Chapter 186 Carriage
The point of Chen Tang's words was not to tell the old lady how shameless the second house and Shen Xi were for cuckolding the second prince. After all, even if this matter was exposed, the second prince and Concubine Ye would deal with it privately for the sake of their own face and to protect the Changping Marquis's Mansion.
The key point is that the Prince of Jingyang supports the eldest prince. Because of the relationship between Concubine Ye and Princess Jingyang, everyone assumes that even if Xie Guimo does not support the second prince, he will never become an enemy of the second prince and stand on the side of the eldest prince.
The emperor has eight princes, but only the eldest prince and the second prince are capable of competing for the position of crown prince. Only one of them will be chosen as the crown prince.
The winner takes it all, and no matter who sits in that position, he will settle accounts with his opponents.
Shen Xian married the second prince, and the second master must support the second prince. Otherwise, if the family is not divided and the second master is not removed from the family tree, which side will Shen Sui stand on in the future?
Because of Shen Xian's relationship, the Pingyuan Marquisate has been tacitly accepted to support the Second Prince. Regardless of whether Shen Sui actively participates in the fight for the throne or not, when the Second Prince ascends the throne in the future, the credit for following the dragon will only fall on his father-in-law, the Second Master. Shen Sui's busyness is just to prepare wedding clothes for the Second Master.
If they want to support the eldest prince, then in the eyes of all the civil and military officials in the court, the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion is playing two-timing, which is a big taboo for officials and will not please anyone. In the future, when the eldest prince succeeds, he will not use Shen Sui. It is purely a case of no gain and no avoidance of disadvantages.
While the second house is harming the first house's heirs and the matter is exposed, it is better to cut off the relationship. From now on, everything the second master does will have nothing to do with Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion.
From now on, my father can choose to support the eldest prince or not participate in the fight for the throne. At least no one will simply classify the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion into the second prince's camp. As for the second prince's success in winning the throne, Chen Tang has never thought of this possibility.
Originally, Chen Tang forced the old lady to agree to drive the second house out of the mansion. The old lady was still a little worried. After all, Jiang was depressed and died with hatred. In addition to the second house's evil intentions and substitution, there was also the doubt and distrust between them and the Jiang family. For this part, even the Jiang family was too embarrassed to come to the door to question them.
The fact that the Second Master divorced his wife and separated the Second Branch from the Marquisate was enough to give an explanation to the Jiang family. Now, after hearing that there were so many twists and turns behind this matter, the old lady could imagine how dangerous the upcoming fight for the throne in the court would be. If she was not careful, the entire Marquisate of Pingyuan would be implicated.
Chen Tang was thinking about the Marquis's mansion and the ancestral foundation, so the old lady didn't blame her.
It's a pity that there is no evidence to prove that Chen Yan's disappearance was the work of the Second Master, otherwise Chen Tang would not have to explain and would have directly thrown the Second Master out of the Marquis' Mansion, and the Old Madam didn't dare to say a word.
Chen Tang looked at Chen Sui and told Chen Sui and the old lady about taking Chunlan back to Beijing. "Fourth uncle and fourth aunt took into consideration that second uncle was father's younger brother. Without solid evidence, they dared not reveal anything to father. That day, I gave the letter that Chunlan asked someone to send to Beijing to fourth aunt, and fourth aunt immediately sent someone to Wangzhou with money to redeem Chunlan. Later, I guessed that the content of the letter was related to second brother. In order to ensure that Chunlan could enter Beijing safely, I asked Prince Jingyang to send someone to Wangzhou to take care of her."
"Second Uncle wanted to kill Chunlan, not only in the mansion, but also tried to silence her at the inn outside the city yesterday."
"I asked them to send Chunlan to the mansion directly without even telling Uncle and Auntie. They must have been scared."
Chen Tang was not worried about Shen Sui. After all, the Fourth House was helping Shen Sui find her son and was loyal to the First House. Chen Tang was worried about the Old Madam, fearing that she would vent her anger on the Fourth House. After all, the Second Master and Shen Sui were both the Old Madam's biological children, and she was loyal to them.
Perhaps the old lady would think that if it weren't for the maid Chunlan, the things the second master did would not have been exposed, and the second and first houses would not have been in such a mess. No matter how close her grandson is, he can never be as close as her own flesh and blood.
Chen Tang didn't say it explicitly, but how could the old lady not hear her worry? The old lady felt bad in her heart. In the eyes of her granddaughter, was she such an unreasonable person?
The old lady looked at Shen Sui and said, "If it weren't for Chunlan, the maid, we wouldn't know the grievances Jiang had suffered, and we wouldn't know that you had a son who might still be alive. I remember that Gongzhong had two shops connected to each other in the south of the city. I'll send the house deeds and land deeds to the fourth room later. If it wasn't for your own good, how dare I meddle in this matter."
If it was something else, one might suspect that the fourth house was after the title. Shen Sui broke up with the second house and had no children, so it was possible that he could adopt a child from the fourth house. However, the fourth house was looking for Shen Sui's son. Shen Sui found his own flesh and blood who was stranded outside, even if he was just an illiterate gangster, the title would have nothing to do with the fourth house.
Shen Sui knew what to do without the old lady telling her.
His own brother harmed his son, but his half-brother and sister-in-law secretly spared no effort to help him find his son. How could Shen Sui not be moved?
Now that she knew her second brother was not buried alive, there was still hope that he was still alive. Chunlan was the only person who had seen her second brother, and she had not had time to ask about the carriage in detail just now, and she did not know if she could find any clues.
Mother Wang went out and called the Fourth Master, the Fourth Mistress, and Chunlan back in.
The Fourth Master and the Fourth Mistress were very worried. Quarrels between couples and conflicts between siblings were things they should not interfere with. Even if someone's bones were broken, they might heal in a few days. By then, they would be in a difficult position. However, Shen Sui had always been nice to the Fourth Master. It would have been fine if he didn't know about this, but how could he just ignore it after he knew about it?
Especially the Fourth Wife. Because Chunlan never came back, she was not sure whether the sound she heard that year was the cry of a baby. Jiang insisted that she had given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and that her son was stolen. She did not dare to stand up and speak for her. Without any evidence, she could only watch Jiang helpless and depressed day by day.
All she could do was to accompany her more, comfort her, and tell her that only by staying alive could she find her son. Later, Jiang died with hatred in her heart. For so many years, the Fourth Madam felt guilty every day. She regretted not standing up and telling Jiang about the faint cry. Perhaps with her trust, Jiang might have been able to hold on.
Knowing how cruel and ruthless the Second Wife was and how well-connected she was in the Marquis' Mansion, the Fourth Wife avoided the Second Wife's edge and never dared to make enemies with her. She wished that the Fourth Wife could live her own life behind closed doors.
Chunlan might be the only one who knows the truth. Knowing that Chunlan is still alive, how could the Fourth Madam not redeem her and bring her back to Beijing? If she pretends that she knows nothing, she will not have the face to face Jiang in the underworld after her death.
Chen Tang stood up and apologized to the Fourth Madam, "I didn't tell Fourth Aunt about Chunlan's matter in advance, please don't be angry..."
The fourth wife shook her head. "Chunlan told me just now that if you hadn't sent someone, she would have died in Wangzhou by now. It would be impossible for her to return to Beijing alive."
Chen Tang looked at Chunlan and said, "Do you have any clues about my second brother? Do you know whose house the carriage belonged to?"
Chunlan replied, "The carriage is not very impressive, but it is not bad either. There is a sign on it with the word 'Lin' written on it. It should be the carriage of a family with the surname Lin."
"The second young master has a large birthmark on his arm, from the shoulder to the elbow. Anyone who has seen it will be deeply impressed."
Jiang only told Shen Sui about the birthmark on her youngest son's arm, because no one believed that she had given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, let alone the birthmark. No one would believe it even if she told them, and Shen Sui never told anyone else about it.
The old lady said, "The carriage is parked outside the city. It is possible that they are from the vicinity of Kyoto. Let Manager Li take people to inquire first. If it doesn't work, post a notice."
Shen Sui said, "I'll send someone to look for it."
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