The maid must have been terrified and frantic, otherwise she wouldn't have used such foul language to report the matter.
The third wife's face changed drastically, and she stood up in shock. However, due to the excessive force, she felt dizzy. If the fourth wife, who was sitting to her left, hadn't caught her in time, the third wife probably would have fallen to the ground.
The third wife, however, disregarded her dizziness and hurriedly left.
The second wife quickly followed, while the fourth wife wanted to go but couldn't, so she looked at the old lady.
The old lady's expression was no better than the third madam's. Her gaze towards Shen Wan seemed to want to devour her. Originally, Shen Wan had a little sympathy for Shen Rong's plight, but when the old lady blamed Shen Rong's accident on her, Shen Wan felt extremely pleased. They deserved to be caught in their own trap and end up hurting themselves. However, she was still a little confused. She had instructed Chen Yu to guard the path, prevent Young Master Wu from escaping, and let him quietly endure the pain of the aphrodisiac exploding in his body, and also to prevent anyone else from going there to avoid implicating innocent people. So why did Shen Rong go there?
With Chen Yu's abilities, there's no way he couldn't stop Shen Rong.
Shen Ying and Shen Wei wanted to see what had happened to Shen Rong, but they definitely couldn't go; they could only wait patiently.
The old lady closed her eyes tightly, her hands moving rapidly through her prayer beads in a state of agitation and anger. The maids and servants in the room held their breath, not daring to breathe too loudly, for fear of running into the old lady's line of fire.
Waiting is the most agonizing thing. She didn't know how long she had been waiting when a maid ran in and whispered a few words in Sun Mama's ear. Sun Mama's face changed, and she immediately whispered to the old lady. The old lady's face instantly lost all color, her body trembled, and she almost crushed the Buddhist beads in her hand. "We can't call the imperial physician. We need to invite a doctor into the mansion."
Madam Sun quickly instructed her maid to fetch a doctor, specifically a renowned and strict doctor from the capital.
The old lady's face was deathly pale. When Granny Sun helped her up, the old lady's legs were weak. The maidservant quickly stepped forward to help her up.
With the old lady gone, there was no need for the others to stay. Outside Qinghui Courtyard, Shen Wei looked at Shen Wan and whispered, "Eldest sister, third sister wouldn't really..."
Fourth Madam said, "This is not something you two unmarried daughters should discuss."
Shen Wei immediately shut her mouth.
The fourth wife felt incredibly fortunate, yet also somewhat uneasy.
The old lady never hoped for the fourth branch to be good, let alone allow it to be better than the second and third branches. The reason why Shen Wei's marriage was arranged so smoothly was because the old lady wanted to use the power of the Duke of Wei's mansion to help Shen Ying become the Princess Consort of Prince Jin. Otherwise, the old lady would have preferred the fourth branch to marry into the Sun family. Although it was only a verbal marriage agreement, as long as the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion recognized the verbal agreement, the Duke of Wei's mansion would have no choice. Even if the fourth branch insisted on marrying the Duke of Wei's heir in the end, this matter would become a thorn in the Duke of Wei's wife's heart.
Shen Ying was happily betrothed to Prince Jin as his principal wife, much to the delight of the old lady. She had already turned a blind eye to the fact that her fourth daughter had married well. But now that Shen Rong was in trouble, the third wife's nephew was beyond good; he was a local ruffian. No family in the capital with any reputation would agree to marry their daughter to him. If Shen Rong married him, her life would be over.
The old lady's darling daughter married such a bad man, yet her daughter will become the Duchess of the State in the future. This is absolutely like a knife stabbing into the hearts of the old lady and the third wife.
The Marquis's mansion has only four daughters. Two of them lost their virginity before marriage. It would be one thing if this happened at the Prince of Changshan's mansion, but this is the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion! How dare he, the third wife's nephew, do this?
Fourth Madam no longer dares to let her daughter leave the North Courtyard at will.
Fourth Madam took Shen Wei away. Shen Wan originally wanted to deliver the belt to the front yard, but now that such a thing had happened in the mansion, her father would be furious if he found out, and he wouldn't be happy to receive the belt she embroidered. She decided to deliver it another day.
As she passed through the garden, the maids whispered amongst themselves, and when Shen Wan looked over, they scattered like birds and beasts.
Back at Qinglan Garden, Shen Wan went straight to the window, where Chen Yu appeared. Shen Wan asked, "What's going on between Shen Rong and Young Master Wu?"
Chen Yu apologized, "I haven't forgotten your instructions. When Miss Shen went over, I originally wanted to stop her, but she only found out from talking to the maid that today's events were a joint effort by the second and third branches of the family to force you to break off the engagement with the master and marry Young Master Wu instead. I was so angry that I didn't stop her..."
Ultimately, it all came down to the Prince of Jin's struggle for the throne.
She couldn't marry Xie Jingyan, but Shen Ying was the Princess Consort of Jin. The entire court and even the Emperor would tacitly agree that the Marquis of Pingyang's family was on the side of the Prince of Jin.
To help Xie Jingyin, he didn't hesitate to use such despicable means against her; he deserved this retribution.
After Chen Yu finished reporting, she left. Shen Wan sat there, drinking two cups of tea but still not calmed down. Yin Shuang went out for a while and came back to report to Shen Wan, "Miss, I heard that the Third Miss is half dead. The Third Madam slapped her own nephew, Young Master Wu, more than a dozen times, and his hands are swollen from the slaps."
No matter how close a nephew is, he can't be as close as one's own daughter. Besides, this nephew is a good-for-nothing. If it weren't for the fact that Young Master Wu is an only son and also his maternal nephew, the Third Madam would probably want to kill him.
Shen Rong was carried back and lay unconscious on the bed.
The maid knelt on the ground, trembling.
The third wife's eyes were red and swollen with remorse. She demanded sharply of the maid, "What exactly went wrong?! Why didn't the eldest young lady take the side path? How did Rong'er end up on the side path?!"
The maid trembled and said, "The eldest young lady went to the alley and ran into the young master. But just as the young master was about to assault her, Prince Ling arrived and knocked him unconscious. The eldest young lady then left with Prince Ling."
"Miss was worried that the young master had been beaten to death by Prince Ling, and that you wouldn't be able to explain it to the Wu family. You were in a hurry to go and see what was going on, and I couldn't stop you. Who would have thought that the young master had only fainted? When you called his name twice, he woke up and then pounced on you like a madman, tearing at your clothes. I wanted to save you, but I couldn't pull the young master away..."
The maid felt a chill run down her spine when she thought of the scene of Young Master Wu's violence and the desperate look in the girl's eyes when she was forced into bed.
Prince Ling?!
Why would he come to the Marquis of Pingyang's residence at this time?!
Why was he coming without anyone informing him?!
How weak is Prince Ling? Someone tried to force themselves on his future princess, and he caught them red-handed, yet he only knocked them unconscious. Why didn't he just kill them? If they were dead, their innocent daughter wouldn't be implicated...
The third wife was heartbroken and wept uncontrollably, just then a maid came in to report, "Madam, the second wife has arrived..."
The third wife looked up, her eyes flashing with terrifying hatred.
To secure the position of Princess Consort of Jin for Shen Ying, she ruined her daughter's life. How dare she come here again?!
"Tell her to get out!"
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