Chapter 168 Fukuzawa
Chen Tang was sitting in the room, hearing the sound of beatings and occasionally the screams of the Second Wife.
The beating was almost over, Chen Tang went out to take a look. The second wife was also given thirty strokes of the cane, and blood was oozing from her buttocks. It was obvious that the second master was much lighter, with only slight bleeding. It might be because the second master was a martial artist, but Chen Tang felt that it was mostly the old women in the yard who showed mercy. After all, the second master was the old lady's biological son, and breaking bones would not hurt tendons.
After the fight, the servant carried the second master to the ancestral hall, and the maid sent the second wife to the Buddhist temple. The maids and maids in Songhe Hall all felt that Princess Jinde was clear about gratitude and grudges. The second wife concealed the third lady's life experience, and Princess Jinde only targeted her. Princess Jinde was grateful to the old lady for saving the third lady's life, but why did Princess Jinde thank the second lady?
Princess Jinde gave the old lady many thank-you gifts, including ginseng, deer antlers, cordyceps and bird's nests, as well as red jade beads and Bodhisattvas carved from mutton-fat jade, all of which were prepared according to the old lady's preferences.
There were quite a few things in the big box that Princess Jinde gave to Chen Tang, including two sets of jewelry, jade bracelets and necklaces, a box of oriental pearls, calligraphy and paintings, and jade articles.
The things were for Chen Tang, so the maid carried them to Qingyi Garden.
Chen Tang stayed in Songhe Hall for a while before leaving, but he ran into Chen Xi who was rushing over on the way.
Mingyue Garden, where Chen Xi lived, was quite far away. When she received the news and rushed there, the second wife had already been beaten with a stick and was sent to the Buddhist temple.
The way she looked at Chen Tang was like a poisonous snake lurking in the grass, spitting out its tongue, as if it was ready to pounce and bite Chen Tang to death at any time. She looked at Chen Tang with cold eyes, "It seems that Second Aunt and I have been living under your nose all this time!"
Chen Tang curled his lips and chuckled, "I have lived under the eyes of you and Second Aunt for more than ten years, and you have already jumped off the wall after being watched by me for only a few days?"
"you!"
Chen Xi was so angry that she wanted to raise her hand to hit someone, but she tried her best to hold back.
Chen Tang was so capable that she could make the Prince of Jingyang insist on marrying her. With this slap, she lost the position of the Second Prince's Consort that she was about to get. However, the Prince of Jingyang could not propose marriage himself, so he could ask the Emperor to help him pass on the message, and the Emperor trusted him very much.
When she becomes the Second Prince's consort, she will be better than Chen Tang!
Under Shen Xianyun's sleeves, her nails dug into the flesh. Her eyes that seemed to want to eat people swept across Shen Tang's face, and she walked away.
Chen Xian was cruel and ruthless, and Concubine Ye was even worse. When these two got together, Chen Tang was really worried that it would bring disaster to the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion. She had to send Chen Xian back to the second house as soon as possible and separate the second house from the mansion.
However, the person Xie Guimo sent to Wangzhou to pick up Chunlan had been gone for such a long time and had not brought her back yet, and there was still no news. Chen Tang felt uneasy.
Chunlan might be the only witness to the second wife's substitution, so there must not be any mistakes.
Chen Tang was extremely anxious, but she knew that if there was any news, Xie Guimo would not fail to tell her.
Here, Chen Tang returned to Qingyi Garden anxiously, while the news that Princess Jinde led people to surround Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion spread throughout Kyoto. Everyone was guessing what Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion had done to offend Princess Jinde.
People in teahouses and taverns were discussing this matter, and then the news that the third young lady of Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion was the daughter of Princess Jinde spread.
Everyone who heard about this was shocked. "How is this possible? Didn't Princess Jinde give birth to a stillborn baby?"
"That's right. How could the third young lady of Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion be the daughter of Princess Jinde and her husband? The dead cannot be resurrected."
"It is said that in order to win favor, the second wife of the Pingyuan Marquis's mansion pretended to be pregnant and had no choice but to buy a dead fetus to conceal the truth. It was the daughter of Princess Jinde who was lucky enough to survive. She met the kind-hearted old lady of the Pingyuan Marquis's mansion, who pierced her ten fingers to save her life..."
"As expected of the eldest princess' daughter, she is blessed with great fortune."
"The second wife of the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion is really cruel. She knew that Princess Jinde was looking for her daughter, but she deliberately didn't tell her. She was eager to marry Miss Shen San to her eldest sister-in-law's nephew, and even gave her an aphrodisiac. Fortunately, someone risked his life to help Miss Shen San escape. Yesterday, the eldest son-in-law picked a husband for his daughter who had not yet officially recognized her ancestry on this street to detoxify her..."
"Who is it? Who did the Prince Consort choose?"
"Young Master of the General's Mansion in Huaihua..."
It was noon and many people were having lunch in the restaurant, including the third young master of the Huaihua General's Mansion.
Third Young Master Xu, "......???"
The eldest brother returned home very late yesterday. When he asked him why he came back so late, the eldest brother said with red ears that he was delayed by something. It turned out that he was stopped by the prince consort to detoxify his daughter.
No wonder my parents were so happy this morning. It turns out that my eldest brother’s lifelong event has been settled.
There were still some who were unhappy. After all, yesterday the Prince Consort chose the eldest young master of the General's Mansion in Huaihua as his son-in-law from among a dozen young men from aristocratic families. Today, those young men from aristocratic families realized why the Prince Consort was looking at them. They thought it was because they were not well-groomed, or that the Prince Consort had some special hobbies. It turned out that the Prince Consort was choosing sons-in-law for them, and he had not yet chosen them.
These words that were spread in the teahouses and taverns on the streets were passed to Chen Tang by a little maid. Chen Tang did not expect that it would be spread in such detail. It seemed that Princess Jinde deliberately let people spread it. After all, not many people knew about finding someone to give Shen Ran the antidote. Chen Tang would not spread this matter, so it could only be Princess Jinde herself.
This is to completely sever the mother-daughter relationship between the Second Madam and Shen Ran. The grace of giving birth is not as great as the grace of raising a child. Otherwise, if the Second Master and the Second Madam have something to ask Shen Ran in the future, Shen Ran will not be able to refuse due to her status.
Now everyone knows how the Second Wife treated Shen Ran, and in the future the Second Wife will not have the face to go to Princess Jinde’s residence, let alone look for Shen Ran.
This time, the second wife lost more than she gained. She not only lost her wife but also her soldiers. She suffered a huge loss.
That afternoon, news came out that General Huaihua and his wife had come to propose marriage, and that Princess Jinde and her husband had promised their daughter to Young Master Xu. They had already had physical contact, so there was no way he wouldn't marry.
Well, not only will she get married, but she will also be married soon. However, when Princess Jinde agreed to the marriage, she made a request. She only has one daughter, Shen Ran, in her life. She has been separated from her daughter for more than ten years and only found her yesterday. She wants to keep her by her side and take care of her for a while longer.
Princess Jinde hoped that after her daughter got married, her son-in-law would live with her daughter in the Princess's Mansion for half a year. Once the six-month period was up, he would move to the General's Mansion in Huaihua.
This request was heartbreaking to hear, but General Huaihua and his wife were not unreasonable people, so they agreed immediately.
Now the two families are busy preparing for the wedding banquet. The empress dowager has always loved Princess Jinde. Princess Jinde brought her daughter to the palace to pay her respects to the empress dowager. The empress dowager was pleased and bestowed the title of Princess Qingran on Shen Ran.
Shen Ran's name was given by the old lady. In recognition of the old lady's life-saving grace to Shen Ran, Princess Jinde and her husband did not change their name, but only changed their surnames.
The prince consort's surname was Zhao.
Zhao Ran.
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