Chapter 193 Kneeling Faint
Whose servant is this?
She hasn't married yet, but she listens to Xie Guimo. Even if she gets married, the servants in Pingyuan Marquis's mansion should still follow her words.
Chen Tang was in a dilemma whether to be angry or not.
The carriage made a circle, but only a small circle. When it was almost at the side door, Xie Guimo left the same way he had entered.
When the carriage stopped, Chen Tang punished the servant, "Half a month's salary."
The servant was not angry at all.
Because when a certain gentleman jumped out of the window and left, he was given a reward of five taels of silver.
His monthly salary for half a month was less than one tael, which meant he earned four taels by driving the carriage around the circle. How could he be in a bad mood?
Delicious.
Gingko and Qiutong got off the carriage at the back and came over to help Chen Tang.
He walked up the steps and then into the mansion. Qiu Tong, who was walking behind him, asked, "Why is one of your earrings missing?"
Shen Tang raised his hand and touched it.
The earring on the left ear is missing.
Ginkgo said, "It must have fallen into the carriage. I will go get it."
Gingko went after the carriage and came back soon, saying, "It's not in the carriage. Could it have fallen at Jiang's house?"
Qiu Tong said, "I saw a girl wearing it in the carriage."
Thinking of something, Shen Tang's face turned red. Just now in the carriage, that bastard buried his head in her neck, which happened to be on the left side. It was most likely that she fell on him.
It was just an earring, and Chen Tang didn't want to ask Chen Shan to ask Xie Guimo to get it for such a small matter. Maybe he didn't notice it and it might have fallen off.
Chen Tang didn't take this little thing to heart and walked back to Qingyi Garden.
Let's talk about Xie Guimo. After getting out of the carriage, he rode back to Jingyang Palace on horseback. When passing by a busy street, he happened to run into Chu Yi, the son of Marquis Xuanyi, and Xiao Xun, the son of Prince Duan, who were coming out of a restaurant.
Chu Yi waved his folding fan and looked at Xie Guimo, "Your outfit is too ostentatious."
Xie Guimo frowned, "What's so ostentatious about this?"
He doesn't usually dress like this.
Xiao Xun asked, "You came from Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion, right?"
Xie Guimo asked, "Are you so sure?"
Chu Yi smiled and said, "Not only am I sure, but I also know that she is wearing a pair of gold and ruby earrings today, right?"
Xie Guimo threw down three words, "I didn't pay attention."
Chu Yi, "..."
Xiao Xun, "..."
Xiao Xun coughed lightly, "You wore Miss Shen's earrings all over the street, but you didn't even notice what she was wearing?"
Seeing Chu Yi looking at his hair, Xie Guimo raised his hand and touched it, and then took out an earring.
Xie Guimo, "..."
Xiao Xun covered his face with a folding fan, very curious, "How did you hook Miss Shen's earrings without you and she noticing?"
Xie Guimo didn't want to talk, so he just rode away.
Chu Yi and Xiao Xun behind him watched him walk away, and no matter how they thought about it, they felt that this was impossible.
But I am still very envious in my heart. This is what it means to be in love and have true mutual affection.
Unlike them, one of them is not engaged yet, while the other is already engaged...it's better not to mention it.
Thinking that his parents and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion were already discussing the wedding date, which would be set in the next two days, Chu Yi felt a little desolate. Which young master from a noble family in Kyoto had a matchmaker who was a toad?
At the wedding banquet, the groom is supposed to offer a toast to thank the matchmaker. Should he offer it to a toad?
The image of himself toasting the toad flashed through his mind. He shuddered and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Let’s talk about Chen Tang returning to Qingyi Garden. As soon as he returned to his room, Si’er came in and said, “The old lady asked the second young master to go back three times this morning, but the second young master refused to leave. Now he is still kneeling in Songhe Hall…”
Chen Gu was unwilling to move out of the Marquis's mansion. He probably still had the idea of staying to inherit his father's title, but the old lady knew that there was no hope for the second branch, and it would be of no avail even if Chen Gu fainted and died in Songhe Hall.
After all, he was the grandson she had watched grow up. These things were done by the Second Master and the Second Mistress and had nothing to do with Shen Gu, at least not on the surface. The old lady couldn't bear it, but she couldn't say it out loud.
This self-torture tactic will be of no use except to bring suffering upon oneself.
Chen Gu has been kneeling since he came back from the academy in the morning. Mother Wang has no idea how many times she has tried to persuade him, but Chen Gu just knelt there stubbornly. Mother Wang wanted to ask someone to drag him back to the South Courtyard, but no matter how much trust Mother Wang has in the old lady, she is still just a servant after all. She dare not do such a thing without the old lady's permission.
By the evening, Shen Gu finally couldn't bear it anymore and fainted from kneeling.
After he fainted, Mother Wang sent someone to send him back to the South Courtyard.
As a result, the next day, Chen Gu went to kneel again.
I didn't make it until the evening that day, and I fainted from kneeling at noon.
Day 3…
This time, Chen Gu knelt outside the gate without even entering it. This time, the time was even shorter, and he fainted after kneeling for an hour.
I knelt on and off for three days, and my knees were almost broken.
Chen Gu fainted on his knees three times, but the old lady didn't give in, and neither did Chen Sui. The second master and the second mistress were disheartened. Chen Sui asked them to move out of the marquis's mansion within three days. This was the final deadline.
Manager Li took people to the South Courtyard to watch them move out. Before this evening, everyone in the South Courtyard could take anything away. After the curfew at night, anything left in the South Courtyard would be recorded in the public records.
The bruises on the second master's face from being beaten by Shen Sui were still there. He knew that Shen Sui was serious this time. Even the old lady had the heart to let Shen Gu kneel and faint three times, let alone him.
The second master and his wife had sullen faces and moved away all the things from the second room.
In the evening, Chen Tang was feeding the fish in the lotus pond when Si'er came over and said, "The South Courtyard has been emptied, even the rockery and Lingbi stone in the yard have been moved away."
The second house spent a thousand taels to buy the rockery, and the Lingbi stone was even more expensive. The second house was removed from the family tree, and not a single copper coin from the public treasury was allocated to it. They still have to make a living in the future, and the second master and second mistress will not sacrifice the substance for the sake of face, not to mention that they have already lost their face long ago.
Thinking that he would never see them in the Marquis' Mansion again, Chen Tang felt relieved.
A good night's sleep.
The next day, Chen Tang went to Songhe Hall to pay his respects to the old lady as usual.
When I went there, I happened to meet the third and fourth wives.
Although the old lady said that there was no need to pay respects these days, everyone still went, as the more courtesy the better.
But she didn't run into Chen Tang on those occasions, but now she did, and the Third Madam said, "The Second Room has moved out, so our Third and Fourth Rooms..."
Chen Tang said, “Aunt San, the second room didn’t move out, they were kicked out.”
Although there is only one word difference, the difference is huge.
The Third Madam hurriedly said, "Third Aunt is wrong. I am just worried that the Marquis and the Old Madam will also divide the Third and Fourth Houses."
Chen Tang said, "The family will not be divided while our parents are still alive. The third and fourth rooms will not cause trouble to our grandmother, and our father will not casually mention the division of the family."
Although there will be less trouble in the mansion after the third and fourth rooms are separated, the third and fourth rooms are not the kind of people who would cause trouble. Moreover, this time they are making an example of others, so they will be more cautious in the future.
The fourth house is loyal to the eldest house, and their grandmother is old and no longer has the energy to manage the household affairs. When the eldest brother gets married, the Marquis' Mansion will have to prepare a betrothal gift for him and plan the wedding banquet, etc., which will all require people. Although they can come back to help after the family is separated, it is not as convenient as staying in the mansion, and there is no reason to separate the family now. The second house is the one who made the mistake, and the third and fourth houses should not be implicated.
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