Chapter 142 Bias
Xie Guimo guessed that his inability to eat bayberry was inherited from his father and mother. Although his mother didn't like eating fruits as much as Chen Tang, she would eat some occasionally. His father usually stayed in the military camp and rarely ate fruits, so he didn't like to eat them either. In order to verify it, he brought bayberry with him.
As expected, my father also can’t eat bayberry.
The prince had lived for nearly forty years, but this was the first time he knew that he could not eat bayberry, not even a few strands. If he ate a whole one, he would probably die on the spot.
The prince looked at Xie Guimo, and Xie Guimo said, "Someone added bayberry to the rouge used by Second Miss Shen. It's okay for her to use it, but I can't touch it. It's coming for me."
The prince said, "Your father and mother don't know that you can't eat bayberry, so how could outsiders know?"
Xie Guimo asked, "Father, do you still remember the accident that happened in the palace when I was three years old?"
How could the prince forget this? Ever since that incident, even if he personally brought Xie Guimo into the palace, he would still feel uneasy.
When Mo'er got into trouble, it was the season for eating bayberries. Mo'er suspected that he was fed bayberries by someone in the palace that year, which was why the accident happened. The person who fed him the bayberries was afraid of taking responsibility, so he made a scene that he got lost and fell into a dry well.
This guess is not impossible. Except for the two days when Mo'er disappeared in the palace, outsiders should have no chance to know that Mo'er cannot eat bayberry.
The prince's eyes fell on the small bayberry on the plate, "You must be extra careful with what you eat in the future."
Chen Tang didn't say much about his previous life, but in the fourth year after he married Chen Tang, he inherited the title and went to the border, which meant that his father was dead. His father had fought on the battlefield for many years, and Xie Guimo didn't believe that his father would die so easily on the battlefield. There might be a conspiracy behind it.
The prince said, "Tomorrow your father will help you go to Pingyuan Hou to propose marriage."
Xie Guimo said, "In a few days."
Right now, the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion is worried about Miss Shen's marriage, and he had been engaged to her before. His father is helping him to propose marriage now, but he can't just force the person on him. He has waited for so long, and no matter how anxious he is, he can wait a few more days.
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A good night's sleep.
When he woke up the next day, Shen Tang sat on the bed and stretched.
Ginkgo and Qiu Tong came into the room to help her get up. Yesterday's breakfast was millet porridge with vegetables. Chen Tang didn't eat a single bite and went to Songhe Hall to eat with the old lady. Today's breakfast was not only diverse in style, but also exquisite.
Chen Tang asked Chen Sui to take back the housekeeping power that the old lady had given to the second wife. Chen Sui listened to Chen Tang. Chen Tang asked the fourth wife to remove the second wife's confidant, and the old lady agreed. The second girl was almost the one who had the final say in the Marquis's Mansion, so how could the kitchen dare to treat her poorly, especially now that the person in charge of the kitchen was the fourth wife's person, and all of them were entrusted with important tasks by the fourth wife, so they naturally had a good eye.
After breakfast, Chen Tang went to Songhe Hall to pay his respects to the old lady. He ran into the fourth wife at the gate of the courtyard. Chen Tang said, "Fourth aunt, please tell the head kitchen manager not to take my side, so as to avoid being criticized."
The fourth wife knew that Chen Tang was on her side, but she was not the kind of person who would do anything that would cause others to talk about her. As a housekeeper, she did not seek credit, but only to avoid mistakes. The fourth wife said, "The eldest lady's meals are more delicate, and Madam Zhao dare not cut them casually. I will ask her to prepare them for you according to the eldest lady's share."
The implication is that it is not that the kitchen favors Chen Tang, but that the former Second Madam’s housekeeper favors Chen Xian.
She was just trying to be fair.
The Second Wife was on her daughter's side, and Chen Tang knew it, so she said, "I misunderstood Fourth Aunt. I'll go back and tell Mother Zhao to prepare meals for me and my eldest sister according to the quota."
Chen Tang and the Fourth Madam entered the courtyard together and went into the house to pay their respects to the old lady.
Soon the Third Madam also arrived. Chen Tang sat there, quietly listening to the Fourth Madam and the Old Lady discussing the gift-giving matter. There were many powerful people in Kyoto. Today your family had a new baby, tomorrow his family had an import, and the day after tomorrow his family moved to a new house or received a promotion. All of these required a gift to be sent. Although there were precedents for gift-giving, the Fourth Madam did not dare to make the decision casually. She would either draw up a list for the Old Lady to review, or discuss it first and then draw up the list. In short, she was extremely careful, which was as she should.
Yesterday, the Third Madam went to see Chen Tang, and Chen Tang promised to help talk to the old lady and give the Third Madam some of the housekeeping power. Today, it seemed that she had forgotten about it. The Third Madam winked at Chen Tang twice, and Ginkgo reminded her from behind, "Miss, have you forgotten what you promised the Third Madam?"
Ginkgo's voice was neither loud nor soft, and not only Chen Tang heard it, but the old lady also heard it and looked over.
Chen Tang suddenly remembered and immediately looked at the old lady and said, "Grandma, it may be a bit difficult to suddenly ask Fourth Aunt to take charge of the household affairs except for the embroidery room. You can ask Third Aunt to help share some of the burden."
The old lady was drinking tea. Upon hearing this, her eyes swept across the Third Madam's face, and then she slammed the teacup heavily on the small table. "Being a housekeeper is a joke. I'll give it to you today and to her tomorrow. I think even if you have to take charge of one more embroidery room, your Fourth Aunt will be able to handle it with ease."
The old lady glanced over, and even the second wife couldn't stand it, let alone the third wife. After hearing what the old lady said, she was already displeased and was ready to take back the power of the embroidery room housekeeper.
The Third Madam immediately regretted asking Chen Tang for this. Fortunately, Chen Tang confiscated the jade hairpin, otherwise it would have been wasted. The Third Madam hurriedly said, "What the old lady said is right. I also think that it is not difficult for the Fourth Brother's wife."
Chen Tang looked at the Third Madam, "You didn't say that to me yesterday, Third Aunt..."
With just one sentence, the third wife was sold out.
The Third Madam was on pins and needles. "Third Aunt was just teasing you, but you took it seriously."
In fact, everyone knew what was going on. The old lady knew it, and the fourth wife also knew it.
The third wife's heart trembled, and she quickly changed the subject, "The results of the Spring Examination will be announced in a few days..."
No one from the Marquis' Mansion participated in the Spring Examination, but two young masters from the Jiang Family participated. Chen Tang was very concerned about the Spring Examination. When mentioning the Spring Examination, the old lady thought of the Jiang Family. It had not been many years since Chen Yan had been wandering outside, and the old lady had blamed the Jiang Family for not taking good care of Chen Yan. Now that Shen Yan had been found and was well educated, he was both civil and military, so the old lady's resentment towards the Jiang Family was naturally wiped out.
Before, Shen Sui suddenly prepared a generous gift and went to the Jiang family, and had lunch at the Jiang family. The old lady guessed that it was at that time that Shen Yan was found. In addition, Shen Sui said that it was Shen Tang who found him. The old lady remembered that before Shen Sui went to the Jiang family, Shen Tang rushed to the front yard to find Shen Sui, and then Shen Sui hurried out of the house, and Shen Tang waited in the front yard for Shen Sui to return home.
The old lady felt unhappy when she thought about how Shen Sui and Shen Tang told Old Master Jiang the news of finding Chen Yan but didn't tell her.
The old lady said, "The two young masters of the Jiang family are extremely talented and will definitely pass the imperial examination this spring."
Shen Tang was not surprised by what the old lady said, but the third and fourth wives looked at each other and felt that the old lady's attitude towards the Jiang family had softened a lot, no, it seemed that the resentment disappeared all of a sudden.
Just as I was feeling strange, a maid came in quickly and said, "The emperor sent people to search the residence of Hanlin Liu Xueshi and the residence of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites..."
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