Chapter 118 Jealousy
Chen Xi was jealous to the point of going crazy. She went into the house to pay her respects to Princess Duan. As soon as she entered, she noticed that the old lady was looking at her with a cold look. Chen Xi knew that the old lady was blaming her for forcing Chen Tang to kneel in the Buddhist temple as punishment, but it was not her who made the three-day appointment with her father. She was just protecting her grandmother's dignity.
Princess Duan praised Shen Xi and Shen Ran highly, "Marquis Pingyuan's Mansion is so lucky to have such beautiful and talented girls."
The grandmother was also proud of her granddaughter being praised. The old lady smiled and said, "I don't deserve such praise from Princess Duan."
Besides, when Mother Wang went to the Buddhist temple to invite Chen Tang, she almost trotted there. After all, Songhe Hall was a little far from the Buddhist temple, and it was inconvenient to let Princess Duan wait for a long time. Princess Roujia's high fever only subsided last night, and Princess Duan must have wanted to stay by her daughter's bedside, because her daughter was the flesh and blood of her mother.
Chen Tang was deliberately trying to anger Chen Xian. The old lady asked Mother Wang to invite her. Chen Tang knew when to stop and stood up from the futon. After Chen Xian and the others left, Chen Tang stopped kneeling. The soreness in his knees from kneeling before had long since eased.
She entered Songhe Hall and then the house. As soon as she entered, she saw Princess Duan looking at her with a smile. Chen Tang bowed to Princess Duan and said, "Greetings, Princess Duan."
Princess Duan stood up and helped Chen Tang up, her eyes full of gratitude, "Stop being so polite, Miss Shen Er is the benefactor of my Prince Duan's Mansion, and the noble person in my daughter Roujia's life."
Chen Tang said, "The princess and I have always been close, so it is my duty to help her. Princess Duan is too kind."
Princess Roujia is of noble status, and this is her destined benefactor. This is no ordinary compliment.
But Princess Duan thought so. "The prescription you gave to Roujia before was very effective and saved her from a lot of suffering. If it weren't for you and Prince Ning's rescue, the horse was frightened a few days ago, my Duan Palace would have lost a young person."
Thinking of the danger that day, Princess Duan still has lingering fears.
Even if Prince Ning was a breath later, her daughter would have crashed headfirst onto the bridge. With Prince Ning's martial arts skills, he could not have saved her daughter, but he himself could not have avoided the collision and suffered internal injuries, requiring ten days to half a month to recuperate. This is enough to show his ability.
Her daughter's life was saved by Miss Shen Er and Prince Ning. Princess Duan was so grateful that she felt a little sorry. If only Miss Shen Er could be the Prince's Consort of Prince Duan's mansion...
She had fallen in love with Chen Tang before and intended to propose to her, but was stopped by her son. Now that the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion had even declined the proposal from Old Prince Ning, she didn't have to ask for anything.
Chen Tang asked, "Is the princess's horse not injured?"
Princess Duan shook her head. "She had a few bruises, but they were just superficial injuries. She was not seriously injured. She was just frightened and only recovered yesterday. She knew I was coming to thank her, so Roujia asked you to go see her and talk to her when you have time."
Chen Tang said, "Then I will go see her tomorrow."
Princess Duan smiled and said, "If she knew, she would be very happy."
Princess Duan had been at the Pingyuan Marquis's residence for a while. After thanking Chen Tang in person, she did not stay any longer and stood up to say goodbye.
The second wife was the one who welcomed Princess Duan into the palace, and it was also the second wife who saw Princess Duan off.
After Princess Duan left, Shen Luo cast her eyes on the pile of thank-you gifts Princess Duan brought with her, curious about what Princess Duan gave to Chen Tang. Of course, it was definitely not all for Chen Tang, there were also some for the old lady and Shen Sui, after all, the Marquis's Mansion was good at educating their daughters.
The maid went over and opened them. The top brocade box contained a ginseng as thick as a thumb. This must be for the old lady to replenish her body.
The old lady said, "This is too expensive..."
Chen Tang only told Prince Ning about the incident of Princess Roujia's frightened horse. It was Prince Ning who actually saved the person, but he gave her such a valuable thank-you gift. Thinking that he still blamed Chen Tang for ordering Prince Ning to save people, he felt very ashamed. It was only because Chen Sui protected Chen Tang that he did not let Chen Tang kneel in the Buddhist temple as punishment, otherwise he would have to kneel for several hours.
Princess Duan gave the old lady not only a ginseng, but also cordyceps and some precious supplements. Knowing that the old lady worshipped Buddha, there was also a string of jade Buddhist beads in the brocade box. What she gave to Chen Tang were the jewelry that girls like, a whole set of jewelry made of eastern pearls, which was worth at least five or six thousand taels. There was also a whole box of southern pearls and beauty fans as tribute, of which only twelve were available every year.
Everything she saw made Shen Xi burn with jealousy, and jealousy made her face twisted. She, Shen Tang, was really lucky!
No matter how she schemes, even Concubine Ye and the Marquis of Changping can't do anything to her. Although the Prince of Jingyang has not come to propose marriage yet, the emperor knows that he wants to marry Chen Tang, which is no different from an engagement. Even if she doesn't marry the Prince of Jingyang, she can marry into the Prince of Ning's Mansion based on her obedience. Now she has saved Princess Roujia's life. If Chen Tang has any problems in the future, the Prince of Duan's Mansion will definitely help.
As for her, it was such a bad omen. If she didn't get married within a month, not only would there be a bloody disaster, but her parents would also be implicated. Shen Xi's eyes turned red with anger.
What's even more infuriating is yet to come. Chen Tang rubbed his knees and said to the old lady, "Grandma, you don't blame me for letting Prince Ning save Princess Roujia, right?"
The old lady opened her mouth but couldn't utter a word.
If I say it's not strange, I'm afraid there will be a next time. If I say it's strange, it's really as Shen Sui said, but Prince Ning has to listen to it, and Princess Duan has come to thank him in person and sent so many things...
Seeing Chen Tang rubbing his knee, the old lady asked, “What’s wrong with your knee?”
Chen Tang nodded slightly, looked at the clepsydra and said, "It's clearly not the time agreed upon by my father and grandmother yet, but my elder sister wants me to kneel in the Buddhist temple as punishment..."
Chen Xi said, "I am protecting my grandmother's dignity!"
Chen Tang felt amused. Even if Chen Xian herself said this, she would not believe it, let alone her. It would have been fine if Chen Xian did not say this, but the old lady was even more disappointed when she said this. How could the old lady not know about Chen Xian's cunning mind? She was just using her as an excuse to find trouble with Chen Tang. For the sake of her, the eldest sister, Chen Tang refused to get on the bridal sedan of Prince Jingyang's Mansion, but she did not plead for Chen Tang at all, and even kept an eye on Chen Tang, fearing that she would escape.
The old lady said, "Go to the Buddhist temple and kneel down to reflect for an hour."
Chen Xi was so angry that tears welled up in her eyes, but no one pleaded for her, so she left crying.
The old lady looked at Chen Tang, wanting to say something but stopping herself, Chen Tang said, "Don't worry, Grandma, I'm not someone who will order people around casually, and I will never do such a thing again."
The old lady said, "It's good to be sensible."
"I feel ashamed to receive so many thank-you gifts from Prince Duan's Mansion. Tomorrow you go to visit Princess Roujia. I'll prepare some supplements for you to take with you."
Shen Tang nodded repeatedly.
Chen Tang didn't stay long. After sitting for a while, he returned to Qingyi Garden with the thank-you gifts from Princess Duan. Ginkgo was holding the jewelry, smiling from ear to ear, as if she was the one being rewarded.
Chen Tang was happy here, but Chen Xi was unhappy there. Although being punished to kneel for only an hour was not a long time, she couldn't swallow this anger.
Why can Chen Tang get such a valuable thank-you gift even though he did something wrong!
Since it's not wrong to order others around, don't blame her for following suit!
She wanted to see if Prince Ning listened to Chen Tang so much!
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