Chapter 114 Dongzhu
Just believe it.
If you believe it, you have to find a way to marry Chen Xi off within a month, but you don't know who will be harmed.
Chen Tang put down his pen, took a cup of tea, and asked, "Has the second wife returned?"
Qiu Tong shook her head. "Not yet. When the Second Madam was leaving the house in the morning, the Wang family happened to send someone to look for her. After meeting Concubine Ye, the Second Madam did not return to the house, but went to the Wang family instead."
But by this time, the second wife should be back soon.
The Second Wife disobeyed the Old Madam and also wanted to go to the palace to see Concubine Ye. Chen Tang really wanted to know what excuse the Second Wife would make to appease the Old Madam, but it was not easy to find such an excuse.
After drinking a cup of tea, Chen Tang embroidered an orchid. Just as she put down the embroidery frame, Si'er came in and said, "Miss, the second wife has returned home, and the old lady asked you to go to her."
Why did the old lady ask her to go at this time? Could it be related to Concubine Ye asking the second wife to enter the palace?
Chen Tang stood up with doubts and took Qiu Tong to Songhe Hall.
Walking around the double-sided embroidered screen with flowers, birds and mountains and entering the house, Chen Tang saw the old lady sitting on the Luohan couch drinking tea, with the second wife sitting next to her. On the small table next to the old lady was a brocade box with two large Dong pearls inside.
Chen Tang stepped forward, bowed, and asked, "Grandmother, did you ask me to come here?"
The old lady smiled kindly and said, "Let your second aunt talk to you."
Chen Tang looked at the second wife, who smiled and said, "The man who beat up the Prince of Changping has been caught."
Chen Tang, "......???"
Are you kidding me?
Even if the Marquis of Changping Mansion knew that it was Xie Guimo, they would not dare to arrest him, let alone they didn't know yet.
Chen Tang suspected that the Second Madam was trying to frighten her, "Finally I caught her."
The Second Madam had been looking at Chen Tang, trying to see panic and uneasiness on her face, but Chen Tang showed no flaws. The Second Madam smiled and said, "That's right. The Marquis of Changping's Mansion almost turned the capital upside down, and they only caught the man yesterday. The Marquis of Changping's Mansion interrogated the masked man. Concubine Ye misunderstood that the Second Miss was related to the masked man, and called me into the palace for this matter. Concubine Ye gave a pair of large Dongzhu to compensate you and your eldest sister."
Chen Tang asked, "Is Concubine Ye compensating my elder sister? Could it be that my elder sister was poisoned in the palace and had a rash all over her body and was extremely itchy? Was it Concubine Ye who poisoned her?"
This sentence choked the Second Madam. Although they all knew where Chen Ying's poison came from, the palace banquet was prepared by the Queen. If Concubine Ye poisoned the relatives of court officials who came to the palace for the banquet, if this matter were to reach the Queen's ears, she would definitely hold Concubine Ye accountable for ruining the palace banquet. The Second Madam dared not speak carelessly.
The second wife said, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't have any evidence."
Chen Tang laughed in his heart, "I just find it strange. Concubine Ye mistakenly thought that I knew the masked man who beat up the Marquis of Changping, so she punished me and forced him to show up. It's only right for me to compensate, but why did Concubine Ye compensate my eldest sister? My eldest sister only entered the palace at the palace banquet, and she got into trouble at the palace banquet, so I guessed this way."
"Then what did Concubine Ye want to compensate the eldest sister for?"
Chen Tang wanted to get to the bottom of this matter, and she had to get to the bottom of it. If she didn't, both of them would belong to her, and Chen Xian would never get a share of them.
The Second Wife didn’t like Chen Tang’s aggressive attitude and looked quite impatient, “Concubine Ye only said it was compensation for you sisters. She didn’t elaborate and I didn’t ask.”
Chen Tang said, "Then I have to get it clear. I thought Concubine Ye was plotting against me and implicated my elder sister. My elder sister suffered for two days, and I felt guilty for two days. I even endured it when my elder sister threw a flower pot at me in anger. If Concubine Ye's original intention was to plot against my elder sister and it had nothing to do with me, then I don't need to feel guilty. I want to find out why my elder sister threw a flower pot at me that day?!"
This was not the first time that Chen Tang had mentioned the incident of Chen Xian hitting Chen Tang with a flower pot, but he had only mentioned it casually last time, but this time he was serious.
The old lady also didn't believe that Shen Xi didn't mean it, her face was very long, she said, "No matter why Concubine Ye asked you to compensate your elder sister, your elder sister almost hurt you, she should apologize to you, this big Dongzhu, grandma will take the initiative to compensate you."
Chen Xian walked to the screen and just happened to hear this sentence. She was so angry that her face turned green.
Chen Xi walked in and said, "Grandma, I was confused because of the pain that day. I didn't mean to hit my second sister. I was in pain for two days, and caused you to worry for two days. I also wanted to give this oriental pearl to you as a filial gift."
Knowing that Dongzhu could not be saved, he wanted to present it to the old lady as a gift.
It will one day return to Chen Xian's hands after it is in the old lady's hands. If that doesn't work, she can go back to help the second master find an official position, and the old lady will also give it out. Now that it is in Chen Tang's hands, it will be impossible for it to return given their current relationship.
Chen Tang knew Chen Xian's twisted mind, and so did the old lady.
She used to be so indulgent, but now the old lady won't do that anymore. "It's enough that you have this filial piety."
The old lady glanced at Hongxiu, and Hongxiu handed the Dadongzhu to Chentang, who took it and handed it to Qiutong.
The second wife looked at the old lady and said, "Do you really want to accept these two oriental pearls?"
The old lady looked unhappy, "I didn't intend to accept it, what are you going to do with it back home?"
If one of the two oriental pearls was for Chen Xi, the Second Wife would have endured it. If there was not one, it would be better to send it back to Concubine Ye, as a favor.
The Second Wife said, "It's not that you don't allow me to enter the palace. I want to say that Concubine Ye compensated the Second Miss, but I'm worried that I don't have any evidence. If you don't believe me, I'll accept it..."
The old lady didn't know what the second wife was planning, so she said coldly, "Either don't accept it, or don't return it if you accept it."
She was a good granddaughter, but she was schemed against by Concubine Ye and forced to go to the palace for a banquet. She was so frightened that she didn't even dare to drink a sip of tea. She came back thirsty after several hours. The Dadong Pearl was valuable, but it was only a thousand taels of silver. Compared with the grievances Shen Tang suffered and the fear she had suffered for so many days, it was nothing.
The old lady knew that the second wife wanted to curry favor with Concubine Ye so that the second master could make further progress in his career in the future. However, the old lady disliked Concubine Ye's way of doing things, and it was better to have less contact with such a person.
The old lady was determined and the second wife didn't dare to persuade her anymore, so the matter ended there.
The old lady was tired, so Mother Wang helped her into the inner room.
After leaving Songhe Hall, Chen Xian attacked Chen Tang, "Do you really have to steal my Dadong Pearl?!"
Chen Tang looked at Chen Xian and said, "You give it to me. No matter if I hit you or not, I will return the Great Dong Pearl to you. How about that?"
"you!"
Chen Xi was so angry that her vision went dark.
Shen Xian refused, but Shen Tang was too lazy to pay attention to her and just left.
Chen Xian stamped her feet in anger and complained to the second wife who was walking over, "Second Aunt, look at how she's showing off! Now grandma only loves her and not me..."
The second wife glanced at Chen Tang's leaving figure, but she was not so angry, "A little impatience will ruin a big plan. She offended Concubine Ye, and she will not have a good ending."
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