Chapter 23 Covet
It was too late to say good morning at this hour, so Chen Wan simply didn't go. Occasionally, if she didn't go to say good morning, the old lady who prided herself on being kind would not scold her.
On the way back to Mingyue Garden, Yinchuan came over and told Chen Wan about the rumors that had been circulating on the street for the past two days.
As Chen Wan expected, the Yongqing Marquis's Mansion used rumors to put pressure on the Dingguo Duke's Mansion, but was backfired.
Nowadays, people in the streets, teahouses and taverns are talking about how the Prince of Yongqing and his cousin had an affair, got pregnant, and conspired to murder his wife.
The prince of Yongqing came to apologize with a bundle of thorns on his back. At that time, there were so many people outside the mansion of Duke Dingguo watching the fun, but the mansion of Yongqing stopped them from reporting the matter to the Ministry of Justice and signed a divorce agreement. Then everyone knew what was going on.
In addition, Chen Wan had people fan the flames, and those people were even more indignant when they knew that they were being used by the Yongqing Marquis' Mansion to hurt Chen Yu.
Back then, when the eldest daughter of Duke Dingguo fell into the water, she was rescued by the Prince of Yongqing. The wife of the Marquis of Zhaoping was upset and came to cancel the engagement. How could she agree to let her son marry a divorced woman? It was impossible for the Prince of Zhaoping to live a life of seclusion and contemplation.
The Prince of Yongqing not only harmed his own wife, but also threw dirty water on him. He was extremely cruel and ruthless.
This matter spread throughout Kyoto, and the censors impeached the prince. The emperor was furious when he heard it, and did not allow the prince of Yongqing to serve as an official in the court. The prince of Yongqing was demoted by one level by the emperor for his poor parenting.
This news was very gratifying, and Shen Wan was so happy that he ate half an extra bowl of lunch.
Just as she put down her chopsticks, another piece of good news arrived. Yin Zhu, another of Chen Yu's maids, came back and said, "Today, Lord Sun, the chief priest of the Imperial College, came to visit and canceled the marriage between Miss Sun and the second young master of the Yongqing Marquis's mansion."
This was both unexpected and expected.
The second young master of the Yongqing Marquis's Mansion is the younger brother of the Yongqing Marquis's son.
If a man has an affair with his cousin and plots to murder his partner, any loving parent would dare not marry off their daughter.
The Yongqing Earl's position in the court was not high, and his title was inherited from his ancestors. If it were not for the marriage with the Dingguo Duke's Mansion, it would have fallen into decline. This is why the Yongqing Earl's Mansion did not dare to let Shen Ji know about the affair between the Yongqing Earl's son and his cousin, and wanted to kill Shen Yu by accident. The Yongqing Earl's Mansion did not need Shen Yu, but needed the Dingguo Duke's Mansion as an in-law, and the identity of the Dingguo Duke's son-in-law.
Now that they have divorced, the two families are no longer related and have even become enemies. The Earl of Yongqing has also been demoted one level. In Kyoto, where powerful people are everywhere, he is even more insignificant.
This is just the beginning. The good days of the Yongqing Marquis's Mansion are still to come. The Yongqing Marquis will definitely want to replace a prince who cannot serve as an official in the court. It is inevitable that there will be rifts between brothers. For the sake of her niece, the Yongqing Marquis's wife has made it difficult for the Yongqing Marquis to take a step forward in the court, and the couple will inevitably become estranged.
The whole family is cruel and ruthless, and they deserve this retribution.
As for Chen Yu and the Prince of Zhaoping, Chen Wan had done everything he could, and the rest depended on the Prince of Zhaoping.
If the Prince of Zhaoping cannot appease the Lady of Zhaoping and cannot persuade her to come in person to propose marriage, then she may as well not marry.
Yin Zhu reported the good news to Chen Yu, and then said, "The young lady's dowry has been brought back. Some of the young lady's usual items, I brought directly to Mingyue Garden."
In her previous life, Chen Yu fell off a cliff and died. She had no children, so her dowry was sent back to the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. Only half of what was taken there was returned. It was then discovered that she had been the housekeeper for two years and had been using her dowry to supplement the household expenses of the Earl Yongqing's Mansion.
The two sisters spent money on men, and in the end they lost both their money and their lives.
However, Chen Wan felt that they could not be blamed entirely for this. The Yun family often did such things, and they were influenced by them. If they wanted to correct it, they had to start with the Yun family.
The maid brought in Chen Yu's things, which were quite a lot. Yin Chuan came in holding the zither, but didn't see the zither stand. She asked, "Where should I put this zither?"
Tu Bai said, "Put it on the desk first."
Chen Yu likes to play the zither and has superb skills, so the Yun family specially found this Jiaowei zither and gave it to Chen Yu.
Chen Yu was taken with her when she got married, and after her death she was sent back to the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
Yun originally wanted to keep the zither because she missed her daughter, but the next day after she sent it back, Ye Caiwei accidentally broke Chen Wu's zither. The two had a big fight. Ye Caiwei cried and wanted to go back to her own home. Yun paid for it and bought several zithers as compensation to Chen Wu. Chen Wu was not satisfied with any of them. The old lady asked Yun to give the Jiaowei zither to Chen Wu. Although Yun was reluctant, she still gave it to her.
Thinking of these things, Shen Wan felt a dull pain in his heart. In his previous life, his family was so schemed against that nothing was left.
But in this life, the eldest sister just divorced. The Jiaoweiqin was the eldest sister's favorite thing. They would never have any ideas about taking the Jiaoweiqin. It will not happen again, so there is no need to be angry.
Shen Wan had a good idea, but the next day, she realized how greedy they were.
As long as it is something they like, they will get it no matter whether you are still alive or not, or whether it is your favorite.
Shen Wan came back from paying respects to the old lady and was staring at Shen Yu taking medicine. Shen Yu drank the medicine and rinsed her mouth.
Yin Chuan came in quickly and said, "Miss, my cousin accidentally broke Third Miss's zither. Third Miss was very angry and scolded my cousin until she cried..."
Hearing this, the smile on Shen Wan's face instantly disappeared.
In the previous life, the eldest sister's Jiaoweiqin was not returned until half a month later. It was because the second wife saw that the Yongqing Marquis' Mansion was slow to return Shen Yu's dowry, so she sent someone to urge them. The accident also happened the day after the Jiaoweiqin was returned to the mansion. Could this be a simple accident?
While the eldest sister is still alive, he dares to covet the eldest sister's favorite. He really thinks that they sisters are easy to bully.
Shen Wan looked at Shen Yu, "Eldest sister, I'll go take a look."
When he went out, Shen Wan whispered something to Shanhu.
Shanhu was a little confused, not understanding why Chen Wan did this, but she did it anyway.
Shen Wan went to the South Courtyard and saw Yun coming from a distance. Shen Wan said, "Mother, why are you here? My eldest sister wants to see you for something."
Yun said, "After I finish dealing with your cousin's affairs, I will go to see your eldest sister."
Shen Wan said, “I’m here, cousin, and my eldest sister’s affairs are more important.”
After Yun was sent away, Shanhu also came over.
Chen Wan stepped into the yard. Chen Wu and Ye Caiwei were in the pavilion. The zither fell to the ground, the strings broke, and the body of the zither cracked. Ye Caiwei's eyes were red, "Cousin, I didn't mean to..."
Chen Wu was even more distressed, "I broke my favorite piano, and you just said you didn't mean it, and you let it go?!"
"I, I'll compensate you..."
"Compensation? My piano costs one thousand taels, what are you going to give me?!"
Shen Wan walked over and happened to hear this. She said, "Could it be that Third Sister was cheated when she bought the zither? I think this zither is worth at most two hundred taels, why is it so expensive as one thousand taels?"
Chen Wu's eyes turned red with anger. "My cousin smashed my zither, and my second sister still looks down on me. My eldest sister uses the world-famous Jiaowei zither, so am I only worthy of using a zither worth two hundred taels?!"
She said to Ye Caiwei, "I don't care. You broke my piano, so you have to compensate me with an identical one!"
She didn't just say she wanted it to be exactly the same; in her previous life, she had used these four words to get the Jiaoweiqin.
She was so angry that she wanted to leave. Shen Wan walked over and she pushed Shen Wan in anger. Shen Wan lost his balance and bumped into a pillar beside him.
clang.
The jade bracelet on her wrist fell to the ground.
It was broken into pieces.
"My jade bracelet!"
Shen Wan exclaimed.
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