Chapter 179 Bad Luck
When the second prince got married, all the civil and military officials went to congratulate him.
There are always many people at a wedding banquet, and when it rained, the street outside the Second Prince's residence was in chaos, with people pushing each other. Several ministers had their heads bumped on by the sedan chairs they were sitting on.
The ministers who were stuck in traffic were complaining in their hearts. If any minister's family held a wedding banquet and it rained, they would simply not go and just send the gifts. When the Second Prince held a wedding banquet, except for those ministers who were determined to support the First Prince as the crown prince, which minister would dare not attend the wedding wine in person? Not to mention it was just raining, they would have to go even if it was snowing like hail.
Chen Tang was in Songhe Hall, waiting for the rain to stop before returning to Qingyi Garden. However, after waiting for a long time, the rain not only did not stop, but it got even heavier.
The rain was pouring down as if there was a big hole in the sky. When it started raining, the old lady was hoping that the rain would stop, but after it rained for a while, she gave up hope.
He was already soaked like a drowned chicken, and it didn't make any difference whether he got a little more or a little less. The Second Wife was so anxious that she couldn't sit still, but she couldn't do anything to help, so she could only poke Chen Tang with her eyes. The look in her eyes made Chen Tang doubt whether it was she who made the rain.
This day was chosen by Chen Xian and the Second Prince based on their horoscopes. However, the horoscope Chen Xian used was not her own, but Chen Tang's. If she had used her own date, she would never have chosen this day!
Chen Tang really wanted to remind the Second Madam, wasn't this date set by them after they bribed the Imperial Observatory? It was stuck on the last day of the one-month period, and she didn't believe it was such a coincidence.
Chen Tang was in a good mood, but she couldn't show it too obviously. When she couldn't hold it back any longer, she picked up the teacup, and the mist of tea covered her smile, which was as bright as a flower.
Outside, a soaking wet servant ran in and said, "Madam, it's bad. The Second Prince is in a hurry to take the bridal sedan back. The wedding procession is moving very fast. The servant who was carrying the dowry slipped and fell. He dropped more than a dozen dowries..."
What you worry about will come true. During this heavy rain, the old lady was most worried about two things. One was that the second prince would get wet in the rain, and the other was the dowry issue.
The old lady was upset and could no longer sit still, so she asked Mother Wang to help her go back to the inner room to recite scriptures and pray for blessings.
The second wife asked anxiously, "How many things were dropped?"
The servant said, "A lot of it was damaged, and to prevent things from getting broken, the Second Prince asked the servants carrying the dowry to stop by the roadside to avoid the rain, and to continue delivering it after the rain stops..."
Although this is not a good look, one should not only care about appearance but also about substance. Besides, it is raining so heavily that few people will look at how much the young lady's dowry is. The most important thing is to protect the dowry.
The Second Madam instructed the servant, "Send someone to the Prince of Qi's mansion to tell the eldest girl that the damaged dowry will be replaced by the Marquis's mansion."
As expected of a mother, she thinks from her daughter's perspective. But when will it be the Second Wife's turn to have the final say in the Marquis' Mansion? Her father and the old lady haven't said anything yet.
Knowing that the Second Wife had no say, Chen Tang was too lazy to argue with her. The wedding date was not chosen by the Marquisate, and in the face of natural disasters, one should always consider oneself unlucky. Why should the Marquisate give Chen Xi another portion of her dowry just because more than a dozen loads were destroyed?
The Second Wife was afraid that Chen Xi would be reluctant to part with the damaged dowry and would be unhappy on her wedding day, so she hurriedly sent someone to comfort her. She was really heartbroken.
On the day when Chen Xian returns home, the Second Mistress will definitely bring up this matter. Calculating the date, that day is exactly the day when the secret guards sent by Xie Guimo to Wangzhou escort Chunlan back to the capital. If there is no delay on the way, it can be a surprise for Chen Xian and the Second Prince.
The rain stopped by lunch time, and at that time the Second Prince happened to be returning to the Prince of Qi's Palace with the wedding procession.
As soon as the Second Prince and Shen Xi entered the palace, the rain stopped.
Civil and military officials looked at each other in bewilderment.
Not a single drop of rain could be avoided.
Could it be any more unlucky?
Those who come to Prince Qi's palace to share in the good fortune would do well not to go back with bad luck.
All officials: "..."
Of course, no one dared to say these words, unless they were tired of being an official, or rather, they didn't want this head anymore.
After the Second Prince returned home, the servant brought him a bowl of ginger soup, and then went to change into a brocade robe. As he had no spare wedding robe prepared, he wore a reddish brocade robe to make do. However, Shen Xi had to wait a little longer, and felt very aggrieved. She didn't know how many times she cursed the heavens in her heart.
After paying homage to heaven and earth, she was sent to the bridal chamber. Her wedding dress was dragged by a maid, so it did not get dirty. However, the mandarin duck embroidered shoes on her feet were already soaked by the time she arrived at the bridal chamber.
There were few girls in Kyoto who got married in such a miserable way. Chen Xi was so angry that she cried.
As for Chen Tang, the rain stopped when they were having lunch. Chen Tang originally planned to have lunch with the old lady, but she thought that the old lady would not have an appetite. She did not want to eat too happily in front of the old lady. It would be better for her to go back to her own yard to eat. Once the door was closed, no outsiders would know how happy she was and criticize her.
While eating lunch, Chen Tang was thinking about how to surprise Chen Xi on the day of her return. She put down her chopsticks and walked towards the window.
After looking around for a while, seeing that Chen Shan did not show up, Ginkgo called out, "Chen Shan..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Shan appeared outside the window. It was not convenient for him to stay on the tree because it was raining, so he found an empty house to hide in. But if there was anything, just shout and he would hear him.
Chen Shan asked, "Does the Crown Prince's Consort have anything to tell you?"
Chen Tang said, "Please ask your master if the people he sent to Wangzhou can arrive in Beijing on the day after tomorrow when the Second Prince accompanies Chen Xi back home."
Chen Shan didn't know this either. Knowing that Chen Tang was impatient, Chen Shan agreed, "I'll go back and ask."
Chen Shan climbed over the wall and left Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion, then he remembered that Xie Guimo was most likely attending a wedding banquet at Prince Qi's Mansion at this time. After all, in front of others, Xie Guimo and the Second Prince were cousins, and the Second Prince married Miss Shen, so the two would be brothers-in-law in the future. Others could choose not to go to Prince Qi's Mansion for the wedding banquet, but Xie Guimo had to go.
Second Miss Shen must expose the life story of the eldest Miss Shen before the second prince accompanies her to her parents' home. Someone must be sent to pass the message as soon as possible. Chen Shan may not make it in time after Xie Guimo finishes the wedding banquet, so he will act first and report later. The master has sent someone to help Second Miss Shen to pick up a maid in Wangzhou, which is not far from Kyoto. How can the prince not agree?
In the evening, when Xie Guimo came back from the wedding banquet, the secret guard reported the matter to Xie Guimo. Xie Guimo frowned and said, "Sent someone again?"
He also wanted to give her a surprise, but they ended up going together.
In addition to picking up a maid, they also sent two groups of secret guards.
The secret guards only knew that Xie Guimo had sent people to leave Beijing, but they didn't know what they were going to do, so when Chen Shan arranged the people, no one stopped him. Besides, he just sent a secret guard to urge them, and they would be back the day after tomorrow, very quickly, so they followed Chen Tang's arrangements.
At this moment, no one knew that the second master had sent people to ambush on the road that Wangzhou had to take to return to Beijing. If Chen Shan had not sent another secret guard to do this, the secret guard sent to Wangzhou to pick up people, the secret guard who went to meet them, and Chunlan would most likely have been killed outside the city.
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