Chapter 157 Support
Although the Second Wife and Shen Xi left first, Chen Tang returned to the Marquis' Mansion almost at the same time as them.
Lifting the carriage curtain, Chen Tang saw the Second Madam helping Chen Xi step into the Marquis's residence. The gatekeeper looked at them in confusion, and it was obvious that what happened in the palace had not yet been reported back.
Shen Ran's maid came over to help Shen Ran get off the carriage, and then helped Shen Tang. Gingko limped over, with a little bruise on his forehead. Shen Tang saw it and asked, "What's wrong?"
Ginkgo said, "Just now in the palace, after the young lady got on the carriage, Princess Jinde left in a hurry, and no one knew where she was going. The maid followed her in a hurry and bumped into me. I hit my head on the carriage and sprained my foot..."
Princess Jinde...
When these four words entered his ears, Chen Tang's heart was shaken violently.
She remembered that in her previous life, Shen Xian had an accident with the Second Prince in Prince Zhao's Mansion. Princess Jinde also turned back when everyone was leaving, walked very quickly, and bumped into someone.
In this life, in fact, after she refused to get on the bridal sedan at Prince Jingyang's Palace, many things were different from her previous life. But now Shen Xian still wanted to marry the Second Prince, and Princess Jinde also behaved abnormally on this day.
Chen Tang's intuition told her that there was a connection between the two events, but she couldn't figure it out for a moment.
Shen Tang was thinking about Princess Jinde. Shen Ran went up the steps and saw that she didn't follow him. He asked, "Second sister?"
Shen Tang came back to his senses, walked up the stairs, and stepped into the mansion.
Chen Tang and Shen Ran did not go back to the courtyard directly, but went to Songhe Hall. When they arrived, the old lady already knew about Chen Xian and the second prince. The second wife told the old lady that since Chen Xian was not there, she should have returned to her own courtyard.
Chen Tang walked in and asked curiously, "Didn't the eldest sister go to the Jokhang Temple? Why is she in the palace?"
The old lady was about to ask about this, and her eyes swept towards the second wife.
The second wife said, "It was Concubine Ye who wanted Xian'er to enter the palace. Xian'er was afraid that if you knew about her entering the palace, you would worry about her being in trouble, so she didn't allow her to enter. In order to avoid you being caught in the middle, she didn't let me tell you about this..."
Chen Tang said, "Eldest sister didn't let me tell you, so Second Aunt didn't tell you. If something goes wrong, won't Second Aunt feel guilty?"
The old lady had a very long face. She had just reprimanded the second wife a few days ago, telling her not to meddle in the affairs of the eldest house. But she was so good that she even hid such a thing from her.
The second wife said, "I was also afraid that you would worry..."
The old lady said angrily, "You knew I was worried, so you deliberately concealed it. You actually took good care of Xian'er. If you had taken good care of her, you wouldn't have let her have such a thing happen in the palace."
Although what happened today was not a bad thing, what if it was not the Second Prince but someone else? !
It's hard to say for sure.
The Second Wife quickly admitted her mistake, "Now that things have happened, I'm afraid that Concubine Ye will not agree to let Xian'er be the Second Prince's principal wife..."
The old lady's face was very long, "Did Concubine Ye tell you?"
The second wife shook her head. "That's just my guess."
The old lady said with a gloomy face, "You can guess what the noble lady is thinking. If it gets to Noble Concubine Ye's ears, even if she wants to give Shen Xi the position of the principal concubine, I'm afraid she won't be willing to do it."
Besides, only the emperor has the final say on this matter. There are so many people talking, how can we just guess? No sense at all.
Thinking about how she had been worrying about Shen Xi's marriage these days and had urged Shen Sui countless times, and now that she had become the Second Prince's woman, the stone that had been weighing on the old lady's heart for a long time was removed, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Ran said, "At the Queen's birthday banquet today, someone gave my second sister a note..."
The old lady looked at Chen Tang, "Is this true?"
Chen Tang nodded, "The note said that Prince Ning asked me to meet him at the Imperial Garden Bridge. I went there, but after waiting for a long time, Prince Ning didn't come to find me. When I returned to the birthday banquet, I saw Concubine Ye hurried to Taikang Palace, and the Queen and Concubine Zhao's people also went there..."
The old lady's brows were knotted.
She already knew that Xiao Huan was her grandson Chen Yan, and Xiao Huan himself knew it, so why would he ask Chen Tang to meet privately at the birthday banquet? It was obvious that someone was sending Chen Tang away under the guise of being the Prince of Ning.
Chen Tang has always been cautious in the palace, so why did he believe what was written on the note and go see Xiao Huan?
The old lady asked, "Did someone invite you under the guise of Prince Ning?"
Chen Tang shook his head, "I don't know. Prince Ning was not at the birthday banquet at that time, so I went there."
The old lady thought that Chen Tang was worried and afraid that something might happen to Prince Ning, so she went to check on him.
Chen Tang was fine. Thinking about Chen Xi's accident, the old lady suspected that Chen Tang was targeted again today, but Chen Xi was the unlucky one again. But even if Concubine Ye wanted to plot against Chen Tang, she would not include the second prince. The old lady felt that she was too suspicious.
It was still unknown when Chen Sui would be back, and Chen Tang wanted to wait for her father, but she also wanted to know what was going on between Chen Ying and the Second Prince. After coming out of the Wende Hall, she glanced at Xie Guimo several times. He should have known that she was looking for him, right?
Fearing that Xie Guimo would get anxious waiting, Chen Tang got up and went back to Qingyi Garden.
She didn't stay to wait for Chen Sui. Everyone in the room felt strange. Wasn't the second young lady curious about what status the second prince gave to the eldest young lady?
Chen Tang returned to Qingyi Garden from the small path. When she entered the house, she saw a certain gentleman sitting there drinking tea. When he saw her come in, Xie Guimo said with resentment, "You came to me, and made me wait for you for so long."
If Shen Ran hadn't been in the carriage, he would have gotten on it directly.
Chen Tang walked over and asked, "Why did you push Chen Xi to the Second Prince?"
"It's not me this time," Xie Guimo said.
“…”
Not him?
Chen Tang was surprised, "If it wasn't you, then who did it?"
"The eldest prince."
Chen Tang's eyes widened, and he felt the shock in his heart rising higher and higher.
How could it be the eldest prince?
Could it be that Xie Guimo is secretly supporting the eldest prince?
She knew that Xie Guimo was investigating the Marquis of Changping's Mansion, but she had no idea that he had a private relationship with the eldest prince.
Xie Guimo stretched out his hand and pulled Chen Tang to sit in his arms. "If we want to stop the Second Prince from taking that position, we can only join hands with the First Prince. After all, it is in the palace, and it is easier for the First Prince to do anything than for me. The original plan was to plot against the Prince of Changping Marquis, but I listened to your advice and drugged the Prince of Changping Marquis, so that he didn't respond to the aphrodisiac. The First Prince knew that I had to wait until your eldest sister got married before I could come to propose marriage, so I temporarily changed my plan to plot against the Second Prince."
"It doesn't make much difference whether your eldest sister marries the prince of Changping or the second prince."
There is no difference. The difference is huge.
Chen Xian is having an affair with the Prince of Changping Marquis. It would be fine if Chen Xian could keep it a secret, but if she fails to keep it a secret and is secretly having an affair with the Prince of Changping Marquis and cuckolding the Second Prince, if this matter is exposed, it will definitely implicate the entire Pingyuan Marquis Mansion.
Chen Xian looked down on the Prince of Changping Marquis and was unlikely to take the initiative to provoke him, but the Prince of Changping Marquis was a shameless man and he might not necessarily fail to look for Chen Xian.
This was undoubtedly a sword hanging over the head of the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion.
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