Chapter 385 Heartache
Chen Wan was used to Xie Jingyu being around, so she felt a little uncomfortable when he was not around for a moment.
In addition, I slept a little longer in the afternoon, and tossed and turned at night, unable to fall asleep. I fell into a drowsy sleep in the second half of the night, and when I woke up the next day, it was already noon.
Chen Wan sat on the bed and stretched. Shanhu came in and said, "The Crown Prince's Consort is finally awake. The Second Madam has invited a Taoist priest into the mansion..."
Shen Wan was still a little lazy, but he immediately became energetic after hearing this, "Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"
They also want to, but they dare not.
Waking up the Crown Princess is a small matter, but waking up the little prince in her belly is a big deal.
Shen Wan quickly lifted the quilt and got out of bed. Shanhu combed her hair into a bun, and the kitchen brought the food up.
Shen Wan patiently finished his breakfast before going to Wing Chun Temple.
When she arrived, the incense table had already been set up, and the Taoist priest was burning talismans in a mysterious manner, which looked quite realistic.
After a busy period, the Taoist priest stopped and the Second Lady asked, "How is it?"
The Taoist said, "The old lady in the mansion has been ill for a long time and has not recovered. It is not because of evil spirits. The mansion has a strong aura and no evil spirits dare to approach."
The Third Madam asked, "But why hasn't the old lady's illness healed?"
Treating illnesses is the doctor's job. What about the Taoist priest? If the Taoist priest really prescribes medicine, will the old lady dare to take it?
The Taoist priest said, "I want to see the birth date of the old lady in the mansion."
The maid immediately presented the old lady's birth chart.
The Taoist priest looked at him for a while and asked, "Has anyone died in your house recently?"
The third lady shook her head.
The Taoist said, "That shouldn't be the case."
The Second Lady said, "If you have anything to say, Taoist priest, please speak directly."
The Taoist said, "The old lady's horoscope is good. She was destined to be rich and prosperous and enjoy a life of peace and happiness. However, her horoscope has been out of harmony recently. Two of her descendants who were born in the prosperous period are no longer around. This has disrupted the balance and caused her to become seriously ill."
The two younger generations are not here...
Does this mean that Xie Jingze and Xie Jingxi were kicked out of the Jingbei Palace?
Shen Wan heard it, and naturally others heard it too.
When the Third Lady told the Taoist priest about this, he suddenly realized, "That's right."
The Third Madam said anxiously, "Those two youngsters are not of our Jingbei Palace's bloodline, so it's impossible to bring them back. What should the old lady do with this mismatch?"
Shen Wan stood there, quietly watching them pretend, wondering if the fire would burn on her and Xie Jingyu next.
As she thought this, fire started to burn towards her.
The Taoist priest said, "The Crown Prince's Consort is invaluable. If you can copy three scriptures every day to pray for the old lady, and eat with her three times a day, as long as your heart is sincere, the old lady will be cured in three to five days at the fastest, or forty-nine days at the slowest."
Shen Wan, “…”
Who can understand her disappointment?
After all this trouble, I thought she was going to do something big, but in the end, she was just asked to accompany the old lady for three meals a day, and to copy three Buddhist scriptures...
That's right, the old lady is not the prince's biological mother, and she fell ill because of the second lady's substitution. If she, the pregnant princess, is asked to do too much, not only Xie Jingyu, but also the prince and princess will not agree.
All she had to do was accompany the old lady for dinner, and copy three Buddhist scriptures every day. If she was quick, it would only take three to five days. She had no reason to refuse, and the prince and princess had no choice but to agree.
Obviously, the old lady knew that her illness was strange and suspected that she and Xie Jingyu had poisoned her. However, after inviting so many doctors and imperial physicians, none of them said that the old lady was poisoned. She wanted to accuse them of murdering the old lady but couldn't bring herself to say it, so she could only use this method to get the antidote.
Zhaolanxuan is not close to Wing Chunyuan. It is too tiring to accompany the old lady for three meals a day. Three Buddhist scriptures are not many, but they are not too few. She is a person who is unwilling to visit her parents morning and evening, so she will definitely not be able to bear it. So she can only help the old lady detoxify.
Now that the old lady has recovered from her illness, she naturally doesn't need her to accompany her anymore.
The Third Madam looked at Shen Wan and said, "Because of the old lady's illness, I have to trouble the Crown Prince's Consort."
Shen Wan smiled faintly and said, "As long as the old lady's illness can be cured, let alone accompanying her for three meals a day, even letting me live in Wing Chun Court is no problem."
The Third Madam didn’t expect Shen Wan to not resist at all, “The Crown Princess is so filial, the old lady’s illness will definitely be cured soon…”
Before he finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from the other side:
"Come here, arrest this fraudulent Taoist priest!"
Shen Wan turned around and saw Manager Zhou coming with a few servants.
The servant immediately arrested the Taoist priest.
The Third Madam asked, "What is Manager Zhou doing?!"
Manager Zhou said, "Madam Third, you may not know this, but this Taoist priest is a swindler. A few days ago, he was scamming people on the street and was chased all over the street. He bumped into a servant from the mansion and was recognized as soon as he entered the mansion."
"This Taoist priest must have the audacity to have come to the Jingbei Prince's Palace."
"explain!"
"Who ordered you to do this?!"
The servant pressed so hard that the Taoist's arm almost broke. "It hurts, it hurts..."
When he cried out in pain, all his previous immortal demeanor was gone, and he looked like a coward who was afraid of death.
"If you don't tell the truth, I'll send you to the government office!"
When Manager Zhou threatened him, the Taoist confessed, "Yes, someone in the mansion paid me to say that..."
The princess and the fourth lady were also there.
The princess was originally worried about the people invited back by the second and third wives, but she didn't expect that they were actually bribed into the palace.
The princess said coldly, "Who told you to do this?!"
The Fourth Madam asked, "What is the intention behind having the Crown Prince's Consort accompany the Old Madam for dinner?"
"Is he trying to harm the baby in my sister-in-law's belly?" Xie Zhiyao guessed.
They don't speak, and no one thinks they are dumb!
The second wife was very angry.
They just wanted to save the old lady and didn't dare to do anything else. What else did they want?!
A servant came over with a woman. The Taoist priest immediately recognized her as the woman who bribed her. He pointed and said, "She is the one who told me to say that..."
That old woman was the second lady's companion.
The princess's eyes were cold, "What does this mean, second sister-in-law?"
The Second Madam was a little flustered, but not that panicked. She first glanced at the Old Madam's inner room before saying, "It's because of the Old Madam's illness that I had to resort to this desperate measure..."
The princess laughed in anger, "You are plotting against the Crown Prince's wife, do you have your own reasons?!"
The Second Madam really told the princess her difficult story, "The doctors and imperial physicians who came to treat the old lady all said that her illness was a mental illness, and the root of her illness was that everyone in the mansion no longer respected her as much as before.
The most favored person in the palace right now is the Crown Prince's Consort. Even though she is pregnant, she still comes to dine with the old lady every day. The old lady feels the respect shown to her by the palace, and naturally she is able to recover without taking any medicine."
He is really eloquent and eloquent.
The cause of the old lady's illness was blamed on them.
The second and third wives are the old lady’s biological children, and they are as filial to the old lady as ever. Unlike before, they only respected Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu, as well as the princess.
Shen Wan chuckled, "Fortunately, Second Aunt didn't study medicine, otherwise she would definitely be a quack who prescribes random prescriptions and takes people's lives lightly."
The Second Madam’s face was frozen, and she was so angry that she couldn’t speak. “You!”
But Shen Wan didn't let her go, "Everyone in the mansion knows that the old lady wanted to divorce the second master because the third young master's background was revealed, and you tried to commit suicide and made the old lady sick.
Second Aunt didn't reflect on herself, but instead thought that the people in the mansion didn't respect the old lady enough. If she really believed the Taoist priest's words, she wouldn't need to take medicine, but only need to accompany the old lady for three meals a day and recite scriptures to pray for blessings. Then in three to five days at the fastest, or forty-nine days at the slowest, the Jingbei Prince's Mansion would be able to bury the old lady.
Rest in peace...
The Crown Prince’s Consort is really bold in what she said.
The maids and old women looked at each other and looked worriedly towards the house where the old lady lived.
The room is not soundproof, and the old lady can hear it. She is already seriously ill, and on top of that, she is so angry that she might not be able to breathe.
The Second Madam was so angry that she couldn’t speak, but Shen Wan still felt it wasn’t enough and asked, “Aunt Second is worried that the Old Madam will force Second Uncle to divorce you?”
It wasn't said explicitly, but anyone with ears could hear it. Chen Wan suspected that the Second Madam was afraid that the Old Madam would force the Second Master to divorce his wife, so she wanted to use a Taoist priest to exorcise the evil spirit, send the Old Madam away as soon as possible, and put the blame on Chen Wan.
The old lady's illness had not yet been cured, and she, the Crown Prince's Consort, was reluctant to accompany the old lady for meals, and her heart was not sincere when she copied the Buddhist scriptures.
Marrying an unvirtuous wife will bring disaster to three generations.
That’s really true.
The Second Madam couldn’t argue with Shen Wan, but she was unwilling to give in. “No matter what you think of me, I’m doing this for the good of the old lady…”
The princess was so angry that she wanted to have the second wife dragged to the Buddhist temple. The prince came over and waved his hand, saying, "Send this Taoist priest to the government."
The Taoist begged for mercy, but the servant gagged him with a rag and dragged him away.
The second wife knelt down and admitted her mistake.
The prince ignored her and said, "Mrs. Zhao Yuanzheng mentioned this to me yesterday about the old lady's worries. We really can't delay any longer."
"Let's all go."
Everyone in the yard was confused.
Everyone wanted to know how the prince was going to cure the old lady's heart disease. Even the old lady herself wanted to know, so she leaned on the big pillow. However, after waiting for a long time, the prince didn't even enter the room, but left directly with the princess.
The next day, after having breakfast, Shen Wan went to pay her respects to the princess. Just as she sat down, a maid came running in, "Princess, the emperor has approved the separation of the old lady from the family..."
Shen Wan, “…???”
princess,"……???"
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