Chapter 29 You are still pretending to be confused
It's all her fault. She clearly mentioned General Xiao Song on purpose.
A group of people sat in the garden for a long time, each with their own thoughts. They figured it was almost lunchtime. Chen Wenjian was about to get up to take a look when a servant beside Master Chen hurried over and leaned over to whisper something in his ear. Chen Wenjian frowned and nodded, "I understand."
After the servant left, he said to the two of them, "Prince and Princess, please sit for a while. I'll be back soon."
Lu Wanning glanced at his back and suddenly asked the second girl, "Madam is not feeling well. How come I didn't see her today?"
The second girl replied reluctantly, "Grandmother is worried about mother, so she went to the temple to pray for her yesterday."
Pray for blessings?
Lu Wanning felt amused. What was praying for? He was probably going to ask an expert what kind of monster the Chen family had offended.
After watching the second girl being attentive to Qi Muchao for a while and seeing that Qi Muchao's patience was running out, Lu Wanning stepped forward at the right time and said, "Let me take my husband for a walk in front."
She reached out to Qi Muchao.
Qi Muzhao nodded, took her hand and stood up, saying, "Let's go."
Chen Wenjian followed the servants and hurried to the old lady's room. The old lady was holding a cane in her hand, and her usually kind face was now filled with tears.
The second and third wives each stood on one side, supporting her. Although they tried their best to restrain themselves, they could not suppress the anticipation of watching a show on their faces.
The three masters of the Chen family stood in a row, lowered their heads and received the scolding.
"Our Chen family has been able to develop to this day thanks to the accumulation of several generations. Your father traveled all over the country to expand the Chen family. I support the Chen family alone, raising you three children, and I only hope that our Chen family can expand and gain a firm foothold in this capital."
She tapped Master Chen with her cane. "I've waited day and night, and finally, you all grew up, got married, and had children, freeing me from this burden. But you! What have you done?"
Mr. Chen had no idea what she was talking about. Bewilderment was written all over his face. "What did my son do?"
The third master couldn't stand it and spoke first, "Brother, mother is so old, if you have done something wrong, just admit it and apologize to her, so as not to make her sick with anger."
"Shut up," Master Chen glared at him. "If I want you to admit my mistake, you should know what I did wrong."
The old lady staggered a few steps.
Chen Wenjian hurried forward and supported her.
Seeing his father's bewildered expression, he said, "Grandma, maybe you misunderstood me, or if I did something to make you angry, just tell me directly. Don't let me get yourself hurt."
Mr. Chen also quickly defended himself, "My son is busy with business every day and has clearly done nothing. Could it be that the rival who is competing with us for business is deliberately trying to sow discord? Mother, please don't believe the evildoer's words."
"Other people's words are divisive and have bad intentions, but could it be that Master Mingdeng's words are also false?!"
When they heard the name of Master Mingdeng, the expressions of everyone present changed.
It’s no wonder that the old lady believed Master Mingdeng’s words. It’s true that Master Mingdeng is indeed quite magical.
Thirty years ago, there was a severe drought in the Ming Dynasty. The crops failed, the people were starving, and the ground was full of starving people.
When everyone was in despair, a monk went to the palace to ask to see the late emperor, claiming that he could pray for rain.
The late emperor naturally did not believe it, but the situation in the Ming Dynasty was already very tragic at that time. With the mentality of believing it was better to believe it than not, the late emperor welcomed him into the palace to pray for rain.
As a result, on the second day, heavy rain fell directly. From then on, the late emperor gave the monk the Buddhist name Mingdeng and retained him as the imperial teacher.
But Mingdeng declined the late emperor's kindness, saying that he wanted to continue traveling. Although the late emperor felt sorry for him, he did not stop him.
During these thirty years, Ming Deng helped many people while traveling, and his reputation grew even greater, and he was respected as a master by the people.
My grandmother had once inadvertently helped this Master Mingdeng and was grateful to him, so the Master should not speak nonsense.
This time, even the Second Master, who had remained silent, became serious. "If that's the case, Mother, don't keep us in suspense. Tell us in detail what Master Mingdeng said."
Master Chen thought of the divine doctor's apprentice's words from the day before, saying he was destined to have three sons and four daughters, and immediately asked, "Yes, Mother, what did the master say? Has our family recently run into something unclean? Could you please come and take a look?"
The old lady closed her eyes, as if she was extremely angry with him. After a long while, she took a deep breath and shouted hoarsely, "You are still pretending to be confused!"
She looked at Master Chen with disappointment in her eyes. "The master said that the Chen family owed a debt to others, and now it's time to repay it."
Chen Wenjian frowned, "Grandma, it's normal to be in debt in business."
"That's right. It's impossible to run a business without debts." Mr. Chen thought for a while and decided that it wasn't his fault. So he quietly defended himself, "Could it be that this debt was incurred when my father was still alive? He didn't have time to tell his son about it, so it's been delayed until now?"
"And Wen Xu, that guy goes to the casino all day long. Who knows how much debt he's in."
The Second Madam snorted in displeasure, "Brother, we're just talking about you, why are you bringing Xu'er into this?"
"Shut up!" The old lady could no longer tolerate him throwing dirty water on her husband.
"I risked my reputation to ask Master Mingdeng for some advice," she said, looking at Chen Wenjian. "Your mother is now in a state of disbelief, as if possessed by a ghost. Do you know what Master Mingdeng said?"
Without waiting for Chen Wenjian to answer, she continued, "She brought this upon herself! The master said she brought this upon herself!"
The old lady gasped, "These dirty things shouldn't be heard by you, but if you are not allowed to see and hear them, I'm afraid you will become as bad as your father in the future!"
"Since you are all here today, listen carefully, so that you can take it as a lesson for the future."
She slammed the table and angrily scolded Master Chen, "Tell me the truth today about what happened to that guy in the Liu Courtyard!"
As soon as the word "Liuyuan" came out, Master Chen's face turned pale. His suspicions were confirmed once again. He trembled and said, "Ming, Master Mingdeng said that it's the one in Liuyuan who's causing trouble now?"
The old lady glared at him, but Master Chen's expression quickly returned to calm. "If it really was that person from the Willow Courtyard who was responsible, then it was her own fault. How can she blame anyone else?"
Thinking of what happened before, Master Chen's tone was not very good, "Son, I will go and invite some Taoist priests over."
"stop!"
The old lady stopped him, "Ning is coming home tonight, and the prince is here too. Do you want the dirty things in this mansion to spread throughout the capital?"
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