Chapter 167 Disaster
It was normal for Princess Jinde not to want to see the Second Wife, but she left Chen Tang behind, and the people who went out looked at each other in confusion. The old lady was even more nervous, and only felt relieved when she saw that Chen Tang was not panicked or afraid.
After everyone left, the old lady looked at Princess Jinde and said, "Princess, calm down. If my Pingyuan Marquis Mansion knew that Ran'er was your biological daughter, we would have sent her back long ago..."
The old lady responded with a sneer from Princess Jinde. That sneer made the old lady's scalp tingle. Princess Jinde asked, "Madam Shen, do you know what the second wife in the mansion did yesterday after she knew that Ran'er was my daughter?"
The old lady saw a layer of frost on Princess Jinde's face, and her heart was beating fast. "No, I don't know...Please tell me clearly, Princess."
Princess Jinde tried her best to suppress the anger that was rising in her head, "Yesterday, the second wife of the mansion took Ran'er to the Wang family, gave her an aphrodisiac, and locked her in a room with the nephew of Mrs. Wang's mother's family!"
Old lady, “……!!!”
This evil creature!
The old lady turned pale.
She knelt down directly, "Princess Jinde, calm down."
Princess Jinde quickly helped the old lady up and said, "Fortunately, Miss Shen was prepared and sent the Prince of Jingyang to take Ran'er out of the Wang family in time and sent him to the pharmacy to find a doctor. It happened that the eldest son-in-law returned home, and the secret guard told him about this. The doctor could not cure the drug for Ran'er, so the eldest son-in-law temporarily picked a husband for Ran'er on the street, so that an irreparable mistake was not made..."
But after something like this happened, even if the daughter was found, she would not be able to stay with her for more than a few days and would have to get married.
How could Princess Jinde not be angry? She wanted to keep her daughter by her side for a year or two to make up for what she owed her daughter. The only consolation was that the eldest young master of the Huaihua General's Mansion was not bad in character, talent or family background, otherwise she would never give up.
As for the kindness from Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion, she only recognized the kindness from Old Madam Shen and Shen Tang.
Princess Jinde said, "If my son-in-law had not been chosen by the eldest son-in-law, I would never have let it go. The second wife of the mansion has raised Ran'er for many years, and I am grateful to her, but what she did chilled my heart, and even chilled Ran'er's heart!"
"The relationship between her and Ran'er as mother and daughter ended at the Wang family yesterday. I don't want her to have anything to do with Ran'er in the future!"
The old lady felt a chill down her spine and said hurriedly, "If the princess hadn't told me about these things, I would still be kept in the dark. I will definitely give the princess an explanation for what she did."
Princess Jinde didn't say anything. She glanced at her personal maid. The maid went out and after a while, a servant came in carrying two large boxes.
To put things one way or the other, Princess Jinde wanted to skin the Second Wife alive for what she had done, but she was also grateful to the Old Lady for saving her life. The two boxes were a thank-you gift to the Old Lady.
There is another box, which is a thank you to Chen Tang. If it weren't for Chen Tang, Chen Ran's life would be ruined again.
After expressing her gratitude, Princess Jinde left. It was the Fourth Madam who welcomed her into the mansion and it was also the Fourth Madam who saw her off.
As soon as Princess Jinde left, the old lady sent everyone in the room away except Mother Wang, and then looked at Chen Tang, "Do you know that Ran'er is the daughter of Princess Jinde?"
Chen Tang looked at the old lady, "If I say that my eldest sister is the daughter of my second uncle and second aunt, will grandma believe it?"
The old lady's face froze.
At this point, even without Chen Tang saying anything, the old lady also had this suspicion.
The second wife said that her pregnancy was fake but she had pretended it for eight months without being exposed, but she didn't believe it.
The old lady didn't say anything, or she didn't know what to say. The second wife deserved it, but if she did, she would bring out the bad. Shen Sui and the second master already had a grudge. How could she, as a mother, face the fratricide between them?
The old lady's eyes were dim. Chen Tang didn't have any solid evidence in her hand, so she didn't say much. She said, "Second Aunt loves the eldest sister the most, much more than the third sister. I have always suspected the origin of the third sister and felt that she was not the daughter of our Pingyuan Marquis Mansion.
After the Queen’s birthday banquet that day, everyone left the house, but Princess Jinde hurried back. Her maid bumped into Ginkgo, causing her to sprain her ankle and hit her forehead. I thought it was strange that Princess Jinde was looking for Second Aunt again, so I asked Prince Jingyang to help me keep an eye out…”
"I accompanied my grandmother to dinner that day, and I wanted to know what Princess Jinde wanted to do with my second aunt. Because my second aunt lied, I was even more curious. Prince Jingyang found out that the jade pendant was a burial item given by the eldest son-in-law to his daughter. I thought of what my grandmother said, that when my third sister was born, the midwife and the doctor said she would not survive. So I boldly speculated whether she might be the daughter of Princess Jinde who was believed to be stillborn..."
"Yesterday, my second aunt brought my third sister to the Wang family. I thought it was strange. My second aunt should have stayed in the mansion to prepare dowry for my eldest sister. So I asked the secret guards sent by Prince Jingyang to protect me to go to the Wang family to check. Fortunately, the secret guards went in time, otherwise our Pingyuan Marquis Mansion would really have no way to explain to Princess Jinde."
The old lady was still in shock. She didn't even dare to think about how Princess Jinde would retaliate against the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion if Shen Ran was really ruined by the second wife.
The death of the Second Wife was not a pity, but the other people in Pingyuan Marquis’ Mansion didn’t even know what happened, how innocent they were.
The old lady felt very uncomfortable in her heart. She didn't know how much Chen Tang had done behind the scenes to protect the Marquis' Mansion. It was really shameful that such a big Marquis' Mansion had to be guarded by a girl like her.
The old lady said to Shen Tang, "The emperor has not yet issued an edict to give your elder sister any position. Once it is reported that she might be the daughter of the second wife, she will not be able to be the principal wife. There is no evidence to prove that your elder sister is the daughter of your second uncle and aunt. Grandmother hopes that you..."
Chen Tang thought about the overall situation that Xie Guimo mentioned. The eldest prince's party was actively trying to get Chen Ying to the position of the second prince's consort. She couldn't hold the eldest prince and Xie Guimo back.
Sending Chen Xi back to the second room won’t cost a few days.
Chen Tang said, "I know everything that grandma said. I just hope that when the evidence is presented to grandma in the future, grandma and father can give mother a satisfactory explanation."
The old lady said, "As long as it can be proved that she did it, I will not tolerate it."
Shen Tang did not take the old lady's assurance seriously. If there was solid evidence before her, and the old lady was protecting the second wife, she would definitely send the evidence to the Ministry of Justice and let the court punish the second wife and the second master according to the law.
The old lady, out of selfishness, or what she thought was for the good of the Marquisate, and Chen Tang, for the sake of the overall situation, temporarily suppressed the matter.
But what was suppressed was only Shen Xian's life experience. The second wife harmed Shen Ran and angered Princess Jinde. The old lady also had to give an explanation to Princess Jinde.
The second wife's cruelty made the old lady shudder. She ordered the second wife to be beaten with thirty sticks and thrown into the Buddhist temple to reflect on herself.
After dealing with the second wife and the second master, the mansion was surrounded by Princess Jinde, so Shen Sui and the second master returned to the mansion.
The old lady asked the second master if he knew what the second wife had done. The second master denied it flatly. The old lady was extremely disappointed. "The heart of the pillow is as vicious as a snake and scorpion. You know nothing about it. How dare you deny it?"
"Someone come!"
"Drag him away and give him thirty lashes of the cane, and send him to the ancestral hall to reflect on his actions!"
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