Chapter 112: Trouble
Chen Xian has always disliked the vegetarian food in the Jokhang Temple, and she was in a very bad mood today, so she didn't want to eat it even more. But when she went out with Shen Tang and the others, she could choose not to eat, so Chen Ran and the others had to obey her. Whenever the old lady came to the Jokhang Temple, she had to have some vegetarian food before returning home.
Not daring to ask the old lady to wait for them, Chen Tang and the others headed towards the dining hall.
In the meditation room, the second wife helped the old lady out and walked into the dining hall. The maid came over quickly and whispered to the second wife, "Madam, I have something to report..."
The voices were filled with urgency.
This maid was the one who had messed up things before. The Second Madam didn't know what urgent matter she wanted to report. She looked at Hongxiu, and Hongxiu took over from her to help the old lady into the private room for vegetarian meals.
The second wife walked to a nearby tree and asked unexpectedly, "What's the urgent matter you want to report to me?"
The maid said hurriedly, "I wanted to find out why the Taoist priest took the money but didn't do anything, so I went to question him. The Taoist priest returned the money to me and said that as long as it didn't endanger my life, he would help. But since this could cost someone's life, he didn't dare to go against his conscience for fear of being punished by God..."
The second wife didn't quite understand. "What does this mean?"
The maid said, "I asked, and the Taoist priest said that you'd better believe the fortune he told the eldest girl, and he also said that harming others will eventually harm yourself..."
The Taoist priest said a lot of mysterious things, and the maid couldn't remember it all, but she still remembered the two most important sentences.
Originally, the Second Madam did not take the Taoist's divination for Chen Xi seriously, but the maid was nosy and went to ask the Taoist again. Now, the Taoist's words were like a thorn stuck in the Second Madam's throat, which she could neither swallow nor spit out.
The second wife said, "Please invite the Taoist priest into the house. I want to ask him in person."
The maid went to do it.
The second wife entered the dining hall, and as soon as she entered, she saw the old lady comforting Shen Xi, "The words of the quacks should not be taken seriously."
The second wife said, "I also comforted Xian'er in this way, but since it concerns the Marquis, it is better to be cautious. I have asked someone to invite the Taoist priest to the Marquis's mansion, and then we can ask him carefully to see if there is any way to resolve the problem."
He actually invited a Taoist priest into the mansion. It seemed that he believed it to some extent. He even bribed the Taoist priest, but he still believed the words of the Taoist priest he bribed. Chen Tang was speechless.
Thinking that the Taoist priest had already read Chen Xian's fortune, even if he was invited into the house, he could only say what the fortune said and would not change his words, especially since he had been threatened by Xie Guimo's people, Chen Tang felt relieved.
The second wife made all the arrangements, and the old lady said, "That's good."
The vegetarian dishes have been served, eighteen dishes with no repetition, filling up two merged eight-immortal tables. Although they are all vegetarian, the presentation is exquisite and looks very good.
Chen Tang really liked the vegetarian food at the Jokhang Temple and enjoyed it very much. The others were fine too, except Chen Xian, who really didn't like it and thought it tasted like chewing wax.
While they were eating, a maid came in and reported to the second wife, "Madam, the Taoist priest is missing. I sent people to search the entire Jokhang Temple, but they couldn't find him..."
How come he disappeared? The second wife looked at the old lady, and the old lady said, "Forget it if he doesn't appear."
It's just that my mood was shrouded in a haze. After all, bloody disaster is not a good word, and it also involves my parents...
Jiang died of illness fifteen years ago. The old lady could not imagine that anything could involve Jiang in her grave. Instead, the second wife's special concern for Shen Xi made the old lady feel uneasy.
It took them nearly half an hour to finish the vegetarian meal. The old lady was old and it was inconvenient for her to sit in the bumpy sedan chair after a full meal. She hadn't been to the Jokhang Temple for a long time, so she simply took a walk around before returning home.
After returning to the Marquis' Mansion, they first sent the old lady back to Songhe Hall. The old lady was tired, so she went back to rest, and the others left.
Chen Tang took the maid back to Qingyi Garden. Chen Xian and the second wife came out of Songhe Hall. A maid ran over and reported to Chen Xian breathlessly, "I have found out what the young lady asked me to investigate..."
Shen Xi asked anxiously, "How?"
The maid said, "At the Lantern Festival half a year ago, the glass lantern that the second young lady received was indeed snatched away by a masked man..."
Chen Xi's face turned pale, and she didn't even feel the pain when her neatly trimmed nails dug into her flesh.
The second wife knew about the glass lamp. Chen Xian wanted it but Chen Tang was reluctant to give it to her. Chen Xian "accidentally" broke the glass lamp, but the second wife was reluctant to throw it away and spent a lot of money to repair it. Unexpectedly, the glass lamp was given by the masked man. In other words, more than half a year ago, the man who beat the son of Changping Marquis had been in contact with the second wife, and they even promised to spend their lives together.
Chen Xian looked at the Second Wife and said, "No need to check, the man wearing the mask is the Prince of Jingyang!"
The second wife asked, "Are you sure?"
Chen Xi didn't want to admit it, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Second Auntie guessed correctly. The person that Prince Jingyang wanted to marry from the beginning was Second Sister, not me."
After the Lantern Festival, Prince Xie came to propose marriage. Chen Tang was surprised and shy. She thought that Prince Xie was asking for Chen Tang’s hand in marriage on behalf of the prince, but unexpectedly, it was her that Prince Xie fell in love with. She still remembered Chen Tang’s surprise and shame at that time. Chen Tang was sincerely happy that such a good marriage was arranged for her. At that time, Chen Tang should not have known that the masked man was the prince of Jingyang.
It is very likely that Old Prince Xie has proposed the wrong marriage. It is not easy for Prince Jingyang to come and cancel the engagement, because it is impossible for the Marquisate to promise Chen Tang to him after he cancels her engagement. Prince Jingyang therefore set up a plan to bring good luck by claiming that the Second Prince was injured and poisoned after saving him, and also used the bad fortune from the Jokhang Temple to make her let Chen Tang marry in her place because she is afraid of being a widow!
No wonder Chen Tang woke up even when he knew that Prince Jingyang didn't need a wedding to bring good luck!
Because this is exactly what they planned!
They teamed up to play with her in the palm of their hands!
The hatred in Shen Xi's eyes was so overwhelming that it almost swept away everything.
She won't let them be together!
no way!
Chen Xi had been so jealous that she had lost all her rationality. She didn't even think about the fact that if Chen Tang really knew about it and had really joined forces with Prince Jingyang, there would be no such thing as refusing to marry in front of the bridal sedan. They would have already lived together long ago.
Changchun Palace.
Concubine Ye had nothing to do, so she put flowers in the vase.
She used scissors to cut off the excess branches and put them into a red jade vase. A palace maid in a light green dress came in through the beaded curtain, walked quickly to Concubine Ye's ear and whispered a few words.
Click.
A budding flower fell onto the small table.
Concubine Ye slammed the scissors in her hand, her eyes as cold as ice.
She never dreamed that the person who repeatedly beat up the Prince of Changping and brought shame to the Marquis of Changping's Mansion and her was actually the Prince of Jingyang!
No wonder he had the guts to beat up the Prince of Changping Marquis. No wonder the Marquis of Changping’s Mansion turned the entire capital upside down but still couldn’t catch him!
Concubine Ye was angry and breathed in more than she exhaled.
“Pass on this message from the palace, and have Madam Shen II enter the palace tomorrow!”
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