Chapter 10 Getting Serious
The wound on Chen Tang's arm was not big, but it was deep and was not bandaged in time, so he bled a lot. The doctor said he would need to rest for ten days or half a month to fully recover.
Chen Tang stayed in bed for two days, and on the third morning, she went out.
Most of the bruises on his knees had disappeared, and Chen Tang thought that the remaining bruises would not affect his walking. However, after walking for a while, his knees began to ache slightly.
Ginkgo didn't know her daughter was so stubborn. "The girl's injury hasn't fully healed yet. Go pay your respects to the old lady in a few days. The old lady won't blame you."
Chen Tang didn't want to pay her respects to the old lady, but she had to go to the Jiang family today.
It is unacceptable that he is so injured that he cannot even visit the old lady every morning and evening, but he can go out.
Chen Tang insisted on going to Songhe Hall, and Ginkgo couldn't stop him, so she had to accompany him.
The old lady didn't expect that Chen Tang was so seriously injured and came to pay her respects. She was moved and her face became more kind. "The doctor asked you to rest, why did you come to grandma?"
Chen Tang shook his head slightly, and the small Nanzhu hanging on his ear drew a slight arc, "It's just a minor injury, it's nothing serious, I'm sorry to have worried grandma."
The sleeves of her wedding dress were stained with blood, and she fainted before she even left Songhe Hall. Could it be a minor injury? A girl with delicate skin would feel painful for a long time if her hand was scratched, let alone a hairpin.
The old lady said, "Grandma, it's enough for me to know that you are filial. You still have to take care of your own health first."
Chen Tang was about to nod when he heard the jingling sound of jewelry.
Chen Tang looked towards the screen and saw a graceful girl walking in. It was the third girl from the second room, Chen Ran. She was wearing a light green dress embroidered with crabapples. She had fair skin and dimples at the corners of her mouth when she smiled.
Shen Tang's eyes lingered on Shen Ran's face for a moment longer. Shen Ran's appearance did not resemble the Second Madam at all, and his eyebrows and eyes were even less like the Second Master. The Second Madam loved Shen Xi, but was very strict with Shen Ran, even harsh. The Second Madam only gave birth to one child that year, and she moved her own daughter to the eldest house and did not keep her second brother by her side. So where did Shen Ran come from?
The sisters Shen Tang and Shen Xie do not look alike. Because the midwife delivered the baby with two placentas, no one suspected that there was a problem. More importantly, Shen Tang looked like Jiang, while Shen Xie looked like the old lady.
How similar?
Let me put it this way, even the daughters the old lady gave birth to herself don’t look as much like Chen Xian as she does.
The old lady loved Shen Xi. Besides feeling sorry for Shen Xi because she was almost strangled to death by Jiang Shi when she was born, another reason was that Shen Xi looked like her. Who could not like a granddaughter who looked like them in every way?
Walking behind Shen Ran was the fourth girl, Shen Luo. She was the third wife's daughter, half a year younger than Shen Tang, and would not reach the age of marriage for another month.
In addition to these four girls, there is also a fifth girl in Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion. She is a little younger than them in age. She is only eight years old this year. She left Beijing with the fourth wife to celebrate her grandfather's birthday and is not in the mansion at the moment.
In the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion, only the eldest and second wives were born of legitimate parents, while the third and fourth wives were born of illegitimate children.
Shen Ran and Shen Luo bowed to the old lady and said, "Grandma, we just went to see the eldest sister. She has a very serious case of typhoid fever this time. She has only been ill for two days, but she has lost a lot of weight. I feel so sad to see her. You must be heartbroken to see it."
The well water in early spring is extremely powerful.
Seeing the distress on the old lady’s face, Shen Tang felt unhappy.
In the past, when he was unhappy, Chen Tang would just endure it, but now he can’t and won’t endure it at all.
Chen Tang said with a face full of self-blame, "It's all my fault that I didn't do it well. I agreed to discuss it with my elder sister, but she sent the wedding dress to me directly. I was afraid that she wouldn't believe what my mother said in her dream, and worried that the fortune in the Jokhang Temple would come true. If she didn't listen to my advice, she would misunderstand me. I thought it would be the same if I refused to marry, so I didn't go to my elder sister again. If I didn't realize this, my elder sister wouldn't have to soak in the well water and make herself really sick in order to avoid defeating the Prince of Jingyang."
Shen Tang's voice was clear and echoed in the room.
The pain on the old lady's face froze, became stiff, and finally turned blue.
Chen Tang's words sounded nice. Chen Xian fell ill because she was afraid that Prince Ke Jingyang would not dare to get on the bridal sedan. In fact, everyone knew what Chen Xian was afraid of.
She pretended to be poisoned, but was exposed by Shen Tang "accidentally". The old lady thought Shen Xi had learned her lesson, but she didn't expect that this was how she caught a cold.
The second wife walked to the screen and just happened to hear what Chen Tang said. She was so angry that she wanted to sew Chen Tang's mouth shut. Since she didn't speak, no one thought she was dumb.
When the second wife walked in, she was given a cold look by the old lady. After Shen Xi caught a cold, the old lady asked about it. The second wife said that it was the maid's negligence who forgot to close the window at night, allowing Shen Xi to be blown by the cold wind and the cold evil entered her body.
The second wife looked at Chen Tang with a hint of coldness in her eyes, “Why didn’t I know that the eldest lady caught a cold like this?”
This is asking her to change her words. Chen Tang is not someone who would back down just because of the threat from her Second Madam. She blinked and asked seriously, "It has spread throughout the mansion. Doesn't Second Aunt know about it?"
Chen Tang looked at the maids in the room, "Haven't you heard about it?"
The maids lowered their heads one by one.
I'm sure I've heard it, but who dares to say it out loud?
No one spoke, and the old lady's face became even uglier. It was obvious that she had heard everything, but was afraid that she would be angry, so she didn't dare to let her know.
Their Pingyuan Marquis Mansion actually raised such a deceitful daughter!
Thinking that Shen Xi was brought to her yard on the day she was born and could be said to have been raised by her personally, the old lady's face became even uglier.
The second wife wanted to speak up for Shen Xi, but she didn't know where to start. In the end, she could only blame the Jokhang Temple. "It's all because of the bad lot in the Jokhang Temple. If it hadn't said that she would bring bad luck to her husband, the young lady would never have been like this. I've been thinking about it over and over again these past two days, and I feel more and more that something is wrong. There was no lucky draw, and the Prince of Jingyang was saved from danger in the end. It should have been better to hold a wedding to add to the joy, but the young lady drew such an unlucky lot. Someone must have done this."
To be honest, Shen Tang also suspected this.
However, she suspected the second wife, but now that the second wife said this, it seemed as if she didn't do it.
But apart from the Second Wife, who else would help Chen Xi?
Chen Tang couldn't think of a second person.
The Second Wife defended Chen Xi to the end, and no one took up the issue, so the matter ended there. Chen Tang just couldn't bear to see the old lady feel sorry for Chen Xi, so she tactfully made things difficult for Chen Xi, and she also rushed to the Jiang family.
But just as she was about to stand up, the maid ran in hurriedly, "Madam, it's bad! Jingyang Palace wants to cancel the marriage with the eldest daughter!"
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