

Now that he was scolded by Chen Tang, he was speechless.

But there was no need to argue, he leaned over to Shen Tang's ear and whispered something, which made Shen Tang so angry that he hit him.

Outside, Gingko came in and said, "Master and Consort, the Marquis Xuanyi's son is here..."

Before she could finish her report, Chu Yi came in. Chen Tang found another book on the floor. She took two or three steps over and kicked the book under the desk.

Unfortunately it was too late, Chu Yi had already seen it.

Chu Yi, "..."