Chapter 132 Too Light
Just now they were being escorted to a Buddhist temple, but now it has become an ancestral hall. This is not because the Second Wife said something wrong in anger.
The Second Madam has wanted to severely punish Chen Tang for a long time. Today, the younger sister slapped the older sister, which was considered an offense in her hands. How could the Second Madam let Chen Tang get away with it? She wanted Chen Tang to kneel in front of the ancestors and repent.
The Second Madam's eyes were fierce, and she looked as if she would beat the maid to death if she didn't catch Chen Tang. The maid was afraid of Chen Tang, but she was even more afraid of the Second Madam. All the maids in the South Courtyard didn't know the Second Madam's methods.
The two maids came over and tried to grab Shen Tang, but Yin Xing protected Shen Tang, “The old lady only let the second wife take care of the household, but she didn’t give the second wife the right to punish the second girl!”
"Pull this maid away from me!"
As soon as the second wife gave the order, the maid dragged Ginkgo away.
The maid said, "Please come in, Second Miss."
Chen Tang smiled coldly, "Second Aunt is the one who manages the household like this. She didn't even ask me why I slapped my eldest sister, and she just had me taken to the ancestral hall."
The second wife said coldly, "I don't care what your reasons are, it's not your turn to hit Xian'er!"
"Push it down!"
The two maids grabbed Chen Tang's shoulders and were about to take him to the ancestral hall. An angry voice came from the other side, "Stop!"
It was none other than Shen Sui.
When Chen Tang returned home, he asked Manager Li to send someone to the military camp to find Chen Sui. Although Chen Sui had instructed that they should not go to the military camp to find him unless it was an urgent matter, Chen Tang looked very unhappy at the time. In addition, Chen Tang knew Chen Sui's rules, so he still asked them to go to the military camp to find him. Manager Li did not dare to disobey.
Chen Tang had not visited Chen Sui many times in the past two or three months, but each time it was for important matters. When Chen Sui heard that Chen Tang had asked Manager Li to send someone to the military camp to find him, he did not dare to delay and returned, and he rushed back at full speed.
Unexpectedly, when I came back, I saw the Second Wife taking Chen Tang to the ancestral hall to kneel as punishment.
Shen Sui came over with big strides, the second wife bowed and saluted, Shen Xian called out aggrievedly, "Father..."
Tears welled up in her eyes, about to fall but not falling, and the slap marks were clearly visible on her fair face.
Shen Sui frowned, he looked at Shen Tang, Shen Tang raised his head and said, "I hit him."
There was no blame in Chen Sui's eyes, only uneasiness. After all, Chen Xian had plotted to have Chen Tang marry in her place, sold her sister for fame, and helped the Prince of Changping Marquis to plot against Chen Tang, and Chen Tang had endured it all. Chen Sui couldn't imagine what Chen Xian had done to make Chen Xian so angry.
The second wife said, "I know that the Marquis loves the second young lady, but the second young lady hit the eldest young lady in front of so many people and still doesn't repent. If the Marquis doesn't severely punish the second young lady today, how can the family rules be enforced?"
Not only does she want to punish Shen Tang, she also wants Shen Sui to punish him personally.
Chen Tang ignored her, so Chen Sui asked, "Why did you hit your eldest sister?"
His tone was calm, not showing any sign of anger, and Shen Sui knew that Shen Tang was not an impulsive person.
Chen Tang's eyes swept across Chen Xi's face and he walked to the side. The second wife said, "Let's talk about it here!"
Chen Tang was so angry that she even wanted to hit the Second Madam. She said, "Second Aunt, do you want all these maids to be silenced?"
Several maids turned pale with fright and quickly took a few steps back.
Chen Tang walked towards the empty and deserted place over there, and stopped only when he was sure that no one could hear him.
Shen Sui asked, "What's going on?"
Chen Tang said, "In order to avoid the bloody disaster, my elder sister married herself within a month and set her sights on the position of Prince Ning's consort. Today, she used my name to ask Prince Ning to meet her at Yanqi Lake and put drugs in his tea. If I hadn't left the mansion today and met Princess Roujia of Prince Duan's mansion and found out about this, she would have sent someone to stop her in time..."
Shen Tang was only halfway through his sentence when Shen Sui's face turned livid. He hadn't blamed Shen Tang before he asked clearly, but now he felt that the two slaps were too light.
Chen Xian knew what was going on between Chen Tang and Shen Sui. She knew that it was wrong to plot against Prince Ning, but she was trying to avoid the bloody disaster and didn't want to implicate her father. She had already felt wronged enough, and she didn't think she was wrong.
The Second Wife did not think that what Chen Xian did was wrong. Instead, she thought it was Chen Tang who was harming Chen Xian and ruining the good things of the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion. Being able to marry into the Ning Wang Mansion would only benefit the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion and not cause any harm.
The second girl has a good marriage of her own and doesn't care about her elder sister. Even if Shen Sui protects her, she can't get past the old lady!
The Second Wife and Shen Xi were both more righteous than the other.
However, they could no longer maintain this self-righteous attitude when they saw Chen Sui walking towards them with a livid face. Even if their intentions were good, their actions were so dirty that they could not stand up to scrutiny.
Shen Sui said coldly, "Take the young lady to the ancestral hall!"
Chen Xian, "……!!!"
Second wife, "……!!!"
It is the second girl who should go to the ancestral hall to reflect!
The tears that Chen Xi had been holding back for a long time suddenly fell down.
The second wife said, "The Marquis should have a limit to his partiality. Even if Xian'er did something wrong, it was not for herself, but for the Marquis..."
It would have been fine if the Second Madam hadn't said anything, but once she did, Shen Sui became even more furious, "All of you go to the ancestral hall and kneel down. You are not allowed to leave the ancestral hall without my permission!"
The Second Wife had been married into the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion for more than ten years, and this was the first time that Shen Sui had directly punished her. After all, the Second Wife was only the younger brother's sister-in-law, and she had the Old Madam and the Second Master above her. Shen Sui didn't want to deal with the Second Wife without their knowledge, but this time he really couldn't tolerate it anymore.
Manager Li came with Shen Sui. As soon as Shen Sui spoke, Manager Li stepped forward and said, "Second Madam, please."
The Second Madam was so angry that her eyes went dark. She stood there without moving. Steward Li waved his hand and two sturdy maids came forward. They thought that if the Second Madam refused to leave, they would just take her away. It was always embarrassing for the servants to take action.
The second wife's fingernails dug into her flesh without her noticing the pain. Chen Xi cried angrily, "Father only loves my second sister, why did he give birth to me!"
“Take him away!”
Shen Sui's face was as cold as if covered with frost and snow.
Songhe Hall.
The old lady sat on the Arhat couch, her usually kind face no longer had any gentleness, only anger.
No one, including Mother Wang, dared to breathe loudly.
What the old lady most dislikes is sisters fighting with each other or brothers quarreling with each other. She has repeatedly warned them against this. But today, the second girl slapped the eldest girl in public. How could the old lady not be angry?
Everyone wondered what the eldest girl had done to make the second girl so angry?
A maid came in from outside, and the old lady asked angrily, "Where are they?!"
The maid replied, "The Marquis has returned home and punished the eldest daughter and the second wife to kneel in the ancestral hall..."
The maid was ordered to pass the message to Shen Tang, Shen Xi and others, but the maid knew who had the most influence in the Marquis' Mansion. Since Shen Sui punished Shen Xi and the Second Madam, the maid did not dare to pass the message.
The old lady frowned, "Where's the second young lady?"
The maid said, "The Marquis didn't punish the second young lady..."
The old lady knew that Shen Sui loved Shen Tang more, but this time even the second wife was punished, which was no small matter. After all, when the second wife touched Jiang's dowry before, Shen Sui did not punish the second wife directly.
The old lady felt uneasy for no reason.
"Let the Marquis and the Second Miss come to see me."
No need to call, the Marquis and the Second Miss are already on their way.
Almost as soon as the old lady finished her words, Shen Sui came in, followed closely by Shen Tang.
As soon as he entered the room, Shen Sui waved his hand and said, "Everyone, leave."
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