Chapter 196 Rumors
Prince Ning bows to Old Master Jiang?
How is this possible? !
Is it Prince Ning who is crazy, or is it Old Master Jiang who is crazy?
Prince Ning would not do such a thing to lower his status. If he wanted to marry Chen Tang, it would be barely acceptable for him to pay respects to Old Master Jiang as a junior, but Chen Sui did not promise Chen Tang to him, and Old Master Jiang was the most rule-abiding person, so it was impossible for him to accept the respect from Prince Ning.
I don't know why, but the Second Wife always pays special attention to anything related to Prince Ning, even though the Second Wife has been expelled from the Marquis' Mansion. The Second Wife asked, "And then?"
The maid said, "Old Master Jiang was a little frightened, but he accepted it. He wanted to help Prince Ning but didn't dare. Anyway, the servant said it was very strange..."
If he hadn't found it strange, he wouldn't have told the maid. The servant couldn't describe the feeling he had when he saw that scene, and the maid couldn't find words to describe it for a moment.
The maid told the Second Madam everything she knew. The Second Madam sat there serving tea and drinking it, always feeling that she had overlooked something.
Although Prince Ning is the only grandson of old Prince Ning, he rarely stays in Kyoto. This time he returned to the capital to choose a princess for him. For this purpose, the emperor even held a palace banquet. Chen Tang ordered Prince Ning to save Princess Roujia from Prince Duan's mansion on the street. Prince Ning was injured while saving Princess Roujia, but no one blamed Chen Tang.
Instead, it was Shen Ying who plotted against Prince Ning, but was stopped in time by Shen Tang's men. After Shen Ying returned home, Shen Tang slapped her twice, and the Marquis punished her and made her kneel in the ancestral hall together.
From that day on, the old lady's attitude towards the Jiang family changed.
According to the old lady's temperament, unless the missing prince who was not well taken care of by the Jiang family is found, she will definitely not change her attitude towards the Jiang family. But she changed...
The Second Wife felt as if her head was a tangled mess, giving her a splitting headache. Just when she was about to give up, the face of Prince Ning suddenly flashed through her mind.
Thinking of the identical eyebrows and features between Prince Ning and Shen Sui——
The second wife was completely numb.
Could it be that Prince Xiao Huan of Ning is Chen Yan? !
No!
Won't!
That was the grandson of Prince Ning. How could he be the prince of the Pingyuan Marquisate who had been missing for more than ten years? She must have guessed wrong.
But once this speculation came about, it spread like crazy, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, making all the unreasonable things seem reasonable.
Because the Prince of Ning is Chen Yan, it is natural for Chen Tang to order him around, and there is no need for him to be polite to his sister and his own brother.
Since the real identity of Prince Ning is Shen Yan, it is only natural for the grandson to pay his respects to his grandfather, Old Master Jiang.
Because the Prince of Ning was Chen Yan, the old lady's grudge against the Jiang family was resolved, and the two mansions resumed exchanges. The Second Mistress still remembered the day when the Marquis' Mansion held a wedding banquet. The old lady asked the maid who was coming to the Prince of Ning's Mansion for the wedding banquet. When she heard that it was the old Prince Ning, the old lady's face was not happy. The old lady was probably thinking that the person attending the banquet at the Marquis' Mansion was the Prince of Ning, her own grandson!
It was precisely because Chen Yan had been found that there was no need for the second branch to inherit the title, so the old lady agreed to expel the second branch from the Marquis' Mansion!
Thinking of these things, the second wife's face twisted with anger, and her long nails dug into the flesh, almost making it bleed.
Chen Yan had been missing for more than ten years, but he did not die outside or fall into poverty. Instead, he turned into the prince of Ning Wang Mansion. Old Prince Ning actually dared to let someone pretend to be his grandson and confuse the royal bloodline!
Even though Old Prince Ning was the Emperor's uncle and was deeply trusted by the Emperor, she didn't believe that the Queen Mother and the royal family would agree to such a thing!
More than ten years of planning were ruined in an instant. The Second Wife's reason had been defeated by hatred. She motioned for the maid to come closer and whispered a few words.
The maid was startled, "How is this possible..."
"If such a rumor is spread and someone finds out, Prince Ning will not let the Madam and Master go."
Old Prince Ning has only one grandson, Prince Ning. It is rumored that Prince Ning is not Old Prince Ning's biological grandson, but the lost prince of their Pingyuan Marquis Mansion. The maid is afraid that Old Prince Ning and Old Princess Ning will be angry to death.
The second wife said, "Since you know this is a serious matter, you should handle it carefully and make sure there are no mistakes."
The maid thought the Second Madam was crazy, but her indenture was in the Second Madam's hands, and she dared not disobey whatever the Second Madam told her to do.
Only after watching the maid leave did the Second Wife feel relieved.
Few rumors are credible. No matter whether they are true or not, just spread them first.
It takes only a few words to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to refute it.
If her guess was correct, the Prince of Ning was really Chen Yan, then he would have to return to his ancestral home and forget about inheriting the power and status of the Ning Palace.
If she guessed wrong, and Prince Ning was not Chen Yan, and such a rumor spread, Prince Ning would definitely keep his distance from the Pingyuan Marquisate in the future, and would never do anything to arouse suspicion.
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Inside the house, Chen Tang was leaning on the small couch reading a book, occasionally putting a piece of fruit in his mouth.
The maid Si'er came in and said, "Miss, the fourth wife is here."
Chen Tang looked outside the screen and saw the Fourth Madam walk in. Chen Tang quickly closed the book and stood up to greet her. "It's almost time for dinner, why is Fourth Madam still here?"
The fourth wife smiled and said, "The Marquis' Mansion is preparing a dowry for you. Your third aunt and I have drawn up a list and just sent it to the old lady for review. The old lady has no objection and asked me to ask you about your preferences. If there is anything you don't like, we will replace it with something else."
When the Fourth Madam turned around, the maid handed over the dowry list, and the Fourth Madam took it and handed it to Chen Tang.
Although she had been married to Xie Guimo once, she still couldn't help blushing when talking about dowry.
The Fourth Madam handed over the dowry list. Although Chen Tang felt that there was no need to read it, he still reached out to take it. The gift list was similar to the previous life, except for the changes in style and the increase in quantity. Chen Tang scanned the gift list from beginning to end and said, "There is nothing I don't like. Thank you for your hard work, Fourth Aunt and Third Aunt."
The fourth wife smiled and said, "I am so happy to be able to prepare a dowry for you."
Chen Tang felt that the Fourth Madam must have come to her for more than just showing her the dowry list. She just heard the Fourth Madam say, "When Princess Jingyang left last time, she hoped to welcome you next month. The old lady discussed it with the Marquis, and the Marquis said it was all right. The old lady asked me to ask you what you think."
Chen Tang, "..."
Why do you ask her everything?
How should she answer this?
If she said no, and Xie Guimo heard it, he would definitely be unhappy and come looking for her.
Saying yes would make it seem like she couldn't wait to get married.
Chen Tang blushed and said, "I, I don't know either. It's all up to my father and grandmother."
The fourth wife smiled and said, "The old lady and the marquis know that you are a person with your own ideas, so we can let you make the decision without any worries."
Could you please not be so confident in her?
Chen Tang would never take this idea.
Just when I was wondering if there was a way to have the best of both worlds, Si'er came running in, hitting the bead curtain, making a series of crisp and pleasant sounds.
Ginkgo saw it and asked, "What's the hurry?"
Although the Fourth Madam was not an outsider, it made the maidservants around the girl seem too unruly, impatient and irritable.
Si Er swallowed his saliva and said hurriedly, "Miss, outside the mansion, people are saying that Prince Ning is the eldest young master of our Pingyuan Marquis Mansion who has been missing for more than ten years..."
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