Although Chu Xiangxiang has not left the house recently, Princess Kang has been treating her worse and worse.
After asking around, she found out that the Empress had recently opened an embroidery shop, and many ladies and young ladies were visiting. The embroidery they bought was the same as the one she had displayed at the banquet.
The shopkeeper also made a record of the Empress's life, and exhibited the embroidery patterns every time. Of course, these ladies recognized them and took them outside to show off as their own works.
Originally, only the Queen Mother and Princess Kang knew about it in the palace. For the sake of the royal family's reputation, they would not tell anyone, but they didn't expect that everyone in the capital would know about it now.
In addition to her background, she was still young when she was replaced, so everyone blamed Yang.
But now everyone thinks that she has character problems. They must have known about it in advance. Those literati who wrote poems praising her before and made her the most noble lady in the aristocratic family are now writing poems to scold her.
Chu Xiangxiang was going crazy in the mansion. She was a concubine in name only. Prince Kang asked her to endure it, while Rong and Princess Kang allowed other concubines to step on her face.
She was waiting. Rong had been unable to give birth to a child. As long as her brother Chen became successful, she would eventually have her glorious day.
That day, Rong invited her out, saying that they would go to Lingshan Temple in the suburbs to have a fortune-telling to see if Chen Ge'er was suitable for her fate. Chu Xiangxiang knew that she wanted her own Chen Ge'er, and this was just a formality.
She brought her four maids with her and secretly asked the housekeeper to find some reliable bodyguards to protect her in secret.
She was even shameless enough to ride in the same carriage with Rong, just in case her carriage was tampered with.
When the carriage reached the downtown area, it was suddenly stopped.
The driver reported back: There is trouble ahead.
Rong looked at Chu Xiangxiang and said, "Your Highness, this is a critical moment. We must not let a bad reputation spread. So let's get off the carriage together and deal with it."
Chu Xiangxiang felt that what Rong said made sense. She also felt that Rong was a traditional noble lady who never left the house, so she would definitely not be as good as herself in dealing with such an emergency. This was just the right time to save her reputation.
As a result, as soon as she got out of the sedan chair, she was thrown into the arms of a tall and fat man, who called her "wife" in a foolish voice.
The maidservant beside Chu Xiangxiang wanted to stop him, but the tall and fat man threw her far away with one arm, revealing the purple marks under her sleeves.
The crowd around was shocked. [This Prince Kang's Mansion even abuses their maids.]
Rong's face turned pale. When Chu was the main wife, she was always kind to others, gave her servants high monthly wages and spoke to them in a gentle voice. But she actually did such a thing in private, which really affected the reputation of Prince Kang's Mansion.
On the second floor facing the window on the street, Danruo was wearing a long veil and eating melon seeds. She was surrounded by secret guards, except for Xiao Danzhu, an outsider.
The fact that I was able to come out today was because I coaxed Qi Mu for a long time. I really don’t know why Qi Mu is becoming more and more childish.
Rong looked at the frightened Chu Xiangxiang, and although she felt relieved, she immediately asked her maid to rescue Chu Xiangxiang, and at the same time asked the guards to surround the tall and fat man.
The tall and fat man just kept running towards Chu Xiangxiang and calling her "wife". It was obvious at first glance that he had an IQ problem.
An elderly couple knelt before Rong and said, "Please, Princess Kang, spare my son's life. He became stupid after having a high fever when he was little. He didn't mean to offend you."
Chu Xiangxiang just felt nauseous and said without thinking: "Silly, you should just stay at home and take care of it."
The tall and fat man immediately burst into tears: "Mom, my wife said I was a fool."
The old lady immediately comforted him, then said sadly: "My dear, that's not your wife anymore. I will find you another one later."
As soon as these words were spoken, the onlookers felt that something big was going to happen today, and some smart people spontaneously reported it to the authorities.
When Chu Xiangxiang heard that she was being slandered, her eyebrows raised in anger: "Old Madam, please explain clearly. Do you know that just one sentence of yours can ruin my reputation and even cost me my life?"
At the same time, he looked at the bewildered Rong and threatened: "My shame is the shame of the Kangjun Palace. If you can't solve this problem, I'm afraid my husband will not forgive you when I go back."
The old lady took out a red engagement letter from her bosom and showed it to everyone. On it were the names of both parties, their places of origin, birth dates, and the names of three generations of ancestors.
The woman's name is written as Xiao's daughter, and her three generations of ancestors are Xiao Danzhu's father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Below is Xiao Danzhu's signature and the official seal.
Chu Xiangxiang probably knew what was going on. This should be the marriage that she had asked Xiao Danzhu to find for Danruo. This idiot died and left a mess behind.
She said calmly, "I am a daughter of the Chu family, and my father is the Duke of Chu. This old lady has made a mistake."
Old man: "But you are obviously a daughter of the Xiao family. You were switched to the Chu family. One should not forget one's roots. Can you really not recognize the marriage arranged by the Xiao family for you?
Your brother sent me a small portrait of you a while ago, otherwise how could Baoer recognize you? "
Chu Xiangxiang knew something was wrong when she heard this, and the steward who had been following her secretly had already gone to the Duke of Chu's mansion to ask for help.
However, at this moment, the government officials have arrived and are looking at the victim of "one woman married twice". The woman is the concubine of Prince Kang, who has children, but is married to the brother of the Xiao family.
Betrothed to someone else.
This was a mess. Jingzhao Yin Wang was preoccupied with lawsuits, and then a clever person in the crowd shouted a reminder: "Just ask the Xiao family's brother and you'll know. His daughter can marry whoever he wants."
Lord Wang immediately sent someone to find Xiao Danzhu. Chu Xiangxiang was worried because the medicine was fatal. It was her family's secret medicine and she would definitely not survive.
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