Chapter 19 Invitation
After a few more days of rest, the wound on Chen Tang's arm was completely healed.
It was a fine day. After breakfast, Chen Tang took Ginkgo to Songhe Hall to pay his respects to the old lady as usual.
Before anyone entered the house, they heard the old lady coughing. She was not in good spirits. Shen Tang asked with concern, "Is grandma okay?"
The old lady sighed, "Grandma is old and useless. I just thought too much at night and couldn't sleep until the second half of the night."
Chen Tang asked, "Is there anything bothering Grandmother?"
How could the old lady not have any worries? Shen Sui's childlessness was a source of worry for her, and now Shen Ying's engagement was broken off by the Jingyang Palace. The old lady couldn't sleep last night because she was thinking about Shen Ying's lifelong event.
However, the old lady would not tell Shen Tang about this. She waved her hand for Shen Tang to sit down. As soon as Shen Tang's butt touched the stool, the second and third wives came in, followed by Shen Ran and Shen Luo.
The old lady looked unwell, and the second wife wanted to call a doctor for her, but she refused. If she wanted to call a doctor, she would have called a doctor long ago. It was not the second wife's turn to arrange it. Just as she was talking, a maid came in and said, "Old lady, the eldest girl is here."
Chen Tang looked towards the screen and saw Chen Xian walking in. To be honest, Chen Tang had never seen Chen Xian so thin before. She looked like a peony ravaged by a strong wind. She was so pitiful.
Knowing how Chen Xi got sick, Chen Tang didn't feel the slightest bit of sympathy, but even if she didn't feel sympathetic, everyone in the room felt extremely sympathetic.
The old lady always loved Chen Xi. Although she did not despise what Chen Xi did to resist the wedding, her anger disappeared when she saw how thin Chen Xi had become.
"Why are you so thin?" The old lady felt distressed.
The second wife said, "Xier hasn't eaten anything in the past few days, how can she not lose weight?"
Chen Xian's eyes turned red, and she choked up and said, "Xian'er was ignorant and made grandma angry."
The old lady said, "Don't mention the past. The most important thing is to take good care of your body."
Chen Xian nodded obediently, then looked at Chen Tang and said, "Second sister hasn't come to see me these past few days. Is she still angry with me?"
If you already know, why are you asking?
Should I use my grandmother to put pressure on her and suppress her anger?
Chen Tang said with a fake smile, "How could that be? I won't argue with my elder sister."
Chen Xian bit her lip and said, "I know you won't forgive me easily, but I still want to defend myself. I was indeed afraid of being a widow, so I drugged myself, but I didn't instruct Doukou to frame you. You are my biological sister, and how could I push you into a fire pit that I don't want to jump into myself?"
The old lady said not to mention the past, but you insisted on bringing it up to disgust her. Did you think that Doukou was dead and there was no evidence, so you could say whatever you wanted?
Chen Xi did not instruct Doukou, so the fact that she was slandered by Doukou meant that she, as the master, did something wrong, which made the maid feel resentful and want to treat her like that.
There were some things that Chen Xian had forgotten, so she didn't mind reminding her. Chen Tang smiled faintly, "I know my elder sister wouldn't do this to me. The wedding dress was sent to me by the maid on her own initiative."
The guilt on Shen Xi's face froze, and she looked embarrassed as if she had been slapped twice by Shen Tang.
The old lady frowned deeply. Of her two granddaughters, one did something wrong but was stubborn and showed no remorse, while the other knew the truth and showed no mercy. Neither of them could make her feel at ease.
The old lady was a little angry and started coughing. The second wife hurried over to help the old lady calm down and scolded Chen Tang, "You all should stop talking."
Although he scolded the two of them, his eyes were clearly directed at her. However, Chen Tang was also very good at making people angry. He just picked up the teacup and drank it. It seemed that he had listened to the Second Madam's words, but in fact, he knew that he should ignore them.
The second wife's face turned green with anger, but she couldn't say anything yet. The old lady took a while to relax and her coughing stopped.
Chen Tang didn't want to stay any longer and was about to leave. A little maid came in with a red invitation with gold decoration in her hand and said, "Madam, the Shouwang Mansion sent someone to deliver the invitation, inviting several girls in the mansion to attend the Spring Banquet in the Shouwang Mansion in a few days."
Seeing the invitation, Shen Ran couldn't wait to stand up and take the invitation from the little maid.
She had been waiting for the invitation to the Spring Banquet at the Shouwang Mansion for a long time, and finally got it.
Shen Ran and Shen Luo were both very happy, but when Shen Xian's eyes fell on the invitation, not only was there no joy on her face, but she had to force herself not to let tears fall.
The Shou Palace's Spring Banquet only invites unengaged ladies and young masters from aristocratic families in Kyoto to attend. Every year, there are several engaged families after the Shou Palace's Spring Banquet. Last year, Chen Xian attended, but this year no one thought she could still attend. The embroidery room didn't even prepare a dress for her to wear to the banquet.
In the previous life, Chen Tang and Shen Xie did not attend. Chen Tang could not go because she was married, and Chen Xie was in a bad mood. Even though Chen Tang had fulfilled the engagement for her, she still felt that she was engaged to the Prince of Jingyang and could not go to the Spring Banquet at the Shou Palace.
In this life, whether Chen Xi goes or not is not something Chen Tang can control, she will definitely go.
Many young masters from aristocratic families were invited to the spring banquet at the Shou Palace. If her eldest brother was as noble as she guessed, he would probably go as well.
Although the chance of finding my eldest brother is slim, there is no hope at all if I don't go.
Nothing is more important than finding Big Brother.
The second wife couldn't bear to see Shen Xi cry, so she said to the old lady, "The various mansions in Kyoto are very concerned about the spring banquet held by the Shouwang Mansion. The embroidery room has made skirts for them. Why not let a few girls go out of the mansion to pick out some jewelry, and it will also be a good opportunity for Xian'er to go out of the mansion to relax."
The Third Madam echoed, "Second sister-in-law is really thoughtful. The girls of our Pingyuan Marquis Mansion must not be outdone by others."
The Second Madam proposed it, the Third Madam agreed, and Shen Ran and the others were eagerly waiting for the Old Madam's approval, so how could the Old Madam throw cold water on them and refuse to agree?
This time when Prince Jingyang's Mansion cancelled the engagement, I don't know how many people were laughing at Marquis Pingyuan's Mansion behind their backs, saying that a cooked duck could still fly away. It's a good opportunity to let those people have a good look at it through the Spring Banquet at Prince Shou's Mansion.
The old lady agreed, but warned, "You sisters can just make a scene in the mansion, but when you leave the mansion, you must remember your status and don't let others laugh at the discord between the sisters in the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion."
Everyone knew that this was directed at Shen Tang and Shen Xi. Shen Ran knew that they would not respond, so he stood up and said, "We will follow our grandmother's teachings."
The old lady's eyes fell on Shen Xi and Shen Tang, and they stood up and agreed.
The old lady was exhausted both physically and mentally. She raised her arms and Mother Wang helped her into the inner room to rest.
Chen Tang and the others left Songhe Hall and walked towards the main gate of the Marquis' Mansion. When they arrived, the servant had already parked the carriage at the gate.
There were two carriages, one was luxurious, decorated with tassels and bells hanging on the four corners. At a glance, you could tell that the people sitting inside were of noble status. The other one was much more low-key.
Normally when they went out of the house, Shen Tang and Shen Xi would ride in one carriage, while Shen Ran and Shen Luo would ride in another.
Shen Xian acted weak and timid in front of the old lady, but her attitude changed when she left the house, "Third sister, you and I will ride in a carriage today."
As she spoke, Chen Tang went down the steps directly and stepped on the stool to get on the carriage.
Chen Xi's face turned green with anger, and she wanted to drag Chen Tang off the carriage.
Chen Tang wouldn't care who Chen Ying wanted to sit with, but she wouldn't give up the carriage either.
She, Shen Xian, could either hit the carriage in the face or go sit in the carriage behind with Shen Ran.
After sitting in the carriage for a while, no one came up, so Chen Tang lifted the curtain and looked at Chen Luo, "Eldest sister is going to ride in the same carriage with third sister, and fourth sister is going to squeeze into the same carriage with them?"
She felt that a carriage with two people was too crowded, let alone three.
Shen Luo quickly got on the carriage.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
