Chapter 345: Wrong Point

There were only two bridges in the garden, and they were quite far apart. Chen Tang didn't believe that the little maid who stayed in the garden to serve all day would make a mistake.

Chen Tang said, "Fortunately I am fine, but that little maid can't even tell the difference between two bridges. She is too careless in her work. If I fall and get hurt, I'm afraid Miss Jiang Biao won't be able to come to the mansion again in the future."

……it's out of the question.

People who are scheming, cruel and ruthless are also extremely thick-skinned. They will never think that they have made any mistakes, so why would they stop visiting?

The princess ordered Madam Yun, "Give the maid thirty lashes of the cane and send her away from the palace."

Mother Yun went to do the job, and the princess comforted Shen Tang.

When the princess was about to leave, Si'er came back and said, "Mother Yun wanted to sell the maid, but the maid knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, saying that when Miss Jiang asked her to wash, she pointed to that bridge, and she didn't go wrong..."

The two bridges are in different directions, so even the most directionless person cannot point in the wrong direction.

Mother Yun couldn't handle the matter, so she asked the maid to report to the princess.

The princess went to the garden.

The news that Chen Tang stepped on tea seed oil and nearly fell had spread throughout the Jingyang Palace.

When the princess arrived at the garden, Concubine Jiang, Jiang Huier, and the second and third wives were all there. After all, this was not a trivial matter.

Seeing the princess, Jiang Huier's eyes were red, and she said aggrievedly, "I just accidentally spilled some tea seed oil on the bridge, but I didn't expect it would almost cause such a big trouble. It was me who caused my cousin's wife to be frightened..."

No one has said anything to her yet, but she's already feeling wronged.

Concubine Jiang defended her, "Huier didn't do it on purpose. The sky cleared up suddenly. Who knew that the Crown Prince's wife was pregnant and would come to the garden? Huier also told the maid about the tea seed oil. It was the maid who didn't do her job well and almost caused a disaster!"

My niece from my mother's side can come to visit Prince Jingyang's Mansion, but the Crown Prince's Consort from Prince Jingyang's Mansion shouldn't come to the garden. It was only thanks to Concubine Jiang that she said it.

But as a princess, she cannot say this, otherwise it would mean that she does not welcome the cousin into the mansion. The Jiang family is the prince's uncle's family and has been indebted to the prince. The princess has always avoided Concubine Jiang as much as possible, let alone a girl from the Jiang family.

The princess glanced at the maid kneeling on the ground and said, "You can't even listen to what I say. Drag her away and beat her to death."

The maid was already pale, and when she heard that she was going to be beaten to death, she kowtowed repeatedly, "Princess, please understand, I did not hear you wrongly, the cousin was pointing at that bridge, so I went to wipe it..."

Before the maid could finish her words, Concubine Jiang scolded her, "You, a maid, made a mistake, and you dare to put it on your master?!"

She is just a cousin who came to visit our house. How can she be considered as a master?

The princess asked the maid, "Did you make a mistake, or did the cousin point in the wrong direction?"

The maid said, "I have been in the garden for three years. I know the way even with my eyes closed. I will never make a mistake. When my cousin pointed out the direction, I was surprised. I knew that you came from the bridge over there, so how could you spill tea seed oil on that bridge? But my cousin asked me to wash the bridge, so I had to follow her orders. When my cousin pointed out the direction, Qingli was over there. She should have seen it. If you don't believe me, ask her."

The princess ordered, "Call the maid named Qingli over here."

Soon, the maid came.

Concubine Jiang asked the maid, "Can you see which bridge the cousin is pointing to?"

Qingli was a little timid, "Slave, I didn't notice..."

The princess said coldly, "There were guests passing by in the garden, but you didn't pay any attention. Do you want to be sold along with them?"

Qingli's face turned pale, and she knelt down, "I saw it, the cousin was pointing at the bridge over there, that's where Bai Rui went!"

The maids in the mansion did not dare to provoke Concubine Jiang, but if they were to be sent out of the mansion, how could they dare to protect themselves?

Concubine Jiang said, "Princess, aren't you openly threatening the maid? If you threaten her, can she testify?"

Jiang Huier stood aside and said, "It was my clumsy hands that almost caused a disaster. It's normal for the princess to be angry with me. I, I will never come to Jingyang Palace again..."

The princess was already a person with the best temper, but she was also very angry when she heard Jiang Huier's words.

A visit to the palace almost caused Shen Tangshuang to fall off the bridge, and when she questioned the maid, it became her fault as the princess.

Concubine Jiang said, "Princess Wang has absolute power in the palace, but the Jiang family has done a favor to the prince. Where does Princess Wang put the prince?!"

The princess was shaking with anger.

The second wife also chimed in, "Look how scared the cousin is... The Crown Prince's wife is fine, so why should the Princess investigate further?"

The princess has always known that she should not interfere in the Jiang family's affairs, but today she was just angry.

But the princess was really angry and was not to be trifled with. She ordered Mother Yun, "Send these two maids to the front yard and wait for the prince to return home and let him interrogate them personally."

After saying this, the princess left.

Concubine Jiang became worried instead.

When the prince returned to the palace from the military camp, Steward Zhou reported to the prince what had happened in the palace, and the prince was immediately overwhelmed.

No matter how difficult the military affairs are, they are not as troublesome as these things.

Normally, the princess would just leave the matter of Concubine Jiang to the prince and not ask any further questions. But this time, the princess not only came to the front yard herself, but also called Concubine Jiang to the front yard and asked the prince to interrogate her in front of them.

The princess said, "Tang'er has only been married to the Jingyang Palace for a few months. First, someone gave her a sterilizing drug, and today she almost fell off a bridge, injuring the fetus in her belly. It's easy to avoid an open attack, but it's hard to guard against an arrow from the dark. If we don't get to the bottom of what happened today, I think we don't need to stay in this palace anymore. I'll take them to live in another courtyard."

The princess has been married to the prince for twenty years and has never said such harsh words. She may suffer some grievances herself, but she will never let her son and daughter-in-law suffer any grievances.

Today's affairs are not just a dispute between the princess and Concubine Jiang, but also Xie Guimo and Shen Tang are behind the scenes, which is even more of a headache for the prince.

The prince's eyes fell on the two maids kneeling on the ground, "What happened? Tell me everything. If you lie to me, I will never forgive you."

The two maids told the prince everything they heard and saw.

Even though she heard the maid say with her own ears that Jiang Huier pointed in the wrong direction, Concubine Jiang insisted that the maid was lying and that someone was instructing the maid to say that.

The prince did not indulge her, and said directly to Concubine Jiang, "There are not only these maids in the garden, but also my secret guards. Do you want me to call the secret guards to question them in person?"

Concubine Jiang's face turned pale. "Your Highness, calm down. Hui'er already knows she was wrong. She just pointed casually at that time, thinking that the maid would know that she came from the bridge over there and would go to deal with it. But she didn't expect the maid to be so stupid, and the Crown Prince's wife happened to go down the bridge, which almost caused a disaster. She was afraid of being punished, so she didn't dare to admit that she pointed in the wrong direction."

"Huier's mistake was unintentional. She came to visit the mansion, and the Crown Prince's wife is fine. Why should we be so unreasonable..."

The prince was so angry that he laughed, "If Mo'er hadn't arrived in time today, the Crown Prince's wife would have been injured. But you said that they were unreasonable. Is it so difficult to apologize openly after making a mistake?"

Concubine Jiang's face was filled with humiliation, as if she had been wronged.

The princess was too lazy to look any further and just turned and left.

When he was leaving, the prince's stern voice came out, "You go and apologize to the Crown Prince's wife. After you apologize, go to the Buddhist temple and reflect on your behavior."

However, Concubine Jiang was nowhere to be found. She neither went to Chenxiangyuan to apologize nor went to the Buddhist temple to reflect on herself.

As soon as she entered the inner courtyard, she sprained her ankle and the maid helped her back to her own courtyard.